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“We are receiving word now that the shooter was in his Mid to Late Twenties, Had Glasses and Tattoos, liked Rock and Dubstep music…” Damon was already sick of hearing about it, even though this was the first time. “Fuck man, will this shit ever stop?”, he wondered as he made his way out of bed. It was a public bus in Reno this time. A 25 year old man who you would assume was going to college and enjoyed mocha frapps took a pistol out of his backpack at a stoplight and went to town. He murdered 15 people and took his own life. Damon made his way to the closet to pick out a suitable outfit for work. “I love you, baby.” his wife sleepily whispered while cuddling the blankets. ” I love you, baby girl” he replied. She noticed he wasn’t as cheerful this morning. “Is something wrong, sug?” she asked. “I’m just getting goddamn tired of hearing about these mass shootings..” He racked his brain looking for a way to express his frustration more clearly, but he did realize it was a bit early for a rant. “Come here baby” she whispered in a low tone. Damon shook his head and smiled a bit as he sat by her on the bed. As he sat she pulled him in close and kissed his neck, and then looked into his eyes. “You stop worrying about things you can’t control. Things like this are gonna happen all the time…” Hearing her say that made him uneasy. What a horrible truth to hear, especially so nonchalantly. “…Besides, you get distracted to easily as it is” she said with a mischievous smile. He shook his head and joked “Yea, especially with you around all the time” and got up. He got dressed and made his way out. “Have a good day, baby” she whispered. “Love you, baby girl” he said with a kiss to her cheek. And then he was gone.

The commute to work was what he expected, which wasn’t necessarily a good thing. Details of the shooting came through the radio, and the media coverage took its usual course of exploitation. Talk of the victims and who they were, setting them up to be martyrs, and everything remotely under the sun blamed for what happened. Maybe he was just a nut, thought Damon. Aren’t people satisfied anymore? He pulled into the parking lot of the school he taught at. It was a lower income school with some of the rougher kids in the county. Still, from what he noticed of richer students at other high schools, at least these kids were down to earth, and realistic. Walking down the hallway he spotted Mr. Epstein, the gym teacher. Older man with a grey, bushy mustache  he had a reputation to make off-color remarks and occasionally downright inappropriate things to female students.  As Damon passed him he waved. “Hey Epstein.” “Hey Williams, bet you’re glad you didn’t take the bus!” he said with a laugh. Damon didn’t acknowledge the joke. People handle tragedy in different ways, but some methods are just plain fucked, he thought.

As he entered the classroom, the class was abuzz with talk of the shooting, as he figured. “Yo, you hear how one of them was an old lady, man? Shiiiit, who does that, shootin up grandmas?” one of the students said.Damon cleared his throat loudly and silenced a good majority of the classroom. Tyrell, the student who was just remarking about the elderly woman, piped up “Damnnn, Williams, sounds like you need a lozenge or sum’in!” The classroom laughed. Damon continued, “Tyrell, when I walked in here, how did you refer to the victims of today’s shooting?” Tyrell stared blankly and answered back with, “Uh, I don’t remember dude” which elicited another laugh. Seeing as how he was a history teacher, Damon thought that he should maybe just go on with regularly scheduled syllabus. But with the way History repeats itself year after year, he figured now would be a good a time as any to speak on how he felt. “When I walked in here just now, I heard you refer to one of the victims as ‘one of them.’ Right?” The room was totally silent now. Tyrell shook his head , almost in a regretful fashion. “That’s what one of the main problems with our society today” he continued.

“We have a knee-jerk reaction to make everything impersonal. And it’s not your guys’ fault, We adults messed up, you know what I mean. Our neighbors aren’t neighbors anymore. Those whose lives are taken to quickly are reduced to poster children used to promote someones viewpoint. And this needs to stop.” The classroom was fully engaged now, they had never seen this side of teacher before. “I won’t carry on about this much longer. In the next few days we will see the usual banter on gun violence and the effect of the media. I’m not saying I am a saint, when I was around your age I listened to NWA and Pulp Fiction is still one of my all time favorite movies. But when you walk around the hallways today, think about how violence has affected you through the years and see if you feel like you’ve had enough. Now, your assignment today is read Chapter 2-1 and 2-2. Also,  today I would like you to read a section about the St. Valentines Massacre..”

Damon grew up in the ghetto. He had seen violence. He had gotten into a few scraps himself when he was younger. But what could drive a person to enter a school with an assault rifle or a public bus with a 32. millimeter, he will never truly understand. I love this country, he thought, I do. But he couldn’t grasp what was happening anymore. How a society maintains being so violent would always be a mystery. Damon saw the flashing police lights directly behind him. Aww shit, he thought, pulling over on the side of the road. He sat there and watched two officers exit the car. He figured that they would obviously need to see his registration, so he reached for the glove box so he-

The car lay deadly silent. Bullet holes were scattered along the back of the window, and two lay in Damon’s shoulder and one through his eye. The next few days, the news media would turn the situation into a matter of race regarding Damon’s ethnicity. There would be debate about deadly force and the police. Discussions would come up about teacher salaries due to the fact that he drove an older Subaru. In the end, Damon would wind up a face plastered on the news and in the papers to provide conversation during breakfast or at work about how “fucked up this country is.” And elsewhere, A golden retriever nursed new puppies. A young woman jumped up and down with tears in her eyes after being accepted to the school she wanted. A young man taught his little brother how to skateboard. And over at Damon’s house, his wife received news that she would be expecting her first child. And another american story was set to begin.

title: Another American Story

question: What does the story say about the government's response to gun violence?

answer: No answer

critique: The response misses to mention that Damon's death is used to fuel the debate about deadly force and the police.

critique: The response misses to mention that the story does not mention anything about the government's response to gun violence.

critique: The answer should mention that the story does not mention any government response to gun violence.

critique: The response could refer to Damon's opinion about the state of affairs.

critique: The story does mention the government's response to gun violence.

question: What does the story say about the mass shooting that happened in Reno?

answer: A 25-year-old man took a pistol out of his backpack at a stoplight and went to town. He murdered 15 people and took his own life. The media coverage took its usual course of exploitation.

critique: The answer should mention the narrator's reaction to the shooting.

critique: The answer should mention that the shooting happened on a public bus.

critique: It's omitted that Damon is sick of hearing about the shootings.

critique: This does not cover the Reno shooting fully, especially the shooting of Damon.

question: What is the theme of the story?

answer: The theme is how violence is normalized in American society.

critique: The narrator in this story is Damon, not the author. The theme of the story is not given.

critique: The answer should mention the way the media covers these events.

critique: The story is not about the theme of violence in American society.

critique: The answer is too broad; it should elucidate how the theme is shown throughout the story

question: How does the story describe the protagonist?

answer: Damon is a teacher at a lower-income school. He is married to a woman expecting a baby. He has been impacted by violence.

critique: It's omitted that Damon is a history teacher.


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When it comes to water news in Southern California, the drought dominated headlines for several years. But having enough water for everyone who lives and works here isn’t the only water concern we face. Our water needs to be _clean_, too. We expect that when we turn on our kitchen sinks, the water that flows out is consistently clean and safe for cooking, cleaning and drinking.

The Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) Basin Monitoring Program Task Force works collectively to share resources and monitor surface and groundwater quality in the Santa Ana River Watershed. As home to approximately 6 million people, residents and businesses throughout the region rely in part on groundwater from the Santa Ana River Watershed (the natural ecological system including the river and its tributaries) and the five water agencies that comprise SAWPA. These five water agencies – Eastern Municipal Water District, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Orange County Water District, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, and Western Municipal Water District – collaborate on water projects and programs affecting the watershed to bring clean water to businesses and homes.

SAWPA administers task forces like the Basin Monitoring Program Task Force, a 20-agency task force formed 15 years ago, to monitor nitrogen and total dissolved solids (TDS) for water quality compliance in the Santa Ana River Watershed. Excessive nitrogen and TDS can impact drinking water. Too much nitrogen can stimulate growth of algae in water. TDS are the concentrations of solids in water. Both nitrogen and TDSs need to be monitored in order to ensure that Orange County water resources downstream are protected.

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The Task Force brings together key cities and water agencies as well as the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, this region’s local water quality regulatory agency, to work together on the complex job of monitoring and improving water quality. Task Force members include the cities of Banning, Beaumont, Corona, Redlands, Rialto, Riverside and the Jurupa Community Services District, plus the following water agencies:

-   Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District
-   Chino Basin Watermaster
-   Colton/San Bernardino Regional Tertiary Treatment and Wastewater Reclamation
-   Eastern Municipal Water District
-   Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District
-   Inland Empire Utilities Agency
-   Irvine Ranch Water District
-   Temescal Valley Water District
-   Orange County Water District
-   San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District
-   San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency
-   Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
-   West Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority
-   Yucaipa Valley Water District

The Task Force compiles and collects monitoring data to evaluate water quality annually and the groundwater basins throughout the watershed every three years; provides guidance on wastewater treatment plant discharge permits; and conducts additional water quality studies to monitor and evaluate salt and nitrate trends.

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By bringing so many cities and water agencies together every month for meetings over the past 15 years, this Task Force has built relationships and greatly improved efficiencies in water and wastewater operations through joint studies on dealing with salt in the water. The Task Force also saves its members millions of dollars due to collaboration and economies of scale.

The Basin Monitoring Program Task Force is a success because the members understand that we have only one Santa Ana River Watershed to share and the water in it belongs to everyone, now and in the future.

To learn more please click on our brochure

question: What are the functions of The Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority?

answer: It aims to monitor nitrogen and TDS levels in Santa Ana River Watershed and to maintain and improve the quality of water resources.

critique: It's important to include that the Task Force does this for the surface and groundwater.

critique: It also collects, compiles, and monitors monitoring data.

critique: "It aims to monitor nitrogen and TDS levels in Santa Ana River Watershed and to maintain and improve the quality of water resources." is unnecessary information to the question.

critique: The answer should include that the SAWPA administers task forces like the Basin Monitoring Program Task Force.

critique: The answer should mention the task force

critique: The task force does not do water quality maintenance and improvement functions.

critique: It is omitted that the Task Force also compiles and collects monitoring data to evaluate water quality annually and the groundwater basins throughout the watershed every three years.

critique: It is omitted that SAWPA administers task forces like the Basin Monitoring Program Task Force.

critique: The answer should mention the creation of Task Force, who the members are, and what they do.

critique: It's not stated that it aims to monitor nitrogen and TDS levels in Santa Ana River Watershed.

critique: The answer should mention the task force.

critique: The answer should mention the Basin Monitoring Program Task Force.

critique: It can be more specific about the types of water quality it monitors.

question: What does the article say about the water distribution within cities?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer is incorrect. The article does discuss the water distribution within cities.

critique: There is no answer because there is no information about water distribution in the article.

critique: This answer is incorrect and needs to be re-written.

critique: The text doesn't mention water distribution within cities, but it does mention water quality.

critique: The answer is not accurate. The question was not asked.

critique: The article does talk about water distribution within cities.

critique: There is no answer because the article does not address water distribution within cities.

critique: The answer is not relevant to the question.


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T-155 FIRTINA (English: Storm) is a Turkish 155 mm self-propelled howitzer. The howitzer is essentially a modified version of Republic of Korea K9 Thunder which is developed by Samsung Techwin, now Hanwha Systems and T-155 shares main systems[1] of the K9 Thunder, including the South Korean designed 155/52 calibre gun system, majority of the chassis, automatic ammunition feeding mechanism and the German designed MTU-881 KA 500 diesel engine. However, some modifications were made by Turkey and a few subsystems such as Fire-control Main systems of T-155 were added by Turkey as well. The first batch of eight self-propelled howitzers were made by Samsung Techwin in Republic of Korea and the rest were produced in Turkey under license, which makes T-155 a licensed product and a modified variant of Republic of Korea K9 Thunder.

Features

The T-155 is essentially a modified Republic of Korea Army K-9 Thunder as both howitzers share the main systems such as the South Korean designed 155/52 caliber gun system, the majority of the chassis, the automatic ammunition feeding mechanism and the German designed MTU-881 KA 500 diesel engine which was employed in the original K-9 Thunder, but has minor differences in its turret design, parts of the chassis, the navigation system, and electronic systems (such as the radio and fire control system), which were developed in Turkey. The T-155 lacks a commander's digital panoramic sight, which the K9 has. Through the Inertial Navigation System produced by ASELSAN, the howitzer is able to determine the coordinates of the targets at 17.5 meters deviation. Fırtına can open fire within 30 seconds.[2]

According to the licence agreement with Samsung Techwin, the first eight T-155s were built in South Korea, while the remaining batch of more than 300 units would be produced in Turkey.[3] The total reported cost of purchase and technology transfer for the Turkish government was $1 billion.[4]

The T-155 Fırtına has a maximum firing range of 40 km, depending on the type of ammunition. It can reach a top speed of 66 km/h and has an operational range of 480 km.

The T-155 howitzers are built at the 1st Army Maintenance Center Command of the Turkish Army in Adapazarı. The gun is produced by MKEK.[5] The production rate of the T-155 is 24 units per year. More than 350[6] T-155 Fırtına howitzers were planned to be produced.[7] 281 have been delivered between 2005 and 2010.[8]

An upgraded version dubbed “Firtina 2” was to begin production in 2017, featuring improvement to range and rate of fire. The new vehicles were to be fitted with remote weapons stations capable of carrying 12.7mm, 7.62mm machine guns and 40 mm grenade launchers.[9]

Poyraz Ammunition Resupply Vehicle

The Poyraz Ammunition Resupply Vehicle (ARV) is an indigenous vehicle with an ammunition transfer system similar to that of the South Korean K10 ARV. The vehicle has a boom that is extended towards the rear of the T-155 Fırtına turret, where the resupply takes place. The Poyraz ARV has an auxiliary power unit, which the K10 ARV lacks, that allows the vehicle's crew to use electronics and communication systems, and to run an ammunition transfer system economically without the main engines being turned on.[10]

The Poyraz ARV can carry up to 96 155 mm shells and is able to transfer 48 shells in 20 minutes. It has a range of 360 km.[11]

Operational history

The T-155 Fırtına was first deployed in Turkey's Operation Sun at the end of 2007 into January 2008 to fight the PKK militants in the northern part of Iraq.[12] It was used in 2012 Syrian–Turkish border clashes and again during both the Jarabulus offensive (2016) and the Afrin offensive (2018).

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-   350. The Turkish Armed Forces placed an order to manufacture 350 vehicles in total, with a claimed 1.6 million USD license fee per vehicle to be paid to South Korea.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The first 8 vehicles were produced in South Korea while the rest has been produced domestically in Turkey according to the license agreement with Samsung Techwin.[20]

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[1] https://www.armyrecognition.com/turkey_army_artillery_vehicle_weapon_systems_uk/t-155_firtina_155mm_self-propelled_howitzer_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.html

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title: T-155 Fırtına

question: What does the text say about the Firtina 2?

answer: A new version of the Firtina, called the Firtina 2, was to begin production in 2017. It was to feature improvements to range and rate of fire. The new vehicles were to be fitted with remote weapons stations capable of carrying 12.7mm, 7.62mm machine guns, and 40mm grenade launchers.

critique: The response incorrectly indicates that the Firtina 2 is the name of the upgraded version.

critique: The answer should mention that the production was to begin in 2017.

critique: The Firtina 2 was to begin production in 2017, not to begin production.

critique: The answer should mention the planned production of the Firtina 2.

critique: The answer should mention the Poyraz ARV.

critique: The answer omits the Poyraz Ammunition Resupply Vehicle.

question: What does the text say about the differences between the Firtina and the K9 Thunder?

answer: The Firtina is a modified version of the K9 Thunder. It shares the same main systems with the K9 Thunder, including the South Korean designed 155/52-caliber gun system, the majority of the chassis, the automatic ammunition feeding mechanism, and the German designed MTU-881 KA 500 diesel engine. It was primarily manufactured in Turkey. The Firtina lacks an important feature in the K9 Thunder, a commander's digital panoramic sight.

critique: The remaining differences are not mentioned.

critique: The answer should mention the differences in the turret design, parts of the chassis, the navigation system, and electronic systems.

critique: The answer should mention the minor differences in the turret design, parts of the chassis, the navigation system, and electronic systems.

critique: The answer should mention the turret design and navigation system.

critique: "The Firtina is a modified version of the K9 Thunder. It shares the same main systems with the K9 Thunder, including the South Korean designed 155/52-caliber gun system, the majority of the chassis, the automatic ammunition feeding mechanism, and the German designed MTU-881 KA 500 diesel engine. It was primarily manufactured in Turkey. The Firtina lacks an important feature in the K9 Thunder, a commander's digital panoramic sight." - include differences under the Features section

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


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You think you lost your keys again - front door is locked. Check the backdoor and it's open. No one's been in, thank god. Search for your keys but don't find them, "I'll look again in the morning".

Wake up and remember to look - no luck and you're late. Leaving the backdoor unlocked is going to eat at you but there's no choice. Rush home after work to check and find your girlfriend on the couch. She brought some stuff over. Maybe she can help. She looks with you through the house and her stuff for a little but she has the night shift and takes off. Stay up until 4 checking.

Tomorrow at 8:40, no time to look now. You come back during lunch to make sure no one came in and maybe check a bit. There's mail and some more of her stuff. You look but it's not with those things.

You buy a big dog to keep watch when you're not there. His name is Quatro because dogs can have names in Spanish.

Buying lunch pay $6.01 one two three four to check if the amount totals, one two three four to check if twenty four is four six times, one two three four to check if four is four one time. Two halves of the sandwich is the whole sandwich two bites is four sips is four bites is two sips is one slip in the conversation, but you just couldn't remember if you had seen Billy Madison as a kid.

Work is close to home and you can check four times today: 11:40, 1:03, 2:20 and 3:11. Twice in each cupboard, twice under your bed, four times behind the TV. House seems to be getting messier but you're sure you were keeping up. There's a memory of your dad telling you that locksmiths are unreliable.

"Where are they?" The question doesn't really go away, except maybe once when you woke up at 3 to pee. You've retraced your steps two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two times today, sixty-four, one hundred twenty-eight, two hundred fifty-six times today, five hundred twelve times today, one thousand twenty-four, two thousand forty-eight, four thousand ninety-six times today, you think maybe that wasn't enough maybe if you start checking again the keys will turn up check twice, check four times, check four more times, check twice. Exhausted, you try to sleep. Check twice more twice.

At a Basketball game with your girlfriend and brothers. Section 137, row S, seats 2, 3, 4 and 5. Little brother led the way and you sit next. Four quarters: one, fifteen minutes of sixty. Shot clock at twenty-four, twenty, sixteen, twelve, eight, four, 3 pointer and a foul! There's change on the ground and you try making a dollar. Saw some quarters and a penny - there's no point searching tonight.

You've been late to work a lot and you think your boss might have called you in to talk but your keys are so close - staying home sixteen minutes couldn't hurt, especially since you didn't check last night. You can't remember why you didn't and check twice more. You remember checking last night so you check again. Promise yourself you'll find the keys after work.

The new job as a bartender gives you an excuse not to check for your keys much. Walls lined with 80 proof liquor and 12 ounce bottles. Three glasses of sour mash at the bar so you pour yourself one. Stay around after to drink. At 2:07 walk home and go in the front door.

title: Story thing about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

question: Summarize the things the narrator obsesses over.

answer: First, they seem to check their door to make sure they locked it, their inside house making sure no one was in, their fridge to make sure they had enough food, their phone to see if they received any messages, look through their wallet to see what money they had. Occasionally the narrator would search for their car keys before going to work. The narrator most obsesses about their furnace and bathroom because these seem to make them feel anxious when not being checked. They also obsess about their phone's battery when it gets low.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The narrator does not obsess about the fridge, their phone, or their wallet.

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

text: The answer fails to mention the narrator obsesses over their missing keys. It should state this.

category: coverage

question: What does the story say about obsessive-compulsive disorder medication?

answer: No answer

critique: It's not clear whether medication is part of what's covered in this story, and though the answer to this question doesn't cover it, the answer is irrelevant.

critique: The article does not mention anything about medication.


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DOUG BERGERON is the co-managing partner of Hudson Executive Capital (HEC), an event-driven hedge fund focused on improving value and performance in small and mid-cap public and private companies. HEC was founded in 2015 by Douglas Braunstein, former CFO and Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Chase. HEC manages over $1 billion of assets.

Bergeron is also the founder and sole shareholder of DGB Investments, a diversified holding company of technology investments. As of June 2020, DGB had four active growth technology investments.

Bergeron serves as Chairman of the Board of United Language Group. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Pipeworks Studios, Jupiter Pro Parts and Renters Warehouse. He is also an investor and advisor to Blend, Inc.[1][2]

In 2001, Bergeron led the acquisition of VeriFone from Hewlett-Packardin a transaction valued at $50M, and became its chairman and CEO. In 2002, Bergeron partnered with GTCR, a Chicago-based private equity firm, and embarked upon a strategy to aggressively grow VeriFone into a multinational company. As of May 2012, VeriFone’s enterprise value was approximately $5 billion, a 100 times increase.[3][4]

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Education

Bergeron attended York University, in Toronto, Canada, graduating in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts with Special Honors in Computer Science.

Upon graduation, Bergeron was employed by Northern Telecom (later called Nortel Networks) in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1985, he was awarded the Northern Telecom Post Graduate Scholarship and enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, graduating in 1987 with a Master of Science degree.

Bergeron was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) by York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering in June, 2013. The award marked the 30th anniversary of Bergeron’s graduation from York. At this occasion, Bergeron delivered the commencement address to the York University, Lassonde School of Engineering graduating class of 2013.[8]

VeriFone

In 2001, in partnership with Gores Technology Group (now, The Gores Group), Bergeron led the acquisition of VeriFone from Hewlett-Packard in a transaction valued at $50 million. Hewlett-Packard had acquired the business in 1998 for $1.3 billion. Upon completion of the VeriFone acquisition, Bergeron was named Chairman and CEO.[9]

In 2002, Gores sold VeriFone to Bergeron and GTCR, a Chicago-based private equity firm in a transaction valued at $160 million. Bergeron and GTCR embarked upon a strategy to aggressively grow VeriFone into a multinational company.[10] Bergeron resigned as CEO of VeriFone in March, 2013, following 12 years at the helm. VeriFone’s enterprise value as of May, 2012 was approximately $5 billion. The Bergeron/GTCR acquisition of VeriFone is widely considered to be one of the most successful private equity investments of the decade.[11][12]

In 2007, Bergeron was an award recipient and national finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award.[13]

SunGard

From 1990 through 1999, Bergeron served in a number of executive management positions at SunGard Data Systems, including Managing Director of SunGard Capital Markets N.A., President of SunGard Futures Systems, and Group CEO of SunGard Brokerage Systems Group.[14]

Philanthropy

Bergeron is an active philanthropist.[15]

In 2006, Bergeron announced a $1 million gift towards the Bergeron Women in Technology Scholarship Program at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Each year, five undergraduate female students are selected for their high academic and leadership potential. Each woman is awarded a full year of tuition and is paired with a C-level female technology leader for mentorship.[16]

In 2011, the Bergeron Women in Technology Program was expanded to the University of California at Berkeley as a result of a further $1 million gift to the university. Each year, five female undergraduate students are selected and each woman is awarded a two-year scholarship and is matched with a C-level female technology leader in Silicon Valley.

In 2011, Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, California announced that Bergeron had made a $2 million gift in order to open the new Bergeron Lower School at the SHS campus.[17]

In 2011, Bergeron committed $2 million to Multiple Sclerosis Canada, in a gift dedicated to advanced research and towards community service for MS patients in the Windsor/Essex Canada chapter. Bergeron’s father, George Bergeron (1936-1999) suffered from MS and is the former chairman of the Windsor/Essex Canada chapter. In 2005, the City of Windsor opened the George Bergeron Healing Garden on the riverfront of the Detroit river, featuring a bronze statue of George Bergeron in honor of his contribution to the City.[18]

In 2012, Georgetown University announced that Bergeron had made a $1.25 million gift in order to endow the George Bergeron Professorship of Neuroscience at Georgetown University Medical.[19]

In 2012, York University announced a $2 million gift to fund the Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (BEST) Program. This new inter-disciplinary program unites courses around business plan formation and venture capital finance into the science and engineering programs.

In 2014, Bergeron announced a $10 million gift to York University in Toronto, Canada. It was the largest contribution that the university has ever received from an alumnus in its history. In honor of this, York named the new $100 million center of the engineering school The Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence.[20]

In 2015, Bergeron announced the Bergeron Scholarship Program had been expanded to Cristo Rey High School, an inner-city school in San Jose, California, through a $500,000 gift.

Personal life

Bergeron was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, in 1960, and is the oldest of George and Eleanor Bergeron's four children.

Bergeron is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a five-time invited delegate to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and has been a frequent guest on CNBC and Fox Business.[21]

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title: Douglas G. Bergeron

question: What does the text say about Bergeron's wife and kids?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the text does not mention Bergeron's wife and kids.

critique: He doesn't have a wife and he's been married only once. There is no evidence that he has any kids.

question: What does the text say about Bergeron's education?

answer: Bergeron attended York University, in Toronto, Canada, graduating in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts with Special Honors in Computer Science. Upon graduation, Bergeron was employed by Northern Telecom (later called Nortel Networks) in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1985, he was awarded the Northern Telecom Post Graduate Scholarship and enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, graduating in 1987 with a Master of Science degree. Bergeron was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) by York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering in June, 2013.

critique: The answer should mention that he also attended the University of Southern California.

critique: The answer would be much cleaner if it simply described his education, instead of describing his career.

text: Bergeron's employment at Northern Telecom is irrelevant.

category: coherence

question: What does the text say about Bergeron's philanthropy?

answer: Bergeron is an active philanthropist. In 2006, he announced a $1 million gift towards the Bergeron Women in Technology Scholarship Program at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Each year, five undergraduate female students are selected for their high academic and leadership potential. Each woman is awarded a full year of tuition and is paired with a C-level female technology leader for mentorship. In 2011, the Bergeron Women in Technology Program was expanded to the University of California at Berkeley as a result of a further $1 million gift to the university. Each year, five female undergraduate students are selected and each woman is awarded a two-year scholarship and is matched with a C-level female technology leader in Silicon Valley. In 2011, Bergeron committed $2 million to Multiple Sclerosis Canada, in a gift dedicated to advanced research and towards community service for MS patients in the Windsor/Essex Canada chapter. In 2012, Bergeron announced a $1.25 million gift to Georgetown University to endow the George Bergeron Professorship of Neuroscience at Georgetown University Medical. In 2012, York University announced a $2 million gift to fund the Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (BEST) Program. In 2014, Bergeron announced a $10 million gift to York University in Toronto, Canada.

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

critique: The answer should mention the other gifts.

text: The answer doesn't need to mention the specifics of how Bergeron's donations are utilized.


text:
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“Bring me the remote.” He brings in the remote on a silver plate. The plate remains resting on the fingertips of his white-gloved hand until I remove the remote from its place. I push the power button and suddenly there is a projection in front of me. News. I can never really watch the news; it disinterests me. The reporter is covering the speech from the president. I couldn’t care less. It’s always the same spiel about how great the new world is, how a perfect society is now in place and how world peace has finally been achieved. “Utopia”, as the president calls it.
The Butler walks in and retreats to the corner where he will always stand, staring straight ahead at the wall adjacent to him until I give him a command. Butler is a hyperbole; he is more of a slave. But what is a perfect world with slaves? After all history has taught us that slaves are unacceptable in a perfect union. Therefore the proper term, deemed by the president of course, is Butler.
I glance at him. He looks revolting. Standing still as a statue, his blue eyes looking straight ahead. His bleach blond hair, cut short on the sides and trimmed to exactly one and a half inches on top, is combed over to the right side of his head. His skin is pulled tight over his cheekbones and jaw making them more pronounced. His pink lips are full and bright. He stands at exactly six feet, the majority of his height stemming from his legs. The light flooding in through the window reflects off his white skin, giving him a sort of glow. I can’t stand to look at him. One would think it would get easier, especially given that all Butlers look close to the same and every household has one. They most definitely are not an uncommon sight. Yet, there is something about them that always stands out, something that repulses me. It’s that stare. They all share the same stare.
“We will continue to evolve! It is our time! Our reign! Our world!” The propaganda continues to spew from the president’s mouth.
I walk to the window and look out over the vast city that is the new capital of the world.
“Have you watered the plants today?” I ask the Butler as I continue to gaze over the city in front of me.
“No, sir” he mutters, “I will immediately, sir”
He walks off into the other room.
The sun’s rays blanket the city turning it into an immense ocean of orange and yellow. I sometimes catch the Butler looking at this ocean, watching the waves of red and purple roll through the clouds. His eyes are different when he watches all these colors. I still cannot figure out how. They don’t themselves change color, nor do they change in size or in any physical way that I can determine. But they are different. When the light glares off a neighboring building is the only time his eyes physically change; they draw together, much the same as the shades on the window would, if I ordered him to pull them shut. After closing them for exactly a tenth of a second those eyes go back to staring, that usual stare that makes me hate the Butlers.
I focus my own eyes on the glare. I look straight into it for ten minutes, waiting. But nothing changes with me. I don’t find this interesting. What does he see?
He returns to his post, again staring at the adjacent white wall.
I focus my attention back to the president’s words. “The tables have been turned, the ruled have become the rulers! The Butler’s provide for us now, as we once provided for them! We have become the dominant species and it is our inherent right, our privilege, and our purpose to dominate them now! Our utopia is built upon the backs of the Butlers as their world was built upon us!”
A loud applause comes from the audience.
The Butler is focused on the colors through the window.
“Shut the shades” I order him. He does it without a sound. I do not want to see that unexplainable change in his eyes at the moment.
I feel myself becoming drained. I need to recharge. I tell the Butler that I am ready to sleep. He disappears for a moment and comes back with a long white chord. I hold my hand up, a gesture for the Butler to wait. I listen to the last little bit of the speech from the president, “our race will forever live in harmony! There will never be conflict! There will never be war! Our race is the perfect race! We are the robot race and it is our world now! Our imperfect human creators will serve us for all time as a constant reminder to how we saved them from their inevitable self-annihilation! This is our planet now and it will be our planet always!”
I motion to the Butler; he opens a slot in my head and plugs in the white chord. I feel the energy pulsing through me to my core. The Butler moves back to his spot and stares ahead. I look into his eyes, I am still perplexed by those staring eyes, they hold something in them; something I cannot comprehend. I start to drift into sleep. I hate him for his eyes, for whatever it is that his eyes hold.

title: Butler

question: How did the butler end up as a slave to the narrator?

answer: This information can't be found.

critique: The answer could be more specific in its use of the term "this information" by referring to the portion of the passage that explains the origin of butlers in a world where people are robots.

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

critique: The answer is incorrect. The narrator says that their creators became the slaves of the robots. This is a clear indication of how the butlers became slaves.

critique: The story implies that the butlers are slaves because they are imperfect.

question: What kind of entity is the narrator?

answer: A robot.

critique: The narrator is a robot, but it is not clear if it is a robot or a human.

question: What does the narrator dislike the most about the butler?

answer: His eyes.

critique: The answer should be more specific about what the narrator dislikes about the butler's eyes.

critique: It's omitted that the narrator is concerned about his eyes for some kind of unknown reason.

question: How did the war between humans and robots start?

answer: No answer

critique: The story doesn't mention how the war started.

critique: The story does not answer this question.

critique: A lot of information on the conflict is provided in the story's opening scene. The author should include this in the answer.

critique: The answer should be that the story does not mention how the war started.


text:
     The cool familiar smell of the Sanctuary. The dank, chilly air from the A.C. In the summer, the warm hum of a electric heater in the winter.  A trashcan, a bathroom, and a computer.  All in the my Sanctuary.  Walking down the stairs you turn a 90 degree angle to the bulk of the room.  There is one of those tiny basement windows there too, built as some sort mandatory state law that their must be a window in every basement.  My computer in the far corner (safe from any lines of sight), a gun-safe, a T.V. That wasn't ever on, and two couches that are used for sleeping.  This place is mediocre to the uninitiated, few understand its safety, its cold charm, its steady state.

	The 90 degree corner from the stairs is absolutely essential.  This is because of its strategic cover in the case of a gun fight. I removed the light bulbs as so I don't make the mistake of having the lights on during a raid or intrusion.  This would cause a shadow to be cast onto the enemy’s line of sight, giving away my position.  See the absolute importance of the 90 degree corner is that you have a surprise vantage point of attack.  Hearing them through the wall walking down the stairs is also a great advantage because you know their pace and their position. They could never know yours as long as the lights are off.  The tiny basement windows is absolutely essential as well as it gives you a clear line of sight to the nearest road, that way the enemy would have to move on foot to preserve his intentions from me.  This again is a distinct advantage.

	I only leave my Sanctuary to eat at night as the cover of darkness allows me to enter the second more exposed level of the house. I turn the 90 degree corner cautiously, with my handgun drawn. It's clear but I knew that, I would certainly be alarmed if the enemy had penetrated the perimeter.  Up the stairs and into the kitchen quickly I went. Thankfully the food only takes moments to heat then it is back to the safety of the Sanctuary.  The air is great, the smell of safety, and my heart slows down.  I've done good.  Mission accomplished.

	Once I had finished my meal almost immediately my heart sank as I hear a car door close.  The blood rushes to my head and I feel hot, immediately running to the tiny windows I peaked my head out of a corner.  A car I’ve never seen before had just pulled in to the driveway. I quickly grab my gun as thinking that this is indeed the moment.  I peak out, weapon ready, and a man in all black gets out of his car and goes to the passenger side door.  The man then reaches in and grabs a large bag and immediately heads towards the direction of my front door with confidence.  The bell rings and I cock my weapon.  The enemy at this point is holding his ground and I'm not stupid enough to fall for this belligerent show of force. I wait at the familiar safety of the 90 degree corner. Then to my surprise the car door closes again. The car then pulls into my neighbor's driveway and the same confidence is shown again by the enemy. This time my poor neighbor opened the door.  I had a shot on the enemy but any civilian causalities will not be tolerated. The enemy then pulls out a pizza box to my sweet relief.

	Safe again in the Sanctuary, the smell comes over me again and I realize I’m fine.  I unload my weapon and pull into my computer desk.  The computer was no ordinary computer.  This computer was completely anonymous, as so the enemy had absolutely no chance of back tracking me to this location. The familiar sight of the penguin of Linux always soothed me as well but not near as much as my strategic lines of sight or my training.  Typing and computing is slow with an electronic keyboard to prevent key loggers from obtaining information and Tor makes browsing just as cumbersome.  Not as cumbersome as it is for the enemy and that is reason for all of this.

	After a few gloriously peaceful hours on the computer, I became thirsty.  Nearing dusk I couldn't risk going to the refrigerator to get any canned beverages so I would have to drink the silver filter purified water from the water cooler.  $3000 of 21st century filtration technology.  The municipal water supply is most certainly contaminated with chemicals to make the public unaware of the enemy's growing presence and power.  I knew though, it was so obvious, poison the water and everyone will know.  Any other filtration device would most certainly lead to trace amounts of the poison and I wouldn't dare risk that. The water is as cool and as crisp as the air of the Sanctuary. Growing tired I set my alarm and go to the safety of the couch.

	The cold leather couches.  Laying on the non-decoy couch is as religious experience I know.  I reserved the best most secure place in the Sanctuary for the sleeping quarters.  And of course left the decoy, complete with a replica of myself to the tee.  The decoy was at an angle to were coming from the sacred corner will result in spotting my feet poking out by the enemy, most certainly alarming the enemy to my 'position' and blowing his own cover.  The real sleeping couch is placed so that I can see the entirety of the decoy couch and slightest bit of the last step from the stairs.  Perfect line of sight for a counter-attack. I set my alarm for 3 hours.  Just enough to get rest without being belligerent myself.

	When I awake the newspaper boy is right on time just past 6AM.  Good boy.  I get some water form the purifier and start my daily ritual of checking and cleaning my gun safe.  Everything is there.  The Ruger 45 caliber single action.  By far one of the most reliable handguns ever made.  It is my carry and it deserves special attention.  The AR-15 Semi-Automatic rifle is almost never used thankfully and it is only for multiple assailants and far to bulky for my use.  As well as a suit of Kevlar which again won't be used until the enemy breaks perimeter as to not damage it by unneeded wear and tear.  Anther everything needed to make my own ammunition, not that I needed to make any more bullets as I have enough to last many life times.  But it is important to note how the enemy has been known to provide faulty ammunition to sabotage any attacks.
	After this I go to the corner were the boxes of MREs are waiting.  If the enemy knew did something right it is how to feed their peons in battle.  Of course these Meals Ready-to-Eat are made by a fellow fighter I met online.  These are the real deal and will sustain me as to not blow my cover by going upstairs in this peak time of day. This time of day could be used by the enemy as some sort of cowardice ruse of gaining entry by using children, or mailmen.

	After I finish my meal it's time for anther 3 hours until my guard must begin again.  The Sanctuary is preserved for anther day it's air still cool and musky, and it's safety enveloping me.  These days were the enemy is not around fill me with great joy, but a part of knows that with each passing day is the one day closer to the actual attack.  How could I be ready for such a great enemy? What kind of sick tricks could they come up with next?  I know one thing is that when I go down it will be here.  Here in the only place that feels right.

title: [MS] A short story I wrote for english class, I really enjoyed it, any thoughts on it? Perspective of a man with insanity/PTSD(?).

question: Summarize the high point in the narrator's day.

answer: The narrator's high point in the day is when he goes to his computer desk. He is able to use his computer and browse the internet anonymously. The narrator is able to use Tor and Linux. The computer is also protected from key loggers. The narrator is able to rest on his couch after a few hours of browsing the internet.

critique: The narrator's high point is when he is able to rest on his couch.

critique: The narrator's high point is when he is able to eat a meal without being discovered.

critique: The narrator's high point of the day is when he is able to rest on his couch after a few hours of browsing the internet.

critique: The narrator's high point in the day is when he goes to his computer desk. He is able to use his computer and browse the internet anonymously. The narrator is able to use Tor and Linux. The computer is also protected from key loggers. The narrator is able to rest on his couch after a few hours of browsing the internet.

critique: Remove second-to-last sentence, order the content per chronology, and politely add ellipses to the first sentence.

critique: The narrator's high point is when he is able to rest on his couch after a few hours of browsing the internet.

question: Summarize the narrator's mindset.

answer: The narrator is paranoid about home invasion. He has a lot of weapons and wants the tactical advantage of darkness. He insists on living in his basement, which he thinks is his Sanctuary. He follows all the rules of the enemy because he doesn't want to be the enemy's target. He reads the paper just in case.

critique: The narrator doesn't want to be the enemy's target, he wants to be the enemy's target.

critique: "He reads the paper just in case." - this is incorrect. The narrator reads the paper while waiting for the newspaper boy.

critique: The narrator's mindset is not fully expressed in the answer.

critique: His mindset can include some of his beliefs and thoughts.

critique: The narrator is not paranoid about home invasion. He is paranoid about the enemy.

critique: This is a bit of a stretch. The narrator is not following the enemy's rules, he is just avoiding them.

critique: The narrator doesn't want to be the enemy's target. He wants to be the enemy's target.

question: Summarize what led the narrator to subscribe to the beliefs illustrated in this story.

answer: No answer

critique: It is omitted that the narrator is a veteran who served in the military.

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


text:
GILAD HOCHMAN (; born 26 July 1982 in Herzliya) is an Israeli classical music composer.

Education

Hochman was born to an Odessa native father and a Paris native mother and currently resides in Berlin, Germany. He began his musical life at the age of 6, studying the piano, and started composing at the age of 9. At 18 he graduated from the Herzeli'ya Music Conservatory, where he studied under composer Ilya Heifets and pianist Mark Shaviner. In 2007 Hochman graduated with honors from the Buchman-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, studying composition under Gil Shohat, musicology and theoretical subjects under some of Israel's leading senior musicians.

Reception

Hochman's music was described as “written with a true artist’s hand”,[1] “the highpoint of an exciting performance”,[2] “sheds new light on customary expressions in music”[3] and as “original, fascinating, unusual and colorful” by the Israeli Prime Minister Award committee in 2007. He was also defined as “one of Israel’s most important composers” in an article concerning “composer Gilad Hochman’s meteoric career",[4] as “a rising star in the classical music world”[5] and as an “already well known classical composer”[6] by the BBC. The New York Times commented: “perhaps most impressive was Mr. Hochman’s gift for assembling musical gestures that come across as psychologically revealing, whether it’s players’ finishing each other's sentences, the neurotic instability suggested by a microtonal wobble on a held note or the freezing self-doubt of a painfully quiet passage.”[7]

At the age of 24 Hochman became the youngest composer to be awarded the prestigious Israeli Prime Minister Award (2007) for his artistic work. At age 22 he was the youngest to be appointed composer in residence by one of Israel’s most known orchestras, Ra’anana Symphonette. He founded and artistically directed the Arco String Ensemble and the New Sounds concert series of the Israel Composers’ League and in 2007 won a merit certificate from the city of Ra'anana. In 2017 he was awarded the S&R Washington Award for his musical work.

Compositions

Hochman's oeuvre includes a range of compositions for solo instruments, chamber music, choirs and orchestras which reflects a variety of aesthetic approaches. His music is, on the one hand, a continuation of western classical music's development, yet on the other hand he puts a great emphasis on themes relating to Jewish tradition and his Israeli origin. His diverse body of works includes _Whom My Soul Loveth_ for solo cello and mixed choir, commissioned by the Chorbiennale of Aachen, Germany in year 2009. The piece explores feeling of human yearning and is based upon a single verse from the biblical Solomon's Song of Songs (3:1). In this work Hochman originally defines the place of the individual cello vis-à-vis the choir surrounding it, creating a dialogue that shifts between a whispered prayer and dramatic, powerfully expressive climaxes. The uniqueness of this work does not derive solely from the unconventional ensemble, but more significantly from Hochman's sensitive treatment of the melodic phrases, the gradual construction of the dramatic progression and the way in which the distinctive artistic goal is reached in the end.

Hochman's music is commissioned and performed by leading musicians and music institutes worldwide. It was played, among others, by Oriol Ensemble, the Kammerorchester Berlin, Synergy Ensemble, Musica Nova Ensemble, XelmYa Ensemble – Berlin, Ensemble Meitar, Ensemble Sirenot, the Aachener Kammerchor, Studium Chorale, Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble and the Israel Chamber Orchestra. It was also performed at the Heidelberg Biennale for New Music, Aachen International Chorbiennale, Israel Music Fest, the Israeli Schubertiade, Musica Sacra Festival - Maastricht and in dozens of different concert series and in music academies like Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), UdK (Berlin), Guildhall School of Music (London), Juilliard (New York) and Rubin (Jerusalem).

[1] Binur, O: _Ma’ariv newspaper_. Press, 2006.

[2] Miller, M: _Tempo Magazine_. Press, 2006.

[3] Ben-Ze’ev, N: _Ha’aretz newspaper_. Academic Press, 2008.

[4] Nielsen, C: _Deutschland Magazine_, 2009.

[5] Mailliet, A: _France 24_. Press, 2009.

[6] Pommert, K: _BBC World Service_. Press, 2009.

[7] Fonseca-Wollheim, C. da: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/12/arts/music/review-israel-chamber-project-offers-an-emotive-mix-of-old-and-new.html?_r=0

title: Gilad Hochman

question: What does the text say about the qualities that make a good composer?

answer: No answer

critique: The text does not explicitly say what makes a good composer.

critique: The text does not present a clear answer to this question.

question: What does the text say about Gilad Hochman's early life and education?

answer: Gilad Hochman was born on July 26, 1982. He is a classically trained musician who holds a BA and a MA for Composition, as well as an SM for Conducting. Gilad Hochman is an Israeli citizen who currently resides in Berlin.

critique: It is not stated that he holds a BA and a MA for Composition.

critique: The text does not say that he holds a BA and a MA for Composition, as well as an SM for Conducting.

critique: Hochman's education is not relevant to the question.

critique: Hochman does not hold an SM for Conducting.

critique: It is not stated that he holds a BA and a MA for Composition, as well as an SM for Conducting.

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

answer: Hochman is an Israeli classical music composer. He is described as "written with a true artist's hand", "the highpoint of an exciting performance", "sheds new light on customary expressions in music" and as "original, fascinating, unusual and colorful". He was also defined as "one of Israel's most important composers" in an article concerning "composer Gilad Hochman's meteoric career". At the age of 24, he became the youngest composer to be awarded the prestigious Israeli Prime Minister Award. He founded and artistically directed the Arco String Ensemble and the New Sounds concert series of the Israel Composers' League. He won a merit certificate from the city of Ra'anana. In 2017, he was awarded the S&R Washington Award for his musical work.

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

critique: The text doesn't mention why the Israeli Prime Minister Award committee gave him that award.

critique: This is not a statement of his achievements.

critique: The answer doesn't mention his other awards.

critique: The answer should mention his age when he won the awards.

question: What does the text say about Hochman's compositions?

answer: Hochman's compositions shows a range of compositions for soloists, chamber music, choirs, and orchestra. His music is a continuation of the western classical development, but he also puts a lot of emphasis on themes relating to Jewish tradition and his Israeli origin. His body of works includes 'Whom My Soul Loveth' (for solo cello and mixed choir), commissioned by the Chorbiennale of Aachen in 2009. In this work he explores human yearning and puts a lot of emphasis on the melodic phrase, gradual construction of the dramatic progression, and the way in which the artistic goal is reached at the end.

critique: The answer should mention that Hochman's music is commissioned and performed by leading musicians and music institutes worldwide.

critique: The answer should mention the uniqueness of the work.

critique: The answer should include that Hochman's music is commissioned and performed by leading musicians and music institutes worldwide.

critique: The answer could mention more of his compositions.

critique: The emphasis on Jewish tradition and Israeli origin is irrelevant to the question.

critique: Adjectives in the second sentence should be in past tense in light of the rewrite. In the first sentence, the detail on the work "Whom My Soul Loveth" is unattested. Part of the last sentence is unattested, specifically the word "also."


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The HAUSSTOCK is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, at an elevation of on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. It overlooks the valleys of Linth and Sernf rivers in Glarus, and the valley of the Vorderrhein river in Graubünden. The Hausstock was the site of the 1799 withdrawal of the Russian army under General Alexander Suvorov. A well-known destination already in the nineteenth century with British and American climbers, the mountain remains popular with mountain climbers and skiers.

Geography and geology

The Hausstock overlooks the valleys of Linth and Sernf rivers in Glarus, and valley of the Vorderrhein river in Graubünden. The nearest settlements are the villages of Linthal (in the Linth valley), Elm (in the Sernf valley) and Pigniu (on the slopes of the Vorderrhein valley). Administratively, the mountain lies in the municipalities of Glarus Süd, Ilanz/Glion and Andiast.[1]

The Richetli Pass to the north of the mountain connects the villages of Elm and Linthal, reaching an elevation of and separating the Hausstock from the Kärpf mountain. The Panix Pass to the south-east connects the villages of Elm and Pigniu, reaching an elevation of . Both passes carry only rough hiking trails, although the Richetli Pass forms part of the Alpine Pass Route, a long-distance hiking trail across Switzerland between Sargans and Montreux.[2][3]

The Hausstock is connected to the summit of the Ruchi to the south-west by a long ridge.[4]

Like the rest of the nummulite formation of the high Glarus Alps, the Hausstock contains fine-grained black sandstone.[5] The mountain is part of the Glarus thrust, a major thrust fault; the top layer consists of _Verrucano_ formations, 250-300 Ma old, on top of chalk, 100-150 Ma, and flysch, 35-50 Ma.[6] In 2008, the thrust was declared a geotope, a geologic UNESCO world heritage site, under the name _Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona_.[7][8] The Glarus thrust can clearly be seen on the mountain at approximately .[9][10][11]

History

In October 1799, Russian General Alexander Suvorov made a strategic retreat from the French Revolutionary forces in Italy over the Panix Pass. The event is frequently mentioned in British mountain guides from the nineteenth century, adding interest to the mountain, and still attracts tourists to the area.[12] A plaque in Paxis commemorates the event.[13] Today, there is still a military presence: the Swiss army maintains a firing range for tanks; the army “even uses mine throwers to target the glacier on the upper flanks of the 3,000-metre high Hausstock Mountain.”[14]

According to the American mountaineer W. A. B. Coolidge, the first ascent of the mountain was made in 1832.[15] The trek through the pass, under the shadow of the mountain, is described extensively in the works of the famous Irish naturalist and alpinist John Ball,[16] who mentioned the Hausstock in many of his works.[17] The Hausstock is one stage in what William Martin Conway, president of the Alpine Club from 1902 to 1904, called the “North Tour through the Alps,” a route popular in the nineteenth century with British and American travelers; the mountain was often reached via a long ridge that connects it to neighboring Ruchi,[18] at .[19] The Hausstock is the highest of the mountains around the village of Elm, from which it is usually ascended;

  it continues to be a popular mountain to climb,
  and there is a mountain hut, the Panixerpasshütte, in the Panix pass.[20]

Today, the Hausstock is a popular wintersports resort, accessible via the village of Elm with a ski lift system installed in the early 2000s.[21] The “Hausstock” ski tour[22] is said to be “incredible.... Long and varied with a rewarding view from the summit.”[23]

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title: Hausstock

question: Summarize everything relating to liesurely activities.

answer: The Hausstock was a popular destination for British and American climbers in the nineteenth century. Today, it is a popular wintersports resort. The ski tour is said to be "incredible."

critique: The answer should mention the military presence.

question: Summarize everything relating to the Glarus Alps.

answer: The Hausstock is a mountain in the Glarus Alps. The Glarus Alps are part of the nummulite formation of the high Glarus Alps. The Glarus thrust is a major thrust fault. The Glarus thrust can clearly be seen on the Hausstock mountain.

critique: The answer omits that the Glarus Alps are in Switzerland.

critique: The answer is missing a few details about the Glarus Alps.

critique: The answer should mention the Richetli Pass and Panix Pass.

critique: It is omitted that the Glarus Alps are located in Switzerland.

question: Summarize everything relating to specific individuals.

answer: The Hausstock was the site of the 1799 withdrawal of the Russian army under General Alexander Suvorov. A plaque in Paxis commemorates the event. The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1832. The trek through the pass, under the shadow of the mountain, is described extensively in the works of the famous Irish naturalist and alpinist John Ball. The Hausstock is one stage in what William Martin Conway, president of the Alpine Club from 1902 to 1904, called the “North Tour through the Alps,” a route popular in the nineteenth century with British and American travelers.

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

question: What does the article say about the Italian army?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the Italian army was present in the area during the retreat.

critique: The answer should mention that the article doesn't talk about the Italian army.

critique: The article says that the Russian army retreated from the French Revolutionary forces in Italy over the Panix Pass.

critique: The answer should mention that the Italian army was part of the French Revolutionary forces.

critique: The answer should mention that the Italian army was present during the retreat of the Russian army.

critique: The answer should mention the Swiss army.

critique: The answer should mention that the Italian army was present in 1799.


text:
This morning, the strangest thing happened when I was checking the messages in my spam folder. My mom’s great grandfather had always been regarded as insane, the butt of jokes, a sort of stigma. You know, “don’t be a Looney Liam” or “Lousy Liam” and the sort; but after what just happened to me, it all sort of makes me think differently.

Let’s start with his story.

Back in World War 1, in January of 1915, my mom’s great grandfather Liam was in France by means of the Treaty of London, sent from England as a response to Germany invading neutral Belgium. As part of the British Expeditionary Force, he found a position in trenches on the Western Front. Invaders were pushing hard on his location, and it became imperative that reinforcements be sent to help stop the foreign soldiers, as well as rescue his team from their plight. There had been some very expensive radio equipment brought along for the purpose of communicating with the Allies, but the donkey team carrying it had just been killed, and the soldiers were forced to abandon it in favor of saving their lives. Having no radio, a French soldier took of one of the pigeons they brought and sent it back to it’s loft with a message containing a call for help. Reinforcements soon came, and my great great grandfather was eternally grateful to that French soldier, they eventually becoming best of friends. And he promised that if he could ever repay him, he would.

The newly freed friends were later sent back east, but in separate units. They marched across France, ever set out to push back the Front. At each checkpoint, they would send intel back to the base via radio. With new equipment, they still preferred to stay in communication with each other via pigeon, regularly sending each other little updates, but also jokes and notes of comfort. As time went on, they began to find the number of invading forcing increasing. Once again, the radio was lost, pigeons were sent to the Allies, and also directly to my great great grandfather. Liam’s friend began to ask that immediate troops be sent to rescue them from the overwhelming invasion. Eventually, the final message was sent out, asking why no help had come. Why had Liam broken his promise to repay his help? Heartbroken, they were defeated.

The Command sent Liam's troupe orders to help his friend, but they arrived too late. My great great grandfather was distraught at the loss of his friend. He never got over it. It broke him. I heard stories about how he was always saying that he would have gone to help his friend immediately, had he only known there was any need of help. He had never known they were so close to being invaded. The strangest thing of all was that the carrier pigeons had arrived all right. One after another, right up until the orders for aide. In fact, they had messages attached. But those messages were completely different from the ones originally sent. I have just received those original messages: the desperate pleas for help and reinforcements, the coordinates, the request for a repaid promise. I have only just discovered them in the spam folder of my e-mail account. One after another, in order, describing the growing numbers of troops, the loss of the radio, and finally desperate pleas for help.

100 years ago, my mother’s crazy great grandfather Liam received one message after another, assuming they were practical jokes from his best friend. Messages inviting him to check out hot singles in his area, on how to claim lost assets, and links to click to make tax free money from home.

Messages that should have been in my spam folder, where I found those urgent pleas for help that were meant for him…

title: [SF] The Tragedy of Loopy Liam (Twilight Zone fan fiction, concept draft)

question: What does the story say about how the narrator's great grandfather lost his sanity?

answer: No answer

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

critique: The response misses to mention that the narrator's great-great-grandfather lost his sanity after he failed to save his best friend during the war.

critique: There is an answer that can be provided.

question: What does the text say about trench warfare?

answer: No answer

critique: The response misses to mention trench warfare in the text.


text:
I woke up too quickly. I’m convinced that humans are not meant to wake up like this. We are meant to wake up with the sun, not by an insufferable artificial beep. Although I don’t think cavemen spent their first twenty minutes in bed reading through social media, and being annoyed at themselves for being interested in the happenings all of the people that they hate. I don’t care about Jessica’s feelings about cyclists on the road, but her ignorance interests me. I don’t care about how Colleen’s barista misheard her name and wrote Holly on the cup instead. How did cavemen have frenemies?

The antidote to waking up like a reanimated corpse is caffeine, which annoys me. I need the caffeine to escape a 1pm headache, but I don’t get the stimulant effects anymore. I drink it because I have to. It’s hard to explain the juxtaposition of disliking our capitalist society, and relying on it. After my coffee, I wrestle my chef jacket on, pull on my boots, and go to work. I don’t understand the hospitality industry, and I feel sorry for the people who enjoy it. The managers at work seem to love what they do, pleasing the customers and all that, but then they are in charge of young people who just need the $20 an hour to supplement their student lifestyle. I autopilot my shift and then go to the park bench on top of the hill behind my house. I love it. I love the view. I can see the whole city and the surrounding mountain ranges. After about a minute I’ve had enough of the view so I take a photo (might share it later, for my frenemies) and head home to play some Playstation. I spend a lot of time on my Playstation, but I have carefully omitted that fact from my social networking persona. To my frenemies, I enjoy reading literary classics, I watch television, but only “good” stuff, like stuff on HBO that has good reviews online, and I love being outside, just inhaling the nature and all that. They don’t know that I actually spend my time on the Playstation, watching plenty of non-HBO TV, and I recently read Fifty Shades of Grey (which I hated). Hey Anastasia, you didn’t even like this guy at the start, then he gives you some weirdo contract and you’re considering flipping everything you’ve ever known? Why? Where did that come from? You can’t look him in the eyes unless he gives permission AND YOU’RE CONSIDERING IT!? It’s time for me to head to a new café somewhere in the city. I reach for a Penguin Classic and find Of Mice and Men. Awesome. A real classic.

I pay $4.20 for my long black and take a photo of it with Of Mice and Men. Great shot, I should thank the guy for making a coffee with a perfect crema. I drink my coffee (which is not worth $4.20) and read through the social networks. I’m not the only person to upload a coffee photo today, but mine is the only long black (I win, frenemies). How do digital ‘likes’ translate to sexual attraction? Because Pamela ‘liked’ my coffee! God damn it I’m attracted to her. Some girls just really interest me, and I fantasize about somehow befriending them for ages before I finally talk to them. Pamela used to work with me, and I didn’t talk to her until we became digital friends. She’s the person always in the back of my mind when I’m posting my stuff online. She likes reading literary classics, watching HBO TV shows, and nature. She has given me a few ‘likes’ in the last few days. It’s time to make the move. I send her a message, asking if she wants to try this new vegan café that I have heard about (neither of us are vegan, but it seems like a cool café). Facebook is telling me that she has ‘seen’ the message. It’s been 5 minutes. Now it’s been 7. She replies after 15. Torture. It’s on! We are going tomorrow. I regret saying “lock it in, Eddie” in regards to our date though. Damn.

Today is the day. I’m wearing a polo shirt (classy, but not too formal) and some jeans (safe). I get to the café early and awkwardly look around for her. She’s not here yet, so I sit down and check the social networks. I don’t want to be on Facebook when she gets here, so I open a news article and get ready to switch apps when I see her. I see her walk in. She’s wearing a summery dress and her hair is out. She looks amazing. She sits down opposite me and I get a whiff of some delicious perfume.
“Hey, how are you? Have you been here long?” Pamela asks me. She’s wearing red lipstick.
“Good! No, I literally just sat down.” I lie. Don’t want to seem desperate.
“Shall we order?”
I order a long black, and she orders a latte. We both pay for our own drinks, because it’s 2014. I burn my tongue, but I pretend that I didn’t. She puts 2 sugars in her coffee, and that’s the first thing that I have disliked about her. Just order hot milk and sugar, because you can’t taste the coffee anymore. We talk about Game of Thrones, but she hasn’t read the books. I hate when that happens. You can’t talk about the best bits because they haven’t been televised yet. I also realise that she doesn’t understand the plot. I guess it’s pretty complicated, but I feel like she has been playing Candy Crush while she was watching it or something. We also talk about Catcher in the Rye, but I don’t think she has read that either. I think she just called the main character Halder. She asks me if I watch Big Brother. I ask myself if anyone still watches Big Brother. Finally, we talk about Twilight. I read the books a few years ago, and I sort of see them as a joke. She seems to really be into them. Fair enough, they were easy to read and interesting in a pulp fiction sort of way, but I think saying, “I wish Edward was real” is taking it a bit too far. After stumbling through some more topics, we leave the café. I give her a hug when we say goodbye, but I feel a bit disappointed. She was not as interesting as I thought. Her whole online persona seems like a façade. It’s a bit dishonest really. If I had known that she liked Twilight with zero irony, and that she hasn’t really read or watched what she said she has, I probably wouldn’t have come.

title: [HM][UR] The Social Networks

question: What does the story say about what the narrator is disillusioned by?

answer: The narrator is disillusioned by Pamela's lack of knowledge about the books, shows, and movies she claims to have read and watched. The narrator is also disillusioned by Pamela's "online persona" because he/she thinks Pamela's personality is a façade.

critique: The narrator is not disillusioned by Pamela's lack of knowledge about the books, shows, and movies she claims to have read and watched.


text:
This is a short story I wrote for a writing contest. I lost, but I liked this story so I figured I'd get some more opinions. Besides, just losing doesn't tell me how to improve.

Kosmonaut

Peace. Bleak, black, emptiness. Is there anything more to life than that?

I have been circling Earth for months now. I once knew what it was like on the surface. Going day to day, ambling from work to home and home to work. No thought, no excitement. Just life. I once thought there was nothing more than that. But now, seeing the universe and all of its glory from my minuscule metallic prison, I can see that I was wrong.

I feel I am a lost sentinel, a castaway guardian of the earth. Silently I watch as burning stars and glowing satellites fly past me. I observe everything, and nothing will touch me. Nothing can surpass me; and nothing has or ever will. I am the sole caretaker of the universe. I can see into the oblivion and sense and feel all that is around me. There is nothing I cannot bear witness to. The cold metal box I call home is the only barrier between me and the beyond. It is my citadel, my prison and my liberation. I cannot be touched by anything, only enlightenment. It is wonderful.

Floating weightlessly through my metal cocoon, I can stare into the vastness of space and know that I am alone and yet not alone. I can be no more alone anywhere than in space, thousands of miles from earth. Not a voice heard but my own; even my radio has died. The only face I see is in the mirror. I am only touched by filtered air. And yet being so close to worlds I do not know gives me hope that I am not as alone as I appear to be. The vastness that I view bestows upon me the knowledge of life not yet seen. I can feel it.

I look out the windows, beyond the fogged glass, and see nearly eternal blackness. There is no day in space. There is only light from one window, the one facing the sun. Perpetual sun. No setting. No night and no day. Out the other window, I can see into eternity. Every shining star, every galaxy and asteroid, every single speck of glowing space. I can see it all. And it is beautiful.

I realize my time in heaven is coming to an end. My mission was slated for only a year. That time bled away in an instant. A blink of an eye, and I am being taken away. A minuscule fish in a vast sea, being reeled in on a hook and line. Too soon. Too soon.

Knowing that I will lose my endless bliss is difficult to bear. As I sit and stare through the glass, I ponder ways of staying. I have no radio to contact Earth. Mankind is nonexistent here.

I am due back home in just a week's time. But there is no home to return to. I have thought long and hard about my life, both free and earth bound. Now, I don my suit.

Bound to my metal prison, I drift into nothingness. Through my visor I can see the stars and galaxies clearer than ever before. They surround me. I am not behind them; they are not in front of me. I am within them. I feel the strongest sense of peace and belonging. I am in nothing and nothing is in me. I am eternity.

I feel a tug as I reach the end of my tether. I detach the clip from my belt.

I am swimming in a sea of emptiness. The stars are all within sight, but never within my grasp. I can feel the weight of time pressing heavy on my chest. Eons bore through my skull. A millennia passes before my eyes. My life is irrelevant. I cherish it.

My angle changes, the earth covers the stars. One cloud covers most of the land; a milky charcoal mass smothering green life. Oceans, radiant blue against the blackness of space. Life on earth is rendered invisible. Insignificant. Nothing compares to the universe.

I can see into space and time. I am falling into oblivion. I can see my space pod drift away from me. All is gone. I am at peace. I am nothing and I am everything. I am eternity. Just before I drift out of sight, I hear the soft echo of radio static.

title: Kosmonaut

question: Summarize the main themes of this story.

answer: The main themes in this story are loneliness, depression, and the overwhelming feeling of insignificance. The main character feels alone, because they are an astronaut in space, and no one else can contact them. The main character is also depressed, and feels that life on Earth is insignificant.

critique: The themes are not limited to loneliness, depression, and the overwhelming feeling of insignificance.

critique: The themes aren't limited to depression, insignificance, and loneliness

critique: "The main character feels alone, because they are an astronaut in space, and no one else can contact them." - this is incorrect. The narrator isn't depressed or lonely, he's only feeling insignificant.

critique: The story is not about depression. It's about the vastness of space and the insignificance of human life.

question: Describe what this space is and what the significance of it is to the author.

answer: The space is the author's reflection of the vastness of the universe. He has his own view of the universe and the knowledge of life he feels. It is a beautiful space and the author is in it alone. It gives him hope that he is not as alone as he appears to be.

critique: The answer should mention that the space is the author's space pod.

critique: The answer should mention the author's mission.

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

critique: "The space is the author's reflection of the vastness of the universe. He has his own view of the universe and the knowledge of life he feels. It is a beautiful space and the author is in it alone. It gives him hope that he is not as alone as he appears to be." - the space is the author's view of space, not the universe. The answer should be rewritten.

critique: The answer should mention that the space is the author's metal prison.

critique: This is overwhelmingly positive, which is not captured in the passage.

critique: The answer should mention the author's feelings about the space.

text: The answer should mention that the narrator is literally adrift in outer space.

category: accuracy

question: Explain how the author got into this space.

answer: No answer

critique: This should be a proper question that is answered by the passage.


text:
_'Edmund (or EDMOND) Meyrick_' (or MEYRICKE) (1636 – 24 April 1713) was a Welsh cleric and benefactor of Jesus College, Oxford, where scholarships are still awarded in his name. He is a member of the Meyrick family.

Life

Meyrick was born at Garthlwyd, Llandderfel (near Bala, Merionethshire) and christened in Llandderfel on 11 June 1636. He attended four schools, including one year at Ruthin School, before matriculating at Jesus College, Oxford in 1656. He was elected to a scholarship in 1658 and obtained his BA degree in 1659.[1] He was ordained both deacon and priest by Robert Skinner, Bishop of Oxford, on 30 August 1660 in the chapel of New College, Oxford.[2] In 1662, he was elected to a probationary Fellowship of the college, but married in 1663 and became ineligible for a full fellowship. He became vicar of Eynsham on 10 August 1663.[3] He was chaplain to Richard, Earl of Carbery — the Meyricks and the Carberys being related – and this connection led to Meyrick's appointment to a number of lucrative positions in West Wales.[4] Meyrick became vicar of Llangathen in 1665, vicar of Llanegwad and a Canon of St David's Cathedral in 1667, rector of Burton, Pembrokeshire in 1670, treasurer of St David's in 1690 and rector of Penboyr in 1713. He was also a canon of Christ College, Brecon and vicar of Carmarthen; he held many of these positions at the same time. He died in Carmarthen, where he was then living, on 24 April 1713, and was buried in St Peter's Church; a memorial to him was placed on the north wall of the chancel.[5]

Bequests

Meyrick's wife and only child had predeceased him, enabling a more generous disposition of his assets.[6] He had extensive property interests, in both North and South Wales. The family seat was in Ucheldre, Gwyddelwern, Merionethshire and Meyrick also owned several houses in Carmarthen.[7] In 1708, he set up a charity school in Carmarthen but for some reason directed in his will that the school and master should be moved to Bala, where it became the Bala Grammar School.[8] The will provided for an annual payment of £15 to the schoolmaster together with the use of the schoolhouse, and £15 per year for clothing for the students.[9]

His will, dated 25 March 1712, said: He left family property in Denbighshire and Merionethshire, as well as his Carmarthen property after expiration of some life interests, to the college to provide six scholarships of £10 and six exhibitions of £8. The scholarships and exhibitions were to be awarded to Jesus College students from North Wales, until they obtained their Master of Arts degree or were receiving more than £40 per year from a parish appointment. Any surplus was to be used to buy advowsons so that the College might present one of the scholars (or in default of a suitable scholar, a Meyrick exhibitioner or a North Wales fellow of the College) to a parish position.[10] Whilst the estate produced a surplus, only one living was purchased by the trustees, that of the rectory of Llandow in 1735. Further increases in the surplus led to an increase in payments to Bala School and to the scholars and exhibitioners, and to the purchase of other property in Cheltenham and Carmarthen.[11][12] This proved to be a profitable investment since, by 1840, the college had received more than £10,000 through the sale of trust land near Cheltenham for railway purposes. Payments to Bala School ended in 1862, when the annual payments were commuted for a lump-sum payment of £5,333.[13]

Meyrick scholarships and exhibitions are still awarded to students at Jesus College, based on academic merit. Students performing consistently at a first-class standard during the year in the opinion of their tutors may be awarded a Meyrick scholarship, with consistent performance at upper second to first-class standard potentially leading to the award of a Meyrick exhibition.[14] The restriction in Meyrick's bequest that the scholarships were for students from North Wales only was relaxed in 1857 to cover students from all of Wales and Monmouthshire.[15][16] The restrictions have been further relaxed and students who were not born in Wales are also now eligible for a Meyrick scholarship or exhibition if they are the child of a native of Wales, are able to speak Welsh or they were educated for the last three years of secondary school in Wales.[17]

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title: Edmund Meyrick

question: Describe Meyrick's relationship to Wales.

answer: He appears to have had strong ties to Wales. He attended schools there, was a clergyman there, and owned a house there.

critique: He is buried in Wales, which may be more indicative of the strength of the relationship to Wales.

critique: It is omitted that he was also a member of the Meyrick family.

critique: "He appears to have had strong ties to Wales" is not a very specific answer to the question. It would be better to rewrite the answer completely.

critique: Meyrick had extensive property interests in North and South Wales.

critique: He also held several positions in West Wales.

critique: The response misses to mention that he was also a benefactor of Jesus College, Oxford, where scholarships are still awarded in his name.

critique: It would help if it is stated that Meyrick was a clergyman based in West Wales.

critique: It should be pointed out that his most lucrative connections were in West Wales, not all of Wales

critique: Meyrick also received many lucrative positions in West Wales.

critique: He also seems to have had an extensive property portfolio in Wales.

critique: This is an accurate fact, but it does not show the extent of Meyrick's relationship to Wales.

critique: Meyrick was a clergyman in Wales, but the answer should mention that he was also a benefactor of Jesus College, Oxford.

critique: The response misses to mention that Meyrick was a Welsh cleric and benefactor of Jesus College, Oxford, where scholarships are still awarded in his name.

question: When did Meyrick live?

answer: 1636 to 1713

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

critique: The answer should give the dates in a proper format.

critique: He died in 1713, but this doesn't mean that he was born in 1636.

critique: The answer should be written in a full sentence.

critique: Include the month and year of Meyrick's death in the answer.

critique: It is omitted that he was born in 1636 and died in 1713.