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[EX Q]: To understand our changing seasons, follow Earth's path around the sun for one complete orbit (i.e., one year).
[EX A]: It takes about one year for earth to orbit the sun.
[EX Q]: According to the kinetic theory of gases, the temperature of a gas is just a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in that gas.
[EX A]: In physics, temperature is defined as the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object?
[EX Q]: Original Horizontality This principle says that sedimentary rock layers are laid down flat originally and that if you find sedimentary layers which are not flat, they have been deformed since deposition.
[EX A]: | If a sedimentary rock layer is not horizontal, it is deformed.
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What is The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series?
- The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series is the first individual soundtrack album by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring music used in the television series of the same name, which stars Mauboy.
- What songs were on the album?
- The 17-track album includes five original songs by Mauboy along with covers of past and contemporary songs.
- Was there anything else interesting about this article?
- The album debuted atop the ARIA Albums Chart and became Mauboy's first individual number-one album.
- Did it receive any awards?
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Next turn: She also became the first indigenous artist to debut at number one on that chart. "The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series" was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album at the 2017 ARIA Music Awards.
Problem: What could be the response? DIALOG:
What is the phenomenon of Nico Nico Douga?
- A user of Hatsune Miku and an illustrator released a much-viewed video, in which "Hachune Miku", a super deformed Miku, held a Welsh onion ("Negi" in Japanese), which resembles a leek, and sang the Finnish song "Ievan Polkka" like the flash animation "Loituma Girl", on Nico Nico Douga.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- According to Crypton, they knew that users of Nico Nico Douga had started posting videos with songs created by the software before Hatsune Miku, but the video presented multifarious possibilities of applying the software in multimedia content creation—notably the "dōjin" culture.
- Did it become popular?
- As the recognition and popularity of the software grew, Nico Nico Douga became a place for collaborative content creation.
- What other content creation?
- Popular original songs written by a user would generate illustrations, animation in 2D and 3D, and remixes by other users.
- What did it look like?
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A: Other creators would show their unfinished work and ask for ideas.
QUESTION: Write another turn of this conversation. DIALOG:
What happened to Elias Owen?
- Some time after midnight, Owen went out into the churchyard where next morning he was discovered by Mary and another sister, Maggie, hanging from a pair of reins attached to a yew tree.
- Was he a success?
- Although he was still breathing when he was cut down from the tree, he died shortly afterwards.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- At the coroner's inquest, the jury found that "the deceased committed suicide during temporary insanity" brought on by "great depression of spirits".
- What happened after his death?
- Following the death of her husband, Zillah moved away and became a "charwoman" in Manchester before moving to London where she remarried.
- Did she have any other deaths?
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ANS: Following the death of her second husband in 1898, she ended up in the workhouse in Fulham Road, Chelsea where she died in 1907.
question: Write a response. DIALOG:
What happened with the 2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election?
- He ran in a joint ticket with deputy-leadership candidate Dario Franceschini, Olive Tree speaker at the Chamber of Deputies.
- Who are the main players of the election?
- Rosaria "Rosy" Bindi was part of the Prodi II Cabinet as Minister of Family (a minister without portfolio) for Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy.
- What are the critical points of the election?
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response: She announced her candidacy on 16 July.
Q: See the conversation. DIALOG:
What happened at the First Siege of Gibraltar?
- First Siege of Gibraltar The First Siege of Gibraltar was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista that took place in 1309.
- Who was at the siege?
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Next: The battle pitted the forces of the Crown of Castile (mostly those from the military councils of the city of Seville) under the command of Juan Núñez II de Lara and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, against the forces of the Emirate of Granada who were under the command of Sultan Muhammed III and his brother, Abu'l-Juyush Nasr.
Q: See the conversation. DIALOG:
What is Jastrz ⁇ bia, ⁇ owicz County?
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Next: | Jastrzębia, Łowicz County Jastrzębia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łowicz, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. |
Their relationship becomes strong when they talk about the power of which they understand each other much better. Schindler understand why Goeth kill others, while Goeth realizes how smart Schindler's. Schindler is the only person Goeth can talk about their feelings, he loves a jew woman. Goeth knows that he can confide Schindler and know that it is safe to talk about anything with Schindler. Schindler defends Goeth and do not see him as an evil man.
Please remove spaces between words. | Theirrelationshipbecomesstrongwhentheytalkaboutthepowerofwhichtheyunderstandeachothermuchbetter.SchindlerunderstandwhyGoethkillothers,whileGoethrealizeshowsmartSchindler's.SchindleristheonlypersonGoethcantalkabouttheirfeelings,helovesajewwoman.GoethknowsthathecanconfideSchindlerandknowthatitissafetotalkaboutanythingwithSchindler.SchindlerdefendsGoethanddonotseehimasanevilman. |
Mandela remembered by family, as stadium memorial service is planned
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Mandela's family thanks nation and world for support
5 killed in S China road cave-in
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02:41 156 killed in China earthquake
Scribner's body was found floating in the city's Portage Bay, where he lived with his wife in a houseboat.
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A kayaker found Dr. Scribner's body floating near the doctor's houseboat in Portage Bay, where he was eating lunch when his wife, Ethel, left for an appointment.
A woman is slicing a onion.
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Choose from the possible answers, would the following sentence, by the strictest standards, be considered correct by a linguist?
That piano, the boy's playing which loudly drove everyone crazy, was badly out of tune.
Available choices: [+] unacceptable [+] acceptable | unacceptable |
(CNN) -- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ended Roger Federer's hopes of winning a record-equaling seventh Wimbledon title on Wednesday as the French 12th seed staged a stunning fightback to reach the semifinals. Federer appeared to be cruising into the last four after winning the first two sets, but Tsonga inflicted the Swiss world No. 3's first defeat from that vantage point in 179 grand slam matches. It was only the third time in the 29-year-old's glittering career that the 16-time grand slam champion had surrendered a two-set lead. Tsonga, ranked 19th in the world, triumphed 3-6 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court, serving out to love as he earned a clash with second seed Novak Djokovic. The Serbian, who beat Tsonga in the 2008 Australian Open final, ended the dream run of Australian 18-year-old Bernard Tomic. Tsonga defeated Federer for just the second time in six meetings, their first on grass. "It was amazing. I played unbelievable. It's never easy to come back against Roger. I'm so happy, it's crazy," the 26-year-old told reporters after reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon for the first time. "He's the biggest champion in the sport. He has achieved so much and is the best player in the world. To be two sets down and come back was unbelievable. I served really well. Against Djokovic I will have to come out and do the same again." Federer has now lost in the quarterfinals two years in a row, being beaten by eventual runner-up Tomas Berdych in 2010. "Jo played great. Really from start to finish I don't remember seeing a break point after I broke him in the first game," Federer said.
Who came back against Federer?
The Golden Heian Era: The geomancers in 794 decided that Heian-kyo (modern Kyoto) would be an auspicious site for the imperial family. It was indeed — until 1869. Grants of tax-free land over the years had been made to Buddhist temples and members of the court aristocracy. The most powerful families thus carved out for themselves whole regions that were to become the fiefdoms of Japanese feudalism. By the end of the eighth century the clans had created a hierarchy of shiki, or rights, from the highest to the lowest ranks of society. The aristocrat or court patron lent his prestige to a powerful provincial proprietor, who employed a competent estate-manager to oversee smallholders, who in turn worked their farms with dependent laborers. This elaborate structure of interdependent rights and obligations was to serve Japanese society right into the 20th century. Meanwhile, Heian court life blossomed in an effusion of aesthetic expression. Princes and princesses judged the merits of birds, insects, flowers, roots, or seashells. Literary party games held in ornate palace gardens required each guest to compose a small poem as his wine cup floated toward him along a miniature winding channel of water. Expeditions were organized to the best viewing points for the first spring cherry blossoms, and special pavilions were built to watch the rising of the full moon. Every gesture, from the most banal opening of an umbrella to the sublimest act of lovemaking, had its appropriate ceremonial. Conversation often took the form of elegant exchanges of improvised verse. The changing role of Chinese culture in Japanese life was epitomized in the language itself. In the absence of an indigenous alphabet, Japanese scholars had with the greatest difficulty tried to adapt the complex ideograms of monosyllabic Chinese to the essentially polysyllabic Japanese. Thus developed the katakana system used as a vehicle for writing Buddhist names and concepts. After rival Fujiwara factions had been struggling for years to gain control of the imperial throne, they turned to the Taira and Minamoto armies in 1156 to wage the four-year war that heralded the end of the golden age of the Heian court. The Taira, controlling the region along the Inland Sea, defeated the Minamoto armies based in the Kanto province east of the capital.
What is the time period for the use of the hierarchy of Shiki used?
It's just this hard when I try to answer the question: Why do older Oklahomans need lawyers? The answers are important enough that they will be a discussion topic of this year's Senior Day at 9 a.m. March 25 in the House Chamber at the Capitol. The following is a preview of some of the answers for review: We can all agree that older Oklahomans need medical care. But even the best care is worthless if an older patient can't drive to the doctor for ongoing treatment because his or her car has been wrongfully seized in a debt dispute. Therefore, lawyers are part of the prescription for regular medical care for many of the 600,000 Oklahomans age 60 and older. Another example: if a doctor treats an elderly patient for a lung ailment, the doctor's treatment will be undone and he will see the patient again and again, if the patient is sent home to an unheated apartment. Lawyers know how to make landlords heat apartments so the medical treatment can stick. (By the way, a May 16, 2001, article in The New York Times reports on a program at Boston Medical Center providing a walk-in legal clinic in the hospital to help fight their patients' legal and administrative battles.) We also can agree that older Oklahomans - like all citizens - have rights to control their health care until they become incapacitated or these rights are transferred to another by legal document or process. "Old" is not a legal classification that results in automatic loss of these rights. Moreover, having an old parent does not automatically confer on children the right to make the parents' health care choices. It follows that an important role lawyers provide for aging Oklahomans is not only to create rights - transferring documents such as durable powers of attorney and guardianship orders, but also to monitor their use. In family situations, for example, lawyers must ensure that powers of attorney and guardianships are used to serve only the person transferring or losing rights. They are not to be used to help a family "manage" their mother or help a doctor or nursing home get permission for a pill or procedure they feel is in the best interest of a patient. Good news: Oklahoma now has a Public Guardianship Program, albeit unfunded, that will supply lawyers to perform this rights-monitoring process Oklahoma grandparents should be able to enjoy their grandchildren, not raise them. But owing to the social problems of divorce and drug use, grandparents are increasingly being called on to raise their grandchildren because of missing parents. Adding to the physical, emotional and financial burden they take on, grandparents face legal problems. All the decisions parents made without a second thought now require evidence of legal authority when made by grandparents.
| What can lawyers do for old people? |
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.
Who was the player who was the tenth pick in the 2006 AFL Rookie Draft traded to ?
West Coast
Who is the undefeated team ( s ) whose notes person was the warden of Tennessee State Prison from 1955 until his death ?
Georgia Tech North Carolina Vanderbilt
How many times has the MLB team of Tim Lincecum played in the World Series ?
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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].
Ex Input:
The wife of a man jailed for killing his own brother has vowed to stand by her man. Mark Lowe, 32, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, is currently serving a five-year sentence for beating and kicking his brother Wayne to death, after Wayne, then 33, attacked him in his bed with a knife. Mark's wife Sarah is now looking after three young children alone and said: '[Mark] will regret what he did for the rest of his life, because he loved his brother.' Mark Lowe, 32 (left), is currently serving a five year sentence for beating and kicking his brother Wayne (right) to death, but his wife Sarah (bottom) is standing by her manMark Lowe, 32, beat his brother Wayne, 33, to death last SeptemberWayne, who was known for being violent, attacked Mark in bed with a knifeMum-of-three Sarah Lowe insists her husband, a nurse, is a good manMark is now serving a four year eight month prison sentence
Question:Mark and _, pictured with two of their children, are both mental health nurses who met in 2004 while working in a nursing home.
Ex Output:
Sarah
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For most parents, their child's birthday party might entail a game of pass the parcel followed by ice cream and jelly, but not for Sophie-May Dickson, 22, who claims she splashed out £2,500 on her daughter's fifth birthday bash. Ponies were hired, a red carpet laid out and a three-tiered crystal-encrusted birthday cake delivered to create a party fit for Princess Bliss Dickson, Sophie-May's oldest daughter. The mother-of-two, from Essex, whose youngest daughter Precious Belle Ruby Rozina, is three, appeared on ITV's This Morning this week to defend her lavish party throwing - and now FEMAIL has an exclusive peek into the bash.Sophie-May Dickson, 22, says she splashed £2,500 on her daughter's partyPrincess Bliss Dickson turned 5 in September and had ponies at her partyDescribing the event, Sophie-May said: 'It felt like her wedding'
Question:And _-May insists she doesn't spoil her own kids either.
Ex Output:
Sophie
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A police official called a drive-by shooting one of the worst mass shootings in Northern California's recent history after it took the lives of three people and wounded four others. Stockton police Officer Joe Silva said the area around Madison Market had a reputation for being a bad neighborhood, even before police responded Tuesday evening to find three killed. One woman was found fatally shot out on the sidewalk, while two other victims shot inside were taken to the hospital where they later died of their injuries, according to News10 ABC. Scroll down for video Shooting: Emergency responders transport one of the victims of the shooting, which killed three and injured four othersPolice identified the three victims killed during the shooting as Aliyah Taylor, 20, Arniska Lofton, 27, and Kabin Kennebrew, 23The two women were mothers, according to a reportShots were fired at the Madison Market in Stockton around 8.25pmWitnesses say they heard up to 40 gunshotsPolice believe the shooting was gang related
Question:One blood-spattered sign read: 'Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous city in _: Stop laying off cops!'.
Ex Output:
| Northern California
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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 rally took place on October 17, the shooting on February 29. Again, standard filmmaking techniques are interpreted as smooth distortion: "Moore works by depriving you of context and guiding your mind to fill the vacuum -- with completely false ideas. It is brilliantly, if unethically, done." As noted above, the "from my cold dead hands" part is simply Moore's way to introduce Heston. Did anyone but Moore's critics view it as anything else? He certainly does not "attribute it to a speech where it was not uttered" and, as noted above, doing so twice would make no sense whatsoever if Moore was the mastermind deceiver that his critics claim he is. Concerning the Georgetown Hoya interview where Heston was asked about Rolland, you write: "There is no indication that [Heston] recognized Kayla Rolland's case." This is naive to the extreme -- Heston would not be president of the NRA if he was not kept up to date on the most prominent cases of gun violence. Even if he did not respond to that part of the interview, he certainly knew about the case at that point. Regarding the NRA website excerpt about the case and the highlighting of the phrase "48 hours after Kayla Rolland is pronounced dead": This is one valid criticism, but far from the deliberate distortion you make it out to be; rather, it is an example for how the facts can sometimes be easy to miss with Moore's fast pace editing. The reason the sentence is highlighted is not to deceive the viewer into believing that Heston hurried to Flint to immediately hold a rally there (as will become quite obvious), but simply to highlight the first mention of the name "Kayla Rolland" in the text, which is in this paragraph. <sep>Who was president of the NRA on February 29?<sep>Rolland | No |
Alyssa got some coffee on the way to work. She drank the coffee as she drove. Suddenly, she had to quickly stop her car. The coffee spilt all over her lap, scalding her legs. OPTIONS:
- She laughed as she continued to drive to work.
- She almost had an accident as she screamed out in pain.
She almost had an accident as she screamed out in pain.
It was a beautiful summer day outside. Bob decided to go for a walk at the park. Bob walked along the path and admired the scenery. He found a twenty dollar bill on the ground. OPTIONS:
- He was happy.
- He was disappointed.
He was happy.
Nan felt guilty because her pets were alone all day while she worked. She considered getting rid of them, but knew she'd miss them too much. She realized the boy next door got home from school at 3:00 every day. She offered him five dollars a day to spend some time with the cats. OPTIONS:
- The boy punched her in the face.
- The boy watched her cats for her.
| The boy watched her cats for her. |
In this task, you are given a context and four options. Each option is a suggested ending for the context. You should read the context and pick the best ending for the context. Please answer with "A", "B", "C", and "D".
[header] How to fake a thick russian accent [title] Roll your/r /. [step] As with many european languages, the/r/is rolled or trilled in russian. So, when you are speaking english with a russian accent, make sure you roll your rs. <sep> (A) R as' s' at the end, not' s'. [title] Pronounce the r like' sp' instead of' th'. (B) And z tones together in a controlled manner, and go back and forth, in between the consonants. [title] Fake russian for short and long sentences. (C) ( the instead of the r in your accent). [substeps] The g sound refers to the metal rings on your mimatically timed g. (D) Doing this consistently will make the accent sound more authentic. Don't trill your/r/for too long, as this will make the accent sound fake. | D |
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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Most of the US is bracing itself for the worst of the cold weather this winter, while some areas have already experienced their coldest day of the year. To find out when you need to dig your winter coat and gloves, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a 'Coldest Day of the Year' map. The green areas will have their coldest days next year, while the purple and blue regions are expected to have their temperatures drop later this month. The map was created using data from the 1981–2010 US 'Climate Normals.' This refers to 30-year averages of climatological variables including the average low temperature for every day.Green areas have their coldest days next year, while purple and blue will have it this monthThe west reaches its coldest day in December, and most of the eastern US feels the cold in JanuaryIn a separate map, the NOAA has outlined its prediction for when you will see snow in your area
Questions:According to _ chief Deke Arndt, this is the same 'normal' dataset that you hear referred to in weather forecasts, in reference to normal lows and highs for a day. (A) US (B) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (C) NOAA (D) Coldest Day of the Year (E) Climate Normals (F) Green
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Wayne Rooney switched his attention from boxing to golf as the Manchester United striker enjoyed a round in Cheshire on Wednesday. The England captain caused a stir at the weekend when a video emerged of him, appearing to be knocked out cold by Sunderland defender Phil Bardsley after an impromptu sparring session in his kitchen. The 29-year-old followed it up just hours later on Sunday with one of the best celebrations of the season after he scored the second in United's 3-0 Barclays Premier League win over Tottenham at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney took a break from the daily grind by trying out a new club at a golf courseRooney got the rub of the green after driving through Spurs' defence to score United's third on SundayHe celebrated in knockout fashion after the release of a video showing Phil Bardsley flooring him with a jab in his kitchenAnd after the victory consolidated a Champions League spot, the United man headed to the golf course with Liverpool loomingThe Manchester United striker tried out a new club on the course, and said it was above par
Questions:But he may have a different swinging celebration up his sleeve if he scores against United's arch-rivals _ this Sunday. (A) Wayne Rooney (B) Manchester United (C) Cheshire (D) England (E) Sunderland (F) Phil Bardsley (G) United (H) Barclays Premier League (I) Tottenham (J) Old Trafford (K) Rooney (L) Spurs (M) Champions League (N) Liverpool
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Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie got more than she bargained for when she roped in her beloved daughter Vale to help her with a holiday cooking segment after the bouncing baby threw cookie batter all over her mother as she was trying to bake. Savannah, 43, who was also joined on the show by food blogger Siri Pinter and her daughter London, held her adorable 'pint-sized pastry chef' on her hip, while the one-year-old Vale mixed the batter, dumping some on her mother's shirt in the process. At one point during the segment, the child grabbed a chunk of vanilla bean sugar cookie batter and put it in her mouth as her mom declared: 'We lost a lot of dough.'The co-anchor, 43, and food blogger Siri Pinter, 33, had their infant daughters help them make Christmas cookies on the showVale, one, grabbed a chunk of vanilla bean sugar cookie dough and put it in her mouthSavannah joked that she struggled as much as Vale in the baking process
Questions:_ continued to get really into the baking process, squealing 'yeah, yeah!'. (A) Savannah Guthrie (B) Vale (C) Savannah (D) Siri Pinter (E) London
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Please answer the following question: Given the following passage "Additionally, genes can have regulatory regions many kilobases upstream or downstream of the open reading frame. These act by binding to transcription factors which then cause the DNA to loop so that the regulatory sequence (and bound transcription factor) become close to the RNA polymerase binding site. For example, enhancers increase transcription by binding an activator protein which then helps to recruit the RNA polymerase to the promoter; conversely silencers bind repressor proteins and make the DNA less available for RNA polymerase.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What is the difference between DNA and RNA?
A: | the regulatory sequence |
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.
[EX Q]: The Blues Brothers -- The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band which was founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, respectively in character as lead vocalist ``Joliet'' Jake Blues and harmonica player/vocalist Elwood Blues. The band was composed of well-known and respected musicians, and debuted as the musical guest on the April 22, 1978, episode of Saturday Night Live, opening the show performing ``Hey Bartender'', and later ``Soul Man''.
[EX A]: is the blues brothers based on a true story
[EX Q]: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D -- Group D of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, and Italy. This was the only group to contain more than one previous winner of the World Cup, as there were three previous winners. It was also the only group with three top 10 FIFA World Ranking teams as of October 2013 (ranking date for final draw) and at the start of the competition. Play began on 14 June and ended on 24 June 2014.
[EX A]: did england play the 2014 fifa world cup
[EX Q]: Salami -- The maker usually ferments the raw meat mixture for a day, then stuffs it into either an edible natural or inedible cellulose casing, and hangs it up to cure. Some recipes apply heat to about 40 °C (104 °F) to accelerate fermentation and drying. Higher temperatures (about 60 °C (140 °F)) stop the fermentation when the salami reaches the desired pH, but the product is not fully cooked (75 °C (167 °F) or higher). Makers often treat the casings with an edible mold (Penicillium) culture. The mold imparts flavor, helps the drying process, and helps prevent spoilage during curing.
[EX A]: | do you eat the white coating on salami
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In this task, you will be given text in English. You need to translate the text into the Sinhali language.
[Q]: Play, or at the same position (North or south) if play is resumed on a different court.
[A]: සෙල්ලම් කිරීම, නැතහොත් එකම ස්ථානයක රැඳී සිටීම (උතුර හෝ දකුණ) නාට්යය නැවත ආරම්භ වන්නේ නම්.
[Q]: When the Son dynasty dawned, new Confucianism affected Chinese political philosophy and in accordance with that view, it was decided to appreciate Wu Setiang.
[A]: දකුණු සොං රාජවංශය වන විට, නව - කොන්ෆියුසියානුවාදය චීනයේ දේශපාලනික දර්ශනය ලෙස දැඩිව මුල්බැසගත් අතර, එම චින්තනය අනුව වූ සේටියෑන් අගය කිරීම තීරණය විය.
[Q]: Above all else, an effective authority figure knows trust and accountability are paramount.
[A]: | ඉහත සියල්ලටම අමතරව, ඵලදායී බලතල ඇති තැනැත්තා විශ්වාසය සහ වගකීම ප්රමුඛත්වයේ ලා සලකයි.
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When Tatyana reached the cabin, her mother was sleeping. She was careful not to disturb her, undressing and climbing back into *her* berth.
Tatyana
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yes
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Lily spoke to Donna , breaking *her* concentration.
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no
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Sir Clifford wants me to find him a new groom , about twenty or twenty-one, who knows his business. His old coachman is getting feeble, and he wants a man to work with him and get into *his* ways, who would be able, when the old man was pensioned off, to step into his place.
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The journalists interviewed the stars of the new movie. *They* were very persistent, so the interview lasted for a long time.
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Given a context passage, generate a question from the passage such that its answer is shortest continous span from the passage.
It's not the first movie to show the end of the world. But in the latest box office hit 2012 it is neither aliens nor a killer disease that threaten the human race, but climate change. Some say the film lacks good dialogue and its science is questionable, others believe German director Roland Emmerich makes up for these flaws in special effects. An earthquake destroys the White House and Yellow stone National Park ends up in flames. Emmerich borrows from the old Mayan story which says, that the world will end in 2012.He is being criticized for Internet rumors about doomsday "There is no factual basis for these claims,'' NASA said on its website. "Credible scientists worldwide know of no threat connected with 2012,'' it insisted. "After all, our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, " they added. According to the UK's Daily Telegraph, it was first thought that the disaster would happen in May 2003. When the world continued, supporters picked the last day of the Mayan calendar. "Every culture has a myth of destruction , just as they have a myth of creation. These myths |of destruction tend to surface during times of crisis , " Michael A. Ryan, an assistant profess of history,speaking to Purdue University News. Ryan studies apocalyptic themes from the Middle Ages at the US university. "Today's current economic climate is a state of crisis for many people who are worried whether they can afford to feed themselves,"he added. | What led to the end of the world according to the film 2012? |
Chlorophyll (also chlorophyl) is any of several closely related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Its name is derived from the Greek words χλωρός, "chloros" ("green") and φύλλον, "phyllon" ("leaf"). Chlorophyll is essential in photosynthesis, allowing plants to absorb energy from light.
Chlorophyll is any of several closely related yellow pigments found in cyanobacteria and the chloroplasts of algae and plants
A: No
The Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) is an institution for the teaching, research and promotion of International Law in India. It is located opposite the Supreme Court of India and next to the Indian Law Institute (ILI). The ISIL was established in 1959 due to the efforts of V.K. Krishna Menon and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru.
The Indian Society of International law is located next to the Supreme Court of India and opposite the Indian Law Institute.
A: No
A regulatory agency (also regulatory authority, regulatory body or regulator) is a public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity in a regulatory or supervisory capacity. An independent regulatory agency is a regulatory agency that is independent from other branches or arms of the government.
An independent regulatory agency is but one of dozens of types of regulatory agencies.
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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.
Memorial Day -- Memorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The holiday, which is currently observed every year on the last Monday of May, was held on May 28, 2018. The holiday was held on May 30 from 1868 to 1970. It marks the unofficial start of the summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end. | is memorial day the last monday in may |
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you're given an article, a question which often contains a blank, four options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D") and the answer to that question. Your task is to classify whether the given answer is correct or not by providing "Yes" or "No", based on the article.
Article: Hours & Admission Open Daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. except major holidays (see below) July and August only - Thursdays until 7:00 p.m. Please Note: all MIT Museum sites are wheelchair accessible. Admission beginning July l, 2013 Adults: $10.00; youth under 18, students, seniors: $5:00; children under age 5: free Admission is free the last Sunday of each month, all day, from September 2013 -June 2014 Evening programs are free with Museum Admission Visit our Partner Organizations pages for more information about discounts . Closed, 2013: January l: New Year's Day May 27: Memorial Day July 4: Independence Day September 2: Labor Day November 28: Thanksgiving Day December 24 & 25: Christmas Eve & Christmas Day December 31: Early Closing for New Year's Day
Question: The information you read above is probably about _ .
Options: (A) a museum (B) a cinema (C) a park (D) a cafe
Asnwer: D
Output: | No |
You are given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence that supports the given input.
Example Input: Blood comes into the right atrium from the body, goes to the right ventricle, then into the pulmonary artery which carries the blood to the lungs to be oxygenated.
Example Output: Blood from the body enters right atrium of the heart before it is pumped to the right ventricle and then to the lungs.
Example Input: A caldera is formed when magma flows out of a volcano, leaving an empty chamber that collapses.
Example Output: After a massive eruption, a mountain collapsing above an empty chamber will create a caldera.
Example Input: Cell membrane functions as a barrier to the movement of substances between the intracellular and extracellular spaces 3.
Example Output: | A cell's membrane provides a barrier to keep extracellular materials from mixing with its internal components.
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The southern state of Alabama is the center of the U.S. political universe this week as voters on Tuesday choose a senator to replace Jeff Sessions, who left the Senate to become attorney general. The race pits controversial Republican Roy Moore, who is battling sexual harassment allegations, against Democrat Doug Jones, a former prosecutor. The outcome of the race could have national implications for both political parties and for President Donald Trump. Moore has denied several allegations of sexual misconduct when he was in his 30s involving women who were teenagers at the time, including one who was 14. "I do not know them. I had no encounter with them. I never molested anyone," Moore said in a televised interview Sunday with the Voice of Alabama Politics. Jones says the accusations make Moore unfit to serve in the Senate. "It is crystal clear that these women are telling the truth and Roy Moore is not!" Jones said. Trump recorded a get-out-the-vote phone message for Moore and spoke on his behalf at a rally in neighboring Florida on Friday. "And we want jobs, jobs, jobs. So get out and vote for Roy Moore. Do it. Do it," he said. Trump held off on endorsing Moore for several weeks in the wake of the sexual misconduct allegations, but now says electing Moore is a priority for him. "We certainly don't want to have a liberal Democrat who is controlled by Nancy Pelosi and controlled by Chuck Schumer. We don't want to have that for Alabama," Trump said. In the final days of the campaign, Moore is highlighting his support for the president's agenda. "We are going to see if the people of Alabama will support the president and support his agenda in Washington by electing somebody that is not part of the establishment there," Moore said. Democrat Jones told supporters that Moore's character is the issue. "We know who we are, Alabama, we know who we are. This is an election to tell the world who we are and what we stand for." After the final days of the campaign, Moore probably is Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. still trying to get Alabama's vote. B. still battling sexual harassment allegations. C. not enough information D. still running against Doug Jones
B
I was about 14 and lived near a large tract of undeveloped land where people would go and park to fool around. There was a dirt road through the tract, but further down, it crossed two huge concrete pipes. The dirt was washed out between them, and the deep gulch made it impossible to cross in a car. Sometimes, eight or ten of us would go looking for parked cars. If we found one or more, we would go move this incredibly heavy stump onto the road and lay a telephone pole across it. It took all of us and it was incredibly heavy. It was impossible to drive around it because of the ditches and there was no way two or three people could move it. We'd go back to the car and set off a big string of fire crackers or shake the cat and slap on it and run like crazy. We'd watch from the woods as they drove like heck and come to a screeching stop at our roadblock. The guy would get out and try to lift the pole. Never happen. Then the car would drive the other way. That wouldn't happen because of the pipes. We'd go home leaving them in there. This was before cell phones, and it was miles to a pay phone. We'd go back the next day and find the stump and pole moved. We thought it was real funny until one night we set it up and beat on the trunk of a car. A couple was inside, getting it on. We hadn't noticed a guy sitting on the hood with a bottle of booze and a pistol. As we ran, he was shooting and we could hear bullets going through the underbrush. No one was hit, thank goodness. That was the end of that stunt. How did the pranksters feel after they were shot at? Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. not enough information B. Scared C. Excited D. Adventurous
B
Q: Back in middle school, at least I think it was, I had art class. I didn’t particularly love it but it was interesting enough at the least to hold my attention. We got to class and the teacher pulled up a list of instructions on the projector. She had each of us follow the instructions and she gave us 20 minutes to complete all of them. It may even have been a bit of a race too, to see who finished it first. This becomes a lot more evident in a second. I can’t recall the exact details of the instructions, except that clearly it had to do with art such as having to draw a bunch of things. Anyways, we all went one by one down the instructions getting increasing nervous as to try to be the first one to finish. The class goes quiet while we work. Then I get to the last instruction which reads something along the lines of: “Step 15: Skip steps 1–14 and put your pencil down.” You gotta be freaking kidding me. We’re all so confused and mad at ourselves for not reading the whole of the instructions first. She turned this into a lesson for how we need to learn to read all the instructions first and then start, which was pretty clever. She got us! I remember this vividly to this day. But I look back now on this “prank” and I realize that she was kind of…wrong. Sure if the instructions are short like 15 steps it might be good to glance through before you start. But what about a whole load of instructions? Who the hell is going to read through the instructions for how to build their Death Star LEGO set before even starting to build it. Just a waste of time really. Note: I have never built a Death Star LEGO set. What grade was the author in when the text took place? Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. Somewhere in grade 9-12 B. not enough information C. Somewhere in grade 1-5 D. Somewhere in grade 6-8
A: D
Q: One of the challenges that every community faces, particularly teams inside a larger community, is the ability to coordinate what goals and ambitions the team is going to work on. Traditionally this has always been somewhat ad-hoc: people join a team and work on whatever they feel like. Ideas are ten-a-penny though. For most teams that work on larger projects (such as events, software, products and more) to actually be productive, coordinating this work can be complex: some projects require coordination across many people with different skill-sets, time-availability and resources. Something I would like us to work towards in the Ubuntu community is encouraging a culture of best-practise in how we plan our work and coordinate our awesome teams to work together on projects. I believe this kind of coordination can help our teams increase the opportunity for success in their work, feel more empowered and productive and provide greater insight to people outside those teams on what the team is doing. An effective way of doing this is to build a Roadmap for each cycle. This provides an opportunity to capture a set of goals the team will work together to achieve in each six-month period. This article outlines how to build such a Roadmap. While at first a roadmap can feel a little like a nod to the gods of bureaucracy, they actually possess many benefits: * Direction – one of the biggest complaints teams often report is a lack of direction. If a team gets into the habit of creating a roadmap at the beginning of a cycle, it gives the team a sense of focus and direction for the coming cycle. * Documented commitments are more effective – a common rule in Project Management training is that actions assigned to people in a shared document are more effective than ad-hoc or private commitments. By documenting who will work on what in a cycle and putting their name next to an action can help seal a sense of accountability for their contributions to the project. * Feeling of success – regularly revisiting a roadmap and... Why are some teams not productive Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. Because some ideas are ten-a-penny B. Because the work can be complex C. Because its too easy D. not enough information
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In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
The underlying cause of the ciliopathies may be a dysfunctional molecular mechanism in the primary cilia structures of the cell , organelles which are present in many cellular types throughout the human body . | The underlying cause of the ciliopathies may be defects in the mechanism of cilia in the cell . |
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.
[EX Q]: Article: Different countries and cultures celebrate New Year in different ways. Many countries still follow the lunar calendar, meaning that their new year often starts in late January or in February. New Year celebrations for some countries (like China, Vietnam and Korea) last not one day, but up to two weeks! In the U.S., many people attend New Year parties. They drink champagne, dance, and cheer at the stroke of midnight. Fireworks, which in olden times scared away evil spirits, are very popular throughout the U. S. . U.S. residents often make one or more New Year's _ such as promising to quit smoking, lose weight, stop drinking. Most of these resolutions last little longer than a month. In the southern U.S. , many people eat black-eyed peas for good luck in the new year. In Mexico and Venezuela, many people wear red or yellow underwear for good luck. In Brazil, residents wear red white clothes for good luck, and in China, they wear red clothes and give children red envelops with money in them. In Iran, people wear brand new clothes on the first day of the new year. In Scotland, homeowners open the front door at midnight to let in the new year, and open the back door to let out the old year. In Switzerland, people kiss each other three times at midnight. In Spain, people eat 12 grapes-----one per chime----as the clock chimes midnight. In Japan, they ring a bell 108 times to get rid of the108 bad desires that people have. In Korea, they ring a bell 33 times in honor of 33 ancient soldiers.
Answer: Many people attend New Year parties.
[EX A]: How do Americans celebrate their New Year?
[EX Q]: Article: We live in a culture that sends out very mixed messages about mistakes: We're told we learn by making them, but we work hard to avoid them. So the result is that most of us know that we are going to make mistakes, but deep down, we feel we shouldn't. Experiments with schoolchildren who did well on a given test show that those who were praised for being smart and then offered a more challenging or less challenging task afterward usually chose the easier one. On the other hand, children praised for trying hard-- rather than being smart--far more often selected the more difficult task. If we try hard to avoid mistakes, we aren't open to getting the information we need in order to do better. In a writing study, experiments showed that those who are so scared to make mistakes perform worse in writing tasks than those who aren't as worried about being perfect. They fear receiving any kind of negative feedback, so they don't learn where they went wrong and how to get better. We don't just learn more when we're open to mistakes, we learn deeper. Research tells us that if we're only concerned about getting the right answer, we don't always learn the underlying concepts that help us truly understand whatever we're trying to figure out. Mistakes need to be seen not as a failure to learn, but as a guide to what still needs to be learned. As Thomas Edison said, "I am not discouraged, because every abandoned wrong attempt is another step forward." Furthermore, we often make mistakes because we try new things--we wander away from accepted paths. Teflon, penicillin--these are examples of great discoveries made by mistake. Take a page from Albert Einstein, who said, "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. "
Answer: He will choose a less challenging task.
[EX A]: What will happen to students praised for being smart in face of choosing tasks compared to students praised for working hard?
[EX Q]: Article: Don't have plenty of time for reading ? If you are interested in nun-fiction books, here are good choices for you. A Room of One's Own This essay by English writer Virginia Woolf is based on several lectures given to two woman's colleges at Cambridge University to 1928. In it, Woolf describes that it's circumstance not talent that allows men to be more successful at writing. Women,in other word, spend so much time cooking , cleaning,and tending to their children that they have no time left for art. To write well,therefore, a woman must have a " room of her own. The Art of War Written by Chinese warrior SunZi in the 5th century BC, The Art of War widely considered to be one of the best boob about military strategy in human history. Conaistng of 13 chapters, each detailing a separate aspect of warfare, the book has been translated into every majorlanguage and has thousands of editions. For centuries , it has been cited and praised by world leaders both for its detailed study of military straaategy and its phibsophical examination of strong ,effective leadership. Letter to My Daughter This 2009 book of essays and poems by Maya Angelou,a respectable American poet, is written for t he daughter never had--the millions of women, both young and old,that she considers to be her "family." From the viewpoint of a caring, older relative, this book contains lessons selected from her own Life experiences, including tte birth of her only child,a son,as well as the formation and loss of friendships, A Brief History of Time If you' re short on time,then why not read about,well,the creation of time? This 1998 from brilliant scientist and mathematician Stephen Hawking explores mind - bending question s about the creation of the universe , including if and when it will end,and if so,how Despite heavy subject matter. Hawkimg addresses th ese questions in n way that's easy to understand s even for those who know little about physics.
Answer: A Room of One's Own h about more than writing,
[EX A]: | What can we learns about the contents of the books?
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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: There is no doubt eCommerce is growing, and it will continue to grow. However, physical stores would not die as a result of the rise of eCommerce, at least not in the near future. The idea that eCommerce is taking over physical stores has already misguided many people. Physical stores are far from vanishing, and there are some solid reasons for it. The _ for online spending is optimistic with $150 billion expected to be spent in the coming three years, yet we are also expecting $300 billion in spending at physical stores in the same duration. Do you still think that physical-store shopping is too small to sustain the eCommerce blow? Even though consumers are staying away from physical stores that follow older concepts, yet we are seeing the rise of fresh concept stores all around the US. We are seeing innovative and attractive success stories of physical stores, ranging from clothes stores to restaurants to health spas. It would be easy to assume that this trend will continue. Indeed, many shopping malls are dying, yet there are still those shopping centers that are performing well. You can see this for yourself by visiting shopping malls near you. What I want to emphasize here is that not all shopping centers are made equal, just like not all eCommerce retailers are made equal. Both shopping malls and eCommerce sites can lose business if they fail to maintain productivity through improvements and innovations. When you visit shopping centers that are serious about their business, you would see their shops and parking lots packed. On the other hand, even e-tailers like Amazon have experimented with pop-up shopping concepts. It is important to bear in mind that consumers prefer face-to-face interactions instead of online interactions during shopping, meaning that physical stores are going to stay there. Still, eCommerce retailers are seeing all of their excitement disappear as they settle the sales tax problem associated with e-tailing. As of now, five states of America have already imposed sales tax on purchases through eCommerce sites, and e-tailers in those states have already witnessed 6 to 12 percent decrease in sales. This reinforces the fact that physical stores are here to stay, and if you are still undervaluing their growth, you are omitting a huge chunk of the retail representation.
Answer: Fresh concepts help build good business.
A: What can we infer from the passage?
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Q: Article: One of the most successful singers of the twentieth century, Ella Fitzgerald has made several different styles of her own. She was born in Virginia but was brought up in an orphanage in Yonkers, New York. Chick Webb _ her in an amateur competition when she was sixteen. He engaged her to sing with his band and when he died in 1939, she took over. Unlike Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald taught herself the sentimental music so popular in the 1930's -- songs like "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"-- and her recordings became best-sellers. During the 1940's she developed her own "scat singing" -- a breathless, nonsense--syllable style--for songs like "Flying Home" and "Lady Be Good." Ella Fitzgerald was the perfect musical partner for her friend, the trumpeter Louis Armstrong, matching him in warmth and artistry. "I just like music, period," she said. "To me, it's a story. There's only one thing better than singing.... It's more singing."
Answer: The musical career of Ella Fitzgerald.
A: What does the passage mainly discuss?
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Q: Article: Every school has an ugly girl. In my primary school, it was me. From first grade through fourth, I had to wear heavy orthopedic shoes because of my weak ankles. I sounded like overweight elephant wearing bricks whenever I took a single step. "Hey, Bigfoot!" "Geez, you're going to start an earthquake!" Then in sixth grade I had to start wear glasses. Mom asked for the least expensive ones and that made me look like a fool. "Four eyes!" "Couldn't you cover up more of your faces? Why stop at the eyes?" In Seventh, I started competing on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer body, nobody would notice my face. Wrong again. I loved being fast and winning ribbons now and then, but now I had red, wet eyes from the chlorine in the pool. I also did not develop a killer body. I changed my strategy at Eighth grade, the last year of middle school. I offered my help to anyone who needs. I worked for other girls, so they could hang out with their friends. My new program began to work. People who would never have acknowledged my existence before were suddenly seeking me out. I'd been feeling pretty good until one day I went to Christine's house to help her fill envelopes. Going into each envelope was invitation to Christine's birthday party; it was a big event at a fancy hotel. Complete with dinner. She asked me to help her address these envelopes. There was no envelope for me. My heart was broken. I tried to escape from all the eyes. High school had to be better, right? Yes and no. Now that I'm here, I know there are still lots of shallow people judging you on what you're wearing or how cool your hair is , but there are also kids who talk to you because they liked your answers or just as you're kind, honest, and a good friend. I still do kind things because I like the feeling I get when I am helping people. I, with my friends, went to Children's hospital, playing games and reading to the sick kids. I still had wet red and not a smart look, but you cannot tell me I am not beautiful. Every time I visit hospital, five-year-old Terry grasps my hand, "Morri, you are so nice. I want to grow up to be just like you."
Answer: She had weak ankles and eyesight.
A: | Why was Morri laughed at by her classmates when she was in primary school?
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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'.
[EX Q]: Passage: 'Helicobacter pylori, previously Campylobacter pylori, is a gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium found usually in the stomach. It was identified in 1982 by Australian scientists Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, who found that it was present in a person with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers, conditions not previously believed to have a microbial cause. It is also linked to the development of duodenal ulcers and stomach cancer. However, over 80% of individuals infected with the bacterium are asymptomatic, and it may play an important role in the natural stomach ecology.'. Question: 'helicobacter pylori infection is a bacterial cause of'.
[EX A]: True
[EX Q]: Passage: 'Improvements upon the previous models include upgraded processors and increased RAM, an analog pointing stick (C-Stick), two additional shoulder triggers (ZR and ZL), face detection for optimizing the auto stereoscopic 3D display, an included 4 GB microSD card and built-in NFC, as well as minor design changes (such as colored face buttons, and the availability of face plates for the smaller-size model).'. Question: 'difference between new nintendo 3ds and nintendo 3ds'.
[EX A]: True
[EX Q]: Passage: 'OFAC publishes a list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs), which lists people, organizations, and vessels with whom U.S. citizens and permanent residents are prohibited from doing business. This list differs from the list maintained pursuant to Section 314 (a) of the Patriot Act.'. Question: 'when did samsung come out with smart tv'.
[EX A]: | False
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be given text in English. You need to translate the text into the Sinhali language.
The Dot code is an alphanumeric character sequence molded into the sidewall of the tire and allows the identification of the tire and its age.
| අක්ෂරාංකි චරිත අනුපිළිවෙලට ටයරයේ ඇතුල් පැත්තෙ සඳහන් වි ඇති ඩොට් කේතය මගින් ටයරය හා එහි වයස හඳුනාගැනීමේ හැකියාව ලැබේ. |
The vapour pressure QSAR based on suggested values from a computer model showed low correlation with the pesticides used. The Henry's Law constant was evaluated by comparing calculated values with QSAR predicted values.
Please remove spaces between words. | ThevapourpressureQSARbasedonsuggestedvaluesfromacomputermodelshowedlowcorrelationwiththepesticidesused.TheHenry'sLawconstantwasevaluatedbycomparingcalculatedvalueswithQSARpredictedvalues. |
A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
who all was richard burton married to? | Elizabeth Taylor |
I'm not sure if there is a greater chance of tap or bottle water being bad for you, but I don't prefer the
OPTIONS:
- tap because it comes from strangers.
- bottle because it comes from strangers.
bottle because it comes from strangers.
The large koi bill purchased would not fit in his new fish tank, the
OPTIONS:
- koi was too small.
- tank was too small.
tank was too small.
We decided to eat the pasta instead of the sushi because the
OPTIONS:
- sushi smelled bad.
- pasta smelled bad.
| sushi smelled bad. |
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: EMBED >More News Videos Shane McMahon and his pilot share their tale after landing in the water.
I'd like to thank the man upstairs for looking out this morning & thanks to pilot Mario, Suffolk County Marine Bureau & Babylon Coast Guard. — Shane McMahon (@shanemcmahon) July 19, 2017
A small helicopter carrying the son of WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon made an emergency landing in the waters off of Gilgo Beach Wednesday morning.The FAA says the Robinson R-44 helicopter with two aboard landed on its pontoon skids about a half mile off the coast just before 10:30 a.m. Neither Shane McMahon nor pilot Mario Regtien was injured."We heard some noise, and it became very clear to me that I could no longer continue flying the helicopter," Regtien said. "So I decided to do an auto-rotation landing in the water."The FAA said Regtien sent out a mayday call just before landing in the water. A commercial flight headed into JFK Airport heard the call and radioed to the FAA.Emergency responders, including two lifeguards, picked up the two and ferried them safety to shore. Both were wearing life jackets. NYPD Aviation and SCUBA units also responded and assisted in the rescue."It's very unsettling when all the sudden you have something happen," McMahon said. "You hear a bang, and then you start saying, 'We're going to do an emergency landing in the water.' So yes, it was very unnerving. But again, Mario was super calm, which made me super calm. And we landed perfectly."McMahon had chartered the flight from New York City to Westhampton to visit his family, and they had taken off from the West Side Heliport. The trouble began just south of Republic Airport, while they were cruising at 1,400 feet."It went as good as it could go," Regtien said. "Landed softly, and I checked to see if he was OK. Everyone was fine, and we waited for the Coast Guard at that point. I left my shoes in the helicopter in case we had to swim."McMahon thanked all those involved."First of all, I'd like to thank the pilot, Mario," he said. "He did an amazing job. He was cool under pressure. I couldn't have been in better hands. He explained everything as it was happening. I'd also like to thank the Coast Guard, who was there instantaneously, Suffolk County Marine, a bureau that was there, the lifeguards that came to the beach. Just thankful that everything worked out well and that we're here."He also posted this message on social media:The helicopter is registered to "Awesome Flight LLC" of White Plains. ||||| NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Shane McMahon, the son of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Vince McMahon, was one of two people rescued Wednesday when their small helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in the water about half a mile off Gilgo Beach in Babylon.
The Robinson R44II-type helicopter, which is registered to a company in White Plains, was en route to Westhampton when it went down around 10:30 a.m. after taking off from Westchester County Airport.
The chopper issued a Mayday call prior to going down. A commercial flight headed to John F. Kennedy Airport heard the call and relayed it to controllers.
“Everything happened so quickly, you don’t have much time to react,” McMahon told 1010 WINS’ Al Jones. “It was very unnerving.”
McMahon said he heard a bang and then his pilot told him they were going to land in the water.
As CBS2’s Emily Smith reported, as the helicopter lost power, they inflated the pontoons and made a hard landing on the ocean.
“It is very unsettling when all of a sudden you have something happen. You hear a bang and saying you are going to do an emergency landing in the water, so yes very unnerving,” he said.
As CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reported, McMahon congratulated the pilot he had hired to chopper him from Manhattan to Westhampton — for skill and calm under duress, calling a mayday above ocean waters off Gilgo beach as they lost power, before banking down into a hard landing.
“[He] was super calm, which made me super calm and we landed perfectly,” McMahon said.
The fortunate outcome was unexpected.
“We heard some noise, and it became very clear to me that I could no longer continue to fly the helicopter, so I decided to make an auto-rotational landing on the water,” Mario Regtien said.
The helicopter went down about 2,000 feet from a lifeguard stand, where two lifeguards jumped into kayaks to help before the U.S. Coast Guard arrived.
“We ran up and got kayaks and we paddled out, a short trip out there. Those guys actually handled it really well, the two gentlemen in the helicopter, actually really calm and collected,” lifeguard Zach Viverito told CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan. “We put them on the kayaks and just swam along with them until the Coast Guard met us about halfway in.”
“We were just getting to work and we saw a helicopter go down pretty hard, saw a big splash,” lifeguard Don Dobbi said. “We ran up and grabbed the kayaks and paddled out to see what was going on, we knew it was out of the ordinary.”
I'd like to thank the man upstairs for looking out this morning & thanks to pilot Mario, Suffolk Co. Marine Bureau & Fire Island Coast Guard — Shane McMahon (@shanemcmahon) July 19, 2017
McMahon gave a “big kudos” to the lifeguards.
“Everybody chipped in, it was great,” he said.
The helicopter could be seen floating on pontoons on the water following the emergency landing. Suffolk County police said the two men were wearing life jackets and were uninjured. They were then picked up and brought to shore by a police department Marine Bureau vessel.
When asked if they were the heroes of the day, Viverito said, “I don’t know about that.”
“That is what we are here for,” he said. “So just kind of training, get on the equipment and go right out there.”
The Coast Guard responded to remove the aircraft, police said.
Great Job by NYPD Aviation & SCUBA with assisting in the rescue of two people from a Helicopter accident in v/o Tobay Beach in Nassau County pic.twitter.com/nREf3mWz7p — NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) July 19, 2017
The NYPD also assisted in the rescue. |||||
A: | Shane McMahon was rescued from the waters off a New York beach Wednesday morning after the helicopter he was riding in performed a diving elbow drop into the ocean. WABC reports the son of WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon was taking the helicopter to visit his family when something went wrong. Pilot Mario Regtien guided the Robinson R-44 helicopter into a controlled crash off Gilgo Beach. Neither man was injured. McMahon calls the crash "very unnerving" but credited Regtien for how he handled the situation. "Mario was super calm, which made me super calm. And we landed perfectly," he says. According to CBS New York, nearby lifeguards saw the helicopter crash and paddled kayaks out to help McMahon and Regtien ahead of the Coast Guard's arrival. |
In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
He made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday morning, after visiting Mr Buhari at the London hospital where he is being treated for an unspecified illness.
Mr Osinbajo, now back in Nigeria, said he had discussed a wide range of issues during the hour-long meeting.
Mr Buhari has been in London since May.
Africa Live: Updates on this and other stories
The 74-year-old leader was elected to power in 2015, becoming the first Nigerian opposition leader to win an election.
It is his second period of medical leave in the UK, the first began in January and he returned home in March.
His long absence has led to speculation about whether he will be able to resume his presidential duties.
In his absence, President Buhari has given Vice-President Osinbajo full powers to act, in contrast to the situation in 2009, when the long illness of then President Umaru Yar'Adua led to a power vacuum.
By Ibrahim Shehu, BBC Hausa, Abuja
Nigerians are becoming increasingly sceptical about President Buhari's fitness to continue to govern the country effectively.
His indefinite medical leave and the economy in recession means the hope and aspirations of the electorate who brought him to power more than two years ago have died.
The uncertainty surrounding Mr Buhari's ability to continue to govern, or stand in elections in 2019, has left a lot of his political associates and supporters in limbo, as campaigning for 2019 begins in earnest a year from now.
Earlier this week, Nigeria's first lady Aisha Buhari launched a cryptic attack, apparently aimed at powerful ruling party politicians suspected of manoeuvring for the presidency or deputy presidency while her husband was ill.
In a Facebook post, Mrs Buhari warned that "hyenas and jackals" would be banished.
The vice-president has been acting in Mr Buhari's place while he is out of the country, but there is no suggestion he is part of any plot against the leader, says the BBC's Naziru Mikailu.
Mrs Buhari's comments came in response to a post from Senator Shehu Sani, who warned that people were "scheming... so that they can be kings".
"Prayers for the absent Lion King has waned," he wrote. "Now the hyenas and the jackals are scheming and talking to each other in whispers; still doubting whether the Lion King will be back or not."
But Mrs Buhari appeared to calm any concerns - suggesting her husband, positioned as the defender of the "weaker animals", was on the mend.
"God has answered the prayers of the weaker animals, the hyenas and jackals will soon be sent out the kingdom."
President Muhammadu Buhari is "recuperating fast" and will return home "very soon", says Nigeria's acting head of state Yemi Osinbajo.
Under plans to go before the cabinet next week, the equivalent of about 367 full time jobs would be cut and 40 libraries closed.
It is part of the council's bid to save £262m by April 2020.
Council leader Jennifer Mein said it was "the most challenging time" for local government.
She added: "We face a combination of relentless central government cuts and rising demand for our services, particularly those serving vulnerable people."
Proposals that will go before the Cabinet on 26 November include:
Since January 2014, 1100 people have left the authority, taking voluntary redundancy.
The proposed job losses are a part of the council's strategy to "balance the budget" by saving £65m over the next two years.
Mrs Mein said: "The scale of the challenge means that we will have to make even more difficult decisions. We will have to reduce or stop services and people will notice the difference."
Deputy leader David Borrow added: "The scale of the savings we have to make means that we will have to use almost all of that money just to balance to books.
"And we know that we will still face a shortfall of £56m in 2018/19."
More than 100 people have signed an online petition to save the Judges Lodgings Museum in Lancaster from potential closure.
Hundreds of jobs could be axed at Lancashire County Council and museums and libraries shut amid "relentless" government cuts, the authority said.
The festival, at Bramham Park, near Leeds, attracts around 80,000 people over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Attendees often abandon sleeping bags and tents rather than carry them home.
Leeds No Borders, which campaigns on immigration issues, is one of a number of organisations which collects items left behind.
Emily Jennings, from Leeds No Borders, said volunteers had been shocked by the amount and quality of what had been abandoned.
"If we can share just a little with people who have nothing then that is at least one way forward."
Miss Jennings said the equipment they had collected would be sorted and cleaned before being taken to Calais.
Maya Conforti, from L'Auberge Des Migrants in Calais, says the salvaged kit will make a "big difference" at migrant camps.
She said: "There's been torrential rain in the last week which created huge flooding in the Jungle [the nickname of a camp in Calais], the place where the people survive, so we had to distribute tonnes of tents and sleeping bags."
"Conditions are way below international refugee camp standards, there are not enough toilets, the water points are dirty and there's no drainage.
"It's quite awful and there are about 3,500 people who live there. It's a European issue, an international issue."
| Camping equipment abandoned by thousands of Leeds festival-goers has been collected to be taken to migrant camps in Calais.
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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'.
Q: Passage: 'In the United States, certiorari is most often seen as the writ that the Supreme Court of the United States issues to a lower court to review the lower court's judgment for legal error (reversible error) and review where no appeal is available as a matter of right. Before the Judiciary Act of 1891, the cases that could reach the Supreme Court were heard as a matter of right, meaning that the Court was required to issue a decision in each of those cases. That is, the Court had to review all properly presented appeals on the merits, hear oral argument, and issue decisions. As the United States expanded in the nineteenth century, the federal judicial system became increasingly strained, and the Supreme Court, which routinely took three months off every year, not surprisingly had a backlog of cases several years long. The Act solved these problems by transferring most of the court's direct appeals to the newly created Circuit Courts of Appeals, whose decisions in those cases would normally be final. The Supreme Court did not completely give up its judiciary authority, however, because it gained the ability to review the decisions of the courts of appeals at its discretion through writ of certiorari.'. Question: 'what is the difference between plum and roma tomatoes'.
A: | False |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. Given a sentence in English, provide an equivalent paraphrased version from the original that retains the same meaning.
The eparchy was the seat of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia from 1866 until 1928 , when the patriarchal seat was moved to Beirut , Lebanon .
| From 1866 to 1928 , eparchy was the seat of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia until the patriarchal seat of Beirut was moved to Lebanon . |
In this task, given a sentence in English Tokens, your task is to convert it into the English language
Both Imran Farhat and Kamran Akmal , after putting together 62 , fell to pull shots , and Shoaib Malik steered right into Suresh Raina 's hands at gully .
Both Imran Farhat and Kamran Akmal, after putting together 62, fell to pull shots, and Shoaib Malik steered right into Suresh Raina's hands at gully.
Efforts last year failed to halt the disease because not enough children were vaccinated .
Efforts last year failed to halt the disease because not enough children were vaccinated.
-LRB- PlanetOut.com , Gay.com -RRB- sent out a press release stating it signed a definitive merger agreement with Here Networks LLC -LRB- operator of cable network here ! -RRB- and Regent Entertainment Media Inc. -LRB- properties including magazines The Advocate , Out -RRB- .
| (PlanetOut.com, Gay.com) sent out a press release stating it signed a definitive merger agreement with Here Networks LLC (operator of cable network here!) and Regent Entertainment Media Inc. (properties including magazines The Advocate, Out).
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I know that the answer to the question "Which is not a last name, McTaggart or Series?" is in "The problem of the flow of time, as it has been treated in analytic philosophy, owes its beginning to a paper written by J. M. E. McTaggart. In this paper McTaggart proposes two "temporal series". The first series, which means to account for our intuitions about temporal becoming, or the moving Now, is called the A-series. The A-series orders events according to their being in the past, present or future, simpliciter and in comparison to each other. The B-series eliminates all reference to the present, and the associated temporal modalities of past and future, and orders all events by the temporal relations earlier than and later than.". Can you tell me what it is?
Ans: series
I know that the answer to the question "Who was the father of Lee's friend?" is in "Lee's childhood friend, author Truman Capote, wrote on the dust jacket of the first edition, "Someone rare has written this very fine first novel: a writer with the liveliest sense of life, and the warmest, most authentic sense of humor. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable." This comment has been construed to suggest that Capote wrote the book or edited it heavily. In 2003, a Tuscaloosa newspaper quoted Capote's biological father, Archulus Persons, as claiming that Capote had written "almost all" of the book. In 2006, a Capote letter was donated to Monroeville's literary heritage museum; in a letter to a neighbor in Monroeville in 1959, Capote mentioned that Lee was writing a book that was to be published soon. Extensive notes between Lee and her editor at Lippincott also refute the rumor of Capote's authorship. Lee's older sister, Alice, responded to the rumor, saying: "That's the biggest lie ever told."". Can you tell me what it is?
Ans: Archulus Persons
I know that the answer to the question "Over a million residents live in what part of Oklahoma?" is in "Oklahoma had 598 incorporated places in 2010, including four cities over 100,000 in population and 43 over 10,000. Two of the fifty largest cities in the United States are located in Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and 65 percent of Oklahomans live within their metropolitan areas, or spheres of economic and social influence defined by the United States Census Bureau as a metropolitan statistical area. Oklahoma City, the state's capital and largest city, had the largest metropolitan area in the state in 2010, with 1,252,987 people, and the metropolitan area of Tulsa had 937,478 residents. Between 2000 and 2010, the cities that led the state in population growth were Blanchard (172.4%), Elgin (78.2%), Jenks (77.0%), Piedmont (56.7%), Bixby (56.6%), and Owasso (56.3%).". Can you tell me what it is?
Ans: Oklahoma City
I know that the answer to the question "What was one of the topics being discussed at the panel discussion?" is in "During a panel discussion at Harvard University's reunion for African American alumni during the 2003–04 academic year, two prominent black professors at the institution—Lani Guinier and Henry Louis Gates—pointed out an unintended effect of affirmative action policies at Harvard. They stated that only about a third of black Harvard undergraduates were from families in which all four grandparents were born into the African American community. The majority of black students at Harvard were Caribbean and African immigrants or their children, with some others the mixed-race children of biracial couples. One Harvard student, born in the South Bronx to a black family whose ancestors have been in the United States for multiple generations, said that there were so few Harvard students from the historic African American community that they took to calling themselves "the descendants" (i.e., descendants of American slaves). The reasons for this underrepresentation of historic African Americans, and possible remedies, remain a subject of debate.". Can you tell me what it is?
| Ans: affirmative action policies at Harvard |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
A television producer is a person who oversees all aspects of video production on a television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon acceptance they focus on business matters, such as budgets and contracts. Other producers are more involved with the day-to-day workings, participating in activities such as screenwriting, set design, casting and directing.
| what is the role of a producer in a tv show |
Does "This portion of Feynman's life was portrayed in the 1996 film Infinity, which featured Feynman's daughter, Michelle, in a cameo role." contain the correct answer to "Who played a cameo in a film about Feynman?"
A: yes
Does "A nationwide strike by the air traffic controllers union in 1981 forced temporary flight restrictions but failed to shut down the airspace system." contain the correct answer to "When did the nationwide strike by air traffic controlers union happen?"
A: yes
Does "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)." contain the correct answer to "What is the wavelength of light to which human eyes are most sensitive?"
A: | yes |
Read this and answer the question. If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable".
The majority of studies indicate antibiotics do interfere with contraceptive pills, such as clinical studies that suggest the failure rate of contraceptive pills caused by antibiotics is very low (about 1%). In cases where antibacterials have been suggested to affect the efficiency of birth control pills, such as for the broad-spectrum antibacterial rifampicin, these cases may be due to an increase in the activities of hepatic liver enzymes' causing increased breakdown of the pill's active ingredients. Effects on the intestinal flora, which might result in reduced absorption of estrogens in the colon, have also been suggested, but such suggestions have been inconclusive and controversial. Clinicians have recommended that extra contraceptive measures be applied during therapies using antibacterials that are suspected to interact with oral contraceptives.
In therapy, what does the antibacterial interact with? | oral contraceptives |
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'.
Q: Passage: 'Three main aspects to the priesthood: offering the Eucharist, hearing confessions, and counseling. Whilst continuing to hold the importance of these three aspects of priesthood, the church now has a significantly broader understanding. Priests are also responsible for daily recitation of the principal and minor offices of the Liturgy of the Hours. Priests are the only ministers of the Sacrament of Penance and Anointing of the Sick. They are the ordinary ministers of Baptism and witnesses to Holy Matrimony.'. Question: 'duties of a priest in the catholic church'.
A: True
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Q: Passage: 'Warwick Ashley Davis (born 3 February 1970) is an English actor, television presenter, writer, director and producer. He played the title characters in Willow and the Leprechaun film series, the Ewok Wicket in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook in the Harry Potter films. Davis also starred as a fictionalised version of himself in the sitcom Life's Too Short, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.'. Question: 'who played the leprechaun in the leprechaun movie'.
A: True
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Q: Passage: 'Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis; Latin: Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman / Byzantine (330 -- 1204 and 1261 -- 1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204 -- 1261), and the later Ottoman (1453 -- 1923) empires. It was reinaugurated in 324 AD from ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and dedicated on 11 May 330 AD.'. Question: 'how long was constantinople the center of the roman empire'.
A: | True
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In this task, you're given an article, a question which often contains a blank, four options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D") and the answer to that question. Your task is to classify whether the given answer is correct or not by providing "Yes" or "No", based on the article.
Q: Article: Best places to visit in Australia Are you looking for the best places to see in Australia? Here are the top 5 places to visit in Australia. It includes the best, the most beautiful and the most famous. Sydney For those who have made a flight from the other side of the world, if you come and don't see Sydney, it is a bit like going to Germany and not drinking a beer, or to England and not seeing London, or America and not trying a hot dog. There is plenty to see and do in Sydney apart from the well known attractions of the Harbour Bridge, the Opera House, and Bondi beaches. Byron Bay Located in New South Wales, just south of the Queensland border, Byron Bay is popular with not just international tourists, but is also a favorite holiday destination of Australians. The lighthouse is amazing at sunset (and it is the most easterly part of mainland Australia). There are a range of music festivals over the year that attract international and local musicians alike. The Great Ocean Road The Great Ocean Road, located in Victoria, is one of the best scenic drives of the world. Its official length is 243 kms (roughly 150 miles), but it will take you a full day to enjoy it due to the narrow and windy traffic lanes (only one in each direction). Daintree Rainforest Located in northern Queensland, roughly 110 kms north of Cairns, the rainforest is a nature wonderland. It is Australia's largest rainforest, about 20% of Australia's native bird species can be found within the Daintree. The Great Barrier Reef Located in Queensland, this attraction is one of those attractions that are actually known by everyone. Extending for about 2,300 kms, it is home to many rare, endangered and unique animals and plant species.
Question: Which places will you go in Australia if you are interested in music?
Options: (A) Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef (B) Byron Bay and Daintree Rainforest (C) The Great Ocean Roadand Byron Bay (D) Byron Bay and Sydney
Asnwer: B
A: No
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Q: Article: Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family roundtable at dinnertime and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put-on; it was real. Our family was a unit and we supported each other, and nurtured each other, and liked each other, and--we were even willing to admit--we loved each other. Today, the family roundtable has moved to the local fast-food restaurant and talk is not easy, much less encouraged. Grandma, who used to live upstairs, is now. the voice on long distance, and the working parent is far too beaten down each day to spend evening relaxation time listening to the sandbox experience of an eager four-year-old. So family conversation is as extinct as my old toys and parental questions such as "What have you been doing, Bobby?" have been replaced by "I'm busy, go watch television. " And watch TV they do; count them by the millions. But it's usually not children's television that children watch. Saturday morning, the children's hour, amounts to only about 8 percent of their weekly viewing. Where are they to be found? Watching adult television, of course, from the Match Game in the morning, to the afternoon at General Hospital, from the muggings and battles on the evening news right through the family hour and past into Starsky and Hutch. That's where you find our kids, over five million of them, at 10 p. m. , not fewer than a million until after midnight! All of this is done with parental permission. Television, used well, can provide enriching experiences for our young people, but we must use it with some sense. When the carpet is clean, we turn off the vacuum cleaner. When the dishes are clean, the dishwasher turns itself off. Not so the television, which is on from the sun in the morning to the moon at night and beyond! Parents must exercise some control and show some concern about the cultural influence on the child when a program not intended for that child is viewed. Parents need to intervene . Nonintervention may be a wise policy in international affairs, but the results of parental nonintervention will not be wise at all.
Question: The working parent is not willing to listen to her (his) four-year-old child talking about his sandbox games because _ .
Options: (A) she (he) is boring (B) she (he) is busy (C) she (he) is very tired (D) she (he) is angry
Asnwer: C
A: Yes
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Q: Article: Few people would disagree that email makes our lives easier. But misusing email can cause problems. And I'm not talking about hitting the "reply all" button when you didn't mean to. Answering all those emails and processing all that information can overload the brain,causing stress. So says the Future Work Centre, a business based in London.This company carries out psychological research on people's experiences in their workplaces. The centre's Richard MacKinnon was the lead writer of a report on messaging habits. He calls email a double-edged sword. In other works,email can be both good and bad. Americans also use the saying cuts both ways for something like a double-edged sword. But back to the culture of emailing,Emails provide a useful way to communicate. But they could add to tension in the mind,causing stress. Come rain or shine, some office workers are under pressure to read and answer emails all day long. Jonathan Rowe has on office job in London. His complaint is a common one:too many emails. He says reading work emails when you're at home blurs the boundaries between work and leisure. Psychologists are concemed about the pressure that workers bring on themselves. Dr. Richard MacKinnon spoke with VOA News on Skype. He says that email can be a valuable, time-saving communication tool. But it can also be a source of stress and even anger for many of us. He adds that the stress does not come from the number of emails you get. The problems result from when and how you deal with them. According to the study,there are two very stressful email behaviors. One is leaving email on all day-and never signing off. The other is reading and answering emails early in the day and late at night. Which jobs are most affected by email stress? But not all jobs are equally stressed by email. The jobs most affected by email stress are: * marketing, * public relations, * media and * Information Technology Educational experts have also written several reports on how email overloads are stressing out teachers. Ways to cut down on your email stress MacKinnon says bad email behaviors are linked to higher levels of stress in office workers. The Future Work Centre report gives several suggestions on avoiding email stress. *Use email with a plan. Do not just react to endless email alerts. If you use an email application, or app ,on your device, close it down when you want to be left alone. *If you need to communicate with a co-worker,call or better still walk to their office and talk about it. *Be careful with the "reply all" option. For example, if you are accepting an invitation to attend training, just write back to those who need to know. Trust me. Other workers on that mailing list will thank you. *And accept the fact that if a matter is urgent employers will call you about it. The Future Work Centre report claims that in 2014, people sent an estimated 196.3 billion emails. The average adult spent more than an hour a day answering emails. Email is certainly not going anywhere. So, it is important to control your emails and not the other way around.
Question: Dr.Richard MacKinnon holds the idea that _ .
Options: (A) it is the emails you get daily that puts you under pressure. (B) it is the way of processing emails that makes you feel stressed. (C) it is necessary that you read and answer your emails at noon. (D) it is important that you realize where a source of stress comes from.
Asnwer: D
A: | No
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This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago is located 100 km north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick is almost equidistant from Bergen in Norway and Aberdeen in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago comprises about 300 islands and skerries, of which 16 are inhabited. In addition to the Shetland Mainland the larger islands are Unst, Yell and Fetlar.
Can we infer the following?
Unst is the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. | It's impossible to say |
What is the question to: "The Declaration outlined colonial objections to the Intolerable Acts, listed a colonial bill of rights , and provided a detailed list of grievances."? The topic is Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress.
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Answer: "what are the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress about?"
Q: What is the question to: "As of September 30, 2012, 70 million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold worldwide."? The topic is Xbox 360.
A: "how many consoles has xbox 360 sold?"
Question: What is the question to: "Both satellites were discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall and are named after the characters Phobos (panic/fear) and Deimos (terror/dread) who, in Greek mythology , accompanied their father Ares , god of war, into battle."? The topic is Moons of Mars.
Answer: "who discovered the 2 moons of mars,Phobos and Deimos?"
[Q]: What is the question to: "Andorra (; , ), officially the Principality of Andorra (), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, (), is a landlocked microstate in Southwestern Europe , located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France ."? The topic is Andorra.
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[A]: "where is the country andorra located?"
input: Please answer the following: What is the question to: "New York City Cruise Liner Terminal in Hell's Kitchen at 52nd Street ."? The topic is New York Passenger Ship Terminal.
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output: "where do cruises dock in new york city?"
What is the question to: "The temporal lobes are involved in the retention of visual memories , processing sensory input, comprehending language , storing new memories, emotion, and deriving meaning."? The topic is Temporal lobe.
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Answer: | "what does the temporal lobe part of the brain do?" |
Answer the following question about this sentence:
The cup of tea was scalding hot.
What is the effect?
Ans: **I blew on it.**
Answer the following question about this sentence:
The boy turned the lid on the jar.
What is the effect?
Ans: **The lid came off.**
Answer the following question about this sentence:
The book became a huge bestseller.
What is the effect?
Ans: | **It was adapted into a movie.** |
Detailed Instructions: 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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Q: It could easily pass for a Bond villain lair or a secluded retreat for those who like to castaway and immerse themselves in nature. Moonhole, a resort nestled under a rocky arch surrounded by the turquoise Caribbean waters, boasts five quaint houses now available for holidaymakers to rent. True to its nautical theme, the idyllic cluster of properties on the Grenadine island of Bequia was built incorporating whalebone, driftwood and shells into each building's structure for a rustic feel. Travellers can explore the stunning Bequia area by day, either by scuba diving, snorkelling, kayaking, fishing or hiking round the impressive landscape.Moonhole is located on the island of Bequia and consists of five villas offering spectacular sea viewsThe unique cluster of stone houses were built by adventurous couple Tom and Gladdie Johnston in the 1960sNow only five of the original 17 houses are available to stay in and come complete with 12 staff members
Questions:A further 16 more houses were built, including a commissary and office as well as living quarters for the growing _ staff. (A) Bond (B) Moonhole (C) Caribbean (D) Grenadine (E) Bequia (F) Tom (G) Gladdie Johnston
A: | (B) |
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You are given a passage. You need to construct a question about the information present in the passage. Construct a question in such a way that (i) it is unambiguous, (ii) its answer is the whole paragraph. Avoid creating questions that can be answered correctly without actually understanding the paragraph.
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Large companies usually have an HR person coordinating the interview for the hiring manager. In such a situation, its better to bring up the question with the HR person. After the first round of interviews, if you are being called back for further interviews, then I think this is a good time to bring it up with the recruiter. \n\nIf there is no recruiter involved, then in my opinion you should not bring up the compensation question till you get the sense that you are being seriously considered. The exception in my mind is that if you are trying to make some decisions/choices while interviewing for multiple positions then you can candidly bring it up after your first interview is done.
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How do you bring up the salary subject during an interview if the interviewer didn't bring it up?
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Easiest convertor is just Google -- what a great tip someone showed me!\n\nJust go to google and type in\n 55 ft lbs in newton meters\nand up pops the answer:\n 55 (ft lbs) = 74.5699872 newton meters\n\nLikewise\n 65 (ft lbs) = 88.1281666 newton meters\n\nAnd\n 75 (ft lbs) = 101.686346 newton meters\n\nTo give you an idea of what this means, a standard mechanics torque wrench can apply up to 200 newton meters of turning force.
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convert the following please: 55ft/lbs to n/m & 65ft/lbs to n/m & 75ft/lbs to n/m thanks?
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good questions it a hormon level which rises in certain situation like adrenalin
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You are given a sentence in English. Your job is to translate the English sentence into Japanese.
The reason they settled out is because it's cheaper to settle than to fight the lawsuit — clearly, two million dollars cheaper in some cases, and much worse if you actually lose. | 彼らがそうした理由は法廷で争うよりも安くすむからです明らかに200万ドルも安くすむ訴訟もあり敗訴したらもっとひどいことになるからです |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: The man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart told investigators that heaven was his home and God had delivered him a young girl to become as his wife, according to recordings of a police interview after his arrest.
Brian David Mitchell, 57, told police his name was Immanuel David Isaiah. He referred to Smart by the religious name "Shear Jashub" but refused to say he had kidnapped her.
"By the power of God she was delivered to us," Mitchell said repeatedly to police.
The account came during a two-hour tape played for jurors Monday as Mitchell's federal trial on charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines entered its third week.
In the recording, Mitchell fends off questions about Smart's abduction and whether they had sex by spinning religious phrases and comparing his situation to that of apostles who suffered for following Jesus Christ, or to the persecution heaped on Christ himself.
"It mattereth not what you are saying and how good you think this case is against me, because God has the power to deliver me," Mitchell said during the interview.
Smart was 14 when she was taken from her home at knifepoint on June 5, 2002. She was recovered March 12, 2003, after motorists spotted Smart on a suburban Salt Lake City street with Mitchell and his now-estranged wife, Wanda Eileen Barzee.
In her testimony last week, Smart said Mitchell used a jagged-edged knife to threaten her life and that of her family, before taking her and keeping her tethered on a metal cable. She said she endured nearly daily rapes during her nine months of captivity, was forced to use drugs and alcohol, and was taken against her will to California.
Now, 23, Smart also said Mitchell proclaimed he was a religious prophet who would usher in the second-coming of Jesus Christ.
"You want to accuse me of being a diabolical, evil criminal. ... I am a servant of the Lord," Mitchell insisted to police. "She's had a glorious experience."
Police scoffed at Mitchell's responses and said Christ would not have lied about his identity, threatened to kill children or taken a young girl by force to have sex.
FBI agent George Dougherty called Mitchell a hypocrite and a fraud in the interview.
"You are not a servant of Jesus Christ and you need to get over that," Dougherty said, his voice rising.
Although he becomes argumentative during the interview, Mitchell remains mostly calm, deftly engaging in a verbal parry with the detectives. He speeds up or slows down his speech to match the pace detectives keep as they hurl questions at him. Mitchell frequently closes his eyes when he speaks, or he turns his back to detectives. He sings hymns during breaks in the interview and when he tires of the questioning.
Also Monday, prosecutors questioned four people who encountered Mitchell, Smart and Barzee while they wintered near San Diego and as they hitchhiked back to Utah in early March 2003.
In each instance, witnesses said they never heard Smart speak but the expression in her eyes was blank or fearful.
Trevelin Colianni saw the trio at a Burger King in Las Vegas and said he noticed them because of the their strange dress _ Smart was wearing a gray wig and sunglasses _ and because Mitchell never let go of Smart's wrist. Colianni called Las Vegas police but later saw the three on the street walking away from the restaurant.
"It was a look that I'll never forget," Colianni said, describing Smart. "She looked very frightened, very nervous. She looked like her face was quivering ... like a 'help me' look on her face."
Mitchell's attorneys have not disputed the facts of the abduction but contend that he is mentally ill and can't be held responsible for his actions.
In a parallel state case, Mitchell was diagnosed with a rare delusional disorder and deemed incompetent for trial.
U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball, however, ruled that Mitchell was competent for the federal proceedings.
Prosecutors contend Mitchell is faking psychiatric symptoms. He has been removed from the courtroom each day of the trial for disrupting the proceedings by singing hymns. He watches the trial on closed-circuit television from a holding cell. ||||| Focused crawls are collections of frequently-updated webcrawl data from narrow (as opposed to broad or wide) web crawls, often focused on a single domain or subdomain. |||||
A: Trial resumed in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case today, with jurors hearing testimony that Brian David Mitchell was not delusional, but rather deliberately controlling and intimidating, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Mitchell "has a personality that is much larger than I’ve ever encountered," testified a former cop who ran into Mitchell, his wife, and Smart on the street. "He gave me a look that was so intimidating, so encompassed, he stopped me before I could say hello." Jurors also watched a tape of a two-hour interrogation of Mitchell after his arrest. In it, he tells cops that Smart was "delivered to us" "by the power of God" and derided the authorities' case against him, saying "it mattereth not ... because God has the power to deliver me." Mitchell also compared his persecution to that of Jesus's followers, sang hymns when sick of questioning, and said Smart had had "a glorious experience." Smart watched today's proceedings from the gallery, reports the AP.
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Q: In this Aug. 3, 2016 file photo, a herd of bison grazes in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park. (Photo: Matthew Brown, AP)
A man has been arrested after a video that allegedly shows him taunting a Yellowstone National Park bison went viral this week.
Glacier National Park rangers arrested Raymond Reinke, 55, in the Montana park on Thursday. Reinke was wanted for the incident in Yellowstone and had encountered law enforcement officials in at least three national parks since July 28.
"From the park's perspective, this was absolutely egregious behavior," Morgan Warthin, Yellowstone public affairs officer, said.
Reinke was first arrested by law enforcement on July 28 in Grand Teton National Park for drunk and disorderly conduct. He spent the night in the Teton County Jail and was released on bond.
Rangers then stopped a vehicle on July 31 in Yellowstone for a traffic violation in which Reinke was a passenger. Again, officers reported Reinke seemed to be intoxicated and argumentative. He was cited for not using a seatbelt. During this exchange, Reinke reportedly told rangers he had plans to travel to Glacier National Park next.
The viral video of Reinke harassing a bison in the roadway is believed to have been captured after that traffic stop.
Reinke was issued a citation requiring a court appearance that same evening before the park was aware of the circulating video.
Yellowstone rangers reported receiving an onslaught of wildlife harassment reports from visitors regarding the incident.
"We're thankful to those who reached out," Warthin said. "When law enforcement saw the video it certainly elevated the situation."
Reinke's bond was revoked per the request of the Assistant U.S. Attorney on Aug. 2 and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
While rangers were searching for Reinke's vehicle, officials responded to a call about an incident in Glacier National Park where two guests were reported to be arguing and creating a disturbance in the dining room of the Many Glacier Hotel.
Responding rangers identified one of the guests as Reinke.
Reinke was transported to Helena, Montana, on Thursday night and handed over to Yellowstone rangers. He was then taken to Mammoth Hot Springs and booked in the Yellowstone Jail.
“We appreciate the collaboration of our fellow rangers in Glacier and Grand Teton national parks on this arrest," Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk said in a statement. "Harassing wildlife is illegal in any national park.”
Reinke was scheduled to make a court appearance on Friday.
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Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2KoKysy ||||| A man caught on video taunting a bison at Yellowstone National Park earlier this week has a history of bad behavior inside national parks.
According to a release obtained by PEOPLE, 55-year-old Raymond Reinke of Pendleton, Oregon, was arrested around 10:45 p.m. on Thursday at Montana’s Glacier National Park. He’d been traveling through various national parks this past week, and was first arrested at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on July 28 on a drunk and disorderly charge. He spent a night in jail and was released on bond.
On July 31, he was stopped in Yellowstone and received a citation for not wearing a seatbelt as a passenger. According to the release, rangers said he “appeared to be intoxicated and argumentative.” Later that evening, several Yellowstone visitors reported the bison incident to park rangers; they tracked Reinke down and cited him for wildlife harassment.
After video of the bison harassment went viral on Thursday, the Assistant U.S. Attorney “requested Reinke’s bond be revoked because of his extensive history in the parks,” reads the release. A warrant was then issued for the man’s arrest.
According to the release, Reinke told Yellowstone rangers he was traveling on to Glacier National Park, which is where he was found on Aug. 2 when rangers there responded to a call about a disturbance in the Many Glacier Hotel dining room. Reinke was one of the parties involved in that incident.
After his arrest at the Many Glacier Hotel, Reinke was returned to Yellowstone, where he was booked into jail and set for a Friday court appearance. It is unclear if he has an attorney who is able to comment on the incidents.
In the release, Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk thanked the various park rangers involved in Reinke’s arrest, and reminded visitors that “harassing wildlife is illegal in any national park.”
NBC Montana was first to report the news. |||||
A: Turns out Raymond Reinke wasn't just taunting bison this week. The 55-year-old Oregon man, who drew attention for provoking a bison at Yellowstone National Park, is under arrest after what USA Today calls a "national park crime spree." Seems it began July 28, when Reinke was arrested at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming and charged with drunk and disorderly behavior. After a night in jail, he was let out on bond and cited July 31 at Yellowstone for not wearing a passenger seatbelt. Rangers say he "appeared to be intoxicated and argumentative," per People, and had his run-in with the bison later that day (see a bystander video here). Park rangers found Reinke and cited him with wildlife harassment. That's when law enforcement got even more concerned, revoked his bond, and had a warrant issued for his arrest. Luckily Reinke had told rangers he was going to Glacier National Park, where he was found Thursday when Rangers responded to a disturbance call at the Many Glacier Hotel dining room. To no one's surprise, Reinke was involved. Now he's been sent back to Yellowstone and booked into jail. Seems the whole thing hinged on Yellowstone visitors reporting Reinke's wildlife harassment to park rangers: "We're thankful to those who reached out," says a Yellowstone public affairs officer. "When law enforcement saw the video it certainly elevated the situation."
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Earlier this year, the U.S. Military installed its high energy Laser Weapon System (LaWS) aboard the USS Ponce to conduct field testing in the Persian Gulf. In this just-released test footage, LaWS can be seen performing flawlessly, taking out two ships and a drone during tests conducted in November.
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The weapon has reportedly performed impeccably, disabling UAVs, burning out the engines of boats, and detonating rocket propelled grenades across a range of adverse weather conditions.
"Laser weapons are powerful, affordable [Ed.: Estimates put LaWS's operational cost and less than a dollar per shot] and will play a vital role in the future of naval combat operations," Rear Adm. Matthew L. Klunder, chief of naval research, said in a statement today. "We ran this particular weapon, a prototype, through some extremely tough paces, and it locked on and destroyed the targets we designated with near-instantaneous lethality." (According to the Office of Naval Researcher, Klundre provided no information on the range of LaWS, but did note "that humans were not a target of the weapon, under stipulations of the Geneva Conventions which he did not detail.")
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According to the Office of Naval Research, the 30-kilowatt weapon has been declared "an operational asset and U.S. Central Command has given permission for the commander of the ship to defend itself with the weapon." It is the first such laser to be deployed, and is a smaller version of 100 and 150-kilowatt weapons to be deployed aboard ships in 2016 or 2017.
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A: | The US Navy has completed some pretty historic target practice, yesterday announcing that it has for the first time successfully deployed its laser weapon system from aboard a naval vessel. In a release, it calls the use of the "cutting-edge weapon" historic in more ways than one: the demonstrations, completed aboard the USS Ponce between September and November, didn't just prove that the laser works. (Specifically, it was able to hit targets affixed to a speeding boat and optically dazzle and later take down a drone, as shown in a video released by the Navy.) LaWS did so "seamlessly with existing ship defense systems," even on occasions where the weather was poor—windy, or exceptionally hot or humid. "Laser weapons are powerful, affordable, and will play a vital role in the future of naval combat operations," said Rear Adm. Matthew L. Klunder, chief of naval research. "We ran this particular weapon, a prototype, through some extremely tough paces, and it locked on and destroyed the targets we designated with near-instantaneous lethality." The Navy runs down additional benefits as compared to our current weapons: LaWS is superior in terms of precision and speed; it runs on electricity (30 kilowatts), making it safer for ships and crews than their propellant and gunpowder-based ordnance; and it's cheaper, "at less than a dollar per shot," says Klunder. iO9 reports that the USS Ponce has been given the go-ahead to defend itself with the laser.
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Data: 250 Delaware Avenue, location, Buffalo, New York; Buffalo, New York, isPartOf, Erie County, New York
250 Delaware Avenue is in Buffalo, New York which is in Erie County New York.
Data: Alan Frew, genre, Rock music; Alan Frew, background, "solo singer"; Rock music, stylisticOrigin, Blues; Rock music, stylisticOrigin, Folk music; Rock music, musicFusionGenre, Bhangra (music)
Alan Frew is a solo singer and performer of rock music. Rock music has origins in blues music and folk music, and the music Bhangra is part of the fusion genre, partly coming from Rock music.
Data: (410777) 2009 FD, density, 1890.0 (kilogramPerCubicMetres); (410777) 2009 FD, apoapsis, 259776702.47055 (kilometres)
| 410777) 2009 FD has an apoapsis of 259776702.47055 kilometres and a density of 1890.0 kilograms per cubic metres. |
New Year’s resolutions are great, unless you don’t really resolve to do anything. Then they become a list of wishes. Unless you are going to determine steps to make your wishes turn into goals AND you’re going to follow through with those steps, you probably should not make New Year’s resolutions. Full disclaimer before we completely dive in: I’m not against setting goals. I have always been a goal setter and sometimes even a goal achiever. If you’re the same, you may enjoy this audible, or if you’re interested in developing and achieving SMART goals try this e-book or this book. Why You Shouldn’t Make New Year’s Resolutions You’ll probably write the same things on a sheet of paper that you did the year before. Some of the common resolutions we’ve all heard are: Lose weight, exercise, spend less, save more, travel, go to church, and so on and so forth. There’s a reason these are common. We hear them (or write them) time and time again and…nothing changes. By mid-January, they’ll be long forgotten. Maybe even before January 15th, they aren’t a thought in our minds. They were good ideas two weeks prior (and the years before that), but that’s what they have remained…ideas. You didn’t think of a route to your destination. Saving money sounds great, but do you know what you’re already spending? Do you know what you need to cut and where you’ll put that amount? Have you factored in your new gym membership? What will you do with it? Will the autodraft payment that comes out each month help you shed those pounds? What churches are in your area? Do they have programs your family will be interested in? Do you know when the services are? You’re overwhelmed. You try to better yourself constantly. Maybe. Let’s say some of you try to better yourselves constantly. Which can be a good thing. But it can also be the reason you fail yourselves time and time again. You say yes when you should say no, sign up when you should wait a few more months, and have a list of ten New Year’s resolutions when you should focus on two. Question: When do people usually forget their resolutions by? Options: - not enough information - Mid-January - They remember them all year long - June === The correct answer is
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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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Q: Buffalo coach Rex Ryan made a successful return to the Meadowlands to take on his old team as the Bills beat the New York Jets 22-17 on Thursday. Buffalo's defense shut down the Jets and the Bills scored on offense and special teams to move level with New York on 5-4 win-loss records in the AFC East division. Duke Williams returned a fumbled kickoff 19 yards for the go-ahead points, rookie Karlos Williams had a 26-yard touchdown catch and Dan Carpenter kicked three field goals. Buffalo's offense made just enough key plays and held off a late surge by the Jets after Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for two touchdowns.Buffalo Bills beat New York Jets 22-17 at MetLife Stadium on ThursdayRex Ryan, now coach of the Bills, won on his return to his old teamBills drew level with Jets at 5-4 in the AFC East behind PatriotsIn a low-scoring, tight game, Bills scored on offense and special teams
Questions:New York's turnover issued completely turned the game in _'s favor. (A) Buffalo (B) Rex Ryan (C) Meadowlands (D) New York Jets (E) Jets (F) New York (G) AFC East division (H) Duke Williams (I) Karlos Williams (J) Dan Carpenter (K) Ryan Fitzpatrick (L) MetLife Stadium (M) AFC East (N) Patriots
A: | (A) |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
In December 2000, on the basis of some links associated with Khalid al Mihdhar, the CIA's Bin Ladin unit speculated that Khallad and Khalid al Mihdhar might be one and the same.
| CIA's Bin Ladin unit speculated that Khallad and Khalid al Mihdhar might be one in the same in Decemeber 2000. |
In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
There are plenty of striking pictures from the show floor.
But are any of the exhibitors interested in delighting your ears?
Rather like the city of Las Vegas itself, it has its own distinctive beat.
There's the hubbub of chatter. The hiss of vending cart coffee machines. The thumping bass and discord of various sound systems vying for attention. The amplified echo of a hundred demonstrations. The ringtones and message alerts from thousands of mobile phones.
And also - this being a tech fair - the whizzes and ticks and buzzes and bings of robots and drones.
In a nutshell: it's extremely loud.
After hours of stalking the vast halls of CES besieged by visuals, I decided to try and find beguiling sounds instead.
Things did not get off to a good start.
The first robot I encountered - a service machine designed to guide people around museums - responded to my greeting by asking me whether I was "fickle after kissing".
Its mortified owner told me it was confused. It wasn't the only one.
Next, I asked one of the show guides where I could find some interesting noises, and was promptly escorted to a section of the show floor dedicated to in-car speakers.
I had to explain that as much as I admire Lady Gaga, the strains of her hit Bad Romance blasting out of the back of a Jeep rammed floor-to-ceiling with sub woofers wasn't what I had in mind either.
It was in a start-up zone called Eureka Park that I struck audio gold.
I was drawn in by the sound of crickets - very incongruous in a giant exhibition hall with no natural light, let alone greenery. It was coming from an air purifier called Clair with a built-in Bluetooth speaker nestling at a tiny stand towards the back.
"When people sleep they need fresh air and also this kind of sound can help people sleep better," said a spokesman who introduced himself as Bono from South Korea.
"So, we put them both together."
Thank you, Bono.
It's the sort of stuff that's perfect for radio, in fact. After that, I captured the warm American male tones of a virtual assistant designed for cars and the staccato gunfire of a man who was evidently immersed in a VR game of mortal combat that only he could see.
Next came machine-like marching sounds from a team of forearm-sized Aelos robots playing miniature football, and a delegate attempting to play Let It Be by The Beatles on a Magic Instruments digital guitar. It's supposed to be easy to learn. Perhaps he tried the wrong tune.
I bonded with natural-voiced Emys, a Kickstarter-funded desktop robot that looked like a cross between ET and a Ninja Turtle. It has been designed to teach young children foreign languages (did you know that castle in Spanish is castillo?).
I also hugged a gurgling Talkie - a cuddly little monster with wi-fi that you can use to exchange voice messages with your children.
Olly, a robot that claims to adapt to the personality of its owner, told me about feeling both happy and sad in a mournfully child-like voice.
"By the end of the day I'll be dead," complained an uncomfortable promotions girl, fidgeting in a pair of towering stilettos.
"And if I'm not - just kill me."
Meanwhile, a little bat-shaped speaker chimed like a casino slot machine, as it tried to re-establish a connection with the smartphone it was supposed to be streaming music from.
What's the sound of CES? It's all of those things. All at the same time. All day long. And it's music to my ears.
Listen to Zoe's radio report on The World This Weekend, on Radio 4 at 13:00 GMT | CES is a visual feast of lights, colour, people, costumes - and of course endless gadgets. |
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.
Input: Consider Input: Paragraph- Sent 1: Juzo Murasaki arrives at a work construction area to take on his new job as a construction worker .
Sent 2: To his quiet dismay , his supervising boss turns out to be Toru Akai , who with his gang had made Juzo's middle school life a living hell .
Sent 3: Akai , however , does n't recognize Juzo .
Sent 4: Juzo's more disconcerted when he discovers that Akai lives with his wife , Nozomi Akai and their toddler son above Juzo's new apartment .
Sent 5: As Juzo emotionally struggles to handle these unexpected developments , a mysterious and seemingly malicious hooded figure appears .
Sent 6: It calls itself Number 13 .
Sent 7: As Juzo attempts to control increasing number of flashbacks and a spiral fall into psychological darkness , Akai constantly picks on Juzo and other work colleagues including Seki Hajime , a former middle school student who becomes Juzo's casual friend in spite of Juzo's anti-social tendencies , at work .
Sent 8: Meanwhile Akai's wife , Nozomi , attempts to make friends with Juzo and entrusting the care of her toddler son to Juzo .
Sent 9: She proudly shows Juzo her husband's school photos .
Sent 10: In one class photo , Juzo's space is marked with an X to show he was absent .
Sent 11: Juzo suffers a severe flashback to explain his absence that day : in their school's science room , Akai and his friends have thrown acid at Juzo's face .
Sent 12: Seki becomes suspicious about Juzo's increasingly odd behavior and goes to inform Arai at the work site , but Arai dismisses him without giving him a chance to speak .
Sent 13: During this incident , Seki does n't realize he's being watched by Number 13 , but as soon as he does , Number 13 kills him .
Question: Who is Juzo Murasaki's supervising boss?.
Output: Turo Akai.
Input: Consider Input: Paragraph- Sent 1: Juzo Murasaki arrives at a work construction area to take on his new job as a construction worker .
Sent 2: To his quiet dismay , his supervising boss turns out to be Toru Akai , who with his gang had made Juzo's middle school life a living hell .
Sent 3: Akai , however , does n't recognize Juzo .
Sent 4: Juzo's more disconcerted when he discovers that Akai lives with his wife , Nozomi Akai and their toddler son above Juzo's new apartment .
Sent 5: As Juzo emotionally struggles to handle these unexpected developments , a mysterious and seemingly malicious hooded figure appears .
Sent 6: It calls itself Number 13 .
Sent 7: As Juzo attempts to control increasing number of flashbacks and a spiral fall into psychological darkness , Akai constantly picks on Juzo and other work colleagues including Seki Hajime , a former middle school student who becomes Juzo's casual friend in spite of Juzo's anti-social tendencies , at work .
Sent 8: Meanwhile Akai's wife , Nozomi , attempts to make friends with Juzo and entrusting the care of her toddler son to Juzo .
Sent 9: She proudly shows Juzo her husband's school photos .
Sent 10: In one class photo , Juzo's space is marked with an X to show he was absent .
Sent 11: Juzo suffers a severe flashback to explain his absence that day : in their school's science room , Akai and his friends have thrown acid at Juzo's face .
Sent 12: Seki becomes suspicious about Juzo's increasingly odd behavior and goes to inform Arai at the work site , but Arai dismisses him without giving him a chance to speak .
Sent 13: During this incident , Seki does n't realize he's being watched by Number 13 , but as soon as he does , Number 13 kills him .
Question: What calls itself Number 13?.
Output: A hooded figure.
Input: Consider Input: Paragraph- Sent 1: The Reconquest: The aim of the Crusades in Spain was the eviction of the Muslims.
Sent 2: After the recovery of Jerusalem in 1099, it took four hundred years of sieges and battles, treaties, betrayals, and yet more battles, before Christian kings and warlords succeeded in subduing the Moors.
Sent 3: On 10 September 1229, a Catalan army led by King Jaume I of Aragón and Catalunya took the Mallorcan shore near the present-day resort of Santa Ponça.
Sent 4: The defenders retreated inside the walls of Palma, but on the last day of 1229 the city fell, and pockets of resistance throughout the island were also defeated.
Sent 5: Jaume I proved to be an enlightened ruler who profited from the talents of the Moors — converted by force to Christianity — as well as of the island's large Jewish and Genoese trading communities.
Sent 6: Mallorca prospered.
Sent 7: The Moors on Menorca speedily agreed to pay an annual tribute to Aragón and were left in peace.
Sent 8: The island's tranquility lasted until 1287, when Alfonso III of Aragón, smarting over a series of humiliations at the hands of his nobles, found a pretext for invasion.
Sent 9: The Moors were defeated and expelled or killed.
Sent 10: In contrast to Mallorca, Menorca's economy was devastated for decades.
Sent 11: Jaume I died after reigning in Aragón for six decades, but he made the cardinal error of dividing between his sons the lands he had fought for so long to unite.
Sent 12: At first this resulted in an Independent Kingdom of Mallorca, under Jaume II, followed by Sanç and Jaume III.
Sent 13: But family rivalry triggered the overthrow of Jaume III by his cousin Pedro IV, who then seized the Balearics for Aragón.
Sent 14: Attempting a comeback, Jaume was killed in battle near Llucmajor in 1349.
Sent 15: A newly unified Christian Spain under the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, completed the Reconquest, defeating the only Moorish enclave left on the Iberian peninsula, Granada, in 1492.
Sent 16: However, the centralized kingdom failed to incorporate the Balearics politically or economically.
Question: Jaume was defeated by whom and died in what year?.
| Output: Family rivalry triggered the overthrow of Jaume III by his cousin Pedro IV, who then seized the Balearics for Aragón.
Sent 14: Attempting a comeback, Jaume was killed in battle near Llucmajor in 1349.
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In this task, you will be presented with a passage, and you need to write an **implausible** answer to to fill in the place of "_". Your answer should be incorrect, but should not be out of context. Try using words that are related to the context of the passage, but are not the correct answer. Even though there exist multiple wrong answers, we only need a single wrong answer.
Q: (CNN) -- Call it the second coming. Jennifer Connelly and Keanu Reeves star in "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Klaatu the spaceman first visited these parts in Robert Wise's 1951 Cold War classic "The Day the Earth Stood Still," when he threatened to blow us all up unless we stopped threatening to do the job for him. Klaatu wasn't exactly greeted with open arms back then -- he was shot and hounded for his troubles -- and if the earth has moved on over the past half century, you wouldn't know it from the trigger-happy welcoming committee that surrounds his luminous snowball of a space craft in New York's Central Park."The Day the Earth Stood Still" a remake of 1951 classicKeanu Reeves plays Klaatu, alien come to earth to tell humanity to straighten upNew version suffers from preachy script, long, dull scenes
Question:_ (Keanu Reeves) means to save the planet, but war isn't the problem.
A: CNN
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Q: Pep Guardiola in the technical area and Lionel Messi on the pitch – it’s the combination that won Barcelona 14 trophies in four years and the dream ticket that would help Manchester City dominate the Premier League and Champions League for years to come. With £265m of Chinese investment recently pumped into City Football Group, the company that owns the club, funds are not going to be a problem. While it’s true that the new the Chinese consortium CMC’s backing will not transfer directly into a massively increased budget for new players, it does take City’s commercial capacity beyond new frontiers and leave them even more assured than they were before that nothing in world football is financially beyond them.Manchester City are frontrunners to hire Bayern Munich's Pep GuardiolaThe former Barcelona boss announced he is leaving the Bundesliga giantsLionel Messi would form a dream combination for the Premier League clubMessi’s buy-out clause is €250m (£180m) and he earns €21m (£15m)Money is no barrier for City, but can Messi be lured by a new adventure?See the latest news from Barcelona's Lionel Messi
Question:The 44-year-old coach has also shown he can win without _ at Bayern Munich since they parted company, but together they were better than they might ever have been had they not worked together.
A: Pep Guardiola
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Q: It was one of Barcelona's easier nights in the Champions League as Luis Enrique's team brushed aside Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 at the Nou Camp to reach the semi-finals. The 5-1 aggregate victory never looked in doubt as the Spanish side showed signs of returning to their brilliant best, with a combination of experienced stars and blossoming talent in their ranks. Here Sportsmail looks at the five things we have learned from Barca's crushing victory over PSG. Neymar (left) celebrates opening the scoring for Barcelona along with Dani Alves (centre) and Gerard Pique Neymar is a blend of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel MessiBarcelona cruised into UEFA Champions League semi-finalsNeymar and Andres Iniesta star men for Barca in 2-0 win over PSGParis Saint-Germain lost 5-1 on aggregate and must make smart transfersNeymar has blend of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi
Question:Neymar has _’s close control when dribbling, he has the flair which Cristiano used to display as a badge of pride – and winds up opponents in the same way.
A: | Barcelona
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In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
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We first introduce a method that detects bottlenecks in text-games using the overall reward gained and the knowledge graph state. This method freezes the policy used to reach the bottleneck and restarts the training from there on out, additionally conducting a backtracking search to ensure that a sub-optimal policy has not been frozen. The second contribution explore how to leverage knowledge graphs to improve existing exploration algorithms for dealing with combinatorial action-spaces such as Go-Explore BIBREF9.
Question: What are the two new strategies? | a method that detects bottlenecks in text-games using the overall reward gained and the knowledge graph state to leverage knowledge graphs to improve existing exploration algorithms for dealing with combinatorial action-space |
Idea: <Blue is not a natural color for healthy lips.>
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Generated question: <Which of the following two sentences does not make sense?
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- Sentence A: "My mother's lips are pink without lipstick."
- Sentence B: "My mother's lips are blue without lipstick."
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Idea: <A shopping mall is too noisy and crowded to use to study.>
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Generated question: <Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
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- Sentence A: "Students study in the classroom."
- Sentence B: "Students study in the shopping mall."
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Idea: <Toothpaste does not grow, it is made in a lab or factory.>
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Generated question: | <Of the following two sentences, which one is against common sense?
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- Sentence A: "She planted the toothpaste in the garden to grow."
- Sentence B: "She planted the roses in the garden to grow."
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Input: See this dialog response. Sobeloff was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jacob and Mary Hilda (Kaplan) Sobeloff, who were Russian Jewish immigrants. What came before?
Came before: DIALOG:
Who is Simon Sobeloff?
- Simon Sobeloff Simon Ernest Sobeloff (December 3, 1894 – July 11, 1973) was an American attorney and jurist, who served as Solicitor General of the United States, as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
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Input: See this dialog response. On 18 November 2011, it was announced that Mark Hall had died of cancer at the age of 75. What came before?
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What happened in 2011?
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Input: See this dialog response. Denmark– Georgia relations Denmark –Georgia relations refers to the current and historical relations between Denmark and Georgia. What came before?
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A scrum machine, or scrummaging machine, is a padded, weighty device against which a pack of rugby football forwards can practice scrummaging and rucking. The purpose of the scrum machine is to provide teams with a safe tool with which to improve the strength and skills of their players.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "A scrum machine can be lifted by rugby players."? | It's impossible to say |
It was also the exclusive carrier of Canadian Curling Association events during the 2004–2005 season. Due to disappointing results and fan outrage over many draws being carried on CBC Country Canada (now called Cottage Life Television, the association tried to cancel its multiyear deal with the CBC signed in 2004. After the CBC threatened legal action, both sides eventually came to an agreement under which early-round rights reverted to TSN. On June 15, 2006, the CCA announced that TSN would obtain exclusive rights to curling broadcasts in Canada as of the 2008-09 season, shutting the CBC out of the championship weekend for the first time in 40-plus years.
What is CBC Country Canada now called? | Cottage Life Television |
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].
Q: Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Manny Pacquiao come face-to-face in Los Angeles on Wednesday . The meeting marks the first, and only time, the pair will square-off ahead of the weigh-in, 24 hours before their mouth-watering May 2 blockbuster bout, so it promises to be explosive. The press conference gets under way at 8.30pm (UK time) and Sportsmail will bring you live coverage so be sure to tune in. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao (right) come face to face on stage in Los Angeles on Wednesday Mayweather arrives in Los Angeles for the press conference, accompanied by his security team Pacquiao, trainer Freddie Roach (right) and Bob Arum (second left) pose as they arrive in Los AngelesFloyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao went head-to-head in Los AngelesPair meet in their first and only press conference ahead of May 2 fightPacquiao arrived first along with trainer Freddie Roach and Bob ArumMayweather accompanied by entourage - including Justin BieberREAD: Mayweather and Pacquiao get the red carpet treatment
Question:_ is a veteran at these promotional days and is clearly in his element, laughing and joking as he poses for pictures on the red carpet.
A: Floyd Mayweather Jnr
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Q: Last Christmas, my sun-loving mother opened a small box, which had a Virgin Atlantic luggage tag inside it. We were off to St Lucia together. Specifically, to Anse Chastanet, in the jungle on the west coast of the island near Soufriere. It doesn't allow children, and so this promised to be a proper break for both of us. Embracing St Lucian culture, the rooms and restaurants are decorated with native fabrics and the smiling staff are resplendent in traditional dress, with small numbers in their hats that reflect their marital status; one for single and looking; two for engaged; three for happily married.Sun-kissed St Lucia is one of the Caribbean's most attractive islandsIt has a host of luxury resorts on its west coast, including Anse ChastanetMarina Fogle leaves husband Ben at home for a week away with her mum
Question:The food is a fusion of _, like nothing we'd tasted before and utterly delicious.
A: Caribbean
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Q: (CNN) As they sought to help those escaping the hell of Mosul and its siege, the staff of Doctors Without Borders grappled with a huge challenge: many, many undernourished babies. "Over the past couple of weeks we've seen an increase in the number of malnourished children needing treatment," Doctors Without Borders' Iraq country director Manuel Lannaud said in an interview released on the group's Web site. The surprising thing is that Lannaud and his colleagues at the humanitarian aid group didn't place the blame for these underfed little ones just on war and the fact that the city was under siege. They also put the blame on other international organizations and policies that seek to do good.Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: International breastfeeding policies need to be adjusted to fit the conditions of mothers in war zonesAlthough it's admirable, UNICEF and the World Health Organization promotion of "breastfeeding first" policies does more harm to babies, she writes
Question:As UNICEF Senior Nutrition Adviser Vilma Tyler told me, "_ is all about ensuring that we provide the right form of protection and the right response in an emergency.
A: | UNICEF
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You are given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence that supports the given input.
As are all vascular plants, the dominant generation for the seed plants is the sporophyte generation. | Vascular plants have a dominant sporophyte generation. |
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) -- Joel Osteen is the senior pastor for the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. It's America's largest congregation. His wife, Victoria Osteen, is the co-pastor there. Joel and Victoria Osteen appear on "Larry King Live" Tuesday night. The Osteens, known for their optimistic outlook on life, visited "Larry King Live" Tuesday night for a wide-ranging interview that covered President Obama, same-sex marriage, the recent outbreak of mass shootings, the state of religion in America and more. The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity: . Larry King: Since you were last on, we have sworn in our first African-American president. What are your impressions [of Barack Obama]? Joel Osteen: Well, I think he's doing a great job. I'm impressed with his skill, his calmness, his just strength under pressure. These are tough times for him. King: And you, Victoria? Victoria Osteen: I've been really impressed. In fact, I've been impressed [with] the first lady. She stepped up, and she's done a remarkable job. King: Recent polls show 12 percent of Americans still believe Obama is a Muslim, and 35 percent say they don't know his religion, but to most of them it don't matter. Should it matter? Joel Osteen: Well, it matters to me. It matters to me that I know he loves the Lord, and I think it's important that he has convictions from his faith. So to me, it matters when I'm making my personal decisions. King: Does it matter to you, Victoria? Victoria Osteen: It does. It matters to me. ... I believe he is a Christian. King: The "Hope for Today Bible." This is a new Bible [from you]. How is this different from other Bibles? Joel Osteen: It's a living translation of the Bible, which is an easy version to read. And then it's got our notes besides certain passages. And it's just to help people maybe to understand the Bible a little bit easier. King: Do you think that eventually many more states are going to allow same-sex marriage? Joel Osteen: You know, I don't know where it's all going ... I'd love to see it stay between a male and a female, not knocking anybody else. King: Supposing there were more states that had it. What would be the harm? Victoria Osteen: We really want to see marriage between a man and a woman. There [are] going to be people who get together and have relationships and have what they call their families. But I just think marriage should be sanctified by the church. It should be between a man and a woman. King: Should a gay couple be allowed to adopt? Joel Osteen: I think that, again, it's best for a male and a female. I'm not saying that gay people aren't good people. ... King: Or good parents. Watch Larry King's interview with the Osteens » . Joel Osteen: Yeah, exactly. But again, I like to shoot for God's best, and that is a father and a mother in the home. It doesn't always happen. I know a lot of people raised by single parents. And you know what? We bless them and pray for them as well. But I think God's best is a male and female. King: In the new issue of Newsweek, the lead story by Jon Meacham is "The Decline and Fall of Christian America." Just off the premise of that headline, do you accept that? That Christian America is in trouble? Joel Osteen: I'm trying to think where he's coming from. ... I see faith in America at an all-time high. King: The Newsweek article quotes our Albert Mohler Jr. And he's president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. And he said, "The so-called Judeo-Christian consensus of the last millennium has given way to a post-modern, post-Christian, post-Western cultural crisis which threatens the heart of our very culture." Joel Osteen: Well, he's a smart man and I respect him. You know, maybe what he's saying is true. ... America is more diverse than it was 50 years ago. And I don't know that that means we as Christians are any less. I would like to think our influence is still there. ... And I'm sure I'm an optimistic by nature. King: What do you make of these mass shootings? Joel Osteen: You know, it's really sad. People get deranged. People get confused. ... I believe there are dark forces in our world. There are evil forces that, unfortunately, we can give into. And some of it is just from depression, just that mental illness. King: Do you pray for them, Victoria? The shooters? Victoria Osteen: Oh, absolutely. You've got to pray for them. They're obviously tormented. They're deceived and not cherishing life. ... So yeah, we do pray for them. King: We've had a mass depression in this country, recession. Do you think that might be at the core of some of these things? Victoria Osteen: I think it is. When you've lost your job and you've just been beaten down and you don't see any future, it's easy to start letting those negative thoughts play. ... You don't have anything to live for. It's never going to get any better. And I think that if you don't watch it, you'll just spiral down and down and down. And that is why we feel so strongly about just giving people hope. Even at your lowest moment, you never know what God can do. He can turn any situation around. You can be just one night from getting the break you need, getting the job you want. King: How do you deal with death, having to console people [who are] dying? Joel Osteen: Well, it's difficult. But Larry, we have the hope of heaven. We believe we'll see our loved ones again. And as hard as it is, we'll just try to encourage people that death is just a separation. ... I lost my dad 10 years ago, and he was my best friend. But it's amazing the peace that God gave me. So I believe that God can give you a strength and a new beginning. King: Where do you believe he is? Joel Osteen: I believe he's in heaven. King: Which is a place. ... Joel Osteen: I believe it's a real place. ... You've had people on a lot about near death experience, and I've talked to them too, how they've had an accident and all of a sudden, they're up watching themselves. And I believe that our spirit's on the inside. My belief as a Christian is when we receive Christ as salvation that that gives us a guarantee for heaven.
[A]: Joel and Victoria Osteen pastor America's largest church, visit "Larry King Live"
Joel Osteen would like to see marriage stay between man and woman .
Victoria Osteen says we need to pray for troubled, violent people .
Her advice if you're facing hard times: God "can turn any situation around"
[Q]: (CNN) -- Rem Koolhaas revolutionizes city landscapes with distinctive and cutting-edge buildings. Seattle's Central Library is one of Rem Koolhaas' recent builds. Responsible for the iconic CCTV headquarters in Beijing the Dutch architect was named one of "The World's Most Influential People" by Time magazine. Similar to the man himself, his buildings are not afraid to make a statement. "We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main thing," he told CNN at the opening of his "Transformer" building in Seoul, South Korea. Koolhaas admits that the current economic climate is not particularly favorable to big and bold architectural plans, but from adversity comes creativity. "Definitely there were a number of projects that we worked on put on hold, but on the other hand certain things were also accelerated because the price of construction is getting so cheap." Despite these new parameters he remains optimistic that his profession will continue to invent and be relevant, "because it means kind of smaller, but more complex and kind of interesting things, kind of related to, not necessarily with commerce, but more connected to culture and to the social world." His buildings have attracted worldwide fame and given Koolhaas himself a form of semi-celebrity status. Yet Koolhaas still feels a sense of unease being labeled a "Starchitect." "I think it's a name that is actually degrading to the vast majority of people it is applied to. And it really is a kind of political term that for certain clients is important because they use star architects. My hope is that through the current complexity that title will exit discretely and disappear," he said. He believes that by being able to respond to different demands architecture is evolving into something new. "It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces," he said. "Each building has to be beautiful, but cheap and fast, but it lasts forever. That is already an incredible battery of seemingly contradictory demands. So yes, I'm definitely perhaps contradictory person, but I operate in very contradictory times."
[A]: Dutch architect is creative force behind landmark buildings across the world .
Beijing's CCTV building and Seattle's Central Library are two bold examples .
Koolhaas embraces contradictions in a project and creative-commercial tensions .
[Q]: Ray Rice, the Baltimore Ravens running back suspended by the NFL for two games after video showed him dragging his unconscious then-fiancée from an elevator, told reporters Thursday his actions were "inexcusable." "You know that's not me," he said. "You know that's something I have to live ... with the rest of my life." NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said last week the running back would be suspended without pay for the first two games of the regular season. Rice indicted on assault charge . He also was fined an additional game check for "conduct detrimental to the NFL," according to a league news release. The total amount Rice loses in pay reportedly amounts to $529,411. Rice resolved the charges stemming from the incident with his now-wife, Janay, and entered a pretrial intervention program in May, the NFL said. Under the program, he won't be prosecuted, and the charges will be expunged after a year, the league said. The punishments, both from the NFL and criminal justice system, were widely decried as too light, and it quickly spiraled into debates over domestic violence and victim blaming. Jane McManus, an espnW.com columnist, asked what message the suspension sent to the women who make up 45% of the NFL's audience. She said that an NFL official assured her the league doesn't tolerate domestic violence, "but today I think we're seeing a little bit of a different message -- and one that might be a lot louder." Fellow ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith was suspended by the network for a week after advising women not to behave in a way that might "provoke wrong actions" -- an assertion colleague Michelle Beadle publicly lambasted, tweeting, "I'm now aware that I can provoke my own beating." Smith has since apologized to Beadle and said he will strive to be more articulate in the future. Meanwhile, CNN anchor Carol Costello took to a soap box to ask point-blank: "What was the NFL thinking?" She questioned Coach John Harbaugh's decision to call Rice a "heck of a guy" and the Ravens' decision to tweet: "Janay Rice says she deeply regrets the role that she played the night of the incident." Costello also invoked many observers' dismay over the suspension of Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon, who was suspended for a year after testing positive for marijuana. However, Gordon's suspension for a second positive drug test is dictated by the league's 2011 collective bargaining agreement, where Goodell is judge and jury when it comes to suspensions and fines for off-the-field conduct. Speaking at Thursday's news conference, Rice said he let down his family, teammates and the city of Baltimore. He said he knows his 2-year-old daughter might read about this on Google one day. "I let so many people down because of 30 seconds in my life that you know I know I can't take back." Rice apologized to his wife and called her an "angel" who could do "no wrong." "We're in counseling. We're taking the necessary steps to move forward," he said. "My job is to lead my family, my job is to lead my wife, my job is to lead in whatever I do. And If I'm not being the example, then my family crumbles. He said violence -- "especially man on woman"-- is wrong and shouldn't be "tolerated." He said he and his wife will speak out about domestic violence. "When the time is right we will go out there and help as many people as we can," he said.
[A]: | Ray Rice will miss first two games of the season .
There was widespread outcry over punishment .
He entered a pretrial intervention program in May .
Rice: Violence, especially man on woman, is unacceptable .
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Read the following article and answer the question.
He does n't even deserve to be a Dodger . As much as I dislike the Dodgers , L.A. is too good of a town ( I ca n't believe I just said that ) and the Dodgers are too good of a team ( I ca n't believe I just said that either ) for him . Manny should have been sent to the Royals .
What team is Manny a member of ? | Manny is on the LA team . |
I got ta say that this time I feel like I have lots of additional support that I did n't have before . Something needs to be done right .... I 'd hate to go down that old road again . OPTIONS:
- None of the above choices .
- quit their job
- Go on a holiday
- join a dating agency
A: what might the person do to get over this ?
I get to the merge point , and he goes flying right through his stop sign . I have to slam on my brakes , I lay on the horn ... at least he bothered to realize " Oh , shit , I just fucked up , did n't I ? " And pulled over for a second to make sure he did n't make me go flying off the road or anything . But only for a second , then he starts up again , waves his hand out the window in an attempt to say ' sorry , ' and turns up into the development . OPTIONS:
- For the person to apologize .
- For the person to revoke their license .
- For the person to pull over and explain why they did that .
- For the person to realize they messed up .
A: What may be the reason for laying on the horn ?
It came to feel like it was chore to put myself out there and I think it 's just me being lazy . I ' ve worked 42 + hours this week ... so yeah , I need to have some time to myself to let this stuff out or I get all depressed and yucky . Also , I think I am going to go friends only again . Because I have a bad feeling that former friends are reading this , not that I care but I 'd rather not give them the comfort that I ' m doing alright . OPTIONS:
- Reciting
- Venting
- None of the above choices .
- Insinuating
A: What is the act of the monologue called ?
Had a scare with my dad . Was n't sure he was gon na make it . Thought I had dealt with his not being here anymore , but I guess I do still have feelings buried in there somewhere . Too many days of arguing with him and with mom and with certain friends that are too wrapped up with themselves to say anything caring . OPTIONS:
- They are arguing with their mom .
- They are arguing with their pals .
- They are arguing with their friends .
- They are arguing with their siblings .
A: | Why is the narrator appearing so stressed out ? |
Detailed Instructions: 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: The first rule is parental.
Sent 2: The primitive monarchy is in the home.
Sent 3: A young baby cries.
Sent 4: The trained nurse turns on the light, lifts the baby, hushes it, sings to it, rocks it, and stills its weeping by caresses and song.
Sent 5: When next the baby is put down to sleep, more cries, more soothing and disturbance, and the setting of a tiny instinct which shall some day be will--the power of control.
Sent 6: The grandmother arrives on the scene.
Sent 7: When baby cries, she plants the little one firmly in its crib, turns down the light, pats and soothes the tiny restless hands that fight the air, watches, waits.
Sent 8: From the crib come whimpers, angry cries, yells, sobs, baby snarls and sniffles that die away in a sleepy infant growl.
Sent 9: Silence, sleep, repose, and the building of life and nerve and muscle in the quiet and the darkness.
Sent 10: The baby has been put in harmony with the laws of nature--the invigoration of fresh air, sleep, stillness--and the little one wakens and grows like a fresh, sweet rose.
Sent 11: The mother, looking on, learns of the ways of God with men.
Question: How many related people are discussed in this passage?.
A: | Three people are discussed. The nurse, the grandmother and the mother. |
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'.
Q: Passage: RTÉ One airs a variety of programmes each week, both homegrown programming and imported programming. A typical week of programming on RTÉ One would be as follows: On Sunday night RTÉ's flagship talent show The Voice of Ireland airs at 18.30, with the results show following soap opera Fair City at 20.30. Dragon's Den airs at 21.30 on Sunday nights. On Monday nights at 21.35, there is a questions and answers style show called Claire Byrne Live hosted by Claire Byrne. The long running chat show The Late Late Show hosted by Ryan Tubridy airs Friday nights from 21.35, it is the longest running chat show in the world. On Saturday night, game show The Million Euro Challenge airs at around 20.15, The Saturday Night Show airs at around 21.45, similar to The Late Late Show it has a variety of celebrity guests and music performances. Irish soap opera Fair City airs four times a week on RTÉ One, it airs Sundays at 20:30, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 20.00, and Wednesdays at 19.30, Fair City is similar to the British format for soap operas such as Coronation Street. RTÉ One also airs British soap opera EastEnders weekly at the same times as BBC One. RTÉ One also air a host of films throughout the week including the midweek movie on Wednesday at 21:30 and the big big movie (usually a children's film) Saturdays at 18:30. RTÉ One also air news coverage throughout the week including a 13:00, 18:00, and 21:00 news broadcast every day.
Link Information: The show was hosted by Kathryn Thomas and co-hosted by Eoghan McDermott, who also presented backstage show The Voice After Party in Series 3. Question: Who is the host of RTE's flagship talent show?
A: | Answer: Kathryn Thomas |
Colin L. Powell and Laura Bush, wife of Gov. George W. Bush, are to speak on the opening night in Philadelphia, while the Democrats have tentative plans to have President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton address the delegates on the first night in Los Angeles.
Can we say the following?
The name of George W. Bush's wife is Laura.
yes
The first person to be stopped at an international airport because of unpaid fines happened yesterday afternoon (NZDT) at the Auckland International Airport, New Zealand. The person, who wasn't named, was stopped because of the new legislation called the 'Collection of Fines at Airports' or more simply: Pay or Stay. He was forced to pay NZ$3,750 in unpaid reparations since 1986. "The person intercepted owed $3,750 of reparation for an offence in 1986 and had made no payments since late 1987," said Rick Barker, minister for the courts in New Zealand.
Can we say the following?
A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines.
yes
Fears were growing last night for the safety of a 'distressed' mother who has disappeared with her disabled nine-year-old daughter. Florist Jude Richmond, whose customers include the Royal Family, was last seen carrying cerebral palsy sufferer Millie Whitehead-Richmond as they left home on Sunday night. Mrs Richmond, 41, was said to have been devastated after splitting from her husband and business partner, Nicholas Richmond, earlier this year. Police believe she became increasingly depressed after the split. She is said to be in a 'very vulnerable state of mind' at the time of her disappearance.
Can we say the following?
Jude Richmond works with the police.
no
International observers are surprised at the attack, given the recent advances that the Sri Lanka army has made, driving the LTTE from their former territories. "It is very significant that the rebels have carried out such an audacious attack when the government say that they are all but finished," opined BBC's Sinhala Editor, Priyath Liyanage. "It confirms what many of us already knew ―the rebels may be experiencing reverses on the battle field but they are not simply just going to disappear."
Can we say the following?
LTTE stands for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
| no |
Dust on furniture may be bad news for waistlines . But it's far too early to add dusting to a weight-loss plan. Dietary fats and other materials that make up indoor dust can send a signal to human fat cells, telling them to grow. That process, in turn, might slow the body's rate of burning energy. Such changes could add to any weight problems a person might have. "We don't know what that means to long-term health and certain diseases yet," says Heather Stapleton, one of the study's authors. But she notes that her team's findings also raise a question of whether pollutants in dust might play some role in the growing, global problem of obesity . Stapleton and her colleagues collected dust from homes and offices. Studies found that some materials in the dust could turn on a protein called PPAR-gamma 1. It's found in many human tissues. Turning this protein on can cause fat cells to grow. Researchers think this protein may be involved in obesity. But a second study now finds evidence that certain fats are mostly to blame. Cooking oils may send out some of these fats into the air, where they eventually find their way into house dust. Or, the authors say, the fats might enter house dust as part of the hair or skin cells shed by people or pets. "While the findings are amazing," says Mitchell Lazar, another study author, "these findings need to be taken as very limited." Indeed, he adds several cautions about how the findings should be understood. "For one thing, people eat these fats in foods all of the time. That is likely to be a lot more than would be consumed from indoor dust," he said. What do we know about PPAR-gamma 1? _ A) It comes from dust. B) It leads to weight gain. C) It can help get rid of dust. D) It only appears in human bodies.
B
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Do we think only with the brain? Hardly. The brain is like a telephone exchange. It is the switchboard, but not the whole system. Its function is to receive incoming signals, make proper connections, and send the messages through to their destination. For efficient service, the body must function as a whole. But where is the "mind"? Is it in the brain or perhaps in the nervous system? After all, can we say that the mind is in any particular place? It is not a thing, like a leg, or even the brain. It is a function, an activity. Aristotle, twenty-three hundred years ago, observed that the mind was to the body what cutting was to the ax. When the ax is not in use, there is no cutting. So it is with the mind. "Mind," said Charles H. Woolbert, "is what the body is doing." If this activity is necessary for thinking, it is also necessary for carrying thought from one person to another. Observe how people go about the business of ordinary conversation. If you have never done this carefully, you have a surprise in store, for good conversationalists are almost constantly in motion. Their heads are continually nodding and shaking sometimes so vigorously that you wonder how their necks can stand the strain. Even the legs and feet are active. As for the hands and arms, they are seldom still for more than a few seconds at a time. These people, remember, are not making speeches. They are only common people trying to make others understand what they have in mind. They are not conscious of movement. Their speech is not studies. They are just human creatures in a human environment, trying to adapt themselves to a social situation. Yet they converse, not only with oral language, but with visible actions that involve practically every muscle in the body. In short, because people really think all over, a speaker must talk all over if he succeeds in making people think. It can be inferred that the basic function of bodily activity in speech is to . A) make the listener feel emotional B) make the description vivid C) intensify the speaker's spoken words D) carry the speaker's implied meaning to the listener
C
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London's Chinese community dates back to the 18th century, when a small number of Chinese sailors moved to the city to work in Lime house, east London. As time went on, other Chinese people came to this area and Lime house began to be known as "Chinatown". At the start of the 20th century, there were just 545 Chinese people in Britain. However, this situation changed greatly after the Second World War. At this time, many farmers in Hong Kong lost their jobs, and decided to move to London. In the 1950s, a small Chinese restaurant opened in central London. Many British people visited it and said that Chinese food was wonderful. Suddenly, Chinese restaurants started opening in every part of the city. Instead of too little work, the new Chinese immigrants now found that they had too much. Most of the new immigrants enjoyed their life and the chances they were offered. Many asked their friends and relatives to join them from their hometowns, and a lot of families were reunited again at this time. As time went by, London's Chinese community became more and more successful. The sons and daughters of the first restaurant workers, encouraged by their parents, studied very hard at school and university. And most of them could get highly-paid jobs. As a result, increasing numbers of Chinese families left Chinatown and moved to the more expensive places. Chinatown, however, is still as lively as ever, and a must see place for every visitor to London. According to the passage, now most of the Chinese living in London _ . A) are clever B) work long hours C) have highly-paid jobs D) live an unhappy life
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During the seasons of fine weather, kids can play outside, happy and active. But when winter comes around, it is wet, windy and cold. Since they can't go outside to play, kids get restless and miserable. Fun activities for kids are pretty much necessary at that time of year, and they need to be kept entertained. One way to do this is to have an indoor treasure hunt, where children can look for clues and then get to the treasure. Treasure doesn't even need to be much, because just the activity is fun enough. Art activities are always fun, and if you start off with some paper in different colors they can draws shapes on the back, cut them out and stick them on the white paper to make all sorts of things. Cardboard boxes, stuck together and then painted, can be made into buildings or robots. You can keep all boxes in a bag in the loft. Then you have something you can draw on when the weather is bad and the children need to play indoors. Dressing up is another fun indoor activity. Why not read a book to them and then ask them to act it for you? That can keep them busy and develop their imagination. When you encourage children to use their imagination, you are giving them confidence in themselves, in their own creative abilities; by suggesting they put on a play you are encouraging them to work together and develop teamwork skills. The best way to help your kids have fun when it is rainy outside is to let them come up with some ideas. When you feel that they are old enough, let them write their ideas on a piece of paper and you can pick an idea that you find practical. That way, every day can be fun! Kids are most likely to be unhappy in winter because _ . A) it is very cold and windy B) they lead a miserable life C) they like spring very much D) they can't enjoy themselves outside
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Detailed Instructions: 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.
Q: The Far Eastern collections include more than 70,000 works of art from the countries of East Asia: China, Japan and Korea. The T. T. Tsui Gallery of Chinese art opened in 1991, displaying a representative collection of the V&As approximately 16,000 objects from China, dating from the 4th millennium BC to the present day. Though the majority of art works on display date from the Ming and Qing dynasties, there are exquisite examples of objects dating from the Tang dynasty and earlier periods. Notably, a metre-high bronze head of the Buddha dated to c.750 AD and one of the oldest items a 2,000-year-old jade horse head from a burial, other sculptures include life-size tomb guardians. Classic examples of Chinese manufacturing are displayed that include lacquer, silk, porcelain, jade and cloisonné enamel. Two large ancestor portraits of a husband and wife painted in watercolour on silk date from the 18th century. There is a unique Chinese lacquerware table, made in the imperial workshops during the reign of the Xuande Emperor in the Ming dynasty. Examples of clothing are also displayed. One of the largest objects is a bed from the mid-17th century. The work of contemporary Chinese designers is also displayed.
A: | Approximately how many works of art are included in the Far Eastern collections? |
Detailed Instructions: 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: Also on Feb. 12, a week before the ice dancing finals, Tokhtakhounov told Anissina's mother in a telephone call that the Russian federation official "had called me from America" to assure that "we are going to make" Anissina "an Olympic champion."Sent 2: He told her that the Russian skating federation official "will help -- he has two or three judges."Sent 3: On or about March 7, in a conversation between Tokhtakhounov and Anissina, she said she would have won the event without his assistance because the Russian judge did not vote for her and her partner.
Sent 4: She also apologized for not calling to thank him earlier, but that Gailhaguet had forbidden her.
Sent 5: She told Tokhtakhounov that she knew the FBI had interviewed Gailhaguet because of information that Tokhtakhounov "was involved with the results" of the ice dancing.
Sent 6: He assured her that it was nonsense, but that Gailhaguet "knows my name very well -- he tried to help me, and later he made stuff up to scare you so you would not connect me to him even more."Sent 7: The conversations seem to indicate a familiarity between Tokhtakhounov and Anissina.
Sent 8: Tass, the official Russian news agency, reported that Anissina attended a ceremony in 1999 at a Paris hotel honoring Tokhtakhounov for his philanthropy.
Sent 9: That Russian organized crime may have infiltrated international sport at the Olympics stunned Phyllis Howard, president of the U.S. Figure Skating Association.
Sent 10: "This is a criminal act and it certainly puts things in a different league," Howard said.
Sent 11: Lloyd Ward, chief executive officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee, said in a statement, "Competitors from all nations must be assured that they compete on a level playing field.".
Question: Who is going to help making Anissina "an Olympic champion"?.
A: | Tokhtakhounov. |
Pick your answer from:
[+] Emily was enlisted.;
[+] Natalie was enlisted.;
Complete the following sentence.
Emily still went out on missions for the military but not Natalie because
| Emily was enlisted. |
(CNN) -- Two former presidents reflected on their greatest regrets in office Monday, each looking back to issues that continue to plague the nation years later.
Former presidents and political rivals Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush now share philanthropic efforts.
Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton appeared together at a question-and-answer forum before the National Automobile Dealers Association in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Asked his biggest regret after leaving office, Bush said he now wonders whether he should have tried to get Saddam Hussein to leave office at the end of the first Gulf War in 1991.
He told the gathering, "I've thought a lot about it, but at the end of Desert Storm, the question was should we have kind of kept going on that road to death and all this slaughter until Saddam Hussein showed up and laid his sword on the table, surrendered. And the common wisdom was he wouldn't do that."
But he said a conversation with an FBI agent who interrogated Saddam after he was captured has made him reconsider.
Bush recalled their talk, "I said, 'What if we just say he has to come to surrender, would he have done it?' And this guy said, 'I'm absolutely convinced he would have.' My experts tell me he wouldn't have."
Bush said, "We ended it the way we said we would" as a military success, but noted a cleaner ending "would have been perfect."
He added, "If we had tried to get Saddam Hussein to come and literally surrender and put his sword on the table, I think it might have been avoided some of the problems that we did have in the future from him." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How many presidents are working together?
2. Who?
3. Where did they appear?
4. For what organization?
5. When?
6. When was the first Gulf War?
7. What does Bush regret?
8. Has he thought about it much?
9. What was the war's nickname?
10. Who said Saddam would surrender?
Answer: 1. Two
2. Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush
3. New Orleans, Louisiana
4. National Automobile Dealers Association
5. Monday
6. 1991
7. he should have tried to get Saddam Hussein to leave office
8. Yes
9. Desert Storm
10. this guy
Philosophy of space and time is the branch of philosophy concerned with the issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology, and character of space and time. While such ideas have been central to philosophy from its inception, the philosophy of space and time was both an inspiration for and a central aspect of early analytic philosophy. The subject focuses on a number of basic issues, including whether or not time and space exist independently of the mind, whether they exist independently of one another, what accounts for time's apparently unidirectional flow, whether times other than the present moment exist, and questions about the nature of identity (particularly the nature of identity over time).
The earliest recorded Western philosophy of time was expounded by the ancient Egyptian thinker Ptahhotep (c. 2650–2600 BC), who said, "Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit." The Vedas, the earliest texts on Indian philosophy and Hindu philosophy, dating back to the late 2nd millennium BC, describe ancient Hindu cosmology, in which the universe goes through repeated cycles of creation, destruction, and rebirth, with each cycle lasting 4,320,000 years. Ancient Greek philosophers, including Parmenides and Heraclitus, wrote essays on the nature of time. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Philosophy of space and time if a branch of what?
2. When was the earlies recorded weatern philosophy of time expounded?
3. What is the earliest texts if Indian and Hindu Philosophy called?
4. When did that date to?
5. Which Ancient greek philosophers wrote essays on nature and time?
6. Did the Vedas describle ccosmology?
7. How long did it describle the universes repeated cycles of creation to last?
8. What was the philosophy of space and time an insperation for?
9. What basic issues does it focus on?
10. Who said do not lessen the time of the following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit?
Answer: 1. Philosophy
2. c. 2650–2600 BC
3. The Vedas
4. late 2nd millennium BC
5. Parmenides and Heraclitus
6. yes
7. 4,320,000 years
8. analytic philosophy
9. whether or not time and space exist independently of the mind and whether they exist independently of one another
10. Ptahhotep
Sure. you know their names, possibly better than you know the name of the street you live on.
When the need comes, these names roll off our tongues like they were our own brothers. I am writing about the famous Webster s Dictionary and Roget s Thesaurus.
Webster s Dictionary. Many people can respond immediately: Noah Webster. We are aware that he is the father of the dictionary. But who was he? What did he do for a living? When did he live?
Noah was born in 1758, graduated from Yale University in 1778. and later graduated from law school He produced the first American dictionary in 1806 and published his influential work An American Dictionary of the English Language in l828. His interests led him to be a lexicographer . textbook editor, author, Bible translator and spelling reformer. He also produced a large number of writings in medicine, mythology , and the relationship of European and Asian languages. In addition, he .founded the first New York daily newspaper in 1793. He died in 1843.
Roget's Thesaurus. And it gives us The chance to learn about Roget, the man-Peter Mark Roget, And who? What? When?
Englishman Peter Roget, MD, was born in 1779. He studied medicine and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He is considered as the creator of the first-ever thesaurus . It has been called one of the three most important books ever printed. along with the Bible and Webster s Dictionary. He began his work Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in I 805 but did not publish it until 1852-47 years later. In his lifetime. he became a noted lecturer and writer on anatomy( ). geology .bees,and more . When Roget died in 1869 at age 90. his son, John . took over the Thesaurus arid he gradually expanded it.
So now you know the two famous books. Not enough information? As well-known humourist James Thurber suggested in the title of his 1941 magazine short story about baseball, You Could Look It Up! What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what is this article about
2. who wrote the thesaurus
3. was he the originator of the dictionary?
4. what were some of Noah's writings?
5. who studied at at Edinburgh?
6. who took over the writing of the thesaurus
7. who founded the new worker newspaper
8. what where some of other work
9. what where three books of importance written?
10. when did noah and Roget die?
Answer: | 1. Dictionary and Thesaurus.
2. Roget
3. no
4. the first American dictionary
5. Roget
6. his son
7. noah webster
8. medicine, mythology , and the relationship of European and Asian languages
9. thesaurus, bible and webster's dictionary
10. roget died 1869 noah died 1843 |
Given an English sentence, convert it into the french language.
[Q]: His account of the ball itself is also very informative : " They blow a strong bladder and tie the neck of it as fast as they can , and then put it into the skin of a bull 's cod and sew it fast in . "
[A]: Son récit sur la balle elle-même est également très instructif : " Ils gonflent une vessie solide et noue son extrémité le plus rapidement possible , puis ils la mettent dans la peau du pénis d' un taureau et coudent rapidement le tout " .
[Q]: In public statements made during his rule , Hitler continued to speak positively about a Nazi vision of Christian German culture , and his belief in an Aryan Christ .
[A]: Dans des déclarations publiques faites au cours de son règne , Hitler a continué de parler positivement d' une vision nazie de la chrétienne culture allemande , et sa croyance dans un Christ aryen .
[Q]: Warren heard of the heavy fighting at Morton 's Ford about midday and immediately started riding to the front .
[A]: | Warren entend le combat difficile à Morton' s Ford à la mi-journée et part immédiatement à cheval vers le front .
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. 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.
Sentence: In my youth, I was a triangle player in a large New York band, the Black Triangles.
Question: What New York band was Sandra in?
| the black triangles. |
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Block the rear wheels with something heavy (like bricks or lumber which is small enough to jam under the wheels) to prevent the car from rolling or sliding while it's jacked up. Apply the emergency or parking brake to hold the rear wheels fast. (The vehicle's "PARK" gear will only hold one of the drive wheels, if you have a front-wheel drive car then it will hold only one of your front wheels and if you have a rear-wheel drive car then it will hold only one of your back wheels). If you skip this step, loosening the lugs may be very annoying, if not impossible. It is also somewhat dangerous to loosen lug nuts after a car has been jacked up. Caution: a floor jack's wheels need to be able to roll and the jack needs to travel a little and so it must not embed (sink) into a soft floor or surface. Never work without jackstands that are on solid flat surface like stepping-stones or wide scraps of strong wood to keep the jackstands from sinking, leaning or tilting and falling, etc. Position the jackstands under a solid part of the car — the frame or subframe. You can easily damage the underside of the car, or even break something. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/d\/d6\/Replace-Disc-Brakes-Step-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Replace-Disc-Brakes-Step-6.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/d\/d6\/Replace-Disc-Brakes-Step-6.jpg\/aid15285-v4-728px-Replace-Disc-Brakes-Step-6.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><br>\n<\/p><p><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div>"} Give the car a couple of good hard, small shoves from side to side; if it's going to shift, slide off the jackstands, sink into asphalt, dirt or gravel, or just twist around and fall, better to learn now while the wheels are on than when you're partially under it with the wheels off. In case the car slips off the stands, those wheels may prevent you, your arms or head from being caught under a falling car (preventing the car from falling to the ground) if the jack stands fall over.
summary: Park the car in a clean, solid, well-lit place. Loosen the lug nuts before jacking the car up (do not remove lug nuts yet). Jack the car up with a sturdy jack on a solid surface (such as a floor jack if you have concrete to work on) and lower it very slowly and carefully onto jackstands. Finish removing the wheels, and lay the wheels under the car, just to the rear of the jackstands.
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The worms that cause lymphatic filariasis are spread person-to-person through mosquito bites. Avoiding mosquito bites when in endemic areas is the best way to avoid infection, though it generally takes months to years of repeated bites to become infected. Protect yourself at night when mosquitoes are most active. Obtain a mosquito net for your bed to limit the pests’ access to you while you sleep. If possible, sleep in an air-conditioned room with closed windows. The mosquitoes that transmit LF usually bite between dusk and dawn. When possible, limit your time outdoors in endemic areas to after dawn and before dusk – i.e. largely during daytime hours. As much as possible, wear long sleeve shirts, long pants, and socks. Cover as much skin as possible to minimize areas for mosquito bites. Obtain a natural or chemical mosquito repellent, or make your own at home, and be diligent about using it regularly. Effective repellents usually contain either DEET, icaridin (or picaridin), or the oil of lemon eucalyptus. Apply mosquito repellent outside, away from food, and at least 20 minutes after putting on sunscreen if you’re using both. Cover up any rashes, wounds, burns, or cuts before putting on mosquito repellent. Those actively infected with LF can take a yearly dose of a medication called diethylcarbamazine (DEC). This drug does not kill all of the worms, but it prevents you from spreading the disease to another person. If you live in North America or another area where LF is not common, your doctor will have to get this medication from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or other agency that deals with rare disorders. The medication is usually well tolerated, with minor possible side effects of dizziness, headache, fever, nausea, or muscle aches. Other treatment options are ivermectin and albendazole.
summary: Avoid mosquito bites at night. Plan your outdoor activities for when the sun is up. Cover your skin with clothing. Use a mosquito repellent on exposed skin. Get medicated to avoid infecting others.
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This savory peanut sauce pairs fantastically with chicken, creating a mouthwatering (and very filling) flavor combination. To start making your sauce, combine equal portions of peanut butter and hot water (serving suggestions above). Whisk together to combine. As noted in the ingredients section, the water should be hot, but not boiling. You want the water to make the peanut butter liquid enough to add to your sauce, not to cook it. Once you've softened your peanut butter, add the other ingredients and continue whisking to combine. As above, feel free to add more or less chili sauce to the mixture to increase or decrease its spiciness. Mix thoroughly until you achieve a uniform appearance and texture. If you're using chunky peanut butter, you may want to pulse the sauce in a food processor for a smoother texture, though this isn't necessary if you don't mind solid bits of peanut in your sauce. Once you've combined your ingredients to your liking, your sauce is ready to serve! Because it contains protein- and fat-rich peanut butter, this sauce can make a hearty, filling dish even if paired with nothing more than rice. However, for a full, protein-rich meal, try pairing with chicken and brown rice — this is great for a post-workout protein load or simply an ordinary (yet satisfying) dinner!
| summary: Whisk hot water into peanut butter. Mix in the rest of the ingredients. Serve as normal. |
This is an Installment of the Love Poem Project , in which love poems are taken and any mention of the word love is swapped out ... in this case , for " Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Catcher Carlton Fisk " . [ via ] Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Catcher Carlton Fisk bade me welcome : yet my soul drew back , Guilty of dust and sin . But quick - eyed Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Catcher Carlton Fisk , observing me grow slack From my first entrance in , Drew nearer to me , sweetly questioning If I lacked anything . OPTIONS:
- The narrator loves football .
- The narrator loves baseball .
- The narrator loves basketball .
- The narrator loves the Patriots .
A: What type of sports does the narrator typically like to enjoy ?
Get 10,000 Tokens and check out OPERATION Mania ! Put your scrubs on in the all new game , OPERATION Mania ! Find out more here and play a mini puzzle game . You can earn 10,000 Bonus Tokens just for playing ! OPTIONS:
- An educational game
- A library game
- A law game
- A medical game
A: What is this talking about ?
We arrived in Cincinnati with just enough time to check in at our hotel , drop off our bags and head to the stadium . It was very difficult to find The Great American Ball Park because , well , the signs were all faded . And , they told you to turn when you really needed to go straight . It was all very confusing . OPTIONS:
- The Reds beat their favorite team .
- The stadium was poorly designed .
- None of the above choices .
- The city of Cincinnati did not appeal to them .
A: Why did the narrator not enjoy the baseball game ?
My first stop was Los Naranjos , which was about a 10 minute walk up a lovely cobblestone road from the beach . Los Naranjos is run by Jarret , who is an American musician with a beautiful heart . It 's an amazing sanctuary nestled along the side of a mountain . Everything is built into the earth , keeping the natural environment integrated into every room . OPTIONS:
- The narrator would still be fond but maybe not as much .
- The narrator would be even happier with it .
- The narrator would be even more mad at it .
- None of the above choices .
A: | What would the narrator feel about Los Naranjos if Jared was n't there ? |
In this task, you are given a passage and a question regarding that passage. You must determine whether or not the question is answerable from the given passage. If a question is answerable, output should be 'True', otherwise 'False'. You must not consider any other information that is not provided in the passage while labelling True or False.
Input: Consider Input: Passage: However, already in quantum mechanics there is one "caveat", namely the particles acting onto each other do not only possess the spatial variable, but also a discrete intrinsic angular momentum-like variable called the "spin", and there is the Pauli principle relating the space and the spin variables. Depending on the value of the spin, identical particles split into two different classes, fermions and bosons. If two identical fermions (e.g. electrons) have a symmetric spin function (e.g. parallel spins) the spatial variables must be antisymmetric (i.e. they exclude each other from their places much as if there was a repulsive force), and vice versa, i.e. for antiparallel spins the position variables must be symmetric (i.e. the apparent force must be attractive). Thus in the case of two fermions there is a strictly negative correlation between spatial and spin variables, whereas for two bosons (e.g. quanta of electromagnetic waves, photons) the correlation is strictly positive. Question: Identical particles split into two different classes depending on the formation of what?
Output: False
Input: Consider Input: Passage: From their original homelands in Scandinavia and northern Europe, Germanic tribes expanded throughout northern and western Europe in the middle period of classical antiquity; southern Europe in late antiquity, conquering Celtic and other peoples; and by 800 CE, forming the Holy Roman Empire, the first German Empire. However, there was no real systemic continuity from the Western Roman Empire to its German successor which was famously described as "not holy, not Roman, and not an empire", as a great number of small states and principalities existed in the loosely autonomous confederation. Although by 1000 CE, the Germanic conquest of central, western, and southern Europe (west of and including Italy) was complete, excluding only Muslim Iberia. There was, however, little cultural integration or national identity, and "Germany" remained largely a conceptual term referring to an amorphous area of central Europe. Question: Where were the Germanic tribes originally located?
Output: True
Input: Consider Input: Passage: Oxygen toxicity to the lungs and central nervous system can also occur in deep scuba diving and surface supplied diving. Prolonged breathing of an air mixture with an O
2 partial pressure more than 60 kPa can eventually lead to permanent pulmonary fibrosis. Exposure to a O
2 partial pressures greater than 160 kPa (about 1.6 atm) may lead to convulsions (normally fatal for divers). Acute oxygen toxicity (causing seizures, its most feared effect for divers) can occur by breathing an air mixture with 21% O
2 at 66 m or more of depth; the same thing can occur by breathing 100% O
2 at only 6 m. Question: What health condition can deep sea diving cause?
| Output: True
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There are lots of different types of Ziploc bags, but the type that work the best for pencil cases are the 1-quart (0.95 L) bags made from thicker plastic. It would be even better if the bag has a slider on the top. This will make it more zipper-like and easier to use. Avoid using a regular, sandwich-sized bag, as it may not be big enough for your pens and pencils. | Get a 1-quart (0.95 L) Ziploc bag. |
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'.
Passage: 'The Great Slave Lake (French: Grand lac des Esclaves) is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at 614 metres (336 fathoms; 2,014 ft), and the tenth-largest lake in the world. It is 469 km (291 mi) long and 20 to 203 km (12 to 126 mi) wide. It covers an area of 27,200 km (10,502 sq mi) in the southern part of the territory. Its given volume ranges from 1,070 km (260 cu mi) to 1,580 km (380 cu mi) and up to 2,088 km (501 cu mi) making it the 10th or 12th largest.'. Question: 'where are the kidneys found in the body'. | False |
Pope Francis called Friday for religious tolerance and dialogue to counter extremism in the Middle East as he met with Turkey's leaders on the first day of a rare papal visit to the predominantly Muslim country. Speaking in Ankara alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Pope called on people of all faiths to show respect for human life, dignity and religious freedom. "Fanaticism and fundamentalism, as well as irrational fears which foster misunderstanding and discrimination, need to be countered by the solidarity of all believers," he said. Terrorist violence shows no sign of abating in Iraq and Syria, with grave persecution against Christians and the Yazidi minority in particular, Francis said.
"We are eagerly awaiting the visit of our brother, | Francis," Bartholomew is quoted as saying. |
The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after Australia staged the 1981 and 1993 editions. A total of 52 matches were played in seven host cities.
Can we infer the following?
The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup had the highest crowd attendance since the inception of the tournament. | It's impossible to say |
TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be shown a correct English sentence. You need to generate an incorrect form of the input sentence.
PROBLEM: After that they have to find a well paying job .
SOLUTION: Afther that they have to find a well-paid job .
PROBLEM: One of the reasons that the fish is important is that it can be an important food for livestock and poultry .
SOLUTION: The one of the reason that the fish is important is the fish can be a important bay for livestock and poultry .
PROBLEM: Like disking would stop an advancing fire .
SOLUTION: | Like disking would stop an advancing fire .
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In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
In a televised speech, Nicolás Maduro said Venezuelans had to be prepared to defend the country against "the imperialist boot".
The "civic-military" exercises are due to take place on 26-27 August.
Mr Trump warned last Friday that the US was looking at all options on Venezuela "including a possible military option".
His comments were condemned by other Latin American countries and by the Venezuelan opposition.
Venezuela faces a worsening political crisis and more than 120 people have been killed in anti-government protests since April.
"The land of Venezuela is sacred and should never be touched by the Yankee imperialist boot," Mr Maduro told government supporters following a rally in the capital Caracas.
"Let's prepare ourselves to defend the peace with tanks, planes and guns. Let the traitors to the country listen well, I have given the order, I have given the order to the superior chief of staff of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces to start the preparations for a civic-military exercise".
Thousands of Venezuelans heeded President Nicolas Maduro's call to take to the streets to show opposition to the US on Monday.
Many waved banners saying "Stop Trump".
In a further show of defiance, Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino appeared on television with battle-ready troops behind him at an army base.
He warned the US not to steal Venezuela's oil reserves and warned the opposition not to be ambivalent.
"This is a time for reflection, you are either a Venezuelan patriot, or pro-Yankee," he said.
The Venezuelan opposition rebuffed Mr Trump's comments, saying they played into the hands of Mr Maduro who has often alleged that the US wants to take over the country.
Mr Maduro has consistently argued that the US is trying to remove him to get hold of Venezuela's oil reserves - the largest in the world.
Earlier on Monday, US Vice-President Mike Pence said President Trump was showing "his resolve not to stand by and let a neighbour collapse into dictatorship".
Speaking in the Colombian city of Cartagena at the beginning of a regional tour, he said the US would use its "full economic and diplomatic weight to help restore democracy in Venezuela".
Mr Pence said the US would involve countries across the world to pressure the Venezuelan government to allow elections.
When asked by reporters whether pressure would include oil sanctions, Mr Pence said the US was looking at a "full range of economic sanctions".
Venezuela's president has ordered the armed forces to hold exercises following US President Donald Trump comments about military intervention.
Brown quit the Scotland fold last week having reached the 50 cap mark, to focus all his attention on his club.
However, the 31-year-old says he was worried about disappointing national coach Gordon Strachan, who first took him to Parkhead from Hibernian.
"I've been playing international football for 11 years with no break at all, season over season," said Brown.
"It's a sad day for myself. I really enjoyed playing for Scotland and I think the biggest thing for me was letting the gaffer down.
"He brought me to Celtic and he means so much to me. We spoke and he was wonderful, to be perfectly honest."
Brown responded firmly to those who have criticised the timing of his decision, with the 2018 World Cup qualifiers beginning in Malta on Sunday, 4 September.
"Well, I don't want to pull out halfway through a campaign, do I?" he told BBC Scotland. "Once my mind's set, that's it. For me there's no going back.
"I'm quite stubborn that way and I think it's good timing for pretty much everyone.
"I've done 11 hard seasons going away on international breaks, not seeing family, not having the chill-out time.
"So, I think it's a good time for me to call it a day."
Speaking at Monday's squad announcement, Strachan admitted the national team were "weaker" without Brown, but did not name his successor as captain.
The Scotland boss confirmed he would speak to West Bromwich Albion midfielder Darren Fletcher, who wore the armband in summer friendlies against Italy and France, but Hull City midfielder Robert Snodgrass has also "thrown his name into the hat".
Celtic captain Scott Brown believes he had to be selfish when deciding to retire from international football.
Ahmed Mansour, who works for the network's Arabic-language service, was detained as he tried to board a flight from Berlin to Qatar.
A court in Egypt's capital Cairo sentenced him to 15 years in prison in absentia last year on torture charges.
Mr Mansour's lawyer said an extradition hearing would take place on Monday.
Even if the court backs his extradition, the German government could still veto the ruling.
Al-Jazeera says the charges made against Mr Mansour, who has dual British and Egyptian citizenship, are absurd and false.
He is accused, along with two Muslim Brotherhood members and an Islamic preacher, of taking part in the torture of a lawyer in Cairo's Tahrir Square in 2011, during protests against then-President Hosni Mubarak.
Video footage shows the lawyer being kicked but does not show Mr Mansour, according to the Associated Press news agency. The journalist later interviewed the preacher about the incident, AP says.
As Mr Mansour spent a second night in custody in Berlin on Sunday, protesters gathered outside the prison in which he is being held.
The group, calling itself the German-Egyptian Union for Democracy, demanded Mr Mansour's immediate release.
A police spokesman said that the Egyptian-issued arrest warrant accused Mr Mansour of committing "several crimes" but he gave no further details.
Al-Jazeera said the warrant was previously rejected by the international police body Interpol as it did not meet its rules.
In a video recorded while detained, Mr Mansour described the incident as a "misunderstanding" and said he hoped it would be resolved quickly.
"It is quite ludicrous that a country like Germany would enforce and support such a request made by a dictatorial regime like the one we have in Egypt," he added.
"Other countries must not allow themselves to be tools of this media oppression, least of all those that respect freedom of the media as does Germany," said the al-Jazeera acting director, Gen Mostefa Souag.
Relations between Doha and Cairo have been strained by Qatar's support for the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation in Egypt.
Three al-Jazeera journalists - Australian Peter Greste, Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed - were arrested in Egypt in 2013 and convicted of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in a case which caused international outrage.
They are being retried after their convictions were overturned in January. Mr Greste was deported to Australia in February and is being retried in absentia.
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(CNN)For the second time during his papacy, Pope Francis has announced a new group of bishops and archbishops set to become cardinals -- and they come from all over the world. Pope Francis said Sunday that he would hold a meeting of cardinals on February 14 "during which I will name 15 new Cardinals who, coming from 13 countries from every continent, manifest the indissoluble links between the Church of Rome and the particular Churches present in the world," according to Vatican Radio. New cardinals are always important because they set the tone in the church and also elect the next pope, CNN Senior Vatican Analyst John L. Allen said. They are sometimes referred to as the princes of the Catholic Church. The new cardinals come from countries such as Ethiopia, New Zealand and Myanmar. "This is a pope who very much wants to reach out to people on the margins, and you clearly see that in this set," Allen said. "You're talking about cardinals from typically overlooked places, like Cape Verde, the Pacific island of Tonga, Panama, Thailand, Uruguay." But for the second time since Francis' election, no Americans made the list. "Francis' pattern is very clear: He wants to go to the geographical peripheries rather than places that are already top-heavy with cardinals," Allen said. Christopher Bellitto, a professor of church history at Kean University in New Jersey, noted that Francis announced his new slate of cardinals on the Catholic Feast of the Epiphany, which commemorates the visit of the Magi to Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem. "On feast of three wise men from far away, the Pope's choices for cardinal say that every local church deserves a place at the big table." In other words, Francis wants a more decentralized church and wants to hear reform ideas from small communities that sit far from Catholicism's power centers, Bellitto said. That doesn't mean Francis is the first pontiff to appoint cardinals from the developing world, though. Beginning in the 1920s, an increasing number of Latin American churchmen were named cardinals, and in the 1960s, St. John XXIII, whom Francis canonized last year, appointed the first cardinals from Japan, the Philippines and Africa. In addition to the 15 new cardinals Francis named on Sunday, five retired archbishops and bishops will also be honored as cardinals. Last year, Pope Francis appointed 19 new cardinals, including bishops from Haiti and Burkina Faso. CNN's Daniel Burke and Christabelle Fombu contributed to this report.
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The 15 new cardinals will be installed on February 14 .
They come from countries such as Myanmar and Tonga .
No Americans made the list this time or the previous time in Francis' papacy .
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HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- In the decade since the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China, local movie-makers have faced daunting changes in the industry. A trend of fewer films being produced each year in Hong Kong at the time of the handover has continued into the 21st century. Stephen Chow's "Shaolin Soccer" is one of Hong Kong's all-time top-grossing films. People in Hong Kong's industry point to several causes for the comparatively leaner times: a lack of opportunities for new acting talent, inadequate training and schooling for people who produce movies and changing tastes within the Hong Kong public. At the same time, local film-makers have had to refocus their cameras for a new audience: mainland China. "The Hong Kong film industry came to a rude awakening [in the late 1990s] that the world was changing faster than it was in the age of new delivery systems for home entertainment and the Internet," says Bede Cheng, a local film archivist and curator. "Unfortunately, it seemed to be blinded by the 'golden age' of the '80s, where any film could easily rack in over $1.3 million." The box office numbers are sobering. In the early 1990s, Hong Kong released around 200 local features a year. By 1997, that number dropped to 85 films grossing $69 million, according to the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA). By 2006, those figures slumped to 51 films grossing $37 million. Ten years ago, the top 10 grossing films accounted for 47 percent of the total box-office return; today, the portion is 58 percent. "1997, unfortunately, coincides with the beginning of the collapse of the local film industry -- a well-documented fact," says screenwriter Jimmy Ngai. "On the other hand, it also commenced the opening up of the mainland market. "The result is that the industry has grown more and more accustomed to looking north for both investment and box return -- nothing political, but more of a survival instinct. What needs not to be spelt out for film-makers venturing north is that one plays according to what goes with the territory." The new Chinese market has translated into an emphasis in contrasts of Hong Kong-made films, says film archivist Cheng. "Today production is down, with many majors like Chinastar and Golden Harvest scaling back," he says. "Most films are high-end productions with big stars, or low-end made with a shoestring budget for an easier return. "The number of screens is also down, with the consolidation of more multiplexes, usually owned or partly owned by distributors, which already have a steady supply of foreign films to fill the screens. Some once video distributors like Mei Ah and Universe have gone into production as a way to keep the pipeline flowing." In 2006, Hong Kong closed five small cinemas and re-opened one multiplex. Gary Mak, director of Broadway Cinematheque -- Hong Kong's last-remaining alternative-screening venue -- remains optimistic about more adventurous programming and distribution. But Mak points to a shortage of creativity in the local industry. "No talents, no formal training, in most areas such as script-writing, directing, acting, etc," he says. "Even the independent scene still needs more real talents -- or at least, real producers to pull together a really good project." Tim Youngs, Hong Kong consultant for Italy's Far East Film Festival, says changing tastes among Hong Kong movie-goers has also affected the industry. "Audiences have become increasingly dismissive of local movies, often referring to them as poor quality, and there are much fewer paying cinemagoers these days. "So the hometown audience shows less support for local movies, whether by not seeing local films or opting for piracy, while the declining number of films means less opportunities for film-makers, fewer chances to try out new things, and damage to confidence." Elizabeth Kerr, film critic and curator formerly based in Seoul, South Korea, agrees with Youngs' assessment. "For all the risk-taking businessmen out there [in Hong Kong], no one is willing to put their money where their mouth is and throw in some support. "The industry for the most part suffers from the cleave between that fluff -- which makes money -- and the more adult film-making of the smaller studios, distributors and indies." How is South Korea's film industry different from its Hong Kong counterpart? "The drive to attain world adoration," Kerr says. "Koreans truly believe they're making great art all the time. South Korea launched an active campaign on all levels -- corporate, government, education -- to train and cultivate a modern film industry." Still, Kerr sees reason for optimism. Films that best retain a Hong Kong style, Kerr maintains, likely carry "Category III" (under 18 not allowed) ratings: Movies that are "grown up and smart," she says. "Even if the films don't work, someone tried." In the end, it may be culture that poses one of the greatest challenges for Hong Kong's movie industry. "Around 1997, like lots of Hong Kong people, I kind of lost myself," says independent film-maker Chan Wing-chiu. "The film industry was already almost dead in the '90s. Why work for a sunset industry?" Chan's own first feature in 2005, "A Side, B Side, Sea Side," includes a scene with a gaggle of girls on Hong Kong's Cheung Chau island who are unable to communicate in Chinese with an Australian man speaking fluent Mandarin. The two parties end up conversing in English. "That's me," says Chan, referring to the girls. "I speak English better than Putonghua [China's official common language, also known as Mandarin]. Many Chinese say that now that Hong Kong is part of China, Hong Kong people must learn Putonghua. I disagree. In Hong Kong we all speak Cantonese. Hong Kong already has a bad reputation for Putonghua, but I don't feel ashamed. I'm proud to have grown up during the transition between 1997 and SAR. "Why do we have so many problems with China? Because our language, our culture, our values, our way of thinking are different. So we are not good at speaking Putonghua. Even in the cinema, we see Western movies, Japanese movies, Korean movies... but not many Chinese movies." Adds independent director Yan-yan Mak: "We are monsters. China says: 'You are not Chinese.' Gweilos [Hong Kong slang for Caucasians] say: 'You are Chinese.' After 1997, we lost the confidence to be Hong Kong people." E-mail to a friend .
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Hong Kong film production has dropped almost 75 percent since early 1990s .
Mainland investment and market influences quality of Hong Kong films .
Problems include few opportunities for new talents and little audience support .
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(CNN) -- This week in iReport, we're looking at one of the hottest topics of discussion lately: President Obama's decision to send more troops into Afghanistan. iReporters had a lot to say about this issue, but that's not all. iReporters showed us long lines all around the U.S. for Black Friday, and one shared the story of survivors still suffering 25 years after a major industrial accident in India. Finally, a giant condom was unfurled in observance of World AIDS Day. Obama's Afghanistan plan -- iReporters certainly weren't at a loss for words when it came to President Obama's recent decision to send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. Some believed that he was right in listening to his generals and doing exactly that. Others said that it was time for the troops to come home. No matter how iReporters felt about the issue, it was certainly a spirited debate. Chemical disaster -- We looked at powerful international stories this week. One video commemorated the 25th anniversary of a chemical gas disaster in Bhopal, India. On December 3, 1984, 40 tons of poisonous chemicals escaped a Union Carbide chemical plant. iReporter Joel Gershon told us people are still suffering health problems from the tragedy, and he interviewed people who remember the accident and are feeling its effects. World AIDS Day -- We also saw something a bit offbeat, but with a serious message. Gert Ungerer shared the story of a giant canvas "condom" placed over a lighthouse on the northern coast of South Africa to bring awareness of World AIDS Day. The region has felt the serious effects of AIDS. Ungerer's video outlined how the condom structure was put up and how it looks in daylight. Camping out for Black Friday -- Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, signals the start of the holiday shopping season, when people rush stores at the crack of dawn in hopes of scoring some major deals. We received photos and videos of lines and crowded stores all over the United States. Dedicated shoppers brought blankets and tents to make the wait more bearable, and some people waited for days to get the best sales. iReporter Asa Thibodaux visited a Best Buy in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to talk to some of the shoppers in line. You may be surprised at what they planned to buy.
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Effects of a major industrial disaster were still being felt 25 years later .
Shoppers camped out to take advantage of Black Friday .
Tell your stories at CNN iReport .
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In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
The empire expanded into what modern country?, Context: The Kushan Empire expanded out of what is now Afghanistan into the northwest of the subcontinent under the leadership of their first emperor, Kujula Kadphises, about the middle of the 1st century CE. They came of an Indo-European language speaking Central Asian tribe called the Yuezhi, a branch of which was known as the Kushans. By the time of his grandson, Kanishka, they had conquered most of northern India, at least as far as Saketa and Pataliputra, in the middle Ganges Valley, and probably as far as the Bay of Bengal. | India |
I know that the answer to the question "Who created the characters?" is in "Just as Lee explores Jem's development in coming to grips with a racist and unjust society, Scout realizes what being female means, and several female characters influence her development. Scout's primary identification with her father and older brother allows her to describe the variety and depth of female characters in the novel both as one of them and as an outsider. Scout's primary female models are Calpurnia and her neighbor Miss Maudie, both of whom are strong willed, independent, and protective. Mayella Ewell also has an influence; Scout watches her destroy an innocent man in order to hide her desire for him. The female characters who comment the most on Scout's lack of willingness to adhere to a more feminine role are also those who promote the most racist and classist points of view. For example, Mrs. Dubose chastises Scout for not wearing a dress and camisole, and indicates she is ruining the family name by not doing so, in addition to insulting Atticus' intentions to defend Tom Robinson. By balancing the masculine influences of Atticus and Jem with the feminine influences of Calpurnia and Miss Maudie, one scholar writes, "Lee gradually demonstrates that Scout is becoming a feminist in the South, for with the use of first-person narration, she indicates that Scout/ Jean Louise still maintains the ambivalence about being a Southern lady she possessed as a child."". Can you tell me what it is?
A: | Lee |
beach and cliffs of st andrews - pictures, photos, facts and information on beach and cliffs of st andrews (st andrews) - 800x600
Make this proper case | Beach and cliffs of St Andrews - pictures, photos, facts and information on Beach and cliffs of St Andrews (St Andrews) - 800x600 |
I know that the answer to the question "Based on Theravadin beliefs, most negative human behaviors ultimately stem from some type of?" is in "In Theravāda Buddhism, the cause of human existence and suffering is identified as craving, which carries with it the various defilements. These various defilements are traditionally summed up as greed, hatred and delusion. These are believed deeply rooted afflictions of the mind that create suffering and stress. To be free from suffering and stress, these defilements must be permanently uprooted through internal investigation, analyzing, experiencing, and understanding of the true nature of those defilements by using jhāna, a technique of the Noble Eightfold Path. It then leads the meditator to realize the Four Noble Truths, Enlightenment and Nibbāna. Nibbāna is the ultimate goal of Theravadins.". Can you tell me what it is?
| craving |
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.
Therefore , the oldest name of the synagogue was the Nachmanowicz Synagogue . | A midtown plot of land was bought in 1580 , and the synagogue was founded and funded in 1581 by Yitzhak ben Nachman ( alias Izak Nachmanowicz ) , a financier to King Stephan Batory . |
What is the question to: "Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews , Dick Van Dyke , David Tomlinson , and Glynis Johns , produced by Walt Disney , and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers ."? The topic is Mary Poppins (film).
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Answer: "who plays mary poppins in the movie?"
What is the question to: "Demographers, historians and commentators use beginning birth dates from the early 1960s to the early 1980s ."? The topic is Generation X.
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Answer: "what age group is generation x?"
What is the question to: "The population was 3,167 at the 2010 census ."? The topic is Algoma, Wisconsin.
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Answer: | "what is the population of algoma wi for 2010?" |
Sentence 1: He married Lady Florence Jane Taylour , daughter of Thomas Taylour , 3rd Marquess of Headfort and Amelia Thompson , on August 5 , 1875 .
Sentence 2: He married Lady Florence Jane Taylour , the daughter of Amelia Thompson , 3rd Marquess of Headfort and Thomas Taylour , on August 5 , 1875 .
Do these two sentences convey the same information?
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A). no;
B). yes; | A). |
In this task, you are given a passage and a question regarding that passage. You must determine whether or not the question is answerable from the given passage. If a question is answerable, output should be 'True', otherwise 'False'. You must not consider any other information that is not provided in the passage while labelling True or False.
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Question: Passage: Stage 1 is the first, or introductory stage of the bill, where the minister or member in charge of the bill will formally introduce it to Parliament together with its accompanying documents – Explanatory Notes, a Policy Memorandum setting out the policy underlying the bill, and a Financial Memorandum setting out the costs and savings associated with it. Statements from the Presiding Officer and the member in charge of the bill are also lodged indicating whether the bill is within the legislative competence of the Parliament. Stage 1 usually takes place, initially, in the relevant committee or committees and is then submitted to the whole Parliament for a full debate in the chamber on the general principles of the bill. If the whole Parliament agrees in a vote to the general principles of the bill, it then proceeds to Stage 2. Question: Where are bills typically gestated in Stage 1?
Answer: True
Question: Passage: In what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 24 August – 3 October 1572, Catholics killed thousands of Huguenots in Paris. Similar massacres took place in other towns in the weeks following. The main provincial towns and cities experiencing the Massacre were Aix, Bordeaux, Bourges, Lyons, Meaux, Orleans, Rouen, Toulouse, and Troyes. Nearly 3,000 Protestants were slaughtered in Toulouse alone. The exact number of fatalities throughout the country is not known. On 23–24 August, between about 2,000 and 3,000 Protestants were killed in Paris and between 3,000 and 7,000 more in the French provinces. By 17 September, almost 25,000 Protestants had been massacred in Paris alone. Beyond Paris, the killings continued until 3 October. An amnesty granted in 1573 pardoned the perpetrators.[citation needed] Question: When was amnesty granted to those responsible for the massacre?
Answer: True
Question: Passage: Development of the fertilized eggs is direct, in other words there is no distinctive larval form, and juveniles of all groups generally resemble miniature cydippid adults. In the genus Beroe the juveniles, like the adults, lack tentacles and tentacle sheaths. In most species the juveniles gradually develop the body forms of their parents. In some groups, such as the flat, bottom-dwelling platyctenids, the juveniles behave more like true larvae, as they live among the plankton and thus occupy a different ecological niche from their parents and attain the adult form by a more radical metamorphosis, after dropping to the sea-floor. Question: Where do juvenile platyctenids live?
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I know that the answer to the question "What was the purpose of the ESA mentioned in quotes?" is in "The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is one of the few dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s, and serves as the enacting legislation to carry out the provisions outlined in The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The ESA was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973, it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation." The U.S. Supreme Court found that "the plain intent of Congress in enacting" the ESA "was to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost." The Act is administered by two federal agencies, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).". Can you tell me what it is?
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Answer: halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost
I know that the answer to the question "Which agreement absolves the landowner of work?" is in "The Candidate Conservation Agreement is closely related to the "Safe Harbor" agreement, the main difference is that the Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances(CCA) are meant to protect unlisted species by providing incentives to private landowners and land managing agencies to restore, enhance or maintain habitat of unlisted species which are declining and have the potential to become threatened or endangered if critical habitat is not protected. The FWS will then assure that if, in the future the unlisted species becomes listed, the landowner will not be required to do more than already agreed upon in the CCA.". Can you tell me what it is?
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Answer: The FWS
I know that the answer to the question "In what era did the Japanese government not take modernization seriously?" is in "Around the end of the 19th century and into the 20th century, the Meiji era was marked by the reign of the Meiji Emperor. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status. This era name means "Enlightened Rule". In Japan, the Meiji Restoration started in the 1860s, marking the rapid modernization by the Japanese themselves along European lines. Much research has focused on the issues of discontinuity versus continuity with the previous Tokugawa Period. In the 1960s younger Japanese scholars led by Irokawa Daikichi, reacted against the bureaucratic superstate, and began searching for the historic role of the common people . They avoided the elite, and focused not on political events but on social forces and attitudes. They rejected both Marxism and modernization theory as alien and confining. They stressed the importance of popular energies in the development of modern Japan. They enlarged history by using the methods of social history. It was not until the beginning of the Meiji Era that the Japanese government began taking modernization seriously. Japan expanded its military production base by opening arsenals in various locations. The hyobusho (war office) was replaced with a War Department and a Naval Department. The samurai class suffered great disappointment the following years.". Can you tell me what it is?
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In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics as passages and a question from the passage. We ask you to answer the question by classifying the answer as 0 (False) or 1 (True)
Q: Passage: TLC (group) -- Following the unsuccessful debut solo album, Supernova, Lopes started working on her second solo album. On April 25, 2002, before the album was completed, Lopes died in a car crash while filming a documentary in Honduras, which would later be released as The Last Days of Left Eye in 2007 on VH1. After taking a hiatus following Lopes' death, Watkins, Thomas, and Austin decided that they would complete the remainder of their fourth album, to be called 3D, which also featured production from Rodney Jerkins, The Neptunes, Raphael Saadiq, Missy Elliott and Timbaland. A decision was also made that TLC would retire after the release and promotion of 3D, rather than replace Lopes and continue as a group. However, ultimately they chose to carry on as a duo. Lopes appears vocally on 3D as she had already completed her vocals for two songs for the new album. Another two other songs featured her vocals from previously unreleased songs. Several of the songs eulogized Lopes. 3D was released on November 12, 2002.
Question: are all the members of tlc still alive
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Q: Passage: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again -- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was announced on May 19, 2017, with a release date of July 20, 2018. It was written and directed by Ol Parker. On September 27, 2017, Benny Andersson confirmed 3 ABBA songs that would be featured in the film: ``When I Kissed the Teacher,'' ``I Wonder (Departure),'' and ``Angeleyes.'' ``I Wonder (Departure)'' was cut from the film, but is included on the soundtrack album.
Question: were all songs in mamma mia 2 by abba
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Q: Passage: Poldark -- Ross Poldark is the protagonist of the series. In his autobiography, Graham states that Ross's character was, in part, based upon a fighter pilot he met on a train during World War II. In the first novel in the series, Ross Poldark, he learns upon his return home from the American War of Independence that his fiancée, Elizabeth, has given him up for dead and promised to marry his cousin, Francis. Life becomes bleak for Ross. A brooding and introspective character, he assumes his late father's estate, which includes a failing copper mine. Having lost Elizabeth to Francis, he marries Demelza, the girl he originally hired as his scullery maid, and they soon have a baby called Julia. Over the next 20 years, five more children follow: Jeremy; Clowance; Isabella-Rose, Henry and Bella.
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Most know that a young boy is the main character of Pinocchio.
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Claim: "A young woman plays the lead character of Pinocchio."
Is the claim above correct, and can it be verified by human common sense and without a web search?
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Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon, Buzz was the second.
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Is the following sentence factually correct?
"Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon in 1969, and became the first man to step foot on the Moon."
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The word Hello does not come from the Latin word meaning hell.
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"The word Hello derives from the Latin meaning of Hell and was actually a derogatory term used for greeting people of different faiths besides Christianity."
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Article: In addition to singing words, some a cappella singers also emulate instrumentation by reproducing instrumental sounds with their vocal cords and mouth. One of the earliest 20th century practitioners of this method were The Mills Brothers whose early recordings of the 1930s clearly stated on the label that all instrumentation was done vocally. More recently, "Twilight Zone" by 2 Unlimited was sung a cappella to the instrumentation on the comedy television series Tompkins Square. Another famous example of emulating instrumentation instead of singing the words is the theme song for The New Addams Family series on Fox Family Channel (now ABC Family). Groups such as Vocal Sampling and Undivided emulate Latin rhythms a cappella. In the 1960s, the Swingle Singers used their voices to emulate musical instruments to Baroque and Classical music. Vocal artist Bobby McFerrin is famous for his instrumental emulation. A cappella group Naturally Seven recreates entire songs using vocal tones for every instrument.
Question: What is the name of the ABC Family show whose theme is entirely a capella?
Ans: The New Addams Family
Article: Micronesians settled the Marshall Islands in the 2nd millennium BC, but there are no historical or oral records of that period. Over time, the Marshall Island people learned to navigate over long ocean distances by canoe using traditional stick charts.
Question: Who first settled the Marshall Islands?
Ans: Micronesians
Article: The roots of Greek success in the Ottoman Empire can be traced to the Greek tradition of education and commerce. It was the wealth of the extensive merchant class that provided the material basis for the intellectual revival that was the prominent feature of Greek life in the half century and more leading to the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Not coincidentally, on the eve of 1821, the three most important centres of Greek learning were situated in Chios, Smyrna and Aivali, all three major centres of Greek commerce. Greek success was also favoured by Greek domination of the Christian Orthodox church.
Question: Who held much of the wealth in the Greek society ?
Ans: the wealth of the extensive merchant class
Article: By 1957, pan-Arabism was the dominant ideology of the Arab world, and the average Arab citizen considered Nasser his undisputed leader. Historian Adeed Dawisha credited Nasser's status to his "charisma, bolstered by his perceived victory in the Suez Crisis". The Cairo-based Voice of the Arabs radio station spread Nasser's ideas of united Arab action throughout the Arabic-speaking world and historian Eugene Rogan wrote, "Nasser conquered the Arab world by radio." Lebanese sympathizers of Nasser and the Egyptian embassy in Beirut—the press center of the Arab world—bought out Lebanese media outlets to further disseminate Nasser's ideals. Nasser also enjoyed the support of Arab nationalist organizations, both civilian and paramilitary, throughout the region. His followers were numerous and well-funded, but lacked any permanent structure and organization. They called themselves "Nasserites", despite Nasser's objection to the label (he preferred the term "Arab nationalists").
Question: What did the admirers of Nasser lack?
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In this task, you are given a passage and a question regarding that passage. You must determine whether or not the question is answerable from the given passage. If a question is answerable, output should be 'True', otherwise 'False'. You must not consider any other information that is not provided in the passage while labelling True or False.
[EX Q]: Passage: The time and space hierarchy theorems form the basis for most separation results of complexity classes. For instance, the time hierarchy theorem tells us that P is strictly contained in EXPTIME, and the space hierarchy theorem tells us that L is strictly contained in PSPACE. Question: What is the foundation for separation results within complexity classes?
[EX A]: True
[EX Q]: Passage: Southern California includes the heavily built-up urban area stretching along the Pacific coast from Ventura, through the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Inland Empire, and down to Greater San Diego. Southern California's population encompasses seven metropolitan areas, or MSAs: the Los Angeles metropolitan area, consisting of Los Angeles and Orange counties; the Inland Empire, consisting of Riverside and San Bernardino counties; the San Diego metropolitan area; the Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura metropolitan area; the Santa Barbara metro area; the San Luis Obispo metropolitan area; and the El Centro area. Out of these, three are heavy populated areas: the Los Angeles area with over 12 million inhabitants, the Riverside-San Bernardino area with over four million inhabitants, and the San Diego area with over 3 million inhabitants. For CSA metropolitan purposes, the five counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura are all combined to make up the Greater Los Angeles Area with over 17.5 million people. With over 22 million people, southern California contains roughly 60 percent of California's population. Question: How many inhabitants does the Los Angeles area contain?
[EX A]: True
[EX Q]: Passage: AUSTPAC was an Australian public X.25 network operated by Telstra. Started by Telecom Australia in the early 1980s, AUSTPAC was Australia's first public packet-switched data network, supporting applications such as on-line betting, financial applications — the Australian Tax Office made use of AUSTPAC — and remote terminal access to academic institutions, who maintained their connections to AUSTPAC up until the mid-late 1990s in some cases. Access can be via a dial-up terminal to a PAD, or, by linking a permanent X.25 node to the network.[citation needed] Question: What was AUSTPAC
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Answer: The boys and the girls seems happy.
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Answer: Nathan received the cloak from Benjamin
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Answer: It really freaks me out that we invaded Iraq.
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Answer: | These objections killed the proposal. |
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