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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Image copyright Teespring.com Image caption The T-shirt design was part of a campaign to rebrand the swastika
A US clothing company has come under fire after T-shirts appeared online featuring swastikas in a move aimed at reclaiming the symbol as one of "love".
The attempt to rebrand the Nazi emblem as a symbol of "peace" was criticised on social media as the public refused to support the campaign.
Days after the design appeared, it was replaced with an "anti-swastika" print.
The swastika is an ancient symbol said to have represented good fortune in almost every culture in the world.
It was adopted by Adolf Hitler, thousands of years after it was first used, transforming it into a symbol of hate associated with the Third Reich.
As a fashion symbol, it was likely to prove difficult to persuade the public to get behind this clothing company's vision in working to change these perceptions.
But does this latest backlash prove that there is a line that should not be crossed - even in the publicity hungry world marketing? Or does the fact that the campaign has made the news make it a success?
What were they thinking?
It is hard to tell.
In an interview with Dazed and Confused magazine published on Sunday, the company behind the campaign, KA Designs, said that they hoped to "share the beauty of this symbol detached from the hatred associated with it".
The company said that none of its staff had experience in the fashion industry and that the design was "nothing new".
It added that it "wouldn't care" if the products were purchased by "some kind of neo-Nazi" because the message was that "peace, love and freedom win over hatred, war and prejudice".
"The swastika is coming back, together with peace, together with love, together with respect, together with Freedom," the company said in a video posted on Facebook, adding: "Introducing the new swastika."
Who would wear these shirts?
The eight-colour rainbow design, originally created in 1978 by the late San Francisco-based artist Gilbert Baker as a symbol for the gay community, is aimed at anyone who supports the LGBT movement.
However, incorporating this into a swastika design has been rejected by those it was supposed to appeal to.
Social media was abuzz on Monday with Twitter users labelling the campaign "obscene", "disgusting" and "offensive".
Others, while admitting that the swastika was originally a symbol of peace, said that it was not possible to "escape" the fact that it had become a "symbol of hate".
So is there such thing as bad publicity?
In what appears to be a complete U-turn as far as "reclaiming the swastika" goes, the original rainbow designs were replaced days after appearing online with a new "anti-swastika" range of merchandise.
Whether this entire episode serves the clothing company well with the promotion and sales of its amended design remains to be seen. The brand has yet to share information on its sales figures.
Image copyright Teespring.com Image caption The company changed its designs just days after advertising them online
"There are certain things to avoid in marketing, this is one of those things," says Rebecca Battman, head of brand at RBL Brand Agency in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
When considering campaigns such as this, Ms Battman says, brands need to be conscious of the "emotional impact" of negatively perceived symbols.
She said that it is not enough to simply twist a symbol like the swastika in the hope of putting a positive spin on it because there is likely to be a "subconscious, deep-rooted sentiment against what the symbol now represents".
"There were bound to be groups that would find this [campaign] negative, they should have done some market testing."
"It may be that this company wanted the notoriety on social media," Ms Battman says, "but it seems very naive".
Ms Battman said that if a brand is considering a controversial marketing campaign on social media: "You do so at your peril".
History of the swastika
The swastika, which means "well-being" in the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit, was used by the Ancient Greeks, Celts, and Anglo-Saxons.
It is believed that the symbol was used at least 4,000 years before it was adopted by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s and appeared on the Nazi flag.
The black straight-armed hakenkreuz (hooked cross) on the distinctive white circle and red background of the Nazi flag is now inextricably linked to the atrocities committed under the Third Reich.
The swastika was banned in Germany at the end of the war and Germany tried unsuccessfully to introduce an EU-wide ban in 2007.
Controversial costumes
Last year, an online retailer was forced to withdraw a Halloween costume inspired by Kim Kardashian West's robbery ordeal in Paris in which she was tied up and held at gunpoint.
In 2015, US supermarket Walmart sparked controversy by stocking an Israeli army costume for children amid spiralling violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
In 2012, the owners of an Indian clothing store called Hitler caved in to pressure and changed the name after receiving complaints. ||||| KA Design are a new clothing company based "somewhere in Europe" who appear to be on a mission to repurpose the swastika symbol. Associated with Nazism since Hitler used it as part of his “Aryan identity” propaganda, the swastika's roots actually stretch as far back as 5,000 years. For centuries in India it was known as a symbol of good fortune.
However, KA Design are messy af, and they're currently going viral for all the wrong reasons. On a selection of grey t-shirts and sweatshirts they've stuck the swastika against a rainbow background, which they say symbolises the LGBT movement, and are calling their symbol the "new swastika".
They've totally failed to recognise how problematic it is to be selling a t-shirt of this nature in Europe, where the wounds of Nazism are so fresh. Not only is it incredibly disrespectful to Jewish communities, it could also be looked at as being culturally appropriative from the Indian and Indonesian communities where it originates.
The swastika is still banned in Germany, and there were calls for that ban to be extended Europe-wide some years ago. It's also still used as a hate-symbol by neo-Nazis in many countries. In London there are often reports of the swastika being graffitied in Jewish areas.
With cringey "zen", "love" and "peace" slogans, slapped on them as well our guess is that the $20 tees won't be selling out anytime soon. The idea is both crass and badly excecuted, even if KA do have good intentions.
Thankfully, at the moment the brand is being heavily schooled and trolled on Facebook, but Dazed decided to ask them a little bit more about their gross, controversial t-shirts (spoiler: none of the team are fashion designers).
Why do you think it's the right time to reclaim the swastika?
KA Designs: There is not a right time to reclaim the Swastika, or anything in general. Here at KA Design we think freedom is the most fundamental value to build our life upon. We could have made the decision to, as you say, "reclaim" the Swastika 10 years from now or 10 years ago. Or even the day after the fall of Nazism. We really like the symbol in its shape and aesthetics, and we would love to share the beauty of this symbol detached from the Hatred associated with it. This project only represents the first step of our "master plan", and we are excited about what the future will give us.
What makes the designs original? Who came up with them?
KA Designs: There is nothing new in the designs we have created. At the same time, they're totally innovative and original. The originality of the designs is caused by the unexpected association of meanings. People have never seen the colours from the peace flag (or from the LGBT community) and a Swastika (especially the one rotated by 45° used by Nazis) together. The final result is eye-catching and it is the cause of our campaign going viral.
What are your backgrounds in fashion?
KA Designs: Nobody here has previously worked in the fashion industry. On the other hand, everyone is highly interested in aesthetics and in the cult of beauty. We don't consider ourselves as skilled fashion designers, but more as artists and free thinkers in general.
How would you feel if the t-shirts were just bought by Nazis?
KA Designs: We wouldn't care. The aim of this project is not to generate profit, whatever the source of the money. Absolutely not. We think the message on our apparel is clear: peace, love and freedom win over hatred, war and prejudice. If some kind of neo-Nazi goes out wearing our shirt, he will raise the same kind of questions and discussions as a communist wearing the same shirt. That's why we don't care about who buys the shirts.
What do you say to the people who are offended by the images?
KA Designs: Here at KA Design we respect everyone's opinion. We don't want to be hypocrite. Freedom is a human value that should be equally shared by everyone. Considering the reactions to our campaign, we notice that people feel unsecure and even offended by our products. We understand every single one of these people. They don't want to break the strong bond between the symbol and the atrocities committed by Nazism. They all think we want to completely erase from the minds of everyone these facts.
In reality, we want to do the opposite. Us and them, we are on the same side, fighting for the same ideals.The new meanings given to "our Swastika" wouldn't make any sense if not based on the previous ones. We want to promote love and peace to remind everyone that mankind can be better that what it currently is and was in the past. It's not in our interest making everyone forget about this past.
Is there anything offensive that we can't reclaim?
KA Designs: We are free to reclaim whatever we want. However, it is very important to find the right way to do it without forgetting why this something is being reclaimed.
How are sales?
KA Designs: We can't tell you much about this aspect. It's natural to think that considering the context and the political and moral subject of our designs we can't expect more. People have never seen anything even resembling a Swastika in the fashion world for so much time and maybe that is one important reason for so many to be scared or hate what we offer. They don't feel free to wear this kind of apparel. We hope something will change in the future.
What's next?
KA Designs: We have some plans for the future that we are not going to reveal. We hope to be able to extend our Swastika line to new design concept and colors, while keeping our current peace message. Our dream is to feel free to use this symbol without any kind of limitation, however we prefer. We will also release some designs that don't involve a Swastika or anything similar. |||||
| A design company hoping to rebrand the swastika as a symbol of peace and love is feeling quite the opposite on social media. Per the BBC, KA Design’s shirts featuring a swastika next to words like “zen” and “peace” have been pulled from its online shop after an uproar. In an interview with Dazed, KA Design says that the design’s juxtaposition of swastikas emblazoned over rainbows evoking peace flags and the LGBTQ movement is meant to reclaim the controversial symbol: “We really like the symbol in its shape and aesthetics, and we would love to share the beauty of this symbol detached from the hatred associated with it.” The swastika, which means well-being in Sanskrit, had been used for at least 4,000 years across many cultures before it was co-opted in the 1930s by Adolf Hitler and used on the Nazi flag. But few are sharing the company’s zeal for bringing back the symbol. KA Design told Dazed that it couldn’t disclose information on sales, but that since people don’t normally see swastikas in a fashion context, they may not feel comfortable wearing one on a shirt. User feedback on the company’s Facebook page suggests, however, people are irate that the shirts were made in the first place. A video released by KA Design in July championing its effort has more than 2 million views, but seems to be going viral for all the wrong reasons. Comments ranged from disbelief to outrage, with one user summing it up thusly: “this absurd new design company has 2 million views on their Facebook, and about 11,000 angry comments.” The company posted a message about the backlash Monday, saying that hatred and "Nazism" had won: “We brought out the worst in people. We believe in a world of infinite forgiveness. We forgive everyone. And we hope to be forgiven.” |
Kew Bridge railway station is a railway station in Brentford and Gunnersbury, in the London Borough of Hounslow, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. The station was named after the nearby Kew Bridge.
Kew Bridge railway station uses driverless tech OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Walcha Shire is a local government area located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is situated adjacent to the junction of the Oxley Highway and Thunderbolts Way and is 20 km east of the Main North railway line passing through Walcha Road.
The Shire is situated adjacent to the junction of the Oxley Highway and Thunderbolts Way and is 80 km east of the Main North railway line passing through Walcha Road. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Thameslink and Great Northern are the brand names used by the Govia Thameslink Railway train operating company on the Thameslink and Great Northern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise, previously operated by First Capital Connect.
Thameslink and Great Northern are company names OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | Yes |
Rachel Meghan Markle (born August 4, 1981), is an American actress, model and humanitarian from Los Angeles. Since 2011 she has portrayed Rachel Zane on the legal drama series "Suits" and is also known for her work as FBI special agent Amy Jessup in the sci-fi thriller "Fringe".
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Rachel Markle is from Texas.
Select from: I. Yes. II. It's impossible to say. III. No. | III. |
You are here: Home Nizamabad Member of Parliament, K Kavitha offered special prayers and bonam at the historic Sri Ujjaini Mahankali temple in Secunderabad. All Mahankali temples have been spruced up for the two day annual Bonalu festival that is celebrated on July 9 and July 10. All the temples and their surroundings have been decorated colourfully with special lighting and arches. The 200 year old Mahankali temples is flooded with devotees in queues to offer prayer to the goddess.
Can we infer the following?
All the temples and their surroundings are now colourful after being decorated.
Pick your answer from:
* Yes;
* It's impossible to say;
* No;
The answer is: | Yes |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Getty Immigration White House readies immigration legal defense Court and historical precedents eyed as bolstering case for unilateral action.
The Obama administration is readying its defense for what is expected to be a furious legal assault on executive actions on immigration, pointing to a slew of court precedents and historical actions by previous presidents to bolster its case.
Administration lawyers have concluded that President Barack Obama has ample space to offer the sweeping deportation relief he plans to announce on Thursday night based on its review of previous Supreme Court and lower court decisions, according to senior administration officials. The Justice Department also has a point-person in place to coordinate its response to the anticipated legal onslaught.
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The two main arguments in defense of the executive actions: First, Obama has broad discretion under the law to decide which immigrants are deported. Second, predecessors including Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush have taken similar steps, underscoring the legality of Thursday’s planned moves.
It’s possible the White House will release a formal Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion early Thursday setting forth a detailed legal justification for Obama’s actions, a person familiar with the situation said.
At the same time, the senior officials acknowledged the legal limits of Obama’s authority, which has taken some options off the table. One official said Obama knows he can’t do certain things without Congress, such as giving immigrants permanent resident status, better known as a green card, or making them citizens.
Although details of Obama’s plan have yet to be publicly announced, several prominent conservatives are already preparing lines of legal attack.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday threatened a suit on the issue, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has declared that a Supreme Court showdown may be coming.
Conservative legal activists are zeroing in on aspects of Obama’s plan that could be most vulnerable in the courts. They think they’ll be able to demonstrate that those seeking relief in court were directly injured by allowing illegal immigrants to stay.
Conservative lawyers say Obama’s reported decisions to sharply increase the number of currently undocumented migrants eligible for work permits and to admit more high tech workers could be the hook needed to get a judge to consider such a case on the merits. That kind of impact could provide grounds for standing, the lack of which judges have pointed to in dismissing similar cases.
It’s those earlier decisions that give the Obama administration confidence it will fend off a legal challenge, with one senior administration official saying Wednesday that he has zero doubt that any lawsuits filed over the immigration actions will be decided in the White House’s favor.
Administration officials cite, in particular, the Supreme Court’s ruling in a 2012 case rejecting key provisions in a new Arizona anti-illegal immigration law. That decision described “broad discretion exercised by immigration officials” as a “principal feature” of the deportation system.
While a Justice Department official said there’s been no extensive planning in the agency about how to respond to lawsuits over Obama’s new executive actions, there is an official lined up to provide a defense against any fresh immigration-related litigation: Kathleen Hartnett, who heads the branch which responds to lawsuits against federal government programs.
Hartnett is well known to Obama and his top aides, since she served as a lawyer in the White House counsel’s office for three years. She’s handled oral arguments in politically sensitive cases like a House lawsuit over documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious and also worked on the complicated legal issues surrounding repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military.
But Republican critics of a move they see as executive overreach believe they have an opening.
“I think the Supreme Court would strike it down,” Paul told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Monday. “That takes a while, but that may be the only recourse short of a new president.”
A senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, dismissed potential lawsuits as stunts. He also rejected GOP suggestions that Obama’s actions would be vastly different in scale than those undertaken by prior presidents. The administration has assembled a list of unilateral immigration moves since World War II.
Obama aides point in particular to a 1990 decision under President George H.W. Bush’s administration to defer deportation of about 1.5 million family members of individuals who gained legal status under a 1986 law. Congress ratified the administration’s move a few months later.
One serious Democratic heavyweight, President Bill Clinton, made a similar argument as he rallied to Obama’s defense Wednesday night.
“As far as I can tell every president in the modern era has issued some executive action on immigration, so I imagine he’ll be on pretty firm legal ground,” Clinton said.
But Republicans say many of the past examples involve presidents dealing with oversights by Congress, not in defiance of it.
“The actions of Presidents Reagan and Bush were merely tying up loose ends, carrying out a law Congress had just passed,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said. “President Obama is threatening to act directly against the wishes of Congress and on a far greater scope and scale.”
Still, Republicans in Congress have sent mixed signals about whether they intend to pursue their own suit.
Soon after House Speaker John Boehner in June announced a plan to sue President Barack Obama over his executive actions, a spokesman indicated the suit would focus on Obamacare and not immigration because legal experts advised that “this narrowly tailored action had the greatest chance of success.”
In recent weeks, House leaders have indicated a willingness to revisit that decision, citing continued pressure from the GOP caucus to try to block Obama’s immigration moves in court.
A House leadership aide said any immigration litigation would be in addition to the Obamacare-related suit, which Boehner said Wednesday would be filed “soon.”
However, a source familiar with the situation said lawyers working on that suit have not been directed to research immigration issues. Bringing a separate suit over immigration would require a new House resolution, House aides said.
Both Obama and his top advisers have said he has wide power to act under the concept of prosecutorial discretion, the traditional power of the executive branch to decide when and where to enforce the law.
“I’m satisfied that our reforms are within our existing legal authorities,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday, adding that Obama has “fairly wide latitude … to fix the system.” ||||| In a sign of the difficulties GOP leaders face in keeping their unruly caucus on-message, retiring tea party firebrand Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Wednesday that the immigrants given new protections by the president could become “illiterate” Democratic voters.
“The social cost will be profound on the U.S. taxpayer — millions of unskilled, illiterate, foreign nationals coming into the United States who can’t speak the English language,” Bachmann told reporters at the Capitol. “Even though the president says they won’t be able to vote, we all know that many, in all likelihood, will vote.”
Bachmann added: “The president has a very single-minded vision. He’s looking at new voters for 2016.... People do vote without being a citizen. It’s a wink and a nod, we all know it’s going to happen."
When asked by The Washington Post why she chose to use the word “illiterate” to describe a group of mostly Spanish-speaking workers, Bachmann said her view was informed by trips to the border.
“Some are, some aren’t,” Bachmann said of the literacy of illegal immigrants. “I’ve been down to the border. The reason why I would say that is I spent four days at the border and spoke to American Hispanics on the border. That’s what they told me. Those are not Michele Bachmann’s words, those words came from Hispanics who live on the border…. I’m not using a pejorative term against people who are non-American citizens. I’m only repeating what I heard from Hispanic Americans down at the border. That’s what they told me.”
Bachmann, a former presidential candidate, is one of several conservatives in Congress urging the leadership to use the upcoming government funding bills as part of the GOP’s response to the president’s overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. She is working closely with Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to craft a strategy for the conservative wing of the House GOP. ||||| WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday noted that previous U.S. presidents have issued some type of executive order on immigration, suggesting his Democratic successor was on "pretty firm legal footing."
Former President Bill Clinton gives the keynote speech at the New Republic Centennial Gala Dinner at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (Associated Press)
Former President Bill Clinton gestures while giving the keynote speech at the New Republic Centennial Gala Dinner at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff... (Associated Press)
Former President Bill Clinton gestures while giving the keynote speech at the New Republic Centennial Gala Dinner at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff... (Associated Press)
The former president spoke on the eve of President Barack Obama's scheduled announcement of executive actions that could spare as many as 5 million immigrants from being deported from the U.S. Clinton said during an event honoring the magazine The New Republic that it was part of a larger debate about the nation's role around the globe.
"As far as I can tell every president in the modern era has issued some executive orders affecting immigration, so I think it — I imagine he's on pretty firm legal footing," Clinton said at a gala celebrating the publication's centennial.
Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush extended amnesty to family members who were not covered by the last major overhaul of immigration law in 1986.
Clinton sought to frame the debate in a larger context, saying Americans should be optimistic about the nation's future. He said the next two decades could be positive for the country if the U.S. can develop inclusive economics and inclusive politics.
"In a world where borders look more like nets than walls, we are interdependent whether we like it or not, so the only thing that remains is to define the terms of our interdependence," he said.
Clinton joked that nobody cares what an ex-president says unless his wife might run for office. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is considering a White House campaign in 2016. |||||
A: | How angry are opponents of immigration reform about President Obama's upcoming executive order? Enough to riot, according to Sen. Tom Coburn. "The country's going to go nuts, because they're going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president, and it's going to be a very serious situation," the Oklahoma Republican tells USA Today. "You're going to see—hopefully not—but you could see instances of anarchy," he says. "You could see violence." He accuses Obama of acting like an "autocratic leader," in a way that is the "total antithesis of what this country was founded on." In a speech at 8pm EST tonight, the president is expected to announce moves to shield 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. More: Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush also issued executive orders on immigration, and Bill Clinton believes Obama is on solid legal ground, the AP reports. "As far as I can tell, every president in the modern era has issued some executive orders affecting immigration, so I ... imagine he's on pretty firm legal footing," the former president said at an event in Washington, DC, last night, saying the US should be optimistic about its future in a world where "borders look more like nets than walls." Rep. Michele Bachmann, meanwhile, had one of the more extreme GOP responses, the Washington Post reports. She accuses Obama of ignoring the "social cost" of "unskilled, illiterate, foreign nationals coming into the United States" for political reasons. The workers involved won't be granted citizenship, but Bachmann suspects they will become Democratic voters in 2016 anyway. "People do vote without being a citizen," she says. "It's a wink and a nod, we all know it's going to happen." Conservatives aren't just denouncing the plan, they're already preparing lines of legal action, Politico reports. Rick Perry has threatened a lawsuit, and Sen. Rand Paul has warned of a Supreme Court showdown. But senior administration officials say lawyers believe Obama has plenty of legal justification for his actions and the administration is ready to deal with the expected legal onslaught. |
The Hacienda Resort Hotel and Casino was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, that operated from 1956 to 1996. It was one of a chain of four Hacienda properties, with the other three being located in Fresno, Bakersfield, and Indio, California. Each Hacienda featured a distinctive horse and rider sign; the Las Vegas sign is now prominently displayed at the Neon Museum.
Can we infer the following?
Hacienda Resort Hotel and Casino went bankrupt in 1996. | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example Input: Which company was being sued in 1999 by Schwarzenegger for making claims regarding his steroid use?, Context: In 1999, Schwarzenegger sued Dr. Willi Heepe, a German doctor who publicly predicted his early death on the basis of a link between his steroid use and his later heart problems. As the doctor had never examined him personally, Schwarzenegger collected a US$10,000 libel judgment against him in a German court. In 1999, Schwarzenegger also sued and settled with The Globe, a U.S. tabloid which had made similar predictions about the bodybuilder's future health.
Example Output: The Globe
Example Input: What was a upside to the altercation?, Context: On Saturday, July 23, 1989, much of America learned of the AFL for an unintended reason, when the Pittsburgh Gladiators' head coach, Joe Haering, made football history by punching commissioner Jim Foster during a game with the Chicago Bruisers. The national media ran with the story, including a photo in USA Today. The game was played between the two teams in Sacramento's Arco Arena, as part of the AFL's 'Barnstorming America' tour. Foster had walked onto the field of play to mediate an altercation between the two teams when Haering, a former NFL assistant, punched him in the jaw. Haering was suspended without pay.
Example Output: much of America learned of the AFL
Example Input: Who failed to get the Lunar module ready on time?, Context: The problems with North American were severe enough in late 1965 to cause Manned Space Flight Administrator George Mueller to appoint program director Samuel Phillips to head a "tiger team" to investigate North American's problems and identify corrections. Phillips documented his findings in a December 19 letter to NAA president Lee Atwood, with a strongly worded letter by Mueller, and also gave a presentation of the results to Mueller and Deputy Administrator Robert Seamans. Meanwhile, Grumman was also encountering problems with the Lunar Module, eliminating hopes it would be ready for manned flight in 1967, not long after the first manned CSM flights.
Example Output: | Grumman
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Logic ==> Fist is referred to as when you have bent your fingers in towards the palm in order to hit someone. When you hit hard with your fist you can make hole in the wall.
wall
Question ==> Where could you make a hole with your fist?
Options:
- swiss cheese
- football ground
- ground
- golf course
- wall
** Television is a device with a screen for receiving television signals. Dan didn't like what he was seeing, so he turned the control knob and flipped it to Andy. The knob is on Television.
television
** Dan didn't like what he was seeing, so he turned the control know and flipped it to Andy. What is the knob on?
Options:
- doorway
- control panel
- television
- drawer
- opening doors
Detailed logic: Relief is a feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from anxiety or distress. It was something that had weighed on him his whole life, finally discovering truth was a relief.
relief
Question for this logic: It was something that had weighed on him his whole life, finally discovering truth was a what?
Options:
- relief
- satisfaction
- hurt
- happiness
- conclusion
Logic ==> In a baby carriage, a small dog can be carried. If you have a small dog you can have it ride in a baby carriage instead of walking.
baby carriage
Question ==> If you have a small dog you can have it ride in what instead of walking?
Options:
- barbeque
- baby carriage
- carseat
- grandma's house
- basket
** Army corps is a military organisation. Army corps has military officers. Bugle is used in a military base. Army corps are present in a military base.
army corps
** What are you a part of if you hear a bugle in the mornings?
Options:
- american army
- boys scout
- military band
- brass band
- army corps
Detailed logic: Euphoria is a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness. Kissing causes excitement and happiness.
euphoria
Question for this logic: | Lilly was still getting warm. She ran her hands over John's body, he kissed her. She couldn't think straight anymore. Every nerve was tingling. Nothing ever felt so right. She was experiencing what?
Options:
- stroke
- pleasure
- increase of temperature
- get hot
- euphoria |
Continue writing the next sentence.
How to work out a shoulder knot
Do some light stretching.
Muscle knots are basically chronic muscle strains caused by repetitive movements or postures that contract muscle fibers for long periods of time. Muscles are meant to contract for short durations, then completely relax. | However, performing similar movements over and over (due to athletics, weightlifting, cleaning the house, etc. ) or sustaining certain postures while at work strains muscles fibers and causes them to remain contracted. |
Witta son of Wecta is mentioned as a Jutish chieftain in the 449 entry of the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" as the father of Wihtgils and the grandfather of Hengest and Horsa. He also appears in the same role in Henry of Huntingdon's "Historia Anglorum". He is most probably mythological, but as a historical person he would have been born around 400 AD.
Witta may have been born in the sixth century. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Martin Harrington is a British Songwriter, record producer and Music Publisher. Harrington has worked with many popular Artists and is a Grammy and Ivor Novello nominated Songwriter. He received an ASCAP award for the song Love at First Sight by Kylie Minogue and BMI awards for Co Writing the song Photograph by Ed Sheeran
'Love at first sight' is a song OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
How to stay inspired<br>Reconnect with your purpose. Inspiration is often derived from your specific goals and passions. Therefore, one way to re-energize yourself is by getting back to your " why.
Inspiration is permanent. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | No |
I recently took a round trip from Abuja to Yola, the capital of Adamawa State and back to Abuja, with a fourteen-seater bus.
Can we say the following?
Abuja is located in Adamawa State.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
no
In Johannesburg, about 500 angry AIDS activists, many wearing red and white T-shirts that said "HIV Positive," criticized Bush, saying he had hurt the global fight against AIDS by spending billions of dollars on war.
Can we say the following?
In Johannesburg, activists complained that Bush spent billions of dollars on the global fight against AIDS instead of on war.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
no
Critics say last year's massive election victory was marred by fraud and corruption and that the pope must beware of allowing his visit, sponsored by the state, to be seen as legitimizing an authoritarian regime. The bishops in Angola twice have denounced the government for leaving its people mired in poverty while leaders enrich themselves off oil and diamonds. Since he arrived on Friday from Cameroon, the pope has met with dos Santos and spoken out against corruption in Africa, the continent with the fastest-growing Catholic population in the world.
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The pope talked about corruption in Africa during his visit in Angola.
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In 1856 Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla was elected deputy, and soon attracted notice among the most advanced Progressists and Democrats. He took part in the revolutionary propaganda that led to the military movement in Madrid on June 22, 1866. He had to take refuge in France for two years, like his fellow-conspirators, and only returned to Spain when the revolution of 1868 took place.
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Zorrilla started the revolution of 1868.
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How to clear nasal congestion quickly
Gently blow your nose.
Perhaps the easiest and quickest way to reduce nasal congestion is to simply blow your nose into a soft tissue. Unfortunately, it's not always possible to completely relieve congestion by merely blowing, but it's always a good starting point. | Combining periodic nose blowing with some of the techniques listed below is likely the best strategy. When blowing your nose, do it gently, otherwise you risk damaging the delicate nasal/sinus tissues and/or rupturing a small blood vessel. |
How to keep spiders out of your gardening boots
Wash an unwanted pair of pantyhose.
Cut the legs off and discard the waist portion.
Roll a leg over the open portion of the boot, pulling down to the toe area.
The toe area will sit across the open portion of the boot. The pantyhose acts as a barrier against any creepy crawlies finding their way inside.
How to identify braxton hicks contractions
Locate the pain.
Does your contraction tighten in a band across your abdomen? If so, it's probably a braxton hicks contraction. True labor pain usually starts in the lower back and moves forward to the abdomen, or from the abdomen to the lower back.
True labor pains are often described as resembling menstrual cramps. Pain in the lower back that comes and goes, and pressure in the pelvis, are often signs that your contractions are real.
A camera pans all around an indoor gym and leads into clips of people pole volting over a bar. several people
are shown running with a pole over a beam and onto a mat one after the other.
How to be productive while entertaining yourself
Decorate your books.
Doodle on everything and let your imagination run wild; just be sure that these are your own books and not books that you have borrowed or have just found.
Try using pictures to help you memorise things.
| If you have something you need to remember for school or work, create a picture-system so that whenever you need to remember, you will think of that picture! Experiment with different styles of art. Try drawing something you wouldn't usually think of. |
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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.
How is whiteness established?, Context: The US racial or ethnic classification "black" refers to people with all possible kinds of skin pigmentation, from the darkest through to the very lightest skin colors, including albinos, if they are believed by others to have West African ancestry (in any discernible percentage), or to exhibit cultural traits associated with being "African American". As a result, in the United States the term "black people" is not an indicator of skin color or ethnic origin but is instead a socially based racial classification related to being African American, with a family history associated with institutionalized slavery. Relatively dark-skinned people can be classified as white if they fulfill other social criteria of "whiteness", and relatively light-skinned people can be classified as black if they fulfill the social criteria for "blackness" in a particular setting.
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Mr Fitzgibbon expects some of the 17,000 additional US troops heading for Afghanistan will bolster Australian forces operating in the dangerous Oruzgan province in the south. The defence minister was planning to raise the issue specifically with US Defence Secretary Robert Gates. He has already held talks with US central command chief General David Petraeus and director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon Panetta. General Petraeus discussed the new US strategy for Afghanistan and the troop surge in which an extra 17,000 troops will be deployed in the southern provinces where Taliban insurgents have been most active.
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The US Defence Secretary is Rrian Johnston. | No |
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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].
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(CNN) A new study lends support to one of the biggest fears about Zika virus: It might increase the risk of the rare neurological syndrome Guillain-Barre. Years before Zika virus first appeared in Latin America, it spread from Africa and Asia to Pacific islands. From 2013 to 2014, French Polynesia had 32,000 suspected cases of Zika virus. During this same period, there was also an uptick in cases of Guillain-Barre. Researchers in French Polynesia and Europe looked at those 42 cases of Guillain-Barre in the Pacific Island nation between October 2013 and April 2014. They asked whether there was any evidence these patients had been exposed to Zika virus.A study finds evidence that people in French Polynesia affected by Guillain-Barre were exposed to Zika virusResearchers estimate that about 1 in 4,000 Zika infectious could lead to the rare neurological syndromeGuillain-Barre causes muscle weakness and paralysis, and many patients take weeks to months to recover
Question:The researchers estimate, based on the rates of _ and Guillain-Barre in French Polynesia, that one in 4,000 people infected with Zika could develop the neurological syndrome.
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(CNN) Sometimes it's hard to be what you want to be when people only know you for what you used to be. This is the challenge facing Marcelas Owens, who just turned 17. For much of life, people have only known Marcelas as the "Obamacare kid." He was the chubby 11-year-old African-American boy who stood next to President Barack Obama as he signed Obamacare into law at a White House ceremony on March 23, 2010. He was the miniature health care activist in the black vest dwarfed by powerful lawmakers in a famous photo of that moment. He was a modern-day Peter Pan, perpetually frozen in childhood even as the news cycle moved on.Six years ago, 11-year-old Marcelas Owens was photographed standing next to the president as he signed Obamacare into lawNow Marcelas is 17 and marking another rite of passage -- as a transgender teen
Question:She told _ that if she wanted her honest opinion, she preferred that she would stay a boy.
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Marcelas Owens
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BBC broadcaster Andrew Neil has launched into a tirade aimed at ISIS 'Islamist scumbags' and told them they will never defeat the 'liberté, égalité, fraternité' and 'crème brûlée' of the French. In a much-lauded speech on This Week last night Mr Neil said the ISIS death cult of 'ragbag' 'loser jihadists' would be destroyed after the deaths of 129 people in Paris a week ago. Mr Neil listed the greats of French life past and present including Hugo, Pasteur, Descartes, Rousseau, Camus, Monet and Zidane - as well as coq au vin and creme brûlée. 'Versus what?' he said, adding: 'Beheadings, crucifixions, amputations, slavery, mass murder, medieval squalor and a death cult barbarity that would shame the Middle Ages.'Journalist started This Week show with celebrated rant aimed at ISISMr Neil scoffed at the idea jihadis think Paris massacres will defeat FranceHe said: 'In a 1,000 years Paris will still be shining bright. You will be dust'Broadcaster's speech has been lauded with only one complaint to OfcomSee full news coverage on ISIS at www.dailymail.co.uk/isis
Question:Stephen Axon tweeted: 'Dear IS, Andrew Neil knows what you've done and is not happy about your s***show in #_!.
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How to sync music to an ipad
Download and open itunes.
Macs come with itunes pre-installed.
Similar software, like google play music will function similarly if you do not want to use icloud. | Select " sign in " from the " account " menu and sign into your icloud/apple music account. The " account " menu is in the top menu bar. |
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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.
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Out of My Mind (Draper novel) -- Melody Brooks is an eleven-year-old girl who was born with Cerebral Palsy. Her parents have done everything they can to help her live a normal life, but life is often frustrating for Melody since she cannot speak, move, or communicate her wishes. As a result, Melody has to fight to get her wishes. At age five, Melody is even diagnosed as profoundly retarded. Despite this, Melody's mom enrolls her in Spaulding Street Elementary school to get the education she needs. However, the class she is put in is like a baby class, learning the same things every day. Melody is frustrated by this. Her neighbor, Mrs. V., is a kind, but tough woman. She pushes Melody to do the best she can. When Melody was three, Mrs. V. wasn't impressed for Melody to rely on her parents for everything. Because of this, Mrs. V. forced her to learn how to crawl and roll on the ground. She even taught Melody how to catch herself whenever she fell from her wheelchair. These things helped Melody become self-sufficient, but she continues to be reliant on her parents to help feed her and help her go to the bathroom. When Melody turns eight, her mother becomes pregnant. During this time, Melody overhears them talking about the new baby and their fears that it will suffer the same disabilities. Melody feels ashamed when she hears this. However, Melody is happy when the baby, Penny, is born perfectly healthy. Melody feels jealous as Penny grows and matures since she'll never be able to do the things Penny can do. However, Melody loves her little sister, and the pleasures Melody brings to her parents. When Melody enters fifth grade, she gets a communication device that allows her to talk with other people. At school, her new teacher starts an inclusion program that allows the special needs students to participate in the standard classes. Melody also gets an aide, Catherine, to help her. Melody befriends Rose Spencer, but is bullied by Molly and Claire, who believe that Melody's disability makes her dumber than them. Even her teacher, Mr. Dimming, believes that Melody cannot participate, but is surprised that not only does Melody join, but passes a test exam of a trivia competition with a perfect score. When he tells his class that if Melody can ace it, he is giving way too easy questions, Melody works with Ms. V in order to win the real tryouts, which she does so with a perfect score. Melody then helps the team win the qualifying competition to earn a trip to Washington D.C. for the national competition. However, on the day the group is to fly to Washington, Melody learns that her flight has been canceled due to weather, but that the rest of the team has made an earlier flight without her. Melody insists the day after the fiasco on going to school, but her mom's dismal attitude causes her to accidentally run over Penny despite Melody's attempts to warn her mother. Melody blames herself for not being able to inform her mom, even though everyone, especially Mrs. V., tells her it's not her fault. Although Melody is terrified that Penny will have a brain injury like her and be like her, she learns that Penny is going to be okay, and just has a cast on her leg. On Monday, Melody's class also apologizes for their lack of being considerate towards her by giving her their ninth place trophy, hoping to reconcile with her. However, Melody just's laughs at them and destroys the trophy by accident and says ``no you take it'' and heads out of the room. The next day, she and Catherine begin work on Melody's autobiography, which begins with the first few lines of the book.
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does penny die in out of my mind
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List of Better Call Saul episodes -- Better Call Saul is an American television drama series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, a prequel spin-off of Breaking Bad (2008--13). The series premiered on AMC on February 8, 2015. As of June 19, 2017, 30 episodes of Better Call Saul have aired, concluding the third season. The series was renewed by AMC for a 10-episode fourth season to air in 2018.
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is there a better call saul season 3
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Three-age system -- The system first appealed to British researchers working in the science of ethnology who adopted it to establish race sequences for Britain's past based on cranial types. Although the craniological ethnology that formed its first scholarly context holds no scientific value, the relative chronology of the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age is still in use in a general public context, and the three ages remain the underpinning of prehistoric chronology for Europe, the Mediterranean world and the Near East.
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Q:BEIJINCG, Feb.28, 2008 (Xinhua) -- China plans to carry out its first spacewalk in second half of the year, an official of the nation's manned space program said here on Thursday. The Shenzhou VII spacecraft will be launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu late in the year and the astronauts will leave their spaceship for the first time, the official told Xinhua. Compared with the previous two manned space flights, the upcoming Shenzhou VII space mission is more complex.Besides the spacewalk, the crew is also expected to perform extra-vehicular work such as fixing and tightening equipment.The spaceship will also release a small inspection satellite, which keeps an eye on its own performance. China may live broadcast the first ever spacewalk."The Shenzhou VII spaceship is able to live-broadcast the walk, but it has not been decided whether the spacewalk will be broadcast in a live or recorded version," the official told Xinhua. Breakthroughs have been made in significant techniques related to the spacewalk.Research into the development of spaceship and rockets has been going smoothly, and astronauts have undertaken extensive training, according to the official. The Shenzhou VII mission will start the second phase of China's three-stage space program.said the official. In the second stage, China plans further breakthroughs in manned space flight, such as space walks.In this phase, China will put into orbit a space laboratory staffed by humans for short periods and create a fully-equipped space engineering system. In the third stage, China will build a permanent space station and a space engineering system.Astronauts and scientists will travel between the Earth and the space station to conduct large-scale experiments. Which is true according to the passage? A) Important technique about spacewalk remain uncertain in spite of researches. B) spacewalk is the only factor that leads to Shenzhou VII mission's complexity. C) Due to Shenzhou VIPs inability, it's uncertain how to broadcast the spacewalk. D) Our.country is getting along quite well with developing spaceship and rockets,
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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.
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A continent is one of several very large landmasses of the world. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in size to smallest, they are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
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where does africa rank among the seven continents in size
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The word baroque was a Portuguese term for a pearl (barocco) with an irregular shape. Cognates for the term in other Romance languages include: barroco in Portuguese, barrueco in Spanish, and barocco in Italian. It was used in French to describe pearls in a 1531 inventory of Charles V's treasures.
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baroque is from the italian word barocco which means
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Research and development (R&D, R + D, or Rn'D), also known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is activities in connection with corporate or government innovation. Research and development constitutes the first stage of development of a potential new service or product.
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| the research and development (r&d) department of an organization
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Definition: 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.
Input: Cerebrum -- The cerebrum is a large part of the brain containing the cerebral cortex (of the two cerebral hemispheres), as well as several subcortical structures, including the hippocampus, basal ganglia, and olfactory bulb. In the human brain, the cerebrum is the uppermost region of the central nervous system. The prosencephalon is the embryonic structure from which the cerebrum develops prenatally. In mammals, the dorsal telencephalon, or pallium, develops into the cerebral cortex, and the ventral telencephalon, or subpallium, becomes the basal ganglia. The cerebrum is also divided into approximately symmetric left and right cerebral hemispheres.
Output: | is the cerebrum and the cerebral cortex the same |
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Problem:A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie from the United States .
Solution: | A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient . |
Budapest again became the focus of national political drama in the late 1980s, when Hungary led the reform movement in eastern Europe that broke the communist monopoly on political power and ushered in the possibility of multiparty politics.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "In the late 1980s Budapest became the center of the reform movement."? | yes |
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Q: In a photo taken while attending college shows some of the pottery work Betsy Soule created in high school during the early 1970s. (Betsy Soule / Submitted photo) 4933632
In a photo taken while attending college shows some of the pottery work Betsy Soule created in high school during the early 1970s. (Betsy Soule / Submitted photo) - Bulletin
Betsy Soule sits among some of the pottery she created in middle school and high school in the early 1970s. One of Soules pottery pieces was mistakenly appraised for $30,000-$50,000 on the television program Antiques Roadshow in January. (Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin) 4955611
Betsy Soule sits among some of the pottery she created in middle school and high school in the early 1970s. One of Soules pottery pieces was mistakenly appraised for $30,000-$50,000 on the television program Antiques Roadshow in January. (Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin) - Bulletin
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By Scott Hammers • The Bulletin
In January, Bend horse trainer Betsy Soule picked up the phone to hear the voice of a friend she hadn’t spoken to in close to 40 years.
“She just called me out of the blue,” said Soule, 60. “She said, ‘You’ve got to get on the Internet and look up ‘Antiques Roadshow’; that weird pot you made is on there.”
The weird pot — a jug, actually — more than a foot tall and decorated with six grotesque, gargoylelike faces, had been made by Soule in a ceramics class at Eugene’s Churchill High School in 1973 or 1974. The jug’s precise whereabouts over the last four decades remain a mystery, but eventually it made its way in to the hands of Florence resident Alvin Barr.
Last summer, Barr took the jug to Spokane, Washington, for a taping of “Antiques Roadshow,” a public television program where experts examine art and collectibles and attempt to explain where they were made and their approximate value. Online, the segment is referred to as the “Grotesque Face Jug.”
In Spokane, appraiser Stephen Fletcher said the style of the jug suggested it was made on the East Coast in the late 19th or early 20th century and compared the distorted faces to the paintings of Pablo Picasso. He estimated it could sell for $30,000 to $50,000 at auction.
“This, in its own way, is really over the top,” Fletcher said on the broadcast aired in January. “It’s bizarre and wonderful.”
Soule and her old friend got in contact with the show’s producers and provided photos and other evidence to prove she was its creator.
Fletcher issued a corrected appraisal — $3,000 to $5,000, well above the $300 Barr paid when he found it, covered in straw and chicken droppings, in a barn at a Eugene-area estate sale.
Soule said she was amazed to learn something she made in high school could be worth even what Barr paid for it. At the time she made it, she was unfamiliar with the style of jugs the appraiser referenced on the show and was just sculpting what came to her in her imagination.
“I was just a really passionate, artistic kid,” she said. “I don’t know where those faces came from; they just came roaring out of me onto those pots.”
After high school, Soule attended Lane Community College and then the University of Oregon. She studied art and continued making ceramics, but after about two years, she gave it up for good. She’s been training horses professionally ever since.
Soule said the “Antiques Roadshow” experience and Barr’s subsequent offer to buy any other pieces she still had was gratifying, suggesting maybe she’d had the talent to make it as a professional artist after all.
Still, she’s not completely convinced.
“Actually, I probably would have starved to death,” she said. “But the whole story has had me laughing out loud for over a month now; it’s just the most fun thing ever.”
Barr, an antiques broker, said he thought the jug could be worth as much as $3,000 when he found it at the estate sale but wasn’t looking at it as an investment. He just liked it.
“I collect odd stuff,” Barr said. “If it’s different and weird, it belongs in my collection.”
After talking with friends about the jug’s similarity to pottery created by slaves in the mid- to late-1800s, he decided to take it to the “Antiques Roadshow” taping. The appraisal by the show’s expert was a surprise, but not all good news — upon learning its possible value, he packed it inside multiple boxes and stashed it behind his couch to protect it from damage.
“I hated it when it was $30,000 to $50,000, because who wants $30,000 to $50,000 lying around their house?” he said. “Now, it’s on my table, and I love it.”
“Antiques Roadshow” executive producer Marsha Bemko said although the experts who appraise objects on the show do their homework and confer with each other before making a guess at an item’s origins or value, they still miss the mark occasionally.
Objects like Soule’s jug can be particularly hard to appraise, Bemko said, particularly compared with china or silver stamped with the identifying mark of a manufacturer.
“The best things we see, the five- and six-figure objects, are as a rule unique, or one of a kind, or so rare,” Bemko said. “Common things are not worth that kind of money — that’s what makes appraisal very difficult.”
Bemko said while the discovery of the jug’s true origins reduced its value, it doesn’t detract from its craftsmanship.
“It was worth more when we didn’t know who made it,” she said. “The devil’s in the details.”
Soule said seeing arts experts praise her work on television and assign it a high monetary value — even if it’s less than originally thought — has got her wondering if she should try her hand at ceramic sculpting again.
“If I ever retire at 103 or something, maybe I’ll get back in to it,” she said.
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In this Feb. 24, 2016, photo, Betsy Soule shows some of the pottery she created in middle school and high school in the early 1970’s, while sitting in Bend, Ore. (Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin via AP)
It was the jug’s strange composition that caught Alvin Barr’s eye. The antiques broker from Oregon was at an estate sale when he noticed the object in the barn, covered by a layer of straw and dirt and chicken poop.
Upon closer inspection, the many-hued purplish-brown jug had six faces jutting out from its textured clay body, each sporting a distinct expression of woe. One face had a stitched-up eye, another a forked tongue. And their sculpted skins ranged from furs to scales.
Barr knew he had to have it, and paid $300 to take it home. Later, he would tell an appraiser on “Antiques Roadshow”: “It speaks to me.”
“What was it saying?” asked the appraiser, Stephen Fletcher.
“It was saying, ‘I’m very unusual,'” Barr responded. “‘I’m very different.'”
Fletcher concurred. The American decorative arts expert noted that while “it’s a little difficult to identify precisely when this was made,” it likely had origins from the late 19th to early 20th century. The age of the jug, combined with the potter’s inventiveness and the “impressive array of techniques” used, made it a valuable item.
Just how valuable was it? To Barr’s palpable shock, Fletcher estimated that the object — hereon dubbed “Grotesque Face Jug” — was worth between $30,000 and $50,000, potentially more.
Barr was shaken. “I thought I over — I over — excuse me,” he stuttered. “I thought I overpaid.”
“I’ve never seen anything quite like it, ever,” Fletcher said. “And I’ve been doing this for 20 years.”
We are all-new TONIGHT at 8/7c on @PBS. Does this face jug speak to you, and what does it say? pic.twitter.com/0jqgWwHrRO — Antiques Roadshow (@RoadshowPBS) January 11, 2016
The exchange followed the arc of a typical segment of “Antiques Roadshow,” a traveling PBS program that invites collectors across the country to have their items appraised by experts. Often, the object appears to have been wrested from obscurity by its sharp-eyed owner, who loves it dearly despite its dubious value. Then, to everyone’s surprise, the expert reveals that the object is worth tens, sometimes hundreds, of thousands more than originally suspected.
Now in its 20th season, the show has been nominated for multiple Emmys and boasts a loyal fan base. Its appeal is two-fold: each “hidden treasure” offers both a small history lesson and the hopeful promise that any unwitting buyer, at any time, can strike gold.
On the “Grotesque Face Jug” segment that aired in January, Barr was that buyer, but his triumph was short-lived. Soon afterwards, the program received a call from a viewer who claimed to know the maker of the supposedly century-old jug.
She remembered it from high school, the caller said. It was made by her friend in the 1970s.
That friend was Betsy Soule, now a 60-year-old horse trainer in Bend, Ore. Her artistic prowess had gone more or less unnoticed until an interview with the Bend Bulletin last week, in which Soule said she hadn’t heard from the friend in four decades when she got a call about the jug.
“She said, ‘You’ve got to get on the Internet and look up ‘Antiques Roadshow’,” Soule told the Bulletin. “That weird pot you made is on there.”
Sure enough, it was: the project for a ceramics class at Churchill High School in Eugene, Ore., characterized as a unique art piece from the Mid-Atlantic coast of 19th-century America. Fletcher had pegged the jug’s design to a style Soule was unfamiliar with, she said. The object was more adolescent imagination than historical rendering.
“I was just a really passionate, artistic kid,” Soule told the Bulletin. “I don’t know where those faces came from; they just came roaring out of me onto those pots.”
PBS issued a correction on the item’s Web page in February. Fletcher wrote of the blunder:
This example, with its six grotesque faces, was modeled or sculpted with considerable imagination, virtuosity and technical competence….The techniques of making pottery, in many ways, haven’t changed for centuries. Obviously, I was mistaken as to its age by 60 to 80 years. I feel the value at auction, based on its quality and artistic merit, is in the $3,000-$5,000 range. Still not bad for a high schooler in Oregon.
Soule studied art at the University Oregon and made ceramics for a few years, only to forgo the craft for professional horse-training. Barr has offered to buy any other pieces she has.
After the “Antiques Roadshow” appraisal, he stowed the jug inside multiple boxes and hidden it behind his couch, for fear that it might suffer errant damage.
“I hated it when it was $30,000 to $50,000, because who wants $30,000 to $50,000 lying around their house?” Barr told the Bulletin. “Now, it’s on my table, and I love it.”
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High school lacrosse team accused of killing guinea pig, using blood like face paint ||||| Fans of Antique Roadshow often wonder how certain pieces of art can cost that much. For once, they were right to be skeptical.
An ugly-faced jug was appraised at $50,000 on the show last year. The appraiser estimated it dated back to the late 19th or early 20th centuries. In fact, a woman actually made it in an Oregon high school art class in the 1970s. Horse trainer Betsy Soule claimed the piece when a friend recognized it on the show, according to the Bend Bulletin.
We are all-new TONIGHT at 8/7c on @PBS. Does this face jug speak to you, and what does it say? pic.twitter.com/0jqgWwHrRO - Antiques Roadshow (@RoadshowPBS) January 11, 2016
The show rarely makes such mistakes. The appraiser from that particular episode, Stephen L. Fletcher, released a statement in which he said, "as far as its age is concerned, I was fooled, as were some of my colleagues.” He has re-appraised the piece at $3,000 to $5,000 on the PBS website. |||||
A: | It's "rare" for Antiques Roadshow to make a mistake when appraising items, Time notes, but it does happen—and it happened in January in a big way. The show took a look at an item it calls "Grotesque Face Jug," a jug with bizarre faces on it that antiques broker Alvin Barr found in a barn at an estate sale and bought for $300. Stephen Fletcher, an appraiser on the show, acknowledged that "it's a little difficult to identify precisely when this was made," the Washington Post reports, but ultimately estimated its worth at between $30,000 and $50,000. He guessed that it was likely created in the late 19th or early 20th century on the East Coast, but was a little off: It was actually created in 1973 or 1974 by then-student Betsy Soule at Churchill High School in Eugene, Ore. An old friend recognized the jug on the show and called Soule, and together they submitted evidence to the show proving she was the actual creator. Soule, who considered a career in the arts before going on to become a horse trainer, told the Bend Bulletin back in March that she's not sure how exactly the jug got from her possession to the barn where Barr found it. Antiques Roadshow officially corrected its estimate of the jug's worth in February, with Fletcher admitting, "I was fooled, as were some of my colleagues." His new estimate of the jug's worth: between $3,000 and $5,000, "based on its quality and artistic merit." Barr is far from disappointed: "I hated it when it was $30,000 to $50,000, because who wants $30,000 to $50,000 lying around their house?" he said, noting that he had it packed away for safekeeping after the show. "Now, it's on my table, and I love it." (Here's a much more valuable Antiques Roadshow discovery.) |
You are busy filling out the application form for a position you really need; let's assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn't it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to an utter deception like this to land their first job or to move head in their careers. For personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university. Registrars at most well-known colleges say that they deal with dishonest claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly. One lvy League school refers to them as "special cases", One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid complete lies, some job seekers claim that they "attended" or "were associated with" a college or university. After careful checking, a personnel officer may discover that "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being as sociated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century--that's when they began keeping records, anyhow. If you don't want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a fake diploma. One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of non-existent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a... Once finding applicants with false diplomas, most colleges would _ . A) keep the records of them B) drive them out of college C) avoid direct conflicts with them D) accuse them of such behavior
C
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Sometimes two very different individuals become the best friends. For example,, who could have thought that a spider would become friends with a pig? But in American writer E.B.White' novel Charlotte's Web, this is exactly what happens Wibur the pig grows up in a barn and makes many friends, including a spider called Charlotte. One day a sheep tells Wibur that he will finally be served up as dinner. But Charlotte decides to save her friend. To help Wibur,Charlotte writes words like "terrific", "radiant" and "humble" on her web to praise Wibur. This makes the farmer believe that is too important to kill.Wibur is saved, but Charlotte is so tired that she dies. The book was first published in 1952. In over 60 years Charlotte has become one of the most famous spiders of all time. She teaches us about love and promise. "She is very, very loving under that crusty ,that ugly look," Peter Neumeyer, writer of The Annotated Charlott's Web The book's success drew the attention of Hollywood filmmakers , however, they wanted a happier ending. White was strongly against this idea and as a result the film, like the book, ends with Charlotte's death. Jen Doll, reporter with The Atlantic, believe that "death is a part of life". She says this is one of the main messages of the book. As Charlotte tells Wibur, "You have been my friend. That in itself is a wonderful thing. I wove my webs for you because I like you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while and then we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess , with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a little. God knows anyone's life can stand a little of that." Which of the following about the story is TRUE? A) It's a good example of how differences make us different B) It encourages children to love their family and friends C) The farmer kills Wibur as dinner D) Charlotte is loving and helpful although she is ugly
(Answer)
D
Ques:Passenger pigeons once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks so large that they darkened the sky for hours. It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons--a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati. Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their _ . Where the birds were most abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants. By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans' need for wood, which scattered the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again. In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons, but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1, 1914. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan? A) It was ignored by the public. B) It was declared too late. C) It was unfair. D) It was strict.
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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]: With Saturday's fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao billed as the $300million fight of the century, it's no surprise that its pay-per-view figures look set to blow previous bouts out of the water. In the US, viewers are being charged between $89.99 (£59) and $99.99 (£66) to watch the fight while in Britain, Sky Box Office is offering the bout for £19.99, but those figures will equate to a small fraction of the earnings for Mayweather and Pacquiao. Once ticket sales and casino profits have been considered, the eagerly anticipated mega-fight, which is due to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, will become the biggest pay-per-view in sport and could see the two fighters pocket astronomical sums.Floyd Mayweather faces Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2Mega-fight to become highest grossing pay-per-view event in sportMayweather's victory against Saul Alvarez currently tops the listAmerican fighter will pocket upwards of £111m if he goes the distancePacquiao could earn close to £62m if the fight last 12 roundsREAD: Sportsmail takes a look inside both boxers' training spotsCLICK HERE for the latest Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao news
Questions:12 rounds of jousting will give _ a stunning $170m (£111m) purse, meaning the 38-year-old will be picking up $15m (£9m) per round and $5m (£3m) per minute. (A) Floyd Mayweather (B) Manny Pacquiao (C) US (D) Britain (E) Sky Box Office (F) Pacquiao (G) MGM Grand (H) Las Vegas (I) Saul Alvarez (J) American (K) Sportsmail
[A]: (A)
[Q]: A mother who prematurely gave birth while on holiday faces a potential £185,000 medical bill after her insurer said it does not have to pay out because of the time difference. Sharon Halls was attending a friend's wedding in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with her partner Daniel Compton, 35, when she was taken to hospital with early contractions. The 36-year-old, from Ipswich, Suffolk, gave birth to daughter Evie on September 28 having already paid £8,900 for emergency care. She was 28 weeks and six days pregnant. But Infinity Insurance Solutions, who provided Ms Halls with travel insurance, said it has not decided whether it will cover the costs because the time difference meant when she gave birth she was over the 29-week mark, which was when the cover stopped being valid.Sharon Halls was in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, when she gave birthInsurance said five-hour time difference meant policy might not be validCouple have been forced to move their daughter Evie to a public hospitalSet up GoFundMe page in a desperate bid to raise money for medical care
Questions:'All future costs in relation to Ms Halls’ medical needs abroad, as well as those of Evie will be covered by the policy and the family will be repatriated just as soon as _ is well enough to travel without risk.' (A) Sharon Halls (B) Punta Cana (C) Dominican Republic (D) Daniel Compton (E) Ipswich (F) Suffolk (G) Evie (H) Infinity Insurance Solutions (I) Ms Halls (J) Insurance (K) GoFundMe
[A]: (G)
[Q]: (CNN) -- While an art student at Dumlupinar University, Turkish illustrator Murat Palta watched "Star Wars". As with the generations of fans that preceded him, he was struck by the film's epic quality. Though the movie is set in the future, Palta was reminded of the colorful Ottoman miniatures that illustrated Turkish literature from the 16th century. Gallery: Cult classics reimagined as Ottoman miniatures "I kept on trying to imagine what 'Star Wars' would look like if it was placed in the Ottoman era, so I decided it would be good to illustrate it," he recalls. Palta soon got hooked on reimagining Western cult classics in the Eastern tradition.As an art student, Murat Palta wondered what Star Wars would look like as Ottoman artHe decided to recreate several scenes from classic moviesHe is hoping to add more movies to the mix, including Lord of the Rings
Questions:I wanted to combine not just the two cultures -- Western and _ -- but the two styles: modern and traditional." (A) CNN (B) Dumlupinar University (C) Turkish (D) Murat Palta (E) Star Wars (F) Palta (G) Ottoman (H) Western (I) Eastern (J) Lord of the Rings
[A]: | (I)
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Input: Consider Input: Sexual violence a sexual act or attempt to get sex by force , violence , unwelcome harassment or advances .
Output: Sexual violence is any sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion , acts to traffic a person or acts directed against a person 's sexuality , regardless of the relationship to the victim .
Input: Consider Input: Fish lice are the family Argulidae , or ' carp lice ' .
Output: The family Argulidae contains the carp lice or fish lice – a group of parasitic crustaceans of uncertain position within the Maxillopoda .
Input: Consider Input: He wrote a book " The Interpretation of Music " ( London , 1954 ) , which became very widely read .
| Output: His book , " The Interpretation of Music " ( London , 1954 ) , was highly influential and is still widely read ; he also wrote numerous seminal articles on aspects of musical sources , performance and interpretation .
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Chelone is a genus of four species of perennial herbaceous plants native to eastern North America. They all have similarly shaped flowers (which led to the name turtlehead due to their resemblance to the head of a turtle), which vary in color from white to red, purple or pink. "C. cuthbertii", "C. glabra", and "C. lyonii" are diploid and "C. obliqua" is either tetraploid or hexaploid.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
These plants are considered toxic to human beings.
Available choices:
(a). Yes;
(b). It's impossible to say;
(c). No; | (b). |
Teacher:In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: When the storm became a tropical cyclone , it was also the first Atlantic tropical storm in the month of April .
Student: | After attaining tropical characteristics , it became the first tropical storm on record in the month of April , and was among the earliest forming tropical or subtropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin . |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:Before the 1999--2000 season away goals were used as a tie-breaker after extra time had been played, however, this was abolished following a club initiative launched by then-Ipswich Town chairman David Sheepshanks, after his club had twice lost on away goals in 1997 and 1999. Since then away goals have played no part in the play-off system.
Solution: | do away goals count in league one playoffs? |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
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.
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards), brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals) and Philip Selway (drums, percussion). They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994.
Output: | how many guitarists are members of radiohead quizlet |
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".
[Q]: Oh no! Your younger sister just mixed up all of your LEGO parts. Now you have to put them all back into the original categories. How will you do this? You sort them by size and shape until they are each back into their specific place in the tray. What do you think you could have called the mess your younger sister created? Thats right, it is a mixture. Fortunately, it was a physical change and she just made a simple mixture. You are able to separate them back into order. Its a good thing she did not toss them into the fireplace. That would have caused a chemical change as they all melted together. If your LEGOs were melted, you would be out of luck for building that next big project. <sep>What is a simple mixture?<sep>The mess your sister made
[A]: Yes
[Q]: Speed is an important aspect of motion. It is a measure of how fast or slow something moves. To determine speed you must know two things. First, you must know how far something travels. Second, you need to know how long it takes to travel that far. Speed can be calculated using this formula: speed = distance time A familiar example is the speed of a car. In the U.S., this is usually expressed in miles per hour. Think about a trip you and your family made in the car. Maybe the trip covered 120 miles and it took 3 hours. What was the cars speed? speed = 120 mi = 40 mi/h 3h The speed of a car may also be expressed in kilometers per hour (km/h). The SI unit for speed is meters per second (m/s). This is the unit of measure a scientist would use. <sep>How is speed calculated?<sep>Speed = time motion
[A]: No
[Q]: (CNN) -- English club Chelsea have completed the signing of Oriol Romeu from Spanish and European champions Barcelona. The 19-year-old is currently playing for Spain at the World Under-20 Championships in Colombia and has signed a four-year deal with last season's Premier League runners-up. The deal is worth $7 million and includes a buy back clause, set at $14 million after the first year and $21 million after the second. Romeu started his career at Barcelona's city rivals Espanyol before joining the Camp Nou academy in 2004. The midfielder, who can also play in central defence, made his debut for Barcelona in last season's Spanish Supercup match with Seville and got his first taste of league action against Deportivo in May 2010. He has played 90 minutes in both of Spain's games at the World Under-20 Championships, when they beat Costa Rica and Ecuador. Chelsea official web site confirmed the signing and said Romeu is "renowned for his strength and his expansive passing ability." Another player leaving Barcelona is Jeffren Suarez after he agreed to join Sporting Lisbon. The Portuguese outfit have paid $5 million for the 23-year-old which, like the Romeu deal, includes a buy back option. Jeffren joined Barca from Tenerife in 2004 and made his debut for the Catalan club in the 2006-07 season. <sep>How old is Oriol Romeu?<sep>25
[A]: | No
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Part 1. Definition
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".
Part 2. Example
Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Answer: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Part 3. Exercise
Ace , a wannabe rock star , is on his way to a concert of the band Guitar Wolf when space aliens invade the Earth . As a result the dead rise to their feet in the countryside setting of Asahi , Japan , with an appetite for flesh . Enlisting the help of his rock 'n roll blood brother Guitar Wolf , Ace and the members of the band get entangled in many misadventures with crazy rock managers in very tight shorts , transsexuals , naked women shooting guns in the shower , and bloodthirsty zombies ready to tear them apart . Leather jackets , loud over-modulated music , laser guitar picks , motorcycles , guns , muscle cars , and fire abound . Guitar Wolf , a Japanese trio signed to Matador Records in the US and self-proclaimed coolest rock band in the world star as the well-coiffed heroes . It is also a love story , between Ace and Tobio , a trans woman . The music , in a garage punk vein , plays an important role in the film . It features music from Greg Cartwright of Reigning Sound and The Oblivians . His 1997 song `` Twice as Deep '' by Greg Oblivian & the Tip Tops is featured . This film is similar to another movie by a Spanish punk group , La matanza can bal de los garrulos lis rgicos produced by Siniestro Total <sep>What makes the members of the band get entangled in many misadventures and makes them to scare about appetite for flesh?<sep>They were on their way to a concert
Answer: | No |
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]: (CNN) -- It was a night for underdogs at the Golden Globes -- and a particularly rich one for the biggest underdog of them all, "Slumdog Millionaire." Dev Patel and Freida Pinto star in "Slumdog Millionaire," which was named best drama at the Golden Globes. The modestly budgeted movie -- about a poverty-raised orphan in Mumbai who goes on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" -- won awards for best drama, best director (Danny Boyle), best screenplay (Simon Beaufoy) and best original score (A.R. Rahman). The victories were all the more astonishing given the film's unlikely production history, which included cobbling together a $15 million budget, shooting on the streets of Mumbai and then struggling for distribution."Slumdog Millionaire" wins best drama; nets four total winsMickey Rourke wins best actor in a drama for "The Wrestler"Kate Winslet wins two Golden Globes -- one for actress, another for supportingHeath Ledger wins best supporting actor for "The Dark Knight"
Questions:_ died almost a year ago of an accidental prescription drug overdose. (A) CNN (B) Golden Globes (C) Slumdog Millionaire (D) Dev Patel (E) Freida Pinto (F) Mumbai (G) Indian (H) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (I) Danny Boyle (J) Simon Beaufoy (K) Mickey Rourke (L) The Wrestler (M) Kate Winslet (N) Heath Ledger (O) The Dark Knight
[A]: (N)
[Q]: Paris (CNN) A 9-year-old South African child diagnosed with HIV when he was 1 month old has been in HIV remission for 8½ years -- without regular treatment. This is the first reported case of a child controlling their HIV infection without drugs in Africa and the third known case globally. Soon after diagnosis, the child was placed on antiretroviral treatment, or ART, for 40 weeks, at which point treatment was stopped and the child's health was monitored. Blood tests in late 2015 revealed the child is in HIV remission, meaning levels of the virus in the blood are undetectable using standard tests. Subsequent testing of samples dating back to the child's infancy confirm remission was achieved soon after treatment was stopped.The 9-year-old has been in HIV remission for most of his lifeUnderstanding his biology may one day help other children come off HIV treatment
Questions:We could develop a product given to people in combination with _ so people can eventually stop ART, said Violari. (A) Paris (B) CNN (C) South African (D) HIV (E) Africa (F) ART
[A]: (F)
[Q]: Lewis Hamilton had admitted that he would rather see a driver from another team win the Formula One drivers' championship than finish runner-up to his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. The reigning champion has endured a frosty relationship with the German during their two years racing together at Mercedes. Hamilton beat Rosberg to the championship last season in what he described as the 'most intense' battle of his career and admitted their once solid friendship reached 'crisis point'. And Hamilton, speaking during the recording of BBC's Graham Norton Show, has now revealed that the rivalry is so deep that he wouldn't like to see Rosberg win the title even though they are supposed to be team-mates.Lewis Hamilton was speaking during filming for the Graham Norton ShowHamilton would rather another driver win Formula One's world championship than Nico RosbergThe 30-year-old revealed how he was given lesson in etiquette by QueenCLICK HERE for all the latest F1 news
Questions:You can watch The Graham Norton Show on _ on Friday June 26 at 10.35pm (A) Lewis Hamilton (B) Formula One (C) Mercedes (D) Nico Rosberg (E) German (F) Hamilton (G) Rosberg (H) BBC (I) Graham Norton Show (J) F1
[A]: | (H)
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Q: 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.
Just Breathe (song) -- The song has been featured in several TV shows and movies, including Kodachrome, Castle, One Tree Hill, Brothers & Sisters, Life as We Know It, The Blacklist, Grey's Anatomy, The Night Shift and iZombie in addition to the documentaries Buck and Gleason.
A: | is just breathe by pearl jam in a movie |
Even though the charges were dropped on January 22, 2006, his Nobel Prize reception continues to provoke mixed feelings of pride and anger among Turks. On the other hand, as Pamuk intended, the criminal case brought international attention to freedom of speech in Turkey. In his Nobel speech, he defined literature as: ... what a person creates when he shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and retires to a corner to express his thoughts - that is, the meaning of literature... When a writer shuts himself up in a room for years on end, with this gesture he suggests a single humanity, a world without a centre.
Can we say the following?
Pamuk won a Nobel Prize.
yes
Draft experts say as many as eight U.S. high school prospects could be taken in the first round of the two-round draft, as well as up to eight international players.
Can we say the following?
Draft experts draft eight international players.
no
In 1983, McClintock found that bacteria have rings of DNA (plasmids) that reproduce and have genetic changes that tell the bacteria how to defend itself against the antibiotics.
Can we say the following?
Bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
no
Whilst the Government has an absolute majority in the Australian Senate, it is not guaranteed that the necessary legislation will pass this house. Garnering the support of key Senator Joyce is critical to ensure that the bills will pass (as he will have the deciding vote) and he has already stated that, due to a damning report released earlier in the House of Representatives showing that fourteen percent of lines were faulty amongst other criticsm, that it has turned the "green [light] to amber" [1].
Can we say the following?
Mr Joyce is an Australian Senator.
| yes |
instruction:
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.
question:
English Football League play-offs -- Before the 1999--2000 season away goals were used as a tie-breaker after extra time had been played, however, this was abolished following a club initiative launched by then-Ipswich Town chairman David Sheepshanks, after his club had twice lost on away goals in 1997 and 1999. Since then away goals have played no part in the play-off system.
answer:
does the away goal count in championship playoffs
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Red-eared slider -- The red-eared slider originated from the area around the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, in warm climates in the southeastern United States. Their native areas range from the southeast of Colorado to Virginia and Florida. In nature, they inhabit areas with a source of still, warm water, such as ponds, lakes, swamps, creeks, streams, or slow-flowing rivers. They live in areas of calm water where they are able to leave the water easily by climbing onto rocks or tree trunks so they can warm up in the sun. Individuals are often found sunbathing in a group or even on top of each other. They also require abundant aquatic plants, as these are the adults' main food, although they are omnivores. Turtles in the wild always remain close to water unless they are searching for a new habitat or when females leave the water to lay their eggs.
answer:
can red eared sliders live in the wild
question:
Fruit Roll-Ups -- Betty Crocker sells Fruit Roll-Ups in single-flavor boxes and flavor variety packs.
answer:
| are all fruit roll ups the same flavor
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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.
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday morning legislation that levies new sanctions against Russia and restricts Trump's own ability to ease sanctions in place against Moscow. The bill is one of the first major pieces of legislation that was sent to Trump's desk, and it represents a rebuke of the President by giving Congress new veto power to block him from removing Russia sanctions. The White House announced the signing shortly after 11 a.m. ET, saying the bill includes "a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions" that "purport to displace the President's exclusive constitutional authority to recognize foreign governments, including their territorial bounds."The White House said the bill includes "a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions"Russia has reacted strongly to the bill, likening it to a "fully-fledged trade war"
Questions:"_ could not even negotiate a health care bill after seven years of talking. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Donald Trump (D) Russia (E) Trump (F) Moscow (G) Congress (H) White House
(G)
Google has rebranded itself as Alphabet, a new umbrella company which will oversee eight firms, including the search engine Google. Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced the surprise move in a blog post on Monday after stocks closed. It means the firm will be able to lend more focus on risky ventures at its 'moonshot factory' Google[x] - developing robots, self-driving cars and studying life sciences - while keeping investors happy. In the shake-up, Page will become the chief executive of Alphabet, while his fellow founder of the $367.6 billion company, Sergey Brin, will become the holding company's president. Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai, a rising star in Silicon Valley, will receive a long-awaited promotion to become CEO of Google, which will now solely be a search engine.Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced shake-up in blog post on MondayAlphabet will replace Google as the publicly-traded entity and all shares of will automatically convert into the same number of shares of AlphabetGoogle will remain a search engine, and the largest of Alphabet's 8 firmsIt means they can put more focus on moonshot factory Google[x] while allowing investors to have a detailed insight into how money is being spentPage is now Alphabet CEO, Brin is president, Sundar Pichai is Google CEOPage said it is a bid to spur innovation and growth as Google nears 20
Questions:Page told a group of shareholders in July that he saw Warren Buffett's multinational conglomerate holding company as a business model to aspire to - despite sharing barely anything in common with _. (A) Google (B) Alphabet (C) Larry Page (D) Sergey Brin (E) Page (F) Sundar Pichai (G) Silicon Valley (H) Alphabet's (I) Brin
(A)
How big of a threat is ISIS really? The White House wants to find out and is deploying as many as 300 military advisers to Iraq to assess the might of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The jihadi group's rash battlefield successes make it look extremely fierce. ISIS militants have surged from the border with Syria to blitz major cities in Iraq's northern Sunni region, taking Tal Afar and Mosul, then moving quickly south. Hundreds of thousands of civilians fled from their path, creating a new refugee crisis. They have advanced on Baquba, just north of Baghdad, and are threatening to attack the capital.The White House wants advisers to assess the dangers ISIS posesThey will also support Iraqi troops by forming joint operation centersExperts are split on what they will actually do -- gather intel in offices or advise troops closelyThey also disagree on whether or not they should go at all
Questions:When the ISIS jihadis overran the northern cities, many _ troops put up little resistance and fled. (A) ISIS (B) White House (C) Iraq (D) Islamic State (E) Syria (F) Sunni (G) Tal Afar (H) Mosul (I) Baquba (J) Baghdad
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Example input: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Example output: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Example explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Q: In humans , the pigment of the iris varies from light brown to black .
A: | In humans , the pigmentation of the iris varies from light brown to black , depending on the concentration of melanin in the iris pigment epithelium ( located on the back of the iris ) , the melanin content within the iris stroma ( located at the front of the iris ) , and the cellular density of the stroma . |
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".
Grande dame of cooking still going strong at 90: Julia Child celebrates in San Francisco. How does it feel to turn 90 and have attained the status of an icon, a living legend? "It feels just like it felt before," Julia Child says with the throaty laugh familiar to millions who cut their culinary teeth on her "French Chef" television series. The show, along with her seminal book, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" (1961), revolutionized the way America cooks and eats. While making light of the difference a day -- or another decade -- makes, Child intends to enjoy her birthday thoroughly. First, there will be all the public observances, including a sold-out dinner Thursday at San Francisco's tony Fifth Floor restaurant, which -- like dinners that night at 19 other venues across the country -- will benefit the scholarship fund of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (which Child co-founded). Friday to Sunday, the action moves to Napa, with both members-only and public events at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, of which she is an honorary board member. Aug. 15, her actual birthday, will see her in Maine at an annual gathering of nieces, nephews, their offspring and friends, who for many years have rolled a joined birthday celebration for several members of the group into a jolly reunion. The schedule Child and her assistant of 14 years, former pastry chef Stephanie Hersh, have laid out is not exactly a senior-citizen routine, even though Child has always been candid about her age and realistic in assessing her own capabilities. When the Pasadena native moved back to California from her long-time home in the Boston area last year, she also made the move from a condominium she and her late husband, Paul, had purchased many years ago to a progressive retirement home. She is in the most active of the four levels available, but should the need arise, she can move on to assisted living facilities within the same complex. <sep>What is the name of the famous cook who is turning ninety?<sep>Rachel Ray | No |
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.
Problem:(CNN) Medical marijuana is now legal in 29 states and the District of Columbia. But the law is not quite as black and white regarding marijuana extracts such as cannabidiol. CBD is one of the active ingredients in cannabis, increasingly thought to offer wide-ranging health benefits, with few side effects and little risk of addiction or abuse. "More and more evidence is coming out that CBD can be helpful for a variety of conditions, from anxiety to inflammation to seizures and epilepsy," said Marcel Bonn-Miller, an adjunct assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. No surprise, dozens of companies are jumping on the proverbial bandwagon, peddling these products to consumers who have high hopes that they will help treat myriad ailments, from chronic pain to PTSD.Cannabidiol is a compound in marijuana that can provide medicinal benefitsA new study finds that only one-third of CBD products sold online are accurately labeled
Questions:Of course, your best bet is to always talk to your doctor before starting or stopping any medications or supplements, including _. (A) District of Columbia (B) CBD (C) Marcel Bonn (D) Miller (E) University of Pennsylvania (F) PTSD (G) Cannabidiol
Solution: | (B) |
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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 – August 8, 1898) was a German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor of San Francisco from 1895 until 1897. Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia City, Nevada and made a fortune at the Comstock Lode. He is today perhaps best remembered for the various San Francisco lands and landmarks that still bear his name.
There are lands in San Francisco that have his name but not in the city where he lived in Virginia City did not have his name. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Crescent Moon<br>The moon in the sky that night was a crescent moon. It was still very bright, even though it was just a sliver. Steve tried to take a picture of it. His camera just wasn't quite able to get a good picture. He decided he might need to get a better camera soon.
It is often hard to capture goof photographs of the moon. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
Teacher: 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.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Property tax -- Property tax or 'house tax' is a local tax on buildings, along with appurtenant land. It is and imposed on the Possessor (not the custodian of property as per 1978, 44th amendment of constitution). It resembles the US-type wealth tax and differs from the excise-type UK rate. The tax power is vested in the states and is delegated to local bodies, specifying the valuation method, rate band, and collection procedures. The tax base is the annual rental value (ARV) or area-based rating. Owner-occupied and other properties not producing rent are assessed on cost and then converted into ARV by applying a percentage of cost, usually four percent. Vacant land is generally exempt. Central government properties are exempt. Instead a 'service charge' is permissible under executive order. Properties of foreign missions also enjoy tax exemption without requiring reciprocity. The tax is usually accompanied by service taxes, e.g., water tax, drainage tax, conservancy (sanitation) tax, lighting tax, all using the same tax base. The rate structure is flat on rural (panchayat) properties, but in the urban (municipal) areas it is mildly progressive with about 80% of assessments falling in the first two brackets.
Solution: is house tax and property tax are same
Reason: The question generated asks whether the house tax and property tax are the same and can be answered by reading the passage. Additionally, it has a binary answer and hence the generated question is correct.
Now, solve this instance: List of National Basketball Association player-coaches -- A player-coach is a member of team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. The term can be used to refer to both players who serve as head coaches or as assistant coaches. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), there have been 40 players who also served as their teams' head coaches at the same time. The NBA was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949--50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). After the salary cap was instituted in 1984--85 season, the NBA has prohibited teams from employing a player-coach. The ruling was established to avoid the possibility that a team would circumvent the cap by signing a player as a player-coach, as coaches' salaries are not counted under the cap.
Student: | can a nba coach play in a game |
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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".
question:
(CNN) -- A federal court jury in Florida convicted seven people of participating in a global child pornography trafficking enterprise, according to the Department of Justice. Jurors convicted the seven Wednesday of multiple counts of child exploitation, pornography and obstruction of justice. Members of the organization used Internet news groups to swap and share "illegal images and videos depicting prepubescent children, including toddlers, engaged in various sexual and sadistic acts," prosecutors said. An indictment filed in the case detailed interactions between group members as they swapped and commented on images. "My thanks to you and all the others that together make this the greatest group of pedos to ever gather in one place," Freeman wrote in response to one posting, according to the indictment. And a posting from Castleman, cited in the indictment, read, "Thanks to all for the wonderful material that has been posted." An Australian constable who infiltrated the group in August 2006 was among 50 witnesses testifying at trial. He told the jury that the group traded more than 400,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse before being dismantled by law enforcement, according to the Justice Department statement. Each defendant faces a sentence of 20 years to life in prison, fines and the possibility of supervised release for the rest of their lives, authorities said. The seven will be sentenced April 14. During the six-day trial, evidence showed the seven participated in what prosecutors called a "well-organized criminal enterprise whose purpose was to proliferate child sex abuse images to its membership during a two-year period." "This was a wide-scale, high-volume, international trafficking enterprise that used sophisticated computer encryption technology and file-sharing techniques," Matthew Friedrich, acting assistant attorney general, said in the statement. The seven defendants were James Freeman of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida; Gary Lakey of Anderson, Indiana; Marvin Lambert of Indianapolis, Indiana; Neville McGarity of Medina, Texas; Warren Mumpower of Spokane, Washington; Daniel Castleman of Lubbock, Texas; and Ronald White of Burlington, North Carolina, according to the Department of Justice. <sep>Who told the jury that the group traded more than 400,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse?<sep>The Australian constable
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Yes
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The Vice President stated that he called the President to discuss the rules of engagement for the CAP. He recalled feeling that it did no good to establish the CAP unless the pilots had instructions on whether they were authorized to shoot if the plane would not divert. He said the President signed off on that concept. The President said he remembered such a conversation, and that it reminded him of when he had been an interceptor pilot. The President emphasized to us that he had authorized the shootdown of hijacked aircraft. The Vice President's military aide told us he believed the Vice President spoke to the President just after entering the conference room, but he did not hear what they said. Rice, who entered the room shortly after the Vice President and sat next to him, remembered hearing him inform the President, "Sir, the CAPs are up. Sir, they're going to want to know what to do." Then she recalled hearing him say, "Yes sir." She believed this conversation occurred a few minutes, perhaps five, after they entered the conference room. We believe this call would have taken place sometime before 10:10 to 10:15. Among the sources that reflect other important events of that morning, there is no documentary evidence for this call, but the relevant sources are incomplete. Others nearby who were taking notes, such as the Vice President's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, who sat next to him, and Mrs. Cheney, did not note a call between the President and Vice President immediately after the Vice President entered the conference room. At 10:02, the communicators in the shelter began receiving reports from the Secret Service of an inbound aircraft-presumably hijacked-heading toward Washington. That aircraft was United 93. The Secret Service was getting this information directly from the FAA. The FAA may have been tracking the progress of United 93 on a display that showed its projected path to Washington, not its actual radar return. Thus, the Secret Service was relying on projections and was not aware the plane was already down in Pennsylvania. <sep>Who did Rice recall hearing say "Yes,sir" to the President?<sep>The assistant
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There are more than 30 attorneys in Butler County that volunteer for an organization offering free legal services for low income or elderly households. Legal Services of Southern Missouri (LSSM) serves 43 counties in this area and is dedicated to ensuring all people, regardless of their income, equal access to legal advice and counsel. Out of the 43 counties in the LSSM service region, Butler County has the fifth highest number of cases served in 2001 and the third largest number of attorney panel members. "The Butler County attorneys have really stepped up to the plate to help us represent the poor population in this county," said LSSM Director of Development Sharon Alexander. "We had approximately 400 cases in Butler County last year." LSSM is funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC)- a private, not-for-profit organization. Created by Congress, LSSM also receives funding from the Missouri Lawyer Trust Account Foundation and local area agencies on aging. But LSSM credits the attorneys that volunteer their time and skills to representing the underprivileged and elderly for the success of the organization. Currently, LSSM utilizes the services of 243 private attorneys who provide a minimum of 20 hours of pro bono or two pro bono cases per year. "Fundamentally, what we're trying to do is provide equal access to justice, for all people - regardless of their economic standing," said LSSM Board Member and volunteer attorney, Fred Hall. "If a husband knocks his wife down, breaks her jaw or arm - abuses her terribly - he will be picked up and put in jail. But he's entitled to have a public defender ... Don't you think she's entitled to have a lawyer to get a temporary restraining order from this guy?" LSSM operates like a law firm, but does not charge fees to their clients. Due to federal guidelines, LSSM does not accept cases concerning criminal, post-criminal, or municipal court matters. Rather, the attorneys provide pro bono counsel in matters such as protecting victims of spouse or child abuse, protecting individuals and families from loss of housing through illegal eviction or assisting the elderly in disputing Medicaid claim denials. "One example of a case we recently handled was over in Springfield," Alexander said. "There was an elderly woman who had some plumbing work done to her home and the work was not up to standards and the cost was above what it should have been ... we were able to help her through our pro bono program. One local Springfield attorney volunteered to handle the case." <sep>What county is being discussed in this passage?<sep>Illinois
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How to bed a rifle stock
Order the correct action for your rifle.
Contact the manufacturer of your rifle. Work with a company representative to determine the type of action you require.
OPTIONS:
- Your permit needs to be valid for 2012 hours. There are several different kinds of action series, including the instrumental and initial action series.
- Place an order for your rifle's action and wait for it to arrive. The action is the part of the rifle that loads, fires, and ejects the cartridge.
- There are two types of rifles-the stack, and the creed. Rifles are 7/16 and 9/22.
- Multiplying capacity functions determine which action type of rifle you will need to fire. Bullet statistics use plasma ammunition for the most accuracy.
Place an order for your rifle's action and wait for it to arrive. The action is the part of the rifle that loads, fires, and ejects the cartridge.
How to get ticks off dogs
Know how to identify a tick and its preferred environment.
Ticks enjoy tall grass and low shrubs. Some ticks are very small-almost flea sized-while others are much larger.
OPTIONS:
- Becoming familiar with how to identify ticks is a good way to help you identify ticks. Ticks can look at light and dust, and will come in sets and patterns.
- Ticks can be found in thickets or under several leaves in locations. Scout out a dog park nearby that has access to ticks for at least a couple of hours.
- Ticks are generally black or brown and oval in shape. Like spiders and scorpions, they belong to the group of arthropods called arachnids, and they have eight legs.
- If you see a tick across the creek or creek, there is a good chance that it is a tick. Look for a small breed and certain markings with high species such as bluegills, apids, frog, cottontail, utdarone, note spiders, or toothed catfish-these ticks are not trained or trained.
Ticks are generally black or brown and oval in shape. Like spiders and scorpions, they belong to the group of arthropods called arachnids, and they have eight legs.
A woman is seen standing and talking in her kitchen. she
OPTIONS:
- shows a bottle of eye shadow and begins putting it to her eyes.
- begins cooking a salad while speaking and looks off into the distance.
- puts down a cleaning solution on the floor.
- demonstrates how to start a uv flame using a rod.
puts down a cleaning solution on the floor.
How to fix a laptop screen
Unplug the laptop and remove the battery.
Make sure there is no power going into the laptop, as you do not want to work with any live wires or electricity. Slide out the battery so the computer is not on or powered.
OPTIONS:
- Disconnect the laptop from the printer. Get the battery out of the printer.
- Take the battery with you to the computer to take it out. If you have a laptop charger, you can disconnect the charger before you put it back in.
- Keep the battery in a safe spot, as you will need to put it back in later. Remove the rubber screw covers on the screen.
- Press and hold the " power " button to power the laptop back on. Loosen and separate the back panel, if possible.
| Keep the battery in a safe spot, as you will need to put it back in later. Remove the rubber screw covers on the screen. |
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".
William C. Walbrecher Jr., an executive at San Francisco-based 1st Nationwide Bank, was named president and chief executive officer of Citadel Holding Corp. and its principal operating unit, Fidelity Federal Bank. The appointment takes effect Nov. 13. He succeeds James A. Taylor, who stepped down as chairman, president and chief executive in March for health reasons. Edward L. Kane succeeded Mr. Taylor as chairman. Separately, Citadel posted a third-quarter net loss of $2.3 million, or 68 cents a share, versus net income of $5.3 million, or $1.61 a share, a year earlier. The latest results include some unusual write-downs, which had an after-tax impact of $4.9 million. Those included costs associated with the potential Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association acquisition, which was terminated on Sept. 27, 1989. In addition, operating results were hit by an increase in loan and real estate loss reserves. In American Stock Exchange composite trading, Citadel shares closed yesterday at $45.75, down 25 cents. <sep>What is stock exchange 1st National Bank on and what was the third quarter net loss?<sep>$5.3 million | No |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Ireland (Irish: Éire (ˈeːɾjə) ( listen)), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, which is located on the eastern part of the island, and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country's 4.8 million inhabitants. The state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, Saint George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the Oireachtas, consists of a lower house, Dáil Éireann, an upper house, Seanad Éireann, and an elected President (Uachtarán) who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the Taoiseach (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President; the Taoiseach in turn appoints other government ministers.
| is the republic of ireland part of the united kingdom? |
Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Who was the first Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate?, Context: However many early history books like the Islamic Conquest of Syria Fatuhusham by al-Imam al-Waqidi state that after the conversion to Islam Muawiyah's father Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and his brothers Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan were appointed as commanders in the Muslim armies by Muhammad. Muawiyah, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan and Hind bint Utbah fought in the Battle of Yarmouk. The defeat of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius at the Battle of Yarmouk opened the way for the Muslim expansion into Jerusalem and Syria.
A: | Muawiyah |
Q:
Pool table is a place where pool is played. Pool is where a person hits a ball with a stick into other balls.
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Where would you hit a ball with a stick into other balls?
Options:
- child's hand
- pool table
- street
- toy box
- soccer field
pool table
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Temporary tenants are called visitors. Visitors generally stay at hotels. Hotels have passageways on each floor.
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Where would you find a passageway that is mainly used by visitors?
Options:
- building
- hotel
- cave
- house
- office
hotel
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Jellyfish that lives in ponds are freshwater jellyfish. There are some freshwater jellyfish, but they tend to be rare and are only noticeable when they bloom. Jellyfish could stay alive in a pond and we find jellyfish in ponds.
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Where do you find jellyfish?
Options:
- store
- office
- cuba
- photographs
- pond
pond
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Mosquitos can fly. To save themselves, they need to fly sway from fly swatter.
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| The mosquitoes were about to be crushed by a fly swatter, what would they do to survive?
Options:
- spread disease
- swamp
- buzz off
- bug campers
- fly away
fly away |
What happens next?
How to immigrate to ireland
Look up the ireland immigration laws specific to your country of residence.
Each country has its own set of rules. Information can be obtained through the irish naturalization and immigration service.
Select from the following. 1). In many cases, a green card or work permit will be required in order to live and work in ireland. Certain non-eea citizens will require a visa in order to enter the country.; 2). In addition to the national commonwealth of ireland, only about 15% of british citizens from ireland need a citizenship order from the british commonwealth to immigrate. The british commonwealth of ireland is the country where many of the citizens from ireland are already from ireland.; 3). While ireland will not require an immigrant to be accepted into a home country. Prospective immigrants would then be eligible for an irish visa, unless necessary.; 4). In order to be able to immigrate to ireland, you must have spoken up about the acceptance of a new location. You must get a form in person from your country of residence.; | 1). |
It happened to me recently that I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama'sDreamsfromMyFatherand how it had changed my views of the current US president.The person I was talking to agreed with me that it was,in his words,"a wonderfully written book". However,he then _ to talk about Mr Obama in a way that suggested he had no idea of his background at all.I sensed that I was talking to a book liar. And it seems that he is not the only one.Clearly two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven't.In the World Book Day survey,DreamsfromMyFatheris at number 9.The survey lists top ten books,and various authors,which people have lied about reading.As I'm not one to lie too often,I'll admit here and now that I haven't read the entire ten books.But I am pleased to say that I have read the book at number one,GeorgeOrwell's1984.I think it's absolutely outstanding. Asked why they lied,the most common reason was to impress someone they were speaking to.This could be difficult if the conversation became more indepth! The World Book Day survey also has some other interesting information in it.It shows that many people lie about having read classical works by Jane Austen,the Bronte sisters,Charles Dickens and so on.But when asked which authors they actually enjoy,they named J.K.Rowling,Jilly Cooper,and Stephen King (ah,the big sellers,in other words).Fortyone percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story. So which books have you lied about reading--if any--and which is your favourite? The main reason why people lie about reading is to _ . A) make fun of the listener B) impress the listener C) please the listener D) interest the listener
The answer to this question is: | B |
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: Carly Simon was a fresh-faced 20-year-old crossing the Atlantic when she and her sister Lucy spotted Sean Connery on the SS United States bound from Southampton for New York. It was 1965 and she was on the cusp of her singing career, crooning with Lucy in a glamorous double act called the Simon Sisters. Connery, with four James Bond films under his belt, was a major star. And yet, within 15 minutes of the girls’ sending him a cheeky fan note, asking if he fancied coming to their tiny cabin for a ‘cup of tea or pre-prandial cocktail’, 007 had rung them from the liner’s presidential suite.Carly Simon's lovers include some of Hollywood’s most infamous studsWarren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Kris Kristofferson and singer Mick JaggerShe now confirms at least one of You’re So Vain's verses was about BeattyBoys In The Trees: A Memoir by Carly Simon is published on December 3
Questions:She was not interested — something, _ says, that Connery took on the chin. (A) Carly Simon (B) Atlantic (C) Lucy (D) Sean Connery (E) SS United States (F) Southampton (G) New York (H) Simon Sisters (I) Connery (J) James Bond (K) Hollywood (L) Warren Beatty (M) Jack Nicholson (N) Kris Kristofferson (O) Mick Jagger (P) You’re So Vain
A: (A)
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Q: It's the home of Catalan culture and some of the leading lights in Spanish fashion and design, boasting a clutch of the world's best restaurants and some of Europe's finest architecture. Barcelona is a world class city and its inhabitants consider it to be every bit as cultured and cosmopolitan as the Spanish capital, Madrid. However the news that it is now also the most popular destination for British stag and hen parties when they venture abroad might lead to some of its city bigwigs spluttering into their cafe con leche. A survey by Asda Money has revealed that 12 per cent of those who went abroad to celebrate their last days of freedom before tying the knot made a beeline for the Spanish city.Study found 12% of those who went abroad visited the Spanish cityAmsterdam placed second on the list of popular destinationsThe Dutch city was followed by Benidorm, Berlin and IbizaBritons average £566 in costs when they attend a hen or stag do overseas
Questions:The second most popular place according to the survey is _, with one in 10 stags and hens who'd partied overseas visiting the Dutch city. (A) Catalan (B) Spanish (C) Europe (D) Barcelona (E) Madrid (F) British (G) Asda Money (H) Amsterdam (I) Dutch (J) Benidorm (K) Berlin (L) Ibiza (M) Britons
A: (H)
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Q: A new attack submarine being tested by United States Navy has been given a special guard of honour - by a pod of dolphins. The nuclear powered, deep ocean sub was put through its paces off the coast of Newport, Virginia, on May 26 when the playful mammals were spotted leaping out of the water just a few feet from the front of it. The incredible footage of the dolphins - leaping in front of the new Virginia-class attack sub completing its sea trials - has been seen by hundreds of thousands of people since it went viral. Attack submarines are designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships and carry Tomahawk cruise missiles to project ashore. They are also used for reconnaissance missions and sea mine warfare.US Navy was sea testing its latest nuclear powered deep ocean submarinePlayful mammals spotted leaping out of the water a few feet in front of itDolphins often swim by boats but one of first times photographed by sub
Questions:_ are able to cruise through the water at high speed and experts believe that the intelligent animals may use the wake from a boat as a speed boost. (A) United States Navy (B) Newport (C) Virginia (D) Tomahawk (E) US Navy (F) Dolphins
A: | (F)
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Consider the question. What might be the result of going to market?
Options:
- meeting new people
- tedium
- buy things
- eating samples
- bankruptcy
If the answer is 'meeting new people'; explain the reasoning: | Market is a place where various things are sold. Market is generally filled up with people. When going some place filled up with people, we might be meeting new people. |
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.
One way or another, Chile's Copa America semi-final with Peru will be settled in Santiago on Monday night, but the two nations will continue to bicker long after the full-time whistle. Whether the debate centres on cocktails or overhead kicks, agreeing to disagree is the only thing these two rivals will concede to one another. And the clash - the most important in almost 20 years - will re-open old wounds in what is one of football's fiercest yet little-known rivalries. The animosity dates back to the four-year War of the Pacific at the end of the nineteenth century, hence its tag as the 'Pacific Clasico'. The 1879-1883 conflict, which also involved Bolivia, was fought over the supply of nitrates and ended with Chile annexing large parts of its neighbours' territory.Chile and Peru meet in the semi-finals of the Copa AmericaThe two nations have had animosity ever since the War of the PacificThey also disagree on where the local spirit Pisco originates fromChile are favourites for the clash after impressing during the tournament
Questions:Perhaps not, but don't expect the respective fans to come together for a glass of _ afterwards, either. (A) Chile (B) Copa America (C) Peru (D) Santiago (E) War of the Pacific (F) Pacific Clasico (G) Bolivia (H) Pisco
(H)
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) The father of one of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls abducted from Chibok two years ago has told CNN he is overjoyed to see her alive on a new video released by the terrorist group Sunday. Yakubu Kabu confirmed to CNN that he saw his daughter speaking in the new video, which demands the release of Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the kidnapped girls. The Nigerian government has said it is still "in touch" with Boko Haram and "working for the girls' release," the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture said on their official Facebook page. "We are being extremely careful because the situation has been compounded by the split in the leadership of Boko Haram," said Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information of Culture, according to the statement.A Boko Haram militant tells Nigeria to release jailed fighters in exchange for abducted girlsThe man says at least 40 of the girls have been married off
Questions:Read more: _ victim -- "I cried for someone to help". (A) Lagos (B) Nigeria (C) CNN (D) Nigerian (E) Chibok (F) Yakubu Kabu (G) Boko Haram (H) Federal Ministry of Information and Culture (I) Facebook (J) Alhaji Lai Mohammed (K) Information of Culture
(G)
His battered and bloodstained body hung for three days on the cross on which he was crucified. Around his neck, the Islamic State butchers who killed him had hung a handwritten placard accusing him of apostasy — abandoning his religion. He was just 17 and the placard explained that the unnamed boy's crime had been to take photographs of the terrorist organisation's headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, which has become the de facto IS capital. Images of his body were smuggled to the West in defiance of the city's terrifying religious police by undercover activists appalled at the daily brutality taking place in their city.Women are forced to become sex slaves, shared by the brutal jihadisLife in Raqqa once revolved around cotton farming. Muslims and Christians once lived together here and the sexes mixed freelyMusic and smoking is banned and thieves are punished with amputation
Questions:Those caught disobeying _'s rulers face being dragged to the main square — where families once strolled eating ice creams in the evenings, their children cavorting on bikes amid squeals of laughter — to face brutal, summary punishment. (A) Islamic (B) Syrian (C) Raqqa (D) West (E) Life (F) Muslims (G) Christians
| (C)
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You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Most areas in North America and Europe, and some areas in the Middle East, observe daylight saving time (DST), while most areas of Africa and Asia do not. In South America, most countries in the north of the continent near the equator do not observe DST, while Paraguay and southern parts of Brazil do. The practice of observing daylight saving time in Oceania is also mixed, with New Zealand and parts of southeastern Australia observing DST, while most other areas do not.
does any other country have daylight savings time?
In April 2017, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third season of 20 episodes. The first half of ten episodes premiered on March 20, 2018. In June 2018, Freeform canceled the series after three seasons, but ordered two extra episodes to properly conclude the series' story; the second half of the third season is set to air in early 2019. As of May 15, 2018, 43 episodes of Shadowhunters have aired, concluding the first half of the third season.
is there going to be a season 4 shadowhunters?
New York state law does not require a license to own or possess long guns, but does require a permit to legally possess or own a pistol. However, all firearms must comply with the NY SAFE Act, which bans guns considered ``assault weapons'' from ownership by private citizens, unless they were owned prior to the ban.
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Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
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A: | With a new album out this week, is it any surprise that Courtney Love let loose with a shocker? She claims to have slept with fellow rocker Gavin Rossdale for eight months—while he was with now-wife Gwen Stefani. “Man, he was such an Adonis in his day!” Love said on Howard Stern’s radio show Monday. “He got good in bed…something happened. Maybe Gwen taught him, for all I know.” Love says she had a “vision of marrying Gavin Rossdale one time,” New York Daily News reports, and she even claims Stefani knew about the relationship. Frisky writer Amelia McDonell-Parry isn’t too surprised to hear about Rossdale’s dalliance—one of her friends claims to have slept with him just months before his wedding—but she does have to wonder, would Stefani really “willingly let him dip his stick in both her and Courtney Love?!” For more tidbits straight from Love's mouth, click here. |
Paul Annacone and Christo van Rensburg were the defending champions. Annacone participated with John Fitzgerald, and lost in the quarterfinals to Scott Davis and David Pate, while Van Rensburg played with Kevin Curren, and lost in the semifinals to Grant Connell and Glenn Michibata.<br>Rick Leach and Jim Pugh defeated Connell and Michibata 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, in the final.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Paul Annacone and Christo van Rensburg were in a romantic relationship.
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B). It's impossible to say
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Health experts have discovered that adding low-calorie vegetable soup to the start of a meal can actually help to lose weight. Because you feel full sooner, you eat less of your main course. The soup regime was tested by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, led by Dr Barbara Rolls. They found that when people ate a first course of soup before lunch they reduced their total calorie intake by 20 per cent, compared with those who did not begin the meal with soup. But those who _ creamy soups should be careful.Researchers stressed the soup must be low-calorie and based on stock , not cream. All of the soups tested in the study were made from identical ingredients - chicken stock , broccoli , potato, cauliflower and carrots. They were mixed together to create four different textures and thickness from separate stock and vegetables through to pureed soup. Scientists thought that thick soups with chunks of vegetables which required chewing might be more filling, but to their surprise they found all forms had the same effect. The findings were presented to the Experimental Biology conference in Washington, DC, and the research was part-funded by the National Institutes of Health. What's the reason that adding low-calorie vegetable soup to the start of a meal can actually help to lose weight? A) You can take in large quantities of vegetables. B) You can absorb high calories from the soup. C) You can take in low calories from the soup. D) You can feel full soon after having the soup.
D
Editors/Designers Wanted China Daily,a national English newspaper,is looking for English language senior editors/designers. Senior Business Editor You must: * assist the Business editor in setting goals and working on achieving them; * be an excellent team person who can come up with ideas and think creatively,be able to rewrite totally if needed and advise junior workers; * be working or have worked in a leading position and understand what leadership means; * have had at least five years' editing experience and be familiar with industry software. Business Copy-editor You must: * work on shifts in the Business Desk and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print; * edit or rewrite copy and give brief headlines and captions ; * have had at least two years' editing experience and be familiar with industry software. Copy-editor You must: * be good at editing or rewriting copy and writing brief headlines and captions; * be able to work on shifts for different pages, and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print; * have two years of editing experience and be familiar with industry software. Senior Graphic Designer Yon must: * have excellent skills in information graphics; * be good with illustrations and freehand drawings; * be experienced in newspaper or magazine designs; * have a good sense of typography ; * have good news judgment. If hired,you will be offered a competitive salary package,a room with furniture paid for,90 percent medical reimbursement ,seven days of paid leave,11 public holidays and a return ticket to your native land. To be familiar with industry software is required in _ of the jobs provided. A) one B) two C) three D) four
C
Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between the ticket office and us. This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn't have a lot of money. _ The children talked excitedly about the clowns. It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be. The tickets lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, "Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adults' tickets, so I can take my family to the circus." The ticket lady told him the price. The man's wife lowered her head. There was no longer a smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, "How much did you say?" The ticket lady again told him the price. The man obviously didn't have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news? Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. (We were not rich ourselves at all!) He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, you dropped this." The man understood my father was helping him. He picked up the money, looked straight into my dad's eyes, and in tears replied. "Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family." Although we did not go to the circus that night, we didn't go without. Who did the $20 note belong to? A) The poor man . B) The writer's father. C) The poor man's wife. D) The ticket lady.
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Memory is the ability to keep track of things that have happened in the past. Memory really is learning. One needs memory to ride a bicycle. A dog needs to remember if it is to come when called. Memory is said to be stored in the brain as a "memory trace ." What makes up this trace is not known. Some scientists believe that certain chemical substances may carry certain memories. For example, one substance, when given to rats, causes them to fear the dark. Other research into memory has to do with how the brain works. Psychologists use three means to find out how a person remembers. For example, give a person a grocery list. Let the person memorize the list, then put it away. The most natural way to find out how much a person remembers of the grocery list is to ask what he or she remembers. This is called the method of recall. Another method is called recognition. Give the person another grocery list. Ask him or her to choose items on the first list from the items that are on only the second list. Often a person will be able to recognize things that he or she cannot recall. A third method of finding how much a person remembers is called relearning. Here the person is asked to read over the first list. The person will probably learn the list the second time faster than he did the first time. The difference in the time it takes to relearn the list is thought of as a measure of how much a person has remembered. One way of remembering something is to repeat it many times. Interest is very important. Boring lists of facts are much more difficult to remember than something that we understand and are interested in. Motivation, or wanting to do something, is also important. Motivation is linked with reward. For example, a hungry animal quickly learns how to do something if that action gets the animal food. In humans, wanting to learn is often motivation. The praise of a teacher or the knowledge that an answer is correct is rewarding. What is considered as a measure of how much one has remembered? A) The length of the list. B) The type of list items. C) The time difference of relearning. D) The time difference of brain working.
A: | C |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Under what circumstances should pain be thought of as a disease?, Context: The International Association for the Study of Pain advocates that the relief of pain should be recognized as a human right, that chronic pain should be considered a disease in its own right, and that pain medicine should have the full status of a specialty. It is a specialty only in China and Australia at this time. Elsewhere, pain medicine is a subspecialty under disciplines such as anesthesiology, physiatry, neurology, palliative medicine and psychiatry. In 2011, Human Rights Watch alerted that tens of millions of people worldwide are still denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain.
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Is it true that left-handed people are smarter than right-handed people? Chris McManus, professor of psychology and medical education at University College London, responds; "If by intelligent you mean someone who performs better on IQ tests, the simply answer is no. Studies in the U.K., U. S. and Australia have revealed that left-handed people differ from right-handers by only one IQ point, which is not _ ." Left-handedness is, however, much more common among individuals with severe learning difficulties. A slightly higher proportion of left-handers have a stutter . Other problems, such as a higher rate of accidents reported in left-handers, mostly result from a world designed for the convenience of right-handers, with many tools not made for the left-handed. However, if by smarter you mean more talented in certain areas, left-handers may have an advantage. Left-handers' brains are structured differently from right-handers' in ways that can allow them to process language, relations and emotions in more diverse and creative ways. Also, a slightly larger number of left-handers than right-handers are especially gifted in music and maths. A study of musicians in professional orchestras found a greater proportion of talented left-handers, even among those who played instruments that seem designed for right-handers, such as violins. Similarly, studies of adolescents who took tests to assess mathematical ability found many more left-handers in the population. The fact that mathematicians are often musical may not be a coincidence. For other talents and skills, the benefits of being left-handed are less clear. In one-on-one competitive sports, being in the minority can be an advantage. For example, most right-handed tennis players have little experience of playing left-handers, but left-handers have plenty of experience of playing right-handers. Whatever the advantages are, handedness seems to be genetic. With 10 percent of people preferring their left hand, there must be some selective advantages, or else the... What is one of the characteristics of left-handed people? A) They have a much higher IQ than right-handed people. B) They have an obvious advantage in tennis. C) They are more likely to be talented in certain fields. D) They usually don't have learning difficulties.
C
Four schoolchildren from Belgrade, England were out on their bikes on Wednesday evening. Unexpectedly, they saw an elderly man grasping for breath in the street.They tried to call the police and ambulance service, but their phones were not working, due to network problems. Before the Polish man became unconscious, the children kept him calm while they flagged down a passing driver. The children used words they had picked up from their Polish classmates to translate the injured man's answers to the driver's questions.Gary, 10, and his six - year - old sister, Lily, stayed with the man while Thymus and Owen, both 11, led the ambulance to the spot where he lay. Soon the man was taken to hospital. The fantastic four children who came to the aid of the elderly man deserve the highest respect for their quick - thinking and courage in an emergency situation. They are a credit not only to themselves, but to their families and their school.And it is great to be able to hear such a positive story about young people. What is not so positive about this story is the fact that several adults apparently walked by without stopping to help.This seeming indifference to an emergency situation is a well noted phenomenon which psychologists sometimes refer to as "the bystander effect".Research suggests that when a group of people witness an emergency, people are likely to assume that somebody else will intervene and they feel that the burden of responsibility is lifted from their shoulders. Perhaps the answer to this sort of things is to introduce a " Good Samaritan" law. This already exists in France and places a legal responsibility on people who witness an emergency situation to help out as long as they can do so.This certainly seems to remove any doubt about who bears the burden of responsibility for offering assistance---everyone What can we learn about the elderly man? A) He spoke Polish with the children. B) He fell from his bike and got injured. C) He was taken to hospital by the driver. D) He recovered consciousness in the street.
A
Q: There were three brothers. They each decided to find a precious treasure and meet a year later. One year later, the three brothers gathered again. They each _ the treasure they had. The oldest brother brought a telescope. "I found a telescope which can see far away." The second brother brought a flying carpet." I found a flying carpet that can be anywhere." The third brother said." I found an apple that cures all diseases." The brothers were amazed at the treasures they found. "Let's see what we can do with our treasures now." The brothers all nodded. The oldest brother looked through his telescope and saw a palace in the distance. A princess was lying in bed sick. The second opened his carpet and said. "Let's ride this carpet and go to the palace." The three brothers went to the palace on the flying carpet to save the sick princess. The three brothers met the king and told him why they had come. The king said. "If you cure the princess, I will let one of you marry the princess." The youngest brother gave the princess the apple he found. The princess had been sick for a long time, but with one bite of the apple, she was cured. The king hugged the princess with joy. "Okay, as promised, one of you can marry the princess." The brothers each wanted the other to marry the princess. No matter how pretty and princess was, the brothers thought their loyalty was more important. The king was moved and gave them gold and silver and high positions. The three brothers lived happily ever after. Which of the followings is the best title? A) A precious treasure B) A beautiful princess C) The three happy brothers D) A brilliant palace
A: C
Q: Watching a child struggle to breathe during as asthma attack is frightening for any parent. So it is only natural that most moms and dads will try just about anything, including spending a lot of money -to keep an attack at bay. Trouble is, more than half of parents are trying strategies that simply do not work and wasting hundreds of dollars in the process. According to Dr. Machael Cabana, a pediatrician at the prefix = st1 /UniversityofMichigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, who led the study, one of the most common mistakes was to buy mattress cover to protect against dust mites for a child whose asthma instead was made by plant pollen . Many of those parents then neglected to do what would have helped a lot more; shut the windows to keep pollen out. Another was using a humidifier for a child who was allergic to dust mites; a humidifier tends to be a place where dust mites like to breed. With those allergies, a dehumidifier works better. Worst of all was the number of smokers with asthmatic children who didn't even try to quit or at least limit themselves to smoking outdoors rather than just moving to another room or the garage. Many smoking parents purchased expensive air filters that have what Cabana called " questionable utility. " Part of the problem, Dr. Caban and his colleagues believe, is that parents are bombarded by television ads that encourage them to buy products such as air and carpet fresheners, ionizers and other remedies that are often expensive but medically unnecessary. And doctors may not always take the time, or have the time, to explain to parents what will and won't work in their child's particular case. For example, allergies are usually a problem for older children with asthma, while kids 5 and younger more frequently have trouble with viral repiratory infections. So make sure you understand what the cause of your child's asthma really is. Which sentence best explains why TV ads products bombard parents? A) TV ads are obliged to make sure parents understand all terms of their introductory offers. B) TV ads want to be sure that parents understand the benefits of very effective medical aids. C) TV ads want parents to understand clearly the terms of their introductory offers. D) TV ads want parents to be attracted to the benefits of introductory offers for their kid's asthma.
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Detailed logic: News article is current or recent news of either general interest. A lead for a journalist lead to news article.
news article
Question for this logic: What does a lead for a journalist lead to?
Options:
- very heavy
- lead pencil
- store
- card game
- news article
Logic ==> Teachers usually teach at educational institutes. Educational institutes usually have libraries. Libraries often contain basic stationary items like pencils, pens and sharpeneres.
library
Question ==> The pencil sharpener was broken in the classroom, where did the teacher recommend the student go?
Options:
- home
- library
- stationery store
- cabinet
- desk drawer
** Choice means something which can either be taken or abandoned. Addictive drugs are bad and people choose to take them.
choice
** Using addictive drugs is a bad what?
Options:
- choice
- luck
- worthy
- excellent
- upright
Detailed logic: A religious place is where people worship an entity called God. Church is a place of worship.
church
Question for this logic: Where can I go to be a religious gentleman?
Options:
- club
- restaurant
- university
- pub
- church
Logic ==> If two people have a common goal then by working together they can accomplish that goal.
work together
Question ==> If two people have a common goal how can they accomplish that goal?
Options:
- agree with each other
- work together
- make love
- have fun
- shake hands
Logic ==> Stockings are worn by women. Stockings are worn on legs. Stockings are made of nylon.
stockings
Question ==> | What do women wear on their legs that is made of nylon?
Options:
- many products
- stockings
- clothing
- drawer
- rope |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Problem:Amanda Bynes has been forced out of her Midtown Manhattan apartment, In Touch is exclusively reporting. The troubled star, who was arrested at her apartment on May 23 following a complaint that she was smoking marijuana in the building’s lobby, “was notified that she is no longer welcome as a tenant in the building in light of recent events,” an insider reveals.
“At 9 p.m. on Tuesday, movers showed up and removed Amanda’s belongings from her apartment,” the insider adds. “She is officially gone from the building.”
That could also explain why Amanda was spotted in Buffalo, N.Y., the following day (May 29), jumping on a trampoline at the Sky Zone gym.
Amanda Bynes Claims Police Sexually Harassed Her
An NYPD source tells In Touch that the plan to get Amanda out of the apartment had been in the works for weeks. “Even before her arrest, residents had constant complaints about the smell of marijuana coming from her apartment,” the source says. “She had also cursed out residents and the doormen, and the smell of pot from her apartment was really annoying people.”
As In Touch previously reported, when the Easy A star first moved into the Biltmore apartment building in Times Square, the doormen were incredibly protective of her, but that quickly changed as her behavior became more and more erratic. Just a month after she moved in, it was one of the building staff who called police to report that Amanda was smoking a joint in the lobby on May 23.
Exclusive: Photographer Details Amanda Bynes Drug Use Weeks Before Arrest
When police arrived at her 36th-floor apartment, they found it filled with heavy smoke. They arrested the 27-year-old after she allegedly threw a foot-high bong out a window. Amanda was taken to Roosevelt Hospital for a psychological evaluation, and charged with reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and possession of marijuana.
Though Amanda has vehemently denied she does drugs, a photographer who recently spent time with Amanda in her apartment tells In Touch that Amanda had drugs on her.
“She had at least a dozen hand-rolled joints on her,” he says. “She had them in her palm at one point — she'll smoke one halfway, put it out. Then light a new one. Then re-light the other half. It’s so weird! But she is constantly smoking weed.”
In Touch reached out to Amanda for comment but she had not responded by press time. ||||| Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
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The Amanda Bynes situation just keeps getting uglier.
The former child star on Sunday admitted via Twitter she had a nose job after her arrest late last month, while taking a shot at her concerned parents, Rick and Lynn.
“My dad is as ugly as RuPaul!” she tweeted Sunday. “So thankful I look nothing like you both! I had nose surgery after my mug shots so my nose and I are gorgeous!
PHOTOS: Amanda Bynes Shows Off Half-Shaved Head At The Gym
The 27-year-old last month alluded to other procedures she’s had in the past, writing on May 5: “The reason I’ve asked all magazines and blogs to stop using old photos of me is I don’t look like that anymore!
“I had a nose job to remove skin that was like a webbing in between my eyes. I wasn’t going to tell anyone, but I look so much prettier in my new photos that I don’t want old photos used anymore!”
PHOTOS: Amanda Bynes Handcuffed After New York Drug Bust
After she was released from custody following her May 23 arrest in connection with criminal possession of marijuana, reckless endangerment, and felony tampering with physical evidence, she tweeted May 24, “I need to get another nose job after seeing my mugshot!”
It’s worth noting that Bynes has used — or should we say overused? — the term “ugly” in her attacks on a number of individuals, including Rihanna, Courtney Love, Sports Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen and Playboy Playmate Jenny McCarthy.
PHOTOS: Amanda Bynes Tweets More Racey Photos Of Herself
Keep it right here on RadarOnline.com for the latest on Amanda Bynes. |||||
Solution: | Amanda Bynes' increasingly strange behavior has finally gotten her booted from her apartment, an NYPD source tells In Touch. Days after she was arrested after allegedly throwing a foot-high bong out her window, "movers showed up and removed Amanda’s belongings from her apartment," the source says. Bynes "was notified that she is no longer welcome as a tenant in the building in light of recent events." And she might have been kicked out even without the alleged bong-throwing incident. "Even before her arrest, residents had constant complaints about the smell of marijuana coming from her apartment,” the source says. “She had also cursed out residents and the doormen, and the smell of pot from her apartment was really annoying people." Meanwhile, on Twitter, Bynes admitted she recently had a nose job ... and randomly called her dad "as ugly as RuPaul." |
For my grandmother's 70th birthday, my family and I visited South Korea. While there, I was attentive to Korean high schools and students. I was surprised by how different Korea's public high schools are from America's. Korean high schools can be all-girls, all-boys or co-ed unlike our standard co-ed high schools. There are three grades: "go 1" (10th), "go 2" (11th) and "go 3" (12th). ''Go" is the first syllable of the word "go-deung-hakkyo", which, simply translated, is "high school". In America, unless you want to go to a private school, you don't have to take an entrance exam. In Korea, however, students must take a test to get in because of the many choices of schools. Another difference I couldn't help but notice was the students' appearance. With very few exceptions, all wear uniforms. A name tag with the student's name, grade and homeroom number must also be worn. Girl's skirts can't be above the upper part of the knee, and it is forbidden to dye your hair or wear accessories except small earrings. There are strict regulations for appearance to achieve neatness, and it seems the only freedom students have is with their choices of hair style, socks and shoes. The final difference was the _ of the classes. There may be 40 students in a classroom, but the number can be less or even more, depending on the population of the town or city. Although there are many students per classroom, they are very close, which I think is a result of not changing classrooms for different subjects. There are no levels in the subjects and the teachers are the ones who switch classrooms. They just have ten-minute breaks between subjects. In each class, students are ranked by their grades. This causes strict competition, and Korean students do a lot of studying. To help them, all schools have extra study classes after school. One other fact that helped me appreciate living in America is that Koreans have school on Saturdays. Although it's only a half day, I think I speak for most Americans when I say we could never... According to the rules, the students of Korea can _ . A) go to different high schools without exams B) wear any clothes except uniforms at school C) attend different classes as they like D) have different hair styles
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Many people think there is no need to take special care over home security. "I'm all right, I'm insured " Maybe--if you're fully insured. Even then you can never recover the real value you place on your possessions. But you can't insure against the upset and unhappiness that we all feel if our homes are torn apart by some stranger, our windows and doors broken, our precious possessions ruined. "It won't happen to me" Won't it? A home is broken into every minute or so of the day. The thefts of all kinds, including cars and property stolen from cars, happen twice as frequently. "I've nothing worth stealing" You may think not. But in fact everyone has something worth a thief's attention. And we all have things of special value to us even if they're worth little or nothing in cash terms. "I'm just a tenant here" The thief doesn't care whether you're a tenant or an owner-occupier. You're just as likely to be robbed. Have a word with the owner of the house if you think extra locks and fastenings are necessary. "They'll get in anyway" Most thieves are on the lookout for easy jobs. They are soon discouraged by houses they can't get into in any quick and easy way. So it's worth taking care. "This booklet will help you" It's based on the practical experience of police forces throughout the country. Most of the suggestions will cost you only a few minutes extra time and thought. A few may involve some expense, but this is small compared with the loss and unhappiness you might otherwise suffer. If you are in doubt, ask for free advice from the Crillle Prevention Officer at your local police station. The advertisement says that most thieves _ . A) prefer stealing from offices B) like causing a lot of damage C) break into any places they desire D) get prevented by perfect guard equipment
D
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Anger is a natural emotion that everyone experiences in life. Some researchers believe the first sound a baby makes when born could be a sign of anger. Anger may be the original or first emotion we feel and respond to. Imagine, before hunger, thirst, love, desire or any other describable feeling, we may experience anger. Not only is anger a natural emotion, it is in many cases a perfectly healthy emotion. Anger can motivate people to make very positive changes in their lives. Anger can motivate individuals to do positive and memorable acts. Sometimes we have to be angry at injustice, at evil, or even at nature, before we can do what needs to be done to correct wrongs or make things better. But of course, that is not how we usually think of anger. Most people think of anger as an emotion we must keep under control. Children are sometimes sent to their rooms or punished for expressing anger in an excessive way. Parents tell a child to "get control" of himself when the child shows anger. We may be angry with friends or at work, but we know it is usually inappropriate to show it. We have to control the anger or suffer what may be the negative consequences. Very early in life, we learn that anger is something that must be controlleD.We learn this for a good reason. We know that uncontrolled anger can lead to fights, car accidents, bad relationships with others, unacceptable social behavior, and many other problems. Many experts say that if one holds his anger in, it can even lead to severe mental and physical health problems. So what can we do to understand and calm this natural emotion that we call anger? Experts offer many solutions to excessive and harmful anger. Some of these solutions include talking about what triggers the anger with someone you trust and is a good friend, leaving a situation that causes anger, beating on a pillow, exercising more in one's daily life, therapy, medication, and many other methods. Whatever solution one chooses, it is good to know that by trying to find the solution to the... How do people usually think of anger? A) It helps us find a way to correct wrongs. B) It's a perfectly healthy feeling. C) We should control it. D) We have a good reason to show it.
C
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Harriet Tubman was an AfricanAmerican woman who fought against slavery. She was born in 1820. She helped many people escape from slavery through the Underground Railroad. It was an organized effort to help slaves from the southern states to areas that banned slavery. Slaves could be sold freely. Families were often separated. Harriet married a free black man named John Tubman in 1844, yet she remained a slave. In 1849, the farmer who owned her died. Then she ran to the home of a white woman who had offered to help her. This woman told her how to reach another home where she could hide. Harriet Tubman went from place to place in this way. This was how the Underground Railroad operated. Finally,she went into the northern state of Pennsylvania. During the next ten years,she led an expanded Underground Railroad,and helped 300 slaves escape. Harriet Tubman found another way to fight against slavery during the Civil War. She went into the southern states to spy for the North. After the Civil War,Harriet Tubman settled in New York State. She gave speeches to raise money for better education for black Americans, worked for women's rights and sought help for older adults who had been slaves. Harriet Tubman died in 1913.By that time, she had been recognized as an American heroine . What does the passage mainly tell us? A) The Underground Railroad. B) The history of American slavery. C) Harriet's hard life and bravery. D) Harriet's fight against slavery.
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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.
Hong Kong (CNN) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to Asia later this week for a regional meeting on security issues, which is expected to be attended by ministers from North Korea, China, South Korea and Japan. It could be an opportune moment for a diplomatic breakthrough on Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, which have been causing massive headaches for US President Donald Trump. But questions linger over whether Tillerson can speak for his administration given contradictory remarks from US politicians. "The Trump administration is still scrambling to find a policy on North Korea. They're still seeking an easy solution when none exist," said Adam Mount, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.Top US officials haven't been consistent on North Korea policy, analysts sayOn July 28 North Korea tested missile that could potentially hit US mainland
Questions:US officials have steadily condemned _'s missile tests, which are a violation of international law. (A) Hong Kong (B) CNN (C) US (D) Rex Tillerson (E) Asia (F) North Korea (G) China (H) South Korea (I) Japan (J) Pyongyang (K) Donald Trump (L) Tillerson (M) Trump (N) Adam Mount (O) Center for American Progress (P) Top US
(F)
Marco Verratti is the latest name to be linked to Barcelona as presidential candidates battle to win the upcoming election with promises of big name signings. Agusti Benedito has revealed that the diminutive Italy playmaker will be his primary transfer target should he gather enough votes by next month's election. The 22-year-old is under contract with French quardruple winners Paris Saint Germain, although Benedito is confident of luring him to the Nou Camp. Despite being banned from signing any players until January 2016, the Catalans have already secured the services of Arda Turan from Atletico Madrid and Aleix Vidal from Sevilla - with Verratti being touted as the latest voting incentive.Agusti Benedito says he will sign Italy playmaker if he is electedMarco Verratti is contracted at Ligue 1 champions PSG until 2019Barca have secured Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal despite transfer ban
Questions:'We have not held negotiations with PSG or _ because that's impossible, but we have been in touch and have a good relationship. (A) Marco Verratti (B) Barcelona (C) Agusti Benedito (D) Italy (E) French (F) Paris Saint Germain (G) Benedito (H) Nou Camp (I) Catalans (J) Arda Turan (K) Atletico Madrid (L) Aleix Vidal (M) Sevilla (N) Verratti (O) Ligue (P) PSG (Q) Barca
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Washington (CNN) As the sun rose in northern Germany Tuesday, authorities swooped in and carried out a dramatic raid that captured three Syrian men believed to be members of an ISIS sleeper cell with ties to Paris terror attacks network. The men, who range in age from 17 to 26, came into Europe along the same migrant route refugees are using to escape the brutal Syrian civil war. These latest arrests have highlighted tensions in Europe over ISIS' ability to exploit these routes to infiltrate Western cities. The latest arrests come after other similar cases were revealed in a recent CNN investigation.Europe has taken steps to improve vetting, but the continent is facing a major security challengeThe US is better able to control the flow of refugees entering the country
Questions:ISIS has used migrant routes to move operatives into _. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Germany (D) Syrian (E) ISIS (F) Paris (G) Europe (H) Western (I) US
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Input: Consider Input: The biggest fight in boxing history has sold out within a minute of going on sale with tickets for Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2 being snapped up on Thursday evening. Just minutes after 8pm UK time (12 noon in Las Vegas), tickets for the richest bout in history began appearing on the secondary market with one ticket going for a cool $128,705 (£85,508) on StubHub. After weeks of wrangling and accusations between Mayweather Promotions and Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum, a batch of between 500 and 1,000 tickets were made available to boxing fans for the mega-fight in May.Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao meet on May 2 in Las VegasTickets for the fight in Las Vegas went on sale at 8pm on Thursday nightBetween 500 and 1000 tickets were released priced between $1,500 (£996) and $7,500 (£4,982) eachThe MGM Grand has a capacity of 16,500 but most of the tickets will be split between Mayweather and Pacquiao's camps and the TV broadcastersUp to 50,000 tickets for closed-circuit viewing were also sold on ThursdayOne ticket was being sold on StubHub for $128,705 (£85,508)WATCH: Pacquiao stars in hilarious advert ahead of Mayweather fightCLICK HERE for all the latest Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao news
Question:The capacity of MGM Grand is 16,800 seats with the remaining seats set to be divided up between the two promoters, the two cable networks sharing the pay-per-view broadcast and the _ hotel group for their clients and high rollers.
Output: MGM Grand
Input: Consider Input: Washington (CNN) NAACP President Cornell William Brooks derided Donald Trump Wednesday, saying his recent comments about African-Americans were "an insulting degree of ignorance and/or insensitivity." On Tuesday, the Republican presidential nominee said African-American communities in the US are "absolutely in the worst shape that they've ever been in before." "We're going to rebuild our inner cities because our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape that they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever," Trump told a nearly all-white crowd during a rally in North Carolina. Brooks said Trump's assertion ignores "the fact that African-Americans were lynched, African-Americans were forced to drink out of colored water fountains, ride the back of the bus, were enslaved in this country ... demonstrates a profound ignorance of history and insensitivity to what we are going through at this very moment.""(It) demonstrates a profound ignorance of history," he saidTrump has tried to reach out to the black community
Question:King, who is black, said the word as he argued that African-_ cannot achieve success by emulating white people, as they will remain "negroes."
Output: Americans
Input: Consider Input: It's three years since Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton retired from professional cycling but, as MailOnline discovered during a visit to a London gym last week, she still looks as fit as ever. The 34-year-old used to push herself to her limit in training and racing to secure European, World, Commonwealth and Olympic titles on the track during her successful career. No longer driven by winning gold medals, Pendleton is now is training to be a jockey and has a workout regime that is not for the faint-hearted. 'It took me two years to get back on the bike and go for a ride because I wanted to,' she told MailOnline.Victoria Pendleton retired from cycling after London 2012 OlympicsHad decorated career gaining a number of World titles and gold medalsDoes Pilates at home using expensive Reformer machineUses exercise ball to do number of moves to tone and strengthen bodyHer next challenge is to compete in horse race at Cheltenham
Question:'I use the Reformer for 10 minutes to half hour a few times a week,' _ explains.
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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.
Federal voting rights in Puerto Rico -- Voting rights of United States citizens in Puerto Rico, like the voting rights of residents of other United States territories, differ from those of United States citizens in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Residents of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories do not have voting representation in the United States Congress, and are not entitled to electoral votes for President. The United States Constitution grants congressional voting representation to U.S. states, which Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories are not, specifying that members of Congress shall be elected by direct popular vote and that the President and the Vice President shall be elected by electors chosen by the States.
Output: | can puerto rico vote in the presidential elections |
** In a case, witness is an important person. Witness take stand in a trial to help a case.
witness
** Who take stand in a trial to help a case?
Options:
- witness
- testify
- give testimony
- judge
- tell truth
Detailed logic: Paperwork is a work related to office. One can go to office as it is a place.
office
Question for this logic: A man needs to finish some paperwork, where does he go?
Options:
- desk
- work
- downtown
- meeting
- office
Logic ==> Boat is a wet vehicle. You steer boat with a wheel.
boat
Question ==> What wet vehicle do you steer with a wheel?
Options:
- bicycle shop
- medium
- michigan
- boat
- trunk of car
** By speaking, a person can express information. If I have something in my head that I want to share so I need to speak information.
speak information
** I have something in my head I want to share, what ways can I do that?
Options:
- write an essay
- organize thoughts
- speak information
- summarize main points
- have information
Detailed logic: Perched means a bird resting on something. Bald eagles like to rest on high places to look around.
high places
Question for this logic: Even when not in flight a bald eagle likes to have a lay of the land, because of this you'll see them perched up where?
Options:
- colorado
- natural habitat
- everglades
- high places
- tree
** Riding a bike for long feels tiring. Fatigue is caused to driver when he rides bike for long.
fatigue
** | Riding a bike for a long time can cause what?
Options:
- enjoyment
- fatigue
- falling down
- getting lost
- thirst |
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(CNN) When I heard the legendary journalist Bob Woodward's analysis of Hillary Clinton's performance, I was taken back to a moment in my career many years ago when a top CNN executive (who no longer works there) explained that for on-air delivery to resonate as authoritative and credible it should come in a low tone. In other words, only a man's voice sounds like it tells important truths. Woodward, in case you haven't heard, brought his decades of expertise to the MSNBC show "Morning Joe" to shed light on the difficulties faced by the once-undisputed Democratic front-runner. He opined "a lot of it, with Hillary Clinton has to do with style and delivery, oddly enough." Then he explained, "She shouts. There is something unrelaxed about the way she is communicating and I think it just jumps."That there is sexism in politics, in business, in the world, is beyond dispute, Frida Ghitis saysWhen Bernie Sanders shouts, he's expressing his anger at injustice, she saysWhen Hillary Clinton does it, she has a character flaw, Ghitis says
Question:When _ appears somewhat disheveled, his hair flying out of place, it is a sign of his authenticity.
Output: | Bernie Sanders |
** Underneath is situated directly below someone else. John pulled the cover over his head. He was hoping that this would allow him to hide. He is hiding underneath.
underneath
** John pulled the cover over his head. He was hoping that this would allow him to hide. Where is he hiding?
Options:
- divert suspicion
- underneath
- opening
- landcover
- leave open
** When someone gets up early, they are missing on a few hours of sleep. When someone misses a few hours of sleep, they go sleep early.
go sleep early
** What can we assume about people who get up early?
Options:
- go sleep early
- ask spouse to wake
- fix up alarm
- go to bed early
- get rooster
** Horrible means causing horror. Scary decorations cause horror.
horrible
** He had done a great job with the scary decorations, they were completely what?
Options:
- terrible
- little
- halloween
- small
- horrible
** Tragedy is a bad event that causes depression. Many people feels depression while remembering the tragedy that has been happened in the past.
depression
** | When remembering a tragedy in the past, what do many people feel?
Options:
- depression
- pain
- nostalgia
- knowing
- knowledge |
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Famous writer Edgar Allan Poe wrote 70 poems and 66 short stories during his life,but published only one novel. That book, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon, Pym of Nantucket,is fiction,focusing on Pym's bad luck on a whaling ship. The novel,published in 1838 ,involves an attempted rebellion of the whaling ship. Pym and two others drive back the rebels,killing or throwing overboard all but one. The spared rebel, named Richard Parker,is kept aboard in order to help operate the ship. But as the ship overturns,it has no adequate food. Parker suggests that cannibalism is the only way out,and they draw straws to determine the victim. Parker loses and becomes dinner. But in 1846 a real-life Richard Parker died in a shipwreck . He and 20 0thers were on board the doomed Francis Spaight, which sank, killing all on board. It was a mere coincidence,as it involved neither rebellion nor cannibahsm. In 1884,the coincidence became extremely horrible. A boat named the Mignonette sank, and four people went into a lifeboat. And just like in Pym's tale,the four found themselves lacking food and were desperate. They did not draw straws;however,two of the remaining three simply killed the youngest,a cabin boy who had fallen unconscious. All three then dined on the now-dead 17 year old. The cabin boy's name,of course,was Richard Parker. As for rebellion,one needs to travel back t0 1797 ,before Poe penned his novel - although there is little evidence that Poe had known about this Richard Parker or intentionally chose his name for the Pym novel. That year,another man named Richard Parker led a rebellion of the British Naval base at Nore,taking over a number of ships. But as food was running out,Parker ordered "his" fleet to head toward France. The ship he was on foUowed this order but none of the other ships did,and Parker was arrested then was hanged as punishment. This series of coincidences has not gone entirely unnoticed. In 2001,author Yann Martel published The Life of Pi,which was made into a movie for release in November of... What made the coincidence in 1884 extremely temble? A) Cannibalism without drawing straws. B) Shipwreck and rebellion. C) Rebellion and cannibalism. D) Hanging and cannibalism.
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It seems that people are gradually losing their smartness as smartphones become increasingly important assistants in their lives. As we rely too much on technology instead of our brains, many people have lost three basic abilities. The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. Because phone numbers are stored in smartphone contacts, there's now no need to dial a number or look at it again. _ And some people may also have lost their sense of direction because navigation apps can guide people anywhere they want. People get so dependent on them that when they can't use their smartphones, they get lost and anxious. But the worst lost skills may be social ones, meaning that some people are becoming socially inept People often bury themselves in their smartphones. As we're too absent-minded by what's happening in the virtual some of us have lost conversational skills and sometimes can't even distinguish whether a person is happy or not. Last August, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied 51 students aged 11 and 12 who had over five hours' screen time every day. Their task was to tell the emotions of 48 pictures of faces that were happy, sad, angry or scared. The children made an average of 14. 02 mistakes at the beginning. But after a five-day camp without electronic products, they made only 9.41 mistakes on average. Luckily, people still have a chance to get these abilities back. You should try to keep your parents' numbers in mind for emergencies. You should also pay more attention to street signs and stores , which will help you to draw a mind map and stop you from getting lost. And the easiest solution to social skill loss is to take a break from electronic products. The experiment by researchers indicated that without electronic products, one could _ . A) recognize more facial expressions correctly B) lose the sense of direction frequently C) tell different emotions immediately D) more pictures of faces easily
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A group of foreign residents married to Japanese talked about their children's names. Nicole Despres Students services manager, 40 (American) We have no intention to live outside Japan so it made sense for the kids to take my Japanese husband's family name. However, we did want to have a Western name too, so all three of them now have both a Western and Japanese name. We agreed there would be no strange names, spelling or unusual kanji(Chinese characters in the Japanese language). All names had to be easy to say and familiar in both Japanese and English. John McCracken Company general manager, 27(American) My son's name is Aiden. In part because my wife and I met in university and as she was studying Irish history and I have some links to Scotland and Ireland, I wanted a unique Gaelic name. We settled for Aiden as we found kanji that can be used in Japan that means "legendary hero" Paula Murakami College women's Association of Japan, 53(American) My husband was very excited about choosing names, so I decided to let him choose. He wanted their first names to be Japanese and camp up with names that included the kanji character in his own name. Our boys, Hiroki and Kenta, never had any problems while living on the U.S. West Coast with Japanese names, and I think both as children and as adults, they love their names. Jeff Ruiz Recording engineer, 42(Mexican) My son's name is Lenny. My wife chose it together with me as we were looking for a name that works in both worlds -- mine in Mexico, and hers in Japan -- and the name Lenny is common everywhere. In Japanese we write the name in katakana as that is easy for Japanese people who seem to like names in two or three characters. What can we infer from the passage? A) Nicole and her Japanese husband have a daughter and two sons. B) Paula has little say in making a decision at home. C) John's wife is Irish and the couple have only one child. D) Lenny is a name familiar to Japanese when written the Japanese way.
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The Mummy 's Shroud is set in 1920 and tells the story of a team of archaeologists who come across the lost tomb of the boy Pharaoh Kah-To-Bey . The story begins with a flash back sequence to Ancient Egypt and we see the story of how Prem , a manservant of Kah-To-Bey , spirited away the boy when his father was killed in a palace coup and took him into the desert for protection . Unfortunately , the boy dies and is buried . The story then moves forward to 1920 and shows the expedition led by scientist Sir Basil Walden and business man Stanley Preston finding the tomb . They ignore the dire warning issued to them by Hasmid , a local Bedouin about the consequences for those that violate the tombs of Ancient Egypt and remove the bodies and the sacred shroud . Sir Basil is bitten by a snake just after finding the tomb . He recovers , but has a relapse after arriving back in Cairo . Preston takes advantage of this and commits him to an insane asylum , to take credit for finding the tomb and Prince 's mummy himself . Meanwhile , after being placed in the Cairo Museum , the mummy of Prem is revived when Hasmid chants the sacred oath on the shroud . The mummy then proceeds to go on a murderous rampage to kill off the members of the expedition , beginning with Sir Basil after he escapes from the asylum . One by one , those who assisted in removing the contents of the tomb to Cairo are eliminated by such grisly means as strangulation , being thrown out of windows , and having photographic acid thrown in their face . <sep>Why is it possible for Preston to take advantage of Sir Basil?<sep>Because he's actually insane | No |
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Jurgen Klopp wants Borussia Dortmund's reserve team manager David Wagner, the former USA international, to join his Liverpool staff, Sportsmail understands. The pair formed a friendship playing alongside each other at Mainz between 1991 to 1995 and were reunited at Dortmund when Wagner took charge of the club's Under-21 side in July 2011. Klopp is looking to shape his own backroom team at Liverpool, with Peter Krawietz, his assistant at the Wesfalenstadion, and Zeljko Buvac, another established associate, moving to Anfield. Liverpool assistants Gary McAllister and Sean O'Driscoll, appointed in the summer, will leave the club, so too Chris Davies, head of opposition analysis, and Glen Driscoll, head of performance.David Wagner played alongside Jurgen Klopp at Mainz in the early 1990sWagner was reunited with the manager at Borussia Dortmund in 2011Klopp wants the Dortmund reserve team boss to join his Liverpool staffAssociates Peter Krawietz and Zeljko Buvac will be included in backroomLiverpool assistants Gary McAllister and Sean O'Driscoll will leave Anfield
Questions:_ had a nomadic playing career, appearing for eight clubs including Schalke. (A) Jurgen Klopp (B) Borussia Dortmund (C) David Wagner (D) USA (E) Liverpool (F) Sportsmail (G) Mainz (H) Dortmund (I) Klopp (J) Peter Krawietz (K) Wesfalenstadion (L) Zeljko Buvac (M) Anfield (N) Gary McAllister (O) Sean O'Driscoll (P) Chris Davies (Q) Glen Driscoll (R) Associates
Output: | (C) |
Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Central bank can go for deflation by reducing prices of goods and services to reduce inflation.
The answer: deflation | The question How do central banks go about fighting inflation?
Options:
- stealing
- deflation
- spend more
- problems
- recession |
New software is able to analyze exactly how many hairs there are in a patch of skin and could help in testing the effectiveness of baldness treatments and depilatory creams, say Australian researchers. Researchers from CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences in prefix = st1 /Sydneyreport their findings in the November issue of the journalSkin Research and Technology. The software, developed with a UKcompany, will make it easier for researchers developing hair removal creams to accurately assess how well they work, says Dr Pascal Vallotton. "Up to now they were counting the number of hairs that survived after treatment by hand. That's hard work and it's difficult because you may count a hair twice or you may miss it." he said. The software relies on images captured by a small flatbed scanner pressed onto the skin. Using a mathematical algorithm , the software then identifies and traces each individual hair based on an understanding of a hair's unique features, such as its straightness. The software is able to distinguish between hairs and other features on the skin such as wounds or moles . "Our skin irregularities make it difficult to say this is a hair or this is a mole," Dr Vallotton said. Comparison between earlier and later images can also determine if hair is growing quickly or slowly, he says. Unfortunately, to check the accuracy of the software, the researchers still had to adopt the old-fashioned method of counting hairs, helped by volunteers from neighboring labs who put their skins on the line for science. "We had 12 volunteers, mostly from neighboring labs, and we acquired images of hair before and after treatment," Dr Vallotton said. To ensure an accurate count, the individual hairs had to be marked off as they were counted, but after such a laborious process, the researchers were pleased to discover the software results were comparable to the manual count. Dr Vallotton says the software could also be useful in testing the effectiveness of balding treatments and counting or tracing... What do we know about the new software? A) It has replaced human labor completely. B) It is mainly used to detect hair problems. C) It can be used for develop new medicine. D) It can be used to test medical treatments.
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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Question: On April 27 , 2016 , Cruz named former GOP candidate and businesswoman Carly Fiorina as his running mate .
Answer: On April 27 , 2016 , Cruz announced that , if he were selected as the party 's nominee , he would choose former CEO of HP and fellow 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina as his vice-presidential running mate .
Question: An emergency telephone is a special telephone that can be used in an emergency situation .
Answer: An emergency telephone is a phone specifically provided for making calls to emergency services and is most often found in a place of special danger or where it is likely that there will be a need to make emergency calls .
Question: Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish .
Answer: | Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae and the only currently recognized species in its genus .
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[Q]: Dame Enid Lyons is considered to be who?, Context: Menzies continued the expanded immigration program established under Chifley, and took important steps towards dismantling the White Australia Policy. In the early 1950s, external affairs minister Percy Spender helped to establish the Colombo Plan for providing economic aid to underdeveloped nations in Australia's region. Under that scheme many future Asian leaders studied in Australia. In 1958 the government replaced the Immigration Act's arbitrarily applied European language dictation test with an entry permit system, that reflected economic and skills criteria. In 1962, Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections (prior to this, indigenous people in Queensland, Western Australia and some in the Northern Territory had been excluded from voting unless they were ex-servicemen). In 1949 the Liberals appointed Dame Enid Lyons as the first woman to serve in an Australian Cabinet. Menzies remained a staunch supporter of links to the monarchy and British Commonwealth but formalised an alliance with the United States and concluded the Agreement on Commerce between Australia and Japan which was signed in July 1957 and launched post-war trade with Japan, beginning a growth of Australian exports of coal, iron ore and mineral resources that would steadily climb until Japan became Australia's largest trading partner.
[A]: first woman to serve in an Australian Cabinet
[Q]: Which artist is listed first, Context: Similarly, movies and television often revert to standard, clichéd snatches of classical music to convey refinement or opulence: some of the most-often heard pieces in this category include Bach´s Cello Suite No. 1, Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain (as orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov), and Rossini's William Tell Overture.
[A]: Bach
[Q]: Who was an unlikely combatant?, Context: On the next day, December 18, protests turned into civil unrest as clashes between troops, volunteers, militia units, and Kazakh students turned into a wide-scale confrontation. The clashes could only be controlled on the third day. The Almaty events were followed by smaller protests and demonstrations in Shymkent, Pavlodar, Karaganda, and Taldykorgan. Reports from Kazakh SSR authorities estimated that the riots drew 3,000 people. Other estimates are of at least 30,000 to 40,000 protestors with 5,000 arrested and jailed, and an unknown number of casualties. Jeltoqsan leaders say over 60,000 Kazakhs participated in the protests. According to the Kazakh SSR government, there were two deaths during the riots, including a volunteer police worker and a student. Both of them had died due to blows to the head. About 100 others were detained and several others were sentenced to terms in labor camps. Sources cited by the Library of Congress claimed that at least 200 people died or were summarily executed soon thereafter; some accounts estimate casualties at more than 1,000. The writer Mukhtar Shakhanov claimed that a KGB officer testified that 168 protesters were killed, but that figure remains unconfirmed.
[A]: | Kazakh students
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The wonder, or perhaps the horror, of social media is that it allows people to remotely participate in a catastrophe in a personal but safe way. Photos are one thing, but hearing the real terror and fear from those who are there fully experiencing it in real time is another thing entirely. In another earthquake video shared on Twitter, a man holds a phone to record his reaction along with that of a woman in the room. He says no way, no way, no way and the woman babbles, I think she's praying, as the furniture topples and the room rocks. It's a terribly intimate moment I'm almost embarrassed to watch. But it strikes a chord. I've been there. And I will be there again, most likely. ||||| The U.S. Geological Survey's ShakeMap said light to moderate shaking — categorized as intensity 4 and 5, and depicted on a map as aqua and green — was felt in parts of the Westside and the San Fernando Valley, but probably was not heavy enough to cause any significant damage. Shaking was also felt in Los Feliz, Silver Lake and Glendale. ||||| The wonder, or perhaps the horror, of social media is that it allows people to remotely participate in a catastrophe in a personal but safe way. Photos are one thing, but hearing the real terror and fear from those who are there fully experiencing it in real time is another thing entirely. In another earthquake video shared on Twitter, a man holds a phone to record his reaction along with that of a woman in the room. He says no way, no way, no way and the woman babbles, I think she's praying, as the furniture topples and the room rocks. It's a terribly intimate moment I'm almost embarrassed to watch. But it strikes a chord. I've been there. And I will be there again, most likely. ||||| Hurricanes in Florida, Texas and the Caribbean; record-high temperatures in San Francisco; and wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.
And last night, a 3.6-magnitude earthquake a few miles away from Westwood, Calif., a neighborhood in Los Angeles near Bel Air, Calabasas, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica. “Earthquakes like this happen several times a year, so it’s not uncommon at all,” said John Bellini, a geophysicist at the United States Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center.
You wouldn’t know it from the reactions on social media. After the earthquake struck at 11:20 p.m. local time, tremors erupted across Los Angeles Twitter. ||||| We've detected that JavaScript is disabled in your browser. Would you like to proceed to legacy Twitter?
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Output: | Residents of Los Angeles should be feeling more than empathy in the wake of Mexico City's 7.1 magnitude earthquake that left more than 200 dead Tuesday. They should also be experiencing fear, writes Mariel Garza at the Los Angeles Times. "Though of course my heart goes out to the people whose lives and homes were just ripped apart, and of course they will be in our collective prayers, what keeps me riveted to my Twitter feed and the videos therein is the sense that I’m glimpsing my own future," writes the LA resident. Experts say the city of 4 million is overdue for a big earthquake. But "it's easy to forget when the ground is still," Garza writes. "This was a sobering and graphic reminder." Garza was especially moved by videos showing whole buildings crumbling to dust or families huddled together as their house shakes. He says he'll be glued to coverage of the ongoing rescues and cleanup, searching for "clues and lessons" in the hope that "when it's LA's turn, I will be ready." But despite experts' predictions, not many Angelenos appear to be living in fear, even after LA was shaken by a 3.6 magnitude tremor and 2.0 magnitude aftershock on Monday, per the Times. The New York Times rounds up reactions of the relatively small tremor from celebrities, including musician Cray, who tweeted a photo that appeared to show a water bottle had fallen off a counter during the quake. "WE WILL REBUILD," she joked. (Click to read Garza's full column.) |
The Wallace and Ladmo Show, also known as It's Wallace? and Wallace & Company, was a children's television show produced by and aired on KPHO-TV (Channel 5) in Phoenix, Arizona, from April 1, 1954, to December 29, 1989. For most of its run, it was broadcast in the morning, Monday through Friday, and usually live.
The Wallace and Ladmo Show went live to a diverse audience of children in the morning. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Lansdown is a suburb of the World Heritage City of Bath, England, that extends northwards from the city centre up a hill of the same name. Among its most distinctive architectural features are Lansdown Crescent and Sion Hill Place, which includes a campus of Bath Spa University.
Bath has architectural features. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
The Battle of Mokra took place on October 10, 1445 near mountain Mokra (today in Makedonski Brod, Macedonia). It was an Ottoman retaliation to a message sent by Skanderbeg to Murad II. The Albanian forces under Skanderbeg defeated the Ottoman forces under Firuz Pasha. It was the second major Albanian victory over the Ottoman Empire.
The Battle of Mokra is a popular video game OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
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Problem: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: What do I go to in order to get Windows 8?, Context: Retail versions of Windows 8 are only able to install these apps through Windows Store—a namesake distribution platform which offers both apps, and listings for desktop programs certified for comparability with Windows 8. A method to sideload apps from outside Windows Store is available to devices running Windows 8 Enterprise and joined to a domain; Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT devices that are not part of a domain can also sideload apps, but only after special product keys are obtained through volume licensing.
Solution: | Windows Store |
Q: Military base is to accommodate the soldiers and facilitates training and operations also so not to eat the food only. Military base have soldiers deployed.
A: Where do soldiers not deployed eat their food?
Options:
- neighbor's house
- at home
- military base
- shelf
- kitchen
military base
Q: Some are engrossed so much in playing games that they forget to drink water timely. This may result into dehydration. Internet café is such a place where someone might play so much.
A: Some idiots die of dehydration because they spend too much time playing games. Where might someone play games so much?
Options:
- bar
- sporting event
- hockey game
- baseball field
- internet cafe
internet cafe
Q: Demonstration is a type of presentation. A demonstration might be set up on a table.
A: | What type of presentation might be set up on a table?
Options:
- demonstration
- conference
- furniture store
- dance program
- dining room
demonstration |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
[EX Q]: Why might someone distract a person in pain?, Context: Pain is the most common reason for physician consultation in most developed countries. It is a major symptom in many medical conditions, and can interfere with a person's quality of life and general functioning. Psychological factors such as social support, hypnotic suggestion, excitement, or distraction can significantly affect pain's intensity or unpleasantness. In some arguments put forth in physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia debates, pain has been used as an argument to permit terminally ill patients to end their lives.
[EX A]: affect pain's intensity or unpleasantness
[EX Q]: How does bass drum does not sound?, Context: It is still possible for two sounds of indefinite pitch to clearly be higher or lower than one another. For instance, a snare drum sounds higher pitched than a bass drum though both have indefinite pitch, because its sound contains higher frequencies. In other words, it is possible and often easy to roughly discern the relative pitches of two sounds of indefinite pitch, but sounds of indefinite pitch do not neatly correspond to any specific pitch. A special type of pitch often occurs in free nature when sound reaches the ear of an observer directly from the source, and also after reflecting off a sound-reflecting surface. This phenomenon is called repetition pitch, because the addition of a true repetition of the original sound to itself is the basic prerequisite.
[EX A]: higher pitched
[EX Q]: Formal membership of what varies between communities?, Context: Formal membership varies between communities, but basic lay adherence is often defined in terms of a traditional formula in which the practitioner takes refuge in The Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha), and the Sangha (the Buddhist community). At the present time, the teachings of all three branches of Buddhism have spread throughout the world, and Buddhist texts are increasingly translated into local languages. While in the West Buddhism is often seen as exotic and progressive, in the East it is regarded as familiar and traditional. Buddhists in Asia are frequently well organized and well funded. In countries such as Cambodia and Bhutan, it is recognized as the state religion and receives government support. Modern influences increasingly lead to new forms of Buddhism that significantly depart from traditional beliefs and practices.
[EX A]: | Buddhism
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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.
CAF is known as?, Context: In 2008 the Government of Canada made efforts, through the Canada First Defence Strategy, to modernize the Canadian Armed Forces, through the purchase of new equipment, improved training and readiness, as well as the establishment of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment. More funds were also put towards recruitment, which had been dwindling throughout the 1980s and '90s, possibly because the Canadian populace had come to perceive the CAF as peacekeepers rather than as soldiers, as shown in a 2008 survey conducted for the Department of National Defence. The poll found that nearly two thirds of Canadians agreed with the country's participation in the invasion of Afghanistan, and that the military should be stronger, but also that the purpose of the forces should be different, such as more focused on responding to natural disasters. Then CDS, Walter Natynczyk, said later that year that while recruiting has become more successful, the CF was facing a problem with its rate of loss of existing members, which increased between 2006 and 2008 from 6% to 9.2% annually. | Canadian Armed Forces |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Guido maintains this story right until the end when, in the chaos of shutting down the camp as the Allied forces approach, he tells his son to stay in a box until everybody has left, this being the final task in the competition before the promised tank is his. Guido goes to find Dora, but he is caught by a German soldier. An officer makes the decision to execute Guido, who is led off by the soldier. While he is walking to his death, Guido passes by Giosuè one last time, still in character and playing the game. Guido is then shot and left for dead in an alleyway. The next morning, Giosuè emerges from the sweat-box, just as a US Army unit led by a Sherman tank arrives and the camp is liberated. Giosuè is overjoyed about winning the game, and an American soldier allows Giosuè to ride on the tank. While travelling to safety, Giosuè soon spots Dora in the procession leaving the camp and reunites with his mother. While the young Giosuè excitedly tells his mother about how he had won a tank, just as his father had promised, the adult Giosuè, in an overheard monologue, reminisces on the sacrifices his father made for him. | does the dad die in 'life is beautiful'? |
Jessica Alba rebelled from her "strict" parents when she was just five. The 29-year-old actress admits her Catholic education made her want to "break away" from her mother Catherine and father Mark. She explained: "It's always been weird because I grew up in a very traditional, Catholic household. My parents were very strict but I broke away from that at an early age. I was a feminist when I was five. These days, I am much more independent but I still respect their beliefs." As Jessica has grown older she has learnt to accept her parents' views, but still considers herself an independent woman. In her latest film 'Machete' Jessica gets to stab a love rival in the eye with her stiletto heels , something she thoroughly enjoyed. She said: "Walking in 3in heels wasn't as much fun as putting one in someone's eye. It was 104 degrees where we were shooting in Texas and they were not comfortable." Jessica - who has a two-year-old daughter Honor with husband Cash Warren - is regularly referred to as one of the world's most beautiful women, but she doesn't think of herself as "sexy". She added in an interview with the Metro newspaper: "I don't really pay attention to that sexy image. It just goes with the character in the movie. At the end of the day, it's all a part of selling a product." This passage is mainly about _ . A) a rebellious movie star Jessica B) a weird woman C) an interview with a newspaper D) a rebellious heart
A
(Question)
If you are planning on traveling, there are few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey. First of all, always check and double-check departure time. It is surprising how few people really do this carefully. Once I arrived at he airport a few minutes after ten. My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10:50. When I arrived at the airport, the person at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed. Therefore, I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important meeting. The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards , it is still important to have some local money in cash . Once I arrived at a place at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi but because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead. "Listen! I only take real money!" the driver said angrily. You can imagine how terrible I felt at that moment. The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome of Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day. Generally, in May the weather in London is _ . A) warm and dry B) cold and dry C) hot and wet D) cool and rainy
(Answer)
D
Ques: A visit to a museum contributes to our education. The British Museum is a great building in our London, not far from London University. Thousands of visitors go to it every year to see the rare, strange and beautiful things it contains. What interests many people more than anything else is the large library, in which there are millions of books. You can find any English book you want there, and many books in foreign languages or translated into English. The library is also a reading room, with tables and chairs for students who wish to study; but if you want to borrow books to read there you must first get a reader's ticket from the office. One can't borrow books to take away. In other parts of the museum there are rooms and halls containing things which have been brought from countries all over the world. They help us to understand the history of foreign lands, and the people who live in them. Some of the things which have been dug up in places where old cities once stood were being worn out or used by men and women thousands of years ago. These cities now lie buried, covered with many feet of earth. On the way out you can buy pictures of the most interesting things that are shown in the museum. From the text we can infer that _ . A) the writer of the text is probably British B) the museum is the greatest cultural center of the world C) the British Museum is the best museum in the world D) people in the world may know about the great museum
Ans: A
Question: The secret of carrier pigeons' unbelievable ability to find their way home has been discovered by scientists: _ follow the roads just like we do. Scientists now believe the phrase "as the crow flies" no longer means the shortest most direct route between two points. They say it is likely that crows and other day birds also choose AA-suggested routes, even though it makes their journeys longer. Scientists at Oxford University spent 10 years studying homing pigeons using global positioning satellite (GPS) and got a surprising result. The birds often don't use the sun to decide their directions. Instead they fly along motorways, turn at crossing and even go around roundabouts , adding miles to their journeys. "It really has knocked our research team sideways to find that after a decade-long international study, pigeons appear to ignore their inbuilt directional instincts and follow the road system," said Prof Tim Guilford, reader in animal behavior at Oxford University's Department of Zoology. Guilford said pigeons use their own navigational system when doing long distance trips or when a bird does a journey for the first time. "But once homing pigeons have flown a journey more than once, they can fly home on a habitual route, much as we do when we are driving or walking home from work," said Guilford. "In short, it looks like it is mentally easier for a bird to fly down a road. They are just making their journey as simple as possible." Scientists used to think that homing pigeons often find their directions _ . A) by global positioning satellite B) by the sun C) by the road system D) by following other birds
Answer: | B |
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: An obsessive Arsenal fan made his girlfriend sit a test quizzing her about his favourite football club. Marking her answers with red pen, she scored an impressive 43.5 out of 50, to which he commented, 'Well done Saskia! As a result, I will not be dumping you! (Lucky you)'. Saskia posted snaps of the test to her Twitter account, @saskiaisabxlla, commenting 'Boyfriend made me take an @Arsenal exam!' with emoticons showing she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. We don't blame her. Saskia's football fan boyfriend made her take an Arsenal test and didn't dump her thanks to her A gradeArsenal fan's girlfriend avoids getting dumped after passing football testSaskia got an 'A', but apparently needs to work on her player positionsThe bemused woman posted pictures of boyfriend's test on Twitter
Question:Some Twitter users hailed the unnamed boyfriend who tested Saskia on her _ knowledge as a legend.
A: | Arsenal |
Westmalle Brewery (Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle) is a Trappist brewery in the Westmalle Abbey, Belgium. It produces three beers, designated as Trappist beer by the International Trappist Association. Westmalle Tripel is credited with being the first golden strong pale ale to use the term Tripel.
Westmalle Brewery produces Westmalle Tripel.
A: Yes
Don 2 is the soundtrack album composed by the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy to the film of the same name directed by Farhan Akhtar starring Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Lara Dutta and Kunal Kapoor. The album features nine tracks, and was released on 17 November 2011 by T-Series.
Don 2 was released in January
A: No
Landican ( ) is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is situated on the outskirts of Birkenhead, near to Woodchurch and the M53 motorway. Landican consists of a small group of cottages and farm buildings. At the 2001 Census the community had a population of only 20.
There are small cottages in Landican
A: | Yes |
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What book describes the noble truths, Context: A core problem in the study of early Buddhism is the relation between dhyana and insight. Schmithausen, in his often-cited article On some Aspects of Descriptions or Theories of 'Liberating Insight' and 'Enlightenment' in Early Buddhism notes that the mention of the four noble truths as constituting "liberating insight", which is attained after mastering the Rupa Jhanas, is a later addition to texts such as Majjhima Nikaya 36.[page needed]
| Majjhima Nikaya |
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. 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: (CNN) Britney Spears is alive, despite a hoax reporting her death on Monday. Sony Music's Twitter account, which was apparently hacked, posted two tweets claiming Spears had died, "RIP @britneyspears #RIPBritney 1981-2016" and "Britney spears is dead by accident! We will tell you more soon #RIPBritney." The tweets have since been deleted. Spears' rep was quick to tell CNN that the pop star was alive. "I assume their account has been hacked," Spears' manager, Adam Leber, told CNN. "I haven't spoken to anyone... as of yet but I am certain their account was hacked. Britney is fine and well. There have been a few Internet clowns over the years who have made similar claims about her death, but never from the official Sony Music Twitter account."Britney Spears was the subject of a hoax on MondaySony Music's Twitter accounted tweeted twice that the singer had diedThe tweets have since been deleted and Spears' rep tells CNN she's alive and well
Question:It tweeted "Rest in peace @britneyspears" at around the same time as the tweets from the _ account.
A: | Sony Music |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: "I feel guilty," Jon Gosselin laments to "America's Rabbi," Shmuley Boteach. Rabbi Shmuley talked to Jon on his bima about asking the world for forgiveness. We dispatched our Black Ops spy to the scene. One word: Wow. This is absurd.
Jon Gosselin is an incredible, oblivious ass, and this Rabbi is a ridiculous fameball crook.
Forget the fact that Gosselin—not Jewish—sought out a Magical Jew to help him sort out his problems, and forget the fact that this Rabbi, who was once a punchline on 30 Rock, who has nine children, who is a fame-mongering celebrity in his own right, embraced this with open arms. Just go to the game tape and you'll see.
Gawker Black Ops video intern Sergio Hernandez, who went armed with $20 for admission and a FlipCam, described the scene as such:
Gosselin was 40 minutes late. A strange British woman who was inappropriately underdressed for a synagogue told us he was "stuck in traffic" and "delayed by the New York City marathon," and there was buzz that Gosselin had actually canceled his appearance. He did, eventually, show up to a stampede of paparazzi and entertainment cameras (by my count, at least Entertainment Tonight, Extra, TMZ, and FOX News were all there). The event was, ostensibly, a discussion about the effect of fame and celebrity on religious and moral values. Jon opened by saying he wasn't a fameseeker and neither asked for nor invited his newfound celebrity (but nonetheless thanked the cameras in the room for showing up.) Then Shmuley brought up Jon's divorce and basically tried to get him to blame his marital problems on fame and the pressure from TLC to draw in more ratings. Gosselin, for the most part, was pretty gracious about not villainizing Kate too much; he talked about going to therapy and learning about the mistakes he made during their marriage. But Shmuley, who peppered the discussion with way too many smug, self-referential jokes, basically tried to excuse Jon's post-divorce, uh, behavior, with Kate's emasculation. Of course, you'd think if Shmuley and Gosselin hated all this attention so much, they might've, you know, not prostrated themselves in front of a few dozen cameras and charged $20 a person for it? But what would be the fun in losing out on that?
Especially interesting that Shmuley tried to paint TLC as the Bad People, because, you know, he's kinda been in bed with them before. And did they cancel Shalom In The Home? Well, it aired two seasons, and hasn't been on the air since 2007. So: you tell me. Again, a crook. Also: a misogynist, a snake-oil salesman, and a publicity whore. Come to think of it, that might be both of them. I'm not sure which behavior here begets the other, but whatever it is, wherever it comes from, this can't be good for The Kids, The Jews, and I don't know, Anybody Who's Ever Devoted Faith To Anything. This is really, really sad. ||||| Tonight on ET: Jon Gosselin and Hailey Glassman Over?
In a new exclusive one-on-one interview with ET's Mary Hart, Hailey Glassman is asked directly, "Are you and Jon [Gosselin] breaking up?" The answer is not so simple, especially since Jon surprised everyone by coming to the interview with Hailey and sitting just a few feet away.
Glassman, tearful at times, confided, "This has taken a massive toll on me Mary, I'm only 22!" says the woman in the middle of TV's messiest divorce. "I've tried to move on in all honesty. He and I need to sit down and talk."
Upon returning to New York, Jon released an exclusive statement to ET confirming that indeed he would be taking some time apart from Glassman. "Hailey says she thinks it's a good idea that we both take some time right now and focus on each of our individual lives. It is important for me to go back to Pennsylvania and be with my children and get through this divorce and decide what I truly want out of life."
What led up to this statement and this moment in Jon Gosselin's life can be seen on Entertainment Tonight in a three part series beginning Monday night. The tension in the room was palpable as the father-of-eight listened to Hailey talk about his shortcomings, their arguments, and why she didn't think she could go on seeing him. Mary told him that the only way ET viewers would get the truth about this relationship is for both of them to sit down and answer her questions. Will he or won't he, this to be revealed Monday night on ET. |||||
A: | It appears Hailey Glassman has finally parted ways with mantrum-prone boyfriend Jon Gosselin—or has she? Though Gosselin released a statement to Entertainment Tonight saying, “Hailey says she thinks it's a good idea that we both take some time right now and focus on each of our individual lives,” both Glassman and Gosselin are appearing on the show tonight to answer the question once and for all (or, at least, once). Meanwhile, Gosselin’s publicity tour continued last night at his $20-a-ticket appearance with Rabbi-to-the-stars Shmuley Boteach. Jon claimed not to be a fameseeker; the rabbi (star of a probably-canceled TLC show) tried to get him to blame his divorce on TLC; Jon graciously didn’t spend too much time villainizing soon-to-be-ex-wife Kate. Also in attendance, according to Gawker’s spy: Entertainment Tonight, Extra, TMZ, and FOX News. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A suspect has been arrested and charged in an alleged anti-gay bias attack on a couple in Chelsea last month.
Alfonso Lanier, 23, was charged Tuesday with aggravated harassment and assault as a hate crime, police said.
Police Tuesday were still looking for several more suspects. They released sketches of two of the suspects shortly after the attack.
The attack happened early on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 14, in the area of West 25th Street and Ninth Avenue, shortly after Peter Notman and Michael Felenchak left the Chelsea Bowtie Cinemas.
The two were walking down the street when two other men approached them yelling anti-gay slurs and then punched and kicked the victims repeatedly, police said. That’s when three or four more men joined in on the attack, police said.
“It was six of them against the two of us,” Notman said. “Typical of the cowards they are.”
Felenchak, 27, and Notman, 53, were able to use their cell phones to call police. The suspects fled on 9 Avenue in the direction of West 25 Street after the attack, police said.
The two were taken to Beth Israel Hospital and treated for their injuries.
“I was hit with brass knuckles down the side of my face,” Notman said. “I had contusions, had to have an MRI and Michael received several stitches in his mouth where they punched us.”
Felenchak ended up requiring a total of seven stitches.
“I was shocked this happened on the street I call home,” Notman said. “Unbelievable.”
The arrests Tuesday also came the same day a man was charged with murder as a hate crime in Queens. Steven Torres, 22, of the Bronx, was charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the death of 69-year-old Ever Orozco under the elevated 7 train tracks at Elmhurst and Roosevelt avenues.
Police said Torres confessed after claiming the victim was blowing kisses and making sexual advances. But authorities said there is no evidence to support those claims, CBS 2 reported.
Ever’s wife said her husband had dropped her off for a doctor’s appointment a few minutes before the fatal attack.
A rash of anti-gay attacks was plaguing the city only a few months ago. In the severest incident, Mark Carson, 32, was shot and killed on May 18 by a man who first called him and his partner “f***ots” and asked if they were “gay wrestlers,” police said.
Couples were attacked in at least two other incidents in May.
On May 5, Nick Porto and his partner, Kevin Atkins, were beaten near Madison Square Garden after a group of men wearing Knicks shirts called them anti-gay slurs.
Porto was among the speakers at a rally in Greenwich Village denouncing the attacks and calling for an end to the violence.
And early on May 10, two men tried to get into an after-hours billiards hall on West 32nd Street but were not let in, police said. They were then approached by a group of approximately five others who proceeded to shout anti-gay slurs and beat the men, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visit the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
The search continued for more suspects Tuesday.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
You May Also Be Interested In These Stories: ||||| Story highlights Lanier is charged with assault as a hate crime
Police are still looking for a second suspect
The victims were apparently holding hands at the time of the attack
A man who allegedly attacked two others last month because he perceived them as gay has been arrested.
Alfonso Lanier, 23, was charged Tuesday with aggravated harassment and assault as a hate crime, the New York Police Department said.
Authorities are still looking for a second suspect.
The assault took place August 14 in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The attackers used derogatory words about the victims' sexual orientations, New York Police Detective Marc Nell said.
"It makes me sick to my stomach," Michael Felenchak, one of the victims, told CNN affiliate WABC at the time. "It scares me. It upsets me. It's really awful."
Felenchak, 27, had to have multiple stitches on his chin and suffered scrapes across his stomach from the attack.
"First they punched me so hard, I feel brass knuckles," the other victim, Peter Nortman, 53, told WABC. "Then I fell on the floor, and I jumped back up and I got hit again. And then I tried to pull them down."
The attack brought New York community leaders together to raise awareness.
New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn handed out flyers to spread the word about what police called a hate crime attack.
"I am appalled by reports that two men were senselessly beaten in Chelsea simply because they were perceived to be gay," Quinn said. She said the pair were holding hands at the time of the attack.
It wasn't clear early Wednesday morning whether Lanier had retained a lawyer. |||||
| Police have arrested a 23-year-old man following a group attack last month on a gay couple in Manhattan. Alfonso Lanier has been charged with hate crime assault and aggravated harassment, CBS New York reports, and police are still looking for fellow attackers. After Peter Notman and Michael Felenchak left a movie theater in Chelsea, two men began shouting anti-gay slurs before punching and kicking them, according to police. Several more people then teamed up with the attackers. "It was six of them against the two of us," says Notman. "I was hit with brass knuckles down the side of my face," he added. "I had contusions, had to have an MRI, and Michael received several stitches in his mouth where they punched us ... I was shocked this happened on the street I call home." The couple managed to call police and the attackers ran off. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and state Sen. Brad Hoylman condemned the attack, distributing flyers to raise awareness. "I am appalled by reports that two men were senselessly beaten in Chelsea simply because they were perceived to be gay," Quinn said, per CNN. The attack came amid a spate of violence against gay people in the city over the summer; CBS recounts the details. Another random—and fatal—attack is being treated as a hate crime. |
*Ans* relax
*Question* Billy wanted to have rest because he needed to do what?
Options:
- go to bed
- eat fish
- relax
- get tired
- lie down
*CoT* Resting means not working and releasing all stress and tensions. Releasing all stress and tensions causes relax.
*Ans* see king
*Question* In the children's book the cat was a great knight, it had finished its quest and was returning to the castle to what?
Options:
- see king
- meow
- have fleas
- sleep all day
- live many years
*CoT* One can see the king inside the castle. A great knight can see the king. Cat is a non-human animal.
*Ans* sore feet
| *Question* After walking a dog for a long time what do you have?
Options:
- exercise and companionship
- pride
- poop
- sore feet
- tiredness
*CoT* You have sore feet after walking a dog for a long time. |
Salt to the Sea is a 2016 historical fiction young adult novel by Ruta Sepetys. It tells the story of four individuals in World War II who make their way to the ill-fated MV "Wilhelm Gustloff". The story also touches on the disappearance of The Amber Room, a work of art stolen by the Nazis that has never been recovered.
Can we infer the following?
Nobody knows who currently possesses The Amber Room. | Yes |
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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].
(CNN) -- The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza recently gave President Barack Obama his "Worst Year in Washington" award. Indeed, Cillizza wrote that there was a growing sense among the public that "Obama simply isn't up to the job to which he was elected twice." But while it's hard to argue that Obama has not had a difficult 12 months, the notion that this President is somehow done or a lame duck just doesn't feel quite right. The fact is the office of the president is still the most dynamic change agent in our political system. And unlike Congress or the Supreme Court, which go in and out of session, the President is on 24/7, with significant power at his disposal, a point underscored by recent initiatives on immigration, climate change and Cuba.Aaron David Miller: President Obama is not the appeaser in chief his detractors claimMiller: President doubled down in Afghanistan in 2009, had Osama bin Laden killedObama is a committed internationalist, Miller saysPresident can feel the pull of wanting to leave a positive legacy, he says
Question:"My presidency's entering the fourth quarter," _ said in a press conference Friday.
Output: | Barack Obama |
Teacher: 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.
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Property tax -- Property tax or 'house tax' is a local tax on buildings, along with appurtenant land. It is and imposed on the Possessor (not the custodian of property as per 1978, 44th amendment of constitution). It resembles the US-type wealth tax and differs from the excise-type UK rate. The tax power is vested in the states and is delegated to local bodies, specifying the valuation method, rate band, and collection procedures. The tax base is the annual rental value (ARV) or area-based rating. Owner-occupied and other properties not producing rent are assessed on cost and then converted into ARV by applying a percentage of cost, usually four percent. Vacant land is generally exempt. Central government properties are exempt. Instead a 'service charge' is permissible under executive order. Properties of foreign missions also enjoy tax exemption without requiring reciprocity. The tax is usually accompanied by service taxes, e.g., water tax, drainage tax, conservancy (sanitation) tax, lighting tax, all using the same tax base. The rate structure is flat on rural (panchayat) properties, but in the urban (municipal) areas it is mildly progressive with about 80% of assessments falling in the first two brackets.
Solution: is house tax and property tax are same
Reason: The question generated asks whether the house tax and property tax are the same and can be answered by reading the passage. Additionally, it has a binary answer and hence the generated question is correct.
Now, solve this instance: Clock management -- Upon kickoff, the clock is started when a member of the receiving team touches the ball, or, if the member of the receiving team touches the ball in their end zone, carries the ball out of the end zone. The clock is stopped when that player is tackled or goes out of bounds. (The clock never starts if the receiving team downs the ball in their own end zone for a touchback.) The clock is then restarted when the offense snaps the ball for their first play and continues to run unless one of the following occurs, in which case the clock is stopped at the end of the play and restarts at the next snap unless otherwise provided:
Student: | in the nfl does the clock stop when you go out of bounds |
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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.
(CNN) -- A bill is headed for the governor's desk in Tennessee that would allow for a woman to be prosecuted if she illegally takes drugs while pregnant and the child is harmed. Known as SB1391, the bill passed both the Senate and the House last week. Once his office receives the legislation, Gov. Bill Haslam will have 10 days, not including Sundays, to act on it. "We all want to promote healthy pregnancies by providing pregnant women struggling with a drug or alcohol dependency with the opportunity to seek the best possible prenatal care and substance abuse treatment," Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, wrote in a letter to Haslam this week.Bill would allow for a woman to be prosecuted if she illegally takes drugs while pregnantIt passed state Senate and House last week; governor has 10 days to act on billIn 2013, 900+ newborns in Tennessee experienced withdrawal from drugs
Questions:_ is constitutionally unsound and enacting this law would threaten the health and well-being of Tennessee women and their families. (A) CNN (B) Tennessee (C) SB1391 (D) Senate (E) House (F) Bill Haslam (G) Hedy Weinberg (H) American Civil Liberties Union (I) Haslam (J) Bill
Output: | (C) |
USS "Bowfin" (SS/AGSS-287), a "Balao"-class submarine, was a boat of the United States Navy named for the bowfin fish. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the USS "Bowfin" Submarine Museum and Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.
Can we infer the following?
The USS "Bowfin" can be visited by tourists. | Yes |
One of the two men digs in a fire pit where there was a fire and then pours water on it. the same man
OPTIONS:
- digs around in the pit with his hand looking for burning embers.
- stirred tobacco and smoke in the fire pit to heat it for a while causing it to be used.
- cuts off the rest of the stems from the flower and they continue trimming the surrounding trees and shrubs.
- then eats a large food while the other digs in the fron of his food.
digs around in the pit with his hand looking for burning embers.
A young boy is dressed in full protective gear and is standing on his bike as he puts his gloves on and pulls his helmet into place. various clips of different boys all dressed up in their protective bike gear
OPTIONS:
- walk up and down the road and perform various tricks and stunts as they surf through the water.
- play as they are all shown riding their bikes very quickly around different tracks.
- on compete bikes as they approach each other.
- are on the screen as they begin to work out or exercises.
play as they are all shown riding their bikes very quickly around different tracks.
How to clean a valuable oriental rug and remove stains
Determine the material that the rug is made of.
Rug treatment varies depending on the kind of stain, its age and its chemical composition. The steps below cover a' do it yourself' economical stain removal procedure, but looking up more information on your rug material is recommended to be certain that you're using the best procedure for the rug.
OPTIONS:
- Soak your rug in a bowl of cold water for five minutes. While this is probably the most recommended method for soaking your rug, it works.
- If you are able to, use scissors or other utility shears to cut the rug to the right size. This will allow you to access both edges of the rug and assure easy cleaning.
- Cover newly made spills immediately with dry towels. Always blot a stain, never push the liquid or solids into the rug.
- Generally, when polishing rugs, the best solution is to use a paper towel to dry the rug. A cloth towel will wipe away any excess water, but any other kind of towel will do.
Cover newly made spills immediately with dry towels. Always blot a stain, never push the liquid or solids into the rug.
How to heal hypertrophic scars
Apply a silicone gel or mask.
Silicone gel masks are a common, effective treatment for hypertrophic scars. You can buy sheeting masks or gel over-the-counter at a drug store or online, or you can purchase it from your dermatologist.
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- Apply the gel or mask a few times a day for a week or two, for a total supply. Silicone gel masks are the best for hypertrophic scars because they last for several months, and they stay in the skin for several months.
- Carefully follow the instructions on the packaging, or those provided by your doctor. To use the mask, apply it over your scar and make sure it stays in place.
- This gel or mask is applied over the entire area of the acne on the face, burning away the dead skin cells and softening the scar skin. It can be pricey, so if you're not certain where to look, ask your dermatologist or pharmacist.
- They may cause a burning sensation, but are safe and comfortable to apply directly to your skin. Silicone masks can leave nasty scars, so look for a product specifically designed for your needs.
| Carefully follow the instructions on the packaging, or those provided by your doctor. To use the mask, apply it over your scar and make sure it stays in place. |
Nalin Jayawardena (Sinhala : නලින් ජයවර්ධන) (born 18 April 1957) is a popular Sri Lankan singer and vocalist. He was the first Sri Lankan singer to release an internet based audio album in Sinhala allowing his fans from around the world to download the album free of charge. This album titled Kanda Paamule was released in 2004. Nalin Jayawardena lives in Perth, Australia.
Can we infer the following?
Nalin Jayawardena is a loud singer.
Pick your answer from:
[i] Yes
[ii] It's impossible to say
[iii] No
The answer is: | [ii] |
Salt to the Sea is a 2016 historical fiction young adult novel by Ruta Sepetys. It tells the story of four individuals in World War II who make their way to the ill-fated MV "Wilhelm Gustloff". The story also touches on the disappearance of The Amber Room, a work of art stolen by the Nazis that has never been recovered.
Wilhelm Gustloff is one of the main characters of Salt to the Sea.
A: No
Skinheads USA: Soldiers of the Race War is a 1993 HBO documentary film about a group of white power skinheads involved in the neo-Nazi movement in the Southern state of Alabama. The film featured the white supremacist Bill Riccio, the then leader of the Aryan Youth Front. Other Klan organizations were also featured.
Skinheads USA: Soldiers of the Race War featured only professional actors in the roles.
A: No
Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961) is an American talk show host, author, and conservative political commentator. Hannity is the host of "The Sean Hannity Show", a nationally syndicated talk radio show. He also hosts a cable news show, "Hannity", on Fox News Channel.
Sean Patrick Hannity can be viewed on cable TV.
A: | Yes |
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