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The latest update to the popular server-side web development language includes new features and speed improvements.

PHP 7.3, the newest update to the widespread server-side web development language, was released on Thursday, bringing with it a handful of new features, modernizations, and modest speed improvements. For programmers who gave up on PHP prior to 2015 due to performance issues and implementation frustrations, the 7.x branch brings landmark usability and speed improvements to the language, which version 7.3 refines substantially.

The largest improvements in 7.3 include support for Foreign Function Interface (FFI), allowing programmers to write inline C code inside PHP scripts. Though this feature does not presently provide the same level of performance as native PHP code, it can under certain circumstances be used to reduce the memory footprint of a given task.

PHP 7.3 also includes flexible heredoc and nowdoc syntax, now no longer requiring closing markets to be followed by a semicolon or new line. The feature proposal for this notes that the previous rigid requirements "caused them to be, in-part, eschewed by developers because their usage in code can look ugly and harm readability." The Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) library was updated to PCRE2, as the previous 8.x branch of PCRE is limited to bug fixes only. Improved LDAP support also makes authentication easier. The full list of changes can be found in the release announcement.

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Linux benchmarking website Phoronix finds that the last release candidate of PHP 7.3 brings nearly 10% performance improvements over 7.2 in the popular PHPBench test suite. It is 31% faster than 7.0, and nearly three times faster than PHP 5.6.

PHP 7.3 does bring some backward incompatible changes and deprecated functions. The use of case-insensitive constraints is now deprecated, as is the use of case-insensitive constants with a case that differs from the declaration. The ext_skel utility has been redesigned with new options and now has no external dependencies. Additionally, support for BeOS was dropped in this release, if for some reason you were hosting a server on BeOS.

Developers also released the PHP 5.6.39 security update on Thursday, for deployments with dependencies on the 5.6.x branch. Support for this legacy version is ending on December 31, 2018, making the release of PHP 7.3 a good opportunity to upgrade, though major global changes between 5.x and 7.x may complicate this type of migration. (PHP 6.x was not released, due to development issues.) Likewise, support for the original PHP 7.0 branch ended on December 3, 2018, making upgrading an urgent task for application owners using that version.

Source downloads are available from php.net, though Linux users are best served by waiting on their distribution to provide updated packages. Windows users can get it from the PHP for Windows site. Upgrade notes are available on GitHub, and a full migration guide will be published on the PHP website shortly to assist developers in making their existing code compliant with PHP 7.3.

The big takeaways for tech leaders:

-   _PHP 7.3 allows for inlining C code, as well as making heredoc and nowdoc more flexible, among other code readability and flexibility improvements._
-   _PHP 7.3 is nearly 10% faster than PHP 7.2, and three times faster than PHP 5.6 -- Phoronix, 2018_

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question: What does the text say about server-side web development?

answer: Server-side web development is the process in which server-side code is run by a web server (running on a host). Commonly, clients of server-side code include various programming languages and scripting frameworks.

critique: The text does not go over server-side development, but rather list the PHP 7.3 features.

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critique: The answer should mention Python, which according to the article is "the most commonly-used server-side language that can replace PHP."

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critique: "Server-side web development is the process in which server-side code is run by a web server (running on a host). Commonly, clients of server-side code include various programming languages and scripting frameworks." - this is an unattested definition of server-side web development.

critique: The answer is incorrect. There is no mention of server-side code being run by a web server.

critique: The answer doesn't adequately describe server-side web development.

question: What does the text say about PH 7.3?

answer: PHP 7.3 is a newer version of the popular server-side web language. This version provides a handful of new features, modernizations and modest speed improvement.

critique: The answer should mention the improvements in the language.

critique: Information on PHP 7.3 improvements is omitted.

critique: It misses to mention that the new version brings support to write inline C code.

critique: The answer should mention that it was released on Thursday.

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critique: The answer should include the improvements in PHP 7.3.

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One of the most recent RO improvements was released on Thursday, making it PHP 7.3.
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critique: The answer should mention the improvements in PHP 7.3.

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question: What does the text say about the PCRE library?

answer: The PCRE library was updated to PCRE2, enabling for more flexible heredoc and nowdoc syntax. To become PCRE1, the library needs to be further improved and provide better functionality.

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critique: It's not clear that the library became PCRE1, but it is clear that PCRE2 has been released for PHP 7.3.

text: PHP 7.3 was updated to include flexible heredoc and nowdoc syntax, not PCRE. PCRE was updated to PCRE2.

refinement: The PCRE library was updated to PCRE2, enabling for more flexible heredoc and nowdoc syntax. To become PCRE1, the library needs to be further improved and provide better functionality.

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Katie asked Artie to meet her at the Mexican restaurant, the bright yellow, stucco building just down the street from her house. It was a place they often went to eat. Artie sat on the plastic bench across the table from Katie. Katie’s blue eyes looked larger, even more beautiful than usual. But though her eyes were wide, they had less depth.  It was as if the deep pools of her eyes had dried up, leaving pure calcite rings of white and shallow puddles of blue that had once been seas.

Artie stared down at the table top. The surface was brown formica with a fake pattern of wood grain. He looked up at Katie, she brushed a lock of her auburn hair away from her face.

“Are things going to be OK between us?” Artie said, his voice was flat.

“I don’t think so” Katie said.

“What did I do wrong?”

“Nothing” Katie said. Her voice was flat too, but it had an edge like anger.  It wasn’t anger, “It’s over between us. You left some of your stuff at my house. I put it in a box on the porch, you can come get it whenever”.

Artie’s right hand was gripping a little plastic arch with the number “12” on it.  Just then a voice came over the intercom,

“Number 12”, the voice said.

Artie moved to slide off the bench and stood up, he looked down at Katie. “Are you going to stay and eat?”

“No” she pulled her purse over her shoulder and slid off the bench and stood up.  For a moment she and Artie stood close to each other. It didn’t help that she looked unusually beautiful.  Artie didn’t reach for her.  Even the habit of a parting embrace had dried up, his insides felt dried up. He stood feeling awkward for a moment. She looked very straight and dignified. Suddenly perfect. Then she turned and crossed the restaurant toward the door.  Artie’s eyes followed her as she pushed open the glass door and walked out into the parking lot. There was a big, arched window on either side of the door and he saw her as she crossed the parking lot. The warm March sun fell reddish on her hair.  It didn’t help that she looked very beautiful, even at a distance, walking across a parking lot.

“Number 12”, the scratchy intercom voice said again.

Artie went up to the counter and exchanged the plastic arch for a tray with their meals.  The tray held two lunch specials; tacos, enchiladas and piles of beans, orange rice and shredded, colorless lettuce.

Artie set the tray down on the table and picked at the food. Then he got up and walked to the restroom.  He cried a little bit in the bathroom stall then came back out.

When he came back from the bathroom, he saw one of the restaurant employees dumping the tray with the two lunch specials into a garbage can.  She looked up at him. She must have thought he was done eating.

Artie smiled at her vacantly and walked toward the exit.  He crossed the parking lot. That’s one thing that’s hard about being alone in the world, Artie thought as he got into his car; people throw your food away.

title: La Xalapena Mexican Restaurant, Savannah Georgia (550 words)

question: Why does the narrator feel such pain about his breakup with Katie?

answer: It's not clear that he does because he has no idea how to express his emotions. However, among the many emotions he feels is the pain of being abandoned, as he stands awkwardly after Katie stands up and walks out of the restaurant.

critique: The answer should mention the pain of being alone in the world.

critique: "It's not clear that he does because he has no idea how to express his emotions." - this is incorrect because Artie does express his emotions when he cries in the bathroom stall.

critique: The narrator is named Artie, not the "narrator".


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Dear John,
	      Fourteen years, two months, one week, and six days ago you told me my mind was like a bomb waiting to go off. You were right.

I had always felt I was blessed, the right side of my brain that of a mathematical savant and the left side that of the next Michelangelo. I could work out the most difficult equation in mere moments and draw a picture worthy of being in the Louvre. I always felt my skill came from the two working together as in my art I used maths to make perfect shapes where as in my maths I used art to solve the equations. I suppose it is then only ironic that they hung perfectly from the fan which was travelling at a perfect 3.14159 meters per second with their blood making a perfect circle in the floor underneath them. The Police didn't appreciate that, stubborn arse's.

I suppose you need explaining for that last bit, four days ago at thirteen o'clock I had a mental black out for three hours and fourteen minutes. When my mental displacement ended I found myself holding a blood stained knife in front of several corpses four hanging from the aforementioned fan and the remaining three with assorted numbers and phrases carved into them. Four minutes and seven seconds after that the police came and arrested me refusing to see the perfect maths and art in my work. After a short journey in their car I found they had left me a hairpin which I used to remove my handcuffs choke the police officer on the right and subsequently kill the police officer on the left in the inevitable crash. Shortly after taking their gun and altering their faces so that they had the golden ratio (this I did with my knife they kept in the boot) I swiftly left.

I am currently writing from the warehouse on main street where I am waiting for you to come so that I may kill you as well. For you are no doubt thinking 'why should I should go' let me explain why you should. Upon reflection I came to the conclusion of my murder. fifteen minutes after my black out you daughter Abigail took me upstairs to help her with her math homework. She as usual treated me like a demented peasant and my brain crashed possibly due to stress or too much genius. This resulted in me performing a slow and brutal rape against your daughter where I forced myself upon her at knife point. Her screams of disgust did not leave the room however as she was foolish enough to have had her room sound proofed for when she performed mating rituals with her boy friend. After I finished the rape I swiftly killed her and carved 'dirty, dirty bitch' into her chest. I then calmly went downstairs to our parents and your son as well as my brother. Upon seeing the blood on me the children and your mother swiftly ran out leaving only your father and my parents. Within seconds I had sliced open a hole in their necks reached in and ripped out there intestines for the time I left them on the floor (with hindsight I am disappointed and will apologize for their inconvenient and un artistic or mathematical layout on the floor as it caused me great grief later on to see the lack of symmetry). After killing them I proceeded to the kitchen where the mother held a knife and the children stood behind her she yelled 'why, why, you were such a good boy' though I did not waste time with small talk and merely knocked the knife out of her eye and in a Van Gough inspired act ripped off her ear with my teeth. Such Adrenaline it gave removing the ear which encouraged me then to removed her eye though that was less pleasant which inevitably encouraged me to slice open her head and rip out the brain (I left it neatly for you in the sink). I quickly killed the children with a slice to the neck and brought the body's to the main room. There I added your mother's body to the other adults and (after rearranging there poorly displayed corpses) hung them from the fan by the intestines with a perfect meter of it showing.  I then wrote the equation for the time it took me to do the deed on your son's forehead and carved the Mona Lisa into my brothers chest, tragically I felt I got the nose wrong but I'm sure you will forgive such a minor incident. Your Sister soon joined them so as that all the guests lay (or hanged) in the room. It was around this point that the aforementioned story took place.

Now back to the question why does this story make you want to come to me and perhaps more importantly why do I want to kill you. They are both simple, you want revenge and you will no doubt read half this letter perhaps getting up to the rape then march to me in anger resulting in either me or your death not calling the police or aid as you will be blinded by anger (this is why I described my deeds to you) If that is the case I suspect you are reading this next to my body and swearing profusely as you think of how to explain this to the police. (All the murders are on you at this stage in time as I left a message stapled to that stupid picture your mother had that was drawn without skill or taste - This letter will be worthless as I typed it so they can claim it was you who did it and this twist is within your brain capacity). However the second question is more interesting, I killed your family so why should I kill you, quite simply because it's an odd number, 7, its odd I need to kill you so that I may have eight kills to my name. In addition you always rustled my hair a simple act but an annoying one none the less (I made your sister apologize for that whilst I raped her, she cried your name out so many times but you never came, in truth it made me laugh her uselessness) it is for these reasons that I wish to kill you. Oh and by the way, I'm watching you read this but you can't see me, I'm sharpening my knife and laughing but you can't see me.

Best Wishes,
	         Jacob 'Weirdo' Chatsworth

title: Dear John

question: Summarize math's relevance to the story.

answer: Jacob is a mathematical savant. He is able to work out the most difficult equations in mere moments. He uses math to make perfect shapes in his art. He uses math to solve equations. He carves equations into the bodies of his victims.

critique: The answer omits the equation Jacob carves into his brother's chest.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Jacob's mental black out results in the perfect murder.

critique: The answer should mention Jacob's mental black out.

critique: Jacob carves equations onto his victims' bodies after he kills them. The equation he carves into his brother's chest is the time it took him to kill his family.

critique: Doesn't mention that he kills his family in a mathematical way.

critique: The answer should mention Jacob's mental blackout.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Jacob's mental black out results in him killing his family.

critique: Things Jacob did to the bodies of his victims are irrelevant to this question.

question: What makes Jacob a disturbing character?

answer: Jacob is a disturbed character because he is a serial killer and he has a mental disorder. He kills his family and then writes a letter to his brother John, telling him that he is going to kill him too. Jacob is mentally unstable and has a mental disorder.

critique: The question is asking about Jacob's character, not his actions.

critique: The answer shouldn't grade the complexity of Jacob according to insurance standards. The question isn't "what makes Jacob a disturbed individual" but "what makes Jacob a disturbing character?" Jacob is disturbing because he is a psychopath who justifies his acts by structuring them like a genius. The letter proves this.

critique: Jacob is not a serial killer. He killed his family.

critique: Jacob isn't a serial killer, he's a spree killer.

question: What are the main points of Jacob's plan?

answer: Jacob plans to surprise John by showing up at his house and killing him, taking his revenge for everything done to him. He wants to kill John because it's a nice, even number (8), as opposed to John's (7). He also wants John to rush to Jacob's house because he'll be blinded by anger, not thinking about the police, who Jacob knows will find the letter he wrote ahead of time, as evidence implicating John.

critique: The last sentence is inaccurate. Jacob doesn't want John to rush to Jacob's house as he'll be blinded by anger.

critique: Jacob is not planning to surprise John. He's letting John know what he's going to do.

critique: Jacob's plan is not to surprise John but to make sure John knows he's coming.

critique: The answer fails to mention that Jacob wants John to come to him so that he can kill him.

text: Jacob doesn't have a motivation for revenge. He wants to motivate John into thinking revenge.

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question: What is the point of cutting recreations of classical art into the victims in the story?

answer: The narrator is a mathematical savant and an artist. He sees the murders as a work of art. He is proud of his work and wants to leave a message for the police.

critique: The answer omits the reason for the narrator's actions.

critique: The work of art isn't the part that attracts the police or the reader, the mathematics is

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

critique: The answer is not clear about the reason for the recreations.

critique: The answer should mention the narrator's motivation for the art.

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

critique: The narrator is a mathematical savant and an artist. He sees the murders as a work of art. He is proud of his work and wants to leave a message for the police.

critique: The answer is mostly irrelevant to the question.

text: The narrator seems to be deranged, which is why he carves artworks on his victim's bodies. The story never says that Jacob wants to leave a message with his art.


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Reuters Health - Eating foods high in fiber, such as those found in a Mediterranean diet, was tied to a lower risk of gallbladder surgery in a recent French study.

Compared to people who didn’t follow a Mediterranean diet pattern, those who adhered to it most closely had a significantly lower likelihood of needing a cholecystectomy, which is the medical term for an operation to remove the gallbladder, say the authors.

“We found that higher intakes of legumes, fruit, vegetable oil, and (whole grain) bread were associated with decreased cholecystectomy risk, and a higher intake of ham was associated with higher risk of cholecystectomy,” wrote the authors in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

About 700,000 cholecystectomies are performed every year in the United States, according to the American College of Surgeons. Most are the result of blockage due to gallstones.

“Gallstones are very common, but most of them are asymptomatic, meaning people have no symptoms. If you don’t have any symptoms from your gallstones, there’s no reason to have your gallbladder removed,” said Dr. James Lewis, a gastroenterologist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia who was not part of the study.

The vast majority of people with gallstones never have problems from them, Lewis said in a phone interview.

“When they do cause problems, then having your gallbladder removed is completely appropriate,” he said.

The new study, led by Dr. Amelie Barre at the University of Paris Sud in Orsay, used information on nearly 64,000 women who were born between 1925 and 1950 and covered by a national insurance plan. Every two years, they answered questions about their health status, medical history, and lifestyle.

Over the course of 18 years, 2,778 of the women had their gallbladder removed.

Women who ate the most legumes, fruits, vegetable oil, and whole grain bread were anywhere from 13 to 27 percent less likely to have gallbladder surgery than were women who ate the least of those foods.

A western dietary pattern - including high consumption of processed meat, canned fish, eggs, rice, pasta, appetizers, pizza, potatoes, cakes, and alcohol - was not linked with either a higher or lower risk for the surgery. There was, however, an association of ham intake with cholecystectomy risk.

But when researchers assigned a Mediterranean diet score to all participants, they found that women with the highest scores were 11 percent less likely to have the surgery compared to women with the lowest scores.

This type of observational study can’t prove that a Mediterranean diet was the reason for women’s lower risk of gallbladder surgery, or that ham intake caused a higher risk. Furthermore, dietary intakes were self-reported at just one point in time. The reports may not have been accurate, and women’s diets may have changed over time.

Still, Lewis said, the Mediterranean-style diet has consistently been shown to be associated with living longer.

“If people really want to think about what they should be eating in order to increase their longevity, it’s very easy for me to recommend to them that they should try and follow a Mediterranean-style diet,” he said.

In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently advised Americans to follow a diet that is very similar to a Mediterranean-style diet, Lewis noted. (bit.ly/2vHSL8h)

“This is just one of many reasons that we should be following that style diet. If you look at the published literature on dietary patterns, what you’ll see is that Mediterranean-style diet has been associated with a reduced overall mortality but also reduced cardiovascular mortality (and) reduced risks of cancer,” he said.

SOURCE: go.nature.com/2wpsVSL The American Journal of Gastroenterology, online July 25, 2017.

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question: Summarize the findings of the study.

answer: In the study, those who ate legumes, fruits, vegetable oil, and whole grain bread were less likely to have gallbladder surgery.Those who ate ham, however, were more likely to need the surgery. A western dietary pattern including processed meat, canned fish, eggs, rice, pasta, pizza, potatoes, cakes, and alcohol was not linked to either a higher or lower risk.

critique: The answer should mention that the study was observational.

critique: Only tell the positive results of the study.

critique: "those who ate ham, however, were more likely to need the surgery" - this is incorrect. The study found that ham was associated with higher risk of cholecystectomy.

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critique: The answer omits the Mediterranean diet.

question: How was the study conducted?

answer: Researchers used information on nearly 64,000 women who were born between 1925 and 1950 and covered by a national insurance plan. Every two years, they answered questions about their health status, medical history, and lifestyle.

critique: The answer should mention the 18-year period.

critique: The answer does not mention that the study looked at the link between diet and gallbladder surgery.

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critique: The answer should mention the Mediterranean diet.

critique: The question asks how the study was conducted, not what the study was.

critique: The answer should mention the study's conclusion.

question: What foods did not increase or decrease the risk of gall bladder surgery?

answer: A western dietary pattern, which included high consumption of processed meat, canned fish, eggs, rice, pasta, appetizers, pizza, potatoes, cakes, and alcohol.

critique: This answer is inaccurate. The study showed that a western dietary pattern was not linked with either a higher or lower risk for the surgery.

critique: It is omitted that ham was associated with an increased risk of cholecystectomy.

critique: The answer should mention that ham was also not associated with a higher or lower risk for the surgery.

critique: A western dietary pattern is not a food.


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SIR WILLIAM ARROL & CO. was a leading Scottish civil engineering and construction business founded by William Arrol and based in Glasgow. It built some of the most famous bridges in the United Kingdom including the second Tay Bridge, the Forth Bridge and Tower Bridge in London.

Early history

The Company was founded by William Arrol, born in Houston, Renfrewshire in 1839, the fourth child of Thomas Arrol, a cotton spinner. He started work at the age of nine in a cotton mill, having passed himself off as thirteen. In 1850, the family moved to Paisley and William found work at Coats’s Cotton Thread Manufacturing making bobbins. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a blacksmith at Paisley, supplementing his practical education with night school classes and the purchase of books on engineering.[1]

At end of his apprenticeship William Arrol worked as a journeyman blacksmith with mixed success. Work was not easy to find and in 1858, now aged nineteen, he took a job at Ker’s factory at Paisley. Eventually he was engaged as a foreman at Laidlaw’s Engineering Works in Glasgow. Here he was entrusted with his first bridges: the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway at Greenock in 1885 and the West Pier at Brighton 1866. After two years, Arrol had saved enough money to set up with a friend as boiler and girder makers. However, they incurred heavy losses through non-payment by customers and the partnership was dissolved. On his own again with his small works in Glasgow, in 1871 he was given the construction of railway bridges on the Balerno line in Edinburgh.[2]

In 1872, now in his early thirties, Arrol left his old works and moved to Dalmarnock in south Glasgow. His first important contract was for a bridge over the Clyde at Bothwell for the North British Railway. This bridge, which was 120 feet above the water, was notable for Arrol’s introduction of the idea of building the girders on land and rolling them out pier to pier. In 1875 he built the first of the two great bridges for the Caledonian Railway over the Clyde. Faced by a strike by the riveters he invented a hydraulic riveting machine, later to enjoy widespread use in the shipbuilding industry. [3]

The Great Bridges

December 1879 saw the great Tay Bridge disaster where the railway bridge collapsed under the lateral pressure of high winds, barely a year after it had opened. William Arrol was awarded the contract for the new bridge. Construction of the new Tay Bridge was started in 1882 and it opened in 1887. Almost simultaneously, William Arrol was also working on the Forth Bridge. Construction began in 1882 and when it was opened in1890 it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world. William Arrol’s commitment to these two bridges was rewarded with a knighthood: Sir William Arrol & Company Ltd was incorporated in June 1893.[4] The completion of the two Scottish bridges gave Sir William Arrol an international reputation and in the succeeding years bridges were built around Great Britain, Europe and as far as Australia. Perhaps the best known was London’s Tower Bridge opened in 1894, where Sir William Arrol erected all the steel work.[5]

Diversification

The development of Dalmarnock Works to cope with Arrol’s increased business involved the construction of new buildings with large spans and roofs of steel and glass which let in light throughout the building. Their size allowed the installation of large overhead cranes with up to 100 tons lifting capacity. This became an activity in its own right as similar buildings were constructed for other companies.[6] Also arising out of Dalmarnock Works and bridgebuilding were cranes. particularly for shipbuilding; they had a loading capacity ranging from five to 150 tons. The most famous crane. the largest of its time, is the Titan Crane completed in 1907; a gigantic cantilever crane of 150-ton capacity. for John Brown & Company.[7] With this increased range of activity, the Dalmarnock Works occupied 17 acres and employed 2000 men plus thousands more working on outside contracts. Sir William died in 1913 but the Company continued as an independent entity until 1969.[8]

Notable projects

[View of the cantilever construction of the Forth Bridge] [The Forth Bridge built by Sir William Arrol & Co.|alt=Colour photograph of the Forth Bridge. ]

Bridges

Bridges built by the company include:

-   Caledonian Railway Bridge across the River Clyde completed in 1878
-   Tay Rail Bridge completed in 1887
-   Forth Bridge completed in 1890
-   Tower Bridge in London completed in 1894
-   North Bridge in Edinburgh completed in 1897
-   Redheugh Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne completed in 1901
-   Connel Bridge completed in 1903
-   Nile Bridge at Cairo completed in 1908
-   Tees Transporter Bridge completed in 1911
-   Warrington Transporter Bridge completed in 1916
-   Keadby Bridge completed in 1916
-   Southwark Bridge in London completed in 1921
-   White Cart Bridge completed in 1923
-   Jubilee Bridge (Walney) completed in 1908
-   Jubilee Bridge (Queensferry) completed in 1927
-   Corporation Bridge in Grimsby completed in 1928
-   Wearmouth Bridge completed in 1929

[A closeup of the central section of the second Tay Bridge|alt=Colour photograph of the central section of the second Tay Bridge]

-   Tsoelike Suspension Bridge in Lesotho completed in 1930
-   Forth Road Bridge completed in 1964
-   Deptford Railroad Bridge completed in 1964
-   Severn Bridge completed in 1966
-   The second Craigellachie Bridge completed in 1970
-   The Humber Bridge completed in 1981

Cranes

-   Titan Clydebank, completed in 1907
-   Titan Crane, Fairfield, completed in 1911
-   250-ton crane, HMNB Portsmouth, dated 1912, demolished 1984[9]
-   Titan Crane, James Watt Dock Crane, completed in 1917
-   Titan Crane, Barclay Curle, completed in 1920
-   Blocksetter Travelling Titan (South African Harbours and Railways); for use at Durban, completed prior to 1932[10]
-   Blocksetter Travelling Hercules (South African Harbours and Railways); for use at Table Bay, completed prior to 1932[11]
-   Blocksetter Travelling Hercules; for use at Ceuta, completed prior to 1932[12]

Titanic

[Workers leaving the Harland & Wolff shipyard in early 1911. The RMS _Titanic_ can be seen in the background, underneath the Arrol Gantry.] The company was contracted by Harland and Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, to construct a large gantry (known as the Arrol Gantry) for the construction of three new super-liners, one of which was called the RMS _Titanic_. Like the ships themselves, the gantry crane was one of the largest built at the time, comparing with transporter bridges in length, height and capability.[13]

Hikitia

[Hikitia at the Taranaki St wharf in Wellington] The company also built the crane for the Hikitia in 1926, which is thought to be the last fully operational self-propelled steam crane in the world.

Demise of the business

The company was acquired by Clarke Chapman in 1969 and the Dalmarnock Works were closed in 1986.[14]

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title: Sir William Arrol & Co.

question: Summarize William Arrol's life before his thirties.

answer: William Arrol was born in 1839. He started work at the age of nine in a cotton mill. He worked in a cotton thread manufacturing making bobbins. He was apprenticed to a blacksmith at the age of fourteen. He worked as a journeyman blacksmith. He worked as a foreman at Laidlaw's Engineering Works.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Arrol worked as a boiler and girder maker.

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critique: The answer should mention his education.

critique: It's omitted that Arrol's first important contract was for a bridge over the Clyde at Bothwell for the North British Railway.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Arrol was given the construction of railway bridges on the Balerno line in Edinburgh.

critique: The answer omits the time period between his apprenticeship and his work at Laidlaw's Engineering Works.

question: What does the text say about why Dalmarnock Works had to close?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the company was acquired by Clarke Chapman in 1969 and the Dalmarnock Works were closed in 1986.

critique: The answer should mention the company's demise.

critique: The answer could mention the company's demise.

critique: The answer should mention the demise of the company.


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Every day while walking to school three friends would always pass the same eerie old building.  Broken windows with silky spider webs caught the light of the rising sun.  Jungle like weeds grew, taking over the once walkable stone pathway to the door.  A sign on an old oak tree read: “Danger, Do Not Enter.”  Everyone had heard different rumors about the broken down flat.  Some say that a newlywed couple and their young child were murdered there.  Others are certain that there is an infestation of mutant hobos.  A couple of people think a witch named Chaney lives in the attic.

The idea was born one day at lunch.  While eating the horrific cafeteria food a thought popped into Benny’s head.  “We always have amazing parties but don’t you have all the cleaning up after?” he said.  “Oh I know!!” Cody answered.  “Well wouldn’t you want a place we can party at once and then leave, not worrying about all of the trash and filth we create?”   Benny then told them about his amazing plan.  Cody, Benny and the third boy named Zander worked on this plan for a few weeks and then on a Tuesday they decided they were ready to start telling others.  They told all of their friends and their friends told friends and so on and so forth.  Then they started collection funds and donations.  Cups, chips bottles and dollars started rapidly coming in to support the future event.  “People keep asking where it’s going to go down.” Zander told Benny.  “Don’t worry they will find out the day of, that’s part of the plan.”
Friday, 5:00am. Three boys sneak out and head for the deserted homestead.  The boarded up human habitat looked even spookier in the early morning mist.  With them they carried the snacks and supplies they obtained throughout the week.  The setup was simple and within an hour they were out.  When they arrived at the school everyone was eager to find out where the party would be.  Even though they were bugged throughout the day the three boys did not export the information into the fellow classmates.  Finally, as the bell rang, the location was released.

Young souls entered the building at nightfall, full of excitement and wonder.  The floorboards creaked as the unfamiliar weight of human bodies filled the once furnished living room.  Students treated themselves to food and drink.  Laughter filled the area as the effects of the beverages started to surface.  A girl was distressed when she couldn’t find her phone.  Cody saw it in the middle of the dance floor where teens jumped up and down to music like the floor was a trampoline.  Swiftly he adventured through the dense pack of sweaty minors to retrieve the fair damsel’s item.  Nobly he returned it, miraculously undamaged, to the fair female who then took him into another room to thank him.

More and more students left the safety of their parent’s homes and traversed through the moonlit night into the party house.  The building started to sway back and forth in response to the dancing and sheer mass of humans filling the house like the stuffing of a Thanksgiving turkey.  Little did they know, this party would be their last through the effects of three events.
The first inevitable accident happened in an unlikely place, the bathroom.  Entering the bathroom to find a quiet place to get away two schoolmates, one being Zander, decided to try something new.  Their love brought them close together and they kissed for the first time.  Unfortunately, the combined weight was too much for the rotting floor to hold them up.  Reluctantly the boards gave way and the two lovebirds plummeted through to the basement.  Breaking their legs from the fall they tried to call for help.  Sadly, the booming music drowned out their calls and no one upstairs could hear them.  In the basement, however, their shouting was heard.  Hungry rats, also looking for a safe quiet place, attacked the two.  Greatly outnumbered and unable to move, the couple was eaten alive by the ravenous rats.

The blaring music mixed with alcoholic beverages added to the ignorance of the teens.  They could not tell but the floor was bending down under their weight.  The party house creaked and groaned trying as much as it could to stay upright.  Trying not to take the lives of the children inside, it stayed up.  At this point the worst thing any kid could imagine showed up outside the borrowed residence.  Not the devil, the Pope or even death… it was the police.  Even through the three boys efforts to not give the location away to snitches or adults they still found out.  Thus, the second undesirable event occurred.
The third event happened shortly after the second.  At the sight of police cars outside the music suddenly stopped.  The crowd of teenagers stumbled to the back door, as fast as their drunken bodies’ would let them.  Pushing, shoving, quietly yelling everyone wanted to get out.  This unexpected rush of energy pushed the house to its breaking point.  The walls shook, old paintings fell off the walls, the remaining unbroken windows shattered with an earsplitting crash and within seconds the roof pancaked the children trying to escape.  The only survivors were the termites feasting on the decaying wood and three cockroaches.

title: A Story I Wrote For My English Class

question: What does the story say about the party Cody, Benny, and Zander organize?

answer: The three kids want a place to party that's not by their parents or at school so they decide to use the abandoned building where some people say the newlywed family was murdered. They collect donations while the rumor they are going to hold the party at the school is what gets them donations. The school gymnasium is filled with kids dancing and enjoying themselves. Unfortunately, the floor gives way while two teens are kissing in the bathroom, and the two fall through to the basement. Smart kids that they are, they sound their cries for help but the music drowns them out and no one upstairs can hear them. In the basement, their cries for help are heard. Hungry rats hear them and attack them, killing and eating both of them. A police officer, not the devil, pope, or death, but an officer, arrives at the scene and even though the kids make an effort to stop the other kids from revealing the venue, some still do and the officer confiscates the building and presumably charges them for using a deadly location for their party.

critique: The story doesn't say anything about the kids using the school gymnasium.

critique: The answer is a summary of the story, it doesn't answer the question.

critique: The party is not held at the school gymnasium.

critique: The police officer doesn't confiscate the building.

critique: The narrator already shared where they were having the party before going there.

critique: The police officer is not the devil, pope, or death.

question: What does the story say about how Cody, Benny, and Zander organize the party?

answer: They keep the location a secret and invite as many people as they can. They collect money and donations, and they bring food and drink. They also bring a DJ set up. They also make sure to keep their distance from other people, as they don't want anyone to know about the party.

critique: The story doesn't mention anything about how they keep their distance from other people.

critique: The answer is not clear about the role of the DJ set up.

critique: The DJ and their distance aren't mentioned anywhere in the story.

question: What does the story say about the owners of the old house?

answer: No answer

critique: There is no answer, but it can be inferred that the house is abandoned and has been for a long time.

critique: The response is fully insufficient and requires a rewrite.

critique: The answer should mention the rumors surrounding the house.

critique: The answer should mention the rumors about the house.

text: The text clearly mentions that there are rumors that the house may have possibly been abandoned because a newlywed couple and their young child were murdered there. Some say it is infested with mutant hobos and that there is a witch named Chaney who lives in the attic.

category: coverage


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MYKHAYLO FOMENKO (; born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former association footballer and former head coach of the Ukraine national team.[1] As a player, he was capped 24 times for the Soviet Union,[2] and, as a head coach, became the second ever manager – after Oleh Blokhin – to take Ukraine to an international finals tournament, reaching UEFA Euro 2016.

Fomenko was famous for his coaching in Dynamo Kyiv, winning its first Ukrainian gold medals for the club, first Ukrainian Cup for the club and most notably, defeating Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League tournament. Barcelona, under Johan Cruyff and with such star players as Ronald Koeman and Pep Guardiola, ended up to be finalist of that UEFA Champions League season.

Career

Playing

Fomenko was an integral part of Dynamo Kyiv's achievements in the 1970s at the club level, which included hoisting the 1975 Winners Cup and Super Cup.[3]

Coaching

After graduating the Higher School of Coaches in Moscow in 1979, Fomenko has coached numerous Ukrainian clubs, most notably Dynamo Kyiv. With Fomenko the club won its first Ukrainian gold medals, first Ukrainian Cup both in 1993 and most notably, beating Barcelona in the very first leg of the Champions League tournament. Barcelona ended up to be finalist of that 39th season of the UEFA Champions League. Before that success, in the end of 1989, he promoted Georgian club Guria Lanchkhuti to the Soviet Top league and in 2001 reached Ukrainian Cup final with CSKA Kyiv what is the best result in club's history.

On 26 December 2012, Fomenko was given a one-year contract – with a possible second-year extension – as head coach of Ukraine national team[4] after the Football Federation of Ukraine had failed to retain Harry Redknapp and Sven-Göran Eriksson for the role.[5] Fomenko coached Ukraine to six 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification wins, coming against Poland (twice), Moldova, Montenegro, San Marino and France, as well as one draw against England.

After placing second in their qualifying group, Ukraine was matched against France in the second round of UEFA qualifiers. Despite winning the first leg 2–0 at home, Ukraine fell 3–0 away to lose 3–2 on aggregate, thus failing to make the 2014 World Cup finals. Despite this, Fomenko indicated he would like to continue is his role and lead Ukraine in its UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, and on 6 February 2014, the Football Federation of Ukraine announced it had extended his contract until the end of 2015.[6]

Fomenko ultimately led Ukraine to successful qualification to the Euro 2016 finals in France after finishing in third place in its qualifying group, setting up a playoff matchup against Slovenia. Here, Ukraine won 3–1 on aggregate to ensure the nation's spot in France. Fomenko subsequently extended his contract to coach Ukraine up to Euro 2016 until 30 July 2016, though he was promised another extension should Ukraine perform well at Euro 2016. Ukraine, however, had a disastrous tournament, losing all three group stage matches, including a defeat against the then world champions Germany (0–2) and, most shockingly, a loss to Northern Ireland (0–2), which sent Ukraine to an early exit.

Honours

Player

Club

-   Soviet Top League (3): 1974, 1975, 1977
-   Soviet Cup (2): 1974, 1978
-   UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1975
-   UEFA Super Cup: 1975

International

-   UEFA European Championship

:* Runner-up: 1972

-   Olympic Games

:* Bronze: 1976

Manager

-   Ukrainian Top League: 1993
-   Ukrainian Cup

:* Winner: 1993

:* Runner-up: 2001

Managerial statistics

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  Team      From            To        Record
  --------- --------------- --------- -------- -------
  G         W               D         L
  Ukraine   December 2012   present
  Total

[1] Ukraine's football federation taps Fomenko to coach national team, Kyiv Post (26 December 2012)

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title: Mykhaylo Fomenko

question: Describe Mykhalo Fomenko's sports career.

answer: Mykhalo Fomenko is a former association footballer. He is also a former head coach of the Ukraine national team and head coach for the Dynamo Kyiv.

critique: It's omitted that Fomenko was a player before coaching.

critique: The answer should mention his playing career.

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

critique: It's omitted that he was a former player for the Soviet Union.

question: Describe the team Fomenko coached for.

answer: Dynamo Kyiv.

critique: This answer is not sufficient as it does not detail what Dynamo Kyiv is or the qualifications of the team.

critique: It is omitted that Fomenko coached the Ukraine national team.

question: Describe Fomenko's coaching.

answer: He coached numerous Ukrainian clubs, most notably Dynamo Kyiv. He won its first Ukrainian gold medals, first Ukrainian Cup both in 1993 and most notably, beating Barcelona in the very first leg of the Champions League tournament.

critique: The answer should mention his coaching of the Ukraine national team.


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

Role

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

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

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

Staff

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

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

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

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

Facilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coronavirus participation

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

Footnotes

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title: White House Medical Unit

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

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

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

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

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

critique: The answer should mention the administrative staff.

question: Summaries the primary responsibilities of the WHMU.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

critique: The answer is irrelevant to the question.

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

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

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

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

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BRYAN FOY (December 8, 1896 – April 20, 1977) was an American film producer and director. He produced 214 films between 1924 and 1963. He also directed 41 films between 1923 and 1934. He headed the B picture unit at Warner Bros. where he was known as “the keeper of the B's”.[1]

Biography

He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 8, 1896. He was the eldest son of the vaudeville star Eddie Foy and appeared with his father in the vaudeville act “Eddie Foy and The Seven Little Foys.” The act broke up when Bryan Foy left to join the U.S. Army in World War I in 1918,[2] after which his remaining siblings continued performing with their father under the title, “Eddie Foy and the Younger Foys”, through 1923, when their father retired.[3]

He was also a songwriter, and by 1916 had several published songs, including “My Honolulu Girl”.[4]

Foy led Warners B picture unit until 1942 when the studio ended their second features. He was recruited 20th Century Fox where he produced the acclaimed war movie _Guadalcanal Diary_ in 1943. Following the war Foy entered motion picture production with a series of short subjects for Universal Pictures including a series of _The Shadow_ with Foy writing and directing several of the two reelers. He remained with Fox until 1947 where he produced for Eagle-Lion Films with one of his assistant producers being famed mobster Johnny Rosselli. He was rehired by Warner Bros in 1950. From 1954 Foy produced films for Columbia Pictures. He returned again to Warners in 1962 for his final two films.

He died in Los Angeles from a heart attack on April 20, 1977. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.[5]

Selected filmography

-   _The Swell Head_ (1928)
-   _Lights of New York_ (1928)
-   _The Home Towners_ (1928)
-   _Queen of the Night Clubs_ (1929)
-   _The Royal Box_ (1929)
-   _Stout Hearts and Willing Hands_ (1931)
-   _The Unwelcome Stranger_ (1935)
-   _Road Gang_ (1936)
-   _Love Is on the Air_ (1937)
-   _Marry the Girl_ (1937)
-   _Smart Blonde_ (1937) (Torchy Blaine film series}
-   _West of Shanghai_ (1937)
-   _The Invisible Menace_ (1938)
-   _Girls on Probation_ (1938)
-   _Nancy Drew... Detective_ (1938) (Nancy Drew film series)
-   _Comet Over Broadway_ (1938)
-   _Devil's Island_ (1939)
-   _Hell's Kitchen_ (1939)
-   _On Dress Parade_ (1939)
-   _South of Suez_ (1940)
-   _Law of the Tropics_ (1941)
-   _Wild Bill Hickok Rides_ (1942)
-   _The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe_ (1942)
-   _Little Tokyo, U.S.A._ (1942)
-   _Berlin Correspondent_ (1942)
-   _The Undying Monster_ (1942)
-   _Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas_ (1943)
-   _Guadalcanal Diary_ (1943)
-   _Doll Face_ (1945)
-   _Adventures of Casanova_ (1948)
-   _Trapped_ (1949)
-   _The Great Jewel Robber_ (1950)
-   _Breakthrough_ (1950)
-   _I Was a Communist for the FBI_ (1951)
-   _The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima_ (1952)
-   _House of Wax_ (1953)
-   _The Mad Magician_ (1954)
-   _House of Women_ (1962)
-   _PT-109_ (1963)

[1] p. 430 Senn, Bryan _Golden Horrors_ 1996 McFarland

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title: Bryan Foy

question: What does the text say about Bryan Foy's filmography?

answer: Bryan Foy produced 214 films between 1924 and 1963. He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1934. He headed the B picture unit at Warner Bros. where he was known as "the keeper of the B's."

critique: The answer should mention his most famous films.

critique: The last sentence is irrelevant to the question.

critique: He also produced films for 20th Century Fox, Eagle-Lion Films, Columbia Pictures, and Universal Pictures.

critique: The answer should mention his work at 20th Century Fox.

critique: The detail of his position was repeated.

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((Note: This story is written by me and I have to say it's not grammar and sp checked. It is merely a rough draft that I thought you guys might like. I'm not very good at reddit spacing so i'm sorry for the block of text feel this has. If anyone has the solution please inform me! This is mainly to see if the plot and twists are interesting. Thanks for reading!))

Within the light of day I saw the greatest site. Small butterfly floating to my right. My eyes followed the dreamy creature through it fantasy glide through the cool summer breeze. Not a care in it’s mind aside from that of pollen. The trees around us encased secrets of these woods. No man outside had know of the well of eternity just below my feet.

Immortality hides away here. Having found sanctuary within the realm of magic. Hidden away for eons from the sight and mind of man except to only flourish in tales of myth and false legend. From the well a tree drew it’s source of life. Growing proud and tall around the many dead oaks of the forest. The leafs shone as if silver and gold while the branches seemed to a mere man to be as strong as steel. The tresure lay not in the strength, nor the twirling green, but in the golden fruit i bear only once a few hundred years or so. Some remained held high above while some lay at the bottom of the hill where I stand.

I look to my feet to see a slightly bruised fruit stuck in time. I reach down and scoop up the magic juicy ball and slice in half eating one and offering the other to my new found friend the butterfly. We sit there enjoying the sweet dreamy cream inside while a rustling in the trees begins. To my right I look to see a new path to have formed in the wood. Being adventurous I take up the challenge presented and trot off to the south.

Once I arrive to the opening in the dense thicket I notice a gate made of dark metals slightly ajar as if inviting me to take a stroll beyond into what it guards. I become wary for the trees around have died long ago it seems, the light of the eternity tree seemed dim from where I stood. Temptation grew louder than my guts.

I pushed the gate open to hear a soul wrenching creak that put me even more on edge.

Once I was through the passageway it seemed the sun its self fear this place. Darkness of pitch swallowed me whole as I pushed onward through the thicket of hate. Soon I felt my feet dig into what I believed could only be sand. Toes pushing through and wiggling I wondered if somehow a beach lay in the darkness ahead. With increased caution I carried on.

In the far distance I saw a light. Purple in color it seemed. I could tell it was very far away due to it being merely a spec on the invisible horizon ahead of me. I remained on the path though something inside of me most likely my soul urged me to run the other way. I surprised myself by doing the opposite. My pace quickened and my vision tunneled down to that only of the light. Nothing else seemed to matter. Only to reach that dark goal. To meet whatever fate lay ahead, head on.

As I ran I could feel something was different around me. My vision may be a slave to the light ahead my other senses noticed a change in the night. A rustling and tearing of branches followed on either side of the sandy path. Someone or something was keeping pace with me. Maybe there were other paths? More people like me racing towards the distant beacon like a swarm of moths to a flame? I didn’t know, but at this point my addiction and need to feel the false light had grown pitiful. I drooled, panted, and growled like a dog. My mind began to lose grip of reality. It seemed like all that mattered and will matter is the flame. The purple shining gem now closer, but somehow the same distance all the same.

The noises around me grew louder. Deafening and rabid to what I realized was just like my own. All of a sudden I reached the light. Much unexpected to me considering it was not a lamppost or a fire as I expected but merely a small light-bug floating softly in the air in front of me. I could have sworn as long as I had looked it the little beast smiled an evil grin. To what end I could not come to as to why it seemed so deadly yet my salvation all in one.

Soon I realized the bug grew in altitude. Floating higher yet somehow remaining still. The demon looked down at me and I could have sworn I heard a laughing voice speaking to my corrupted soul, “Should have stayed near the ocean of eternity for now you sink in the shores of false divinity.” With those words of burning truth finished I felt my lungs fill with sand as I slowly lowered beneath the broken path.

title: Sinking From Eternity (x/post from /r/Stories)

question: What does the story say about the name of the main character?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the main character is unnamed.

question: What does the story say about the well of eternity?

answer: The well of eternity is a well hidden within the woods and filled with the source of life for a magic tree that is a few hundred years old. The well was hidden from the sight and mind of man except to only flourish in tales of myth and false legend. The well resides in the darkness of pitch, just like Haides and the Underworld.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The well of eternity is not in the darkness of pitch, just like Hades and the Underworld.

question: What does the story say about the woods beyond the sanctuary of trees that hide the well of eternity?

answer: The woods beyond the sanctuary hide a dark metal gate that opens to a path that leads to a beach made of sand. The narrator notices a purple light in the distance. The light turns out to be a light-bug that floats high in the air. The narrator follows the light-bug and falls into the path, sinking in sand.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator is lured into the woods by a light-bug.

question: What does the story say about the protagonist?

answer: The protagonist is a person who is going through the woods and notices that the well of eternity is deep below their feet. They are accompanied by a butterfly, who they share a slice of a golden fruit with. The protagonist notices a path has formed in the woods, and they follow it to see where it leads. The protagonist finds the path leads to a path, which seems to be a beach, and is struck by a purple light. The narrator follows it, and is led down into a path where the sand is replaced by water, and the light was now a creature from the light that mocked the narrator for following it.

critique: The highlighted sentence is incorrect. The narrator does not find the path leads to a beach. The narrator follows a path that seems to be a beach, and is struck by a purple light.

critique: The answer has a lot of unnecessary and wrong information.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

critique: There is no mention of the protagonist being struck by a purple light.

critique: The narrator is not a person, he is a character in a story.

critique: The answer is a summary of the story and not a description of the protagonist.

critique: The answer is a summary of the story, not a description of the protagonist.


text:
[decaying-villa-4]Recently, my husband sent me an article on abandoned places. These were once glorious, but now forsaken European castles and villas. Dying tokens of splendor and opulence captured by architectural photographer Mirna Pavlovic, who has a thing for deserted structures. She risks getting arrested, falling through rotted floors, or just plain getting cooties by climbing fences and ignoring “no trespassing” signs in order to get some truly incredible shots. Ones of beautiful homes that for reasons we can only imagine, have been ditched and left to slowly decay. Their murals,  marble and artisan carpentry are being encroached upon by the elements, until one day they will become part of the natural earth again.

“They are never truly dead, yet never really alive,” Pavlovic says of these villas. “Precariously treading along the border between life and death, decay and growth, the seen and the unseen, the past and the present, abandoned places confusingly encompass both at the same time, thus leaving the ordinary passerby overwhelmed with both attraction and revulsion.”

I love the duality she sees in these spaces. That the ghosts who visit while she snaps her pictures may tell a very different tale to her than to someone else. They might speak of folly, dancing, formality, and wing-dings. Or anguish, broken dreams, empty promises, death, hope, rebirth. Perhaps all of those things jumbled up into one, long Russian novel.

“Reminds me of the stories you write,” my husband told me.

And he has a point. It seems I cannot write a story without a double meaning or phantom of some sort. While Pavlovic focuses on place, I train my eye on people – emotion, memory, the senses. Picking apart and reassembling the interior mechanisms that conspire to make up a soul. Urging my imagination to recognize the spiritual components which make that soul eternal.[decaying-villa-3]It may seem counterintuitive, but I feel an inherent sense of optimism when I’m dreaming up characters who have been disavowed, betrayed, left behind to descend into ruin. From there, the only way is up. Thought by thought, step by step, decision by decision. Understanding this narrative is what gives life meaning. It opens our hearts to mercy.

So, I understand Pavlovic’s fixation.

The chronicling of this organic and at times supernatural metamorphosis is the sole reason I’ve never even considered giving up on being a fiction writer. Even when the frustration and fear of failure has been so great that it’s kept me up at night, found me tearing through my kitchen to cook up gourmet meals no one in my family really wants to eat, made me say mean things to my mother’s bird.

Because writing is so much more than a skill to me, or a way to do my part in keeping my kids ensconced in their expensive enrichment activities. Writing is an extension of faith, of compassion, of trying to leave behind something that will matter to someone else.

When I take time off from my stories for any extended period, I find myself averting my eyes from the ruined places and ruined souls that I would otherwise be exploring. Not because I can’t bear to look at them, but because I can’t spare the time. The hours in the day fill up with cooking and laundry and driving. And for a while, yes, the house looks better, our lives are more organized, our kids are always on time for their events.

Those intervals are important, too, and I’m not knocking them. Nor would I give them up.

But when they stretch out for too long, my interior life becomes a bit more stark. I might be a more competent wife and mother, but not necessarily a better one. I start to pick teams instead of examining issues. Ugly words begin to mean less, and even make me a little giddy. They feel like contraband – smoking a cigarette behind the shed doors.[decaying-villa]If I look away for too long, I start to give myself permission to retreat comfortably behind the sanctimony of political correctness, biblical passages, or quotes from my favorite philosophers – believing, wrongly, that I’ve got this empathy thing down. Smug in my place in the world, judgement and condescension worm their way into my daily thoughts. I have so much less to teach my children.

I don’t mean for it to happen, it’s something that creeps up – like the ivy in some of the mansions Pavlovic likes to photograph.

And that’s when I know.

It’s time to climb that fence again, march past the “no trespassing” sign, risk falling through a rotten floor and getting cooties in order to spend some time inside a soul – perhaps denied, friendless and pitiful, but still standing.[decaying-villa-5]

Read the article on Pavlovic’s amazing work here.

question: What does the article say about the resemblance of deserted places and broken people?

answer: The narrator of the article is a fiction writer who has a hard time writing stories without a double meaning or a phantom of some sort. She claims that she cannot write a story without a double meaning or a phantom of some sort. She says that she has an inherent sense of optimism when she is dreaming up characters who have been disavowed, betrayed, and left to descend into ruin. From there, the only way is up. She says that writing is an extension of faith, of compassion, and of trying to leave behind something that will matter to someone else.

critique: The narrator's comments about broken people are not relevant to the question.

critique: The narrator isn't the only one who sees the resemblance between abandoned places and broken people.

critique: The answer is not related to the question.

critique: The answer is irrelevant to the question.

critique: The repetitive aspect should be omitted.

critique: The response contains irrelevant information.

question: What does the article say about overhauling classical buildings?

answer: No answer

critique: The article does not discuss overhauling classical buildings.

critique: The article doesn't mention anything about overhauling classical buildings.

critique: Pavlovic risks getting arrested and falls through rotted floors to take pictures of abandoned classical buildings.

critique: The article does not mention overhauling classical buildings.

question: What does the article say about humility and condescension?

answer: The author says that when she takes time off from writing, she becomes smug and judgmental. She believes that she has given herself permission to retreat behind the sanctimony of political correctness, biblical passages, or quotes from her favorite philosophers. She believes that she has this empathy thing down. She believes that she has so much less to teach her children. She believes that she has given herself permission to retreat comfortably behind the sanctimony of political correctness, biblical passages, or quotes from her favorite philosophers.

critique: The repetition of "she believes" is unnecessary.

critique: The second mention of the same thing is unnecessary.

critique: The author's beliefs are repeated twice.

critique: Rather than restating the same sentiment twice and quoting the author's words directly, the words in quotations should come from the article.

critique: The repetition of 'she believes' makes the answer repetitive.

question: Summarize the author's narrative style in her fictional works.

answer: The author's narrative style is to have a double meaning or phantom of some sort. She trains her eye on people, picking apart and reassembling the interior mechanisms that conspire to make up a soul. She believes that understanding this narrative is what gives life meaning. She believes that writing is an extension of faith, of compassion, of trying to leave behind something that will matter to someone else.

critique: The answer should mention the author's sense of optimism.

critique: The author writes about people, but it's the double meaning that she focuses on.

critique: The author's belief about writing is irrelevant.

critique: "She trains her eye on people" misses the point that the style is to include the people in the stories, which "bring cohesion" to the narrative of the story.

critique: The answer should mention the author's use of ruined places and souls.

critique: The author's beliefs are irrelevant to the question.

critique: The author's belief about writing is not relevant to the question.


text:
The sheets were warm underneath as December seeped through the cracks between the windows and walls. The lights within their room shone bright and they wore clothes this night, these lovers, and were as sober as children should be. There were milk and cookies beneath the polaroid, and the radio sat silent.

Adam, in his pajamas, sat waiting, a stack of pillows supporting his back as Kate slid upon the bed. She crossed her legs under her, pulled up her hair and tied it.

“Come now, get to it,” he said, eager.

“Do be patient.” She whipped out a book from behind her, and Adam made himself comfortable.

Taking out the bookmark, she picked up where she had left of.

Adam was read to of the boy who wouldn’t grow up. They flew, these children; their thoughts much as what he felt now. Adam had read this story before. He would not pass up, however, how she looked when she read. He liked her gesturing and intoning during the exciting bits; her melodramatic whispering and her sudden sullen air during the sad parts. He dipped a cookie in milk as she told him of the ticking, and the clock ingested.

She would, at times, act out scenes she knew well with fervor and passion — he thought her pretty when she did. It was a sight he very liked to behold, that, and she does not notice when she does it.

I have a place where dreams are born
And time is never planned.
It’s not on any chart;
You must find it with your heart,
Never Never Land.

Kate held the book in one hand as she moved and swayed, telling the story. She was entirely aware of Adam and his knowledge of this story. How could he not? Kate had often badgered and blustered him to bury his face between the pages of her favorite books. She would not pass up, however, how he looked when he was read to. She liked how his jaw hung slightly open as she gestured and intoned during the exciting bits; how he edged ever so slightly closer as she whispered melodramatically, with a sudden sullen air, during the sad parts. He would fold his toes and tug his legs towards him as she spoke.

She would see him thoroughly crestfallen as Wendy implored not to be forgotten — she thought him adorable when he did. It was a sight she very liked to behold, that, and he does not notice when he does it.

“You won’t forget me, will you Peter, before spring cleaning time comes?”

She slipped beside him as he placed the book beside the empty plate of cookies.

“Well, that’s enough adventures for one night.” He placed an arm around her.

Oh, I think we can afford one more before we go to bed,” she said, looking up at him.

He grinned. “Do tell.”

“This adventure I have in mind, it shall invite a need of your lips, and mine, of course. A task too great, I think — even for one such as you.”

“Really now? I will have to be very courageous then.”

“That, you would. But, before this grand undertaking of ours,” she said, pushing herself off of him. “You must first brave the frigid air, journey to a far, far away land, and tidy those teeth. Cookie bits plague them.”

He laughed. “And then the adventure?”

“An awfully big one, I imagine,” she said, amused by him.

He flew, her Adam, towards the sink and was swift in his return. He stood there, his eyes on her.

“Hello there,” he began, as he sat on the bed. “Now there’s a sight to make me fly.”

“Oh, you’ll do nothing of that sort,” she said, pulling him in. “I’d rather like you to stay here, and I’d rather you’d stay with me tonight.”

She had him sit in front of her; she held his face in her hands and said, “You won’t leave me, will you Adam, before spring cleaning time comes?” Her eyes met his.

“Leave you at spring? We don’t have spring where we live, Kate.”

She smiled. “Precisely.”

Of course Adam promised; and then he flew — or, at least, that was what he felt, as her lips met his.

title: Adam & Kate #019

question: What does the story say about how Adam likes to spend time with Kate?

answer: Adam likes to spend time with Kate by being read to a narrative about children who flew off to Never Never Land. Adam also likes watching how Kate reads with passion and emotion. Adam has a habit of folding his toes and tugging his legs as she reads melodramatically with exaggerated emotion. While Kate reads, Adam enjoys having her stare into his eyes near the end of the story, whispering to him melodramatically and suddenly switching to a sullen tone to mimic acting sad.

critique: The answer omits that Adam takes part in the story by acting out the scenes with Kate.

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

critique: There is no evidence that Adam enjoys having her stare into his eyes near the end of the story.

critique: "While Kate reads, Adam enjoys having her stare into his eyes near the end of the story, whispering to him melodramatically and suddenly switching to a sullen tone to mimic acting sad." - this is incorrect. Adam doesn't enjoy this. The text doesn't mention anything about Adam enjoying this.

critique: It is not stated that Adam enjoys having Kate stare into his eyes near the end of the story, whispering to him melodramatically and suddenly switching to a sullen tone. This does not happen.

critique: "Adam has a habit of folding his toes and tugging his legs as she reads melodramatically with exaggerated emotion. While Kate reads, Adam enjoys having her stare into his eyes near the end of the story, whispering to him melodramatically and suddenly switching to a sullen tone to mimic acting sad." - irrelevant facts that should be deleted.

critique: The narrator doesn't describe Kate as acting sad, but Adam does

critique: The final portion of the answer is inaccurate as no one has Peter asking Peter not to leave him. It's Adam here telling Kate not to forget him.

critique: The answer should mention that Adam likes to spend time with Kate by being read to a narrative about children who flew off to Never Never Land.

critique: There is no evidence of Adam folding his toes and tugging his legs as she reads.

question: What does the story say about Kate's relationship with Adam?

answer: Kate and Adam both like how the other looks while reading. Kate likes Adam when he reads, and she uses this to get what she wants. She likes it when he reads her books, possibly because it makes her feel like he loves her. She even likes it that he is crestfallen when Wendy begs not to forget her in the book. She asks him if he won't leave her. Adam promises that he won't leave, then Kate asks him not to leave.

critique: Kate's desiring that Adam read to her makes it sound as though she wants to be close to him. Include this in the response.

critique: The answer should mention that Kate and Adam are in love.

critique: The last two sentences are not relevant to the question.

critique: "because it makes her feel like he loves her." - this is inaccurate. It's Adam who likes it when Kate reads to him. Kate does not like it when Adam reads her books.

critique: This response does not really answer the question. Kate and Adam are having an innocent conversation about books and what books symbolize to them and to each other.

critique: The answer is not clear about the relationship between Kate and Adam.

critique: Adam doesn't read Kate a book, he reads himself.

critique: The rest of the answer is irrelevant and incoherent.

critique: Kate's relationship with Adam is not described as her getting what she wants.

critique: The response contains a lot of irrelevant information.

critique: The answer is an interpretation of the story.

critique: The answer is a bit too long and should be re-written.

question: What does the story say about how Kate and Adam spend their mornings?

answer: No answer

critique: The response misses to answer the question.

critique: "No answer" is not a good response because it's possible to mention their morning routine. Needs a complete rewrite.

critique: No response is provided and a response must be generated.

critique: There is nothing in the passage about how Kate and Adam spend their mornings.

critique: There are no morning activities of Kate and Adam described in the story.

critique: No answer is given. The story mentions that Kate would often badger and bluster Adam to bury his face between the pages of her favorite books.

question: What does the story say about why Kate asks Adam if he is going to leave her?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should include a mention of the story's theme.

critique: No answer is given, but the story implies that Kate is asking Adam if he is going to leave her because she likes him and wants to keep him around.

critique: The story does say why Kate asks Adam if he is going to leave her.

critique: The passage describes a setting where Adam has left the book and his plate of cookies behind and is sitting with Kate. It makes it apparent that Kate is concerned that Adam will leave her in mind or spirit.

critique: The answer should be "Kate asks Adam if he is going to leave her because she is worried about losing him".

critique: This is not a proper response. The story has an answer.


text:
I can’t keep living like this. And it’s not your fault—it’s mine. I’m living for you when I should be living for myself, for evenings with friends and holidays with family. Because there isn’t a we. I have to live my own life.

And it isn’t you. I’ve been living in a fantasy, that’s the problem, a fantasy of you and me. I keep thinking that one day you’ll wake up and see me waiting here for you and everything will be like it’s supposed to. You’ll say hi and I’ll say hi and you’ll run your hand through your hair and the spikes will flip back up and I’ll laugh cause it’s cute and you’ll tell me I have a nice smile cause you like the way I squint and my freckles squish around my eyes. We’ll go to the docks, like we always do, and I’ll say the sea smells nice and you’ll say it looks a bit green like its sick and I’ll say that’s the way it’s supposed to look cause this isn’t Hawaii and you’ll say well it doesn’t look good for swimming and I’ll tell you of course it’s good for swimming and we should go sometime and you’ll promise we will someday. Someday isn’t going to come though. You’ll never get to read the notes or see the orange roses with the peeling petals I bought you. I wrote them every day, you know, little haikus and couplets. I thought you’d like that. They’re all stacked on the nightstand under the roses with wilting petals.

I guess we’re just not meant to be. I was so sure we were, yet here we are. Here I am, spilling my guts. Honestly, I can’t stand that we aren’t meant to be. It’s like losing faith. But I guess I have to let go of that the way I have to let go of you. You know, every day I dream about you and me. And you and me don’t exist. At least, not like that. I have to shake that out of my head. So it’s me. It’s my problem.

I can’t forget that time we stayed on the phone till two in the morning, just talking, and the way you laughed at my crappy jokes. That was wonderful. I won’t forget that. I was the most in love with you in those moments. Those were the moments you could have asked me to do anything for you and I would have said yes without hesitation. I was too afraid to tell you this before, but you left me breathless. I should have told you sooner. I guess I’m telling you now, though, and that must count for something. But I can’t help but feel like it’s too late. It’s so hard to find that place between too soon and too late. I’m not sure it exists, really, if there’s a right time to say I love you. I haven’t found it anyway. I know this is terrible timing but I have to tell you that I love you.

But I have to stop thinking about it, because it won’t bring you to me. So I’m going to try to forget how it felt when you smiled at me and how it felt when we spoke in unison. I have to move on, even if it’s without you, even if it hurts. I have to move on.

I’m sorry I’m telling you all this, but I feel like I should explain myself. I need to tell you why I can’t see you anymore. We’ll meet again someday, I’m sure, but at least for now I need to let you go. I don’t know if I can forgive myself for letting you go, but I have to try to live my own life. I hope you can forgive me.

I love you, but it’s not enough. Sometimes love doesn’t conquer. Sometimes it dies. And I’m going to let it, because we can’t save it. I can’t save it. So I’m going to let them unplug you now. They said you’ll stop breathing and your heart will stop beating and it will be slow, but you won’t feel a thing. I’m glad. I wonder if you can even feel this right now. If you can feel me leaving you. Well, in case you can, here’s the ring. I can’t keep it. Not if I’m going to keep going. Not if I’m going to live.

I’ve stayed with you through everything—rich and poor, sickness and health—but I can’t watch you die. I’m not going to stay, so this is goodbye. See you later, love.

title: Halcyon [flash fiction]

question: What is the narrator's sentiment about leaving their partner?

answer: The narrator feels sad about their decision to leave their partner.

critique: The narrator is not sad about leaving their partner. They are glad that their partner will not feel anything when they die.

critique: The narrator is not sad about leaving their partner, they are just doing it.

critique: It's omitted that the narrator is also sorry.

critique: The narrator does not say they are sad, but that they feel like they have to let them go.

critique: The narrator is not sad about leaving their partner.

critique: It might be implied that the narrator feels sad, but it's omitted that the narrator is "genuinely glad".

text: It's omitted that the narrator feels like they have to let their partner go if they want to live their own life.