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What can we expect from the kids’ entertainment space in 2017?

The new year is well and truly upon us, and every other tech blog ready to impart their digital predictions for 2017 if they haven’t already. Whilst generally you can expect a lot of the same old – ‘this will be the year for VR’, etc. – we wanted to examine some of the things that we expect to see more specifically in the kids’ entertainment space this year.

Augmented and virtual reality

The underlying issues of accessibility and refinement prevented VR from slipping comfortably into the mainstream in 2016, while the Pokémon Go craze of the summer teased AR potential. While we might not have seen the ‘year for VR’ that we had hoped for, what we did see was a string of brands getting involved with VR just to say they’re in the VR game – regardless of whether they actually have something valuable to offer to the space. Ideally, this year we’ll see more companies offering valuable uses of the technology, rather than the ‘VR for VR’s sake’ that is born out of the fear of being left behind.

Furthermore, we’re hoping to see more defined areas for the use of virtual and augmented reality, be it gaming, education, or even live events – and we’re especially interested in how this will come to fruition in kids’ entertainment and education. However, while developers of VR work towards a tech-accessible, cost-friendly product, it’s likely that we’ll be looking more closely at AR for the time being. The challenge, we suspect, will be creating AR that outlives the initial gimmick, which means content is more important than ever.

There are a few great examples of recent children’s AR that we’d love to see more of. TILT Textiles weave their technology with animated stories in their Enchanted Duvet and Jungle Rug to create an interactive storytelling experience for youngsters, while Curiscope’s Virtuali-Tee (which got a mention in our post on augmented reality last year) is a strong example of the ways in which augmented reality might be integrated into the classroom as a tool for learning.

Web TV

As early as 2010 we’ve seen reports surfacing to indicate the shift from cable/satellite television to online show providers. Over the past few years in particular, web based TV has gained a lot of traction, but this area has been largely dominated by Netflix and Amazon Video, whose online exclusive shows (think Netflix’s recent A Series of Unfortunate Events and Amazon’s The Grand Tour) are able to pull more and more people into subscriptions. Newer or more niche services (Mubi, Twitch, Animax, Hulu) tend to be overshadowed by the bigger names and app versions of existing TV channels.

We’re excited to see what this shift could mean for kids’ TV this year, especially with the recent prototype demonstration of Disney’s own TV product at CES 2017. With tablet sales in decline, we could be looking at a resurgence of television that favours web-based, ‘watch anytime’ content. An expansion of the children’s web TV space is on the horizon.

We’re also anticipating further crossover between television and gaming in 2017. SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) platforms like Azoomee, Sky, and Hopster currently operate as two separate services: a classic TV service, and then gaming. We’re hoping to see the lines between these two services begin to blur, as more crossover content is created. Interactivity is especially appealing to kids. So there’s no reason this can’t be geared towards younger viewers.

Live Video

As Facebook continued its attempt to undercut YouTube’s dominance in the video space, live video was everywhere in 2016. We’re seeing many kids turning away from traditional television and towards their favourite YouTube stars – the interactivity of the platform means that the viewing experience is more personal, intimate, and therefore valuable.

Web TV is allowing kids to watch what they want to, exactly when and where they want to watch it, but the appeal of the interactivity of YouTube has encouraged a flood of online video creators to start aiming their content at younger audiences. Live videos build on this to create a more ‘immediate’ interactive experience, so kids are especially engaged when consuming content from their favourite YouTubers (MirandaSings is a great example) this way.

As our Facebook and YouTube subscription feeds become more and more infiltrated with live video content, we’re anticipating an emergence of live video in the kids’ entertainment space – and we’re especially interested to see which broadcaster will be the first to truly capitalise on this demand.

AI and chat bots

While we blogged about the rise of the internet bot last year, we’re excited to see how this space will be refined in 2017, and how (if at all) the chatbot will find and secure its space in kids’ entertainment and education.

We saw the beginnings of this exploration in 2016; Unilever, for example, have used a chatbot campaign on Facebook Messenger called ‘Little Brush, Big Brush’ to create an interactive storytelling platform that encourages children to look after their teeth. Then there’s Oyoty, a bot app described as a ‘personal safety assistant’, that’s designed to connect with children’s social accounts, detect potential problems, and help them learn to stay safe online.

The trick, however, will be finding the line between being helpful/educational, and not stepping on parents’ toes.

OUR CEO JON MASON also indicates that we could see an increase in the use of bots outside of the sales and service bots that were everywhere in 2016. We’re looking, he suggests, towards,

  “Bots as entertainment, branching narratives, and stories – low cost ways of providing immersive brand extensions for entertainment companies”.

We’re ready to see interactive children’s storytelling secure a place in the chatbot game.

Fitness and educational tech

Despite the apparent need for “quality research and evidence” to support the claims of the negative impact of “increasingly screen-based lifestyles”, the media continues to be hot to report on the negative physical effects of children’s preoccupation with digital entertainment. To combat the negative association between digital entertainment and childhood obesity, we’ve seen toy companies invest in technical toys that incorporate gamification to encourage tech savvy children to take part in physical activity.

Fisher Price’s Think & Learn Cycle, for example, attempts to entice three to six years olds to exercise whilst playing screen-based games. It’s essentially a children’s exercise bike in disguise, that maintains the brand’s educational focus. This is just one example of how toy companies are shifting focus from toys that function purely as entertainment, to technical toys that provide longer-term value in the form of fitter and smarter kids. These attractive benefits could result in a surge in the production and popularity of fitness based toys this year – even the AR Jungle Rug that we mentioned encourages physical activity in the form of yoga.

We’ll also be seeing kids’ entertainment pay more attention to the development of emotional intelligence. Our upcoming game for The Next Step, for example, focuses on relationships; the player must figure out the best way to communicate with a variety of personalities to successfully navigate the story. We’re interested to see what other projects surface this year in kids’ entertainment to perpetuate values of empathy and good communication.

Overall?

In 2016 we saw a lot of digital trends extensively explored, but very few refined. This year, we’re hoping to see these trends consolidate, establishing their relevance and overall suitability to a young demographic.

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Steph Rathbone

Steph is Jollywise's Content Executive and resident bookworm.

question: What does the text say about VR's inability to slip into the mainstream on 2016?

answer: VR has underlying issues of accessibility and refinement. The author of the text mentions that VR might not have been the year for VR that many people hoped for.

critique: The answer should mention that VR has been around for a while, and 2016 was not the year for it.

critique: The answer could be more specific about VR's accessibility and refinement.

text: "The author of the text mentions that VR..." this sentence inaccurately says "VR" when it should say "2016".

question: What does the text say about growth in live video?

answer: The text shows that there was an increase in the use of live video in 2016. This was due to the increased popularity of subscription services like Netflix and Amazon. The popularity of services like Netflix and Amazon have also reduced the need for live TV.

critique: The answer should mention the popularity of live video on social media.

critique: The answer should mention the popularity of YouTube.

critique: The response is missing the part about the rise of live video on Facebook and Youtube.

critique: The answer should mention that the popularity of live video is due to the interactivity of the platform.

question: What does the text say about Facebook?

answer: Facebook has become a dominant force in online streaming. The company has been undercutting Youtube with their own live videos. In 2016, Facebook was flooded with live videos. The company is anticipating an emergence of live video in the kids entertainment space.

critique: The second sentence is irrelevant and should be removed.

critique: The answer should mention the live video trend.

critique: "The company is anticipating an emergence of live video in the kids entertainment space." - extraneous information that should be deleted.

text: Mention the chatbot campaign on Facebook Messenger.

question: What does the text say about smartphones?

answer: Smartphones have become an important part of kids' entertainment in 2016. Some kids' content is available only on these devices and more kids' TV services are moving towards web-based content. There are several apps being developed to target kids. Developers are also looking into better ways to use AR and VR.

critique: The usage of the devices by kids isn't evidenced.

critique: The answer should mention the decline in tablet sales.

critique: The answer is too long and should be rewritten.

critique: The answer mentions content being available only on smartphones, which is incorrect.

critique: The answer is a bit too long and includes extraneous information not useful for the task.

critique: The last sentence is extraneous and irrelevant.

text: There should be no answer, as the text doesn't really say anything about smartphones.


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The first thing you do is butter the bun. Then you drop it down the toaster. The toaster takes approximately eighteen seconds to toast. You then put the top and bottom together, place them on a red tray and then cover the twelve buns that fit on the tray, 4x3,  with another tray and place them to the side. Once you are ready to make the sandwich you place two pickles on the bottom, no more than a quarter inch over lapping. Then you place the chicken filet with the smooth, round side facing up and then place the crown of the bun on top. Finally open up the sandwich bag allowing enough room for the sandwich to easily slide in, then fold the bag over twice and place it in the warming drawer for five minutes. Any sandwich that sits there for longer than five minutes gets trashed. If you would like a deluxe sandwich then place either a slice of American, provolone, or pepper jack cheese on top of the filet, then put two, whole, tomato slices on top of the cheese and two pieces of lettuce, shiny side up, that frame the bun on top of the tomatoes. Then repeat until your soul has been crushed, pissed on, and every dream and fire that has ever existed in you has been stomped out by the ceaseless, monotonous work you subject yourself to in order to not even get by.

They, being the people who don’t work with you, will remind you that you chose to be there, just be thankful to have a job, or that it is just temporary. You know that isn’t true though. You can’t find a better job because you are working 50 hours a week and you are too tired to do anything else. You can barely even find the energy or will power to get out of bed in the morning. Every once in a while you feel like you have enough energy and fortitude to say enough is enough and move on but then you realize your life revolves around this job. All of your friends are there. They are the people that deal with all of the shitty customers who think they are the Queen of god damn England, the ones who think they own you because you stand behind a register. Your coworkers are the ones that after all the shit you put up with tell to forget the customer, he is an asshole, you didn’t do anything wrong, people like that just happen. You have a bond with your coworkers, like brother in arms who are united by their common misery. So the cycle repeats, week after week after week after week after week after week as if your days are manufactured on an assembly line.

Then you find yourself waking up in the tiny room you call an apartment. You shower and head to work and start your day off like you have the past, seemingly, five thousand days. You clock in, take your slip that shows the time you clocked in and put it your wallet. Then you say high to everyone. Then you either go to the kitchen or the front counter depending on what you are assigned that day. Then you spend the next ten hours slaving away like the robot you are. You listen to the exact same orders, make the exact same food and you have the exact same routine to live by. Then you watch your boss drive up in his new, gas guzzling behemoth of a truck and say “Hi!” to everyone as if he wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world. It is as if he has no idea what the people he employs put up with on a daily basis. It is as if he hopes his friendly disposition will be contagious but what does he do besides sit in that office of his in the back while you are the one who gets burned at the fryers and the one who has to choose if it is worth turning the heat on at night. You are the one that has to decide whether or not to fix your car or just walk the five miles or so. The one who should just deal with the tooth ache or dish out the three thousand dollars for a root canal because god forbid giving his employees health insurance would just decimate his profits. No one likes the boss.

Between the shitty boss, shitty job, and shitty house and lifestyle what can you find to be joyous about? You are simply a tiny little speck. In fact you aren’t even speck in the scheme of things. You are less than a pixel, you are less than even the red, blue, and green lights that make up a pixel. You are nonexistent and utterly replaceable and no one will notice if you go. Just like no one has noticed the billions of stars that have existed and perished and no one ever will. Just like no one ever notices the trillions of bacteria that are beneath our feet. That is what you amount to. At some point we have all been there. The thing is though that not all of us end there. That is the saving grace. There is a glimmer of a hope that one day you can escape the cycle of the daily grind. Get a degree if you are young enough, have a support system while you find a better job, or maybe you are stronger than most and do it all alone.

Not everyone is lucky though. Sometimes the grind wears you down and grinds you to you are so thin that you become a part of the walls there. You are an everlasting stone that will be a part of where you are stuck, just like the walls. Bills add up and sooner than you know it you are living out on the streets and left with nothing but free time. Maybe you cope with a steady dose of drugs. Maybe you cope with a healthier method. Either way it leads to the same thing. If you aren’t apart of the club, the haves, then you better get used to meaningless, mindless tasks that ask nothing of you but obedience.  The boss, the haves, will tell you that working at these crummy soul devouring jobs is fine. What would they know about what you do though? It is not a matter of them being any less hard working but it is a matter of having something to show for it. If you work at a restaurant and you can’t even afford to eat there they pay you so little then what is the point?

It gets to the point where thinking physically hurts. It breaks you just as bad as your job does. You think of all the things that you gave up, that you let slip by and you think never again will I let that happen, but it is too late. You have already buttered the buns. You have dropped them in the toaster. You have placed them on the tray. Put the two pickles on the bun, then the filet, and then the top part of the bun. You have wrapped the sandwich and placed it in the warming drawer until you throw it up for the next customer to devour or for it to get thrown away because it has been the warmer to long and has grown hard and unpleasant and unwanted.

title: A Man's Thoughts on Never Getting His Slice of the Pie in a Southern Town with Nothing Left to Live For.

question: What is the story saying about working in this particular town?

answer: The narrator is stuck in a cycle of monotonous work that is soul-crushing and unfulfilling. The narrator feels replaceable and insignificant. The narrator feels stuck in this cycle and can't see a way out.

critique: I'd omit 'stuck in this cycle and can't see a way out' because that isn't the same as being in this town.

critique: The answer should mention the narrator's low pay.

critique: The answer should mention the narrator's job.

critique: The narrator is not stuck in a cycle of monotonous work that is soul-crushing and unfulfilling. The narrator feels replaceable and insignificant. The narrator feels stuck in this cycle and can't see a way out.

text: The answer addresses the narrator's work life, but the question's focus is arguably on the town rather than the job, for which 'no answer' would be appropriate.

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question: What are the positive aspects of their life that the narrator brings to light?

answer: The narrator brings to light that not everyone is stuck in the cycle of the daily grind. They bring to light that there is a glimmer of hope that one day you can escape the cycle of the daily grind.

critique: "You" is misspelled. "Bring" is misspelled.

question: Why can't the narrator move on from this job?

answer: He is too tired to do anything else.

critique: It is omitted that all his friends are there.

text: The answer could mention the unending cycle in which the narrator feels trapped.

category: coverage

question: What is the role of food in this story?

answer: The role of food in this story is to remind the narrator of how much he is missing out on in life. He sees the process of making a sandwich as monotonous and soul-crushing, but he is not able to leave his job because he is too tired and does not have the energy to look for a better job.

critique: The response is missing the part about the narrator's job being a sandwich maker.

text: The answer could mention that the narrator cannot afford to eat at the restaurant where he works.


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[How to Choose a 3PL Logistics Provider (Top 5 Factors)]
Selecting the right LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDER can be a tough experience for companies. Don’t shortcut the process though, because the reputation and success of your company may soon depend on your logistics provider’s reliability.

Avoid a potential logistics nightmare by using these 5 elements in selecting your perfect logistics provider (such as a third-party logistics company, or “3PL”).

1. CAPABILITIES

A prospective logistics provider must be competent in the specific service areas that meet your company’s needs. Just because a provider is a rock star in one area, it’s not a forgone conclusion that they can service your firm properly.

Also, they should have a set of abilities that can satisfy your both your short-term and future requirements. For instance, EDI-capability may not be a requirement for you today, but what if it does become required for you in 12-24 months? Do you really want to unwind all the onboarding and integration work invested in a new relationship? Dig a little deeper and ask:

-   Are truckload lanes repetitive, originating from a limited number of shipping points and terminating to a relatively limited number of consignees?
-   Are shipments time-sensitive and/or do they require drop trailers? A mid-sized, asset-based carrier would meet these needs without getting sidetracked by their exceedingly large list of clients.
-   Are truckload lanes sporadic? Is there live loading/unloading or do shipments come from a high number of origins that terminate to a high number of receivers? If so, a 3PL provider or broker might be a better fit.
-   Do you require access to dedicated trucking assets and 3PL? A logistics provider that possesses both assets and a 3PL division may be able to offer optimal solutions.

If a provider claims to possess all the capabilities “under the sun” but your organization requires only a few core services… be wary of a company that is a “jack of all trades” and master of none.

2. CUSTOMER SERVICE

Does the logistics provider prioritize customer service, responsiveness, fluid lines of communication and effective problem solving? These elements can be difficult to ascertain early on but do your homework.

Virtually all companies claim to have excellent customer service, but how do you know? You ask their customers. Ask for references, preferably from companies in similar industries and needs. Good customer service is no accident. If the customer service is consistently excellent, it’s likely a result of a well-documented and repeated process that will continue over the years.

[Find a Logistic Provider with a Great Safety Rating]Another yield of good process execution is safety. It is uncommon for a logistics provider to achieve excellent results in customer service and poor results in safety or vice versa. It can be deduced that a safe logistics provider, probably provides good customer service.

3. SAFETY RECORD

Due to the ever-changing landscape of safety regulations, it is imperative that you select a carrier with a strong safety record. A review of safety ratings and statistics is available to the public here. Also, see how we value safety.

4. COMPANY STABILITY

Whether your supply chain is simple or complex, select a logistics provider with overall company stability. Top suppliers are consistent suppliers. Quality can be jeopardized as companies experience rapid change. How long has the company been around? (Since 1958, we’ve been saving time and money for our customers with logistics services.)

Furthermore, if one high-liability event occurs and your provider cannot withstand the fallout, the liability often shifts, in effect, to you the shipper. This concern can be eased if the provider’s “word”, name and reputation has remained intact through decades of market turbulence and economic uncertainty.

5. COMPANY REPUTATION

In a new business arrangement, you can rest assured that at some point the relationship will be tested. Often it as at this juncture, that the character of the service provider’s leadership will be revealed.

Before it is too late, investigate whether the provider is likely to respond with integrity and honor. Time will reveal whether the firm has a good, bad or ugly reputation with customers, suppliers, and employees.

-   How do they treat their suppliers and employees?
-   Are they an active and positive force within their community?
-   What type of reviews do they have online?
-   What are the consistent themes that appear again and again in their marketing material?
-   How long have they been in business?

The answers will go a long way to determining how the provider will be as a supplier and partner.

BONUS: Double-check all elements if a supplier’s price is significantly lower than the market.

-   What good is a cheap price if a provider doesn’t deliver consistently or provide an adequate response in the event of mishap?
-   What good is a cheap price if service failures cause you to lose revenue?
-   What good is a cheap price if your team spends countless hours resolving claims and problems?

Think about _THE TOTAL COST_ associated with selecting a long-term solution provider. The provider that offers you the overall lowest cost of working together is the partner you want around for years to come.

As we’ve discussed, finding the right logistics provider can be a daunting task. Use these 5 elements to narrow the field of applicants. We’ve been providing logistics services in the USA since 1958 and would be happy to figure out how we can help you improve your business. CONTACT US TO GET STARTED!

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question: Summarize the main points of consideration when choosing a third-party logistics supplier.

answer: The first point is the capabilities of the logistics supplier. The supplier should be competent in the specific service areas that meet the company's needs. The supplier should also have a set of abilities that can satisfy both the short-term and future requirements. The second point is customer service. The logistics supplier should prioritize customer service, responsiveness, fluid lines of communication, and effective problem solving. The third point is safety record. The logistics supplier should have a strong safety record. The fourth point is company stability. The logistics supplier should have overall company stability. The fifth point is company reputation. The logistics supplier should have a good reputation with customers, suppliers, and employees.

critique: The fifth point is a bonus point, not a main point. The answer should mention the bonus point.

critique: The answer is a summary of the article, not a summary of the main points of consideration when choosing a third-party logistics supplier.

critique: The answer should mention the bonus point.

question: What does the article say about how to ship large products?

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critique: The answer is incorrect. The article does not mention anything about shipping large products.

critique: The article does not mention anything about shipping large products.


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FREDERICK CHARLES HUSENBETH (born at Bristol, 30 May 1796; died at Costessey, Norfolk, 31 October 1872) was an English Catholic priest and writer.

Life

The son of a Bristol wine-merchant and of a lady of Cornish family, a convert to Catholicism, he was sent at the age of seven to Sedgley Park School in Staffordshire, and at fourteen entered his father's counting-house. Having formed the resolution, three years later, to study for the priesthood, he returned to Sedgley, going afterwards to Oscott College, where he was ordained by John Milner in 1820.

After serving the Stourbridge mission, near Oscott, for a time, he was sent to Cossey Hall, Norfolk, as chaplain to Sir George Stafford Jerningham, who became Baron Stafford in 1825. He took up his residence in a cottage in the village, and continued his ministrations here to the Catholics of the mission until within a few months of his death.

During this long period, extending over more than half a century, he is said to have been absent from his mission only on three Sundays. Seven years after his appointment to Cossey he became grand vicar under Bishop Walsh, successor of Bishop Milner as Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District. In 1841 he opened St. Walstan's Chapel, for which he had collected funds, and in 1850 he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Rome.

Shortly after the restoration of the English hierarchy by Pope Pius IX, Husenbeth was nominated provost of the Chapter, of Northampton, and Vicar-General of the diocese. In the spring of 1872 he resigned his mission, and he died at St. Walstan's Presbytery on the last day of October in the same year.

He had no particular liking for religious institutes, and was quite opposed to the new forms of devotion which had grown up since his student days at Oscott.

Works

In his quiet country presbytery, he found ample leisure time, and between the years 1823 and 1849 forty-nine works written or edited by him appeared in London, Dublin, and Norwich. Many of these were controversial publications, written in refutation of George Stanley Faber and Joseph Blanco White, while others treated of historical, liturgical, or doctrinal matters. Perhaps his most important work is the _Life of Bishop Milner_, published in 1862; defective as biography, it was a contribution to the history of Catholicism on England.

In 1852 he brought out, assisted by John Polding, a new edition, with abridged notes, of George Leo Haydock's illustrated Bible and he published also editions, for the use of the laity, of the Missal and the vesper-book. The “Emblems of Saints” (1850) was one of his best original works, and the style of his pulpit eloquence is well shown by the various sermons which he printed from time to time.

He contributed a large number of uncollected verses to the periodicals of his time. He also published articles on a great variety of subjects in different Catholic journals, and was a lifelong writer in the columns of _Notes and Queries_, in which more than thirteen hundred contributions appeared over his initials. He was a voluminous letter-writer, and maintained a correspondence with various literary celebrities, and with many distinguished converts of his time. Husenbeth's valuable library collection of crucifixes, reliquaries and similar objects and of letters chiefly on religious subjects, were sold at Norwich a few months after his death. Most of the letters passed into the possession of the Bishop of Northampton.

title: Frederick Charles Husenbeth

question: What does the text say about Frederick Charles Husenbeth?

answer: Frederick Charles Husenbeth was an English Catholic priest and writer. He was born in Bristol in 1796 and died in Costessey, Norfolk, in 1872. He was the son of a Bristol wine-merchant and a lady of Cornish family, a convert to Catholicism. He was sent to Sedgley Park School in Staffordshire at the age of seven and at fourteen, he entered his father's counting-house. He formed the resolution three years later to study for the priesthood and returned to Sedgley. He went to Oscott College and was ordained by John Milner in 1820.

critique: Husenbeth should get a line mentioning his writings.

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

critique: The answer should mention that he was sent to Cossey Hall, Norfolk, as chaplain.

critique: It's omitted that Husenbeth served the Stourbridge mission, near Oscott, for a time, and was sent to Cossey Hall, Norfolk, as chaplain to Sir George Stafford Jerningham.

critique: The answer omits Husenbeth's life after he was sent to Cossey Hall.

critique: The answer omits Husenbeth's life after he became a priest.

question: What does the text say about Husenbeth's life?

answer: Frederick Charles Husenbeth was born at Bristol on May 30, 1796. He was the son of a Bristol wine merchant. Husenbeth was sent to Sedgley Park School in Staffordshire at the age of seven and was born again at the age of fourteen. After which, he entered his father's counting house. At the age of 21, he made the decision of studying for the priesthood. He gathered funds and opened St. Walstan's Chapel.

critique: The passage does not say that he was born again at the age of fourteen.

critique: Husenbeth was born at the age of seven, not fourteen.

critique: "and was born again at the age of fourteen" - this is incorrect. He was sent to Sedgley Park School in Staffordshire at the age of seven and was born again at the age of fourteen. After which, he entered his father's counting house. At the age of 21, he made the decision of studying for the priesthood. He gathered funds and opened St. Walstan's Chapel.

critique: The answer should mention that Husenbeth was a writer.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

question: What does the text say about Husenbeth's family?

answer: Husenbeth was the son of a Bristol wine-merchant and a lady of Cornish family. He was a convert to Catholicism. He was sent to Sedgley Park School in Staffordshire at the age of seven and at fourteen entered his father's counting-house.

critique: The answer omits that Husenbeth was sent to Sedgley Park School in Staffordshire.

critique: It's more important to mention that Husenbeth studied for, and then pursued the priesthood.

critique: The answer omits that he became a priest.

critique: "He was sent to Sedgley Park School in Staffordshire at the age of seven and at fourteen entered his father's counting-house." - this never happened and should be removed.

critique: It is omitted that he had no particular liking for religious institutes, and was quite opposed to the new forms of devotion which had grown up since his student days at Oscott.

critique: His father was a wine merchant, not a merchant.

critique: The response should include that Husenbeth was a priest and writer.

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

answer: Husenbeth wrote or edited 49 works between 1823 and 1849. Many of these were controversial publications written in refutation of George Stanley Faber and Joseph Blanco White. He also wrote about historical, liturgical, and doctrinal matters. His most important work is the Life of Bishop Milner, published in 1862.

critique: It's omitted that he also published editions of the Missal and the vesper-book.

critique: The answer omits Husenbeth's other works.

critique: Husenbeth wrote many other works, and the Life of Bishop Milner isn't the most important of them.

critique: The answer should mention his contributions to Notes and Queries.

critique: It's omitted that he contributed a large number of uncollected verses to the periodicals of his time and was a lifelong writer in the columns of Notes and Queries.

critique: The answer should mention his other works.


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Walking home late one night after last call at the tavern, alone on a lightless road, a flash ignites the sky above. As quick as it comes, I am disappeared from that tired avenue, and my surroundings are no longer the outdoors. I am in a red and orange striped and spotted room that I can only recognize as a holding cell of some sort. The colors are breathing; laughing. Slowly, a green and yellow gaseous cloud begins to build, and soon it's all I can breathe. Though I can breathe it simply enough, I do my best not to, but it keeps growing until it's the only thing I can inhale.

Hours? Days? All I know, when I finally regain consciousness in that red and orange cell, is that I have never felt more tired in my life. Ever. Groggy, shaky, weak and woozy, I try to prop myself onto my hands and knees, as I appear to have passed out on the floor of my cell. I survey the room by slowly crawling around, and find that the door is made of a glass like substance, and it feels different from the other three walls, but I can't actually see the difference. The pattern on the glass matches the pattern on the other three walls. Two days, three? How long have I been here? Has it been longer than a week? It's this moment that I realize just how famished I am. "Hello," I say with a dry voice, my throat parched and scratchy. "Water."

The wall that I believe is the door becomes clear. I can see through it into a gray hall, likely metallic walls, floor and ceiling. There are faint yellow lights spacing the hallway every twenty feet or so, but all I can see is darkness on either end. And footsteps. I hear footsteps. Finally, a shadowy figure appears at the far end of my vision down the left side of the hall from my cell. As it gets closer, my eyes begin to blur more and more, until I know whatever it is, though I am completely blind, it's standing directly in front of me. The sound of compressed air being released hisses out to my right, and I can feel a slight draft from the hallway. Were I to have use of my legs, I might attempt to run, but I can still barely sit up. Hands grab under both of my arms, and I am dragged out of the cell and into the hall.

After being taken into a lift, and what feels like being paraded around in front of whatever species is holding me, they drop me in a heap on the floor. My vision finally begins to return, and the first thing I notice is the size of the room I am in. Cavernous would be a mild attempt at a description, but I am starting to see better still, and I can see that I am before the seat of power. A large throne, sitting atop an island of a dais, and a ruler to occupy the seat. Humanoid in appearance, his flesh is a blueish green. He wields six mighty arms, and five horned ridges appear at the top of his head, rather than any hair.

"I am Xyzornat, ruler of Devil's Reach. You have been aboard my ship for three years today." He stands from his seat, and all around me, robed figures begin chanting a dark tattoo. They close in on me, and I still can't move. When they are within two feet of me, in a complete circle, they throw back their robes, revealing themselves to be of the same race as their leader. With a blade in each of their six hands, they individually and simultaneously sever their own heads. Blood pools around me, soaking into my clothes. Xyzornat, leader of Devil's Reach, leaps fifty feet into the air, and seems to hover above me for a moment, before crashing down. His eight limbs have me completely pinned and surrounded. He opens his mouth and two, foot long fangs pierce into my neck, just below my Adam's Apple. The pain is extreme, and I can feel the teeth push into my chest. I feel them slide, inch by inch behind my ribs, until they stab into my heart. The last thing I will ever hear is his voice as he says, "Your soul is now mine."

title: Xyzornat:  Ruler of Devil's Reach (Part 1/5)

question: Summarize the main conflict of the story.

answer: The narrator is abducted by Xyzornat, ruler of Devil's Reach, and taken aboard his ship. Xyzornat then tells the narrator that he has been aboard his ship for three years. Xyzornat then kills the narrator.

critique: There's undoubtedly a conflict, but it starts once the protagonist finally wakes up.

critique: The answer should mention how the narrator is captured.

critique: The answer is not specific about what Xyzornat does to the narrator.

critique: Doesn't mention the narrator's attempts to escape.

question: Summarize the unpleasant sensations the narrator feels over the course of the story.

answer: The narrator is initially very groggy and shaky. They feel weak and woozy. They feel parched and scratchy. They feel extremely thirsty. They feel the pain of Xyzornat's fangs piercing their neck. They feel the pain of Xyzornat's fangs stabbing into their heart.

critique: The narrator is only parched and scratchy at the beginning of the story. The rest of the unpleasant sensations are all felt after the narrator is taken prisoner.

critique: The narrator is not thirsty. They are parched and scratchy.

critique: The last item is not necessarily unpleasant-it is the desired effect.

critique: The narrator feels the pain of Xyzornat's fangs piercing their heart after the fangs have stabbed into their heart.

critique: The narrator's throat feels parched and scratchy.

question: What does the story sa about Xyzornot's plan?

answer: No answer

critique: There is no information about Xyzornot, hence the answer.

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

answer: There are no casualties over the course of the story.

critique: The response is incorrect. There are casualties over the course of the story.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The narrator is killed.

critique: The response is incorrect. The narrator is taken into a room where robed figures with blades in each of their six hands sever their own heads. Xyzornat then leaps fifty feet into the air and crashes down on the narrator, pinning him down. He then bites into the narrator's neck, claiming his soul. These are all casualties over the course of the story.

critique: The response is inaccurate and not reflective of the story. The narrator is in a situation where he could lose his life in the first paragraph.

critique: The response is incorrect. The narrator is taken prisoner by Xyzornat. The narrator is then killed by Xyzornat. The narrator's soul is then taken by Xyzornat. These are casualties.


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_RUGRATS: SEARCH FOR REPTAR_ is a platform video game that was released in 1998 for PlayStation in North America and in the PAL region by THQ. The game is based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon _Rugrats_ which aired from 1991 until 2004. This is the first Rugrats game to be available exclusively on a PlayStation console. The game follows the main character of the cartoon, Tommy Pickles, who has lost his Reptar puzzle. It features stages that are typically based on episodes from the television show. Its rival game, SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge, has the same genres on the same platform. It was followed up by Rugrats: Studio Tour, released for 1999 on the same platform.

It was developed with the intent of appealing to ages seven through twelve. A marketing campaign, which was the second-biggest of 1998, was formed in conjunction between Sony Computer Entertainment America and THQ for its North American release, in order to bolster the children's market on the PlayStation.

The game has been met with mixed reviews from critics, though it has regularly been noted that children will enjoy it. It was criticized for its camera and gameplay by publications such as IGN and GameSpot but was given a positive reception for its presentation and was well-received commercially, being the third-best-selling game in the first two weeks of its release. It was incorporated into the Greatest Hits brand and sold nearly 1.5 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling games on the PlayStation.[1]

Gameplay and premise

[In-game screenshot. Tommy Pickles and Chuckie Finster stand by a bench near hedges in front of a swan, while a bottle of milk depicts Tommy's health.] The game follows the main character of the cartoon _Rugrats_, Tommy Pickles, who has lost eleven pieces of a twelve-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring the cartoon dinosaur Reptar. It is a 3D platform game which requires players to control several of the main characters in order to accomplish the goals.[2][3] The game has fourteen levels that are accessed by players picking up certain objects and also has bonus levels with Reptar bars. Players can play the levels in any order, but the more difficult levels have to be unlocked to be playable.[4]

The levels that players explore are mostly based on episodes from the cartoon, such as “Chuckie's Glasses”, and contain various pieces of the Reptar puzzle. The game also has a training and activities mode, as well as multiplayer mode. The game makes use of several of the voice actors from the cartoon to reprise their roles,[5] including Elizabeth Daily, Kath Soucie, Christine Cavanaugh, and Cheryl Chase.[6]

Development and release

In 1997, THQ signed an agreement with Nickelodeon to develop and publish video games using the _Rugrats_ license through December 2002. The deal gave THQ exclusive rights to _Rugrats_ for all current and future game systems from Nintendo, Sony and Sega.[7] Among the first projects announced as resulting from this deal was a PlayStation game set to be developed by n-Space and released in 1998.[8]

_Rugrats: Search for Reptar_ was developed with the intent of appealing to children ages seven to twelve.[9] THQ started a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign for _Search for Reptar_, the second-biggest campaign of 1998, after _The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time_{{'}}s campaign for the Nintendo 64. Marketing included television and print advertisements, promotional tie-ins, and online advertisements; demos were distributed among kiosks, hardware pack-ins, and on _PlayStation: The Official Magazine_ demo discs; and images of the game were shown on Rugrats Fruit Snacks' boxes. The campaign took about one year to formulate, and was a collaboration between Sony Computer Entertainment America and THQ to expand the younger children's market on the PlayStation. It was one of only two THQ games to have television advertisements at the time, the other being _WCW/nWo Thunder_.[10]

The game was released in North America on October 31, 1998, and in PAL regions less than a month after.[11]

Voice cast

-   E.G. Daily as Tommy Pickles
-   Christine Cavanaugh as Chuckie Finster
-   Kath Soucie as Phil DeVille and Lil DeVille
-   Cheryl Chase as Angelica Pickles
-   Jack Riley as Stu Pickles
-   Melanie Chartoff as Didi Pickles
-   Joe Alaskey as Grandpa Lou Pickles

Reception

_Rugrats: Search for Reptar_ has received generally mixed to positive reviews. It holds an aggregate score of 68.75% at GameRankings based on four reviews.[12]

An editor for Electric Playground gave it an 8 out of 10 score, while an editor for _Electronic Gaming Monthly_ gave it a 6.5 out of 10;[13] an editor for the National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers criticized the controls and difficulty, though commented that it was still a great game for children.[14] In his preview, IGN's Doug Perry wrote that hardcore gamers looking for an easy game would enjoy the humour and “silly kiddie havoc”, while fans of the series may also enjoy it.[15] He praised the presentation, yet criticized the poor camera control and collision detection; in spite of the recommendation in the preview, he felt that the premise would appeal to fans of the cartoon, but that the game may not.[16] An editor for IGN said that it would be likely to appeal to both young and female gamers, due to its less challenging gameplay and “adorable” characters.[17] GameSpot's Joe Fielder felt that it was a quality title for children, yet criticized it for its camera.[18]

_Search for Reptar_ was the third best-selling game in the first two weeks from its release in North America.[19] _Search for Reptar_ was a consistent chart topper and was described as a “breakout PlayStation hit” by THQ's senior vice president of sales, Alison Locke,[20] who attributed the success of the children's market on the PlayStation to _Search for Reptar_.[21] On June 7, 2003, it was reported that over 1.5 million copies of the game had been sold.[22]

Sequel

_Search for Reptar_ was re-released as a Greatest Hits title, and was followed by a sequel titled _Rugrats: Studio Tour_.[23][24]

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title: Rugrats: Search for Reptar

question: Summarize everything related to the promotion of the game.

answer: THQ started a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign for Search for Reptar, the second-biggest campaign of 1998. Marketing included television and print advertisements, promotional tie-ins, and online advertisements; demos were distributed among kiosks, hardware pack-ins, and on PlayStation: The Official Magazine demo discs; and images of the game were shown on Rugrats Fruit Snacks' boxes. The campaign took about one year to formulate, and was a collaboration between Sony Computer Entertainment America and THQ to expand the younger children's market on the PlayStation. It was one of only two THQ games to have television advertisements at the time, the other being WCW/nWo Thunder.

critique: The answer should mention the game's release date.

critique: The answer should mention the target audience.

critique: The answer could include the date the campaign started.

critique: The answer omits the game's release date.

question: Summarize the flaws of the game.

answer: The game is heavily criticized by some sources for the controls and difficulty of play, the camera and collision detection, and the gameplay and premise.

critique: Everything not related to gameplay and premise

critique: It's omitted that the game was met with mixed reviews from critics.

critique: The game's flaws are not limited to the gameplay and premise.

critique: The game is criticized for its camera and gameplay by publications such as IGN and GameSpot.

critique: The game is criticized for its gameplay and premise, not the gameplay and premise.

critique: The game was also criticized for its presentation.

critique: The game was criticized for its camera and gameplay by publications such as IGN and GameSpot.

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

question: What does the article say about the difficulties faced during development?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer can mention that the game received mixed reviews from critics.

critique: The article does mention some difficulties faced during development.

question: What does the article say about the game's references to the show?

answer: Most everything in the game is a reference to some episode of the show or character from the show, and the game is based on the adventure of a group of babies trying to collect pieces of the Reptar puzzle. Several characters from the show known as, Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, and Angelica Pickles, also repeated their voice roles for the production of the game.

critique: The game's references to the show are not limited to the adventure of a group of babies trying to collect pieces of the Reptar puzzle.

critique: The game is based on the adventure of Tommy Pickles.

critique: The game is not based on the adventure of a group of babies.

critique: The answer should mention the game's stages.

critique: The game is based on the adventure of a group of babies trying to collect pieces of the Reptar puzzle.

critique: The answer should include the number of levels that are based on episodes.

critique: The answer should mention that the game's levels are based on episodes from the show.

critique: "Most everything in the game is a reference to some episode of the show or character from the show, and the game is based on the adventure of a group of babies trying to collect pieces of the Reptar puzzle. Several characters from the show known as, Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, and Angelica Pickles, also repeated their voice roles for the production of the game." - extraneous information.


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MARTÍN DE VALENCIA was born in Valencia de Don Juan, in the bishopric of Oviedo, Spain, ca. 1474.[1] He died Tlalmanalco, Mexico, 21 March 1534.[2] He was a Spanish Franciscan missionary, leader of the Twelve Apostles of Mexico, the first group of mendicants in New Spain.

Life

He entered the Franciscan Order at Mayorga in the Province of Santiago. Fellow Franciscan Fray Toribio de Benavente Motolinia wrote an account of Fray Martin's life, following his death.[3] After Fray Martin was ordained, he sent to the town of Valencia, from whence he took his name. He built the monastery of Santa Maria del Berrogal, and was the chief founder of the Custody of San Gabriel, for which he visited Rome.

In 1523 when he was 50, he was chosen to head a band of twelve Franciscans who were to work for the conversion of the Mexican natives, in what is sometimes called the “spiritual conquest.”[4] They reached their destination in May 1524, and were received by Hernán Cortés shortly after their arrival. Fray Martin, as apostolic delegate, presided at the first ecclesiastical synod in the New World, 2 July 1524. At the same time he established the Custody of the Holy Gospel, of which he was elected the first _custos_. After an interval of three years he was re-elected in 1530.[5] Many Franciscans learned indigenous languages in Mexico, preaching, teaching, and compiling dictionaries, books or sermons, and confessional manuals, in particular Nahuatl, but Fray Martin did not, although according to Motolinia, “he took great pleasure in hearing others preach.”[6]

He led a penitential life and was much praised by his fellow Franciscans.[7] After eight years in Mexico, in 1532, he sought to evangelize even farther afield in the Far East. According to Motolinia, Hernán Cortés promised Fray Martín was promised ships to accomplish this. Fray Martín and eight Franciscans went to Tecoantepec, on the coast in the Zapotec region; however, the ships were not built and Fray Martín returned to central Mexico.[8] At the end of his life he lived in the Nahua town of Tlalmanalco. Nearby was the town of Amaquemecan (Amecameca), where he withdrew in a holy cave for prayer and meditation.[9] His presence and impact in Amaquemecan was recorded by seventeenth-century Nahua historian and annalist, Chimalpahin, who wrote about the Franciscans in Amaquemecan and Fray Martín in particular. According to Chimalpahin, Fray Martín's residence brought prestige to Amaquemecan's ruler, Quetzalmaçatzin, who was baptized Don Tomás de San Martín Quetzalaçatzin Chichimeca teuchtli. However, the friar's presence also complicated the ruler's life, since Fray Martín pressured him to give up his multiple wives, a practice incompatible with Christianity.[10] When Fray Martín felt death was near, Don Tomás was worried that he not die in Amaquemecan. Fray Martín was returned to Tlalmanalco, where the ruler there was also concerned that the friar not die there, and attempted to send him by boat or canoe to Mexico City. He died on March 21, 1534 at the water's edge, and was initially buried there. His body was later moved to the Franciscan church of San Luis Obispo, built in 1532, in Tlalmanalco.[11][12][13]

Fray Martin and his eleven fellow Franciscans, the Twelve Apostles of Mexico baptized large numbers of Indians.[14]

[1] Toribio de Benavente Motolinia _Motolinia's History of the Indians of New Spain_, translated by Elizabeth Andros Foster. Greenwood Press 1973, p. 175, 185. Motolinia says that Fray Martin was 50 when he came to New Spain, placing his birth approximately 1474.

[2] Toribio de Benavente Motolinia _Motolinia's History of the Indians of New Spain_, translated by Elizabeth Andros Foster. Greenwood Press 1973,p. 186.

[3] Toribio de Benavente Motolinia _Motolinia's History of the Indians of New Spain_, translated by Elizabeth Andros Foster. Greenwood Press 1973, pp.174-178.

[4] Robert Ricard, _The Spiritual Conquest of Mexico: An Essay on the Apostolate and the Evangelizing Methods of the Mendicant Orders in New Spain, 1523-1572_, translated by Lesley Byrd Simpson. Berkeley: University of California Press 1966.

[5] Ricard, _Spiritual Conquest_, p. 53

[6] Toribio de Benavente Motolinia _Motolinia's History of the Indians of New Spain_, translated by Elizabeth Andros Foster. Greenwood Press 1973, p. 183.

[7] Toribio de Benavente Motolinia _Motolinia's History of the Indians of New Spain_, translated by Elizabeth Andros Foster. Greenwood Press 1973, p. 174-188. The chapter title is “Of the friars who have died in the conversion of the Indians of New Spain. Account of the life of Fray Martín de Valencia, which is very worthy of being noted and remembered.”

[8] Toribio de Benavente Motolinia _Motolinia's History of the Indians of New Spain_, translated by Elizabeth Andros Foster. Greenwood Press 1973,pp. 196-198.

[9] The caves still exist and now have a shrine commemorating Fray Martin. Susan Schroeder, _Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco,_ Tucson: University of Arizona Press, p. 230, note 19.

[10] Susan Schroeder, “Chimalpahin's View of Spanish Ecclesiastics in Colonial Mexico,” in _Indian Religious Relations in Colonial Spanish America,_ edited by Susan E. Ramirez. Foreign and Comparative Studies/Latin American Series 9. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Syracuse University, 1989, pp. 24-25.

[11] Schroeder 1989, ibid.

[12] Susan Schroeder, _Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco,_ Tucson: University of Arizona Press, p. 77.

[13] Toribio de Benavente Motolinia _Motolinia's History of the Indians of New Spain_, translated by Elizabeth Andros Foster. Greenwood Press 1973, p. 185-186.

[14] Joaquín García Icazbalceta, _Nueva colección de documentos para la historia de México_, vol. 2, Mexico 1886-1892, pp. 177-186.

title: Martín de Valencia

question: Summarize Martin's time in Tlalmanalco.

answer: Martin was sent to Tlalmanalco by Don Tomas. He was initially buried there, but was later moved to the Franciscan church of San Luis Obispo. He died there on March 21, 1534.

critique: The answer should mention that Martin was sent to Tlalmanalco by Don Tomas because he was nearing death.

question: Summarize everything that happened in the 1520s.

answer: In 1523, Martin was chosen to head a band of twelve Franciscans who were to work for the conversion of the Mexican natives. They reached their destination in May 1524, and were received by Hernán Cortés shortly after their arrival. Martin presided at the first ecclesiastical synod in the New World, and established the Custody of the Holy Gospel. In 1524, he was re-elected as custos. In 1532, he sought to evangelize even farther afield in the Far East.

critique: The text says nothing about Martin being re-elected in 1524.

critique: The response misses to mention that Martin was 50 years old when he came to New Spain.

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

critique: Doesn't mention that he returned to Mexico.

critique: "In 1524, he was re-elected as custos." - this is incorrect. Martin was re-elected as custos in 1530.

question: What does the text say about Amaquemecan's ruler?

answer: Amaquemecan's ruler was Quetzalmaçatzin, who was baptized Don Tomás de San Martín Quetzalaçatzin Chichimeca teuchtli. According to seventeenth-century Nahua historian and annalist, Chimalpahin, Fray Martín's residence brought prestige to Amaquemecan's ruler. The friar pressured him to give up his multiple wives, a practice incompatible with Christianity. The ruler was also worried that Fray Martín would die in Amaquemecan.

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

critique: The response should reflect that the ruler was concerned about Fray Martín's death in Tlalmanalco.

critique: The response should include that Fray Martin's residence complicated the ruler's life.

critique: The answer falsely mentions that "The friar pressured him to give up his multiple wives, a practice incompatible with Christianity."

critique: The response should include more details about the ruler's life.

question: Summarize Martin's childhood.

answer: The text does not mention anything about Martin's childhood.

critique: The answer should mention that the text does not mention anything about Martin's childhood because he was born in 1474.

critique: The text does mention something about Martin's childhood.


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GIAMBATTISTA DE CURTIS (20 July 1860 – 15 January 1926) was an Italian painter and poet remembered today for his song lyrics.

Biography

Born into a noble family in Naples, de Curtis was the firstborn of the fresco painter Giuseppe de Curtis and his wife, Elisabetta Minnon, and was a great-grandson of composer Saverio Mercadante. He expressed his first interest in painting, which he learned from his father, and which he perfected to the point that he was called a “contemporary Salvator Rosa”. He was a complete artist, writing poetry and theatrical works as well as verses for popular songs; he was also a sculptor. His love for Neapolitan song led him to collaborate with composer Vincenzo Valente, at the time a lodger at the de Curtis family palace in corso Garibaldi. It was, in fact, Valente who in 1889 set to music his first song, “A Pacchianella”; the following year, he set another of de Curtis's texts, “Muglierema come fa?”. “'I Pazziava” followed in 1890, and “Ninuccia” in 1894; “Tiempe Felice” came in 1895. De Curtis never stopped writing songs and poems; it seems, however, to have never been much more for him than a way to pass the time.

De Curtis felt a great love for Sorrento, where from 1891 until 1910 he passed six months of every year at the Grand Hotel of Guglielmo Tramontano, who was mayor at the time. There, in 1892, he met Carmela Maione, who would inspire his most famous song, “Duorme Carmè'”. The daughter of a tenant farmer of Tramontano's, she lived in Fuorimura. Supposedly, the subject of the song came from a conversation the two had in the lobby of the hotel; de Curtis asked the girl what she usually did, and she responded, “Sleep”. This inspired de Curtis to write a song, the refrain to which begins:

  Duorme Carmè: ‘o cchiù bello d’ ’a vita è ‘o ddurmì… [the best (most beautiful) thing in life is to sleep]

This was typical of his working style; when composing song lyrics he would often be inspired by some encounter or other that he had had. Indeed, de Curtis was by all accounts a curious and amiable man, and was rarely without a compliment for an attractive woman; he courted many, and would often dedicate his lyrics to them. Nevertheless, he did not wed until 1910, when, at the age of fifty and after nearly twenty years' engagement, he married Carolina Scognamiglio.

Tramontano and de Curtis were great friends, and the mayor hired him to decorate some of the rooms of the hotel with his frescos; he also painted some canvases there, and wrote poetry and songs. Among these was the celebrated song “Torna a Surriento”, supposedly born of a stay in 1902 by the prime minister of Italy, Giuseppe Zanardelli, at the hotel; Tramontano asked de Curtis and his brother, Ernesto, to write a song honoring the statesman. More recent research indicates that the song may merely have been reworked for the occasion; family papers indicate that the brothers deposited a copy with the Italian Society of Authors and Editors in 1894, eight years before they claimed to have written it.

The artistic association between the de Curtis brothers bore other fruit, as well, beginning in 1897 with the publication of “'A primma vota”; it continued even after Ernesto moved to the United States in 1920, after which the two continued their collaborations by mail. Among their other songs was “Amalia”, published in 1902 and dedicated to Ernesto's new wife, Amalia Russo. In 1911 the brothers had another success, the song “Lucia Lucì (I' m'arricordo 'e te)”.

De Curtis moved to the Vomero quarter in 1916, living in via Luca Giordano next door to the Villa Floridiana. He continued to compose, write and paint until his death in January 1926 from a progressive paralysis. Some days after his passing a letter from Ernesto reached his house. It read:

  Dear Giambattista, I enclose for you music for the song which you sent me last month; I hope it pleases you.

title: Giambattista De Curtis

question: What does the article say about inspiration?

answer: Giambattista De Curtis was inspired by his encounters with women. He would often be inspired by some encounter or other that he had had. He was a curious and amiable man, and was rarely without a compliment for an attractive woman. He courted many, and would often dedicate his lyrics to them. He was inspired by a conversation he had with a girl in the lobby of the Grand Hotel of Guglielmo Tramontano. He asked the girl what she usually did, and she responded, "Sleep". This inspired de Curtis to write a song, the refrain to which begins: Duorme Carmè: ‘o cchiù bello d’ ’a vita è ‘o ddurmì… [the best (most beautiful) thing in life is to sleep]

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

question: What does the article say about De Curtis's family?

answer: He was the firstborn of the fresco painter Giuseppe de Curtis and his wife, Elisabetta Minnon. He was a great-grandson of composer Saverio Mercadante. He married Carolina Scognamiglio in 1910.

critique: Doesn't mention that he had an older brother named Ernesto.

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question: What does the article say about de Curtis's artistic interests outside of lyric writing?

answer: He was a painter, poet, and sculptor. He also wrote theatrical works. He painted frescos and canvases.

critique: The response should include that De Curtis painted frescos and canvases at the Grand Hotel of Guglielmo Tramontano.

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GARY MICHAEL BARNIDGE (born September 22, 1985) is a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft (picked 141st overall). He played college football at Louisville. He has also played for Cleveland Browns.

Early years

Barnidge was born on September 22, 1985 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He attended and played high school football at Middleburg High School.[1]

College career

Barnidge played college football at Louisville from 2004 to 2007.[2] As a freshman, he had seven receptions for 85 yards and four touchdowns.[3] As a sophomore, he had 17 receptions for 240 yards and two touchdowns.[4] As a junior, he had 31 receptions for 511 yards and four touchdowns.[5] As a senior, he had 53 receptions for 655 yards and seven touchdowns. In the game against Middle Tennessee State, he had four receptions for 126 yards and two touchdowns to go along with a fumble recovery for a touchdown.[6][7] He played in 48 games, including 29 starts and recorded 108 receptions for 1,491 yards and 17 touchdowns. He majored in sports administration.[8]

Professional career

Carolina Panthers

[Barnidge signing autographs in 2010.] Barnidge was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round (141st overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft.[9] The Panthers previously acquired the pick from the New York Jets in a trade that sent Kris Jenkins to the Jets.

With the Panthers, Barnidge's main impact came on special-teams. In the 2008 season, he appeared in fifteen games in the regular season and the Divisional Round of the playoffs against the Arizona Cardinals.[10] In the 2009 season, he had 12 receptions for 242 yards.[11] In 2010, he appeared in all 16 games[12] and led the team with 17 special-teams tackles.[13] He missed the whole 2011 NFL season with a broken ankle suffered in a preseason practice.[14] In November 26, 2012, Barnidge recorded his first professional touchdown reception against the Philadelphia Eagles on a 24-yard pass from Cam Newton.[15] Overall, he finished the 2012 season with six receptions for 78 yards and a touchdown.[16]

Cleveland Browns

On March 14, 2013, Barnidge was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an unrestricted free agent.[17] In the 2013 season, he had 13 receptions for 127 yards and two touchdowns.[18] In the 2014 season, he had 13 receptions for 156 yards.[19] During the 2015 season, Barnidge had a breakout year and finished with 79 receptions for 1,043 receiving yards and nine touchdowns (he had 44 receptions, 603 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns in his previous seven seasons combined).[20] His nine touchdowns tied Hall of Fame tight end Ozzie Newsome's franchise record set in 1979 and ranked No. 4 among all NFL tight ends in 2015.[21] He was voted the best player on the Browns.[22] On December 10, 2015, Barnidge was signed to a 3-year extension worth around $12 million.[23] After the 2015 season, Barnidge made his first Pro Bowl, being voted as an alternate.[24] He was ranked 94th on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2016.[25]

On June 2, 2016, Barnidge underwent a sports hernia surgery.[26] He started all 16 games in 2016, catching 55 passes for 612 yards and two touchdowns.[27]

On April 28, 2017, Barnidge was released by the Browns.[28]

Career statistics

  Year    Team   GP                       GS    Receiving   Fumbles
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  Rec     Yds    Avg                      Lng   TD          FUM
  2008    CAR    15                       0     0           0
  2009    CAR    16                       3     12          242
  2010    CAR    16                       3     0           0
  2011    CAR    DID NOT PLAY – INJURED
  2012    CAR    16                       5     6           78
  2013    CLE    16                       12    13          127
  2014    CLE    13                       2     13          156
  2015    CLE    16                       13    79          1,043
  2016    CLE    16                       16    55          612
  Total   124    54                       178   2,258       12.7

Personal life

In 2011, Barnidge, along with friend and Louisville Cardinal teammate Breno Giacomini, then of the Seattle Seahawks, started a not-for-profit organization called American Football without Barriers. The organization hosted its first camp in China in March 2013.[29]

Barnidge has appeared on two episodes of _Total Divas_, an E! Network TV show about WWE Divas going on dates with Rosa Mendes and Summer Rae.[30] He also appeared on an episode of Impact Wrestling in 2017, assisting fellow NFL player DeAngelo Williams.[31] Barnidge also competed with Williams on _The Amazing Race 32_.[32]

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title: Gary Barnidge

question: Summarize everything relating to injuries.

answer: In 2011, Barnidge missed the whole NFL season with a broken ankle. In June 2016, he underwent a sports hernia surgery. In 2017, he started all 16 games despite the injury.

critique: The answer omits the injury that caused Barnidge to miss the 2011 season.

critique: The answer omits that Barnidge also suffered a broken ankle in a preseason practice.

critique: The answer omits that in 2012, Barnidge recorded his first professional touchdown reception against the Philadelphia Eagles on a 24-yard pass from Cam Newton.

critique: The answer should mention the injury that caused him to miss the 2011 season.

critique: The answer should mention his injury in college.

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question: Summarize Barnidge's career during the 1970s.

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text: The answer should state that there's no such record because Barnidge was born in the 80s.

question: Summarize everything relating to specific matches.

answer: Barnidge's main impact came on special teams as a freshman at Louisville. He recorded his first touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles. He was signed to the Cleveland Browns in 2013. He was voted the best player on the Browns in 2015.

critique: The answer omits Barnidge's performance in the 2008 season.

critique: The response is missing a lot of details about specific matches.

critique: The answer omits the match against Middle Tennessee State.

critique: The answer omits Barnidge's performance in the 2012 season.

critique: The answer omits Barnidge's performance in the game against Middle Tennessee State.

critique: It is omitted that he played in 48 games, including 29 starts and recorded 108 receptions for 1,491 yards and 17 touchdowns.

critique: The response misses to mention that he was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 2008 NFL Draft.

text: 'Barnidge's main impact came on special teams as a freshman at Louisville.' This statement is inaccurate. According to the text, his main impact came when he was with the Panthers. The model should consider correcting this.


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_Editor’s Note:_ _This article was originally published in September 2017 and has been updated with more information on the Red Cherry Project and to reflect current offerings from the producers._

The essence of the Red Cherry Project, in each country that Royal Coffee initiates it, is to encourage excellence and repay in kind. Ethiopia was the pilot but Kenya was added soon after, and I, for one, was a little concerned that roasters wouldn’t be willing to pay more money for coffees from already expensive origins. But to the credit of our customers these coffees remain in demand, and to the credit of our producing partners the ongoing work continues to exceed expectations. We’re thrilled to bring back Red Cherry Kenyas from Othaya for the third consecutive year, led by two of our favorite factories, Ichamama and Kamoini, each offering different takes on unparalleled flavor profiles. It should go without saying that these selections are extremely limited in supply and discerning roasters would do well to scoop up their share now, before it’s too late.

The story of this season’s special project in Kenya

Kenya’s Othaya and Aguthi Cooperative societies are long-term suppliers to Royal – coffees from their collective of twenty washing stations have made up the bulk of our annual position from Kenya many seasons, and their coffees have performed consistently at extraordinarily high caliber.

2017 marks the first year where we’ve partnered to pre-select certain lots, something with which we’ve had success in the past working with Ethiopia’s cooperatives. As with in Ethiopia, we’ve dubbed the initiative “RED CHERRY PROJECT” – a nod to the importance of harvest selection prior to processing. But as was the case in Ethiopia, there’s so much more here than just picking ripe fruit.

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Great harvest selection begins with exceptional farms and farmers. Farmer members of Othaya and Aguthi are fortunate to be blessed with great terroir – Nyeri county holds a revered reputation in Kenya. Coffee here benefits from predictable semi-annual rainy seasons, fertile soil, and good elevation in the foothills of the Aberdare Mountain range.

For the Red Cherry Project, the cooperative societies selected model farmers, known already for for their level of attention to detail and ability to deliver high quality consistently. These farmers deliver only 100% ripe cherries to their factory (wet mill / washing station). The coffee then undergoes hand-sort to remove any under-ripes and a floatation to separate any low-density coffee prior to processing.

Following pulping, the coffee undergoes an extended 72 hour fermentation. Once fermentation is complete, the wet parchment is soaked for a further 16-24 hours. The post-fermentation soak once was considered standard practice across Kenya, and its absence nowadays is “pretty surprising,” reports Royal CEO Max Nicholas-Fulmer. “At the vast majority of factories I have visited over the past 4-5 years the post soak tanks sit idle, with weeds growing, or are used for storage.”

But the post soak is a critical step in the process – once mostly exclusive to Kenyan coffee, now adopted by quality-minded producers worldwide. In addition to providing an opportunity to further clean the coffee after fermentation, it’s thought that the short soaking process kick-starts the coffee seed’s germination activity, developing a particular, unique set of compounds that are then preserved on the drying tables and revealed during roasting.

All this work in selection, washing, and fermentation necessitates additional care to preserve the quality. Once the wet parchment is moved to a drying table, it is sorted for pulper nicks or other visual defects and is stored under cover of tarps to prevent sun damage during its fragile first few days. Once the coffee is fully dried, the parchment is bagged in GrainPro and transported to the dry mill in Nairobi.

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We agreed that in exchange for this kind of additional work and care, and to ensure our first right of refusal on these coffees, we’d match the highest price paid in Kenya in 2016, based on farmgate cherry price: 85 KSh per kg of ripe cherry. We increased the amount again when it became clear how limited the entire country’s harvest was this season.

The extensive labor and attention to detail alone warrant a premium. The clarity and diversity of flavors offered by these unique, exclusive, and very limited quantity coffees validate it.

Ask your trader for a detailed list or check out a few highlights below:

GATUGI FACTORY

Bursting with pink grapefruit and white wine acids while maintaining a juicy body, 44376 is available in 60kg bags. Another lot from this factory, showcasing the SAVORY side, bursts with ripe tomato, grapefruit, and salted caramel, and is dusted with sweet floral accents. Available in AA 60kg bags, and  as well as a Peaberry 60kg and Peaberry 21kg bag options.

ICHAMAMA FACTORY

A team favorite! This Crown Jewel’s profile: elegant, cherry, blackberry and silky body all describe this coffee. It has a classic dark fruit profile while also being bright and refined. Another one we love is this bright and citric coffee; an acidity-lovers dream, replete with cranberry, grapefruit, lime, red grape, and blackberry notes. Available in AA 60kg bags, Peaberry 60kg bags.

KIRUGA FACTORY

SOFTER AND SWEETER, this batch offers sweet cherry and juicy plum top notes with hints of Meyer lemon and nectarine. Available in AA 60kg bags and a AA 44kg bag, Peaberry 60kg bags and Peaberry 10kg Crown Jewel boxes.

MAHIGA FACTORY

This is my personal favorite, a gentle and juicy harmony of blackberry, grape, and cranberry notes mixed with the nuance of breakfast tea, pomegranate, and hibiscus. Available only as AA in one 60kg bag and six 10kg Crown Jewel boxes, it will be gone before you know it.

RUKIRA FACTORY

Notes of raspberry, lime and tangerine, this lot also maintains a nice sweetness. 44377 is available in 60kg bags.

KIAGUTHU FACTORY

A more delicate Kenya: lighter citrus with sweet caramel and herbal quality. 44374 is available in 60kg bags.

question: What is the point of having different factories producing coffee?

answer: It is implied that this gives the company an advantage, especially in cases where only one factory is able to produce a particular batch.

critique: It's more accurate to say "a certain coffee".


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By Margie M. Palmer

Coffee shops are a dime a dozen, which is why when Nathan Tobiason decided to open Refill in Hillcrest, he let his passion for cold brew be his guide.

For those of you who have yet to hop on the cold brew train, you should know it’s nothing like its warm-steeped counterpart. Unlike a hot cup of Joe, cold brew is prepared by using room-temperature water. And because this methodology has a marked impact on the flavor, and caffeine extraction rate from, cold brew coffee can take up to 24 hours to prepare.

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Nathan Tobiason jumped at the chance to open his Refill café concept in the acclaimed Mr Robinson building at the corner of Robinson Avenue and Park Boulevard. (Courtesy of Refill)
The result is a beverage that has a higher caffeine content and an oftentimes bold sweetness that isn’t found in your standard cup of coffee.

The San Diego native turned café owner said he’s always been a fan of what he calls “the diner culture.” Tobiason also has an affinity for comfortable coffeehouses that are a great place to share a bite with friends. And when he learned a storefront in the Jonathan Segal-designed Mr Robinson building on the corner of Park Boulevard and Robinson Avenue was in need of a tenant, he decided to make his move.

“I’m friends with the son of the guy who owns [the building where Refill is] and once I heard the spot was available, and saw the location, I just really wanted to pursue it,” Tobaison said.

The timeframe from Refill’s inception to its opening date took months.

[IMG_8848]“It took a really long time. I think the initial plan really started in October and we didn’t open until mid-July,” he said, adding that the design, layout and furniture was both collaborative and extensive. “I went to school for product design and sculpture, and I worked with local artist Phil Audia, who is in Little Italy. We met for months and planned out layout, furniture, tables, the metal bar and all of that.”

The months-long process was not in vain; feedback to date has been more than positive.

“We’ve been open just over a month, we love the neighborhood and we’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback. There aren’t really any coffee or café options [southeast of Refill toward Balboa Park], which has also been really helpful,” Tobiason said. “It’s fun to have people come in and try a couple of the cold brews and to be able to expose people to different flavors. We have four on tap. We have a Ugandan French roast, which is very chocolatey, and we also have an Ethiopian cold brew that is much more fruity.”

The fact that they have four cold brew coffees on tap isn’t the only thing that differentiates Refill from some of the other neighborhood cafes. Another unique aspect of the space is that half of it is inside while the other 50 percent is outside. The indoor/outdoor areas are separated by a big sliding glass wall, Tobaison said.

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Customers enjoy cold brew coffee and good conversation. (Courtesy of Refill)
“We keep it closed on warmer days so we can have the air conditioning running and open on more reasonable days, which allows us to utilize San Diego’s weather,” he added.

Refill may be in its infancy but the café owner has high hopes for the future. “It is my hope that this cafe becomes a great meeting place for the residents of Hillcrest,” Tobiason said. “The open design, great coffee and light fare make for a great place to gather.”

_—Margie M. Palmer is a San Diego-based freelance writer who has been racking up bylines in a myriad of news publications for the past 10 years. You can reach her at_ _margiep@alumni.pitt.edu__._

question: Summarize what cold brew coffee is.

answer: Cold brew coffee is prepared with room temperature water unlike its warm-steeped counterpart. The method impacts the flavor, caffeine extraction rate, and sweetness of the coffee. Cold brew coffee can take up to 24 hours to prepare but has a higher caffeine content.

critique: This is more a property of the preparation and flavor (the result is 50% less acidic coffee), so I would thoroughly edit this whole sentence and make it bullet points where it makes more sense (ie outlining what the method is).

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

critique: The answer should mention that cold brew coffee is a beverage.

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critique: "but has a higher caffeine content" is not relevant to the question.

question: What does the text say about Nathan Tobiason?

answer: Nathan Tobiason is a San Diego native turned cafe owner. He has an affinity for comfortable coffeehouses that are a great place to share a bite with friends. He is a big fan of the diner culture. He is also a fan of cold brew coffee. He decided to open Refill in Hillcrest because he believes it is a great neighborhood to gather.

critique: The answer should mention that he went to school for product design and sculpture.

critique: It is omitted that Tobiason went to school for product design and sculpture and worked with a local artist on the layout and furniture.

critique: The answer should mention that Tobiason went to school for product design and sculpture.

critique: The answer should mention the Mr Robinson building.

critique: because he believes it is a great neighborhood to gather


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There lives a tale of a mysterious forest that has yet to be fully explored or even discovered. It is only echoed in rumors spread by newer journalists trying to get a start at their career or some conspiracy theorists just trying to spread what they think is true around the internet. The only thing about it is that each and every report is different. One says that the forest has a demon inside it. Others say that it's just a normal old forest. And yet more say that the beasts inside are well fed by a resident witch that they devour all that walk in. All theories farfetched, all theories more than likely false or just rips from other horror movies that have scarred the writer's childhood. There are a few constants in the stories though. One of them being that nobody knows the precise location of the forest, and that is likely due to the other notable constant: nobody who has walked in the forest has walked back out.

Unfortunate for a little group of Boy Scouts that planned their adventures to a nearby forest that had always intrigued the small, but growing troop. They never stood a chance or even could know about the doom that they had just put themselves to...

The little campout adventure just simply contained seven bodies. Five boys and two adult leaders. They decided to take a weeend backpacking trip into the forest and camp out at a clearing that satellite images on Google had shown. They'd spend the entire Saturday there, then return on Sunday. The group of boys consisted of the Patrol leader, Nick Tepp. He was the crazy guy that had the idea in the first place. He was pretty fit and an all around good organizer. He's the son of the lead Scoutmaster, Michael Tepp. Mike was all about reading into survival books and literature, and had his favorite shows about that subject. The only problem is that that's all he ever did. He never had tried surviving out in the wild before.

The second of five kids was the assistant Patrol Leader, Greg Schaeffer. He was a scrawny kid and wore giant glasses and was significantly younger than the rest of the boys. He had a quick sense of humor and was very intelligent, however, which is what he had rode on to get his position. The third was the Quartermaster and Chef, Owen White. He was a plump boy who was on his last year of being a scout and had set his sights on a top college in the state. He had stopped caring about scouts a long while ago, but the new campout had piqued his interest and he decided to tag along for the ride and see how it went.

The fourth and fifth were brothers. The older one was Jack Klepton. He had been known to be a class clown and generally a ne'er-do-well. He had always slacked off in school, but promises of adventure always brought a sparkle in his eye and a determined smile like he could take on the world. The younger one, Keith, was the opposite end. He was studious and anti-social. He hated scouts and hated nature. The only reason why he had come was because his father, another one of the scout masters, had forced him on the trip, believing to give his sons a litt bit of fresh air. Kevin Klepton was a lot more fit than Mike, but shared his older son's stubborn state of mind and was much more daring, despite the white hairs starting to cover his head.... Or at least what little bit of his head that can grow hair.

They had left to go into the forest with High hopes and full stomachs, laughing and taking a quick pace for the trail, yet had no idea what was to become of them and that none would return to see thier families and friends.

title: [First] The Forest introduction! I decided to put out an intro to a story I've wanted to write and would enjoy feedback. Maybe I can follow through with the rest of the story if it gets good reviews. Sorry for long post.

question: What are the names and attributes of the dead Boy Scout troupe?

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The Patrol Leader: Nick Tepp. He was a muscular guy and a good organizer.
The assistant Patrol Leader: Greg Schaeffer. He was a scrawny kid and wore glasses.
The Quartermaster and Chef: Owen White. He was a plump kid and on his last year of scouts.
The older brother Jack: He was a class clown and ne'er-do-well.
The younger brother Keith: He was studious and anti-social. Kevin Klepton: A fit, stubborn, and daring guy.

critique: The answer should be in a proper sentence.

question: What happened to the Boy Scout troupe?

answer: The Boy Scouts ventured into the forest and were never seen again.

critique: The answer should mention the theories about the forest.

critique: The answer should be more specific about what happened to the Boy Scouts.

critique: It is omitted that the forest is rumored to have a demon, beasts, and a resident witch.

critique: The sentence could be phrased as a complete sentence.