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

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

Augmented and virtual reality

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

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

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

Web TV

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

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

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

Live Video

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

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

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

AI and chat bots

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fitness and educational tech

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

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

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

Overall?

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

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Posted January 16th 2017

Steph Rathbone

Steph is Jollywise's Content Executive and resident bookworm.

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question: What does the text say about Facebook?

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

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question: What does the text say about smartphones?

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

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**In this broken city, all children are born thieves.**

*My feet hurt.*

Bolt zips down the street passed the ragged shops funneling all the traffic through the middle. There are no lanes, only a horde of people pushing past each other, running through this horde is no small feat. The smell of fish and vegetables linger in the air as Bolt pushes his way passed more people. He is twelve, dark skinned and short for his age. Behind him a group of three teenagers scramble through the crowd of people chasing him down.

“I see him!” one says. “Right ahead!” The crowd grumbles as they get pushed aside for the chase. The crowd slowly parts for them. They are given just a single glance before people go back to their daily lives. Some don’t even bother looking at the commotion, they just continue shopping.

“He’s cutting the corner!” another teenager screams. “Cut him off!” Bolt turns a corner into an alley. He skips down the alley careful to avoid the broken glass on the floor. The most common injury in his trade is caused by rubble on the ground. Not very many children can afford shoes. Behind him his teenage pursuers are catching up. There is no crowd in the alley so the longer strides of the teenagers allow them to start catching up.

Bolt weaves through the maze of alleyways. He knows exactly where he is going, but the problem is, so do the teenagers. They grew up in these streets just as he did and they knew all the secret corners in the alleys. But Bolt is small, he is still young, and the teenagers have long ago grown out of their childish bodies. Bolt dips to the side and crawls through a broken window with shards of glass still clinging onto its sides. His arms scrape against the triangular shards, he barely even feels it.

Cold sweat drips down his forehead as he jumps into the dusty room below. He lands on a table that creaks under his weight. He stumbles off of it and staggers his way forward. The room is so filled with dust that it is dangerous to breathe, so he doesn’t. With his breath held he pushes his way towards the door, he reaches it and pushes it forward. It doesn’t budge. His eyes widen in panic as he applies his entire body to the weight of the door, but nothing happens.

“You think we don’t know about the Old Shack?” says a teenager from the other side of the door. “I believe you have something of ours.”

*Fucking Hawks.*

On the other side of the shack the other two teenagers have reached the window. They are too big to fit through the window. “Hey,” one of the teenagers says to the other one. “Bring some trash, I have a lighter, we’ll smoke him out.” The other teenager rushes off to collect trash off the streets.

Bolt struggles to keep his breath held. He reaches into his pocket to feel the Ziploc bag that he has kept hidden there. What he had is literally worth somebody’s life. “If you go back out the window, I promise we won’t kill you.” The teenager at the door sneers. “You can’t stay in here forever either. Give us what’s ours.”

Bolt’s body shakes as he strains against the feeling of suffocation. He curls up into a little ball on the ground as he feels his lungs start to whither. *Somebody help me! Please. God help me!* Out of the corner of his eye he spots a small stream of sunlight. As rapidly as he can he crawls towards it. There is a small hole where the wood has rotted away, but it is plugged up by dust. He puts his mouth over the hole and with the last of his oxygen, puffs as hard as he can. The dust blows out. He clenches the rotting wood and greedily sucks oxygen from the hole.

He feels the immediate relief of exhaling, but now it is replaced with a dire feeling of need. He is not getting enough oxygen from this hole. Still, there is no alternative, so he keeps sucking air. He is light-headed and dizzy, his legs are shaking and he is having trouble clenching the wood. He feels sleepy, but if he goes to sleep now, it is all over. Plus, he still had a job.

*God help me!*

title: This Broken City (Chapter 1)

question: Summarize the path Bolt takes as he flees from the Hawks.

answer: Bolt hears the Hawks chasing him and runs through the streets and alleys. He turns onto an alley, where he skirts around the rubble scattered on the ground. He enters an old shack through a broken window, and then into another room, this one full of dust. He tries to exit through the door, but the door won't budge. He heads to a window and climbs out, but the Hawks see him, so he climbs back in. He then crawls through a hole in the wall to breathe fresh air, and he falls asleep.

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answer: Cold sweat drips down Bolt's forehead. His eyes widen in panic. He staggers his way forward. When the teenagers smoke him out, he struggles to keep his breath held and curls into a little ball. Now suffocating, he feels his lungs start to wither. His body shakes as he strains against the feeling of suffocation.

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Maya DeLeina is a multi-published Erotic Vampire Romance Author  with Siren,  Evernight, Ellora's Cave and Mystic Lotus Publishing.
 Her current series includes Ambrose Heights Vampires, My Naughty Vampire, Vampire Architects and Seasons of the Vampire.

Born and raised on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Maya could be seen at her favorite beach, Lanikai, performing with an all-girl band where she played keyboards, guitar and provided vocals, working as editor in her high school's yearbook  and volunteering her time at a humane society through UH of Manoa civic groups.
 In 2006, Maya relocated to Colorado. Her crystal blue oceans, waterfalls and eighty degree year-round weather were traded for four season weather, enchanting forests and majestic mountains that led to her rekindled love for vampires.
In winter of 2010, she penned her first manuscript and by 2011, Flesh Fantasy was under contract and released by Siren Publishing. To date, Maya has published  _Flesh Fantasy, Veil of Seduction, Blood of Luna, Dark Companion_, Fire and Ice and Crimson Snow.
In 2014, she banded with other Colorado romance authors to form the group, Mile High Muses, in which Maya serves as "The Vamp". Catch her Forbidden Fruit Friday blog and guests she hosts on Sultry Saturdays.
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[5 Ways to Help Your Dog Through Fireworks]

If you were to ask Willow what her favorite holiday was, I believe she would say Thanksgiving… Yes, definitely Thanksgiving.
As far as her least favorite holiday, well… it’s a tie between New Year’s Eve and 4th of July. Why?

THE ALL-MIGHTY FIREWORKS, THAT’S WHY.

IT IS HARD TO GRASP HOW SCARY THESE JOYFUL CELEBRATIONS CAN BE FOR A DOG (OR CAT). BUT IF WE CAN, FOR A MOMENT, FORGET THAT WE KNOW WHAT FIREWORKS ARE AND TRY TO EXPERIENCE THEM FROM A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW, PERHAPS WE COULD SEE THEM AS WHAT THEY ARE IN THEIR SIMPLEST FORM: _SUDDEN, RUMBLING, UNEXPECTED, LOUD EXPLOSIONS WITH BRIGHT FLASHES OF LIGHT._ MOST ANIMALS (AND QUITE A FEW HUMANS) DON’T FIND MUCH FUN IN THAT.

While some dogs and cats could care less about fireworks (bless them), many of them spend the night(s) in constant stress and panic. You know the statistics already, more pets go missing on July 4th than any other night of the year.

BELOW IS A LIST OF THE TOP FIVE WAYS I HAVE FOUND TO GIVE WILLOW AND HER FELINE SISTER LEELOO A MORE PEACEFUL NIGHT. I DEARLY HOPE SOMETHING IN THIS LIST WILL BE HELPFUL TO YOU AND YOURS.

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Willow’s Top 5 Serenity Tips

1. GET THEM DOG-TIRED
Exercise and mental stimulation in the form of any activity your dog (or cat) enjoys will be fundamental in helping them start the day off right so they don’t have an abundance of energy in the evening to focus on fear and stress. Make sure it is something they enjoy and does not send them over threshold. A long play session at the beach, a good hike with friends, scenting games, chasing after their favorite toy, learning a new trick or anything else you got, bring it.

2. TAKE THE EDGE OFF
There are many great holistic ways to help your beasts feel a little more relaxed. I have listed my favorites for you here:

-   _CANNA COMPANION-_ a unique blend of Cannabis sativa strains, frequently referred to as hemp, designed to enhance the supportive benefits of the Cannabis plant while minimizing the ‘high-inducing’ concentrations of THC. I give Willow one capsule with each meal (twice a day) and make sure to feed her dinner an hour before the fireworks start. For Leeloo, I open a small capsule formulated for cats and sprinkle some on her food twice a day.
-   _TREATIBLES-_ a different way to provide your pet with the calming benefits of hemp and CBD oil can come in the form of yummy chews, drops or gel capsules. I am especially keen on _TREATIBLES_ when I have run out of my _CANNA COMPANION_ and can quickly pick some up some chews at my local shop. My wallet is especially grateful for the chews, since the capsules and oils can get a little pricey.
-   _JACKSON GALAXY/SPIRIT ESSENCES SOLUTIONS-_ A flower essence solution you can add to your pet’s water or food or spray in the room or bedding. We use Stress Stopper for any stressful situation, from trips to the vet and especially on 4th of July. I add it to their water and make sure and spray some around the house. They have many other super helpful solutions for different behaviors and situations.
-   _THUNDERSHIRT-_ Willow’s Thundershirt has been a staple in helping her feel comfortable and safe during stressful situations, especially when she was a baby and well into her adolescence. We still pull it out for any situation we know will be stressful for her or if we know we will not be able to get away from the fireworks. I am in the process of familiarizing Leeloo to her own Thundershirt now. Cats are a little trickier, but they deserve just as much support and protection.
-   _ZUKE’S ENHANCE CALMING FUNCTIONAL CHEWS-_ I simply love this new line of functional supplement treats Zuke’s created. The Calming chews have passionflower, valerian and chamomile among other natural remedies wrapped up in a yummy chicken or peanut butter bite-sized treat that I can offer to Willow throughout the day to help ease any stress and nervousness.

3. GIVE THEM A SAFE SPACE
Prepare your home to be a safe haven for your dogs and cats. Close all the windows, close the blinds or draw the curtains. Get some soothing tunes going, I like to play either some gentle nature sounds with music, light classical or my favorite, _THROUGH A DOG’S EAR_ CDs. They now have a portable player called iCalm for dogs or cats! I also get some portable fans for the bedroom and main livingspace Willow and Leeloo will hang out in and set them on medium to high. Not only will the fans keep the air moving, they will also help drown out any outside noise from the festivities. I open the closets in case they want to go cuddle up somewhere dark, quiet and cozy. Just in case, make sure your pets are wearing their identification on a collar, updated microchip etc. On occasions when we can’t get away for the 4th, I have Willow wear her bright orange harness on top of her Thundershirt. The harness has another set of identification tags. You never know, life happens, and collars slip. You want to give your dog or cat as much of a chance to get back home safely should they find themselves lost.

4. FIND YOUR OWN ZEN
If you are opting out of the festivities and hunkering down for the night with your pets to keep them company (thank you, you are amazing), make sure you do whatever it is you need to take care of you first. Go to a yoga class, or go for a nice run. make a list of movies or shows to catch up on. Cook up a comforting meal or order take out. Light some candles, pop open some wine, meditate, dance in your underwear… do whatever you need to feel your best, because your beasts will need your calm and reassuring touch. Be patient, gentle and kind with them; remember that they don’t know what is going on or the why of things. This is the part where you have their back.

5. HIT THE ROAD JACK!
Though #5 is really our #1 way to avoid stressful nights of fireworks, I know it is not always possible. Whether you load up the pack into your car and taka a nice long drive or you plan ahead and trade celebrations and the _Star Spangled Banner_ for a tent under the stars, hitting the road to a place far away from danger zones is (in our opinion) the best way to help your animals cope. We like to get away, especially since fireworks are allowed in Petaluma, and kids start their partying two days before the actual 4th. For the past three years, we search for a quiet, peaceful campsite on _HIPCAMP_, order ourselves some _FIRESIDE PROVISIONS_ and pack a kit with everything I listed on #2 (just in case). This is my kind of celebration of independence anyway, who needs the fireworks and fairgrounds, give me the true meaning of 4th of July: a celebration of this beautiful place and the freedom to spend a night with our loved ones however we choose.

Whatever you choose to do, we wish you a safe and comfortable night filled with peace for your dogs and cats and a very happy holiday to you!

_HERE’S TO STARRY SKIES AND FIREFLIES,_
_Nat + Willow_

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is a professor in the _Research Center for Urban Safety and Security_ in the _Graduate School of Science_ at Kobe University, Japan and a seismologist who has written extensively in the areas of seismicity and seismotectonics in and around the Japanese Islands.[1] He recently coined the term _genpatsu-shinsai_ (原発震災), from the Japanese words for “nuclear power” and “quake disaster”.[2][3]

Katsuhiko Ishibashi has said that Japan's history of nuclear accidents stems from an overconfidence in plant engineering. He was a member of a 2006 Japanese government subcommittee charged with revising the national guidelines on the earthquake-resistance of nuclear power plants, published in 2007.[4] His proposal that the committee should review the standards for surveying active faults was rejected and, at the committee's final meeting he resigned claiming that the review process was “unscientific”[5] and the outcome rigged[6][7] to suit the interests of the Japan Electric Association, which had 11 of its committee members on the 19-member government subcommittee[8] and that among other problems the guide was “seriously flawed” as a consequence because it underestimated the design basis earthquake ground motion.[9]

In May 2011, he said: “If Japan had faced up to the dangers earlier, we could have prevented Fukushima”.[10]

Publications

-   Ishibashi, K., “Why worry? Japan's nuclear plants at grave risk from quake damage”, _International Herald Tribune_ and _The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus_ (August 11, 2007)
-   Ishibashi, K., “Status of historical seismology in Japan”, ''Annals of Geophysics', Vol.47, 339-368 (2004)
-   Ishibashi, K., “Seismotectonic modeling of the repeating M 7-class disastrous Odawara earthquake in the Izu collision zone, central Japan”, _Earth Planets Space_, Vol.56, 843-858 (2004)
-   Miyoshi, T. and K. Ishibashi, “Geometry of the seismic Philippine Sea slab beneath the region from Ise Bay to western Shikoku, southwest Japan, Zisin” _J. Seismol. Soc. Japan_, Ser. 2, Vol.57, 139-152 (English abstract) (2004)
-   Itani, Y. and Ishibashi, K., “Horizontal crustal strain in the Izu Peninsula - Mt. Fuji region derived from GEONET data and its tectonic implication, Zisin”, _J. Seismol. Soc. Japan_, Ser. 2, Vol.56, 231-243 (English abstract) (2003)
-   Harada, T. and Ishibashi, K., “The 1958 great Etorofu earthquake was a slab event: Suggestion from the mainshock-aftershock relocation”, _EOS_, Vol. 81, No. 22 Suppl. WP157 (2000)
-   Ishibashi, K., _An Era of Underground Convulsions: A Seismologist Warns_, Iwanami Paperbacks, Iwanami Shoten (1994)

[1] Katsuhiko ISHIBASHI Kobe University staff list. March 24, 2011

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[3] Michael Reilly, “Insight: Where not to build nuclear power stations” (preview only) _New Scientist_ (July 28, 2007). Retrieved March 24, 2011

[4] “Quake shuts world's largest nuclear plant” _Nature_, vol 448, 392-393, , (July 25, 2007) Retrieved March 18, 2011

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[7] Japan Nuclear Energy Drive Compromised by Conflicts of Interest Bloomberg, published 2007-12-12, accessed 2011-04-11

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[9] Katsuhiko Ishibashi, “Why worry? Japan's nuclear plants at grave risk from quake damage” _The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus_ (August 11, 2007) Also published by the _International Herald Tribune_ (August 11, 2007). Retrieved March 24, 2011

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title: Katsuhiko Ishibashi

question: Summarize Ishibashi's complaints about the Japanese nuclear energy operations.

answer: Ishibashi is a professor in the Research Center for Urban Safety and Security in the Graduate School of Science at Kobe University, Japan. He is also a seismologist who has written extensively in the areas of seismicity and seismotectonics in and around the Japanese Islands. He recently coined the term genpatsu-shinsai, which is Japanese for "nuclear power" and "quake disaster". He has said that Japan's history of nuclear accidents stems from an overconfidence in plant engineering. He was a member of a 2006 Japanese government subcommittee charged with revising the national guidelines on the earthquake-resistance of nuclear power plants. His proposal that the committee should review the standards for surveying active faults was rejected and, at the committee's final meeting, he resigned claiming that the review process was "unscientific" and the outcome rigged to suit the interests of the Japan Electric Association, which had 11 of its committee members on the 19-member government subcommittee.

critique: The answer is a summary of Ishibashi's complaints, not a summary of his complaints about the Japanese nuclear energy operations.

critique: This is a summary of Ishibashi's life, not his complaints about the Japanese nuclear energy operations.

critique: Went on for several sentences (and included unnecessary details) about Ishibashi's accomplishments before getting to the point about his complaints about Japan's nuclear operations.

text: "Ishibashi is a professor in the Research Center for Urban Safety and Security in the Graduate School of Science at Kobe University, Japan. He is also a seismologist who has written extensively in the areas of seismicity and seismotectonics in and around the Japanese Islands. He recently coined the term genpatsu-shinsai, which is Japanese for "nuclear power" and "quake disaster"." - this part of the response is irrelevant and should be removed.

question: What does the article say about nuclear fallout?

answer: No answer


text:
Have you ever paused and thought, what if I died today?
If my ghost stumbled by would you have something to say?
These are two questions stuck consuming my lonely night mind.
Rife with fear, I fall unto ears and knees and I pray.
“God please protect me from the perils of the outside world"

But what if the biggest dangers came from inside my own head?
I imagine them mobilizing, and arrayed all over my bed.
I picture them crawling all over me while I play dead.
But then I replied with a move of my own,
I silenced them out with my boast and a shout

But what if they had managed to hurt the ones I love?

They broke down my wails and chanted their own,
Meticulously reciting as if they had designed a plan to make me fear.
I begged for my mommy and divine intervention to be near.
And then they grew.
they flew one by one at me with unprecedented speed.

The first announced himself to be Greed.
Avarice,
The consuming avatar of malice had encroached on my space.

"Bitch get the fuck out my face."
And that was that, his chains corroding to rust.

Then came Lust,
a disgusting manifestation of the ladies I have come to trust.
She pulled out a picture of the girl I’ve come to like and said,

“Baby would you like some head,
or maybe just bust while I do all the thrusts?”

Yes, I admit it, yes I was tempted
but then the actual girl sexted and I then repented.
“Look slut
you are beautiful and you have a thick butt,
but that pussy crust just won’t do,
and I’d rather have my balls cut off then spend a night with you”.

Ha! That’s two down
and if I remembered my Catholic studies correctly,
there were still five prowling around.

“Hello I am the Glutton,
I was wondering if you could help me button up?
I have this mutton would mine if we muttoned up?"

This one was tricky
obese and yet he moved quickly
Yet I was faster

“Damn you’re a disaster,
you’re the master,
of your own destiny,
and here you are trying to get me plastered,
You tempt me to indulgence you hefty fat bastard but I will remain stout,
take with you your scrapings and get the fuck out!"

And on to the next
The third test had come and gone,
I cheered above the rest,
but the battle was afloat I chose to ride on.

The fourth was Sloth, procrastination at it’s best,
but he crept forth timidly and whispered in my ears...

“You’ve got talent boy,
but the materials you work with are toys so stop,
Sit and chop it up with me,
learn what it takes to be
lavish excellency."

I knew he was right/
the truth hit me like a deer in headlights,

“Oh Sloth,
the only sin I’ve maybe betrothed,
your slights upon my honor are sour and vast,
but I refuse to be last.
So for now I’ll look to the past,
to all the situations where I’ve emerged victorious,
It makes me realize that no matter how much effort I put into whatever I do,
it’ll still be glorious.
and if not that then notorious,
I'll command the forces across the whole planet,
And I’ll be damned if my figure won’t be solidified in granite.”

So he vanished,
and in the midst of his departure,
All the hatred I have banished,
over the years, suddenly reappeared,
It was neither man or woman but simply a shade,
garbed in all black and brandishing a blade.

“I am Wrath, and I come to offer thou revenge
A chance to avenge all the harm done against thou,
we can cut them open with a mere strike of my plow."

Wow, a chance of revenge? I suddenly thought of Miss Kang,
or the cops who made me break my bong.
But no it was wrong.

“My friend, this opportunity is a great on but this I must not allow,
I wouldn’t be able to deal with all of the pain caused because of me,
I’ll take a knee."

That was a close call
I still remember how that one freaked me out the most of all.
Then he popped up,
The douche who stole my buttercup.

“What the fuck do you want?
You already haunt me whenever you can."

Standing up, I rushed at him headfirst.
Fueled with Wrath, my breath grew heavy as I battled with Envy,
He cut across my path,
but I had already done the math,
had him fooled,
I laughed at him while my head cooled.
He was gone.

It was five in the morning and still I had no break,
struggling for I knew these sins were out to take,
my soul,
digging holes in my chest,
but I was the best and I laughed, reflected,
and what came next was something I never expected,
Thinking of all the strides I had to make to keep myself vigilant and awake,
my body began to quake,
my soul began to shake,
my heart accepted a new ache,
I made a fatal mistake,
I cried while my body died and my soul swallowed alive by the tide,
brought around by my very own consuming Pride.

title: [Capital Vices:Life's Seven Spices] Xpost from poetry

question: What does the text say about the ability to fight off bad behaviors?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer is not relevant to the question.

critique: The text does say something about the ability to fight off bad behaviors.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator is able to fight off the bad behaviors.

critique: The text says that the narrator is able to fight off bad behaviors.

critique: The answer should mention the narrator's ability to fight off the vices.

critique: The answer should mention the narrator's ability to fight off the seven deadly sins.

question: What does the text say about dangers from inside the mind?

answer: The narrator is consumed by fear, and the dangers come from inside their own head. The narrator pictures them mobilizing and arrayed all over their bed. The narrator pictures them crawling all over them while they play dead. The narrator is tempted by Lust, but then the actual girl sexted and the narrator repented. The narrator is tempted by Gluttony, but they refuse to be last. The narrator is tempted by Wrath, but they refuse to take revenge. The narrator is tempted by Envy, but they refuse to take revenge. The narrator is tempted by Pride, but they die.

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

critique: Therese no clear implication of the narrator is consumed by fear, and the dangers come from inside their own head. The narrator pictures them mobilizing and arrayed all over their bed. The narrator pictures them crawling all over them while they play dead. The narrator is tempted by Lust, but then the actual girl sexted and the narrator repented. The narrator is tempted by Gluttony, but they refuse to be last. The narrator is tempted by Wrath, but they refuse to take revenge. The narrator is tempted by Envy, but they refuse to take revenge. The narrator is tempted by Pride, but they die. - which is extraneous, add events directly about the inside dangers instead and cut out the irrelevant content.

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

question: Summarize the narrator's relationship with wrath.

answer: The narrator thinks of getting revenge for all the harm done against them. Wrath offers to take revenge on the narrator's behalf. However, the narrator wants to take revenge themselves and doesn't want to deal with the pain caused by them. By the end, the narrator is overcome by Pride which leads to Death.

critique: The narrator doesn't think of getting revenge for all the harm done against them.

critique: It is incorrect that the narrator banishes wrath completely but comes back with hate.

critique: The narrator does not think of getting revenge for all the harm done against them.

critique: The narrator is overcome by Pride, not Death.

critique: The narrator doesn't think of getting revenge. Wrath offers to take revenge on the narrator's behalf. The narrator doesn't want to deal with the pain caused by them. By the end, the narrator is overcome by Pride which leads to Death.

critique: The narrator is overcome by Pride before they die.

critique: The narrator doesn't want to take revenge for the harm done to them. The narrator wants to take revenge for the harm done to others.

question: What does the text say about the power of love?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention how the narrator is tempted by lust.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator prays for protection from the perils of the outside world.


text:
He rose to the feeling of movement.

He knew not where the movement came from, but Chris was completely sure that movement was near. His eyes opened and adjusted to the almost impenetrable gloom of his bedroom at midnight. The shelves reached out from his walls, seeming ghostlike in nature at this hour, in the dark. The television at the opposite side of his room peered at him through the dark, reflecting his pale, panicked expression as he sat in his bed, staring around his room. But it didn’t move. Neither did the jeans he wore yesterday, slung across his char, or his shoes, sat haphazardly not too far away.

The movement persisted and Chris knew he would have to investigate. His eyes moved from corner to corner in his room, scoping every inch for tell-tale signs of entry, or even one of his two dogs running around the house, but neither showed; only the lonely emptiness of darkness and silence in the house, and a tap dripping ever so quietly from the bathroom were present at this hour. He checked the time on his mobile phone (he had no clock in his room, he saw no need for such a thing since he already had at least 3 items with clocks built into the software), and the time read 01:32, 08/02/2010.

But still the movement…

He couldn’t hear anything, or see anything, but he knew the movement was near. He could almost sense it, wriggling, crawling around, as if it was under his skin. A sharp pang of panic rang through his body, and he sat still, upright in his bed. The movement *was* under his skin. And it was growing with intensity with every passing second. And then the pain started.

Oh, the pain. His flesh burned at first with only slight discomfort; he could have initially mistaken the sensation for an itch or even a tickle. But it grew. It grew with an alarming pace, the speed matched (possibly even bested) by the growing of his panic at the sudden voluminous pain racking his left arm. He threw off his bed covers and gasped, his mouth agape, at the sight he saw before him on his arm.

His entire forearm was alive - barely - with blisters, open sores, weeping with dull black blood and oozing yellow, sickly pus in equal measure. But that was only intensified by the rate at which this affliction was spreading – the sores were erupting up past his elbow and onto his arm. But worse still, his forearm was only getting deader. The flesh on his forearm was beginning to necrotise, skin peeling back, revealing rotten muscle tissue and tendons ready to snap from pressure.

As his skin began to peel – and his initial shock began to subside – Chris began to scream. Not the classic Hollywood scream, not a voluminous howl you hear in the movies. That sort of scream doesn’t happen in these situations. What came from Chris’ mouth was a low whimper, the sound you would normally hear from someone as they had just received a blow to the stomach that ejected the air sharply from the lungs, but extended over a period of a few seconds. He screamed (although you could call it a sigh and still not be quite wrong) and flopped out of bed and on to all fours, the fingers on his left hand practically disintegrating in the process. They fell off like ash from burned paper – and looked none too different. His entire arm now looked like the result of severe burn damage, and skin

*Or was it muscle? It was becoming increasingly hard to tell. It was all coming off, what was the use in discerning which it was?*

Was flaking off at an alarming rate.

The bones of his arm were becoming visible. Not just visible, but prominent. You’d be forgiven, from looking at a snapshot of this moment, for assuming he was born without flesh on his arm, and at this precise moment was beginning to miraculously generate flesh. His flesh was disappearing before his eyes, flaking away like ash, and all Chris could think was “why isn’t there any blood?”

And as quickly as it began, it was over. He had closed his eyes only for a moment, breathing in with choking sobs, and opened them – to see that his skin was back. But all wasn’t well. He began to scream again; only this time with some real volume.

For his skin had become greasy green scales, and was writhing with a mind of its own, the pain replaced by horrid, grating nausea. Chris rose, stumbling against his bookshelf in the process, knocking a couple of books to the floor, and stumbled out of his room. As he stepped into the hallway, he noticed a new sound, complemented by a strange feeling under his feet.

*Crunch*

Bugs. Cockroaches, spiders, and beetles lay over every surface. Floors, walls, windowsills and doors were coated in bugs, and, Chris noticed, were crawling on a thick coat of viscous dark red liquid. Blood, he thought to himself, barely holding back a gag, heaving at the thought. He brought his right hand to his face to catch a cough, he noticed that his right arm had also become covered in scales, and that they were peeling off just like his skin previously had done, and the pain had returned in full force, and then some.

Yelling through his teeth, Chris pressed on to the bathroom, crushing bugs beneath his feet, noticing that the felt oddly soft against his skin –no, scales. He flicked the bathroom light on and walked to the sink, not yet looking in the mirror, but at his feet which he noticed had a fresh coat of scales on, and claws posing proudly as toenails. He gathered the courage to look into the mirror, and saw that his face was also covered in scales, and that he had webbing protruding from his back; not only that, but as he opened his mouth to scream, he noticed a snake’s tongue in his mouth, and slits for nostrils.

And when he did scream, all that came from his mouth was a long, reptilian hiss.

title: The Itch (draft). Just over 1000 words. Criticism needed!

question: What does the story say about the state of Chris' arm?

answer: When Chris gets up to investigate the feeling of movement, he notices his forearm is alive but barely with blisters, open sores, and oozing blood and pus. The sores move up past his elbow, necrotizing until the flesh peels and dies, revealing rotten muscle tissue and tendons. The flesh and skin peel off to reveal the bones of his arm. The skin grows greasy and becomes scaley.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Chris' arm is covered in bugs.

critique: It's omitted that the skin comes back and is covered in grease-green scales and writhing.

critique: The answer should mention that the skin grows back.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Chris' arm transforms into a snake's arm.

critique: The arm becomes covered in scales and the bones are prominent.

critique: The answer should mention that the flesh and skin grow back.

critique: The answer does not mention the return of the flesh.

critique: It's omitted that his arm also becomes covered in scales, and that they are peeling off.

question: What does the story say about what happens to Chris?

answer: Chris wakes up to a feeling of movement. He thinks he is being invaded by something. The movement becomes intense. It's painful, and his entire forearm is diseased. His flesh becomes necrotised and his fingers begin to disintegrate. The bones of his arm become visible. His skin returns, but then it becomes greasy green scales. The pain is replaced by nausea, and he discovers that the floor, walls, windowsills and doors are coated in bugs. He notices his right arm has also become covered in scales. He manages to look in the mirror, and finds that his face is also covered in scales, and he has webbing protruding from his back.

critique: The answer should mention that Chris then realizes he has become a snake.

critique: Chris finds that his right arm is also covered in scales.

critique: The answer should mention that Chris becomes a reptile.

critique: The answer should mention that Chris screams and his face becomes that of a reptile.

critique: The answer should mention that Chris screams.

critique: The answer omits the ending where he becomes a snake.

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

text:
-'The pain is replaced by nausea, and he discovers that the floor, walls, windowsills and doors are coated in bugs.' The floor, walls, windowsills and doors of where? The model should rewrite this to make it sound better to someone who didn't read the main story. The model can also separate the sentence into two.

-The answer omits that Chris's feet had a fresh coat of scales and claws as toenails. It should mention this too.

category: other

category_text: Coverage and coherence.

question: What does the story say about why Chris transforms into a reptile?

answer: No answer

critique: The passage does not directly answer this question.

question: What does the story say about how Chris feels about being transformed into a snake?

answer: Chris is panicking and terrified when he begins to transform into a snake. He screams as his skin becomes greasy green scales. His skin is writhing with a mind of its own and he is in so much pain. Chris can't bear to look at himself after his transformation. He is nauseated and so sickened that he vomits.

critique: The answer should mention that Chris is also horrified.

critique: The answer should mention that Chris is horrified by his transformation.

critique: The response should include that Chris is also terrified of his new form.

critique: The story doesn't say that Chris is sickened that he vomits.

critique: The answer should mention that Chris is also in shock.

critique: The answer doesn't mention that Chris is horrified when he sees that he's transformed into a snake.

critique: The emotion he feels towards the mutation should be mentioned.


question: What does the text say about Maya DeLeina's upbringing?

answer: She was born and raised on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. She attended high school. She is an accomplished singer, songwriter, and author. Now she performs with an all-girl band and has published over seven books.

critique: The response is incorrect and does not reflect Maya DeLeina's upbringing.

critique: Remove confusing sentence beginning "now" from the list because it doesn't help answer the question of what Maya's sideline careers are.

critique: The question is not asking about her career, but about her upbringing.

text:
'She attended high school.' This cannot be attested, so it should be removed.
'Now she performs with an all-girl band...' This statement is inaccurate. The model should consider rewriting that she performed with the band while growing up.

category_text: Accuracy and coherence.


text:
The copy room is right down the hall from my office.  Which is both a good and a bad thing and I'll tell you why.  Its a good thing because when I need to make a copy, its very convenient for me to do so.  This is doubly good because, as an accountant, I often need to make copies of things even in this new digital age.  We get a lot of different documents that require copying like time cards, purchase orders, receipts, invoices and various other things of those types.

It is a bad thing because the copy room, at least in my office, is where people go to have the most awkward and strained conversations that I believe the human race is capable of having.  The conversations I hear in the copy room make me wish that we had never invented language and we were still all just rummaging around in the underbrush looking for grubs or whatever to eat.  I hate copy room conversations.

My friend Frank gets to sit by the water cooler.  And even better, he's got one of those old-style tall-walled cubes so that when he's sitting there or whatever nobody really thinks he's sitting there at all because they can't see him.  I don't even need to tell you that he gets all the good gossip.  Seriously, his work day is like sitting around listening to old fashioned radio dramas all day.  He's personally witness four home-wrecking office romances begin and then crash and burn while filing all collating.  Its amazing.  One time he stopped a terrorist attack.  I swear.  He heard something and he said something.

And what do I get?  Just last week I heard a sales rep and a girl from accounts receivable discuss…in detail…the proper constancy for oatmeal.  I swear - you can't make this up.

That one was especially horrible but I do exaggerate just a little.  Most of the time when I'm distracted by the conversation in the copy room, it tends to be about what people did with their weekend and slash or nights before.  Let me tell you something:  nobody does anything even remotely fun on the weekends.  Including me. Like, did you know there's a skydiving school not ten minutes away from this office?  Or there's a soup kitchen that always needs volunteers.  And a place where you can learn to shoot a bow and arrow while riding a horse.  But all everyone ever does is barbecue.  I swear, if I have to hear about one more barbecue, I'm going to ride a horse into this office and shoot the lazy conversationalist with a bow and arrow.  Without dismounting.

The terrorist attack that Frank stopped was when a guy got fired and then he was going to bring in his AK-47 or his gun or something and shoot all of us for still having our jobs.  And Frank heard about it and Frank told someone and that guy went to jail.  Swear to god.  He's a hero because of that water cooler.

I guess I can't talk too badly about the people in the copy room.  I mean, I do only listen to what they have to say because I'm so bored sitting in my half-tall cube that whatever mindless drivel they are going on about is just about on par with the purchase orders I'm filing or whatever.  Did you know that before I took this job, I was kind of hazy on what a purchase order actually was?  I'm not going to lie to you, I'm still a little unclear.  Its like money - you write down what you want and say you promise to pay for it and then you get it almost right away.  But you don't actually pay for it right away.  Did you know that some places prefer a purchase order to actual money?  I don't get it.  I think I should try to buy groceries with a purchase order then move before the bill comes.  That might work.

I will say this, Frank has it worse then me because nobody every whispers weirdly in the copy room.  They're always doing stuff that's shady by the water cooler -whispering and making you feel like they're talking about you.  But over by the copy room, they're pretty on the level, I guess.  They don't really have anything to whisper about or lie about or anything like that while they are making copies.  But I'm pretty sure people are always lying while they drink water out of paper cones.  Don't ask me why but its true.  Maybe the cones remind them of dunce hats or something and they think that they can get away with being small-minded assholes while they drink out of them.

Anyway, the other day Frank told me he heard some people at the water cooler talking about the weird lady who sits by the copy room.  I thought it might be someone else at first but then I realized that everyone in the cubes around me are man.  There are one or two empty cubes but they've been empty so long that we kind of just ignore them like they're null-space that doesn't exist or like they're full of concrete and just…empty.  Frank came up to me over in the copy room and told me that some people were talking about how weird I was.  I have to be honest with you, I was so excited to have some gossip happening in the copy room for once that I didn't even have time to get offended.  So I guess what I'm trying to get at is that you have to, like, I don't know - if you want gossip in the copy room instead of stupid conversations, then you have to get up and start gossiping in the copy room instead of just copying your purchase orders and then going back to your cube.

title: COPY ROOM

question: What does the story say about the difference in gossip quality of the copy room and the water cooler?

answer: The narrator believes that the copy room is where people go to have the most awkward and strained conversations that the human race is capable of having. The narrator believes that the water cooler is where people go to have the most gossip. The narrator believes that the copy room is where people go to have the most awkward and strained conversations that the human race is capable of having. The narrator believes that the water cooler is where people go to have the most gossip.

question: What does the story say about Frank?

answer: Frank doesn't need to make copies because he is always listening to gossip in the copy room and he doesn't have to go back to his cube as his workspace is like a do-nothing blank room. He has heard and witnessed several office relationships start and crash during his time that he believes he and his office deserve it-Frank once saved an office from terrorists. He is best friends with a guy named Mike, who tells him about the rumors circling it girl who sits by the water cooler-Frank realizes the rumors are about the narrator, and invitations her over based on the hearsay.

critique:
- The gossip he hears about the girl who sits by the water cooler is not what saved the office from terrorists. This sentence should be rewritten to eliminate the inaccurate information.
- It is also inaccurate that Frank is best friends with Mike and shares with him everything- even the hearsay about the narrator. It should be revisions to this information.

question: What does the story say about the ethics of eavesdropping?

answer: No answer

question: What does the story say about how terror cells operate?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the story does not mention anything about terror cells.

critique: The story does not answer this question.

critique: The story mentions a terrorist attack that was stopped by Frank.

critique: The story doesn't say anything about how terror cells operate.


text:
"It's just a white cookie" the ad read. No big deal were led to believe in the onslaught of ads that followed over the next few years. "Do it for your family", "Do it for your friends", "Do it for the kids","Do it for mother earth", "Search inside your heart. Find the reasons to: Just do it". "It's as easy as a white cookie".

I don't recall when it became normalized, when the ads seeped into the mental landscape to become the dominant mindset of popular culture. Thinking back I can see clearly now that the kids and young adults were selected as the prime targets in this sociological re engineering project.

It must have started about the same time that the plight of the Fukushima children leaked out despite the MSM's relentless efforts to suppress the horror. Around the same time that logging off the internet became impossible with penalty for trying. When the state (my country) enacted monetary control over all private funds and the rest of the world followed suit. Around the time global governance, the end of physical money. and mandatory RFID implants started to become reality.

Yes that's about right, when this white cookie shit surfaced - just ahead of all that other stuff that has transformed our life into their nightmare.

"But it's just a white cookie. Just submit and all your dreams can come true. Submit and all the troubles, and penalties, and restrictions, and socially sanctioned shame and guilt, and hunger melt away", says the voice on the overhead radio to the bus passengers. They're making jokes and laughing about the so called "small minority" of the resistors or hold-outs, as were now being referred to as, for not submitting to the Plan To Save The Planet.

That's the latest message mutation being sold to us 24/7 via all media outlets. "It's the plan to save the planet and all the things in it that matter" or as I over heard someone saying yesterday, "Planned Planet Hood." "Do your part - it's as simple as a white cookie." The ads and pressures are everywhere. Fewer and fewer are resisting. Fewer still speak in defiance - people are beginning to "disappear". People are beginning to understand without the ads that the white cookie solution isn't really a choice. Choice is gone.

I'm on my way too. Supposedly this bus ride today, this mandatory "Request For Information" is "Strictly Routine" according to the registered letter. Just to check that the RFID implant hasn't shifted or gotten infected or more importantly, to them, been tampered with.

I can hear the words, "it's just a white cookie" echoing from some distant speaker as the GovTran pulls up to the regional CPU. We all file off like cattle at a meat market. Nobodies talking, but everybody knows this is it. Eye contact is limited and our yellow coloured shoulder patch informs all as to which area to push us towards. "Be free. Be part of the Plan" a reassuring voice sounds from multiple speakers above, as were shuffled out of the open air, into a yellow hallway that leads to a yellow building with "attendants" in yellow jump suits.

Fuck! I'm stressed. Starting to sweat. Want to run. It's too late now, to get out. It was too late six months ago when my chip went in and travel became chip dependent. My turn. I'm led to a small room with a man at a desk. I sit on the only spare chair. Fucking yellow chair.

"You're 718341676-FR?" he says without looking up. Before I can answer he points his portable scanner at my chip and looks at the data. "Look" he says, "This is really just an exercise in compliance. I see you don't have any recourse. You've got next to nil GovCred and zero GovConX. You," he leans forward on his desk and quickly glances at the black surveillance camera on the wall, "You really have a limited opportunity to freely accept the cookie. So what I need to know is if you're going to sign the release, take the cookie, and be part of the plan to save to planet? Or not? And I need to know now, I've got hundreds more to come after you. So what's it going to be?" "Would you do it?" I ask. "I have done it" he answers sharply. He leans back on his chair, and says, while looking away from the live-feed, "If you volunteer to do this, things will go back to normal for you. It's just a white cookie and then it's over, then you move on with the rest of your life. Full credits and privileges. If you don't, no credits, no privileges, and it happens anyway but with lots of pain, blood loss, and scar tissue."

"So we're about done here" he says as he stands up. "Okay, OK. I'll do it. I'll do it." He hands me the pen, I sigh and I sign the electronic pad. In a moment the door opens and a small white cookie on a small white plate is handed to me. I pick it up and stare across the desk at the guy in yellow. "It's just a cookie" he says smoothly in a tone devoid of emotion like he's been here, at this point, a thousand times. "I wish you'd quit saying that" I say as I start to chew it. "I have to say it. No options for any of us" he adds. I want to jump up and smash his face in. He notices the way I'm looking at him.

As I finish the sickeningly sweet cookie, he stands and hands me a pill bottle with one pill inside. Then he says, "You may notice a tingling sensation - that's normal. There will be bruising, then gradual shrinkage. If there's pain - take the pill." And with that I was shown out the back exit. I now know why the term White Cookie was used. Blue Balls was taken.

title: White Cookie,Blue Testicles, Green Planet.

question: Summarize the plot of the story.

answer: While the events aren't described, the narrator implies a huge social change in which the source of money and power is held by a very powerful and unclear group. The narrator states that the birth of their children, the children of their friends, and the youth generation has practically disappeared. The government also exerts tyrannical control over the people in the way they feed them. Social pressures compartmentalize people and normalize behaviors. One day while going to an event...narrator is abducted and fed a cookie. After hesitation, narrator eats the cookie and becomes like everybody else.

critique: "One day while going to an event...narrator is abducted and fed a cookie. After hesitation, narrator eats the cookie and becomes like everybody else." - this answer is inaccurate. The narrator is being taken to receive an RFID chip implant in the story.

critique: The cookie does not make the narrator "normal" or "like everybody else".

critique: "Social pressures compartmentalize people and normalize behaviors" - the narrator isn't being forced to comply. The cookies are not part of a normal behavior. Rewrite the section.

critique: "After hesitation, narrator eats the cookie and becomes like everybody else." - this never happened.

critique: The narrator doesn't state anything about the birth of their children or the children of their friends disappearing.

critique: The narrator's children and friends are not mentioned.

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

critique: The birth rate is not the topic of the story

critique: The narrator is not abducted and fed a cookie.

text: The entire premise of the story is omitted. There should be mention of the "white cookie" and the narrator's resistance.

category: coverage

refinement: While the events aren't described, the narrator implies a huge social change in which the source of money and power is held by a very powerful and unclear group. The narrator states that the birth of their children, the children of their friends, and the youth generation has practically disappeared. The government also exerts tyrannical control over the people in the way they feed them. Social pressures compartmentalize people and normalize behaviors. One day while going to an event...narrator is abducted and fed a cookie. After hesitation, narrator eats the cookie and becomes like everybody else.

question: What does the text say about the white cookies?

answer: A white cookie was being marketed to the population. One of the catch phrases is "Just do it." There are ads everywhere, talking about the cookie as a solution to "saving the planet." It became the dominant mindset of popular culture. People were selected as targets in this sociological re-engineering project. The government used "just a white cookie" to brainwash them.

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

critique: The answer should mention the physical effects of the cookie.

critique: I'd add that the people are being forced to take the cookies by the government.

critique: The last two sentences make little sense, and should be omitted.

critique: The final sentence of the answer is unnecessary for the question.

critique: "A white cookie was being marketed to the population" is irrelevant.

critique: It's omitted that the white cookies are actually blue balls.

question: Summarize the events that lead up to the story taking place.

answer: The events that take place that led up to the story were first when the plight of the Fukushima children leaked out despite the MSM's relentless efforts to suppress the horror. The second was when the state (his country) enacted monetary control over all private funds, and the rest of the world followed suit. The next event was global governance. Then came mandatory RFID implants.

critique: First, when the Fukushima children's plight came out there was no mention of any media suppression. Second, the text says 'around the same time' which places them around the same time as each other.

critique: This response is not in a proper sentence.

critique: The answer omits the fact that the white cookie was made mandatory.

critique: One can argue that this story began long before 2025.

critique: The details of the Fukushima children and monetary control are not relevant to the story.

critique: It is omitted that the events were around the same time that logging off the internet became impossible.

critique: The part about the Fukushima kids is irrelevant

critique: The answer misrepresents the timeline of the events.

critique: The reason for the dissolution of physical money was the imposition of state monetary control over all private funds.

critique: The answer omits the part about logging off the internet.

critique: The passage does not discuss global governance.

critique: The answer omits the part about the end of physical money and the start of RFID implants.


text:
     Lez-bee-iiin? What a funny word. What’s a lesbian? Why am I a lesbian? Jackie looked as if she’d just scored the new not-squeaky swing after she said it. “Carly , you’re a lesbian!”
Do I get mad? I guess I do. I should.  I tell Jackie to shut it and crane my neck out from under my heavy backpack. Maybe Mom won’t be last car today. I really wanted to be in the backyard with the dogs. School gave me that stale, dizzying feeling. When I’m with my dogs, I forget about school, Jackie, and Dad.
Sometimes.
      A scoff brought my attention back to Jackie and her band of aggressors. She stepped forward abruptly, hard and in false assault.  When I didn’t respond, her shove reminded me of my place at school. Right where I should be, at the bottom.
     I made my situation worse without a second thought. I dropped my things and lunged. Jackie was going down. I landed my fist in her stomach and she stumbled back in confusion. As I turned, her hand slipped under my t-shirt sleeve and clawed me on the shoulder .An adult took notice of our altercation.  We were separated by a couple pushes and grabs by a younger teacher that I didn’t know. I felt burning  and with a look at the bloody scratches on my shoulder a rush of terror swept through my whole frame. My stomach ached and my body tingled. Dad was going to know.  Going home with the marks of fight was a nightmare. The last time I fought, he belted me in my bathroom. He had rushed in without a second’s notice and raged. Naked and bewildered, I couldn’t run, I couldn’t stop the blows. Soon I wouldn’t even try. I’d take his punishment if it meant that I would learn to be good. If I could learn to be good then he wouldn’t need to  hurt me.
Why can’t I just be good?
 The teacher sluggishly  brought me and Jackie to the office. This cost her precious energy. She’d been with kids acting like assholes all day and now these two decide to maul each other. She silently prayed that the vice principal would just deal with it and take them off her hands. Lucky for me, he did just that.
Mr. Parks was an aging black man with a  small fro that somehow always looked wet. I was memorized by this hair and often stared at it when being reprimanded.He was a kind man, intent on doing his work for the good of the young ones.  I felt the tingles dissipate when Mr. Parks took me into his office first.  While Jackie waited  and sulked with the secretary that smelled like soap, I sat in the same squishy leather chair that I had bounced into many times before. I squirmed into a comfortable position until Mr. Parks looked up from his paperwork. He always had stacks of pages and file folders around. It amazed me that one person could have so much to read for work. I wondered if he had to remember it all. Mr. Parks sighed at me and I felt tears coming. I knew what seeing him meant. It meant punishment and today I was going to be punished for being a lesbian. Mr. Parks assigned me to I.S.S. for hurting Jackie and told me he would be calling my parents. He reminded me that this was my third fight and while he did not think I was bad kid, that I needed to stop acting like one. I wondered if Mr. Parks could teach me to be good and how to not be a lesbian.
When the phone call came, I begged a silent god for my father to not answer. My body stiffened when I heard his voice sweep into the room. He was that loud, or maybe I was  just searching and waiting for him.  I hated myself. The other kids knew how to be good, why couldn't I?
 When my mother arrived, she was crying. “How could you do this again, Carly? What’s wrong with you?” I slinked away from her. Her teary, shouting pleas made my stomach hurt and I didn’t want her to look at me. She must hate me because I’m a lesbian. I just wished she would tell me what it meant. At home  I sunk into a corner in the back of the house, hugging my knees. He was coming for me. It wouldn’t be long until he came home like a whirlwind , storming through the house to come  get me. I kneaded the carpet with my fingers and tried not to breathe. When I heard gravel crunching and brakes squeaking outside, a  familiar shock went through my body. He was here. Doors slammed, my mother wept, and I could hear him calling for me. I prayed that I would disappear, that I would never be a lesbian again, and that I could be a good girl someday. Maybe this time would be the last time.

         I surfaced this, now decades old, memory to better understand the paradox the exists within my very nature. Recently I wrote a letter to my younger self.
    “I am so sorry this happened to you. I am sorry that so many years of your life were spent waging a war against yourself. I am sorry for the unknowing that surrounded you. I am sorry for the denial that bruised you time and time again.  I am sorry for what you went through. And I am sorry that I left you alone.”
I greatly lamented being a “bad” child; all the while I tried very hard to be good . I was drafted to harbor the shame of a family who was imprisoned in a dichotomous view of morality and judgment. For years I blamed myself for the abuse.When the physical abuse ceased, I allocated my own disciplines to replace it. If I could have behaved better,ran more, worked harder, looked prettier, I could have made the world happy and I would have finally been loved. I was the mirror to their secrecy and even today I still do not have all the answers that I crave.What do the words “good” and “bad”  really mean anyway? Lest I pretend that I have any semblance of astute morality, me being without a religion and all, I would not propose any conjecture. However, I am sure that my motivation to be “good” for “bad” people has dwindled away. Never will I hold that privileged place within my familial system, and I have actively stopped hustling for their acceptance. I do not wonder of ways to be a good girl anymore, nor do I depict my reality by the hurled words of others. Put simply, I have chosen to seek the best in myself each day, for myself. I owe it to that little girl who saw darkness in her own home and truly believed that it lived  within her own heart.

title: [NF] The Unknowing

question: Summarize the narrator's feelings towards her father.

answer: The narrator is afraid of her father. She hates herself because she is a lesbian and she believes her father will hurt her. She believes her father will come home like a whirlwind and storm through the house to come get her. She prays that she will disappear and never be a lesbian again.

critique: The narrator's father is not a whirlwind.

critique: The narrator's father is never mentioned to be a whirlwind.

question: Summarize how the narrator feels throughout the whole ordeal of getting into a fight and then dealing with the consequences of being in a fight.

answer: The narrator is very upset about the fact that she is a lesbian. She is also very upset about the fact that she got into a fight with Jackie. She is also very upset about the fact that she is going to be punished by her father.

critique: The narrator is not upset about the fact that she is a lesbian. She is upset about the fact that she is a lesbian.

critique: The other fights happened because she was spat at by someone. Speak to this.

question: Will the narrator, Carly, be able to help other young girls who identify as lesbians be more comfortable with who they are?

answer: No answer

critique: There is no evidence to suggest whether Carly will be able to help other young girls.

critique: The question doesn't ask this. It asks if Carly has been able to help girls in the past, which is answered but would take the narrator to accessing such a history to answer.


text:
Hi everyone! I have always taken a liking to writing stories and recently have gotten into writing prompts. I thought I would share one that I typed up at work based off the sentence "I just had to laugh." Its loosely based off of my childhood with my brother. I would really love some feedback! Thanks everyone!
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         My brother and I grew up in a small town on the outskirts of a city called Maywood, which to us, seemed like a dead end town full of has-beens and welfare occupants. Nick, my brother who is 14, and I would get into it a lot. We were always fighting about who could have the next round on a video game, or who was going to take the blame for something we broke. It never dawned on me that the town we lived in had so much to offer, but we were about to find out soon enough, or were we?

	       I think it was a Friday when we fell upon the key that would change our lives. As usual we would walk up to the woods and hang out in the fort we had built last year. It was beautiful, to us at least, and stood about nine feet up off the ground so nothing could get us in there. We painted it red and had put some old chairs we found out in the brush up there we used to sit on and hang out. One day though we were sitting in the fort looking out over the house down the hill and he asked me, “Why have we never tried to dig for something under the fort? Maybe something awesome is down there.” I quickly dismissed the idea being as mature as I thought I was being 16 and just told him to forget about it. After a few days though, it started to bug me. It was clinging to my mind what could be down there. Treasure? Rocks? Dead people? Who knew what it could be, and so we started digging.

         It never dawned on me how hard the ground could be after not raining for a few days. Even in the middle of the summer Mother Nature could have let up on us a little bit. We had been digging for hours, and still we never hit anything so we took a break. After going to the house and back we decided to trudge on. Thrust after thrust dirt was moved and sweat replaced it. Until it happened. “DAN COME HERE!” is all I needed to hear before I ran over to my brother and saw him looking down at the hole he had dug. What I saw next took me by storm. His shovel was broken, and he was just standing there looking at it. I just had to laugh. Really, I thought to myself. This is really what he had screamed at the top of his lungs to show me? I took a double take at the shovel though, not because I just couldn’t believe it, but there was a key literally in the handle.

      	I don’t think we have looked at each other and ran to the house with something in hand so fast before. It seemed like it only took us a minute to get home when it’s usually a 30 minute hike. We threw the key on to the table and started talking back and forth in gibberish about what it could be. Upon hearing us slam into the house like a bomb hitting a target, our dad had run down the stairs to check what had happened. He took one glance at the key and instantly knew what we had found. “Where did you guys find it?” he asserted. I thought we had hit the jackpot. Even our dad was into what we had found. Those hopes were crushed though after he took it and ran off into the basement and into the coal room.

           We chased after him in pursuit of finding the meaning of the universe, or something close, only to find him kneeling next to an old safe we couldn’t ever open. He placed the key in, we could hear the tumblers locking into place, and gave the key a good twist. The door slowly opened, the room grew quite, and my brother and I expected dad to pull a gold bar out of the safe. Instead, he just stood up and sighed. He turned to us and just shrugged, “I guess your grandfather just did this thinking it would be hilarious someday.” He held out a piece of paper for us to read. It wasn’t the answers to life. It wasn’t a bank note for $1,000,000. Not even a sentimental letter expressing his love for us. Just a note with this written on it, “This is where your inheritance should be, boys.” All that trouble, digging, running, sweating, blisters, and pain just for our deceased family member to trick us like always. We all looked at each other, and just had to laugh.

title: I Just Had To Laugh

question: What is the twist in the story?

answer: The boys find a key to a safe in the handle of a shovel. They think they have found a fortune, but their father opens the safe and reveals that it is empty.

critique: The answer should mention the inheritance.

critique: The twist is that the boys think they have found a fortune, but their father opens the safe and reveals that it is empty.

critique: The answer should mention that the safe contains a note.

critique: "They think they have found a fortune, but their father opens the safe and reveals that it is empty" - the boys' father knew what was in the safe all along. He knew that their grandfather left them a note that was supposed to be where their inheritance was. Rewrite the answer.

critique: The boys are never led to believe there's a fortune in the safe

critique: The answer should mention that the safe is empty.

critique: It is omitted that the safe is their grandfather's.

question: Describe where the narrator lives.

answer: The narrator lives in a small town on the outskirts of a city called Maywood.

critique: "on the outskirts" - add "a city" after "outskirts"

critique: The narrator lives in a small town called Maywood.

critique: The narrator lives in a small town on the outskirts of a city called Maywood.

critique: More details are available to describe Maywood.

critique: The narrator lives in the city of Maywood, not on the outskirts.

question: What does the narrator's younger brother say they could do?

answer: The narrator's younger brother says they could go digging under the fort.

critique: "The narrator's younger brother" - replace with "The narrator's brother Nick"

critique: The narrator's brother says they could dig for something under the fort, not go digging under the fort.

critique: The answer could be phrased in a full sentence.

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

critique: The narrator's brother says they could dig under the fort, not go digging.

critique: The answer should be clearer about what the brother says they could do.


text:
The EXECUTIVE OFFICE is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive with overall responsibility for the running of the Executive. The Ministers with overall responsibility for the department are the First Minister and deputy First Minister.

The department was originally known as the OFFICE OF THE FIRST MINISTER AND DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER, with the same capitalisation used in the department's logo. Following a change in policy in 2007 (see First Minister and deputy First Minister), the word “deputy” was then spelt with a lower-case d, but the older version of the name is retained in the logo. In May 2016, the department was renamed the Executive Office as a result of the Fresh Start Agreement.

Ministers

Until 9 January 2017, the First Minister and deputy First Minister were Arlene Foster (Democratic Unionist Party) and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) respectively. On 9 January 2017, McGuinness resigned, forcing the vacancy of Foster's position under the rules of the Assembly. On 11 January 2020, Arlene Foster was reappointed First Minister with Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin appointed deputy First Minister.[1]

They are assisted by two junior ministers: Gordon Lyons (DUP) and Declan Kearney (Sinn Féin).[2]

Responsibilities

The Executive Office's overall aim is to “deliver a peaceful, fair, equal and prosperous society". Its key stated objectives include: “driving investment and sustainable development”; “Tackling disadvantage and promoting equality of opportunity”; and the “effective operation of the institutions of government”.[3]

The office has the following main responsibilities:[4]

-   administrative support for the Northern Ireland Executive (co-chaired by the First Minister and Deputy First Minister)
-   children and young people
-   equality of opportunity and good relations
-   emergency planning
-   infrastructure investment
-   international relations
-   liaison with the Northern Ireland Assembly, the North/South Ministerial Council, the British-Irish Council, the Civic Forum for Northern Ireland (suspended) and departments of the UK Government
-   poverty and social exclusion
-   sustainable development
-   victims and survivors of the Troubles

The Executive Office's main counterparts in the United Kingdom Government are:

-   the Northern Ireland Office (oversees the devolution settlement);[5]
-   the Cabinet Office (on the machinery of government and honours);[6][7]
-   the Department for Communities and Local Government (on community relations and emergency planning);[8][9]
-   the Government Equalities Office;[10]
-   the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (on sustainable development);[11]
-   the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (on international relations).[12]

History

[The office's first logo, used until the name change to Executive Office in May 2016] A Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was appointed on its formation in June 1921, supported by the Department of the Prime Minister,[13] but the office was abolished in March 1972, on suspension of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and introduction of direct rule.

The Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 transferred the powers of the Prime Minister to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland within the British Government. A Chief Executive of Northern Ireland briefly held office in the 1974 Northern Ireland Executive. The Secretary of State was supported by the Northern Ireland Office, which was responsible for security and political affairs during the Troubles.

Following a referendum on the Belfast Agreement on 23 May 1998 and the granting of royal assent to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 on 19 November 1998, a Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive were established by the United Kingdom Government under Prime Minister Tony Blair. The process was known as devolution and was set up to return devolved legislative powers to Northern Ireland. OFMDFM was one of five new devolved Northern Ireland departments created in December 1999 by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.

The First Minister and Deputy First Minister first took office on 2 December 1999. Devolution was suspended for four periods, during which the department came under the responsibility of direct rule ministers from the Northern Ireland Office:

-   between 12 February 2000[14] and 30 May 2000;[15]
-   on 11 August 2001;[16][17]
-   on 22 September 2001;[18][19]
-   between 15 October 2002[20] and 8 May 2007.[21]

[1]

[2]

[3] Northern Ireland Budget 2011–15, page 105

[4] OFMDFM Ministers

[5] Northern Ireland Office: About the NIO

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11] Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: About Defra

[12]

[13] Alan J. Ward, _The Irish Constitutional Tradition_, p.116.

[14] Article 2, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Commencement) Order 2000

[15] Article 2, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) Order 2000

[16] Article 1, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) Order 2001

[17] Article 2, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) Order 2001

[18] Article 1, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) (No.2) Order 2001

[19] Article 2, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) (No.2) Order 2001

[20] Article 1, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) Order 2002

[21] Article 2, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) Order 2007

title: Executive Office (Northern Ireland)

question: What does the article say about the Ministers of the Northern Ireland government?

answer: The Ministers of the Northern Ireland government are the First Minister and deputy First Minister. The First Minister and deputy First Minister are Arlene Foster (Democratic Unionist Party) and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein) respectively. On 9 January 2017, McGuinness resigned, forcing the vacancy of Foster's position under the rules of the Assembly. On 11 January 2020, Arlene Foster was reappointed First Minister with Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Fein appointed deputy First Minister. They are assisted by two junior ministers: Gordon Lyons (DUP) and Declan Kearney (Sinn Fein).

critique: The answer should mention that McGuinness resigned because of his ill health.

critique: The answer should be more specific about the ministers' roles.

question: What does the article say about  Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972?

answer: Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 transferred the powers of Prime Minister to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland within the British Government. A Chief Executive of Northern Ireland briefly hold office in the 1974 Northern Ireland Executive, supported by the Northern Ireland Office.

critique: The response is missing the part about the Northern Ireland Office overseeing the devolution settlement.

critique: The response inaccurately mentions the Chief Executive of Northern Ireland held office in the 1974 Northern Ireland Executive.

critique:
It is omitted that devolution was suspended for four periods, during which the department came under the responsibility of direct rule ministers from the Northern Ireland Office:
- between 12 February 2000[14] and 30 May 2000;[15]
- on 11 August 2001;[16][17]
- on 22 September 2001;[18][19]
- between 15 October 2002[20] and 8 May 2007

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

question: What does the article say about the responsibilities of the Executive Office?

answer: The Executive Office's overall aim is to "deliver a peaceful, fair, equal and prosperous society". Its key stated objectives include "driving investment and sustainable development", "Tackling disadvantage and promoting equality of opportunity", and the "effective operation of the institutions of government". The office has the following main responsibilities: administrative support for the Northern Ireland Executive (co-chaired by the First Minister and Deputy First Minister), children and young people, equality of opportunity and good relations, emergency planning, infrastructure investment, international relations, liaison with the Northern Ireland Assembly, the North/South Ministerial Council, the British-Irish Council, the Civic Forum for Northern Ireland (suspended), and departments of the UK Government, poverty and social exclusion, sustainable development, and victims and survivors of the Troubles.

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

critique: It is irrelevant to state the responsibilities of the office.

critique: The highlighted text is a list of the responsibilities of the Executive Office, not its overall aim.

critique: There is no evidence to suggest that the office's overall aim is to "deliver a peaceful, fair, equal and prosperous society".

critique: The answer does not mention the office's responsibilities.

question: What does the article say about Arlene Foster's accomplishments as the First Minister?

answer: No answer

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