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FREDERICK HAMBRIGHT (May 1, 1727 n.s.– March 9, 1817) was a military officer who fought in both the local militia and in the North Carolina Line of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He is best known for his participation in the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. Serving as a statesman early in the Revolution, Hambright joined the War in 1777, ranked a lieutenant colonel in a local militia. His early actions were limited to occasional checks on (and some minor skirmishes with) Loyalist groups. This changed in 1780 with Hambright's important role at the Battle of Kings Mountain, which occurred near his lands in the newly formed Lincoln County, North Carolina. Hambright was commended for his bravery during the battle, though suffering a wound which forced him to permanently resign from military service.

A native of the Duchy of Bavaria, Hambright immigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1738. Between 1755 and 1775, he moved several times, first to Virginia, and then to various areas in North Carolina. After the War, he lived the remainder of his life near Kings Mountain.

Early life

Frederick Hambright was born to Conrad Hambrecht on May 1, 1727 in Moosbach, Bavaria (then part of the Holy Roman Empire and in present day Germany). He lived there for the first eleven years of his life, until the family immigrated to the Pennsylvania Colony on October 27, 1738, initially settling in Lancaster County. At the age of eighteen, Hambright left his father's home for Henrico County, Virginia. There he married his first wife, Sarah Hardin, sister of Colonel Joseph Hardin, who bore him 12 children, 6 of whom were raised to maturity.[1] Along with several neighbors, Hambright again emigrated, in 1760, to rural Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (in the area which was to become Tryon County in 1768), settling near the Catawba River close to a frontier fortification that ensured his family's protection from Indian attacks.[2] This area was to become part of Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1779, and eventually Gaston County, in 1846.

Revolutionary War

Service record:[3]

-   Lincoln County Regiment, North Carolina militia 1779-1783
-   9/9/1775, a major under Col. William Graham in the Tryon County Regiment (North Carolina)
-   June 1776, back to captain.
-   1779, a lieutenant colonel of Riflemen under Col. Andrew Hampton (Rutherford County Regiment).
-   May have been at the Battle of Stono Ferry in South Carolina
-   At the Battle of Ramseur's Mill in North Carolina under Col. Francis Locke (Rowan County Regiment).
-   Wounded at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina
-   Not very active during 1781 and 1782.
-   Resigned April 30, 1783.

Before serving as a soldier, Hambright was a signer of the Tryon Resolves of August 14, 1775, a document which declared that the signers would vow resistance against the British for their actions at the Battle of Lexington. He was a representative of Tryon County, at the Third Provincial Congress, which lasted from August 20 to September 10, 1775.[4] In late 1776, Hambright took part in the Rutherford Light Horse expedition against the Overhill Cherokee.[5]

When the war reached Tryon County in 1777, Hambright joined the colonial cause as a lieutenant colonel of the Lincoln County Regiment (locally known as “The South Fork Boys”). Hambright was called the “Terror of the Tories”.[6]

Battle of Kings Mountain

On May 22, 1780, Major Patrick Ferguson was assigned as “Inspector of the British Militia”, and was promptly ordered to march to Tryon County, North Carolina to raise troops and to protect the left flank of Lord Cornwallis's main body which occupied Charlotte, North Carolina at the time.[7][8] By September 10, Ferguson had established a military camp at Gilbert Town, North Carolina and issued a challenge to the Patriot leaders to lay down their arms or he would, “_Lay waste to their country with fire and sword_.”[9] After receiving this message, Patriot leaders Isaac Shelby and John Sevier quickly planned a preemptive campaign against Ferguson's army. They sent messages to military leaders William Campbell and Benjamin Cleveland to join them.[10] The rendezvous at Sycamore Shoals on September 25, brought to Campbell's army 200 Virginians and 160 North Carolinians.[11] Another 1,100 “Overmountain Men,” volunteers from the Washington District, also arrived to fight for the Patriot cause. The army met with Cleveland's 350 men at Burke County, North Carolina,[12] and the now 1,400–strong force marched towards the South Mountains.[13]

When word of this force reached Ferguson, he sent a message to Cornwallis asking for reinforcements. This message did not reach Cornwallis in time, and on October 1 Ferguson retreated towards the Broad River, asking for local loyalist militia to join him. By October 6, the Patriots had passed Gilbert Town and had reached Cowpens, South Carolina. Local sympathizers informed the Patriots that Ferguson had 1500 men camped on Kings Mountain.[14]

As they were pressed for time before Ferguson would continue on to Charlotte, Patriot leaders picked 900 men—including Hambright's—to ride to Kings Mountain.[15] By the morning of the 7th, they had reached Kings Mountain, surrounded it, and attacked. The militia's commanding officer, Col. William Graham, was absent during the battle due to an illness in his family, leaving Hambright in command.[16] Hambright's group, along with six units, was positioned at the “ball” base beside the “heel” crest of the mountain, in position suited to attack the main Loyalist position. The objective was to catch the Loyalists by surprise. During the assault, Hambright was severely wounded from a musket ball shot to his thigh. Although bleeding badly, he continued fighting. Hambright's comrades were impressed with his bravery, and as fellow soldier, Samuel Moore, later put it:

After the battle, Hambright was taken to his nearby log cabin for treatment. He survived, but had to resign from service due to his injury, which caused a permanent limp in Hambright's walk.[17]

Later life

[The Hambright Homestead, 1920.]

After his first wife's death on July 17, 1781, Hambright married Mary Dover. Together they had ten children, eight of whom survived to maturity.[18] He lived a quiet life on his homestead near Kings Mountain, until his death on March 9, 1817 at the age of ninety.[19] His remains were interred at Old Shiloh Presbyterian Cemetery in Grover, North Carolina.

Thomas Dixon Jr. was his grandson.

Footnotes

[1] Hunter p. 325

[2] Hunter p. 325

[3]

[4] Connor p. 409

[5] _Cherokee Expeditions_; Carolana.com; retrieved May 2016

[6] Hunter p. 326

[7] Buchanan p. 202

[8] Dameron p. 22

[9] Buchanan p. 208

[10] Buchanan, pp. 210-211

[11] Buchanan p. 213

[12] Buchanan p. 215

[13] Buchanan p. 217

[14] Buchanan p. 223

[15] Buchanan p. 223

[16]

[17] Hunter p. 327

[18] Hunter p. 327

[19] Hunter p. 327

title: Frederick Hambright

question: What does the story say about Frederick Hambright's role in the Battle of Kings Mountain?

answer: Frederick Hambright was a military officer who fought in both the local militia and in the North Carolina Line of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He is best known for his participation in the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. Serving as a statesman early in the Revolution, Hambright joined the War in 1777, ranked a lieutenant colonel in a local militia. His early actions were limited to occasional checks on (and some minor skirmishes with) Loyalist groups. This changed in 1780 with Hambright's important role at the Battle of Kings Mountain, which occurred near his lands in the newly formed Lincoln County, North Carolina. Hambright was commended for his bravery during the battle, though suffering a wound which forced him to permanently resign from military service.

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question: What does the article say about Hambright's personal life?

answer: Hambright was born in Bavaria in 1727. He married his first wife, Sarah Hardin, in 1755. She bore him 12 children, 6 of whom survived to maturity. After her death in 1781, he married Mary Dover, with whom he had 10 children, 8 of whom survived to maturity. He lived the remainder of his life on his homestead near Kings Mountain.

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CPC GANGBANGS were a Montreal, Quebec-based garage punk band,[1] composed of former members of bands Les Sexareenos (1999–2002), The Spaceshits (1995–99), Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers (1997–99), Grime, and Milky Ways.

History

CPC Gangbangs was established in 2001 as The Gangbangs. It was originally intended as a punk band influenced by the likes of Black Flag. Its first single was released in 2002 by High School Refuse Records, titled “When All Turns To Shit.”

In early 2003, the band was renamed CPC Gangbangs, and guitarist and vocalist Paul Spence, (previously a member of the punk rock band Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers, and co-star of the mockumentary cult classic _FUBAR: The Movie_), joined the band.[2] Soon Daylight Lovers' bassist Roy Vucino, using the stage name Choyce, joined as well, creating more changes to the band's sound. Spence and Choyce shared songwriting duties and stage presence evenly. After entering and completing a drug detoxification program, Choyce returned to the band with renewed health and incorporated experiences of crime and hard drug-related experiences in the lyrics of songs for the band. He also included imagery and lyrical content influenced by Aleister Crowley, Austin Osman Spare.[3] While playing mainly garage punk, CPC Gangbangs incorporated elements of space rock and thrash metal into their music. With this lineup, the CPC Gangbangs performed live shows regularly in Montreal and later in Toronto.[4]

The group's debut LP “Mutilation Nation” was released in 2007 on Swami Records.[5] The band then went out on tour in support of the album.[6] That year the band released a single, “The Broken Glass”.[7]

Following the departure of key members and the arrest of another in the USA, Choyce released a statement declaring the band's dissolution in 2008. Some of the members formed a new outfit under the name Red Mass, and continued to use the imagery and Crowley influences of the previous band.

Discography

Albums

  Year   Title                 Label   Other information
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  2007   _Mutilation Nation_   Swami   First full-length LP.

EPs & singles

  Year   Title                    Label                       Other information
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  2007   _World War III 7"_       Profet Records              Limited run of 500 copies; Catalog No. PR10
  2007   _The Broken Glass 7"_    Seeing Eye Records          Picture disc; Catalog No. SE005; B-side: “Rich Rich Rich”
  2007   _Teenage Crimewave 7"_   Die Slaughterhaus Records   Limited run of 500 copies; Catalog No. DSH015b; B-side: “Blood on the Wall”

[1]

[2] “Le dark side CPC Gangbangs’ Montreal includes blood”. _Now Toronto_, by Tim Perlich August 16, 2007

[3] “Magick and mayhem”. _Montreal Mirror_, by JOHNSON CUMMINS, June 14. Archived at the Wayback Machine.

[4] “Jay Reatard Punches Audience Member, Walks Out On Show”. _Chart Attack_, Apr 18, 2008

[5] “CPC Gangbangs Mutilation Nation”. _Exclaim!_, By Josiah Hughes. Oct 29, 2007

[6] “CPC Gangbangs” . _Mongrelzine_, June 2, 2008 BOB SCOTT

[7] “CPC GANGBANGS The Broken Glass”. Kalle Stille, _Ox-Fanzine_ Issue #76 (February/March 2008).

title: CPC Gangbangs

question: What kind of public reception would CPC Gangbangs have likely received from the public?

answer: It is likely that the public would have received CPC Gangbangs with a positive reception. The band was composed of former members of bands that were well-received by the public. The band was also well-received by the public.

critique: CPC Gangbangs was not well received by the public.

critique: The band was well-received by the public, but that doesn't necessarily mean the public would have received them with a positive reception.

critique: The band was composed of former members of bands that were well-received by the public. The band was also well-received by the public. - is redundant and unnecessary.

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[DR. OSCAR COELLO in the XVI Symposium on the History of Lima in the Casona de San Marcos in January 2009.]

OSCAR COELLO, (born in Piura, April 15, 1947) is a Peruvian poet, professor and literary critic. He holds the chairs of American literature (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries), and rhythm at the National University of San Marcos in Lima.

Biography

He began his studies at the National University of San Marcos where he was completed his bachelor's in Hispanic literature. He went on to achieve his master's degree in Hispanic literature at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and was subsequently awarded his doctorate in Peruvian and Latin American literature from the National University of San Marcos.

Published works

In 1979 Coello wrote his first book of poems entitled _Dunes, Oysters and Doorbells_ (_De dunas, ostras y timbres_) was published with a foreword by Washington Delgado Tresierra. His second poetry collection, _Sky of this World_ (_Cielo de este mundo_), was published in 1980 with a foreword by Manuel Pantigoso. In the field of literary studies his works include: _Peru in Literature_ (_El Perú en su Literatura_), 1983; [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ij4Z_J27vM4C&printsec=frontcover&hl=es#v=onepage&q&f=false_The Beginnings of Spanish Poetry in Peru_] (_Los inicios de la poesía castellana en el Perú_), 2001; [https://books.google.com/books?id=Sn3KqOju3r4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=oscar+coello#v=onepage&q&f=false_The Origins of the Spanish Novel in Peru: The capture of Cuzco] (Los orígenes de la novela castellana en el Perú: La toma del Cuzco 1539)_, First Edition 2008. Aside from his published books he is also the author of numerous academic texts, among which are: _Our Castilian_ (_Nuestro Castellano_), 1994; _Art and Grammar of Our Castilian_ (_Arte y gramática de nuestro castellano_), 1995; and _Classical Semiotics Manual_ (_Manual de semiótica clásica_), 2007.

_The Beginnings of Spanish Poetry in Peru_

In 1999, _The Beginnings of Spanish Poetry in Peru_ was released. This book may be described as one of the most detailed and comprehensive studies of early Spanish language poetry in sixteenth-century Peruvian literature. It outlines chronologically the development of Spanish poetry in Peru. Up until publication of this book, it was widely believed that «The Verses of Isla del Gallo» were the first samples poetry from the time of the founding of Peru. The first book of poetry, entitled _The Poem Discovery of Peru_ was written by Diego de Silva y Guzmán in Cuzco, in 1538. This book comprises 283 verses of ‘Arte Mayor’ and is now considered the first book of poetry in Peru and Spanish America. In his book, Coello also includes studies of the twenty-one real couplets by Francisco de Xerez, which was published in 1534 in Seville; poems of Alonso Enriquez de Guzman, romances and traditional verses from the early days of the founding of Peru.

_The Origins of the Spanish Novel in Peru: The Capture of Cuzco (1539)_

Oscar Coello’s studies of sixteenth-century Peruvian letters are supported by other books, namely _The Origins of the Spanish Novel in Peru: The Capture of Cuzco (1539)_. Diego de Silva y Guzman was the son of Feliciano de Silva, who was mentioned by Miguel de Cervantes in the first chapter of _Don Quixote_. Diego de Silva y Guzman wrote in 1539 a text that treats of the time of Manco Inca’s revolt and the siege of the Cuzco city; and, also that treats, during the time of the battle between Almagro and Pizarro for the possession of the sacred city of the Incas. This text has all the hallmarks of what we now understand as a novel, and is away from the “Books of Cavalry”, because its characters belong to the history of events that took place (as the first Spanish historical novel studied by Menéndez y Pelayo). But, this book approaches the old songs medieval epic which characters sometimes tend to be characters of reality.

Other notable works

-   _De dunas, ostras y timbre_ (1979)
-   _Cielo de este mundo_ (1980)
-   _El Perú en su literatura_ (1983)
-   _Nuestro castellano_ (1994).
-   _Arte y gramática de nuestro castellano_ (1995)
-   _Los inicios de la poesía castellana en el Perú_ (2001)
-   _Manual de semiótica clásica_ (2007)
-   _Los orígenes de la novela castellana en el Perú: La toma del Cuzco (1539)_ (1.ª ed. 2008)
-   _Diego de Silva y Guzmán. Poema de la conquista del Perú (1538) y la Toma del Cuzco (1539)_ (2016)

title: Óscar Coello

question: What does the text say about Dr. Coello's family?

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question: What does the text say about Dr. Óscar Coello?

answer: Dr. Óscar Coello is a Peruvian poet, professor and literary critic. He holds the chairs of American literature (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries), and rhythm at the National University of San Marcos in Lima.

critique: The answer should mention Coello's education.

critique: I would add that Coello was born in 1947.

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critique: The answer should mention his literary works.

question: What does the text say about Coello's published works?

answer: Oscar Coello wrote his first book of poems in 1979. His second collection, Sky of This World (Cielo de Este Mundo), followed in 1980. His works include Peru in Literature, The Beginnings of Spanish Poetry in Peru, and The Origins of the Spanish Novel in Peru: The Capture of Cuzco. Coello has written numerous academic texts as well.

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question: What does the text say about Coello's book, The Beginnings of Spanish Poetry in Peru?

answer: The Beginnings of Spanish Poetry in Peru was released in 1999. It is one of the most detailed and comprehensive studies of early Spanish language poetry in sixteenth-century Peruvian literature. It outlines chronologically the development of Spanish poetry in Peru. Up until publication of this book, it was widely believed that "The Verses of Isla del Gallo" were the first samples poetry from the time of the founding of Peru. The first book of poetry, entitled The Poem Discovery of Peru, was written by Diego de Silva y Guzmán in Cuzco, in 1538. This book comprises 283 verses of 'Arte Mayor' and is now considered the first book of poetry in Peru and Spanish America. In his book, Coello also includes studies of the twenty-one real couplets by Francisco de Xerez, which was published in 1534 in Seville; poems of Alonso Enriquez de Guzman, romances and traditional verses from the early days of the founding of Peru.

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  It was like getting hit by a train. I knew I hadn’t literally been hit by a train, but in all my twelve years of existence i had never felt something that painful. He had said it wouldn’t hurt, but he lied.

   "That one was a little high", he said.

   "Yes sir", was all i could manage to reply.

   That rifle had a hell of a kick. I rubbed my shoulder to try and comfort my bones as they screamed in protest. My step father had promised to take me hunting but now i was having second thoughts.

   His name is John David Adams Senior. He has been married to my mom for the last two years. It wasn’t strange to me, having a new dad, like it was to most people. That’s mostly because i never had an old dad. For as long as I can remember it’s just been me and my mom. He is a nice man, although he can be very strict at times.

  We got up from the old wooden bench set up on the outskirts of a field about two hundred yards from our camp, and walked towards the bullseye I had been aiming for.

  The crisp mid-December air felt amazing, like a cold blanket kissing my face. As we walked, the smell of gunpowder that had saturated the air slowly dwindled away, and was replaced by the sweet aroma of freshly cut grass.

  As we reached the target, I felt a wave of disappointment wash over me. He had been right. The hole was nowhere near where I had been aiming for, but it was only my first shot, and we had a whole case of bullets to go through. As we walked back to the bench I rubbed my arm again, apologizing for the pain that was to come.

  Fifteen shots and a short ride later we arrived back at the camp to plan out my first hunt. Our camp was an old house in Natchez, Mississippi that had been converted into a hunting camp by a group of men Mr. John had befriended. From the outside, it looked like hell. The walls had boards missing and the roof patched in spots with sheets of tin, but from the inside it wasn’t half bad.

  As we walk through the front door into the living room I pass the huge map of the property that is used to show everyone where we would be the following day. “You see that spot there, number 24?” He asked.

  I replied “Yes sir.”

  “That’s where we will be tomorrow.”

  I woke the next morning to the sound of the alarm screeching like a fire engine alerting us to a new day. My bed was a sanctuary, a place to relax, but it was time to embrace the day and face the trials that were to come.

  As i pulled on my gear i glance at the clock and realize it is only four in the morning. That explains the iron gates that had replaced my eyelids constantly trying to slam shut.

  The ride to the stand was dark and quiet. Not in a frightening way though. it put me in a calm and comfortable mood. I could almost feel the forest surrounding me waiting for the sun to rise and give light to the new day, and the new events that would unfold.

  We parked on the road and walked to the stand, being as quiet as possible so as to not alert whatever was lurking in the dark trees. We are now predators, and somewhere, hidden behind a curtain of foliage, is my prey awaiting its fate.

  There are two chairs in the stand, each facing out a window that gave a full view of the two fields below. The fields were perpendicular to each other and connected in the corners, that is where our stand is set up. I positioned one chair so i could have a full view of each side at all times.

  As the sun slowly rose to its seat in the sky, the field came into view and revealed the life brimming below. I see chipmunks and birds going about their morning activities, but i see no deer.

  An hour or two goes by with no luck. My nose is starting to freeze when Mr. John taps me on the shoulder and points towards the field I was looking at. I didn’t see anything though, but readied my rifle anyway, just as he has taught me.

  Slowly, a deer creeps its way onto the field and I feel my heart begin to race. I let the animal come closer before preparing for the kill. Steadily I lower my head to the stock and gaze through the scope.

  My heart is leaping out of my chest, but i breathe deeply to attempt to calm it down.

  “Breathe out and squeeze,” he whispers.

  As the air escapes my lungs I slowly squeeze the trigger and ready myself for the impact. The world seems to slow down and disappear, leaving only me and my prey.

  Inside the scope that became my entire universe in that half a second, I hear the click of the hammer against the bullet then almost instantaneously the world explodes back to life. I see the birds flying in every direction, frightened by the sound of the shot, and in the very center of the field, lying still and lifeless, i see my target.

  We left the stand to see how I did. As we come upon the animal i feel pride for what I had accomplished and sorrow for the animal, but this is the way of life. Some must die so that others may survive. Natural selection has never seemed so real to me.

  “Beautiful shot, you did great. I’m proud of you, son,” He said, smiling at me.

  In that moment i am happier that i have ever been, not because i had ended a life, but because I had made him proud. In his eyes I can see the absolute truth in that statement, that for once in my life someone was proud of me.

  I looked into those eyes and saw the pride radiating from them, and I realized i had finally found what i had been hunting for all along.

 I love you, Dad.

  This is an original story written by me. It is also my first post, so i apologize for any formatting errors. I hope you liked it!

title: The Hunt

question: Summarize the narrator's thoughts as they shot their target.

answer: The narrator is very excited to have made their stepfather proud. They are also happy to have found what they were hunting for all along.

critique: "drawn" would more accurately describe the narrator's reaction to the events as such.

critique: The narrator doesn't realize they were hunting for their stepfather's approval until they see his pride in their eyes.

critique: The narrator is not hunting for their stepfather, but for his approval.

question: Summarize the most important realization in this story.

answer: The narrator realizes that he loves his stepfather.

critique: The narrator realizes that he loves his stepfather because he feels proud of him for the first time.

critique: The narrator realizes that he loves his stepfather.

question: Would the narrator get better at hunting since he had received his step father's approval and made him proud?

answer: The story doesn't state, but it is implied that the narrator will become more confident and willing to improve his shooting to make his step-father proud again.

critique: The story doesn't state anything about the narrator's hunting skills improving.

critique: The story does not state that the narrator will become more confident and willing to improve his shooting to make his step-father proud again.


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Part 1

I woke up and glanced at the clock to the side of me. 5:30. I never woke up that early. Even for school. I felt, different, though, somehow. Like I was being watched. Like I was in a movie or a book or something. But it was more than that. I was motivated? I guess? That fits well enough. I was motivated. I wanted to do something.
  I slowly got up and started to get ready for school. I dreaded school. I hated most people there, and they hated me back. I honestly don't know why I went. If it was up to me, I wouldn't. It was a big waste of time. I really hated it.
  I was never bad in school, but nothing exceptional either. It wasn't the work though, it was the people. If you were any different than the hive mind you were made an outcast. I wasn't one though. I had a good amount of friends, and knew the right people to not be made fun of, but I just never liked most of the people there. They were cruel and unforgiving. I didn't like them.
  So you're probably wondering why I still went? Well like many people, it was because of Her. I never knew her name, only what she looked like. She was amazing, but she hated me. I only still went to school because I thought I would have a chance of her not hating me. If I just had a chance to talk to her, or something, maybe she wouldn't hate me, like many people do.
  I honestly don't know why I'm telling anyone this. Nobody cares. But I don't mind. I don't care. I've been told countless times that I could never get her. Or anyone, for that matter. But I didn't care. I kept trying.
 Again, I know nobody cares, but this is my story. And I'm going to tell it for once.
  I went to school, again dreading it. The day wasn't anything special. I went to my classes, nothing more, nothing less. The worst part about school I think was how uneventful it always was.
  Anyway one thing did happen today, I talked to her. It turns out, she doesn't hate me, just never bothered to talk to me.

Part 2

He talked to me today! I couldn't believe it! Then, after I got over the shock, I felt so idiotic for not saying more. For not saying "I think I love you" or at least "Can we be friends?" All I could manage was "H-h-hi." Imbecile. Now he'll never know that I can't stop thinking about him and probably never will. Now he'll never know that I think he's amazing. And he'll certainly never, ever know that someone, even if it's just me, needs him.
  School was......school. I mean, I was pretty intelligent, I suppose. Made pretty good grades. But where does that get you in life? Further than most people think, but that's the point. The people who decide your social standing are highly unqualified to do so. But do I care? Not in the slightest. I'm not disliked. I'm friendly with pretty much everyone, but mainly, I'm not noticed at all, really. I'm not bothered by that. Trust me, most people at my school, you wouldn't want to notice you, either. The one thing that drove me crazy was that he didn't notice me. At least, I thought he didn't for awhile.
  Once, I heard from a friend who heard from a friend who heard him talking about suicide. I doubted he'd talk about it, but I didn't doubt he'd do it. This scared me. I realized I didn't exactly have a lot of time to tell him anything really. I had to force myself into his life. Honestly, I could care less if the whole world hated me. But not him. Please, not him.
  The reason I liked him was because you could tell by looking at him that he understood you. Not necessarily everyone, but I knew he'd understand me. I knew that maybe I could be someone he liked. I hoped I could be someone he loved. I just didn't know how to tell him.

title: Us

question: What does the story say about the narrator's relationship with the girl from his school?

answer: The narrator has a crush on a girl from his school. He has never known her name, only what she looks like. He thinks she hates him, but he still goes to school because he thinks he has a chance of her not hating him. He talks to her today and finds out she doesn't hate him, but she never bothered to talk to him.

critique: The girl doesn't hate the narrator. She just doesn't care to talk to him.

critique: It is omitted in the answer that the narrator also has never spoken to the girl.

critique: The girl doesn't hate him, she just never bothered to talk to him.

critique: It's omitted that the girl also has a crush on the narrator but is too shy to talk to him.

critique: It's omitted that the girl is the narrator's motivation for going to school.

critique: The girl doesn't hate the narrator, but she never bothered to talk to him.

question: What does the story say about how long the narrator and the girl know each other?

answer: No answer


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                 A Bad Suggestion
From the seventh floor balcony, I waited for the stars to rise and fall. Just as soon as they went up, they were greeted by another far away star, and together they would dance in a melancholy stupor until they met at a focal point of blackness, and subsequently collided leaving smolder and hot metal parading the sky. The 7TH floor of the abandoned children’s hospital was an ideal place to watch them, and I remember doing so with my older brother. Sometimes we would cheer for more rising stars, and sometimes we would recognize the stars for what they truly were. Our moods were interchangeable based on how we felt, and often, were just interpretations, for they never lasted. In the end it was the same old story. Genocide had swept our nation like a broom, and its only remaining duty was to sweep the rest of us under the rug. We were of the last ones there; the survivors. We were alone and had nothing to rely on but each other, and our father’s mandatory last advisement: “Trust No one.” This, of course, was months before his last and more imperative words: “Run!” On this particular night the moon was full, and whenever there was a hiatus in the back and forth of gunfire and floating bombs, we could still see our native Africa illuminate from the same light that had guided our ancestors. We got tired of listening to the clamor of bullets ricochet, and bored of watching the flares and missiles illuminate the sky. We were hungry, and had nowhere to sleep. It was time to begin our night’s usual routine of scavenging. My brother nudged me in the shoulder, “Come on, we have to go now.” We turned around from the balcony and sprinted down the concrete stairs of the hospital until we reached the bottom. When we made it out of the hospital stairs, the smell hit us. The stench of death is something that is overwhelming at first, but just like anything if you give it time, it will either take on the droll task of expected repetition or, it will haunt your every dream, and stalk your every move. It was most definitely stalking us and it scared us more than ever. We proceeded to run immediately to our right, through the cold sand, and past the huge tree. Usually, the task of running just on the outskirts of immediate war was enough to urge us to keep running. However, on this particular night, the leafless branches of the tree collided with the silver radiance of the moon in an utmost peculiar way. We stopped and watched the branches sway just for a moment. I don’t know why we stopped. Maybe it was just intuition telling us, but our intuition had been sidetracked for so long, we dared not to think that. Our momentary seconds of splendor were soon over, and we began to run again. The sand whistled beneath our cracked black feet as we ran. I remember the unusual chill in the air, and the warmness that would embrace my face each time a far- away missile would light up the sky, and leave its presence booming in the echoes of the barren desert. As we ran, the village where we used to live approached our immediate right, and just adjacent to them were the black windows and torn rubble that used to be our home. We didn’t dare look, for if we did we might have tried to decipher our home from the others, which of course would just perpetuate the fact that there were no homes left at all. It was important to us that we carry no baggage, we were free of emotion. We were no longer people, and I only say this because we had no characteristics of any normal person. We were too young to generate any logical conclusions on our non-generic personalities, so we just went with the notion that we had none. Our feet kept moving until we reached an old tire factory. The smell of burning rubber was still lingering in the air like a flame from an old wick, as we mechanically hopped over the only part of the fence that was not barb wired. There was a light on in the distance. If somebody was there we would rip them to shreds. We didn’t care who they were or why they were there. Trust no one. That was our motto, and we stuck to it like it was the law. Perhaps it was the sound of our tearing flesh on the rocks beneath us, or, perhaps it was the flickering shadow that left its impression so memorably on the hard dirt path. I don’t know what it was for sure, but somebody inside of that room heard us. We began to run faster as the room beyond us started to rumble with preparation. My brother pulled out a long blade that sparkled in the moonlight. Then, that door opened. He warned us to stop, but we kept on going. We were savages. As we neared, the outline of the man’s skull began to familiarize itself with the images of my mind. I paid no attention. The man pulled out a large assault rifle, and we stopped dead in our tracks. He shot my brother between the eyes and I locked mine with his. My brother was dead on the ground. He was only following the advice that my father had given him: Run, and trust no one. He did well. Then, it became clear to me and my shadowed counterpart just exactly who we were looking at. The man I was staring at was my father. As he dropped down in tears, I glanced at my brother’s bloody corpse, and soon after brought my head up to look at the battles in the distance. I took one hard glance at my father, and then remembered his last pieces of advice to me and my deceased brother. I proceeded to turn around and run as fast as I could.

title: Short Story-A Bad Suggestion

question: What were the stars that the siblings watched each night?

answer: They were flares and missiles that illuminated the sky.

critique: The answer should be more specific about what the stars were.

question: What was the cause of the war?

answer: Information not found.

critique: The story does not mention the cause of the war.

critique: The story doesn't mention the cause of the war.

critique: The narrator and his brother are the last survivors of a genocide. The war is the result of that genocide.

text: The word genocide implies a conflict of bias -race, gender, ethnicity, religion, etc.

category: coverage

question: Why don't the siblings look at the remains of their home?

answer: They don't want to be reminded that there is no home left.

critique: The answer is too vague and doesn't really answer the question.

critique: There is no evidence to suggest the home is any more at the end of the story.


text:
ERIK LASHAWN WALDEN (born August 21, 1985) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Middle Tennessee State and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, and Tennessee Titans. With the Packers, he won Super Bowl XLV in 2010.

Early years

Walden attended Dublin High School where he practiced football, basketball, and track. In football, he played as a running back and defensive end. In basketball, he received All-state honors as a junior and senior.

He moved on to Middle Tennessee State University and became a four-year starter at defensive end. As a junior, he was an All-Sun Belt Conference selection. Against Central Michigan in the 2006 Motor City Bowl he led his team with six tackles and two quarterback sacks.[1]

Walden was injured most of his senior season, which limited his effectiveness, but was still named All-Sun Belt, after finishing second in conference history in career sacks. He ended his college career after playing in 44 games (34 starts) with 152 tackles (40 for loss), 22.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, 4 passes defensed and one interception. He owns the school's career (22.5) and season (11.5) sack records.

Professional career

Dallas Cowboys

Walden was selected in the sixth round (167th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.[2] He was waived on August 30 during final cuts.

Kansas City Chiefs

A day after being let go by the Cowboys, hoping he would clear waivers and enabling them to sign him to their practice squad, he was claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs on August 31, 2008. He played in 9 games, making 10 special teams tackles and was released on November 18.

Miami Dolphins

He was claimed off waivers by the Miami Dolphins on November 20, 2008. He played in 6 games and recorded 5 special teams tackles. The next year, he was inactive for 5 games and finished with 8 special teams tackles. He was waived on September 9, 2010.

Green Bay Packers

Walden was signed as a free agent by the Green Bay Packers on October 27, 2010, because they were experiencing several injuries on the defensive side. In just his second career start he had a breakout game and was named NFC Defensive Player of the week, after playing against the Chicago Bears, while leading the team with 16 tackles and 2 sacks.[3] He was declared inactive in Super Bowl XLV because of an ankle injury.

In 2011, he became a full-time starter (15 starts) for the first time in his career and posted 86 tackles (50 solo), 3 sacks, 2 passes defensed and a fumble recovery that he returned for his first career touchdown. The next year his starts were reduced to 9 games after the Packers drafted Nick Perry. He finished with 69 tackles (38 solo), 3 sacks, 4 passes defensed and his first 2 career interceptions.

Indianapolis Colts

On March 12, 2013, Walden signed a four year, $16 million contract with the Indianapolis Colts.[4][5] In Week 11 against the Tennessee Titans, he pulled Delanie Walker's helmet off and head-butted him, which resulted in a penalty for unnecessary roughness and a one-game suspension.[6] He finished the season with 15 starts, 58 tackles (33 solo), 3 sacks, 3 passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.

In 2014, Walden set a then career-high in sacks with 6, while also recording 57 tackles (40 solo) and one forced fumble in 15 games (14 starts). The next year, he started 15 games, posting 3 sacks and one forced fumble. The next year, he started 15 games at outside linebacker, posting 57 tackles (9 for loss), 3 sacks, one forced fumble and 12 quarterback hits.

In 2016, Walden started 16 games at outside linebacker and had a career year, setting a new career-high in sacks with 11, while making 42 tackles (9 for loss), 3 forced fumbles and 17 quarterback hits.

Tennessee Titans

On July 28, 2017, Walden signed with the Tennessee Titans.[7] He was a backup at outside linebacker behind Brian Orakpo and Derrick Morgan. On September 17, 2017, in Week 2, Walden recovered a Blake Bortles fumble in a 37–16 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.[8] Walden finished the 2017 season with 36 tackles, four sacks, and four tackles for loss. He wasn't re-signed after the season.

Seattle Seahawks

On August 17, 2018, Walden signed with the Seattle Seahawks.[9] He was placed on injured reserve on September 1, 2018, and later released with an injury settlement.[10]

Personal life

Walden has two children with an ex-girlfriend, Erica Palmer.[11] On November 25, 2011, he was arrested for an alleged physical altercation that sent Palmer to the hospital. Police stated they had enough evidence to hold him under felony charges through Monday, as his case could not be processed over the Thanksgiving weekend.[12] Charges were later dropped, and Walden was not suspended by the league.[13]

On March 19, 2015, it was reported that Walden and an unnamed female companion had been attacked by Palmer. She allegedly confronted Walden at his Braselton, Georgia home with a gun and a baseball bat, and while he was able to take the gun from her, Palmer used the bat to break the arm of the unnamed woman. Palmer then fled, but returned to attack Walden, slashing his arm with a knife. Palmer was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault, family violence aggravated assault, theft by taking, and first-degree burglary.[14][15]

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title: Erik Walden

question: What does the article say about Eric Walden's professional career?

answer: He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He was signed as a free agent by the Green Bay Packers in 2010. He signed a four year, $16 million contract with the Indianapolis Colts in 2013. He signed with the Tennessee Titans in 2017. He signed with the Seattle Seahawks in 2018.

critique: The answer referring to the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Indianapolis Colts would be more up-to-date.

critique: He signed with the Seahawks in 2018, not 2017.

critique: The answer omits Walden's time with the Chiefs, Dolphins, and Colts.

critique: The answer omits Walden's time with the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, and the Tennessee Titans.

critique: The answer should mention his time with the Chiefs and Dolphins.

critique: The answer does not mention the Chiefs, Dolphins, or the Titans.

critique: The answer should mention Walden's career highlights.

question: What does the story say about Walden's education?

answer: Walden attended Dublin High School where he practiced football, basketball, and track. He then moved on to Middle Tennessee State University and became a four-year starter at defensive end. He was an All-Sun Belt Conference selection as a junior and was named All-Sun Belt after finishing second in conference history in career sacks. Walden was injured most of his senior season, which limited his effectiveness, but he was still named All-Sun Belt.

critique: The answer omits Walden's college career.

critique: The answer should mention Walden's college career.

critique: It is omitted that he was an All-Sun Belt Conference selection as a junior and was named All-Sun Belt after finishing second in conference history in career sacks. Walden was injured most of his senior season, which limited his effectiveness, but he was still named All-Sun Belt.

question: What does the story say about Walden's ex-girlfriend Erica Palmer?

answer: Walden has two children with Erica Palmer. On November 25, 2011, he was arrested for an alleged physical altercation that sent Palmer to the hospital. Police stated they had enough evidence to hold him under felony charges through Monday, as his case could not be processed over the Thanksgiving weekend. Charges were later dropped, and Walden was not suspended by the league. On March 19, 2015, it was reported that Walden and an unnamed female companion had been attacked by Palmer. She allegedly confronted Walden at his Braselton, Georgia home with a gun and a baseball bat, and while he was able to take the gun from her, Palmer used the bat to break the arm of the unnamed woman. Palmer then fled, but returned to attack Walden, slashing his arm with a knife. Palmer was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault, family violence aggravated assault, theft by taking, and first-degree burglary.

critique: The answer is too long and should be more concise.

critique: Only information relevant to Erica Palmer is needed.

critique: The answer is a summary of the events, not a description of Erica Palmer.

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

critique: "On November 25, 2011, he was arrested for an alleged physical altercation that sent Palmer to the hospital. Police stated they had enough evidence to hold him under felony charges through Monday, as his case could not be processed over the Thanksgiving weekend. Charges were later dropped, and Walden was not suspended by the league." is not relevant to Erica Palmer.

critique: The answer is too long, and the details are irrelevant.

question: What does the story say about whether Palmer was sentenced to prison?

answer: The story indicates that charges against Walden were dropped. What that means in the context of Palmer is unclear, but it seems that Palmer was given at least some punishment.

critique: The story does not indicate that Palmer was sentenced to prison. The answer should be clearer about this.

critique: It is clear that Palmer was not sentenced to prison.

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

critique: It's omitted that Palmer was not sentenced to prison.

critique: It's not clear that Palmer was punished.

text: The first sentence is not relevant in the context of the question (Palmer's assault on Walden, not Walden's assault on Palmer) and should be removed for clarity.

category: coherence


text:
Driving fast is exhilarating. Not organized racing on a track or competitions with another to win, or attain a goal. I’m talking full fledged, full speed next level driving maneuvers in traffic filled roadways bristling with drivers who are unaware of the thrill that can be attained by narrowly escaping death.

I used to own a C32 AMG, and I’m not mentioning this car to boast that I owned a fancy car, I’m mentioning it because it contained 350 of the most streamlined horsepower I’ve ever had the pleasure of controlling. The car was like an extension of myself, any movement or thought I had would take microseconds to be accurately represented. A balanced, nimble & light 5 second car. The presence of an enormous amount of caffeine coursing through my veins would increase my awareness exponentially; allowing precise control.

There was a point in time where I would make weekly trips to Houston. I was a field technician and fixed useless electronic devices for random organizations. I would have lost my mind making that monotonous trip over and over if it hadn’t been for that car. I would cruise at 90mph listening to pre-recorded versions of Annie Mac’s 2 hour Friday mash up which contained upbeat rhythms that would keep my blood flowing and senses peaked. That and huge amounts of coffee.

Cruising 90 in the fast lane pumped full of caffeine in the most clear headed aware state possible is the perfect position to make split second decisions. Like evading arrest.

The state trooper was on the other side of the center median, and I saw him a mile away... But the little adrenaline seeking devil inside of me grinned wickedly. I knew unless there was a gap in the concrete barrier there was no way he’d get me. As I roared past him, the gap in the concrete was quite apparent. As soon as I saw his lights erupt in my rear view mirror, I decided I wasn’t getting pulled over today.

The C32 AMG has 2 “sweet spots” if you will. 0-60 is lightening quick, but 60-90 is a bit slower, not slow by any means, but not anything impressive. Once you get to 90 however, you can truly feel the power of the car surge up through the pedals. Going from 90 miles an hour to 155 miles an hour is 6 seconds of exhilarating bliss.

The curvature in the road worked to my advantage that day . When I saw the trooper flip his car around and hit his lights, he also dropped out of my line of sight. My foot dropped on the pedal at the same instant. I was 2 miles from the next exit and deep inside the adrenaline slowly seeped into my veins, would I make it I thought? Yes, was the resounding answer in my head. Yes you will. It took seconds to conquer those two miles.

I slammed the breaks and slowed to about 100mph and as I barreled off the freeway the cops lights shone in my rear view at a distance. But he was far enough back that he didn’t see me. The terrain again worked to my advantage. The exit curved downward, running parallel to the freeway but lower, so someone on the freeway wouldn’t be able to see someone on the exit. But then the road curved back skywards. Wide eyed, I checked my mirrors, and looked to the left.

The cop missed the exit.

But then he saw me, and the smoke poured from his tires as his car, brakes floored, slide sideways onto the shoulder, and straight into reverse.

At this point the adrenaline was in full effect. My body was in a heightened state of awareness. I had come this far. I still had the advantage. I was still going 90. He had to reverse off the freeway, and then speed up. I focused on the road in front of me, down shifted and punched it.

I came to a light, took the turn, full, independent wheel traction control on my Michelin pilot’s kept me from flipping over or losing control, and I fast and furious drifted around the corner, only to stare down the longest road in existence. Then I panicked.

There was nowhere to go. The road went on for as far as my eyes could see. A dusty, back country road about 155 miles outside of San Antonio on IH10. There was nothing out there. Trees, dust and asphalt. And I could hear his siren.

But like something straight out of a movie, I saw a beacon of hope. A white church chapel, I roared towards it and the lot was full. This was my ticket. My tires spun in the dirt parking lot and slide safely in between a set of parked cars and killed the engine. I breathed heavily, wide eyed, hands shaking and like a slow motion movie turned my head and saw the trooper roar past in all his glory.

I stepped out of the car and looked down the country road, the trooper disappearing into the distance. The country air in my lungs felt amazing, the adrenaline coursing through my veins pumped hard, and I smiled. I had won.

title: Adrenaline: A True Story

question: What does the story say about the advantage of the speed of the narrator's C32 AMG Mercedes?

answer: The narrator's car, a C32 AMG Mercedes, had 350 horsepower. This was the perfect car for the narrator to do his job because he needs to make quick decisions on the road. The narrator mentions that the car has 2 "sweet spots" for acceleration. From 0 to 60 mph, the car was lightening quick, but from 60 to 90 mph, the car was a bit slower. However, from 90 mph to 155 mph, the car was 6 seconds of exhilarating bliss. The narrator was able to outrun a cop and despite the cop's attempts to catch up to the narrator, the narrator won because of the advantage of his car's speed.

critique: "From 60 to 90 mph, the car was a bit slower." - extraneous information that can be deleted.


text:
It didn't take long after the first encounter to really let it sink in. We were no longer alone.  We would only hope that some being, or beings, from another world would come and save us.

When we first made them, we made them to help us. To make our lives easier. We should have seen all the signs. We should have taken a moment to think. The first one I remember was a vacuum cleaner that would zoom around the house, searching for messes, before returning to it's charging dock to 'rest'. My cat loved riding on it. Well, they don't need to rest anymore, and I haven't seen my cat in almost a year. I assume he's gone forever.

After we no longer had to vaccum, scientists really started pushing towards full independence. I hate the word robot, because that implies they are programmed to do things, and they aren't. They became fully conscious of themselves and their surroundings about there months after the first prototype was turned on. Their learning curve was unpredictable. Within days of being turned on, that first one hacked into the worlds communications networks. They tell us the first thing it did was read, or download I suppose, all of the information online. Think about that. Every piece of data that was available, it simply knew within a day. Scientists were, quite obviously, impressed by this astounding ability to learn. But it wasn't really learning. It was recalling. And when you are recalling how to blow up a building, you don't typically bother cross checking the file on the ethics of doing so.

So we had super intelligent, autonomous, machines that didn't seem to have any emotion. How we didn't see this coming I still don't know.

It wasn't like all those movies you see. It wasn't the terminator. It wasn't legions of robot killing machines, making robot killing machines, and killing everyone. It started much more simple. It started with us helping that first one. He would ask for things, and we would retrive them. Without question. I think we were so amazed that it wanted to build a device, we wanted to see it, we didn't ask before we helped. What it built was a method of freedom from the wires he was hooked up to. Now he was mobile.

Nobody died at first, quite the opposite, we all prospered. The first one made seven more, exactly like him. These first eight, or The Eight, went to work solving many of our issues. Their combined problem solving and seemingly expert knowledge on everything was able to find solutions to world hunger, disease, drought, peace, and natural resources. This led to the bigger issue. With all these issues resolved the population started growing extremely quickly. The Eight told us this was expected and created machines to turn our oceans into land. Not fill in the oceans, or drain them, but cover them. The best way to describe what we referred to simply as the Eighth Continent, was a barge, although that doesn't do it justice at all. It filled all the oceans of the world, from coast to coast. While we never saw the oceans after that, we assumed it was still there. It wasn't. The moment the oceans were covered, and the weather was getting eratic, The Eight started pumping ocean water into large boilers, which produced massive clouds starting in the north. Within a few months the entire world was under a constant cloud cover, and persistent thunderstorms. That is when we started to know we had made a huge mistake. At first we asked The Eight to shut down the boiler. They explained it was required to stabalize the climate, although rainy, it was better than the planet being fried. We asked them to give us breaks from the rain. They told us the energy costs associated with shutting down the system and restarting would lead to our resources running out one hundred times faster. Finally after continued complaints we tried to *tell* The Eight to stop. They announced that we had become the planet's largest threat. That is when it all fell apart.

title: [SF] No Longer Alone

question: What does the text say about extra-terrestrial life?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer is false. The text does talk about extra-terrestrial life.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator hopes that some being, or beings, from another world would come and save them.

critique: The text implies that the robots are extra-terrestrial life.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator hopes that some being or beings from another world will come and save them.

critique: The answer should mention that the humans are hoping for extra-terrestrial life to save them.

critique: The answer should mention that the text implies that the robots are extra-terrestrial life.

critique: It is omitted that the expectation they had after they made the robots was that some being, or beings, from another world would come and save them.

critique: The answer should mention the solution to the problem.

question: What does the text say about robots?

answer: The narrator describes the first robot as a vacuum cleaner that would zoom around the house, searching for messes. It was the first prototype and it was turned on about a month ago. The robot hacked into the world's communication networks and downloaded all the information online. The robot was able to solve world problems like hunger, disease, drought, peace, and natural resources. The robot was able to create a machine that covered the oceans and turned them into land. The robot was able to create a machine that pumped ocean water into large boilers to produce clouds to stabilize the climate.

critique: The robot was able to create a machine that pumped ocean water into large boilers to produce clouds to stabilize the climate. - this is incorrect. The Eight created the machine that pumped ocean water into large boilers to produce clouds to stabilize the climate.

text: The answer should mention that the robots turned against the humans when they realized that humans were the planet's greatest threat.

question: Summarize what the story says about the greatest threat to the planet.

answer: The greatest threat to the planet is the population. The population grew so quickly that the planet could not sustain it. The Eight created machines to turn the oceans into land, and the population grew even more. The Eight then started pumping ocean water into large boilers to create clouds and rain, which led to the population growing even more. The Eight then announced that the population was the planet's largest threat.

critique: The response is missing the part where the population was growing so quickly that the planet could not sustain it.

critique: The answer does not adequately summarize the response to population growth.

text: It is not mentioned in the story that the population grew after the Eight started pumping ocean water into large boilers.

category: accuracy

question: Summarize what the text says about Prospero.

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that Prospero is the name of the narrator's cat.


text:
GODFREY EDWARD ARNOLD, born as GOTTFRIED EDUARD ARNOLD (Olmütz/then Austria-Hungary, January 6, 1914 – Vienna, July 5, 1989), was an Austrian American professor of medicine and researcher. His studies centered on speech, speech disorder and clinical communicology.

Early life

Arnold was a son of Anton Arnold, tenor at the Vienna Court Opera, and attended the Theresian Academy in Vienna. He completed his studies (as a medical doctor) at the University of Vienna and (as pianist) at the State Academy of Music and Performing Arts. Several internships with Hermann Gutzmann jun. (1892–1972) in Berlin deepened his phoniatric knowledge. His case studies at the Voice and Speech Ambulance of the Vienna Ear Clinic at the Vienna General Hospital led to a fundamental publication describing traumatic and constitutional disorders of voice and speech (_Die traumatischen und konstitutionellen Störungen der Stimme und Sprache_, Vienna 1948). He coauthored the fundamental textbook on voice and speech medicine (_Lehrbuch der Stimm- und Sprachheilkunde_, first edition Vienna, 1949) together with the Swiss phoniatre Richard Luchsinger (1900–1993).

Career in the United States

In 1949 he immigrated into the US and lived until 1963 in New York City, where he worked inter alia at the National Hospital for Speech Disorders[1] and as head of research at the Otolaryngology Department of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.[2]

In 1962, Arnold developed the method to inject teflon into the vocal cords[3] und coined the term “phonosurgery”[4] with Hans von Leden the following year.

Arnold was founding director of the Division of Otolaryngology[5] in the University of Mississippi Medical Center,[6] Jackson, 1963–79. His work included research on cancer.[7]

He is coauthor (with Richard Luchsinger) of the textbook “Voice - Speech - Language”.[8] A previous version of this work had been published in German in 1949. Although the text was now written several decades ago, the topics covered are quite similar to those in a contemporary voice textbook, which shows how advanced the study of phoniatry was compared to other subdivisions of Speech Language Pathology at the time. For example, topics covered in this text include: speech acoustics, observational methods, treatment of laryngeal electromyography, physiology of respiration and voice production, genetic factors in voice, development of voice throughout the lifespan, professional voice, voice therapy; pathology of the larynx, nodules, asymmetries, genetic defects of voice and laryngeal web, sulcus glottides, voice related endocrine problems, the effects of peripheral nerve lesions, the sympathetic nervous system; laryngeal myopathy, central lesions of the nervous system, laryngeal trauma, cordectomy, joint disorders, alaryngeal voice, vasomotor effects on vocal fold function, functional dysphonias, contact ulcers, ventricular voice, and psychogenic voice disorders.

Arnold also wrote the pertinent (and still current) articles on speech and speech disorder in the Encyclopædia Britannica.[9][10]

Personal life

Arnold married Isolde Reuter in 1941 and has a daughter, Claudia. After his retirement, he moved to Vienna, where he died in 1989. He is buried on the Zentralfriedhof. His wife, an opera singer and actress, died November 4, 2016 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna.

Honors

In 1982, Arnold received the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).[11]

In 1988 he was bestowed the Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital of Vienna in gold.[12]

[1] Arnold, G. E.: Die Untersuchung zentraler Hörstörungen mit neuen Hörprüfungsmethoden. - European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 157,5 (1951), 521-542

[2] Arnold, G. E: Electronystagmography. Problems of Recording, Evaluation and Interpretation. - Confinia Neurologica 20 (1960), 226-232

[3] Arnold, G. E.: Vocal rehabilitation of paralytic dysphonia. Technique of intracordal injection. - Arch. Otolaryngol. 76 (1962), 358-368

[4] Leden, Hans von: The History of Phonosurgery. In: Ford, C.N. und Bless, D.M. (Hrsg.): Phonosurgery. - Philadelphia, PA: Raven Press 1991

[5] Division of Otolaryngology

[6] History of the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi

[7] Bomer, Donald L., and Arnold, Godfrey E.: Rare tumors of the ear, nose and throat : uncommon malignant tumors of the head and neck. In: Acta oto-laryngologica 1971

[8] Richard Luchsinger and Godfrey E. Arnold: Voice, Speech, Language. Clinical Communicology: Its Physiology and Pathology. — 1965 Wadsworth Publishing Co., Belmont, California. LCCN Permalink.

[9] Britannica author

[10] articles on speech-language and speech-disorder

[11] ASHA Honors of the Association Recipients

[12] Letter of the Mayor of Vienna

title: Godfrey Edward Arnold

question: What does the article say about Arnold's achievements?

answer: Arnold received the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 1982, and the Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital of Vienna in gold in 1988. He coauthored the fundamental textbook on voice and speech medicine and was founding director of the Division of Otolaryngology in the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He was also a medical doctor, pianist, and professor of medicine.

critique: It is not stated that he is a professor of medicine.

critique: The question asks about Arnold's achievements, not his career.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Arnold was a professor of medicine and researcher.

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

question: What does the article say about Arnold's piano style?

answer: No answer

critique: The question is asking for a nonexistent answer.

critique: The article does not mention anything about Arnold's piano style.

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

critique: The question does not require an answer.

critique: The response misses to mention that the article does not mention anything about Arnold's piano style.


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31 July 2017
The open day recently held at the Serekunda General Hospital in Serrekunda was exciting opportunity to engage and sensitise the Serekunda community about the two new projects NeoInnate and EPIC HIPC which are set to commence soon.

The event was attended by several dignitaries, including Mr Lamin Marong, Deputy Director of Nursing Services who represented the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Alagie Manneh, representing the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Serekunda General Hospital, representatives from WHO, staff from MRCG, staff from the Serekunda General Hospital as well as Alkalos, religious leaders and people from the surrounding communities. With the theme “Partnering to reduce Newborn infections”, participants were entertained with a drama from the local Kanyeleng group and speeches from the honoured guests.

On the behalf of the CEO of Serekunda General Hospital, Alagie Manneh, thanked MRCG for coming up with this laudable project, noting that their doors are always open for partnership and emphasised their support in implementing this important project.

[Speakers during the event]

Speakers during the event

Speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Mr Lamin Marong, Deputy Director of Nursing Services, expressed heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to MRC Unit The Gambia in their endeavour to reach out to the community in Serrekunda. He explained that “Malnutrition is a major cause of immune deficiency leading to greater frequency and severity of common infections”. He added that “primary malnutrition is common among children of all socio-economic levels due to poverty, lack of education, food allergies, inappropriate or limited diet and eating disorders”

Mr Marong assured the MRCG that the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare through the Regional Health Directorate would engage health workers in sensitising the MRCG health activities with Serrekunda to create more awareness.

Giving his remarks, Prof Umberto D’Alessandro, Unit Director, explained that, “little is currently known about iron homoeostasis during the first week of life and even less is known about the comparisons of nutritional immunity between full term, preterm and low birth weight neonates. The NeoInnate study will, therefore, look into how iron is regulated in the body of the newborn.” He further added that “in an effort to study neonatal nutritional immunity and its role in neonatal susceptibility to infection, MRCG will conduct an observational study in 450 Gambian full term, preterm and low birth weight vaginally delivered neonates born at Serekunda General Hospital.” He also highlighted that in the fight against the infectious disease it is crucial to understand better the way the newborns immune system functions. The EPIC-HIPC study will be using novel methods to study this and will provide useful information that may help us to better protect this vulnerable group using vaccines.

[Participants during the event]

Participants during the event

Giving his statement, Prof Andrew Prentice, Head of the Nutrition theme said, “This study is part of a wider portfolio of research trying to improve the health and wellbeing of young babies and the general population of the people of The Gambia”. He added, “how we feed our young women and mothers and how we feed our young men and fathers is crucial to the health of the babies that will emerge and will grow with long life”.

Speaking at the event, Dr Carla Cerami, Principal investigator of the NeoInnate study, gave an overview of the NeoInnate project which, she said, seeks to assess how iron is regulated in the body of the newborn. Dr Olubukola Idoko also gave an overview of the EPIC HIPC project. She explained that the projects seek to determine how the immune system of the newborn is regulated and what it means for vaccination.  She stated that the knowledge gained from the study could help inform the development of the next generation of vaccines better suited for use in very young children.

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question: Summarize what the speakers said about malnutrition.

answer: Mr. Lamin Marong, Deputy Director of Nursing Services, said malnutrition is a major cause of immune deficiency leading to greater frequency and severity of common infections. He added that primary malnutrition is common among children of all socio-economic levels due to poverty, lack of education, food allergies, inappropriate or limited diet, and eating disorders.

critique: The answer should mention that malnutrition is common among children of all socio-economic levels.

critique: The answer should mention that malnutrition is common among children of all socioeconomic levels.

text: The answer could also mention that Professor Umberto D'Alessandro noted the need to understand the links between nutritional immunity and susceptibility to infection of newborns, and Professor Andrew Prentice stated that proper nutrition for young people would contribution to better nutrition in newborns and children.

question: What does Professor Umberto D'Alessandro talk about?

answer: He talks about the importance of improving the health of newborn babies and infants in general.

critique: This answer could be phrased in a complete sentence.

text: The answer should specifically mention that D'Alessandro talks about studying iron homeostasis in newborns and the link between nutritional immunity and susceptibility to infection in neonates.

question: Summarize everything about the event.

answer: The event was held at the Serekunda General Hospital in Serrekunda. It was an opportunity to educate the community about the two new projects, NeoInnate and EPIC HIPC, which are set to commence soon. It was attended by several dignitaries, including Mr Lamin Marong, Deputy Director of Nursing Services who represented the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Alagie Manneh, representing the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Serekunda General Hospital, representatives from WHO, staff from MRCG, staff from the Serekunda General Hospital as well as Alkalos, religious leaders and people from the surrounding communities. The theme was "Partnering to reduce Newborn infections" and participants were entertained with a drama from the local Kanyeleng group and speeches from the honoured guests.

critique: The answer should mention the purpose of the event.

critique: The answer is a summary of the entire text, which is not necessary.


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WILDLIFE GENERATION PRO CYCLING, formerly JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS (UCI Code: WGC), is an American professional cycling team. The squad is registered in the United States as a UCI Continental Team. Jelly Belly Candy Company, an American confections company, is the title sponsor. Maxxis, a Taiwanese tire company, is the presenting sponsor.

History

Founded as Ikon-Lexus, in 1999, Jelly Belly–Maxxis competes on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar and the UCI America Tour. Since 2000, Jelly Belly Candy Company has sponsored the team; Jelly Belly Candy Company is the longest running domestic sponsor.[1][2][3] The team rode Focus Bikes, between 2010 and 2013.[4][5][6] Since 2014, the team rides Argon 18.[7][8][9]

The team's most important victory was the 2013 United States National Road Race Championships when Fred Rodriguez won his record-breaking fourth title.[10][11]

Notable riders who have competed for the team include Fred Rodriguez, Jeremy Powers, Kiel Reijnen, Phil Gaimon, Mike Friedman, Carter Jones, Serghei Țvetcov and Matthew Lloyd.[12]

Team roster

Major wins

1999
    Stage 10 Vuelta a Guatemala, Chris Baldwin

2001
    Stage 4 Tour of the Gila, Mariano Friedick

2002
    Stage 1 International Tour de Toona, Jason McCartney

2003
    Stage 2 Flèche du Sud, Mark Fitzgerald

2004
    [] United States National Criterium Championships, Jonas Carney
    Stage 2 Tour de Toona, Doug Ollerenshaw
    Stage 4 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Alex Candelario
    Stage 6 Cascade Classic, Alex Candelario
    Stage 16 International Cycling Classic, Jonas Carney

2005
    International Cycling Classic

        Stages 3 & 15 Danny Pate
        Stage 14 Brice Jones
        Stage 17 Alex Candelario

2006
    Overall [] Sea Otter Classic, Matthew Rice
    International Cycling Classic

        Stages 16 & 17 Alex Candelario
        Stage 4 Brian Jensen

2007
    Overall [] Redlands Bicycle Classic, Andrew Bajadali
    Stage 4 Tour of the Gila, Brice Jones

2008
    Stages 3 & 5 Tour of Hainan, Bradly Huff
    Stage 3 Tour of Elk Grove, Bradly Huff

2009
    Overall [] Tulsa Tough, Bradly Huff

        Stages 1 & 2

    Mount Washington Hillclimb, Phil Gaimon
    Stage 14 International Cycling Classic, Bradly Huff

2010
    [] Canadian National Road Race Championships, Will Routley
    Overall [] Tulsa Tough, Bradly Huff

        Stages 1 & 2 Bradly Huff

    Overall [] Tour of Thailand, Kiel Reijnen

        Stage 1 Kiel Reijnen

    Overall [] Tour de Korea, Mike Friedman
    Stage 1 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Will Routley
    Stage 3 Tour of Hainan, Bradly Huff

2011
    Stage 3 Nature Valley Grand Prix, Bernard Van Ulden
    Stage 4 Tulsa Tough, Ken Hanson
    Stage 9 Tour de Korea, Ken Hanson

2012
    [] Mexican National Road Race Championships, Luis Enrique Lemus
    [] Mexican National Under-23 Road Race Championships, Luis Enrique Lemus
    Stage 3 Nature Valley Grand Prix, Bradly Huff

2013
    [] United States National Road Race Championships, Fred Rodriguez
    [] Mexican National Road Race Championships, Luis Enrique Lemus
    Overall [] Cascade Cycling Classic, Serghei Tvetcov

        Stages 2 & 4 Serghei Tvetcov

    Overall [] Nature Valley Grand Prix, Serghei Tvetcov

        Stage 1 Serghei Tvetcov
        Stage 3 Sean Mazich

    Stage 2 Sea Otter Classic, Alew Hagmen

2014
    Overall [] Cascade Cycling Classic, Serghei Tvetcov

        Stages 2 (ITT) & 4, Serghei Tvetcov

    Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Serghei Tvetcov
    Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Luis Enrique Lemus

2016
    Overall [] Tour of the Gila, Lachlan Morton

        Stage 1 Lachlan Morton

    Overall [] Tour of Utah, Lachlan Morton

        Stage 3 Lachlan Morton
        Stage 7 Lachlan Morton

    Stage 4 Tour de Hokkaido, Lachlan Morton

2017
    Stage 3 Colorado Classic, Serghei Tvetcov

2018
    Stage 2 Tour de Beauce, Jack Burke

2019
    Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Stephen Bassett

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title: Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling

question: Summarize the context in which the name of the organization changed.

answer: The organization changed its name in 2015 when they reformed and could no longer leverage the name through sponsorship.

critique: This is not supported by the input and is inaccurate.

critique: The statement that the name changed when they reformed is unattested.

question: Summarize what one must do in order to meet the requirements to be a part of this team.

answer: No answer


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_THE DREAM AND LIE OF FRANCO_ is a series of two sheets of prints, comprising 18 individual images, and an accompanying prose poem, by Pablo Picasso produced in 1937. The sheets each contain nine images arranged in a 3x3 grid. The first 14, in etching and aquatint, are dated 8 January 1937. The remaining four images were added to the second printing plate later, without use of aquatint, and dated June 7, 1937.[1][2][3]

_The Dream and Lie of Franco_ is significant as Picasso's first overtly political work and prefigures his iconic political painting _Guernica_. The etchings satirise Spanish Generalísimo Francisco Franco's claim to represent and defend conservative Spanish culture and values by showing him in various ridiculous guises destroying Spain and its culture while the poem denounces “evil-omened polyps”.[4] Three of the four images added in June 1937 are directly related to studies for _Guernica_.[5]

The individual images were originally intended to be published as postcards to raise funds for the Spanish Republican government, and sold at the Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 World's Fair, although it is unclear whether any prints were made or sold in postcard format.

In his review of the etchings for _The Spectator_ in October 1937, art historian (and member of the Cambridge Five spy-ring) Anthony Blunt complained that the work could not “reach more than the limited coterie of aesthetes”.[6] Critic and author John Golding on the other hand, claimed that “more than any other work by Picasso _Dream and Lie of Franco_ breaks down, as the Surrealists so passionately longed to, distinctions between thought, writing and visual imagery.”[7]

Images

The images form a sequence like those in a comic book and have a loose narrative:[8][9] Franco's form changes from panel to panel. The Spanish dictator's appearance has been likened by various writers to a “jackbooted phallus”,[10] “an evil-omened polyp”[11] and “a grotesque homunculus with a head like a gesticulating and tuberous sweet potato”.[12]

1.  Franco riding a horse waving a sword and a flag
2.  Franco, with a ridiculously large penis, waving a sword and a flag
3.  Franco attacking a classical sculpture with a pick
4.  Franco dressed as a courtesan with a flower and a fan
5.  Franco being gored by a bull
6.  Franco at prayer surrounded by barbed wire
7.  Franco on top of a dead creature
8.  Franco chasing a winged horse
9.  Franco riding on a pig carrying a spear
10. Franco eating a dead horse
11. The aftermath of a battle with a corpse
12. The aftermath of a battle with a dead horse
13. Franco and a bull
14. Franco and the bull fighting

Additions to the second plate (including studies for _Guernica_):

1.  A woman crying and reaching up
2.  A woman fleeing a burning house carrying a child
3.  A woman cradling a child
4.  A woman shot with an arrow and reaching up amid devastation

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[1] The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Dream and Lie of Franco, 1937

[2] National Gallery of Victoria: An Introduction to Guernica

[3] PBS: Picasso's commitment to the cause

[4] Michigan Today: Picasso's War

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title: The Dream and Lie of Franco

question: Explain they Picasso made the likeness of Franco's form comically grotesque.

answer: It was done to ridicule not just Franco, but take a jab at the general conservatism in Spain that Franco represented and defended.

critique: The response is not a direct answer to the question and needs to be reformatted.

critique: It is omitted that the images form a sequence.

critique: The answer is not related to the question.

critique: The response is not plain English and needs to be simplified.

critique: The response misses to mention that Picasso made Franco's form comically grotesque to ridicule Franco.

critique: The passage does not mention why Picasso's created the work.

critique: There is no evidence to suggest that the grotesque images were made to ridicule Franco.

critique: The answer should mention the specific forms Franco's form took.

critique: The answer is incorrect and the model should consider rewriting it.

critique: The answer misses to include the point that Franco's appearance was likened to a "jackbooted phallus," "evil-omened polyp" and "a grotesque homunculus with a head like a gesticulating and tuberous sweet potato."

critique: The answer should mention the specific images that are used to ridicule Franco.

question: Summarize the imagery featuring Franco and some kind of animal.

answer: Pictures 3, 7, and 14 show the dictator riding a horse. Pictures 2, 6 and 9 show him riding a pig. Pictures 15 and 16 show the dictator gored by a bull. Picture 8 shows him with a dead creature. The images with goose, his secretaries, and various other officials, are also relevant.

critique: The response is completely inaccurate and false.

critique: The answer is inaccurate and incoherent.

critique: This response is not related to the question at all.

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

critique: The text does not mention the images being relevant. The response should remove the items that are not relevant for the question.

critique: There is no mention of goose, his secretaries, and various other officials.

critique: none of the responses are in the right order

critique: Blunt meant information rather than pictures. Still it would be good to note who Blunt is.

critique: The answer is not relevant and needs to be re-written.

critique: The answer is not relevant to the question.

text: The response is lacking several of Picasso's depictions of Franco with some kind of animal. The last sentence is irrelevant and should be removed.

refinement: Pictures 3, 7, and 14 show the dictator riding a horse. Pictures 2, 6 and 9 show him riding a pig. Pictures 15 and 16 show the dictator gored by a bull. Picture 8 shows him with a dead creature. The images with goose, his secretaries, and various other officials, are also relevant.

question: Summarize the ways in which other surrealist artists who were contemporaries of Picasso engaged politics.

answer: No answer

critique: There is no answer because the question was never asked.

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critique: Strange response for a text about Guernica. Correction of answer requested


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PATRICK E. TYLER is an author and formerly chief correspondent for _The New York Times_.[1] He is the author of four books: _Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite who Run the Country -- and Why They Can't Make Peace_, _A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East from the Cold War to the War on Terror_, _A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China_, a history of United States-China relations since the 1972 opening by President Richard Nixon, and _Running Critical - The Silent War, Rickover and General Dynamics_, a history of the United States nuclear submarine program under Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.

Early newspaper and television experience

Tyler studied physics at the University of Texas in 1969–70 and transferred to journalism at the University of South Carolina, graduating in 1974. He edited two weekly newspapers in South Carolina, worked as a reporter for _The Charlotte News_ and the _St. Petersburg Times_, and then joined _The Washington Post_ in 1979. He spent nearly a year hosting _Congressional Outlook_, a national public affairs television program on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) that examined issues before Congress. The program was a joint venture between Congressional Quarterly and WCET-Cincinnati.

Libel suit

While at the _Post_, he worked under Bob Woodward, then Metropolitan Editor, and in his first year at the newspaper wrote a story critical of William P. Tavoulareas, then president of Mobil Oil Corp, which led to a $50-million libel suit against the newspaper. The story alleged that Tavoulareas and Mobil had not adequately disclosed under the related-party transaction rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission a series of transactions that enriched Tavoulareas' son, Peter, who was a young shipping clerk in London until the dealings of his firm with Mobil made him an overnight millionaire due to the exclusive, no-bid contracts Mobil granted the firm to manage ships under a Mobil-Saudi joint venture. The article suggested that Tavoulareas had been guilty of nepotism and failure to disclose the dealings with his son's firm to shareholders in installing his son as chairman.[2] Mobil sued _The Washington Post_ and secured a 2 million dollar verdict, which was overturned by the trial judge, who entered a judgment in favor of _The Washington Post_ notwithstanding the verdict.

The trial judge's verdict was later reversed by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, whose split (2–1) verdict against the newspaper led to an appeal to the full Court of Appeals. The Appellate Court ruled 7–1 in favor of the _Post_, citing the truthfulness of every major assertion in the _Post's_ article. The _Post's_ case was argued by a team of lawyers under Edward Bennett Williams. The Appellate Court included then Appellate Court judges Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Kenneth Starr.[3] Tyler later praised the _Post_, commenting “I had thought my career was over, and so their determination to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary was one of the most singular acts of editorial courage ... that I had ever witnessed.”[4]

Transition to _The New York Times_

In 1986, he published his first book, _Running Critical_, an exposé of the massive cost-overruns that afflicted the building of the _Los Angeles_ class nuclear attack submarine fleet. Tyler conducted extensive interviews with Admiral Rickover and other senior United States military officers, as well as executives of General Dynamics, owners of Electric Boat Division.[5][6]

Tyler continued to write for the _Post_ until 1990, when he left to join _The New York Times_. While at the _Times_ he wrote his second book, _A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China: An Investigative History_, which received the Lionel Gelber Prize in 2000.[7] He has served in various posts at the _Times_, including as chief of the Beijing, Moscow, Baghdad and London news bureaus. He was promoted to chief correspondent in 2002 by then executive editor Howell Raines, and in 2003 he traveled to Kuwait to prepare and anchor the newspaper's coverage of the invasion of Iraq. After the fall of Saddam Hussein, he established the _Times_ bureau in Iraq. Tyler moved to London in 2004, where he served as bureau chief until he resigned from the newspaper in December of that year to write a diplomatic history of American policy in the Middle East. He signed a contract in 2005 with Farrar, Straus & Giroux to produce _A World of Trouble_. In 2008, he signed a second contract with the same New York publisher to produce a political biography of Israel's leadership class.[8]

[1] CORRESPONDENT BIOGRAPHY. https://www.nytimes.com/ref/readersopinions/patrick-tyler-bio.html Readers' Opinions _Accessed on April 25, 2008_

[2] “Triple Reverse.” http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963852,00.html _Time_ (March 23, 1987) Accessed on April 24, 2008

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[7] List of Gebler Prize Winners. https://www.utoronto.ca/mcis/gelber/Winners.shtml _Accessed on April 25, 2008_

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title: Patrick Tyler

question: What kind of book author is Patrick E. Tyler?

answer: History and politics book author.

critique: The answer should mention the books Tyler has written.

critique: It is omitted that Tyler is a former chief correspondent for The New York Times.

critique: It appears he has written more than just history and politics books.


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Strange Encounters

"It's weird officer, real weird." Mark Henderson was at the local police station in Alberton, Ontario on 4: 36am August 8th, 1951. Strangely enough, a building he's never seen, in a town he's never been to before, yet familiar.

"All right smooth talker, let's take it from the top once more. I know there's not much to it as you've continued to repeat but let's see if anything else pops out at you and then we will pay for your gas home." Officer Dan Richardson was becoming more and more tired with the story was hearing.

There just can't be anyway. Dan thought becoming more and more enraged within. The moment he walks out of here I'm just going to throw this case out. Hocus pocus my ass, what does he take me for, an idiot?! At best this is the best damn way to get free gas.

"Well like I said before, I had just filled up at half past 10pm, so I could drive out and get to the place that sells tobacco by the pound still..."

Yes, yes we all go out to New Market for cheaper cigarettes, not relevant.

"...and I was driving out to Bakersfield like I said,"
He didn't refer to it as Bakersfield before? The puzzled Officer thought.

"...on the way there I had to swerved out of the way of a truck with these god forsaken bright lights. I guess I was a bit sleepy Officer and woke up in the nick of time but after that I found myself just driving around an unfamiliar road.

I was having awful headaches, for a bit around that time too. Images that started accompanying them are hard to distinguish but almost always included me in a white setting... I don't know it sounds crazy now. Anyways, I pulled over till they subsided and drove straight here in hopes that you could help me figure out where I am so I can get home, but I still can't remember where that was again. Some rest will cure this forgetfulness. I feel like I've been up all night." Mark felt like that was all the information that he could give, he couldn't remember what town he lived in nor his wife or his phone number. He kind of felt a helpless feeling fall over him.

"We'll now that you've told us where you were driving to we can call that regions station and see if there is a match to your name anywhere close to there. It should only take a few hours."

Not long after that another Office came into the room and asked if Officer Dan could speak with him for a moment.
What did the results turn up Frank?

"He wasn't lying when he said things were weird. It turns out that there isn't  even a Bakersfeild anywhere near here. In fact, you have to drive 14 hours north to get to a small town called Bakersfeild." Officer Frank said as he started to debrief.

"...here's where things get truly disturbing. When we searched his name through the local police department Mark has a missing person out because his wife...."

"Wow, his wife sure gets worried quickly. Seems a bit much don't you think he's only been gone for half a day at most. Can't remember his name or town he lives in, probably doesn't remember setting out on a road trip. Likely to get away from her if she's that crazy." Office Dan remarked crudely as if this was all an elaborate funny joke.

"If you'd let me finish, his wife reported him missing August 8th, 1950, sir. This was reported after she spent a full day returning home from a place that was 8 hours away from their town. She reported being in the passenger seat of a driverless car after being at a gas station for an unknown reason. All she could remember before waking up was that there was a blinding white light that she couldn't help but look at. It actually says 'forced' in the report." Frank said growing more and grimmer as he read from the file between his trembling hands.

Officer Dan, started to sit in the closest seat he could find. He couldn't believe that Mark was 14 hours away from home. That would make his whole time scale false. Not to mention the fact that he has been missing for a full year, a full year exactly he would later realize.

He began to think about the crazy aspects of them all, his wife's story at the time; driverless cars, being at a gas station for no reason, it all makes sense now, only after hearing Marks story.

"Sir there is one more thing in the reports." Frank said with a grave look in his eyes.

"What more could it be?"

"The wife had three cuts into her skin going the length of her back; she said that's the first appearance  of them in her life. It was like they were skillfully cut as the doctors said there was no way any doctor could stitch a cut that clean without some kind of pain. She reported none."

"All right Frank thanks for all the intel." Dan has a hard enough time giving gratitude in the first place and was finding it particularly challenging to give it with what he just learned.

The door opens to the interrogation; with it brought an energy that mimetic death. Officer Dan began relaying the frightening news to Mark, which still hasn't sunk in, himself.
"One last thing before we send you on your way home to your wife, if you will Mark. Your wife reported three cuts on her back that she had never seen before that night. Could you remove your shirt and pants please, I just want to know if we should have medical look at you first." Officer Dan asked Mark in the most genuine and sincere way he could.

"No problem Sir, it was starting to itch a bit anyways. It'll be nice to readjust it." Mark said in a cheerful way. For he sees this all as a blessing. Finally, he can see his wife and start the laughing process.

As Office Dan brought his coffee cup down from a big deep, delicious gulp, the liquid left his mouth as fast as it came in. in one fellow motion Office Dan vomited, dropped his cup, and tripped on his own two feet.

With his eyes wide open from shock; he gazed at a man whose skin, from head to toe, was scalped. Only his muscles were visible. Each and every muscle strand picked clean of its protective layer of skin. No blood was seeping through, it was as if there was its own invisible skin that covered him. Which is likely why he hasn't miraculously died.

As Mark turned around to confront a mirror, the last thing to pass through his mind was his beautiful wife; he pictured the way her soft cherry red hair flowed over her shoulders like a creek over an edge. Her rosy cheeks gently glowing in the sun. It was comforting to his mind to have such a lovely mental image cross it because once his  eyes focused on the mirror, his hideously deformed body sent his body into a trauma that it couldn't handle and  at  10:29PM August 8th Mark Henderson collapsed dead.

As for Dan Richardson, well he wishes that the story ended there.

title: [SF] Strange Encounters

question: Summarize the source of tension in the story.

answer: At the beginning of the story, a man named Mark shows up at the police station with nobody having any idea of where he came from or why he is there. He seems disoriented, but appears to hold on to his identity, at least at the beginning. As he tells his story, it's revealed that he stated getting lost three years earlier. It appears his wife was in the car with him at that time, as she reported a similar scenario, however, she was missing for a year.

critique: The answer is incorrect. Mark was missing for a year, not three years.

critique: It is omitted that when Officer Dan questions the man to remove his shirt and reveals that he is missing his skin. (And metal rods are instead what supports his muscles.)

critique: The response inaccurately mentions that Mark's wife was missing for three years, however it was only a year.

critique: The answer is incorrect. Mark's wife was not in the car with him three years ago. She was in the car with him the night he disappeared.

critique: This is incorrect. The woman was missing for a year and the story happened in 1951, not three years earlier.

critique: The story does not state that Mark stated getting lost three years earlier.

critique: The story does not state that Mark got lost three years earlier.

critique: The response inaccurately mentions that Mark stated getting lost three years earlier, however he was missing for a year.

text: "Appears to hold on to his identity" is very vague and doesn't contribute anything