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Given a sentence in English, provide an equivalent paraphrased version from the original that retains the same meaning.
Q: In other words , " die " or " remember that you will remember " .
A: In other words , " die death " or " remember that you will remember " .
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Q: Much of the eastern half of the city is relatively rural , while the western part of the city ( roughly from Woodbury Point east ) is more urbanized .
A: Most of the eastern half of the city is relatively rural , while the western part of the city is more urbanized ( for example , from Woodbury Point east ) .
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Q: Google allows business owners to check their own business data and has also recruited volunteers to verify and correct soil foreclosure data .
A: | Google allows business owners to check their own business data , and has also recruited volunteers to verify and correct ground truth data .
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In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
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Coleman says he will step down when his current contract expires at the end of the 2018 World Cup campaign.
He guided Wales to the Euro 2016 semi-finals in their first appearance at a major tournament in 58 years.
"Hopefully we'll be able to persuade him to stay on because what we've done over the past few years has been sensational," Roberts said.
"I haven't spoken to him about it yet. The plan is to get to Russia. I'm hoping there's 12 months until that decision has to be acted upon.
"During that time I'll certainly be talking to him about it. I know how much he's enjoyed the experience leading this group of players, leading the team behind the team, and leading the nation.
"He's obviously done a remarkable job. Anything's possible in football. Things change very quickly. Hopefully on this occasion Chris will change his mind."
Coleman's side drew 1-1 away to Serbia in their recent World Cup qualifier to remain unbeaten in their group.
Wales are currently four points behind Serbia and the Republic of Ireland in group D, with four matches remaining.
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Only the winners of the nine European World Cup qualifying groups will advance automatically to next year's finals in Russia, while the eight best runners-up enter the play-offs.
However, Roberts still believes finishing top is a realistic aim and is not ready to concede that Wales cannot win the group.
"All we can do is focus on the games coming up in September. Win those and see where it takes us," he said.
"But we know that we have to take maximum points really, and that's well within the reach of this group of players.
"The aim is to finish top of the group. If that doesn't happen we'll have to aim for the play-off spot. But we're prepared for either [scenario]."
After beating Moldova in their opening game in the group, Wales have drawn their last five matches.
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But Roberts says the coaching team have been happy with the performances.
"We've created more chances than the opposition in each of those games. So it's fine lines," he said.
"When we look at the games against Serbia - in the home game, they had one effort on target and they scored. And yet again last week they get one effort on target and they score.
"It's very difficult to stop a team for 90 minutes from getting one effort on target.
"Based on statistics, we've been really unlucky not to get maximum points out of most of the games, apart from [the 1-1 draw] with Georgia. That's the only game we didn't deserve maximum points.
"But we are where we are. We've got to continue to work hard. And we've got to continue to be effective in that final third, in particular in open play."
Wales assistant boss Osian Roberts hopes Chris Coleman can be persuaded to extend his stay as Wales manager.
The body was discovered by workmen at High Melton College on Tuesday.
South Yorkshire Police said formal identification had not taken place but confirmed officers had pulled the man's body from the tank on Wednesday.
Detectives are working with Yorkshire Water and underwater search teams to determine the circumstances surrounding what happened.
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High Melton is a campus of Doncaster College.
A body discovered in a sewage tank at a Doncaster college is that of a man, police have said.
The Sun on Sunday has published a video showing the alleged incident, believed to have taken place on Sunday, 26 July.
"I wholeheartedly apologise for any offence I've caused," Vardy, 28, said.
"It was a regrettable error in judgement I take full responsibility for, and I accept my behaviour was not up to what's expected of me."
Vardy scored the opening goal in Leicester's 4-2 win against Sunderland on Saturday.
He has scored 26 goals in 98 league games for the Foxes and made his international debut for England in June.
A Leicester City spokesman added: "We expect the highest standards from our players on and off the pitch and for them to set an example as role models in our community.
"We have noted Jamie's apology and will begin a process of investigation into the incident imminently. There will be no further comment until this process has concluded."
Two months ago, Leicester sacked three players after they took part in a racist sex tape filmed on the club's end-of-season tour of Thailand.
Tom Hopper, Adam Smith and James Pearson - the son of former Foxes manager Nigel - had their contracts terminated following an internal investigation by the club.
| Leicester's Jamie Vardy has apologised and his club have promised to carry out an investigation after claims that the striker made a racial slur in a casino.
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Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a correct English sentence. You need to generate an incorrect form of the input sentence.
Input: A perfect example of Realpolitik was when Bismarck manipulated the letter written by the king , and sent it to the French emperor , Napoleon III .
Output: | A perfect example of Real Politik was when Bismarck manipulated the letter written by the king and sent it to the French emperor Napoleon III . |
Generate a sentence that includes all the following words: coach, reign, staff | football player was part of coaching staff during troubled reign |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
In this task you will be given a question and a passage. You need to determine if the answer to the question is contained in the passage. If the answer can be found in the passage you should output 'True'. If the answer cannot be found in the passage you should output 'False'.
Example: Passage: 'The size of a matrix is defined by the number of rows and columns that it contains. A matrix with m rows and n columns is called an m × n matrix or m-by-n matrix, while m and n are called its dimensions. For example, the matrix A above is a 3 × 2 matrix.'. Question: 'who came up with eating turkey on thanksgiving'.
Output: False
The passage does not mention anything about Thanksgiving turkeys so the passage does not answer the question. The output is 'False', so this is a good example.
New input case for you: Passage: 'Five Nights at Freddy's (often abbreviated to FNaF) is a media franchise based around an indie video game series created, designed, developed, and published by Scott Cawthon for Microsoft Windows, iOS, and Android.'. Question: 'how did they do the voices for alvin and the chipmunks'.
Output: | False |
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: The South Western Ghats montane rain forests are an ecoregion of southern India, covering the southern portion of the Western Ghats range in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, at elevations over 1000 meters. They are cooler and wetter than the lower-elevation South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests, which surround the montane rain forests.
Hypothesis: The coolest and wettest region of India is the Ghats.
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: Mount Weeks, formerly Round Mountain, is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. Mt. Weeks is the northeasternmost of the Pliny Range of the White Mountains and the highest point within the city limits of Berlin, New Hampshire. Mount Weeks is flanked to the southwest by South Weeks, and faces Terrace Mountain to the northwest across Willard Notch.
Hypothesis: Mount Weeks the tallest mountain in New Hampshire.
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: Lausche (Czech: "Luž" ), is, at 793 m , the highest peak of the Lusatian Mountains and the highest mountain in the German part of the Upper Lusatia region. The conical mountain is part of the Zittau Mountains range, situated on the border of the German state of Saxony with the Bohemian region of the Czech Republic.
Hypothesis: There is 2 feet of snow at the top
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: | Context: The 24th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force intermediate echelon command and control organization. It was last assigned to First Air Force, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC). It was inactivated on 30 September 1990 at Griffiss Air Force Base, New York.
Hypothesis: The 24th Air Division is branch of the Navy. |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
The Vice President stated that he called the President to discuss the rules of engagement for the CAP. He recalled feeling that it did no good to establish the CAP unless the pilots had instructions on whether they were authorized to shoot if the plane would not divert. He said the President signed off on that concept. The President said he remembered such a conversation, and that it reminded him of when he had been an interceptor pilot. The President emphasized to us that he had authorized the shootdown of hijacked aircraft. The Vice President's military aide told us he believed the Vice President spoke to the President just after entering the conference room, but he did not hear what they said. Rice, who entered the room shortly after the Vice President and sat next to him, remembered hearing him inform the President, "Sir, the CAPs are up. Sir, they're going to want to know what to do." Then she recalled hearing him say, "Yes sir." She believed this conversation occurred a few minutes, perhaps five, after they entered the conference room. We believe this call would have taken place sometime before 10:10 to 10:15. Among the sources that reflect other important events of that morning, there is no documentary evidence for this call, but the relevant sources are incomplete. Others nearby who were taking notes, such as the Vice President's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, who sat next to him, and Mrs. Cheney, did not note a call between the President and Vice President immediately after the Vice President entered the conference room. At 10:02, the communicators in the shelter began receiving reports from the Secret Service of an inbound aircraft-presumably hijacked-heading toward Washington. That aircraft was United 93. The Secret Service was getting this information directly from the FAA. The FAA may have been tracking the progress of United 93 on a display that showed its projected path to Washington, not its actual radar return. Thus, the Secret Service was relying on projections and was not aware the plane was already down in Pennsylvania. <sep>What hijacked aircraft were the pilots authorized to shoot down under CAP?<sep>United 14 | No |
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In this task, you are given a second sentence. Your task is to generate the first sentence on the same topic but incoherent and inconsistent with the second sentence.
question:
Eventually , they are able to defeat him in the same manner King David defeated Goliath , destroying the enchanted moon and blinding Belial as he falls to his death .
answer:
Belial transforms into a gigantic monster .
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However , Kaidoh takes the last remaining spot , kicking Inui off the regulars .
answer:
Once Ryoma beats Inui , his position as a regular is set .
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However , this method can provide uniformly distributed hashes even when the keys are chosen by a malicious agent .
answer:
| In ordinary applications , this advantage may be too small to offset their much higher cost .
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In this task, given a sentence in English Tokens, your task is to convert it into the English language
Example Input: Glasgow said his performance at the company was assessed based on how he was `` touching , moving and inspiring '' others , a phrase from the Landmark philosophy , as opposed to his business accomplishments at the company .
Example Output: Glasgow said his performance at the company was assessed based on how he was "touching, moving and inspiring" others, a phrase from the Landmark philosophy, as opposed to his business accomplishments at the company.
Example Input: `` It is my understanding that at about 4:30 this afternoon , a call went out for a suspicious person . ''
Example Output: "It is my understanding that at about 4:30 this afternoon, a call went out for a suspicious person."
Example Input: The LHC , which is the world 's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator , is located near the border of France and Switzerland and crosses the border four times .
Example Output: | The LHC, which is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, is located near the border of France and Switzerland and crosses the border four times.
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In this task, you are given a second sentence. Your task is to generate the first sentence on the same topic but incoherent and inconsistent with the second sentence.
[Q]: Instead , he opted for the special of the day and appeared content .
[A]: Despite his presidential standing , he discovered his order for an egg salad sandwich at the site 's delicatessen could not be fulfilled .
[Q]: Consequently , there is a component of each body 's motion towards the other ( see the figure ) .
[A]: These bodies are not falling in precisely the same direction , but towards a single point in space : namely , the Earth 's center of gravity .
[Q]: However , though Captain Marvelous insisted that they not interfere , his crew arrives to even the odds .
[A]: | Using a trumpet , Basco summons Dragon Ranger , King Ranger , Time Fire , Shurikenger , and Deka Break to have them gang up on Captain Marvelous .
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Aava Whistler Hotel Star Ratings: Location: Whistler Rooms:192 Stay at the Aava Whistler Hotel (formerly Coast Whistler Hotel) and experience a great vacation. The Aava Whistler Hotel is within minutes from over a hundred shopping malls and restaurants. It also has a great number of recreational facilities,including swimming,diving and even skiing. Hotel services include 24-hour reception,laundry and room service. Guests can stay in cozy rooms equipped with air-conditioning, bathroom and television. From CN Y=496 per night. Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel Star Ratings: Location: East Lundy's Lane Room:l66 Relax and unwind at the Best Western Cairn Hotel. This resort-style hotel is located just minutes from the airport. At the Best Western Cairn Croft, guests can enjoy a large number of recreational facilities,including children's activities, sightseeing and a swimming pool. Business travelers can also take advantage of spacious meeting and banqueting facilities for hosting corporate events. All rooms come with basic amenities . From CNY=439 per night. Clarion Hotel&Suites Downtown Montreal Star Ratings: Location:Montreal Rooms:266 Conveniently located just 20 minutes from the airport, the Clarion Hotel&Suite Downtown Montreal is a moderately-priced three-star hotel that provides services to both business and leisure travelers. The Clarion has spacious meeting facilities and modern business centers for business travelers. It also has a sauna and whirlpool where guest can relax. All rooms come with basic amenities, including cable TV and a kitchenette. From CNY=553 per night. Delta Bow Valley Hotel Star Ratings: Location:Calgary Rooms:398 The Delta Bow Valley Hotel is located a couple of blocks north of Olympic Plaza, east of James Short Park, and north-east of the Petro-Canada Centre. Apart from business and recreational services such as a business centre,fitness centre and restaurant, all... If you want to check in to a hotel at three o'clock in the morning you can stay at A) Aava Whistler Hotel B) Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel C) Clarion Hotel&Suites Downtown Montreal D) Delta Bow Valley Hotel
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question: "Sam broke both his ankles and he's walking with crutches. But a month or so from now they should be unnecessary." is true.
So, is "The ankles should be unnecessary." true as well?
prediction: no
question: "As Ollie carried Tommy up the long winding steps, his legs dangled." is true.
So, is "Ollie's legs dangled." true as well?
prediction: no
question: "Joe has sold his house and bought a new one a few miles away. He will be moving into it on Thursday." is true.
So, is "He will be moving into The old house on Thursday." true as well?
prediction: no
question: "The man couldn't lift his son because he was so weak." is true.
So, is "The son was so weak." true as well?
prediction: | no |
Definition: Answer the question from the given passage. Your answer should be directly extracted from the passage, and it should be a single entity, name, or number, not a sentence.
Input: Passage: In Hinduism the spiritual teacher is known as a guru, and, in many traditions of Hinduism - especially those common in the West - the emphasis on spiritual mentorship is extremely high, with gurus often exercising a great deal of control over the lives of their disciples. Question: What is the name of the spiritual teacher in Hinduism?
Output: | guru |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
Write a phrase, the answer to which is present in the passage. The answer to this question should be completely and unambiguously found in the passage. The query must be about a single or multiple linked entities.
Example: Most people should get all the nutrients they need by having a varied and balanced diet, although some few people may need to take extra supplements. What this guide covers This guide has information about: Bonus: Like potassium, calcium helps regulate blood pressure. On your plate: milk (and other dairy products), spinach, beans and calcium-fortified products. 4. Magnesium: One of the most underrated minerals, magnesium is involved in over 300 chemical reactions in your body. other vitamins and minerals – including beta-carotene, copper, potassium and zinc ; Use these links to find out what these nutrients do, how much of them you need, how to ensure you get enough, and what the risks are if you take too much. Additional information. There are separate pages on: vitamins for children Vitamins and minerals. vitamins-minerals Vitamin A. vitamins-minerals B vitamins and folic acid. vitamins-minerals Vitamin C. vitamins-minerals Vitamin D. vitamins-minerals Vitamin E. vitamins-minerals Vitamin K. vitamins-minerals Calcium. There are separate pages on: 1 vitamins for children. 2 vitamins, supplements and nutrition in pregnancy. 3 fluoride. The 5 Minerals You Really Need ... and How to Add Them to Your Diet. According to Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Linus Pauling, you can trace every health ailment to a mineral deficiency. Who knew?Stress, for example, robs your body of magnesium. An iron deficiency can make you feel lethargic -- and compromise your immunity. On your plate: bananas, baked potatoes, raisins, tomatoes and artichokes. 1 3. Calcium: Sure, calcium helps build strong bones, but it also helps prevent PMS (a welcome side effect for women everywhere). 2 4. Magnesium: One of the most underrated minerals, magnesium is involved in over 300 chemical reactions in your body. other vitamins and minerals – including beta-carotene, copper, potassium and zinc Use these links to find out what these nutrients do, how much of them you need, how to ensure you get enough, and what the risks are if you take too much. Vitamins and minerals are nutrients your body needs in small amounts to work properly and stay healthy. Most people should get all the nutrients they need by having a varied and balanced diet, although some few people may need to take extra supplements. What this guide covers. This guide has information about: vitamin A B vitamins and folic acid So which minerals do you need, and how do you add them to your diet? Minerals are incredibly important for health and to prevent chronic disease. Without them we'd suffer from osteoporosis, PMS, high blood pressure and low energy, just to name a few, says Karen Ansel, a registered dietitian in New York.
Output: the importance of minerals in diet
The passage is about the importance of nutrients in a diet. This includes minerals, and hence, the question of importance of minerals can be answered from the information in the passage.
New input case for you: Research Professor salaries at East Tennessee State University. Compare salary averages over time and by gender. faculty-salaries.startclass.com Salary Schedules Compensation Overview. East Tennessee State University is dedicated to offering competitive salaries to both faculty and staff as well as opportunities for growth and advancement. Guidelines for faculty appointment and promotion are outlined in the Faculty Handbook. Use the charts above to compare faculty compensation and workload at East Tennessee State University versus nearby colleges. Faculty Ranking and Demographics The full-time faculty at East Tennessee State University includes 156 professors, 154 associate professors, 172 assistant professors, 31 instructors, 60 lecturers, and 2 unranked teachers - 303 men and 272 women: Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is typically assigned by the college itself. Compensation Overview East Tennessee State University is dedicated to offering competitive salaries to both faculty and staff as well as opportunities for growth and advancement. Guidelines for faculty appointment and promotion are outlined in the Faculty Handbook. You can review these compensation guides in the links below. But the value of employment at ETSU goes far beyond salary. Total compensation includes annual salary, a generous annual and sick leave program, 13 paid holidays, health and life insurance, retirement, 401(k) and more. Physician / Cardiology - Invasive / Tennessee / Permanent / Non-interventional/Invasive Opening in the Foothills of Tennessee Job Staff Physician Recruiter - Tennessee. Home to University of Tennessee. Tennessee is an income tax free state. Stellar reputation of well established cardiologists leading the way in the latest... Learn more about average east tennessee state university Salaries on Simply Hired. Compare average salaries by job title and skillset. Monthly faculty salaries at East Tennessee State University vary approximately from $2,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $82,000 a year - that is 12% lower than Tennessee average faculty compensation. Women faculty members at this school are paid $6,241 a month on average; it is lower than average men faculty salaries, $7,370 a month. East Tennessee State University is dedicated to offering competitive salaries to both faculty and staff as well as opportunities for growth ... www.etsu.edu East Tennessee State University Faculty salaries - Chronicle Data Top east tennessee state university jobs Physician - Urology Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration - Johnson City, TN. Our academic affiliation with the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) School of Medicine provides rich educational opportunities for trainees and staff alike... Physician - Hospitalist Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration - Johnson City, TN
Output: | east tennessee state university salaries |
Craniate Free English online dictionary based on WordNet 30
A: Craniate - Free English online dictionary based on WordNet 3.0
Youre well and enjoy life because you arent owned
A: You’re well and enjoy life because you aren’t owned.
Australian brand Orgran since 1984
A: Australian brand: Orgran since 1984
The brethren all send greetings to you
| A: The brethren all send greetings to you. |
In 15–20% of active cases, the infection spreads outside the lungs, causing other kinds of TB. These are collectively denoted as "extrapulmonary tuberculosis". Extrapulmonary TB occurs more commonly in immunosuppressed persons and young children. In those with HIV, this occurs in more than 50% of cases. Notable extrapulmonary infection sites include the pleura (in tuberculous pleurisy), the central nervous system (in tuberculous meningitis), the lymphatic system (in scrofula of the neck), the genitourinary system (in urogenital tuberculosis), and the bones and joints (in Pott disease of the spine), among others. When it spreads to the bones, it is also known as "osseous tuberculosis", a form of osteomyelitis. Sometimes, bursting of a tubercular abscess through skin results in tuberculous ulcer. An ulcer originating from nearby infected lymph nodes is painless, slowly enlarging and has an appearance of "wash leather". A potentially more serious, widespread form of TB is called "disseminated tuberculosis", also known as miliary tuberculosis. Miliary TB makes up about 10% of extrapulmonary cases.
At least what percentage of HIV-positive patients who contract TB will experience extrapulmonary infection?
50%
Spirometry is recommended to aid in diagnosis and management. It is the single best test for asthma. If the FEV1 measured by this technique improves more than 12% following administration of a bronchodilator such as salbutamol, this is supportive of the diagnosis. It however may be normal in those with a history of mild asthma, not currently acting up. As caffeine is a bronchodilator in people with asthma, the use of caffeine before a lung function test may interfere with the results. Single-breath diffusing capacity can help differentiate asthma from COPD. It is reasonable to perform spirometry every one or two years to follow how well a person's asthma is controlled.
Why is spirometry so commonly used to diagnose asthma?
It is the single best test for asthma
Buses now provide the majority of local public transport. The main bus operators are First Southampton and Bluestar. Other operators include Brijan Tours, Stagecoach and Xelabus. The other large service provider is the Uni-link bus service (running from early in the morning to midnight), which was commissioned by the University of Southampton to provide transport from the university to the town. Previously run by Enterprise, it is now run by Bluestar. Free buses are provided by City-link'. The City-link runs from the Red Funnel ferry terminal at Town Quay to Central station via WestQuay and is operated by Bluestar. There is also a door-to-door minibus service called Southampton Dial a Ride, for residents who cannot access public transport. This is funded by the council and operated by SCA Support Services.
What bus service did the University of Southampton commission to carry people between the city and the university?
| Uni-link |
[Q]: The parents forbade their children from watching the movie.
cause:
[A]: The movie was rated R.
[Q]: The father shut off the children's television.
cause:
[A]: It was bedtime for the children.
[Q]: The woman felt compelled to help someone in need.
effect:
[A]: She donated blood.
[Q]: I pushed the pendulum.
effect:
[A]: | It swung back and forth. |
Continue the following story.
One Friday night we all pitched in and got a huge pizza. My brother bit into a slice that had a piece of gum on it. Disgusted, we called the pizza place to complain. They came by our house and denied everything. | We ordered from another store. |
Given the below context: Amyntas III was forced to flee his kingdom in either 393 or 383 BC (based on conflicting accounts), owing to a massive invasion by the Illyrian Dardani led by Bardylis. The pretender to the throne Argaeus ruled in his absence, yet Amyntas III eventually returned to his kingdom with the aid of Thessalian allies. Amyntas III was also nearly overthrown by the forces of the Chalcidian city of Olynthos, but with the aid of Teleutias, brother of the Spartan king Agesilaus II, the Macedonians forced Olynthos to surrender and dissolve their Chalcidian League in 379 BC.Alexander II (r. 370 – 368 BC), son of Eurydice I and Amyntas III, succeeded his father and immediately invaded Thessaly to wage war against the tagus (supreme Thessalian military leader) Alexander of Pherae, capturing the city of Larissa. The Thessalians, desiring to remove both Alexander II and Alexander of Pherae as their overlords, appealed to Pelopidas of Thebes for aid; he succeeded in recapturing Larissa and, in the peace agreement arranged with Macedonia, received aristocratic hostages including Alexander II's brother and future king Philip II (r. 359–336 BC– ). When Alexander was assassinated by his brother-in-law Ptolemy of Aloros, the latter acted as an overbearing regent for Perdiccas III (r. 368 – 359 BC), younger brother of Alexander II, who eventually had Ptolemy executed when reaching the age of majority in 365 BC. The remainder of Perdiccas III's reign was marked by political stability and financial recovery. However, an Athenian invasion led by Timotheus, son of Conon, managed to capture Methone and Pydna, and an Illyrian invasion led by Bardylis succeeded in killing Perdiccas III and 4,000 Macedonian troops in battle. Guess a valid title for it!
Ans: Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
Given the below context: Giovanni Battista Barbirolli was born in Southampton Row, Holborn, London, the second child and eldest son of an Italian father and a French mother. He was a British national from birth, and as Southampton Row is within the sound of Bow Bells, Barbirolli always regarded himself as a Cockney. His father, Lorenzo Barbirolli (1864–1929), was a Venetian violinist who had settled in London with his wife, Louise Marie, née Ribeyrol (1870–1962). Lorenzo and his father had played in the orchestra at La Scala, Milan, where they had taken part in the première of Otello in 1887. In London they played in West End theatre orchestras, principally that of the Empire, Leicester Square. The young Barbirolli began to play the violin when he was four, but soon changed to the cello. He later said that this was at the instigation of his grandfather who, exasperated at the child's habit of wandering around while practising the violin, bought him a small cello to stop him from "getting in everybody's way". His education at St. Clement Danes Grammar School overlapped, from 1910, with a scholarship at Trinity College of Music. As a Trinity student, he made his concert debut in a cello concerto in the Queen's Hall in 1911. The following year he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, which he attended from 1912 to 1916, studying harmony, counterpoint and theory under Dr. J. B. McEwen and the cello with Herbert Walenn. In 1914 he was joint winner of the academy's Charles Rube Prize for ensemble playing, and in 1916 The Musical Times singled him out as "that excellent young 'cello player, Mr Giovanni Barbirolli." The principal of the Academy, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, had forbidden students to play the chamber music of Ravel, which he regarded as "a pernicious influence". Barbirolli was keenly interested in modern music, and he and three colleagues secretly rehearsed Ravel's String Quartet in the privacy of a men's lavatory in the Academy.From 1916 to 1918 Barbirolli was a freelance cellist in London. He recalled, "My first... Guess a valid title for it!
Ans: John Barbirolli
Given the below context: The second Anglican church in Sydney and now the oldest church building in the City of Sydney in continuous use for its original purpose since its consecration in February 1824. A part of the group of official buildings constructed for Governor Macquarie on the east side of Sydney which were an important element of Macquarie's town plan and improvements in Sydney. A building whose location was altered by the intervention of the British government's Commissioner of Enquiry, J T Bigge and whose completion was adversely affected by the administrative consequences of the recommendations of the Bigge Commission. An institution reflecting the association of government and religion in the colonial period and the role of the colonial chaplains in that establishment. The church in which the first Bishop of Australia, W G Broughton was installed in 1836 and the first church in which the Bishop regularly officiated. The church in which the first ordinations of Anglican clergy were held in Australia and classes held for the first theological college. For its role in education including the first attempt at kindergarten teaching in New South Wales. For the part played by the renovation of the building in 1900-1902 in a shift in attitude towards the retention of historic buildings and an appreciation of the church's architecture, despite the denigration in the later 19th century of the style of the building and its associations. For the important part played by the building in discussions of heritage, town planning and conservation generally.The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history. St James' Church has strong associations with the life and work of: Architects, Francis Greenway, John Verge, Varney Parkes and John Hingeston Buckeridge. Artists Ethel Anderson and the Turramurra Painters, Norman Carter, David Wright and Leon Sadubin, Bishop William Grant Broughton and a long line of significant clergy who have... Guess a valid title for it!
| Ans: St James' Church, Sydney |
To say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony.
The hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation.
Choose your answer: Does the word "hegemony" mean the same thing in the above two sentences?
Select from:
A). different meanings
B). the same meaning | B). |
Please answer this: Given the following passage "Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred in the reproduction of plants, thereby enabling fertilisation and sexual reproduction. Most flowering plants require an animal to do the transportation. While other animals are included as pollinators, the majority of pollination is done by insects. Because insects usually receive benefit for the pollination in the form of energy rich nectar it is a grand example of mutualism. The various flower traits (and combinations thereof) that differentially attract one type of pollinator or another are known as pollination syndromes. These arose through complex plant-animal adaptations. Pollinators find flowers through bright colorations, including ultraviolet, and attractant pheromones. The study of pollination by insects is known as anthecology.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What is something that animals can see?
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Answer: ultraviolet
Please answer this: Given the following passage "A number of the city's downtown employers are relatively new, as there has been a marked trend of companies moving from satellite suburbs around Metropolitan Detroit into the downtown core.[citation needed] Compuware completed its world headquarters in downtown in 2003. OnStar, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and HP Enterprise Services are located at the Renaissance Center. PricewaterhouseCoopers Plaza offices are adjacent to Ford Field, and Ernst & Young completed its office building at One Kennedy Square in 2006. Perhaps most prominently, in 2010, Quicken Loans, one of the largest mortgage lenders, relocated its world headquarters and 4,000 employees to downtown Detroit, consolidating its suburban offices. In July 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office opened its Elijah J. McCoy Satellite Office in the Rivertown/Warehouse District as its first location outside Washington, D.C.'s metropolitan area.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Where is the Rivertown/Warehouse District?
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Please answer this: Given the following passage "In 1901, the Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed one nation. They kept the systems of government that they had developed as separate colonies but also would have a federal government that was responsible for matters concerning the whole nation. When the Constitution of Australia came into force, the colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Which document needed to be implemented for the six self-governing colonies of Britain to form into one nation?
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: JAMES NIELSEN Chronicle Houston police officers divert traffic from ice-covered lanes on Interstate 10 westbound at the Taylor street exit early Saturday morning. Share Print Share
Houston's rare snowfall led to slippery conditions overnight that forced road closures and contributed to several serious accidents, including one that killed a driver and another that injured a Houston police officer.
An officer investigating a minor traffic accident on 610 above the Gulf Freeway sustained injuries from a passing motorist who lost control around 7:30 a.m., Houston Police Department spokesman Kese Smith said.
That driver, who was not involved in the initial accident, saw the investigation, tapped their brakes and skidded into the patrol car – pinning the officer between his cruiser and the guard rail.
The officer was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital with leg injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, Smith said. The officer’s name is not being released pending notification of family. He is assigned to the Eastside Patrol Division.
In another incident, a man died overnight in a one-car accident on North Wayside near the North Loop.
Around 11:30 p.m., a green Cadillac Seville was traveling southbound on North Wayside at a high rate of speed when it struck a curb, crossed a grassy median and continued into other lanes of traffic, Smith said. The car eventually stopped in a wooded area.
The driver was killed at the scene and his passenger was transported to Ben Taub General Hospital.
KHOU reported several additional accidents and closed roads.
Around 9 p.m., several cars lost control and slammed into each other late Friday on the elevated part of Studemont over White Oak Bayou near I-10. A pickup headed southbound on I-45 near Crosstimbers hit a patch of ice and spun out around 10 p.m. An 18-wheeler behind the truck couldn’t stop and the two collided. One person was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. The freeway was shutdown for about an hour for cleanup and sanding.
KHOU is reporting that about 6 a.m. today, a multi-car pileup on a Gulf Freeway overpass at Griggs prompted police to shut down all inbound lanes of I-45. At least one person was killed, but further details were not yet available. Traffic is being diverted to the feeder road, and inbound traffic quickly backed up.
Officials urged drivers to use caution, especially when navigating bridges and overpasses.
Many flights were delayed Friday because of mandatory de-icing procedures, and more than 100 were canceled.
Emergency officials voiced concerns that melted snow could turn to ice, especially on bridges and overpasses, but few drivers were seen testing the road conditions Friday night.
Even before the snow began falling, work crews already had applied a magnesium-chloride solution to places likely to be trouble spots for freezing.
“That's when it's most effective — we apply it when the roads are dry and give it time to set in,” said Sanchez. “We're going to monitor it tonight and keep a pretty close eye on our roadways, especially the bridges and overpasses.”
Sand truck crews from the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation were on standby. The most pressing concern overnight was patches of difficult-to-detect “black ice” forming on the roadways as the temperature dropped, Sanchez said.
“You don't always see the black ice and that can be deceptive,” he said. “We just don't want folks to get overconfident. The danger is still there.”
The area's greatest snow accumulations came about 60 miles southwest of Houston, where the National Weather Service reported 4 inches near Lane City and Boling. Wharton got 3 inches.
Closer to Houston, Pearland got 2.5 inches of snow. Officially, George Bush Intercontinental Airport recorded less than half an inch.
Houston's snowfall this year was unprecedented. It beat the previous record for earliest snowfall of Dec. 10, set in 1944 and 2008, by nearly a week. It also was the first time accumulating snow has fallen in consecutive years.
Take that, Chicago
For what it's worth, Houston's seasonal total of snowfall this winter now exceeds that of Chicago, which has had just a trace so far. There's a pretty good chance Houston will not lead that race for long, as the city averages one snowfall about every four years.
To get snow in the Houston area, weather conditions have to be almost perfect: arctic air must arrive at the same time as moisture in the middle and upper levels of the atmosphere. Usually, the cold, dry air gets to Houston before the atmospheric moisture, which erodes it, or it arrives too late.
This time, a low-pressure system in the mid- to upper-levels reached our area right along with the Arctic air Friday morning.
No blizzards forecast
Looking ahead, meteorologist Fred Schmude of ImpactWeather said he does not expect another freeze tonight. The forecast shows highs in the upper 40s and lows in the low 40s.
A modest chance of rainfall will return to the forecast Sunday through early next week as temperatures gradually warm.
Reporter Ericka Mellon contributed to this report.
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The Houston area expected up to an additional 2 inches of snow Friday evening as a powerful surge delivered cold air down from the Rockies, said Chris McKinney, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Houston. Some areas could receive 3 to 5 inches of snow.
"It's not normal to see not this much snow," McKinney said. "Sometimes, we don't see snow at all. It just doesn't happen."
It has never snowed two years in a row, McKinney said. Snow is so rare, that since 1895, snow has only fallen in Houston 33 times.
Not this year. Parts of Montague, Cooke, Wise, Jack, Parker and Palo Pinto Counties reported more than 1 inch of snow, NBC News affiliate KXAS in Dallas-Forth Worth reported. The highest snowfall total was in Jacksboro, where residents had 3 inches of snow.
There was more on the way. Houston and surrounding areas braced for more than snow: Rain, freezing, rain, sleet and hail were expected to hit the area hard.
Traffic delays
Officials braced for the worst and started preparing for icy roads and treacherous driving conditions by sending sanding trucks out to coat roads and airport runways.
The Texas Department of Transportation said it was ready.
"We've updated our route maps to reflect any changes that occurred since our last rain event," Gilbert Aguillar, Dallas street director, told KXAS. "We've been servicing our equipment and training our personnel."
Msnbc.com's Sevil Omer contributed to this report. |||||
A: | Snow began falling on Houston this morning, making Dec. 4 the city record for earliest snowfall. Forecasts differ, but most expect 1 to 2 inches over a large area, with the possibility of up to 6 inches near the coast, the Chronicle reports. The phenomenon is not just unfamiliar but almost unheard-of—in the past 114 years, Houston has seen snow just 33 times, MSNBC reports. |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Doctors didn't take post op measurements but said it was still 'generous'
Surgeon said: 'It's girth was just massive' and was shaped like rugby ball
A 17-year-old boy has undergone the world's first penis reduction surgery, surgeons claim.
The American teen requested the surgery after his penis grew too large, restricting his ability to have sex or play competitive sports.
The boy's surgeons were shocked when he came to them complaining that his penis was too big.
When flaccid, it measured almost seven inches in length and had a circumference of 10 inches - around the size of a grapefruit.
Surgeons described it as being shaped like an American football.
The surgeon who treated the teenager, Rafael Carrion, a urologist at the University of South Florida, told MailOnline: 'There comes a time in every urologist's career that a patient makes a request so rare and impossible to comprehend that all training breaks down and leaves the physician speechless.
'That question was "can you make my penis smaller"?'
A 17-year-old boy in Florida is thought to be the first person to undergo penis reduction surgery. The teenager requested the operation after his penis (pictured on an X-ray) grew too large
The teenager had suffered from several bouts of priapism - an unwanted erection, due to having a condition in which abnormally-shaped blood cells block vessels in the penis, causing it to swell.
These episodes had left his penis bloated and misshapen.
He said he was unable to have sex or play competitive sport, had difficulty wearing his pants due to his 'large and heavy phallus', and was embarrassed by how visible it appeared underneath regular clothing.
Though his penis was so large, it did not grow when he had erections - it merely became firmer.
'His penis had inflated like a balloon,' said Dr Carrion.
'It sounds like a man's dream - a tremendously inflated phallus - but unfortunately although it was a generous length, it's girth was just massive, especially around the middle.
'It looked like an American football.'
Dr Carrion and his team looked at the medical literature but couldn't find any precedent for what to do.
'Lord knows there's a global race on how to make it longer and thicker in plastic surgery circles, but very little on how to make it smaller,' he said.
In the end, they decided to embark on a surgical technique normally used to treat Peyronie's disease, a condition where scar tissue develops along the penis, causing it to bend.
The surgeons sliced along an old circumcision scar, unwrapped the skin of the penis, and cut out two segments of tissue from either side.
'It was a bit like having two side tummy-tucks - that's how we explained it to him,' said Dr Carrion.
The teenager said he was unable to have sex or play competitive sport, had difficulty wearing his pants due to his 'large and heavy phallus', and was embarrassed by how visible it appeared underneath clothing (file pic)
The doctors were able to bypass the urethra - the tube which carries urine through the penis - and all of the nerves that provide sensation.
The teenager spent just two days in hospital before returning home, apparently 'ecstatic' with his new penis.
The doctors did not take final measurements of the penis, although Dr Carrion told MailOnline the result was 'generous'.
There comes a time in every urologist's career that a patient makes a request that leaves a physician speechless. That question was "can you make my penis smaller"?' Rafael Carrion, urologist at the University of South Florida
'It's slightly longer and slightly thicker than the average male, but now it looks symmetrical, and the patient was very satisfied,' he said.
The teen now has no problem having normal erections and has full sensation.
'It looks cosmetically appealing, and he said it was a life-changing event, he's all smiles,' said Carrion.
Since the paper describing the surgery was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Dr Carrion has only had one person approach him to request the same surgery.
He said: 'This [second] man seems to have a naturally large penis, because there's nothing unusual in his medical history, so it doesn't seem like there's any real abnormality in this case'.
Whereas the first teenager had an obvious medical condition that needed treating, performing surgery on someone who is completely healthy but having difficulties with the size of his penis is another matter, said Dr Carrion.
'These are controversial waters we're stepping in,' he added. 'Who is to judge what is a legitimate complaint and what isn't? ||||| There's no shortage of men looking to lengthen the appearance of their penis with pills, pumps, or even plastic surgery. A teen in Florida, however, had a special problem: He needed to shrink his. The unidentified 17-year-old, who suffered from several bouts of priapism, underwent the “world’s first” penis reduction surgery to be able to grow erections and have sex, according to the case report in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
The Florida teen claims his 7-inch flaccid penis with a 10-inch circumference was left bloated and misshapen after suffering three priapism episodes. His history of sickle cell disease led to recurrent priapism, which caused an aneurysmal morphologic deformity of his penis. In other words, his rugby ball-shaped member was too enlarged and disfigured for him to experience a normal erection and penetrate his partner — it just became firmer.
“His penis had inflated like a balloon,” Dr. Rafael Carrion, an urologist at the University of South Florida, who treated the teen, told the Daily Mail. “It sounds like a man's dream — a tremendously inflated phallus — but unfortunately although it was a generous length, its girth was just massive, especially around the middle. It looked like an American football.”
Teenager with giant penis shaped like rugby ball has 'world first' reduction surgery http://t.co/CvLIzNBnYU pic.twitter.com/mu7SveoknR — Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 12, 2015
Carrion and his medical team decided to adapt a surgical technique used to treat Peyronie’s disease to perform the penis reduction. This disease is characterized by the development of fibrous scar tissue inside the penis that causes curved, painful erections, according to the Mayo Clinic. Although having a curved erection is common, men who suffer from Peyronie’s disease tend to experience a significant bend or pain.
The surgery involved slicing along an old circumcision scar, followed by unwrapping the skin of the penis, and cutting out two segments of tissue from either side, the Mirror reported. Carrion and the surgeons were able to bypass the urethra and all of the nerves responsible for sensation. Carrion described the procedure as “having two side tummy-tucks.”
The teen had a successful reduction and spent just two days at the hospital. His penis is still “slightly longer and slightly thicker than the average male,” Carrion said, “but now it looks symmetrical, and the patient was very satisfied.” He reportedly now has no trouble having normal erections and experiencing full sensation.
Carrion has only had one other person approach him to request a penis reduction since the case report release. However, unlike the teen, the man has a naturally large penis, but there’s nothing unusual in his medical history.
Guys, bigger isn’t always better.
Source: Carrion R, Hakky TS, Manimala NJ et al. The Reduction Corporoplasty: The Answer to the Improbable Urologic Question “Can You Make My Penis Smaller?” Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2014. ||||| With the increase in penile augmentation procedures it becomes important to assess what is the normal erect penile size in both potent men and men with erectile dysfunction (ED). The aim of this work is to define the average stretched penile size in normal men and ED patients. Penile length and girth. This study included 1,027 adult men presenting to a university hospital outpatient clinic. Two groups of patients were included in this research work. Group I comprises normal adult men (949) and Group II, ED patients (78). There were no differences of race, age, height, and weight. Penile length and girth were measured using a tape measure and rigid ruler in the fully stretched states in both groups. All penile measurements were performed by the same physician. In normal men (Group I) the mean of the fully stretched length was 12.9 +/- 1.9 cm and the mean of the fully stretched girth was 8.9 +/- 0.9 cm. In ED patients (Group II), the mean of the fully stretched length was 11.2 +/- 1.5 cm and the mean of fully stretched girth was 8.8 +/- 0.8 cm. Comparing the mean of fully stretched penile lengths in both groups revealed statistical significant difference (P < 0.001) between them, whereas comparing the mean of fully stretched penile girths in both groups revealed statistical nonsignificant difference (P = 0.474) between them. There were significant positive correlations between fully stretched penile lengths and fully stretched penile girths in both groups. The average of fully stretched penile length in normal potent men is 12.9 cm, whereas the patients with ED tend to have significantly shorter penises (11.2 +/- 1.5 cm). ||||| | Yes, a Florida teenager has undergone what surgeons believe to be the first procedure to reduce the size of a penis, reports Medical Daily. But the 7-inch penis in question had a circumference of 10 inches prior to the surgery—due to a medical condition, not nature—and drew comparisons to a "grapefruit," an "American football," and a "rugby ball" in various accounts. It seems the unidentified 17-year-old suffered from sickle cell disease that triggered priapism—painful erections that don't immediately subside—and three bouts of it since age 10 had left his penis not looking very penis-like. "In other words," writes Lizette Borreli at Medical Daily, "his rugby ball-shaped member was too enlarged and disfigured for him to experience a normal erection and penetrate his partner—it just became firmer." Doctors similarly describe the teen's phallus as "too large for intercourse." The doctors at the University of South Florida who took the case recognized its weird nature, titling their paper in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, "The Answer to the Improbable Urologic Question 'Can You Make My Penis Smaller?'" It turns out they could, removing tissue in a procedure that one likens to "having two side tummy-tucks," reports the Daily Mail. They're not saying what the final dimensions are, only that the penis is slightly bigger than normal but symmetrical and fully functional, and the kid is pleased. "Lord knows there's a global race on how to make it longer and thicker in plastic surgery circles, but very little on how to make it smaller," says the USF's Dr. Rafael Carrion. (Another man's bout of priapism lasted 17 hours.) |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
Based on the information present in the given passage, you need to write a correct answer to the given question. A correct answer is one that correctly and completely answers the question. Do not write answers that address the question partially or incorrectly. The correct answer must be contained in the given paragraph.
Paragraph- Sent 1: Recommendation: Congressional oversight for intelligence-and counterterrorism-is now dysfunctional.
Sent 2: Congress should address this problem.
Sent 3: We have considered various alternatives: A joint committee on the old model of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy is one.
Sent 4: A single committee in each house of Congress, combining authorizing and appropriating authorities, is another.
Sent 5: The new committee or committees should conduct continuing studies of the activities of the intelligence agencies and report problems relating to the development and use of intelligence to all members of the House and Senate.
Sent 6: We have already recommended that the total level of funding for intelligence be made public, and that the national intelligence program be appropriated to the National Intelligence Director, not to the secretary of defense.
Sent 7: We also recommend that the intelligence committee should have a subcommittee specifically dedicated to oversight, freed from the consuming responsibility of working on the budget.
Sent 8: The resolution creating the new intelligence committee structure should grant subpoena authority to the committee or committees.
Sent 9: The majority party's representation on this committee should never exceed the minority's representation by more than one.
Sent 10: Four of the members appointed to this committee or committees should be a member who also serves on each of the following additional committees: Armed Services, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, and the Defense Appropriations subcommittee.
Sent 11: In this way the other major congressional interests can be brought together in the new committee's work.
Sent 12: Members should serve indefinitely on the intelligence committees, without set terms, thereby letting them accumulate expertise.
Sent 13: The committees should be smaller-perhaps seven or nine members in each house-so that each member feels a greater sense of responsibility, and accountability, for the quality of the committee's work.
Sent 14: The leaders of the Department of Homeland Security now appear before 88 committees and subcommittees of Congress.
Sent 15: One expert witness (not a member of the administration) told us that this is perhaps the single largest obstacle impeding the department's successful development.
Sent 16: The one attempt to consolidate such committee authority, the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, may be eliminated.
Sent 17: The Senate does not have even this.
Sent 18: Congress needs to establish for the Department of Homeland Security the kind of clear authority and responsibility that exist to enable the Justice Department to deal with crime and the Defense Department to deal with threats to national security.
Question: Who should address Congressional Oversight for intelligence-and counterterrorism?.
Output: | Congress. |
Yes I definitely have. It was over ten years ago now… I was diagnosed as Borderline Personality Disorder but presenting with symptoms of Bi Polar Mania. I was in hospital for treatment and of course the psychiatrist wanted to medicate me until the manic phase subsided so as to better stabilize me and get the right diagnosis, etc. It is an art, Psychiatry, as far as I’m concerned. I do not have the education to elaborate on say, Pharmaceuticals or Cognitive Science (other than a few college courses on Behavioral Psychology) nor can I comprehend these fields of reference as clearly as I’d like to, but what I experienced was… GETTING THE WRONG MEDICATION!! for my presenting psychological manifestations. I was put on Seroquil; too sedating even in minute doses. Prozac. Sent me over the edge, and a complete 180 to the point where I was extremely delusional and dangerously suicidal. These mind-altering medications can be fatal. It was scary and literally ruined my life for a time… I was worse than minorly-depressed or hypo-manic (conditions much more manageable than what I previously described) for a long time when I first started a regime with Zoloft, but it did wind up being the best drug to manage my depressive state and enable me to function in a more socially adaptive manner. Then they added Lamictal, which has truly kept me stable ever since. But yes, it is a trial and error method as far as I can tell... My Mother never wanted me to try any medication because she said “They” were using me like a guinea pig, but when the benefit outweighs the risk, they take the risk. You can’t always trust medicine but if you have an experienced doctor you should trust them especially if you want to get better, whatever your ailment may be. I have osteoarthritis, DSP, and Sciatica also, so am familiar with drugs used to treat physical health issues too but no huge issues with these medications, not like psychiatric drugs that’s for sure. According to the above context, choose the correct option to answer the following question. Question: The writer probably believes that: Options: - if you have mental problems they will go away by themselves - not enough information - if you have mental problems you should seek help - if you have mental problems you should work it our on your own
if you have mental problems you should seek help
I once went out to have fun with a friend of a different nationality, and she wanted to go to a place that featured the music of her culture. Since I have always been interested in other cultures, I was happy to go along. While we were sitting at a table together, an older man came up and asked to buy me a drink. I told him “no thank you, I do not drink”. My arm was laying on top of the booth because I was sitting sideways since my big old pregnant belly would not fit under the table. He reached over and took my hand and said “ Come dance with me then”. I again told him I was not interested in dancing. He began to squeeze my hand and insisting I get up and dance with him. I kept telling him no, and pointing to my belly and saying I would not be dancing with anyone. He just kept squeezing my hand harder and trying to pull me out of the booth. I got angry when I felt something break in my hand and screamed at him “Get your effing hands off me!” The bar owner came over to see what the problem was. I explained that “this jerk just hurt my hand because I would not drink or dance with him!” The owner looked at me crying, and the man laughing, and kicked my friend and I out of the place! Seems the rude SOB was his best friend. I got a bad taste for places of that culture (although I do love the cuisine) and a broken bone in my left hand for my trouble. She and I never went out again because she was so embarrassed about what the guy did to me, but she did take me to the ER on the way home. According to the above context, choose the correct option to answer the following question. Question: When did they go to ER? Options: - After an older woman came up and asked to buy a drink - not enough information - After an older man came up and asked to leave the table - After an older man came up and asked to buy a drink
After an older man came up and asked to buy a drink
(Q).
WHITE HOUSE — A controversial clothing choice is overshadowing a surprise visit by U.S. first lady Melania Trump to a Texas facility to meet immigrant children separated from their families because of her husband's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy. Boarding a U.S. Air Force jet at and returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday, the first lady was spotted wearing an olive green jacket. The back of the jacket read "I really don't care. Do U?" in white graffiti-style lettering. The first lady's team insisted that there was no hidden meaning behind the sartorial choice. "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe," said her communications director, Stephanie Grisham. President Donald Trump, however, contradicted the assertion there was no message conveyed by his wife's choice of apparel. Trump, in a tweet, said what was written on the back of the jacket "refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!" Television news channels brought pundits in the studio to discuss the meaning conveyed by the jacket. "I think she may have had an audience of one in mind — her husband," said USA Today newspaper Washington bureau chief Susan Page, who has covered six presidential administrations, appearing on MSNBC. "I think it was Melania giving the middle finger to the media," Kate Anderson Brower, author of First Women: The Grace & Power of America's Modern First Ladies, told VOA. "But someone should have told her that it could also be read that she doesn't care about the children, which is clearly not the case." Fashion bloggers quickly identified the jacket as one selling for $39 by Zara, a fast fashion global retailer. It was a relatively humble selection by Trump, a former Paris runway model who is frequently clad for public appearances in haute couture dresses and coats. According to the above context, choose the correct option to answer the following question. Question: How long did it take Donald Trump to make the tweet to explain about the Fake News Media? Options: - not enough information - 1 day - 2 hours - a few minutes
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| a few minutes |
Teacher:In this task, you will be presented with a question and you have to answer the question based on your knowledge. Your answers should be as short as possible.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: When was the most recent version of the distribution that uses xfs file systems released ?
Student: | 24 September 2019 |
A black hole is created when a large star burns out. Like our sun, stars are unbelievably hot furnaces that burn their own matter as fuel. When most of the fuel is used up, the star begins to die. The death of a star is not a quiet event. First there is a huge explosion. As its outer layer is blasted off into space, the dying star shines as brightly as a billion suns. After the explosion gravity pulls in what's left of the star. As the outside of the star sinks toward the center, the star gets smaller and smaller. The material the star is made of becomes tightly packed together. A star is so dense that a teaspoon of matter from it weighs billion of pounds. The more the star shrinks, the stronger the gravity inside it becomes. Soon the star is very tiny, and the gravity pulling it in is unbelievably strong. In fact, the gravity is so strong that it even pulls light into the star! Since all the light is pulled in, none can go out. The star becomes black when there is no light. Then a black hole is born! That's what we know about black holes. What we don't know is this: What happens inside a black hole after the star has been squeezed into a tiny ball? Does it keep getting smaller and smaller forever? Such a possibility is hard to imagine. But if the black hole doesn't keep shrinking, what happens to it? Some scientists think black holes are like doorways to another world. They say that as the star disappears from our universe, it goes into another universe. In other words a black hole in our universe could turn into a "white hole" in a different universe. As the black hole swallows light, the white hole shines brightly--somewhere else. But where? A different place, perhaps, or a different time -- many years in the past or future. Could you travel through a black hole? Right now, no. Nothing we know of could go into a black hole without being crushed. So far the time being, black hole must remain a mystery. Black holes are a mystery--but that hasn't stopped scientists from dreaming about them. One scientist... When the star begins to die _ . A) there is no fuel left in it B) its outer layer goes into space first C) a huge explosion will happen D) it doesn't give off light any longer
Answer: | C |
I end this small run of blog posts with the question posed by Professor Brian Boyd at the beginning of our evening: Do we want to close the achievement gap? We know we can close the gap. It’s been done or almost been done before in Scottish education, but the answers have been ignored as they pass us by. The simple clue is this: poverty is single biggest predictor of achievement, and according to research (Hammonds sic, reference required), aged 10, a child living in poverty is 60% less likely to get to university. Boyd borrowed from his own mother’s report card to ask us what kind of education we desire. Is it the academic success at all costs route, or is there another option we need to value as much, if not more? His mother’s report card, one that prevented her from becoming a secondary school pupil in Glasgow, is filled with G and FG, until the last point: Character and conduct - excellent. What kind of pupils do we want to develop in Scotland? What do we value in our assessment system? Opening up opportunity for all is a tough game to play when the examination system rewards only certain types of behaviour, few of them related to what the Curriculum for Excellence says we stand for. In his own small community in East Kilbride, three secondary schools enter a period of meltdown as the local rag sets about creating its own local league table of performance, with those three ‘teams’ in competition for the top spot (or at least not the bottom one). Therefore, we must stop basing “the gap” largely on attainment. First of all, Boyd would like us to remove the traditional, and non-sensical academic/vocational divide. Is the law or medicine degree we value not vocational? (Are all General Practitioners not Plumbers, as Dr Murray on the panel suggests?) Question: Dr. Murray is probably a doctor in what field? === The answer to the above question is
Answer: | not enough information |
Instructions: In this task, you will be shown an incorrect English sentence. You need to generate a corrected form of the input sentence.
Input: Althogh some people say that the treasures are already found .
Output: | Although some people say that the treasures have already been found . |
The volume of the Black Sea is 547,000 cubic kilometers. The volume of the moon is 21.9 billion cubic kilometers.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? | Q: Could the moon fit inside the Black Sea?
A: no |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
You are given a passage. Using the information present in the passage, you need to classify it into one of the 10 topics: 0 - 'Society & Culture', 1 - 'Science & Mathematics', 2 - 'Health', 3 - 'Education & Reference', 4 - 'Computers & Internet', 5 - 'Sports', 6 - 'Business & Finance', 7 - 'Entertainment & Music', 8 - 'Family & Relationships', 9 - 'Politics & Government'.
There is no way to do this in CSS, however, you can write a javascript that does something like\n<script>\nx.style.position = "Absolute"; //Sets x's positioning to Absolute\nx.style.top = document.innerHeight - 100; //Sets x's Y position to the exact height of the browser, replace 100 with the actual height of the image\n</script>\nThe said <img> tag would have to have Name="x" and ID="x" specified. I have not attempted to execute the above script, it's just an example of what you could try, but you're going to have to do some research to make it compatible with multiple browsers, and have it automatically execute the script if the user resizes their window.\nAlternatively, put the whole site inside a table, and have an extra table row hold the image below the rest of the document.
Output: | 4 |
In this task, you're given an article and an answer. Your task is to generate the question for the answer based on the given article.
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Question: Article: Blind tasting is a very strange activity. Contrary to what many people imagine, it has nothing to do with blindfolds. It involves tasting a wine without seeing the label and it can deliver shocking surprises. I tasted seven champagnes blind with a group of professionals recently. There was a shock when they discovered the wine most of them preferred carried a label they regarded as their least favorite. That sort of result is especially common with champagne, the most image-driven rather than quality-driven wine of all. But it happens all the time when wine is tasted blind. Because I'm interested in how wines really taste instead of how I think they should, I taste wine blind as often as I can, especially when assessing similar young wines. But blind tasting when you know absolutely nothing about the wine in front of you is something completely different. The most difficult Master of Wine exams include three sessions during which you have a dozen glasses in front of you and nothing more helpful than a printed exam paper asking you to identify each wine as closely as possible, and assess its quality. Now that the MW is behind me, I taste wine completely blind only very rarely, and never in public. So my blind tastings these days are round the dinner table with good friends and once a year when I act as a judge, with Hugh Johnson, in the Oxford vs Cambridge wine-tasting competition. This is the most extraordinary match, always held before the Boat Race but taken just as seriously nowadays. This year's taste-off took place at the end of last month, as usual in the Oxford and Cambridge Club on Pall Mall in London.
Answer: Blind tasting is tasting a wine without seeing the label.
Answer: Which of the following is true about Blind tasting?
Question: Article: In February 2006, Lydia Angyiou and her two sons were walking through their village in northern Canada. The sound of children shouting made her turn around. To her horror, Lydia saw a 700-pound polar bear behind her eyeing her seven-year-old son. Getting between the bear and her child, Lydia yelled at the children to run away. She then began hitting and kicking the animal as hard as she could. A neighbor who heard all the noise came and shot the bear. But everyone agreed it was Lydia who had saved her children's lives. A local policeman described it this way: "... I guess when your back is up against the wall, ... we come up with super-human strength." Where does this "super-human strength", courage and quick thinking come from? Experts say it comes from stress! In stressful situations, the body releases chemicals that prepare it to take action. These chemicals give people the speed and strength they need to fight danger or run away from it. When we think of stress, we usually think of its negative effects. Studies, though, show that moderate levels of stress are actually helpful. In fact, the way we perform is usually affected by the amount of stress we feel. Stress causes the brain to release adrenaline which in turn increases our energy and excitement. The chemical gives us clearer minds and helps us to do more. This is why some people say they work better under a deadline. Adrenaline that is not released for long periods of time can cause us to increase and strengthen our abilities instead of weakening them. We sometimes turn out our very best work when we push ourselves to the limit. Stress can also make us more confident. Handling small amounts of stress now prepares us for handling serious situations in the future. Who knows? Today's stress may even prepare for the next polar bear that comes along!
Answer: You are cornered.
Answer: What does the policeman probably mean by saying "your back is up against the wall"?
Question: Article: What can you say about a vibrant city that I once called home? Is she beautiful or brilliant? Do these lines sound familiar to you? If you have read the book or seen the movie 'Love Story' you would know that my opening lines are 'inspired' from it. And it fits! I fell in love with Hong Kong at first sight! It's the city where I set up our first home, raised our son, and studied my MBA. Our first encounter was in October 2010, when my husband and I were there for a week to visit the city we would be calling home for the next few years. Once we entered the city, what impressed us was its vibrancy and almost immediately I was convinced to make that city our home. A few months later, we settled down and I loved everything about Hong Kong! The wet markets, the modern shopping malls, the bargaining at Mongkok, the fine foods...there is so much to experience. Then came the MBA, which took the entire experience to a different level. I was so nervous about returning to books after almost a decade. I thought I would struggle a lot with the academic requirements. But, I made it. I am so happy to have so many good memories to write in this blog. One thing for which I will always be grateful is the opportunity to travel. And Hong Kong gave me plenty of that. I feel enriched just having visited some of the neighboring countries. I am living in another city that I love----London now. However, Hong Kong, for all its sights and smells, was once home to me and my family. I WILL MISS YOU!
Answer: To give readers some advice on travling.
Answer: | For what purpose does the author write the passage?
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Whig Party (United States), leader, Daniel Webster
What is sentence that verbalizes this data? | Daniel Webster is the leader of the Whig Party in the United States. |
(CNN)"A long, long, time ago..."
Those five words, when uttered or sung, makes baby boomers immediately think of Don McLean's pop masterpiece "American Pie." It's hard to believe that his phenomenal 8½ minute allegory, which millions of Americans know by heart, is 44 years old. All sorts of historical cross-currents play off each other in this timeless song, brilliantly gilded with the unforgettable chorus, which starts as "Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie." There is no real way to categorize McLean's "American Pie" for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock.
On Tuesday, Christie's sold the 16-page handwritten manuscript of the song's lyrics for $1.2 million to an unnamed buyer.
McLean was a paperboy when, on February 3, 1959, he saw that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson had been tragically killed in an airplane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa. "The next day I went to school in shock and guess what?" McLean recalled. "Nobody cared. Rock 'n' roll in those days was sort of like hula hoops and Buddy hadn't had a big hit on the charts since '57." By cathartically writing "American Pie," McLean has guaranteed that the memory of those great musicians lives forever.
Having recorded his first album, "Tapestry," in 1969, in Berkeley, California, during the student riots, McLean, a native New Yorker, became a kind of weather vane for what he called the "generation lost in space." When his cultural anthem "American Pie" was released in November 1971, it replaced Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A Changin" as the Peoples Almanac of the new decade. It's important to think of "American Pie" as one would of Henry Longfellow's "Evangeline" or Johnny Mercer's "Moon River" -- an essential Americana poem emanating wistful recollection, blues valentine, and youthful protest rolled into one. There is magic brewing in the music and words of "American Pie," for McLean's lyrics and melody frame a cosmic dream, like those Jack Kerouac tried to conjure in his poetry-infused novel "On the Road." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where is Don McLean from?
2. Where did he attend college?
3. What was his job when Buddy Holly died?
4. How did Buddy Holly die?
5. Was anyone else famous on that plane?
6. Who?
7. Where did the plane crash?
8. What song did that accident inspire McLean to write?
9. When was it released?
10. What was the name of the album?
11. What was going on during that album release in California?
12. What was the song of the decade before American Pie?
13. Who sang that?
14. How long is American Pie?
15. How old is it?
16. How does the chorus start?
17. How does the tune start?
18. Do many people know the words to it?
19. Can it be categorized easily?
20. How much did the handwritten lyrics sell for?
Answer: 1. New York.
2. Berkeley, California.
3. A paperboy.
4. Airplane crash.
5. Yes.
6. Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
7. Clear Lake, Iowa.
8. American Pie.
9. November 1971.
10. Tapestry,.
11. Student riots.
12. The Times They Are A Changin'.
13. Bob Dylan.
14. 8½ minutes.
15. 44 years old.
16. Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie.
17. A long, long, time ago.
18. Yes.
19. No.
20. $1.2 million.
question: CHAPTER III
On the third day after Nina's visit to her aunt, Ziska Zamenoy came across to the Kleinseite on a visit to old Balatka. In the mean time Nina had told the story of her love to her father, and the effect on Balatka had simply been that he had not got out of his bed since. For himself he would have cared, perhaps, but little as to the Jewish marriage, had he not known that those belonging to him would have cared so much. He had no strong religious prejudice of his own, nor indeed had he strong feeling of any kind. He loved his daughter, and wished her well; but even for her he had been unable to exert himself in his younger days, and now simply expected from her hands all the comfort which remained to him in this world. The priest he knew would attack him, and to the priest he would be able to make no answer. But to Trendellsohn, Jew as he was, he would trust in worldly matters, rather than to the Zamenoys; and were it not that he feared the Zamenoys, and could not escape from his close connection with them, he would have been half inclined to let the girl marry the Jew. Souchey, indeed, had frightened him on the subject when it had first been mentioned to him; and Nina, coming with her own assurance so quickly after Souchey's suspicion, had upset him; but his feeling in regard to Nina had none of that bitter anger, no touch of that abhorrence which animated the breast of his sister-in-law. When Ziska came to him he was alone in his bedroom. Ziska had heard the news, as had all the household in the Windberg-gasse, and had come over to his uncle's house to see what he could do, by his own diplomacy, to put an end to an engagement which was to him doubly calamitous. "Uncle Josef," he said, sitting by the old man's bed, "have you heard what Nina is doing?"
1. who had Nina visited?
2. who is her dad?
3. did he love his daughter?
4. Did the News Nina give him have a positive effect?
5. what happened?
6. where did Ziska go?
7. who would attack Balatka?
8. would he be able to explain things to the priest?
9. what was the person Nina wanted to marry?
10. who was it because of that he greed to the relationship?
11. what did they do to him?
12. was he able to leave them?
13. who had warned him about the marriage before Nina?
14. was he with anyone when Ziska came?
15. what Balatka expect from Nina?
16. did everybody know what was going on?
17. where was the household?
18. what did he call his uncle?
19. what did he want to help with?
20. why?
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answer: | 1. her aunt,
2. Balatka
3. yes
4. no
5. he had not got out of his bed since.
6. Kleinseite
7. The priest he knew
8. no
9. Jewish
10. the Zamenoys
11. he feared them
12. no
13. Souchey,
14. no
15. all the comfort which remained to him
16. Ziska had heard the news, as had all the household
17. Windberg-gasse,
18. Josef
19. put an end to an engagement
20. it was doubly calamitous to him. |
In this task, you are given news articles and you need to generate a highlight, i.e., a short summary, with a maximum length of 10 lines.
Q: (CNN) -- One half Indian, the other Pakistani, they are the most talked-about partnership in tennis. Dubbed "the Indo-Pakistan Express," Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi hope to end their breakthrough year with a showdown at the infamous Wagah border that divides their countries. Bopanna, an Indian Hindu, and Qureshi, a Pakistani Muslim also aged 30, reached their first major doubles final at the U.S. Open in September and climbed to eighth in the world rankings. Yet their work off the court has attracted just as much attention as they try to soften the often-fractious relationship between their two nations since partition in 1947. The pair have been honored with a string of awards for their humanitarian work in the past 12 months, and are determined to start picking up tournament titles in 2011. Can champion duo's reunion spark an Indian tennis boom? But a showpiece clash at the notorious border crossing that hosts a nightly pageant between India and Pakistan's border forces would be the perfect way to carry their "Stop War, Start Tennis" campaign into the new year. "We're thinking how to get to a wider audience and spread the message of peace through our partnership and thought," Qureshi told CNN's Open Court. "How about playing a match at the Wagah border, with Rohan playing on the Pakistani side and me on the Indian side for a gesture of friendship? "At the U.S. Open the ambassadors to the United Nations for Pakistan and India both came to watch the semifinals and finals. That was a huge deal because normally you don't see two diplomats cheering for one cause -- it was a really positive sign. I just hope in the near future we can have that match at the border, that would be great." The village of Wagah, near the Indian city of Amritsar and the Pakistani city of Lahore, is the only road border crossing between the two countries, and the daily ceremony -- which includes a lot of strutting, stamping and saluting -- regularly attracts a crowd of thousands. A match there could be a watershed moment for a pairing that first emerged in 2003 but did not make a major impact until this season. Their burgeoning partnership on court is allied to a deep-rooted desire to strengthen links between two countries which have a long and deep distrust of each other. "We're both brand ambassadors for an organization called Peace and Sport," Bopanna said. "Right now we're trying to see if we can help tennis in both our countries, promote it and keep the sport growing as much as we can." As well as receiving the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year award at the recent ATP World Tour Finals in London, they were also given the Peace and Sport Award for 2010 at a glittering ceremony in Monaco. The citation read: "Their commitment to promoting peace between the two countries and their conviction that peace was possible was shown amply during the year." Joel Bouzou, president of the Peace and Sport Foundation, added of the proposed Wagah match: "The sport is ready for peace. Will the two governments rise to the occasion?" Their partnership may have attracted plenty of headlines but for Qureshi, teaming up with his Indian counterpart made perfect sense. "I've been playing with Indian players ever since I started playing tennis," he said. "Unfortunately there are not that many Pakistanis on the tour, and playing with an Indian was actually the most natural thing that came to me -- having the same language, most of the time having the same dinner, Indian or Pakistani foods in the evening. "The first time I ever traveled to India when I was 16, I was one of the top [Pakistani] juniors and he was one of the top juniors in India and that's how I got to know him. "Knowing his attacking style of play, I always knew if we played together we'd be able to make a really good impact. I think results clearly show in that way I was right, though normally he tells me that I am always wrong!" As well as their run to the final of the U.S. Open, where they were beaten by the Bryan brothers from America, they also enjoyed success at Wimbledon which made them household names back home. "This year we made the quarterfinal at Wimbledon and that was very, very big in Pakistan," Qureshi said. "I've always told him I think he's the most popular Indian guy in Pakistan this year! "I can thank him enough for that because obviously without him I wouldn't have been able to achieve all those goals, and with him being my best friend on the tour it makes it the icing on the cake. It's been a great journey so far."
A: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi are the most talked about doubles pairing in tennis .
Bopanna is an Indian Hindu while Qureshi is a Pakistani Muslim .
The pair are known for their Humanitarian work to strengthen links between their countries .
They made the 2010 U.S. Open final and want to stage a match on the India-Pakistan border .
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Q: Seoul (CNN) -- Is she or isn't she? Pregnancy rumors and speculation are swirling around the world but the lady in question is saying nothing. This could easily be about a Hollywood star but this time, we're talking about the world's most reclusive nation, North Korea, and its first lady. Ri Sol Ju, the wife of young leader Kim Jong Un, has not been seen in public for around two months, according to North Korea watchers. A photo released by the state-run news agency KCNA shows her back in public and wearing a long coat that could be hiding a bump. Ri watched a football match and attended a musical concert with her husband Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of the Kim Il Sung Military University. Read more: North Korea's leader still a mystery . South Korean media has kicked into overdrive to speculate on whether she is pregnant or whether she was kept out of the public eye as a disciplinary measure for a perceived slight. Local media has claimed she may have fallen out of favor for not wearing a lapel pin of the former leaders, a requirement for adult North Koreans. "Rumors first came out from officials who attended the same event," said Kim Yong-hoon, head of the North Korean desk at Daily NK, an online newspaper based in Seoul that focuses on North Korea. "They started questioning and speculating if she was pregnant and it has spread throughout the country and that's how we heard about the rumors." Kim says the interest in whether Ri is pregnant is far higher outside of North Korea than it is inside, according to his sources inside the isolated nation. Read more: Power consolidation inside North Korea . John Delury, assistant professor at Yonsei University says this global interest speaks volumes about the way any news about North Korea is handled. "Do we track the last time Michelle Obama showed up?" Delury says. "Our minds are so trained to do this with North Korea that we miss the bigger picture which is there is something new --and by almost international standards we could say more normal -- about the way she appears in public." By announcing Ri Sol Ju as his wife and having her accompany him on many public engagements, Kim Jong Un has shown a personality very different to his late father, Kim Jong Il. While producing a son and heir for a dynastic regime is considered very important, Delury points out "that's also true for the families of the 'chaebol' or business conglomerates of South Korea, for Hyundai and Samsung," he says. "Even in the U.S. and UK, powerful families are concerned about producing the next generation." Read more: Kim Jong Il's sushi chef returns after fleeing for life . Journalist Jungeun Kim contributed to this report .
A: Rumors are swirling whether the first lady of North Korea is pregnant .
Ri Sol Ju, wife of Kim Jong Un, reappeared in public after a two-month absence .
Photo appeared in state media showing her wearing a long coat, sparking speculation .
Analyst: Rumors first started from North Korean officials who attended the same event .
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Q: Tokyo (CNN) -- Dozens of flights were canceled in and out of a northeastern Japanese city on Tuesday after construction workers came across an unexploded shell believed to be from World War II buried near a taxiway. Airport authorities in Sendai said they had canceled all 92 flights, national and international, scheduled to use the airport Tuesday after the discovery of the shell late Monday under an unpaved area beside the taxiway. Read more: World War II bomb closes part of Amsterdam airport . Members of the Japanese Self Defense Force are working to remove the ordinance, which is thought to be a U.S.-made bomb dropped during World War II, the airport said, adding that officials hope flights will be able to resume Wednesday. The device still has a fuse, which raises the risk that it could explode, and is approximately 110 centimeters (43 inches) long and 35 centimeters wide, authorities said. Sendai is still recovering and rebuilding after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands of people and caused widespread destruction across northeastern Japan in March 2011. The city is the largest in the region of Tohoku, which bore the brunt of the natural disasters. The damage to its airport was widely documented in images that emerged in the aftermath of the quake and tsunami.
A: | Construction workers unearthed the shell buried near a taxiway .
All 92 flights in and out of the airport have been canceled Tuesday .
Authorities hope to resume flights Wednesday once the shell has been removed .
Ordinance is thought to be a U.S.-made bomb dropped in World War II .
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In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
Q: We see that gated architectures almost always outperform recurrent, attention and linear models BoW, TFIDF, PV. This is largely because while training and testing on same domains, these models especially recurrent and attention based may perform better. However, for Domain Adaptation, as they lack gated structure which is trained in parallel to learn importance, their performance on target domain is poor as compared to gated architectures. As gated architectures are based on convolutions, they exploit parallelization to give significant boost in time complexity as compared to other models. The effectiveness of gated architectures rely on the idea of training a gate with sole purpose of identifying a weightage. In the task of sentiment analysis this weightage corresponds to what weights will lead to a decrement in final loss or in other words, most accurate prediction of sentiment. In doing so, the gate architecture learns which words or n-grams contribute to the sentiment the most, these words or n-grams often co-relate with domain independent words. On the other hand the gate gives less weightage to n-grams which are largely either specific to domain or function word chunks which contribute negligible to the overall sentiment. This is what makes gated architectures effective at Domain Adaptation.
Question: Does the fact that GCNs can perform well on this tell us that the task is simpler than previously thought?
A: No
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Q: We propose a novel problem of relationship recommendation (RSR). Different from the reciprocal recommendation problem on DSNs, our RSR task operates on regular social networks (RSN), estimating long-term and serious relationship compatibility based on social posts such as tweets.
Question: Is this a task other people have worked on?
A: No
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Q: These datasets are part of SemEval-2016 Challenge Task 5 BIBREF27 , BIBREF28 . Table TABREF7 shows the number of observations in each test corpus.
Question: what datasets were used in evaluation?
A: | SemEval-2016 Challenge Task 5 BIBREF27 , BIBREF28
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Detailed Instructions: You are given a sentence and a question. You're expected to write the correct answer based on the sentence.
Q: Sentence: The pot roast should be put on first and the biscuits last in order to make sure they are both ready to serve at the same time. Question: Which food items takes a while to cook?
A: | pot roast |
Pulling Teeth is the fourth full-length studio album from hardcore punk band, Straight Faced. It was released in October, 2000 on Epitaph Records and follows "Conditioned" released in 1998. The album was produced by Blag Dahlia of fellow punk band, Dwarves, and the track "Happy" appeared on Epitaph Records' Punk-O-Rama Vol. 5 compilation.
The album Conditioned was released in 2000. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Titus is the original soundtrack to the 1999 motion picture "Titus". Elliot Goldenthal wrote the score for the film, an adaptation of Shakespeare's first, and bloodiest, tragedy "Titus Andronicus"; written and directed by Julie Taymor, Goldenthal's long-time friend and partner. The only non-Goldenthal piece is an old Italian song called ""Vivere"" performed by Italian singer Carlo Buti.
Titus is the sountrack to the play. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
The American Horse Council (AHC) is a trade organization in Washington, DC representing the horse industry. The organization formed in 1969, with a committee that became the Coalition of State Horse Councils forming in 1970, now having 43 states participating. American Horse Council Foundation was founded in 1991.
The AHC has a majority of states participating in it. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | Yes |
the imap-over-ssl implementation in getmail 4.0.0 through 4.43.0 does not verify x.509 certificates from ssl servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof imap servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
Please write the text above using proper case.
A: **The IMAP-over-SSL implementation in getmail 4.0.0 through 4.43.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof IMAP servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.**
development of a suite of new models to evaluate energy efficiency measures for residential, commercial and institutional buildings; communities; and industrial facilities and processes.
Please write the text above using proper case.
A: **Development of a suite of new models to evaluate energy efficiency measures for residential, commercial and institutional buildings; communities; and industrial facilities and processes.**
and we were never shown any non-public hole card information, during or after hands.
Please write the text above using proper case.
A: **And we were never shown any non-public hole card information, during or after hands.**
without pressure but with fun and success. this is our promise. please phone us – we look forward to you contacting us.
Please write the text above using proper case.
A: | **Without pressure but with fun and success. This is our promise. Please phone us – we look forward to you contacting us.** |
Bregenzerwald the perfect holiday region in Austria Navigation Content Activities in Austria
Add punctuation. | Bregenzerwald - the perfect holiday region in Austria Navigation Content Activities in Austria |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to prune old apple trees
Make sure that the tree is healthy.
Pruning an old apple tree can encourage it to develop new growth and fruit. If the tree is brittle, dead, or diseased, then pruning it won't help.
Pick from: [i] Mature trees should be pruned at least twice a year. Older trees should be pruned every two years.. [ii] To minimize damage to the tree as you prune, it's a good idea to prune it at least once a month, or every couple of years. Only prune overly old or brittle apple trees, as these types of trees usually suffer damage from harsh pruners.. [iii] Pruning a healthy older apple tree may end up splitting the tree down the middle. Clean the tree and inspect the tips for split or damage, which is a disease that most trees have.. [iv] To determine whether or not your tree is worth saving, look for the following : Grayish or crinkled branches: these branches are dead or diseased. If more than half of the tree's branches appear like this, then the tree is not worth saving.. | [iv] |
Part 1. Definition
You are given a sentence and a question in the input. The information provided in the sentence should be enough to answer the question. You're expected to write the correct answer. Do not use any facts other than those provided in the sentence.
Part 2. Example
Sentence: GOP leaders submitted the new offer Tuesday afternoon in an effort to appease Democrats, whose votes are needed to avert a shutdown of federal agencies, several House and Senate aides said. Question: Who has to be appeased to keep the government open?
Answer: Democrats.
Explanation: The sentence says that "Democrats" have to be appeased, which answers the question.
Part 3. Exercise
Sentence: Many relatives who join the funeral procession also take bath in the Bagmati River or sprinkle the holy water on their bodies at the end of cremation as the Bagmati is believed to purify people spiritually.
Question: What is done with Hindus after they die?
Answer: | They are creamated. |
At the end of the war, the Treaty of Syvres formally ended the existence of the Ottoman Empire.
Does it follow that "The Ottoman empire had been declining for years before the treaty."? | it is not possible to tell |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
Given a paragraph, your job is to generate a question that can be answered from the passage. The answer to your question should be a single entity, person, time, etc. that can be extracted from the passage.
Some forms of civil disobedience, such as illegal boycotts, refusals to pay taxes, draft dodging, distributed denial-of-service attacks, and sit-ins, make it more difficult for a system to function. In this way, they might be considered coercive. Brownlee notes that 'although civil disobedients are constrained in their use of coercion by their conscientious aim to engage in moral dialogue, nevertheless they may find it necessary to employ limited coercion in order to get their issue onto the table.' The Plowshares organization temporarily closed GCSB Waihopai by padlocking the gates and using sickles to deflate one of the large domes covering two satellite dishes.
Output: | Boycotting, refusing to pay taxes, sit ins, and draft dodging all make what harder? |
In this task, you're given two sentences. Indicate if the first sentence clearly entails the second sentence (i.e., one can conclude the 2nd sentence by reading the 1st one). Indicate your answer with '1' if the first sentence entails the second sentence, otherwise answer with '0'.
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Question: Sentence 1: The International Olympic Committee has leapt to the defence of the drug-testing lab at the centre of the Merlene Ottey doping case. Athletics' governing body, the IAAF, last week cleared Ottey of accusations of steroid use and lifted a two-year ban after their arbitration panel said the IOC-accredited lab in Lausanne improperly tested Ottey's urine sample. Sentence 2: Sportswomen have been accused of doping.
Answer: 0
Question: Sentence 1: David Millar retained his Tour de France leader's yellow jersey despite crashing in the final two kilometres of the third stage of the race to Nantes. Sentence 2: Tour de France winner is likely to lose the crown.
Answer: 0
Question: Sentence 1: His latest release, Together Through Life, has reached the top spot 38 years and five months after his last chart-topper, New Morning, in 1970. The 67-year-old American singer-songwriter now holds the record for the longest gap between solo number one albums. It is Dylan's seventh UK number one, his 33rd studio album and his 53rd album, including compilations and soundtracks. He first reached number one with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan released in 1964. HMV's Gennaro Castaldo said: "It's evident that Dylan is going through one of his zeitgeist moments, as a new generation of fans join his more established followers in appreciating his musical legacy." Sentence 2: Gennaro Castaldo is 67 years old.
Answer: | 0
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A lighted cosmetic mirror is uniquely designed for your makeup necessities Unlike standard mirrors you can easily see smudges from eyeliners and lipstick using this type of mirror Of course you have to be happy with your choice of mirror
A: A lighted cosmetic mirror is uniquely designed for your make-up necessities. Unlike standard mirrors, you can easily see smudges from eyeliners and lipstick using this type of mirror. Of course, you have to be happy with your choice of mirror.
Nerissa Trites from Rwanda of PCMAGCOM After our technical detection and feedback research from Yemen Mexico Israel Portugal Rwanda I need to say that DLL Suite is the most outstanding DLL Fixer in this field with its high efficiency and effect
A: Nerissa Trites from Rwanda of PCMAG.COM: After our technical detection and feedback research from Yemen, Mexico, Israel, Portugal, Rwanda, I need to say that DLL Suite is the most outstanding DLL Fixer in this field with its high efficiency and effect.
3 years ago 0458 Sex3 glasses office shaving
A: 3 years ago 04:58 Sex3 glasses, office, shaving
Some small part of the discharge energy is thus transferred also in relatively distant plants or their root system
| A: Some small part of the discharge energy is thus transferred also in relatively distant plants or their root system. |
Given a context passage, generate a question from the passage such that its answer is shortest continous span from the passage.
Once acquired, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a latent virus, remains in the body for what appears to be the lifetime of the human host. Circumstantial data suggest EBV is involved in clinical disease including malignancies far more often than previously recognized. A serologic test for early antigen (EA) is more specific for diagnosing active EBV disease than the monospot or heterophile test. A case study of active Epstein-Barr infection is reported showing persistently elevated early antigen titers prior to and following malignant transformation.
Which virus can be diagnosed with the monospot test?
Ring finger protein 5 pseudogene 1, also known as RNF5P1, is a human gene.
In what living being can RNF5P1 be found?
Histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) methylation is a major component of gene regulation and chromatin organization. SUV39H1 methylates H3K9 at the pericentric heterochromatin region and participates in the maintenance of genome stability. In this study, a recombinant purified SUV39H1 is used for substrate specificity and steady-state kinetic analysis with peptides representing the un- or dimethylated lysine 9 histone H3 tail or full-length human recombinant H3 (rH3). Recombinant SUV39H1 methylated its substrate via a nonprocessive mechanism. Binding of either peptide or AdoMet first to the enzyme made a catalytically competent binary complex. Product inhibition studies with SUV39H1 showed that S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine is a competitive inhibitor of S-adenosyl-l-methionine and a mixed inhibitor of substrate peptide. Similarly, the methylated peptide was a competitive inhibitor of the unmethylated peptide and a mixed inhibitor of AdoMet, suggesting a random mechanism in a bi-bi reaction for recombinant SUV39H1 in which either substrate can bind to the enzyme first and either product can release first. The turnover numbers (k(cat)) for the H3 tail peptide and rH3 were comparable (12 and 8 h(-)(1), respectively) compared to the value of 1.5 h(-)(1) for an identical dimethylated lysine 9 H3 tail peptide. The Michaelis constant for the methylated peptide (K(m)(pep)) was 13-fold lower compared to that of the unmethylated peptide. The Michaelis constants for AdoMet (K(m)(AdoMet)) were 12 and 6 microM for the unmethylated peptide substrate and rH3, respectively. A reduction in the level of methylation was observed at high concentrations of rH3, implying substrate inhibition. Deletion of the chromodomain or point mutation of the conserved amino acids, W64A or W67A, of SUV39H1 impaired enzyme activity despite the presence of an intact catalytic SET domain. Thus, SUV39H1 utilizes both the chromodomain and the SET domain for catalysis.
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In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics, we ask you to write a question based on the content of the articles that can be answered in a binary manner i.e. True or False.
List of Sons of Anarchy characters -- James O'Phelan (Titus Welliver), better known as ``Jimmy O.,'' is the leader of the Real IRA group who sells guns to SAMCRO. Jimmy O. makes his first appearance in Season 2 to personally rectify the Hayes' betrayal of SAMCRO, since the Real IRA has long been dependent on the Sons Of Anarchy's Belfast chapter. Jimmy is generally regarded as Chibs Telford's archenemy. When the real IRA have proof of him going behind their backs, he takes Jax's son, Abel, to exchange for a safe passage back to the US. After a long hunt and search, SAMCRO finds out the Russians are hiding him. SAMCRO makes a deal to hand Jimmy over to them. When Agent Stahl gets custody of Jimmy O from SAMCRO, Chief Unser pulls them over with a ruse about Jimmy's members waiting ahead in a road block for them. With Stahl's other agents gone, Chibs & a few other members of SAMCRO show up by bus. Chibs pulls Jimmy O out of the car and slices his mouth, (in the same manner as Jimmy did him years before, scarring Chibs) and then stabs him to death. | does jimmy o die in sons of anarchy |
(CNN) -- Treasure hunter Christian Hanisch told CNN Thursday that the hunt for Nazi Gold and possibly the legendary Amber Room will end Friday after the two men leading the expedition had a disagreement.
Treasure hunters began drilling again Tuesday to try to locate the lost Nazi gold.
Heinz-Peter Haustein, the other treasure hunter, told Germany's Bild newspaper that geophysicists will now re-evaluate the situation and that digging may resume in two weeks. CNN has so far not been able to reach Haustein for confirmation.
"Haustein told me to get out of here immediately," an angry Hanisch told CNN in a telephone interview.
He said Haustein, who is also the mayor of the village Deutschneudorf, where the digging is taking place, told him he wanted to make the expedition more credible by calling in the scientists. See photos from hunt for lost Nazi gold »
"It can't get any more credible than now," said Hanisch, whose measurements had allegedly pinpointed the treasure.
He said the drilling taking place at the site never focused on the exact coordinates he had provided. "They just always dug around there, but never at the exact location where I wanted them to dig," he said.
The two treasure hunters had said geological surveying had revealed an underground cave holding large amounts of precious metal. They said it could be a holding area dug by the Nazis who used it to stash valuables in World War II.
Haustein said he also believes the legendary Amber Room, an interior made of gold and amber that the Nazis had looted from a palace in St. Petersburg, after Adolf Hitler's forces invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, was also hidden somewhere in the mountains around Deutschneudorf -- and that finding a stash of gold could give clues as to the whereabouts of the Amber Room. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where is Haustein the mayor of?
2. is that a city?
3. what's the other huner's name?
4. and?
5. which news team?
6. was it a face to face interview
7. how did they speak?
8. where's the diggin happening?
9. which scientists had Haustein called in?
10. what had geological surveys shown?
11. containing what?
12. what does he say that might be?
13. dug by?
14. who did what with it?
15. what else might there be?
16. where was that taken from?
17. what is it made of?
18. are they digging in the right place according to Hanisch
19. which paper had Haustein spoken to?
20. when might drilling restart?
Answer: 1. Deutschneudorf
2. It's a village
3. Heinz-Peter Haustein
4. Christian Hanisch
5. CNN
6. No
7. in a telephone interview
8. Deutschneudorf
9. geophysicists
10. an underground cave
11. large amounts of precious metal
12. a holding area
13. Nazis
14. used it to stash valuables
15. the legendary Amber Room
16. a palace in St. Petersburg
17. gold and amber
18. unknown
19. Germany's Bild newspaper
20. in two weeks
CHAPTER XXX
Selingman had the air of one who has achieved a personal triumph as, with his arm in Maraton's, he led him towards the man whom they had come to visit.
"Behold!" he exclaimed. "It is a triumph, this! It is a thing to be remembered! I have brought you two together!"
Maraton's first impressions of Maxendorf were curiously mixed. He saw before him a tall, lanky figure of a man, dressed in sombre black, a man of dark complexion, with beardless face and tanned skin plentifully freckled. His hair and eyes were coal black. He held out his hand to Maraton, but the smile with which he had welcomed Selingman had passed from his lips.
"You are not the Maraton I expected some day to meet," he said, a little bluntly, "and yet I am glad to know you."
Selingman shrugged his shoulders.
"Max--my friend Max, do not be peevish," he begged. "I tell you that he is the Maraton of whom we have spoken together. I have heard him. I have been to Sheffield and listened. Don't be prejudiced, Max. Wait."
Maxendorf motioned them to seats and stood with his finger upon the bell.
"Yes," Selingman assented, "we will drink with you. You breathe of the Rhine, my friend. I see myself sitting with you in your terraced garden, drinking Moselle wine out of cut glasses. So it shall be. We will fall into the atmosphere. What a palace you live in, Max! Is it because you are an ambassador that they must house you so splendidly?" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What two me walked arm in arm?
2. Who are they headed to meet?
3. What does he do for a living?
4. Did he live poorly?
5. What were Maraton's thoughts on him when they first met?
6. Was the man he met tall?
7. And his shape?
8. Did he have fair skin?
9. Did they shake hands?
10. What expression had passed from his face after he extended his hand?
11. Where would they take their drinks?
12. What would they drink out of?
13. What would they drink?
14. What type of home does Selingman say Max has?
Answer: 1. Selingman and Maraton'
2. Maxendorf
3. an ambassador
4. no
5. mixed
6. yes
7. lanky
8. dark complexion
9. unknown
10. smile
11. terraced garden
12. cut glasses
13. wine
14. a palace
(CNN) -- Dennis Rodman, the former NBA star and the first American known to have met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was in the secretive country again this past week, purportedly to meet his "friend Kim, the Marshal" and perhaps also, to negotiate for the release of Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen detained since November.
Rodman's second trip to North Korea this year comes months after months of threats of nuclear annihilation from Pyongyang. His desire to help Bae is likely to be registered in the annals of diplomatic history as little more than a little diverting adventure.
But one never knows. The "Marshal," who has actually never served in the military, might choose to act in a statesmanlike manner and release Bae after another high-spirited soiree with the basketball legend. That would be good news for Bae, who is reportedly in poor health.
Other detained Americans
Such a dramatic gesture of goodwill by the reclusive leader would achieve the effect of adding insult to the United States in light of North Korea's recent cancellation of an invitation to the U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issues.
Rodman, of course, is not qualified to carry out negotiations with North Korea on sensitive political issues. Nor does the North Korean leadership see him as a credible conveyor of official message to Washington.
Kim's unconventional courting of Rodman is about equivalent to his enjoyment of Disney characters and scantily clad women on stage. It's all jolly and trite pleasure.
Kim's attraction to American icons such as the NBA or Hollywood does not signal a genuine overture to Washington. It does not indicate intentions of reform or opening up of the isolated totalitarian state that imprisons some 1% of its population in political concentration camps. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who visited Kim Jong Un?
2. Has he been to North Korea before?
3. What does he call Kim?
4. Did his trip have another purpose?
5. What was it?
6. Who is the citizen?
7. Why was he detained?
8. Is he healthy?
9. Why does Kim like Dennis Rodman?
10. Does it mean anything else?
11. Is Dennis Rodman a credible liaison?
12. How long has Bae been detained?
13. Is it likely that he will be released?
14. Would that be insulting to the United States?
15. Why?
16. Is Kim attracted to certain American figures?
17. Which professional sports league does he enjoy?
18. Are there any other American figures he likes?
19. How many people does North Korea imprison?
20. Are these in regular jails?
Answer: | 1. Dennis Rodman
2. yes
3. friend Kim, the Marshal
4. yes
5. to negotiate for the release of a U.S. citizen
6. Kenneth Bae
7. unknown
8. no
9. jolly and trite pleasure
10. no
11. no
12. since November
13. maybe
14. yes
15. North Korea's recently cancelled an invitation to the U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issues
16. yes
17. NBA
18. Hollywood
19. some 1% of its population
20. no |
In this task, you're given an article and an answer. Your task is to generate the question for the answer based on the given article.
[Q]: Article: Do you usually go Dutch(AA) when you take someone out to dinner? Do you expect your date to pay for the whole meal? Many people say that as long as there's love, money doesn't matter much. But this might change when the relationship gets serious and it is related to the money borrowed from the bank, the family present accounts and debt. A survey among 8 million couples in the UK suggested that 44% of married couples don't know exactly what their partner earns. An astonishing 23% actively try to keep their finances secret from their partners. About 38% of them are open to each other. Another 12% refuses to tell the truth. British relationship expert Russell says: "It's very difficult to talk about money. Often there's guilt, there's shame. To start those conversations is difficult. Money can be about how we value ourselves, how we feel valued. It's not just a simple case of talking about hard cash." So if you are in a couple, it might be a good idea to check if you both are on the same page about money before bills pile up on the kitchen table and love flies out of the window. When moving in together, couples should not only talk about their personal habits but also about their financial ones. Russell has a word of advice: "Accept the fact that in your relationship you might do money differently - there might be a spender or a saver. It's very attractive if your partner does things differently to say they're wrong. Do it differently but plan it well." And now, back to that date. Would you be bored with someone who was attractive but expected you to pay the bill by yourself? There's food for thought.
Answer: About 0.96 million.
[A]: How many people are very careful not to let their partner know their income?
[Q]: Article: There is a problem each of us faces in following advice on emotional healing: apologizing is difficult. We are trapped in what we think of ourselves by holding onto our pride. We can be selfish and not willing to admit our most obvious mistakes. Pride eats away at us as we argue or ignore the mistake. It's happened to me. I have had too much pride and selfishness to apologize to a loved one I hurt. When I did want to apologize, I couldn't bring myself to face the other person. This is the pride I'm talking about. Maybe apologies come difficult for men because they're expected to be dominant. It's like the joke that a man never asks for directions when lost. Ladies are more emotionally open than guys and are willing to express it. Still, both genders wonder how to correctly apologize. In shifting the focus on apologizing away from you, what does not apologizing do to other people? They feel hurt that you are not willing to communicate your mistake. They lose trust in you as you hide behind your mistake avoiding reality. They become angry with you, wondering why you do not tell them the truth. They may begin to counter your lack of apologies by not apologizing themselves and from this the relationship goes downhill as the two of you get caught in a power struggle. You need to communicate your mistakes. A mistake you made is like a scratch and by not apologizing you are making the scratch a deeper wound and rubbing salt into it. You need to stop hurting the other person and yourself by learning to apologize. There is real power in apologizing and emotional healing.
Answer: They aren't good at expressing themselves.
[A]: Why are men more unwilling to make apologies?
[Q]: Article: One day a man found a cocoon of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never able to fly. The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid from its body must be forced into its wings, and then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been; we could never fly.
Answer: It was struggling to get out of its cocoon.
[A]: | What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story?
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The institution does testing and certification of products ( by providing " standards " ) and ensuring the quality of products .
The Standards Institution of Israel ( SII ) is a state-owned corporation responsible for setting standards for products and services provided in Israel , testing and certification of products ( by providing standards " stamp of approval " ) and verifying that the certified products maintain their quality over time .
In 1978 , Marion County-bred and -raised Affirmed won the Triple Crown .
Local horses have won individual races of the Triple Crown series ; in 1978 Affirmed , bred and trained in Marion County , won all three races , boosting interest in the industry here .
A doctoral advisor ( or dissertation director or dissertation advisor ) is a university faculty member whose helps guide graduate students who are candidates for a doctorate degree .
| A doctoral advisor ( also dissertation director or dissertation advisor ) is a member of a university faculty whose role is to guide graduate students who are candidates for a doctorate , helping them select coursework , as well as shaping , refining and directing the students ' choice of sub-discipline in which they will be examined or on which they will write a dissertation .
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Based on the information present in the given passage, you need to write a correct answer to the given question. A correct answer is one that correctly and completely answers the question. Do not write answers that address the question partially or incorrectly. The correct answer must be contained in the given paragraph.
Q: Paragraph- Sent 1: After the 1998 embassy bombings, the U.S. government tried to develop a clearer picture of Bin Laden's finances.
Sent 2: A U.S. interagency group traveled to Saudi Arabia twice, in 1999 and 2000, to get information from the Saudis about their understanding of those finances.
Sent 3: The group eventually concluded that the oft-repeated assertion that Bin Laden was funding al Qaeda from his personal fortune was in fact not true.
Sent 4: The officials developed a new theory: al Qaeda was getting its money elsewhere, and the United States needed to focus on other sources of funding, such as charities, wealthy donors, and financial facilitators.
Sent 5: Ultimately, although the intelligence community devoted more resources to the issue and produced somewhat more intelligence, it remained difficult to distinguish al Qaeda's financial transactions among the vast sums moving in the international financial system.
Sent 6: The CIA was not able to find or disrupt al Qaeda's money flows.
Sent 7: The NSC staff thought that one possible solution to these weaknesses in the intelligence community was to create an all-source terrorist-financing intelligence analysis center.
Sent 8: Clarke pushed for the funding of such a center at Treasury, but neither Treasury nor the CIA was willing to commit the resources.
Sent 9: Within the United States, various FBI field offices gathered intelligence on organizations suspected of raising funds for al Qaeda or other terrorist groups.
Sent 10: By 9/11, FBI agents understood that there were extremist organizations operating within the United States supporting a global jihadist movement and with substantial connections to al Qaeda.
Sent 11: The FBI operated a web of informants, conducted electronic surveillance, and had opened significant investigations in a number of field offices, including New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Diego, and Minneapolis.
Sent 12: On a national level, however, the FBI never used the information to gain a systematic or strategic understanding of the nature and extent of al Qaeda fundraising.
Sent 13: Treasury regulators, as well as U.S. financial institutions, were generally focused on finding and deterring or disrupting the vast flows of U.S. currency generated by drug trafficking and high-level international fraud.
Sent 14: Large-scale scandals, such as the use of the Bank of New York by Russian money launderers to move millions of dollars out of Russia, captured the attention of the Department of the Treasury and of Congress.
Sent 15: Before 9/11, Treasury did not consider terrorist financing important enough to mention in its national strategy for money laundering.
Question: Which U.S. agency failed to connect the dots collected by a number of field offices concerning al Queda fundraising?.
A: FBI.
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Q: Paragraph- Sent 1: The mighty fane, with its three massive towers, rises majestically over the red roofs of the town.
Sent 2: Its most striking feature is the great Norman screen, running up without buttresses or projections to the parapet and hiding the bases of the square, richly decorated towers of the west front.
Sent 3: The plain centre of the screen is the work of Remigius, the first bishop.
Sent 4: The rest of it is relieved with rich arcading of Late Norman and Early English periods.
Sent 5: The wooden spires which crowned the towers were removed in 1807.
Sent 6: In 1192 Hugh of Avalon determined to rebuild the Norman building of Remigius, which an earthquake had shaken.
Sent 7: To him we owe the choir and eastern transept.
Sent 8: His successors completed the western transept and began the west end of the nave.
Sent 9: So much money had to be spent in rebuilding the central tower, which fell in 1239, that the canons could not rebuild the nave entirely, but had to incorporate the Norman end by Remigius.
Sent 10: Unfortunately the axis of the west front does not correspond to that of the nave, which is too wide for its height.
Sent 11: The low vaulting is a serious defect in the choir built by St. Hugh, but of the superb beauty of the Angel Choir, which encloses his shrine, there can be no doubt.
Sent 12: In its richness of sculpture it is one of the masterpieces of Gothic architecture in England.
Sent 13: The interior of the cathedral is remarkable for the harmony of its style, which is Lancet-Gothic, and the dim lighting of the nave only adds to its impressiveness.
Question: What has the richness of sculpture and is masterpiece of Gothic style in England?.
A: The angle Choir which encloses shrine.
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Q: Paragraph- Sent 1: Do all plants live on the land?
Sent 2: Some plants do live in the water.
Sent 3: To do this, they have evolved special traits.
Sent 4: Plants that live in water are called aquatic plants.
Sent 5: Living in water has certain benefits.
Sent 6: There is certainly plenty of water!
Sent 7: The plant does not need special traits to absorb, transport, or conserve water.
Sent 8: They do not need a large root system.
Sent 9: They do not need a strong stem to hold up the plant.
Sent 10: The plant uses the water for support.
Sent 11: Dont think water plants have it easy, though.
Sent 12: They also face challenges.
Sent 13: Living in water isnt that easy.
Sent 14: They do need some special traits to survive.
Sent 15: It is tough for the plant to reproduce.
Sent 16: Pollination by wind or animals cant happen under water.
Sent 17: Sunlight cannot reach very far beneath the waters surface.
Sent 18: Some aquatic plants have floating flowers and leaves.
Question: What are two things that make it tough for an aquatic plant to reproduce?.
A: | Pollination by wind or animals cannot happen under water, and sunlight cannot reach very far beneath the water's surface.
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Your style choices don't have to end with the clothes you wear. Consider your purse, earrings, jewelry, bracelets, and more when putting your outfit together. This is a great chance to be creative - if you're going for the classic Kylie black-and-white look, almost any color of accessory will go with your outfit. The Jenner sisters especially like oversize black leather purses and handbags. However, at red carpet events, they've been known to bring along small, swanky pocketbooks that match the color of their dress. Good makeup can be the cherry on top of a perfect outfit. It's rare to see either of the Jenner sisters overly-made-up, so keep the mantra "less is more" in mind when applying your own makeup. Kylie likes to go for a minimally-made up with light highlights around the eyes and some shiny lipgloss. Occasionally, she'll go bold with some bright red or crimson lipstick - if you want to go for the 1940s pinup look, go for it! When in doubt, skimp on the makeup when applying it and bring it with you - you can always put more on later! Not surprisingly, Kylie and Kendall's biggest fashion role-models are their sisters! Kourtney, Kim & Khloe are international fashion icons in their own right - watch "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" or any of its spin offs for plenty of fashion ideas from the Jenner and Kardashian sisters! Warning - "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" began airing in 2007. Fashion trends have changed substantially since then - in the sisters' own words, fashion choices in the early episodes were not always good ones. "Kylie would wear zebra-print leggings with bright blue shorts and a bright blue colored shirt and Converse that went up to [her knees]," says Kendall of Kylie's early wardrobe. Kylie and Kendall may be fashion icons at 16 and 17 respectively, but that doesn't mean their sense of style should overrule your own fashion instincts. For a truly unforgettable look, inject your own creativity into your outfits. Experiment with clothing and accessories that the sisters wouldn't wear. Remember to be yourself! It's fun to imitate the looks of our favorite fashionistas, but it's also important to cultivate our own identities. Use common sense and don't take fashion too seriously - a girl is much, much more important than her clothes!
Summary: Accessorize! Make yourself up! Draw inspiration from Kylie's muses. Add your own flavor.
Vinegar is a natural ant deterrent. Ants will not travel where vinegar is sprayed, so each day, spray an even layer of your mix over ant scent trails or any place you've seen ants. This will throw the ants off course. This won't kill the ants, but it may deter them from coming into your home. You can also use soapy water instead of vinegar. Ants are not a fan of cinnamon or coffee, so if you're having an ant problem, grab some of these kitchen basics and dust them in any area ants tend to go. Start with a heaping spoonful, but you can add more if the ants are spread out across a large area. You can also sprinkle these natural deterrents around any entry points, like your doors and windows. You can also use chili powder, peppermint essential oil, or garlic for other natural alternatives. Borax is a natural mineral known for its cleaning power, but it’s also an effective ant killer. You can either make your own mixture or you can buy it pre-mixed. Either way, pour some of the mixture onto a piece of parchment paper and place it wherever you see the ants traveling frequently. The sugar will attract the ants, but when they eat the sweet mixture, the borax will kill them by breaking down their digestive systems. Every other day, add fresh solution to the parchment paper. At first, you may see a large swarm of ants around the sugar and borax mixture, but that’s perfectly normal! Just keep replenishing the mixture every other day. This is one of the most effective methods to get rid of ants and it can kill the entire colony.
Summary: Spray a mixture of 1 part vinegar and 3 parts water to destroy any scent trails. Sprinkle ground cinnamon or coffee grounds as an ant deterrent. Use a mixture of borax and sugar to attract and kill your ants.
Finding activities that you both enjoy will help you form a deeper relationship and connection. It will help you understand what you both have in common. It will allow you to watch how she interacts with others. It will also help you work together as a team. Consider: Letting each of you rotate picking the location/activity of a date. Each proposing an idea and then choosing which one suits you as a couple. Trying a different activity each date to test as many possibilities as you can. Be honest about who you are and what you are like. You don’t want to build a relationship on dishonesty and deception. Such a relationship would just be one that would falter and fade later. Don’t lie or embellish your reputation and your achievements. Be honest about what you like to do for fun and what interests you. Be honest, but don’t be blunt or insulting. If she asks you a question, don’t blurt out whatever you are thinking. Answer her questions truthfully, but tactfully and carefully. You need to work to demonstrate that you are more than just a fairweather friend. You’re there for the good times and the bad times. This will signal to her that she is an important part of your life. Talk to her and console her when she does poorly on an exam. Offer support when there has been a death in the family or a divorce. Bring her small gifts when she's sick or down. Ask her how she's doing when you see her. If you notice something is bothering her, ask her if she want's to talk about it. But don't push too hard. Try to spark some conversations in which you can share your dreams with each other. This will be important as it will help you learn more about each other as individuals. As a result, you should be able to grow closer to each other. Spend a date, like a picnic, talking about where you both want to be in 5, 10 and 20 years. Talk about where you both want to live, ideally. Talk about your career and family aspirations. Show affection when and if it is appropriate to do so. Showing affection might help draw you closer to each other, and will signal to her that you care about her and want to take your relationship to the next level. If she reciprocates, you'll definitely know that you've been successful. But be careful and consider: Showing affection may include hugs, snuggling, kissing, and even thoughtful and loving looks and comments. Only show affection if it is appropriate to do so, and if she consents and is enthusiastic. If she rebuffs your affection or tells you not to do so, stop immediately. She might not be ready, so give her time and be sure to move at a pace that is comfortable for both of you.
| Summary: Find activities that you both enjoy together. Never tell lies to her. Show her that you are always there for her. Share your dreams with each other. Show affection. |
Explain simply why yes is the correct answer to: Is the following statement true?
"Ammonia in glass cleaning solutions prevents streaks from forming.". Explanation: | Ammonia is a common ingredient in household glass cleaners for this very reason. |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Tokugawa Takes All: When Hideyoshi died in 1598, he hoped to have his five-year-old son continue his "dynasty," initially under the tutelage of five regents. But one of the regents was Ieyasu Tokugawa, who had been biding his time at Edo for 12 years, nurturing dynastic ambitions of his own. Of the cunning, ruthless triumvirate that came out on top at the end of the country's century of civil war, Tokugawa was without doubt the most patient, the most prudent — and most treacherous. He moved quickly to eliminate his strongest rivals, crushing them in 1600 at the great Battle of Sekigahara (near modern Nagoya). During its subsequent two and a half centuries of rule from the new capital established at Edo, the Tokugawa organized a tightly controlled coalition of some 260 daimyo in strategic strongholds throughout the country. The allegiance of this highly privileged and prestigious group was ensured by cementing their ethical principles in the code of bushido, "The way of the warrior": loyalty to one's master, defense of one's status and honor, and fulfillment of all obligations. Loyalty was further enforced by holding the vassals' wives and children hostage in Edo. All roads into Edo, the most famous being the Tokaido Highway, had checkpoints for guns coming in and for wives going out. One of the most effective ways of keeping a tight rein on the country was to cut it off from the outside world, to keep Japan Japanese. At first, Ieyasu Tokugawa was eager to promote foreign trade. He wanted silk and encouraged the Dutch and British as good, nonproselytizing Protestants just interested in trade. But he didn't like the Portuguese and Spanish Catholic missionaries, who he felt were undermining traditional Japanese values. He banned their activities in 1612 and two years later ordered the expulsion of all missionaries and unrepentant Japanese converts. Executions and torture followed. Converts were forced to renounce their faith by trampling crucifixes and effigies of Jesus and Mary. The Catholic Church has counted 3,125 martyrs in Japan from 1597 (beginning under Hideyoshi) to 1660. In 1635 the Japanese were forbidden, on pain of death, to attempt to travel abroad, and Japanese citizens already overseas were prevented from returning, in case they brought back subversive Christian doctrines. Western books were banned, as were Chinese books that mentioned Christianity. <sep>Contrast Tokugawa's attitude toward the British and Dutch traders and the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries.<sep>He was accepting of the British and Dutch, but not of the Portugese & Spanish
Yes
Tom plays pool in a deserted pool hall , pocketing two balls by lowdown means and then wakes Jerry up by shooting the 10-ball into the pocket where he is sleeping . Jerry awakes just in time to avoid the 10-ball and is carried out to the ball return , where the 10 and the 13 smash the mouse between each other . Jerry is mad and walks up through the pocket , first sees nothing , but after a few steps back to the pocket , he spots Tom perched behind it . Jerry tries to jump into another corner pocket , but Tom aims a cue ball with so much force that it roll's into the pocket , and spins back out of it and it rolls Jerry backwards to Tom , who has made a ramp with his cue stick for the mouse to slide up . Jerry stops at the top of the stick and is then blown down by Tom , who then shoots a stream of balls to make the mouse flat . The whole train rebounds back towards the cat and the balls stack up at Tom's end of the table . Tom shoots all the balls in succession with his cue , and then tries to shoot Jerry , but the mouse hangs onto the cue tip . The cat , as if he were saying `` Have it your way '' , chalks up and shoots the 8-ball using Jerry . The mouse drops off the cue tip and then is upended by the 8-ball rolling in circles , and Tom forces Jerry to jump through the ball rack as if he were a circus performer . Tom then sets it on fire to add an additional level of torment , and when Jerry accomplishes this with poise , Tom discards the flaming rack and shoots the 8-ball across the table and back . <sep>How did Jerry get to the top of the pool stick?<sep>He climbed up the pole
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Early in chapter 5 we introduced, along with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, two other men who became operational coordinators for al Qaeda: Khallad and Nashiri. As we explained, both were involved during 1998 and 1999 in preparing to attack a ship off the coast of Yemen with a boatload of explosives. They had originally targeted a commercial vessel, specifically an oil tanker, but Bin Laden urged them to look for a U.S.warship instead. In January 2000, their team had attempted to attack a warship in the port of Aden, but the attempt failed when the suicide boat sank. More than nine months later, on October 12,2000, al Qaeda operatives in a small boat laden with explosives attacked a U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Cole. The blast ripped a hole in the side of the Cole, killing 17 members of the ship's crew and wounding at least 40. The plot, we now know, was a full-fledged al Qaeda operation, supervised directly by Bin Laden. He chose the target and location of the attack, selected the suicide operatives, and provided the money needed to purchase explosives and equipment. Nashiri was the field commander and managed the operation in Yemen. Khallad helped in Yemen until he was arrested in a case of mistaken identity and freed with Bin Laden's help, as we also mentioned earlier. Local al Qaeda coordinators included Jamal al Badawi and Fahd al Quso, who was supposed to film the attack from a nearby apartment. The two suicide operatives chosen were Hassan al Khamri and Ibrahim al Thawar, also known as Nibras. Nibras and Quso delivered money to Khallad in Bangkok during Khallad's January 2000 trip to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. In September 2000, Bin Laden reportedly told Nashiri that he wanted to replace Khamri and Nibras. Nashiri was angry and disagreed, telling others he would go to Afghanistan and explain to Bin Laden that the new operatives were already trained and ready to conduct the attack. Prior to departing, Nashiri gave Nibras and Khamri instructions to execute the attack on the next U.S.warship that entered the port of Aden. <sep>How many casualties resulted in the attack on the U.S Navy Destroyer?<sep>At 17 members were killed and at least 40 members wounded in the attack
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Write a phrase, the answer to which is present in the passage. The answer to this question should be completely and unambiguously found in the passage. The query must be about a single or multiple linked entities.
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Without photosynthesis, there would be no sugar, without which there could be no cellular respiration. On the other hand, cellular respiration produces the H 2 O and CO 2 that are needed for photosynthesis. They still break down the sugar molecule to release the energy so that it can be transferred to an ATP molecule, but they do it without oxygen. In cellular respiration, CO 2 and H 2 O are produced along with the energy. light energy is converted into chemical energy by plants during photosynthesis and. this energy is then stored in the bonds of complex molecules such as glucose, and. starch. It is these complex molecules which are given the name ‘food’. However, the energy in the food has to be made available to the cells in a usable form. This is the role of respiration. it up for respiration? In plants, O 2 released during photosynthesis in day time is made available for respiration. However, the rate of photosynthesis is higher than that of respiratin. Thus, plants give out excess O 2 in the daytime. However, these release only CO 2 at night as photosynthesis stops in the absence of sunlight. Animals give out CO 2 1. How do plant and other organisms obtain energy for various activites such as growth?..... 2. Name the energy-rich molecule formed during respiration from food..... 3. Give two differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Both animal cells and plant cells depend on cellular respiration for their energy needs, because both animal cells and plant cells need ATP. Plant cells may be able to use the energy from the sun to make sugar, but they can't use the sun's energy as fuel. Okay, great. So how do cells (remember, both plant and animal cells need energy, and neither can directly use the energy provided by the sun) get the energy out of the sugar molecule? They do it with a process called cellular respiration. In cellular respiration, cells use oxygen to break the sugar molecule. That releases the energy which is then transferred to an ATP (adenosine triphosphate) molecule. Respiration in Plants BIOLOGY 263 Notes MODULE - 2 Forms and Functions of 12.1 RESPIRATION Plants and animals Respiration is the stepwise oxidation of complex organic molecules and release of energy as ATP for various cellular metabolic activities. It involves exchange of gases between the organism and the external environment. The green as well as non-green Consumers get the food they need by eating other organisms. You learned that only plants are producers, and that they make their own food by combining water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and energy from the sun to produce sugar (C6H12O6) and oxygen (O2). This process, you learned, is called photosynthesis. Do you see the way the chemical formula for cellular respiration is the reverse of the chemical formula for photosynthesis? The only real difference is that in one, the energy is sunlight and in the second, the energy is the ATP molecule.
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during respiration, what do consumers such as animals release
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east hazel crest il phone number
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You can't open an unpaid item case til four days have passed from close of auction - buyer is sent a reminder to pay and gets a further four days in which to do so. You can't relist or do a SCO til the case is closed as you need to close off one transaction properly before starting another one. Buyers have 4 days to pay before you even think of opening a dispute and most good sellers allow 7 days. Do NOT offer for 2nd chance until you have resolved first sale or you may end up with 2 buyers and get negative feedback. You need much more patience. If you offer it to the under bidder and they accept and pay, then the real buyer pays you will have 2 buyers both of which can leave negative feedback and low ratings and only 1 item. One of them will be disappointed and will leave suitable feedback, open an item not received case, and can report you for seller non performance all of which can lead to selling restrictions. Find great deals on eBay for how long does a buyer have to pay and time payment. Shop with confidence. Country 45 Jim Ed Brown - Southern Loving / How Long Does It Take A Memory To Dr Save how long does a buyer have to pay to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. You should have already established your payment terms in your eBay Motors listing. Sellers are encouraged to accept deposits via PayPal and the balance of the payment via the Financing Center. However, sellers are welcome to accept or deny any type of payment, as long as those terms are clearly explained in the listing. Complete the Sale: Arrange Pickup / Shipping You should have already established your pickup and/or shipping terms in your eBay Motors listing. Most buyers opt to pick up the vehicle in person; however, if shipping services are required for your transaction, please make sure the shipping company that you and the buyer agree to use is fully bonded and insured. eBay determines this price through a machine learned model of the product's sale prices within the last 90 days. eBay determines trending price through a machine learned model of the product’s sale prices within the last 90 days. New refers to a brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item, and Used refers to an item that has been used previously. Buyers have 48 hours to pay for an item, you can ask politely if they would pay immediately but they dont have to do it. You cannot just decide to offer the item to another bidder. You have to open an unpaid item case and close off the transaction before you can offer the item to someone else. To save any hassle I suggest that you try to contact the buyer again. There may be a problem at his/her end, holidays, illness, family? It would be unusual for a 100% feedback eBayer to do this.
Ex Output:
| ebay how long do buyers have to pay
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What is creativity? How de we define creativity? Where does creativity come from? How philosophical is the notion of creativity? Is everyone’s ‘creativity’ different? Or is it an ill conceived, simplified term that is used to describe a very specific series of neuronal & bodily reactions to certain stimuli? These are all the questions I’ve been thinking (and googling, and youtubing) since beginning this Capturing Creativity studio* and I have found some answers or maybe I’ve just found more questions: Creativity is generally defined as the ability to make new things, or come up with new ideas, it’s an ability to think outside the box, to see unique solutions and employ them in inventive ways. In this sense creativity is not always utilised when being ‘creative’, as to be creative is simply defined as the ability to make or produce something. However I guess that depends on your definition of creative, how different, unique, special, once off, un-influenced does something have to be, to be classified as creative? This is where creativity get’s tricky. It’s all well and good to be like oh this is what creativity is, so it’s easy to investigate it, but what if you don’t define that as being creative, maybe that was just following a formula, a somewhat inspired formula, but maybe it is just a formula. Creativity to most people seems to be a random mix of once off genius combined with solid skill and hard work and for us humans these percentages are unique to us. Maybe creativity to you is 90% unique idea, 5% skill and 5% hard work. Maybe creativity to you is 40% unique idea, 50% skill and 10% hard work. Maybe for you creativity doesn’t have to involve any hard work at all. For me when it comes to creativity I’m most interested in that unique idea portion; where does that unique idea come from? Is it simply random? Is it a gift from the gods? Is our unique idea just a product of a lot of subconscious effort, only made aware to us in the sense of a ‘random’ idea? Have we been influenced by something, processed it... According to the above context, choose the correct option to answer the following question. Question: What does creativity seem to be to most people? Options: - Something that doesn't involve any hard work at all - not enough information - A random mix of once off genius combined with solid skill and hard work - The ability to make or produce something
| A random mix of once off genius combined with solid skill and hard work |
Nitro-glycerine(commonname),whichisderivedfrominorganicnitricacidandthealcoholglycerine,isanimportantexampleofanesterthatisusedbothinexplosivesandinmedicine.
Nitro-glycerine (common name), which is derived from inorganic nitric acid and the alcohol glycerine, is an important example of an ester that is used both in explosives and in medicine.
ADIcannotbereused—anewDIisrequiredwhenadeviceischanged,resultinginanewmodelorversion.
A DI cannot be reused — a new DI is required when a device is changed, resulting in a new model or version.
AmongtheotherchildreninthecharityschoolwasalittleJewishgirl,cleverandgood-infact,thebrightestofthemall.Buttherewasoneclassshecouldnotattend,theonewherereligionwastaught,forshewasinaChristianschool.
Among the other children in the charity school was a little Jewish girl, clever and good-in fact, the brightest of them all. But there was one class she could not attend, the one where religion was taught, for she was in a Christian school.
AfterM.2completepieceinM.3.Whenpiecemeasures66-70cmcastoffthemiddle24-26stsforneckanddec2stsonnecklineonnextrow.
| After M.2 complete piece in M.3. When piece measures 66-70 cm cast off the middle 24-26 sts for neck and dec 2 sts on neckline on next row. |
In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.
Q: passage: Tara realizes that A History of Witchcraft is missing from their shelf and after concluding that Dawn took it, she and Willow (who is sheepishly feigning surprise) decide to call Buffy. Buffy hears about Dawn's spell just as she is finishing it upstairs in her room. When Buffy confronts her, the two girls get into a vicious argument about their different ways of dealing with their mother's death. Dawn accuses Buffy of being so busy arranging everything that she doesn't care that their mother is dead, earning herself a slap across the face from her sister. Buffy immediately regrets her action and admits that she's keeping busy so she doesn't have to deal with the situation, because when she stops then her mother is really gone. During their argument, a figure emerges from Joyce's grave and walks toward the house. A shadow passes by the front window followed by a knocking on the door, and Buffy, hoping it's Joyce, rushes to answer the door. Dawn immediately realizes the inherent dangers of the spell and rips up the photo, and when Buffy answers the door all she finds is an empty step. This is too much for Buffy and she starts to cry, finally facing the reality of her mother's death. A sobbing Dawn hugs her, and they collapse to the floor united in grief.
question: does buffy's mom come back to life?
A: | No |
The coach gave his player a high five.
What is a plausible cause?
Choices:
*The player got a penalty..
*The player scored a point.. | The player scored a point. |
Detailed Instructions: In this task you are given a question. You need to generate an answer to the question.
Problem:Question:The lead singer of which band is known as Suggs?
Solution: | Madness |
DUBAI, March 22 (Reuters) - Kuwait's oil minister said on Thursday that Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) had signed an agreement with an international firm for long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG), state news agency KUNA reported. Bakheet al-Rashidi did not mention the name of the company, describing it as a leading player in the LNG sector. KUNA quoted him as saying the agreement would help KPC meet rising demand for power generation in the Gulf Arab state. (Reporting by Hadeel Al Sayegh; Writing by Ghaida Ghantous; Editing by Mark Potter)
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has an employee named hank
A: It's impossible to say
How to make taquitos<br>Heat the oil until it reaches 350 ° f (177 ° c). Place a heavy-bottomed pan with straight sides on the stove. Pour 2-inches (5-cm) of vegetable oil into the pan, and heat it over medium heat until the oil hits the right temperature on a deep fry thermometer.
You need tomatoes to make taquitos.
A: It's impossible to say
However, he went on to state that the matter was very serious and if any special circumstances were brought to the attention of the House and the Chair to the effect that members were in some way intimidated in their work or prevented from discharging their duties freely and without hindrance, there would be no hesitation in recognizing the matter as a breach of privilege.
the chair was large and blue
A: | It's impossible to say |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What does every plane have?, Context: Grey-box testing (American spelling: gray-box testing) involves having knowledge of internal data structures and algorithms for purposes of designing tests, while executing those tests at the user, or black-box level. The tester is not required to have full access to the software's source code.[not in citation given] Manipulating input data and formatting output do not qualify as grey-box, because the input and output are clearly outside of the "black box" that we are calling the system under test. This distinction is particularly important when conducting integration testing between two modules of code written by two different developers, where only the interfaces are exposed for test.
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Given a paragraph, your job is to generate a question that can be answered from the passage. The answer to your question should be a single entity, person, time, etc. that can be extracted from the passage.
Most of the Huguenot congregations (or individuals) in North America eventually affiliated with other Protestant denominations with more numerous members. The Huguenots adapted quickly and often married outside their immediate French communities, which led to their assimilation. Their descendants in many families continued to use French first names and surnames for their children well into the nineteenth century. Assimilated, the French made numerous contributions to United States economic life, especially as merchants and artisans in the late Colonial and early Federal periods. For example, E.I. du Pont, a former student of Lavoisier, established the Eleutherian gunpowder mills. | How did Huguenots evolve their religious beliefs in the New World? |
Broadway Rose is a 1922 American silent romantic drama film released by Metro Pictures and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It stars Leonard's then-wife Mae Murray and Monte Blue. The film is based on an original story by Edmund Goulding written for star Murray, and was produced by Leonard's and Murray's production company Tiffany Pictures.
Can we infer the following?
Edmund Golding wrote many movies.
Pick from:
[i] Yes.
[ii] It's impossible to say.
[iii] No.
The answer is: | [ii] |
As academic work is becoming arguably more precarious and competitive, shorter contracts are becoming the norm, and the number of people completing PhDs in the UK is increasing, the risks associated with researching academia are high. This post discusses and explores my experiences of being a PhD student researching women’s lived experiences of research evaluation in the UK, and my thoughts on and experiences of interviewing very senior and esteemed academics as a junior researcher. My PhD study explored research evaluation in the form of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) – a weighty force in UK academia – the outcomes of which, I argue, hold the potential to alter the course of an academic career considerably, as well as playing a role in the type of work that some academics do, particularly given the REF impact agenda. There is currently an international trend towards research evaluation with programmes such as the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), the Performance-Based Research fund in New Zealand (PBRF), and equivalents in countries including Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands. What is clear is that there is not enough qualitative, exploratory research into the effects of research evaluation on academic careers, especially for women, and so my PhD study was born. My findings suggest that research evaluation in the UK actively contributes to the continuance of gender inequality regimes in the academy, and that the ability to negotiate managerial control and be politically savvy is increasingly important in the academic world. Before embarking on my PhD, I was acutely aware of the sensitivity of my research, as well as my own positionality with regards to my participants. Reflection is and was an important element in the research process for me, as it allowed me to reflect on the effects of the self on the research process and, ultimately, also on the data, as well as the various power dynamics discernible during interviews for my study. I was continually taken aback by participants’... According to the above context, choose the correct option to answer the following question. Question: How long will it probably take to finish the PhD program? Options: - under a year - under six years - over six years - not enough information
The answer to this question is: | under six years |
For simplicity, this pattern is typically implemented in a purely synchronous fashion, as in web service calls over HTTP, which holds a connection open and waits until the response is delivered or the timeout period expires. However, request--response may also be implemented asynchronously, with a response being returned at some unknown later time. This is often referred to as ``sync over async'', or ``sync/async'', and is common in enterprise application integration (EAI) implementations where slow aggregations, time-intensive functions, or human workflow must be performed before a response can be constructed and delivered.
Answer this question, making sure that the answer is supposed by the text: http uses a request/response style of communication? | yes |
In this task, you are given a sentence and a question, you would be asked to create the answer which is contained in the sentence provided.
[EX Q]: Sentence: Boron only occurs naturally in compounds with oxygen element. Question: Boron only occurs naturally in compounds with what element?
[EX A]: oxygen
[EX Q]: Sentence: Most skin structures originate in the dermis. Question: Where do most skin structures originate in?
[EX A]: dermis
[EX Q]: Sentence: Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. Question: What is the most abundant element in the universe?
[EX A]: | hydrogen
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a context, a subject, a relation, and many options. Based on the context, from the options select the object entity that has the given relation with the subject. Answer with text (not indexes).
Context: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich , Herr , zu dir ( From the depths I call , Lord , to thee ) , BWV 131 , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed it in Mühlhausen in either 1707 or 1708 , which makes it one of Bach 's earliest cantatas . The text is based on Psalm 130 ., The Mass in B minor (BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a musical setting of the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass. The work was one of Bach's last compositions, not completed until 1749, the year before his death. Much of the Mass gave new form to vocal music that Bach had composed throughout his career, dating back (in the case of the "Crucifixus") to 1714, but extensively revised. To complete the work, in the late 1740s Bach composed new sections of the "Credo" such as "Et incarnatus est"., The Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 10461051, original title: Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments) are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 (though probably composed earlier). They are widely regarded as some of the best orchestral compositions of the Baroque era., A cantata (literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb "cantare", "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir., Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the "Brandenburg Concertos", the "Goldberg Variations", the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth., In music, counterpoint is the relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent (polyphony) yet independent in rhythm and contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradition, strongly developing during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period, especially in the Baroque. The term originates from the Latin "punctus contra punctum" meaning "point against point"., Subject: aus der tiefen rufe ich, Relation: original_language_of_work, Options: (A) german (B) instrumental (C) italian (D) latin
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Problem: If "The dog chased the cat, which ran up a tree. It waited at the bottom.", is "The dog waited at the bottom." correct?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: yes
Problem: If "The sun was covered by a thick cloud all morning, but luckily, by the time the picnic started, it was gone.", is "The sun was gone." correct?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: no
Problem: If "The cat was lying by the mouse hole waiting for the mouse, but it was too impatient.", is "The mouse was too impatient." correct?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: | no |
This is a list of notable editorial cartoonists of the past and present sorted by nationality. An editorial cartoonist is an artist, a cartoonist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. The list is incomplete; it lists only those editorial cartoonists for whom a Wikipedia article already exists.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
An editorial cartoonist makes shapes. | Yes |
TASK DEFINITION: You are given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence that supports the given input.
PROBLEM: The photic zone extends to a maximum depth of 200 meters (656 feet) below the surface of the water.
SOLUTION: The photic zone extends 200 meters deep.
PROBLEM: All primates have five flexible digits at the end of their hands and feet.
SOLUTION: Primates have five digits on each extremity.
PROBLEM: A calorie is a unit used to measure energy.
SOLUTION: | Another unit of energy, used widely in the health professions and everyday life, is calorie ( cal )?
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Is the following sentence linguistically acceptable?
The dog barked its way out of the room.
acceptable
Is the following sentence linguistically acceptable?
They rowed along the canals of Venice.
acceptable
Is the following sentence linguistically acceptable?
It's extremely windy today.
acceptable
Is the following sentence linguistically acceptable?
We drove all the way to Buenos Aires.
| acceptable |
Companies, communities, families, clubs, and other clumps of humans all have some inherent social dynamics. At a simple level there are leaders and followers, but in reality the lines are rarely as clear as that. Many leaders, with a common example being some founders, have tremendous vision and imagination, but lack the skills to translate that vision into actionable work. Many followers need structure to their efforts, but are dynamic and creative in the execution. Thus, the social dynamic in organizations needs a little more nuance. This is where traditional management hierarchies break down in companies. You may have your SVPs, then your VPs, then your Senior Directors, then your Directors, and so on, but in reality most successful companies don’t observe those hierarchies stringently. In many organizations a junior-level employee who has been there for a while can have as much influence and value, if not more, than a brand new SVP. As such, the dream is that we build organizations with crisp reporting lines but in which all employees feel they have the ability to bring their creativity and ideas to logically influence the scope, work, and culture of the organization. Sadly, this is where many organizations run into trouble. It seems to be the same ‘ol story time after time: as the organization grows, the divide between the senior leadership and the folks on the ground widens. Water cooler conversations and bar-side grumblings fuel the fire and resentment, frustrations, and resume-editing often sets in. So much of this is avoidable though. Of course, there will always be frustration in any organization: this is part and parcel of people working together. Nothing will be perfect, and it shouldn’t be…frustration and conflict can often lead to organizations re-pivoting and taking a new approach. I believe though, that there are a lot of relatively simple things we can do to make organizations feel more engaging. The junior level employee feel more influential than: A. not enough information B. The Founder C. The Senior Vice President D. The new employee
C
"To be real honest, Jeffrey, you're not making much progress," said Greg. "Are you practicing at all?" "Well, yeah. Mom makes me. She sits there watching to make sure I'm getting the right fingering and phrasing." "Hmm. I might need to talk to her about that." Greg hated when kids were forced into musicianship. He had been teaching private music lessons for more than ten years, and had seen it often. Parents made their kids miserable. It rarely worked anyway. "You don't really want to take piano, do you?" "No, Sir." "Well... " "I wish my mom would let me take guitar lessons. That would be cool." "You know you'd get calluses like this." Greg held out left hand and showed Jeffrey his fingertips. "Yeah! My friend, Zach, has calluses. They're hard like plastic." "Well, you know, it hurts for a while--until you build them up." "I don't care. I love the guitar. I've been begging Mom to switch me from piano to guitar." "I'll talk to her." "Great! I already have a guitar and--" "--don't get too excited yet. We'll see what she says." "Thanks, Mr. Tenorly." He jumped up and ran for the front door. Then he stopped, rushed back over to grab his piano books, and raced out the door. Greg's 3:30 lesson had been cancelled, so he now had a thirty minute break. Oftentimes, during a break, he would step outside and wander down the sidewalk, observing the townspeople going in and out of the shops around Coreyville Square. But something was bugging him. His dad's birthday party was only a few days away. He hoped he wouldn't regret letting Cynthia talk him into going. After the story ends, Greg A. gets to learn the guitar B. starts a band with his friend C. not enough information D. quits taking lessons
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As Julie kept asking question after question, all I could think of was how desperately I needed a normal, healthy relationship. As far as most of my relationships went, mine with Julie was great. But it was great in all the wrong places. There really wasn't much more to it than sex. Even though it was a mind-numbing, bathe-in-gasoline-to-slough-the-shame-from-my-soul kind of sex, it didn't matter. At the end of the day we were just objects to each other. We couldn't talk about anything else. We'd tried before, but it had usually led to an afternoon of power-fucking in every changing room on Rodeo Drive. It was a fun ride, but nothing more. And like every great ride, Julie was beautiful, fast, and could turn on a dime in the blink of an eye. "I don't understand, Dingo." I couldn't tell if it was the 12 stitches over my eye giving me the headache or Julie's prattling. I bit off a stretch of red tape and put it over the empty socket where my taillight should have been while I balanced the phone between my shoulder and swollen cheek. "Julie, I told you. Darby took the box." "I get that, but--." "The box my dad hand-carved just before he died." I could feel the two edges of skin stitched together pull at each other every time my jaw moved. "Yes, yes, and the box protects your family's dirty little secret or your mother's pride and joy or whatever the hell it is you're calling it this week." "Hey, I told you not to go digging--. " "I don't care what it is, Dingo! I couldn't give a shit about that damn box or what's inside. The only thing I want to know is what the fuck your ex-wife was doing there." So there it was. And I thought she was jealous just because somebody else got to beat the living crap out of me for a change. "Julie, I didn't even know she was in town until after I was in the hospital." Dingo was getting stitches at the hospital A. not enough information B. before he knew his ex-wife was in town C. after he knew his ex-wife was in town D. with his ex-wife present
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Given a sentence in English, provide an equivalent paraphrased version from the original that retains the same meaning.
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The leaves are generally 1.5-4 mm long and 0.2-0.7 mm wide .
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The leaves are usually 1.5-4 mm long and 0.2-0.7 mm wide .
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Contempo Magazine is a monthly print and daily online American magazine published in McAllen , Texas .
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Contempo Magazine is a monthly American print and online magazine in McAllen , Texas .
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Nar-Dos developed the Armenian critical trend of psychological realism displaying refined Armenian language .
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In this task, you're given two sentences. Indicate if the first sentence clearly entails the second sentence (i.e., one can conclude the 2nd sentence by reading the 1st one). Indicate your answer with '1' if the first sentence entails the second sentence, otherwise answer with '0'.
Q: Sentence 1: The National Basketball Association (NBA) has released the rosters for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game. The starting rosters can be found on the newly launched 2007 All-Star Game website. The 56th All-Star Game is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 18 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. 2007 Eastern Conference All-Stars Starters Gilbert Arenas (Washington) Chris Bosh (Toronto) LeBron James (Cleveland) Shaquille O'Neal (Miami) Dwayne Wade (Miami) 2007 Western Conference All-Stars Starters Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers) Tim Duncan (San Antonio) Kevin Garnett (Minnesota) Tracy McGrady (Houston) Yao Ming (Houston) The All Star Website was also launched at about noon EST on January 26. The website features pictures of the players on the rosters and other information. Sentence 2: The Thomas & Mack Center was built by NBA.
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In this task, given a sentence in English Tokens, your task is to convert it into the English language
[Q]: Democratic strategists poised themselves to take advantage of Santorum 's association with the neologism phenomenon .
[A]: Democratic strategists poised themselves to take advantage of Santorum's association with the neologism phenomenon.
[Q]: Researchers with the University of Calgary in Canada have found that prolactin , a hormone produced during pregnancy , may reverse the progression of multiple sclerosis -LRB- MS -RRB- , according to a paper published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience .
[A]: Researchers with the University of Calgary in Canada have found that prolactin, a hormone produced during pregnancy, may reverse the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a paper published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience.
[Q]: The man strangled his married daughter to death with wire after discovering she was in an incestuous affair .
[A]: | The man strangled his married daughter to death with wire after discovering she was in an incestuous affair.
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In this task, you will be presented with a question and you have to answer the question based on your knowledge. Your answers should be as short as possible.
What was the real name of the superhero character in the comic with a cover date of Oct. 1956 ? | Bartholomew Henry Barry Allen |
In this task, you're given a context passage. Your job is to generate relevant questions that can be answered by directly referring to the passage.
After "Jingle Bells" melody, played on a calliope, is heard during the brief opening credits, two children, who appear to be five or six years old, are seen in a bunk bed, saying goodnight to their mother. The boy, Dick, is in the upper bunk and the girl, Ann, who is in the lower bunk, says, "oh, Dick, I wonder if Santa ever got our letter". The visuals become blurry and a male narrator states, "yes, Ann, far up in the North Pole, Santa is reading your letter now". In a spacious living room setting, seated in a large easy chair and dressed in full traditional apparel, Santa is holding a sheet of paper which is shown in close-up to depict, in large-lettered children's handwriting, "Dear Santa / DicK and I would LiKe To visiT You. / CouLD we PLEase visit you at The NoRTH PoLE beFore CHriSTmAs ? / DicK And ANN". Upon reading the letter, Santa says, "Why not" and calls elf Toby to prepare the magic helicopter and bring the two children to him. Toby responds, "your'all words are my command, Santa". Appearing in Dick and Ann's bedroom, Toby awakens them with the words, "hurry up and get dressed and we will fly to Santa", as the narrator explains to the audience, "it's just a short hop in the magic helicopter". Walking through a castle-style entrance inscribed "Santa", Toby leads Dick and Ann into Santa's living room and is then dismissed by Santa who, still seated in his large easy chair, takes the children onto his lap, as documentary footage of seasonal celebrations and Santa pageantry appears on the screen, with the narrator recounting how Christmas is observed in various cities and towns. A Christmas parade, with main focus on Santa, is seen in the Pennsylvania city of McKeesport. Santa gives Dick and Ann a tour of "The Village Toy Shop" which appears as a series of Christmas doll and toy exhibits as well as displays in a large department store. Santa then leads them to his toy warehouse where preparations are made for Christmas Eve distribution. | Who does the girl wonder aloud to about Santa receiving their letter? |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
The FA Cup winners qualify for the following season's UEFA Europa League (formerly named the UEFA Cup; from its launch in 1960 until 1998, they entered the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup instead). This European place applies even if the team is relegated or is not in the English top flight. In the past, if the FA Cup winning team also qualified for the following season's Champions League or Europa League through their league position, then the losing FA Cup finalist were given this European berth instead. FA Cup winners enter the Europa League at the group stage. Losing finalists, if they haven't qualified for Europe via the league, began earlier, at the play-off or third qualifying round stage. From the 2015--16 UEFA Europa League season, however, UEFA does not allow the runners-up to qualify for the Europa League through the competition. If the winner -- and until 2015, the runner-up -- has already qualified for Europe through their league position (with the exception of the UEFA Cup until 1998), the FA Cup berth is then given to the highest-place team in the league who has not yet qualified.
does the fa cup get you into europe?
The PlayStation 2 was designed to be backward compatible with PlayStation games. However, not all PlayStation games work on the PlayStation 2. In addition, later models of the PlayStation 2 console could not play all of the games that were released for prior version of the PlayStation 2. This article provides a list of some of the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games that are not compatible with all models of the PlayStation 2.
can i play ps1 games on ps2 slim?
Following a prolonged campaign, including a series of demonstrations by photographers dealt with by police officers and PCSOs, the Metropolitan Police was forced to issue updated legal advice which confirms that ``Members of the public and the media do not need a permit to film or photograph in public places and police have no power to stop them filming or photographing incidents or police personnel'' and that ``The power to stop and search someone under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 no longer exists.''
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In this task, you are given news articles and you need to generate a highlight, i.e., a short summary, with a maximum length of 10 lines.
(CNN) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in neighboring South Sudan on Monday for talks on unrest in the latter nation that has left hundreds dead. He flew into the airport in the capital of Juba before heading to the presidential palace to meet his South Sudan counterpart, President Salva Kiir. The two later held a joint news conference with al-Bashir stressing readiness to support South Sudan, according to the official Sudan News Agency. Al-Bashir's visit comes as rival parties in the South Sudan power struggle work to find a solution to the violence. Meanwhile, talks between South Sudan's government and rebels began Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Those negotiations were delayed last week. "The two delegations appreciated the gravity of the situation and the need and urgency of resolving the crisis in South Sudan. They reminded themselves of the long-drawn liberation struggle that culminated in the independence of their country. They regretted the unfortunate situation which the current conflict has brought," read a statement from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, an East African trade bloc helping to mediate between the parties. Talks are expected to pick up again on Tuesday. The negotiations "come not a moment too soon," African Union Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in a statement. "Not a single day can be lost in the search for peace in South Sudan. Stopping the fighting in South Sudan is not only a humanitarian imperative but also a strategic necessity, in order to halt the rapid descent of Africa's newest nation into collapse." South Sudan erupted in violence on December 15 when rebels loyal to ousted Vice President Riek Machar tried to stage a coup. Since then, militia members loyal to the ousted leader have battled government forces. Violence quickly spread with reports of mass killings emerging nationwide. As teams from both sides are negotiating, fighting rages. Three weeks of fighting have left more than 1,000 people dead and forced 200,000 from their homes, officials say. South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war, making it the world's youngest nation. Despite the split, al-Bashir has a stake in the talks. Though South Sudan and Sudan divorced, they still have unresolved oil issues. Prolonged fighting has cut South Sudan's oil output, affecting both economies. Heed the warnings: Genocide and Rwanda's lessons for South Sudan . CNN's Samira Said and Nana Karikari-apau contributed to this report.
NEW: The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan meet in Juba .
Talks between South Sudan's government and rebels begin in Ethiopia .
South Sudan erupted into violence in a December attempted coup .
Violence has raged since; both sides are now holding talks to seek a resolution .
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Four members of a group of 31 North Koreans who accidentally crossed over into South Korean waters on a fishing boat, have decided to defect to the South, despite Pyongyang's demands that they all be repatriated to the North, the South Korean Red Cross said. The defection of the four North Koreans could spark tensions on the peninsula, where joint U.S.-South Korea military drills have kicked off this week. North Korea had threatened to engulf Seoul in a "sea of flames," a day before the opening of the exercise. The South will return the remaining 27 members of the group through Panmunjom, a truce village on the ground border between the two sides, and send the fishing boat back through the waters in the West Sea on Friday, the Red Cross said. South Korea's intelligence agency questioned the North Koreans for almost a month since they crossed over in February before deciding to release the group, the aid agency said. There are currently more than 20,000 North Korean defectors in South Korea, according to the South's Unification Ministry. The number of annual defectors has risen dramatically since the turn of the century and continues to climb. Defectors who are forcefully repatriated to the North after attempting to cross over into third countries such as China, Mongolia or Southeast Asia are commonly sent to prison camps as a punishment. Many defectors who live in South Korea fear for the lives of their family or relatives who remain in the North.
A boat with a crew of 31 crosses into South Korean waters, the Red Cross says .
Four of the fishermen decide to stay in the South .
The number of defections has risen dramatically in the past decade .
(CNN) -- No. 2 Alabama clobbered No. 1 Louisiana State University Monday night, winning college football's Bowl Championship Series 21-0. The rematch of the century took place in New Orleans, and this time, there was more at stake than just bragging rights. Follow the SI.com live game blog . The showdown for the BCS title came two months after the two giants battled in a tense Southeastern Conference matchup. Both teams went into that November 5 game undefeated. College football pundits dubbed it the game of the century. Alabama, playing at home in Tuscaloosa, lost 9-6. For the Crimson Tide, Monday was a chance at redemption -- and to settle the debate, once and for all, who is the best team in college football. "These kind of competitive games, especially this game, playing somebody in your league that you already played, I think makes this a more special challenge," Alabama coach Nick Saban told reporters before the game. "The opportunity that our players have to play LSU again is something that is unique."
| Crimson Tide shuts out the Tigers 21-0 .
The two battled in November, with LSU coming out on top .
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The most common way for travellers to enter the country seems to be by air. According to the website Lonely Planet, getting into Myanmar is problematic: "No bus or train service connects Myanmar with another country, nor can you travel by car or motorcycle across the border – you must walk across.", and states that, "It is not possible for foreigners to go to/from Myanmar by sea or river." There are a small number of border crossings that allow the passage of private vehicles, such as the border between Ruili (China) to Mu-se, the border between Htee Kee (Myanmar) and Ban Phu Nam Ron (Thailand) (the most direct border between Dawei and Kanchanaburi), and the border between Myawaddy (Myanmar) and Mae Sot (Thailand). At least one tourist company has successfully run commercial overland routes through these borders since 2013. "From Mae Sai (Thailand) you can cross to Tachileik, but can only go as far as Kengtung. Those in Thailand on a visa run can cross to Kawthaung but cannot venture farther into Myanmar."
How far are the people from Taiwan ,but not actually citizens of Taiwan, allowed to venture into the Myanmar territory ? | Those in Thailand on a visa run can cross to Kawthaung but cannot venture farther into Myanmar |
Here are some concepts: government, own, property
What is a sentence about these concepts? | government now owns this property . |
We all present these glossy lives to the world; coffee cups presented to dewy sunrises, champagne in airport lounges, luxurious restaurants that cost more than they should and share the blue skies days of exploration. I’m as guilty as anyone. But, what about behind those scenes? Those days where the wind is so strong you can’t instastory for talking (I’m looking at you Cornwall), when travel mistakes happen (like in Vienna where I accidentally booked our trip a day short) or when everyone asks you what your next trip will be and you sheepishly have to answer ‘er, not sure’. So I thought I’d get a few things off my chest, and confess a few of the reasons why I probably shouldn’t be calling myself a travel blogger. And yes, these are all very much first world problems. 1. I hate photographs of myself. Ironic, no? Especially when one of the first rules of blogging is all about the cult of personality. I just don’t like them. I wish I did, but there are few times that I fancy a photo and even less when I like the result. 2. We nip into a MacDonalds at least once every trip. It has now become a tradition between nicer restaurants to nip in and order a Big Mac and fries at some point of our trip – but especially in Europe for some reason. Why do their MacDonalds meals taste better? 3. Pastels aren’t really my shade. Again, I wish I could be super girly, twirling in gossamer skirts painted in spring shades but I’m just not. My colour palette is decidedly autumnal/jewel hued and usually sticks to a scarf draped around my neck in a hopefully fashionable manner. And I’m totally ok with that. 4. I once travelled all the way to New Zealand and back (stopping in 3 countries enroute) without a lens cap on my brand new, fairly expensive camera. This is in no way a #humblebrag about the trip, but a comment on how impractical I can be – and how careful I also am. I lovingly wrapped my camera in a soft scarf every day for 3 weeks, growled under my breath at anyone who looked like they might jostle me and at one point found... Where does the blogger like to eat McDonald's the most? A. In Asia B. In Europe C. not enough information D. In the US
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
We need natural resources for just about everything we do. We need them for food and clothing, for building materials and energy. We even need them to have fun. Table 2.1 gives examples of how we use natural resources. Can you think of other ways we use natural resources? Use Vehicles Resources Rubber for tires from rubber trees Steel frames and other metal parts from minerals such as iron Example iron ore Electronics Plastic cases from petroleum prod- ucts Glass screens from minerals such as lead lead ore Use Homes Resources Nails from minerals such as iron Timber from trees Example spruce timber Jewelry Gemstones such as diamonds Minerals such as silver silver ore Food Sunlight, water, and soil Minerals such as phosphorus corn seeds in soil Clothing Wool from sheep Cotton from cotton plants cotton plants Recreation Water for boating and swimming Forests for hiking and camping pine forest Some natural resources are renewable. Others are not. It depends, in part, on how we use them. <sep>How can natural resources help us have fun?<sep>Camping
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Please answer this: I know that the answer to the question "What type of light is easiest for humans to see?" is in "Equivalently, the smallness of the Planck constant reflects the fact that everyday objects and systems are made of a large number of particles. For example, green light with a wavelength of 555 nanometres (the approximate wavelength to which human eyes are most sensitive) has a frequency of 7014540000000000000♠540 THz (7014540000000000000♠540×1012 Hz). Each photon has an energy E = hf = 6981358000000000000♠3.58×10−19 J. That is a very small amount of energy in terms of everyday experience, but everyday experience is not concerned with individual photons any more than with individual atoms or molecules. An amount of light compatible with everyday experience is the energy of one mole of photons; its energy can be computed by multiplying the photon energy by the Avogadro constant, NA ≈ 7023602200000000000♠6.022×1023 mol−1. The result is that green light of wavelength 555 nm has an energy of 7005216000000000000♠216 kJ/mol, a typical energy of everyday life.". Can you tell me what it is?
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Answer: green light with a wavelength of 555 nanometres
Please answer this: I know that the answer to the question "What sport from the US does the IBM sports team play?" is in "IBM's employee management practices can be traced back to its roots. In 1914, CEO Thomas J. Watson boosted company spirit by creating employee sports teams, hosting family outings, and furnishing a company band. IBM sports teams still continue in the present day; the IBM Big Blue continue to exist as semi-professional company rugby and American football teams. In 1924 the Quarter Century Club, which recognizes employees with 25 years of service, was organized and the first issue of Business Machines, IBM's internal publication, was published. In 1925, the first meeting of the Hundred Percent Club, composed of IBM salesmen who meet their quotas, convened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.". Can you tell me what it is?
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Answer: football
Please answer this: I know that the answer to the question "What facet of evolution by natural selection was highlighted by Wallace in the work presented to the Linnean Society?" is in "Darwin was hard at work on his "big book" on Natural Selection, when on 18 June 1858 he received a parcel from Wallace, who stayed on the Maluku Islands (Ternate and Gilolo). It enclosed twenty pages describing an evolutionary mechanism, a response to Darwin's recent encouragement, with a request to send it on to Lyell if Darwin thought it worthwhile. The mechanism was similar to Darwin's own theory. Darwin wrote to Lyell that "your words have come true with a vengeance, ... forestalled" and he would "of course, at once write and offer to send [it] to any journal" that Wallace chose, adding that "all my originality, whatever it may amount to, will be smashed". Lyell and Hooker agreed that a joint publication putting together Wallace's pages with extracts from Darwin's 1844 Essay and his 1857 letter to Gray should be presented at the Linnean Society, and on 1 July 1858, the papers entitled On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection, by Wallace and Darwin respectively, were read out but drew little reaction. While Darwin considered Wallace's idea to be identical to his concept of natural selection, historians have pointed out differences. Darwin described natural selection as being analogous to the artificial selection practised by animal breeders, and emphasised competition between individuals; Wallace drew no comparison to selective breeding, and focused on ecological pressures that kept different varieties adapted to local conditions. Some historians have suggested that Wallace was actually discussing group selection rather than selection acting on individual variation.". Can you tell me what it is?
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unveiled a far-reaching list of demands for any new nuclear deal with Iran, and threatened economy-crushing sanctions if Tehran does not change its behavior. The 12-point list of demands came in a Monday speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation that laid out the Trump administration's strategy after pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement earlier this month. Under any new deal, Pompeo insisted, Iran must indefinitely abandon nuclear weapons work and provide United Nations inspectors access to sites anywhere in the country.He said Tehran must also end its proliferation of ballistic missiles and stop its "destabilizing activities" across the Middle East. If Iran does not change course, the U.S. "will apply unprecedented financial pressure," Pompeo warned. "These will be the strongest sanctions in history by the time we are done," said Pompeo. "The [Iranian] regime has been fighting all over the Middle East for years. After our sanctions come into full force, it will be battling to keep its economy alive." Iran's President Hassan Rouhani dismissed the threats. "Who are you to decide for Iran and the world?" Rouhani said in a statement published by Iranian state media on Monday. "The world today does not accept that the United States decides for the world. Countries have their independence." The Trump administration has vowed to reimpose sanctions that were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear agreement, which was signed between Iran, the United States, and several European countries, as well as Russia and China. Washington has also imposed additional sanctions. European countries are holding talks with Iran to try to salvage the deal. But it's not clear whether the effort can succeed. On Sunday, Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, said the European Union's "political will is not enough to preserve the deal.” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini reacted to Pompeo's speech Monday by saying there is "no alternative" to the existing agreement, formally... Question: How long does Iran have to agree to a new deal? === The answer to the above question is
not enough information
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The Trump administration’s recent airstrikes in Syria – just the latest action in a long-running conflict that has challenged U.S. presidents of both parties – has prompted a new round of questions on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers are asking where last week's strikes fit in the larger U.S. strategy in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and for greater clarity to prevent an escalation of the conflict. “There needs to be a comprehensive strategy here laid out by the administration for Congress in terms of the options to pursue because of the urgency,” House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce said during a House panel Wednesday. “Does the administration support imposing costs on the Russians and the Iranians for their role in the Assad regime’s war crimes against its own people?” In his speech announcing the air strikes to the American people Friday, President Trump said the United States is “prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents.” But later Friday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the latest action against Assad was a “one-time shot.” Trump ordered Friday's strikes just weeks after saying the U.S. would “be coming out of Syria like very soon," reflecting changes in the administration’s posture in response to Assad’s reported use of prohibited chemical agents. “We’re at a real risk here of conducting strikes without any clear strategy,” Brian Katulis, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, told VOA. “The Trump administration for the past several months has issued contradictory statements, with former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and some diplomats saying that the U.S. troops inside Syria, in eastern Syria, would be dedicated to also countering Iran inside Syria. The Pentagon was saying something completely different – defeating ISIS and continuing that campaign,” he said. Trump administration officials told a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs committee Wednesday the president’s goals in Syria remain clear. Question: When did the airstrikes on Syria occur? === The answer to the above question is
Last week, Friday
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As someone diagnosed with bpd this question kinda tugged at my heart, for a few reasons. From my understanding, the core of the disorder is an unstable sense of self and an inherent shame or worthlessness. Before I was treated I thought I just needed someone else, the right person to come along to love me in just the right way, being mindful of trauma and never triggering my symptoms. I was living in a fantasy world. You cannot expect another person, a whole person with a sound mind and stable to sense of self to subject themselves to the circus act of our lives. We can't even manage it ourselves!! I have been in two long-term relationships, and dozens of short ones six months or less. One of the two began when I was very low and lasted a very toxic 3 years. I entered treatment during that relationship, which resulted in it's demise. I was much happier afterward. The second relationship began after I completed treatment. We have seperated twice during the past 2 and a half years, and our relationship is currently rocky as well. But who I am in the relationship has changed. I am no longer the girl who needs extra reassurance daily that he's coming home from work. I can breathe when he goes to hang out with his friends. I am not threatened by every waking thought of his not being about me. Instead I am the woman that validates him and myself in arguments, and I put respect over everything. Of course I lose my temper. Self improvement is a constant process. But, to avoid hurting anyone you love, you should definitely talk to a counselor if you are looking for another person to help you :) For family members/lovers/caregivers, it's stressful and often results in a lot of resentment in the relationship! Be safe! Question: How did the author develop BPD? === The answer to the above question is
not enough information
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SEOUL — In addition to growing concerns that North Korea will pull out of the upcoming nuclear summit with the U.S., prospects for improved inter-Korean relations have also stalled, as Pyongyang demands that U.S.-South Korea joint military drills be scaled back, and a group of defectors be returned. Just weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in declared the beginning of a new era of peace during a historic summit held in the demilitarized zone of the inter-Korean border, Pyongyang has put further dialogue and cooperation on hold until its demands are met. President Moon will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming Trump-Kim summit and the North’s sudden conditions set for continued dialogue and cooperation. Most of North Korea’s anger last week, expressed in official statements and reports carried by the state news agency KCNA, seemed to be directed at the U.S. It criticized the Max Thunder joint military exercise that is currently underway, and U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton’s demands for the North’s unilateral nuclear disarmament. North Korea in particular objected to Bolton’s insistence that North Korea follow the Libyan model, which involved the rapid and total dismantlement of that country’s nuclear program, but it was also followed by the overthrow of the country’s leader Moammar Gadhafi some years later. Unless the U.S. eased up on its uncompromising stance, Pyongyang indicated it would pull out of the June 12 meeting in Singapore between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump to negotiate an end the North’s nuclear program in exchange for security guarantees and an end to punishing international sanctions. President Trump later said the Libya model does not apply to North Korea and that Kim Jong Un would remain in power and “be very rich” if he makes a deal to end his country’s nuclear program. North Korea denounced South Korea, as well, for the joint military drills, calling the Seoul government... Question: Who is the North Korean leader? === The answer to the above question is
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Write a phrase, the answer to which is present in the passage. The answer to this question should be completely and unambiguously found in the passage. The query must be about a single or multiple linked entities.
Example: Most people should get all the nutrients they need by having a varied and balanced diet, although some few people may need to take extra supplements. What this guide covers This guide has information about: Bonus: Like potassium, calcium helps regulate blood pressure. On your plate: milk (and other dairy products), spinach, beans and calcium-fortified products. 4. Magnesium: One of the most underrated minerals, magnesium is involved in over 300 chemical reactions in your body. other vitamins and minerals – including beta-carotene, copper, potassium and zinc ; Use these links to find out what these nutrients do, how much of them you need, how to ensure you get enough, and what the risks are if you take too much. Additional information. There are separate pages on: vitamins for children Vitamins and minerals. vitamins-minerals Vitamin A. vitamins-minerals B vitamins and folic acid. vitamins-minerals Vitamin C. vitamins-minerals Vitamin D. vitamins-minerals Vitamin E. vitamins-minerals Vitamin K. vitamins-minerals Calcium. There are separate pages on: 1 vitamins for children. 2 vitamins, supplements and nutrition in pregnancy. 3 fluoride. The 5 Minerals You Really Need ... and How to Add Them to Your Diet. According to Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Linus Pauling, you can trace every health ailment to a mineral deficiency. Who knew?Stress, for example, robs your body of magnesium. An iron deficiency can make you feel lethargic -- and compromise your immunity. On your plate: bananas, baked potatoes, raisins, tomatoes and artichokes. 1 3. Calcium: Sure, calcium helps build strong bones, but it also helps prevent PMS (a welcome side effect for women everywhere). 2 4. Magnesium: One of the most underrated minerals, magnesium is involved in over 300 chemical reactions in your body. other vitamins and minerals – including beta-carotene, copper, potassium and zinc Use these links to find out what these nutrients do, how much of them you need, how to ensure you get enough, and what the risks are if you take too much. Vitamins and minerals are nutrients your body needs in small amounts to work properly and stay healthy. Most people should get all the nutrients they need by having a varied and balanced diet, although some few people may need to take extra supplements. What this guide covers. This guide has information about: vitamin A B vitamins and folic acid So which minerals do you need, and how do you add them to your diet? Minerals are incredibly important for health and to prevent chronic disease. Without them we'd suffer from osteoporosis, PMS, high blood pressure and low energy, just to name a few, says Karen Ansel, a registered dietitian in New York.
Example solution: the importance of minerals in diet
Example explanation: The passage is about the importance of nutrients in a diet. This includes minerals, and hence, the question of importance of minerals can be answered from the information in the passage.
Problem: Dromaius novaehollandiae (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed February 07, 2018 at http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dromaius_novaehollandiae/ Disclaimer: The Animal Diversity Web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students. Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) are found exclusively in Australia and inhabits nearly the entire continent. Lower densities exist along the eastern coast and toward the center of the island. The number of individuals varies around 700,000, and is dependent on the seasonal rains. Aglaophenia dromaius is a lax flexile species, strongly suggesting, both in size and form, one of the slender loose-barbed plumes of an Emu's feather. It comes very near to Aglaophenia tubulifera, Hincks, from which, however, it differs by its ... dromaius definition: Proper noun m 1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaiidae — the emus.... Verminous encephalitis apparently caused by the filarioid nematode Chandlerella quiscali in emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae). Avian Diseases, 37/2: 597-601. Panigrahy, B., D. Senne, J. Pearson. 1995. Social mating system and sexual behaviour in captive Emus Dromaius novaehollandiae. The Journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, 100/3: 161-168. Coddington, C., Define Dromaius. Dromaius synonyms, Dromaius pronunciation, Dromaius translation, English dictionary definition of Dromaius. Noun 1. Dromaius - a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes genus Dromaius bird genus - a genus of birds Casuariiformes, order Casuariiformes - a ratite... Dromaius - definition of Dromaius by The Free Dictionary Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae, emu - large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. Dromaius Novae International, a new division of Longview Farms, Blooms-burg, PA, has unveiled a line of Emu oil-based skin care, anti-aging and nutritional supplements. Geographic Range. Emus () are found exclusively in Australia and inhabits nearly the entire continent. Lower densities exist along the eastern coast and toward the center of the island. The number of individuals varies around 700,000, and is dependent on the seasonal rains. (Blakers, et al., 1984)
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
The romantic antics of two unassuming five-year-olds are set to become one of the TV moments of the year as they provide a dose of unmissable entertainment. Arthur and Sienna steal the show in tonight’s episode of Channel 4’s hit fly-on-the-wall documentary series, The Secret Life Of 4, 5 And 6 Year Olds, as they tentatively negotiate their first kiss. The Big Brother for little people brings together a group of children from very different backgrounds, and places them in a room full of hidden cameras. During the priceless TV moment, Arthur tells his little friend: ‘We need to do a kiss on the lips to get married.'The Secret Life Of 5 Year Olds captures children on hidden cameraRomance blossoms between Arthur and Sienna in the playhouseArthur tells Sienna: 'You have to do a kiss on the lips to get married'Alfie and Emily also fall into each other's arms in a flurry of 'I love you's'
Question:But intrigued by her new game, _ tries her best to recapture the moment.
Output: | Sienna |
In this task, given a sentence in English Tokens, your task is to convert it into the English language
Dale Romans , who is Dullahan 's trainer , reacted to the news , `` It 's devastating . '' | Dale Romans, who is Dullahan's trainer, reacted to the news, "It's devastating." |
A pointe shoe is a type of shoe worn by ballet dancers when performing pointe work. Pointe shoes were conceived in response to the desire for dancers to appear weightless and sylph-like and have evolved to enable dancers to dance "en pointe" (on the tips of their toes) for extended periods of time. They are manufactured in a variety of colors, most commonly in shades of light pink.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
A pointe has eight sides. | No |
Please check if these have the same meaning. Choose your answer from:
* no;
* yes;
In biology , biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic , such as behavior or biochemical variation , in a particular way to occur .
In biology , biochemical specificity is the tendency of a characteristic , such as a behavior or a biological variation to occur in a particular species . | no |
A school board in the eastern state of Virginia has filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a ruling that allows a transgender student to use the boys’ restroom next school year. The Gloucester County School Board is trying to prevent Gavin Grimm from using the bathroom that matches his gender identity when school resumes later this year, saying it will "put parents' constitutional rights in jeopardy.'' Grimm sued the school district last year for the right to use the boys’ restroom after the school board enacted a policy limiting bathroom use to the one corresponding with a person’s biological sex rather than the gender with which the student identifies. Grimm was born female but identifies as male. "Depriving parents of any say over whether their children should be exposed to members of the opposite biological sex, possibly in a state of full or complete undress, in intimate settings deprives parents of their right to direct the education and upbringing of their children,'' attorneys for the school board wrote. The ACLU, which is defending Grimm, has argued that forcing him to use the girls' bathroom is a violation of Title IX and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The issue is one that has been hotly debated in schools, courts and state legislatures across the U.S. The Obama administration in May directed the nation’s public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity or risk losing their federal funding. Twenty-one states have sued to overturn the directive. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Grimm in April. The court reinstated Grimm's Title IX claim and sent it back to the district court for further consideration. The school board wants the Supreme Court to put Grimm's district court case on hold until the justices decide whether to review the appeals court decision. The board says it plans to file its petition for Supreme Court review by late August. According to the above context, answer the following question. After the end of the text, the Supreme Court has probably | decided the issue |
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A: **Luxury accommodation in Mali Losinj | luxury hotels, apartments, villa with pool in Mali Losinj, Croatia**
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it is an exciting application, in which you can fight pirates different in different corners of the world.
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A: **It is an exciting application, in which you can fight pirates different in different corners of the world.**
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Move the bookcase out of the way. Use a yardstick to mark the center of the stud with a vertical line. If this is impossible, you can attach your brackets at the top, into a center stud. For tall shelves, this is the best place to secure a bookcase into a stud because it is the least noticeable place. You can also use door chain latches in place of L brackets if you want to move the shelf regularly. Install the chain on the wall and the slide on the top of the shelf. Drill the other side of the L bracket into the wall with washers and three-inch wood screws. Drill until the screw head is almost even with the bracket, but avoid stripping the screw. If you can’t find a stud, you should install wall anchors before you drive screws into drywall or masonry. Drill a pilot hole into the wall and push the wall anchor in. Then, align the brackets and drill with three-inch screws. Place an L bracket between the wall and the side of your shelf, where it will hit a stud. Repeat the same procedure on either side of the shelf. | Remove the books. Use a stud finder to locate studs in your wall. Replace your bookcase, positioning it at a point right between the wall studs. Use a stepladder to gain access to the top of the shelf. Place an “L” bracket so that it is flush with the wall and the shelf. Drill the L bracket into the top of the shelf with your cordless screwdriver using screws that will go all the way through the top of the shelf. Ask a friend to hold the bookcase flush with the wall if it is tipping forward. Repeat on either side of the shelf. |
We used to live by an ice pond. It froze over in the winter. One day my friend Joe took his 3 year old out onto the pond. Joe slid his son along the ice like a curling stone.
Joe's son did not stop laughing for hours.
Ora had been dared not to shower in order to join a sorority. She couldn't imagine going without clean water for a week! Then she thought of a loophole. They hadn't said Ora couldn't take a bath!
Ora took a bath.
Kay built himself a raft. He used planks of scrap wood, and nails. He worked hard on it all spring. Come summer, he tested it out in the lake.
| Kay's raft floated. |
Q: In this task, you're given a passage, further information available on a particular linked term from the statement, and a question. Your job is to generate the answer to the question by using the information provided. If there is no clear answer obtainable, output 'none'.
Passage: The Metropolitan Opera revived the opera in its 1915/1916 season with Margaret Matzenauer as Delilah, Enrico Caruso as Samson, and Pasquale Amato as the High Priest. Since then the company has staged productions of the opera at least once every decade giving more than 200 performances of the work. Plácido Domingo performed as Samson in the 1981 San Francisco Opera production co-starring Shirley Verrett, under Julius Rudel and at the Metropolitan Opera's 1998 production with Olga Borodina. More recent productions of the opera by the Metropolitan have been in 2006, with Marina Domashenko and Olga Borodina alternating as Delilah, and in 2018 with Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna. The Lyric Opera of Chicago gave their first performance of the opera in November 1962 with Rita Gorr as Delilah and as Samson. The company has revived the work numerous times since then, most recently in their 2003/2004 season with Olga Borodina as Dalila and José Cura as Samson. Likewise, the San Francisco Opera has staged the opera 10 times during its history giving its first performance in 1925, with Marguerite d'Alvarez and Fernand Ansseau in the principal roles, and its most recent performance in 2008, with Borodina and Clifton Forbis.
Link Information: Margarete Matzenauer or Margarethe Matzenaur) (1 June 1881 – 19 May 1963) was a mezzo-soprano singer with an opulent timbre and a wide range to her voice. Question: What was the vocal range of the singer who performed in Samson and Delilah as Delilah at the Metropolitan Opera during its 1915/1916 season?
A: | Answer: mezzo-soprano |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh; (thàjŋ fǒ hò tɕǐ mïŋ) ( listen) or (thàn fǒ hò cǐ mɨ̄n); formerly French: Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville), also widely known by its former name of Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn; (sàj ɣɔ̀n) or Vietnamese pronunciation: (ʂàj ɣɔ̀ŋ)), is the largest city in Vietnam by population. It was known as Prey Nokor (Khmer: ព្រៃនគរ) prior to annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochinchina and later of the independent republic of South Vietnam 1955--75. On 2 July 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Định Province and was officially renamed Ho Chi Minh City after revolutionary leader Hồ Chí Minh (although the name Sài Gòn is still widely used).
A: is saigon the same as ho chi minh city?
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Q: The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury (currently Justin Welby) is the most senior cleric, although the monarch is the supreme governor. The Church of England is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the third century, and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury.
A: is the anglican church the same as the church of england?
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Q: It is common to mark the altitude with the letter h (as in height), often subscripted with the name of the side the altitude is drawn to.
A: | is altitude the same as height in a triangle?
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Write the conversation that led to this response. The speculations concerning the mind based on those observations were criticized by the pioneering advocates of a more scientific approach to psychology, such as William James and the behaviorists Edward Thorndike, Clark Hull, John B. Watson, and B. F. Skinner.
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Conversation:
DIALOG:
In phenomenology, the concept of an "in-itself" is a prominent concept.
- Instead, experience (or being, or existence itself) is an "in-relation-to" phenomenon, and it is defined by qualities of directedness, embodiment, and worldliness, which are evoked by the term "Being-in-the-World".
- What is qualia?
- The quality or nature of a given experience is often referred to by the term qualia, whose archetypical exemplar is "redness".
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- For example, we might ask, "Is my experience of redness the same as yours?" While it is difficult to answer such a question in any concrete way, the concept of intersubjectivity is often used as a mechanism for understanding how it is that humans are able to empathise with one another's experiences, and indeed to engage in meaningful communication about them.
- What is the main aspect of the article?
- The phenomenological formulation of Being-in-the-World, where person and world are mutually constitutive, is central here.
- Is introspection used?
- The philosophical psychology prevalent before the end of the 19th century relied heavily on introspection.
- Is it still used today?
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Write the conversation that led to this response. For the 2014–15 season, McDonald joined team Chelsea Carey at second, with Laura Crocker as third and Jen Gates as lead.
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Conversation:
DIALOG:
Who is Taylor McDonald?
- Taylor McDonald Taylor McDonald (born May 12, 1993) is a Canadian curler originally from Edmonton, Alberta.
- What team is she with?
- McDonald plays second for team Laura Walker.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- McDonald previously played second for team Kelsey Rocque, with whom she won gold at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships and the 2017 Winter Universiade.
- What did she do in 2011?
- McDonald began her junior curling career in the 2011–12 on team Kelsey Rocque.
- What else did she achieve?
- She won gold representing Canada at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships during her final season with the team.
- What did she do after that?
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Write the conversation that led to this response. Repeated acute withdrawal from alcohol, which occurs in heavy binge drinkers, has been shown in several studies to be associated with cognitive deficits as a result of neural kindling; neural kindling due to repeated withdrawals is believed to be the mechanism of cognitive damage in both binge drinkers and alcoholics.
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Conversation:
DIALOG:
What are the long term effects of Binge drinking?
- Such animal studies find that heavy and regular binge drinking causes neurodegeneration in corticolimbic brain regions areas that are involved in learning and spatial memory, such as the olfactory bulb, piriform cortex, perirhinal cortex, entorhinal cortex, and the hippocampal dentate gyrus.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- A study in rats found that a heavy two-day drinking binge caused extensive neurodegeneration in the entorhinal cortex with resultant learning deficits.
- Is there any further research on this?
- While brain damage from binge drinking is known to occur as a result of binge drinking patterns, it is unclear how long drinking sessions last and how regular binge drinking is done to cause brain damage in humans.
- Any other interesting information you can tell me?
- One study found that humans who drank at least 100 drinks (male) or 80 drinks (female) per month (concentrated to 21 occasions or less per month) throughout a three-year period had impaired decision making skills compared to non-binge drinkers.
- What other effects are there?
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Write the conversation that led to this response. She married on 6 July 1512 in Freiberg Duke Henry the Pious of Saxony. The couple had six children: Catherine sympathized early with Martin Luther's teachings, while her husband suppressed the Reformation until 1536 for fear of his brother, the reigning Duke George the Bearded.
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Conversation:
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What happened in 1524 with Catherine of Mecklenburg?
- Catherine of Mecklenburg Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487 – 6 June 1561, Torgau), Duchess of Saxony, was the daughter of the Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg and Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin.
- Was she married?
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What is the question to: "Lapping is a machining process, in which two surfaces are rubbed together with an abrasive between them, by hand movement or by way of a machine."? The topic is Lapping.
Ans: "what is a lapping machine?"
What is the question to: "The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001."? The topic is Patriot Act.
Ans: "when was the patriot act enacted?"
What is the question to: "The relationship between percentage changes and basis points can be summarized as follows: 1 percentage point change = 100 basis points, and 0.01 percentage points = 1 basis point."? The topic is Basis point.
Ans: "how many percent is a basis point?"
What is the question to: "It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe."? The topic is Xbox.
| Ans: "when did xbox release?" |
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