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[New Martha's Vineyard Restaurant Eleven North Edgartown Dining Opens In August]

When I first heard that a new restaurant was going in where the old David Ryan’s was, I have to admit that I was pretty excited.  Taking up such a large piece of real estate on North Water Street, whatever it was would have quite an impact.

[]Construction began and rumors swirled around the Island.  Some said it was going to be the restaurant of a famous Boston chef (even I bought into that one), while others said that the money for the project ran out and nothing would be opening this Summer.  These and other rumors are not true. The restaurant going into that space is indeed Eleven North, named for its location on North Water Street, and it is opening in August.

Unbelievable Changes Inside An Old Island Hangout

[]Behind the project is Island restaurateur David Henry.  He and two other partners are moving full steam ahead on the project.  What many may not know is that Eleven North’s construction has taken longer than expected because of all of the custom-made, hand milled wood work inside.  There is tons of white oak throughout the renovated space, all custom.  If you’ve ever been in construction, you know that things always take longer than expected.  Now that construction is wrapping up, the wait won’t be long, and it will be worth it.

[]Before meeting with David, I was thinking about the space when it was David Ryan’s and wondering how they were going to rework it.  A two-floor restaurant is tough to be successful with.  I had heard that it was completely gutted, but I couldn’t conceive of the changes I was about to see.  The space was unrecognizable.

[]Even though things were still being finished up, it was easy to envision the final project.  When you walk in, you immediately see this gorgeous zinc tin bar with copper lining.  It’s cool and sleek and begs you to have a cocktail on it!

The seating downstairs will consist of high-top tables and chairs.  The space  is modern and simple, and loaded with custom details.  It’s going to be more of bar/lounge area with dining upstairs.  I think people are going to be quite surprised when they walk through that door.  You won’t believe how open and sophisticated the space feels – yes you read correctly, sophisticated.

[]On to the second floor, which is accessible by a new, beautiful white oak staircase, you’ll find the dining area is light and airy, and has the most amazing views of North Water Street and more, which I had never noticed before.

There’s a second bar that’s going to cause you to rethink where you are.  Did we end up at a swanky spot in the Southend instead of Edgartown?  It’s like being at a really chic bar in the city, but with a certain Island feel.  Behind the bar is a smooth white alabaster back-splash that will be highlighted with LED lights, illuminating the bar.  Once again, you will need to have a cocktail here.  A specialty martini might just be the perfect fit.

[]Also, on the second floor, in the back corner, which has a stunning view out to the Edgartown Harbor, you’ll find the space that is going to house live music. Remove a couple of tables and voilà — you’ll have a great new music venue.  Eleven North definitely plans on hosting live music, and with that fabulous bar, I welcome it!  I can imagine getting dressed up a bit for the night, having dinner with the girls, and staying late for drinks to enjoy some music in that space.

Throughout the upstairs and downstairs, the color palette is filled with soothing greys and pale blues which are relaxing, and speak to the style of Edgartown.  I have to mention for my friends who I’ve been to the old David Ryan’s with, yes, the bathrooms have been completely redone as well, and look like they’re part of a Coastal Living spread.

Eleven North’s Food

[]I was lucky enough to get a tour and spend some time with Eleven North’s Chef, Matthew Stogryn.  He’s young, energetic, funny, and excited as hell to be the Chef here.  Many of you may know him from his cooking at The Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs (which I love) and also Kitchen Porch (Jan Buhrman’s catering company).  Chef Stogryn has a passion for cooking and for cooking as local and organic as possible.

There will be a bar menu, a lunch menu, and a dinner menu, all of which will have something new to offer daily.  There will be something for everyone, from hand-crafted pizzas, to homemade pastas, lobster mac & cheese, to scallops with pork belly, to burgers, you’ll find something to be dazzled by.

Chef Stogryn is partnering with MV fishermen and fisher women too, of course, to get the freshest fish in season, and he is working with Morning Glory Farm for their goods as well.  I have to mention that he is also working with a farm on Chappy that will take away all of Eleven North’s compostable waste for their land – how cool is that for a way to reduce your waste!

Also, I need to mention that Eleven North will be family friendly.  David has two beautiful children, Abby and Jacob, so he knows how important it is to appeal to families.  A restaurant can be chic and accessble at the same time.  That’s music to my ears, since I like a place that welcomes the kiddos.

Not Just A Pretty Bar(s)

[]The first floor bar has 8 taps for draught beer and the upstairs bar has 10 taps – so be on the lookout for a great beer selection.  There will also be 20 bottled beers to choose from.  The wine list will be well appointed as well, and get ready for some delicious and refreshing signature cocktails.

[]With all the beers and wines that will be featured at Eleven North, there are plans to have beer dinners featuring the perfect brew to go with different foods and of course wine dinners too.  Perhaps these may happen in the off-season, since Eleven North is planning to be open year-round.

Yes my friends, that corner on North Water Street will no longer be dark.  I think that movie nights at Entertainment Cinemas during the Winter  just got a little more interesting since Eleven North will be open.

Let’s recap about Eleven North.  It’s opening in just a couple of weeks.  It will have an extensive menu.  The interior looks like you stepped into the hot new spot in Boston, but with a distinctive MV feel.  There will be live music, and a great selection of cocktails.  It will be kid friendly and be open year round.

I think it sounds like a winner for not only Edgartown but for all of us.  Once it’s open, I’ll do a follow-up post so you can see the finished product and have more details about the menu.  I am really looking forward to seeing the finished product.

I’m wishing David, Matthew, and the entire Eleven North team a successful opening season and look forward to many nights out there.

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question: Summarize the imagery provided for the two floor restaurant in the text.

answer: The imagery contained in the text is all positive. The spaces provided on both floors are described in detail in the text. It is enjoyable to consider what the place could be like with full amenities provided. The comfort and look of the space is driven home with the positive and colorful vocabular used to describe what is to be expected. It seems that the planning that went into this restaurant is able to provide an amazing experience.

critique: The text doesn't use any colorful vocabulary to describe the restaurant.

critique: The text does not provide any imagery for the restaurant.

critique: The text does not describe the space in detail.

critique: The text is not positive. It is informative.

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critique: The sentences are not direct descriptions

question: Summarize the narrator's feelings towards restaurants.

answer: They seem excited to try a new restaurant, they went to an old restaurant, and they describe in detail the extensive menu at Eleven North. They seem very prideful of the new brand and its components.

critique: The narrator is not the one who went to an old restaurant.

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

critique: The article does not mention that the narrator went to an old restaurant.

critique: "Describe in detail the extensive menu at Eleven North" is evidence that the narrator would like to try the food from the restaurant

critique: The article does not say that the narrator went to an old restaurant.

critique: The article does not indicate that the narrator went to an old restaurant.

critique: The narrator is not described as being excited to try a new restaurant.

question: How would restaurants and bars benefit from the narrator's "critiques"/advertisements?

answer: The narrator is clearly interested in the success of both small businesses and larger brands, which he/she can get instead of spending money and time scoping out individual restaurants, bars, clothing shops, or other types of operation. If a business is stalling or is on the brink of closing, the narrator may write a post recommending it.

critique: The answer is not related to the question.

critique: The answer was strong on the potential profitability of the narrator's work, but didn't consider the relevance or importance of the narrator's posts in the greater scheme of things- this would be great to include.

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critique: "The narrator is clearly interested in the success of both small businesses and larger brands, which he/she can get instead of spending money and time scoping out individual restaurants, bars, clothing shops, or other types of operation. If a business is stalling or is on the brink of closing, the narrator may write a post recommending it." - this is incorrect and should be removed.

critique: The answer is irrelevant to the question.

critique: The narrator is not a professional critic.


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JULIAN DASHPER (29 February 1960 in Auckland, New Zealand – 30 July 2009), was regarded as one of New Zealand's most well known contemporary artists.

In 2001 he was awarded a senior Fulbright fellowship to be based as an artist in residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas. Dashper's work from the last 25 years has recently been the subject of a major touring retrospective in America (the first ever such exhibition for a resident New Zealand artist),[1] curated by Christopher Cook and David Raskin.[2]

Dashper's work focuses on the histories, theories and more general or popular ideas of abstraction (in particular abstract painting), conceptualism and minimalism as a working methodology. The geographical positioning of New Zealand globally and how this country receives and disseminates visual information is also a core subject in Dashper's work.[3] His practice manifests itself in various forms, including paintings, unique photographs of paintings, found objects which he infuses with abstract images, various multiples plus limited edition CD and 12" polycarbonate recordings of impromptu performances he has been involved with or heavily orchestrated. He has also produced a number of video works, some of which document or describe his installations, painting and audio recordings.[4] In 2016, arts organisation Circuit commissioned George Clark to curate a programme of moving image works, titled _This is not film-making_, which invited artists Gavin Hipkins, Juliet Carpenter and Gregory Kan, Daniel Malone, Louise Menzies and Nathan Gray to make works that respond to Dashper's own writings.[5]

Respectful, even affectionate references to local culture and art history are always present in Dashper's work, whilst his own adaptations of abstraction, conceptualism and minimalism fully acknowledge their lineage within international art. As curator (and director of the Adam Art Gallery in Wellington) Christina Barton expresses it, Dashper has _“the unique perspective of attending to an internationalist art history from a distance, enabling him to devise strategies to work around his geographical isolation whilst simultaneously articulating its effects.”_[6] Dashper is represented in all the major public collections in New Zealand: MCA, Sydney; Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany; Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska; The University of Auckland Art Collection; Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Visiting scholar at the University of Sydney in 2008, Dashper lived in Auckland and travelled regularly. His first New Zealand retrospective, _Julian Dashper: Professional Practice_, was held at the Gus Fisher Gallery in 2010.

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_UNTITLED (THE WARRIORS)_ 1998. Vinyl on drumheads with junior drumkit. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland and Kaliman Gallery, Sydney. Photo by Ashley Barber.

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title: Julian Dashper

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The CONFÉDÉRATION GÉNÉRALE DU TRAVAIL UNITAIRE, or CGTU (), was a trade union confederation in France that at first included anarcho-syndicalists and soon became aligned with the French Communist Party. It was founded in 1922 as a confederation of radical unions that had left the socialist-dominated General Confederation of Labour (CGT), and in 1936 merged back into the CGT.

Foundation

The CGTU emerged from a split in the General Confederation of Labour (CGT: _Confédération générale du travail_), which had been torn by confrontations between socialist members of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO: _Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière_) and the more radical anarcho-syndicalists and members of the French Communist Party (PCF: _Parti communiste français_). The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it. Initially the syndicalists and anarchists outnumbered the communists.

Joseph Tommasi, a member of the PCF executive committee, attended the congress in Saint-Étienne on 25 June – 1 July 1922 at which the syndicates, unions and federations that had been excluded from the CGT founded the CGTU. The dynamic new organization was attached to peace and to the anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist struggle. As a member of the anarcho-syndicalist minority of the CGT, Gaston Monmousseau became General Secretary of the CGTU, a position he held until 1933.

History

Over the first two or three years many of the syndicalists joined the communist movement, including leaders such as Alfred Rosmer and Pierre Monatte. Later the syndicalists became disillusioned with the control exerted by Moscow over the party, and the Trotskyite purges. Marie Guillot founded a new “unitary” confederation of teachers, with its first confederal Congress held at Saint-Étienne in June 1922. Marie Guillot took an intermediate position in the continuum of revolutionary syndicalism, while recognizing the merits of the Soviet Revolution. Guillot was appointed to the confederal Bureau of the CGTU after the withdrawal of her colleague Louis Bouët. This was the first time a woman was part of the Confederation Office, according to the _L'Humanité_.[1] The cohabitation of revolutionary syndicalists with supporters of unconditional international centralism did not last long, and Guillot resigned from her responsibilities within the CGTU in July 1923.

In November 1922 Monmousseau represented the CGTU at the second congress of the Red International of Trade Unions (Profintern) in Moscow. Pierre Semard, a leader in the PCF, played an important role in the debate between Communists and Anarcho-Syndicalists over the role of the CGTU at its Bourges Congress in September 1923. Semard proposed a motion, passed by a great majority, that the CGTU would commit itself to a tireless struggle for the defense of workers. This was a victory for the Communist faction. In 1923 CGTU became a Profintern affiliate. The communist fully controlled the CGTU after 1924. They introduced changes to the original constitution. Union officials were now eligible for reelection, votes were proportion to the number of union members represented. Efforts, generally unsuccessful, were made to replace local organizations by regional ones, with officials loyal to the party rather than to their local base.

Lucie Colliard was a deputy member of the PCF's 24-member steering committee (CD: _Comité Directeur_) from 1922 to 1924. She was a member of the female secretariat of the CGTU from 1923 to 1925. In 1926, some of the CGTU members left to create the Confédération Générale du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire (CGT-SR). Some syndicalists stayed with the CGTU and others returned to the CGT. Marie Mayoux and her husband François Mayoux, leaders of the teachers' union, were expelled from the PCF at the party congress held in Paris on 16–19 October 1922 as “unrepentant sydicalists”. In 1929 they were also expelled from the CGTU.

The CGTU membership steadily declined in comparison to the CGT due to internal disagreements, ineffective strikes and troubles within the Communist Party. During the Popular Front period the CGTU merged back into CGT. Monmousseau participated in founding the reunified CGT in 1936.

[1] 2 August 1922, Compte-rendu du Congrès

question: Summarize the founding of the Confédération générale du travail unitaire.

answer: The Confédération générale du travail unitaire was founded in 1922 by the syndicates, unions, and federations that had been excluded from the General Confederation of Labour. The CGTU was founded after a split in the CGT, which had been torn by confrontations between socialist members of the French Section of the Workers' International and the more radical anarcho-syndicalists and members of the French Communist Party. The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it. Initially, the syndicalists and anarchists outnumbered the communists, but over the first two or three years many of the syndicalists joined the communist movement.

critique: "The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it. Initially, the syndicalists and anarchists outnumbered the communists, but over the first two or three years many of the syndicalists joined the communist movement." - this is irrelevant and should be removed.

critique: The answer should mention the founding of the CGTU.

critique: "but over the first two or three years many of the syndicalists joined the communist movement" is irrelevant to the question and should be removed.

critique: The answer should mention Guillot's appointment as the first woman to the confederal Bureau of the CGTU.

critique: The answer omits that the CGTU's General Secretary was a member of the Commuist Party.

critique: "The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it." - this is incorrect. The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it.

critique: "The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it. Initially, the syndicalists and anarchists outnumbered the communists, but over the first two or three years many of the syndicalists joined the communist movement." - this is irrelevant and should be deleted.

critique: "The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it." - this is incorrect. The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it when it split from the CGT.

question: Summarize what happened to the Confédération générale du travail unitaire.

answer: The Confédération générale du travail unitaire was founded in 1922 as a confederation of radical unions that had left the socialist-dominated General Confederation of Labour (CGT). The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it. This dynamic new organization was attached to peace and to the anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist struggle. The CGTU membership steadily declined in comparison to the CGT due to internal disagreements, ineffective strikes and troubles within the Communist Party. During the Popular Front period the CGTU merged back into CGT.

critique: "This dynamic new organization was attached to peace and to the anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist struggle." - this is irrelevant and should be removed.

text: Only the final sentence is relevant to the question.

category: coverage

question: Summarize what the Confédération générale du travail unitaire accomplished.

answer: The Confédération générale du travail unitaire was a trade union confederation in France with ties to the French Communist Party. It was founded in 1922 in a split from the General Confederation of Labor. From 1922 to 1924 it cohabitated with supporters of unconditional international centralism, but took on a higher percentage of communists from then until its final merger with the CGT. The CGTU passed new changes to the previous constitution to be eligible for party-led elections and to introduce regional organizations, but the endeavor was largely unsuccessful and the federation trailed off in membership until its merger with the CGT.

critique: "From 1922 to 1924 it cohabitated with supporters of unconditional international centralism, but took on a higher percentage of communists from then until its final merger with the CGT." - this is incorrect. The CGTU cohabitated with the communists for only two years.


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_WELIKATHARA_ (Sinhala, _Desert_) is a 1971 dramatic film made by Sri Lankan director D. B. Nihalsinghe. Screen play and script by Dr. Tissa Abeysekara. It is the maiden film directed by D. B. Nihalsingha.

Since _Welikathara_ was the first film in CinemaScope in Sri Lanka, it faced many obstacles, first of which was the lack of access to cinemas capable of showing that format. (Most of them had been reserved for US films). This was solved by arranging a cross circuit release, combining cinemas in the three competing circuits at that time- another first.

The film was a box office success as well as being critically appreciated, going on to be presented by a Sri Lankan Presidential Award as one of the Ten Best Sri Lankan films of all time.

Plot

The film is about the clash between Goring Mudalali (Joe Abeywickrema) and ASP Randeniya (Gamini Fonseka).

The film marked the turning point in the career of many of those who were involved in it.

D. B. Nihalsingha went on to direct several other award-winning films, _Ridi Nimnaya_, _Maldeneiye Simieon_ and _Kelimadala_, before he went on to pioneer color television production in Sri Lanka and South Asia.

It was loosely based on a true story and the first screenplay by Tissa Abeysekara, who went on to become one of Sri Lanka's best script writers.

Tissa Abeysekara, previously an “additional dialogue writer” to Lester James Peris, marked his entry as a screenplay writer with _Welikathara_. He went on to become Sri Lanka's foremost script writer thereafter. Joe Abeywicrema, who until then was a comedy actor, went on to become a character actor of repute with his magnificent performance.

Gamini Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka's foremost star at that time, gave a significant performance where, in a total reversal of the heroic roles he portrayed, he acted out a character in decline.

Somadasa Elvitigala added one more feather to his cap with this film after the beautiful musical score he created for _Sath Samudura_.

1st Assistant Director - Ranjith Newton Fernando

2nd Assistant Director - Tissa De Silva

Cast

-   Gamini Fonseka as Wickrema 'Wicky' Randeniya ASP
-   Joe Abeywickrama as Goring Mudalali 'Dipthilage Mudiyanselage Sudu Banda'
-   Suvineetha Weerasinghe as Geetha Randeniya
-   Kithsiri Perera as Attanayake
-   Piyasena Ahangama as Abeyratne
-   Devika Karunaratne as Muthu Menika
-   Nawanandana Wijesinghe as Lavanis
-   Dayananda Jayawardena as Martin
-   Karu Nanayakkara as Stocky policeman
-   G. W. Surendra as Speech giver
-   G. R. Perera as Tarzan Kumara
-   Chandra Kaluarachchi as Bathik dress discusser
-   Elson Divithurugama as Wickrama's debator
-   P. B. Miyalawa as Luncheon senior
-   Buddhi Wickrama as Goring's associate
-   Tudor Karunathilake as Police officer

Production

The film was shot in Point Pedro and was South Asia's and Sri Lanka's first to be done in cinemascope. It was a box office success after its first screening on October 27, 1971 and critically well received.

Awards and nominations

-   Presidential Film Award in 1999
-   Named 10th Best Sri Lankan Film of the first 50 years by Presidential council in 1997

title: Welikathara

question: Summarize the themes of the plot.

answer: The film is about the clash between Goring Mudalali and ASP Randeniya.

critique: It's omitted that the film was loosely based on a true story.

critique: The answer does not mention the themes of the plot.

critique: The answer should mention the film's themes.


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    During life people are called many things, some good, some bad. Within a short eight years I’ve been called; a student, worker, son, good listener, hero, savior, and many more. Since I was ten I’ve been talking people out of suicide online. During my eight years of helping people, I’ve helped many people, created an online organization, and learned many new things. This has forever and will constantly change my life.

    Many people ask me, how did this happen? How does a ten year old get mixed up with people’s lives? It was three days after my tenth birthday, the smell of my moms homemade cake was still tangible in the air. I logged onto the computer and found a chat room. I came across a man inside the room. He was talking about ending his life because his wife was cheating on him and getting his kids. My heart was in my ears beating hard, my palms were clammy and wet like a river. I talked with him till late in the night past any ten year olds bed time. This man was set and ready to die, a mere child stopped him. Me.

    A few months after helping the man, I met a girl my age who was rather interested in the “work” I did. She wanted to be part of the action. Lillie and I decided to work together helping people we would find in chat rooms. This continued for about a year. Lillie started to struggle with herself, the constant pressure of someone’s life in your hands at that young of an age takes a heavy toll upon the beholder. Lillie messaged me one night, “Dominic I have a problem” I asked her what it was and she stated, she wanted to die. She couldn’t take helping people anymore. I remember crying, panicking, wanting her to see it my way and not do what she was planning. It all ended so fast only three words remained “Lillie Signed Off.”

    Three years have passed since Lillie’s death, I created an online organization, filled with teens helping people out of dark thoughts. I created this organization in memory of Lillie. DarkShadows. DarkShadows, was constructed of teens from around the world, looking for people with suicidal thoughts that wanted to help prevent suicide. One hundred and ninety-seven teens joined DarkShadows. Each night we would have meetings and we would talk with one another to see if everyone was ok. I learned that this “job” is to hard for one child to take on alone day in and day out, there needs to be an escape route. DarkShadows showed some amazing results, the teens in DarkShadows were able to talk to five hundred plus people out of suicide. With every construction there is a destruction.

    I had a hard time destroying DarkShadows for I was proud of it. I closed down DarkShadows because the stress was enormous, two people were talking people into suicide, three people committed suicide from the pressure, and people started to not care. DarkShadows lasted three years and I was shocked that I could uphold it for so long, but I knew it had to go. I will never forget what I’ve learned from these past experiences.

    I’ve learned, many things over the past few years. I’ve learned that even though the world seems to burn like a raging fireball, there are many people out there still that care for others. I’ve learned that it doesn’t take a hero to save someone, you don’t need a utility belt, powers, cape, gadgets, or a “cool” name to save someone. All you need is a heart, and the will power, and the determination. Everyone is a hero in a way, you’re a hero to your kid, give someone some change for the bus, do something that is not expected from you. You are a hero.

    My life has changed drastically due to this “job”. I have become a better listener, I became mature, I met new people. I think back from when I was ten, I would have never imagined that helping that one guy would take me this far. I feel that due to this, I have a good understanding of people. I can “read” them easier. At times I have thought is it worth it? Is it worth spending hours upon hours helping someone that I don’t even know? When you help someone the end result of them being alive thanks to you is by far the best feeling you can think of. My life will never be the same due to this and for that I am grateful.

    During my short life span I’ve been a lot of things and experienced even more things. Do these names and experiences define me? Or simply give a better understanding of me? By helping one man live through the loss of his wife and kids. I met a great friend that I hold dear in my heart. I became a leader, making tough decisions for a lot of people. I learned, people still care for one another in this world. This has ultimately affected, and effected my life forever and I will never forget it. To be a Hero, you don’t need a cape or a utility belt, just a heart.

title: To Be A Hero You Need A Heart (True Story)

question: What would have happened if Lillie did not kill herself?

answer: Dominic owns and runs DarkShadows, a global organization that tries to help people in need as well as prevent suicide. If Lillie did not kill herself and was still part of his life, Dominic would have never created DarkShadows.

critique: The answer is a bit speculative. It is possible that Dominic would have started the group even if Lillie did not kill herself.

critique: "Dominic owns and runs DarkShadows, a global organization that tries to help people in need as well as prevent suicide. If Lillie did not kill herself and was still part of his life, Dominic would have never created DarkShadows." - this is incorrect. Dominic created DarkShadows because he was inspired by Lillie's death.

critique: Dominic created DarkShadows in memory of Lillie.


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Us four sat ensuring my stay.
In conversation, Rick was indirectly called a liar by Rob and Megan
because of me.
The price of being a father.
Any words spoken to him sounded like "Liar".
Any words spoken to me were in question.
As if I was being interrogated.
I had nothing to say unless asked.
The house was a mansion.
My cousin played the role of Keith Cozart.
I looked forward to good times as the house was left mostly
unattended.
As we spoke my mind wandered into flashbacks and daydreams.
Rob was showing me the room where I was going to stay.
There were many rooms and hallways.
Some rooms were connected by doors and weren't connected to hallways.
I opened a door to a bathroom and there was someone in the bathtub.
At first I laughed and looked away but Rob quicly put his arm around me and
led me away, and as he did I caught another quick glimpse of the bathtub and
noticed that it was a body. I was shocked and Rob started to remind me that I
didn't see anything that there was no one there. I instantly protested to
staying in the adjacent room which was where we were headed. I threatened to say
what I saw if forced to stay there. I was led away. The confusion and
unknowingness turned into fear and Plan. We returned downstairs and played it
off, acting as if that didn't happen. Later I spoke with Rob's sister about
what I had seen and she told me that it was not infact a body but pieces of
bodies that were created from insecurities. That she herself had created some
of the pieces that were in the bathtub. We walked and talked. I thought about
what I heard. Generations of insecurities brought about what was in the
bathtub. They all knew. Did Rick know? Did Megan know? I didn't know.
Who was it? Was it one of their own. We ended up back at the bathroom and I
looked in again and what I saw shocked me to the point that I couldn't clearly
make out what it was. Was it a body or was it pieces? It was entirely
underneath the water. I faked emotion and accepted the pieces of insecurities
and agreed to stay in the adjacent room. It was the only way to survive.
I spent most of the first week alone in the room.
I heard them speaking about me. About how I spent time alone.
I was genuinely afraid. The first chance I would take it.
It was a Saturday. I had stolen a few grams of Rob's cocaine and
over the course of 2 days had made it injectable with no one knowing.
The owner of the mansion, the famous Dr. Bob, had syringes in the
downstairs bathroom. Everyone left late in the night.
The only ones left were Rob and Megan. Who were passed out. I stabbed Rob with
the needle and injected it. As he woke and saw me he knew what my
intentions were but could not prevent them as the high almost instantly kicked
in and he fell into a euphoric state. Megan didn't even wake up.
The thought crossed my mind. Did she know about the bathtub? Had she noticed the
change in my behavior? I weighed the risk of foiling my Plan in my mind before
deciding to leave her behind as I escaped into the night. I stole a car from
the mansions garage and left leaving no trace of where I was going.
The insecurity of being insecure. Being insecure was my only security, the
only thing that led me to escape the fate that awaited me. Where all others had
failed and gave in to become part of the fate themselves I had broken free.

title: the fate that awaited

question: Summarize Megan's descent into madness.

answer: No answer

critique: Megan is not described as descending into madness.


text:
HACKLEBURG — On a recent sultry summer afternoon, 81-year-old widow Nellie Allen sat on the porch of her one-story brick home, one in a strip of government-subsidized houses surrounded by fields and country roads.

Allen makes do on $900 a month from Social Security. She raised four kids and never worked outside the home. She doesn’t drive, so she can’t get to the nearest grocery store, which is several miles away. Even if she did, she wouldn’t be able to afford to buy what she needs.

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The big truck heading her way pulls to the side of a one-lane road to let oncoming cars pass by before it can reach her.

The truck is the West Alabama Food Bank’s mobile pantry. Its cargo includes some 5,000 pounds of food — boxes of bread, fruits, vegetables, drinks and pastries that it will deliver to dozens of people in rural Alabama, many of them poor, aging or disabled. All of them, like Allen, need help to make ends meet.

Allen pushes her wheelbarrow down a cracked sidewalk to a dead end to receive her groceries. Allen examines the contents of the box: She happily notices the lettuce and other greens she can put into a salad. With ranch dressing.

“We don’t get the same stuff every time,” she said. “But I can cook with it.”

Food pantries and soup kitchens tend to be in densely populated cities, where they can draw a lot of people. That model doesn’t work in rural counties, where settlement is sparse.

Counties with the highest rates of “food insecurity,” where people don’t have enough access to affordable, nutritious food, are disproportionately rural.

Rural counties make up 63 percent of U.S. counties but 79 percent of those with the worst food insecurity rates, according to Feeding America, a network of 200 food banks.

A confluence of events has led to a recent push for mobile food pantries. Hunger has decreased somewhat in urban settings since the Great Recession, but it remains stubborn in rural areas.

“The persistence is in these rural communities,” said Erin McDonald, vice president of research at Feeding America. That, combined with a trend in food service toward fresh and healthy food, even for the poor, instead of the old-fashioned canned and dry goods, has led pantries to use trucks.

Fresh food doesn’t keep, she said, and the rural poor lack transportation to food outlets with reasonable prices.

“Lack of availability, or cost, even with SNAP benefits, is a real challenge,” she said, referring to food stamps. “The combination of those factors results in a lot of our food banks stepping in … and turning to mobile access.”

The West Alabama Food Bank has a handful of refrigerated delivery trucks and recently received a $47,150 state grant to retrofit a 28-foot trailer with air conditioning, handicapped accessible features, a freezer and a cooler to serve more residents of “food deserts” in the western part of the state, near the Mississippi border.

While traditional food pantry trucks distribute boxes of pre-selected food, the new trailer, to be hitched up to a pickup truck, will allow people to select their own food. Most of it will be free, and the rest will be sold at or below cost.

Rural poverty levels have exceeded urban poverty for decades, according to a 2017 U.S. Department of Agriculture report. In the South, nearly 22 percent of residents who don’t live in metropolitan areas are in poor households. Over 15 percent of rural counties are “persistently poor,” compared with just 4 percent of urban counties.

The West Alabama Food Bank serves nine rural counties where more than 15 percent of the residents live below the federal poverty line, which is drawn at $25,100 for a family of four in 2018. Jean Rykaczewski, executive director of the West Alabama Food Bank, notes that one county in her territory, Sumter, has only three grocery stores, two of them in the town of Livingston.

“The rest of the time people are having to go to convenience stores, where they pay up to $5.99 for a gallon of milk that could be had for about $2.50 in Tuscaloosa,” she said. “We don’t have a big public transportation system out here. People are paying neighbors or friends or even family $25 for a trip to the grocery store.”

The new, large mobile food market will give people more control over what they get to eat, Rykaczewski said. Rather than taking a pre-filled box, they will get to make food choices, especially if they can buy some of the items at a low cost.

On the truck, Sabine Nad, who grew up in Germany in a farming community and was taught from an early age not to waste food, keeps a record of all her clients. They must register with the county social service department and qualify for the free food based on their incomes.

“I make it a bit easier for them because I come right to them,” said Nad, 49. She packs boxes in the Alabama heat, perspiring as she chooses from donated bags of lettuce, fresh celery, squash, grapes and oranges. A few drinks like soda, juice or Vitamin Water go into the boxes, along with day-old breads, cakes and donuts, and some boxes of cereal. The cartons are piled high.

Allen says the best part of meeting the food truck every other week is getting to talk to Nad, who has become her friend. They hug before Allen loads her box onto the wheelbarrow.

Allen’s friend O’Neal West, 78, hovers nearby in overalls, readying a makeshift hand truck held together with black tape to haul his box. They walk off slowly, together, Allen nursing a creaky back.

Down the road, John Seals, 83, pushes an empty wheelchair up to Nad’s truck. He loads a box into the chair and starts off toward his home. “It’s a real blessing to get this food,” he said. The chair belonged to his late wife, he recalls wistfully. “We kept the chair, and it comes in handy.”

question: What does the text say about how the government supports the West Alabama Food Bank to the poor in urban and rural counties?

answer: The West Alabama Food Bank received a grant of $47,150 from the state to retrofit a 28-foot trailer with air conditioning, handicapped accessible features, a freezer, and a cooler to serve more residents of food deserts in the western part of the state near the Mississippi border. The food bank serves nine rural counties where more than 15 percent of the residents live below the federal poverty line. The West Alabama Food Bank serves people who don't live in metropolitan areas and are in poor households. The West Alabama Food Bank receives its funding from the state and the federal government as well as from private donors.

critique: The West Alabama Food Bank's funding is irrelevant to the question.

critique: The question only asks about the government supports. It doesn't ask about the West Alabama Food Bank.

critique: The grammar of the third sentence is discordant. This can be rephrased

critique: The last sentence is irrelevant to the question.

question: What does the text say about how the food bank has helped the rural counties with food supply so far?

answer: The West Alabama Food Bank has a handful of refrigerated delivery trucks and recently received a $47,150 state grant to retrofit a 28-foot trailer with air conditioning, handicapped accessible features, a freezer, and a cooler to serve more residents of "food deserts" in the western part of the state, near the Mississippi border. The West Alabama Food Bank serves nine rural counties where more than 15 percent of the residents live below the federal poverty line. The new, large mobile food market will give people more control over what they get to eat.

critique: The answer should mention how the food bank will help.

critique: The last two sentences do not need to be said twice.

critique: The text does not say anything about how the food bank has helped the rural counties with food supply so far.

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

critique: The answer should mention the food boxes.

critique: The answer should mention the food bank's mobile pantry.

critique: The answer should mention the food truck.


text:
[Updated DOT guidelines for drug testing clearinghouse]

Yellow, green and red semi-trailer trucks stand side-by-side at a rest area in North America.

[DOT guidelines for drug testing clearinghouse]
Yellow, green and red semi-trailer trucks stand side-by-side at a rest area in North America.

Owner-operators must designate a Consortium/TPA, like WDTC, for reporting

Drivers, employers and agencies each have specific responsibilities for the upcoming CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, the new national database that will go live on January 4, 2020. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration(FMCSA) continues to update its resources pertaining to DOT guidelines for the drug testing Clearinghouse.

Owner-operators, defined as anyone who employs themselves as a driver, are subject to the requirements pertaining to employers as well as those pertaining to drivers. DOT guidelines for drug testing Clearinghouse state that owner-operators must designate a Consortium/Third Party Administrator (TPA) to comply with the employer portion of Clearinghouse reporting requirements related to their own alcohol and controlled substance use. Wisconsin Drug Testing Consortium (WDTC) is an accredited, Certified Third Party Administrator (C-TPA) that can fulfill this requirement for owner-operators.

Employers with drivers other than themselves will be required to query the Clearinghouse database every year for each driver they employ. State driver licensing agencies also will be required to query the Clearinghouse whenever a CDL is issued, renewed, transferred or upgraded.

WHO WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS THE CLEARINGHOUSE?

Users will need to request access from FMCSA by registering for the Clearinghouse. Authorized users will include:

-   Drivers who hold a commercial driver’s license (CDL) or a commercial learner’s permit (CLP)
-   Employers, including motor carriers and other employers with drivers operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) that require a CDL or CLP
-   Consortium/Third-Party Administrators
-   Medical Review Officers (MROs)
-   Substance Abuse Professionals (SAPs)
-   State Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs)
-   Federal Enforcement personnel

The Clearinghouse will provide FMCSA and employers the information they need to identify drivers who are prohibited from operating a CMV on public roads based on DOT drug and alcohol program violations. The Clearinghouse will contain only violations that occur on or after the rule’s implementation date of January 4, 2020.

Employers and drivers are reminded to not unsubscribe from emails pertaining to CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, or DOT guidelines for drug testing clearinghouse.

ABOUT WISCONSIN DRUG TESTING CONSORTIUM

Wisconsin Drug Testing Consortium is an accredited, Certified Third Party Administrator (C-TPA), and specializes in consortium management; a variety of drug testing methods, including urine, hair and fingernails; post-accident testing; pre-employment drug tests; criminal background checks; supervisor training programs to keep employees compliant with DOT regulations; pre-employment DOT physicals; and paternity DNA testing. Headquartered in Green Bay, WDTC also has offices in Appleton, Fond du Lac and Madison, Wisconsin. Call 888-784-8842 or visit www.widrugtesting.com for more information.

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question: What does the text say about drug testing taxi drivers?

answer: No answer

critique: There is no mention of taxi drivers in the article.

critique: There is no mention of taxi drivers in the text and a reasonable response would be that the text doesn't say anything about them.

critique: There are no drug testing taxi drivers in the article.

critique: No answer is correct, the text does not say a thing about drug testing taxi drivers.

critique: Yes, the text mentions drug testing clearinghouse for those operating CMVs that require a CDL or CLP, but it does mention taxi drivers.

critique: There is no information on taxi drivers.

critique: There is no mention of taxi drivers in the text.

critique: No answer is given, but the text does not mention any specific instances of drug testing taxi drivers.

critique: No response is given, but there is information about the text's content.

critique: There is a mention of drug testing in the text

question: What does the text say about owner-operators?

answer: Owner-operators are defined as anyone who employs themselves as a driver, they must also designate a consortium and/or TPA to comply with employer's requirements. Owner-operators are responsible for contractors and employee's drug and alcohol use, so they must designate a Consortium/TPA to register on their behalf. They can use Wisconsin Drug Testing Consortium that is an accredited, Certified Third Party Administrator. WDTC will fulfill this requirement for owner-operators. Owner-operators are also required to query the Clearinghouse database for any driver restrictions and notify their employer.

critique: The response does not accurately reflect the text in the passage. It is missing information on the owner operator's responsibilities for reporting and the requirements for accessing the Clearinghouse.

critique: The answer is too long and should be re-written to be more concise.

critique: The response does not mention what is unique about owner-operators.

critique: The answer fails to mention that owner-operators are also required to query the Clearinghouse database for any driver restrictions and notify their employer.

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

critique: Doesn't mention the DOT guidelines for drug testing clearinghouse.

critique: The response inaccurately mentions that the owner-operators are required to notify their employers.

critique: The answer should mention that owner-operators are required to query the Clearinghouse database for any driver restrictions and notify their employer.

critique: The answer should mention that owner-operators must also designate a Consortium/TPA to comply with driver requirements.

critique: There is no mention of notifying his employer.

critique: "They can use Wisconsin Drug Testing Consortium that is an accredited, Certified Third Party Administrator. WDTC will fulfill this requirement for owner-operators." - this is irrelevant and should be deleted.

critique: It is not made clear that it is only the owner-operators who will be required to designate a consortium and/or TPA that have drivers.

critique: The owner-operator must designate a Consortium/TPA for reporting requirements.

critique: The answer should mention the DOT guidelines for drug testing clearinghouse.

critique: "they must designate a consortium and/or TPA" should be "they must designate a consortium/Third Party Administrator (TPA)".

question: What does the text say about the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse?

answer: The Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is a new national database that will go live on January 4, 2020. Owner-operators must designate a Consortium/TPA for the employer portion of the Clearinghouse reporting requirements related to their own alcohol and controlled substance use. The Clearinghouse provides FMCSA and employers information to identify drivers who are prohibited from operating a CMV on public roads based on DOT drug and alcohol violations.

critique: The answer misuses acronyms: DOT is the Department of Transportation, while FMCSA is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

critique: The first sentence is not specific and just states the application of the Clearinghouse.

critique: The answer should mention that the database will contain only violations that occur on or after the rule's implementation date of January 4, 2020.

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

critique: The answer should include the purpose of the clearinghouse.

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

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

critique: Remove the last sentence, which is not relevant to the task.

question: What does the text say about the Wisconsin Drug Testing Consortium?

answer: The Wisconsin Drug Testing Consortium is an accredited, certified, Certified Third Party Administrator specializing in consortium management and a variety of drug testing methods, including urine, hair, and even fingernails. WDTC also specializes in post-accident testing, pre-employment drug tests, criminal background checks, and post-employment DOT physicals. The WDTC also has a Paternity DNA testing department.

critique: The text does not say anything about Paternity DNA testing.

critique: The text doesn't say that WDTC has a Paternity DNA testing department.

critique: They may have this, but it is not stated in the article.

critique: This is more a description of the WDTC's services than a description of the company itself.

critique: There's no mention of the post-employment DOT physical. Unnecessary information.

critique: The article does not mention a Paternity DNA testing department.

critique: The text doesn't mention a Paternity DNA testing department.

critique: The service of WDTC should not be stated - it should be from whom WDTC serves. 'Department of Testing' and 'DNA Testing' should be part of the name.

critique: The answer should mention the WDTC's location.

critique: "post-accident testing, pre-employment drug tests" - there is no evidence that WDTC does post-accident testing or pre-employment drug tests. This should be removed.

critique: "post-accident testing, pre-employment drug tests, criminal background checks, and post-employment DOT physicals" is not exclusive to WDTC. They also perform pre-employment drug tests, employers with drivers operating CMVs, and supervisor training programs. This should be replaced with a sentence that describes the range of services WDTC offers more broadly.

critique: "The Wisconsin Drug Testing Consortium is an accredited, certified, Certified Third Party Administrator specializing in consortium management and a variety of drug testing methods, including urine, hair, and even fingernails. WDTC also specializes in post-accident testing, pre-employment drug tests, criminal background checks, and post-employment DOT physicals. The WDTC also has a Paternity DNA testing department." - this is all redundant and should be deleted.

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

critique: The WDTC has a Paternity DNA testing department, not a Paternity DNA testing department.


text:
Her feet burn as she walks down the pavement. Her hands rest upon her very pregnant stomach and her shirt that was stained from dirt and sweat. Sarah runs her toes through the puddle of blood that had collected by a sewer run off to soothe her sore feet. She lowers her head and watches her feet as she passes the little boy that is screaming under the stop sign, his body is covered in scabs and blisters.

Amongst the screaming of the demons that soar like vultures in the ashy sky, which would occasionally mutilate a person with its claws or tackle them and rip their flesh with their rows of tiny pointed teeth, she stares at Bryson’s house across the street.

Gene and Tommy are sitting in a dying maple tree on a September afternoon. Hey, Tommy. Look at that girl down there,” Gene says as he nudges Tommy in the ribs.

Tommy is busy staring at the green circles of fungi on the rotting park bench below them. “Huh,” he responds. “What do you think she’s doing,” Tommy asks after realizing he heard the question.

“I don’t know. She’s been staring at that house for two days now.

Heh. I still can’t believe that sky, sure is something,” Gene says. “Like the way the red sun clashes with the grey sky and how the orange horizon looks like it’s dripping down the sky.”

The two watch her standing in the street, her reflection looking just as scared as her in the broken windows of an abandoned building.  A few leaves fall from the maple tree only adding to the chaos.

“Not many of them around anymore are there Gene,” Tommy asks.

Gene shakes his head. “No, not really.  The rays from the conceding sun beam down on Gene and Tommy’s glistening black backs.

When the world was supposed the end in December, it didn’t really. But it was the end of how things used to be and the beginning of something new. On the twenty-first, some were saved-those who believed and those who were forgiven. Some were asked to stay behind- angels to act as warriors against the demons. Bryson was chosen because of his strength and his heart. No one knew why children were left behind, or husbands and wives who attended church every Sunday.

Months of uncertainly passed until March when the asteroids hit, damaging all the power lines and many homes. And this month, September, was when the demons appeared. But those who were left were not in total gloom, for they were given a second chance. To prove themselves through their struggles and conquer the evil that had overtaken their lives. The angels that stayed and fought represented hope for mankind, that God had not totally given up faith in man and that in their struggles and they could find rebirth and washed pure in the blood and tears of Christ.

Sarah finally moves and makes her way further down the road. She walks past a yellow house, it’s siding smeared in charcoal covered ashes and notices through the big glass window a woman can be seen in the kitchen making dinner. Her husband and three children sit around the dinner table. The littlest girl with her hair in a pony tail grabs her fathers hand and with the other hand waves to her mother to come to the table. They bow their heads and pray. She continues walking.

“She’s getting awfully close. I think she’s finally going to go inside,” Gene says excitedly cocking his head to the side to better watch her with his round black eye.

She walks up the steps of the house of interest, taking a deep breath causing her chest to rise and she knocks on the door. It creaks as it slowly swings open. She looks inside, his brown hair can be seen off the side of the couch as he lays motionless. She slowly walks inside, turning to face him. She looks at his face, his solid black eyes lifeless and his massive wings rested peacefully on his back. She screams and turns away running down the steps, leaving the door open just as it was.

“Did you hear that,” Tommy asks.

Sarah runs down the street, tears streaming down her face. She trips on the stairs of the deck of her house and falls and she lays there sobbing. She rolls over to her side, clutching where her unborn child rests inside of her.

 Gene and Tommy watch two old men in rocking chairs crack open beers, rifles sitting in their laps. Intrigued by the cackling of their voices they listen as the men relay stories about how they weren’t going to let anyone take them until they were damn well ready. One of the men raises his gun and shoots and a hovering demon, bringing Gene and Tommy’s attention back into focus.

“Hey, where’d that girl go,” Gene asks.

From inside her house, clamor can be heard as she rummages through drawers and closets, emptying their contents on the dusty floor. A gunshot echoes through the trees and the startled blackbirds fly away.

title: Walking without Wings

question: Summarize Sarah's movements throughout the story.

answer: Sarah stands in the street for two days staring at Bryson's house. After that she walks down the road and passes the house where she sees a woman making dinner with her children. She continues walking. Then she waits outside the house while its doors creak open. She sighs and walks inside to find Bryson dead on the couch. She then turns around and runs out of the house while screaming. After that, she rolls toward her house while clutching at her stomach.

critique: "She continues walking." - this is incorrect because Sarah was already walking down the road. She just walked past the house where she saw a woman making dinner with her children.

critique: The 'then' doesn't connect anything in a causal manner.

critique: The answer should mention that Sarah trips and falls at the end of the story.

critique: "She continues walking. Then she waits outside the house while its doors creak open." - this is incorrect. Sarah never waited outside the house. She ran out of the house after seeing Bryson dead on the couch.

critique: The response inaccurately mentions Sarah waits outside the house while its doors creak open.

critique: "After that, she rolls toward her house while clutching at her stomach." - Sarah doesn't roll anywhere. She falls on the stairs of her deck and clutches her stomach.

critique: "She continues walking. Then she waits outside the house while its doors creak open. She sighs and walks inside to find Bryson dead on the couch. She then turns around and runs out of the house while screaming. After that, she rolls toward her house while clutching at her stomach." - this is incorrect. Sarah didn't walk down the road. She passed the yellow house with the woman and her children. She also didn't walk inside Bryson's house. She went inside and saw him dead on the couch. Sarah ran down the street and tripped on the stairs of her deck. She rolled over to her side and clutched her unborn child.

critique: "She continues walking." - this is incorrect. Sarah was running down the street.

question: Summarize instances of people in pain throughout the story.

answer: In the beginning of the story, Sarah runs her toes through a puddle of blood by a sewer run off because her feet were burning. The little boy screams under the stop sign, his body was covered in scabs and blisters. A woman is burned while making dinner. The woman screams while running down the road and the pregnant Sarah curls up crying on her side.

critique: The woman screaming is Sarah, not the woman making dinner.

critique: "The woman screams while running down the road and the pregnant Sarah curls up crying on her side." - the woman is Sarah and the pregnant Sarah is Sarah.

critique: Does not mention the instances of people being mutilated by demons.

critique: The woman is not burned while making dinner.

critique: The woman is not burned. She is making dinner.

text: The passage does not indicate that Sarah is in pain when she runs her feet through the puddle of blood.

category: accuracy

refinement: In the beginning of the story, Sarah runs her toes through a puddle of blood by a sewer run off because her feet were burning. The little boy screams under the stop sign, his body was covered in scabs and blisters. A woman is burned while making dinner. The woman screams while running down the road and the pregnant Sarah curls up crying on her side.

question: Summarize the casualties throughout the course of the story.

answer: After the apocalypse, Sarah is pregnant and alone. The demons in the sky seem to target and kill everyone around her.

critique: The answer omits the casualties in the story.

critique: It's omitted that the demons target Sarah and Bryson, who is an angel.

critique: The answer should mention the casualties in the story.

critique: Sarah is not alone. She is with Gene and Tommy.

critique: The answer is vague and doesn't mention the casualties.

critique: She's alone (that I can find), and then people die, but that's about it for 'reportable' casualties.

question: Summarize the events that led to the apocalypse.

answer: The world ended in December when God chose to save only those who believe and those who were forgiven but left angel kids behind along with people who attended church every Sunday, who were supposed to act as angels to fight the demons. In March, when the asteroids hit, all the power lines and many homes were damaged, along with damage done to the heaven and earth at the time.

critique: Doesn't mention the appearance of the demons.

critique: "damage done to the heaven and earth at the time" - this is inaccurate. It was said the damage was done to the earth. Rewrite.


text:
(stylized as _BEATMANIAIIDX_) is a music video game developed by Bemani and published by Konami, released in Japan on February 26, 1999. The objective is to perform songs using a controller with seven keys and a turntable. After the surprise success of _Beatmania_, Benami conceived _IIDX_ to simulate an actual disc jockey (DJ) live performance. Its cabinet contains a widescreen monitor, massive speakers, and eight spotlights. Bemani later developed several updated versions of _IIDX_ to increased success. The game retrospectively received a positive reception from video game publications for its gameplay and increased difficulty. A sequel, _Beatmania III_, was released in 2000.

Gameplay

[Gameplay of _Beatmania IIDX_ during the M-Flo song “The Theme from Flo Jack”.] The objective of _Beatmania IIDX_ is to perform songs using a controller with seven key buttons and a scratchable turntable. Hitting notes with accurate timing increases the score and groove gauge bar, allowing the player to finish the stage. Failing to do so depletes the gauge and can prematurely end the song.[1][2] _IIDX_ has four play modes: 4 Keys, 5 Keys, 7 Keys, and Expert. The controls in 4 Keys mode are limited to only the white buttons.[3] 5 Keys is a mode where the player uses “3 white keys on bottom and 2 black keys on top” as in _Beatmania_.[4][5] 7 Keys utilizes all buttons[6] and Expert has the player select a course and obtain the highest score. Clearing four or more stages in Internet Ranking results in a password, which can be submitted to Konami so that the player's score is registered and shown in worldwide rankings.[7]

Development and release

In 1997, Konami distributed its Games & Music Division's (G.M.D.) _Beatmania_ in Japan as an arcade DJ simulator, significantly influencing rhythm games. Its surprise success prompted the developer to rename itself Bemani, a portmanteau of the game's title, and the studio made other music-themed video games following its release, including _Pop'n Music_ and _Dance Dance Revolution_.[8][9] Bemani conceived _Beatmania IIDX_ as a sequel to _Beatmania_. They designed it to simulate the experience of a real DJ performing songs live at a music venue, and gave it a “club Visual Jockey feel.” The game was released on February 26, 1999. While its predecessor used five keys, the _IIDX_ controller had seven. The controller was one of components used in the game's Benami Twinkle cabinet, along with a large 40-inch widescreen monitor, massive speakers, eight spotlights, and the Effect Fader (located in the control panel), the last of which is used to alter the sound during gameplay.[10]

Reception and legacy

Neil Foster, writing for the website Hardcore Gaming 101, noticed that player one's controller had the turntable relocated to the left side, which was advantageous to “some players.” He commented that with the addition of a widescreen monitor, the black keys were given easily identifiable lanes. He called the game “a rocky start” for the _Beatmania IIDX_ series, since it had music from _Beatmania_{{'}}s first two iterations (_1st Mix_ and _2nd Mix_) paired with new songs and remixes. According to Foster, many players were initially not impressed with performing old songs on upgraded hardware, so they switched to _Beatmania 4th Mix_.[11] Bryn Williams of GameSpy found _IIDX_ harder than the original _Beatmania_, because songs that take advantage of its seven keys have more notes than those made for five keys.[12] IGN's Chris Roper wrote that it was successful because of its distinctive and responsive controller. He opinioned that the controller was imperfectly designed, yet its implementation made the game a rare experience.[13]

Bemani developed several updates to the game after its release. Konami decided to link _Beatmania IIDX Club Version_ (later _Substream_) cabinets with _Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix_ machines for simultaneous play, leading to increased success. In late 1999, the publisher hired artist Goli to design graphics and characters for _Beatmania IIDX 2nd Style_.[14] Featuring a new visual theme, _3rd Style_ was ported to the PlayStation 2.[15] In 2002, _8th Style_ was released after the discontinuation of the original _Beatmania_. Foster stated these updates popularized _IIDX_ to the point it overshadowed its predecessor, as the game not only earned more new songs, but became very difficult.[16] A sequel with a five-key controller, _Beatmania III_, was released in 2000.[17]

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title: Beatmania IIDX (video game)

question: Despite the commercial and critical success of Beatmania IIDX, what are the main criticisms levelled against it?

answer: The game is criticized for its difficulty.

critique: The game is criticized for its difficulty and the fact that it is a sequel to Beatmania.

critique: The difficulty of the game is not its main criticism.

critique: The game is also criticized for its controller being imperfectly designed.

critique: The game is criticized for its difficulty. - is a tautology.

critique: The text does not mention any specific criticisms.

critique: The answer does not address the main sources of the difficulty.

critique: The game is criticized for its difficulty, but it is not the only criticism.


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THE SILENT POETS is a Japanese electronic duo (now solo project). They have released six original albums and more than seven remix albums/EPs until now. Gaining international recognition, Silent Poets has been featured in countless music/fashion magazines, and in over 30 compilations around the world ranging from the USA, UK, France, Germany, and Italy, including the well known “Cafe Del Mar” compilation.

Their music style is in the best Acid Jazz / Down-tempo traditions and have something in common with such artists as their countryman DJ Krush, United Future Organization, DJ Cam, etc. Among the characteristic features the deep piano parts, rich colourful orchestra sound and undulating charming rhythm could be highlighted. The Silent Poets collaborate with such electronic / pop / rap music stars as ACO, Port Of Notes, Coldcut, Frederic Galliano, Attica Blues, Yasushi Ide, DJ Vadim, Kid Loco, Towa Tei, Spiritual Vibes, Shakkazombie, Ken Hirai, and Ursula Rucker.

The Silent Poets speak the universal language of music, whether amongst themselves on the instrumental “Mass” (off 1996's _Firm Roots_) or supported by guests such as Last Poets Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin and Sulieman El-Hadi on “Inquizative, Derivative” (off 1994's _Words and Silence_).

History

Silent Poets was formed by Michiharu Shimoda in 1991. Their first meaningful work was the album _Potential Meeting_ released in 1992 on Toy's Factory. After releasing their fifth album _To Come..._, Hiruno left the group and Silent Poets became Shimoda's solo project. After that Shimoda composed music for fashion shows, released a huge number of remixes. The 2005 album, _Sun_, was released after a six year gap in recordings.

Discography

CD

-   _Potential Meeting_ (1993, Toy's Factory)
-   _Words and Silence_ (1994, Toy's Factory)
-   _drawing_ (1995 Toy's Factory)
-   _Firm Roots_ (1996, Toy's Factory)
-   _For Nothing_ (1997, Toy's Factory)
-   _To Come..._ (1999, Toy's Factory)
-   _Sun_ (2005, Rush! Production)
-   _Another Trip from Sun_ (2013 Another Trip)
-   _dawn_ (2018 Another Trip)

Singles and EPs

-   “La Vie”/“Shalom” 12“ (1994, Bellissima Records)
-   “Drawing” CD/LP (1995, Toy's Factory)
-   _Cherry Tree EP_ CD/12 (1997, Toy's Factory)
-   _Sugar Man EP_ CD (1999, Toy's Factory)
-   “Save the Day” 12“ (2000, Yellow Productions)
-   “Someday” 12“ (2000, Yellow Productions)

Soundtrack

-   _A Woman Like You_ (1993)
-   _Tori_ (2004)
-   _Death Stranding_ (2019)

Compilations

-   Cafe Del Mar vol 2 (dos), 1995
-   Funkungfusion from Ninja Tunes, 1998
-   X-Mix: Fast Forward & Rewind[1]

[1]

title: Silent Poets

question: What does the article say about J-Rock?

answer: No answer

critique: The question is asking for an answer, so the answer should be "no answer".

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

critique: The question is asking a subjective opinion, which the article provides.

critique: The response misses to answer the question.

question: How can the effect of Hiruno's departure be seen in the Silent Poets' records?

answer: The Silent Poets' records after Hiruno's departure are less frequent and spaced out.

critique: "The Silent Poets' records after Hiruno's departure are less frequent and spaced out." - this is incorrect. The Silent Poets' sixth album was released in 2005.

critique: The response is incorrect. The Silent Poets' records after Hiruno's departure are not less frequent and spaced out.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The Silent Poets' records after Hiruno's departure are not less frequent and spaced out.

critique: The response does not answer the question.

critique: The answer is not related to the question.

critique: The article explicitly mentions the growing gap between recordings isn't necessarily due to Hiruno's departure, but this response still answers the question accurately.


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DWIGHT SCHAR is an American businessman. He is the founder of NVR, Inc., a Fortune 500 company that is the third-largest home builder (by revenue) in the United States.[1] He currently serves as the company's Executive chairman and Chairman of Executive Committee.[2] Schar is also a part-owner of the Washington Football Team,[3][4] and the former Finance chairman for the Republican National Committee.[5] He lives in McLean, Virginia and Palm Beach, Florida.

Background

Dwight Schar grew up in rural northeast Ohio and graduated from Norwayne High School in 1960. He then attended Ashland University (then Ashland College) in Ashland, Ohio, where he majored in education. After graduating from Ashland in 1964, Dwight began teaching, and on the weekends, he had a job selling homes.[6] Schar soon left teaching to pursue a career in home building.[7] In 1980, Schar founded his own company, NVHomes,[8] which eventually acquired his former employer, Ryan Homes, in 1987; the company was thus renamed NVR.[9] NVR lost billions of dollars and was forced to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1992.

Today, NVR is the corporate umbrella under which NVHomes, Ryan Homes, Fox Ridge Homes, Rymarc Homes, Heartland Homes, and NVR Mortgage operate.

Political involvement

Along with his involvement in the Republican National Committee, Schar is also a well-known financial supporter of the Republican Party and numerous Republican candidates, making contributions through his company[10] as well as private contributions from both his McLean, VA home[11] and his home in Palm Beach, FL.[12]

In 1989, Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Marshall Coleman was backed financially by Schar. An investigation from the Richmond Times-Dispatch had discovered that one of Schar’s companies had issued loans through the Virginia Housing Development Authority. Coleman had profited from the sale of two homes through Schar’s company as well.

In both the 2000 and 2004 Bush-Cheney presidential campaigns, Schar was not only a donor, but also a major fundraiser. In the 2000 campaign, Schar was a Bush “pioneer”, the distinction given to those committed to raising $100,000 or more for the campaign. In the 2004 re-election campaign, Schar rose to the new level of “Ranger,” raising $200,000 or more.[13][14]

Feud with Dan Snyder

Dwight Schar purchased a minority share along with Robert Rothman and Frederick W. Smith of the Washington Football Team, then known as the Washington Redskins. The three own 40 percent of the team. Many news outlets have speculated about the friction between Schar, Rothman, Smith, and Dan Snyder, who owns the rest of the business. Snyder accused Mary Ellen Blair, a former employee, of being connected to one of Dwight Schar's children. Blair had, according to Snyder, “absconded with confidential information.” Snyder also alleged that Schar was connected to a network of websites that had published false information about him. Marc Randazza, an attorney that represented Schar, insisted there was no business relationship.

Congressional Letter and Investigation

Ryan Homes, a business under the NVR umbrella, received a letter from Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) which asked the company to stop the practice of forced arbitration. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined in and asked that both Ryan Homes and NVR “remove the arbitration provisions from their agreements and stop requiring homebuyers to sign non-disclosure agreements in order to resolve disputes.”

USA Today conducted an investigation that found that Ryan Homes “ignored warranty requests for dozens if not hundreds of customers nationally.”

Class Action Lawsuit

A lawsuit filed by homeowners in Bella Collina, a community run by DCS Capital Investments, owned by Dwight Schar, accused Schar, Paul Simonson, Randall Greene, and Richard Arrighi of "racketeering, embezzling and conspiracy." The lawsuit stated that the Homeowner's Association (HOA) should have been turned over to the homeowners, instead of DCS Capital Investments. It was dismissed a year later on a technicality.

Dwight Schar's Bella Collina has been the subject of many controversies over the years, including removing a Black Lives Matter sign from someone's property because it supposedly violated the rules of the HOA.

Philanthropy

Dwight Schar has given to many schools and colleges. In 2004, Schar donated $200,000 to Norwayne High School, his former high school in Creston, OH to go toward the construction of a new track, football stadium, and scoreboard. The school named the new track the “Dwight Schar Track” in his honor. In 2006, he donated $5 million to his alma mater, Ashland University, to help fund the construction of their new education building. The university named the new building “Dwight Schar College of Education” in his honor. In 2009 Schar again made a $7 million donation towards the new Ashland University on-campus football, track & field and Soccer facilities, named appropriately “Dwight Schar Athletic Complex”. Then most recently he gave another $7 million to his alma mater for the purchase of Med Central College of Nursing, which is now known as the Dwight Schar College of Nursing & Health Sciences. In 2011, Schar once again donated at least another $800,000 to his high school, Norwayne High School, to update the auditorium, putting in the latest lighting and sound technologies. The remainder of that money went on to update the band, art rooms, as well as an education and learning center for existing students and continuing education students linked to local universities. The auditorium was then renamed the Dwight Schar Performing Arts Center, in his honor.[15] In 2014, Mr. Schar pledged $12 million to Elon University in Elon, NC, which will help fund construction of buildings for the School of Communications and a proposed convocation center. Such contribution is the largest single gift in the school's history.

Shortly thereafter, Schar contributed $50 million to INOVA Health Center in Fairfax, VA, thus launching the INOVA Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute. The center will anchor the new INOVA Center for personalized Health recently established, which will provide a platform for the development and application of advances in cancer treatment and personalized medicine through genomics. Dwight Schar has also made seven figure donations to George Mason University, Child Helps, Youth for Tomorrow and the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Other major gifts have been made to Rosarian Academy and Royal Poinciana Chapel. In May 2016, George Mason University President Angel Cabrera announced Dwight Schar's $10 million gift to the George Mason University School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, which will be known as the Schar School of Policy and Government.

[1] Executives Cashing In Shares At NVR – washingtonpost.com

[2] Dwight Schar: Executive Profile & Biography – BusinessWeek

[3]

[4] Options Earn $59.4 Million for Schar – washingtonpost.com

[5]

[6] Dwight Schar (with Martha)

[7]

[8] NVR Inc

[9]

[10] NVR, Inc

[11] NEWSMEAT ▷ Dwight Schar's federal campaign contribution search results

[12] NEWSMEAT ▷ Dwight Schar's federal campaign contribution search results

[13] OpenSecrets

[14] village voice > news > The Bush-Cheney Gazillions Tour by Ward Harkavy

[15] Ashland University has received a $5 million gift from Dwight C. Schar, chairman and CEO of NVR, a homebuilding and mortgage-banking company | Diverse Issues in Higher Education | Find Articles at BNET.com

title: Dwight Schar

question: Summarize what happened in the 2000's.

answer: In 2000, Schar was a Bush "pioneer" in the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign. In 2004, he was a major fundraiser for the re-election campaign. In 2006, he donated $5 million to his alma mater, Ashland University. In 2009, he donated $7 million to the new Ashland University on-campus football, track & field, and Soccer facilities. In 2011, he donated $800,000 to his high school, Norwayne High School, to update the auditorium. In 2014, he pledged $12 million to Elon University. In 2016, he donated $10 million to George Mason University.

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

critique: Doesn't mention his donations to other schools.

critique: The answer omits Schar's donations to other schools and colleges.

critique: The answer omits Schar's gifts to other schools, including Rosarian Academy and Royal Poinciana Chapel.

question: What does the text say about NVR Inc.?

answer: NVR Inc. is a Fortune 500 company that is the third-largest home builder in the United States. The company was founded by Dwight Schar in 1980. NVR Inc. is the corporate umbrella under which NVHomes, Ryan Homes, Fox Ridge Homes, Rymarc Homes, Heartland Homes, and NVR Mortgage operate.

critique: The answer should mention that Schar is the Executive chairman and Chairman of Executive Committee.

critique: The answer should mention that Schar is the current Executive chairman and Chairman of Executive Committee.

critique: The answer should mention that NVR Inc. was forced to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

critique: The answer could include more background information about NVR Inc.

critique: The answer omits that Schar is the Executive chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee.

critique: The answer could mention the company's bankruptcy.

critique: The answer should mention that NVR Inc. lost billions of dollars and was forced to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1992.

question: Summarize Dwight Schar's involvement in politics.

answer: Dwight Schar is a well-known financial supporter of the Republican Party and numerous Republican candidates. He has made contributions through his company as well as private contributions from his McLean, VA home and his home in Palm Beach, FL. In 1989, he backed Marshall Coleman, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia. In both the 2000 and 2004 Bush-Cheney presidential campaigns, Schar was a donor and major fundraiser.

critique: The answer omits Schar's feud with Dan Snyder.

critique: The answer omits Schar's involvement in the Republican National Committee.

critique: The answer omits the class action lawsuit.

critique: The answer should mention Schar's feud with Dan Snyder.

critique: Schar is a heavy financial contributer of the Republican Party and various politicians.

critique: It's omitted that Schar was a backer of the Republican National Committee.

question: Summarize the performance of the Washington Football Team.

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the team was bought by Schar.

critique: The article does not discuss the performance of the Washington Football Team.

critique: The answer should mention that the team is owned by Schar and two other people.


text:
JERI M. MASSI (born 1960 in Levittown, Pennsylvania[1]) is a contract technical writer and an Evangelical Christian author whose novel _Valkyries: Some Through the Fire_ (2003) was nominated for a Christy Award.

Since 2001, Massi has attacked the response of Fundamentalist churches in cases of child molestation committed by members of the clergy in which the leadership (and sometimes the entire congregation) enforced silence on the victims.[2]

In 2005, Massi produced a five-part audio documentary, _The Lambs of Culpeper_,[3] and released it onto the Internet for free download. The documentary addresses alleged abuses against children at Calvary Baptist Church of Culpeper, Virginia, a church then pastored by Charles Shifflett. In 2007, Massi founded the Conference of the Lambs, a two-day conference designed to assist adults who had been molested as children in Fundamentalist churches.[4] In 2008 Massi self-published _Schizophrenic Christianity_, which denounced corruption within Protestant Fundamentalism that had resulted in harm, especially to children.[5] In 2009, Massi conducted interviews of former residents of Hephzibah House in Warsaw, Indiana, a Protestant Fundamentalist Children's home for girls. She then produced _The Lambs of Hephzibah House_,[6] an audio documentary that alleges severe abuse of residents at Hephzibah House. In 2011, Gary Tuchman, a CNN journalist reporting for _Anderson Cooper 360_, interviewed many of the same former residents and produced an episode about Hephzibah House on CNN's “Ungodly Discipline” series.[7]

Works

-   _Derwood Inc._ (June 1986; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 1)
-   _A Dangerous Game_ (June 1986; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 2)
-   _Treasure in the Yukon_ (October 1986; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 3)
-   _The Bridge_ (1986; Bracken Trilogy, Book 1)
-   _Courage by Darkness_ (December 1987; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 4)
-   _Crown and Jewel_ (1987; Bracken Trilogy, Book 2)
-   _The Two Collars_ (April 1988; Bracken Trilogy, Book 3)
-   _Llamas on the Loose_ (June 1988; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 5)
-   _Abandoned_ (1 May 1989; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 6)
-   _Valkyries: Some Through the Fire_ (2003)
-   _Valkyries: All Through the Blood_ (2003)
-   _Schizophrenic Christianity_ (2008)
-   _Hall of Heroes: A Novel Set in Peabody, Wisconsin_ (14 October 2013)

Notes

[1]

[2] Opposition to abusive fundamentalist churches took form with the publication of Vic Nischik, _Wizard of God: My Life with Jack Hyles_ (Buchanan, Mi.: Sychar Publishing, 1990) and gained impetus with the publication of Voyle Glover, _Fundamental Seduction: The Jack Hyles case_ (Schrerville, Indiana: Brevia Publishing, 1990) who marshaled evidence against Jack Hyles and First Baptist Church of Hammond regarding abuses of church office and church doctrine. Massi was further influenced by a 1993 news documentary Preying from the Pulpit, produced by WJBK of Detroit. Audio of this documentary is available at Massi's website . In 2012, Flashrock Films' executive producer Adam Rockoff engaged Massi as associate producer of the independent film, _The Blue Room,_ a documentary examining the abuses at Hephzibah House (unreleased).

[3] http://www.jeriwho.net/tloc.html

[4] The first conference was held in Charlotte, North Carolina, the second in Jacksonville, Florida.

[5] Jeri Massi, _Schizophrenic Christianity: How Christian Fundamentalism Attracts and Protects Sociopaths, Abusive Pastors, and Child Molesters_ (Raleigh, NC.: Jupiter Rising Books, 2008). Massi has also critiqued fundamentalism through the serialised stories _Secret Radio_ and _A Standard Christian_, which chronicle the life of a student at fictional Greater Independent Baptist College.

[6] http://www.jeriwho.net/tlohh.html

[7]

title: Jeri Massi

question: Summarize Jeri Massi's works.

answer: Jeri Massi has produced works such as Valkyries: Some Through the Fire and The Lambs of Culpeper. She also worked on Hall of Heroes: A Novel Set in Peabody, Wisconsin. During her investigation into The Lambs of Hephzibah House, she released an Audio documentary. She was an associate producer on The Blue Room, a documentary examining the abuses at Hephzibah House.

critique: The answer should mention that Massi's works are novels and audio documentaries.

critique: It is omitted that Massi self-published Schizophrenic Christianity, denouncing corruption within Protestant Fundamentalism that had resulted in harm, especially to children.

critique: The answer is written in a confusing manner.

critique: "During her investigation into The Lambs of Hephzibah House, she released an Audio documentary." - this is incorrect. She released an audio documentary about Hephzibah House, not during her investigation.

critique: The answer should mention that Massi's works are mostly novels and audio documentaries.

critique: The answer should mention the books she wrote.

critique: "She also worked on Hall of Heroes: A Novel Set in Peabody, Wisconsin." - this is incorrect. She published the book, not worked on it.

critique: Valkyries: Some Through the Fire and The Lambs of Culpeper are both works that consisted of audio documentaries. This should be corrected.

question: Summarize Jeri Massi's attempts to expose corruption in Protestant Fundamentalist churches.

answer: Jeri Massi has produced a five-part audio documentary, The Lambs of Culpeper, which addresses alleged abuses against children at Calvary Baptist Church of Culpeper, Virginia. She also produced an audio documentary, The Lambs of Hephzibah House, which alleges severe abuse of residents at Hephzibah House. In 2011, Gary Tuchman, a CNN journalist reporting for Anderson Cooper 360, interviewed many of the same former residents and produced an episode about Hephzibah House on CNN's “Ungodly Discipline” series.

critique: The answer should mention the books she wrote.

question: Summarize Jeri Massi's relationship to Christianity.

answer: Jeri Massi is an Evangelical Christian author with a focus on Fundamentalism. In 2003, she published the book Valkyries: Some Through the Fire, which was nominated for a Christy Award. In 2005, she produced a five-part audio documentary called The Lambs of Culpeper which addressed alleged abuses against children in a Fundamentalist church in Virginia. She founded the Conference of the Lambs in 2007 to assist adults who had been molested, and in 2010 denounced corruption within Protestant Fundamentalism that had resulted in harm, particularly to children.

critique: It is not mentioned in the article when she found the Conference of the Lambs but "in 2007" is likely inaccurate.

critique: Massi's book was published in 2003, not in 2010.

text: "in 2010 denounced corruption within Protestant Fundamentalism" - the date is incorrect. It was in 2008.


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[MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Would 'Probably Decline' ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction]

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist NIKKI SIXX says that if his band was ever honored into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, he would decline the nomination, explaining that the ROCK HALL "has lost touch with art, songwriting craft, lyrics and influential music."

Despite the fact that artists are eligible for the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 25 years after the release of their first album or single, iconic hard rock and metal bands like MÖTLEY CRÜE (which has been eligible since 2006), DEEP PURPLE, IRON MAIDEN and JUDAS PRIEST have yet to be recognized by the institution, which inducted GUNS N' ROSES in that group's first year of eligibility.

Writing on his FACEBOOK page earlier today, SIXX said: "The only award I look forward to getting is the one I will probably decline and that's the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. It's a fixed old-boy network that has lost touch with art, songwriting craft, lyrics and influential music and usually has other agendas at hand. Young bands tell me it's a joke, and these bands are the future."

VH1 CLASSIC "THAT METAL SHOW" co-host EDDIE TRUNK echoed SIXX's sentiments, telling the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS last month: "How can you have a HALL OF FAME where it takes KISS, RUSH and ALICE COOPER twenty years to get in, but GREEN DAY and GUNS N' ROSES go in on first ballot but it DEEP PURPLE doesn't get in."

DEEP PURPLE, which has been eligible for induction into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME for two decades now , was denied entry to the ROCK HALL in 2013 — losing out to such artists as American pop singer-songwriter RANDY NEWMAN and R&B singer DONNA SUMMER.

KISS, which was passed over by the HALL since 1998 before finally getting the nod this past April, took its long-overdue induction with a grain of salt, with frontman PAUL STANLEY telling CLASSIC ROCK that it felt like a case of a little too little and a little too late to mean anything for him, explaining, "It was done begrudgingly and because it had become absolutely ludicrous that they were choosing to ignore us. At the end of the day, most people don't realize that the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME was a privately created establishment and that it has a self-appointed board. It's a perfect case of perception becoming reality. People heard 'ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME' and gave it credibility."

He went on to say: "So whether it deserves the title has to be weighed against who it inducts. So was it an honor to be nominated? No. It means a lot to the fans and I understand it because it's validation for them. So for that reason I accept graciously and accept on their behalf."

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question: Summarize the negative feelings musicians have towards the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

answer: The musicians feel that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke, and that it is a fixed old-boy network that has lost touch with art, songwriting, lyrics, and influential music. They feel that the Hall of Fame is a privately created establishment and that it has a self-appointed board.

critique: It is omitted that they think it has overwhelmingly Hall of Fame offers no integrity and their inductions are arbitrary and influenced by hidden agendas.

critique: The answer could mention that the Hall of Fame has a habit of inducting artists that are not that relevant.

critique: The answer should mention the 25-year eligibility requirement.

critique: The answer should mention that the musicians feel the Hall of Fame is out of touch with the future of music.

question: Summarize the evidence given that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is out of touch with music.

answer: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been criticized for being out of touch with music. The band Mötley Crüe, for example, has been eligible for induction since 2006, but has yet to be recognized by the institution. The band Deep Purple has been eligible for induction for two decades, but was denied entry to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.

critique: The answer doesn't mention the opinions of the artists themselves. It should mention Eddie Trunk.

critique: The answer should mention the other bands that have been eligible for induction for a long time but have yet to be recognized by the institution.

critique: The answer should mention that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is criticized for being out of touch with art, songwriting craft, lyrics, and influential music.

critique: The answer should mention that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been criticized for being out of touch with art, songwriting craft, lyrics, and influential music.

question: Summarize the suggestions the article gives for improving the Rock and Roll hall of Fame.

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critique: The answer should state that the article does not suggest any improvements for the Rock and Roll hall of Fame.

critique: The answer should mention that the article does not suggest any improvements.

critique: The answer should note that specific improvement suggestions are not given.