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Who doesn’t dream of flaunting a slim and trim waistline? Especially with wedding season fast approaching, five days is all you need to achieve it! Yes! In this article, we shall guide you on how to reduce belly fat in 5 days, by making simple, yet effective lifestyle changes. Sounds tempting? Read along to find out more.

Before we move into the tips section, let’s first understand what is belly fat and what are it’s risks? Belly fat is excess fat deposited in the abdominal region, which is also called Visceral fat. Compared to all other types of body fat, this one is associated with dangers of heart strokes, diabetes and other life threating problems.

How To Lose Belly Fat In 5 Days?

While it is not practical to remove belly fat naturally at home in 5 days, following these tips can certainly reduce the size and volume to a certain extent:

1. Reduce Calorie Intake:

Calories are nothing but the amount of energy released by a particular food. Taking a diet that is high in calories produces excess energy, which often gets stored in the form of fats. This is why you must keep a count on your calorie intake and energy output to strike balance. The next 5 days, indulge in low-cal meals like fruits, raw vegetables, soups, seeds etc., It is one of the best ways to lose belly fat without exercise.

SEE ALSO: Reduce Tummy Fat In 10 Days

2. Low-Carb Diet:

Carbohydrates are important to keep a body active. They are converted into glucose which produces instant energy. When an excess of carbs is taken, the glucose production also increases, which gets stored in the adipose tissues as fat deposits. This is why experts suggest cutting down on carbohydrates, not only to lose gut fat, but also for general well-being.

3. Moderate Intensity Workouts:

These 5 days, you must consciously take up a medium intensity workout. Plan for a practical exercise schedule, which has a combination of techniques like weights, crunches, planks, aerobics, Pilates, jogging, swimming etc., This can give you fast results in losing some extra bulk in your waist. Remember to respect your body limitations and not overdo things.

4. Say No To Alcohol:

Whether you are a habitual boozer or a social drinker, you must abstain from all forms of alcohol during the next 5 days. Alcohol contributes to excess ab fat, along with damaging your liver functionality. Also, you must quit high sodium, sugar, trans fats and other weight gaining substances to get rid of the fat deposits.

5. Eat Small Meals Frequently:

Although many people recommend taking small meals every 2-3 hours. This is known to speed up your digestion and reduce the load on your stomach. By planning for low-calorie, portion control meals, instead of large square meals, you can notice a visible reduction in tummy fat.

SEE ALSO: How To Lose Belly Fat In 1 Month

6. Drink Plenty Of Water:

Water can shrink your stomach fat by cleansing your internal system and eliminating the toxins. Drinking lots of water for the next few days can cut down your hunger cravings and overall food intake. This contributes to indirectly reduce weight and belly fat.

7. Increase Dietary Fiber:

Dietary fiber is linked with weight loss and prevention of fat accumulation in the body. Taking high amounts of soluble and insoluble fiber can prevent constipation and stomach bloating. It can clean your intestines and help you lose belly fat. Some of the best fibre-rich foods to consume are oatmeal, fruits like berries, apples, green leafy vegetables etc.,

8. Drink Green Tea:

As part of the diet plan, it is advisable to replace your daily coffee and tea with healthy green tea. This is a popular weight loss drink, which is also known to work on fat burn. Green tea contains catechins and other flavonoids, which are linked to obesity control and abdomen fat loss (1).

9. Reduce Stress Levels:

Stress is one of the biggest contributors to weight gain and body fat. Acute stress levels can lead to depression and “stress eating”. To tackle belly fat loss, you must first deal with this root cause. Take up meditation or other calming techniques and keep your mind at ease.

See Also: Diet To Lose Weight In 7 Days

10. Sleep Well:

To be on the healthy path, you must sleep for at least 7-9 hours, depending on your age. When we say sleep, it means quality, undisturbed one. Keep your gadgets away at least 1 hour before bedtime and maintain a silent environment. This can induce better sleep and makes you awake to a fresh morning. Following this routine can definitely support your fat loss goals.

Please note that these tips are merely advises based on some experiences. Although most of them claim to help you reduce belly fat in 5 days, the results vary from person to person. You must not solely rely on these tips and check with a doctor to outweigh the benefits and limitations. It is also impractical to dream of getting a 6-pack ab in less than a week. So, focus on healthy goals and take it step by step!

question: Summarize how one can lose and keep off weight successfully.

answer: The article offers 10 tips on how to lose weight. The first tip is to reduce calorie intake. The second is to cut down on carbohydrates. The third is to take up a moderate-intensity workout that includes a combination of techniques. The fourth is to say no to alcohol. The fifth is to eat small meals frequently. The sixth is to drink plenty of water. The seventh is to increase dietary fiber. The eighth is to drink green tea. The ninth is to reduce stress levels. The tenth is to sleep well.

critique: The answer should mention that the tips are not a guarantee.

critique: The answer should mention that the tips are not a guarantee of success.

question: Explain why a member of the writer's audience might not have thought of doing all these things prior to coming across this article.

answer: The article is written in a way that is easy to understand and is quite informative.

critique: There is no evidence to suggest that this is true.


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[Testing a spherical mirror using an interferometer. All surfaces in the tester are either flat or spherical, so the tester itself is fairly easy to fabricate and test. This setup can test a spherical mirror of any size – since the wavefront is spherical, the mirror can be small and close up, or many meters across and further away. The test only requires that the pinhole be located at the center of sphere defined by the mirror's surface.] A NULL CORRECTOR is an optical device used in the testing of large aspheric mirrors. A spherical mirror of any size can be tested relatively easily using standard optical components such as laser, mirrors, beamsplitters, and converging lenses. One method of doing this using a _Shack cube_ is shown at the right, and many other setups are possible. An interferometer test such as this one generates a contour map of the deviation of the surface from a perfect sphere, with the contours in units of half the wavelength used. This is called a _null test_ because when the mirror is perfect, the result is null (no contours at all). If the result is not null, then the mirror is not perfect, and the pattern shows where the optician should polish the mirror to improve it.

[Adding a null corrector so the interferometer test can measure an aspheric mirror. The null corrector cancels the non-spherical portion of the mirror figure, so when viewed from point A, the combination looks precisely spherical if the mirror under test has the correct figure. Diagram is not to scale – the null corrector is much smaller than shown here.]

However, the mirrors used in modern telescopes are not spherical – they are rotations of parabolas or hyperbolas, since these more complex shapes reduce optical aberrations and give a larger field of view. (See, for example, Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, or three-mirror anastigmats such as LSST.) Non-spherical mirrors such as these will not give a null result when tested as above, and null results are strongly preferred (they are very clean tests that require little interpretation, and the results translate directly to polishing requirements). One solution is to introduce a _null corrector_, as shown in the second figure. This consists of one or more lenses and/or mirrors introduced into the optical path that make the desired mirror look like a perfectly spherical mirror. Using this device, the measured contour map now shows the difference from the desired shape instead of the difference from a sphere. Now measurement and polishing can proceed just as in the spherical case. This method is used in the manufacture of almost all large mirrors for modern telescopes.[1]

Since the mirror will be ground to what the null corrector reports as the right prescription, it is critical that the null corrector be itself correct. An error in building the null corrector led to the mirror in the Hubble Space Telescope being ground to the wrong shape.[2] Less famously, this has happened in other cases as well, such as the New Technology Telescope.[3] Originally, there was no easy way to test a null corrector, so mirror fabricators needed to take extra care that the lenses were correct and spaced correctly (this second part, spacing, was the source of the Hubble null corrector failure).[4] With the advent of computer-generated holograms, it is now possible to create a hologram with the phase response of an arbitrary mirror. Such a hologram can be made to analytically duplicate the phase response of the desired mirror, then be tested with the null corrector just as the real mirror would be tested. If the combination looks like a spherical mirror to the interferometer, then both the null corrector and the hologram are correct with high probability, since the null corrector and the hologram are constructed independently by different procedures.[5] This procedure was used to test (and find an error in) the null corrector used for the MMT Observatory single-mirror retrofit.[6][7]

[1] . More than you ever wanted to know about null correctors.

[2]  The definitive report on the error in the Hubble mirror, traced to an error in the construction of the reflective null corrector.

[3] . Mentions error also happened during the manufacture of the New Technology Telescope.

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[5]  “The hologram is designed and fabricated independently from the null corrector, so agreement between the two indicates a high probability that both are correct.”

[6]  p. 85.

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title: Null corrector

question: What does the article say about testing an aspheric mirror?

answer: The article describes how to test a spherical mirror using an interferometer. The test only requires that the pinhole be located at the center of sphere defined by the mirror's surface. A null corrector is an optical device used in the testing of large aspheric mirrors. A spherical mirror of any size can be tested relatively easily using standard optical components such as laser, mirrors, beamsplitters, and converging lenses.

critique: What an interferometer is, how it works, and its relevance in testing mirrors is all irrelevant to the question.

critique: The answer should mention that a null corrector is used to cancel out the non-spherical portion of the mirror figure, making it appear spherical.

critique: The answer should mention that the null corrector cancels the non-spherical portion of the mirror figure.

critique: The answer should mention that the test is a null test.

question: What does the story say about the qualities that make a good telescope?

answer: No answer

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

critique: The answer should mention that the article doesn't mention anything about the qualities that make a good telescope.


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[Ludendorff in 1918] The _TANNENBERGBUND_ (, Tannenberg Union, TB) was a nationalist German political society formed in September 1925 at the instigation of Konstantin Hierl under the patronage of the former German Army general Erich Ludendorff. Part of the Völkisch movement, it was meant to counteract the _Der Stahlhelm_ veterans association as well as the reorganized _Sturmabteilung_ (SA) of the Nazi Party. The TB failed to meet the goal of a far-right collective movement and sank into insignificance long before it was officially banned by the Nazi authorities in September 1933.

Founding

During Germany's early Weimar period, Ludendorff had joined the chauvinist Aufbau Vereinigung and met with Adolf Hitler through the agency of Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter.[1] He participated in Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch on 9 November 1923, after which their relationship deteriorated increasingly. While Ludendorff despised the former 'corporal', he nevertheless backed the National Socialist Freedom Movement and ran for the Nazi Party in the 1925 Presidential election against his former Oberste Heeresleitung colleague Paul von Hindenburg.

Hitler feared the possibility of Ludendorff as a potential leadership rival and rejoiced in the General's derisory election result, telling Hermann Esser “now we've finally finished him”.[2] With his credibility severely damaged by the election result, Ludendorff drifted from the Nazi Party and joined his wife Mathilde von Kemnitz in setting up the Tannenbergbund, with the organisation taking its name from the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg, one of Ludendorff's greatest military triumphs.[3]

Development

The Tannenbergbund soon developed as largely a circle of former officers who had served under Ludendorff in World War I.[4] In terms of ideology the Bund largely concentrated on those whom it opposed, attacking Freemasons, Jews, communists and Jesuits and accusing them of conspiracy.[5] Such people were lumped in together as “die überstaatlichen Mächte” or “the powers above the state”.[6] The Bund became a prolific producer of conspiracy literature, although they were openly rejected by the growing Nazi movement, for whom some of the Bund's more wild ideas were even too fancifully conspiratorial.[7] Central also to their ideas was an occultist vision inspired by the Thule Society to which Ludendorff had been introduced by his wife. As such, the Bund presented history as a struggle between the Nordic hero and the three-way alliance of the Jew, Catholic and Freemason.[8] As a consequence, members of the Bund were expected to abandon Christianity and turn to the old Nordic gods.[9]

Decline and suppression

The Tannenbergbund initially enjoyed support amongst rural political movements in Schleswig-Holstein, although it never presented a serious challenge to the Nazis.[10] Among surviving senior officers of the Kaiserreich, Ludendorff's politics were viewed with a mixture of skepticism and disbelief. Field Marshal August von Mackensen, who had commanded an army corps at Tannenberg, wrote that “der Mann ist krank” (the man is sick).[11] Similarly, Paul von Hindenburg had no truck with the Tannenbergbund as he and Ludendorff had been estranged since the 1925 election, culminating in the two not shaking hands and Hindenburg snubbing Ludendorff's speech at the dedication of a Battle of Tannenberg memorial in 1927.[12] Given its composition of more junior officers loyal to Ludendorff, the Tannenbergbund failed to win over the support of the masses, and before long it lost a number of members to the Nazi Party.[13] The Tannenbergbund was banned as soon as Hitler came to power,[14] although the group carried on until Ludendorff's death in 1937 before finally being suppressed by Hitler's government.[15]

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[2] I. Kershaw, _Hitler 1889-1936 Hubris_, London: Penguin, 1999, pp. 268-9

[3] L.L. Snyder, _Encyclopedia of the Third Reich_, Ware: Wordsworth, 1998, p. 341

[4] Snyder, op cit

[5] Kershaw, op cit, p. 269

[6] Snyder, op cit, p. 342

[7] Kershaw, op cit

[8] K.D. Bracher, _The German Dictatorship_, Harmondsowrth: Penguin, 1971, p. 170

[9] J Wolschke-Bulmahn, The Nationalization of Nature and the Naturalization of the German Nation

[10] Rudolf Heberle, 'The Political Movements Among the Rural People in Schleswig-Holstein, 1918 to 1932, I', _The Journal of Politics_, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb., 1943), pp. 3-26

[11] Theo Schwarzmüller, _Zwischen Kaiser und “Führer”. Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen. Eine politische Biographie._ Munich: Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag, 1995, p. 235.

[12] John Wheeler-Bennett, _The Wooden Titan: Hindenburg_, London: Archon books, 1963, pp. 315-316

[13] Snyder, op cit

[14] L. Poliakov, _The History of Anti-Semitism_, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003, p. 159

[15] Bracher, op cit

title: Tannenbergbund

question: Summarize the relationship between Ludendorff and Hitler.

answer: Ludendorff participated in Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch on 9 November 1923. Their relationship deteriorated after that. Hitler feared Ludendorff as a potential leadership rival.

critique: Ludendorff's participation in Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch is not relevant to the question.

question: Summarize the beliefs of the Tannenbergbund.

answer: The Tannenbergbund was formed by Ludendorff and his wife to oppose the reorganized SA of the Nazi party. The organization was based on a nationalist German political society. The society was founded to counteract the veterans association Der Stahlhelm. The society was also meant to be a far-right collective movement. The Bund focused on the people it opposed. This included the Freemasons, the Jews, the communists and the Jesuits, the three groups were lumped into one. The Bund was a prolific producer of conspiracy literature and had an occultist vision inspired by the Thule Society. The Bund had a goal to replace Christianity with the old Nordic gods.

critique: "The Tannenbergbund was formed by Ludendorff and his wife to oppose the reorganized SA of the Nazi party." - this is incorrect. The Tannenbergbund was formed to oppose the veterans association Der Stahlhelm and the reorganized Sturmabteilung (SA) of the Nazi Party.

critique: "The society was also meant to be a far-right collective movement. The Bund focused on the people it opposed. This included the Freemasons, the Jews, the communists and the Jesuits, the three groups were lumped into one. The Bund was a prolific producer of conspiracy literature and had an occultist vision inspired by the Thule Society. The Bund had a goal to replace Christianity with the old Nordic gods." - this is irrelevant and should be removed.

critique: "The Bund was a prolific producer of conspiracy literature and had an occultist vision inspired by the Thule Society. The Bund had a goal to replace Christianity with the old Nordic gods." - these are not beliefs. The first sentence of this section can be removed.

critique: The answer should mention that the Bund was a failure.

critique: "The Tannenbergbund was formed by Ludendorff and his wife to oppose the reorganized SA of the Nazi party." - this is incorrect. The Tannenbergbund was formed to oppose the veterans association Der Stahlhelm and the reorganized SA of the Nazi Party.

critique: "The society was also meant to be a far-right collective movement." - this is inaccurate. The Bund was never meant to be a far-right collective movement.

critique: "The Tannenbergbund was formed by Ludendorff and his wife to oppose the reorganized SA of the Nazi party. The organization was based on a nationalist German political society. The society was founded to counteract the veterans association Der Stahlhelm. The society was also meant to be a far-right collective movement. The Bund focused on the people it opposed. This included the Freemasons, the Jews, the communists and the Jesuits, the three groups were lumped into one. The Bund was a prolific producer of conspiracy literature and had an occultist vision inspired by the Thule Society. The Bund had a goal to replace Christianity with the old Nordic gods." - this is all irrelevant and redundant.

question: Summarize the Tannenbergbund's downfall.

answer: The Tannenbergbund was initially supported by rural political movements in Schleswig-Holstein. However, it never presented a serious challenge to the Nazis. The Tannenbergbund was banned as soon as Hitler came to power. It was finally suppressed by Hitler's government after the death of Ludendorff.

critique: "The Tannenbergbund was initially supported by rural political movements in Schleswig-Holstein." - this is incorrect. The Tannenbergbund enjoyed support from rural political movements in Schleswig-Holstein, but it never presented a serious challenge to the Nazis.

critique: The response misses to mention that the Tannenbergbund lost a number of members to the Nazi Party.

text: The answer should include the fact that the Tannenbergbund got no support from Paul von Hindenburg, who had an estranged relationship with Ludendorff.

category: coverage

question: What does the article say about the Tannenbergbund's role in World War II?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the Tannenbergbund was banned before World War II.

critique: The article does not mention the Tannenbergbund's role in World War II.

critique: The answer should mention that the Tannenbergbund was banned before the war started.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The Tannenbergbund was banned before World War II.


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Strange Encounters

"It's weird officer, real weird." Mark Henderson was at the local police station in Alberton, Ontario on 4: 36am August 8th, 1951. Strangely enough, a building he's never seen, in a town he's never been to before, yet familiar.

"All right smooth talker, let's take it from the top once more. I know there's not much to it as you've continued to repeat but let's see if anything else pops out at you and then we will pay for your gas home." Officer Dan Richardson was becoming more and more tired with the story was hearing.

There just can't be anyway. Dan thought becoming more and more enraged within. The moment he walks out of here I'm just going to throw this case out. Hocus pocus my ass, what does he take me for, an idiot?! At best this is the best damn way to get free gas.

"Well like I said before, I had just filled up at half past 10pm, so I could drive out and get to the place that sells tobacco by the pound still..."

Yes, yes we all go out to New Market for cheaper cigarettes, not relevant.

"...and I was driving out to Bakersfield like I said,"
He didn't refer to it as Bakersfield before? The puzzled Officer thought.

"...on the way there I had to swerved out of the way of a truck with these god forsaken bright lights. I guess I was a bit sleepy Officer and woke up in the nick of time but after that I found myself just driving around an unfamiliar road.

I was having awful headaches, for a bit around that time too. Images that started accompanying them are hard to distinguish but almost always included me in a white setting... I don't know it sounds crazy now. Anyways, I pulled over till they subsided and drove straight here in hopes that you could help me figure out where I am so I can get home, but I still can't remember where that was again. Some rest will cure this forgetfulness. I feel like I've been up all night." Mark felt like that was all the information that he could give, he couldn't remember what town he lived in nor his wife or his phone number. He kind of felt a helpless feeling fall over him.

"We'll now that you've told us where you were driving to we can call that regions station and see if there is a match to your name anywhere close to there. It should only take a few hours."

Not long after that another Office came into the room and asked if Officer Dan could speak with him for a moment.
What did the results turn up Frank?

"He wasn't lying when he said things were weird. It turns out that there isn't  even a Bakersfeild anywhere near here. In fact, you have to drive 14 hours north to get to a small town called Bakersfeild." Officer Frank said as he started to debrief.

"...here's where things get truly disturbing. When we searched his name through the local police department Mark has a missing person out because his wife...."

"Wow, his wife sure gets worried quickly. Seems a bit much don't you think he's only been gone for half a day at most. Can't remember his name or town he lives in, probably doesn't remember setting out on a road trip. Likely to get away from her if she's that crazy." Office Dan remarked crudely as if this was all an elaborate funny joke.

"If you'd let me finish, his wife reported him missing August 8th, 1950, sir. This was reported after she spent a full day returning home from a place that was 8 hours away from their town. She reported being in the passenger seat of a driverless car after being at a gas station for an unknown reason. All she could remember before waking up was that there was a blinding white light that she couldn't help but look at. It actually says 'forced' in the report." Frank said growing more and grimmer as he read from the file between his trembling hands.

Officer Dan, started to sit in the closest seat he could find. He couldn't believe that Mark was 14 hours away from home. That would make his whole time scale false. Not to mention the fact that he has been missing for a full year, a full year exactly he would later realize.

He began to think about the crazy aspects of them all, his wife's story at the time; driverless cars, being at a gas station for no reason, it all makes sense now, only after hearing Marks story.

"Sir there is one more thing in the reports." Frank said with a grave look in his eyes.

"What more could it be?"

"The wife had three cuts into her skin going the length of her back; she said that's the first appearance  of them in her life. It was like they were skillfully cut as the doctors said there was no way any doctor could stitch a cut that clean without some kind of pain. She reported none."

"All right Frank thanks for all the intel." Dan has a hard enough time giving gratitude in the first place and was finding it particularly challenging to give it with what he just learned.

The door opens to the interrogation; with it brought an energy that mimetic death. Officer Dan began relaying the frightening news to Mark, which still hasn't sunk in, himself.
"One last thing before we send you on your way home to your wife, if you will Mark. Your wife reported three cuts on her back that she had never seen before that night. Could you remove your shirt and pants please, I just want to know if we should have medical look at you first." Officer Dan asked Mark in the most genuine and sincere way he could.

"No problem Sir, it was starting to itch a bit anyways. It'll be nice to readjust it." Mark said in a cheerful way. For he sees this all as a blessing. Finally, he can see his wife and start the laughing process.

As Office Dan brought his coffee cup down from a big deep, delicious gulp, the liquid left his mouth as fast as it came in. in one fellow motion Office Dan vomited, dropped his cup, and tripped on his own two feet.

With his eyes wide open from shock; he gazed at a man whose skin, from head to toe, was scalped. Only his muscles were visible. Each and every muscle strand picked clean of its protective layer of skin. No blood was seeping through, it was as if there was its own invisible skin that covered him. Which is likely why he hasn't miraculously died.

As Mark turned around to confront a mirror, the last thing to pass through his mind was his beautiful wife; he pictured the way her soft cherry red hair flowed over her shoulders like a creek over an edge. Her rosy cheeks gently glowing in the sun. It was comforting to his mind to have such a lovely mental image cross it because once his  eyes focused on the mirror, his hideously deformed body sent his body into a trauma that it couldn't handle and  at  10:29PM August 8th Mark Henderson collapsed dead.

As for Dan Richardson, well he wishes that the story ended there.

title: [SF] Strange Encounters

question: Summarize the source of tension in the story.

answer: At the beginning of the story, a man named Mark shows up at the police station with nobody having any idea of where he came from or why he is there. He seems disoriented, but appears to hold on to his identity, at least at the beginning. As he tells his story, it's revealed that he stated getting lost three years earlier. It appears his wife was in the car with him at that time, as she reported a similar scenario, however, she was missing for a year.

critique: The answer is incorrect. Mark was missing for a year, not three years.

critique: It is omitted that when Officer Dan questions the man to remove his shirt and reveals that he is missing his skin. (And metal rods are instead what supports his muscles.)

critique: The response inaccurately mentions that Mark's wife was missing for three years, however it was only a year.

critique: The answer is incorrect. Mark's wife was not in the car with him three years ago. She was in the car with him the night he disappeared.

critique: This is incorrect. The woman was missing for a year and the story happened in 1951, not three years earlier.

critique: The story does not state that Mark stated getting lost three years earlier.

critique: The story does not state that Mark got lost three years earlier.

critique: The response inaccurately mentions that Mark stated getting lost three years earlier, however he was missing for a year.

text: The time difference is one year, not three. Also, mention that Mark is missing the skin under his clothes.


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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.

question: When did Meyrick live?

answer: 1636 to 1713

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

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critique: The answer should mention what kind of products they are.

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Social media marketing is one of the most accessible routes you can take to promote your brand identity, products or overall business. The costs are nearly non-existent but the rewards are great.

The proof is in the numbers, too – 79 percent of American Internet users are on Facebook, while 1.3 billion people in the world are regular Facebook users. Plus, high percentages of adult internet users are active on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and every other major network. Those numbers translate into high traffic to websites and foster a strong connection between brand and users.

Lucky for you, capitalizing on the success of social media marketing is easier than you think. Below are 4 tips that will help you hone the perfect social media strategy to start promoting your company with ease.

1.  REFINE YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC

Before you create your accounts and start posting away, take stock of your demographic (or determine it, if you haven’t gotten that far yet). Many social media channels skew older or younger, or cater to certain media forms better than others – and there are far too many social media networks to keep up with anyways. Understanding the channels that will play to your audience will be better for your time, sanity AND company down the road.

2.  FIND A SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Managing several platforms and everything that comes with them can be time consuming. However, there are plenty of social media management systems that can streamline your workload and maximize your content strategy in one easy-to-access place.

I recommend looking into Buffer if you have a simple strategy with just a few profiles, Hootsuite if you want something more middle-of-the-road, or Sprout Social if you want a robust management system. Each platform offers varying degrees of insight into demographics, your competition, and ways you can improve your own posts.

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3.  CREATE A COMMUNITY

Part of why social media is so popular is because it creates an interactive community of people who have similar likes, as opposed to traditional marketing and advertising, which flatly tells consumers why they should purchase a product. Thus, spending time cultivating a community where followers and users feel seen, heard and appreciated is imperative.

Spend time each and every day engaging in conversation on Twitter, commenting in posts on Instagram, and replying to comments on Facebook, for example. What’s better? Not only will you gain a reputation for caring about your users (a major bonus point!) but you’ll help beat the algorithms and get pushed higher into potential consumers’ news feeds, broadening your reach.

4.  ENLIST THE HELP OF AN EXPERT

Once your social media marketing starts to gain some footing, it may be time to invest in an expert – after all, every business has a lot of moving parts, so at some point it’s always worth handing the baton to someone who really knows how to throw it.

This expert can take many forms – consultant, in-house strategist, or social media marketing agency. Whoever you choose, just be sure that have experience reaching the goals you hope to achieve, such as growing followings or executing targeted campaigns.

CONCLUSION

Creating a social media marketing strategy takes some time, but there are some tricks and tools that can make the task a little easier. Follow the guidelines below, and you’ll see your online presence booming in no time.

-   Note your company’s demographic and focus on social media platforms that compliment that
-   Find a management system that will help you post and engage with your followers
-   Create a more personal community on all of your channels
-   Enlist the help of an expert to improve strategies and create campaigns

question: Summarize the main idea of this passage.

answer: The main idea of this passage is to teach the reader how to hone a perfect social media strategy to start promoting their company. The author of the passage believes that social media marketing is one of the most accessible routes one can take to promote their brand identity, products, or overall business. The author also believes that social media marketing is one of the most cost-effective ways to promote your business.

critique: This is a good statement but it is not the main idea of the passage.

critique: The cost of social media marketing is irrelevant to the main idea.

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

critique: The question asks for the main idea of the passage. The answer is a summary of the entire article and not the main idea of the article. The main idea should fully summarize the article.

critique: The author does not believe that social media marketing is one of the most cost-effective ways to promote your business.

critique: The author doesn't believe social media marketing is the most cost-effective way to promote your business. They say it's one of the most accessible routes.

critique: It is omitted that they give four tips to achieve this.

critique: The author doesn't believe that social media marketing is one of the most cost-effective ways to promote your business.

question: What are some examples of the results of growing one's social media marketing?

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critique: It is omitted that the examples of results are the ability to reach more people and grow a community.

critique: The article mentions some results of growing one's social media marketing.

critique: The article states that 79 percent of American Internet users are on Facebook and 1.3 billion people in the world are regular Facebook users.

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

critique: The article does mention some results of growing one's social media marketing.


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MAHATMA GANDHI ROAD or M.G. ROAD, formerly known as HARRISON ROAD,[1] is a principal East-West thoroughfare in Kolkata (Previously known as Calcutta), the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. M.G. Road makes the boundary of North and Central Kolkata.[2] In 1889 this was the first street of the city to be lit by electricity.

History

[Calcutta. Harrison Road. 1890] Mahatma Gandhi road was initially known as Harrison Road. After the independence of India in 1947 the Harrison Road in Kolkata was renamed Mahatma Gandhi Road (M.G. Road) and the name of Chowringhee Road was changed to Jawaharlal Nehru road.[3] In 1889 when Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) started promoting electricity in the city, this Harrison road was the first street in the city to be lit by the authority.[4] Calcutta Improvement Trust (CIT) decided to build the Central Avenue in 1911. By 1926, Harrison Road was stretched to Beadon Street in the north and to Bowbazar in the south.[5]

Charu Guha, a pioneer of the city's studio photography, started her first studio in the Harrison Road in 1920.[6] During India's independence movement, this street was previously considered as “communally sensitive” neighbourhood of the city.[7] On 1 April 1930, _The Vancouver Sun_ newspaper reported— “four more were killed in rioting this afternoon in Harrison Road, which is the usual storm quarter in this region.”[8]

Location and operation

The road is arterial in maintaining east–west connection in Kolkata. It is of the shortest distance between two major rail stations in Kolkata Metropolitan Area — Sealdah Station and Howrah Station. Several important places are on this road, such as Sealdah Station, Surya Sen Street crossing, Amherst Street crossing, College Street/Bidhan Sarani crossing, Chittaranjan Avenue crossing, Rabindra Sarani (Chitpur Road) crossing, Netaji Subhas Road crossing, Burrabazar and Strand Road crossing/Howrah Bridge.[9]

M.G. Road runs from Sealdah Flyover (Vidyapati Setu) in the eastern limit to the threshold of Howrah Bridge in the west.[10]

The road is bi-directional throughout the day. Certain crossings are, however, unidirectional, that is, in certain crossings, vehicles can turn only in a specific direction.

Culture

Education institutions

[Hindu School— it is located on College Street, adjacent to Mahatma Gandhi Road]

Several educational institutions are located on or near Mahatma Gandhi Road, [11] such as Anglo Arabic Secondary School, Gyan Bharati Vidyapith, St. Paul's School, Hindu School, Lawrence Day School, Shri Jain Vidyalaya and St. Pauls' Mission School.

Restaurants

Some popular restaurants in or near Mahatma Gandhi Roadare [12] Shreeram Dhaba, Aahar Restaurant, Madhuri Restaurant, Basanta Cabin.

Cinema halls

Several cinema halls are located on or near the road, such as Aruna, Chhabighar, Naaz, Purabi, Prabhat.[13]

In popular culture

Rabindranath Tagore in this poem _Ekdin Rate_ mentioned this street. The lines of the poem were— _Howrah-r bridge chole mosto she bichhe, Harrison road chole tar pichhe, pichhe_ (the approximate English translation: The Howrah Bridge is moving as if a large centipede and the Harrison Road moves behind it). [14]

Saradindu Bandopadhyay's famous fictional character, Byomkesh Bakshi - India's foremost detective, lived on Harrison Road in the second floor of a three-storied building along with his friend and associate Ajit Banerjee and domestic help, Putiram.

Gallery

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question: What does the story say about the history of Mahatma Gandhi Road in Kolkata?

answer: Mahatma Gandhi Road was initially known as Harrison Road. After India's independence in 1947, Harrison Road was renamed Mahatma Gandhi Road. In 1889, Harrison Road was the first street in the city to be lit by electricity. In 1911, Calcutta Improvement Trust decided to build Central Avenue. By 1926, Harrison Road stretched to Beadon Street in the north and to Bowbazar in the south. In 1930, Harrison Road became the usual storm quarter in the region.

critique: The answer should mention the name changes.

text: The answer leaves out the fact that four people were killed on the road on April 1st, 1930.

category: accuracy

question: What does the article say about the cost of Mahatma Gandhi Road in Kolkata?

answer: No answer

critique: The answer should mention that the article does not mention the cost of the road.


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Short story, could write more if i wanted. I have an idea in my head.

The cave was full of darkness. It clung to every crack and crevice. Black shadows upon black stones. Ériu did not think that this obscure darkness could be any colder, any more uninviting. But it was. It tore into her skin with a terrifying velocity, like black tendrils lashing her skin. Ériu was out picking vegetables and fruit like she had always done. Basket in hand and off she would trot, the gentle warmth of summer springing her step as she filled her basket with juicy strawberries and those sweet, crunchy apples mother would sometimes bake into apple pies. But there was no apple pie here, no warmth, no light, only darkness and her sad thoughts to keep her company.

How could this happen to her, it was a normal day, only she had wandered into this cave. She had never seen it before and wanted to explore the inside. She cursed her stupid curiosity, because of it, she was lost. From what she could remember, she was deep inside the cave, having slid her way down a hill of muck and tumbling rocks when the sensation began to overcome her. It stiffened her entire body and crept along her skin, slicing into her muscles and tendons, instantly rendering her nothing more than a conscious rock, much like the cold, hard rock walls that surrounded her. Only they were inanimate and dead. Before she completely blacked out, the manipulative effect had invaded her nerves, sending millions of tiny electric shocks all over her body. Every toe, every finger vibrated with a burning intensity. Tears fell from her twinkling eyes, splashing her knees as she thought about the feeling.

No, she thought, this is not the end. She grabbed one of the soggy apples that scattered the cave floor and took a huge bite out of it, ripping it almost in half. Juice dribbled down her chin.
If it was to be her demise, she would not die hungry. She devoured three more apples greedily before taking many deep breaths to calm her quivering torso. Ériu felt her way up the spiky rock wall, hand pushed hard into the slick rock to steady her own legs, still weak from the shocks that had made her pass out. She yearned for her own bed, and the soft kisses her mother would place on her forehead every night. That thought seemed to instil hope in the young girl, but Ériu knew better than to hope. Hope wouldn’t save her life, only action would. What need her of hope when she was encased in this black prison. This abyss was terminal.

There was no way of telling where she was going; she had no sense of direction or position. She could not even tell which way was forward, and which way was back. Soon, she let the darkness guide her, trusting in her instincts rather than letting fear grip hold of her, exactly what mother had always taught her to do. The sweeping abyss seemed to swallow her more as she edged her way along the cold crevice, opening up unto a beyond which seemed to swallow her more the further she walked. By now, she had quickened her pace, and was no longer scurrying along the wall like some terrified beetle. Her fingers brushed against the cave wall as she moved briskly through the darkness. She felt as if she was going to slam face first into a wall at any second, but she kept on moving, she had no intention of stopping, the only thing she had left was her ability to move and she put it to good use, walking in a straight line, seeking an end that was no more in sight than her own hand in front of her face.

Then she saw it… A dim orange glow flickered in the distance. In the darkness, it looked like Ériu was peering at lava through the tip of a needle, for some reason, she smiled when she gazed upon it. The light flickered and danced in her vision, being the first thing to tickle her senses, it sent her brain into overdrive, causing the strange hue to morph and grow, igniting into colours she never seen before. Her vision seemed to swarm with dancing images and shapes inconceivable to her young mind. Quickly, her eyes began to adjust to the warm glow of the mesmerising light and she became obsessed with it. Ériu was drawn towards not only the light, but the company light brings in the lonely despair of darkness. Suddenly, she felt hopeful again, this light would bring her home, back to mother and the warm log fire that Ériu loved nothing more than to curl up beside, feeling the warm tickle of the flame on her feet.

The ember glow was not far, and the next thing she knew, she was sprinting towards it, her face etched with a lolling smile.

Her smile melted into a wide-eyed gape when she saw what was producing the light.

A small, burning orb, about the size of a large orange hung low in the murky air. It seemed to emanate with moxie and an animated vigour as Ériu gazed, awestruck at the sight before her. She had never seen anything like this before, nor could she ever hope to again, surely she was the first person to see something like this?

“Hello,” whispered Ériu in her soft rural tone.

Soft as her voice was, it was not strong, and strength is what she needed right now.

“Hello!” she repeated. This time however, her voice was loud and clear, cutting through the shuddersome silence that engulfed the cave.
“Can you help me get home?”

Ériu nearly jumped twenty feet in the air when she heard the orb exhale with a low humming noise. Almost like a sighing bear, nestling in to hibernate out the winter. Her heart pounded even harder in her chest when the orb began to slowly drift forward. Ériu followed dutifully, her eyes fixed on the effervescent sphere of energy. Both orb and girl quickened their pace, until Ériu was tearing after the leering ball, like a child after sweets. This time, she did not care about what was ahead, or behind her, only the light and comforting heat of the xanthic orb.

Ériu let out an ear-piercing wail as colour and light exploded upon her vision. She was brought to her knees by a relentless barrage of senses the moment she emerged from the void of the hollow.

She could not believe her own two eyes as to what she was seeing before her. This was not home…This was nowhere she had ever seen before.

title: Ériu.

question: Summarize the physical sensations Ériu feels.

answer: Ériu feels a sensation that stiffens her entire body and creeps along her skin, slicing into her muscles and tendons. She feels her toes and fingers vibrate with a burning intensity. She feels as if she is going to slam face first into a wall at any second. She feels hopeful again when she sees a light in the distance.

critique: "She feels hopeful again when she sees a light in the distance." - this is inaccurate. Ériu was hopeful when she saw the light, but it was short-lived because she was shocked when she saw what was producing the light.

critique: The answer omits the sensation of being rendered into a conscious rock.

critique: The burning sensations in her fingers and toes are omitted.

critique: The response misses to mention that Ériu feels as if she is going to slam face first into a wall at any second.

critique: The response misses to mention that she feels hopeful again when she sees a light in the distance.

critique: "She feels hopeful again when she sees a light in the distance." - this is inaccurate. She was hopeful when she saw the light and it's not clear if she actually felt hopeful again.

critique: "She felt hopeful again when she sees a light in the distance." - this is inaccurate. She didn't feel hopeful again, she was already hopeful, which is why she ran towards the light.

critique: The answer omits the sensation of being lost in the cave.

text: Add that she collapses from the onslaught of sensations upon exiting the cave.

question: Summarize Ériu's movements throughout the story.

answer: She first finds herself deep in a cave while picking fruits. She then follows the light of the orb. She follows the orb until it comes to a stop and she's blinded by light.

critique: "She first finds herself deep in a cave while picking fruits." - she was not picking fruits, she was exploring the cave.

critique: "She then follows the light of the orb." - this is incorrect. Ériu followed the orb because it was the only thing that could lead her out of the cave.

critique: "She then follows the light of the orb." - this is incorrect. Ériu was already following the orb when it stopped.

critique: "She then follows the light of the orb." - this is incorrect. She was already following the orb when she was blinded by light.

critique: When she follows the orb, it's unclear she's blinded by light. It just hits her.

critique: The answer should mention that she does this by instinct.

critique: "She first finds herself deep in a cave while picking fruits. She then follows the light of the orb. She follows the orb until it comes to a stop and she's blinded by light." - this is inaccurate. Ériu was never picking fruits. She was lost in the cave and followed the light of the orb.

text: The second and third sentences are repetitive.

category: coherence

question: Summarize the climactic event of the story.

answer: Eriu is in a dark cave, lost, and she sees a light. She follows it, and it leads her to a small, orange orb that floats. The orb leads her out of the cave, and when she emerges, she sees a place she has never seen before.

critique: The orb is not the only thing that leads her out of the cave.

critique: The answer omits the explosion of light that blinds Eriu.

critique: When she emerges, it's not a place, it's another void. If you can't place it in a area, specify it IS a void. 'Void of a hollow', that is hilarious.

critique: The orb doesn't lead her out of the cave, it leads her to a place she has never seen before.

critique: "The orb leads her out of the cave, and when she emerges, she sees a place she has never seen before." - this is incorrect. The orb led her to a place she has never seen before.

critique: The orb leads her to a place she has never seen before.

critique: "She follows it, and it leads her to a small, orange orb that floats." - this is incorrect. The orb doesn't lead her anywhere. It just floats.

question: What does the story say about the theme of independence?

answer: No answer

critique: The response misses to mention that the theme of independence is seen when Ériu is lost in the cave and has to find her way out on her own.

critique: The answer should mention that the theme of independence is expressed through the actions of Eriu.

critique: The theme of independence is relevant to the story, so an answer should be generated.

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This lack of an adequate response to the question has most likely occurred because the question is ametaphorical and the theme of independence isn't a literal theme, but more of a figurative theme.
The theme of this story isEriu's independent spirit because no matter how scared or injured she becomes while in the cave, she is determined to save herself and make it back to the warmth and safety of her mother.
The example of Eriu's independent spirit were holding her ground once she reaches the point where she needs someone to help her. By repeatedly calling for help she has no intention of waiting for anyone she needs to save herself. This shows that Eriu displays this theme of independence through action.
The turning point for Eriu, the moment she is fully independent, and out of the cave, is the moment she becomes completely hopeless and minutes from death. A lone orange round entity, the size and color of her apple basket (a sign of her loneliness) comes to her rescue to bring her out of the dark cave. Eriu is out of the cave and has become fully independent in every way possible. This can also be seen as an interpretation of Erui's dreams coming true after she is saved, which ultimately seems to be that independence is a state of mind, a feeling, a choice.

critique: The theme is not explicitly stated, but the story shows that being independent is a good thing.


text:
Wow, this is fun. Running around in the woods with my best friends in the world, laughing, giggling, and pretending to be wizards from Harry Potter. I weave and dodge through the trees when I spot Gia coming towards me. I yell an expelliarmus and duck behind a bush. Crawling backwards, I find a pile of leaves and partially cover myself, trying to blend in. Unfortunately, she sees me. She screeches out a Petrificus Totalus and scampers off. I can’t chase her, because she froze me. Man, I’m having fun. Unfortunately, Mason isn’t.

	“Hey Gardner, let’s get out of here,” he rambles as he pulls me out of the leaves. I try to object but he keeps talking. “I can’t believe I agreed to this, it’s so lame and nerdy. Why don’t we go to my house? I’ve got this huge TV and a DVR full of George Lopez.”

	“Mason, what are you doing?” I hear John yell, moments before he hops out from behind a tree about twenty yards away from where we are now. “This is fun!”

	“No, it’s really not,” objects Mason. I groan.

	“It’s fun for us. If you don’t like it, why did you come?”

	“Because I wanted to be with my friends, but I’m sorry. This sucks.”

	“Hey, what are you doing? I froze him!” Gia exclaims as she sprints towards us. “Do you even know the spell to unbind him?”

	“Look, I’m out of here,” Mason says, firmly.

	“How about this. You can leave here if you beat me in a duel,” John suggests.

	“...A duel? A Harry Potter duel?” Mason sounds incredulous. “Fine. Whatever.”

	Gia and I watch as the two idiots get ready. John makes a big show of twirling his “wand” around and drops it. Mason just stands and waits. John is telling Mason the rules when Gia sees that she dropped her wallet behind where Mason is standing. As she is picking up, John yells for the duel to start. He lifts his wand and screams “Avada Kedavra,” an unforgivable curse that kills anyone who it is cast on. A green light shoots out of the twig in his hand, and Mason jumps out of the way in terror. Unfortunately, Gia doesn’t see it coming.

	“What the…?” Is all I can say as I stumble over to where Gia is laying.

	“What happened?” Mason asks, looking concerned.

	“John just like...frickin...shot Gia. I think she’s dead.”

	“John, why would you do that?”

	“What do you mean ‘Why would you do that?’” John asks, incredulous. “I thought that we were just messing around. I swear I didn’t do it on purpose!”

	“Then why did you do it?” Mason asks, accusingly.

	“Look, I didn’t expect you to know any spells, so I figured this would be an easy way to shut you up. I didn’t expect real freaking magic to happen!”

	“Guys,” I say. “Calm down, let’s think about this. We need to figure out what to do with the body. We can’t just leave it.”

	“Yeah we can!” Says John. “I am not going to let anyone find out that I killed somebody!”

	“No one is actually going to believe it was you. I mean, come on. Magic? No one would buy that!”

	“I think we should leave her,” says Mason. “I mean, she was kinda annoying.”

	“What?” I ask, flabbergasted.

	“Yeah. I don’t want to be seen with that corpse. She has on like eighteen bracelets. Totally ratchet.”

	“...Ratchet?”

	“Ratchet. I didn’t even like her that much when she was alive. I always asked her to buy me chicken fingers, and she never, ever would.”

	“You’re going to leave her out here over chicken fingers?” Interjects John. “At least I have a good reason.”

	“No,” I say. “Neither have you have a good reason.” I look down at my deceased friend, and I’m rendered speechless. Her mouth is actually moving. “Oh, my god! Guys, check this out! She’s actually alive!”

	“What?” Cries John as he lifts his wand again. “Avada Kedavra!”

	“What was that for?” I scream, furious. “She wasn’t dead! What was your line of thinking there?”

	“Dead people should stay dead.”

	“He’s right,” adds Mason.

	“Shut up, shut up both of you!” I say, taking control of the situation. “What are we going to do now that we know she’s definitely dead.”

	“I have a cousin in Chicago. This happens all the time there, I’ll ask him for advice.”

	“Exactly,” says Mason. “We’re not that far from the hood. I’m sure we could get some good advice there.”

	“Mason,” I say. “It was a ten minute drive here from the suburbs.”

	“I’m just saying,” Mason says, indignant.

	“Look, this was John’s fault. Because of John I’m going to miss NCIS tonight.”

	“Yeah, John. This is messed up. I have to go to VBS next week and because of you I can’t start my George Lopez re-watch until August.”

	We’re just standing here, totally at a loss for what to do. Then, out of nowhere, it hits me. “Check her pockets!”

	“Why?” Mason asks, obviously not following my train of thought.

	“Her keys! Look, I found them!”

	“All right, George Lopez!”

	“Wait!” John yells out. We look at him, curious that he may have had a change of heart. “How about we all go to my house and have a Call of Duty tournament?”

	“Yeah!” Mason and I call out in unison. Keys in hand, we walk to her car, load up and head out. I feel like this is going to be a good week.

title: "Whoops." Harry Potter LARPing goes wrong.

question: Summarize how guilt and remorse are characterized in this story.

answer: No answer

critique: The answer inadvertently implies that no guilt or remorse is shown in the story. This is incorrect. The story summarizes how both Mason and John feel little guilt or remorse for Gia's death throughout the story. Mason even goes as far as tosay that she wasn't even liked by them. John temporary phases out of his total lack of guilt when he accidentally shoots Gia for a second time.

critique: The response misses to mention that the characters are not remorseful or feel guilt. They just want to get rid of the body and play video games.

question: What would the characters do to explain Gia's absence to her family and friends?

answer: They would probably say that she went to Chicago.

critique: They would not say she went to Chicago. They would say she went to Chicago to get advice on how to dispose of a body.

critique: The answer is incorrect. The characters would not explain Gia's absence to her family and friends.

critique: "They would probably say that she went to Chicago." - is inaccurate. The characters didn't say anything. They just left Gia's body on the ground to rot.

critique: They would not say she went to Chicago. They would say she went to Chicago to get advice from a cousin about what to do with a body.

critique: They don't say where they would say she went.

critique: They would not say she went to Chicago. They would say she went to Chicago because they are going to ask a cousin there for advice.

critique: While this response is possible, it is very vague and seems a bit conspired.

question: How do the characters change throughout the story?

answer: The characters are initially excited about the game, but as the story progresses, they become more and more callous about Gia's death. They are more concerned about their own entertainment than Gia's death.

critique: The characters don't become more callous.

critique: The response is missing the part where the narrator is the only one who cares about Gia.

critique: The characters are not initially excited about the game.

critique: The characters initially do not care about Gia's death.

critique: "but as the story progresses, they become more and more callous about Gia's death." - while they become callous and uncaring, they don't get any further along in their subconscious cruelty. There's no new level reached by the end of the story to indicate "ness".

critique: The characters are not excited about the game.

question: Summarize the unexpected plot twist(s).

answer: The unexpected plot twist is that Gia is not dead. John kills Gia with a real spell, and we find that she has faked her death to avoid the attentions of a bully. Then John tries to kill her again.

critique: This is not a plot twist, but a misconception about what happened.

critique: John does not kill Gia a second time at the end of the passage, which is when the unexpected plot twists occur.

critique: The response is incorrect. Gia is not dead. John kills Gia with a real spell, and we find that she has faked her death to avoid the attentions of a bully. Then John tries to kill her again.

critique: There is no evidence that Gia faked her death to avoid the attentions of a bully.

critique: The first two sentences are not relevant to the plot twist.

critique: The response contains inaccurate information.

text: This answer is inaccurate. The plot twist is when Gia is killed by the spell, which was thought to be pretend. The second plot twist is when she's killed again.


text:
"Jonathan" I said, sitting down on the third stair, looking across the room where he was seated on the couch, already watching ESPN despite the early hour.

"Can you give me a ride to the airport?"

The tears that had been threatening to escape for hours finally spilled over. Jonathan's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Yeah, I mean...You're leaving? Are you sure? Maybe if you just give it more time -- Does Jason know you're leaving?"

I thought about Jason sitting at his computer only a few minutes before, dressed crisply in slacks and a white shirt, ready for his first day as a substitute teacher.

My heart was full, but all I'd managed to say was, "Good luck! Have a great day!"

I drank him in, knowing it would be the last time I ever saw him.

Returning my attention to Jonathan, I murmered, "No, I didn't tell him. But I can't live like this anymore. I'm going crazy."

Jonathan's eyes met mine and understanding flowed between us. I didn't need to mention the sleepless nights spent waiting for my soul mate to return home from wherever he had been. Or the conversations, just audible, from behind closed doors. Jon had been there too.

We arrived at the airport at the exact moment my flight was set to depart. I hugged Jonathan tightly, realizing this to be another forever goodbye. Even though Jonathan was Jason's friend first, he'd also been a wonderful friend to me.

"I know I'm late, but you have to let me on another flight," I begged the attendant through my tears. I was drowning.

She took in my pathetic appearance and was more sympathetic than I could have hoped for, finding me a flight a few hours later at no extra charge. I gave her my shaky thanks.

Sitting at the gate, hours early, I had nothing to do other than watch the time steadily advance to 3:30, when Jason would be arriving home from work. Soon he would see my room, now devoid of personal belongings. Then, in a state of confusion, he would walk down the hall to his room, where he would find the letter I'd left on his bed.

I waited for Jason to call. I knew that if he asked me to, I'd stay. However, the minutes ticked by -- now it was 3:45, and now 4:00 -- and his call never came.

To distract myself, I called my friend, Jonni.

"I'm here," I said dully, "I'm waiting for my plane."

"I'm proud of you," Jonni's voice was strong, like her.

"How do you feel? Do you think you made the right decision?"

"I don't know," I replied, "But there's nothing I can do about it now. Jason's going to be so upset."

Again, the tears came. A man in a business suit sitting nearby glanced at me uncomfortably before moving to a new seat. I was crying more today than I had in the near-decade that I had known Jason. This was really the end.

I put on headphones and chose to listen to a playlist on my headphones
IPod entitled "The Women I Love." It seemed like a safe choice, given that Jason didn't share my interest in female Anericana singers.

After only a few songs, however, I was confronted with The Dixie Chicks' cover of "Sweet Baby James." It was a painful reminder of Camp Taconic. After only a few summers, camp had become my true home. I loved so many people there, but what really made camp wonderful was that Jason and I ran science classes together. Now I didn't know what would happen.

This final realization really hit home. I sobbed with abandon. Great, shuddering cries that incorporated my entire body.

I hated Jason. Even more, I hated myself for not seeing through the lies he'd been telling me for years. For not being the person he wanted or needed. Not being enough. I was nothing, and this would never feel better.

After collecting my luggage in the Moline airport, I allowed myself to cry one final time while waiting for my mother to pick me up.

I was in Illinois, not Arizona. Jason was so many miles away that he no longer felt real. It seemed impossible that just this morning he had been at arm's length. I wondered fleetingly if I had simply imagined the nightmares of the past few months.

My betrayal was irrevocable now. The punishment was this vast, ugly space where my friends were still false, and this desperate, gaping emptiness identical to the one I'd tried to leave behind in Phoenix that still loomed in my heart.

title: [NF] April 6, 2009

question: Why does the narrator need a ride to the airport?

answer: She is leaving.

critique: This answer does not directly answer the question

critique: The answer should include that she is leaving her boyfriend.

critique: The answer should mention that the narrator is leaving her boyfriend.

critique: It is omitted that she is leaving her boyfriend.

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

question: What does the narrator hope will happen when Jason gets back from work?

answer: She hopes he'll call and ask her to stay.

critique: She also hopes he'll be upset to see her gone.

critique: The narrator hopes he'll call and ask her to stay.

critique: It is omitted that she hopes he'll ask her to stay and she'll stay.

critique: She hopes he'll call and ask her to stay

critique: The narrator is not hopeful that Jason will call and ask her to stay. She is certain that he won't call.

critique: don't need capitalization and a period for a sentence fragment.

critique: She also wants him to know that she's leaving.


text:
_A CARTOONIST'S NIGHTMARE_ is a 1935 Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon short in the _Looney Tunes_ series, starring Beans the Cat in his first solo film.[1] The film was directed by Jack King and was released on September 21, 1935.[2]

Plot

It is closing time at an animation studio and all the staff members are calling it a day. Meanwhile, an animator chooses to carry on with his work while a custodian keeps on watch. In his drawing, he sketches a dungeon scene where Beans the Cat encounters a goblin. Weary for working several hours continuously, the animator decides to take a little snooze. Before ending the session, he draws a steel barricade between the two characters to prevent the goblin from reaching Beans. Suddenly, the goblin comes to life and pulls him into the drawing. The goblin carries the animator away, heading somewhere beyond the scene.

Shocked and terrified, the animator tries in vain to break out of the goblin's grasp. He is then brought into a mystic chamber where painted portraits of various villains are displayed on the walls. The villains happened to be the animator's creations as well as those of his colleagues. They too come to life and emerge from their illustrations. As revenge for how he and other cartoonists made them get subdued in the end of each film, the villains give the animator a pencil and force him to draw a deep pit in the floor where they toss him inside. Upon falling in, the animator holds onto a branch, trying to avoid being devoured by the crocodile at the bottom.

Back at the scene still being worked on, Beans still stands behind the barricade, boredly waiting for his artist to come back. Just then, Little Kitty comes to him, offering a lunchbox. Beans is expecting food but is a little surprised to find a saw in the bread. He uses it to cut his way out of the metal fence. Finally freeing himself, he goes around to find his animator.

In no time, Beans finds the chamber where his animator is being tormented. To intervene, he hurls a boot at the goblin, luring the villains away as they try to capture him. Beans manages to lose them somehow when he returns to the place to rescue the troubled man. The animator then receives a pencil from Beans and draws a ladder to climb out the pit. When the villains return, Beans squirts grease from a grease gun between the room's entrance and the pit. The villains slide on the grease mess and fall into the hole, except for the goblin, who attempts to escape from the hole, but is punched by the angry animator into it. To vanquish them for good, the animator removes the hole with an eraser. Beans and the animator shake hands for a work well done.

It turns out that what the animator went through was merely a dream, as he is awaken by the custodian. To his relief, he finds the drawing on his desk unchanged. Not wanting to recall his experience, the animator erases the goblin and the steel barricade, leaving only Beans in the picture. As a compliment to his little friend, he draws a platter with gelatin on top for Beans to eat.

Analysis

According to animation historian Michael Samerdyke, some classic Hollywood cartoons from the 1930s are “too scary for children” and _A Cartoonist's Nightmare_ is one of them. He finds it to be a “very inventive” and interesting cartoon.[3] Samerdyke notes that Beans the Cat had previously appeared in _I Haven't Got a Hat_ (1935) as a tough little kitten. _A Cartoonist's Nightmare_ casts Beans into the role of a hero.[4] This gives “a nice heroic moment” for a character with a rather brief film career. Beans would not stay for long within the cast of characters of Warner Bros. Cartoons.[5]

To Samerdyke, the main villain of the short (described as the goblin above) more closely resembles a gorilla.[6] The rest of the villains seem to reside in the Villain Department of the studio. They sing their own villainous song: “The tables are turned and now you are in our clutches”. It is sung to the tune of “The Teddy Bears' Picnic” (1907).[7] The villains plan to dispose of the anonymous cartoonist, while Beans comes to the rescue. Beans is in effect rescuing his own creator. The cartoonist rewards him by drawing some ice cream and allowing the cat to enjoy it.[8]

The film's setting is an animated cartoon studio. Samerdyke notes that the building is depicted in a state of severe disrepair. It somewhat resembles a prison. Samerdyke speculates that these elements of the film could reflect the actual working conditions of the animators employed by Leon Schlesinger.[9] The film features interactions between a cartoonist and a living, sentient cartoon character (Beans). In this way it resembles (and foreshadows) _Duck Amuck_ (1953) and _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_ (1988).[10]

Terry Lindvall and Matthew Melton have included this film in an analysis of reflexive cartoons, those whose narrative reveals something about the art of animation and filmmaking. The writers find that Jack King's _A Cartoonist's Nightmare_ clearly draws a portrait of what animators feel about their craft.[11] The opening scenes are telling. The scenes of the staff leaving the animation resemble crazy people leaving an asylum. The wife of the cartoonist attempts to pull him away from his work and fails. He is obsessively devoted to his work and claims that he has to “finish tonight”. He eventually falls asleep at his own drawing board.[12]

The cartoonist is pulled into the cartoon by a wicked character of his own creation. Lindvall and Melton find this scene to resemble a segment of _Twilight Zone: The Movie_ (1983), “It's a Good Life” directed by Joe Dante. In this segment a live-action character is incarcerated in a cartoon television program.[13] As the villain (described as a “hairy monster” by the writers), drags the captive cartoonist through the corridors of the studio, various sections are seen. Among them a gag department, a story department, a music department. The cartoon villains occupy a dungeon-like section of their own.[14]

Regarding the depiction of the other villains, each has been assigned a number of their own. For example, “Battling Barney” is #20 and “Dirty Dan” is #130. These characters have apparently been created by the cartoonist, products of his imagination. And they have reasons to resent him. They sing to him: “It's our turn. Now you are in our clutches! We are creations from your pen, it's in your hands we lie; you always manage to have us sin, now by your own hand you die.” [15] The characters blame their creator for causing them to commit sins. They seem to argue that they are not inherently bad people, they have been drawn that way. A sentiment echoed in another film by Jessica Rabbit.[16]

Availability

-   _Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6_

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title: A Cartoonist's Nightmare

question: What is the animator's role in the story?

answer: The animator is the protagonist. He is the one who gets pulled into the drawing.

critique: The answer should mention that the animator is also the antagonist.

critique: The animator is not the protagonist. The protagonist is Beans the Cat.

critique: The animator does not get pulled into the drawing, only his creations do.

critique: The animator is not the protagonist. He is the antagonist.

question: What imagery is prominent in the story?

answer: The dungeon scene and multiple villains causing trouble for the cartoonist/artist given its central theme that is aimed towards children.

critique: The answer should clarify that it is not the dungeon scene causing trouble, but the villains in the cartoonist's drawing overpowering him.

critique: The answer is not related to the imagery.

critique: It is omitted that the animator is also in trouble.

question: What influences from real life does the story integrate?

answer: The film is about an animator who falls asleep while drawing and is brought into the world he created. The animator is then tormented by the villains he created. The film is a metaphor for the animator's real life.

critique: The answer is too vague and should be more specific about the real life aspect.

critique: The response is missing some information about the film.

critique: The film is a metaphor for animator's in general. It is not just the animator of this film.

critique: The answer should include the real-life parallels.

text: The answer should mention that the animator's wife tries to pull him away from his work but fails. The animator insists that he has to finish his work that night and fall asleep on his drawing table.

question: Why does Beans the Cat not last as a character of Warner Bros. Cartoons?

answer: It is implied that the character is a bit too scary for children.

critique: Beans's character was not explicitly stated to have not lasted as a character of Warner Bros. Cartoons.

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

critique: The answer is not fully accurate. Beans the Cat was not too scary for children.

critique: The answer does not address the question. The most likely cause would be that Beans the Cat defies the traditional cat behaviors and portrays them in a different light. As such, it could promote the wrong values and not fit in with the other animal characters the studio has taken care to create.


text:
WEICHAI POWER CO., LTD is a Chinese state-owned listed company in Weifang, Shandong province, specialised in the research and development, manufacturing and sale of diesel engines. Its products are used in vehicles, marine vessels and power generators. The company is majority owned by state-owned Weichai Group.

Weichai's H share was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2004[1] and its A-share was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2006.[2]

History

[Weichai headquarters, Weifang, China, 2014] [Weifang Diesel Engine Works, 1953]

Weichai Power Co., Ltd. was founded in 2002,[3] with Weichai Holding Group Co., Ltd. as the main sponsor. Weichai Power has built different industrial bases: for all series power (Weifang), for heavy-duty vehicle and powertrain (Xi’an), for big-power engine and light-duty vehicle (Chongqing), and for automobile electronics and parts (Yangzhou). The company owns several R&D centers around the world (China, United States, Europe...).

Regarding Research and Development, Weichai Power has been involved into 22 national “863 project”. It achieved 1437 product and technology patent licenses, and participated in establishing around 45 industry and national standards.

In the recent years, Weichai Power has introduced several whole series of automotive diesel engines which met National IV and National V standards. Also, the company independently developed an Electric Control ECU which has equipped CNG engines and the WP13 engine for heavy-duty commercial trucks.

Brands and Acquisitions

Weichai Power owns several Chinese brands:

-   SHAANXI HEAVY-DUTY MOTOR CO. LTD. ()
-   SHAANXI FAST AUTO DRIVE GROUP COMPANY ()
-   SHAANXI HANDE AXLE CO., LTD. () which was jointly invested and built up by Weichai Power Co., Ltd. and Shaanxi Automobile Group Co., Ltd. in 2003.
-   WEICHAI POWER YANGZHOU DIESEL ENGINE CO., LTD. (), recombined with Weichai Power in 2009.
-   ZHUZHOU GEAR CO., LTD. ()
-   ZHUZHOU TORCH SPARK PLUGS CO., LTD. ()
-   WEICHAI (CHONGQING) AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD. (潍柴(重庆)汽车有限公司), which is wholly owned by Weichai Power Co., Ltd. since 2012.

Weichai Power's acquired, in 2009, a French company which designs and manufactures marine engines named SOCIÉTÉ INTERNATIONALE DES MOTEURS BAUDOUIN.[4] In 2012, the company signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the KION GROUP, a German company, and LINDE HYDRAULICS, its forklift truck manufacturer and hydraulic technology subsidiary.[5]

Businesses

Weichai Power works in four different sectors: powertrain (engines, transmissions and axles), vehicle engines, hydraulic products and auto parts. Weichai Power focuses on engines but also on other parts as transmissions, axles, or generating sets for different applications: high-speed light-duty engines, high-speed medium-duty engines, high-speed heavy-duty engines, medium-speed diesel engines, low-speed diesel engines. The main targeted markets include trucks, buses, construction machinery, marine power, power generation, and agriculture machinery... Also, and thanks to its subsidiaries, Linde Hydraulics, Torch Sparks Plugs, Zhuzhou Gear, etc., Weichai Power provides different auto parts including hydraulic parts, spark plugs, gears, piston pins, auto lamps...

Sponsorship

[Launching of Weichai New logo, Ferrari, China, 2014]

Weichai Power was announced as a new partner of Scuderia Ferrari in January 2013. Weichai Power is the first Chinese company to sponsor Ferrari, and one of the few Chinese companies to sponsor Formula 1. The sponsorship contract has been signed for four years, ending by 2016.[6] A new contract was signed with Ferrari to extend their sponsorship in 2016 for four more years. As of July 2020, they have pulled out of their sponsorship with Ferrari.

National Awards

-   In 2007: National quality prize.[7]
-   In 2011: “WP10 / WP12 series heavy duty high speed engine and key technology” were awarded as a science and technology progress in machinery industry field in China.
-   In 2013: “Key technology and industrialization of heavy-duty and high-speed diesel engine” project: Second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

[1] NOTICE OF 2003 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

[2] Weichai Power plans Shenzhen listing

[3] http://en.weichai.com/wmdgs/wmdls/2000_2010/201401/t20140109_1793.htm

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[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJmX7dEzyaw

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[7] http://www.chinabuses.com/english/news/0712/13002.htm “Weichai Power Won Award” 12.13.2007

title: Weichai Power

question: Summarize the origins of Weichai Power.

answer: The company was founded in 2002. It was majority owned by the state-owned Weichai Group. It was founded with Weichai Holding Group as the main sponsor.

critique: The answer omits that Weichai Power was founded in 2002 with Weichai Holding Group as the main sponsor.

critique: The answer should mention the company's industrial bases.

critique: "It was majority owned by the state-owned Weichai Group." - this is incorrect. State-owned Weichai Group is the majority owner.

critique: The answer is missing the year the company was founded.

question: What does the text say about the company's acquisitions?

answer: Weichai Power has acquired several Chinese brands. In 2009, the company acquired a French company that designs and manufactures marine engines. In 2012, Weichai Power signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the KION GROUP, a German company, and LINDE HYDRAULICS, its forklift truck manufacturer and hydraulic technology subsidiary.

critique: The answer should mention the company's acquisition of Baudouin.

critique: The answer omits that Weichai Power also acquired Zhuzhou Gear and Zhuzhou Torch Spark Plugs.

critique: The answer omits the company's acquisition of Shaanxi Heavy-duty Motor Co. Ltd, Shaanxi Fast Auto Drive Group Company, Shaanxi Hande Axle Co., Ltd., and Weichai Power Yangzhou Diesel Engine Co., Ltd.

critique: The answer omits the company's acquisition of Shaanxi Heavy-Duty Motor Co. Ltd., Shaanxi Fast Auto Drive Group Company, Shaanxi Hande Axle Co., Ltd., and Weichai Power Yangzhou Diesel Engine Co., Ltd.

critique: The response is missing the acquisition of SOCIETÉ INTERNATIONALE DES MOTEURS BAUDOUIN.

critique: The answer omits a smaller acquisition and the name of the company is not mentioned.

question: What does the text say about speed limits?

answer: No answer

critique: There is no mention of speed limits in the text.

critique: While no answer is given, it can be inferred that Weichai's engines can be for high, medium, or low-speed applications depending on the engine.

critique: The answer does not mention anything about speed limits.

question: What does the text say about love?

answer: No answer

critique: No, there is no mention of love in the text.

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