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WILLIAM LEVI CRAWFORD (September 10, 1911 – January 25, 1984) was an American publisher and editor.

Career

During the autumn of 1933, Crawford, a West Coast science fiction fan, proposed to start a non-paying weird fiction magazine, _Unusual Stories_, which was initiated soon afterward. About the same time he also published the magazine _Marvel Tales_. For _Unusual Stories_ he commissioned a brief autobiography by H.P. Lovecraft, Autobiography: Some Notes on a Nonentity, although it was never published in the magazine. He also accepted Lovecraft's Celephais and The Doom That Came to Sarnath for _Unusual Stories_, but they were published instead in _Marvel Tales_ (May 1934 and March–April 1935, respectively). Around July 1934 Lovecraft wrote _Some Notes on Interplanetary Fiction_ for one of Crawford's magazines, but the essay was published in the magazine _The Californian_ (Winter 1935). Lovecraft's correspondent Duane W. Rimel wrote the tale “The Jewels of Charlotte” (possibly revised by Lovecraft) [1] which was published in _Unusual Stories_, May–June 1935. Robert Bloch's early story “Black Lotus” appeared in _Unusual Stories_ in 1935.

In 1935, Crawford published the collection _Mars Mountain_, by Eugene George Key. It was the first full-size book issued by a publisher that specialized in science fiction.[2] It was a poorly produced hardcover of 142 pages and was not well-received when it appeared.[3] At this time Crawford had ambitious publishing plans and promised hardcover editions of Andrew North's _People of the Crater_ and Ralph Milne Farley's _The Missing Link_; the Farley title never appeared but the North (pseudonym of Andre Norton) title was finally issued in 1972 as part of the collection _Garan the Eternal_.[4]

During the spring of 1935 Crawford contemplated reviving the defunct magazine _Fantasy Fan_ with Lovecraft as editor, but the plan was never realized. He also thought of issuing one of Lovecraft's stories _At the Mountains of Madness_ or _The Shadow Over Innsmouth_ as a booklet, or bound together in one volume; he considered submitting the latter story to _Astounding Stories_ after learning of the acceptance there of _At the Mountains of Madness_ and _The Shadow Out of Time_ but it is not known whether he did so. In late 1935, he began the process of issuing _The Shadow Over Innsmouth_ as a book. The project came to fruition in November 1936 (although the copyright page declares the date of publication as April 1936), under Crawford's Visionary Publishing Co imprint; but the book had so many typographical errors that Lovecraft insisted on an errata sheet (which was also faulty). _The Shadow Over Innsmouth_ was the only book of Lovecraft's fiction to be published and distributed during Lovecraft's own lifetime. Crawford printed 400 copies but bound only 200; the others were destroyed later. According to Robert Weinberg, few copies of the book were sold, even though it was available at the bargain price of $1 a copy. It featured good paper, black linen binding and a dust jacket and four interior illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Crawford wrote of the venture in his essay “Lovecraft's First Book” in _The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces_; reprinted in _Lovecraft Remembered_. Its failure, and the poor sales of a third (nonfantasy) book convinced Crawford of the futility of his efforts.

Future projects, which would have included a hardcover edition of E.E. Smith's _The Skylark of Space_, were dropped.[5] (This title was later published by the Buffalo Book Company in 1946 by Thomas G. Hadley, Donald M. Grant and Kenneth Krueger).

Crawford published books under a number of different imprints before founding the Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in 1946. He edited several anthologies that he also published. He co-wrote the 1936 novel _Behind the Evidence_ with Amelia Reynolds Long under the combined pseudonym Peter Reynolds.[6]

In 1953 Crawford's Fantasy Publishing Company published and edited Science-Fantasy Quintette (300 copies), which included short stories by authors L. Ron Hubbard and Ed Earl Repp. _Spaceway_ was another magazine Crawford started that contained stories by L. Ron Hubbard.

From 1970 through 1974 William Crawford organized four Witchcraft and Sorcery Conventions. While this was the chosen name at the time, the emphasis was mainly on Science Fiction and Fantasy with an inclusion of fictional literature that also related to “witchcraft and sorcery” fiction.

Other conventions that he and his wife, Margaret Crawford, founded were Fantasy Faire and Science Fiction Weekend. Famous authors and others who were a part of these conventions included Ray Bradbury, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, A. E. van Vogt, and many others. (“Lost: A Living Legend,” a tribute by Forrest J. Ackermann in _To the Stars_, a fanzine, issue #2, 1984).

William L. Crawford's earliest involvement in the field included his membership in LASFAS (began pre-World War II), the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, where he had befriended Ray Bradbury and other famous authors and fans.

The William L. Crawford Memorial Award for the best first fantasy novel is named in his honor.[7] Andre Norton was the creator of this award which is still actively presented to qualifying individuals.

Crawford retained a large volume of unbound FCPI books and offered them with paper bindings at low prices through the 1970s.

While a bit off the grid in some ways (the earlier references to his publication efforts do not include that his printing machines from the 1950s on were literally in his garage due to a very minimal budget), William L. Crawford was connected with numerous famous individuals in the Science Fiction genre, including Forrest Ackerman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman). These were the people who, in essence, started and kept alive the science fiction genre until it was ultimately embraced by many due to famous television shows (_Star Trek_ and more) and movies (_Star Wars_, etc.).

[1] S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, _An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia_. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001, p. 227

[2] Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 664.

[3] Sam Moskowitz. _The Immortal Storm_ (Atlanta FA: ASFO, 1954) p. 23

[4] Robert Weinberg. “Science Fiction Specialty Publishers” in _Science Fiction Collections: Fantasy, Supernatural and Weird Tales_ (Haworth Press, 1983), p. 119.

[5] Robert Weinberg. “Science Fiction Specialty Publishers” in _Science Fiction Collections: Fantasy, Supernatural and Weird Tales_ (Haworth Press, 1983), p. 119.

[6] Chalker and Owings 1998, pp. 705-706.

[7] Clute and Grant 1997, p. 1015.

title: William L. Crawford

question: What are the reasons behind Crawford magazines' inability to sell well?

answer: The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors.

critique: The answer should mention that the magazines were science fiction.

critique: The response does not fully answer the question. The magazines were poorly produced and had typographical errors.


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By Amelia Robinson

GINGER AND SPICE ASIAN BISTRO

Address: 1105 Brown St., Dayton

Hours: 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday

Online: Facebook

Call: (937) 716-1298

Local “Asian-style” restaurants had better watch their backs.

There is a new kid in town with a chef with tons of experiences and fresh ingredients in her kitchen.

The phrase “local farm-raised” is repeated over and over again on the menu at Ginger & Spice, the new Asian bistro at 1105 Brown St. Straight out of the gate, it is in the running for the _best Asian food in town award._

A lot of restaurants promise fresh ingredients. You can taste and see the freshness on Ginger & Spice’s plates… _seriously._

Ginger & Spice is owned by Grace Peng. who formerly operated Tsao’s Cuisine near Wright State University in Fairborn. Ginger & Spice’s lively dishes are created by Anne Tsao, the founding Tsao Cuisine.

According to Dayton Daily News writer Mark Fisher, Tsao’s career began at the age of 12 in Taiwan. She worked her way up to the kitchens of high-level hotels there before coming to the United States in 1989. Tsao cooked in Asian restaurants in Indianapolis before moving to the Dayton area to join Steve Kao’s. That now-defunct Miami Twp. Chinese restaurant was around in the 1990s.

Ginger & Spice is a stone’s throw from the University of Dayton.

Its clean décor, friendly staff (Peng worked the house on both of our recent trips there) and delicious food are already appealing to college students, the business lunch crowd and those looking for something different for dinner.

But enough of the small talk. Let’s get to the grub.

Shrimp hand rolls — two for $4

[New restaurant could be best Asian food in town , item 1]

Super fresh and plump shrimp in a yumtastic thin rice skin with lettuce, cucumber and rice noodles. It comes with a peanut sauce.

Pan-seared hand-wrapped pot stickers — six for $6

[New restaurant could be best Asian food in town , item 2]

These are a staff recommendation for a reason. The ground pork pot stickers can be either steamed or pan seared. They take up to 20 minutes to make, but are worth the wait.

Ginger & Spice Wontons — eight for $6

[New restaurant could be best Asian food in town , item 3]

These are far from the tasteless balls of nothing that typically come in wonton soup. The handmade wontons are stuffed with ground pork and served in a sweet and spicy sauce that will kill you cuz it is so good. Trust me, you’ll want to keep that sauce.

Pork Belly with King Oyster Mushroom — $8

[New restaurant could be best Asian food in town , item 4]

The mushrooms and crisp carrots nearly steal the show from the pork belly in this crazy satisfying dish in a spicy bean sauce.

Mala Beef — $9

[New restaurant could be best Asian food in town , item 5]

A healthy portion of beef and tons of garlic, mushrooms, scallions and jalapenos.

The special — $12

[New restaurant could be best Asian food in town , item 6]

It is easy to fall into the trap of ordering the same thing over and over again. Try the special at Ginger & Spice. This one was loaded with scrimp, tofu, broccoli and other veggies for $12.

Contact this blogger at amelia.robinson@coxinc.com or Twitter.com/DDNSmartMouth

question: What does the text say about Grace Peng?

answer: Grace Peng is the owner of Ginger & Spice. She formerly operated Tsao's Cuisine near Wright State University in Fairborn.

critique: It's omitted that Peng worked the house on both of the author's recent trips to the restaurant.

critique: The answer should mention that Peng worked the house on both of the author's recent trips to Ginger & Spice.

critique: The answer could mention her Asian heritage more.

critique: It is omitted that Peng worked the house on both of their recent trips there.

critique: The answer should mention that Peng worked the house at Ginger & Spice.


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I was having a chat over lunch with my longtime Aussie pal Amir Zoghi about surrender. We were discussing the importance of letting go of attachment especially when we really desire something. Amir dropped this truth bomb:

_“THE BEST WAY TO GET WHAT YOU WANT IS TO NOT WANT IT.”_

There is such wisdom in that simple statement. The more we want something, the more attached we are to getting it and attachment is something that usually LEADS TO AN EXPECTATION HANGOVER.

Why does attachment lead to disappointment?

When we are attached to getting a specific result we put far more pressure on ourselves, another person, or a situation. Instead of being in the flow of life, we put our desires in a pressure cooker and project way too far into the future. For example, you have an idea for a business and you begin to set specific goals that you want to hit. As soon as you believe that hitting those goals is going to make you successful, happy, or whatever it is that you want to feel, you are attached. Or let’s say you are longing for a relationship and someone comes along who has potential. The second you want it to turn into anything more than it is _right in that very moment_ creates attachment.

When we become attached to the outcome of HOW WE _WANT _SOMETHING TO TURN OUT, we miss out on a lot of things. We miss out on clearly hearing the voice of our intuition because we are future focused and intuition resides in the present moment. We miss out on the preciousness of the moment. We get so caught up in an end result that we skip the learning that comes with being right here, right now. We also MISS OUT ON GUIDANCE FROM THE UNIVERSE or possible red flags because we are so tunnel vision focused on what we want.

So does this mean that we should not want things? Or does it mean we should not set goals?

Well first of all I would not dare to “should” all over you but I will offer you my point of view on this that comes from a LOT of life experience of setting goals and wanting things . . . and consequently expectation hangovers!

Desire is not bad or wrong. It is an important feeling to have because it is a compass. Yet we often misunderstand desire. We think we desire a form or result but WE TRULY DESIRE IS THE _FEELING_ THAT WE BELIEVE THAT FORM OR RESULT WILL GIVE US. Going back to the examples from above, if you have a career goal it is actually not the goal your mind came up with that is driving you. You are really chasing the feeling you think achieving that goal will give you. Will achieving a goal make you feel successful, proud, and financially secure? If so, generate those feelings without having to hit any specific goal and allow your plans to unfold. Similarly, if you want a relationship, you are really chasing the feeling you think being in a relationship will give you. Will being in a relationship make you feel loved, validated, and passionate? If so, generate those feelings without needing someone else there.

The way to let go of attachment AND still get what you desire is to cultivate the _feelings _you think what you want will give you without actually having to have it. @ChristinHassler (Click to Tweet!)

Are you willing to let go of your attachment to the belief that you need something _external _to make you feel a certain way?

Back to what Amir said, “The best way to get what you want is not to want it.” If you are currently cultivating the feelings you desire in the future, you would long for nothing because your experience would be one of completeness. Nothing would feel like it was missing. And from this whole place, anything else that happens only enhances the experience you are already having.

You would be able to let go of the energy of attachment, which I assure you will create much more flow, joy and presence in your life. It also will not push away people or opportunities that feel the pressure cooker of your attachment energy.

I get that this is not an easy concept to comprehend, much less practice, because we live in a world where we are very conditioned to be believe our feelings are a result of results, but they are not. Our truest feelings and desires come from our inner truth and the more tapped in we are to the truth of who we are, the more we realize that we truly have everything we need and want.

Much love,

Christine

P.S. I have a new podcast where I coach people LIVE on the air. Head over to Over it and On With It and listen in for inspiration and action steps.

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_CHRISTINE HASSLER has broken down the complex and overwhelming experience of recovering from disappointment into a step-by-step treatment plan in her new book Expectation Hangover. This book reveals the formula for how to process disappointment on the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual levels to immediately ease suffering. Instead of wallowing in regret, self-recrimination, or anger, we can see these experiences as catalysts for profound transformation and doorways that open to possibility. You can find more info on her website, and follow her on Twitter and FB._

Image courtesy of Gabriel Benois.

question: Summarize why the text states attachment leads to disappointment.

answer: Attachment means putting pressure on a desired result. When one means to put pressureone holds unrealistic expectations of the result. This then makes one think that the goal is the key, however it's not.

critique: Attachments are made not only to desired outcomes

critique: The answer is confusing and doesn't make sense.

critique: The answer is confusing and doesn't make much sense.

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

text: "pressureone" - 'pressure' and 'one' should be separated.

category: coherence

question: Summarize what the text states about the feeling of desire.

answer: People misunderstand desire, thinking we want a result, but really all the want is the feelings that the result will give, such as secure, pride, and financial security. When setting goals, the goal is not what drives us-the feelings are. The feelings can be cultivated without having to hit any previously set goals and allow for plans to unfold. Desire is not without its place and benefits, as it can act as a "compass".

critique: The answer should mention the importance of letting go of attachment.

critique: The answer should mention that the feelings can be cultivated without having to have the result.

critique: The answer should mention the author's advice on letting go of attachment.

critique: The response misses to mention that people should cultivate the feelings they desire in the future without having to have it.

critique: More detail can expand on the point about the benefits, for example that it can act like a compass.

critique: The answer omits that the feelings can be cultivated without having to have the result.

critique: The answer misses to mention that cultivating the feelings without having the result can help you let go of attachment.

question: Will the message from this text help many people let go of attachment and create much more flow, joy and presence in their lives?

answer: No answer

critique: It is omitted that the text is written by Christine Hassler.


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HYLAND SOFTWARE is the developer of the enterprise content management (ECM) and process management software suite called OnBase. Applications of the suite are used in healthcare, financial institutions, insurance, government, higher education and manufacturing. The firm has its headquarters in Westlake, Ohio,[1] and other offices in Lincoln, Nebraska; Irvine, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; São Paulo, Brazil; London, England; Tokyo, Japan; Andover, Massachusetts; Melbourne, Australia; Kolkata, India; Sydney, Australia; Berlin, Germany; Olathe, Kansas; Bloomington, Minnesota; Salt Lake City, Utah; Phoenix, Arizona; and Tampa, Florida.

On March 31, 2014, the company rebranded itself as OnBase by Hyland.[2]

Corporate History

Founding

Hyland Software was established in 1991 by Packy Hyland Jr. He met with members of The Necedah Bank to discuss its data processing and how electronic information technology could reduce printing costs by storing daily reports directly to optical disk. Packy Hyland created the first version of OnBase for The Necedah Bank, which became Hyland Software's first customer. Because OnBase was originally created for a bank, a majority of Hyland Software's customers were in the banking industry until recently when the healthcare providers found value from ECM technologies.[3]

Acquisition History

September 1, 2006: Matrix Imaging (private enterprise content management company in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan specializing in the higher education sector)[4]

July 1, 2008: Liberty Information Management Systems (IMS) (private Costa Mesa, California-based enterprise content management company)[5]
Hyland acquired the company to gain a larger customer and partner base. The office in California, with a move from Costa Mesa to Irvine, has been maintained.

July 1, 2009: Valco Data Systems (private, Salem, New Hampshire-based healthcare software and software integration company)[6]
Valco's software was noted for being strongly integrated with software from MEDITECH.

March 1, 2010: eWebHealth (private, Reading, Massachusetts-based provider of hosted medical records workflow) [7]
Their specific expertise is in the areas of coding and revenue cycle workflow.

September 1, 2010: Hershey Systems (private, Santa Fe Springs, California maker of Singularity, a document management system marketed to higher education institutions) [8]

September 24, 2010: Computer Systems Company, Inc. (dba The CSC Group) (private, Strongsville, Ohio-based provider of healthcare software and document conversion services) [9]

August 29, 2012: SIRE Technologies, Inc. (private, Salt Lake City, Utah-based software developer focused on stuff for county and local governments)[10]

December, 2012: Enterprise Consulting Partners (ECP) (private, Reston, VA-based software focused on workflow automation and document management solutions that support business processes such as: invoice automation, billing, contract management, purchase requisitioning and human resources).

February 28, 2013: AnyDoc Software (Tampa, Florida-based software developer focused on automated document, data capture and classification)[11]

June 1, 2014: CAYLX (private, Belrose, Australia-based software company)

October 13, 2015: LawLogix (Phoenix, Arizona-based software company specializing in cloud-based immigration and compliance software.)[12]

May, 2016: AcroSoft ECM (private, Indianapolois, IN- based software company)

July 7, 2017: the Perceptive business unit from Lexmark International, Inc. including the products Perceptive Content (formerly ImageNow), Perceptive Capture (formerly Brainware), Acuo VNA, PACSGEAR, Claron, Nolij, Saperion, Pallas Athena, ISYS and Twistage.

October 22, 2020: Hyland announced the acquisition of Alfresco Software. [13]

Major Industries

- Healthcare
- Government
- Higher Education
- Commercial
- Financial Services
- Insurance
- Manufacturing

Key People

Packy Hyland, Jr. is the founder of Hyland Software and developed the first version of OnBase for The Necedah Bank in Wisconsin in 1991. He served as CEO and President until 2001, when he was succeeded by his brother, A.J. Hyland, who retired in 2013[14] and was succeed after by Bill Priemer, formerly the firm's Chief Operating Officer.[15] Miguel Zubizarreta served as CTO and joined the company in 1992 and has since retired in 2016, and was responsible for the architecture and product development direction of the OnBase product line. Chris Hyland served as CFO and joined the company in 1992 and will retire on 2020.

Product

[OnBase Logo] Hyland Software's OnBase product integrates document management, business process automation and records management. Industry analysts such as Forrester Research focus on the product's foundational ECM functionality, like imaging and archiving capabilities, as its strengths.[16]

The OnBase product also offers integrations with Microsoft,[17] SAP, Oracle Corporation[18] and Lawson to gain more value from existing technologies. OnBase was named 2015 Best in KLAS for Document Management and Imaging.[19]

Services

The OnBase Cloud

Hyland offers a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application of OnBase software known as the OnBase Cloud.[20] This service is a cloud-based version of Hyland's traditional OnBase product offering; applications are hosted at a data center and accessed over a secure Internet connection.

Recognition

In 2014, 2015, and 2016 the company was ranked as one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list, rising to position 48 in 2016.[21]

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title: Hyland Software

question: Summarize the history of Hyland Software.

answer: Hyland Software was established by Packy Hyland Jr. in 1991. They are the developer of the enterprise content management (ECM) and process management software suite called OnBase. Applications of the suite are used in healthcare, financial institutions, insurance, government, higher education, and manufacturing. The firm has its headquarters in Westlake, Ohio, and other offices in Lincoln, Nebraska; Irvine, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; São Paulo, Brazil; London, England; Tokyo, Japan; Andover, Massachusetts; Melbourne, Australia; Kolkata, India; Sydney, Australia; Berlin, Germany; Olathe, Kansas; Bloomington, Minnesota; Salt Lake City, Utah; Phoenix, Arizona; and Tampa, Florida.

critique: The answer should mention the rebranding.

critique: Hyland Software was established by Packy Hyland Jr.

critique: The answer could focus more on the history of Hyland Software.

text: The response needs to mention Hyland's first venture with The Necedah Bank because that started it all. "They are the developer of the enterprise content management (ECM) and process management software suite called OnBase. Applications of the suite are used in healthcare, financial institutions, insurance, government, higher education, and manufacturing. The firm has its headquarters in Westlake, Ohio, and other offices in Lincoln, Nebraska; Irvine, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; São Paulo, Brazil; London, England; Tokyo, Japan; Andover, Massachusetts; Melbourne, Australia; Kolkata, India; Sydney, Australia; Berlin, Germany; Olathe, Kansas; Bloomington, Minnesota; Salt Lake City, Utah; Phoenix, Arizona; and Tampa, Florida." - this is irrelevant.

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question: Summarize everything related to the Hyland family.

answer: Hyland Software was established by Packy Hyland Jr. He created the first version of OnBase for the Necedah Bank. His brother, A.J. Hyland, served as CEO and President until 2013. Packy's son, Chris Hyland, served as CFO.

critique: The answer should mention the founder's brother.

critique: The answer omits Packy's brother, Bill Priemer, who succeeded A.J. Hyland as CEO and President.

critique: The answer omits Packy's brother, Bill, who succeeded him as CEO.

critique: Packy's son is not mentioned in the article.

critique: Packy's son is not mentioned as serving as CFO.

question: What does the article say about Hyland Software's competitors?

answer: No answer

critique: The text doesn't go through every nook and corner of Hyland's competitors. "Competitors" refers to businesses similar model as Hyland Software, if Hyland's competitors are not mentioned in the text, you can infer Hyland's competitors from Hyland's approach.

critique: It is omitted that the article does not discuss Hyland Software's competitors.


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Part One:

It was playing again, her Music. She tried not to let it move her. The Music had a way of doing that. In a quiet room, void of all sound, it sang to her. Louder and louder in her own ears, she alone felt the horror and beauty of--

"Checks!"

She pretended to have been roused from sleep. The Colors were gone, but she could still hear The Music. Moving slowly, deliberately, she sat up, rubbing her eyes in a syncopation. It was a beat that most couldn't pick up on.

"Breakfast in ten."

The door closed, cocooning her like a pale moth. All the time indoors, inside these white walls took the color from her. If not for her copper locks she could melt into the crisp sheets and fade away forever. She would become an empty room with a dingy window, void of scars or blemishes.

Rising, she prepared for another day. She could not waltz to the table, or tap her fork to Tchaikovsky. The only rhythms could be breathing in and out steadily, marching down the hall out of step in a choreographed stumble. Deep inside her where they never thought to look, however, her heart beat wetly in time to every note.

"Another quiet day," she mused. It made them believe The Music was fading. That she, and everyone else, was getting better. Of course they weren't, but false optimism was getting her farther than fighting to prove her innocence.

She placed her free hand under her leg, catching herself about to tap on the table. Mother said hearing that infernal tapping all day drove her mad. If that were the case, why was she not here instead?

Part Two:

Little white bed, little white cords, little white lies. She had to go back to the lightening room. They had pulled her there in a horrible tango, she thought. Is that what happened? Eyes swimming, bobbing about on the pallid ocean square above her bed, she tried to remember.

*Ting*

Blue freckles peeked out, nearly too fast for her to know she had even seen them. A tear ran down her cheek. Her head lolled lazily to the side, but the sea followed her, rolling and roiling nauseously with her.
Black to white to black. Lightening strikes, cold ocean splashes. Music...the music was quiet now. She could hear the others' screams over it, smearing it out. The moon spun outside her window, smiling and winking the nights away.

All was still and Stygian inside her, all was stock and snowy within the walls, all was pitch and dead beyond. The only thing that stirred was her heart, and it was tired. She was tired.

^*ting*

Sitting up was nearly impossible. Her blood ran thick as molten lead. Crying fire, she lifted her arms to play her violin once more, to the new moon.

Part Three:

Sister has glass eyes like a doll. She speaks of lightening rooms and marching men. Sister is pale, sister is thin. Father smokes and mother shrieks, and I hide my secrets deep. There is a song playing for sister, but they try to make it quiet. I can't imagine her songs are much louder, but I'm better at denying it.

My big doe eyes must make me look scared. Mother leads me down the hall. *Clack, clack, clack.* She is brisk but I must crawl, as she talks, knowing I can't speak back. *Clack, clack, clack.*

The Woe is Me and Dreadfully So, wrist to forehead, sigh. The Stiff Upper Lip, patting my crutches, cry. Father follows, stoic, as we trek outside. Behind all of our charades we try to hide.

title: [RF] White Waltz

question: Why are the protagonists in the passage trying hard to suppress the Music?

answer: The Music is a metaphor for their emotions. The Music is something they feel but can't express.

text: The answer needs to mention that the first protagonist's parents disapprove of The Music and that the Music seems to be capable of driving people mad.


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_UPDATE Q3/2016: _
_WE PUBLISHED A NEW RANKING, BASED ON ACTUAL IOT PROJECTS WHICH CAN BE FOUND HERE. _

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Wearables have climbed to the top of the IoT applications ranking for Q2/2015, riding the wave of Apple’s introduction of the Apple Watch.

Other major findings of the Q2 IoT applications ranking:

-   Smart Home, that had previously occupied the #1 spot has fallen to the third position despite further product introductions by heavy-weights Google and Apple.
-   Smart Cities have moved into second place, as Indian cities have started to embrace the concept.
-   Smart Farming, a niche application of IoT, is picking up speed as TelCo operators make a move in this area.

The IoT application ranking is published by IoT Analytics on a quarterly basis. The aim of the ranking is to quantify the popularity of the biggest IoT applications as the technology evolves. The ranking is an indication of overall segment activity and public popularity – it does not reflect the actual size of the IoT market segment.

[iot applications ranking]

Q2/2015: Most popular IoT applications (and biggest movers)

1. Wearables (+1)

Q2 has seen a hype around wearable devices. +33% Google searches and twice as many LinkedIn discussions have boosted the IoT application to first place in the ranking.

Smart watches were the most important wearable application in Q2, led by Apple’s official release of the Apple watch on April 24. Further strengthening the position in the ranking was Fitbit’s successful IPO in June.

It seems, however, that wearables have reached the top of the hype. Apple refused to release official sales figures for the Apple Watch as part of their quarterly earnings results (July 2015). While Apple claims that they haven’t done so for competitive reasons, many experts believe that the Apple Watch is not living up to its expectations. Feedback from users is also mixed.

2. Smart city (+1)

Many large cities have started initiatives related to “Smart Cities”. Boston, Barcelona, Copenhagen are making a strong push into that direction, to name a few.

But the biggest push of all is currently coming from India. Last year, Indian PM Modi vowed to construct 100 so-called “smart cities” by 2022, an infrastructure project some estimate would cost $1 trillion. A year after the announcement, the plans are starting to be implemented and with it a lot of criticism and controversy.

Many news articles in Q2/2015 shared a concern that this gigantic Smart City project would leave out the poor who have much greater needs than “smarter cities”, they need water and power. This controversy as well as the announcement of several US cities to start “Smart City”-initiatives (like Kansas City or Charlotte N.C.) increased the coverage for “Smart Cities.

On top of that, Google launched Sidewalk Labs on June 11 with the aim to bring Smart Cities into the focus of other IT-companies.

3. Smart home (-2)

Smart home is still one of the most trending IoT applications, although it is losing two positions. Both Apple and Google continue to push the topic with new developments. The first HomeKit-certified products launched in June. Apple announced further HomeKit features for iOS 8 with the goal that every iPhone will soon be controlling a smart device by default. Google announced the first “Nest Security Cam”. Another prominent smart home company went public in June: Alarm.com.

8. Smart farming (+2)

Somewhat surprising but quite logically, Smart farming is rising in the IoT applications ranking as well.

Many companies are realizing that there are synergies between the IoT technology used in Smart Cities and for Smart Farming applications. Both areas have an outdoor-component that will require some kind of cellular (M2M) connectivity.

Verizon’s IoT efforts, for example, include both new partnerships with Smart Cities Councils as well as Smart farming accelerators and farming conferences. Vodafone announced the expansion of its Farmers Club initiative to empower farmers through technology, especially in emerging markets.

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question: What does the text say about Wearables?

answer: Wearables have climbed to the top of the IoT applications ranking for Q2/2015, riding the wave of Apple's introduction of the Apple Watch. Smart home, that had previously occupied the #1 spot in the ranking has fallen to the third position despite further product introductions by heavy-weights Google and Apple. Smart Cities have moved into second place as Indian cities have started to embrace the concept. Smart Farming, a niche application of IoT, is picking up speed as TelCo operators make a move in this area.

critique: The answer should mention that the popularity of wearables has not lived up to expectations.

critique: The answer should mention that the wearables have reached the top of the hype.

critique: The answer should mention the mixed reviews of the Apple Watch.

critique: This response does not answer the question and is taken from the text.

critique: The answer should mention that the wearables ranking is an indication of overall segment activity and public popularity.

critique: The answer should mention the mixed feedback on the Apple Watch.

text: Smart homes, smart cities, and smart farming are irrelevant.

question: What does the text say about the Smart Cities IoT applications?

answer: Smart Cities have moved into second place, as Indian cities have started to embrace the concept. Many large cities have started initiatives related to "Smart Cities". Boston, Barcelona, Copenhagen, and many other cities are making a strong push into that direction. The biggest push of all is currently coming from India. The Indian Prime Minister Modi vowed to construct 100 so-called "smart cities" by 2022.

critique: The answer omits the controversy and criticism around the project.

critique: Phrasing as a summary rather than as a reporting of a point raised in the article.

critique: The answer should mention the controversy surrounding the Smart Cities.

critique: The answer could mention the controversy surrounding the Indian smart cities.

critique: The answer should mention the criticism and controversy around the project.

critique: The answer should mention the criticism of the project.

critique: The answer should mention the concerns about the Smart City project.

text: The answer should be clearer about what "second place" means. It refers to the popularity ranking of IoT applications.

question: What does the text say about the cost of IoT applications?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the text doesn't discuss the cost of IoT applications.


text:
Part One: The Turning Point

	Picture for a moment, if you will, someone you love. Picture that person, really focus on them. What would you be willing to do for that person? Is there a limit to what you would do for them? I'll bet there is. Would you kill for them? And I don't mean kill in defense, I mean murder. Would you slaughter innocent lives for that person? Would you transcend into a place of pure evil? Would you become, for all intensive purposes, a monster? Most of you probably wouldn't. But I’m about to do just that.
	We all have regrets. Things that we wish we could go back and change. I have only recently learned what it means to truly regret something. Meeting her was the turning point in my life. The day our eyes met was the day I began my descent into darkness, I just didn't know it yet.
	Her name was Emarosa, and she was my goddess. I can see her so vividly, like she's right in front of me. Pale skin that seemed to glow under the moon. Her hair was the midnight sky and her eyes were the brightest of all the stars. She was like a mirror that reflected back everything good in the world.
	It was almost 3 years ago when I asked her to marry me, and half that long since she did. I remember it clearly. As I saw her walk down the aisle my heart exploded and filled my body with warmth from head to toe. This is it I thought, this is joy in the purest and most primitive sense. Nothing else mattered, I was on top of the world. Months prior we had agreed that we didn't need an extravagant honeymoon. No paradise could compare to just spending a week in the country away from the world in each other's arms. And that's what we did.
	We were driving down an unlit back road to our cabin. It was almost three in the morning and she was sleeping in the passenger seat. I glanced over at her to admire how peaceful she looked. It was just for a moment, but in that moment everything changed.
	I didn't see the road turn. What happened after played in slow motion. The vehicle collided with a tree like a wave breaking against a cliff as one lone branch reached out through the shattered windshield and tore right through her heart. All at once her eyes snapped open, as she gasped for air. She brought her gaze upon me one last time before her frail form went limp. I watched what remained of her life drain from her eyes through the hole in her chest. Her white gown now stained in the most violent shade of red.
	I spent the next few days in a trance. I can hardly remember anything from the ambulance ride back to civilization to the last shovelful of dirt my trembling hands cast upon her casket. For the first time in my life I felt lost, like an untrained sailor out at sea with no idea of what direction to go next.
	The following months led me to a very dark place. I lost my job, and my mind fell into disarray. The last bit of light in my eyes was snuffed out like a candle that day, and I had no desire to keep on living. Alone in the dark I groped through the unruly stack of past due bills, and eviction notices for the gun I left sitting there. The cold barrel against my temple was the first real thing I had felt since the woman I love died. My thumb searched for the hammer, and pulled it back. The click echoed and reverberated off of the collection of empty bottles littered across the floor. I took a deep breath, and eased my finger into the trigger housing. Just as I began to squeeze a cold hand grabbed my wrist, and eased my arm back down. I spun around and saw something I will never forget. It was her. My Emarosa.

Part Two: The Collector

	I never believed in the supernatural before that night, but there she was smiling down at me. She reached out her hand and caressed my cheek. Tears rolled down my face, and sizzled against her ghostly flesh, and that’s when I realized it. Suddenly I was aware that my cheek was burning, her hand was white hot. I jumped away startled. Her smile twisted sadistically, and her flesh burned away. There standing in her place was the most sinister looking man I had ever seen.
	 He called himself The Collector. He was well over seven feet tall, smartly dressed in a red suit and a midnight black leather duster. His narrow face, and high, well defined cheek bones accentuated the malice that radiated from his dark eyes. The Collector pulled a pack of smokes from his duster, stuck one in his mouth, and lit it. He gave me a vague description of who he was, and what he did.
	It was explained that he was a demon of sorts, or at least what we refer to as a demon, and as his name implies he is a collector. Every once in a while he would cross over into our world, and present a grief stricken mortal with a most tempting offer. In exchange for one-thousand souls he would return your loved one. In other words, if I sacrificed enough people to him he would bring Emarosa back from the grave, just as she was before.
	Like any decent person I was hesitant, but he made it very clear that it was my choice. He laid a very ancient looking dagger in my hands and explained that it didn’t matter how the person died as long as I slit their throat with the dagger afterwards. He also explained that the weapon would lose its power after five years, and if I hadn’t harvested enough souls by then I would never get her back. The Collector flashed one last ominous grin and disappeared into the shadows, leaving nothing behind but a smoldering cigarette butt.
	I think I was always going to accept the deal, but I didn’t want to give in too easily. I wanted to be a good guy. I packed my father’s old military rucksack with clothes, my revolver, ammo, and yes even the dagger. I became a vagabond, and I wandered for quite some time. With each day that passed I became hollower, more detached. I forgot the taste of happiness, and lusted after it desperately. I had lost my purpose, my spark, and I was about to lose my humanity.
	This is where I am now. Standing above the filthy, unconscious body of some nameless transient with my dagger drawn. I can almost hear the blade crying out for blood. Screaming for violence. I smile, bend over and cut the man’s throat from ear to ear. Steam rises from the wound and embraces my quivering form as his neck spits the last bit of life from his body.
	I hear a man slow clap from behind me, and I turn to face The Collector. He flashes a grin, one that I understand immediately. We have a deal.

title: [TH] A dark thriller/tragedy. Work in progress.

question: What does the story say about the type of relationship the narrator had with Emarosa?

answer: The story begins with the narrator's memories of Emarosa, whom he loves. They were engaged and had a pact not to take a lavish honeymoon since they'd rather spend time in the country in each other's arms. After Emarosa's death, the narrator is grief-stricken and begins to lose his purpose in life. He even loses his job after he had stopped going to work. The narrator believes that The Collector is the answer to his problems, since he's willing to trade a thousand souls to bring Emarosa back.

critique: The answer should mention that Emarosa was killed in a car accident.

critique: The narrator's job loss is not relevant to his relationship with Emarosa.

text: The answer contains irrelevant information and should be simplified to "Emarosa was the turning point in the narrator's life and he worshipped her. They were married but she died in an accident, which broke the narrator. He accepted a deal with the devil to kill 1,000 innocent people to get her back."

question: What does the story say about the type of person the narrator is?

answer: The narrator is very much in love with his wife, Emarosa. When she dies, he becomes depressed and loses his job. He is also indebted and loses his home, leaving him nothing and no one to live for. When he is about to commit suicide and when he kills for the first time, he is taken over by The Collector, who offers to bring back Emarosa from the dead in return for 1000 souls. The narrator is willing to kill for her and becomes a serial killer to get his wife back.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator is a serial killer.

critique: The story does not say that the narrator is indebted and loses his home, leaving him nothing and no one to live for.

critique: The narrator was already a serial killer when he made the deal. He was already killing people when the deal was made.

critique: The narrator's quirk of stabbing people with a dagger before The Collector suggests that he is willing to keep killing, notwithstanding "The Pact", is omitted.

critique: The narrator is not a serial killer. He is a man who is willing to kill for his wife.

critique: The response should include that the narrator is willing to do anything for Emarosa, even if it means killing innocent people.

critique: The narrator is not indebted and loses his home. He is about to commit suicide and loses his job.

text: "When he is about to commit suicide and when he kills for the first time, he is taken over by The Collector" - this doesn't make sense. The narrator was never "taken over" by the Collector. He also made his first kill long after he tried to commit suicide.

category: accuracy

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

answer: The estranged husband of the narrator's dead lover comes to her with a deal from a demon: sacrifice one thousand souls, and the demon will bring the dead lover back to life. In exchange, the old woman agrees to kill a random victim so she can get the weapon back -which she believes is the only thing preventing her from going to hell-which she'll need to kill the demon. So she goes and kills a random stranger which necessitates sacrificing one person to finally get closure on the death of her beloved.

critique: The response is incorrect and does not answer the question.

critique: The response is incorrect. The narrator is not the estranged husband of the dead lover. The narrator is the one who killed the woman.

critique: The response is a summary of the deal between the narrator and the demon, not of the first victim.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

critique: This is false. It is The Collector that is in need of a thousand souls

critique: The story does not mention the narrator's first victim.


text:
	Small crystalline droplets fell gently into the palm of his hand. The faint sunlight glinted off each one, creating a kaleidoscope of color that only he could see. His eyes turned, the blue in them growing brighter with each drop that fell. He looked into his cupped hand and saw the small puddle that had started to form. The water continued to fall gently and slowly in the soft morning breeze. He exhaled deeply, his breathing forming a cloud in front of him and disturbing the icicle that provided the small bit of water he put appreciately to his dry and cracked lips. He sighed with relief, another cloud of breath came before him.
	His eyes came closer to the triangle piece of frozen moisture that was before him. He saw his reflection in the clear crystal structure and watched as his own face rolled down the side of the ice with each drop of water that fell. He stepped back again, his foot crunching on the snow that was behind him. His large boots keeping him steady on the slippery road as he walked away from the squat, abandoned store he had found. The sun grew higher in the sky, making the ground a blinding white color. The man looked again at the abandoned store. The sign above the store was faded and unreadable, the once red paint peeling off and revealing the cracked and frozen wood underneath.
	The man looked down at his hands again; nearly frozen in his thin gloves. He rubbed his hands together in a fruitless attempt to warm. He crossed his arms once again and stepped tentatively towards the three small steps that led to the already open door. He peered inside the dark one room store and saw nothing but dust and empty cans. The floorboards creaked loudly under his large feet as he continued walking forward. He kicked an empty can aside and heard as it hit the rotted wall with a large clang before rolling down the slanted floor towards the back of the room.
	Dusty shelves lined the shoppe and nothing occupied any of them. The man walked up and down every shelf, his eyes ever vigilant for a morsel of food. His frozen hands twisted together as he grew impatient and disappointed. He finally came to the end of the last row and found himself face to face with a green door. The door seemed new, as though it had never been a part of this frozen wasteland and didn’t have to endure what the rest of the empty shop did.
	He approached the door warily. He hadn’t seen anything that bright of a color in years. The only color out there was white, the endless white fields of snow and ice. He outstretched his right hand, the thin glove brushing the rough wooden door, hardly believing it existed. He moved his hand down the door until he found the cold doorknob. He twisted it gently and the door opened easily. He stepped forward and peered into the room and what he saw he didn’t believe: the room was brightly lit with a lamp in the center of the room. The walls were painted a dark brown color and the carpeted floor was tan and smelled clean. The man walked through the door and onto the soft carpet. Once inside, the door behind him closed with a quiet click. The man looked back for a second and started to panic, then he realized he was warm.
	He quickly forgot about the now locked door that was behind him and started to slowly remove each boot, first the left, then the right. Then he did the same with his gloves. Then his hat. And finally his coat. He lay them all on the carpet in a pile and continued walking towards the lamp in the center. He felt every fiber of the carpet as his calloused feet stepped gingerly on it. He hadn’t seen anything like this is years and could hardly believe it was true.
	The lamp sat in the exact center of the square room. The man reached it in a few easy strides. He stared at it, looked at it from all angles. No chord attached it to an outlet and no knob or string showed where to turn it off. But the man wasn’t worried about turning it off. He had lived in the dark too long and the only light he had seen was the blinding light of the fading sun on the snow; a sun which grew dimmer every day and a snow which grew colder.
	He removed the red lamp shade that covered the fluorescent bulb. He put his hands closer to the light and felt relief as the heat warmed them, a warmth he had not felt in a long time. He reached his hands closer until they were just centimeters from the bulb, soaking up the warmth, fearing that at any moment he would wake up and it would be gone.
	“It won’t leave,” the man turned around and saw a woman behind him. She was beautiful, red lips and red hair. Her skin a porcelain white and her cheeks a bright pink. She wore a skin tight black dress that barely covered her knee and her shoes were tall black heels, impossible for walking in the snow.
	The man stuttered. He hadn’t spoke to another person in a long time, let alone a beautiful woman.
	“Don’t be shy,” she said slyly and she walked forward, her hips swaying slowly and a smile creeping onto her beautiful face. “I’m here to help you.” She reached her hand up and pressed it on his unshaven face. Her eyes were a dark brown and stared deeply into his light blue ones as she leaned in closer and kissed him roughly on his chapped lips. He closed his eyes and relished it, enjoyed the taste of her lips and tongue on his.
	She pulled away slowly. “There, isn’t that better.” The man felt tired. He had never felt this tired in his life. He sat slowly next to the lamp and watched through watery eyes as the woman turned off the light and walked away through the green door.
	“Where are you going?” the man asked, his voice hoarse and rough from not speaking for years.
	“I’ll be back later,” she said. Then she turned and walked into the frozen wasteland.
	The man sat on the floor of the old shop, staring at the dilapidated green door and leaning against the broken lamp that had once warmed the family that lived there. He sat there and weeped as he waited for the woman to return, his hands and feet freezing quickly and turning a dark grey and black. The man didn't move for three days, watching, waiting, and freezing.

title: Alone

question: What does the story say about the man's name?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the man's name is not mentioned.

question: What does the text say about the story's setting?

answer: The story takes place on a frozen wasteland with only snow and ice, with a few abandoned buildings here and there. The sun is growing dimmer every day and the snow is growing colder. The man walks through a frozen wasteland in search of food, and when he finds an abandoned store, he enters and finds a warm room with a lamp. He removes his clothes, enjoying the warmth and felling tired. He waits in the room for three days, freezing, waiting for the woman to return.

critique: There is no mention of the story's setting in the text.

text: The answer includes extraneous information not useful for the task.

question: What does the story say about the man's relationship with the beautiful woman?

answer: We don't know who the man is. When he finds an old, abandoned shop and enters, a woman materializes out of thin air and appears to be wiping snow off his lips. She brushes the other side of his face, announcing she is there to help him get better. She kisses his very lip and suggests they enjoy themselves until her return.

question: What does the story say about the man?

answer: The man is alone in the frozen wasteland, searching for food and water. He finds an abandoned shop and goes inside. He sees a bright light and walks towards it. He removes his hat and coat, then his gloves and boots, and sits down next to the lamp. He is tired and falls asleep. He wakes up to find a beautiful woman kissing him. He feels warm and tired again. He waits for three days for the woman to return, freezing and starving.

critique: The answer should mention that the man freezes to death.

critique: The answer should mention the woman's promise to return.

critique: To add the political aspect of the story: there's no governmental system left and the man is perhaps a victim of the apocalypse, or nuclear winter.

text: The answer inaccurately mentions that the man fell asleep and awoke to the woman kissing him. He did not fall asleep


text:
ZWANENBURG, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AEG Power Solutions (FWB:3W9K), a global provider of power electronic systems and solutions for industrial power supplies and renewable energy applications, today announced it has been chosen by UniEnergy Technologies (UET) to supply Protect SC.600 storage converters for their Uni.System™.

UET produces innovative large-scale battery energy storage systems for utility, commercial and industrial, micro-grid, and other applications. In particular, the systems are able to help overcome challenges in adding renewable energy sources to the public grid, including grid stabilization and grid leveling. The Uni.System provides unlimited cycles, 20 year life, and use of the battery’s full state-of-charge,

The AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS) storage converters are installed at two sites. Firstly, at UET’s headquarters in Mukilteo, Washington, USA on the Harbour Pointe distribution circuit, they are being used by UET for production and acceptance testing in a 2 megawatt/4hrs (8 MWh) installation. Secondly, the storage converters are included in UET’s 1 megawatt/4hrs (4 MWh) deployment on the Turner distribution circuit at a manufacturing facility in Pullman, Washington, USA.

UET selected the Protect SC.600 because of its outstanding mix of features and benefits. In particular, the company was impressed by its wide voltage and current range, its flexibility in configuration, and its small physical footprint.

Protect SC.600 is a bi-directional power converter based on IGBT technology. In battery energy storage systems, it transforms the battery’s chemically stored energy into a useful grid service by supply the right electric component, at the right time, with the right amount and form of electrical power. Protect SC.600 has high efficiency for charging and discharging and a wide DC input range, so can be used with any state of the art battery technology currently available.

“With the increasing shift to renewables, there is a growing need to manage how electrical power is provided to the grid,” says Stefan Kempen, Product Manager at AEG Power Solutions. “UET’s energy storage systems are an innovative solution that will help utilities add more renewables, and simplify how they are integrated with other sources.”

UET delivers megawatt-scale energy storage solutions for both power and energy simultaneously. Projects to date include for utilities, commercial and industrial, and micro‐grids. The core patented technology is an advanced vanadium flow battery, with breakthrough electrolyte developed at PNNL, with funding from the US DOE. The Uni.System™ features a plug & play ISO containerized design, state‐of‐the‐art controls, and power electronics. The water-based technology is inherently safe, operationally flexible, reliable, long‐life, and economically compelling. The Uni.System installed in Pullman WA, is the largest deployed flow battery in North America and Europe, supporting demand response, peak shaving, renewable generation integration, ramping, and frequency and voltage regulation.

For more information on UET, please visit http://www.uetechnologies.com.

ABOUT AEG POWER SOLUTIONS
AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS) Group is a global provider of power electronics systems and solutions for all industrial and demanding commercial power requirements offering one of the most comprehensive product and service portfolios in the area of uninterruptible power supply and power management.

Thanks to its distinctive expertise bridging both AC and DC power technologies and spanning the worlds of both conventional and renewable energy, the company creates innovative solutions for next generation distributed power generation.

AEG Power Solutions Group is the sole subsidiary of the holding company 3W Power S.A. (WKN A114Z9) / ISINLU1072910919), based in Luxembourg. The Group is headquartered in Zwanenburg in the Netherlands. The shares of 3W Power are admitted to trading on Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: 3W9K).

For more information, visit www.aegps.com.

_This communication does not constitute an offer or the solicitation of an offer to buy, sell or exchange any securities of 3W Power. This communication contains forward-looking statements which include, inter alia, statements expressing our expectations, intentions, projections, estimates, and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are based on the reasonable evaluation and opinion of the management but are subject to risks and uncertainties which are beyond the control of 3W Power and, as a general rule, difficult to predict. The management and the company cannot and do not, under any circumstances, guarantee future results or performance of 3W Power and the actual results of 3W Power may materially differ from the information expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. As a result, investors are cautioned against relying on the forward-looking statements contained herein as a basis for their investment decisions regarding 3W Power._

_3W Power undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained herein._

question: What does the article say about UET's advanced vanadium flow technology?

answer: UET created an energy storage system that uses the advanced vanadium flow technology. It's the largest energy storage system in North America and Europe, and is used for demand response, peak shaving, renewable generation integration, ramping, and frequency and voltage regulation. It's a water-based technology that's inherently safe, operationally flexible, reliable, and long-life.

critique: The second sentence is made up of lots of other details from the passage which it is not necessary to include in the response because it would confuse the reader. The sentence should be removed.

critique: The answer should mention the battery's features.

critique: The answer should mention the vanadium flow battery's electrolyte.

critique: The answer should mention that the technology was developed with funding from the US DOE.

question: What does the article say about molten salt energy storage?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should state that the information is not known.

critique: The answer should mention that the article does not mention molten salt energy storage.


text:
[Plein Air Painting on Campobello Island and Lubec, Maine, with Michael Chesley Johnson]

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Only 90 miles from Bar Harbor, Maine! Lubec (Maine) and Campobello Island (New Brunswick) are quiet, beautiful retreats for the plein air painter. Think romantic lighthouses, cobblestone beaches, cliff overlooks, broad meadows, working harbours - and lobster! Lubec, Maine, is a historic working waterfront with many opportunities for the painter. Adjacent Campobello Island is home to both the Roosevelt-Campobello International Park and the Herring Cove Provincial Park. Both locations provide lodging and dining to make sure your workshop week is an enjoyable one!

Workshops run Tuesday-Friday, 8-12 Eastern, 9-1 Atlantic. This leaves you plenty of time in the afternoons to explore the area -- or, you can paint more on your own! Lubec, Maine, and nearby Campobello Island offer hiking, biking, kayaking, whale watch tours and more!

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To keep students safe, and for everyone's peace of mind, Michael's plein painting workshops will be kept small in size. The studio will allow for plenty of room for students to spread out. Once in the field, everyone must practice "social distancing." Until further notice, face coverings will be required. This will help everyone to enjoy a comfortable and low-risk experience. Thank you!

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_ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S TOP PLEIN AIR PAINTERS,_ Michael works in oil and pastel in the American Southwest, coastal Maine and the Canadian Maritimes. He has been an invited artist to many national plein air painting events over the years and has competed in challenging locations such as the Grand Canyon.

Elected a Master Pastellist by Pastel Artists Canada in 2008, he is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society and the Pastel Society of America and a juried member of Oil Painters of America. He is the author of _Backpacker Painting: Outdoors with Oil & Pastel_ and _Through a Painter's Brush: A Year on Campobello Island_. A long-time contributor to _The Pastel Journal_ and Contributing Editor for _The Artist's Magazine_, he lives and paints on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, and in northern New Mexico. (Michael also teaches workshops in the winter in the American Southwest. Michael also specializes in teaching small-size plein air workshops in oil and pastel for the intermediate and advanced level painter and for painters desiring mentoring. Visit www.PaintTheSouthwest.com for details. He also travels to teach. Visit the workshop schedule page of his website for details.)

Michael also has a large archive of tips and techniques for the plein air painter on his blog.

_DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY WITH A MASTER!_

question: What makes Michael Chelsey Johnson a master?

answer: He was elected a Master Pastellist by Pastel Artists Canada in 2008. He is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society and the Pastel Society of America and a juried member of Oil Painters of America. He is the author of Backpacker Painting: Outdoors with Oil & Pastel and Through a Painter's Brush: A Year on Campobello Island.

critique: The answer is a list of his accomplishments, not what makes him a master.

critique: The article doesn't mention anything about what makes Michael Chelsey Johnson a master.

critique: Doesn't mention all of his accomplishments.

critique: The answer should mention his contributions to The Pastel Journal and The Artist's Magazine.

critique: The question is asking for the reason he is a master, not the details of his accomplishments.

critique: His plein air paintings are also masterful

critique: The answer should mention his experience.

critique: Doesn't have anything to do with his craft as a painter, per se.

question: What is plein air art?

answer: It is not stated.

critique: The article does state what plein air art is.

critique: It is not stated, but it is covered in the article.

critique: The article does include an explanation of plein air art.

critique: The article describes plein air art as "painting outdoors".


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THE HOTEL INDUSTRY HAS HAD TO ADAPT TO A NUMBER OF CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY SOCIAL MEDIA IN RECENT YEARS, WHICH HAVE SEEN A SHIFT IN POWER FROM BRAND TO CONSUMER.

Customers are better informed: sites like Tripadvisor and Airbnb have given consumers choice and left them more knowledgeable about their options.

Consumers are also more empowered, holding influence over businesses with the ability to send a single tweet that could reach thousands of people.

These changes have disrupted the industry.

Brands can no longer simply display a brochure and dictate a price. They have had to adapt their approach to marketing. With the right strategy, hotels on social media are better placed to adapt to the changing landscape and to help mold the conversation.

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The impact of Tripadvisor and Airbnb

The impact of review sites is illustrated in a report published by Cornell University that shows that if a hotel increases its review score by one point (on a five-point scale) it can increase its prices by 11.2 percent and still maintain the same occupancy rate and market share.

According to a study by StrategyOne (commissioned by TripAdvisor), 93 percent of travelers worldwide say their booking decisions are impacted by online reviews, and 51 percent have written an accommodation review after returning from a trip.

Meanwhile, as Airbnb continues to grow, another study has shown that despite the belief of some hoteliers, and the claims of Airbnb itself, the growth of peer-to-peer lodgings has indeed impacted on the revenue of hotels.

[Social Media for hotels - airbnb]

The study states that in areas where Airbnb is most popular, the revenue of the most vulnerable hotels had decreased by up to 10 percent over five years.

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Social media for hotels: the rise of peer reviews

Our familiarity with online peer reviews has amplified our reliance on them.

The rise of these sites has had an influence on the types of hotels people are willing to book with. Whereas in the past travelers may have erred on the side of caution and stayed with the big name brands, they can now rely on peer reviews to try smaller hotel brands.

[Hotels on social media - gray street]

This phenomenon then has a knock-on effect for business owners. Negative reviews must be responded to, as even one bad review can have a disastrous effect on reputation, particularly with the reach that social media can sometimes provide.

Travelers tend to be a risk-averse group, responding to negative reviews more strongly than to positive ones. A negative review can fill travelers with dread that they will also have their special trip away ruined by a rude waiter or cockroach in the shower.

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How to deal with negative reviews

Luckily the effect of bad reviews can be mitigated.

An internal Tripadvisor study shows that the more reviews management responds to, the higher their average rating and the more page views and booking inquiry clicks earned. Even one response can increase engagement by 17 percent, and this percentage increases with more responses offered.

In addition, negative reviews can be used as market research. If specific issues continually arise, real world changes can be made where necessary.

[Social Media for Hotels - reviews]

This also facilitates action based responses to negative reviews.

It is not sufficient for most people to simply apologize for a poor experience: explaining what is being done to fix the issue is a more powerful response, and potential future guests will appreciate the proactive stance.

Social listening tools can provide real-time alerts to negative reviews as they are posted, notifying different teams or locations for the appropriate action to be taken.

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Discover conversations across the web

The size of Tripadvisor, Facebook and Twitter mean that virtually all hotels are engaging their audiences on these channels. To get the edge over competitors, brands need to find the smaller, niche sites where relevant conversations are taking place.

The best use of social media for hotels will involve social listening to discover new channels, highlighting previously unknown avenues to respond to negative reviews.

However, a good social strategy shouldn’t just rely on damage limitation. Using social listening means brands can find new avenues to generate business.

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Generating new business

These tools could highlight football forums where fans are asking for recommendations on where to stay for an away match, or poker forums where players are discussing the best hotels for an upcoming tournament.

By finding these smaller sites, brands can enter the conversation and generate new business where opportunities arise.

[Social Media for Hotels - forums]

Even on the biggest social media sites, the granular data resulting from social media listening may provide other opportunities.

There could be a large volume of posts discussing a particular newspaper article, providing an opportunity to target that audience with a print ad or a partnership of some sort.

An alert brand can find a stream of business by listening to the right kind of conversations outside of their owned profile. Using a tool like Brandwatch to alert them to posts or tweets expressing a desire to get away, brands can respond with the exclusive offers or helpful travel tips.

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Staying a step ahead

With 93 percent of travelers stating that online reviews impact their choice of hotel, the need to engage with these sites is obvious. Their prominence means that many hotels realized this long ago, so while it is still necessary it has become a minimum requirement.

To stay one step ahead, marketers need to discover other channels in which to manage their reputation and generate new leads. Social media listening tools like Brandwatch are an important weapon in this battle, and their adaptability means there are many ways they can improve business.

If you would like to learn more about how social media listening can help drive business for your hotel, download our free report into the Travel & Hospitality industry.

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question: What does the text say about the best practices in hotel management?

answer: Some of the best practices in hotel management include the following: -Responding to bad reviews promptly and quickly is the best way to mitigate the effect of bad reviews. -Generating new business opportunities. This can be done by pinpointing good spaces on social media and generating business by offering exclusive offers and help travel tips to guests. -Navigating the review sites such as Tripadvisor or Airbnb can be beneficial when used alongside social listening tools such as Brandwatch.

critique: The response should include the first two sentences of the response.

critique: The text does not state that the best practices include navigating review sites.

critique: The response misses to mention that the best practices in hotel management also include discovering new channels in which to manage reputation and generate new leads.

critique: It's omitted that the best practices in hotel management are keeping a positive reputation and generating new business.

critique: "Generating new business opportunities. This can be done by pinpointing good spaces on social media and generating business by offering exclusive offers and help travel tips to guests." This response is redundant. It appears twice in the answer and should be omitted.

critique: The answer needs to say more about the importance of social media monitoring.

critique: The response is missing the part about using social media listening tools to discover new channels and generate new leads.

critique: The response misses to mention the most important best practice to come up with new business opportunities.

critique: The response misses to mention that the best practices in hotel management also include using social media listening tools to discover new channels and generate new leads.

critique: Lots of information is missing. The Cornell study is helpful in that regard

critique: The response is missing the part about staying a step ahead.

critique: This response includes more than is necessary. It should only include what is stated in the passage.

critique: The response misses to mention that staying a step ahead of competitors is one of the best practices in hotel management.

critique: The response misses to mention that the best practices in hotel management include using social media listening tools to discover new channels, highlighting previously unknown avenues to respond to negative reviews.

critique: "Some of the best practices in hotel management include the following" is an unnecessary and confusing summary. The answer should be a summary of the text, not the text.

question: What does the text say about the impact of Tripadvisor and Airbnb on the hotel industry?

answer: Bringing in the information era, review and social media sites like Tripadvisor and Airbnb has placed the power in the hands of the consumer. Review sites such as Tripadvisor and Airbnb have shown them what to expect in case there are communication and services issues during their trip. As a result a hotels review score by one single point (on a five-point scale) can affect the hotel and its image and also affect the hotel's occupancy rate and market share.

critique: "as a result a hotels review score by one single point (on a five-point scale) can affect the hotel and its image and also affect the hotel's occupancy rate and market share." - this is incorrect. The study showed that if a hotel increases its review score by one point (on a five-point scale) it can increase its prices by 11.2 percent and still maintain the same occupancy rate and market share.

critique: The whole sentence is irrelevant to the question.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

critique: The response misses to mention how Tripadvisor and Airbnb have impacted on the hotel industry.

critique: The response misses to mention that the impact of Tripadvisor and Airbnb have caused a shift in power from the brand to the consumer.

critique: The response has failed to mention the study by StrategyOne and the impact of peer-to-peer lodgings on hotels.

critique: Rephrase the sentence to remove 'them' and 'their'.

critique: Though the answer is accurate, it's not in line with what the text says.

critique: The argument against Airbnb notwithstanding, the overall effect is positive for hoteliers. The answer given does not connect the dots to arrive at this conclusion.

critique: The response misses to mention that the power has shifted from the brand to the consumer.

critique: Mention the effects of travel sites on hotel revenue

critique: There's no evidence showing a connection between Tripadvisor and Airbnb and services issues during a trip.

critique: This is redundant, as the previous sentence clearly addresses the same events.

text: The response should include that according to a study by StrategyOne, 93% of travelers say their booking decisions are impacted by online reviews.

refinement: Bringing in the information era, review and social media sites like Tripadvisor and Airbnb has placed the power in the hands of the consumer. Review sites such as Tripadvisor and Airbnb have shown them what to expect in case there are communication and services issues during their trip. As a result a hotels review score by one single point (on a five-point scale) can affect the hotel and its image and also affect the hotel's occupancy rate and market share.

question: What does the text say about how online social media peer reviews affect hotels?

answer: The rise of peer review sites like Tripadvisor and Airbnb have caused travelers to be more informed than in previous years. They are more responsive to negative reviews and independent media. Online reviews can affect bookings and even generate new business for hotels.

critique: The response misses to mention that travelers are more likely to book with smaller hotel brands after reading reviews.

critique: While the text does mention that online reviews can generate business, this is not said to be a result of being more responsive to negative reviews.

critique: The response is missing the part about how hotels are more responsive to negative reviews and independent media.

critique: "More responsive to negative reviews and independent media." is inaccurate because small/general things in daily life (e.g. watching TV, going online, talking) are also responsive to negative reviews and independent media. The usage of "travelers" in this context is also vague. Rewrite the response for clarity.

critique: "The rise of peer review sites like Tripadvisor and Airbnb have caused travelers to be more informed than in previous years. They are more responsive to negative reviews and independent media. Online reviews can affect bookings and even generate new business for hotels." - this is redundant. The first sentence is sufficient.

critique: The answer omitted the percentage of travelers who read reviews compared to the percentage who leave reviews.

critique: The response misses to mention that hotels can increase their prices by 11.2 percent and still maintain the same occupancy rate and market share.

critique: The negative reviews are more likely to affect hotels' bookings than the positive ones.

critique: The answer should mention the study by Cornell University.

critique: The response misses to mention that the rise of peer review sites has also impacted the revenue of hotels.

critique: The answer could be clearer in its language.

critique: It would be more accurate to say that the rise of peer review sites have caused travelers to be more informed about their options and are more responsive to negative reviews and independent media.

question: What does the text say about how hotels can stay a step ahead of the competition?

answer: The competition these hotels are facing is the online space, where people express what they think openly on sites like Tripadvisor. While marketers know how Tripadvisor can benefit their hotel, they must also expand their horizons to other online publications. Sites like Facebook, Twitter and forums might not be as fruitful as Tripadvisor, but they all still need to be monitored because they, too, can be sites of expression. The social media listening tools can alert hotels to all of these possibilities, so leaving them in the dark in the aftermath of hundreds of blogs or reviewers is a great tool to have.

critique: The answer should mention that the article does discuss the positive side of social media for hotels.

critique: The response is not clear and does not answer the question.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

critique: The response misses to mention the importance of being displaced by other localized sites.

critique: Saying Tripadvisor has the competition is kind of wrong.

critique: "The competition these hotels are facing is the online space, where people express what they think openly on sites like Tripadvisor" should be linked to the use of Tripadvisor.

critique: The response is not relevant to the question.

critique: The answer should mention that the hotel industry is adapting to social media.

critique: It's a great idea to try to find newer, smaller online publications if blogs or social media forums no longer provide the opportunities they once did.

critique: The answer does not mention the main point of the passage, which is to highlight the importance of social media listening.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information

critique: The text doesn't mention that Tripadvisor is more fruitful than the other sites.

critique: "While marketers know how Tripadvisor can benefit their hotel, they must also expand their horizons to other online publications. Sites like Facebook, Twitter and forums might not be as fruitful as Tripadvisor, but they all still need to be monitored because they, too, can be sites of expression." - this is incorrect and should be omitted.

critique: "Marketers know how Tripadvisor can benefit their hotel" doesn't just mean reviewing/competing against Tripadvisor-it can mean using it to generate new leads.


text:
The band of riders moved in line between the towering walls of the red-rock valley. Their ponies paced onwards, heads bent in exhaustion. They were following a hard packed trail to somewhere, for now only deeper into the cliffs. The water was gone, the food was gone, but not the gold.

“Ey’ Billy, see that crag some way up?” The grizzled man called Desmond was gesturing ahead. A dozen feet from the valley floor was a shadowed crack in the rock face. It was perhaps large enough for a boy to squeeze into, and out of sight.

“I do Sir,” said Billy. He wiped his forehead with his sleeve; this heat was something from a nightmare. Thinking how close they had come to going home, he could cry. A month of panning in the Rio del Oro had yielded them a nugget of gold worth thousands. Billy could have bought his Mama a ranch, and for all his brothers and sisters. He remembered smiling at the thought of being a hero.

That all changed when they were ambushed during the night at their river-camp. The group fought for their lives and fired wildly into the dark. Five of the original eight escaped into the desert, carrying with them whatever had been strapped to their ponies. After two days of pursuit across hell they came to a valley. “No man’s fortune is his own in the West,” Desmond had said, before leading them onwards.

Now the group moved towards the crag, and stopped. Desmond helped Billy upwards and into the shadow. He handed him one of their two remaining rifles. “Stay quiet, wait till you see em’ coming round the bend. Then start pickin em’ off! We’ll be a bit ahead ready to ambush.” Desmond gave the boy a rickety-smile and a half-filled canteen he had hidden away.

Billy watched the rest of the men ride around a bend and disappear. Then he gulped the canteen, curled into the shade to wait, and sobbed.

The sun was setting, the group made it about a mile since they had left Billy. Desmond suddenly exclaimed in anger as he looked ahead. The walls of the valley rose upwards, and then joined together, it was a dead-end. The other three men murmured, frightened. Desmond took off his old sombrero and trailed a hand through his grey hair, ripe with sweat.

What was his plan now? They were outgunned, and he had left Billy behind as a distraction, hoping the boy would be trigger-happy. Thoughtfully, he reached into his satchel he rubbed a dense rawhide bundle. Then turning his pony to the remaining men, a troop of dusty Spaniards, he withdrew the bundle and opened it. They all managed a smile as the fat lump of gold gleamed in the shadowed valley.

“Como el sole,” said one of the Spaniards.

“El sole,” the rest agreed.

A breeze crept forth from where they had come, cooling them all for a moment. Just then came a crack, like a rock dropped from above, and then another, and then a whole succession. Gunfire, it danced among the rock walls.

Desmond dropped from his mount, and walked to the end of the valley. Two of the Spaniards drew revolvers and the last had a rusted pistola. They crowded behind a red-rock boulder, preparing their weapons. In the shadows of the towering rocks, Desmond was busy digging a hole, laughing the whole time.

title: ~Los Desperados~ (Critiques appreciated)

question: How much gold did they get panning in the Rio del Oro?

answer: A nugget worth thousands.

critique: "A nugget worth thousands." - this is incorrect. Billy could have bought his Mama a ranch and for all his brothers and sisters.

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

critique: The answer should clarify that the gold was worth thousands.

critique: "A nugget worth thousands." - Should have used both the exact amount of gold and the phrase "worth thousands" because it's both not quantifiable (how can one exactly determine how much a nugget weighs?) and as such, the amount is irrelevant anyway.

critique: Add that the nugget was worth thousands of dollars.

question: What did Billy do when the men rode away?

answer: He cried.

critique: It is omitted that he stayed to ambush and kill the pursuers.

critique: It is omitted that he also shot at the men.

question: What was Desmond doing while he was digging a hole?

answer: He was laughing the whole time.

critique: It is omitted that he was digging a hole.

critique: That Billy is hiding in the crag and may be in possession of a gun is implicit.

critique: It's not stated that he was laughing the whole time.

critique: It is omitted that he was preparing their weapons.

critique: It is omitted that he was preparing for the ambush.

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

critique: The answer could be more specific about what he was laughing about.

question: What does Desmond ask Billy to do?

answer: Stay quiet and wait for the men to come around the bend.

critique: There is no evidence that Desmond asks Billy to wait for the men to come around the bend.

critique: The answer omits that Desmond also asks Billy to start picking off the men.

critique: The answer should mention that Billy is supposed to shoot the men.

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

critique: The response could include more details about what Desmond asks Billy to do.

critique: He also asks Billy to start picking off the men.

critique: Doesn't mention that Billy is to fire on the pursuers.

critique: "Stay quiet and wait for the men to come around the bend." - is incomplete. Desmond also tells Billy to start picking off the men.


text:
RONALD RIDOUT (23 July 1916 – 5 December 1994)[1] was a prolific English writer of school textbooks. His textbooks include the hugely successful series _English Today_.[2]

Biography

Ronald Ridout was born in Farnham, Surrey, on 23 July 1916. He was the son of Gilbert Harry Ridout, a schoolmaster, and Ethel Mary _née_ Phillips. He married Betty Elsie Dolley on 10 February 1940, and had three children, Jessica, Simon and Veronica. He worked as a bank clerk at the National Provincial Bank, Alton, Hampshire, from 1933 to 1935 and received his B.A. degree with honours from Oxford University in 1939. From 1939 to 1950 he worked as a teacher at schools in Bolton, Luton, Nuneaton, Portsmouth, Shrewsbury and Woking. He was dissatisfied with the available material for the teaching of English at the time that he started his teaching career, and as a result developed the _English Today_ series of textbooks in the 1940s. He worked at Ginn & Co. Ltd., London, the publishers of _English Today_, from 1946 to 1950, as a publisher's representative. The enormous success of the _English Today_ books led to him leaving the classroom in 1950 to devote his time to writing. From 1950 until his death, he worked exclusively as a writer. Ridout collaborated with Phyllis Flowerdew on a number of primary school readers during the 1960s for the publishers Oliver and Boyd. He died in South Africa on 5 December 1994. So prolific was his output and huge his sales, exceeding seventy million, that he earned a place in _The Guinness Book of World Records_.[3] His daughter Jessica lives in Worcestershire.[4]

Quotations

  “What we must do is to steer between these two extremes and develop a way of speaking that most effectively expresses what we want to say. We want a speech that will do its job well. Everything that does its job well has a beauty of its own. Hence we talk of a beautiful runner, a beautiful dancer, a beautiful engine. They all have functional beauty, the beauty of functioning perfectly, the beauty of being perfectly suited to the job they have to do. So with speech: we want an instrument that is beautiful, not because it puts on decorative airs, but because it does its work beautifully, perfectly.”

From _English Today_, Ronald Ridout, Ginn & Company, 1947, pp 111–112

Bibliography

(selected bibliography)

_A. to Z. of English_, (with Michael Tristram, Neil Straker and Timothy Jaques), Collins -
_Better English_ (1961) Ginn & Company, (reprinted 2000 by Heinemann )
_Book for Me to Read_ (with Ruth Ainsworth), Series, Purnell Bancroft
_Children's Dictionary_ (1983) Collins
_English Now_, Books 1 - 5, Ginn & Company
_English Today_, Books 1 - 5 (1947), Ginn & Company
_English Workbooks_, Books 1 - 8, Ginn & Company
_English Workbooks for the Caribbean_, Books 1 - 8, (1968) Ginn & Company
_Evans Graded Verse_ (with Michael Knight) (1978), Evans Bros.
_Facts of English_ (with Clifford Witting) (1973) Macmillan Publishers
_Getting on with Dividing_ (with Michael Holt and Jon Miller) (1986) Collins
_Getting on with Mathematics_ (with Michael Holt and Jon Miller) (1986) Collins
_Getting on with Multiplying_ (with Michael Holt and Jon Miller) (1986), Collins
_Getting on with Spelling_, Series, (with Michael Holt and Leon Baxter), (1986), Collins
_The Life Cycle of Cats_ (with Michael Holt), illustrated by Tony Payne. Grosset & Dunlap, (1974)
_The Macmillan Dictionary of English Proverbs Explained_ (with Clifford Witting), Macmillan Publishers
_Now I Can Spell_ (with Michael Holt) (1987) Collins
_Now I Can Take Away_ (1985), Collins
_Now I Can Write_, Series, (with Michael Holt) (1987), Collins
_Picture Words_ (1975), Collins
_Ridout pocket spelling dictionary_ (1979) Ginn & Company
_Self Help English_, Macmillan Publishers -
_Word Perfect_ (with George Adamson), Books 1 - 8, (1957-60) Ginn & Company
_Write in English_, Books 1 - 8, (1974) Ginn & Company

[1] _Contemporary Authors Online_ (2003) Detroit, Gale

[2] _The Writers Directory_, 12th ed. (1996) St. James Press, Detroit

[3]

[4] Bedales, UK

title: Ronald Ridout

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critique: The text does not mention the origins of the Ridout family name.

question: What does the text say about Ronald Ridout's personal life?

answer: Ronald Ridout was born in Farnham, Surrey, on 23 July 1916. He was the son of Gilbert Harry Ridout, a schoolmaster, and Ethel Mary née Phillips. He married Betty Elsie Dolley on 10 February 1940, and had three children, Jessica, Simon, and Veronica. He worked as a bank clerk at the National Provincial Bank, Alton, Hampshire, from 1933 to 1935 and received his B.A. degree with honours from Oxford University in 1939. From 1939 to 1950 he worked as a teacher at schools in Bolton, Luton, Nuneaton, Portsmouth, Shrewsbury, and Woking. He was dissatisfied with the available material for the teaching of English at the time that he started his teaching career, and as a result developed the English Today series of textbooks in the 1940s.

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question: What does the text say about Ridout's professional career?

answer: Ridout worked as a bank clerk at the National Provincial Bank, Alton, Hampshire, from 1933 to 1935. He received his B.A. degree with honours from Oxford University in 1939. He worked as a teacher at schools in Bolton, Luton, Nuneaton, Portsmouth, Shrewsbury, and Woking from 1939 to 1950. He was dissatisfied with the available material for the teaching of English at the time. He worked at Ginn & Co. Ltd. from 1946 to 1950 as a publisher's representative. The enormous success of his series English Today books led to him leaving the classroom in 1950 to devote his time to writing. He worked exclusively as a writer from 1950 until his death.

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

critique: The answer omits Ridout's collaboration with Phyllis Flowerdew.

critique: The answer should mention Ridout's Guinness World Record.

critique: The response leaves out Ridout's collaboration with Phyllis Flowerdew on a number of primary school readers during the 1960s for the publishers Oliver and Boyd.

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critique: It talks twice about Ridout and his works.

question: What does the text say about Ridout's achievements?

answer: Ridout worked as a teacher from 1939-1950. He was dissatisfied with the available material for the teaching of English at the time. As a result, he developed the "English Today" series of textbooks in the 1940s. The enormous success of the "English Today" books led to Ridout leaving the classroom in 1950 to devote his time to writing. He collaborated with Phyllis Flowerdew on primary school readers. By the 1960s, Ridout was collaborating with Oliver and Boyd. From 1950 until his death, Ridout worked exclusively as a writer. He topped the "Guinness Book of World Records" with sales exceeding 70 million.

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

critique: "He collaborated with Phyllis Flowerdew on primary school readers. By the 1960s, Ridout was collaborating with Oliver and Boyd." - Ridout's collaboration with Phyllis Flowerdew and Oliver and Boyd were not mentioned in the text.

critique: "Was topping" is there to give a sense of past tense regarding Ridout's life. However, as nothing happened in the past with Guinness/world records that is relevant in the question, removing it would make the answer flow a bit more seamlessly

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