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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte clashed with his main rival anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders on Monday, as they laid out starkly opposing visions of their country's future in an election campaign now consumed by a diplomatic row withTurkey.

Two days before Wednesday's crucial general election, The Netherlands is mired in a war of words with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which has provided fodder for Wilders and his uncompromising anti-immigration stance.

'You are being taken hostage by Erdogan. Close the Dutch borders,' Wilders told Rutte, as tempers flared in the 30-minute head-to-head televised debate.

Right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders (pictured) made the most of a fiery TV debate against Prime Minister Mark Rutte to sound off against Islam and the escalating tit-for-tat row with Turkey

'That's a totally fake solution,' Rutte shot back, 'you want Nexit, you want The Netherlands out of Europe. You know what it will cost ... don't do it.'

Wilders, who says he is on a mission against the 'Islamisation' of the country, has promised to shut Dutch borders to Muslim immigrants, close mosques and ban sales of the Koran.

He also wants to follow the British and pull the country out of the European Union which it helped found.

Polls suggest Wednesday's results could be close, with Rutte's Liberal VVD returning as the largest party in the 150-seat parliament by a whisker.

The elections are being closely watched as a signal of the possible rise of far-right and populist parties in Europe, with key elections also planned this year in France and Germany.

'I want The Netherlands to be the first country which stops this trend of the wrong sort of populism,' Rutte told reporters, just hours before the debate.

Monday's debate, plus Tuesday's vote-eve round-table with eight political party leaders, could yet sway the poll, with one analyst estimating some 60 percent of Dutch voters remain undecided.

Wilders has delighted in the chaos which erupted over the weekend when riot police moved in to disperse hundreds of protesters waving Turkish flags in Rotterdam, angered by a Dutch government ban on their ministers.

'You are being taken hostage by Erdogan. Close the Dutch borders,' Wilders told Rutte during the heated debate. Discussing the tit-for-tat row with Turkey, he added: 'We must answer back. We must expel the Turkish ambassador and his staff.'

Rutte appealed for calm, but he has rejected Turkey's calls to apologise for expelling one of its ministers who tried to attend the pro-Ankara rally in Rotterdam.

In one tense exchange, Rutte said it was time to de-escalate the crisis, but Wilders retorted: 'We must answer back. We must expel the Turkish ambassador and his staff.'

'There's the difference between tweeting from the sofa and running a country. If you are in charge of a country you need to take sensible measures,' Rutte replied, to loud applause, in a jab at the Dutch MP known for his love of Twitter.

The VVD is predicted to return as the largest party in the 150-seat parliament with between 23 to 27 seats, according to the latest aggregated polls.

Rutte (left) appealed for calm and called to de-escalate the feud with Turkish leaders who were barred from speaking at rallys in Holland this week following fears of heightened tensions

That is well down from the 40 VVD MPs in the outgoing lower chamber however, and would leave Rutte scrambling to cobble together a viable coalition which may have to include four or five parties to reach the 76-seat majority.

After weeks of flirting at the top of the polls, Wilders has seen his ratings slip and may now come second with between 19 and 23 seats, polls suggest.

But that would still leave him a difficult voice to ignore.

Rutte repeated his vow never to work with Wilders again, accusing him of causing problems for the country after the peroxide-haired MP triggered the collapse of an earlier coalition in 2012.

Rutte's liberal VVD party is predicted to return as the largest party in the 150-seat parliament with between 23 to 27 seats, according to the latest aggregated polls - however, despite a ratings slip - Wilder's is still expected to return with a strong hand of between 19 and 23 seats

Telling Wilders he had become 'radicalised' and was making 'extreme statements' about Moroccan-Dutch citizens, Rutte insisted: 'I will not cooperate with such a party. No, never, no.'

But Wilders retorted that he was standing up against 'the liars and the legislators' and urged Dutch voters 'if you want to take the Netherlands back for ourselves, then chase this man away and put me in the prime minister's office.'

There are 28 parties seeking to woo the 12.9 million eligible voters, and observers have warned that forming a coalition will likely take months and demand tough compromises.

Wilders' 'ideology might be negative, it's anti-Muslims, it's anti-EU, it's anti-immigration, it's anti-refugees. But it is a clear ideology that addresses concerns of a substantial group of the Dutch. So it is there to stay,' Monika Sie Dhian Ho, director of the Clingendael Institute said.

question: What is the stance of the Dutch Prime Minister regarding Turkey?

answer: He is against the anti-immigration stance of Geert Wilders.

critique: The article doesn't mention the Dutch Prime Minister's stance on immigration.

critique: The answer is not about the Dutch Prime Minister's stance regarding Turkey.

critique: Wilder's not the Prime Minister, he's the leader of the anti-immigration MP.

question: What kind of personality does MP Geert Wilder have?

answer: He is uncompromising and anti-immigration.

critique: The answer should mention that he is anti-Islam.

critique: The answer should be more specific about his anti-immigration stance.

critique: The answer could be more specific about what Wilders is uncompromising about.

critique: It is omitted that he is a right-wing politician.

critique: Wilders stands for other things as well-being anti-Islam and wanting to expel Turks from the country, for example.

critique: The answer should mention that he is also anti-Islam.

critique: "anti-immigration." - add that he is also anti-Islam.

text: The answer doesn't say anything about Wilder's personality.

question: Describe the current political climate in Netherlands

answer: The article describes the Netherlands as mired in a war of words with President Erdogan. The country has a right-wing politician in Wilders who has promised to shut down the borders to Muslim immigrants, close mosques, and ban the sales of the Koran.

critique: The response is missing the part about the political climate in the Netherlands.

critique: The response should include that the country is also in a heated debate with Prime Minister Rutte.

critique: Wilders is not the only politician in the Netherlands

critique: The response does not mention the Prime Minister.

critique: The response misses to mention the other right-wing politician in the country, who is Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

critique: The response does not mention the Prime Minister's response to Wilders.

critique: "The article describes the Netherlands as mired in a war of words with President Erdogan. The country has a right-wing politician in Wilders who has" - is irrelevant.

critique: The response should include that the country is also in an election.

question: What is the stand of the citizens of the Netherlands regarding the issues of their country?

answer: The citizens of the Netherlands are still undecided on which party to go for, particularly when it comes to issues that might concern them as a country.

critique: The answer should mention that the citizens are undecided on the issues of immigration and the European Union.

critique: The answer completely omits the issue of immigration as far as what decisions large segments of the population are supportive of.

critique: There is no direct evidence that the citizens of the Netherlands are undecided.

critique: The answer should mention that the citizens are undecided on the issues of immigration and the EU.


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COMPUTATIONAL CRIMINOLOGY is an interdisciplinary field which uses computing science methods to formally define criminology concepts, improve our understanding of complex phenomena, and generate solutions for related problems.

Methods

Computing science methods being used include:

-   Algorithms
-   Data Mining
-   Data Structures
-   Formal Methods
-   Software Development Process

Areas of usage

Computational criminology is interdisciplinary in the sense that both criminologists and computing scientists work together to ensure that computational models properly match their theoretical and real-world counterparts. Areas of criminology for which computational approaches are being used include:

-   Environmental Criminology
-   Identity Theft
-   Justice

Forensics

Computational forensics (CF) is a quantitative approach to the methodology of the forensic sciences. It involves computer-based modeling, computer simulation, analysis, and recognition in studying and solving problems posed in various forensic disciplines. CF integrates expertise from computational science and forensic sciences.

A broad range of objects, substances and processes are investigated, which are mainly based on pattern evidence, such as toolmarks, fingerprints, shoeprints, documents etc.,[1] but also physiological and behavioral patterns, DNA, digital evidence and crime scenes.

Computational methods find a place in the forensic sciences in several ways,[2][3][4][5][6] as for example:

-   rigorous quantification of individuality,
-   definition and establishment of likelihood ratio,
-   increase of efficiency and effectiveness in daily forensic casework.

Algorithms implemented are from the fields of signal and image processing, computer vision,[7] computer graphics, data visualization, statistical pattern recognition, data mining, machine learning, and robotics.

Computer forensics (also referred to as “digital forensics” or “forensic information technology”) is one specific discipline that could use computational science to study digital evidence. COMPUTATIONAL FORENSICS examines diverse types of evidence.

Forensic animation

Forensic animation is a branch of forensic science in which audio-visual reconstructions of incidents or accidents are created to aid investigators. Examples include the use of computer animation, stills, and other audio visual aids. Application of computer animation in courtrooms today is becoming more popular.

The first use of forensic animation was in _Connors v. United States_, both sides used computer re-creations and animations in a case surrounding the crash of Delta Flight 191 on August 2, 1985.[8] The crash resulted in the deaths of 137 people and extensive property damage.[9] In the resulting lawsuit a method was required to explain complicated information and situations to the jury. As part of the plaintiff presentation, a 45-minute computer generated presentation was created to explain the intricacies of the evidence and thus began forensic animation.[10]

The first reported use of computer animation in a U.S. criminal trial was in the 1991 Marin County, CA homicide trial of James Mitchell (of the porno-businessman Mitchell Brothers)[11] The prosecution used the animation to explain the complex details of the shooting incident to the jury. It showed the positions of James Mitchell, Artie Mitchell (the victim), the bullet impact points, and the path taken by bullets as they entered Artie's body. The animation was admitted, over objection by the defense, and the case resulted in a conviction. The use of the animation was upheld on appeal and the success of the forensic animation led to its use in many other trials. In India Prof. T D Dogra at AIIMS New Delhi in 2008 used animation to explain the court of law and investigating agencies first time in two important cases of firearm injuries, case of Murder and Terrorist encounter killings (Batla house encounter case).[12]

[1] S. N. Srihari, “Beyond CSI: The Rise of Computational Forensics”, IEEE Spectrum , pp. 38-43, December 2010.

[2] Computational Forensics Project - Automated Reconstruction of Human Faces (Archival page 6/2002 )

[3]  DIO 10.1109/TCAD.2004.828122

[4] Propelled Into Computational Forensics by 9/11, NCBI Preps QA Software to ID Katrina Victims (November 28, 2005)

[5]  DOI 10.1109/IAS.2007.84.

[6] Book Announcement: _Statistical DNA Forensics: Theory, Methods and Computation_ (January 2008), Researchandmarkets.com

[7] {{ cite journal | url = http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~huangyz/cvpr08_Huang.pdf | title = Demosaicking recognition with applications in digital photo authentication based on a quadratic pixel correlation model | author = YiZhen Huang | author2 = YangJing Long | name-list-style = amp | journal = Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | year = 2008 | pages = 1–8 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100617081150/http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~huangyz/cvpr08_Huang.pdf | archivedate = 2010-06-17 }}

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title: Computational criminology

question: Summarize the real-world examples of the apllication of computational criminology.

answer: The first use of forensic animation was in Connors v. United States. Both sides used computer re-creations and animations in a case surrounding the crash of Delta Flight 191. The crash resulted in the deaths of 137 people and extensive property damage. In the resulting lawsuit a method was required to explain complicated information and situations to the jury. As part of the plaintiff presentation, a 45-minute computer generated presentation was created to explain the intricacies of the evidence and thus began forensic animation. The first reported use of computer animation in a U.S. criminal trial was in the 1991 Marin County, CA homicide trial of James Mitchell. The prosecution used the animation to explain the complex details of the shooting incident to the jury. The use of the animation was upheld on appeal and the success of the forensic animation led to its use in many other trials.

critique: Parts of this response are not necessary to comprehend the question.

critique: The answer is a summary of the article, not a real-world example.

critique: The answer should mention the use of computational criminology in India.

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

critique: The answer is a summary of the article, not a summary of the real-world examples.

critique: The response is missing two other notable uses of computer animation in court. The first use of forensic animation was in Connors v. United States. Both sides used computer re-creations and animations in a case surrounding the crash of Delta Flight 191. The crash resulted in the deaths of 137 people and extensive property damage. In the resulting lawsuit a method was required to explain complicated information and situations to the jury. As part of the plaintiff presentation, a 45-minute computer generated presentation was created to explain the intricacies of the evidence and thus began forensic animation. The first reported use of computer animation in a U.S. criminal trial was in the 1991 Marin County, CA homicide trial of James Mitchell. The prosecution used the animation to explain the complex details of the shooting incident to the jury. The use of the animation was upheld on appeal and the success of the forensic animation led to its use in many other trials.

question: What does the article say about the drawbacks of computational forensics?

answer: No answer

critique: The article does not mention any drawbacks of computational forensics.

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

critique: The answer should acknowledge that the lack of answer is itself new information about this article.

question: Summarize everything related to specific crimes.

answer: The first use of forensic animation was in Connors v. United States. Both sides used computer re-creations and animations in a case surrounding the crash of Delta Flight 191. The crash resulted in the deaths of 137 people and extensive property damage. In the resulting lawsuit a method was required to explain complicated information and situations to the jury. As part of the plaintiff presentation, a 45-minute computer generated presentation was created to explain the intricacies of the evidence and thus began forensic animation. The first reported use of computer animation in a U.S. criminal trial was in the 1991 Marin County, CA homicide trial of James Mitchell. The prosecution used the animation to explain the complex details of the shooting incident to the jury. It showed the positions of James Mitchell, Artie Mitchell (the victim), the bullet impact points, and the path taken by bullets as they entered Artie's body. The use of the animation was upheld on appeal and the success of the forensic animation led to its use in many other trials. In India Prof. T D Dogra at AIIMS New Delhi in 2008 used animation to explain the court of law and investigating agencies first time in two important cases of firearm injuries, case of Murder and Terrorist encounter killings.

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

critique: The answer is a summary of the article and not a summary of the crimes.

critique: The answer is a very long run-on. It should be rewritten for clarity.

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

critique: The answer is a summary of the article, not a summary of the crimes.

critique: Note the location of the crime where the evidence was re-created


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NEW for 2020: Live hands-on, online classes

We are pleased to announce that we have decided to offer the MASTERS SUMMIT MODULES AS LIVE HANDS-ON ONLINE CLASSES, until it is safe to return to live events. Pricing will be on a per module basis of $249 USD, so that you can pick and choose the topics that are most relevant to you.

These sessions are now available for registration:

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What are the Masters Summit for Qlik® live events?

Three-day advanced training for Qlik® developers

The goal of the Masters Summit is to take your QlikView® and Qlik Sense® skills to the next level and help you become a Qlik® master. Through hands-on sessions, we will demonstrate how to use best practices to deploy Qlik® as an enterprise solution and to build maintainable and scalable solutions.

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Great Value

The events include 3 full days of training, with breakfast, lunch & snacks included. And relaxed after-hours sessions for networking and fun topics.

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Put your new skills into practice with several hands-on exercises and examples, digital and printed materials, plus get all of those nagging questions answered.

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Future Events

We organize these conferences on an ongoing basis with 2 to 3 events per year in locations all over the world. If you can’t make our next event, there’s always the one after.

Why attend a Masters Summit?

__World Class Expertise__

Masters Summit teams with the world’s best Qlik® experts to bring you hands-on, specialized knowhow from the trenches. Enjoy privileged access to the rock stars of the Qlik® community through workshops and social opportunities.

__Next Level Content__

Take your Qlik® skills to the next level with our intensive training format and guru-style tips and tricks.  Our specialists will open your eyes to the advanced potential of Qlik® and provide insights not popularly available.

Peer Networking__

Masters Summit combines technical training with an international user conference format giving you the opportunity to meet and swap notes with your peers from around the world. The social component of this forum lets you mingle with the masters and have a chance to pick their brains.

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Pre-prepared, take-home content for you to integrate into your own environment including tailored utility applications, documented code snippets and chart objects to drop into your own apps.

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Don’t let technology get in the way of you and your most relevant data.  Through staff involvement in our Masters Summit employers can ensure they fully utilize the power of Qlik®’s unique Business Intelligence platform with advanced data analysis and visualization to help you make more informed business decisions.

__Up-skilling for Coders__

Consolidate your knowledge and pick up new tips and tricks. Feel empowered with your skill set and dominate the tools at your disposal.  Enhance your contribution to your workplace or improve your employability.  As the premiere Qlik® training forum, Masters Summit is highly regarded and recognized by employers worldwide.

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Attendees of Masters Summit for Qlik®, as well as the incredible benfits listed above, will also gain entrance to an exclusive personal network of Qlik® professionals headed by our expert speakers who share their knowledge, expertise and findings through online channels such as our private LinkedIn group. Here, we discuss techniques, secret tips and new developments within Qlik® and the wider community.

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question: What does the article say about the advantages of attending a Qlik Masters Summit?

answer: The Qlik Masters Summit is a three-day advanced training for Qlik developers. It will take your Qlik skills to the next level and help you become a Qlik master. The summit has world-class expertise and is attended by the world's best Qlik experts. The training is hands-on, and attendees will get to network with their peers from around the world. They will also get ready-to-use resources, such as tailored utility applications, documented code snippets and chart objects to drop into their own apps. The summit is also a great value, as it includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, and after-hours sessions for networking and fun topics.

critique: The summit is also a great value because it is attended by world-class experts and includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks.

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-The answer omitted that the summit comes with up-skilling for coders to consolidate their knowledge and pick up new tips and tricks. It should state this.

-It also omits that attendees will get entrance to an exclusive personal network of Qlik® professionals headed by their expert speakers who share their knowledge, expertise and findings through online channels such as their private LinkedIn group. It should mention this as well.

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question: What does the article say about Qlik Through Rate?

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STATE ROUTE 210 (SR-210) is a state route in the U.S. state of Utah that is the access road for Little Cottonwood Canyon and the ski resorts of Alta and Snowbird. The 13.62 mi (21.92 km) highway straddles the southeastern edge of the Salt Lake Valley before it enters the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Route description

The highway heads south on Wasatch Boulevard from the point SR-190 turns east from that road onto Fort Union Boulevard. The four-lane undivided highway continues south-southwest before turning south-southeast again past the intersection of 3500 East. The route then turns off of Wasatch Boulevard and onto Little Cottonwood Canyon Road past the junction of Danish Road and turns east-southeast approaching SR-209. The route turns east entering the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon and continues east and east-northeast before terminating in Alta.[1]

History

[A view of State Route 210 from Snowbird ski resort] The state legislature defined State Route 210 in 1941 to run from SR-4 (US-40, now I-80) at the mouth of Parley's Canyon south along Wasatch Boulevard to Little Cottonwood Canyon, then east through the canyon to Alta.[2] In 1945, the west end was moved to the intersection of Fort Union Boulevard (then SR-152) and Highland Drive. The route now followed Highland Drive, Creek Road, and Danish Road, rejoining the former alignment at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon.[3] A short piece of Wasatch Boulevard north of 3300 South remained a state highway, as an extension of SR-171,[4] but the remainder was removed from the system. At some point in the 1950s, the connection from Highland Drive to Wasatch Boulevard was moved north from Creek Road and Danish Road to 3500 East and the newly built Bengal Boulevard.[5]

In 1969, the route was moved to Wasatch Boulevard north of the Little Cottonwood Canyon turnoff, placing the western terminus at SR-152 near the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon and removing those portions of Danish Road, Bengal Boulevard, and Highland Drive from the state system. The Alta Bypass Road was added to SR-210 in 1975, providing an alternate route when snow slides close the main roadway.[6] A final extension on the west end was made in 1987, continuing north on Wasatch Boulevard and northwest on a then-proposed limited access extension of 6200 South to I-215. However, a year later, this instead became part of the recently formed SR-190 so that SR-210 would not have to be remileposted.[7]

STATE ROUTE 229 was defined in 1941, connecting SR-210 near Alta to SR-152 (now SR-190) near Brighton along a proposed roadway.[8] The definition of SR-210 was changed in 1969 to absorb this mountainous route, but in 1994 it was truncated back to Alta, the extension having not been constructed.

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[6] Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions]:  , updated November 2007, accessed May 2008

[7] Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions]:  , updated November 2007, accessed May 2008

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title: Utah State Route 210

question: What does the text say about the Utah State Route 210?

answer: The Utah State Route 210 is a state route in the U.S. state of Utah. It is the access road for Little Cottonwood Canyon and the ski resorts of Alta and Snowbird.

critique: The response misses to mention that the Utah State Route 210 is 13.62 miles long.

critique: The answer should mention the route's history.

question: What does the text say about the route's description?

answer: The highway heads south on Wasatch Boulevard from the point SR-190 turns east from that road onto Fort Union Boulevard. The four-lane undivided highway continues south-southwest before turning south-southeast again past the intersection of 3500 East. The route then turns off of Wasatch Boulevard and onto Little Cottonwood Canyon Road past the junction of Danish Road and turns east-southeast approaching SR-209. The route turns east entering the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon and continues east and east-northeast before terminating in Alta.

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critique: The answer should mention that the route is the access road for Little Cottonwood Canyon and the ski resorts of Alta and Snowbird.

question: What does the text say about the route's history?

answer: The state legislature defined State Route 210 in 1941 to run from SR-4 (US-40, now I-80) at the mouth of Parley's Canyon south along Wasatch Boulevard to Little Cottonwood Canyon, then east through the canyon to Alta. In 1945, the west end was moved to the intersection of Fort Union Boulevard and Highland Drive. The route now follows Highland Drive, Creek Road, and Danish Road, rejoining the former alignment at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. A short piece of Wasatch Boulevard north of 3300 South remained a state highway, as an extension of SR-171, but the remainder was removed from the system. At some point in the 1950s, the connection from Highland Drive to Wasatch Boulevard was moved north from Creek Road and Danish Road to 3500 East and the newly built Bengal Boulevard. In 1969, the route was moved to Wasatch Boulevard north of the Little Cottonwood Canyon turnoff, placing the western terminus at SR-152 near the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon and removing those portions of Danish Road, Bengal Boulevard, and Highland Drive from the state system. The Alta Bypass Road was added to SR-210 in 1975, providing an alternate route when snow slides close the main roadway. A final extension on the west end was made in 1987, continuing north on Wasatch Boulevard and northwest on a then-proposed limited access extension of 6200 South to I-215. However, a year later, this instead became part of the recently formed SR-190 so that SR-210 would not have to be remileposted.

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I was six years old when Adelaide came to me.  That’s quite old, I suppose. She usually comes to you at three or four, if she comes at all.
I killed my parents when I was thirteen. Disabled the cellar door, trapped them in there for days until they turned on each other.
I thought Adelaide would forbid it, but she did nothing.
That’s important.
That’s where this began.

I was transferred to the AMI, the Adelaide Monitoring Institute, afterwards. They have many Laide here, as they call us, but I never see them. They keep me in seclusion while they monitor my behaviour, while they try to discover if the thing that calls itself Adelaide put me up to it.
They have wasted five years of their lives, keeping me a prisoner here. I could have told them the answer if they’d asked.
It was my idea.
Adelaide simply allowed it.

My gift grew quickly after Adelaide came to me. After she brought the buzz, the itch in your head. The unwelcome guest. The guest that repeats itself, that calls out “I am Adelaide” over and over and nothing more. All Laide hear it, and it’s how we named her. The call sparks something in the brain, and your gift comes.
I can see hate, feel rage. I can flare or dampen it as I see fit.
I don’t know how, so don’t ask.
I don’t know why, so don’t ask.
Like all Laide, my gift is random.

She’s been up there for close to three decades now, spinning in her metal shell. We’re no closer to understanding what she is now than we were when the she first appeared in our orbit. She still calls out her nonsense, offering her gifts to a chosen few.
They’ve sent ships, delegations, missiles. The metal that encases her denies them all.
Round and round she spins without end. “I am Adelaide. I am Adelaide” she calls in our heads.
Well fuck Adelaide, that’s what I say. I’m my own man, and always have been.

I didn’t kill my parents for fun, or for myself, whatever you think. It’s worth understanding that from the start. I got no pleasure from it. A few years older and I may have chosen someone else, but I was young and I used the tools I had.
I tried other things first. I screamed. I shouted. I beat my fists and face. I starved myself. I killed and ate a rat I found, then a cat I found in the street. There was no reaction, no acknowledgement. No end to the constant call.
“I am Adelaide, I am Adelaide.”
I learned long ago what all the scientists with their telescopes and listening equipment haven’t yet realised.
Adelaide is mad. She went mad long ago, long before she appeared in our skies. There is no motive, no reason behind the things she does, the gifts she gives. She does not care, she does not listen, she does not see. She doesn’t even know we exist.
I’ve spent my life trying to get a response out of Adelaide. Anything. Using the gift she gave me in the worst ways I could, until the day with the cellar door. Until the day I sat and listened as I made my parents tear themselves to shreds, while in my head all I heard was “I am Adelaide”.
She did nothing. She didn’t care.

Fuck Adelaide and fuck the AMI. I have been their prisoner for five years.
My demands are simple.
No one leaves. No one gets in. Not even you. You stay on the phone and you listen to me, but you come no closer. The AMI is mine.
Two.
I want you to take what happens here today and write it down. Every word I say, everything I’ve told you. I want them to know why this happened. Why this had to happen.
Three.
I can feel the Laide you have outside. He’s distant, but I can feel him trying to reach though. If you think that’s going to diffuse this situation, you’re stupider that they are. Get him gone.

Good. Now, listen while I tell you what I’m going to do.
There are many Laide here, prisoners, like me. I can feel them. I can feel their rage. I’m going to flare them. Every single one. I don’t know what their gifts are. How much damage they can do before you put them down. I don’t care. But maybe she will.

Fine. They can kill the lights. I don’t need them, I can still sense them.

I said no one gets in. You’re just making this worse for everyone. Now I have a facility full of Laide and frightened men with guns. I can feel them moving in the darkness. I know they are closing in on me.
Make them stop.
Now.

Alright. Have it your way.
This is for what they did to me. Adelaide, the AMI.

I can feel them, I can feel their rage building like a wave. I can feel them losing control. I feel men grip the triggers of their pistols and squeeze, screaming in fury. I feel Laide beating their heads against the walls of their cells. I feel this place begin to erupt, I feel…

…nothing. It’s gone.
I…my….
…what she gave to me, it’s gone. She took it back. She took it back!
I pushed her too far! Me! She saw me, she judged me, she…

I did it.

I..

<gunfire>

title: Adelaide

question: According to the passage, what is the purpose of AMI?

answer: The purpose of AMI is to monitor the Laide.

critique: This is not the purpose of the AMI. The AMI is an institution that monitors Laide and Adelaide (the entity that calls out "I am Adelaide"). It is not mentioned if the purpose of the AMI is to monitor Laide.

critique: The answer could be clearer about the Laide.

critique: The answer should mention the Laide's gifts.

critique: It is omitted that As well as investigate whether the things written down in The Memoir are true to reality.

critique: The answer should mention that they are monitoring the Laide to test if they are influenced by Adelaide.

critique: The answer should mention that the Laide are the ones who have been affected by Adelaide.

critique: This response needs more information to be a complete answer

critique: It is omitted that the other prisoners also seem to be monitored by the AMI.

critique: The answer should mention that the Laide are people with special abilities.

critique: The answer should mention that the Laide are prisoners.

critique: The acronyms for the AMI are given in the passage.

critique: It's omitted that the Laide are prisoners and the institution is responsible for monitoring their behavior.

critique: It is omitted that the AMI monitors the Laide to see if they are doing something they are not supposed to do.

critique: The answer is not fully accurate. The AMI monitors the Laide to see if the thing that calls itself Adelaide put them up to anything.


text:
	I ran through the trees, the wind breezing by, giving me the refreshment I so desperately needed. Even though it was dark and cloudy after weeks of sunshine, it didn’t ruin the day for me. I was on cloud nine.
	This particular forest was my favourite place to hang out and enjoy myself.  It was secluded, quiet and meditative, with towering trees galore. The perfect place to be free and alone, no cares in the world.

	Until today.

	I rounded a corner, a grin across my face, when I saw him sitting on a rock. He turned his head towards me and stared. Stared, it seemed almost, into my soul. His black, beady eyes pierced my skin, sending a chill through my spine and into my heart.

	Damn squirrel.

	I don’t know why this squirrel scared me like it did, but I didn’t move. I halted to a stop and participated in this staring contest with him. He never yielded. When my eyes finally started to burn and tear up, I turned my head away shamefully and blinked. When I looked back, I swear I saw a small smirk on the damn squirrel’s face.
	That asshole! He thinks he’s a tough customer just because he can keep his eyes open longer than me?
	I decided then and there to show him who the real man was. I quickly scanned the ground, hoping to find some sort of weapon. Nothing. I tilted my head upwards to the trees and saw a sharper branch jutting out from the side of one of the tree trunks.

	Perfect.

	I slowly edged my way over to the tree, my arm outstretched, trying to look as inconspicuous as I possibly could. I never once looked towards the tree, my eyes meeting his the entire time. His expression never changed. I couldn’t read the damn thing. I couldn’t tell if he knew what I was trying to do and if he did, he was doing an excellent job of hiding it.
	I felt my hand hit the branch and I clasped my fingers around it. I took a large breath to calm myself. I knew I had to do this quickly to get the upper hand.

	The damn squirrel never moved.

	Screw him. Just go. 1--
	The squirrel stared.
	2--
	Maybe it was a trick of the light, but at that moment, the squirrel winked.
	Huh?
	We stood in silence for a moment.
	Fuck it. 3!!

	I broke the branch off of the trunk with a loud crack and lunged at the squirrel, all in one fluid motion. I blindly swung the makeshift weapon, hoping to feel the body of the damn animal make contact. I thudded to the ground, opened my eyes and surveyed the scene.
	The squirrel was gone. He dodged the stick and was nowhere to be found.
	Jeez, he’s fast.

	That’s when the squirrel giggled.

	It came from behind me. I whipped my head around and there he was, a disgustingly smug look on his face. I wanted to punch it right off of him.
	I took another deep breath, waited three more seconds, then leapt up from the ground. This time, the branch made contact and cracked against the squirrel’s skull, taking him down. I toppled on top of his body to make sure he couldn’t get back up.

	Gotcha, you bitch.

	Suddenly, a burst of pain rocketed from my ear. The bastard had bit it! I yelped and grabbed it, freeing up the squirrel to do whatever he pleased. He rolled out from underneath me and jumped onto my back, clawing and scratching until there was hardly any skin left. My back was on fire.
	I mustered up enough strength to get ahold of the squirrel and toss him away. He plopped onto the ground a few feet away, a matted mess of fur and blood. I’m sure I wasn’t a pretty sight to behold myself.
	He slowly pushed himself onto all four legs, panting and sweating buckets. I was on all fours as well, my back stinging up a storm and my body shutting down every second.
	After what felt like hours, but was probably only a tense couple of seconds, he lunged at me again, teeth bared, rabid saliva forming around his lips. I was one step ahead of the little bastard though. I rolled out of the way, dodging the flying freak, giving me enough time to catch my breath.
	The squirrel looked over at me mid-flight, a look of surprise on his face that to this day makes me laugh. He tried to slow down to turn and fight, but he had too much momentum. I honestly think he never would of stopped, if he didn’t hit that--

*CRACK!*

	The squirrel collided with a large rock that was sitting behind me the whole time. I didn’t plan that to happen. I wish I did. Stroke of luck, I guess.
	He was done for. Most of his bones looked broken and he was moaning every time he tried to move. I slowly made my way up to him, taking careful precautions, just in case the little bugger was faking it.

	He wasn’t. He looked like shit.

	I looked into his beady, black eyes one last time. They didn’t seem as threatening as they were a few moments ago before this tense battle of ours. Maybe he was realizing his time was up. Maybe he was trying to make amends in his final moments.

	Maybe he’s just pissed because he lost.

	Taking in the sweet taste of victory, I climbed atop of my victim, raised my arms towards the Heavens and felt the incredible ecstasy of his powers draining away and flowing through my body. Now, there was only one more to defeat before I was champion. I would seek him out and take him on, squirrel to squirrel.

	For I am the Squirrel Highlander and I will never rest until I am the most powerful and only squirrel left on the face of the Earth.

	There can be only one.

title: Squirrel Fight

question: What is the major twist of the story?

answer: The narrator is a squirrel.

critique: "The narrator is a squirrel." - the squirrel is a superhero.


text:
At one point or another, as many as 12.5% of Americans will struggle with a phobia — “an intense, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger” — according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Of these, a fear of flying, or aviophobia, is one of the most common, with estimated prevalence ranging from 2.5% to 6.5% of the population.

Far more people have a fear of flying that doesn’t reach phobia levels, despite the fact that people are flying more than ever before and plenty of data shows it’s a reliably safe way to travel. So what is it about flying that stirs such widespread anxiety?

“A lot of it is the lack of control they have in the situation,” explains Todd Farchione, the director of Boston University’s Intensive Treatment Program for Panic Disorder and Specific Phobias. “When the doors close, they’re in it. They’re stuck. They can’t get out of the situation. I think that’s often what’s most frightening for most people.”

Fear of heights or crashes, or not understanding how flight works, may also play a part, Farchione says. And flying is a uniquely terrifying activity for many people because they know that if fear or anxiety strikes during the trip, there’s little they can do, he says.

“They’re afraid that they might have fear in the situation and be unable to get away from it,” Farchione says. “It’s this image of being stuck sweating and being totally afraid for two hours, four hours, six hours. They’re at the mercy of the pilot.”

Sound familiar? Here’s what you can do if you’re afraid of flying.

Change your response

It’s okay to be afraid of flying, Farchione says. What’s more important is reacting to the situation in a healthy way.

Many anxious fliers manage their fear by gripping the seats, studying the flight attendants or analyzing every last bit of turbulence, Farchione says. But in doing so, “they’re actually contributing to the fear. Their actions are inadvertently telling them that the situation is dangerous, when in fact it’s not.”

Instead, do whatever it takes to distract yourself. Read a magazine, watch television, listen to music or talk to a travel companion. It may also help to practice deep breathing techniques and consciously release muscle tension. “Even just putting a smile on your face can change the emotional reaction,” Farchione says.

Don’t self-medicate

If you don’t fly very often, using a pre-flight Chardonnay to calm your nerves may not be terribly harmful, Farchione says. But if you travel regularly and consistently rely on sleeping pills, alcohol or other substances to get through the experience, you’re just reinforcing bad behavior. “It creates a temporary Band-Aid, but the fear starts to build over time,” Farchione says. “Every time they drink or take medication to get through that situation, they’re saying to themselves, ‘I can’t feel what I feel. I can’t cope with this.’ Because of that, they’re going to be more frightened the next time.”

Prepare for the flight right

Many people with aviophobia experience significant anxiety leading up to a flight. In some cases, Farchione says, this can be worse than flying itself.

“In that scenario, I do think it’s useful for the person to ask themselves questions regarding what it is they’re afraid of, and what they think is going to happen on the flight,” Farchione says. Doing so may help you realize there’s nothing to be afraid of, or at least to identify and address sources of fear.

See a professional

The above strategies may work for someone with a non-clinical fear of flying or mild aviophobia, but severe phobias often require professional treatment. Exposure therapy — a process of growing acclimated to and eventually accepting the source of fear — is often used to treat phobias, but that’s difficult to arrange for most people with aviophobia. Farchione says treatment for the condition is increasingly moving toward helping patients reframe their fear response, and adds that virtual reality flight simulators may help as well.

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question: What does the article say about how to cope with aviophobia?

answer: Farchione says that the best way to deal with aviophobia is by distracting oneself. The possibilities for distraction are endless, and the article suggests most of the common forms for distraction: reading magazines, watching television, listening to music and talking to a travel companion. The author suggests that one should put a smile on their face to pretend that they are actually happy to be flying. The author also emphasizes that one shouldn't rely on sleeping pills, alcohol, or other mind-changing substances. If you do, you're reinforcing bad behavior because you aren't faced with the root of your anxiety. You shouldn't also try to avoid the flight or your anxiety is just going to build.

critique: The author doesn't emphasize the importance of smiling but rather the importance of distraction.

critique: The response contains some inaccurate information.

critique: The author's suggestions don't rely on changes in behavior. Rather, he suggests that one should do whatever it takes to distract oneself using the various means of distraction cited in the article upon realizing that they have time to do so in an unpleasant situation that they can't escape from. In contrast, the author's suggestions don't consider behavioral change as a way to cope with aviophobia.

critique: 'The author also emphasizes that one shouldn't rely on sleeping pills, alcohol, or other mind-changing substances.' This was not an actual suggestion. 'Farchione says that the best way to deal with aviophobia is by distracting oneself.' This was reversed. The model should revert this.

critique: The answer should emphasize the advice of seeing a professional to help treat the phobia.

critique: The article doesn't suggest smiling to pretend that you are happy to be flying.

critique: The article does not say that putting a smile on your face can change the emotional reaction.

critique: The author never says that smiling will make you feel happy

critique: The article doesn't recommend putting a smile on your face.

critique: The article does not suggest smiling to pretend that you are happy to be flying.

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

critique: The article doesn't advocate smiling to mask fear. It advocates smiling to change the emotional reaction to fear. These are not the same.

text: The author recommends preparing correctly for the flight, which is different from not trying "to avoid the flight"

refinement: Farchione says that the best way to deal with aviophobia is by distracting oneself. The possibilities for distraction are endless, and the article suggests most of the common forms for distraction: reading magazines, watching television, listening to music and talking to a travel companion. The author suggests that one should put a smile on their face to pretend that they are actually happy to be flying. The author also emphasizes that one shouldn't rely on sleeping pills, alcohol, or other mind-changing substances. If you do, you're reinforcing bad behavior because you aren't faced with the root of your anxiety. You shouldn't also try to avoid the flight or your anxiety is just going to build.

question: What does the article say about the possible causes of aviophobia?

answer: No answer

critique: The model should include an answer or mark the question as missing one.

critique: The response misses to mention that a lot of it is the lack of control they have in the situation.

critique: Wrong. There are several causes mentioned in the article.

critique: The answer should mention some of the possible causes that were mentioned in the article.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The article does discuss the possible causes of aviophobia.

critique: The article does discuss the possible causes.

critique: It is wrong that a cause of aviophobia is not identified in the article.

critique: The passage does list several possible causes.

critique: None of the three possibilities are disproven, which is all you can ask for in this kind of question. The student should simply reverse the "No answer" to "There are multiple possible causes of aviophobia. The article discusses some of them."

critique: There is a mention of a lack of control, fear of heights or crashes, and a lack of understanding of how flight works.

critique: The response is inaccurate and does not answer the question.

critique: This is not a true statement. There are causes mentioned in the article.

critique: "Strong emotions" seems to be an important aspect of aviophobia, but the article does not delve into the issue.

question: What does the article say about the main causes of plane crashes?

critique: The response is not a complete sentence.


text:
-   01The IBM approach
-   02Putting AI Ethics into practice
-   03Education and toolkits
-   04Watson OpenScale
-   05Collaborations

 Building trust

 AI is embedded in everyday life, business, government, medicine and more. At IBM, we are helping people and organizations adopt AI responsibly. Only by embedding ethical principles into AI applications and processes can we build systems based on trust.

*Source: IBM’s From Roadblock to Scale: The Global Sprint Towards AI Study 2020

[Graph showing 3/4]
3 in 4 businesses are exploring or implementing AI.

[Graph showing 78%]
78% of senior business decision-makers say it is very or critically important that they can trust that their AI’s output is fair, safe, reliable.

 Featured issues

 The IBM approach

Uniting insights from business, policy, research, and thought leadership

 Responsible innovation

 For more than 100 years, IBM has continuously strived for responsible innovation capable of bringing benefits to everyone and not just a few.

This philosophy is also applied to artificial intelligence: we aim to create and offer reliable technology that can augment, not replace, human decision-making.

We oversee a multidisciplinary, transparent, and shared approach to development, design, management and support of AI. All communities that deal with AI must be involved: those who design and develop the technology, those who deploy it, and those who use it.

 Principles

 The guiding values that distinguish IBM’s approach

 The purpose of AI

[Engine lamp]

The purpose of AI is to augment human intelligence.

At IBM, we believe AI should make all of us better at our jobs, and that the benefits of the AI era should touch the many, not just the elite few.

 Data and insights ownership

[Person connected to shapes]

Data and insights belong to their creator.

IBM clients’ data is their data, and their insights are their insights.

 Transparency and explainability

[Eye connected to nodes]

New technology, including AI systems, must be transparent and explainable.

Technology companies must be clear about who trains their AI systems, what data was used in that training and, most importantly, what went into their algorithms’ recommendations.

 Pillars

 Our fundamental properties for ethical AI

 Explainability

Good design does not sacrifice transparency in creating a seamless experience.

 Fairness

Properly calibrated, AI can assist humans in making fairer choices.

 Robustness

As systems are employed to make crucial decisions, AI must be secure and robust.

 Transparency

Transparency reinforces trust, and the best way to promote transparency is through disclosure.

 Privacy

AI systems must prioritize and safeguard consumers’ privacy and data rights.

 Policy

 Selected positions and recommendations from the IBM Policy Lab

 Precision regulation for AI

Companies should utilize a risk-based AI governance policy framework and targeted policies to develop and operate trustworthy AI.

 Facial recognition

IBM no longer offers general purpose IBM facial recognition or analysis software. We believe a precision regulation approach can inform a reasonably-balanced governance framework for facial recognition systems. Policymakers should employ precision regulation that applies restrictions and oversight to particular use-cases and end-users where there is greater risk of societal harm.

 Data responsibility

Organizations that collect, store, manage or process data have an obligation to handle it responsibly, ensuring ownership and privacy, security, and trust.

 Additional resources

 Read more about IBM policies and practices on emerging technology

 IBM Policy Lab

A new forum providing policymakers with a vision and actionable recommendations to harness the benefits of innovation while ensuring trust in a world being reshaped by data.

 IBM Trust Center

Information about our commitment to protect our clients and business with security and privacy practices.

 Putting AI Ethics into practice

Governance, accountability, and Good Tech across the organization

 AI Ethics Board

 The IBM AI Ethics Board is a natural evolution of the ethical decision-making IBM applies to AI.

The Board was established as a central, cross-disciplinary body to support a culture of ethical, responsible, and trustworthy AI throughout IBM.

Our mission is to support a centralized governance, review, and decision-making process for IBM ethics policies, practices, communications, research, products and services. By infusing our long-standing principles and ethical thinking, the Board is one mechanism by which IBM holds our company and all IBMers accountable to our values.

Learn more →

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 Francesca Rossi

IBM fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader

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 Christina Montgomery

Vice President & Chief Privacy Officer

 Initiatives

 Education and toolkits

Resources and open-source tools for building trust-based AI

 Open-source community resources

 We are dedicated to empowering the world with responsible AI through our educational resources. IBM donated three open-source projects to the Linux Foundation toward the mission of co-creating responsible AI-powered technologies with the larger community.

 Resources

 Watson OpenScale

Automate AI model risk management in new ways

 Product offering

Manage regulatory compliance by tracing and explaining AI decisions across workflows, and intelligently detect and correct bias to improve outcomes. IBM Watson OpenScale will easily operate with model development environments from other vendors and open source tools. It provides an innovative set of monitoring and management tools that help you build trust and implement control and governance structures around your AI investments.

Discover Watson OpenScale →

 Serving the greater good

An open solution that helps remove barriers to enterprise-scale AI

 Collaborations

Working with organizations, businesses and governments on ethical AI

 Featured collaborations

 Working together for ethical AI

IBM works with governments, academia, non-profits and industry partners to further the implementation of ethical AI.

question: Summarize everything relating to ethics.

answer: IBM is helping people and organizations adopt AI responsibly by embedding ethical principles into AI applications and processes so that systems based on trust can be built. AI should make all of us better at our jobs, and the benefits of the AI era should touch the many, not just the elite few. Every company that collects, stores, manages, or processes data has an obligation to all handle responsibly so that ownership and privacy, security, and trust can be ensured.

critique: The answer omits the principle of fairness.

critique: The answer omits the principles that the company follows.

critique: The answer omits the ethical principles of transparency and explainability.

critique: There is a lot of information in the response that is not relevant to ethics.

critique: The answer should mention the AI Ethics Board.

question: What does the article say about the future of AI?

answer: The article reports that setting up regulations of AI to be ethical will ensure that companies risk the use of AI helping them to build trust with the public. AI will in enshrined in the future for consumers and be adapted for everyday use. This can empower others to be more self-sufficient in their production of work.

critique: The article does not say anything about the future of AI.

critique: The article does not report on the future of AI.

critique: The article does not mention anything about the future of AI.

question: What does the text say about the purpose of AI?

answer: The purpose of AI is to augment human intelligence.

critique: The answer should mention the purpose of AI according to IBM.

critique: The answer should mention the purpose of AI as stated by IBM.

critique: It is omitted that AI should make all of us better at our jobs.

critique: It is omitted that at IBM, they believe AI should make all of us better at our jobs and that AI should touch the many, not just the elite few.

critique: The answer should mention the context of the article.

critique: The answer should mention that the text says AI should make humans better at their jobs.

critique: The answer should mention that AI should make people better at their jobs.


text:
After years of being single, I was finally talking to somebody. Naturally, I was eager for any opportunity to see her. Chatting via Instant Message for a few days, there was finally an opportunity. She was free one night and wanted to hang. Awesome.  But before that, there was just one small thing she needed help with.

She had a pet frog. Keyword: HAD. Despite my love interest's tender love and care, the amphibian passed away 3 days prior. Poor little guy. But my love interest -- we'll call her Renee -- never got around to emptying the tank. She just didn't have the guts to reach in and throw it out. That being said, I didn't have to grab it out of the tank and give it a proper frog burial (or whatever), but  *it would be nice*. Being the "aim to please" person I was, I accepted the challenge. The frog would be extracted from its home, laid to rest, then we'd continue the date from there. Awesome. I groomed myself, brushed and flossed, climbed into the van and sped off.

Upon arriving at her apartment, we exchanged pleasantries, hugs, and all  the stuff that young nervous people do when they like each other. But the pleasantries could only last so long. It was now time to head to the scene of the incident. She swung open the basement door and descended down the stairs. I followed, listening to lumber boards creak and squeak below as they bore the weight of my being.

Uhh, by the way: if you're eating something, I'd either finish it or put it away. This next part is...  unappetizing.

The basement's carpet was vacuumed just minutes earlier. It was white with dark blue speckles every couple inches.  Her computer desk had only a computer on it, her  bookshelves held books and housed glass figurines.  The bed was made squarely as an envelope. I was surprised by how meticulous and tidy Renee was about her apartment. Pleased by it, in fact.

After taking in the tidy apartment's scenery, I turned my attention to the frog tank.

The hard water stains at the top of the tank, the algae-green water, and the deceased frog had festered for three days, creating about six gallons of frog stew. Remember what I said about unappetizing? I approached the tank, staring directly into the cold eyes of our deceased friend.

Before going in, protection was desperately needed. I asked Renee. Any rubber gloves? She searched mentally for a second... nope. Alright... vinyl gloves? Not at all.  Gloves at all? No. Well, darn. It was starting to look like I'd have to plunge my bare hand into this toxic  tank -- a thought that truly horrified me.

Wait! Renee found a grocery bag! That'll do. I turned it inside-out, stuck my hand inside, and had  a makeshift plastic-bag-glove -- like I was picking up dog poop. Now it was time to dispose of the body. Without  hesitation, my hand started downward toward the deceased. Within seconds, the feeling of cold, stale water chilled my fingertips through the plastic bag. During this whole ordeal, my head was turned away from the tank. I couldn't see what was going on below. Feeling my submerged hand around the bottom, the tank's contents were becoming familiar to me. Gravel, corral, more gravel, a fish castle, then a stick. Finally, I felt the unmistakable bumpy, slippery texture of a dead frog. Here he is.

My bagged hand immediately clasped itself around him. He immediately slipped out. Clearly, my grocery bag  wasn't designed around a dead frog. I maneuvered my hand more carefully around him and lifted him out again, making it out of the water this time. But he slipped once more, did a belly-flop into the putrid water, then sunk back down into the gravel. Catching a dead frog was proving harder than catching a live one. Finally, I made an underhanded reach into the tank and extracted  the frog once more. This time, he stayed in the palm of my hand.

Frogs are usually green. However, when our amphibian friend passed away, he turned a rancid  gray. By the way: know how frog legs taste like chicken? Well the dead frog smelled a lot like a rotten chicken. And  felt like it, too. Boy, that little guy was slimy.

I had a crushing realization: now what? I had planned (kinda) to extract the dead frog from the tank -- but made NO plans for anything after that. I eyed Renee, hoping she had the answer. Nothing. We began to panic.

I proposed flushing him. Nope, that would clog the 'loo. Throw him in the kitchen trash? NO!!! The carcass lay in my hand like a hot potato, except cold and it smelled nowhere near as good as a potato. If we didn't act fast, we were both gonna vomit. Then, in a split-second, Renee rushed over to her  sliding door and threw it open. I instantly dashed out with the carcass into the back yard. Luckily, there was an  extensive woodsy area behind her apartment. With a deep breath, a crank of the arm, and a "HOOAH!", I sent  the frog out a hundred yards or so to its final destination.

And off in the distance, I heard an unmistakable *SHPLACK!!!*

It sounded like throwing out a carton of curdled milk. Except bonier. And meatier.

Rest in piece, little guy.

Written by AndreaRCarr and submitted to reddit on 2013-DEC-16

Edit: typos. Misspellings.

title: Why I Don't Own a Frog

question: What was the big task at hand for the narrator?

answer: Disposing of dead pet frog in the tank.

critique: The narrator was not the one who disposed of the frog.

critique: There is no tank in the text. The tank was the container of the pet frog. The big task was removing the frog from the tank.

critique: The narrator was also tasked with emptying the tank.

critique: The narrator was also asked to help with the disposal.

critique: "Disposing of dead pet frog in the tank." - Recycle the sentences and add proper names, "the frog" is generic word.

critique: The narrator does not dispose of the frog. He buries it.

text: Add an article to "dead pet frog" should be either "a" or "the" in this instance, both work

question: Describe how the narrator feels about Renee.

answer: The narrator seems to be very fond of Renee. The narrator was interested in her for a long time and waited for the day when he could see her. When Renee suggests hanging out with him, he welcomed the opportunity.

critique: The narrator's feelings toward Renee are not explicitly stated in the passage.

critique: The narrator is not interested in Renee for a long time.

critique: The narrator was eager to see her, not interested in her for a long time.

critique: The narrator does not mention anything about waiting for the day to see her, nor does he mention he has been interested in her for a long time.

critique: "The narrator seems to be very fond of Renee. The narrator was interested in her for a long time and waited for the day when he could see her. When Renee suggests hanging out with him, he welcomed the opportunity." - the narrator's feelings for Renee aren't mentioned anywhere in the story.

critique: She asks him to help her with the frog, which he does.

question: Will the narrator feel the same way about Renee after dealing with her dead pet frog?

answer: No answer

critique: A response asserting the answer being no can be written.

critique: The story does not answer this question.


text:
“THEME TO ST TRINIAN'S” is a promotional single recorded by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud for the album _St Trinian’s: The Soundtrack_ (2007), released to promote the film of the same name. The song was written by the film's score composer Charlie Mole and Ali Thompson, while Girls Aloud's recurring collaborators Xenomania provided production.

The track was recorded by Girls Aloud to coincide with their cameo appearance in the film as the St Trinian's School Band. A music video of their performance from the film was used to promote the track, which was available for digital download alongside the rest of the soundtrack album on 10 December 2007. “Theme to St Trinian's” charted at number 51 before being removed by Fascination Records to avoid confusion with Girls Aloud's actual single “Call the Shots”.

Background and release

The song was written specifically to serve as the theme tune to the 2007 film _St Trinian's_. It was written especially by the film's composer Charlie Mole, with additional lyrics by Ali Thompson. The song was offered to many artists, but was eventually given to Girls Aloud and produced by their production team Xenomania.

“Theme to St Trinian's” was later re-recorded by the Banned of St Trinian's; this appeared on the soundtrack to _St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold_ and was also produced by Xenomania. Coincidentally, Girls Aloud member Sarah Harding had a starring role in the film.

A music video for the song was released to music video stations to promote the film and the soundtrack. The video consists of Girls Aloud performing the song at the end of the movie, as well as various clips of other scenes from throughout the film.

Reception

Digital Spy called the song “an electro-glam-sci-fi-rock romp” and gave the song a positive review.[1] InTheNews.co.uk, however, called it a “below-average song”.[2]

The song debuted at number ninety-six on the UK Singles Chart on 5 January 2008, due to high download sales.[3] It rose to number fifty-one a week later.[4] The song was then removed from the iTunes Store to avoid confusion with Girls Aloud's actual single “Call the Shots”, but readded in April 2008.

Charts

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| Chart (2008)                      | Peak                              |
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| UK Singles Chart                  | 51[5]                             |
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[1] {{ cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a81394/st-trinians-soundtrack-yay-or-nay.html | title='St. Trinian's' Soundtrack: Yay or Nay? | work=The Sound | publisher=The Sound | author=Nick Levine | date=2007-12-10 | accessdate=2008-04-23 }}

[2] {{ cite web | url=http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/reviews/music/st-trinians-%E2%80%93-soundtrack-$1179952.htm | title=St Trinian's - The Soundtrack | publisher=InTheNews.co.uk | author=Richard Fox | date=2007-12-17 | accessdate=2008-04-23 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201175134/http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/reviews/music/st-trinians-%e2%80%93-soundtrack-$1179952.htm | archivedate=2008-12-01 }}

[3] {{ cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Geraldine | title=Theme to St. Trinian's | publisher=Official Charts Company | accessdate=2008-04-23 | df= }}

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[5] {{ cite web | url=http://acharts.us/song/31397 | title=Theme To St Trinians | publisher=aCharts.us | accessdate=2008-04-23 }}

title: Theme to St. Trinian's

question: What does the text say about composure?

answer: No answer

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

critique: The answer should mention the song's composer.

critique: The answer should mention the composer of the song.

question: What does the text say about music videos?

answer: The song "Theme to St Trinian's" was released alongside the soundtrack album on December 10, 2007. A music video of Girls Aloud's performance from the film was used to promote the track. The video was released to music video stations to promote the film and the soundtrack.

critique: The answer should mention that the song was written to serve as the theme tune to the film.

critique: The response is missing the part where a video was released to music video stations to promote the film and the soundtrack.

critique: The second sentence is inaccurate. The music video station was not used to promote the film and the soundtrack.

critique: The answer should mention that the song was removed from the iTunes store to avoid confusion with Girls Aloud's actual single.

critique: The answer should mention that the video was released to promote the song.

critique: The answer should mention that the song was written specifically to serve as the theme tune to the film.

critique: The response should include that the song was written specifically for the film.

critique: The answer could mention that a music video of Girls Aloud's performance was used to promote the track.

text: The answer could mention that the video features Girls Aloud performing the song as well as various clips of other scenes from throughout the film.

question: Summarize the plot of St.Trinian's.

answer: No answer

critique: The question is asking for a summary of the plot of the film.

critique: The film's plot is not given in the passage, but it is possible to describe it.

critique: The question is asking for a summary of the plot of St.Trinian's.


text:
We all know how this ends; there's no need to continue. But if you feel the need to indulge yourself, I can't stop you. I will tell you one thing, though, it won't be a fun ride. This isn't the type of thing you discuss amongst your family around the dining room table. Even though you can feel in the air how much they want to ask you about it - as taboo as the subject is - there's no way they'll cross that line. But there's always that one friend who doesn't understand boundaries and why you shouldn't cross them. That ignorant bastard.

"So, did you kill anybody?"

I can feel my heart sink into my stomach, and with those five words all the memories I've tried so desperately to repress come flowing through my mind.

Images forever burned into my conscience.

How we got into this situation was the same for most of us: we wanted to heroes.  Granted, there is that one guy - down on his luck -  whose up to his knees in debt. They told him all his worries would disappear if he just signed on the dotted line. He needed a way out and couldn't think of any other options. But even then, in the back of his mind, the idea of ending another man's life without consequence, maybe even praise, had to impact his decision in some way. He could have chose a safer job... Anything but Combat Arms. But why fix the damage when you can inflict the damage?  You're a joke if you get a medal for making sure everyone gets paid on time.

In the long run all we really want is recognition.

One-hundred and thirty-eight days in country and not a single thing to write home about. You could feel the hostility in the air. Each and every one of us were growing tired of the monotony. All we wanted was a real reason to clean our weapons. And this is the insanity that the US Military inflicts among its indentured servants. Train a man to kill, give him guns and grenades, throw him into a desert and suddenly he wants to get shot at. We were all normal once-upon-a-time. Eventually everything fades to gray and you can't remember what exactly normal is anymore. At this point every man in Charlie Co. Fire Squad Alpha doesn't realize they've crossed the point of no return.

I couldn't see what I was shooting at, but it didn't matter. The gurgled screams let me know I was hitting something, though, and it felt good. The lesson I learned that day is that Positive Identification isn't always necessary. Before I get ahead of myself, let me explain. Those bastards thought they could run into a Mosque and they would be safe. Well, your Holy Place isn't mine. Your God can't judge me. Out here, life is a gift, and you have to be willing to take that gift away without a second thought about it.

Out here, standing by a road with a shovel can get you killed.

With my adrenaline pumping I guess I didn't notice what time it was... it just slipped my mind. All that matters is the target was eliminated; mission complete. The weight had immediately been lifted off my shoulders. I finally got what I was looking for and I felt vindicated.

After the C4 blast there wasn't much left of the Mosque, and the screams finally subsided. Sifting through the rubble, the pride I felt started to subside, and a sense of nausea overcame me. I stumbled upon what appeared to be a hand - a tiny little hand. I had never seen gore like this. A hand, a foot, an arm, a leg. Things unrecognizable as human. What have I done? These people weren't the enemy. These were human beings like you and I. Men, women, and children reduced to humps of body parts. I can never look at a hamburger the same way again.

"Soldier, you're about to learn a very important lesson today."

This was all too much to take in.

"Why do you think when we find a weapon cache every vehicle gets an RPG stowed in the back?"

Stunned, I didn't want to know.

Sergeant collected 3 RPGs and scattered them in the ruins of what once was a Mosque. stepping back and observing the scene, without a hint of emotion in his face, he took in a deep breath.

"When we get back to the FOB, CID will be there to conduct their investigation, so we'd better get our story straight. I'll tell you this, though, Soldier. Tomorrow you'll be on the cover of Stars & Strips. You're going to be a War Hero."

title: Collateral Damage

question: Why will the narrator be a hero tomorrow?

answer: He killed innocent people.

critique: The answer should clarify that the people he killed weren't innocent, they were enemy combatants.

critique: This is a correct answer but it is not stated in the passage.

critique: The narrator did not kill innocent people. He killed people in a mosque.

critique: The narrator did not kill innocent people.

text: Specify that the innocent people weren't seen as innocent people to people in Combat Arms. They saw them as the enemy.

question: What emotions have driven the narrator to kill these innocent people?

answer: The narrator has no emotions towards killing innocent people. The narrator is driven by a desire for recognition.

critique: Another, more important emotion-hate-is omitted.

critique: The narrator is driven by a desire for recognition, but he also feels vindicated after killing the innocent people.

critique: The narrator is driven by a desire for recognition, but they are still affected by the killings.

critique: The narrator is driven by a desire for recognition.

critique: The desire for recognition is not the only emotion.

critique: The narrator is driven by a desire for recognition, but also by a desire for action.

critique: The narrator is driven by a desire for recognition and a need to feel vindicated.

critique: The narrator is driven by a desire for recognition, but he also feels vindicated.

question: How did the soldier feel about what he had done?

answer: He felt sick and nauseous.

critique: The answer should mention the soldier's sense of pride.

critique: This response is not related to the question

critique: The answer should mention that the soldier was remorseful.

critique: The answer should mention the soldier's realization that he had killed innocent people.

critique:
"Sergeant collected 3 RPGs and scattered them in the ruins of what once was a Mosque. stepping back and observing the scene, without a hint of emotion in his face, he took in a deep breath.

"When we get back to the FOB, CID will be there to conduct their investigation, so we'd better get our story straight. I'll tell you this, though, Soldier. Tomorrow you'll be on the cover of Stars & Strips. You're going to be a War Hero."

The response is incorrect due to the addition of information not stated in the text and info that contradicts the story.

critique: The answer should mention that the soldier felt vindicated.

critique: The answer should mention the soldier's reaction to the sergeant's words.

text: It should be said that the soldier initially feels a sense of pride over what he's done, but he feels sick and nauseous when he realizes he's killed innocent people

question: Where were the rest of Charlie Company Fire Squad Alpha when the narrator fires on the mosque?

answer: That information can't be found.

critique: The question is asking for information that is not in the text.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The narrator is Charlie Company Fire Squad Alpha.

critique: It is omitted that the narrator is the only one who fired on the mosque.

critique: It is possible to make an inference from the information in the story.

critique: The answer is wrong. The narrator says that the rest of Charlie Company Fire Squad Alpha was on a mission.

critique: The passage effectively implies that they were there.

critique: The question is asking where the rest of the squad was.


text:
*Written by myself.*

Lubulo, the ruler of the city, was to be found by his farm patch on the southern slope of the Tall Vent. Relu approached him from above, rolling lazily as he did so to take in the heat.

“Word has come from Kallcho,” he said. “They’ve begun evacuating. Even the deepest parts are no longer safe from the burning water.”

Lubulo, who had been tending the thin film of bacteria, looked up and flashed in mild alarm. He pulsated nervously backwards and forwards, before settling down once again.

“They couldn’t have waited a little while longer?” he queried. “We might have been able to at least save part of the city.”

“There was nothing they could do,” replied Relu. “The people on the outskirts were starting to die, and even those by the vents were acquiring burns. They reckon it will only be about a month before Kallcho is entirely uninhabitable. Our own city is now the last one left.”

“Our defences will hold,” said Lubulo. “They *must*.”

Above them, vast nets hung between the walls of the canyon, blotting out the dim light from above. The organisms that grew on them provided a refuge for the city of Yoshlulo from the burning water.

There had always been burning water, as far back as the historians could recall. But where once it had kept near the bright surface waters, it had gradually crept deeper and deeper as did the Green. The higher cities went silent first, many centuries ago. Now they stood deserted. No one had been near them for generations. The bright, warm waters where once one could live without ever going near a lava flow were flooded with the Green, living off the light of the sun, absorbing otherwise useless nutrients and pumping out their toxic gas, dissolving it into the surrounding ocean.

The refugees had come to the deeper waters first in their hundreds, then thousands, then millions as the burning water choked city after city. After the survivors of the journey from Kallcho arrived, there would be no more refugees.

It had been scientists in Kallcho that first bred the organisms that now protected Yoshlulo, the last bastion of civilisation in the world. These gas-eaters not only consumed the burning water, they actively *needed* it in order to survive. Thus far they had been successful, and Yoshlulo had survived.

“Kallcho’s have not,” Relu pointed out, his luminescent cysts sparking and shifting nervously.

“Kallcho is not in a location like Yoshlulo,” replied Lubulo. “They are, or rather *were*, on a volcanic slope. If they had waited for our engineers to arrive, they might have been able to erect better defences. With us, the canyon walls allow us to hang the nets around the entire city. A complete border of protection.”

“And how long will that protect us?” asked Relu.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean that we’re sitting on a vent. The city rises by a limb-span every year. The canyon roof is only fifty thousand limb-spans above us. That gives us only a few generations. Eventually we will be too high. The burning water will seep through and the city will die.”

“We will have to leave that to those who follow us,” replied Lubulo mildly. “We have done what we can. The nets are not the only defence. The gas-eaters are also being spread around waters higher up. I have people going on expeditions to plant colonies of them, and to record the progress of existing colonies. They’re doing well. It may be that they are enough to stem the harm done by the Green.”

Time continued its ceaseless march. Yoshlulo was destroyed and the last light of intelligence on Earth went out. The tectonic plates shifted, and all trace of civilisation was swallowed by subduction. Eventually, no evidence remained that it had ever existed at all. The distant descendants of the gas-eaters eventually looked back into the geological past of their planet and found no trace that they were anything but the first.

title: "Oxygenation"

question: Summarize the main conflict of the story.

answer: The main conflict of the story is the burning water, which is a deadly, burning substance that has been engulfing the cities of the world. The burning water is a result of the Green, which is a substance that absorbs nutrients and pumps out toxic gas. The burning water is so powerful that it can even burn its way through the organisms that eat it. The city of Yoshlulo is the last one left. The city is protected by organisms that are bred to consume the burning water.

critique: "The burning water is so powerful that it can even burn its way through the organisms that eat it." - this is inaccurate. The burning water doesn't burn its way through the organisms. The organisms eat the burning water and use it as a source of energy to survive.

critique: Doesn't mention that they are on the last volcanic vent in existence.

critique: The organisms are bred in Kallcho, not Yoshlulo.

critique: The answer should mention that the burning water is a result of the Green.

critique: The answer is a bit confusing and hard to understand.

critique: "The city of Yoshlulo is the last one left. The city is protected by organisms that are bred to consume the burning water." - irrelevant information that should be deleted.

critique: The answer should mention the city's eventual destruction.

question: Summarize everything relating to high temperatures.

answer: The burning water is described as burning so hot that it can kill almost instantly. It is also mentioned that if you get close to it, you can acquire burns. Finally, it is described as having a temperature high enough to evaporate water and dissolve otherwise useless nutrients. They are using the burning water in order to heat the city.

critique: The city is not using the burning water to heat the city.

critique: The burning water doesn't heat the city.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The burning water is not described as burning so hot that it can kill almost instantly. It is also not mentioned that if you get close to it, you can acquire burns. Finally, it is not described as having a temperature high enough to evaporate water and dissolve otherwise useless nutrients. They are using the burning water in order to heat the city.

critique: "The burning water is described as burning so hot that it can kill almost instantly." - this is inaccurate. The burning water does not kill instantly.

critique: The burning water is not described as having a temperature high enough to evaporate water and dissolve otherwise useless nutrients.

critique: The sentence "They are using the burning water in order to heat the city" is redundant because it's already stated that the burning water kills almost instantly.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The burning water is not described as burning so hot that it can kill almost instantly.

critique: "The burning water is described as burning so hot that it can kill almost instantly. It is also mentioned that if you get close to it, you can acquire burns. Finally, it is described as having a temperature high enough to evaporate water and dissolve otherwise useless nutrients. They are using the burning water in order to heat the city." -  this is irrelevant and should be deleted.

question: What does the story say about global warming?

answer: The burning water is a result of global warming. The burning water is the result of the Green, which is absorbing the light of the sun and pumping out toxic gas. The burning water is also creeping deeper and deeper. The higher cities went silent first, many centuries ago. The burning water is now flooding the bright, warm waters where once one could live without ever going near a lava flow.

critique: The burning water is not a result of global warming. The burning water is a result of the Green, which is absorbing the light of the sun and pumping out toxic gas.

critique: Correct the tense two uses of "is" in the second sentence.

critique: "The burning water is also creeping deeper and deeper." - this was never implied in the story and should be deleted.

critique: The burning water is not a result of global warming.

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

critique: The burning water is not a result of global warming. It is a result of the Green.

question: Summarize everything relating to Kallcho.

answer: Kallcho is a city that is being evacuated. The burning water has reached the outskirts of the city and people are starting to die. The burning water has been creeping deeper and deeper as the Green has grown. The burning water has been around for as long as the historians can recall. The refugees from Kallcho arrive in Yoshlulo. The burning water has killed Kallcho.

critique: "The burning water has been around for as long as the historians can recall." - this is incorrect. The burning water has been creeping deeper and deeper as the Green has grown. The burning water has been around for as long as the historians can recall. The refugees from Kallcho arrive in Yoshlulo. The burning water has killed Kallcho.

critique: "The burning water has been around for as long as the historians can recall." - this is incorrect. The burning water has been creeping deeper and deeper as the Green has grown. The burning water has been around for as long as the historians can recall.

critique: Just to make this worse, it's not clear that the burning water "killed" Kallcho, but rather Kallcho was the first place to be killed by the water. This can be omitted without a negative impact.

critique: The burning water has not killed Kallcho.

critique: "The burning water has been around for as long as the historians can recall." - this is incorrect. The burning water has been creeping deeper and deeper and the higher cities went silent centuries ago.


text:
It was a cold, dark night…

I lay in the corner of the street, my head in a puddle, a smell of what can only be described as death circling my very presence. I had lost count of how many days it had been, of how many faces I’ve seen pass me, of how many feet I’ve watched shuffle aside, trying their hardest to avoid my very existence. Of how many eyes had looked at me, and burnt hatred so deep it became almost intolerable. Sheer disgust, seeping out of the breath of everyone who passed. That is what my life had become. Ever since that one day. When everything I thought I knew was ripped apart in front of me.

It was the youngest who took me in. He seemed kind, welcomed me. One of those people that deep down you can tell had a good heart even if they hid it beneath a rough, silent exterior. I lived in his room free to do what I felt, unless the others were around, the older ones. When their voices carried through the door, I was hidden under the bed, its so our friendship will be ours alone I would convince myself, that he wanted me to be all his. But I suppose that should have been the first warning sign. Can a place truly be called your home if you have to hide from its very inhabitants? But sadly, I was naive… no, I chose to ignore it, I was too obsessed, too caught up by this newfound friendship to ever even consider the truth. I thought everything was perfect. Then it happened.  It was late at night, the door slammed behind him as the boy tumbled in. Raised voices instantly burnt through the very walls that surrounded me, through the doors, through everything. I had heard anger in those voices before, the times when I hid, but nothing like this, this was… new. The door crashed open, the boy collapsing to the ground. Eyes bloodshot, his mouth lined with dry, cracked vomit, his shirt, blooded, torn and stained. A sight that I wished I would never see again. As he hit the ground, he looked up at me, but there was no affection any more, just pure emptiness. I heard the voices come closer. There was no time to hide, no time to be hidden. Voices entered the room; eyes were cast down the decrepit shell lying on the floor, then to me. Hatred. Rough hands were placed on me, words crying out that I was to blame, that somehow, this was my entire fault. My protests, my cries of defense, all fell on deaf ears. No matter how much I pleaded, no matter how many times I cried out to them that there was more to me, more I could give to them, it was all to no avail. I was tossed out on the street, my once home fading in my eyesight as I tumbled, seemingly forever, sinking in to my own personal abyss.

An icy wind blew threw me, bringing me back from the horrid memory. I rolled onto my side, no longer sure if it was by my own personal doing or if I simply lacked the strength to offer any resistance. This is it, I thought to myself. This is how it is going to end. All the things I could have done, the places I could have seen, and now this will become my final resting place, a blotch in the street, surrounded by the ear wrecking sound of traffic and drunks. Some rest indeed. Through all the noise, I heard footsteps walking towards me. No doubt to impose some form of abuse towards me in my final moments I had thought. But no, a hand rested on my body. Warmth that I had not felt since… the boy? I turned around and stared up, locking eyes with an unfamiliar face. It was irrelevant. This man has picked me up in my time of need. He had saved me.

 took me to some form of haven for my kind. After I adjusted to the contrast of light, I looked around and saw countless amounts of those in the same position as me. It was amazing. I was no longer a freak. No longer an outcast, I was amongst my own kind at last. The time I spent there was the happiest of my life. On occasions, members of our private little community would be taken away by strangers from the outside, I had lost a few good friends through that, but even then the kind man would always bring in new members, new friends to be made, stories to be heard, connections to be formed. I should have learnt. All good things must come to a pass.

The horrendous noise sounded, the noise that sounded the arrival of a stranger. As usual, our host welcomed the man with open arms, allowing him to take his pick of who he wanted. The stranger cast his eyes along the crowd, passing by everyone I knew, his gaze nonchalant to all. All that is, except me. He looked straight at me, and stopped. Eyes bloodshot, his mouth lined with dry, cracked vomit, his shirt, blooded, torn and stained. The memory flooded through me. It was then I realized just how blind I had been. The night that changed it all, it had not been emptiness in the boy’s eyes. It had been lust! And it was lust again the bore its way inside my soul. The stranger had chosen. I wouldn’t be saying goodbye to a friend this time. I would be saying goodbye to everything.

The door opened to his building. And a building it would always be, never a home. No place with so much vile hatred seeping out of every crack in the wall, so much murk and gloom pouring out of every shadow, could ever be called a home. He sat in front of me, breathing his horrid breath over my neck, running his fingers down my body, inhaling my breath. I knew straight away, this was never going to end well. He lifted me, I felt weightless and powerless under his grasp. He put his lips around me, and it felt like he drank the very life force from my body. His brown, crusted teeth scraping against me, as his course tongue brought him to the satisfaction he had desired for so long. After what felt like an eternity in the lowest ring of hell, he was done. The door was opened, and for the second time in my life, I was cast out. This time however, there was no remorse. There was nothing. I was resound to my fate.

And that’s how I arrived here, lying once again in a gutter. This time, I know there will be no retribution. I can see my life flowing from my body. It’s coming to an end. If only things had been different. If only we really did have medicinal qualities, then maybe, just maybe, this wouldn’t be the end of just one more bottle of Buckfast.

title: The first story I wrote, no title, around 1100 words. Constructive criticism is welcome. :)

question: Summarize what, according to the narrator, led to their being in a gutter.

answer: The narrator was living in a house with a boy, who took them in. The narrator was hidden from the other people in the house. One day, the boy came home drunk, and the narrator heard raised voices. The boy collapsed, and the narrator saw blood on his shirt. The narrator was cast out of the house, and the boy never took them back in.

critique: The narrator was hidden from the other people in the house. One day, the boy came home drunk, and the narrator heard raised voices. The boy collapsed, and the narrator saw blood on his shirt. The narrator was cast out of the house, and the boy never took them back in.

text: It is omitted that he meets the boy many years later, and the boy takes him home to make love, then casts him out of the house again.

question: The narrator keeps getting thrown out-what could the reason be?

answer: The narrator is a bottle of alcohol; hence is being thrown out for the smell of alcohol. The narrator keeps getting thrown out because their owner is likely drinking too much. The last owner even throws the narrator out because he lusts for the narrator-he merely wanted to use them.

critique: The answer should mention the fact that the narrator is a bottle of alcoholic beverage.

critique: The narrator is not a bottle of alcohol.

critique: The narrator is a bottle of Buckfast, not alcohol.

text: The answer is inaccurate. The narrator is a homeless man.

category: accuracy

question: Name one possible theory about the beings that keep abusing and throwing the narrator into the streets.

answer: The narrator is a bottle of Buckfast.

critique: The narrator is a bottle of Buckfast. - this is incorrect. The narrator is a homeless person.