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_FAST TIMES AT BARRINGTON HIGH_ is the third and final studio album by American rock band The Academy Is..., released in August 2008.[1][2]

Background

It was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo. The title refers to the high school to which William Beckett and Adam Siska went,[3] and a play on the title of the 1982 film _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_. The album cover photo was taken by William Beckett's sister, Courtney Beckett, and shows William sitting on a couch with Naomi, a friend of the band.

Pete Wentz posted a blog entry saying that he heard the demos for the new album and called them, “Mind blowing. Miles away from where they were.”[4] Collaborations include Andrew McMahon from Jack's Mannequin; Gabe Saporta, Ryland Blackinton and Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship; and Mason Musso and Blake Healy from Metro Station.

Release

On June 26, _Fast Times at Barrington High_ was announced for release in August.[5] Between June and August, the band performed on the 2008 edition of Warped Tour.[6] In between dates on this tour, the band performed a handful of shows with artists on Decaydance Records.[7] The band performed “About a Girl” and “Summer Hair = Forever Young” on Warped Tour and their Australian tour with Panic! at the Disco and Cobra Starship. Hot Topic released two new The Academy Is... T-shirts, one of which comes with a code for the free download of an acoustic version of “His Girl Friday”.

The first single off the album is “About a Girl”, which was released on July 15, 2008. On July 23, “Summer Hair = Forever Young” was posted on the group's Myspace profile.[8] “About a Girl” impacted radio on August 12.[9] _Fast Times at Barrington High_ was released through Fueled by Ramen and Decaydance Records on August 19.[10] The Academy Is... held a contest for releasing new tracks, email addresses were entered on a page off the main website page and 8 winners were selected at random to receive a song off the album and also a call from the band and a free signed copy of _Fast Times at Barrington High_. In October and November, the band went on a headlining US tour, titled Bill & Trav's Bogus Journey Tour. They were supported by We the Kings, Carolina Liar and Hey Monday.[11] In late April 2009, the group performed at Give it a Name festival in the UK.[12] In August, the band went on a tour of Australia with Anberlin.[13]

Reception

The album sold 35,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number 17 on the _Billboard_ 200.[14] It was named the 46th best album of 2008 by _Rolling Stone_.[15] By October 2009, the album's sales stood at 85,000.[16]

Track listing

All lyrics written by William Beckett; all music composed by The Academy Is... with Sam Hollander and Dave Katz on tracks 1–6 and 11.

1.  “About a Girl” – 3:30
2.  “Summer Hair = Forever Young” – 3:39
3.  “His Girl Friday” – 3:41
4.  “The Test” – 3:29
5.  “Rumored Nights” – 3:45
6.  “Automatic Eyes” – 3:26
7.  “Crowded Room” – 3:07
8.  “Coppertone” – 3:18
9.  “After the Last Midtown Show” – 5:13
10. “Beware! Cougar!” – 3:38
11. “Paper Chase” – 3:30
12. “One More Weekend” – 3:43[17]

iTunes bonus tracks:

1.  “Every Burden Has a Version” – 4:08
2.  “Sodium” – 3:46
3.  “About a Girl” (Acoustic version) – 3:22

Hot Topic bonus track:

1.  “His Girl Friday” (Acoustic version) – 3:42

7" vinyl bonus track:

1.  “Tokyo Bay” – 2:59

Release history

  Country          Release date
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  New Zealand      August 18, 2008
  United Kingdom
  United States    August 19, 2008
  Australia        August 23, 2008

Chart positions

  Chart                Position
  -------------------- ----------
  _Billboard_ 200      17
  Rock Albums          5
  Digital Albums       17
  Alternative Albums   5

Personnel

-   William Beckett – lead vocals, guitar, piano
-   Mike Carden – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
-   Adam T. Siska – bass guitar, backing vocals
-   Andy “The Butcher” Mrotek – drums, percussion, backing vocals
-   Michael Guy Chislett – lead guitar, backing vocals

Contributions

-   Gabe Saporta (Cobra Starship & Midtown) – additional vocals on “Crowded Room”.
-   Mason Musso (Metro Station) – additional vocals on “Crowded Room”.
-   Andrew McMahon (Jack's Mannequin & Something Corporate) – piano on “After the Last Midtown Show”.
-   Ryland Blackinton (Cobra Starship) – additional vocals on “About a Girl”.
-   Alex Suarez (Cobra Starship) – additional vocals on “His Girl Friday”.
-   Blake Healy (Metro Station) – piano on “His Girl Friday” and “Summer Hair = Forever Young”.

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title: Fast Times at Barrington High

question: What does the article say about the reception to the album?

answer: The album debuted at number 17 for the week of its release and was named the 46th best album of 2008 by 'Rolling Stone'. The band performed several concerts in support, including at Warped Tour and the Give it a Name festival.

critique: It's omitted that the album sold 35,000 copies in its first week and was the 46th best album of 2008 by 'Rolling Stone'.

critique: The response misses to mention the album's sales.

critique: The answer should mention the album's rankings.

critique: The band's Australian tour with Anberlin is omitted.

critique: "The band performed several concerts in support, including at Warped Tour and the Give it a Name festival." - this is irrelevant to the question which wants to know about the reception of the album.

critique: The answer does not mention that the album sold 35,000 copies in its first week.

critique: The answer omits many details on the reception of the album.

critique: Answer omits the reaction of critics in summation.

critique: Include the initial sales of the album and the position on sales charts

critique: The answer should mention the album's sales.

critique: The album's chart position is irrelevant.

critique: The answer omits the album's eventual sales and the fact that it was named the 46th best album of 2008 by 'Rolling Stone'.

question: What does the article say about the production process of the album?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer is incorrect. It is implied that Gabe Saporta, Ryland Blackinton and Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship; and Mason Musso and Blake Healy from Metro Station are involved in the recording process.

critique: The response misses to provide the necessary information.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The article does discuss the production process of the album.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The article does mention the production process.

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

critique: The answer is not accurate. The answer can be found in the article.

critique: There is some information about the production process of the album.

critique: The article does not discuss the production process of the album.

critique: The response misses to mention that the album was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo.

critique: No answer given. The response is completely blank.

critique: The incorrect response is then mostly in the right direction, however a few production details are given.

critique: The answer is not accurate. The article does talk about the production process.


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text:
April 6, 2052, 1 pm

Agent Martin makes his way back to work after lunch break. His office, on the top floor of the Data Security Center—DSC—is indistinguishable in design and contents from the other offices on the vast floor. All are small soundproof rooms, windowless, shut off by black sliding glass doors. Each office is a command center.

Martin takes his seat, yawns, and puts on his headset. He enjoys his job; it often reminds him of playing video games as a youth. He turns to the monitor on his right, strikes a few keys on the keyboard, and up pops a panel showing birds-eye footage of a suburban neighbourhood. A large textbox underneath reads “Approaching Destination: 200 meters”. The number steadily decreasing. This damn wind hasn't let up the slightest, he thinks, shaking his head. It had been extremely windy the entire day. Prior to leaving for lunch, he had delployed a set of four drones—as was the standard deployment—packed in a larger camoflauged container-unit—camo-con—which was the source of the footage now on screen.

The targets name was Wesley Smith. His activities had been flagged with  “Acute Suspicion”  by the system earlier that morning. All such cases required the attention of and if necessary, investigation—or “analysis” as it called—by an agent. Martin considered it bad luck when such cases were assigned to him. He had groaned when the notification had popped up. The day was fairly quiet and he'd been having great fun micro-managing a drone in a local park. The notification had presented him with a typically boring task. Wesley was sixteen years old. Another stupid sixteen year old that's fascinated with how drugs or bombs can be made, he'd thought then. However, to his delight, he found that the flag had nothing to do with the users querying history, but rather it's lacktherof. Wesley, it seemed, had found himself some very good encryption software—that the system must be unfamiliar with—as over the past nine hours, his data footprint had been reduced tremendously, triggering the flag. Martin had let out a whistle as he thought about all the different possibilites. There was a small chance that this kid possesed data that could lead to him to the source. These were the types of cases Martin was best at. He would surely get a promotion if he were to uncover the creators behind some black market encryption package. He had then followed the standard procedure, flagged the case as “Under Analysis” and had deployed the drone set. The wind however, had delayed what should have been a half-hour trip to over an hour.

Now, he watches as the container unit stops at ten meteres from what he assumes is the target's home. Gusts of wind gently rock the camera side to side. The house is an average looking two-storey house, an exception being the large apple tree in the front yard. Hanging from the tree, a tire-swing slowly sways back and forth. It's the swing that flashes in Martin mind; as a kid, he had a friend who lived in a home on that very street. Passing by here, he would often see children pushing each other on that swing. His mind wanders, and he finds himself wondering whether Wesley—No, he must'nt get distracted. The system begins running a series of tests to confirm that this is the correct house, then ejects the four drones from the container, and prompts Martin to guide the entry.

This was probably the most enjoyable part of his job. He begins micromanaging the blade—the smallest, quickest and most agile of the set—and defines a distance for the others to trail behind. The blade was one inch long, half an inch wide, and four millimeters in height. It was a dull shade of grey and perfectly smooth. A barebone unit, it contained just a nano mic-cam component, a communications component, a power supply, and over a dozen micro-motors; it was fairly stealthy, ideal for recon. It's light weight also meant however, that it was a challenge to control in the wind, and Martin througly enjoyed this challenge.

After zipping around some for fun, he spots an open window at the back side of the house. He thought it a bit odd for a window to be left open when it was this windy, but was able to determine that the room is unoccupied. As the small drone caravan silently advances into the dark room, the monitor to Martins left begins blinking. The hound—a relatively clumsly unit that Martin almost hadn't included—had detected illicit substances in it's proximity. A line of bolded text on the monitor reads: SUBSTANCE: [SCHEDULE I - CANNABIS], the last word—CANNABIS—appearing in green font. The change in font color was Martin's little hack to his own station, thus no one else would ever see it. He chucked to himself whenver it came up.

He suddenly dreads including the Hound in the set, and hopes it's a false positive. Standard procedure had to be followed now.  He issues the command for the drones to begin inspecting the room. Martin ran his own alrorithm—a feat that as far as he knows, only he has acomplished—for room inspection and was proud of it. The largest unit—the Tech—contains the processor shared by the four and is responsible for giving instructions to the other three. In fact, even now, the signals sent to the Blade by Martin are first processed by the Tech, and then only passed on if it considers them safe. It is a highly complex unit whose nano-mechanics Martin had always been in awe of, but was not authorized to program. Just to override it's room-inspection algorithm had taken him weeks and numerous demonstrations. But he had done it, and now the three drones would sniff, photograph, and record the sound in every visible and acessible space in the room, in at most three minutes. As the blade, he slides underneath the centimeter tall gap underneath the door, sees that it leads to an empty hallway, and remains there as a lookout.

When the inspection completes, Martin sits silenlty looking over the new data while carefully listening for any sound through the headphones. The Bat, a unit with ultrasonic capability, working with the Hound had determined that a desk—the laptop sitting on which Martin disappointedly noted was powered off—contains in it's drawer, between three to four grams of marijuana.

For the second time that day, Martin groaned. There was nothing more he could do here. Had he not discovered the weed, he could have gone probing further to try and hack a device on the network. But the presence of the drug had already been logged by the system. The case was no longer in his domain. Any further risk taken by him would be overridden or worse, logged and reported, by the Tech. He would not be doing any hacking today.

As he begins to type out the mandatory report to send back to PRISM, he wonders who the case will be assigned to now—if it hadn't already—and what type of power and authorization that person has. Maybe, he thinks, it's someone inside this building somewhere.

Regardless of what the system would do with the information he had just added to it, he was fully certain that young Wesley's days of being a free man were numbered.

title: 1952

question: What does this story say about the legality of drusg in 2052?

answer: It is illegal to have drugs, especially cannabis.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The story does not say anything about the legality of drugs in 2052.

critique: The story does not say anything about the legality of drugs in 2052.

critique: The answer should mention that the legality of drugs is not discussed in the story.

critique: The legality of cannabis alone is not really what the story suggests about the legality of drugs.

critique: "It is illegal to have drugs, especially cannabis." - this is incorrect. The story says that cannabis is a Schedule I drug, which means it is illegal.

critique: The answer should mention that the legality of cannabis is not explicitly stated.

critique: There is no evidence in the text that supports this response.

question: What does the story say about Wesley's involvement in criminal activity?

answer: Wesley's activities were flagged with "Acute Suspicion" by the system. As a result, Wesley's data footprint had been reduced tremendously, triggering the flag. The drones indicate that Wesley has drugs in his house.

critique: The drones indicate that Wesley has drugs in his house, but it's not clear if he's the one who has the drugs.

critique: The response misses to mention that the agents believe that Wesley is involved in criminal activity.

critique: The answer should mention that the drugs are cannabis.

critique: The answer should mention that Martin believes Wesley has created a black market encryption package.

critique: It's omitted that by the time the drones complete their analysis Wesley is going to get in trouble.

question: Summarize Wesley's movements over the course of the story.

answer: Wesley's name is flagged as "Acute Suspicion" when he downloads some very good encryption software that the system doesn't recognize. Martin deploys a drone set to investigate. Wesley is at home. The drones enter a room in his house and find cannabis on his desk.

critique: The input mentions that Wesley uses cannabis but the output says that it was in his drawer. That part can be omitted.

critique: The answer omits Wesley's movements before the drones arrive.

critique: The answer omits that Wesley is sixteen years old.

critique: The answer omits Wesley's movements before the drones are deployed.

critique: The response is missing details about Wesley's movements.

text: It's not said if Wesley is at home. It would be better to omit this.

category: accuracy


text:
FELIX CHEN or CHEN CHIU-SEN[1] (; 9 July 1942 – 9 April 2018) was a Taiwanese conductor and violinist. He was resident conductor and music director of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra from 1986 until his dismissal in 2003.[2] He taught both Chien Wen-pin, musical director of the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2007; and the same orchestra's current maestro, Lü Shao-chia.[3]

Early life

Chen was born in Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan on 9 July 1942.[4] He began his musical career studying the violin,[5] and won first prize in Taiwan's provincial violin competition in 1959.[6] Later, he studied at the Munich Conservatory in Germany.[7] He returned to Taiwan in 1969 and played violin in several orchestras.[8]

Career

Early career

In 1971, Chen moved to Austria to study conducting, returning again to Taiwan in 1973 to work for the Taiwan Provincial Symphony Orchestra.[9] He later moved to the Taipei Symphony Orchestra (TSO), which he led for 17 years.[10] He began staging operas with them. In this era, the TSO had not yet begun to stage operas; consequently, Chen's were almost the only Western operas known at that time in Taiwan.[11] He was praised for his work at the podium conducting both orchestral and operatic works.[12] Every year Chen and the TSO produced one or two operas (among them _Aida_, _Otello_ and _Turandot_) which became major musical events in Taiwan.[13]

In a 2003 article in the _Taipei Times_ newspaper, Chen was described as “a veritable Taiwanese 'living national treasure'”, due to his “long line of magnificent concerts and opera productions.”[14]

Later career

After his retirement, Chen taught at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei National University of the Arts, and Tainan National University of the Arts.[15] He was invited to give guest performances with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan (NSO) and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra in his later years.[16] The conductors Lü Shao-chia and Chien Wen-pin were both students of Chen.[17][18]

In March 2014, Chen came out of retirement and for the first time publicly praised Shen Yun Performing Arts for their “staging techniques” while reflecting that the institution deserved its reputation.[19]

Firing

In September 2003, Chen was accused of corruption and involvement in a forgery scandal.[20] As a result, the Department of Culture Affairs of the Taipei City Government decided to relieve him of his post.[21] Chen eventually chose to retire, and some people believed he was forced to do so.[22] In 2010, the _Taipei Times_ asserted that “according to many in Taipei's classical music scene, not a shred of evidence involving Chen in any wrongdoing was ever discovered.”[23] Chen meanwhile returned to university teaching, making occasional appearances as a guest conductor.[24]

Death

Chen died on 9 April 2018 in Taipei at the age of 75.[25][26]

Partial discography

-   _Ritual Incantations_[27]
-   _Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro_[28]
-   _Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo_[29]
-   _Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104: III. Finale: Allegro moderato_[30]
-   _Ritual Incantations: I. Majestic: Driving and Persistent — Cantabile_[31]
-   _Ritual Incantations: II. Mysterious and Expansive — Longing — Yearning_[32]
-   _Ritual Incantations: III. Spirited — Passionate — Bold and Lyrical_[33]

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title: Felix Chen

question: Summarize Felix Chen's post-retirement years.

answer: After his retirement, Chen taught at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei National University of the Arts, and Tainan National University of the Arts. He was invited to give guest performances with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra in his later years. Chen came out of retirement in 2014 and publicly praised Shen Yun Performing Arts for their "staging techniques". He died in 2018.

critique: The answer omits that Chen was fired in 2003.

critique: "He was invited to give guest performances" to give a more dynamic sentence.

critique: The answer should mention that Chen was accused of corruption and involvement in a forgery scandal in 2003, which resulted in his dismissal.

critique: The answer should mention that Chen was accused of corruption and involvement in a forgery scandal in 2003.

critique: It is omitted that Chen was accused of corruption and involvement in a forgery scandal in 2003, as a result, he was fired.

critique: The answer should mention that Chen was fired in 2003.

question: Summarize Felix Chen's musical career.

answer: He began his musical career studying the violin. He won a prize at a provincial violin competition in 1959. He studied conducting at the Munich Conservatory in Germany and returned to Taiwan in 1969 to work for the Taiwan Provincial Symphony Orchestra. Later, he worked for the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. His work was praised by the media, and many called him a "living national treasure" of Taiwan.

critique: The answer omits Chen's retirement and his later career.

critique: The Taipei Times was published in 2003, not 2011

critique: The answer omits Chen's work with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra after he returned to Taiwan.

critique: The answer omits his work with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra after his dismissal.

critique: "Later, he worked for the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. His work was praised by the media, and many called him a "living national treasure" of Taiwan." - this is irrelevant and should be removed.

question: Summarize Chen's dismissal in 2003.

answer: Chen was accused of corruption and involvement in a forgery scandal. As a result, the Department of Culture Affairs of the Taipei City Government decided to relieve him of his post. Chen retired, and some people believed he was forced to do so. In 2010, the Taipei Times asserted that there was no evidence of wrongdoing. Chen returned to university teaching.

critique: It's not necessary to mention the Taipei Times article.

critique: The Taipei Times article is irrelevant to the question.

critique: The 2010 article is irrelevant to the question.

critique: Chen's retirement should not precede the corruption charges.

critique: "the Department of Culture Affairs of the Taipei City Government" - is inaccurate. It was the Taipei City Government.

critique: It is not necessary to mention that Chen returned to university teaching.


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_'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.

text: In this response, it is important to state that Meyrick was a Welsh cleric and a benefactor of Jesus College, Oxford. His family and educational ties are all based in West Wales.

category: coverage

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

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.


text:
Do you ever feel uncomfortable talking about your period? British jewelry designer Lili Murphy-Johnson doesn't want you to. On a mission to shut down the notion that periods are offensive and taboo, she created a whole line of jewelry inspired by menstruation.

Murphy-Johnson created this collection with hopes of encouraging women to wear their periods proudly; after all, they're a completely normal process of womanhood. Her sparkly red collection of bejeweled necklaces, bracelets, pins, and rings celebrate the beauty of menstruation.

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Lili Murphy-Johnson

Her line of crystal-encrusted handmade pieces (priced from $38 to $1,265) is broken up into three different stages of periods: Her necklaces represent the hormonal pain and mood swings that come along with PMS; other accessories look like period products (pads, tampons, etc.), like her rings that are shaped like panty liners; her pins and brooches represent the blood itself.

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Lili Murphy-Johnson

The 23-year-old received her bachelor's degree in jewelry design at Central Saint Martins in London and shared all the reasons she created this chic AF collection around periods with Cosmopolitan.com.

MENSTRUATION IS REALLY HAVING A MOMENT RIGHT NOW AND WOMEN ARE FEELING LESS ASHAMED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE PERIODS. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO CREATE THIS COLLECTION?

I'm just really interested in the way periods are seen as so taboo. When you look at the reality of it, it's quite a strange thing to be ashamed of. With my collection, I was interested in how I could continue to develop and explore menstruation. It's something that I've always found quite inspiring and full of opportunities to design around.

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DO YOU HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR PERIOD THAT REALLY PUSHED YOU TO CREATE A MOVEMENT AROUND THIS?

I get premenstrual stress quite badly a few days before my period. I'll find it really hard to even concentrate or think without feeling depressed and anxious all the time. When I was designing before my period, I'd find it so difficult to have any ideas because of the way I was feeling. Designing this collection made dealing with my actual feelings easier to work through. I find it quite therapeutic and a nice way to replicate how I was feeling into creating designs.

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Lilli Murphy-Johnson

ETSY BANNED YOUR LINE FROM THEIR WEBSITE BECAUSE THEY VIEWED YOUR IMAGES AS INAPPROPRIATE. SIMILAR THINGS HAVE HAPPENED WITH OTHER CREATIVE PROJECTS SURROUNDING PERIODS AS WELL, LIKE WHEN RUPI KAUR CREATED A PERIOD PHOTO SERIES THAT WAS BANNED FROM INSTAGRAM. WERE YOU SURPRISED WHEN ETSY BANNED YOUR LINE?

I was surprised because I didn't think my work was at all offensive. Even if you didn't like it, I didn't think it was something that should be banned. I felt like I was being told that I was doing something wrong or that I'd done something disgusting, forcing people to look at something they shouldn't have to, which annoyed me. I know that wasn't true. I was mostly surprised they reacted like that and that they didn't let me sell my jewelry.

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Lili Murphy-Johnson

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT PERIODS IN GENERAL THAT OFFENDS PEOPLE STILL?

I don't know! I think if you have a conversation with people, they usually end up agreeing that periods aren't a big deal. But I think that if people haven't been having those kinds of conversations, they automatically think it's bad, wrong, and gross. It's just what most people are brought up to think and what society generally makes you feel like about periods unless you question it.

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Lili Murphy-Johnson

HOW DO YOU WANT WOMEN TO FEEL WHEN WEARING YOUR JEWELRY?

I want them to feel like they have more control on what people know about periods. They aren't something that happens on accident. I want this to be something that they actually choose to show, reclaim, and say, "Yeah, I have periods. Everyone does and this is my jewelry." People are constantly making comments about women's bodies as being beautiful but things like body hair and periods aren't classically seen as such. For some reason, it's seen as so gross, which is the complete opposite, and it's very strange.

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WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU?

At the moment, I'm trying to make more wearable versions of some of my pieces. I'm trying to make pieces that are more affordable. I'm also wanting to make another collection, with a different topic. I'm still in the research process, but I'm very interested in human bodies, and the awkward parts of it that aren't always appreciated or noticed.

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Lilli Murphy-Johnson

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK YOUR JEWELRY IS GROSS AND TABOO?

Don't judge it too quickly. They should think about what menstruation actually is and what my jewelry is saying. Is it really that wrong? Does it really need to be something that you're offended by? It's simply the reflection of my experiences with periods.

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question: What does the text say about Lily Murphy-Johnson's motivations for her menstruation-inspired line of jewelry?

answer: Lily Murphy-Johnson created the jewelry line to encourage women to wear their periods proudly. She thinks periods shouldn't be seen as a taboo subject. She doesn't want women to feel ashamed about their bodies. She wants women to feel as though they have more control over the situation and have more say about what others know about their periods. She wants women to feel in control about the conversation around menstruation. She also creates her jewelry pieces to be therapeutic, and to reflect what she goes through during her periods.

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question: What does the text say about Murphy-Johnson's new jewelry collection?

answer: Murphy-Johnson is on a mission to create a taboo-breaking, menstruation-inspired jewelry line. Murphy-Johnson created her bold and beautiful jewelry line to try and encourage women to wear periods proudly. Murphy-Johnson's collection is manufactured in three different stages of period and includes necklaces, rings, and pins measuring unique looks representing period pain, hormonal functions, and blood loss, respectively. The designer even claims that her line of flashy, menstruation-inspired accessories helped her manage and conquer her own period related stress and mood swings. Murphy-Johnson set out to completely normalize and destigmatize menstruation.

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answer: Murphy-Johnson's Etsy store was banned from the website because they viewed her images as inappropriate. Similar things have happened with other creative projects surrounding periods, like when Rupi Kaur created a period photo series that was banned from Instagram. Murphy-Johnson was surprised by the ban, as she didn't think her work was offensive. She felt like she was being told she was doing something wrong or that she had done something disgusting.

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[American Football Near The 20 Yard Line]As you sit down to watch the Dallas Cowboys play the Detroit Lions on “Monday Night Football” this evening, what you may not know is that a change may just be coming to NFL’s characteristically rigid stance when it comes to medical marijuana.  Read on to find out the exciting news that could be the first step towards acceptance by the NFL of cannabis as a safe option for pain and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

NFL CHANGE OF HEART ABOUT CANNABIS?

On November 9th, the National Football League Players’ Association (NFLPA) announced that it will be “actively studying” the benefits of medical cannabis for players as a tool for managing pain. The announcement came just days after the election, although apparently the NFLPA had been considering launching their investigation long before results (in which eight states changed their laws concerning cannabis) had come in.

According to the Washington Post, the NFLPA will form a committee to take a serious look at the “use of marijuana as a pain-management mechanism, among other things.” Based on[bigstock-133560779] these findings, the union may decide to promote lifting the ban on cannabis for players in the league. Doing so may be difficult as long as cannabis remains on the “Schedule 1” list at the federal level, however. And what makes it more tricky is that in order for any policy changes to occur regarding marijuana both the NFL and NFLPA have to be in agreement.

“Marijuana is still governed by our collective bargaining agreement,” NFLPA’s George Atallah told the Washington Post on November 9th. “And while some states have moved in a more progressive direction, that fact still remains.”

PLAYERS CONTINUE TO SUFFER UNDER CANNABIS BAN

There is no denying that professional football players, perhaps more than any other athlete, put a lot on the line in terms of their health in order to play in the major leagues.

The feature film Concussion, starring Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu, put both the devastating side effects and the prevalence of head injuries within the NFL in the forefront of the American consciousness when it hit theatres in 2015, although retired players have been displaying neurological side effects for years. Thanks to Dr. Omalu, however, these once [A football helmet and doctors hand holding a stethoscope on the]mysterious side effects now have a name: CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATH, or CTE. An in-depth report about CTE and how cannabis may help with this condition can be found in a previous UPG article HERE.

Another huge issue for players is, sadly, pain. A 2011 Washington University study found that retired NFL players are “four times more likely to abuse prescription painkillers than the general population. It also found that more than half of the players who used pain meds while playing football went on to abuse them after retirement. Some of the dozens of the sometimes highly-addictive, toxic prescription pain medications that are routinely prescribed to players include Hydrocodone, Vicodin, Percocet, Toradol, and Celebrex, just to name a few.

NFL PLAYERS PRESSURE FOR REFORM

One outspoken former player who shared his story as part of a panel discussion at the 2016 United Patients Group Conference and in a live interview in August was Brandon Haw.

“After football, I had a lot of different problems with brain trauma,” admits Haw, who described himself as “happy go lucky” and fairly even-keel prior to the onset of CTE. “…I considered [then] what was happening to me as getting ‘tougher’ but maybe I was angrier inside, more inconsistent, more violent, very depressed at times, and more uncontrollable.”

Haw began using a moderate amount of medical cannabis and gradually noticed big improvements in his behavior. Eventually he went on to attend Oaksterdam University in Oakland, California, an institution dedicated to all aspects of medical marijuana education, from growing to extracting to specific medicinal uses.

“A lot of people smoke to get high,” says Haw. “I smoke to be myself.”

Players, both retired and active, are pushing harder than ever these days for cannabis reform within the National Football League. In fact, just three weeks after the NFLPA made their[Football Player running out of the Stadium Tunnel] announcement, there was word that Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson, who uses medical cannabis for severe Crohn’s Disease, may appeal a 10-game suspension for “substance abuse.” If the NFL denies his appeal, he may take them to court. Henderson underwent surgery in January to remove two and a half feet of his colon and another in April to reattach his intestines.

“Merciful or not, there is no medical exception that the NFL will accept,” Henderson’s agent Brian Fettner said in an interview with ESPN. “ It doesn’t matter that Seantrel is battling Crohn’s disease, and has had his intestines outside his body…if you digest the cannabis, that’s it.”

Still, the NFLPA’s decision could be a sign of the times. Last month, Arkansas, North Dakota and Florida voted to allow medical marijuana while three more (California, Nevada and Massachusetts) passed laws making it legal for recreational use as well.  It could be that pressure from both football fans and NFL players alike is finally paying off.

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question: What does the text say about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

answer: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a condition that is caused by head injuries. The condition was first discovered by Dr. Bennet Omalu, who was portrayed by Will Smith in the film Concussion. The condition has a name thanks to Dr. Omalu.

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question: What does the text say about the National Football League Players' Association?

answer: The National Football League Players' Association (NFLPA) announced that it will be "actively studying" the benefits of medical cannabis for players as a tool for managing pain. The announcement came just days after the election, although the NFLPA had been considering launching their investigation long before results had come in. The NFLPA will form a committee to take a serious look at the "use of marijuana as a pain-management mechanism, among other things." Based on these findings, the union may decide to promote lifting the ban on cannabis for players in the league.

critique: The answer should mention the need for both the NFL and the NFLPA to be in agreement for any policy changes.

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Slowly but surely a consensus is forming around some of Theresa May’s proposals for reform of corporate governance.

In executive remuneration this means a recognition of the need for simpler structures and an end to complex share schemes. In the matter of corporate relations with stakeholders, it means a concerted effort to beef up Section 172 of the Companies Act, which requires boards to take account of the interests of customers, suppliers and employees.

True, there is still some hard work ahead to put flesh on the bones of these ideas, but we are still much further behind with the third and critical priority of bringing unlisted companies more closely into the corporate governance net. At the IBE we believe this might be achieved by a review of what the government itself calls the “privilege” of limited liability.

READ MORE: Firms should embrace the PM's radical corporate governance reform proposals

Limited liability is a cornerstone of corporate finance because it protects shareholders from being responsible for a company’s debt. This enables them to invest with more confidence and thereby provide the capital that companies, small and large, need to grow and thrive. It would be quite wrong to drop the concept overnight, but it is surely sensible to ask the question of whether it is an inalienable right or instead a privilege that might in extreme circumstances be revoked.

The idea is relevant because it would apply equally to both listed and unlisted companies in a way that most of the current corporate governance framework does not. Getting to grips with privately held companies is important because, as the case of BHS reminds us, some of them are large with considerable social impact.Conversely many of our largest listed companies are not really “British” at all, but in practice multinationals which happen to be listed here even though they have relatively small impact on our society.

The loss of limited liability would be a dramatic prospect for any company since it would mess up its finances completely. Shareholders would rush for the exit and creditors would demand prompt repayment. So giving the government power to remove it is like giving it a nuclear weapon. The idea, however, is not that the government would use this weapon often or even at all. It is more that its mere existence would act as a deterrent to egregious behaviour just as was the case in the nuclear sphere during the Cold War.

READ MORE: Beware the unintended consequences of May’s flawed executive pay proposals

What we need in the first instance is a government-led conversation with the business community and other stakeholders about whether, and if so in what circumstances, limited liability should be withdrawn. Wilful flouting of the Companies Act might be a justification, but there would also need to be a remedy that companies could take to avoid such draconian punishment. Complete replacement of the board might be the answer.

For most companies which act within the law and behave responsibly, in particular smaller companies, life would not change much at all. Those hell-bent on cheating might recognise the danger and behave differently. It is worth remembering that the threatened loss of limited liability would produce repercussions in the credit markets which would serve as a stark warning to those normally inclined not to worry about reputation or a blip in their share price. Similarly companies at risk from a flawed culture might be more inclined to get their act together.

None of this can be settled overnight or in the immediate aftermath of the current Green Paper. The consultation that ends this week is likely to produce some ideas that can be implemented quickly. Change to the way limited liability is perceived would certainly require very careful discussion to forge a real consensus. That will take effort, but a government which takes a long-term view of the health of the economy and the corporate sector should not give up and move on as soon as it has engineered a few useful headlines.

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answer: The withdrawal of the limited liability is dependent on the forfeiture of corporate governance. Deliberate or repeated acts of fraud and misconduct are it that warranted the forfeiture of governance. This is where the withdrawal might come into play.

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question: What does the text say about how the withdrawal of limited liability would affect businesses and shareholders?

answer: The withdrawal of limited liability would be a dramatic prospect for any company because it would mess up its finances completely. Shareholders would rush for the exit and creditors would demand repayment. In turn, it would have serious consequences for the credit markets, which would serve as a stark warning to those normally inclined not to worry about reputation or a blip in their share price.

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BIFF is a British cartoon strip, created by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, which debuted in 1982[1] and has appeared in the newspaper _The Guardian_ from 1985 onwards (Biff Weekend ran there weekly for 20 years). The comic originated in a series of single-panel postcards before evolving into multi-panel comic strips.[2] It has also been published in the magazine _Viz_ and since 2001 in the magazine of the Rough Guides.[3]

The cartoons are notable for their absurd, ironic, satirical and metafictional edge.[4]

History

Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd met at grammar school in the 1950s and have collaborated on Biff since the mid-1970s. Chris Garratt creates the artwork (a mixture of collage, found images, tracings and original drawings) and Mick Kidd is responsible for the text. Kidd lives in London and Garratt in the Scilly Isles. They have created their strips and other artwork over the last 30 years by means of phone, post, email and occasional meetings.[5]

In 2007 Chris Garratt introduced a retrospective of Biff work in these terms:[6]

        _Raised on a diet of Hymns Ancient and Modern, Sartre and Joe Meek hits, Goldfish Virgins of the dodgems, Intrepid Riders of the Waltzers, wags of youth club literati and pioneers of skiffle, the Biff boys belong to a generation that said goodbye to trilby hats, pipes and National Service and ushered in the Golden Age of Rhythm & Blues, Existentialism and Vietnam. Their early work, retrospectively recognised as anglicised Situationism with its artless articulation of image and text détournement, montaging comic strip and philosophy, angst-riddled soliloquies and cowboy drawls, featured prominently in the sprawling publications and smudged ink mags of the Counter Culture._

        _Holding up a cracked and peeling mirror to a cracked and peeling generation of new adults who exchanged WRP for SDP, beanbags for Habitat and IKEA, Biff eschewed the tedious route of “political satire” and its toothless ranting-to-the-converted in favour of a bewildered but first-hand commentary on the mapless aspirations, pretensions and farcical antics of the baby boomer meritocracy. Threaded through this nonsensical catalogue of faux-academic posturing, management-speak, Baudrillardian ramblings and psychobabble set in the deathly milieu of wicker furniture and avocado dips was a continuing fascination for new frontiers in astronomy, particle physics, psychology and the arts, deliberately colliding such “serious” endeavours with the loonier fringes of self improvement such as cushion-bashing psychotherapy, astrology and sweat lodges._

        _Biff’s 20 year tenure in “The Guardian” effectively charted the Rise and Fall of the not-so-angry young things as they shambled from Grosvenor Square to Hay-on-Wye, from the Ugly Rumours to Iraq, into the present wilderness of collective paranoia._

They are still working and contribute to BBC History magazines with ‘A Biff History of Exploration’ and ‘A Biff History of The Media’, People Management with ‘Human Resources’, Latest Art with ‘Biff Art’ and Rough News with ‘The 6 Ages of Travel’.[7]

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        _Biff quotes have a way of sticking in the mind. Is it ironical cultural commentary which pioneered a unique style of visual ‘sampling’ before the word had even been invented? Or is it Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, two mad old farts from Leicestershire, locked in a long-distance comedy partnership since childhood? In 1985 they got their big break, standing in for Posy Simmonds on the women's page of the Guardian. They stayed on after Posy’s return for a further twenty years. Then, as foretold by the sudden appearance of the Hale-Bopp comet in the western sky, Blairism began to bite. They were downsized, monochromed, shrunk and eventually berlinered out of the paper altogether. But fear not for their work continues in other magazines - so as their homepage advises ‘Relax and float downstream’_.[8] Steve Bell, 2007

Books

-   _The Essential Biff_ by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Pavement Press, 1982
-   _The Rainy Day Biff_ by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Pavement Press, 1983
-   _Desert Island Biff_ by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Corgi, 1985
-   _Sincerely Yours, Biff_ by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Corgi, 1986
-   _File Under Biff_ by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Mandarin, 1988
-   _Faxes From Biff_ by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Mandarin, 1990
-   _Best of Biff_ by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Impact Books, 1990
-   _Life on the Floor and Other Mattresses_ by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Impact Books, 1993
-   _Biff: The Missing Years_ by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Icon Books, 1996

[1] Gravett, Paul, “1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die”, Universe, 2012, page 438.

[2] Gravett, Paul, “1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die”, Universe, 2012, page 438.

[3] Biff website

[4] Gravett, Paul, “1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die”, Universe, 2012, page 438.

[5] Guardian retrospective, accessed 26 April 2008

[6] Press Release for 2007 retrospective, 1, accessed 26 April 2008

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text: The cartoon was not made in the 1950s. The creators only met around this time in grammar school.

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ALBERTO RIVERON (born June 5, 1960) is a Cuban-American former American football official and currently the Senior Vice President of Officiating of the National Football League (NFL).[1]

Early life

Alberto Riverón was born in Cuba in 1960. His father, also named Alberto, fled to the United States in 1963. At the age of 5½ Riverón emigrated to the United States with his mother, Irene Valdés, on a Freedom Flight. Although they divorced his parents lived close to each other in northwest Miami. He grew up playing baseball, basketball and football, and he was quarterback of his high school team.[2]

His interest in officiating began in 1977 when he was invited to attend a football officials' clinic. After six weeks of training he began officiating in Pop Warner, taking up to six games a day. He moved onto high school games and by 1990 was officiating in college games. He started in the now-defunct Southern Independent Collegiate Officials Association, which included teams such as Miami and Notre Dame. In 1993 Riverón joined the Big East Conference officiating for six years as a field judge and a side judge. In 2000 Riverón moved to Conference USA, and spent the next three years working as a referee. His supervisor was veteran official Gerald Austin, who recommended him for the now defunct NFL Europe. For two years Riverón would officiate for ten days in Europe.[3]

Officiating career

In 2004 the National Football League (NFL) hired Riverón as a side judge. Mike Pereira, the NFL's vice president for officiating, said “You can't teach the confidence and decisiveness with which he does things.”[4] He was the first Hispanic to officiate the NFL.[5] Before every game he dedicates over 35 hours watching footage, studying the rules and meeting with his crew. He also spends hours in the gym to keep his fitness up.[6]

He was promoted to head referee (crew chief) in April 2008 following the retirements of Austin and Larry Nemmers. He changed how his name is listed in order to connect more with his heritage. Previously listed as Al Riveron he now uses Alberto.[7]

Riveron was the crew chief for the 2012 AFC Championship game between the Baltimore Ravens and the New England Patriots, and was the alternate referee of Super Bowl XLVI.

Officiating executive

On 19 February 2013, Riveron was promoted to the league's Senior Director of Officiating, a newly created position as a second-in-command under the league's former Vice President of Officiating, Dean Blandino.[8] On 10 May 2017, he was named Senior Vice President of Officiating.[9] Despite a shaky start the NFL announced that it would retain Riveron as its senior vice president of officiating for the 2018 season.[10]

During the 2018 season, Riveron received criticism for the manner in which NFL officials implemented penalties for roughing the passer, which had been deemed an area of emphasis the previous off-season.[11][12] Critics of the new emphasis on the rule included former NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino as well as Mike Pereira.[13][14] Riveron admitted in an interview that at least two of the roughing the passer penalties applied the first week of the season had been called incorrectly.[15][16] In response, the NFL competition committee held a conference call to discuss the implementation of the rule.[17][18] After the conference call, the competition committee issued a rule clarification, which led to a dramatic reduction in roughing the passer penalties in the following weeks.[19]

On 19 September 2019, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady tweeted that he was turning off the Thursday Night Football game because he couldn't watch the “ridiculous penalties” for offensive holding[20][21] Two days later, Riveron held a conference call with 17 NFL referees to discuss the frequency with which holding was being called. The next day, holding penalties were called an average of 2.9 times per game, down from a rate of 5.7 times per game over the previous three weeks, leading to speculation that Brady may have influenced how NFL referees officiate games.[22]

Style

Riverón says that when he makes mistakes, he hears about it from everyone, but that “no one feels worse when I make mistakes than I do.” He likes to keep an open line of communication between himself and the coaches and players, but tries to stop them from becoming one-sided.[23]

Personal life

Riveron has a wife, Patricia, and two sons, Tyler (died 25 September 2016)[24] and Austin.[25] He had a weekday job as a sales associate for Florida Storm Panels when he first started officiating.[26]

[1] Alberto Riveron Named NFL VP of Officiating After Dean Blandino's Resignation - Mike Chiari, Bleacher Report, 10 May 2017

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[9] Bonesteel, Matt. Alberto Riveron to replace Dean Blandino as NFL's new director of officiating. Chicago Tribune. 25 January 2017.

[10] Wagner-McGoughl, Sean. NFL to retain head of officiating Al Riveron for 2018 despite shaky first season. CBS Sports. 25 January 2017.

[11] Schilken, Chuck. Roughing-the-passer calls are causing confusion, frustration among NFL players. _Los Angeles Times_. 25 September 2018.

[12] Jones, Jonathan. Are Roughing the Passer Penalties Decreasing? Tracking the Week 4 Quarterback Hits. _Sports Illustrated_. 30 September 2018.

[13] Boren, Cindy. ‘A dangerous precedent’: Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino hate the NFL’s roughing-the-passer calls. _Washington Post_. 18 September 2018.

[14] McDonald, Charles. Clay Matthews’ controversial roughing the passer call on Kirk Cousins has everyone confused. _SB Nation_. 17 September 2018.

[15] NFL: Key penalty in Steelers-Browns called in error. _Reuters_. 10 September 2018.

[16] Pelissero, Tom. Officiating chief: Refs erred on call against Browns' Myles Garrett. _NFL.com_. 10 September 2018.

[17] Battista, Judy. Competition Committee uncomfortable with roughing calls. _NFL.com_. 25 September 2018.

[18] Gantt, Darin. Report: Competition committee wants roughing rule applied differently. _NBC Sports_. 25 September 2018.

[19] Seifert, Kevin. Inside the NFL's offensive landscape: Will last season's trends continue in 2019?. _ESPN_. 20 August 2019.

[20] When Tom Brady Talks, The NFL Listens. _Washington Post_. 24 September 2019.

[21] The Brady Effect? NFL Talk To Referees About Excessive Number Of Holding Penalties. _CBS Boston_. 22 September 2019.

[22] Seifert, Kevin. Holding calls plummet after call to referees. _ESPN_. 23 September 2019.

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[24] In Memoriam: Tyler James Riveron (1991-2016)

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title: Alberto Riveron

question: Summarize what happened in the 2000's.

answer: Riveron moved to Conference USA in 2000. He was promoted to head referee in 2008. He was the crew chief for the 2012 AFC Championship game. He was promoted to the league's Senior Director of Officiating in 2013.

critique: The answer should mention that he was the alternate referee for Super Bowl XLVI.

critique: The answer does not mention that Riveron was the alternate referee of Super Bowl XLVI.

critique: The answer omits his promotion to Senior Vice President of Officiating.

critique: Riveron also was an alternate referee for the 2012 Super Bowl and the 2017 season

critique: It is omitted that he was the alternate referee of Super Bowl XLVI.

critique: Riveron was promoted to Senior Director of Officiating in 2013. He was promoted to Senior Vice President of Officiating in 2017.

question: What does the text say about roughing the passer penalties?

answer: In 2018, the NFL implemented a new rule that made roughing the passer a penalty. The rule was criticized by former NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino as well as Mike Pereira. Riveron admitted that at least two of the roughing the passer penalties applied the first week of the season had been called incorrectly. In response, the NFL competition committee held a conference call to discuss the implementation of the rule. After the conference call, the competition committee issued a rule clarification, which led to a dramatic reduction in roughing the passer penalties in the following weeks.

critique: This sentence mostly explains the entirety of Pereira's career, as opposed to saying what was necessary to understand the preliminary response to the new rule. This should be omitted.

question: Summarize the challenges Riveron faces as Senior Vice President of Officiating.

answer: Riveron faced criticism for the manner in which NFL officials implemented penalties for roughing the passer, which had been deemed an area of emphasis the previous off-season. Critics of the new emphasis on the rule included former NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino as well as Mike Pereira. Riveron admitted in an interview that at least two of the roughing the passer penalties applied the first week of the season had been called incorrectly. In response, the NFL competition committee held a conference call to discuss the implementation of the rule, leading to a dramatic reduction in roughing the passer penalties in the following weeks.

critique: The answer should mention the criticism about offensive holding.

question: Summarize the legacy of Larry Nemmers.

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The need for diversity is enormous today. Everyday more companies are creating policies which enhance their diversification with regard to people they hire and also which allow them to retain talent – regardless of age, sex, and ethnicity. A lot many organizations are indulging in different hiring tactics – the ‘blind hiring’ is the newest addition.

We believe or don't, but bias exists in the most professionally managed corporate as well. There are enough research been done globally which unequivocally confirms that discriminating on the basis of gender, education from elite schools, ethnicity matter while filling up a position. A number of times, many hiring managers are themselves not aware of their ‘biased’ behaviour. And it’s not their fault either – it’s the conditioning that we all have been growing up with.

To tackle this kind of biasness, a lot of global tech companies which also have presence in India are hiring ‘blindly’. Well, not in the literal sense of the term, but just masking or removing certain aspect of the candidates in the resume so that the chance of being biased against or towards a certain candidate is a lot less.

According to a study by TimesJobs.com, blind hiring is gaining great popularity among global tech giants who strive to increase workforce diversity.  Of the 1,126 employers interviewed, about 44% foresee greater usage and implementation of blind hiring process in India in the times ahead, the study said. "Blind hiring techniques are the future of competency-based recruitment. Advantages such as personal bias removal, gender parity, workplace diversity, and the development of a skill-based meritocratic organisation are too significant to ignore," TimesJobs.com COO Vivek Madhukar said.

The concept of blind hiring came into forefront during the 70s. The orchestras in the US were predominately dominated by white men on the pretext that they were the only ones qualified and talented to be hired. A new concept emerged to wipe out this discrimination, and musicians began to be auditioned behind a curtain so that judges couldn’t see who they were. Later, the candidates were even asked to remove their shoes, since women often wore heels. After prolonged research on this, it came to light that this step (even if it is in the initial round of auditions), the step makes it 50% more likely that a woman will advance to the final round.

The TimesJobs.com study said that almost 60% of the surveyed agreed that workplace diversity will be their major focus in the year 2016. “In a scenario where recruiters on an average spend less than five minutes on a resume, it is natural that inherent biases may kick in,” the study said. It also pointed out that, "To remove such biases, employers agree that it is imperative to judge candidates solely on their competency and mask non-job specific candidate information.”

Among those who have been surveyed, about 58% feel the blind hiring process will help improve gender diversity, while nearly 30% said it helps improve ethnic diversity.

3 things to keep in mind about blind hiring:

Make sure candidates are clued in about blind hiring

You don’t want potential employees or even freshers coming to you with a blindfold. Since it’s a new concept, a lot many organizations and their HR should be able to make them understand what ‘blind hiring’ is all about. Begin every recruitment conversation with clear instructions on what exactly you want to do – why you are doing this, and till what round this ‘blind hiring’ will be applicable (whether it’s just for preliminary, or more).

Change the CVs to suit blind hiring

Check, re-check to see there are no inklings about the candidates’ name, gender, ethnicity and location. Overlooking one aspect can actually cost you your job. It is not easy but tricky as well.

Blind hiring is not the only solution for diversity

At work, body language is also a serious case to consider. You might have the skills but your attitude might be loathsome. The first time you contact a candidate, you should have a tremendous sense of hiring acumen to not consider someone who is skilled yet have attitude problems. For blind hiring, this is a problem area. So for now, it should be just restricted during the ‘consideration’ time when you are shortlisting candidates for certain positions. And there are other diversity programs which should focus on hiring varied candidates.

The blind hiring is conceptually liberating – it gives more power to diversity. But it’s just the beginning. And different works have equally different challenges. How HR can manage these is something that we need to see. But it is a step forward and a much better one at that.

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DAVID MICHAEL VOBORA (born April 8, 1986) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams with the final pick (252nd overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft, earning him the title of Mr. Irrelevant. He played college football for the Idaho Vandals of the Western Athletic Conference.

Early years

Vobora is a 2004 graduate of Churchill High School in Eugene, and was the team captain as a junior and senior and played linebacker, quarterback, and running back. He was honorable mention All-Midwestern league quarterback as a senior. He was a second team all-conference linebacker as a junior and an honorable mention all-conference linebacker as a sophomore. He was also an honorable mention basketball player as a senior.

College career

In 45 games at Idaho, Vobora started 33 and ranks sixth in school history with 341 tackles (209 solo), including three sacks, 28 stops for losses. He recovered three fumbles and caused six others. He also intercepted two passes and had five pass deflections. As a senior in 2007, Vobora was All-WAC for the second consecutive season, and led Idaho in tackles with 148 (59 solo) and had a sack, an interception and a fumble recovery. As a junior in 2006, he was first-team All-WAC after leading the Vandals with 134 tackles (101 solo, 33 assists) and 15.5 tackles-for-loss and four passes defensed, two sacks, two forced fumbles, two quarterback hurries and one interception. In 2005, he played in all 11 games and started six and finished with 43 total tackles (32 solo and 11 assists) with six tackles-for-loss and forced three fumbles and had two fumble recoveries. As a true freshman in 2004 he played in all 12 games (started three) and made 17 total tackles (12 solo, five assists). Vobora played for three head coaches (Nick Holt, Dennis Erickson, & Robb Akey) in his four seasons at Idaho, and did not redshirt.

Professional career

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St. Louis Rams

On July 22, 2008, Vobora agreed to a three-year, $1.24 million contract with the Rams. After final cuts on August 30, Vobora and Kansas City's Ryan Succop were the only Mr. Irrelevants to make the roster of the team that drafted them in the 2000s.[1] His stay on the roster lasted only one game, as he was waived two days after the season opener to make room for Eddie Kennison on September 9, moved to the Rams' practice squad.[2]

Vobora remained on the Rams' practice squad until November 4, when he was promoted to the active roster after wide receivers Drew Bennett and Dante Hall were placed on injured reserve.[3]

On November 30, Vobora made his first career start at linebacker in the game against the Miami Dolphins. This was the first time a Mr. Irrelevant started in a game during his rookie season in 14 years, not since Marty Moore started four games for the New England Patriots in 1994.[4] Vobora compiled five total tackles in the game, which tied for the second-best effort in team tackles, but the Rams lost 16–12.[5]

Vobora was named the starting strongside linebacker for the 2009 season.[6] On September 30, 2009, he was suspended for four games for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing substance policy. Vobora stated that he would sue the company that produced the supplement he took, because it contained substances that were not listed on the label. Vobora's agent, Marc Lillibridge, conceded “(The supplement) was not on the list of officially sanctioned products, and ultimately a player is responsible for anything he puts in his body.”[7] On June 20, 2011, Vobora's lawyer announced that a federal judge ruled against the company and awarded Vobora $5.4 million.[8]

The Rams released Vobora on August 12, 2011.[9]

Seattle Seahawks

Vobora signed with the Seattle Seahawks on August 22, 2011,[10] but was waived two weeks later on September 4. He re-signed with Seattle on October 4.[11]

Post League

Upon retiring from the NFL in 2012, David opened Performance Vault Inc. in Dallas, TX, a sports performance training center for elite athletes and U.S. Special Forces.

In September 2014, Vobora founded the Adaptive Training Foundation. ATF is a 501(c)3 non-profit with a mission “to empower the human athlete, restore hope through movement, and redefine the limits of individuals with disabilities.”[12] ATF provides free personalized physical training programs for injured veterans and people living with disabilities. Participants in this nine-week program receive a training regimen that is customized for their fitness goals and specific disabilities.[13]

As a professional speaker, David now speaks to audiences across the country about seeing beyond the daily grind, moving past mediocrity, and tapping into deeper potential.

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A key.  A great domain name is like a master key into an industry which you have no permission to enter. A great domain name guarantees you a seat at the table in a specific sector, whether they want you there or not.  You may know nothing about a line of business but with a great domain name you will certainly get a seat at the table.

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The great domain name that brought you here may be available. If you can't stop thinking about it, just buy it.

What some clients say about domainer.is:

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Why Work with domainer.is

When mining diamonds, you must know what to look for, otherwise you end up with a bunch of broken glass. Same with domains. It’s like finding gold chunks and then knowing what to do with them.

Talent to recognize great domains at first glance

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answer: Domain names are the most valuable, portable, and safe asset in existence. Domains can be reinvented, reshaped, and hold the key to dreams and fortunes like no other collectible assets. Domains grant competitive advantages unique to the internet, such as automatic exclusivity. Domains are still undervalued and underappreciated, which is an opportunity to get in for a piece of the action. Domains are easy to remember and hard to forget. A great domain name guarantees a seat at the table in a specific sector.

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TL;DR monkey poo makes great pudding.

In the mid 1950s the New York philharmonic was one of the best Symphony Orchestras in the world. And conducting was Major Jorge Fillmore. George Fillmore was a WWII vet who loved music, and found that conducting helped him keep his PTSD at a minimum (although PTSD had yet to be understood by the medical community, let alone given a name). The flow of the notes soothed his soul and the power of conducting such a large group to produce something so beautiful reminded him of his time commanding his troops through the dangers of war.

On a cold December night, the New York Philharmonic was warming up for their Christmas performance. The upper class from all around poured into Carnegie Hall and greeted one another. Conductor Fillmore got ready in the back room and the orchestra was out on stage, behind the curtain, getting ready to play, and practicing their most difficult runs.

Then when the time came and everyone was seated, the first chair violinist came on stage to much applause. He tuned the orchestra and then out came Major George Fillmore, his coat tails flowing behind him like curtains in the brease, as he walked briskly to the podium. He turned and bowed deeply to the audience and then addressed the orchestra and motioned to start the first piece. The audience well acquainted with these pieces sat quietly, enjoying the soft notes of Mozart as they floated through the hall.

But as quickly as everyone had relaxed to the music, they were pulled from their stuppor by a loud gunshot. Then screaming. The orchestra all scrambled for the exits, trying to keep their instruments safe. As the smoke settled and everyone calmed down, they found a dead French horn player, and the smoking gun in the hand of none other than Major George Fillmore. The French horn player had flubbed a note in his solo and Major Fillmore had snapped and shot him.

Major Fillmore claimed that he thought the player was wearing something that resembled a swastika and had triggered a flash back and caused him to shoot the player. But the orchestra knew that he had been yelling at that particular horn player for several weeks when he had been unable to play the solo properly. In the following weeks, a large and publicized trial was held. Fillmore was stripped of his rank and sentenced to death by electric chair.

Following the trial, George was held in prison for several years as he tried to appeal and at least lessen his sentence but unfortunately after lots of trying, the day came that he was to be killed. As a kindness to those about to die, the prison allowed the prisoners to request anything to eat, within reason. As it was this time for George, they asked him what he would like for his last meal.

"well," said George, "I like bananas... So I guess I guess I would love a bunch of bananas."
So they brought him a bunch of bananas. And within an hour he had eaten every single banana in the bunch, and with that, he was lead to the chair. They strapped him in and connected all the leads, and after saying his final farewells, they threw the switch. The first pulse of electricity was used to kill the brain and make the victim unconscious. Then a second pulse is used to cause the internal organs to fail. However, George was barely phased by the first pulse, and then started to convulse slowly during the second phase. Then everything fell quiet.

"Was that it?" asked George.

"Umm.. That's a first." said one of the scientists that had helped develop the chair.

They decided to put George back in prison while they made a few modifications to the chair. They decided to pull more power from the grid and just pump more juice to the chair. Hopefully this would at least kill him, but it could be more painful. Once the modifications had been made, they brought George back.

The prison warden had some pity for him, so he allowed him to have a second last meal. When asked what he wanted to eat, George said that he loved the bananas he had had before, this time he would like two bunches of bananas.

Sure enough within the hour, George had eaten both bunches of bananas, and was lead right back to that chair. They strapped him in again and threw the switch. When the first pulse hit him he clearly went unconscious, and all the lights in the surrounding city block dimmed noticably. And then during the second pulse, the current and voltage was so strong that lightning covered most of his torso, arcing from the helmet to the back plate to his arm rests.

When the pulse was over, they pulled him from the chair and laid him on a gurney and they rolled him down the hallway toward the morgue. As they reached the morgue, suddenly George sat upright. He looked around and let loose a howling scream that was unlike any sound the doctors had ever heard. He then fell back to the gurney but kept breathing.

Several hours later, he woke up again and was perfectly fine. The scientists, puzzled, decided that they really needed to finish him off once and for all. They had the electricity from all the surrounding towns, re routed to the chair. There was more power going to this chair than the Las Vegas Strip. Sure that this time they would kill him, they brought him back from the hospital, and gave him what they were sure would actually be his last meal.

Again, curiously, he ordered bananas. But he ordered 3 bunches this time. And as with the last two times, he ate every single banana within an hour. They brought him in and strapped him in, and flipped the switch. This time lightning erupted from George and the chair, arcing across the room like a massive tesla coil. The man who flipped the switch, not realizing the danger, had been struck dead by the massive arcs and everyone else stood cowering in the viewing room waiting for it all to be over.

Once it was over, they carefully pulled him from the chair, his hair singed off and second and third degree burns all over his body. They carried him down to the morgue where they double checked that he was dead. But alas. His heart was still beating. The scientists, determined to find out how he had survived, asked that he be nursed back to health so that they could ask him how he had survived.

After several months, George Fillmore came out of his coma, and the scientists all gathered around and asked him,

"How did you survive the chair three times?!"

"well," said George, "I guess I'm just a bad conductor."

title: The deadly Symphony (x - post from /r/feghoot)

question: Explain the punchline

answer: George is known to be a bad conductor, so the scientists deduce that he must be made of conductive materials.

text: This answer is incorrect. The punch line about George being a bad conductor in regards to electricity is referencing how he is a bad orchestra conductor due to the French horn player he murdered.

question: Why did the authorities have to keep increasing the power of the electric chair?

answer: Because George kept surviving the first two attempts.

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

critique: The answer should mention that the first two attempts were not enough to kill him.

critique: "Because George kept surviving the first two attempts." - the answer doesn't make sense. The authorities had to keep increasing the power because George kept eating bananas.

text: It would be better to say that George kept surviving "each" attempt as opposed to "the first two".

question: Why did the condemned man keep ordering more and more bananas for his last meal?

answer: Because he loved bananas and was hoping he would die of a full stomach.

critique: The answer is made up and doesn't make any sense.

critique: It is not stated that he was hoping to die of a full stomach.

critique: This is not necessarily the reason why he kept ordering bananas.