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How had I never noticed how fresh the air here was? I took another deep breath, filling my lungs with crisp autumn. The voices of the tavern mixed pleasantly, a harmonious cacophony. Any other day so many people in my quiet seaside bar would greatly upset me, but this was a good day. I looked down at the stool next to me, where I’d sat my important package. Yes, today was the day I could feel it.

Other, more regular drinkers drained their lagers in flagons, but I was content with a simple pint. A nice frosty pint for me, thank you. The blonde serving the drinks had the most marvelous eyes, here blue or there green depending on which way they caught the light. Her hips were meant for children. She was an angel, even if she didn’t remember my name after a week straight of coming here. I saw her pleasant presence as a blessing, a sign that today was the day the seeds of my labors came to fruition.

I moved my hand to the next table and felt the brown paper wrapped around the package, the sculpted brass underneath, careful only to touch the edges, never disturbing the world I’d created within.

When my glass was near empty the lovely barmaid brought me another. A second time. A third time. A fourth. My head was swimming now, a pleasant buzz surrounded everything. Today was the day. One of the regular drinkers looked over to me and we locked eyes. I smiled. He raised his flagon. I raised my pint and we toasted silently. I’d like to think he wished me all the best in my endeavors. It made two of us.

I heard the door open and close and I looked up to see the most beautiful creature. She was from southern France, maybe Spain, judging by the dark tones of her skin. Her raven hair tumbled just to her shoulder blades and danced around her neck and back as she walked towards the bar. I wasn’t the only man in the room checking the placement of my jaw, I assure you.

But it was I, with the dumb smile on my face, who she came and sat down with. I won’t deny giving a smug look to the regular drinkers with their large flagons. Face to face she was almost too wonderful for words. She was brisk, plump, and jolly, and ever so slightly past her nineteenth birthday. She was open and honest to a complete stranger, a man she’d never even met. It was as if fate directed her to me, she said.

I was caught between wondering why such a beautiful girl would sit with me and amazement that she was speaking my language so fluently. She was a Spaniard, I noted from her accent.

Before I was even able to open my mouth to tell her my name (and I had to tell her more than once because she kept forgetting it), she was telling me of her grand plans. She had traveled this far alone after running away from her father. An alcoholic, prone to fits of anger, but he hadn’t always been that way. The death of her mother took a horrible toll on a previously gentle and loving family man, she’d said. She was going to continue north, keep seeing the world until she decided she was ready to settle down.

She didn’t know where or when or with whom, but she figured when the time was right, she’d be ready for anything.

“And how do you know the time is not now?” I asked her.

“Because I know.” She said, and she held my gaze for a long time.

“Then why are you here?”

“Because of all the men in this room, you are the only one with destiny about you.”

She could feel it too. The day itself was smiling on me, what could possibly go wrong?

“I’m glad to hear you say that,” I admitted to her. “Today I am delivering this important package.” I motioned to the seat next to me. “Once I have delivered this, my whole life will change. I will have fame and fortune and everything my heart desires.”

She smiled. I smiled. We smiled and laughed and drank. We toasted to destiny. And then she put her hand on my arm.

She sucked in air. Her eyes went white and wide and wild. When her pupils came back, she was breathing in ragged gasps, and her eyes darted around. She wouldn’t make eye contact with me.

“Are you okay?” I asked her, grabbing her lightly by the shoulders.

She shook me off violently and stood up. “You…what are you? What
darkness? What evil?” Tears were running down her cheeks. Her breaths came as sobs

“What in Hell are you talking about?” I demanded.

“Murderer!” She cried.

“I’ve never harmed anyone! Anything!”

“You will.” Her sobbing increased. The regular drinkers had first assumed I was harassing the poor girl, but they began to see the truth of her fit of insanity. “Oh God be good, you will.” And with that she ran out the door.

The room burst in to laughter. Everyone but me. I took a moment to collect my thoughts as I paid my tab and finished my last pint. I shook off the haunting feeling the young Spaniard had left me with. An anxiety. A pox on my perfect day. By sheer force of will I managed to convince myself to forget the whole thing. She was nothing more than a crazy girl. It might even have been her idea of a funny joke. Best not to dwell on such things.

Especially not on such an important day. I retrieved the package from the seat next to me. This thing was going to change my life. This was the one. No more failures. No more rejections. This was the best painting I’d ever done in my life.

It was mid-autumn in Vienna, eight years since the turn of the twentieth century, almost six months to the day ‘til my birthday. This was my day. Destiny awaited. And though I had spent my life thus far in obscurity, I knew that after today nothing would ever be the same.

No one would ever forget my name again.

title: The Important Package

question: What is it that attracts the girl to the narrator, and why does she leave?

answer: No answer

critique: There is an answer. The narrator believes she has a special destiny, which is attracting. The girl then has a prophetic fit and believes he is a "murderer".


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JENNIFER JOHNSTON (born 12 January 1930) is an Irish novelist. She has won a number of awards, including the Whitbread Book Award for _The Old Jest_ in 1979 and a Lifetime Achievement from the Irish Book Awards (2012). _The Old Jest_, a novel about the Irish War of Independence, was later made into a film called _The Dawning_, starring Anthony Hopkins, produced by Sarah Lawson and directed by Robert Knights.[1]

Biography

She was born in Dublin to Irish actress and director Shelah Richards and Irish playwright Denis Johnston.[2] A cousin of actress and film star Geraldine Fitzgerald, via Fitzgerald's mother, Edith (née Richards), Jennifer Johnston was educated at Trinity College Dublin,[3]. For decades, she has lived in Derry, Northern Ireland, and currently lives near Dublin.[4] Other cousins include the actresses Tara Fitzgerald and Susan Fitzgerald.[5][6]

Johnston was born into the Church of Ireland and many of her novels deal with the fading of the Protestant Anglo-Irish ascendancy in the 20th century. She married a fellow student at Trinity College, Ian Smyth, in 1951.[7] Johnston is a member of Aosdána.[8]

Awards and honours

-   2012 Irish Book Awards Lifetime Achievement Award[9]
-   2006 Irish PEN Award
-   1989 Giles Cooper Awards for _O Ananias, Azarias and Misael_
-   1979 Whitbread Book Award for _The Old Jest_ in 1979
-   1977 Booker Prize shortlist for _Shadows on our Skin_
-   1973 Authors' Club First Novel Award for _The Captains and the Kings_

List of works

Novels

-   _The Captains and the Kings_ (1972), winner of the Author's Club First Novel Award
-   _The Gates_ (1973)
-   _How Many Miles to Babylon?_ (1974)
-   _Shadows on Our Skin_ (1977), shortlisted for the Booker Prize
-   _The Old Jest_ (1979), winner of a Whitbread Book Award for 1979
-   _The Nightingale and Not the Lark_ (1980)
-   _The Christmas Tree_ (1981)
-   _The Railway Station Man_ (1984)
-   _Fool's Sanctuary_ (1987)
-   _The Invisible Worm_ (1991)
-   _The Illusionist_ (1995)
-   _Three Monologues: "Twinkletoes", "Musn't Forget High Noon", "Christine"_ (1995)
-   _The Desert Lullaby_ (1996)
-   _Finbar's Hotel_, edited by Dermot Bolger (1997) (Contributor)
-   _Two Moons_ (1998)
-   _The Essential Jennifer Johnston_ (1999) (contains _The Captains and the Kings_, _The Railway Station Man_, and _Fool's Sanctuary_)
-   _Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery_ (2000) (Contributor)
-   _The Gingerbread Woman_ (2000)
-   _Mondschatten_ (2000)
-   _This is not a Novel_ (2002)
-   _Grace and Truth_ (2005)
-   _Foolish Mortals_ (2007)
-   _Truth or Fiction_ (2009)
-   _Shadowstory_ (2011)
-   _Fathers and Son_ (2012)
-   _A Sixpenny Song_ (2013)
-   _Naming the Stars_ (2015)

Plays

-   _The Nightingale and Not the Lark_ (1981)
-   _Indian Summer_ (1983)
-   _Andante un Poco Mosso_, in _The Best Short Plays 1983_ (1983)
-   _The Porch_ (1986)
-   _The Desert Lullaby: A Play in Two Acts_ (1996)
-   _The Christmas Tree: A Play in Two Acts_ (2015)

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[5] Michael Coveney, “Susan FitzGerald obituary”, _The Guardian_, 10 September 2013.

[6] Maureen Paton, “Tara Fitzgerald: Naked ambition” (profile), _The Independent_, 2 May 2003.

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title: Jennifer Johnston

question: What does the article say about Jennifer Johnston's achievements?

answer: She has won a number of awards, including the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979 and a Lifetime Achievement from the Irish Book Awards (2012). The Old Jest, a novel about the Irish War of Independence, was later made into a film called The Dawning, starring Anthony Hopkins, produced by Sarah Lawson and directed by Robert Knights.

critique: The answer should mention the Booker Prize shortlist.

critique: The response should add Johnston's culture and affiliation information.

critique: The response is missing a few details about Johnston's awards.

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

critique: The answer should mention the awards Johnston has won.

critique: The answer could mention her other awards.

question: What does the article say about the plays Johnston wrote?

answer: Johnston's plays include: The Nightingale And Not The Lark (1981), Indian Summer (1983), Andante un Poco Mosso, in The Best Short Plays 1983 (1983), The Porch (1986), The Desert Lullaby: A Play in Two Acts (1996), and The Christmas Tree: A Play in Two Acts (2015).

critique: The answer should mention that Johnston is an Irish novelist.

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

critique: This should list them in chronological order and not alphabetical order.

critique: The name of the play "Andante un Poco Mosso" is misspelled.

critique: The answer should mention that The Nightingale and Not the Lark was made into a play.


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HONG KONG SEA CADET CORPS is a youth organization based in Hong Kong and formed in 1968 by former Royal Naval Reserve officers by the creation of Hong Kong Law (Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Ordinance)[1]

The HKSCC was linked to British Armed Forces' Combined Cadet Force and Sea Cadet Corps. Since the handover in 1997, the HKSCC is mostly a government funded organisation and does not have any links to the People's Liberation Army Navy. It also receives financial support from Hong Kong Jockey Club and The Community Chest of Hong Kong.

Based at Diamond Hill, Kowloon, the 1800-strong HKSCC has 16 training units and two nautical centres (Stanley Bay and Sai Kung).

Rank & Rates

[ Ceremonial Guard of the HKSCC participating in a parade commemorating the end of World War II] HKSCC adopts the ranking system from the Royal Navy and their Sea Cadets program:

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  RANK       Captain (Capt)   Commander (Cdr)   Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr)   Lieutenant (Lt)   Sub-Lieutenant (S/Lt)   Midshipman (Mid)
  INSIGNIA   []               | []              | []                            | []              | []                    | []
  ---------- ---------------- ----------------- ------------------------------- ----------------- ----------------------- ------------------

  : Ranks and Insignia of HKSCC Officers

  ---------- --------------------------- -------------------- ----------------------------
  RANK       Chief Petty Officer (CPO)   Petty Officer (PO)   Acting Petty officer (APO)
  INSIGNIA   []                          | []                 | []
  ---------- --------------------------- -------------------- ----------------------------

  : Ranks and Insignia of HKSCC Instructors/ NCO (Non-commissioned Officer)

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  RANK       Leading Cadet (LC)   Able Cadet (AC)   Ordinary Cadet (OC)   Junior Cadet (JC)   New Entry (NE)
  INSIGNIA   []                   | []              | []                  | []                |None
  ---------- -------------------- ----------------- --------------------- ------------------- ----------------

  : Ranks and Insignia HKSCC Junior Rates/ Cadets

Source: Ranks and Ratings of the Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps

Uniform

Officers, instructors and cadets wear dark navy berets (peaked, white caps for the instructors and officers), blue shirts, dark navy blue trousers and black boots named the Action Working Dress (AWD) during routine trainings. Its equivalent is the No.4AWD worn across the Royal Navy.

On occasions of ceremonial duties, parades or other public events they will wear white (No.6) or blue (No.1) dress uniforms in summer and winter respectively, similar to the Royal Navy uniform worn by officers, senior and junior rates.

Source: Uniforms of the Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps

Weapons

The Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Ceremonial Guard parade out with the replica Enfield L85A1/ (known as SA80 in Royal Navy) rifle.

In the past, they drilled with the Lee-Enfield L59A1 Drill Rifle but rarely do so today.

Facilities

Training Ships or TS are land base training units for the HKSCC around the territory. Some are named after Her Majesty's Ships of the Royal Navy.

-   TS Ark Royal - named after HMS Ark Royal
-   TS Brilliant - named after HMS Brilliant
-   TS Cornflower - named after HMS Cornflower
-   TS Drake - named after HMS Drake
-   TS Eternity
-   TS Hero - named after HMS Hero
-   TS King Ling
-   TS Lightning - named after HMS Lightning
-   TS Ma Ko Pan
-   TS Mountbatten - named after Lord Louis Mountbatten, Former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy
-   TS Nelson - named after HMS Nelson / Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
-   TS Neptune - named after HMS Neptune
-   TS Royalist - named after HMS Royalist
-   TS Somerset - named after HMS Somerset
-   TS Unicorn - named after HMS Unicorn
-   TS York - named after HMS York

TRAINING CENTRES

-   Administration Headquarters, Diamond Hill, Kowloon
-   Jubilee Centre, Stanley, Hong Kong Island
-   Tang Shiu Kin Nautical Centre, Sai Kung, New Territories

TRAINING LAUNCH

-   Supertee

DISBANDED UNITS

-   TS Anson - named after HMS Anson
-   TS Collingwood - named after HMS Collingwood
-   TS Courageous - named after HMS Courageous
-   TS Chatham - named after HMS Chatham
-   TS Rodney - named after HMS Rodney
-   TS Swallow - named after HMS Swallow (P242)
-   TS Talent - named after HMS Talent
-   TS Victory - named after HMS Victory
-   TS Zulu - named after HMS Zulu

Awards

Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps issues their own awards to their members and are not part of the government issued Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong. The medals and clasps are modelled after the ones awarded by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence:

-   Best Cadet of the Year
-   Best Unit of the Year
-   Cadet Forces Medal (before 1997)
-   Hong Kong Sea Cadet Forces Medal
-   Hong Kong Sea Cadet Forces Long Service Medal

[1] Introduction of the Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps - History

title: Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps

question: What does the story say about the uniforms and weapons of Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps members?

answer: Officers, instructors, and cadets wear dark navy berets, blue shirts, dark navy blue trousers and black boots (known as Action Working Dress) during routine training. On occasions of ceremonial duties, parades or other public events, officers, senior and junior rates wear white (No.6) or blue (No.1) dress uniforms in summer and winter, respectively, similar to the Royal Navy uniform. The Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Ceremonial Guard parade out with the replica Enfield L85A1/ (known as SA80 in Royal Navy) rifle.

critique: Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Ceremonial Guard parade out with non-replica rifles.

question: What does the story say about the number of members of the Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps?

answer: The Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps has 1800 members.

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

critique: The answer should mention the number of training units.

critique: The answer should mention that the corps has 16 training units.

critique: "1800-strong" meaning that it has 1800 members, not 1800 members

critique: "The Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps has 1800 members." - the article doesn't say how many members there are. The answer should be "That information can't be found."


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DENNIS ALEXIO VS. BRANKO CIKATIĆ was a heavyweight kickboxing bout that took place at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on March 16, 1992, which ended in a controversial technical draw.

Background

Dennis Alexio was the golden boy of American kickboxing, having lost only one bout in his career (a controversial decision to Don "The Dragon" Wilson at light heavyweight in 1984) and co-starred in the film _Kickboxer_ with Jean-Claude Van Damme.[1] The undisputed World Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion, he held titles for all the major kickboxing associations such as PKA, IKF, ISKA, KICK and WKA.

Branko Cikatić, meanwhile, had spent the majority of his career fighting in Muay Thai matches as a cruiserweight throughout Europe. After a storied amateur career, he became the European Muay Thai Champion in 1985 before going on to take the world title two years later. In 1989, he won the WKA Cruiserweight Kickboxing Championship and then the IKBF Cruiserweight Kickboxing Championship the following year.[2]

The fight

Alexio faced Cikatić on March 16, 1992, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, US, live on pay-per-view as part of the World Martial Arts Challenge event. The only title on the line was the inaugural WMAC Heavyweight Championship. 14,000 spectators were in attendance at the venue.[3]

The rules of the bout were disputed between both fighters right up to the day of the fight. Alexio, who had competed exclusively under American kickboxing rules, wanted both fighters to wear foot pads and low kicks to be illegal. Cikatić, a Muay Thai fighter, wanted low kicks as well as the Thai clinch to be allowed. In the end, low kicks were allowed and Alexio wore foot pads, and knees and the clinch were banned. The duration of the fight was set at eight, three-minute rounds.[4]

The first two rounds were close, with Alexio utilising better boxing skills but Cikatić using his powerful low kicks to his advantage. Cikatić was docked a point in the second round for kneeing Alexio in the clinch. The fight then ended in confusion in the third round when a stoppage was called as Alexio's right foot pad came off. Referee Pat Burleson decided to continue the fight without retrieving the foot pad as it had fallen out of the ring. However, before the fight was restarted Alexio hit Cikatić with two left hooks and then kicked at him but missed as he fell to the canvas.

The fight was stopped there and, as it had gone less than half of the set eight rounds, was ruled a technical draw.

Aftermath

The fight was considered to be a disappointment due to the nature that it ended in. The rules and the referee, Pat Burleson, were also criticized.[5] Cikatić claimed the decision to rule the fight a draw was biased as he was the foreign fighter, stating that due to the nature of the stoppage, Alexio should have lost via disqualification. As the WMAC Heavyweight title was won by neither man, Dennis Alexio was set to face Maurice Smith, who had defeated Steven Kruwell that night in a contender match, for it. Despite talks, Smith and Alexio would never meet in the ring.

In his next bout, Alexio faced Stan Longinidis under a similar rule-set in Australia and had his leg broken by a low kick from Longinidis. Although he recovered and went on to fight many more times afterwards, the loss virtually removed Alexio from contention as the world's best heavyweight kickboxer. Branko Cikatić, on the other hand, went on to win the first K-1 World Grand Prix in December 1993. By defeating Changpuek Kiatsongrit, Masaaki Satake and Ernesto Hoost in the same night, he went down in history as one of the sport's greatest fighters.

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[2] Pay-Per-View Card Features Alexio, Long

[3] World Martial Arts Challenge does kickboxing no favours

[4] Ringside at the WMAC by Bill Wallace

[5] Puzzled by Alexio-Cikatic bout

title: Dennis Alexio vs. Branko Cikatić

question: What does the article say about street brawls?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer is empty. It should be more informative.

critique: The article does not discuss street brawls.

critique: The question is asking for something that is not in the text.

question: Explain Alexio's stance on the debated rules of the fight with Branko Cikatić.

answer: Alexio wanted both fighters to wear foot pads and low kicks to be illegal. Cikatić, a Muay Thai fighter, wanted low kicks as well as the Thai clinch to be allowed. In the end, low kicks were allowed and Alexio wore foot pads, and knees and the clinch were banned.

critique: The answer should mention that Alexio wanted foot pads because he was a boxer.

critique: "Alexio wanted both fighters to wear foot pads and low kicks to be illegal. Cikatić, a Muay Thai fighter, wanted low kicks as well as the Thai clinch to be allowed. In the end, low kicks were allowed and Alexio wore foot pads, and knees and the clinch were banned." - this is irrelevant because it's not Alexio's stance on the rules. This should be removed.

critique: "and knees and the clinch were banned." - undue mention of still enforcing the rule that banned kneeing and clinching, and can be deleted to fit the limited word count requirement.

critique: The answer should mention that Alexio wanted low kicks banned.

critique: The answer could be more specific about Alexio's request.

critique: "Alexio wanted both fighters to wear foot pads and low kicks to be illegal." - this is incorrect. Alexio wanted foot pads and low kicks to be illegal.

text: The second and thrd sentences are not relevant as they do not relate to Alexio's stance.

category: coherence

question: Summarize Alexio's fights in the article.

answer: He fought Branko Cikatić in a match that ended in a controversial technical draw. He fought Stan Longinidis in Australia and had his leg broken by a low kick from Longinidis. He went on to fight many more times afterward, but the loss virtually removed Alexio from contention as the world's best heavyweight kickboxer.

critique: The answer omits that Alexio's fight with Cikatic was a heavyweight kickboxing bout.

critique: The answer omits that Alexio fought Don "The Dragon" Wilson at light heavyweight in 1984.

critique: The answer omits the fight with Don "The Dragon" Wilson.

critique: The answer omits that Alexio fought Don "The Dragon" Wilson in 1984.

critique: The fight with Stan Longinidis is irrelevant to the question.

critique: The answer does not characterize the Cikatić fight as an overall disappointment.

critique: It is omitted that he faced Don "The Dragon" Wilson in 1984.

question: Summarize Alexio's career.

answer: He is described as the golden boy of American kickboxing. He lost only once in his career, to Don "The Dragon" Wilson in 1984. He co-starred in the film Kickboxer with Jean-Claude Van Damme. He is the undisputed World Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion and held titles for all the major kickboxing associations.

critique: The answer should mention his fight against Cikatic.

critique: The answer should mention his fight with Cikatic.

critique: He held those titles before facing Branko.

critique: It is omitted that he faced Cikatic in a controversial technical draw.


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_GLEAN_ is the seventeenth studio album from New York City-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released on April 21, 2015. It is composed entirely of releases from the first four months of the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song project.

Background

In late 2014, the band began advertising the relaunch of their Dial-A-Song service, which had its origins in the early 1980s when the band would record songs onto an answering machine and advertise the phone number. The service was eventually discontinued in 2006, but the band sought to restart it online. A modified version of the original phone number was reclaimed as well, and both outlets were updated every Tuesday with a new recording starting in December 2014.

Also announced in late 2014 was the return of Instant Fan Club, a year-long subscription service offered by the band upon each of their studio album releases since 2011. Among the products promised to members were free digital downloads of all Dial-A-Song releases, CD copies of the band's upcoming rock and children's albums, as well as LP copies of each for “Super President” tier members. This marked the announcement of the band's 17th (13th rock album) and 18th (fifth children album) albums. In mid-February, They Might Be Giants announced details on their upcoming rock album, including the title, some tracks, and the release date. “Erase”, which was released in January as the first Dial-A-Song track of 2015, was announced to be the lead single off _Glean_.

Release

_Glean_ was released on April 20, 2015 in Europe on Lojinx and April 21 in America on the band's own Idlewild Recordings. CD and vinyl editions were included, along with digital releases of the album, and the original releases of the songs via the Dial-A-Song service. Instant Fan Club members received CD copies of Glean upon its release. Super President tier members received copies with the booklet signed by both John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

Australian copies came with a bonus CD of the _Flood Live In Australia_ album, containing the entire _Flood_ album performed live in reverse running order.

Track listing

Personnel

They Might Be Giants

-   John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, etc.
-   John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc.

Additional musicians

-   Marty Beller – drums, percussion
-   Danny Weinkauf – bass
-   Dan Miller – guitars
-   Dan Levine – trombone on 4, 14
-   Curt Ramm – trumpet on 3, 4, 14
-   Stan Harrison – saxophones on 4, 6, 14
-   Rob Moose – violins on 4, 6, 9

Production

-   Pat Dillett – co-producer, mixing
-   Jon Altschuler – engineer
-   UE Nastasi – mastering
-   Paul Sahre – design; space and fist illustrations
-   Jason Fulford – photography
-   Frank H. Netter – salivary glands illustration

Charts

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| Chart (2015)                      | Peak                              |
|                                   | position                          |
+===================================+===================================+
| U.S. _Billboard_ 200[1]           | 67                                |
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|  |
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title: Glean (album)

question: What does the text say about how to make a children's album?

answer: No answer

question: What does the text say about Glean?

answer: Glean is the seventeenth studio album from New York City-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It is composed entirely of releases from the first four months of the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song project.

critique: The text mentions there were four months of releases, not four months of songs.

question: What does the text say about the band, They Might Be Giants?

answer: They Might Be Giants is a New York City-based alternative rock band. It was first formed in 1982. The band composed the song "Glean" for their seventeenth studio album, which was released in April 2015.

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

critique: The band was formed in 1982, but the text doesn't say this.

critique: The answer should mention that the band is composed of John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

critique: The band was formed in 1982, not the song Glean.

critique: The band's founding year is not mentioned in the text.

critique: The band was formed in 1982, but the text doesn't say that.

critique: The band's formation date is unattested.

question: What does the text say about the Instant Fan Club?

answer: The Instant Fan Club is a subscription service offered by the band of their upcoming albums each year. Instance Fan Club members get free digital downloads of the band's albums, CDs, and an LP for $250; the cheaper $50 option gets free digital downloads only.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The Instant Fan Club is not a subscription service offered by the band of their upcoming albums each year. Instance Fan Club members get free digital downloads of the band's albums, CDs, and an LP for $250; the cheaper $50 option gets free digital downloads only.

text: "Instance Fan Club members get free digital downloads of the band's albums, CDs, and an LP for $250; the cheaper $50 option gets free digital downloads only." - the cost for subscription was never mentioned anywhere in the text and the service is "Instant Fan Club", not "Instance".

category: accuracy


text:
Writer Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel, “On the Road,” is part journal and part novel, and is regarded by many people as the finest example of the ideas and philosophies of the counter-cultural 1950s Beat Generation, which Kerouac exemplified.

Trinidad writer and artist Doug Holdread wrote about Kerouac’s experiences traveling with some friends along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies from Denver to Clayton, N.M. in his 2012 book, “Journaling Jack: On (and Off) the Road (Again) in Colorado and New Mexico,” which has now been re-printed and is available for purchase as a fundraiser for the Trinidad Area Arts Council (TAAC).

The characters in the novel, including Kerouac, portray some of the leading figures of the Beat Generation, sometimes called “Beatniks,” on a journey in a 1937 Ford Model-T automobile to try to discover a mystical “It” that they can’t quite define, but which, to them, represents the “Real America.” Holdread and Trinidad’s Joe Tarabino, who wrote the introduction to “Journaling Jack,” traced Kerouac’s footsteps on the long journey south, and Holdread’s pencil sketches of the scenes along the way form integral parts of the book, and Holdread and Tarabino sat down during a Friday interview to talk about Kerouac, his eclectic group of friends, On the Road and what the Beat Generation meant for the future of American counter-cultural thought.

Journaling Jack is now for sale in limited quantities, at a price of $20, at Gallery Main, located at 130 E. Main St., in Historic Downtown Trinidad. All proceeds from the sales go to support the many arts programs sponsored by (TAAC).

Tarabino said he’d been asked by the New Mexico Film Commission in 2008 to scout locations for a proposed movie about On the Road, a film that was never made. Holdread teamed up with Tarabino to scout potential filming locations in Northern New Mexico. The pair then followed up by tracing Kerouac’s route from the Chapultepec Café in Denver along a four-day trip to San Antonio, Texas, in late May of 1950. Kerouac’s character in On the Road served as the chronicler of the long journey, recording his impressions of the sights, sounds and people along the way, both in prose and in his sketchbook. Holdread described what he felt On the Road had meant to the young people who read it and found a portrayal of a different kind of America than that usually found in the staid and sober 1950 s.

“I think On the Road is one of those books that people of a certain generation kind of all have a certain relationship or familiarity with,” Holdread said. “It almost acts like a Rorschach Test, in a sense, because people sort of make it mean whatever they need it to mean to them. That was sort of how this little project was forming. After I got into to re-reading On the Road I realized he wasn’t really telling me what to think about. It’s more that Joe and I, as we traveled along that stretch, talked quite a bit. One of the things that we talked about was Kerouac as a sort of anthropologist or an archeologist who’s picking up artifacts of culture along the way. He’s not necessarily always explaining the artifacts, he’s just collecting.”

Both Tarabino and Holdread said Kerouac’s work was an early example of visual journaling, with the artist writing and sketching their impression of what they see along the way in a free form style that often defies categorization.

The Trinidad connection to Kerouac was his friend Hal Chase, a Denver archeologist who introduced Kerouac to Neal Cassady, who was the actual driver on the trip described in On the Road. Chase made several journeys of discovery into the mesas and canyons of Southeastern Colorado, looking for prehistoric artifacts. Chase was a teacher in the Archeology Department at Trinidad State Junior College and knew many local people, Tarabino said.

“When Kerouac comes to Trinidad, he says something to the effect of, ‘Chase has no idea that we’re on the road, both writing a story and creating a new history, because he’s off the road digging up an older history, but telling his story to his students,’” Tarabino said. “So you have this archeological transfer from Chase’s students learning about the Beat Generation as it was being formed while they were digging up the Indian culture, which they kind of idolized, and then they were creating a new culture. So you have these cultural layers that are coming together as Kerouac is coming through Trinidad.”

Holdread summed up what On the Road had meant for him as a younger person.

“I think for a lot of people On the Road was one of those books in the library about the counter-culture,” he said. “It was for me, because there was just something about the idea of being on the road. It’s not about where you’ve come from, or about your vision for the future. It’s being here now and in the moment of transition from one moment to the next, traveling through life and experiencing those moments on the road, not arriving, not being credentialed in terms of where you came from, but living the moment.”

Holdread said he and Tarabino had a lot of fun while following Kerouac’s trail, imagining what the Lowell, Mass., native would have thought of the raw natural beauty and wide-open spaces of the American West. They themselves experienced some of that majestic splendor while following in Kerouac’s footsteps.

Both men said they saw Kerouac as more of a tragic figure than a heroic one, especially later in his life. Kerouac never managed to match the success he’d had with On the Road, and struggled to live up to his reputation as the intellectual leader of the Beat Generation. His life descended into alcoholism and he died in 1969.

They were asked what it was about Kerouac’s life that fascinated them. Holdread said Kerouac was a victim of his own fame, trying to live up to the image the media had created of him.

Tarabino compared Kerouac’s tragedy with the similar tragic ending of Drop City, the Trinidad art community of geodesic domes that became world famous during the 1960s, but descended into poverty crime and drug abuse before closing in the 1970s.

Whether tragic or heroic, Kerouac’s On the Road story proved a worthy subject for Holdread’s Journaling Jack, a fascinating look back on an earlier American dreamer.

question: What does the text say about Jack Kerouac's life?

answer: He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was an author, artist, and poet. He was part of the Beat Generation of the 1950s. He died in 1969.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Kerouac struggled with alcoholism.

critique: It's omitted that Kerouac was a victim of his own fame, trying to live up to the image the media had created of him.

critique: The answer does not mention his most famous work.

critique: The answer omits that Kerouac was a counter-cultural figure who exemplified the Beat Generation.

critique: The answer should mention his alcoholism.

question: What does the text say about Beatniks?

answer: The Beat Generation, also known as Beatniks, is a counter-cultural movement that came out of the 1950s. It is exemplified by Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel, "On the Road" and the characters in it. It was a journey to try and discover a mystical "It" that the characters can't define but they find it to be the "Real America."

critique: It's omitted that the Beatniks are a leading figures of the Beat Generation.

critique: The answer does not mention the Beatniks as a counter-cultural movement.

critique: The answer should mention that the Beatniks were a counter-cultural movement.

critique: The answer should mention the Beatniks' lifestyle.

critique: The answer should include that the Beatniks are a group of people.

critique: The Beat Generation is not only exemplified by Kerouac's novel, but by the characters in it.

question: What does the text say about Kerouac's family?

answer: No answer

critique: It is omitted that Kerouac never married and had no children.

critique: The text does not mention anything about Kerouac's family.

critique: This answer is wrong as there is plenty of information about Kerouac's family in this article.

critique: The answer should mention that Kerouac's family is not discussed in the text.

critique: The text does not mention Kerouac's family.


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Brigadier ARTHUR JERVOIS TURNER, (10 June 1878 – 8 September 1952) was an English cricketer,[1] rugby union player and British Army officer.[2] A right-handed batsman, right-arm underarm medium pace bowler and occasional wicket-keeper,[3] he played first-class cricket for various teams between 1897 and 1914,[4] predominately for Essex.[5] He also played for the Egypt national cricket team.[6] His other sporting interests included Rugby Union, and he played for Blackheath F.C. and Kent at that sport.[7]

Personal life

Born in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1878,[8] Arthur Turner was the son of a JT Turner, who played cricket for Hong Kong and died on the SS Bokhara on the way back from playing a match for Hong Kong against Shanghai.[9]

His younger brother Walter also played cricket for Essex,[10] whilst another brother John played first-class cricket in India,[11] as did his nephew Antony.[12]

He was educated at Bedford Modern School, gaining a place in the school's cricket team when aged 13. He played four seasons for the school, captaining them in 1895.[13] He died in Sussex in 1952.[14]

Cricket career

After gaining a reputation as a cricketer at school and with the Army, Turner played occasionally for Bedfordshire[15] before making his first-class debut for Essex in a County Championship match against Hampshire in June 1897.[16]

He played nine further County Championship matches for Essex that season and a dozen in the 1898 season, also playing in that year's Gentlemen v Players match at The Oval. He played ten County Championship matches in 1899, also playing twice against Australia – once for Essex and once for the South of England. He also played for a Home Counties team against the Rest of England[17] and was invited to play in that year's Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's but could not accept the invitation due to military duties.[18]

He played no first-class cricket in 1900 or 1902, playing eight County Championship matches for Essex during the 1901 season. His appearances for Essex became more sporadic from this point, playing just twice in 1903, seven times in 1904, five times in 1905 and just once in 1906.[19]

After missing the 1907 season, he played four County Championship matches for Essex in 1908,[20] also playing for the British Army cricket team against the Navy at Lord's and for the Royal Artillery against Philadelphia that season.[21]

He played just two County Championship matches in 1909, also playing for Essex and the South of England against Australia and for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South. His final matches for Essex were in the 1910 season, playing five times for them in the County Championship, his last match coming against Yorkshire in August.[22]

He still played four more first-class matches, playing for a combined Army/Navy team against a combined Oxford/Cambridge University team in 1911, for the Army against the Navy in 1913 and for the Free Foresters against Oxford University and for the Army against Cambridge University in 1914.[23]

He played no more first-class cricket after World War I, though he continued to play cricket at a minor level. He played for the Army against a Public Schools team in 1920, and for the Royal Artillery against West Kent in 1925.[24]

In 1929, he played a match for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI in Cairo and his last recorded match was for the Army against the West Indies in May 1939[25] when he was 60.[26]

Statistics

In his 77 first-class matches, Arthur Turner scored 4053 runs at an average of 34.05, including eleven centuries. His highest score was 124[27] for Essex[28] against Warwickshire[29] in 1899.[30] Whilst he was considered an all-rounder at school,[31] Turner's underarm bowling was rarely used at first-class level. In all he took fifteen first-class wickets, with a best innings bowling performance of 3/47[32] for Essex[33] against Lancashire[34] in 1898. After taking 14 wickets in his first three seasons, he took only one more first-class wicket in his career.[35]

Military career

Turner was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 23 December 1897. He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899–1900), where he was promoted to lieutenant on 23 December 1900, was severely wounded and mentioned in despatches.[36] He returned to serve in South Africa in 1902, and received a substantive commission as lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 26 March 1902, attached to the 61st Battery.[37] Following the end of the war, he returned home with the men of his battery on the SS _Sicilia_ in October 1902, when the battery was posted at Woolwich.[38]

He later served in France during the First World War and was decorated with the Croix de guerre. He was also decorated with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He achieved the rank of Brigadier.[39]

[1] Cricinfo profile

[2] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1953, Obituaries

[3] CricketArchive profile

[4] Teams played for by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

[5] First-class matches played by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

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[33] First-class bowling for each team by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

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question: Describe Arthur Turner's personal life.

answer: He grew up in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. He was the son of a JT Turner, who played cricket for Hong Kong and died on the SS Bokhara. He was educated at Bedford Modern School. He died in Sussex in 1952.

critique: The answer should mention that Turner had a brother who also played cricket.

critique:
- He was the son of JT Turner who died on the SS Bokhara going to play cricket for Hong Kong against Shanghai. He lived in Hong Kong (and possibly Shanghai) and the United Provinces.
- Arthur had two younger brothers and one of them also played first-class cricket.

critique: It's omitted that he had a cricket career and military career.

critique: Unnecessary information that should be omitted: He was educated at Bedford Modern School, gaining a place in the school's cricket team when aged 13.

critique: "He was educated at Bedford Modern School." - this is not relevant to his personal life.

critique: It is omitted that Turner at school and in the British army.

critique: Add information about his brothers and nephew

critique: The answer should mention Turner's younger brother and nephew.

critique: The answer doesn't mention his siblings.

critique: It is omitted that he had two brothers who also played cricket.

critique: "He" should be "Turner" to make this an accurate sentence.

question: Describe Arthur Turner's Cricket Career.

answer: Arthur Turner played for many teams and had an illustrious career. He started off playing for Bedfordshire on an occasional basis before going on to play for the Essex County team. Arthur went on to play 27 matches for Essex, and then went on to represent almost all of England's cricket teams. Even after the first World War ceased and people stopped playing, Arthur continued playing until 1937.

critique: Arthur did not play for all of England's cricket teams. He played for the Army against a Public Schools team in 1920, and for the Royal Artillery against West Kent in 1925.

critique: His first class games were played in 1897, and he stopped playing during WWI.

critique: The answer is misleading and inaccurate.

critique: "Arthur went on to play 27 matches for Essex, and then went on to represent almost all of England's cricket teams." - this is inaccurate. He played 9 matches for Essex, and then went on to represent almost all of England's cricket teams.

critique: The answer is inaccurate. It should be rewritten.

critique: The answer is not clear about the number of matches Turner played.

critique: The answer is not specific to Turner's cricket career.

critique: The answer is misleading and inaccurate. It claims that Arthur played 27 matches for Essex, which is not true.

critique: Doesn't mention his matches for the Egypt national cricket team.

critique: The sentence "Even after the first World War ceased and people stopped playing, Arthur continued playing until 1937" is inaccurate and should be omitted.

critique: "he went on to represent almost all of England's cricket teams." - there is no evidence of this.

critique: Arthur played for England, not for almost all of England's cricket teams.

critique: The 2nd sentence is not wholly accurate or relevant here.

critique: The article doesn't mention he "went on to represent almost all of England's cricket teams" and that he continues playing even after the first World War ceased and people stopped playing.

critique: This response is not relevant to the question being asked and needs to be corrected.

question: Describe Arthur Turner's Military Career.

answer: He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1900, returned to South Africa in 1902. He served in the First World War, and in 1929 he played a game in Egypt. He achieved the rank of Brigadier.

critique: It is omitted that Turner served in the Royal Artillery and the Royal Field Artillery.

critique: The response misses to mention that Turner served in the First World War.

critique: His most interesting military events occurred after World War 1

critique: It is omitted that Turner was commissioned in the Royal Artillery when he was eighteen.

critique: "He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1900, returned to South Africa in 1902. He served in the First World War, and in 1929 he played a game in Egypt. He achieved the rank of Brigadier." - this is irrelevant to the question.

critique: It is omitted that he was severely wounded and mentioned in despatches during the Second Boer War.

critique: "He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1900, returned to South Africa in 1902. He served in the First World War, and in 1929 he played a game in Egypt. He achieved the rank of Brigadier." - there's no mention of Turner playing a game in Egypt in 1929.

critique: Brigadier is the highest rank they could attain, so to say he was "promoted" to it is inaccurate.

critique: The answer omits mention of Turner's injury, being mentioned in despatches and his military decorations.

critique: The answer should mention that he received various medals of honor.

critique: The answer should mention his military decorations.

critique: The answer misses to mention that Turner was also a cricket player for the Egyptian National Cricket Team.

critique: The answer omits his service in France during the First World War.

critique: I'd add the details of when he served in the British Army

text: Turner playing a game in Egypt is irrelevant to the question and should be omitted.

refinement: He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1900, returned to South Africa in 1902. He served in the First World War, and in 1929 he played a game in Egypt. He achieved the rank of Brigadier.


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As a designer, I can attest to the fact that two tasks heavily affect productivity in creating a presentation, an infographic and other forms of visual content:

1. The process of creating the structure (layout) of your design.

2. Spending countless hours trying to find the right icon to complement your layout and its content.

If designers face these challenges, imagine how much more time-consuming and frustrating it is for everyone else. This is what led us to launch a ton of new icons to satisfy any project need.

Although up to now, Visme has been helping users overcome design challenges by providing easy-to-customize templates, we were falling short on our graphic assets. For example, searches for certain icons often resulted in little to no results or icons that did not have that "it" factor.

WE HAD TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM!

I decided to put a team of designers together here at Visme and over the last 3 months, we dedicated hundreds of hours carefully selecting, optimizing and importing icons to our library. Some icons we designed in-house and in other cases negotiated an extended license (which, to say the least, was not cheap, but essential to providing our users with the best icons you can get anywhere).

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You can now start spicing up your content with thousands of new, beautiful icons without having to look elsewhere

As of today, we have over 5,200 vector icons across 23 categories in our library, so you can locate a desired icon right within Visme without having to worry about searching other sites and dealing with paying for icons or licensing issues.

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Here's an overview and a few tips and tricks to help you spice up your visual content:

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Flat design is the current trend.  By eliminating unnecessary extras (such as drop shadows, extra colors and lines, etc.), you can achieve a clean and crisp design that will not overpower your content.

We provide the majority of our icons in both FLAT COLOR and OUTLINE versions.   This way you can select the version that best complements your design needs.

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Customize color and size to your needs

The beauty of our icons also lies in the ability to customize color. We have dissected each icon's color scheme into just a few primary colors, so all you need to do is click an icon to gain full control and assign your own colors. You can choose from the available colors applicable to your theme or click the "+" to add your own custom color.

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Every icon is vectorized!

WHAT DOES "VECTORIZED" MEAN? If you want the geeky definition, you can read about it here; but in short, it basically means that you can size your objects to be as big or as small as you like and they will remain perfectly crisp. This also means that when you download it for print use (PDF download), the icons will be high-resolution and crisp to the point.

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question: What steps has Visme taken to solve the problem of time with regards to design?

answer: Visme collaborates with a team of designers who dedicate their time to selecting, optimizing, and importing icons to the website for millions of designers to use.

critique: "Visme collaborates with a team of designers who dedicate their time to selecting, optimizing, and importing icons to the website for millions of designers to use." - this is incorrect. Visme is a website that offers templates and icons for designers to use. The team of designers is the one that created the icons.


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_I don’t want to._

How many times have you wanted to say those four words in your professional life? I’m willing to bet the number is pretty high.

Maybe you were looking for a way out of a networking event that your friend was begging you to attend. Perhaps you just really didn’t feel like meeting that acquaintance for coffee so she could “pick your brain.” Or, maybe you wished you could scream this in your boss’ face when you were tasked with a project that filled you with dread.

There’s no shortage of instances that are ripe for the use of this rejection. But, there’s something about saying you don’t _want_ to do something that seems like a whiny and immature excuse.

Surely, there has to be a better way to get yourself out of something that you’d rather not do.

Good news: there is. Try one of these three statements that sound way more professional—even if your insides are only yelling, “Wahhh, I don’t wanna!”

1. “I Don’t Have the Time”

The majority of the instances when I find myself trying to sneak out of yet another commitment, my reasoning is simple: It’s because my schedule is already far too packed.

You know what? Being busy or booked is a perfectly justifiable reason for passing on something, so don’t be afraid to use it.

If you want to cushion the blow a little more, preface this statement with an, “I’d love to, but…” You might rather watch paint dry than do what that person is requesting, but they certainly don’t need to know that.

2. “Maybe Next Time”

This one works especially well for social obligations—like being invited out to a happy hour or a lunch date with a networking contact.

By referencing a “next time,” you’re politely shutting down that person’s request without brutally closing the door entirely.

Is it a little dishonest or passive aggressive—particularly if you never actually intend to do what’s being asked of you? Maybe. But, if your singular, current focus is staying far away from that event, this will get the job done.

3. “No, Thank You”

Sometimes keeping it simple really is the way to go, and I love this straightforward suggestion from Quora user and professor at Southern Virginia University, Orson Scott Card.

If and when you don’t want to do something, reply with a simple, “No, thank you.”

“If you explain, the person proposing the activity can argue, seek another day to do it, protest that you are mistaken in your reason for not doing the proposed activity,” says Card in his Quora response, “Eventually, you have to lie, get angry, be offensive, or give in.”

By repeating only this gracious rejection, you aren’t giving them any wiggle room to argue with you. They’ll have to accept the fact that you’re turning them down—or run the risk of looking rude if they continue to push when you’ve made it clear that you’re not interested.

There are plenty of things that you don’t want to do in your professional life (and, sorry, but sometimes you have no choice but to actually do them).

But, in those moments when you need an excuse better than, “Nah, I don’t want to!” rely on these three statements instead. You’ll pass on prospective obligations with just the right amount of politeness and professionalism.

[Kat Boogaard]
Kat is a Midwest-based freelance writer, covering topics related to careers, productivity, and the freelance life. In addition to The Muse, she's a contributor all over the web and dishes out research-backed advice for places like Atlassian, Trello, Toggl, Wrike, The Everygirl, FlexJobs, and more. She's also an Employment Advisor at a local college, and loves helping students prepare to thrive in careers (and lives!) they love. When she manages to escape from behind her computer screen, she's usually babying her two rescue mutts or continuing her search for the perfect taco. Say hi on Twitter @kat_boogaard or check out her website.

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question: What are some tips that the article describes to get yourself out of a social commitment?

answer: The article describes tips such as, saying “I don’t have the time,” or “maybe next time,” or simply saying “No, thank you.”

critique: The first tip is presented as the least acceptable form of response to wishes that go against your own. It should not be recommended in the article.

critique: The article does not say that you should say "No, thank you" to get yourself out of a social commitment.

critique: The answer should mention that the tips are for getting out of social commitments.

critique: The response should include that the tips are for social obligations.

critique: The answer should mention that the article is written by Kat Boogaard.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

critique: The article does not describe saying "No, thank you" as a tip.

question: Would introverts find the tips in this article very helpful?

answer: It is likely that they would because they are given ways to say 'no' in a diplomatic manner.

critique: The article does not specify that the tips are for introverts.

critique: The question is asking about introverts specifically, not diplomacy in general.

critique: The answer is a bit vague. It should be more specific about the tips that are helpful to introverts.

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While it makes a lot of sense for many businesses to start a call center, many others are worried about what it will cost them. In this article, we’ll answer “how much does it cost to set up a call center?” so that you can plan effectively and make the most of your budget.

_NOTE:_ In 2019, we launched our most innovative product yet, the AVOXI GENIUS CLOUD CONTACT CENTER. Any call center cost comparisons in this post have not yet been updated to reflect AVOXI Genius's affordable new pricing.

On-site or virtual call center

The biggest factor that will influence your initial call center costs is whether you decide to start with an on-premise system or virtual call center software. Virtual call centers come with fewer upfront costs because you won’t need to pay for hardware or equipment. (If your employees are working remotely, you won’t have to pay for Internet service or office space, either.)

An on-site call center is a much bigger investment; you’ll have to purchase equipment that will be housed on your premises, which means that you’ll need dedicated space for hardware and your employees. In the future, you’ll also have to foot the costs for maintenance, upgrades, and any new equipment you might need to buy.

Internet service and bandwidth

If you choose to set up a virtual call center, you’ll need to factor reliable Internet service into your call center cost calculations. Whether you have 5 or 50 employees working for you, you will have to make sure that you have enough bandwidth to support high quality calls.

Prices for Internet service vary based on providers and your location; but, a good rule of thumb is to have 100 kpbs of bandwidth for each concurrent call taking place on your system. Using this simple equation, you should be able to get an accurate quote from your potential Internet provider.

Office space and equipment

If you decide to run your call center (on-site or virtual) from a dedicated location, you’ll have to set up an office space. Additionally, your initial call center costs might include basic office equipment, such as chairs, desks, phones, computers, and other office supplies that your employees will need. These are important costs to consider when starting your call center.

VoIP call center software and calling costs

Most modern call centers opt for virtual call center software. With a cloud-based call center solution, you can run your entire call center over the Internet by using a provider’s software. This software is usually available for a monthly cost per agent.

Depending on the functionality that you need and the provider you choose, you could pay anywhere from $50 - $300 per month per agent for access to the software. You’ll also want to remember that the costs of the calling taking place on your system are not included in these ongoing call center costs.

Salaries and other employee costs

With both an on-site and virtual call center, you’ll be responsible for the salaries of your employees. Other employee-related costs might include health care, paid time off, maternity leave, etc.

It’s important to factor these hidden call center costs into your calculations because they’ll impact your budget year round. On the one hand, these costs are easily managed because you directly control the number of employees working in your call center. Conversely, you have to have strong team of motivated employees working in order to keep customer satisfaction rates high.

Weighing Call Center Costs and Benefits

Whether you’re managing an outbound sales team or an in-house customer support department, a strong call center can make or break your business. However, there are a number of factors that go into starting a call center. If you’re just starting out, or looking to upgrade your existing system, it’s important to plan and budget for every aspect of your new call center.

question: What does the text say about internet service for a call center?

answer: The biggest factor that will influence your initial call center costs is whether you decide to start with an on-premise system or virtual call center software. If you decide to run your call center (on-site or virtual) from a dedicated location, you’ll have to set up an office space and you’ll have to have an Internet service. If you choose to set up a virtual call center, you’ll need to factor reliable Internet service into your call center cost calculations.

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

critique: The answer should mention the bandwidth needed.

critique: This answer is redundantly related to the primary topic of the text.

critique: The answer should mention the bandwidth requirement.

critique: The answer does not mention the bandwidth needed for Internet service.

question: What does the text say about employee costs?

answer: An on-site call center must have dedicated office space and make sure they have enough bandwidth to support high quality calls. With both an on-site and virtual call center, you'll be responsible for the salaries of your employees. You'll also have to ensure that your employees have desks and offices, health care coverage, and paid time off.

critique: The costs of having phone and internet services are omitted.

critique: The answer should mention maternity leave.

critique: It is omitted that other employee-related costs might include maternity leave.

critique: It is omitted that the costs include maternity leave.


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The NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 is a law in the United States signed by President George W. Bush on January 28, 2008. As a bill it was H.R. 4986 in the 110th Congress. The overall purpose of the law is to authorize funding for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad, for military construction, and for national security-related energy programs. In a controversial signing statement, President Bush instructed the executive branch to construe Sections 841, 846, 1079, and 1222 “in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President”.

Section 841

Establishes a Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. This commission would study federal agency contracting for reconstruction, the logistical support of coalition forces, and the performance of security functions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of the most important duties of this commission would be to assess the extent of potential violations of laws of war, Federal law, or other legal precedents as well as assess the extent of waste, fraud, and abuse under federal contracts. These provisions could be the basis for bringing criminal or civil charges against agencies under the executive branch.

Section 846

Provides protection for contractor employees who wish to disclose wrongdoing to a member of the United States Congress or a Congressional committee member.

Section 904

Outlined under “Title IX - Department of Defense Organization and Management”, section 904 deals with the “Management of the Department of Defense”. The section defines the requirement “for improving and evaluating the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the business operations of the Department of Defense and achieving an integrated management system for business support areas within the Department of Defense”.

Section 1079

Directly deals with communications with the committee on Armed Forces in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, in which either the Senate or House could request an intelligence assessment, report, estimate, or legal opinion from the director of a national intelligence center. The section accounts for the possibility of the President invoking executive privilege, and contains a sub-section demanding the White House Counsel prepare a legitimate reason for invoking privilege.

Section 1222

Limits spending and funding for certain purposes relating to Iraq, “(1) To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. (2) To exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq.”

Section 1822

Section 1822 requires the President to “establish a bipartisan Council of Governors to advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the White House Homeland Security Council on matters related to the National Guard and civil support missions”.

State immunity exceptions

The 2004 decision of _Cicippio-Puleo v. Islamic Republic of Iran_, which the DC Circuit Court ruled that foreign countries known to be supports of state-sponsored terrorism could not be sued for private cause of action under the current Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, even with the Flatow Amendment, affected numerous other terrorism-related lawsuits in the court system at the time. Within the NDAA 2008, Congress expanded exceptions to the state immunity protections granted by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Exceptions were added for torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, and hostage-taking, and specifically making foreign countries that backed state-sponsored terrorism liable for the actions of its officials and agents which may be involved in such state-sponsorship.[1][2]

Signing statement

In signing the law, the Bush administration continued its use of the signing statement to object to parts of laws it viewed as conflicting with what it alleged are the constitutional powers of the unitary executive, especially as they related to national defense and the war in Iraq.[3] The following Sections of the law referenced in the signing statement are listed, along with the possible impact of being mentioned in the signing statement:[4]

-   Section 841: May reduce oversight of contractual abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan.
-   Section 846: Possibly limits protection to contractor employees when disclosing improper actions of the employer.
-   Section 1079: Could limit how much intelligence information Congress can demand from intelligence officials.
-   Section 1222: May limit Congressional oversight in the permanent establishment of U.S. military bases or the use of government funds to control oil resources in Iraq.

[1] Public Law 110-18

[2]

[3] Lou Fisher, _Presidential War Power_, 2nd ed. University of Kansas Press, 2007.

[4] Froomkin, D. “Bush Thumbs Nose at Congress”, _The Washington Post_, January 30, 2008.

question: How did the bill get through congressional approval without objection?

answer: It may be implied that the bill was signed because of the support it had from the White House.

critique: The answer does not explain why the bill had support from the White House.

critique: The article does not state that the bill was signed because of the support it had from the White House.

critique: The answer is too vague and not relevant to the question.

question: What is the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008?

answer: It is a law in the United States signed by President George W. Bush on January 28, 2008.

critique: The answer should include some more details about the purpose of the law.

critique: The answer should mention the purpose of the law.

question: Why was the National Defense Authorization Act controversial?

answer: The Bush administration's use of the signing statement to object to parts of laws it viewed as conflicting with what it alleged are the constitutional powers of the unitary executive.

critique: The answer should mention the specific sections of the law that the Bush administration objected to.

critique: The answer should mention the signing statement's impact on the law.

critique: The signing statement is not the only reason for the controversy.

critique: The answer should mention that the signing statement was controversial because it was used to object to parts of the law that related to the war in Iraq.

question: Summarize the four controversial Sections in the National Defense Authorization Act.

answer: Section 841 may reduce oversight of contractual abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan. Section 846 may limit protection to contractor employees when disclosing improper actions of the employer. Section 1079 could limit how much intelligence information Congress can demand from intelligence officials. Section 1222 may limit Congressional oversight in the permanent establishment of U.S. military bases or the use of government funds to control oil resources in Iraq.

critique: The answer should mention that the Bush administration objected to these sections in the signing statement.

critique: The answer should mention that the Sections are controversial because of the signing statement.

critique: The answer should mention that the sections were controversial because of the signing statement.

critique: The answer is not a summary but a list of the sections.

text: The answer should clarify what the sections (Sections 841, 846, 1079 and 1222) actually are - this instead summarizes the controversial interpretations/objections the Bush administration had to these sections, rather than the sections themselves.


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I remember well the first institution to announce it was divesting from fossil fuel. It was 2012 and I was on the second week of a gruelling tour across the US trying to spark a movement. Our roadshow had been playing to packed houses down the west coast, and we’d crossed the continent to Portland, Maine. As a raucous crowd jammed the biggest theatre in town, a physicist named Stephen Mulkey took the mic. He was at the time president of the tiny Unity College in the state’s rural interior, and he announced that over the weekend its trustees had voted to sell their shares in coal, oil and gas companies. “The time is long overdue for all investors to take a hard look at the consequences of supporting an industry that persists in destructive practices,” he said.

Six years later, we have marked the 1,000th divestment in what has become by far the largest anti-corporate campaign of its kind. The latest to sell their shares – major French and Australian pension funds, and Brandeis University in Massachusetts – bring the total size of portfolios and endowments in the campaign to just under $8 trillion (£6.4tn).

The list of institutions that have cut their ties with this most destructive of industries encompasses religious institutions large and small (the World Council of Churches, the Unitarians, the Lutherans, the Islamic Society of North America, Japanese Buddhist temples, the diocese of Assisi); philanthropic foundations (even the Rockefeller family, heir to the first great oil fortune, divested its family charities); and colleges and universities from Edinburgh to Sydney to Honolulu are on board, with more joining each week. Forty big Catholic institutions have already divested; now a campaign is urging the Vatican bank itself to follow suit. Ditto with the Nobel Foundation, the world’s great art museums, and every other iconic institution that works for a better world.

Thanks to the efforts of groups such as People & Planet (and to the Guardian, which ran an inspiring campaign), half the UK’s higher education institutions are on the list. And so are harder-nosed players, from the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund (at a trillion dollars, the largest pool of investment capital on Earth) to European insurance giants such as Axa and Allianz. It has been endorsed by everyone from Leonardo DiCaprio to Barack Obama to Ban Ki-moon (and, crucially, by Desmond Tutu, who helped run the first such campaign a generation ago, when the target was apartheid).

And the momentum just keeps growing: 2018 began with New York City deciding to divest its $189bn pension funds. Soon the London mayor Sadiq Khan was on board, joining the New York mayor Bill de Blasio to persuade the other financial capitals of the planet to sell. By midsummer Ireland became the first nation to divest its public funds. And this month, across-party group of 200 MPs and former MPscalled on the their pension fund to phase out its substantial investment in fossil fuel giants.

Heavy hitters like that make it clear that the first line of objection to fossil fuel divestment has long since been laid to rest: this is one big action you can take against climate change without big cost. Indeed, early divesters have made out like green-tinged bandits: since the fossil fuel sector has badly underperformed on the market over recent years, moving money into other investments has dramatically increased returns. Pity, for instance, the New York state comptroller Thomas DeNapoli – unlike his New York City counterpart, he refused to divest, and the cost has been about $17,000 per pensioner.

The deeper question, though, is whether divestment is making a dent in the fossil fuel industry. And there the answer is even clearer: this has become the deepest challenge yet to the companies that have kept us on the path to climate destruction.

[Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres with President-designate of COP21 Laurent Fabius, at the Paris summit in 2015.]

Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres with President-designate of COP21 Laurent Fabius, at the Paris summit in 2015. Photograph: Stephane Mahe/Reuters
At first we thought our biggest effect would be to rob fossil fuel companies of their social licence. Since their political lobbying power is above all what prevents governments taking serious action on global warming, that would have been worth the fight. And indeed academic research makes it clear that’s happened – one study concluded that “liberal policy ideas (such as a carbon tax), which had previously been marginalised in the US debate, gained increased attention and legitimacy”. That makes sense: most people don’t have a coal mine or gas pipeline in their backyard, but everyone has – through their alma mater, their church, their local government – some connection to a large pot of money.

As time went on, though, it became clear that divestment was also squeezing the industry. Peabody, the world’s biggest coal company, announced plans for bankruptcy in 2016; on the list of reasons for its problems, it counted the divestment movement, which was making it hard to raise capital. Indeed, just a few weeks ago analysts at that radical collective Goldman Sachs said the “divestment movement has been a key driver of the coal sector’s 60% de-rating over the past five years”.

Now the contagion seems to be spreading to the oil and gas sector, where Shell announced earlier this year that divestment should be considered a “material risk” to its business. That’s how oil companies across the world are treating it – in the US, petroleum producers have set up a website designed to discredit divestment,. and for a while had me under round-the-clock public surveillance. The pressure is not preventing anyone from acting: when Yale arrested 48 brave students who were occupying its investment offices last week, they left chanting: “We’ll be back.”

Divestment by itself is not going to win the climate fight. But by weakening – reputationally and financially – those players that are determined to stick to business as usual, it’s one crucial part of a broader strategy. The Carbon Tracker initiative in London published the first report laying out the fact that the fossil fuel industry has five times more carbon in its reserves than any climate scientist thinks is safe. And with activists marching and going to jail, phrases such as “stranded assets” were soon appearing in the mouths of everyone from hedge fund managers to the governor of the Bank of England.

As Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief who managed to push through the Paris accords in 2015, put it: “The pensions, life insurances and nest eggs of billions of ordinary people depend on the long-term security and stability of institutional investment funds. Climate change increasingly poses one of the biggest long-term threats to those investments and the wealth of the global economy.” Last year she turned down an honorary degree from a US university because it hadn’t yet sold its stock.

We can’t count on governments alone to do the work necessary – governments, from Canada and America to Russia and Saudi Arabia to China and India, are still too often beholden to the fossil fuel companies. We need to keep pushing hard on those companies – and we will.

• Bill McKibben is a writer and co-founder of the climate campaign 350.org

question: What does the article say about how the divestment campaign accomplishes its goals?

answer: The campaign works by persuading big institutions to withdraw their holdings in the fossil fuel sector. This weakens the industry’s reputation and finances, which makes it more difficult to raise capital and maintain the sector.

critique: The answer should mention the importance of the movement's momentum.

critique: "This weakens the industry’s reputation and finances, which makes it more difficult to raise capital and maintain the sector." - this is inaccurate. The campaign weakens the industry's reputation and finances, which makes it more difficult to raise capital and maintain the sector.

critique: It's omitted that rallies and civil disobedience are used to support the campaign.

critique: There is no evidence to suggest that the campaign weakens the industry's reputation and finances.

critique: The answer should mention the effect on public opinion.

critique: The answer should mention the effect on the industry's reputation.

critique: The answer omits the role of divestment in weakening the industry's reputation and finances.

question: What does the article say about the support behind the divestment movement?

answer: The article mentions that the movement has been supported by many institutions, including religious institutions, philanthropic foundations, and colleges and universities. The movement has also been supported by Leonardo DiCaprio, Barack Obama, and Ban Ki-moon. The momentum of the movement has been growing, with New York City deciding to divest its $189bn pension funds.

critique: The answer should mention the size of the total divestment.

critique: The answer omits the support of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, European insurance giants, and the 200 MPs and former MPs.

critique: The answer omits the support of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund and European insurance giants.

critique: The answer omits the support of the 200 MPs and former MPs.

critique: The answer omits the support of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, European insurance giants, and a group of 200 MPs and former MPs.

critique: needs a time perspective - this isn't "recent" support

critique: "The momentum of the movement has been growing, with New York City deciding to divest its $189bn pension funds." - doesn't add anything to the answer.

critique: The article also mentions that the movement has been supported by half of the UK's higher education institutions.

question: What does the article say about how the movement affected Tesla?

answer: No answer

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ELKANAH KELSEY DARE (15 January 1782 – 26 August 1826) was a New England Methodist minister[1][2] and composer of music. He was among the first American composers[3] who published music in shape notes.[4]

Life

Elkanah Kelsey Dare was born in Salem, New Jersey, the son of Benoni Dare (1749-1802) and Damaris Kelsey (1748-1788). He married Mary Phillips in 1804, and they had ten children.[5] They moved to Wilmington, Delaware some time before 1809, and to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, before 1818. Dare joined the Presbyterian church in Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey, at age 23. Dare was hired by the Harrisburg printer John Wyeth as music editor for _Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second_ (1813), where he is mentioned as being “late of Wilmington College,”[6] so this may have been the occasion of his move to Pennsylvania. From 1817 until his death, he pastored at the Union Presbyterian Church, Colerain Township, Pennsylvania.[7] He also served as Dean of Boys at Wilmington College, Delaware. Dare died of swamp fever in 1826.[8]

Musical works

All of Elkanah Dare's ten compositions[9] appear in _Wyeth's Repository_, 1813.[10] Five of his compositions have recently been reprinted in the Shenandoah Harmony (2013).

-   _Kedron_ (1799)[11]
-   _Road's Town_ (1813)[12][13]
-   _Babylonian Captivity_ (1813)[14]
-   Free scores available at _The Choral Public Domain Library_.[15]

Music Editor of _Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Second Part_

In his introduction to the facsimile edition of _Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music_ (New York, Da Capo Press: 1974), musicologist Irving Lowens points out that there is no evidence for publisher John Wyeth having any music training.[16] This was not necessary for the original _Repository_ of 1810, which modeled itself on successful tunebooks by other publishers, using their most popular songs, and was designed to appeal to moderate evangelical Christians. The market for the _Second Part_ three years later comprised Methodists and Baptists who were caught up in the enthusiastic revivalism of the time,[17] and this required a real musician who could collect folk tunes, folk hymns, and camp meeting songs, transcribe them, and write harmonies. Elkanah Dare is the only person mentioned in this regard, though there may have been others.[18]

The introductory essay to _Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Second Part_ is prefaced by an acknowledgement to Dare's editorial approach.

  The following observations on Music are extracted, by permission, from the Manusript [_sic_] work of E. K. Dare, A.B. late of Wilmington College, which we hope, ere long to be published soon. [19]

The value of these observations is mentioned by publishers of Southern tunebooks who placed increasing emphasis on regional folk tunes,[20] although they do not mention Dare by name. There is no record of Dare's manuscript work ever having been published.

Discography

-   _Babylonian Captivity_ - _I Am The Rose Of Sharon_ - Early American Vocal Music Vol 1 CD

[1] “Elkanah Dare.” _The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology_. Canterbury Press. Web. 29 Dec. 2018.<http://www.hymnology.co.uk/e/elkanah-dare>

[2] http://phonoarchive.org/grove/Entries/S25584.htm Shape Note Hymnody

[3] http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American composer Timeline

[4] Delaware - A Guide to the First State By Hesperides, Hesperides Published 2007 READ BOOKS

[5] https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/benoni-dare_2461644

[6] John Wyeth, preface to “On the Genera of Music” in _Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second_ Irving Lowens, ed. (New York: Da Capo Press, 1964), p. 3.

[7] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116471695/elkanah-kelsay-dare

[8] _200 Years of Union Presbyterian Church_ May 2016

[9] Temperley, Nicholas. _The Hymn Tune Index_, accessed 28 December 2018.

[10] Wyeth, John. 1813. _Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second_. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: John Wyeth. 120 pp. Second Edition, 1820, 132 pp. (Second Edition reprinted by Da Capo Press, New York, 1964).

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[16] Irving Lowens, “Introduction” to _Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music_ Irving Lowens, ed. (New York: Da Capo Press, 1974), p. vii.

[17] Scholars who agree with Lowens' argument about Wyeth's lack of musical training nevertheless emphasize the business acumen of Wyeth in perceiving a market for religious folk music, where none had existed before, for example Ross W. Ellison, “John Wyeth, Early American Tunebook Publisher”, _The American Music Teacher,_ Vol. 25, No. 1, (Sep 1, 1975), p. 22.

[18] “The fact that Wyeth himself was no musician poses a collateral problem: whose were the musical brains behind _Part Second_? It appears highly probably that the person responsible for the organization of the tue-book and its general editorial supervision was the Rev. Elanah Kelsay Dare (1782-1826), Methodist clergyman, Freemason, and musician, who at one time served as the dean of boys at Wilmington College, Wilmington, Del., an institution long since defunct.” Irving Lowens, “Introduction” to _Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second_ Irving Lowens, ed. (New York: Da Capo Press, 1964), p. xii.

[19] John Wyeth, _Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second,_ Irving Lowens, ed. (New York: Da Capo Press, 1964), p. 3.

[20] For example, Alexander Johnson, _Johnson's Tennessee Harmony_ (Cincinnati: Morgan, Lodge & Co., 1818), p. xiii; Allen D. Carden, _The Missouri Harmony_, stereotype ed. (Cincinnati: E. Morgan & Co., 1839), p. 12.

title: Elkanah Kelsey Dare

question: What does the article say about Elkanah Kelsey Dare's music career?

answer: Dare was a New England Methodist minister and composer of music. He was among the first American composers who published music in shape notes. He was hired by the Harrisburg printer John Wyeth as music editor for Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second. Dare's ten compositions appear in Wyeth's Repository. Five of his compositions have recently been reprinted in the Shenandoah Harmony.

critique: The answer omits that Dare was hired by Wyeth to transcribe folk tunes, folk hymns, and camp meeting songs.

critique: The answer omits that Dare was hired as a music editor.

critique: The answer omits that Dare was hired as the music editor for the second part of Wyeth's Repository.

critique: The answer should mention that he was the only person mentioned as being able to collect folk tunes, folk hymns, and camp meeting songs.

question: What does the article say about Dare's work as a New England Methodist minister?

answer: Dare was hired by the Harrisburg printer John Wyeth as music editor for Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second. He pastored at the Union Presbyterian Church, Colerain Township, Pennsylvania, from 1817 until his death. He also served as Dean of Boys at Wilmington College, Delaware.

critique: The answer omits the fact that Dare was a Methodist minister.

critique: "He pastored at the Union Presbyterian Church, Colerain Township, Pennsylvania, from 1817 until his death." - this is inaccurate. Dare was hired by the Harrisburg printer John Wyeth as music editor for Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second. He pastored at the Union Presbyterian Church, Colerain Township, Pennsylvania, from 1817 until his death. He also served as Dean of Boys at Wilmington College, Delaware.

critique: The answer omits Dare's life before 1817.

critique: The two jobs listed are different from each other-the reason for being hired as music editor is entirely different from the reason for pastoring. The work as a music editor does not really require an education-it was a business move on John Wyeth's part, which further shows that Dare was hired on Wyeth's educated guess, backed by his business common sense to recognize a market-not on his proven musican or spiritual talents. The pastoring job, however, requires the full range of talents that Dare probably had, including the spiritual. The job requires someone who could and would motivate a congregation, someone who can mentally organize talks, who presumably has a good repertoire and proven knowledge of theology, as well as actual musical (voce and instrument) talent. Really, the pastoral job involves much more than the semi-formal title and conclusion implies, so the second sentence would be better if it were the first sentence, to cut down the length and scope of this response.

critique: It is not stated that Dare was hired by the Harrisburg printer John Wyeth as music editor for Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second.

critique: The answer omits that Dare was a Methodist minister.

text: "Dare was hired by the Harrisburg printer John Wyeth as music editor for Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second. " - this part is irrelevant and should be removed.

question: What does the article say about John Wyeth's personal life?

answer: No answer

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

critique: The article does mention some details about John Wyeth's personal life.

critique: No information is given about John Wyeth's personal life.

critique: The article does mention John Wyeth's personal life.

critique: Grammar: It's omitted that Wyeth's life is absent in the article.

critique: The answer should mention that Wyeth was a printer.

text: Elkanah Kelsey Dare was born in Salem, New Jersey, the son of Benoni Dare (1749-1802) and Damaris Kelsey (1748-1788). He married Mary Phillips in 1804, and they had ten children. They moved to Wilmington, Delaware before 1809, and to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, before 1818. Dare joined the Presbyterian Church in Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey, at age 23.

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102 MORE Records Rescued from the $1 Bin! (Patreon Exclusive)

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