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manual removal is not something we would recommend for ordinary computer users because it might result in system failure.
Please write the text above using proper case. | Manual removal is not something we would recommend for ordinary computer users because it might result in system failure. |
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".
Ex Input:
Earths magnetic field helps protect Earth and its organisms. It protects us from harmful particles given off by the sun. Most of the particles are attracted to the north and south magnetic poles. This is where Earths magnetic field is strongest. This is also where relatively few organisms live. Another benefit of Earths magnetic field is its use for navigation. People use compasses to detect Earths magnetic north pole. Knowing this helps them tell direction. Many animals have natural 'compasses' that work just as well. Birds like the garden warbler in Figure 1.36 use Earths magnetic field. They use it to guide their annual migrations. Recent research suggests that warblers and other migrating birds have structures in their eyes. These structures let them see Earths magnetic field as a visual pattern. <sep>Where is Earths magnetic field strongest?<sep>Central magnetic pole
Ex Output:
No
Ex Input:
Clarifying the Record The defense of U.S. airspace on 9/11 was not conducted in accord with preexisting training and protocols. It was improvised by civilians who had never handled a hijacked aircraft that attempted to disappear, and by a military unprepared for the transformation of commercial aircraft into weapons of mass destruction. As it turned out, the NEADS air defenders had nine minutes' notice on the first hijacked plane, no advance notice on the second, no advance notice on the third, and no advance notice on the fourth. We do not believe that the true picture of that morning reflects discredit on the operational personnel at NEADS or FAA facilities. NEADS commanders and officers actively sought out information, and made the best judgments they could on the basis of what they knew. Individual FAA controllers, facility managers, and Command Center managers thought outside the box in recommending a nationwide alert, in ground-stopping local traffic, and, ultimately, in deciding to land all aircraft and executing that unprecedented order flawlessly. More than the actual events, inaccurate government accounts of those events made it appear that the military was notified in time to respond to two of the hijackings, raising questions about the adequacy of the response. Those accounts had the effect of deflecting questions about the military's capacity to obtain timely and accurate information from its own sources. In addition, they overstated the FAA's ability to provide the military with timely and useful information that morning. In public testimony before this Commission in May 2003, NORAD officials stated that at 9:16, NEADS received hijack notification of United 93 from the FAA. This statement was incorrect. There was no hijack to report at 9:16. United 93 was proceeding normally at that time. In this same public testimony, NORAD officials stated that at 9:24, NEADS received notification of the hijacking of American 77. This statement was also incorrect. The notice NEADS received at 9:24 was that American 11 had not hit the World Trade Center and was heading for Washington, D.C. In their testimony and in other public accounts, NORAD officials also stated that the Langley fighters were scrambled to respond to the notifications about American 77,178 United 93, or both. These statements were incorrect as well. The fighters were scrambled because of the report that American 11 was heading south, as is clear not just from taped conversations at NEADS but also from taped conversations at FAA centers; contemporaneous logs compiled at NEADS, Continental Region headquarters, and NORAD; and other records. <sep>Who handled the U.S. air defense on 9/11?<sep>9
Ex Output:
No
Ex Input:
There once was a guy named Kevin and girl named Erin. They really liked spending time together. One day, Kevin traveled from his home in the United States of America to Erin's house in England. They then thought to take a sudden trip around the world. They first traveled by plane around Europe, where they saw many different people and sights. They then took a boat to Africa and Asia, where they went on a trip through the mountains. Later in the month, they traveled to China by train and were allowed to see how different life was over there. Next they took another plane to Australia, where they had a lot of fun seeing kangaroos and a different type of English speaking people. After spending a week in Australia, Kevin and Erin took a really long plane ride to North America, where they drove across the land. They saw everything from the mountains to forests. They even got to visit the beach! Because they had so much fun, Kevin returned home with Erin to England where they hung out and spent the next few days and months talking about all of the neat things they saw and did on their trip. <sep>Who looked spending time with Kevin?<sep>Erin
Ex Output:
| Yes
|
"Party at the NSA" is a protest song and charity single originally recorded by electropop music group Yacht released in August 15, 2013. It was written, recorded, and produced by Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans. Inspired by the 2013 global surveillance disclosures, proceeds from the single benefit the international non-profit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Party at the NSA is a protest song and the only one of its kind
Select from:
--Yes.
--It's impossible to say.
--No. | It's impossible to say |
A Bhumka is the term for a traditional herbal healer in the valley of Patalkot, India. The valley is mainly home to members of the Bharia and Gond tribes, with 2,000 residents scattered between various villages and hamlets. Tribes people traditionally use herbal medicine, under the auspices of a herbal expert and holy man known as a Bhumka.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
The dealer does not actually make the medicine
pick from the following. -- Yes -- It's impossible to say -- No | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you will be given a passage to read. A fill in the blank question will be given to you. Your answer should fit the blank appropriately.
One example is below.
Q: The music was composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto , who had also worked on the previous Valkyria Chronicles games . When he originally heard about the project , he thought it would be a light tone similar to other Valkyria Chronicles games , but found the themes much darker than expected . An early theme he designed around his original vision of the project was rejected . He redid the main theme about seven times through the music production due to this need to reassess the game . The main theme was initially recorded using orchestra , then Sakimoto removed elements such as the guitar and bass , then adjusted the theme using a synthesizer before redoing segments such as the guitar piece on their own before incorporating them into the theme . The rejected main theme was used as a hopeful tune that played during the game 's ending . The battle themes were designed around the concept of a divorced from a fantasy scenario by using modern musical instruments , constructed to create a sense of atonality . While Sakimoto was most used to working with synthesized music , he felt that he needed to incorporate live instruments such as orchestra and guitar . The guitar was played by Mitsuhiro Ohta , who also arranged several of the later tracks . The game 's opening theme song , ( もしも君が願うのなら , Moshimo Kimi ga Negauno Nara ) , was sung by Japanese singer May 'n . Its theme was the reason soldiers fought , in particular their wish to protect what was precious to them rather than a sense of responsibility or duty . Its lyrics were written by Seiko Fujibayashi , who had worked on May 'n on previous singles . fill in the blank : The music was composed by Hitoshi __________________ , who had also worked on the previous Valkyria Chronicles games
A: Sakimoto
Rationale: This a good example. The actual line from the passage is The music was composed by Hitoshi Sakimotos, In the given sentence, it is stated clearly that Sakimoto answers the question correctly.
Q: The novel 's narrative is divided into three distinct strands . One is centred on Urania Cabral , a fictional Dominican character ; another deals with the conspirators involved in Trujillo 's assassination ; and the third focuses on Trujillo himself . The novel alternates between these storylines , and also jumps back and forth from 1961 to 1996 , with frequent flashbacks to periods earlier in Trujillo 's regime . The Feast of the Goat begins with the return of Urania to her hometown of Santo Domingo , a city which had been renamed Ciudad Trujillo during Trujillo 's time in power . This storyline is largely introspective and deals with Urania 's memories and her inner turmoil over the events preceding her departure from the Dominican Republic thirty @-@ five years earlier . Urania escaped the crumbling Trujillo regime in 1961 by claiming she planned to study under the tutelage of nuns in Michigan . In the following decades , she becomes a prominent and successful New York lawyer . She finally returns to the Dominican Republic in 1996 , on a whim , and finds herself compelled to confront her father and elements of her past she has long ignored . As Urania speaks to her ailing father , Agustin Cabral , she recalls more and more of the anger and disgust that led to her thirty @-@ five years of silence . Urania retells her father 's descent into political disgrace , and the betrayal that forms the crux of both Urania 's storyline and that of Trujillo himself . fill in the blank : The __________________ 's narrative is divided into three distinct strands .
A: | novel |
What is the most logical next event?
How to prevent repetitive motion injury
Take regular breaks.
This is the easiest way to prevent repetitive motion injuries. Repetitive motion injuries (rmis) occur when a muscle or connective tissue is used too frequently to repair itself.
Possible answers: i. In order to avoid rmis, plan to take breaks every 3-5 hours as needed. Regular breaks are about 15 minutes spaced.. ii. These occurs because for instance, the tendons and ligaments are damaged to the core. When you cannot prevent repetitive motion injuries, you should work on maintaining a regular schedule of breaks.. iii. A broken muscle may cause pain from repetitive pressure, or you may feel numbness or tingling that spreads throughout your muscles. To prevent this, take regular breaks during the day or whenever necessary.. iv. The more you take a break from the repetitive motion, the more time you give yourself to heal. " microbreaks " should be taken for 30 to 60 seconds for every 10 minutes of computer use.. | iv. |
What happens next?
How to prepare to go swimming (girls )
Have a good meal.
Swimming really burns off energy so it's best to have a good meal before you swim. Make sure it's not too heavy though, otherwise it will be really hard to swim.
Options are: - It's also important for you to have plenty of fresh water. Always have an appropriately sized bowl full of fresh water when you swim. - Find a waterproof bag for all your stuff. As small as possible because you don't want to be carrying a massive bag around with you. - Get dressed for the beach! Leave your tank and shorts out of reach. If there is an old towel available, you can wrap it around your feet. - Even if you aren't swimming, make sure it is good quality with a good amount of protein and vitamins. Consider buying several brands of swimming stick. | Find a waterproof bag for all your stuff. As small as possible because you don't want to be carrying a massive bag around with you. |
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? Solve this instance: Quantico (TV series) -- Quantico has received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Chopra's performance and the diversity of the cast. However, the ``confusing dual timelines'' received some criticism. The series has been nominated for four People's Choice Awards, with Chopra winning two: Favorite Actress in a New TV Series in 2016--making her the first South Asian to win a People's Choice Award--and Favorite Dramatic TV Actress in 2017. ABC renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on April 26, 2018. As part of the renewal process, Safran was replaced as primary showrunner by Michael Seitzman. On May 11, 2018, ABC cancelled the show after three seasons. The network will air the remaining episodes of the third season on Friday nights.
Student: | what season of quantico is on tv now |
Quick Question: Ngurah Rai International Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Ngurah Rai) (IATA: DPS, ICAO: WADD), also known as Denpasar International Airport or I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, is the main airport in Bali, located 13 km south of Denpasar. Ngurah Rai is the second busiest airport in Indonesia after Soekarno -- Hatta International Airport. In first half year of 2017, the airport served 10,156,686 passengers. The airport has category IX and is capable of serving wide-body aircraft including the Airbus A380.
Where is ngurah rai international airport in bali?
My answer: To answer this question, we should know that: Ngurah Rai International Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Ngurah Rai) (IATA: DPS, ICAO: WADD), also known as Denpasar International Airport or I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, is the main airport in Bali, located 13 km south of Denpasar. The answer is 13 km south of Denpasar.
Quick Question: Black Shawl or Tasina Sapewin was the wife of Crazy Horse, whom she married in 1871. She was a member of the Oglala Lakota and relative of Spotted Tail. Her brother was Red Feather. The elders sent her to heal Crazy Horse after his altercation with No Water. She had a daughter the same year, whose name was They Are Afraid of Her. They Are Afraid of Her died at age three, likely of cholera. Black Shawl also suffered the same disease, and was treated by Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy.
Answer this question: when did they are afraid of her die?
My answer: The important part for answering this question is: They Are Afraid of Her died at age three, likely of cholera. The answer is at age three.
Quick Question: The only extended period of failure the Cardinals have experienced began when they joined the National League in 1892. The Cardinals played only five winning seasons in 30 years while finishing last seven times from their entrance to the NL until 1921. However, the Cardinals have remarkably avoided such failure since then as they have not finished in last place in the National League since 1918, by far the longest streak in the NL. The Cardinals failed to reach the World Series in the 1950s, 1970s, and 1990s, but were regularly a competitive team in each of these decades.
Based on this passage, when was the last time the st louis cardinals finished in last place?
My answer: | The relevant sentence in the passage is: However, the Cardinals have remarkably avoided such failure since then as they have not finished in last place in the National League since 1918, by far the longest streak in the NL. The answer is 1918. |
Answer: Timberlake. Now, what could be the question and solution-maybe?
Ques: The song was written as a jingle for McDonald's commercials, based on a pre-existing German campaign originally developed as "Ich Liebe Es." Timberlake was paid $6 million to sing the jingle. Soon thereafter, the Neptunes produced a song based on the jingle and released it (along with an instrumental version) as part of a three-track EP in November 2003. A digital download EP with the same name was also released through the iTunes Store on December 16, 2003. The extended play included the title-track and a remix for all of the singles from Timberlake's first solo studio album, Justified. The song was also included on the bonus audio CD of Timberlake's first live DVD, Live From London.
Based on this passage, who says i'm lovin it for mcdonalds?
CoT: The relevant information to answer the above question is: Timberlake was paid $6 million to sing the jingle.
Ans: Matthew Timmons
Ques: Woodrow "Woody" Fink (Matthew Timmons) from Cleveland, Ohio, is Cody Martin's cabin-mate on the SS Tipton. He is known for being messy, disorganized, gullible, dimwitted, lazy, gluttonous and having bad grades at school. His catchphrases are "Hurtful!" and "Dang it!" In "Flowers and Chocolate", Woody had a huge crush on London's best friend Chelsea Brimmer and he pretended being London's butler from England. Woody also directs, does make-up and hair and guards the studio for London's web show "Yay Me! Starring London Tipton". Woody also can direct passed wind to sound like different songs. In the episode "Sea Monster Mash", he mentions that he has brothers and friends off the ship that are n't smart. It is also revealed that he has a younger sister who is much bigger than he is. However, in "Bermuda Triangle," he states that, "Being the youngest of 9, I learned to grab first and worry about utensils later, you would n't know, being an' only child."' Also, his younger sister Willa visited the ship at one point. In a few episodes of the series (International Dateline, Goin' Bananas, Marriage 101) he has been interested in a female student named Addison who has also shown possible interest in him. He then went out with a girl named Becky in Smarticle Particles. In Rat Tale after he gets bitten by Buck (Cody and Bailey's pet rat) he thinks he mutates into a human-rat hybrid and later he saves Buck from falling off of an extremely high place, and does amazing acrobatic feats. Addison and Woody become a couple in several episodes. Of all recurring characters, Woody appears in the most episodes (48 out of the show's 71 episodes).
Who played woody from suite life on deck?
CoT: To answer the question, consider the following: Woodrow "Woody" Fink (Matthew Timmons) from Cleveland, Ohio, is Cody Martin's cabin-mate on the SS Tipton.
Ans: Ryder
Ques: The series focuses on a boy named Ryder who leads a pack of search and rescue dogs known as the PAW Patrol. They work together on missions to protect the shoreside community of Adventure Bay. Each dog has a specific set of skills based on a real-life profession, such as a firefighter and a police officer. They all reside in doghouses that can transform into customized vehicles when necessary. They are also equipped with backpacks called "pup packs" that contain tools that relate to the pups' jobs.
Based on this passage, what is the boy's name in paw patrol?
CoT: To answer the question, consider the following: The series focuses on a boy named Ryder who leads a pack of search and rescue dogs known as the PAW Patrol.
Answer: country music artist Dierks Bentley. Now, what could be the question and solution-maybe?
Ques: Passage: "What the Hell Did I Say" is a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released in June 2017 as the fourth single from his 2016 album Black. This is the second collaboration by Bentley, Kear and Tompkins, following the highly successful No. 1 single "Drunk on a Plane". However, unlike "Drunk", this song underperformed and became the lowest charting single of Bentley's career.
Question: Based on this passage, who sings what the hell did i say?
CoT: To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: "What the Hell Did I Say" is a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Dierks Bentley.
Ans: the free exercise of religion
| Ques: The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.
Answer this question based on the passage: what is one right or freedom from the first amendment?
CoT: The relevant information is: The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances. |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: 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.
Output: Russian Revolution
This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
New input case for you: How are seasons in Negev different than in Haifa?, Context: Temperatures in Israel vary widely, especially during the winter. Coastal areas, such as those of Tel Aviv and Haifa, have a typical Mediterranean climate with cool, rainy winters and long, hot summers. The area of Beersheba and the Northern Negev has a semi-arid climate with hot summers, cool winters and fewer rainy days than the Mediterranean climate. The Southern Negev and the Arava areas have desert climate with very hot and dry summers, and mild winters with few days of rain. The highest temperature in the continent of Asia (54.0 °C or 129.2 °F) was recorded in 1942 at Tirat Zvi kibbutz in the northern Jordan river valley.
Output: | hot summers, cool winters and fewer rainy days |
was settled by the Ainu, Nivkh, and Orok before recorded history. The "Nihon Shoki", finished in 720 AD, is often said to be the first mention of Hokkaido in recorded history. According to the text, Abe no Hirafu led a large navy and army to northern areas from 658 to 660 and came into contact with the Mishihase and Emishi. One of the places Hirafu went to was called , which is often believed to be present-day Hokkaido. However, many theories exist in relation to the details of this event, including the location of Watarishima and the common belief that the Emishi in Watarishima were the ancestors of the present-day Ainu people.
During the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185), people in Hokkaido conducted trade with Dewa Province, an outpost of the Japanese central government. From the Middle Ages, the people in Hokkaido began to be called Ezo. Hokkaido, formerly known as Ezochi or . The Ezo mainly relied upon hunting and fishing and obtained rice and iron through trade with the Japanese.
During the Muromachi period (1336–1573), the Japanese created a settlement at the south of the Oshima Peninsula. As more people moved to the settlement to avoid battles, disputes arose between the Japanese and the Ainu. The disputes eventually developed into a war. Takeda Nobuhiro killed the Ainu leader, Koshamain, and defeated the opposition in 1457. Nobuhiro's descendants became the rulers of the Matsumae-han, which was granted exclusive trading rights with the Ainu in the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods (1568–1868). The Matsumae family's economy relied upon trade with the Ainu. They held authority over the south of Ezochi until the end of the Edo period in 1868.
1. When did Hokkaido do trading with the Dewa Province?
2. When was Hokkaido first noted in history?
3. By what source?
4. What was the name of that text?
5. What does it say about Hokkaido?
6. What happened in the Muromachi period?
7. What time span does that period cover?
8. What about the Nara period?
9. What was Hokkaido once called?
10. What were the people from there called?
11. When where they first called that?
12. How did they source their food?
13. What about rice?
14. What led to the fighting between Japanese and the Ainu?
15. What was the outcome from those disputes?
16. What happened to the Edo period?
17. When did that period occur?
18. Did anyone trade with the Ainu?
19. Why did they trade with them?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. During the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185)
2. 720 AD, is often said to be the first mention of Hokkaido
3. According to the text of recorded history
4. The "Nihon Shoki",
5. Abe no Hirafu led a large navy and army to northern areas from 658 to 660 and came into contact with the Mishihase and Emishi.
6. the Japanese created a settlement at the south of the Oshima Peninsula.
7. (1336–1573)
8. During the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185), people in Hokkaido conducted trade with Dewa Province
9. formerly known as Ezochi
10. Ezo
11. From the Middle Ages, the people in Hokkaido began to be called Ezo
12. hunting and fishing
13. obtained rice and iron through trade with the Japanese
14. Japanese created a settlement at the south of the Oshima Peninsula, disputes arose
15. Takeda Nobuhiro killed the Ainu leader, Koshamain, and defeated the opposition in 1457
16. Nobuhiro's descendants became the rulers of the Matsumae-han
17. (1568–1868)
18. Matsumae-han
19. they were granted exclusive trading rights with the Ainu |
if you only have time to watch one film during this year’s cph:dox (god forbid), it has to be “a home in the world”.
Please write the text above using proper case. | If you only have time to watch one film during this year’s CPH:DOX (God forbid), it HAS to be “A Home In The World”. |
A bath is fun for Mary, but Patricia is just annoyed by them, because
Patricia is too large for the tub.
James tried to put his hand in the glove but it keeps sliding off because the
hand is small.
Mary is casting a blank stare off to nowhere seeming to look through Carrie so
| Carrie has a confused look on her face.. |
8 Behold the money which we found in our sacks mouths we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan how then should we steal out of thy lords house silver or gold
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
28 Free English online dictionary based on WordNet 30
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
28 - Free English online dictionary based on WordNet 3.0
dogging uniform money 0610
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
| dogging, uniform, money 06:10 |
Twice a year the involved teachers meet to evaluate and make future planning
A: Twice a year the involved teachers meet to evaluate and make future planning.
This afternoon they started towards NGRIP at 1620
A: This afternoon they started towards NGRIP at 16.20.
Posted December 28 2015
A: Posted: December 28, 2015
That is a large evolution from where projects such as this one several years ago were kicking off to where they are now
| A: “That is a large evolution from where projects such as this one several years ago were kicking off to where they are now.” |
TASK DEFINITION: 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: Rio Ferdinand says Manchester United are going backwards under the leadership of manager Louis van Gaal. United exited the Champions League at the group stage last week and lost 2-1 to Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday. Ferdinand, who spent 12 years of his career at Old Trafford and now works as a pundit, believes the Dutch manager's regime has made the players afraid of expressing themselves. United have now gone five games without a win in all competitions. They sit four points off the top of the league but will be six behind should Leicester defeat Chelsea at the King Power Stadium on Monday nightRio Ferdinand says the Manchester United players are crippled by fearHe claims Louis van Gaal's rigid regime is holding the team backThe pundit believes missing out on the top four would be 'catastrophic'He thinks United officials should consider Pep Guardiola or Carlo AncelottiEuropa League draw: Click here to find out who Manchester United face
Questions:'And if _ finish outside the top four, that will be catastrophic. (A) Rio Ferdinand (B) Manchester United (C) Louis van Gaal (D) Champions League (E) Bournemouth (F) Premier League (G) Ferdinand (H) Old Trafford (I) Dutch (J) Leicester (K) Chelsea (L) King Power Stadium (M) Pep Guardiola (N) Carlo Ancelotti (O) Europa League
SOLUTION: (B)
PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) Bill Clinton criticized President Barack Obama's signature policy reform Monday while on the stump for his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, calling Obamacare "the craziest thing in the world." But he attempted to temper his criticism at a Tuesday rally. Speaking at a Democratic rally in Flint, Michigan, the former president ripped into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for flooding the health care insurance market and causing premiums to rise for middle-class Americans who do not qualify for subsidies. "So you've got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have health care and then the people who are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. It's the craziest thing in the world," Clinton said.Clinton said Obamacare had caused premiums to rise for Americans ineligible for subsidiesHe also touted his wife's proposal to allow people without access to subsidies to buy into Medicare and Medicaid
Questions:And while he was slightly short-handed, it's clear to everyone, including President _, that improvements are needed," Urena said in a statement. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Bill Clinton (D) Barack Obama (E) Democratic (F) Hillary Clinton (G) Flint (H) Michigan (I) Affordable Care Act (J) ACA (K) Americans (L) Clinton (M) Medicare (N) Medicaid
SOLUTION: (D)
PROBLEM: Nicolas Hamilton, the younger brother of Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, is to compete in this season’s British Touring Car Championship. Hamilton, who has cerebral palsy, will make his debut in June and becomes the first disabled driver to compete in the series. The 22-year-old will take part in five of the 10 rounds at Croft, Snetterton, Rockingham, Silverstone and the final meeting of the championship at Brands Hatch. Scroll down for video... Nicolas Hamilton posed a picture with his British Touring Car. The Briton said 'it's been a tough few months' Nicolas Hamilton, pictured with his older brother Lewis at the Indian Grand Prix in 2013Nicolas Hamilton will take part in five of the 10 championship roundsThe 22-year-old lives with the neurological condition cerebral palsyHe competed in the Renault Clio Cup in 2011 and 2012Nicolas is the younger brother of F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton
Questions:Nicolas' brother Lewis Hamilton is bidding to become the first _ to successfully defend his Formula One title. (A) Nicolas Hamilton (B) Lewis Hamilton (C) British Touring Car Championship (D) Hamilton (E) Croft (F) Snetterton (G) Rockingham (H) Silverstone (I) Brands Hatch (J) British (K) Touring Car (L) Briton (M) Lewis (N) Indian (O) Grand Prix (P) Renault Clio Cup (Q) Nicolas (R) F1
SOLUTION: | (L)
|
Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Lucy Brenton does not follow the two-party system.
In this Oct. 8, 2018 photo, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., left, shakes hands with Republican former state Rep. Mike Braun following a U.S. Senate Debate in Westville, Ind. Libertarian Lucy Brenton also participated in the debate. Darron Cummings, Pool AP Photo
Available options: + Yes + It's impossible to say + No | Yes |
“It is what it is. A lot of that stuff happened before I was here,” said Fizdale, who coached against Noah for several years as an assistant in Miami. “So I try not to get too engaged in that. I really got a lot of respect for the guy just because of the relationship and combat we’ve been through.”
Can we infer the following?
Noah is a girl.
pick from the following.
1). Yes;
2). It's impossible to say;
3). No;
The answer is: | 3). |
The father of Latifun Nisan , Husain Mohammad was the son of Mohammad Jamal ibn Mohammad Adam ibn Zainuddin ibn Moinuddin ibn Qazi Fatehullah of Tijara .
Husain Mohammad , the father of Latifun Nisan , was the son of Mohammad Jamal ibn Muhammad Adam ibn Zainuddin ibn Moinuddin ibn Qazi Fatehullah of Tijara .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
OPT:
[+] no;
[+] yes; | yes |
OPT: [I] explains the equipment again to the three young gymnasts.. [II] is demonstrating the exercise.. [III] explains how the boy spins his body around and his feet on the equipment.. [IV] makes a few more comments..Choose from options above and answer: What most naturally follows?
A young boy at a gymnastics center spins his body around some equipment. A gymnastics coach explains the equipment. A boy is seen spinning his body around an equipment piece. the coach
Answer: | [IV] |
Problem: Continue the following story.
The rug had a lot more defects than the carpet, because the
OPTIONS:
- rug was made by experts.
- carpet was made by experts.
Here's how I want to continue it: carpet was made by experts.
Problem: Continue the following story.
Cynthia painted the walls better than Amy did although
OPTIONS:
- Cynthia was a carpenter during the day.
- Amy was a carpenter during the day.
Here's how I want to continue it: Amy was a carpenter during the day.
Problem: Continue the following story.
Monica was much more excited than Jennifer for the trip to the Renaissance musuem.
OPTIONS:
- Monica had always hated reading about history.
- Jennifer had always hated reading about history.
Here's how I want to continue it: | Jennifer had always hated reading about history. |
1. She was the first professional female painter and the first feminist writer in Korea .
2. She was the first feminist painter and the first female professional writer in Korea .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other? | no |
Make use of the article to answer the questions.
A tribe is viewed, developmentally or historically, as a social group existing before the development of nation states, or outside them. A tribe is a group of distinct people, dependent on their land for their livelihood, who are largely self-sufficient, and not integrated into the national society. It is perhaps the term most readily understood and used by the general public to describe such communities. Stephen Corry defines tribal people as those who "...have followed ways of life for many generations that are largely self-sufficient, and are clearly different from the mainstream and dominant society". This definition, however, would not apply to countries in the Middle East such as Iraq and Yemen, South Asia such as Afghanistan and many African countries such as South Sudan, where the entire population is a member of one tribe or another, and tribalism itself is dominant and mainstream.
There are an estimated one hundred and fifty million tribal individuals worldwide, constituting around forty percent of indigenous individuals. Although nearly all tribal people are indigenous, some are not indigenous to the areas where they now live.
The distinction between tribal and indigenous is important because tribal peoples have a special status acknowledged in international law. They often face particular issues in addition to those faced by the wider category of indigenous peoples.
1. what is a tribe viewed as
2. what is it a group of
3. what does corry define them as
4. are they self sufficient
5. how many are tribal
6. what percent are indigenous
7. are they in the middle east
8. are they a socail group
9. why is the distinction important
10. who is dependent on their land
11. are they faced with issues
12. do they have special status
13. when did they exist
14. is yemen included
15. is it view as historical
16. what about developmental
17. are tribes dependent on the land
18. are they different from the mainstream
19. who was existing before the development of nation states
20. what term discribes the comunities
Numbered answers: | 1. social group
2. distinct people
3. have followed ways of life for many generations
4. yes
5. one hundred and fifty million
6. forty percent
7. no
8. yes
9. have a special status acknowledged
10. A tribe
11. yes
12. yes
13. currently
14. no
15. yes
16. yes
17. yes
18. yes
19. A tribe
20. group of distinct people, dependent on their land for their livelihood |
IN: What happens next?
He snowboards down the hill away from people trying to shoot him. He jumps over several jumps. They get on a ski lift. he
OUT: continues snowboarding down a hill away from people trying to shoot him.
IN: What happens next?
How to purchase builder's risk insurance
Find an insurance company to buy builder's risk insurance from.
If you already have home insurance, the company that holds that policy is a good place to start. If you do not have homeowner's insurance, you can inquire with the company that you have renter's insurance or even automobile insurance with.
OUT: Ask your agent if they offer builder's risk insurance and if he can give you a reduced rate since you already have your other policies with them. You can also shop around and get price quotes from other insurance companies.
IN: What happens next?
The man has a pair of blue pliers in his hand and begins fixing the chain on the bike. once the chain
OUT: | is on, he begins moving the pedal and demonstrates how the chain is operating. |
Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to make a cone hat
Find some poster paper.
Poster paper is the ideal choice for making cone hats, because it is stiff and easy to glue. You can also decorate your paper with stickers or stamps.
OPTIONS: A. Cut some paper into large rectangular pieces and place on the bottom of your cone hat. Each piece should be 12 " by 12 " square. B. If you like your hat, you don't have to decorate it yourself. You can get colorful poster paper at your local craft store, or make your own. C. For more ideas on what you can make your hat out of, refer to the section in this article on using other materials. Draw a half circle on your paper. D. If you don't have poster paper, you can use duct tape instead. Create the cone hat using parchment paper. | C. |
IN: Alongside this is the shared motivation of an extreme dissatisfaction with many of the conventional explanations of the profound questions of life and living that are offered by the 21st century and the legacy of the Industrial Revolution - in other words a dissatisfaction with the current template that governs human life and human education, behaviour and understanding.
**
OUT: alongside this is the shared motivation of an extreme dissatisfaction with many of the conventional explanations of the profound questions of life and living that are offered by the 21st century and the legacy of the industrial revolution - in other words a dissatisfaction with the current template that governs human life and human education, behaviour and understanding.
IN: Please enter the letters that are shown in the picture below (without spaces, and upper or lower case can be used).
**
OUT: please enter the letters that are shown in the picture below (without spaces, and upper or lower case can be used).
IN: The library has created a new website which is packed with material.
**
OUT: the library has created a new website which is packed with material.
IN: Disconnect from the wireless network on the specified interface.
**
OUT: | disconnect from the wireless network on the specified interface. |
The dogs stayed farther from the locker than the classroom because the drugs were hidden in the
classroom .
Jennifer was more likely to burn her tongue than Betty, because
Jennifer didn't wait for her food to cool down before eating it.
Lindsey heard Mary tell her a story in a hushed voice.
| Lindsey was intrigued. |
She led the way into the cheerful schoolroom, where big girls and little girls were sitting about, amusing themselves in the quiet of a long Sunday afternoon. Several of the younger children ran to her as she came in, and stood holding fast to the folds of her black habit, staring up at the strangers, while she explained the kind of instruction given, the system, and the order reigning in each department. Finally, she persuaded a little girl, only six years old, to take her dusky face out of the long flowing veil of the nun, and show how quickly she could read a sentence that Sister Winifred wrote on the blackboard. Then others were called on, and gave examples of their accomplishments in easy arithmetic and spelling. The children must have been very much bored with themselves that stormy Sunday, for they entered into the examination with a quite unnatural zest. Two of the elder girls recited, and some specimens of penmanship and composition were shown. The delicate complexion of the little nun flushed to a pretty wild-rose pink as these pupils of hers won the Colonel's old fashioned compliments.
Question: "Who visited the classroom?"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: "A little nun"
Response: no
He repeatedly calls on his followers to embrace martyrdom since "The walls of oppression and humiliation cannot be demolished except in a rain of bullets." For those yearning for a lost sense of order in an older, more tranquil world, he offers his "Caliphate" as an imagined alternative to today's uncertainty. For others, he offers simplistic conspiracies to explain their world. Bin Laden also relies heavily on the Egyptian writer Sayyid Qutb. A member of the Muslim Brotherhood executed in 1966 on charges of attempting to overthrow the government, Qutb mixed Islamic scholarship with a very superficial acquaintance with Western history and thought. Sent by the Egyptian government to study in the United States in the late 1940s, Qutb returned with an enormous loathing of Western society and history. He dismissed Western achievements as entirely material, arguing that Western society possesses "nothing that will satisfy its own conscience and justify its existence." Three basic themes emerge from Qutb's writings. First, he claimed that the world was beset with barbarism, licentiousness, and unbelief (a condition he called jahiliyya, the religious term for the period of ignorance prior to the revelations given to the Prophet Mohammed). Qutb argued that humans can choose only between Islam and jahiliyya. Second, he warned that more people, including Muslims, were attracted to jahiliyya and its material comforts than to his view of Islam; jahiliyya could therefore triumph over Islam. Third, no middle ground exists in what Qutb conceived as a struggle between God and Satan. All Muslims-as he defined them-therefore must take up arms in this fight. Any Muslim who rejects his ideas is just one more nonbeliever worthy of destruction. Bin Laden shares Qutb's stark view, permitting him and his followers to rationalize even unprovoked mass murder as righteous defense of an embattled faith. Many Americans have wondered, "Why do 'they' hate us?" Some also ask, "What can we do to stop these attacks?" Bin Laden and al Qaeda have given answers to both these questions.
Question: "According to the author, what questions do Bin Laden and Al Quada answer for Americans?"
Response: "How can we annihilate them?"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: no
Problem: Once upon a time there was a princess who lived in a high tower and she was not allowed to leave because of her mean mother. One day she chose to leave but her mother would not let her. The princess climbed out the window of the high tower and climbed down the south wall when her mother was sleeping. She wandered out a good ways. Finally she went into the forest where there are no electric poles but where there are some caves. There she met a young man who was running. His name was John. John asked the princess why such a beautiful woman like her was out in the middle of a forest. She said that she had been trapped for her whole life by an evil woman who said she was her mother. The man said that he would take the princess to a castle that was near. He also said that he thought that she may be the missing princess. As they go through the forest they run into many problems. They see that they are lost and have no way of finding where to go. After several days pass, the princess climbs up to the top of a tree in order to find out where they are. She sees that the castle where they want to go is not that far away and near a mountain. After thinking of the best way to get there, John and the princess go to the castle where they live for the rest of their lives.
Question: "Why did the man help the princess?"
Answer: "Because he was ordered to do so by the Queen"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: no
In India to purchase some horses , British aristocrat , Lord Esketh and his wife , Edwina , come to the town of Ranchipur at the invitation of the elderly Maharani . Their marriage is an unhappy one and Lord Esketh announces his intention to return to England and begin divorce proceedings . The spoiled , insensitive Edwina scoffs at this . She renews in Ranchipur an acquaintance with a former lover , Tom Ransome , now a dissolute alcoholic . She also meets and attempts to seduce a distinguished Hindu physician , Dr. Rama Safti , a decent man who is the elderly Maharani's personal choice to succeed her someday . Safti at first resists , but ultimately succumbs to Edwina's charms and falls hopelessly in love with her . Lord Esketh becomes aware of this , but Safti saves him from a man-eating tiger during a safari . Safti admits his love for Edwina to Lord Esketh , who is now sympathetic toward this good man's plight . Ransome feels the same way , warning Edwina to stay away from Safti , a friend he admires . Edwina similarly falls into disfavor with the Maharani , who explains that Safti has been raised to lead a pure life and that Edwina is unworthy of him . Ranchipur suddenly is ravaged by a natural disaster , an earthquake and flood . Dr. Safti is so busy saving lives that he can not personally care for Edwina , who has fallen ill . Ransome looks after her as well as for young Fern Simon , who has declared her love for him . When a dam is exploded by dynamite and as a result the flood waters recede , it is Dr. Safti who reveals that Ransome is the one who risked his personal safety to save the people of Ranchipur .
Question: "Who renews an acquaintance with a former lover, Tom Ransome?"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: "Fern"
Response: | no |
After the October revolution of 1917 he left Russia with his parents for Lithuania , first to Kaunas and after two years to Wilno , then in Poland .
After the October Revolution of 1917 , he left Russia with his parents for Lithuania , first to Poland and after two years to Vilnius , then in Kaunas .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Pick your answer from:
(1). no.
(2). yes. | (1). |
How does the sentence end? See options at the end
Mary followed mother's advice and cleaned her nonstick pan with a microfiber cloth instead of a scouring pad because the
Options: [+] microfiber cloth is gentle. [+] scouring pad is gentle. | microfiber cloth is gentle. |
Ques: Identification no 1 Plunger without internal thread
Fix the punctuation.
Ans: - Identification no. 1: Plunger without internal thread.
Ques: But especially in summer abound on the lakes Rivers and seas not only other sports boats but also cargo ships Swimmers and surfers
Fix the punctuation.
Ans: But especially in summer abound on the lakes, Rivers and seas not only other sports boats, but also cargo ships, Swimmers and surfers.
Ques: This great apartment is perfectly designed to meet your needs for comfort and delight your senses
Fix the punctuation.
| Ans: This great apartment is perfectly designed to meet your needs for comfort and delight your senses. |
When I was a patrolman working the 11PM to 7AM shift we received a phone call from a police department about 200 miles away in a neighboring state. It seems that department was holding one of our elderly residents who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Earlier in the day this gentlemen got the keys to his wife’s car and went for a ride. He quickly became confused and lost, so he just kept driving. The last 60 miles of his journey consisted of a low speed police chase. This poor man was scared to death and only pulled over when his vehicle ran out of gas. A request was made for us to send an officer to transport this gentleman the 200 miles back to his home. Because we were at minimum shift strength, the Sergeant determined that a family member would have to go and get him. I returned to work the following night and at nightly briefing, I asked if anyone had an update on the man’s transport. The sergeant said he hadn’t heard anything, which is when a junior patrolman spoke up. He said that man is from my neighborhood and after I got home from work this morning, I drove the 400 mile round trip and picked up my neighbor and returned him home to his wife. I just got back into town about an hour ago, so I changed into my uniform, and I’m here for my shift! I learned later that this patrolman had taken it upon himself to contact the man’s wife and the only vehicle they owned was out of gas 200 miles away. So this officer stayed up all day after a working the midnight shift and used his own car for the 400 mile trip. The officer said when he picked the man up at the station; he looked at the officer and smiled. He recognized his neighbor. This frail elderly man surely did not remember this selfless act of kindness. But it made a lasting impression on me, and on what it means to be a good cop. What happened to the officer after the event? Pick the correct answer from the following options: - He received a day off. - He received an award of commendation. - He made a new friend. - not enough information
| not enough information |
Our craft is business analytics and implementation always complies with our data warehouse best practice
Please fix the punctuation. | Our craft is business analytics, and implementation always complies with our data warehouse best practice. |
Derrick was angry at Logan when he learned that (
Logan ) was the one who did the prank on him.
The adult was unable to put the cookie sheet in the oven, because the
sheet was too large.
Selma couldn't see well and could read the sign where as she couldn't read the billboard. The
| sign was near. |
[Q]: The Hoosier Lottery is the official state lottery of Indiana, and is the only US lottery that uses the state's nickname as its official name. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). The Hoosier Lottery sells scratch-off tickets; its draw games include Mega Millions, Hoosier Lotto, Powerball, Cash 5, and Poker Lotto. The Multi-State Lottery Association includes at least one of Indiana's neighboring states. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Brierfield railway station serves the small town of Brierfield, Lancashire, England and is on the East Lancashire Line 2+1/4 mi east of Burnley Central railway station towards Colne (the terminus). The station is managed by Northern, who also provide all passenger trains serving it. The Brierfield railway is east of Burnley Central and runs towards Colne. The station is managed by North. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: No
[Q]: Walls (stylized as WALLS) is the seventh studio album by American rock band Kings of Leon. It was released on October 14, 2016, by RCA Records. The album title is an acronym for "We Are Like Love Songs", which continues the band's unwritten rule of having five-syllable album titles. The band has five-syllable album titles due to a superstition of one of the group members OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: "Janam Janam" (English: Life after Life) is a Hindi song from the soundtrack of the 2015 Indian film "Dilwale". The song is written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, composed by Pritam and sung by Arijit Singh. The music video of the song is picturised upon Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. The film Dilwale was released less than 3 years ago. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: | No |
How to drive a turbo diesel car with manual transmission efficiently<br>Choose the right gas station to trial and stick with it for duration of the steps below. Not all diesel fuels are equal quality. Some are " dirtier " than others, and will negatively affect your mileage.
Dirty diesel will not affect your mileage.
A: No
A fight between inmates at the Regina Correctional Centre sent one person to hospital on Aug, 19. The inmate was taken to hospital with unknown injuries after the fight, but was later returned to the correctional centre. The facility was placed on lockdown after the fight to ensure the safety of all staff and inmates. The incident will be reviewed and the matter has been referred to the RCMP to determine if an investigation will be conducted.
The inmate suffered from a concussion.
A: It's impossible to say
Loraine besides participating in Broadway's Dreamgirls, also participated in the Off-Broadway production of "Does A Tiger Have A Necktie". In 1999, Loraine went to London, United Kingdom. There she participated in the production of "RENT" where she was cast as "Mimi" the understudy.
Loraine has only appeared Off-Broadway.
A: | No |
How to be a great birth partner
Read up on the subject.
Know what to expect during pregnancy and during delivery. Reading about pregnancy and childbirth will help you support the mother and stay calm yourself.
Check local bookstores and online marketplaces for books about pregnancy and birthing. Consult online reviews to see which ones other expectant parents found helpful.
A little boy wearing goggles jumps into a pool. he
dives down to the bottom and picks something up off the bottom of the pool.
Two men exercise inside a gym, then a man jumps rope crossing his arms and also the moving the rope on front. the man
moves the rope with his right hand, then he moves both hands while skipping.
A large table display is set up outdoors. a man
| is seated behind the table with a group. |
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) She's been called a "Russian government attorney," a "trusted insider" of the Kremlin, the "go-to lawyer for the Moscow regional government" and an acquaintance of Russia's powerful prosecutor general. Natalia Veselnitskaya, 42, rose from obscurity to international notoriety following the disclosure of her June 9, 2016, meeting with Donald Trump, Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. She also appears to have amassed considerable wealth in a very short period of time, 14 years ago, when her legal career in the Moscow region (not to be confused with the city of Moscow) was in its infancy and she was just transitioning from being a government employee to a private practitioner.Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya was a key participant at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and campaign aidesMichael Weiss: How a young provincial attorney with a modest income was able to afford seven figures worth of property is a very Russian mystery -- as is her journey to the Trump Tower meeting
Question:Browder's lawyer, Vladimir Pastoukhov, added that after _ took on the Katsyv's legal defense in the Prevezon case, "the prosecutor's office and Yuri Chaika personally started to play an unbelievably active role in the Magnitsky story." | Natalia Veselnitskaya |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
The 2015 City of Onkaparinga ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Happy Valley, Australia between 3–11 January 2015.
Choices: *Yes; *It's impossible to say; *No;
Hypothesis: The Onkaparinga Challenger, which was part of the 2015 ATP Tour, took place on the third through the eleventh of January.
| Yes |
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: Howard Sings Ashman is a two-disc album compiled by PS Classics as part of their "Songwriter Series". The album features Howard Ashman singing selections from his musicals, including "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" (1979), "Little Shop of Horrors" (1982), "Smile" (1986), "The Little Mermaid" (1989), "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) and "Aladdin" (1992).
Hypothesis: PS Classics released a one-disc album of Howard Sings Ashman.
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: John Thomas Harris (May 8, 1823 – October 14, 1899) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He often referred to after the American Civil War as "Judge Harris", even after his election to Congress. He was the first cousin of John Hill.
Hypothesis: After John Harris was elected to Congress he was still known as Judge
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: The naming customs of Taiwanese aborigines are distinct from, though influenced by, the majority Han Chinese culture of Taiwan. Prior to contact with Han Chinese, the Taiwanese aborigines named themselves according to each tribe's tradition. The naming system varies greatly depending on the particular tribes. Some tribes do not have family names, at least as part of the personal name.
Hypothesis: There are more Han Chinese than aborigines in Taiwan.
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: | Context: Make It Hot is the debut studio album by R&B singer Nicole Wray. The album was released in August 1998 through Missy Elliott's Elektra-distributed vanity label, The Goldmind. The album was produced by Missy Elliott and Timbaland. Some editions of the release credit Nicole as "Nicole Ray", an artist name she only used here and on her single "I Can't See".
Hypothesis: Nicole Wray did not release any more albums after her debut album under Missy Elliot's record label. |
input: Editor's note: Jane Velez-Mitchell is host of the HLN show, "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell," a topical event-driven show with a wide range of viewpoints. Velez-Mitchell is the author of "Secrets Can Be Murder: What America's Most Sensational Crimes Tell Us About Ourselves."
Jane Velez-Mitchell says the targets of stalkers aren't just celebrities and that millions are victims.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hollywood starlet Jennifer Love Hewitt recently obtained a restraining order against a man who she claims had been stalking her since 2007.
The man sent hundreds of threatening letters, as well as plane tickets to Australia, and he left flowers at the home of Hewitt's mother.
Uma Thurman had even more frightening brushes with her stalker before he was convicted. Jack Jordan visited her house and also tried to get into her on-set trailer.
Thurman eventually faced Jordan in court, where he was convicted of stalking and aggravated harassment and sentenced to three years probation and psychiatric counseling. This, to me, sounds like a victory for Jordan, since he was placed in the same courtroom as his victim and could eventually go right back to stalking.
Many assume this type of thing is relegated only to those who grace the covers of gossip magazines and movie posters. Sheila Ann Grayson wasn't famous, but that didn't save her. Police in South Carolina say Grayson was killed by her stalker last May, two weeks after taking out a restraining order against him.
A new study published this month by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated based on a survey that 3.4 million Americans per year are victims of stalking. For some perspective, that's more than the entire population of Chicago, Illinois. 1. Who obtained a restraining order?
2. How long had she been stalked?
3. What did he send to her?
4. How many?
5. What did he send to her mother?
6. Who did Jack Jordan stalk?
7. Where did he try to find her?
8. Was he convicted?
9. Of what?
10. Did he receive jail time?
11. How long was his probation sentence?
12. Who was ultimately killed by her stalker?
13. Was she famous?
14. Did she have a restraining order in place?
15. How many people are estimated to be stalking victims?
16. According to whom?
17. Where did Hewitt's stalker send her tickets to?
18. How much time passed between Sheila's restraining order and her death? Return numbered answers in your output.
output: 1. Jennifer Love Hewitt
2. since 2007
3. letters
4. hundreds
5. flowers
6. Uma Thurman
7. her house and trailer
8. yes
9. stalking and aggravated harassment
10. no
11. three years
12. Sheila Ann Grayson
13. no
14. yes
15. 3.4 million Americans
16. the Department of Justice
17. Australia
18. two weeks
input: (CNN) -- The records kept tumbling for Michael Phelps Thursday as he beat arch-rival Ryan Lochte to win the men's 200m individual medley.
It was the 16th gold medal of his remarkable Olympic career, but his first in an individual event at the London Games.
The 27-year-old from Baltimore becomes the first man to win gold in the same event at three consecutive Olympics and extends his record breaking overall medals tally to 20.
It came just 48 hours after he won his 18th and 19th Olympic medals to overtake Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina in the all-time list.
Infographic: Records, medals and Phelps -- The numbers behind London 2012
Phelps led from start to finish to hold off Lochte down the final freestyle leg to win in one minute 54.27 seconds, just 0.04secs outside his own Olympic record.
Hungary's Laszlo Cseh claimed the bronze medal.
Lochte had taken bronze behind fellow American Tyler Clary in the earlier final of the men's 200m backstroke and Phelps said his rival for gold would have been feeling that effort.
"That was cool, I knew Ryan (Lochte) would be tough but coming off the 200 back that was a hard double," he told BBC Sport.
Read more on how Phelps considers himself 'normal'
Phelps, who revealed he had received a congratulatory phone call from U.S. President Barack Obama, has two more events to add to his tally before retiring from swimming.
He qualified for the final of the men's 100m butterfly later Thursday by winning his semifinal in 50.86 seconds and will be a member of the American medley relay squad. 1. Did Phelps think Lochte would be easy to beat?
2. Who rang Phelps to congratulate him?
3. Did Phelps beat his record in the event against Lochte?
4. What was his time for the event?
5. How far off was this time from his record?
6. True or False: Phelps qualified for the 200m breaststroke.
7. How many medals did Phelps win?
8. Is that more than Larisa Latynina has?
9. How old is Phelps?
10. He is the first man to do what?
11. Where is he from?
12. Does Phelps consider himself to be normal?
13. What squad will he be a member of?
14. Who took third place behind Tyler Clary?
15. Where is Lochte from? Return numbered answers in your output.
output: | 1. No
2. Barack Obama
3. No
4. 54.27 seconds
5. 0.04secs
6. unknown
7. 20
8. Yes
9. 27
10. win gold in the same event at three consecutive Olympics
11. Baltimore
12. Yes
13. The American medley relay squad.
14. Lochte
15. America |
Teacher: Given a passage and a query based on the passage, generate an unambiguous, concise and simple answer to the query from information in the passage. Note that the answer may not be present in exact form.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Eligibility. To see if you might be eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, visit our pre-screening tool. For households in the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. To get SNAP benefits, households must meet certain tests, including resource and income tests: 1 Resources. 2 Income. 3 Deductions. 4 Employment Requirements. 5 Special Rules for Elderly or Disabled. 6 Immigrant Eligibility. In fact, we’re not spending enough on food stamps. The need for food assistance is greater than food stamps can fill, and the benefit amount is too low to allow a family to purchase an adequate, healthy diet. The average monthly food stamp benefit per person is only $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person, per meal. Between 2009-2011 the purchasing power of food stamps declined by about 7%, or $47/month for a family of four, due to inflation in the cost of food. You’ve likely heard stories (and outrage) about people using food stamps to purchase “steak and lobster” as well as cigarettes and alcohol, showing up at the grocery store in a nice car, nice clothes, a nice purse or an iPhone. But the federal government sets the food stamps benefit amount at, on average, roughly $4 a day per person. Yes, someone could save up their monthly allotment to buy some high-priced food items for a special occasion. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Effective October 2016. Maximum Monthly SNAP Amounts. The chart below shows the maximum dollar amount of SNAP benefits your household can receive each month. This dollar amount is based on the number of people in your household, your income and your expenses. You could receive any amount up to or including these amounts. National Standards for reasonable amounts have been established for five necessary expenses: food, housekeeping supplies, apparel and services, personal care products and services, and miscellaneous. See the SNAP page on Applicants and Recipients for detailed information about eligibility requirements and benefits. The SNAP home page provides access to information on all aspects of the program. fns On average, 45 million people received SNAP benefits each month in fiscal year 2011, which represents a 70 percent increase over the roughly 26 million people (or one of every 11) who received benefits in 2007. The truth is, a $125 per person per month grocery budget may seem like a farce to a household currently spending $300 per person per month, but it’s actually quite achievable. *For households with more than eight people, add $5,408 per additional person. Always check with the appropriate managing agency to ensure the most accurate guidelines. To see if you might be eligible for SNAP benefits, use SNAP's pre-screening tool. Related Links. ¡ 1 Exija Sus Derechos! - 4300 S. ¡ 2 EXIJA SUS DERECHOS! Usted Tiene El Derecho - DHS 8219 S. ¡ 3 La tarjeta Illinois Link se acepta en mercados de agricultores selectos! DHS 9201 S. 4 B Attitude - Folic Acid - DHS 4758. 5 AABD Cash Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled - DHS 587. 6 Active Play for Families - DHS 4586. Query: average amount food stamps per one person in al for a month
Solution: The average monthly food stamp benefit per person is only $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person.
Reason: The passage details the eligibility and resources provided by SNAP. The passage includes information on individual per meal food stamp benefit, that can be used to answer the query.
Now, solve this instance: All Things Tax. Like the title says, from the filing process and tax questions to tax policy and reform, you can search and share All Things Tax here. This is the place to find answers to all your general questions that don't fall under the other categories. Tracking tax refunds is quite the adventure this year. Readers are reporting all sorts of data points in how long it takes to get your tax refund back. Originally the IRS started out with an aggressive one week turnaround on tax refunds for efiled returns. However, once we got started, they announced a one week tax refund delay. But then it got worse and after a few more IRS alerts, the IRS thought that returning to the historical range of 10 to 21 days for tax refunds would work for the majority of filers. For many Canadians, the biggest single payment they receive all year is their tax refund cheque. How long you'll wait between filing and receiving your refund depends on a number of factors. 1. As alluded to above, the IRS previously released an annual schedule to help tax payers better plan around tax season so tax-filers will know when they can expect to receive their refund check. They stopped this practice in 2013 (2012 tax year) after there were delays in the refund process due to new anti-fraud measures. Checking Your Refund Status. You can start checking on the status of your refund within 24 hours after we've received your e-filed return or 4 weeks after you've mailed a paper return. Have your 2017 tax return handy so you can provide your social security number, your filing status, and the exact whole dollar amount of your refund shown on your return. General Information Paying your tax debt in full is the best way to get rid of a tax lien. 1 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will release a federal tax lien within 30 days after you have paid your tax debt. However, there are other options to reduce the impact of a tax lien: Share your results: How Long Did it Take to Get Your Tax Refund? IRS Tax Refund Status You can track the status of your tax refund with the IRS tool Where’s My Refund? or the IRS Refund Tracker Tax App. Refund Processing Time. 1 E-filed tax returns with direct deposit – E-file with direct deposit is the fastest way to get your federal tax refund. 2 Mailed paper returns – Refund processing time is 6 to 8 weeks from the date the IRS receives your tax return. Is it REALLY going to take that long for my refund?? For me they use ADP and they provide the w2 electronically in PDF format to download off their server and so it cuts down transit and prep time because you get it the moment they have it and not have to wait until you get it in the mail over a month or so later. Some tax returns take longer to process than others for many reasons, including when a return: Includes errors. Is incomplete. Is affected by identity theft or fraud. Includes a claim filed before Feb. 15 for an Earned Income Tax Credit or an Additional Child Tax Credit. Query: how long did it actually take to receive your tax refund
Student: | It took 10 to 21 days to receive a tax refund. |
Please capitalize where necessary: overcoming a poverty of words, covington kids improve skills with free web-based literacy program | Overcoming a poverty of words, Covington kids improve skills with free web-based literacy program |
input: CHAPTER V
OFF FOR WOODCRAFT
Edward Muldoon, otherwise Sparrer, surreptitiously pinched himself to make sure that he was not dreaming. He, newsboy from the lower East Side of New York, who had never been farther from it than Coney Island, riding in a brilliantly lighted Pullman coach on his way into the great woods of which he had dreamed so much since he became a Scout, and of which he had only the vaguest idea! It couldn't be.
And yet it was. The roar of the wheels told him that it was. The very feel of the luxurious seat in which he was sitting told him that it was. And to clinch the fact and at the same time make it harder to believe there were his three companions, Upton, his patrol leader, Harrison and Pat Malone, whom he had secretly made his hero. Yes, it was all true, and yet he couldn't get rid of the idea that sooner or later he would wake up and find it all a beautiful dream.
The fact is, this trip was in the nature of a Christmas present. From their first meeting Pat had taken a great fancy to the street gamin. He recognized a kindred spirit. Instinctively he realized that the difference between Sparrer and himself at the same age was mainly one of environment. The youngster's sturdy independence and self-reliance, his quick wit, even his impudence, struck responsive chords in the young woodsman. Sparrer was what he himself would have been had his nursery been a New York East Side tenement instead of the log cabin of a mill settlement in the lumber district of the North Woods. 1. Who is Sparrer
2. What did he do?
3. Why?
4. Where did he live?
5. What part?
6. What did he do to make money
7. Who was his secret hero?
8. Where was he going?
9. What was this trip?
10. From who?
11. Why?
12. Where was his nursery?
13. where?
14. in what district?
15. where?
16. What kind of coach were they in?
17. Who was with them also?
18. What were their names?
19. Who was Upton?
20. What is farthest Sparrer had gone before? Return numbered answers in your output.
output: 1. Edward Muldoon
2. pinched himself
3. to make sure that he was not dreaming
4. New York
5. the lower East Side
6. He was a newsboy
7. Pat Malone
8. into the great woods
9. a Christmas present
10. Pat
11. Pat had taken a great fancy to him.
12. a log cabin
13. a mill settlement
14. the lumber district
15. the North Woods
16. a Pullman coach
17. his three companions
18. Upton, Harrison, and Pat
19. his patrol leader
20. Coney Island
input: There were 2 best friends named Sam and Jenny. They were not friends with Kimmi, a girl in the same class. And they were not friends with Joe. Joe was not their friend because he didn't talk to Sam and Jenny. Joe did not talk to anyone. Kimmi talked to everyone, but she did not keep secrets she was told and she said bad things about the people around her all the time. No one liked her. Everyone thought she was mean. One day, Sam and Jenny were playing with their puppy near a big tree when they found Kimmi sitting under the tree crying. Kimmi was sad that no one wanted to be her friend. Sam and Jenny felt bad for Kimmi. Jenny told Kimmi she would have a lot of friends if she didn't say such mean things about people. Sam said that was not true, because Joe did not talk about people and he had no friends. Sam and Jenny thought about it a long time. Sam and Jenny brought Kimmi to meet Joe. Kimmi and Joe became friends soon and Kimmi learned not to say mean things about people. Everyone was happier. 1. Who were best friends?
2. Were they friends with Joe or Kimmi?
3. Why didn't they like Kimmi?
4. Did they become her friend?
5. Who else became her friend?
6. Why wasn't Joe friends with Sam and Jenny?
7. did he talk to them later?
8. Was everyone in the same class?
9. Where did Sam and Jenny find Kimmi?
10. What were they playing with when they found her? Return numbered answers in your output.
output: 1. Sam and Jenny
2. no
3. she did not keep secrets
4. yes
5. Joe
6. he didn't talk to Sam and Jenny
7. not that it mentions
8. Everyone was mentioned to be in the same class ecept joe which it doesn't say
9. under a tree
10. their puppy
input: Since Roger Goodell took over as NFL commissioner in September 2006, he's had his hands full.
The current domestic violence case involving former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice is just the latest in a long list of controversies that have punctuated his reign atop the country's most profitable sports league.
Here are some that have attracted the biggest headlines:
Michael Vick's dog fighting arrest
Allegations of Vick's participation in dog fighting activities began to swirl in April 2007.
Within three months, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback and three associates were indicted in federal court.
By the end of August, Vick reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on one charge of conspiracy involving illegal dog fighting. Vick admitted participating in killing dogs and operating a business enterprise that involved illegal gambling.
Goodell notified Vick that he was suspended from the National Football League indefinitely, without pay.
Vick served 20 months for the conviction.
In 2009, Goodell reinstated Vick to the league on a conditional basis. In 2011, he signed a six-year, $100 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles, making Vick one of the highest earning players in the NFL.
Vick is now a backup quarterback for the New York Jets.
Plaxico Buress' nightclub incident
The former New York Giants wide receiver accidentally shot himself in the leg with a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol he was carrying in his waistband. The incident happened November 2008, in the VIP area of the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan.
Buress served 20 months on a weapons charge. 1. What did Goodell takeover?
2. When did this happen?
3. Was this an easy job?
4. Who did the domestic violence case involve?
5. Was this the only case?
6. What was another one?
7. When did this happen?
8. Who was indicted in federal court?
9. When did he reach a decision?
10. What did Vick admit to doing?
11. Did he serve any time?
12. When was he brought back to the game?
13. How long did he sign for?
14. Who does he play for now?
15. Was there any other incidents?
16. What was the issue?
17. When did it happen?
18. Where did it happen?
19. Did he serve any time for this?
20. What was the charge? Return numbered answers in your output.
output: | 1. NFL commissioner
2. September 2006
3. No he's had his hands full
4. Ray Rice
5. No
6. Michael Vick's dog fighting arrest
7. April 2007.
8. Atlanta Falcons quarterback and three associates
9. By the end of August
10. participating in killing dogs
11. 20 months
12. In 2009
13. he signed a six-year, $100 million contract
14. New York Jets.
15. Yes
16. Plaxico Buress' nightclub incident
17. November 2008
18. Latin Quarter nightclub
19. 20 months
20. weapons charge. |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Investigation Into Metro-North Derailment Begins View Full Caption
MANHATTAN — Investigators believe the motorman at the controls in the deadly Metro-North Railroad derailment in the Bronx Sunday dozed off for a few fateful moments and woke up too late to stop the speeding train from hurtling off the tracks, DNAinfo New York has learned.
Veteran engineer William Rockefeller all but admitted he was falling asleep as the train came roaring to a curved section of track north of Spuyten Duyvil in statements made shortly after four people were killed and dozens were injured in the wreck, sources said.
He apparently woke up just as the train, traveling at 82 mph, was heading into a precarious curve that called for the train's speed to be reduced to just 30 mph.
As the train entered the curve, sources said, Rockefeller was jolted from his sleep and hit the brake, but not in time. The cars derailed, and several careened onto their sides before grinding to a halt on the edge of the Harlem River. Four people were killed, three of whom were thrown out of the cars, and more than 60 others were injured.
Rockefeller, 46, has been an engineer for roughly 11 years and a Metro-North employee for 20 years, and has an unblemished record.
Sources said he took a drug and alcohol test, and they do not believe either was a factor in the crash.
They declined to provide details of Rockefeller’s statements, which were given within minutes of the disaster, when paramedics and investigators arrived at the scene to offer assistance and try to learn what happened.
Prosecutors subpoenaed Rockefeller’s cellphone, but sources said they do not believe he was using it at the time of the tragedy.
Instead, sources said he virtually admitted that he fell asleep as the train roared through a straight, 70 mph zone, heading toward one of the sharpest curves on the 75-mile trip that started at 5:54 a.m. in Poughkeepsie, bound for New York City.
They believe the rumbling of the train roaring through the head of the curve awakened Rockefeller and he hit the brake immediately.
National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said at a press conference Monday the brakes were engaged, but “very late in the game” — only six seconds before the crash. And he would only say it was unclear if the speed was the result of human error or faulty equipment.
Sources could not immediately explain why Rockefeller became fatigued as he neared Spuyten Duyvil. They said they had no initial reason to believe he had been overworked or was out late the night before.
Rockefeller was among those released from the hospital Monday. He remained in seclusion as the crippled trains were being righted and placed back onto the tracks, which were also being repaired Monday.
Union officials said Rockefeller was thoroughly traumatized by the tragedy and was cooperating fully with investigators.
Friends and colleagues described him as a sincere, hardworking man who was always serious and responsible about his job.
The NTSB has been urging railroads for decades to install technology that can stop wrecks caused by excessive speed or other problems, including those that can automatically slow trains through curves. Metro-North has been trying to make the costly purchase and install the equipment. ||||| The Metro-North train involved in Sunday’s horrific disaster derailed on a 30-mph curve because it was traveling at 82 mph, authorities revealed Monday.
Engineer William Rockefeller told investigators that he had zoned out as the train was barreling toward the bend — and that he was jolted back to reality only after a whistle went off warning him he was going dangerously fast, sources told The Post.
“He was just somehow inattentive,’’ and as soon as he realized what was happening, he jammed on the brakes, one source said.
But it was too late.
According to data from the train’s two “black box” recording devices, Rockefeller didn’t apply the brakes until just five seconds before the derailment.
The train’s throttle, or gas lever, was first thrown into the “idle” position, similar to putting a car in neutral, a source said.
A second later, the brakes were slammed. But it wasn’t enough to the seven cars and push locomotive from jumping the tracks and rolling toward the Harlem River.
One theory investigators are looking into is the possibility that Rockefeller had fallen asleep prior to the derailment.
Another area of concern is that Metro-North trains are not equipped with a system called PTC or positive train control that would have applied the emergency brakes in the event that the operator was unable to.
“If the engineer fails to slow down, it will provide an alarm and if he fails to brake, it will apply the emergency brakes,” one transit source said.
The holiday-weekend wreck left four dead and 63 injured just north of the Hudson Line’s Spuyten Duyvil station in The Bronx.
Rockefeller immediately admitted zoning out to investigators at the scene Sunday, a law-enforcement source said.
He also suggested the train’s brakes had “failed to engage.’’
Investigators asked him, “Were you drinking?’’ a source said.
The 46-year-old married engineer didn’t smell of alcohol and adamantly denied he had been boozing, the source said.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is heading the investigation, is awaiting a toxicology report.
Authorities confiscated Rockefeller’s cellphone to see if he had been texting or talking on it.
The NYPD and Bronx District Attorney’s Office have launched their own joint criminal probe and will also look at texting and drugs and/or alcohol as possible factors, sources said. They’ve subpoenaed his phone records.
While Rockefeller chatted with law-enforcement Sunday, he was less talkative Monday, the source said.
“They found him elusive and traumatized,” the source said.
NTSB member Earl Weener noted Monday that the train was speeding even before the curve, traveling 12 mph faster than the maximum limit of 70 mph in the straightaway along the Hudson River.
“At this point, we are not aware of any problems or anomalies with the brakes,’’ he added.
Multiple sources familiar with the operation of Metro-North trains suggested that wet leaves on the tracks this time of year might have played a role — but law-enforcement sources scoffed.
Weener said the NTSB will probe how the brakes were operating earlier in the trip, which originated in Poughkeepsie.
The Grand Central-bound train was able to stop at nine stations before the derailment.
Sen. Charles Schumer said there were no problems with the tracks or signals.
As for the brakes, “clearly, [they] were working a short time before [the train] came to this curve.
“When I heard about the speed, I gulped,” he said. “For a train to be going 80 mph around at curve is just a frightening thing. It raises so many questions.”
Still, he added, “it’s premature to blame anyone or anything right now.”
Investigators were seeking surveillance video, but so far only have a “low-quality” feed from a bridge, which has been sent to Washington, DC, for enhancement.
As for the data collected so far, “It tells us what happened; it doesn’t tell us why it happened,” Weener said.
Anthony Bottalico, an official with the ACRE Local Division 1 rail-employees union, called Rockefeller, a 20-year MTA veteran, “a man of fine character and sincerity.”
“He is a quality engineer. He is well respected. He has an incredible work ethic,” Bottalico said.
“He’s very traumatized right now . . . He hasn’t slept in over 24 hours. He suffered some problems with his lower back. He got knocked around pretty good.”
“Yesterday, a little piece of everyone on the railroad died,” Bottalico said. “We are there for him.”
He added the engineer would “fully cooperate” with the probe.
Emergency workers remove a body from a derailed Metro-North train in The Bronx. At least four people were killed and more than 60 injured when the speeding train slammed into a curve and ran off the rails Dec. 1. John Roca The scope of the devastation in the aftermath of the deadly train derailment. AP Officials at the grisly scene where a body was found in the aftermath of the terrible accident. Theodore Parisienne The train's conductor, William Rockefeller, is taken away on a stretcher after the deadly crash. John Roca First responders treat the injured. William Farrington Firefighters use a device to transport victims along the rails. William Farrington William Farrington Reuters John Roca Officials remove a body from the scene of a Metro-North train derailment in The Bronx. Reuters AP AP AP A Metro-North train lies on its side after derailing in The Bronx. AP Emergency workers at the scene of the train wreck that killed four on Sunday. AFP/Getty Images Emergency rescue personnel work the scene of a Metro-North passenger train derailment. AP Injured passengers are removed from the derailed Metro-North train. William Farrington Injured people are tended to by first responders. AP A Metro-North passenger train derailed on a curved section of track in The Bronx on Sunday morning, killing four people, injuring 63 and coming to rest just inches from the water, authorities said. Reuters Reuters First responders view the derailment. AP Rescue workers search through a car at the site of a Metro-North train derailment in The Bronx on Dec. 1. Four were killed and 63 were injured. Reuters AFP/Getty Images Ad Up Next Happy end to fox tale: Missing critter found safe The sly red fox who burrowed her way out of... 26 View Slideshow Back Continue Share this: Facebook
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Sixty-three people were injured in the accident, which left rail cars overturned. At least seven remained critical at Bronx hospitals, including one dad who may be permanently paralyzed.
Mayor Bloomberg, who was playing golf in Bermuda when the accident occurred, flew back to New York and visited one female cop hospitalized with a broken collarbone.
A source said he was told immediately of the derailment, yet spent several more hours on the links with his girlfriend and one of his daughters.
“The question for us, I think, in any emergency situation, is whether government agencies perform well,” he said Monday. “The response by the men and women in uniform was outstanding.”
Additional reporting by Jamie Schram, Laurel Babcock and Frank Rosario |||||
A: | Sources are telling the media slightly different versions of what the Metro-North train driver was doing moments before the crash, but the underlying theme is this: William Rockefeller was out of it. In DNAInfo's telling, the 46-year-old engineer actually fell asleep at the helm, and woke up just as the train sped into a curve (reportedly at 82mph). Sources say Rockefeller "virtually admitted" to this in statements made immediately after the wreck, and added that he hit the brake too late. An NTSB rep did say yesterday that the brakes were applied only about five seconds before the crash—"very late in the game." In the New York Post's version, Rockefeller told investigators he had "zoned out" and was, in the words of a source, "just somehow inattentive." The Post's sources say a speed-warning whistle "jolted [him] back to reality." The 11-year engineer has a perfect record, notes DNAInfo, and while toxicology and cell phone records will be reviewed, sources say they don't believe drugs, alcohol, or a cell phone is to blame. |
Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
(CNN) -- A line of angry protesters waving signs and wearing scows formed a ring around the front entrance of the Daily News' headquarters.
They took turns at the bullhorn accusing the paper of everything from libel to genocide. They didn't bring a list of demands; they weren't looking to negotiate. They had one goal: to shut the paper down forever.
"We're going to march until the walls come down," one shouted.
Employees who would normally head out the revolving door to one of the lunch trucks along Broad street developed a taste for cafeteria food that day.
Not Chuck Stone.
Stone, senior editor of the newspaper they had pledged to kill, walked out the front entrance and met their scows with a broad smile. Picketers committed to the complete destruction of the Daily News returned his smile or nodded in recognition as they passed him. A few even shook his hand.
I'll never forget that scene. It was, at once, improbable yet typical of a man who was as comfortable in the salons of power as he was in the embrace of the disadvantaged.
Chuck was the last man you'd pick out of a lineup of guys suspected of aiding and abetting dangerous felons. In his horn-rimmed glasses, hand-tied, silk bowties and graying crew cut, he looked like a grown-up version of the nerds that tough guys used to beat up to burnish their reps.
But fugitives who were wanted for vicious assaults and heinous crimes would call Chuck before they called their lawyers. In a town where some cops were known to administer curbside justice, surrendering to Chuck Stone was a way to keep from having their faces rearranged on the way to jail. At least 75 fugitives did just that over Stone's 19-year career.
1. At what location is the mob?
2. What did most take a turn holding?
3. Who was not deterred by the mob? | 1. the entrance of the daily news
2. the bullhorn
3. Chuck Stone |
A mother calls her ca 8yearold daughter from the balcony to
Please fix the punctuation. | A mother calls her ca. 8-year-old daughter from the balcony to: |
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 Iraqi military has "fully liberated" all of Iraq's territory of "ISIS terrorist gangs" and retaken full control of the Iraqi-Syrian border, it said Saturday in a statement. "Our heroic armed forces have now secured the entire length of the Iraq-Syria border," Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said on his Twitter account. "We defeated Daesh (ISIS) through our unity and sacrifice for the nation. Long live Iraq and its people." ISIS, an acronym for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, rapidly captured large territories in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate in 2014. The group controlled more than 34,000 square miles of territory from the Mediterranean coast to south of Baghdad.US will keep "advising, training, and equipping" Iraqi Security Forces, official says3.2 million people have been displaced in the fight against ISIS, the United Nations reports
Question:"Our @coalition will continue to stand with #Iraq to support its security forces, economy, and stabilization to help ensure that #ISIS can never again threaten _'s people or use its territory as a haven," he wrote. | Iraqi |
In less than two months, Junior 3 students around the country will take the senior high school entrance exam. They are studying hard for this big challenge. Do they have time to do something in memory of their middle school years? Many do. Leng Jingze, 15, from Tianjin said that in her class students are already writing goodbye messages for each other. "Even the head teacher has a plan," said Leng. "She plans to put all our class photos and the Chinese compositions we have written onto a CD and give each student one," said Leng. "She will also write something for each student." Wang Zeyu, 16, in Changchun, Jilin said his classmates are making "lucky stars" as graduation gifts. They are making the cheerful stars from colored paper. "Before making a lucky star, you write some words for the person on the paper," said Wang. "He or she can read the words later." Who does Wang want to make a lucky star for? He said he wanted to make one for his head teacher. "I'll write: Dear teacher, you always look so serious," said Wang. "But we know you have a warm heart. Smile more!" In Xiao Xia's school in Beijing, each Junior 3 student will get a yearbook , in which the graduating classes will put their photos and self-introductions. "Most classes have written an article as the self-introduction," said Xiao, 15. "We have written a poem in the ancient style!" The poem records the big events of the class's history and is in the shape of the number 9. "Nine is our class number," said Xiao, who felt very proud of the idea. "Our class may be not the one with the best school grade but it must be the most creative one," said Xiao. "I feel lucky to study in such a class!"
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. What exam is coming up?
2. What are they doing to create memories?
3. What is the lead instructor doing?
4. Anything else she's doing?
5. What are the students making?
6. What type of gift are those?
7. What do they put on the stars?
8. How old is Wang Zeyu?
9. What does Wang thing the instructor needs to do more?
10. How old is Xiao?
11. What is the class best at?
12. What grade are they in?
Numbered answers: | 1. senior high school entrance exam
2. writing goodbye messages
3. put all our class photos and the Chinese compositions we have written onto a CD
4. write something for each studen
5. lucky stars
6. graduation gifts
7. words
8. 16
9. Smile
10. 15
11. creative
12. Nine |
How to find a good plumber
Check to make sure that they have a plumbing license.
The most basic rule is to be sure that they're licensed and carry full insurance that protects you and your neighbour's property in the event of a catastrophe.
Get two or more references and read online reviews.
You can even ask to see some of the work they have done. Read their facebook page and twitter feed to see how they are interacting with their customers Ask how long they have been in business for.
How to write a weekly report
Identify the purpose of your report.
While you may be required to submit weekly reports as part of your job duties, keeping your job is not the purpose for the report itself. Determining why your employer wants weekly reports will help you decide exactly what information should go into it, and which items are the most important.
Typically your report is supposed to update managers on the status of your projects or assist them in making decisions. For example, if you are a retail store manager, you may be required to submit weekly reports that summarize your sales for the week.
Two men are seen passing a ball to one another and leads into a group of people playing soccer. the people
move up and down the court while the camera follows their movements.
The lady is dressed in a long beige jacket and ear muffs and she is scraping the snow off of the other end of the car. a boy
| then appears and he is shoveling snow out from behind the car and then another person comes to help them. |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
O'Gorman High School is a Catholic high school located in Timmins, Ontario, Canada. O'Gorman Intermediate School, which is located down the street from the high school, is a feeder school for 7th and 8th graders. It is currently the only school in Timmins where the students wear uniforms.
Sentence: The high school is the only school in Timmins
Select from the following.
[A]. Yes.
[B]. It's impossible to say.
[C]. No. | [C]. |
On Thursday Fort Waelhem succumbed after a magnificent resistance. The garrison held it until it was a mere heap of ruins, and, indeed, they had the greatest difficulty in making their way out. I think that there is very little doubt that the Germans were using against these forts their largest guns, the great 42-centimetre howitzers. It is known that two of these were brought northwards past Brussels after the fall of Maubeuge, and a fragment which was given to us was almost conclusive. It was brought to us one morning as an offering by a grateful patient, and it came from the neighbourhood of Fort Waelhem. It was a mass of polished steel two feet long, a foot wide, and three inches thick, and it weighed about fifty pounds. It was very irregular in shape, with edges sharp as razors, without a particle of rust upon it. It had been picked up where it fell still hot, and it was by far the finest fragment of shell I have ever seen. Alas we had to leave it behind, and it lies buried in a back-garden beside our hospital. Some day it will be dug up, and will be exhibited as conclusive evidence that the Germans did use their big guns in shelling the town.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: What town was the gun fragment found in?
From a human point of view, a habitat is where you live. It might be your city, town, or neighborhood. Your habitat can be altered. Most people move a few times in their lives. But a plant cannot move. An animal may not be suited to live in another area. A habitat is the natural home or environment of an organism. Humans often destroy the habitats of other organisms. The loss of habitat can cause the extinction of species. Extinction is when a species disappears forever. Once a species is extinct, it can never be brought back. Humans cause habitat destruction in many ways. There are two common ways this happens. Land may be cleared. Another way is when an animal or plant is brought to an area where it does not belong.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: Your habitat can be altered according to whose point of view?
The dermis is the inner layer of skin. The dermis has blood vessels and nerve endings. The nerve endings explain why your skin is sensitive. You can sense pain, pressure, and temperature. You cut your finger and it starts to bleed. What has happened? If your skin bleeds, it means you have cut the dermis layer and damaged blood vessels. The cut really hurts. It hurts because of the nerve endings in this skin layer. The dermis also contains hair follicles and two types of glands. Hair follicles are structures where hairs originate. Each hair grows out of a follicle. Hair passes up through the epidermis. It then extends above the skin surface. Oil glands produce an oily substance. The oil is secreted into hair follicles.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: Why does the cut really hurt?
The film begins with Brick Bardo ( Tim Thomerson , from ( ( Dollman hitchhiking to get to the town of Pahoota , where he tries to find a girl named Nurse Ginger ( Melissa Behr , who was shrunken to 11 inches in ( ( Bad Channels , to prove to her that she's not alone . Meanwhile , the film cuts to Judith Grey , who has a nightmare about the events that happened in the previous film a year before . Ever since the events that took place a year before , Judith has been watching the Toyland Warehouse , believing that the toys are still alive . Meanwhile , a bum breaks into the Warehouse , and starts to mess around with a clown tricycle , until he gets knocked in the head with a box of toys , causing him to hit his head on the ground , killing him . However , his blood continues to flow over to the place where the demon was buried , and brings back : Baby Oopsie Daisy , Jack Attack , Mr. Static , and this time brings up a new killer toy named Zombietoid , a blonde GI JOE action figure with a sword as a weapon . Judith , who's now inside the building , finally sees the toys in full view , but is then arrested for breaking into a secluded building . After the police leave , the toys force the new security guard Ray Vernon to help them with their needs . Meanwhile , Judith , who now knows about Nurse Ginger and Brick Bardo's history , bribes a news reporter to tell her where they 're at , and tells her they are in Pahoota . Judith , after having a deal with Bardo and Ginger to help her kill the toys , they head off back to the Warehouse .
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: | What happens to Judith, and what happens to the new security guard? |
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
The 1913 NCAA football season had no clear-cut champion, with the "Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book" listing Auburn, Chicago, and Harvard as having been selected national champions. All three teams finished with undefeated records. Chicago and Harvard officially claim national championships for the 1913 season.
Hypothesis: New York finished with an undefeated record in 1914.
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Answer:
It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
The Vow is a 2012 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Sucsy and written by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, and Jason Katims, inspired by the true story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter. The film stars Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum as the Collins, with Sam Neill, Scott Speedman and Jessica Lange in supporting roles.
Hypothesis: Directed by Sucsy and written by Kohn The Vow was a romanitic drama film produced in 2011.
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Answer:
No
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Cowie Castle is a ruined fortress in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site lies at the northern end of Stonehaven on the North Sea coast. To the immediate south is the Cowie Bridge crossing of the Cowie Water. Evidence of prehistoric man exists in the vicinity dating to the Iron Age in the form of ring cairns.
Hypothesis: Cowie Castle is a ruined fortress in Aberdeenshire, England.
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Answer:
| No |
Please check if these have the same meaning.
He died on July 23 , 1942 at his home in Trenton and is buried at the Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in Bridgeton .
He died in his home in Bridgeton on 23 July 1942 and is buried in the Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in Trenton .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: no
Please check if these have the same meaning.
A scalar transformation is a transformation that is '' linear `` up to a twist '' , which means '' to a field automorphism under semilinear multiplication `` .
A semilinear transformation is a transformation that is '' linear `` up to a twist '' , which means '' to a field automorphism under scalar multiplication `` .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: no
Please check if these have the same meaning.
Danj ( also known as Qūchkānlū ) is a village in the district of Esfarayen , North - Khorasan - Province , Iran , in the Azari county in the central district .
Danj ( also known as Qūchkānlū ) is a village in Esfarayen County , North Khorasan Province , Iran , in the Azari Rural District of Central District .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: yes
Please check if these have the same meaning.
The current church , built in June 1885 by the bishop of St. Alban , is not the first to be consecrated in East Hanningfield .
The current Church , built by the Bishop of St Albans in June 1885 , is not the first to be consecrated in East Hanningfield .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: | yes |
Do these mean the same?
Mark Hambourg was born in Voronezh , Russia , the middle brother of the famous pianist Jan Hambourg .
Jan Hambourg was born in Voronezh , Russia , the middle brother between famous pianist Mark Hambourg ( b . | no |
Energy is stored in chemical compounds. This energy is called chemical energy. Chemical energy is a form of potential energy. When bonds between atoms are broken, energy is released. The wood in fireplaces has chemical energy. The energy is released as heat and light when the wood burns. Most living things get their energy from food. When food molecules are broken down, the energy is released. It may then be used to do work, like playing ball or studying science. If you have ever heard, "Eat a good breakfast", thats why. You need energy to do things during the day. To do those things you need energy. You get your energy from the food you eat. That energy is stored in your body until you need it. How did you get to school today? If you walked, you used chemical energy from the food you ate. What if you rode the bus or were driven in a car? Where did that energy come from?
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: How is the energy from potential energy released?
Here the omnibus came up, and I rode back to Manchester. The whole conversation took up very little more time than it will take to read it; but I thought it worth recording, as characteristic of the people now suffering in Lancashire from no fault of their own. I know the people well. The greatest number of them would starve themselves to that degree that they would not be of much more physical use in this world, before they would condescend to beg. But starving to death is hard work. What will winter bring to them when severe weather begins to tell upon constitutions lowered in tone by a starvation diet--a diet so different to what they have been used to when in work? What will the 1s. 6d. a-head weekly do for them in that hard time? If something more than this is not done for them, when more food, clothing, and fire are necessary to everybody, calamities may arise which will cost England a hundred times more than a sufficient relief--a relief worthy of those who are suffering, and of the nation they belong to--would have cost. In the meantime the cold wings of winter already begin to overshadow the land; and every day lost involves the lives, or the future usefulness, of thousands of our best population.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: Why were the people of Lancashire suffering?
Rough surfaces create more friction than smooth surfaces. Thats why cars have tires. Its also why we use rubber mats in areas that might get wet. In your bathtub, you may even use No-Slip tape. No-slip is another way of saying the items has a lot of friction. In Figure 1.9, the blades of the skates are very smooth. Thats why you cant slide across ice with shoes. The soles of your shoes are much rougher than skates. The rougher surface of shoes causes more friction and slows you down. Heavier objects also have more friction. A heavy object presses down with more force. The surfaces are held together more tightly. This makes the surfaces harder to slide past each other. Did you ever try to push something heavy across the floor? Heavy objects are much harder to push than light objects.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: What property does the surface of a rubber mat have that prevents us from slipping in wet areas?
Although Bin Laden, Atef, and KSM initially contemplated using established al Qaeda members to execute the planes operation, the late 1999 arrival in Kandahar of four aspiring jihadists from Germany suddenly presented a more attractive alternative. The Hamburg group shared the anti-U.S. fervor of the other candidates for the operation, but added the enormous advantages of fluency in English and familiarity with life in the West, based on years that each member of the group had spent living in Germany. Not surprisingly, Mohamed Atta, Ramzi Binalshibh, Marwan al Shehhi, and Ziad Jarrah would all become key players in the 9/11 conspiracy. Mohamed Atta was born on September 1, 1968, in Kafr el Sheikh, Egypt, to a middle-class family headed by his father, an attorney. After graduating from Cairo University with a degree in architectural engineering in 1990, Atta worked as an urban planner in Cairo for a couple of years. In the fall of 1991, he asked a German family he had met in Cairo to help him continue his education in Germany. They suggested he come to Hamburg and invited him to live with them there, at least initially. After completing a course in German, Atta traveled to Germany for the first time in July 1992. He resided briefly in Stuttgart and then, in the fall of 1992, moved to Hamburg to live with his host family. After enrolling at the University of Hamburg, he promptly transferred into the city engineering and planning course at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, where he would remain registered as a student until the fall of 1999. He appears to have applied himself fairly seriously to his studies (at least in comparison to his jihadist friends) and actually received his degree shortly before traveling to Afghanistan. In school, Atta came across as very intelligent and reasonably pleasant, with an excellent command of the German language. When Atta arrived in Germany, he appeared religious, but not fanatically so. This would change, especially as his tendency to assert leadership became increasingly pronounced. According to Binalshibh, as early as 1995 Atta sought to organize a Muslim student association in Hamburg. In the fall of 1997, he joined a working group at the Quds mosque in Hamburg, a group designed to bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians. Atta proved a poor bridge, however, because of his abrasive and increasingly dogmatic personality. But among those who shared his beliefs, Atta stood out as a decisionmaker.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: | Where did Mohamed Atta reside while in Germany? |
Part 1. Definition
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Part 2. Example
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.
Answer: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Part 3. Exercise
What is larger, a domestic chicken or a bantam?, Context: A bantam is a small variety of domestic chicken, either a miniature version of a member of a standard breed, or a "true bantam" with no larger counterpart. The name derives from the town of Bantam in Java where European sailors bought the local small chickens for their shipboard supplies. Bantams may be a quarter to a third of the size of standard birds and lay similarly small eggs. They are kept by small-holders and hobbyists for egg production, use as broody hens, ornamental purposes, and showing.
Answer: | domestic chicken |
1. Impressive essays by ... Marilynne Robinson ... Terry Eagleton and ... H. H. Allen Orr set out to tell Dawkins how wrong he is .
2. Impressive essays by Dawkins ... , Marilynne Robinson and H. Allen Orr , set out to tell Terry Eagleton how wrong he is .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
no
1. In `` Duel the Double Cruisers ! '' Batman uses a simulation of Despero to train the outsiders .
2. In `` Duel of the Double Crossers ! `` , Despero uses a simulation of Batman to train the Outsiders .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
no
1. Dummer was born in Newbury , Massachusetts , as the second son of Richard Dummer and his first wife , Frances Burr .
2. Born in Newbury , Massachusetts , the first son of Richard Dummer and his second wife , Frances Burr , was born .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
| no |
Boomer is the official mascot of the Indiana Pacers, a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He appears at each of the Pacers' home games, at special events for the NBA, as well as at other community & sporting events in central Indiana.
Boomer is a mascot for a professional basketball team
A: Yes
The 1990 season of the astronomy TV show starring Jack Horkheimer started on January 1, 1990. During this season, the show still had its original name, "Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler". The show's episode numbering scheme changed several times during its run to coincide with major events in the show's history. The official Star Gazer website hosts the complete scripts for each of the shows.
Horkheimer hosted Star Hustler.
A: Yes
Hunan University of Science and Technology () is an institution of higher learning in Xiangtan, Hunan Province of the People's Republic of China. It is under the jointly jurisdiction of central government and provincial government, and is mainly administered by Hunan Province. Hunan University of Science and Technology was formed by the merger of two earlier universities.
Hunan University was the highest ranked institution in Xiangtan, Hunan Province of the People's Republic of China
A: | 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.
One example: 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 is here: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Now, solve this: A councilman is around for?, Context: Richmond city government consists of a city council with representatives from nine districts serving in a legislative and oversight capacity, as well as a popularly elected, at-large mayor serving as head of the executive branch. Citizens in each of the nine districts elect one council representative each to serve a four-year term. Beginning with the November 2008 election Council terms was lengthened to 4 years. The city council elects from among its members one member to serve as Council President and one to serve as Council Vice President. The city council meets at City Hall, located at 900 E. Broad St., 2nd Floor, on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, except August.
Solution: | 4 years |
Write the next sentence.
Christopher loved watching TV shows and he preferred sitcoms to realities because the
OPTIONS:
1). sitcoms made him feel bad.;
2). realities made him feel bad.;
Answer: | 2). |
Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry.
Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father's lab. He had never been to school or university but had taught himself, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries.
He was always searching for a meaning to life. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and the peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous last will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. 1896
2. Immanuel Nobel
3. landmine
4. Stockholm
5. 1833
6. Russia
7. in 1842
8. engineering
9. yes
10. yes
11. 1859
12. an inventor
13. explosives
14. no
15. Swedish, Russian, German, French and English
16. 80
17. 20 different
18. 20
19. yes
20. Italy
21. physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature and peace
22. yes | 1. When did Alfred Nobel die?
2. Who was his father?
3. What did he invent?
4. Where was Alfred birthed?
5. In what year?
6. Where did his family move?
7. When did that happen?
8. What kind of profession did his dad do?
9. Did his father make a good amount of money?
10. Did he lose it at some point?
11. When did they go back to their home country?
12. What profession was Nobel the son?
13. What did he work on?
14. Did he have a high education experience?
15. What languages could he speak?
16. How many companies did he build?
17. Where these companies in multiple cities?
18. In how many countries?
19. Was finding the purpose of life important to him?
20. Where did he die?
21. What does his will fund?
22. Will he be remembered? |
Problem: How to clean the heating element in a grill
Disconnect your fuel.
Make sure your propane or other gas supply is completely turned off before you begin. You may even choose to disconnect the gas tank after turning off the fuel for extra safety.
Answer: Do not attempt to clean your grill while gas is connected or while it is still hot. This not only means making sure that your grill is off, but that you turn the valve on your gas tank to cut off the flow of gas to the grill.
Problem: Four army men are hanging out in a room. Two of them start to play a game of arm wrestling. the other two
Answer: watch and record the match with a cellphone.
Problem: She then finishes her exercise routine, gets off the equipment and takes a drink of water from a blue water bottle. she
| Answer: walks away holding the bottle in her hand. |
Ques: Is there a strange something high up in the world's tallest mountains? If so, is it a big bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man? No one knows. This mystery has puzzled the world for years. In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints in the snow. They looked like the footprints of a very large man. But men don't walk without shoes in the snow! In 1906, other climbers saw more than footprints. Far away they saw a very large animal standing on two legs. As they watched, it ran very quickly. Fifteen years later, newspapers, had new stories about the "something". A mountain climber said he had seen the "snow man" walk slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large man. From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints. His pictures showed clearly that the snowman walked on two legs, so it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an ape man? The mystery grew! And the mystery keeps growing. Some day we may find out just what it is that makes the large footprints. The passage is about _ . A) some mountain climbers B) some strange animals C) some large footprints D) the mystery of the snowman
Ans: D
Ques: Michelle Obama has launched her campaign against childhood obesity in the US,saying that it is a problem that concerns her both as the first lady and as a mother. Mrs.Obama said that the campaign was designed to encourage people to live healthier lives,but admitted that she herself was not immune to the temptations of junk food. "I love burgers and fries.And I love ice cream and cake.And so do most kids," she said.But,she added,"We're not talking about a lifestyle that excludes all that." "The question is how we help people balance their diet so that they're not facing lifethreatening,preventable illnesses,but they're enjoying their food,they're eating their vegetables,they're doing their running,walking and playing,and they still have time to get a good,fun meal every once in a while." One in three American children are overweight or obese,putting them at the higher risk of developing diabetes ,high blood pressure,high cholesterol and other illnesses. Billions of dollars are spent every year treating obesityrelated conditions. "None of us wants this future for our kids," Mrs.Obama said at the White House. "We have to act,so let's move." Her campaign has four parts:helping parents make better food choices,serving healthier food in school vending machines and lunch menus,making healthy food more available and affordable,and encouraging children to exercise more. The campaign,which Mrs.Obama starts,is aimed at solving the childhood obesity problem in a generation,so that children born today can reach adulthood at a healthy weight. "This isn't like a disease where we're still waiting for the cure to be discovered.We know the cure for this," she said at the opening ceremony. President Barack Obama praised his wife for solving what he called one of "the most urgent health issues facing the country". "This has enormous promise in improving the health of our children,in giving support to parents to make the kinds of healthy choices that are often very difficult," he said. The best title of the passage would be " _ ". A) The first lady begins to fight against childhood obesity B) The most urgent health issues facing the country C) The Obamas care about the health of fat children D) The first lady can't resist the temptations of junk food
Ans: A
Ques: A sense of humor is just one of the many things shared by Alfred and Anthony Melillo, 64-year-old twin brothers from East Haven who made history in February 2002. On Christmas Eve, 1992, Anthony had a heart transplant from a 21-year-old donor. Two days before Valentine's Day in 2002, Alfred received a 19-year-old heart, marking the first time on record that twin adults each received heart transplants. "I'm 15 minutes older than him, but now I'm younger because of my heart and I'm not going to respect him," Alfred said with a big smile, pointing to his brother while talking to a roomful of reporters, who laughed frequently at their jokes. While the twins knew that genetics might have played a role in their condition, they recognized that their eating habits might have also contributed to their heart problems. "We'd put half a pound of butter on a steak. I overdid it on all the food that tasted good, so I guess I deserved what I got for not dieting properly." The discussion moved to Anthony's recovery. In the five years since his heart transplant, he had been on an exercise program where he regularly rode a bicycle for five miles, swam each day, and walked a couple of miles. He was still on medication, but not nearly as much as Alfred, who was just in the early stage of his recovery. "Right now I feel pretty young and I'm doing very well," Anthony said. "I feel like a new person." Alfred said his goal, of course, was to feel even better than his brother. But, he added, "I love my brother very much. We're very close and I'm sure we'll do just fine." What did Alfred and Anthony think caused their heart problems? A) Exercise. B) Diet. C) Laziness. D) Medicines.
Ans: B
Ques: Mary Jean Price Walls graduated second in her class in 1950.She had high hopes when she applied to a local college,Southwest Missouri State College.But after sending off her application,she spent months waiting for a reply.It never came. Worse than simply being denied admission ,the school didn't reply to her at all.It wasn't a matter of her school records,but of her skin color:Wallsis African American,and in those days,that fact alone closed a lot of doors. "I was sad and I was hurt,"Walls toldABCNews."I did not expect the skin color would affect my application.I thought I could go to university like other students." Four years later,the government declared that all schools should not discriminate against African Americans-- but it was too late for Walls.She'd moved on with her life, becoming a wife and a mother,and working as an elevator operator.She retired last year,at the age of 77. She stayed quiet about the unfairness she'd faced in Missouri State.Her son,Terry,went through school records and found that she'd been the first black student to ever apply to the college.Today,four percent of the Southwest Missouri State College body is African American--including Terry. Although it's too late for Missouri State to change the past,the school is awarding Walls with an honorary degree from the school.While she knows it's too late for herto change the course of her own life with the degree,it's a chance for her to show her family that Missouri State has changed in the last 60 years,and there's not a single door closed to them anymore. What can we know about Walls's son? A) He helped his mother get the honorary degree. B) He is a good student who teachers like best. C) He was admitted by the college once his mother applied to. D) He wants to be a government official who can help his mother.
Ans: | C |
*Question*
Personally I enjoy doing things outside. You know, the good ol’ nature. One time, me and my buddy Alex and some friends decided we were going to go camping. (I know, basic camping story. Well not exactly.) We planned on going for the weekend. Got to the spot and put up our tents like normal campers. But knowing myself and my friends we wanted to drink a couple beers and do some fishing. We did just that. Later that night we had started out camp fire and cooked up some links before bed time. My drunk self wanted to keep the fire going all night to prevent wild animals from coming t our sight. Well at least I thought that’d help. So I needed a bunch of wood to do so. Everyone was asleep by this point but me. So I took myself out into the woods a little deeper to grab a full broken down tree. I thought to myself, “Well if I want to utilize all of this wood I’m going to need to break it into smaller prices right?” Wrong. Well at least it was wrongful of how I planned on doing it. I attempted to break the tree in half by throwing it against another tree, as if I were as strong as the hulk or something. Once I chunked the tree at this tree I messed the entire vacation up. The tree came down on my knee and crushed it. I was in so much pain. I realized that I messed it up pretty bad so I laid there for a second trying to get back to my feet. The next day I couldn’t apply any pressure and couldn’t walk at all. I was dirty and smelly and needed some serious help on my leg but I was too far from any civilization. Worst nature experience ever! After the narrator throws the broken tree against another tree, what does he think? Pick the correct answer from the following options: - He believes he is so strong, that next time, he could throw two broken down trees against another tree. - He will now think twice about doing that. - It was the best decision of his life. - not enough information
**Answer**
He will now think twice about doing that.
*Question*
Greg said goodbye to his last student at 8:15 PM, locked up the studio, and got into his car. He always looked forward to his evening rendezvous with Bonnie--his nickname for the Bonneville. He liked to put her top down, and drive her around town in the moonlight. Their route varied from night to night, but the ultimate destination was never in question. "May I help you?" The worn-out speaker was crackly, but he still recognized the particularly twangy East Texas voice of Fontana Fry. Over his six years of vocal training, he had become acutely aware of accents. This is true of all classically trained singers. Great emphasis is placed on precise pronunciation and enunciation. It is mandatory that the singer's repertoire include works written in English, Latin, Italian, German, and French. So, by the time Greg finished his graduate degree, his accent had been all but eliminated. He sounded somewhat like a network news anchor instead of an East Texan. "I would like a large--" "--a large dipped cone, the usual. Right?" The Dairy Queen drive-thru ordering station was located out in front of the restaurant, on the right side. He looked up, and saw the 19 year-old waving at him. She looked so cute in her little Dairy Queen outfit. Fontana was in her first year at Kilgore College. She planned to be an elementary teacher. He knew she would be a good one. Greg had met Fontana a few months earlier when she brought her 13-year-old brother to the studio to enroll for guitar lessons. The boy was holding a U.S. made, 1968 Harmony acoustic guitar his uncle gave him. The body and the frets were badly worn, but the instrument still played beautifully. It looked somewhat like a large violin, with arched top and f-holes. That shape produces a more mellow sound than flattops. And the guitar's age contributed additional warmth to the tone. Greg liked to drive around town: Pick the correct answer from the following options: - At 8:15 - Six years ago - In the moonlight - not enough information
**Answer**
In the moonlight
*Question*
Benedykt Ossolinsky, age 39, began to grow childish. On the first day of his midlife crisis, he stood in front of the mirror examining his receding hairline and wrinkles on his face. In that very moment, while staring at his reflection he found in his eyes that mad look he had last seen thirty years ago in a photograph taken at a tethered flying model competition. The photo was taken by Henryk the servant, when his little charge decided he wanted a red biplane model Curtiss Consolidated Skyhawk Cruisader 3A "Bingo Star". This new look was also noticed by his co-workers, who for the most part, considered him to be an infantile spoiled brat. It fit with their idea of a boss. And Benedykt was indeed the boss, even though he himself couldn't quite believe it. He was the head of a foundation for the self-promotion of the Ossolinsky family, well-known descendants of Polish-American aristocrats, engaged in business ventures there, and charity work here. The position was highly honorable and very prestigious. Just as the employees didn't like Benedykt, in equal measure Benedykt didn't like his job. He considered it extremely stressful and felt it forced him to super-human sacrifices. Everything was arranged by the family as a penance for avoiding work. He had to go to the office at least three times a week for two full hours and entertain various smiling journalists, drink coffee with them and listen. He had to sign letters and open gifts from various companies hoping to win favors. And he had to play golf and attend social functions, movie premiers, shows and art exhibits. The family had only planned for three months of vacation time a year. Scandal! As a sign of protest he took to coming to the office wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "Attention, Baby!" on it. Is Benedykt popular among his employees? Pick the correct answer from the following options: - Yes, they like him because he can play golf - No, they hate him - not enough information - Yes, they love him because he's a good leader
**Answer**
| No, they hate him |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
Input: which Russian composer did Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov wrote his text
Output: | Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky |
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].
Problem:Hong Kong (CNN) The North Korean foreign minister and US Secretary of State walk into a room together. The world isn't waiting for a punchline; they're waiting too see what Pyongyang and Washington's top diplomats will do when they sit down in the same room for the first time. On Sunday, Ri Yong Ho and Rex Tillerson will both be in the Philippines for the annual Association of Southeastern Asian Nations' (ASEAN) Regional Forum, a dialogue to discuss security issues which includes 27 countries. It's the highest-level annual encounter between North Korea and the United States, says Mike Fuchs, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and the first during the Trump administration.US secretary of state and North Korean foreign minister attending ASEAN-sponsored security dialogueTensions in the South China Sea will also be on the agenda
Question:With the success of the recent _ missile tests, Pyongyang's diplomats could believe they have the upper hand at the moment.
Solution: | North Korean |
The spiral was charged with a mysterious symbolism attached to the Bronze Age sun religion and ideas of the suns journey
Please fix the punctuation. | The spiral was charged with a mysterious symbolism attached to the Bronze Age sun - religion and ideas of the sun's journey. |
Please answer the following question: Magic is believed to have begun with the Egyptians, in 1700 BC. A magician named Dedi of Dedsnefu was reported to have performed for the pharaoh, or the king. He was also known to have entertained the slaves who built the pyramids. The "Cups and Balls" trick which he was particularly good at is still performed by magicians all over the world today. The ancient Greeks and Romans were also fascinated by the idea of magic. Actually, one of their main interests was the art of deception . This explains why at that time the priests even built magic devices into their temples. These devices made it possible for doors to open by themselves and wine to flow magically out of statues' mouths. This was done mainly to convince people that the priests were powerful. Magic, however, was not well accepted before the 1800s. Magicians were thought of as freaks and were only allowed to perform in a circus . It was in the 19th century that the magician Robert Houdin came along and changed people's views and attitudes about magic. It was also because of Robert Houdin that many magicians were able to add Dr. or MD to their names. Today magicians try hard to find new ways to show their practiced skills. Magic is now entertainment for families all over the world. What did people think of magic before 1800? A) Magic should be used only in temples. B) Magic could only be performed in a circus. C) Magic was performed by freaks and doctors. D) Magic was the major daily activity for the pharaohs.
Answer: | B |
Problem:The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and was adopted on December 15, 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights. The Supreme Court has ruled that the right belongs to individuals for self-defense, while also ruling that the right is not unlimited and does not prohibit long-standing bans from the possession "of firearms by felons or the mentally ill" of firearms or similar devices. State and local governments are limited to the same extent as the federal government from infringing this right.
Answer this question based on the passage: when was the second amendment added to the bill of rights?
Solution:OK... The important part for answering this question is: The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and was adopted on December 15, 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights.
December 15 , 1791.
Student A:The first series of The Great British Bake Off, first aired on BBC Two on 17 August 2010. Ten home bakers took part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour saw bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline, with some being eliminated from competition at the end of the episode. The rounds of the competition took place in various locations across the UK following a theme, for example, the episode on puddings would take place in Bakewell, bread baking would take place near Sandwich. This first series had a voiceover by Stephen Noonan; for the subsequent series this role was taken by the on-screen presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. The competition was won by Edd Kimber.
Answer this question: who won the first season of bake off?
Student B:OK... To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: The competition was won by Edd Kimber.
Edd Kimber.
Problem:Several Mafia bosses have come from Corleone, including: Tommy Gagliano, Jack Dragna, Giuseppe Morello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano. It is also the birthplace of several fictional characters in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, including the eponymous Vito (Andolini) Corleone.
Answer this question: what town in sicily is the godfather from?
Solution:OK... The relevant information is: It is also the birthplace of several fictional characters in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, including the eponymous Vito (Andolini) Corleone.
Corleone.
Student A:Context: Me at the zoo is the first video that was uploaded to YouTube. It was uploaded on April 23, 2005 at 20: 27: 12 PDT (April 24, 2005 at 3: 27: 12 UTC) by the site's co-founder Jawed Karim, with the username "jawed" and recorded by his high school friend Yakov Lapitsky.
Question: who uploaded the first video on youtube ever?
Student B:OK... To answer this question, we should know that: It was uploaded on April 23, 2005 at 20: 27: 12 PDT (April 24, 2005 at 3: 27: 12 UTC) by the site's co-founder Jawed Karim, with the username "jawed" and recorded by his high school friend Yakov Lapitsky.
the site 's co-founder Jawed Karim.
Problem:Passage: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the Indiana Jones franchise and a prequel to the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, featuring Harrison Ford reprising his role as the title character. After arriving in North India, Indiana Jones is asked by desperate villagers to find a mystical stone and rescue their children from a Thuggee cult practicing child slavery, black magic and ritual human sacrifice in honor of the goddess Kali.
Question: Based on this passage, who directed indiana jones and the temple of doom?
Solution:OK... The relevant information is: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg.
Steven Spielberg.
Problem:"Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British rock band Cream. With elements of hard rock, psychedelia, and pop, it is one of Cream's best known and most popular songs. Cream bassist and vocalist Jack Bruce based it on a distinctive bass riff, or repeated musical phrase, he developed after attending a Jimi Hendrix concert. Guitarist Eric Clapton and lyricist Pete Brown later contributed to the song. Recording engineer Tom Dowd suggested the rhythm arrangement in which drummer Ginger Baker plays a distinctive tom-tom drum rhythm, although Baker has claimed it was his idea.
Based on this passage, who wrote the song sunshine of your love?
Solution: | OK... The relevant sentence in the passage is: "Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British rock band Cream.
the British rock band Cream. |
He issued orders to arrest a group of eminent Soviet medical specialists
Please fix the punctuation. | He issued orders to arrest a group of eminent Soviet medical specialists. |
1. It also uses 4 symbols for labialized Velar consonants , which are variants of non-labialized velar consonants :
2. It also uses 4 symbols for labialized velar consonants , which are variants of the non-labialized velar consonants :
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
yes
A same meaning or not problem: OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
In October 1989 , Freud performed in the same theatre 's `` Nuts ( Homage to Langland ) '' .
In October 1989 , Freud performed in the same theatre `` Nuts ( Homage to Langland ) '' .
****
[A]: yes
Same meaning?
By contrast , the lemmings are strikingly colored and behave aggressively towards predators and even human observers .
Lemmings , by contrast , are aggressively colored and behave conspicuously towards predators and even human observers .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: no
Problem: S1: Adrenal hormones , especially glucocorticoids such as cortisol , are essential for prenatal development of organs , particularly for the maturation of the lungs .
S2: Adrenal hormones , particularly glucocorticoids like cortisol , are essential for the prenatal development of organs , especially for the maturation of the lungs .
Do S1 & S2 convey the same information?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: yes
Problem: (1) If a test function formula 2 is used to get the weak form , the final Galerkin formulation will be given after integration of parts as follows :
(2) If a test function formula _ 2 is used to obtain the weak form , after integration by parts the final Galerkin formulation will be given as follows :
Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: yes
Problem: (1) Mastax poecila is a type of beetle in the Carabidae family that can be found in Singapore , China and Cambodia .
(2) Mastax poecila is a species of beetle in the Carabidae family that can be found in Singapore , China and Cambodia .
Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: | yes |
In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
One example: Roman Yakub won first price in a Choral Composition Competition at a liberal arts college founded by who?
Solution is here: William Egbert
Explanation: This is a good example, and output correctly answers the question.
Now, solve this: Are Vernonia and Orthophytum both from the same family?
Solution: | no |
Problem: How to avoid bankruptcy<br>Total your monthly expenses. The easiest way to avoid bankruptcy is to pay off your debts by coming up with a budget. Begin by going through your monthly expenses.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Bankruptcy can always be avoided."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Q: Lee Foss is a black man
Lee Foss is an American-born producer and DJ from Chicago, Illinois. In addition to a number of releases on labels such as Culprit, Wolf+Lamb and No. 19, he co-founded the dance music label Hot Creations and is a member of the house music band Hot Natured alongside Jamie Jones, Ali Love and Luca C.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Franz Liszt, a Hungarian composer who lived from 1811 to 1886 was the equivalent of a rock star in his day. His piano compositions were extremely popular and he often gave concerts to his multitude of fans. Liszt was also the pioneer of many musical techniques, including the symphonic poem and the technique of transforming themes.
Franz Liszt was able to change up the themes in his music. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
input hypothesis: The speaker does not believe in early diagnosis
Context: Now, what happens is when you begin to get people covered like that -- for instance in diabetes, if you diagnose diabetes early, you could save $50 billion in the health care system of America by avoiding surgery and dialysis. It works. And I'm going to offer it to America.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: No
Context:
But I think marriage is a sacred institution. I'm going to be respectful for people who may disagree with me. I've had a record of doing so in the State of Texas. I've been a person that had been called a uniter, not a divider, because I accept other people's points of view.
Hypothesis: The speaker claims to support policy issues that may not align with his personal beliefs. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Yes
Problem: G & H Restaurant Specialties has not released a statement regarding the violations, but the corporate offices in Louisville, Kentucky for KFC said, "our franchisee has finalized a plan for some structural repairs... The units will be temporarily closed while these building maintenance issues are addressed. [They will be] re-opened as soon as the repairs are complete." The health department also gave violations out to the East Delevan store for failing to maintain a clean floor throughout the restaurant and for not stopping food from becoming contaminated. Several rat traps were also found inside the storage cooler and around the kitchen area, but the establishment was "not free of rodents," said Commissioner of the Erie County Health Department, Dr. Anthony Billittier.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "G & H Restaurant Specialties released a statement regarding the health violations, saying that the units will be re-opened as soon as the repairs are complete."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | No |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
By Jen Heger – Radar Assistant Managing Editor
11:15 a.m. EST- UPDATE: The hearing has been delayed by one day. It’s now scheduled for Thursday at 9 a.m. EST.
10 a.m. ET- UPDATE: The Associated Press reports Gloria Allred arrived at court with the former wife of Staples founder Tom Stemberg to tell a judge that she does not object to unsealing testimony given by presidential candidate Mitt Romney in her divorce case.
Gloria Allred‘s October surprise for Governor Mitt Romney involves allegations about a child custody matter that the Republican presidential hopeful testified about involving his very good friend, the former CEO of Staples Tom Stemberg, and his divorce form one of his two ex-wives, RadarOnline.com is reporting.
The founder of Staples, who spoke on behalf of Governor Mitt Romney at the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, Florida last summer, has four sons from two different ex-wives, Maureen Sullivan Stemberg and Dola Hamilton Stemburg. Mitt Romney’s hedge fund, Bain Capital, was an early investor of Staples. Tom Stemberg’s sons are in their mid-teens and early twenties.
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“Governor Mitt Romney gave sworn testimony about his observations of Tom’s role as a father to his four sons,” a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com. Our source wouldn’t provide any additional information because of Governor Romney’s sworn declaration and gag order.
Stemberg’s first wife, Maureen, had a documentary, The Maureen Sullivan Stemberg Story: A Portrait in Courage, which aired on Lifetime. According to a 2008 press release, “Maureen Sullivan Stemberg will provide an in-depth account in this first-time tell all tale of the interweaving relationships and strange bedfellow that business has made in her life. Such luminaries include former Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney – who was the former Republican nominee in the 2008 Presidential campaign, as well as one of the first major investors for Staples while he was employed by Bain Capital, Boston, MA. This story will include the injustice of the Mass. Probate Justice system. Other heavy hitting names have yet to be released in this as of yet untold story including Dola Davis Hamilton Stemberg.”
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Tom Stemberg’s divorce attorney, Joel Kozel is expected to be at the family law courthouse in the Boston area on Wednesday morning as the Boston Globe petitions to have the court records unsealed.
As RadarOnline.com was the first to report exclusively, the Boston Globe will be in court for an emergency hearing “in an attempt to obtain a court order to unseal the sworn testimony given by Mitt Romney in a prior court case and to lift a gag order so that the parties can speak about Romney. Gloria Allred will be in court representing one of the parties in the case,” a source close to the situation previously told us.
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“Ms. Allred’s client feels that the public needs to know about Governor Mitt Romney’s role in this very important case. Governor Romney is running for President of the United States and this goes to a very important character issues,” the insider revealed. It’s unclear if Governor Romney will have lawyers present at the hearing on Wednesday morning.
The emergency hearing will take place at the Norfolk Probate & Family Court in Canton, Massachusetts, and Justice Jennifer Ulwick will oversee the proceedings which will begin at 9 a.m. EST.
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Stemberg founded Staples and was the CEO for 16 years. According to the Huffington Post, “Bain Capital, the private equity firm that Romney helped found, was one of the early investors in Staples, and the former Massachusetts governor remained on the retailer’s board for more than a decade. In claiming he helped create some 100,000 jobs in the private sector over the years, the Romney campaign has leaned heavily on the success of the office supplier, citing roughly 90,000 Staples jobs in their math.”
Romney’s pal was featured at the RNC last summer and addressed the delegates and said, “He (Mitt Romney) never looked at Staples as merely a financial investment. He saw the engine of prosperity it could become. Today Staples employs nearly 90,000 people. It has over 2,000 stores, over 50 distribution centers, and it is part of a competitive industry that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses get started on their own. You have to ask yourself, why would an administration that can’t create any jobs demonize someone who did?”
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According to a report from the National Employment Law Project Action Fund, Staples is one of the lowest wage employers in the country.
During a interview with PBS’ Frontline earlier this year Stemberg said the first time he met Romney, “when you first walked in and saw Mitt, he looked like a guy who ought to be president of the United States. This guy, he looked perfect; he dressed perfect; he spoke perfectly. He asked the most poignant questions in a very, very nice way and didn’t make you feel defensive and really drew the best or worst out of you. He was just really, really good.”
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Stemberg also said that Mitt Romney was no shrinking violet and wasn’t concerned about his friend entering politics when he decided to run for governor of Massachusetts. “Nobody pushes Mitt Romney around. Having said that, if there’s one person whom he will almost always defer to, it’s Ann Romney,” Stemberg told PBS.
Most polls indicate that the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is a statistical dead heat.
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Gloria Allred, Tom Stemberg, and representatives for Governor Mitt Romney didn’t immediately respond to request for comment on this story.
Stay tuned to RadarOnline.com for developments on this story.
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Republicans Try To Stop Gloria Allred As Mitt Romney ‘October Surprise’ Drama Builds ||||| The ex-wife of Staples founder Tom Stemberg is in probate court in Massachusetts to tell a judge she's OK with unsealing testimony that former Gov. Mitt Romney gave in her divorce case.
Maureen Stemberg Sullivan appeared in court Wednesday with lawyer Gloria Allred. The Boston Globe has asked a judge to lift an impoundment order on Romney's testimony in the case from the 1990s.
Romney attorney Robert Jones told the judge he has no position on the request.
Stemberg has been a surrogate for Romney, now the Republican presidential nominee, and spoke on Romney's behalf at the GOP convention. Staples was founded with backing from Romney's firm, Bain Capital.
Allred says she does not object to the newspaper's motion to modify a confidentiality order that prevents parties in the divorce from discussing it. ||||| | Gloria Allred and the Boston Globe are in court this morning trying to unseal testimony Mitt Romney gave more than a decade ago, and TMZ thinks it has the scoop on what's in that testimony. The testimony came during a divorce hearing for Staples founder Tom Stemberg, a good friend of Romney's who has stumped for the candidate. Sources tell the gossip site that Romney, whose Bain Capital was an early investor in Staples, told the court that Staples was almost worthless, and that he "didn't place a great deal of credibility in the company's future." Thanks in part to that testimony, Stemberg's wife, Maureen Stemberg Sullivan, got a relatively stingy settlement, while the sources say that Romney and Stemberg cashed in big on their Staples shares just weeks later. The sources also allege that years later, while Stemberg was a health care adviser for Romney, he cut off Sullivan's health insurance; she suffers from MS and has had multiple bouts with cancer. Other sources vary on the content of the testimony, however; Radar reports that Romney simply testified as to Stemberg's ability as a father. The AP reports that Sullivan appeared in court today with Allred to support the unsealing of the testimony. Romney's attorney has said he has no position on the request. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. 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].
Washington (CNN) Donald Trump has inflicted a dark night of the soul on many conservatives. As the GOP establishment slowly coalesces around the presumptive nominee, the foot soldiers of the movement face an agonizing dilemma: whether to line up behind a candidate many members view as a ideological heretic or to stay true to their principles and reject him -- even though doing so could help Hillary Clinton claim the White House. The self-reflection is particularly acute for members of the influential Council for National Policy, an umbrella network of conservative activists -- the membership of which has been largely secret but can now be exclusively revealed to a greater extent than ever before by CNN.Top Republicans are struggling to balance their conservative beliefs with what they see as an inconsistent GOP nomineeA secretive conservative group, the Council for National Policy, is a powerful unifying organizationIts membership roster is revealed here for the first time
Question:"I would say everybody wants to unify and everybody is mindful of the fact and respectful of the fact that _ has weathered the storm of a primary," Blackwell said.
| Donald Trump |
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.
Example: For four years we have waited expectantly for the pitter patter of tiny paws. Soon, that wait could finally be over. Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as August. However Edinburgh Zoo, where the pandas live, have warned people 'not to get too excited' as the process is 'extremely complex'. Moreover, on the two previous occasions keepers inseminated Tian Tian - whose name means 'Sweetie' - she has failed to produce a panda cub. She was artificially inseminated again in March this year, but keepers at the zoo say implantation - when a fertilised egg attaches to the uterus - has not yet occurred.Tian Tian has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as AugustShe has been inseminated twice before but so far failed to produce a cubTian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in 2011 from China to great fanfareOn loan at £600k a year, became first giant pandas to live in UK for 17 years
Questions:Under the terms of the agreement any cubs will return to _ at the age of two, the age at which they would normally leave their mother in the wild. (A) Tian Tian (B) UK (C) Edinburgh Zoo (D) Sweetie (E) Yang Guang (F) China
Example solution: (F)
Example explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Problem: (CNN) President Donald Trump described an administration operating at full throttle during a valedictory address Friday, vowing to uphold his campaign promises to a right-wing crowd of activists that once viewed him skeptically. He also escalated his attacks on the press, pitting the news media against conservative values and suggesting he was going to take action soon to end what he described as a scourge of "fake news." Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump vowed an economic revival spurred by new jobs and scaled back regulation. He insisted that his most prominent agenda items would be realized in short order. And he characterized in nationalist terms the "America first" theme of his presidency.He first spoke at CPAC in six years agoHe also escalated his attacks on the press
Questions:Trump said on Friday that he arrived at his first _ address in 2011 with "very little notes and even less preparation." (A) CNN (B) Donald Trump (C) Conservative Political Action Conference (D) Trump (E) America
| Solution: (C) |
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".
Let me give you an 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
The answer to this example can be: No
Here is why: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
OK. solve this:
Alexander II (Russian: Aleksandr II Nikolaevich, tr. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich; IPA: [aljI'ksandr fta'roj njIka'lajIvjItc]; 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1818 in Moscow - 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881 in Saint Petersburg) was the Emperor of Russia from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Finland. Alexander was the most successful Russian reformer since Peter the Great. His most important achievement was the emancipation of serfs in 1861, for which he became known as Alexander the Liberator (Russian: Aleksandr Osvoboditel', tr. Aleksandr Osvoboditel; IPA: [aljI'ksandr asv@ba'djitjIlj]). The tsar was responsible for numerous other reforms including reorganizing the judicial system, setting up elected local judges, abolishing capital punishment, promoting local self-government through the zemstvo system, imposing universal military service, ending some of the privileges of the nobility, and promoting the universities. Despite these reforms, during his reign, his brutal secret police, known as the Third Section, sent thousands of dissidents into exile in Siberia. In foreign policy, Alexander sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, fearing the remote colony would fall into British hands if there was another war. He sought peace, moved away from bellicose France when Napoleon III fell in 1871, and in 1872 joined with Germany and Austria in the League of the Three Emperors that stabilized the European situation. Despite his otherwise pacifistic foreign policy, he fought a brief war with Turkey in 1877-78, pursued further expansion into Siberia and the Caucasus, and conquered Turkestan. Although disappointed by the results of the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Alexander abided by that agreement. Among his greatest domestic challenges was an uprising in Poland in 1863, to which he responded by stripping that land of its separate Constitution and incorporating it directly into Russia. Alexander was proposing additional parliamentary reforms to counter the rise of nascent revolutionary and anarchistic movements when he was assassinated in 1881. <sep>What titles did Alexander II hold?<sep>Emperor Of Russia, King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Finland
Answer: | Yes |
our mission at crush is to help you succeed by finding the course that best fits your strengths and weaknesses.
Make this proper case | Our mission at CRUSH is to help you succeed by finding the course that best fits your strengths and weaknesses. |
W. de Wycombe (Wicumbe, and perhaps Whichbury) (late thirteenth century) was an English composer and copyist of the Medieval era. He was precentor of the priory of Leominster in Herefordshire. It is possible that he was the composer of the most famous tune from medieval England, "Sumer is icumen in".
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "W. de Wycombe was a famous composer."? | It's impossible to say |
Bruce Jun Fan Lee was born in the hour of the Dragon, between 6 and 8 a.m., in the "Year of the Dragon" on November 27, 1940 at the Jackson Street Hospital in San Francisco's Chinatown. Today, a plaque in the hospital's entry remembers the place of his birth. Bruce's birth, in the hour and the year of Dragon, is a powerful symbol in Chinese astrology . It would be a strong indication of the powerful life that was to be lived by Bruce Lee and the explosive influence his life would have on countless others. At the age of three months, Lee Hoi Chuen, his wife Grace and baby Bruce returned to Hong Kong where Bruce would be raised until the age of 18. Probably because of the long ocean voyage and the change in climates, Bruce was not a strong child in his very early years, a condition that would change when he took up the study of kung fu at the age of 13. At the age of 13, Bruce was introduced to Master Yip Man, a teacher of the Wing Chun style of kung fu. For five years Bruce studied diligently and became very proficient. Regarding Yip Man as a master teacher and wise man, Bruce respected him greatly and frequently visited with him in later years. When he first took up kung fu, he used his new skills to fight his "enemies", but it did not take long for Bruce to learn that the real value of martial arts training is that the skills of physical combat build up confidence to the point that one does not feel the constant need to defend one's honor through fighting. In high school, Bruce, now no longer a weak child, was beginning to improve his body through hard training. One of his accomplishments was winning an interschool Boxing Championship against an English student. Given the graceful movements, which would later be spectacularly displayed in his films, it is no surprise that Bruce was also an excellent dancer, and in 1958 he won the Hong Kong Cha Cha Championship. At the age of 18, Bruce was looking for new prospect in his life, as were his parents who were discouraged that Bruce had not made much progress academically. His family decided that it was time for him to return to the land of his birth and find his future there. In April of 1959, with $100 in his pocket, Bruce boarded a steamship and began his voyage to San Francisco.
Answer this series of questions:
1. who was born in the hour of the dragon
2. where did he live untill aged 18
3. how old was he when started kung fu
4. who was his master
5. why did he take it up
6. how long did he study
7. what was won
8. was he proficient in anything else
9. where was his place of birth
10. why did he leave
11. when did he go back
Numbered answers: | 1. Bruce Jun Fan Lee
2. hong kong
3. 13
4. Yip Man
5. he was not strong
6. five years
7. Boxing Championship
8. dancer
9. San Francisco
10. his parents moved there when he was 3 months old
11. At the age of 18 |
Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco (] , lit. "Pixote (small child): The Law of the Weak") is a 1980 Brazilian drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Durán, based on the book "A Infância dos Mortos" ("The Childhood of the Dead Ones") by José Louzeiro.
Based on book by Jose Louza.
A: It's impossible to say
Moody 4B is an instrumental album released by jazz musician James Moody. The album was released in 2010 on IPO Recordings, Moody's fifth release on the label, and was produced by Michael Patterson, Bill Sorin was executive producer. It won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.
This was his last album.
A: It's impossible to say
"Professional Rapper" is a song by American rapper Lil Dicky from his debut studio album "Professional Rapper". It was released on July 31, 2015 as the album's second single. It was produced by Stan Lane and features a guest appearance by West Coast hip hop artist Snoop Dogg.
Rapper Lil Dicky is Caucasian
A: | It's impossible to say |
Please capitalize where necessary: beg every round with dtr with 4 ch (replaces first dtr) and finish with 1 sl st in 4th ch at beg of round. | Beg every round with dtr with 4 ch (replaces first dtr) and finish with 1 sl st in 4th ch at beg of round. |
Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
CHAPTER XIII
SHOCKS ALL ROUND
Billie had been standing near the wall, inspecting a portrait of the late Mr. Josiah Appleby, of which the kindest thing one can say is that one hopes it did not do him justice. She now shrank back against this wall, as if she were trying to get through it. The edge of the portrait's frame tilted her hat out of the straight, but in this supreme moment she did not even notice it.
"Er--how do you do?" she said.
If she had not been an exceedingly pretty girl, one would have said that she spoke squeakily. The fighting spirit of the Bennetts, though it was considerable fighting spirit, had not risen to this emergency. It had ebbed out of her, leaving in its place a cold panic. She had seen this sort of thing in the movies--there was one series of pictures, "The Dangers of Diana," where something of the kind had happened to the heroine in every reel--but she had not anticipated that it would ever happen to her; and consequently she had not thought out any plan for coping with such a situation. A grave error. In this world one should be prepared for everything, or where is one?
"I've brought the revolver," said Mr. Peters.
"So--so I see!" said Billie.
Mr. Peters nursed the weapon affectionately in his hand. He was rather a shy man with women as a rule, but what Sam had told him about her being interested in his revolver had made his heart warm to this girl.
1. What did Billie not notice?
2. by what?
3. Where was the frame?
4. was there a picture in the frame?
5. whos?
6. who had a fighting spirit?
7. how was Billie feeling?
8. what was she thinking about?
9. what thing?
10. did it have a name?
11. which was?
12. did she feel this was happening to her?
13. what exactly?
14. was she prepared?
15. Who was she speaking with?
16. what did he bring with him?
17. did Billie know he was going to bring it?
18. did she hask about it?
19. who told Mr. Peters she was interested in it?
20. how did Mr. Peters feel? | 1. her hat was tilted
2. the portrait's frame
3. the wall
4. yes
5. Mr. Josiah Appleby,
6. the Bennetts
7. panic
8. that she had seen this sort of thing before
9. in one series of pictures
10. yes
11. The Dangers of Diana
12. yes
13. something of the kind had happened to the heroine in every reel
14. no
15. Mr. Peters
16. revolver,
17. yes
18. no
19. sam
20. made his heart warm |
Input: Continue writing.
Amy wanted to add false eyelashes to her real eyelashes, because the
OPTIONS:
- real eyelashes were old.
- false eyelashes were old.
Continued: real eyelashes were old.
Input: Continue writing.
The lawyer sealed the contract in an envelope before handing it to his client. The
OPTIONS:
- contract was the only thing visible.
- envelope was the only thing visible.
Continued: envelope was the only thing visible.
Input: Continue writing.
Helen was curious about how the ball broke the window, because the
OPTIONS:
- ball was hard.
- window was hard.
Continued: window was hard.
Input: Continue writing.
Craig was always behind with his studyies compared to Steven. That's why
OPTIONS:
- Craig needed to study more.
- Steven needed to study more.
Continued: | Craig needed to study more. |
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".
Ex Input:
(CNN) -- Beyond skateboards, Silicon Valley and hippies, California has a trendsetting streak of a different kind. The state has been first to pass major public health initiatives that have spread throughout the country. California was first to require smog checks for clean air, pass anti-tobacco initiatives and bike helmets laws. While these laws were met with skepticism and ridicule, they've often become standard practice in other states. The Golden State was first to ban smoking in workplaces, bars and restaurants in 1998. Now similar rules exist throughout the country. Some advocates tout the state as a forward-thinking vanguard in which its health and safety laws are routinely emulated by other states. "There have been progressive legislations in tobacco, environment and obesity prevention," said Mark Horton, a lecturer at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health. "In some respect, the rest of the country looks to California as a laboratory for moving forward with those various types of initiatives." But some critics liken the Golden State to a nanny state. California has 151,002 health and safety laws. "It never ends," said Laer Pearce, who works in public affairs in Orange County. "Every year, several hundred bills come through and dozens of them tell us how to live our lives." Starting in January, 760 new California laws went into effect -- for example, the importing of shark fins is prohibited, student athletes are required to have medical clearance after suffering a head injury, teens are banned from using tanning booths and the sale of caffeinated beer is forbidden. There's a perception that California has "more folks who are health-oriented and more health-minded," said Horton, former director of the California Department of Public Health. It's not just workout fanatics hanging out at Muscle Beach, Sierra Club members hiking mountains or the uber-health-conscious touting organic foods. Californians in general tend to have healthier habits, ranking 10th for physical activity, fourth for healthy blood pressure and fifth for a diet high in fruits and vegetables compared with other states, according to America's Health Rankings. <sep>Why is there a perception that Californians are more health conscious?<sep>They have healthier habits
Ex Output:
Yes
Ex Input:
Static electricity is like a teeter-totter. What happens if a teeter-totter is balanced? Correct! It does not move. What about when its not balanced? Yes, it will now begin to move. Charges move when they are not balanced. Charges can build up by friction. Maybe you rub your feet on a wool mat or carpet. Rubber soled shoes readily gain charges. The wool carpet easily gives up charges. The two items become unbalanced. One item has a positive charge. The other has a negative charge. The difference in charge is called static electricity. Just like the teeter-totter, something is going to move. Positive charges build up on the mat. Negative charges build up on you. <sep>When static electricity is balanced like a teeter-totter, what happens?<sep>"It does not move."
Ex Output:
Yes
Ex Input:
Marsha loves playing with her noodle friend. She had it for a long time so it is now a dark brown color. When her mom first made it, it was white. The night she met her noodle friend was spaghetti night. Marsha's favorite dinner was spaghetti, which happened to be every Tuesday night. On one Tuesday, a piece of spaghetti fell on the kitchen floor. To Marsha, it looked like a stick man so she kept him. She named her new noodle friend Joey and took him everywhere she went. Sometimes Joey gets a little dried out so Marsha's mom told her to soak him in water every few days. There were a couple times that the family dog, Mika, has tried to take Joey from Marsha and eat him! So from now on, Marsha takes extra special care to make sure Joey is safe and sound at all times. During the day she keeps him in a plastic bag in her pocket. At night, she puts him under her pillow. She loves Joey and wants to always be friends with him. <sep>What looked like a stickman to Marsha?<sep>A piece of spaghetti that fell on the floor
Ex Output:
| Yes
|
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].
Example: For four years we have waited expectantly for the pitter patter of tiny paws. Soon, that wait could finally be over. Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as August. However Edinburgh Zoo, where the pandas live, have warned people 'not to get too excited' as the process is 'extremely complex'. Moreover, on the two previous occasions keepers inseminated Tian Tian - whose name means 'Sweetie' - she has failed to produce a panda cub. She was artificially inseminated again in March this year, but keepers at the zoo say implantation - when a fertilised egg attaches to the uterus - has not yet occurred.Tian Tian has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as AugustShe has been inseminated twice before but so far failed to produce a cubTian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in 2011 from China to great fanfareOn loan at £600k a year, became first giant pandas to live in UK for 17 years
Questions:Under the terms of the agreement any cubs will return to _ at the age of two, the age at which they would normally leave their mother in the wild.
Example solution: China
Example explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Problem: The militant Unite union was facing embarrassment last night over claims it ‘sacked’ an activist for complaining about being hired on a zero-hours contract. Former lecturer Martyn Reuby won the first round in his legal battle against Unite, after a tribunal ruled that he had been employed to teach its courses. The employment tribunal ruling is a major embarrassment to the union, which has led the campaign against the use of zero-hours contracts, which it says amount to ‘exploitation’. Ed Miliband was left embarrassed today after Labour's biggest backer was accused of employing workers on zero-hours contracts It is also a blow to Ed Miliband, who has received more than £13million from Unite since becoming leader in 2010.Unite accused of employing workers on contracts 'effectively zero hours'Union, which has given millions to Labour, lost a key employment tribunalLecturer Martyn Reuby says he was sacked after complaining about issueComes after Labour was accused of hypocrisy over zero-hours contracts
Question:The tribunal did not find that Mr _ was employed on a zero-hour contract, but rather he was employed on a series of short- term contracts.’
| Solution: Martyn Reuby |
The featured China GuangDong LED TUBE T5DIP120cm manufacturers and listed here are sourced by the karnar lighting
A: The featured China GuangDong LED TUBE T5,DIP,120cm manufacturers and listed here are sourced by the karnar lighting.
During May 2002 Stig introduced a new theme to his audience with his national Voices tour where he paid tribute to three late legends Nat King Cole Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley as well as three very living legends Eric Clapton Stevie Wonder and Tom Jones
A: During May 2002 Stig introduced a new theme to his audience with his national "Voices" tour where he paid tribute to three late legends Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley as well as three very living legends Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and Tom Jones.
112 Cancellations and delays
A: 11.2 Cancellations and delays
Perfect mix of cream pearl effect and ceramide rich gel
| A: Perfect mix of cream pearl effect and ceramide -rich gel. |
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.
Let me give you an example: For four years we have waited expectantly for the pitter patter of tiny paws. Soon, that wait could finally be over. Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as August. However Edinburgh Zoo, where the pandas live, have warned people 'not to get too excited' as the process is 'extremely complex'. Moreover, on the two previous occasions keepers inseminated Tian Tian - whose name means 'Sweetie' - she has failed to produce a panda cub. She was artificially inseminated again in March this year, but keepers at the zoo say implantation - when a fertilised egg attaches to the uterus - has not yet occurred.Tian Tian has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as AugustShe has been inseminated twice before but so far failed to produce a cubTian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in 2011 from China to great fanfareOn loan at £600k a year, became first giant pandas to live in UK for 17 years
Questions:Under the terms of the agreement any cubs will return to _ at the age of two, the age at which they would normally leave their mother in the wild. (A) Tian Tian (B) UK (C) Edinburgh Zoo (D) Sweetie (E) Yang Guang (F) China
The answer to this example can be: (F)
Here is why: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
OK. solve this:
Rail scam: Dr Peter Barnett (pictured outside court) faces jail after admitting to six counts of fraud by false representation An international lawyer faces ruin after admitting dodging more than £23,000 in rail fares. Dr Peter Barnett, 43, was told he could be jailed after police discovered he spent more than two and a half years cheating the system. He gave himself up after being caught by a ticket inspector travelling from his home in an Oxfordshire market town to London’s Marylebone station. Investigators discovered the Oxford graduate and Rhodes scholar regularly pretended to have travelled from Wembley instead to save himself huge sums.Dr Peter Barnett gave himself up after being caught by a ticket inspectorCheated the system travelling from home to London’s Marylebone stationThe Australian-born lawyer was cautioned for an identical offence in 2010He pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud by false representation, which carries maximum penalty of ten years in jailFollowing publication of this article, solicitors representing Jonathan Burrows have contacted us to say that while £43,000 was paid to Southeastern trains to settle the matter out of court, this sum does not reflect the value of the unpaid fares alone, which could be measured in hundreds rather than thousands of pounds.
Questions:He then got off at _, tapping out with an Oyster card. (A) Peter Barnett (B) Oxfordshire (C) London (D) Marylebone (E) Oxford (F) Rhodes scholar (G) Wembley (H) Australian (I) Jonathan Burrows (J) Southeastern
Answer: | (D) |
Q: FS Kozani does not play against Manchester United.
FS Kozani is a football club from Kozani, Greece. The club was founded in April 1964 in Kozani, Greece following the merger between Makedonikos and Olympiakos Kozanis. In the emblem the team kept the date both teams were founded in 1928 and took the colours of Olympiakos, the red and Makedonikos, the white. Kozani FC presently plays at the Kozani Stadium in Kozani.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: Peter L.N. Padfield liked writing naval history but didn't enjoy writing fiction as much.
Peter L. N. Padfield (born 1932) is a British author, biographer, historian, and journalist who specializes in naval history and in the Second World War period. His early journalism appeared under the name P. L. N. Padfield. As well as his non-fiction work, he has also published four novels.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: The Castaways Hotel and Casino has been visited by clinton.
The Castaways Hotel and Casino, formerly the Showboat Hotel and Casino was a hotel and casino located at the north end of the Boulder Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The hotel consisted of a 19 story tower containing 445 rooms, a casino and an adjacent RV park. The Castaways hotel was demolished on January 11, 2006 to make way for an unknown project.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: Patrick Henry Pearse was born in November
Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraic or Pádraig Pearse; Irish: "Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais" ; An Piarsach; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following his execution along with fifteen others, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion.
A: | Yes |
Teacher:In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: passage: Permits issued in New York are valid statewide, except in NYC, unless validated by the NYC police commissioner. A NYC concealed carry license is valid throughout the state. NY Penal Code 400 (6).
question: can you have a concealed weapon in new york?
Student: | Yes |
Paragraph: In actual practice, however, we act too often as if we only cared for economic values. If we are to live up to our educational profession, we must look our aim in the face and honestly practise what we believe. While training of character and conduct is the accepted aim for education in general, to make this useful and practical each teacher must fix her attention on how this ultimate aim affects her own special part of the whole work. By watching the free child she will discover how best she can help him: he knows his own business, and when unfettered by advice or command shows plainly that he is chiefly concerned with _gaining experience_. He finds himself in what is to him a new and complex world of people and things; actual experience is the foundation for a complete living, and the stronger the foundation the better the result of later building. _The first vital principle then is that the teacher of young children must provide life in miniature; that is, she must provide abundant raw material and opportunities for experience_.
Question: "If the teacher of young children is to live up to our educational profession, what must she teach?"
Answer: "Her beliefs, which are providing raw material and opportunities for experience"
Based on the paragraph, is this answer correct | yes |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Fossils can be used to match up rock layers. As organisms change over time, they look different. Older fossils will look different than younger fossils. Some organisms only survived for a short time before going extinct. Knowing what organisms looked like at certain times also helps date rock layers. Some fossils are better than others for this use. The fossils that are very distinct at certain times of Earths history are called index fossils. Index fossils are commonly used to match rock layers. You can see how this works in Figure 2.30. If two rock layers have the same index fossils, then they're probably about the same age. <sep>How are index fossils used?<sep>To create chemical energy
Output: | No |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
"Goodbye on a Bad Day" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Shannon Lawson. It was released in February 2002 as the first single from the album "Chase the Sun". The song reached #28 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Lawson and Mark A Peters.
Hypothesis: Goodbye on a Bad Day was released in the winter of 2002. | Yes |
A same meaning or not problem:
Ranchi Road Railway Station is a small station in Ramgarh district , Jharkhand .
Ranchi Road railway station is a small railway station in Ramgarh district , Jharkhand .
****
[A]: yes
A same meaning or not problem:
Careful study of actual pieces will show that many G-marked rifles had features found on K-marked rifles and vice versa .
Careful examination of the actual pieces will show that many G-marked rifles had found features on K-marked rifles and vice versa .
****
[A]: yes
A same meaning or not problem:
Richard Biddle was the brother of American financier Nicholas Biddle , nephew of Congressman Edward Biddle and uncle of Congressman Charles John Biddle .
Edward Biddle was the brother of the American financier Nicholas Biddle , Congressman Charles John Biddle 's nephew , and the uncle of Congressman Richard Biddle .
****
[A]: no
A same meaning or not problem:
He graduated from military school in Sofia , and in 1910 from the Military Academy in St. Petersburg , Russia .
He completed the military school in St. Petersburg , Russia and in 1910 from the Sofia General Staff Military Academy in Nikolaevsk .
****
[A]: | no |
The novel was read by Kirsty Williams as BBC - Radio - 4 - Bedtime Book , adapted by Toby Stephens and produced by Lu Kemp .
The novel was adapted as a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime by Lu Kemp in 2008 , read by Toby Stephens and produced by Kirsty Williams .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no
Eschenz is a municipality in the Thurgau in the canton of Frauenfeld in Switzerland .
Eschenz is a municipality in Thurgau in the canton of Frauenfeld District in Switzerland .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes
He formed a beautiful library and kept it open to scholars , wrote to himself and supported writers .
He formed a fine library and kept it open to scholars , supported himself and wrote writers .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no
He moved to Rock County in 1853 and settled near Beloit in Wisconsin .
He moved to Wisconsin in 1853 and let himself be settled in Rock County near Beloit .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
| no |
Subject mermaids recently resumed
A: Subject mermaids recently resumed.
Once mobilized the entire army came at dawn went out with intentions of capturing deer sanglans pheasants and finally did not fuss or a frightened rabbit of a frightened thrush
A: Once mobilized the entire army, came at dawn, went out with intentions of capturing deer sanglans, pheasants and, finally, did not fuss or a frightened rabbit of a frightened thrush.
Machinery for preparing animal feedingstuffs in agricultural holdings and similar undertakings excl machinery for the feedingstuff industry forage harvesters and autoclaves for cooking fodder
A: Machinery for preparing animal feedingstuffs in agricultural holdings and similar undertakings (excl. machinery for the feedingstuff industry, forage harvesters and autoclaves for cooking fodder)
Now those games are fashionable with old cars or vintage cars
| A: Now those games are fashionable with old cars or vintage cars. |
IN: Through trade agreements that reduce tariffs and other barriers to trade, it is possible to open up new markets for European exporters, which benefits both European businesses and citizens.
**
OUT: through trade agreements that reduce tariffs and other barriers to trade, it is possible to open up new markets for european exporters, which benefits both european businesses and citizens.
IN: Simply talking, I thing that url monitoring script has to monitor all urls and add referral page lang code to it, if is missing, and then redirect to that url.
**
OUT: simply talking, i thing that url monitoring script has to monitor all urls and add referral page lang code to it, if is missing, and then redirect to that url.
IN: Gumbo Recipe Ava Davis: what i like about seafoods is that they are tasty and very delicious...;
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OUT: gumbo recipe ava davis: what i like about seafoods is that they are tasty and very delicious...;
IN: Prefaces and Contents of Vol. 5: 'Prophet and Unknown Genius'
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OUT: | prefaces and contents of vol. 5: 'prophet and unknown genius' |
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) Kenya will hold another presidential election on October 17 after its disputed vote last month was thrown out, the country's election commission said. This comes after the country's Supreme Court on Friday invalidated the results of the contentious August 8 presidential election and ordered a new vote within 60 days. President Uhuru Kenyatta won the election over veteran opposition candidate Raila Odinga. But the court upheld a petition by Odinga, who had claimed Kenyatta's re-election was fraudulent. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission set the date at its 204th plenary meeting, the body said on Twitter. Kenyatta and Odinga, along with their same running mates, will once again compete for the seat.Incumbent Kenyatta and challenger Odinga will vie for presidency -- againBad memories of violence after 2007 vote are still fresh in Kenya
Questions:After Kenyatta was declared the winner last month by 54% to 45% over _, sporadic violence erupted in some areas, claiming the lives of at least 24 people. (A) CNN (B) Kenya (C) Supreme Court (D) Uhuru Kenyatta (E) Raila Odinga (F) Odinga (G) Kenyatta (H) Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (I) Twitter
[A]: (E)
[Q]: Martha Stewart found herself in hot water this morning after she posted a completely nude photo of her four-year-old granddaughter Jude to her Twitter account from their family vacation. 'Jude looks great with her long blond hair braided - art session at 8.45,' the 73-year-old lifestyle mogul wrote with the image, which depicts Jude sitting on the floor with her back turned to the camera. The image quickly became a source of outrage among her followers, with many tweeting their horror at the image’s content, prompting Martha to remove the offending image just 15 minutes after it was posted. Scroll down for videoThe 73-year-old lifestyle mogul shared the inappropriate snap of her eldest grandchild Jude seated with her back to the camera enjoying an 'art session'It prompted a wash of comments from her Twitter followers, some calling for Martha to dress the child and then re-postMartha deleted the image 15 minutes later and issued an apology stating: 'Sorry I thought I cropped the photo - we are on vacation!'Twitter's guidelines suggest, in regards to 'sensitive content such as nudity', that 'for the most part, using common sense won’t steer you wrong'
Questions:_'s Twitter followers were unified in their immediate responses following the nude snap. (A) Martha Stewart (B) Jude (C) Twitter
[A]: (A)
[Q]: As the bright, smiling face of morning TV in the Noughties Fern Britton shocked fans when she admitted to struggling with crippling depression. The mother-of-four had her first experience of depression as a child and has suffered attacks throughout her adult life. Things were so difficult at one point that she planned to crash her car into a brick wall. And in an interview with The Telegraph on Saturday the 57-year-old revealed how close she came to suicide one day after her divorce from first husband Clive Jones. Scroll down for video Presenter Fern Britton, who suffers from depression, has revealed how close she came to suicide following her divorce from first husband Clive JonesThe TV star has suffered with episodes of depression since childhoodContemplated suicide following divorce from first husbandCelebrating 15th wedding anniversary with husband Phil Vickery in MayHas just penned a sixth novel, A Good CatchSays she has talked herself out of Botox, is happy to look like a 57-yr-oldFor confidential support call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-TALK (8255) in the UK, or call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch, or click here
Questions:The presenter and author, who has been married to her second husband TV chef _, 53, for fifteen years, claims she knew the marriage was never right, but remembers the time after the divorce being particularly bleak. (A) Noughties Fern Britton (B) The Telegraph (C) Clive Jones (D) Fern Britton (E) Phil Vickery (F) Botox (G) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (H) 1-800-273-TALK (I) UK (J) Samaritans
[A]: | (E)
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