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Don't write off El Salvador as a country of crime, civl war and tattooed gangs. Here are ten things we loved from our visit.

01. pupusas

Cornmeal dough is probably one of our least favourite foodstuffs so far, but stuff it full of lots of ooey-gooey cheese, and we've found a winner.

Pupusas in El Salvador, are what fish'n'chips are to the UK. Traditionally filled with cheese and frijoles, and served along a pickled slaw and hot sauce, a number of progressive pupuserias are experimenting with new flavours - our favourite being a garlic-cheese version that tasted something like the best garlic-cheese bread you've ever eaten! Surprisingly, we ate only a handful of mediocre attempts, and were most impressed by a little ma and pa stand in El Tunco that were more than worth the few extra pence per pupusa!

02. ruta de las flores

In our haste to reach the coast, we almost missed out on this spectacular part of El Salvador. Set amongst sky-high coffee plantations, lush green landscapes and picturesque and peaceful villages - only a couple of hours away from manic San Salvador, but it feels like a million miles.

03. surf

El Salvador is THE place to surf in Central America, or so it seems given the number of wave-starved Ozzies traversing the continent to hit-up El Tunco or El Cuco's hidden breaks. Whilst we were very unimpressed with El Tunco's less than pristine black-sand beaches, one need only see the number of surf shops, sun-bleached hair and sun-kissed bodies to appreciate that a town doesn't have to be pretty to have some killer waves!

04. people and preconceptions

As a mainstay in 'Most Dangerous places in the world' lists and with countless youtube documentaries and news articles depicting the brutal gang-warfare that plagues this once peaceful country, many travellers decide to skip El Salvador altogether.

We are intrinsically suspicious people, constantly sneaking glances at our bags at the back of the bus and taking every piece of advice with a grain of salt. Our nerves were even more frayed after reading so many horror stories, but the people of El Salvador surpassed every other Central American country for their kindness. On three separate occasions we were helped off buses and shown to suitable accommodation (not just to those owned by uncles, cousins or the man that repairs his trousers, before you ask!), whilst people would helpfully point out where and where not to go. Of course, the sceptical and wary Brit within has each time wondered whether this was the beginning of a scam, but their concern and hospitality was 100% genuine.

05. coffee

Before El Salvador became synonymous with gang violence, it was excellent coffee which made this small country famous - in its 1980s hay-day it accounted for 50% of the GDP. Whilst this industry has since experienced a small decline, it is still home to a number of large _fincas_ and smaller co-operatives. Unfortunately most of the good stuff gets exported out of the country so try and join a tour to get a taste of the best the country has to offer!

06. parades

Parades are a big deal all over Latin America - no celebration seems to be complete without a few brightly coloured costumes and a brass band marching down the street, but the Independence Day celebrations in El Salvador were second to none. Even in the pouring rain, the sense of community and overwhelming joy was palpable. For a glimpse through our lens, check this out.

07. tortuga verde

A budget backpacker's idea of luxury often only extends to include showers not requiring flip-flops and free filtered water but at this little retreat in the small beach town of El Cuco you get that plus so much more! Reminiscent of some of the fancier holidays we took with parents when money was less of an object (because it wasn't ours!), Tortuga Verde provides the sort of luxury you'd expect from a fancy resort, but with a price and atmosphere for us scruffy travellers. (with free yoga thrown in to boot!)

No itinerary in El Salvador would be complete without a couple of days spent in this little gem.

08. size

As self-professed lovers of slow-travel, we are in the fortunate position that we can usually take as long as we need to really see and appreciate a new country, but we understand that not everyone is so lucky. So many countries could take years to properly cover, which is more time than even we have.

For those with only a couple of weeks, El Salvador is a really great option. In only a handful of days even the most time-stressed backpacker can enjoy highland vistas, chase a few waves, glimpse into a country's past and sample city life without having to board a flight or take too epic a bus journey.

09. everything costs $1

Want a bottle of water? That'll be $1. Bus journey to ummm, anywhere? A dollar. Three pupusas for dinner? You guessed it, $1. The price for a wandering gringo in El Salvador sometimes makes you feel like it is a 'Everything for $1' shop masquerading as a country.

10. street art

As is true across the world, political conflict breeds artistic expression, and no less so here. Brightly coloured murals adorn the walls of almost every town we visited, silently pleading with following generations not to forget what went before and to remember the reasons for the struggles.

start planning for el salvador with our guides

question: What does the article say about the culinary advantages of El Salvador?

answer: The country is known for its pupusas. Other than pupusas, they are good at coffee; they also served excellent parades. While traveling, one can find good food at stands, coffee shops and restaurants, mostly in verdant beats such as El Tunco. The culture of El Salvador also has a dining culture that is a fusion of Spanish colonialism and influences from the Mayan heritage of the people.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

critique: This answer is not in the article. The phrase "good at coffee" is implied, not stated to be "el Salvador is good at coffee"

critique: The answer is inaccurate. The article does not say anything about El Salvador's culinary advantages.

question: Summarize the surprising aspects of the author's trip to El Salvador.

answer: The author's favorite part of El Salvador was the pupusas, which are filled with cheese and frijoles and are served along a pickled slaw and hot sauce. The author's least favorite part of El Salvador was El Tunco's less than pristine black-sand beaches. The author's favorite part of El Salvador was the people. The author's least favorite part of El Salvador was the price. The author's favorite part of El Salvador was the street art.

critique: Hide the fact that the street art is one thing the author favorited.

critique: The author's favorite part of El Salvador was the pupusas, which are filled with cheese and frijoles and are served along a pickled slaw and hot sauce. The author's least favorite part of El Salvador was El Tunco's less than pristine black-sand beaches. The author's favorite part of El Salvador was the people. The author's favorite part of El Salvador was the street art.

critique: The author's least favorite part of El Salvador was the price, not the people.

critique: The author's least favorite part of El Salvador was the price.

critique: The author's least favorite part of El Salvador was the price. The author's favorite part of El Salvador was the street art.

critique: The author's least favorite part of El Salvador was the price, but their favorite part was the street art.

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

text: "The author's least favorite part of El Salvador was the price." - this is incorrect. The author was pleasantly surprised that almost everything costs a dollar in El Salvador, from bottled water to food to a bus ride.

question: What does the article say about avoiding fights in the streets?

answer: No answer

critique: The passage does not say anything about avoiding fights in the streets.

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

critique: The article does not discuss this topic.

critique: The article does not mention anything about avoiding fights in the streets.


split: train

text:
"I'm telling you, it was one of the most baffling weeks of my life"

"What was so bad about it?" she laughed infectiously.

"Well here I was, dating this beautiful, gorgeous girl, and the sex was absolutely awful. I couldn't figure it out. I questioned my sexuality once in case it was my fault. But don't worry, I'm not gay. I'm sure of that." Paul smiled, "and then she dumped me for 'not being adventurous enough for her'."

"Well maybe it was your fault?" Sarah smirked.

"Maybe, but I’ve never had any complaints before or after her, so im pretty sure its not."

"Oh really, so I’m sitting here with a bona fide ladies man am i? The scourge of fathers across the country?" she giggled

"I wouldn't say that." he laughed, "I’ve done okay. Same as everyone else."

"I have to say, I was expecting you to be a big proponent of the three day rule" she looked at him quizzically

"The three day rule?"

"Yeah, you know, how guys always leave it three days before they contact you?"

"Oh. Well its more of a guideline than a rule. But if it bothers you that in a day early i can come back tomorrow?"

"Yeah, would you?" she fixed her hair, pushing it back out of her face.

"I'd like to point out that I didn't make contact. You shouted at me on the street."

"How do I know you're not stalking me? Or that you didn't plan it that i would run into you?" she asked playfully

Paul smiled "think very highly of yourself don't you? Accusing me of dastardly scheming!"

"I think it’s what I’d do if I were a man."

"Bump into them accidentally on purpose?"

"Of course, I love me, I couldn't wait to see me again." she giggled

Paul laughed, "what about me?"

"What about you?" she asked, confused.

"Well, you couldn't wait to see me again either could you? That's why you organised to run into me, isn't it."

"You can go on believing that if it makes you feel better." her smile like a bird opening its wings.

"You have a nice smile."

Sarah looked down, suddenly shy. "Thank you" she pushed her hair behind her ear.

"You're welcome. But now my dear I'm afraid I must leave you. I’ve been talking to you now for two hours, when I should have been working." Paul stood up.

"You work?" she smiled mockingly

"Yes, I'm not as much of a bum as you think." he smiled

"What do you do?"

Paul had dreaded this question. He didn't know if he should lie and keep quiet about his real job, or just tell her. It all came down to one question: if he told her, would she figure out he was investigating her family. He chose not to answer. He smiled, took her hand and kissed it. Then he turned and walked away. Sarah was left once again, sitting alone, utterly bemused by what just happened. She watched him as he walked to the door. He looked back and smiled at her from the door before walking out. She sat staring after him for a minute. She bit her lip and smiled. She liked him.

title: Paul & Sarah - dialogue snippet

question: Judging by the conversation in the passage, summarize the kinds of emotions and intents going on with the characters.

answer: The characters are playful and flirtatious. They are also a bit cheeky and sarcastic. The characters are also a bit coy and secretive.

critique: There is no evidence of either being coy or secretive.

critique: It is omitted that the characters are also a bit confused.

critique: The characters are not coy and secretive.

critique: The characters are not coy or secretive.


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Damn. Now I really didn't see this happening. Of all the things to happen at this bland school and this is the shit that happens. Wow. I guess I'm getting a bit carried, let me start from the beginning.
          My school, Jefferson Middle School, is rather boring, nothing really exciting happens here except the occasional girl drama that usally goes like, "Brian likes me! Not you, skany hoe!" And ends in a matter of three days. I'm usually quiet, if you were to call me "popular girl," you would be wrong but calling me a "nerd" wouldn't be right either. I was just sort of there. I had my friends and that's all I needed. That's where this story starts. With my friend, Daniel. Daniel was a pretty intresting boy. All acceralted classes, loved video games and comics, and wasn't bad looking at all. Over the first year of middle school, Daniel and I became pretty close. Hanging out after school and learning about eachother. It was pretty nice. Daniel loved life and he wasn't afraid to show it. If he had something to say, oh would he say it, but he was never disrespectful about it. He was always being a gentlemen. People always said shit about him.
         "Oh! Did you hear about Daniel? I heard he was sucking cock in the bathroom!"
         "Daniel the fag!"
         "Daniel should go burn in fucking hell with all the other fags that enjoy buttsex!" Get the trend here? They kept on saying he was gay, over and over. Through messages on Facebook, notes, or even writing on bathroom walls, which is very cliche. There have been times where I have asked if he was gay and I would get the same answer every time.
          "Do you think I am?" Over and over, he never changed it. Daniel was really proud and he felt as if he shouldn't state if he were gay or not and I really admire that about him. 8th grade started and I assumed that the gay jokes would have gotten old by now, but they didn't. They actual got worse. More people started calling him a "fag, dick-sucker," and spreading rumors that I don't even wanna remember. I noticed a change in Daniel, he wasn't as outgoing, didn't speak his mind, became less quite, less proud. I tried helping him, I really did but it never worked. He seemed to just become more depressed. Those kids never noticed either, they just attacked him more and more, getting more ruthless with each insult. This drama was lasting way more than three days and I wasn't sure what would happen. Shit even got worsed.
          That's when I heard the intercom come on one day during class.
       "Students, I am sad to announce that our student, Daniel Rigsbee, has died yesterday." They didn't tell us how he died, but we all knew. He killed himself. The voice of the principal announcing his death was so fucking emotionless, it made it seem as if Daniel was some character in a movie that died. Everyone was silent. I was filled with anger. Those ruthless bastards did this. They didn't know when to stop. The minute the bell rang, I sprinted to his house asking if it was true was they said today. His father simply nodded and beckoned me in. He said that there was a note left in his room directed to me and "bitches." I walked to his room, feeling as if I was going to puke. I found the note, all directed in rainbows, colors, and smiley faces. It made me sick. I opened the note with nervoness and read.
        "Dear Juno and the son of bitches at school. Let me make this clear. I am not fucking gay. I am as straight as the pole your mom dances on. I should not have to tell people this, it's my life and you shouldn't be butting in. Pun intended. You caused this and I hope you feel great. You did it! You've killed me! I'm not gonna say that this wasn't your guys' fault because fuck that. It totally was. I hope you live with that burden that you killed me for your whole life. Juno, I hope you live a great life and don't cry over me, you didn't cause this. You are amazing and don't let people do what they did to me to you. I would punch their neck. (:
                                            Bye,
                                                  Daniel-Not fucking gay-Rigsbee
        What the fuck? That wasn't sad at all. This was the Daniel that I knew. He killed himself because he was done of the shit. I don't think he felt sorry or anything. I don't even know. As I turned to leave, I found something else. It was another note reading, "I hope this was exciting enough for you, Juno. I am a coward. I wasn't gonna deal with this anymore. They didn't win, remerber that. I won. They get to deal with my death. -Daniel"
         Fucking. Daniel.

title: Uhhmm...Well I'm 13 and I would like to be a writer when I get older so here's one of my short stories. Reviews? Be honest.

question: What does the story say about bullying?

answer: The author believes bullies didn't care about Daniel and that their bullying tactics might have made Daniel commit suicide. She believes the bullies are the ones who killed her friend. She points out that the bullies were unrelenting, and the only resolution he could find was to kill himself.

critique: The first sentence is a bit confusing. It would be better to say that the author believes bullies didn't care about Daniel and that their bullying tactics might have made him commit suicide.

question: Summarize the narrator's relationship with Daniel.

answer: Juno and Daniel are best friends and have been since 8th grade. She cares deeply for him. However, she didn't notice the student body's cruelty towards him. She was angry when she heard he committed suicide.

critique: The answer should mention that Daniel is the one who committed suicide.

critique: The narrator's anger at Daniel's death is omitted.

question: Summarize the school's reaction to Daniel's death.

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the school's reaction was emotionless.

question: What does the story say about the bullies' reaction to Daniel's note?

answer: No answer

critique: The response can include the actual content of the note because it's declared to be public in the story.

critique: The response is incorrect. The story does not say anything about the bullies' reaction to Daniel's note.

critique: The response is not related to the passage.

critique: The answer should mention that the bullies did not react to the note.

critique: The answer should mention that the bullies didn't have a reaction.


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Apologies if another genre tag would have been more appropriate, but I'm not sure exactly how to classify this.

The universe in which this excerpt takes place is an alternate-history fantasy dieselpunk North Korea in which mythological creatures are factory farmed for materials, food and alchemical drugs to enhance the lifespan and capabilities of the elite. This particular story was inspired by a post on /r/writingprompts, but the setting is something I've been working on for quite a while.

I'd really appreciate any critique you can give me.

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Ryugyong Hotel, 97th floor
Pyongyang
May 6th 2004

She looked absolutely majestic. Chestnut curls spilled halfway down the tanned flesh of her back. Her eyes were iridescent viridian and her face youthful, with rounded cheeks and a strong nose and daubed with mottled warpaint in thick curved lines that cradled her delicate features. Lacy olive fabric hugged her bust and stomach, a single opaque tube from collarbone to waist.

Her legs were not in fact legs at all but the body of a vast deer with flanks of rich mahogany fur and great hooved legs. Her back was spotted with patches of cream and a bushy tail the shape of a tapered bulb sprang from her rear. She gripped a staff carved in a tight spiral and ornamented with a dozen mystical woods.

“I am Nayeli the huntress, great fertility goddess of the plains, and I demand that you cease your exploitation of the great creatures gifted unto you lest I be forced to crush you and all of your foul mechanisms.”

He laughed, the throaty chuckle of a man both cruel and wise, and then Kim Il-Sung spoke. “You expect that we would forsake our great wealth, our great power, this glorious civilisation, at the whims of a feeble goddess?”

He wore a greatcoat of crimson hydra-scales (in effect a rich, heatproof leather) festooned with communist iconography and riveted steel reinforcements. It formed not only protection from the elements but also a sort of flexible exoskeleton that worked with the cocktail of extraordinary reagents coursing through his system to vastly enhance his fighting capabilities even unarmed. Its tiny diesels belched black smoke behind him.

Frustrated, she snarled, and the two figures dove forward.

Enchanted staff clashed with protective steel and magelight bathed the enhanced-concrete structure of the building. She sprang back, surprised by his tenacity, and he advanced relentlessly. Despite being ninety-two years of age, he maintained the physique and determination of a man barely forty, and the first clash was followed by a second and third wish the same conclusion. The combination of mythical scales and machined metal easily outmatched the primitive magic of the goddesses’ staff, and she was driven back blow after blow.

“You see.” He spoke comfortably, as if deflecting her blows barely tired him. “I am supreme leader Kim Il-Sung, eternal president of the republic, commander of the Korean People’s Army and herald of the great mythological revolution.” A flourish of his wrist and her weapon crackled with the sound of strained wood.

The hotel was formed from a trio of upright triangles fused to a central column in a sort of ‘Y’ shape, and she’d already backed half the length of her ‘wing’. “NO!” Her voice was strained, desperate. “You cannot defile the world in this way! I cannot allow you to do this!”

“Fool. You don’t have a choice.” Another step forward and one arm deflected her blow while the other delivered a punch to her gut. She doubled over in pain and slid backwards almost two meters. The angled glass was only a few meters behind her now, thick and uncompromising. Pretty soon she’d be trapped between her relentless opponent and the three-hundred-meter plunge to the concrete below. There was no way either of them could survive a drop like that…

She had a plan, at least.

His next two blows failed to connect as she darted backwards, no further effort to assail her opponent, and as she’d hoped the brief lack of contact frustrated her opponent. He dashed at her, drug-fuelled muscles lending a burst of speed, and her attempt to dodge was futile. The supreme leader crashed hard against her lower body and smashed her against the unyielding glass, but that failed to interrupt her. With a pained roll she flipped their positions such that he was closest to the windows, and he eyes we squeezed tightly shut and incantations spilled from her lips and she was smashing the staff hard against the ground.

The whole building rocked from the force of the blast as her weapon was completely vaporized. As thick as it was the glass shattered instantly, spilling a cascade of white fragments down the side of the building.

He was not so easily crushed. Though the force of the blast had thrown him from the window he’d kept a firm grasp of her leg, and now *both* of them tumbled faster and faster on the almost-vertical glass. Without her staff she was defenceless, however.

*Crack*
Her nose broke.
*Crack*
Now her jaw.
*Crack*
Her ribs splintered and buckled as well.
*Crack*
He struck her temple, hard, and she slid dizzily backwards off the side of the ‘wing’ and plummeted vertically towards the ground and then he was scrabbling for purchase against the smooth glass and not finding any.

title: [SP] Two 'gods' clash in a present-day city

question: Where is this story set?

answer: The story takes place in an alternate-history fantasy North Korea.

critique: This answer is being too specific. It should include the hotel's location.

critique: The answer could be more specific about the setting.

critique: This is incorrect. The story takes place in a fantasy North Korea that is also an alternate history.

critique: "North Korea" isn't the best descriptor of the setting.

critique: "The story takes place in an alternate-history fantasy North Korea." - this is not a sufficient answer.

critique: There's not enough information for the kind of alternate history the setting is.

critique: "North Korea" is where the story characters are from, not the setting of the story itself

critique: The answer should include that it is also set in a universe in which mythological creatures are factory farmed for materials and alchemical drugs to enhance the elite.

critique: The story takes place in North Korea in an alternate-history fantasy.

critique: The answer does not mention the Ryugyong Hotel.

critique: The setting is unique in the sense that it is a world where mythological animals are bred for their meat and fur, as well as organs and blood. The gods in the setting have the powers to bestow fertility and provide protection against climate and weather, so it's likely that the human population is quite small. However, the author mentions landmarks such as Ryugyong Hotel, as well as an allusion to the country of North Korea.

critique: The answer should mention the setting of the story.


text:
I sat down in my office chair and opened up my laptop. All I need is something to distract me from my life. All day I've been hearing about this new MMORPG called Identity. The premise of the game is simple, you can be whoever you want to be. I would love to be a knight in medieval times slaying dragons, or I could be a master engineer and create an army of robots to do my bidding. Sounds pretty great, I think to myself and I begin downloading it.

*beep*

My eyes open up and I check my watch, I must have fallen asleep while the game was downloading. It's only been a couple hours.
I see my reflection on my laptop screen and the left side of my face is imprinted with the texture of my mousepad. I chuckle and open the game.

*CREATE NEW ACCOUNT*

A huge button absorbs all the space on my screen, and after I click it a cutscene begins showing off all the things you can do in the game. That guy's a samurai, that's cool. Oh neat, you can be a soldier. This continues for a couple minutes until the cutscene flashes to a man sitting at his desk, it's so dark but the glare of his computer screen illuminates him and he appears to be face down on his keyboard.

*CREATE USERNAME*

Another window opens up, this is finally it, I can finally be whoever I want. I decide to be basic and just enter my own name.

R-O-S-S *ENTER*

Suddenly, my webcam turns on and my face appears on the screen along with a chat window. Then, a message appears.

"Do you know who you are?" I panic at this point, is this a practical joke of some sort? I'm not impressed. I try to click the X icon and close the window. It's not working. Again, a message appears in the chat window.

"Do you know who you are?" I stare at the screen and click a pen I found in my shirt pocket about 30 times as I decide whether I should play along. I finally type back,

"My name is Ross." My heart is pounding at this point, I have no access to the other functions of my computer. Another message,

"What is your identity?" I'm holding the power button on my laptop, I don't like this. I try to unplug it, it's not working. I pace around the house and finally work up the courage to type back,

"Who the fuck is this?"

"Don't give up your identity Ross." My webcam flashes but suddenly I'm no longer there on screen. I smack it with my hand, and I see myself face down on my keyboard with a bottle of pills spilled beside my head. My head turns, I'm foaming at the mouth. I see my front door open behind me as my sister rushes in to try to save me. I'm gripping my laptop screen with both hands now, and I'm crying.

I wake up in a hospital bed, with an IV attached to my arm. My sister jumps for joy and gives me a hug.

"I know you've been going through hard times, Ross." She says,
"But suicide isn't the answer to your problems. Who do you think you are?"

What's my identity? I could've been anything I wanted. I could've been a soldier, I could've had a family, I could've been anything I wanted. What I couldn't do, however, is stop myself from doing it again as soon as she left the room.

title: [NF] Identity

question: What does the story say about the narrator's state of mind?

answer: Ross is so lost in his thoughts, he's in a bad enough state of mind to actually commit suicide. The only thing he can think about is the Identity game and how it gives people the ability to do anything they want to do. The fact that he jams a pen in the 'X' icon on his screen to avoid the chatroom window requesting information about who he is shows that he doesn't want to give up the truth about who he is. The narrator is also experiencing trauma because Ross can't seem to get out of the endless loop of having to chat with the Identity program.

critique: The response contains a lot of irrelevant information.

question: What does the story say about why the narrator is suicidal?

answer: No answer

critique: The story does not explicitly say why the narrator is suicidal.

critique: The answer should mention that the story doesn't say anything about why the narrator is suicidal.

critique: The answer should mention that there is no answer in the text.

critique: The answer should mention that the story does not answer the question.

critique: The answer should mention that the story does not say why the narrator is suicidal.

critique: There's no answer, but there is more to the story.

critique: The answer should mention the fact that the narrator is suicidal because he feels he has no identity.


text:
JAN WILLEM STORM VAN LEEUWEN (born 1941, Dutch East Indies)[1] is a consultant in chemistry and energy systems. Storm van Leeuwen received his Master of Science, physical chemistry, at the Technical University Eindhoven. He is a senior scientist at Ceedata Consultants. He also develops courses for chemistry teachers for the Open University at Heerlen. He is the secretary of the Dutch Association of the Club of Rome. His two fields of expertise are technology assessment and life cycle analyses of energy systems, focussed on sustainability aspects. He published numerous reports and articles on various topics related to energy and environment, also in peer-reviewed scientific journals.[2]

Nuclear energy study

He is best known for the paper _Nuclear power the energy balance_ that he wrote with Philip Smith (also named _Stormsmith studies_), where they analyzed the energy payback from the entire nuclear power system. The energy inputs were calculated based on various assumptions and guesses about the technologies used in uranium production, rather than actually measuring them. They concluded that the major parameter determining the energy balance was the grade of the uranium ore, and ore grades lower than 180 ppm do not yield an energy gain when used in the nuclear fuel cycle.[3]

The study was heavily criticized, such as a rebuttal by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute.[4] With further criticism from Sevior and Flitney who issued the following statement:[5][6]

  _We compared the predicted energy cost [using Storm van Leeuwen's study[7]] of Uranium mining and milling for Ranger, Olympic Dam and Rössing to the energy consumption as reported. All are significantly over predicted (5 PJ, 60 PJ and 69 PJ vs 0.8 PJ, 5 PJ and 1 PJ respectively). [...]_

  _The energy consumption is predicted to be so large that is comparable to the energy consumption of a particular sub-section of the economy. In the case of Rössing, the over prediction is larger than the energy consumption of the entire country of Namibia._

Storm van Leeuwen noted that :

  _The method of Sevior and Flitney based on financial data appears to me full of hidden assumptions, bookkeeping problems, statistical pitfalls and uncertainties._

The paper has been used by anti-nuclear organizations to claim that nuclear power is not clean enough to be considered a part of a clean energy mix.[8]

Other papers

Storm van Leeuwen also presented his previous work as part of another non-peer reviewed controversial paper “_Secure Energy? Civil Nuclear Power, Security and Global Warming_”,[9] published by a think tank, the Oxford Research Group, an institute unaffiliated with Oxford university, in which it argues nuclear power is not a long-term reducer of greenhouse gas emissions.[10]

His original results has been used in a study[11] -'' Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy: A review. Energy Conversion and Management -'' with several modifications.

Storm van Leeuwen is recognized by Open Democracy as one of their notable authors.[12]

Personal life

Storm van Leeuwen lives in Chaam with his wife, the artist .

[1] Charles Barton, David Fleming and Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen

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[4] http://gabe.web.psi.ch/pdfs/Critical%20note%20GHG%20PSI.pdf Dones, Roberto, 2007. Critical note on the estimation by storm van Leeuwen J.W. and Smith P. of the energy uses and corresponding CO2 emissions from the complete nuclear energy chain. Paul Scherrer Institute Policy Report, April |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011225201/http://gabe.web.psi.ch/pdfs/Critical%20note%20GHG%20PSI.pdf |archive-date=10 Oct 2011 |url-status=dead

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title: Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen

question: What does the text say about what Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen is most known for?

answer: Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen is best known for the paper "Nuclear power the energy balance" that he wrote with Philip Smith. The paper analyzed the energy payback from the entire nuclear power system. The energy inputs were calculated based on various assumptions and guesses about the technologies used in uranium production, rather than actually measuring them. They concluded that the major parameter determining the energy balance was the grade of the uranium ore, and ore grades lower than 180 ppm do not yield an energy gain when used in the nuclear fuel cycle. The study was heavily criticized, such as a rebuttal by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute.

critique: The paper's conclusion was also criticized.

critique: The answer should mention the paper's use by anti-nuclear organizations.


text:
This story is unfinished and certainly unpolished. I'm just looking for feedback of any kind. Or, feedback on whether or not it's even worth pursuing.

Depot Town

Last night I went to a party in Depot Town with Steve. The whole event was promoted as a house show by the tenants, although clearly devoted to the their guests' thirst for Pabst Blue Ribbon and vigorous ego stroking. I changed my outfit about seven times before deciding on a pale pink dress and black cardigan. Within minutes of arriving, it was obvious that my little pink number didn't stand a chance. I was simply not punk enough to be here. Not even my tactfully applied black eyeshadow could fool this crowd into thinking I had an ounce of underground grit to me. But for the sake of this recount, let me set aside my own ego and admit that I was probably just invisible. This notion of not belonging was only exaggerated by the volume of forehead tattoos, ironic leather booty-shorts, and 40-something skinheads with gray chest hair popping out of Black Flag v-necks. It was at the very least entertaining to watch.

And so, I did as I always do when subjected to totally normal social functions. I drank three beers in quick succession and relished in my anonymity.

The first person I spoke to aside from Steve was a guy named Kristov. I had met Kristov a few weeks earlier at a bar called Sidetracks. I remembered only his name and our mutual recognition of each others' self-deprecating humor. Kristov wears a wool trench coat and a gaudy septum ring. His saving grace might be the lack of fedora. Kristov gave a breathy confession that he'd recently subscribed to a life of sobriety, and that parties like this were becoming a burden. I nodded my head and smiled, said nothing. I guess it just seemed like the type of topic that ought to be sustained by the initiator. But he must have sensed I was interested in his explanation. That, or he sensed I would engage him if he felt like explaining, regardless of my interest.

"I get angry. I get really fucking angry when I drink. I get angry because I'm sad, I'm so sad, all of the time. But the last time I got drunk, I threw a metal folding chair at someone's head. And then I punched him. I punched him until I watched two teeth pop out of his jaw. I didn't even know his name. I can't remember if he even did anything to upset me. When I woke up the next morning, I looked down at my knuckles and cried. I cried for hours. I felt like dying."

He had broken eye contact with me halfway through his monologue but my eyes were locked on his face. My heart was pounding like a junkie. These kinds of interactions with people had always been my raison d'etre. I wanted so badly to relate with this person. I wanted so badly to share with him the last time I felt like dying, and that I thought his exposition was beautiful in the same way I find abandoned buildings to be beautiful, and that I felt privileged to be the one who was listening to him in that moment.

But as I always do when subjected to totally normal social functions, I miraculously rematerialized into a fucking stone. I offered this person a sentiment so mundane I swear to god it died as it slid past my teeth.

"You made a mistake and then you made a change, based on how you felt about your mistake. That's good, that's growth".

I could feel us both wince at my reply. My fingers pinched the base of my wrist as yet another opportunity to authentically interact with another human being left as quickly as it came. We exchanged "Yeah"'s and returned to our posts. Mine being at Steve's side, his in the kitchen.

title: Depot Town

question: What does the story say about the narrator's childhood?

answer: No answer

critique: The narrator's childhood is not mentioned in the story.

critique: The passage doesn't say anything about the narrator's childhood.

critique: It's clear that the narrator's parents are divorced and that their son gets anxious when bored, shown by the way they reminisce about anxiety attacks in social situations and when their parents divorced.

question: What does the story say about the party at Depot Town?

answer: The narrator and Steve went to a party in Depot Town. The tenants of the house promoted the party as a house show, although it was clear it was devoted to the guests' thirst for Pabst Blue Ribbon and ego stroking. The narrator changed her outfit about seven times before she wore a pink dress and black cardigan. She didn't stand a chance because she was not punk enough to be there. She stood out not just because she was a woman in a sea of men, but because she didn't look like she belonged. The narrator drank three beers and watched the crowd. She wanted to engage in a conversation with Kristov, but she didn't know what to say.

critique: The narrator's dress is not what made her not fit in.

critique: The narrator's outfit is irrelevant to the question.

critique: "She didn't stand a chance because she was not punk enough to be there. She stood out not just because she was a woman in a sea of men, but because she didn't look like she belonged." - this is irrelevant.

critique: There are some pieces of information duplicated (condensing this response could make it a cleaner response).

text: "The narrator changed her outfit about seven times before she wore a pink dress and black cardigan. She didn't stand a chance because she was not punk enough to be there. She stood out not just because she was a woman in a sea of men, but because she didn't look like she belonged. The narrator drank three beers and watched the crowd. She wanted to engage in a conversation with Kristov, but she didn't know what to say." - this is irrelevant and should be removed.

category: coherence

question: What did the story say about the narrator?

answer: The narrator went to a party in Depot Town with Steve. She changed her outfit about seven times before deciding on a pale pink dress and black cardigan. She was not punk enough to be there. She drank three beers in quick succession and relished in her anonymity. The first person she spoke to aside from Steve was a guy named Kristov. She met Kristov a few weeks earlier at a bar. He told her that he gets angry when he drinks and that he punched someone until he saw two teeth pop out of his jaw. He then told her that he can't remember if the person he punched did anything to upset him.

critique: It is not stated that the narrator changed her outfit about seven times before deciding on a pale pink dress and black cardigan. She was not punk enough to be there. She drank three beers in quick succession and relished in her anonymity. The first person she spoke to aside from Steve was a guy named Kristov. She met Kristov a few weeks earlier at a bar. He told her that he gets angry when he drinks and that he punched someone until he saw two teeth pop out of his jaw. He then told her that he can't remember if the person he punched did anything to upset him.

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

critique: The response is more about Kristov than the narrator.

text: The response failed to mention that the narrator doesn't do too well when subjected to normal society functions.

category: coverage

question: What does the story say about Kristov?

answer: Kristov is a guy with a wool trench coat and a gaudy septum ring. He recently subscribed to a life of sobriety and feels parties like this are becoming a burden. Kristov tells the narrator he gets really angry when he drinks. The last time he got drunk, he threw a metal folding chair at someone and then punched him, until he saw two teeth pop out of his jaw. He doesn't remember what he did to upset the person. He cries for hours after he wakes up. He feels like dying.

critique: The answer should mention that Kristov tells the narrator this.

critique: The answer should mention that Kristov is talking to the narrator.

critique: The answer should mention that Kristov tells the narrator his story.

critique: Doesn't mention that Kristov is a stranger to the narrator.

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

critique: It is omitted that the narrator feels like relating to him and interacting with him.


text:
_EDITOR'S NOTE (June 25, 2019, 7 p.m. ET): After this article was published, several reports raised questions about the study's methodology and conclusions. An updated article with details about the study's flaws can be found here._

A bizarre finding by researchers that sounds like something out of a science fiction plot — people growing horn-like structures on their skulls due to smartphone use — may in fact have a simple explanation: bone spurs.

The study, which was published last year in the journal Scientific Reports, indeed found bony growths on the bases on skulls of around 400 adults, ages 18 to 86. And younger people were found to have larger growths.

The researchers referred to these growths as a “prominent exostosis ... emanating from the external occipital proturbance.” Or, in layman's terms, a bone spur, located at the base of the skull.

Bone spurs — small bony growths that can form on the edges of bones — occur when inflammation damages the cartilage that cushions joints, and the body tries to repair the damage by growing more bone. They often form from repetitive motions. One type of repetitive motion is tilting the head forward, perhaps to look at a smartphone.

The study, by Dr. David Shahar and Mark Sayers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia, flew under the radar when it was originally published, but a BBC article last week on how modern life is transforming the human skeleton brought to light how the human body is changing with technology use.

An X-ray shows a 27.8 millimeter growth on the base of a 28-year-old man's skull. Scientific Reports
The bone spurs identified in the study ranged in size from 10 to 31 millimeters. Some were so big that they could be felt as a lump on the back of the head.

The development of these growths may be attributed to, and explained by, extensive screen-time, the researchers said. Sustained “forward head flexion,” or bending the head down, and poor posture could be the reasons for these physiological changes, they hypothesized.

The findings highlight how little is known about the extensive use of these technologies. “Although the ‘tablet revolution’ is fully and effectively entrenched in our daily activities, we must be reminded that these devices are only a decade old and it may be that related symptomatic disorders are only now emerging,” the authors wrote.

Most bone spurs don’t cause pain and require no treatment, but they can become a problem if they reach a certain size.

And that may already be the case. A small 2011 study on university staff and students in Canada found 68 percent of participants reported neck pain.

An X-ray shows a 24.5 millimeter growth on the base of a 58-year-old man's skull. Scientific Reports
Dr. David Geier, an orthopedic surgeon and author of That's Gotta Hurt: The Injuries That Changed Sports Forever, said that the findings weren't surprising.

“You’re at the airport or school and everyone is hunched over. It would be fine if it was 15 seconds here or 15 seconds there, but when it’s over hours you’re concerned that this habitual behavior can result in a real curved deformity, especially in kids but really all adults,” Geier, who was not involved with the research, said.

The findings are evidence of how extended use of technology such as smartphones and tablets in everyday life has led to physical changes. But this isn't the first time that technology has been identified as the culprit for health issues in young people.

The number of cases of ailments such as “text neck”, “texting thumb”, Dowager’s hump and neck, shoulder and lower back pain resulting from cellphone and computer use in young people has been increasing since the early 2000s.

But that doesn't mean these issues are unavoidable. “If people are worried that this is starting to happen, you can work with a physical therapist to learn exercises to strengthen the muscles that help with their posture,” Geier told NBC News.

The study “isn’t going to convince people not to use their phone. But small changes like putting pillows under our laptops and holding the phone or tablet higher up and away from our laps can promote better posture,” Geier added.

“We need to get up and moving. We have got to get people more active for a number of reasons. The sedentary aspect of this is huge and these devices are killing us in that respect.”

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[]Shamard Charles, M.D.

Dr. Shamard Charles is a physician-journalist for NBC News and Today, reporting on health policy, public health initiatives, diversity in medicine, and new developments in health care research and medical treatments.

question: Summarize everything related to health problems caused by mobile phones.

answer: Some health problems are caused by mobile phone usage, causing bone spurs. People are getting neck pain due to the prolonged use of mobile phones. There is also a rise of ailments such as "text neck" and "texting thumb" which have increased in frequency over the last decade.

critique: It is omitted that the study is evidence of how extended use of technology such as smartphones and tablets in everyday life has led to physical changes.

critique: The first sentence is a bit confusing and should be rephrased.

critique: The answer should mention that the bone spurs are caused by the forward head flexion, which is the act of bending the head down to look at a smartphone.

critique: The answer should mention that the bone spurs are caused by the forward head flexion.

question: Summarize the specific flaws of the study.

answer: The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports, and it found that bony growths on the bases of skulls of around 400 adults. The researchers referred to these growths as a "prominent exostosis." However, the study's methodology and conclusions are questionable. The findings highlight how little is known about the extensive use of these technologies.

critique: The answer can better incorporate a response to comment on the study's dubious conclusions and methodology.


text:
    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.


text:
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:
The 1957–58 ST. LOUIS HAWKS SEASON was the third for the franchise in St. Louis and the 12th season overall in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Coming off their trip to the 1957 NBA Finals, the Hawks won the Western Division by 8 games with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses. Bob Pettit ranked 3rd in scoring and 2nd in rebounding.[1] In the Western Finals, the Hawks would beat the Detroit Pistons in 5 games. The Hawks would then face the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. After Games 1 and 2, the teams headed to St. Louis with the series tied at a game apiece. The Hawks took Game 3, as the Celtics lost Bill Russell to an ankle injury.[2] Despite playing without Russell, the Celtics were triumphant in Game 4. The Hawks pulled out a 2-point victory in the Game 5 to take control of the series. Needing one more win for their first NBA Championship, the Hawks beat the Celtics 110–109 in Game 6. Bob Pettit scored 50 points playing against an injured Bill Russell as the Hawks and owner Ben Kerner won their first NBA Title.[3]

The Hawks were the second St. Louis-based pro sports team to win a major championship, joining the, then, six-time World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. They would be followed by five more World Series championships by the St. Louis Cardinals, a championship by the St. Louis (now Los Angeles) Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV, and a championship by the St. Louis Blues in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals which made St. Louis the eighth city to win a championship in each of the four major U.S. sports.

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

  1957-58 NBA Records
  --------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
  Team
  Boston
  Cincinnati
  Detroit
  Minneapolis
  New York
  Philadelphia
  St. Louis
  Syracuse

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

The Hawks had a division semifinal bye.

West Division Finals

(1) ST. LOUIS HAWKS vs. (2) Detroit Pistons: _Hawks win series 4–1_

-   GAME 1 @ St. Louis: ST. LOUIS 114, Detroit 111
-   GAME 2 @ Detroit: ST. LOUIS 99, Detroit 96
-   GAME 3 @ St. Louis: DETROIT 109, St. Louis 89
-   GAME 4 @ Detroit: ST. LOUIS 145, Detroit 101
-   GAME 5 @ St. Louis: ST. LOUIS 120, Detroit 96

LAST PLAYOFFS MEETING: 1956 Western Division Finals (Pistons won 3–2, while still in Fort Wayne)

NBA Finals

  Game     Date       Home Team   Result    Road Team
  -------- ---------- ----------- --------- -----------
  Game 1   March 29   Boston      102–104   ST. LOUIS
  Game 2   March 30   BOSTON      136–112   St. Louis
  Game 3   April 2    ST. LOUIS   111–108   Boston
  Game 4   April 5    St. Louis   98–109    BOSTON
  Game 5   April 9    Boston      100–102   ST. LOUIS
  Game 6   April 12   ST. LOUIS   110–109   Boston

_Hawks win series 4–2_

Awards and honors

-   Bob Pettit, All-NBA First Team
-   Slater Martin, All-NBA Second Team
-   Cliff Hagan, All-NBA Second Team

[1] http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/stlhawks/stlhawks.html

[2]

[3]

title: 1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season

question: Summarize the achievements of the St. Louis Hawks.

answer: The St. Louis Hawks won the 1957-58 NBA season. They won the Western Division by 8 games with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses. Bob Pettit ranked 3rd in scoring and 2nd in rebounding. The Hawks beat the Detroit Pistons in the Western Finals and then faced the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. They won the series 4-2.

critique: The answer should mention that the Hawks won the NBA Finals.

critique: It is omitted that the St. Louis Hawks were the second St. Louis-based pro sports team to win a major championship.

critique: The answer should mention that the Hawks won their first NBA title.

critique: "The St. Louis Hawks won the 1957-58 NBA season." - this is incorrect because the 1957-58 season was the third for the franchise in St. Louis and the 12th overall in the NBA.

critique: The answer does not mention the St. Louis Cardinals, who were the first St. Louis-based pro sports team to win a major championship.

critique: "They won the series 4-2." - does not specify that "4" is the number of games played by the Hawks against the Celtics for the championship.

question: What does the article say about the Eastern Division of the NBA?

answer: No answer

critique: The text doesn't say anything about the Eastern Division.


text:
TPX (also known as TPX COMMUNICATIONS, U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORP; formerly TELEPACIFIC COMMUNICATIONS) is a privately held leading national provider of managed services. Founded in 1998, TPx delivers Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), Managed IT services and Managed Connectivity services to approximately 25,000 customers with more than 50,000 locations across the U.S. TPx’s customers span every business sector and include many government and not-for-profit enterprises.[1]

Company background

Founded in 1998, TPx Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles and has regional offices across the country. It changed its name to TPx from TelePacific Communications in April 2017. On February 12, 2020, The company was acquired by affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC (“Siris”), a leading private equity firm focused on investing and driving value creation in technology and telecommunications companies.[2]

TPx is currently headed by Joe Cozzolino. Other key executives include Russ Shipley, Chief Operating Officer; Brent Novak, Chief Financial Officer; Kyle Seiter, Chief Information Officer, Greg Daily, Chief Revenue Officer; David Zahn, Senior Vice President of Marketing; Jim Delis, Senior Vice President of National Channel Development.

Services

TPx Communications offers a range of services. These services include:[3]

-   MANAGED IT
-   MANAGED SECURITY
-   MANAGED CONNECTIVITY

Recent acquisitions

TPx Communications expanded its markets, customer base, and service portfolio by acquiring a number of communications companies.

In September 2016, TelePacific acquired leading managed services provider DSCI. With the addition of DSCI's Northeastern presence and customer base, TelePacific accelerated its transition from a regional to national managed services provider. Key DSCI products include Unified Communications and Managed IT solutions.[4]

In August 2010, TelePacific purchased Sacramento-based 01 Communications Inc's retail customer business as well as its downtown Sacramento data center.[5] With the acquisition of 01 Communications, TelePacific gained 50 new employees, an additional 1,000 business customers and enhanced IP assets in California, as well as 01's data center. The purchase increased TelePacific's total footprint to 1.18 million access lines, serving about 38,000 business and wholesale customers in California and Nevada.[6]

In December 2010, TelePacific announced the purchase of Covad Wireless, also known as NextWeb, Inc., from MegaPath, allowing TelePacific to offer more services to enterprise customers in California and Nevada.[7][8] With the acquisition of Covad Wireless, TelePacific was able to provide customers with more choices of high-bandwidth data products, having symmetrical uploads, retain a maximum download speed of 100 Mbit/s, special event Internet access and new redundancy options.[9] More specifically, through this acquisition, “TelePacific [gained control of] WiMAX-featured wireless broadband network, a licensed microwave backhaul network, and a high bandwidth wireless network operating in licensed LMDS spectrum. The new network assets [complemented] TelePacific's existing footprint and [allowed] the company to broaden its product offerings..”[10]

TelePacific Communications announced plans to acquire Orange County Internet Xchange in May 2011 and finalized the acquisition in June 2011. This acquisition gave TelePacific an extra SAS 70 Type II certified data center, located in Santa Ana, California.[11] TelePacific also announced plans to expand the OCiX facility to to accommodate current customers with more private meeting space and storage space. The acquisition also helped OCiX customers consolidate their voice and data services with one provider.[12]

TelePacific also announced the acquisition of Tel West in Texas in June 2011, which expanded TelePacific's footprint into Texas. Tel West brought TelePacific about 3,400 Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers across Texas, as well as a service portfolio of high speed Internet and other telecommunications services, including nationwide capabilities. Enterprise customers and governments gained by TelePacific through this acquisition spanned across six major metropolitan areas in Texas, including Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, and Corpus Christi. Assets purchased from Tel West included nationwide PCI compliant MPLS/OC-192 backbone, cloud-based security services, managed network services, and a hosted PBX platform.[13]

Sales Organization

TPx distributes and sells its services through a mix of independent sales channels: midmarket (direct), wholesale, and indirect. The wholesale channel reports to Russ Shipley. The company's top performing indirect sales agencies in 2015 included Sandler Partners, Top Speed Data Communications, Bridgepointe Technologies, World Telecom Group, Intelisys, PSI Networks, Datatel Solutions, Network Consulting Group, Telecom Brokers Solutions and Telarus.[14]

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[2]

[3]

[4]

[5] Anderson, Mark (August 2, 2010) “01 Communications sells retail business to TelePacific” _Sacramento Business Journal_. Retrieved August 16, 2011

[6] Buckley, Sean (October 4, 2010) “TelePacific's 01 Communications acquisition strengthens its SMB service ties” _Fierce Telecom_. Retrieved August 16, 2011.

[7] Powell, Rob (December 23, 2010) “TelePacific Purchases Covad Wireless” _TeleCom Ramblings._ Retrieved August 12, 2011

[8] Buckley, Sean (April 4, 2011) “TelePacific finishes acquisition of Covad's wireless unit” _Fierce Telecom._ Retrieved August 12, 2011

[9] Azuri, Calvin (April 4, 2011) “TelePacific Communications Acquires Covad Wireless” _Mobility Techzone_. Retrieved August 16, 2011

[10] (April 4, 2011) “TelePacific Communications Completes Acquisition of Fixed Wireless Internet Service Provider Covad Wireless” _The Street_. Retrieved August 16, 2011

[11] (May 5, 2011) “TelePacific Communications to Acquire Orange County Internet Xchange” _PR Newswire_ Press Release. Retrieved August 11, 2011

[12] Shanbhag, Jyothi (June 3, 2011) “TelePacific Communications Acquires Orange County Internet Xchange” _Financial Tech Spotlight_. Retrieved August 16, 2011

[13] Buckley, Sean (June 29, 2011) “TelePacific establishes Texas market presence via Tel West acquisition” _Fierce Telecom_. Retrieved August 16, 2011

[14] TelePacific Facebook Page Posted March 13, 2015

title: TPx Communications

question: What does the text say about TPX services?

answer: tpxcommunications offers a range of services, -Managed IT, -Managed Security, and - Managed Connectivity.

critique: The answer should mention Unified Communications as a Service.

critique: The answer should mention Unified Communications.

critique: The answer doesn't mention Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS).

critique: The answer should mention the services offered.

critique: The answer omits that TPX also offers Managed IT.

question: What does the text say about TPx's recent acquisitions?

answer: TPx Communications expanded its markets, customer base, and service portfolio by acquiring a number of communications companies. In September 2016, TelePacific acquired leading managed services provider DSCI. In August 2010, TelePacific purchased Sacramento-based 01 Communications Inc's retail customer business as well as its downtown Sacramento data center. In December 2010, TelePacific announced the purchase of Covad Wireless, also known as NextWeb, Inc., from MegaPath. In May 2011, TelePacific Communications announced plans to acquire Orange County Internet Xchange. In June 2011, TelePacific Communications announced the acquisition of Tel West in Texas.

critique: The response is missing the acquisition of DSCI.

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critique: The answer should mention that the company was acquired by Siris Capital Group, LLC.

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

critique: The model's answer includes extraneous information that is not useful for the task in the article.

question: What does the text say about TPx's Sales Organization tactics?

answer: TPx Communications utilizes a mix of independent sales channels: midmarket (direct), wholesale, and indirect. The wholesale channel reports to Russ Shipley. The company's top performing indirect sales organizations in 2015 include Sandler Partners, Top Speed Data Communications, Bridgepointe Technologies, World Telecom Group, Intelisys, PSI Networks, Datatel Solutions, Networking Consulting Group, Telecom Brokers Solutions, and Telarus.

critique: The answer should mention the sales channels.

critique: The answer should mention the company's top performing sales agencies.

critique: The answer could be more specific about what the top performing agencies are.

critique: Telepacific Communications is the company, TPx is the name of the product.

critique: The answer is awkwardly phrased. Instead of 'The wholesale channel reports to Russ Shipley', the text should be re-written as: The wholesale channel reports to Russ Shipley.

question: What does the text say about TPx's company background?

answer: TPx Communications was founded in 1998. It changed its name to TPx from TelePacific Communications in April 2017. The company was acquired by affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC in 2020.

critique: The answer should mention the company's key executives.

critique: The date of the acquisition is not relevant to the question.

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critique: The company's name change is not relevant to the question.

critique: Isn't necessary to say the company changed its name in 2017 because TPX describes it as its former name, and know the company knows as TPx.

critique: The answer omits the company's headquarters.


text:
[Ahobila Mutt Nameboard]

SRI AHOBILA MUTT (also called Sri Ahobila Matam) is a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava monastery established around 1400 CE at Ahobilam in Andhra Pradesh, India following the Vadakalai tradition of Vedanta Desika.[1] It is attributed to Sri Adivan Satakopa Swami (originally known as Srinivasacharya).[2][3][4]

Sri Adhivan Satakopa, a Vadakalai saint,[5] who was a great grand disciple of _Vedanta Desika_[6][7] and a sishya of _Ghatikasatham Ammal_, the scholarly successor of the celebrated Sri Vaishnava stalwart Nadadoor Ammal,[8] founded and established the Matha, based on the Pancharatra tradition.[9][10][11][12]

The Matha

As per legend, one of the nine Narasimhas of Ahobilam called Lord Malolan jumped into the hands of Srinivasacharya and ordered him to travel the length and breadth of the country.

Current Pontiff

[The 46th Jeeyar Srimathe Srivan Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan] The current pontiff is the 46th Jeeyar _Srimathe Srivan Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan_. He succeeded the previous pontiff 45th Jeeyar _Srimathe Sri Lakshmi Nrsimha Divya Paduka Sevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yateendra Mahadesikan_ who attained Acharyan Thiruvadi on 19 May 2013 following a prolonged illness.

Temples under purview

Several temples such as the Nine (Nava) Narasimha temples of Ahobilam, Veeraraghava temple in Tiruvallur and Valvil Rama temple, Aandalakkum ayyan temple in the outskirts of Kumbakonam (Pullaboothankudi), are administered by Ahobila Matha.

The Matha also has several branches across India.

Sri Ahobila Matha Lakshmi Narasimha Lakshmi Narayana Temple, Ahobila Matha Marg, Chembur in Mumbai. The Ahobila Matha temple in Chembur, Established in 1968, is a preeminent religious center in this northern suburb of Mumbai.

Institutions administered

[Narasimha temple, Ahobilam (Photo taken in 1875).] The Ahobila Matha has several religious and educational institutions in India which are:[13]

1.  Sri Ahobila Matha Sanskrit College (Est. 1942)
2.  Sri Ahobila Matha Veda Patashala (Est. 1942)
3.  Sri Ahobila Matha Oriental High School (Est. 1952)
4.  Sri Ahobila Matha Center for Human Resource Development (Est. 2002)
5.  Sri Malolan College of Arts and Science, Madurantakam, (Est. 2009)

[1]

[2] Pg.557 The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Delhi sultanate; Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhāratīya Itihāsa Samiti

[3] Pg.211 Report on the inscriptions of the Devasthanam collection, with illustrations, Sadhu Subrahmanya Sastry, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri, K.P. Bagchi & Co., 1998

[4] Pg.105 The Temple of Lord Varadaraja, Kanchi: a critical survey of Dr. K. V. Raman's Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi

[5] Pg.36 Hindu and Muslim religious institutions, Andhra Desa, 1300-1600; New Era, 1984

[6] Pg.18 Śrī Vedānta Deśika - By Mudumby Narasimhachary, Sāhitya Akādemī

[7] Pg.57 The history of the Vijayanagar Empire, Volume 1; M. H. Rāma Sharma, Popular Prakashan, 1978.

[8] Pg.129 Studies in social history:modern India, O. P. Bhatnagar, India. University Grants Commission, University of Allahabad. Dept. of Modern Indian History; St. Paul's Press Training School, 1964.

[9] Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist shrine, Sanjivan Publications, 1991

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[11] Ahobila Matha's Balaji Mandir Pune, Calendar - The calendar mentions Ahobila Matha disciples celebrating Krishna Jayanti as “Pancharatra Sri Jayanti”.

[12]

[13] Pg.306 Report of the Sanskrit Commission, 1956-1957; India. Saṃskr̥ta Āyoga- Manager of Publications, 1958

title: Ahobila Matha

question: What does the text say about Matha's branch in Delhi?

answer: No answer

critique: There is no mention of a branch in Delhi.

critique: There is no information about Matha's branch in Delhi.

critique: No answer is given, but the text does mention a branch in Delhi.

critique: The response doesn't address the question.

critique: No answer is given, but the text does mention the Matha's branch in Delhi.

critique: No answer given but there is information in the text.

critique: No answer is given because the question cannot be answered based on this text.

question: What does the text say about Ahobila Matha?

answer: Ahobila Mutt is a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava monastery established around 1400 CE in India. It is an ancient shrine that was founded and established by Sri Adivan Satakopa. The current pontiff of the Matha is Srivan Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yateendra Mahadesikan. He succeeded the previous pontiff, Sri Srinivasacharya.

critique: The answer should mention the Matha's temples under purview.

critique: The Matha is commonly known by two names. Other than Sri Adivan Satakopa, it's also called Sri Ahobila Matam.

critique: The answer misses to mention the temples under the purview of the Matha.

critique: The answer should mention the temples under the purview of the Matha.

critique: The answer should mention the Matha's temples.

critique: "ancient shrine" and "previous pontiff" are irrelevant to Ahobila Matha.

critique: The answer should mention some of the temple's responsibilities.

critique: The end of the answer should be rewritten to better emphasize the Matha's stated purpose and the temples under its purview.

critique: The answer should mention temples under pontage.

critique: The answer omits the Matha's current temples and sects.

critique: The name of the current pontiff is missing.

critique: The answer should mention the provinces Ahobila Matha operates in.

critique: The answer should mention the temples under the Matha's purview.

question: What does the text say about the Matha?

answer: Ahobila Mutt is a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava monastery established around 1400 CE. It is attributed to Sri Adivan Satakopa Swami. The Matha is based on the Pancharatra tradition. The Matha is a religious and educational institution in India. It has several temples under its purview.

critique: "Matha" is not the name of the monastery, but of the institution within the monastery.

critique: The last two sentences are unnecessary and can be deleted.

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

critique: The temples are not necessarily under the purview of the Matha, but they required to be administered by Matha.

critique: The text says that "the Matha has several religious and educational institutions in India which are:", which is not mentioned in the answer.

critique: The answer should mention the current pontiff.

critique: The Matha is a religious and educational institution in India that also has several branches across India.

critique: The answer should mention the temple of Sri Ahobila Matha Lakshmi Narasimha Lakshmi Narayana.

critique: "The Matha is based on the Pancharatra tradition." - this is incorrect and should be deleted.

critique: The time period of the Matha's founding is in the 1400's, not the 1300's

critique: The answer should mention that the Matha has several branches across India.


text:
[White House Medical Unit door placard inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.] The WHITE HOUSE MEDICAL UNIT (WHMU) is a unit of the White House Military Office and is responsible for the medical needs of White House staff and visitors. The unit also provides medical care to the President, the Vice President, their families, and international dignitaries visiting the White House.

Role

The WHMU is led by a director, who typically also serves as the Physician to the President. The Physician to the President is chosen personally by the President, while the Director is formally chosen by the Director of the White House Military Office. Since March 2018, the Physician to the President has been Navy Commander Sean Conley.[1]

The medical unit includes active-duty military physicians as well as several physician assistants, registered nurses, and medics, and support staff including an administrator and a medical information technology manager.[2] Under implementing guidelines for the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the WHMU Director is the primary official responsible for advising the President's Cabinet on the ability of the President of the United States to discharge the powers and duties of the office.[3][4][5] The final decision, however, rests with the Cabinet as a political, not a medical, decision. The WHMU provides free healthcare to the President, Vice President, and their immediate families, who are eligible for medical care at American military hospitals anywhere in the world.[6] Inpatient medical care at American military hospitals is usually covered by the President or Vice President's personal health insurance.[7]

In addition to direct care duties as outlined above, the WHMU is responsible for all medical contingency planning for the White House and its key personnel. This includes preparing for every presidential or vice presidential trip by developing medical contingency plans, including the identification of hospitals and other facilities at which medical care could be provided. The goal is to ensure that the President is never more than 20 minutes away from a hospital with Level 1 Trauma Center. If this is not possible, the WHMU ensures that a military helicopter is nearby, kept in instant readiness to evacuate the President to an appropriate hospital.[8]

Staff

The total number of staff on duty at the White House Medical Unit varies over time. In 2001, there were 22 total staff,[9] although by 2010 this had risen to 24 total staff.[10] Although the number of physician assistants is not clear, as of 2012 there were five physicians and three medics assigned to the unit.[11] As of 2001, there were six registered nurses assigned to the WHMU, each of whom served a two-year term and was trained and certified in providing emergency care, resuscitation, and trauma care.[12]

[President Barack Obama receives a vaccination from a registered nurse in the White House Medical Unit in 2009.|left] WHMU staff are board-certified in the fields of emergency medicine, family medicine, or internal medicine. All staff also have certification in trauma care and the provision of cardiac life support.[13] According to a 2009 news report, doctors accepted for assignment to the WHMU undergo a full year of trauma care training before joining the staff.[14]

At least one physician is on duty in the Executive Residence at all times.[15]

Staff almost always wear civilian street and medical clothing, since military uniforms would draw sniper fire and prevent the WHMU staff from performing their jobs in an emergency.[16]

Facilities

The White House Medical Unit includes emergency medical and trauma capability at both the White House and the residence of the Vice President of the United States at the United States Naval Observatory.[17] One former Physician to the President described the White House unit as an urgent care center with a crash cart.[18] A medical examination room is also maintained at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.[19]

Between 1993 and 2001, Rear Admiral Eleanor Mariano reoriented the WHMU more toward the provision of emergency medical services. The unit also began to provide 24-hour care at the White House, and added a medical suite to the vice presidential residence to provide the Vice President with the same level of care provided to the President. A physician now staffs the Vice Presidential medical suite at all times.[20] Because jet lag and extremely long hours are common among WHMU staff, a rule limiting staff to 24-hour duty periods was also implemented, and shift rotations created to allow advance medical team staff to take over from traveling staff to limit fatigue.[21]

Between 2002 and 2009, the WHMU implemented a program to provide medical training specific to the international locales which the President or Vice President might travel. This training helps prepare the medical staff for specific or unusual medical situations needed in each place the President or Vice President visits.[22]

The WHMU also oversees the mobile medical suite aboard Air Force One and Air Force Two. Air Force One contains a full surgical suite with operating table, two beds, resuscitation equipment, various medical monitors, and a full pharmacy.[23][24] Air Force Two contains a first aid unit as well as an automated external defibrillator, oxygen tanks, and limited pharmaceuticals. The WHMU also establishes temporary emergency medical facilities as needed to support presidential or vice presidential trips. These usually consist of an eight-member intensive care and surgical team, and a temporary operating room at each stop. WHMU staff may also carry operating room equipment in backpacks to provide emergency medical care as needed on-site when the temporary operating room is too distant.[25] When the President travels overseas, an advance medical team travel ahead of Air Force One to set up its medical facilities days in advance. This way, a fully rested medical team is available to assist the President upon arrival and take over from the team which traveled aboard the presidential aircraft.[26]

A physician and nurse also travel with presidential motorcades. They are strategically positioned so as to be close enough to respond to an emergency but far enough away to minimize the likelihood of being caught in the event.[27][28]

A WHMU physician and nurse also usually accompany the First Lady of the United States when she travels, but a full medical staff and mobile operating suite are not assigned to her.[29]

Coronavirus participation

The White House Medical Unit handled temperature checks for journalists and others as White House moved limited seating to all briefings.[30]

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title: White House Medical Unit

question: Summarize the types of positions that make up the WHMU.

answer: The WHMU is led by a director, who typically also serves as the Physician to the President. The Physician to the President is chosen personally by the President, while the Director is formally chosen by the Director of the White House Military Office. The medical unit includes active-duty military physicians as well as several physician assistants, registered nurses, and medics, and support staff including an administrator and a medical information technology manager.

critique: The answer should mention the total number of staff members.

critique: The answer should mention the other positions in the WHMU.

critique: It is omitted that the physicians are board-certified in the fields of emergency medicine, family medicine, or internal medicine. All staff also have certification in trauma care and the provision of cardiac life support.

critique: The answer should mention the administrative staff.

question: Summaries the primary responsibilities of the WHMU.

answer: The WHMU is responsible for the medical needs of White House staff and visitors. The unit also provides medical care to the President, the Vice President, their families, and international dignitaries visiting the White House.

critique: The response should include that the WHMU is also responsible for all medical contingency planning for the White House and its key personnel.

critique: The answer should mention the role of the WHMU.

question: Summarize the medical care available on the Air Force One and Air Force Two.

answer: The Air Force One and Air Force Two contain a first aid unit as well as an automated external defibrillator, oxygen tanks, and limited pharmaceuticals. The WHMU also establishes temporary emergency medical facilities as needed to support presidential or vice presidential trips. These usually consist of an eight-member intensive care and surgical team, and a temporary operating room at each stop. WHMU staff may also carry operating room equipment in backpacks to provide emergency medical care as needed on-site when the temporary operating room is too distant. When the President travels overseas, an advance medical team travels ahead of Air Force One to set up its medical facilities days in advance. This way, a fully rested medical team is available to assist the President upon arrival and take over from the team which traveled aboard the presidential aircraft.

critique: The answer should focus on the medical care available on the Air Force One and Air Force Two.

critique: The answer should mention that Air Force One contains a full surgical suite with operating table, two beds, resuscitation equipment, various medical monitors, and a full pharmacy.

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

critique: The answer is irrelevant to the question.

question: Summarize the potential for security breaches on the Air Force One and Two, and the preventative measures in place.

answer: According to the passage, there are physicians and nurses present to respond to emergencies. However, the risk of a celebrity being injured is very high. This is not just for the President and the Vice-President, but for their families as well. Air Force One contains a full surgical unit and Air Force Two has a first aid unit. There is also a mobile operating suite present. The mobile operating suite aboard the Air Force One and Two is also accompanied by a mobile surgical team for use in deploying mobile operating facilities at times when the mobile operating suite is not able to act as a full backup.

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

critique: The response is incorrect in that it is not clear that the risk of a celebrity being injured is very high.

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text:
Somewhere, lost in Yemen, there stands a banana tree. Not just any banana tree...your banana tree. And your banana tree grows tall and fruitful as all banana trees should. Otherwise they would not be banana trees at all. They would just be trees, or, even worse, seeds resting upon dead soil. But your tree is a tree. Your tree is a banana tree and beneath your tree is an empty chair made of ancient mahogany.

On some days people come to the chair to sip coffee with God but most of the time find only you. They say you seem close enough, though you too know so little of anything holy. And they bring you their problems to see if coffee can drown them or at least to test and see if the bastards can swim. Some problems will drown away beneath the strength of a particularly powerful brew, but most slurp the Belgian bean roast up, making them new problems altogether; more indignant and dastardly things. And the people cry and cry until you convince yourself that they are all oceans, and if you look at them like a reflection you can't help but think to yourself that you really are quite ugly and alone here.

And those broken little problems cry. They wonder why you hate them and why you don't love them like you do those whom they call home. And you wish to help them too, but you can't, or won't, or shouldn't, or haven't, or something. The beasties curl their knees tight to their chests dissolving themselves into little balls clutching tightly to tattered issues of Calvin and Hobbes, promising themselves that one day life will resemble those pages.

You see all their pain and wonder where all the caretakers went off to. Why no one will hold you like they hold that book. All you want is to know them, to  call them all by name, scoop them up into your tree's branches, point to the stars and say "that one is yours. That one is how you remember that I love you". But you possess no words to convey this love...so you bawl until you wash them all away and they too become oceans, or ocean, and you really are alone in this world, except for one girl you find lounging beneath your banana tree.

Her name is Guanchala, but she calls herself Gigi. She loves listening to people sing from their depths. "There is treasure buried there". Her depths sound like Joni Mitchell and raindrops gloriously pitter pattering agains pavement. And she always smells of petrichor. She says she knows home as the place where souls and nerves all touch at once, until the edges of where she begins and you end become indistinguishable. Often she builds tire swings amidst your branches and lets her feet dangle in the void separating soil and God. On certain nights she sneaks into the valley, scales the branches and reads to you excerpts from Zora Neale Hurston. She "soaks in the moonlight glow and the soprano hum of passing lightning bugs" until she overflows with light and songs. The beauty mark at the edge of her mouth arches toward the heavens as she radiates words from within the worn beige covers of her collected stories. "She was the world and the heavens  boiled down to a drop." She tells you of dreams of sailing away from all this loathing one day; That she shall "stow away upon the S.S. Lewis and sail with you clutched tightly in one arm and her tattered beige book in the other." But, she never asks you to help her find that boat. She is more concerned with what the two of you will become on any given day.

"What does your face look like today?" In these moments you are not alone. You are there and she is there. The two of you sit on the shore digging your toes into the sand. You look out onto the crashing waves of the ocean and upwards into the stars hanging heavy against navy skies. You take turns calling each star by name as they implode before your eyes and become dust. Now there is only man, woman, and a tree. She buries her fingers into the rich chestnut soil and holds you in her cardigan-covered arms. Stardust floats down into soil. The cries of the ocean no longer sound of sorrow, but of wedding bells. The two of you rise and begin to march towards the altar waiting beneath the banana tree.

title: [MF/FN] Starbucks Soliloquies

question: What does the story say about coffee?

answer: The main character of the story is a banana tree, which is presumably the source of the coffee. The main character is visited by people who come to sip coffee with God. Some problems are solved by the coffee, but most of the time it creates more problems. The main character wishes to help the people, but doesn't know how.

critique: The answer is irrelevant to the question.

critique: The answer is irrelevant and incoherent.

critique: 'Solve problems' is misleading given the context.

critique: The fact that the main character is a tree is irrelevant to the answer.

question: Summarize Gigi's interests.

answer: Gigi is interested in listening to people sing from their depths. She loves listening to people sing from their depths. She loves listening to people sing from their depths. She loves listening to people sing from their depths.

critique: Repeating the same sentence is redundant.

critique: Gigi's interests are not limited to only listening to people sing from their depths.

critique: The response repeats the same sentence multiple times.

critique: The repetition of the same sentence is unnecessary.

question: What does the text say about loneliness?

answer: The narrator is lonely because he is all alone, except for Guanchala, who is the only person who stays with him. She listens to the narrator's problems and tells him stories from her favorite books, which makes the narrator feel less lonely. Guanchala is also the only person who is able to calm the narrator down and make him feel less lonely.

critique: The narrator is not the only person who is able to calm the narrator down.

critique: There is no evidence that Guanchala calms the narrator down.

critique: The narrator is not the only one who is lonely.

critique: The narrator is not the only person who stays with him.

critique: The narrator is also comforted by the other people who come to his tree.

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

answer: No answer

critique: The article does not describe the main character making mention of anyone in their family.

critique: The answer should mention that the main character has no family.

critique: The main character has a banana tree, which is implied to be a metaphor for their family.