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Porky is looking all over the big city for a hotel room , but due to a convention there are no vacancies . Porky takes the only available vacancy at one hotel , but will have to share with Daffy Duck , who is a very loud , obnoxious and annoying sort . Daffy introduces his invisible kangaroo friend `` Hymie '' , but Porky wo n't believe that . Daffy spends the rest of the night annoying Porky : pestering him with questions , shaking the bed , spilling water from a glass , hogging the blanket and finally literally sending the both of them flying off the bed when Daffy kicks , and startles , Porky with his literally frozen feet . Fed up with his antics , Porky stuffs Daffy in a pillow case and drops him out of the window . As Porky goes back to bed , Daffy returns bandaged , but shakes them off and prepares to get revenge . Daffy tricks the half-asleep pig into stepping out of a window thinking he 's boarding a train . Daffy hides the window saying it 's `` too gruesome '' to watch . Suddenly he hears train noises , and behind the shade , sees the still-drowsy Porky pulling away on an actual train and waving at Daffy . Daffy finds this silly . Then he bounces all around the room , `` Hoo-Hoo ! '' - ing wildly .
Do you have any questions? | What made Daffy Duck so happy that he was saying "Hoo Hoo"? |
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.
[EX Q]: passage: Indiana honors all other states handgun licenses, though not all other states honor Indiana's license. Because there is no obligation for one state to notify another state of any change in their gun laws the Indiana State Police does not attempt to track this information. An Illinois Firearms Owners Identification (FOID) card allows Illinois residents to purchase and possess firearms and ammunition. The FOID is not a permit to carry a handgun, therefore it is not honored as such by Indiana, but the Illinois license to carry a concealed firearm, first issued in February 2014, is honored like that of any other state.
question: do you need a foid card in indiana?
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: passage: Only one human has been found, a partial skeleton of the La Brea Woman dated to approximately 10,000 calendar years (c. 9,000 radiocarbon years) BP, who was 17 to 25 years old at death and found associated with remains of a domestic dog, and so was interpreted to have been ceremonially interred. John C. Merriam of the University of California led much of the early work in identifying species in the early 20th century.
question: has anyone ever died in the la brea tar pits?
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: passage: If either method is used, and the driver has obtained their licence in an Automatic transmission vehicle, an ``A'' condition is placed on the licence, for a period of 12 months. This condition restricts the license holder, for the duration of this period, to driving vehicles with automatic transmission only. To remove the condition prior to 12 months, the provisional driver must re-attempt the practical driving exam in a manual transmission vehicle. The Provisional Licence is valid for three years. Provisional drivers must display red on white ``P Plates'' for three years unless: (a) they take an additional road safety program Road Ready Plus after six months of obtaining their Provisional Licence; or (b) they are over 26 years of age and held their licence for six months. Provisional holders who have taken the Road Ready Plus (RRP) course, (commonly called a ``P-off'' course), or are over 26 years of age also get an additional four demerit point allowance. A ``PC'' condition is displayed on the licence, which indicates that the provisional driver can drive with ``P plates not displayed''. Provisional drivers must have a zero blood-alcohol limit. No speed restrictions are imposed on ACT learner or Provisional drivers, and they are permitted to drive the posted speed limit.
question: can a fully licensed driver drive with p plates on?
[EX A]: | No
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Relatives of the Michigan man fatally struck with a tossed sandbag were irate Friday as a Lucas County Juvenile Court judge ordered the four teenagers to a local treatment center instead of a state prison.
Judge Denise Navarre Cubbon called the actions senseless, irresponsible, and impulsive and said the defendants’ ages — they were either 13 or 14 at the time — were not an excuse for their crimes.
“This was not a prank. Throwing things off an overpass is not a prank,” the judge said.
Still, she said the Lucas County Youth Treatment Center in downtown Toledo is the best option for rehabilitation and to make the teenagers productive members of society. It has an average stay of eight months.
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Lillian Diallo, a Detroit-based attorney for the family of Marquise Byrd, 22, who was killed in the Dec. 19 incident, called the sentences outrageous. Family and friends of Mr. Byrd, who were visibly upset, walked out of the courtroom before Judge Cubbon was finished sentencing Pedro Salinas, Sean Carter, William Parker II, and Demetrius Wimberly.
The four juveniles involved in the death of Marquise Byrd are led out of the courtroom following their sentencing Friday, April 6, 2018, by Lucas County Juvenile Court Judge Denise Navarre Cubbon in downtown Toledo. Demetrius Wimberly, William Parker II, Sean Carter, and Pedro Salinas were sentenced to the Lucas County Youth Treatment Center for their roles in the December 19, 2017, incident that caused fatal injury to Marquise Byrd. The Blade/Katie Rausch
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“What madness is this? Where we don’t have to take responsibility for whatever age we are? What is this?” Ms. Diallo asked, following the hearing.
The teens — Salinas, 13, Carter, 14, Parker, 15, and Wimberly, 14 — all previously pleaded guilty for their involvement in dropping a sandbag from the Indiana Avenue overpass onto I-75. The sandbag struck a passing car, killing a passenger, Mr. Byrd.
The attorney said Mr. Byrd will never be able to see his 2-year-old son, his fiancee, his brother, mother, or other relatives again — while the four boys could soon go home to be with their families.
“The way we were talking to the prosecutor, I knew we weren’t going to get justice,” said Marcus Byrd, who is Mr. Byrd’s brother.
Lori Olender, deputy chief of the county’s juvenile division, said the “absolutely senseless act” ripped a family apart.
“Whether the crime is called involuntary manslaughter or murder, it all comes down to the same thing, your Honor: an innocent man has lost his life,” Ms. Olender said. “No matter how much time is given in this case, four juveniles will eventually be reunited with their family, but Marquise Byrd will not.”
She pleaded with the judge to take the 30 victim-impact statements into consideration and to “please send a message to the community and to the four boys” so the incident would not be treated like a “childish prank but for the homicide that it is.”
Ms. Olender did not provide a sentencing recommendation to the judge.
Marcus Byrd, center, speaks after the four juveniles involved in the death of his brother Marquise Byrd were sentenced. The Blade/Katie Rausch
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Patricia Wilkes, Mr. Byrd’s mother, spoke prior to the boys’ sentencing. She said she had no expectations for a sentence because there was nothing that was going to bring her son — who played an integral part in her life — back.
“This incident has disrupted my entire life, my entire family,” she said. “Now, my life is in shambles, for one, every day I wake up and I go to sleep thinking about my son lying there in that hospital bed.”
The boys each entered the courtroom with a piece of paper in hand — prepared statements to say how sorry they were. All of them, along someone from each of their families, directly apologized to members of the Byrd family, many of whom sat in the jury box with boxes of tissues on their laps.
“I am sincerely sorry for the loss of Marquise Byrd. I was at the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the wrong thing,” Salinas said. “I hope you can forgive me. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I’m only 14.”
Judge Cubbon said the boys will have to put in work — with regular court hearings, changing thinking and behaviors, educational needs, and working on substance-abuse treatment, as well as family participation. They will have a follow-up hearing with the judge next month once a plan is established for them at the treatment facility.
The judge initially sentenced the boys to the Ohio Department of Youth Services, but put that sentence off in lieu of the local option. If the local treatment doesn’t work, any of the boys could go to state prison.
“This can’t be accomplished at the Department of Youth Services, but it can be accomplished at the Youth Treatment Center with participation and commitment from the families and the children,” the judge said. “I will ensure that they successfully complete all of the programming requirements so when they return to the community, whenever that is, that their behavior changes, will be beneficial to the community, provide community safety, to ensure this tragedy or other similar tragedies never happen again.”
Representatives from the probation department and the Youth Treatment Center all recommended the boys serve time at the treatment facility.
Salinas, who admitted to dropping the fatal sandbag, previously pleaded to murder, a first-degree felony; felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and a misdemeanor offense of vehicular vandalism.
The judge sentenced him to the Department of Youth Services up to age 21 for the murder charge, and one year for vehicular vandalism. That sentence was suspended and he was referred to the treatment center.
The Carter, Wimberly, and Parker youths each previously pleaded guilty to felony offenses of involuntary manslaughter and vehicular vandalism, and a misdemeanor offense of vehicular vandalism.
The judge sentenced them to three years for involuntary manslaughter and one year for vehicular vandalism, also at the Department of Youth Services. Those sentences also were suspended and they were ordered to serve time at the local treatment center.
Additionally, the judge ordered the boys each perform 30 hours of community service.
Judge Cubbon said it is her job to hold the boys accountable for their actions, keep the community safe, repair harm as best as possible, and provide rehabilitation.
“I’m not going to give anyone closure in this room,” she said prior to issuing the sentence. “It’s not possible for me to do that. You will never close a chapter on Marquise’s life, and I know that, and everyone in this room knows that too.”
Contact Allison Dunn at [email protected], 419-724-6506, or on Twitter @AllisonDBlade. ||||| Four Toledo teenagers learned their fate today in a Lucas County Courtroom.
Demetrius Wimberly, Sean Carter, William Parker and Pedro Salinas all pleaded guilty to charges following the death of 22-year-old Marquis Byrd of Warren, Michigan in December. Byrd was killed when a sandbag was dropped from an Indiana Avenue overpass onto Interstate 75 in Toledo and crashed through the windshield of a car. Byrd was a passenger in the vehicle.
The judge sentenced Demetrius Wimberly, Sean Carter and William Parker to the Youth Treatment Center. If they don't follow court orders, the judge said she would sentence them to three years in the Department of Youth Services. Pedro Salinas, the teen who admitted to throwing the sandbag that killed Byrd, was also sentenced to the Youth Treatment Center. The judge says if he doesn't follow court orders, he will be sentenced to the Department of Youth Services until he is 21 years old.
Back in February, two of the teens told the court they were walking from the Port Lawrence apartments headed to the store to buy candy. They walked over the bridge that goes over the I-75 expressway and started throwing rocks.
Sean Carter admitted to dropping a sandbag over the edge and it landed on the side of the road. The boys said Pedro Salinas dropped a second sandbag and they heard a loud crash. The kids ran and bought candy from the store. As they were walking back that's when police stopped them.
All four teens initially pleaded not guilty to dropping a sandbag off the Indiana Avenue overpass onto I-75 on December 19.
||||| The four Ohio teens who pleaded guilty to dropping a sandbag off a freeway overpass that killed a 22-year-old man were given a suspended sentence and ordered to a treatment center on Friday.
Marquis Byrd was the passenger in a vehicle that was hit by the sandbag dropped onto Interstate 75 in Toledo last December. Byrd was left in critical condition and died three days later in the hospital.
The four teens, all aged 13 or 14, pleaded guilty to either murder or manslaughter. The boy who dropped the sandbag pleaded guilty to murder while the other three pleaded to involuntary manslaughter, the Toledo Blade reported. The teen who pleaded guilty to murder was sentenced to the Department of Youth Services until he turns 21, while the teens who pleaded guilty to manslaughter were sentenced to three years in the Department of Youth Services.
All four sentences were suspended by the judge in favor of being sent to Toledo's Lucas County Youth Treatment Center.
"It's a treatment facility, for certain services, to provide so these boys change their behavior and can become productive members of our community," Judge Denise Navarre Cubbon said.
WTVG
The decision to suspend the teens' sentences and send them to the treatment facility drew outrage from Lillian Diallo, the Byrd family's lawyer, who called the decision "outrageous."
"Suspended what? If you do what? So eight months you get to go home?" Diallo told Toledo ABC station WTVG outside the courtroom following the sentencing. "This child will never be at home. His son will never see him. His mother will never be able to say, 'Hey son, how are you? How's your day?' Touch his face, see his face. This is outrageous."
There were 30 letters written on behalf of Byrd, asking for a strong punishment for the boys. The four convicted teens apologized in court to the victim's family.
"I pray for him and his family every single day and night and cannot imagine what they are going through and how they feel right now," one of the boys said Friday, reading from a letter.
WTVG
The four teens initially pleaded not guilty to the charges of murder and vehicular vandalism, the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office said.
"Let me tell you something -- at the age of 10 you know if you take something and put it in a moving lane of traffic, you should know what the consequence will be," Diallo said. "You didn't take the sandbag and throw it on the side. You took that sandbag and you threw it down there to that boy's death."
Diallo, who knew Byrd, told ABC News in January that Byrd, a father to a 2-year-old boy, was planning a surprise proposal for his girlfriend, the mother of his child. |||||
Output: | A family is outraged after four Ohio teens had their prison sentences for murder and manslaughter suspended in favor of time in a treatment center, ABC News reports. According to WTVG, the boys—between the ages of 13 and 14—were walking to a store to buy candy last December in Toledo when they started throwing rocks off a freeway overpass. Then they dropped a sandbag. The sandbag landed on a passing vehicle, injuring 22-year-old father Marquis Byrd. Byrd died in the hospital three days later. The boy who dropped the sandbag pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to the Department of Youth Services until he turned 21, the Toledo Blade reports. The other three boys pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and were sentenced to three years each in the state prison. On Friday, those sentences were suspended to time in the Lucas County Youth Treatment Center. The average stay at the center is eight months. Judge Denise Cubbon says she suspended the original sentences "so these boys change their behavior and can become productive members of our community." After the change in sentencing, Marcus Byrd said the family didn't get justice for his brother. "Suspended what? If you do what? So eight months you get to go home?" the Byrd family's lawyer, Lillian Diallo, tells WTVG. All four teens apologized to the Byrd family in court. "I pray for him and his family every single day and night and cannot imagine what they are going through and how they feel right now," one of the boys said at Friday's sentencing. |
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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.
Example Input: passage: The pardon power of the President extends only to an offense recognizable under federal law. However, the governors of most of the 50 states have the power to grant pardons or reprieves for offenses under state criminal law. In other states, that power is committed to an appointed agency or board, or to a board and the governor in some hybrid arrangement (in some states the agency is merged with that of the parole board, as in the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board).
question: can the president pardon someone for a state crime?
Example Output: No
Example Input: passage: Brian Anderson (born June 7, 1971) is an American sportscaster. Since 2007, he has called play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers' telecasts on FSN Wisconsin. As a part of his work on the 2007 Brewers Preview Show, Anderson and the FSN team were awarded a regional Emmy Award.
question: does brian anderson still work for the brewers?
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: passage: Until the mid-2000s, sales of beer for off-premises consumption were prohibited statewide before noon on Sundays, a remnant of a royal decree during the Colonial era, and between 3--6 a.m. any day. Changes to the law made in the last years of Governor George Pataki's administration loosened those restrictions, and now beer sales are only prohibited from 3--8 a.m. Sundays. Counties are free to adjust those hours in either direction, all the way to midnight and noon, and allow 24-hour beer sales on other days of the week.
question: can you buy alcohol in nyc on sunday?
Example Output: | Yes
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QUES: Q: Where was the coronation Sejm founded?
A: On 23 October 1501, at Mielnik Polish–Lithuanian union was reformed at the Union of Mielnik (Polish: unia mielnicka, unia piotrkowsko-mielnicka).
Does the answer answer the question?
ANS: yes
QUES: Q: Where does most of the Bangladeshi population in Detroit live?
A: A portion of Detroit next to eastern Hamtramck includes Bangladeshi Americans, Indian Americans, and Pakistani Americans; nearly all of the Bangladeshi population in Detroit lives in that area.
Does the answer answer the question?
ANS: yes
QUES: Q: What suburb is located on the southwest?
A: Major suburbs include Midlothian to the southwest, Glen Allen to the north and west, Short Pump to the west and Mechanicsville to the northeast.
Does the answer answer the question?
ANS: yes
QUES: Q: What was the name of the clone in Poland?
A: A Famicom clone was marketed in Argentina under the name of "Family Game", resembling the original hardware design.
Does the answer answer the question?
ANS: | no |
Does "The second controller lacked the START and SELECT buttons, but featured a small microphone." contain the correct answer to "What did the second Famicom controller have as a unique feature?"
A: yes
Does "Contemporary a cappella includes many vocal groups and bands who add vocal percussion or beatboxing to create a pop/rock/gospel sound, in some cases very similar to bands with instruments." contain the correct answer to "In place of instruments, what do some modern a cappella groups implement?"
A: yes
Does "The figure of the "tragic octoroon" was a stock character of abolitionist literature: a mixed-race woman raised as if a white woman in her white father's household, until his bankruptcy or death has her reduced to a menial position She may even be unaware of her status before being reduced to victimization." contain the correct answer to "What story was written by Child in 1842?"
A: | no |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Tweet with a location
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| Tweet with a location
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| A United States representative from North Carolina said in a television interview on Thursday that protesters in Charlotte “hate white people because white people are successful and they’re not,” and then hours later recanted and apologized.
The representative, Robert Pittenger, a Republican whose district includes parts of Charlotte, was interviewed on a British Broadcasting Corporation show, BBC Newsnight, when he made the comment. ||||| | A congressman has apologized for his eye-raising comments about the protesters in Charlotte during a TV interview Thursday, but that's hardly quelling accusations of racism. Asked about the protesters, Republican Rep. Robert Pittenger—who represents North Carolina's ninth congressional district, which covers parts of Charlotte—told BBC Newsnight that "they hate white people because white people are successful and they're not. I mean, yes, it is, it is a welfare state. We have spent trillions of dollars on welfare, and we've put people in bondage so they can't be all that they are capable of being," per the New York Times. Criticism was swift on social media, with many urging voters to ensure Pittenger, 68, isn't re-elected in November. North Carolina State Rep. Grier Martin, a Democrat, said the comment was "one of the most ignorant statements I have ever heard" and that he was "ashamed to have served with this fool" in the North Carolina General Assembly. Pittenger countered that he had intended "to discuss the lack of economic mobility for African Americans because of failed policies." He later told CNN he was "quoting" protesters who appeared on CNN on Wednesday. "It didn't come out right, and I apologize. I have many, many good friends in the African-American community," he said. |
Problem: Sentence: "I put the knife in the drawer."; Another sentence: "I used an old rag to clean the knife, and then I put it in the drawer."?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: yes
Problem: Sentence: "Cooper had been travelling for five years."; Another sentence: "Thomson visited Cooper's grave in 1765. At that date he had been travelling for five years."?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: no
Problem: Sentence: "People are gripped because Paul writes so well."; Another sentence: "Many people start to read Paul's books and can't put them down. They are gripped because Paul writes so well."?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: | 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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Rory McIlroy now has something else that that once belonged to Tiger Woods - the cover of EA Sports' latest video game. Electronic Arts Inc. announced on Monday that McIlroy will be the new face of its golf series. 'EA Sports Rory McIlroy PGA Tour' is to be released in June and will be the first EA Sports series to use the new Frostbite technology that provides sharper pictures and eliminates load times between holes. Rory McIlroy has replaced Tiger Woods on the front cover for the popular EA Sports PGA Tour video games Woods had been on the front cover of EA Sports PGA Tour golfing game franchise for 16 yearsRory McIlroy will be on the front cover of EA Sports PGA Tour 2015 gameTiger Woods had been on the front cover of the golfing game for 16 yearsWoods' presence had been minimised by EA Sports since 2011
Questions:_ has been No 1 since August and the pair shared the cover in 2011. (A) Rory McIlroy (B) Tiger Woods (C) EA Sports (D) Electronic Arts Inc. (E) Rory McIlroy PGA Tour (F) Frostbite (G) EA Sports PGA Tour (H) Woods | (A) |
Time of Your Life is an American television drama series starring Jennifer Love Hewitt that aired for one season on Fox. A spin-off of "Party of Five", the series followed Sarah Reeves Merrin as she moved to New York City to learn more about her biological parents. Co-stars included Jennifer Garner, Pauley Perrette and Gina Ravera.
Fox canceled Time of Your Life because of the actors hating each other. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
USS "Kamehameha" (SSBN-642) (called "Kamfish" by her crew), a "Benjamin Franklin"-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Kamehameha I, the first King of Hawaii (c. 1758–1819). She is one of only two ships of the United States to be named after a monarch. She was later reclassified as an attack submarine and redesignated SSN-642.
There are only two Navy ships named after monarchs. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
The following is a list of female cabinet ministers of Thailand. Thailand is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma.
Thailand does not have male cabinet ministers. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
Given a context passage, generate a question from the passage such that its answer is shortest continous span from the passage.
In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that having migraine in middle age is related to late-life parkinsonism and a related disorder, restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom disease (WED). The AGES-Reykjavik cohort (born 1907-1935) has been followed since 1967. Headaches were classified based on symptoms assessed in middle age. From 2002 to 2006, 5,764 participants were reexamined to assess symptoms of parkinsonism, diagnosis of Parkinson disease (PD), family history of PD, and RLS/WED. Subjects with midlife migraine, particularly migraine with aura (MA), were in later life more likely than others to report parkinsonian symptoms (odds ratio [OR]MA = 3.6 [95% CI 2.7-4.8]) and diagnosed PD (ORMA = 2.5 [95% CI 1.2-5.2]). Women with MA were more likely than others to have a parent (ORMA = 2.26 [95% CI 1.3-4.0]) or sibling (ORMA = 1.78 [95% CI 1.1-2.9]) with PD. Late-life RLS/WED was increased for headache generally. Associations were independent of cardiovascular disease and MRI-evident presumed ischemic lesions. These findings suggest there may be a common vulnerability to, or consequences of, migraine and multiple indicators of parkinsonism. Additional genetic and longitudinal observational studies are needed to identify candidate pathways that may account for the comorbid constellation of symptoms. | Willis-Ekbom disease is also known as? |
Kirk Johnson (born 1960) is an American scientist, author, curator, and museum administrator, and is currently serving as Director of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Dr. Johnson is the host of the PBS Nova series, "Making North America", which is a three-part series that describes the shaping of North America, which aired on November 4, 11 and 18, 2015.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Kirk Johnson is from the United States. | Yes |
Bugger or "buggar" is a slang word. In the United Kingdom, the term is a general-purpose expletive, used to imply dissatisfaction, or to refer to someone or something whose behaviour is in some way displeasing or perhaps surprising. In the US, particularly in the Midwest and South, it is a slang but not offensive noun meaning "small critter."
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Bugger is offensive to women. | It's impossible to say |
Definition: In this task you will be given a question and a passage. You need to determine if the answer to the question is contained in the passage. If the answer can be found in the passage you should output 'True'. If the answer cannot be found in the passage you should output 'False'.
Input: Passage: ''(I've Had) The Time of My Life' is a 1987 song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, and used as the theme song for the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. The song has won a number of awards, including an Academy Award for 'Best Original Song', a Golden Globe Award for 'Best Original Song', and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.'. Question: 'who sings the song i had the time of my life'.
Output: | True |
Is "International crises arose, such as the Berlin Blockade (1948–1949), the Korean War (1950–1953), the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Vietnam War (1959–1975), the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989) and NATO exercises in November 1983." a good answer to the question "Through what time period did the Korean War last?" | yes |
Is "During the Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1907, parties led by Edgeworth David became the first to climb Mount Erebus and to reach the South Magnetic Pole." a good answer to the question "When did Roald Amundsen reach the geographic south pole?" | no |
The dogs' value to early human hunter-gatherers led to them quickly becoming ubiquitous across world cultures. Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship, and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname "man's best friend" in the Western world. In some cultures, however, dogs are also a source of meat.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): Dogs have hunted with and done other things for people for a long time, but what is a more recent help to people they provide? | aiding handicapped individuals. |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
PETA wants to build a 5-foot tombstone where lobsters may have died after a crash on Route 1 in Brunswick, Maine, in August 2018. (PETA)
BRUNSWICK, Maine (WGME) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals want to build a 5-foot tombstone where lobsters may have died after a crash on Route 1 in Brunswick, Maine, last week.
According to the Brunswick Police Department several of the crustaceans that a Cozy Harbor Seafood truck was carrying got crushed as a result of the rollover.
"It was something I've never seen before," said Detective William Moir of the Brunswick Police Department. "Some lobsters were loose on the ground from being spilled over so we went to work to save the ones we could."
The organization sent a letter to the Maine Department of Transportation asking if it could create the roadside memorial where the lobsters lost their lives.
"Countless sensitive crustaceans experienced an agonizing death when this truck rolled over and their bodies came crashing down onto the highway," PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said.
"PETA hopes to pay tribute to these individuals who didn't want to die with a memorial urging people to help prevent future suffering by keeping lobsters and all other animals off their plates."
Some Mainers say lobster's belong on their dinner table and they don't agree with a memorial.
"It just seems a little extreme to me," said Timothy Smith. "I am all for animal rights but I just don't understand putting up a tombstone for some lobsters I'm sorry, haha."
"I'm not cruel to animals but that goes way to far and a monument on the highway? We don't even put monuments up for people who die, added Janie Roy. "What's the difference between them falling on the road and dying or being thrown in boil hot water and we eat them every single day either way they're dead lobsters."
WGME reached out to the Maine DOT for a comment in regards to PETA's request, WGME has not heard back. ||||| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) asked Maine officials on Wednesday for permission to build a large grave to mark the site of a truck crash that resulted in thousands of lobsters spilling out onto a highway.
PETA hopes to memorialize the “countless sensitive crustaceans” who were killed during the Aug. 22 crash in Brunswick, the animal rights group said.
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Police said 7,000 pounds of live lobsters were destroyed and it’s suspected it was more than 4,500 lobsters that died, according to the Portland Press Herald.
The grave would “remind everyone that the best way to prevent such tragedies is to go vegan,” the animal rights group said.
A mockup of the gravestone shows a lobster with the words, “In Memory of the Lobsters Who Suffered and Died at This Spot.”
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Maine’s Department of Transportation is reviewing the group’s request, spokesman Ted Talbot told the Herald. He said temporary signs can be no larger than 4 feet by 8 feet and could be in public for up to 12 weeks. PETA hopes to erect a 5-foot memorial for the lobsters. It would be located on Route 1 in Brunswick.
It's unclear how much the gravestone would cost.
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PETA sparked controversy last week when the group erected a billboard in Maryland encouraging people to “go vegan” and stop eating crabs.
PETA said the sign was put up as “part of a nationwide campaign to encourage diners to leave crabs and other sea animals off dinner plates and in their aquatic homes.” |||||
Output: | If you stopped eating crabs at PETA's request, you'll probably love the animal rights group's latest idea. PETA has asked Maine officials for permission to build a 5-foot tombstone in Brunswick to honor an estimated 4,500 lobsters killed when a truck overturned on a highway last week, reports Fox News. The Maine Department of Transportation is reviewing the request, which includes a mock-up of the tombstone for "sensitive crustaceans." "In Memory of the Lobsters Who Suffered and Died at This Spot," it reads, followed by "Try Vegan." Locals aren't exactly on board. "We don't even put monuments up for people who die," one tells WGME. |
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output ---- These weak natural responses are often seen to lead to vaginal dryness, which is another problem of women. Vaginal dryness, which usually cuts short the interest of sex among women, is also caused by lack of hormonal changes and unusually low testosterone; if the body hormones and testosterones are enough or are normal, women are able to lubricate on their own during sex.
input ---- Tip Incorrect VCP file association errors can be a symptom of other underlying issues within your Windows operating system
output ---- Tip: Incorrect VCP file association errors can be a symptom of other underlying issues within your Windows operating system.
input ---- Tip Incorrect TTA file association errors can be a symptom of other underlying issues within your Windows operating system
output ---- Tip: Incorrect TTA file association errors can be a symptom of other underlying issues within your Windows operating system.
input ---- In Jet Time you will in other words have an exciting job in the air combined with family and personal life on the ground
output ---- | In Jet Time, you will in other words have an exciting job in the air – combined with family and personal life on the ground. |
Explain simply why need money is the correct answer to: She was a human in America who wanted to live well, what was a given for her situation?
Options:
- think critically
- need money
- say hello
- think critically
- drink tea. Explanation: | Money is a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. Money is anything that people use to buy goods and services. She was a human in America who wanted to live well and she need money for the situation. |
Definition: A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
Input: who wrote luke bryan's drunk on you?
Output: | Jeff Stevens |
However many early history books like the Islamic Conquest of Syria Fatuhusham by al-Imam al-Waqidi state that after the conversion to Islam Muawiyah's father Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and his brothers Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan were appointed as commanders in the Muslim armies by Muhammad. Muawiyah, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan and Hind bint Utbah fought in the Battle of Yarmouk. The defeat of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius at the Battle of Yarmouk opened the way for the Muslim expansion into Jerusalem and Syria.
Who was the Byzantine leader at the Battle of Yarmouk?
Heraclius
Input: Philosophy of space and time
However, asymmetry of causation can be observed in a non-arbitrary way which is not metaphysical in the case of a human hand dropping a cup of water which smashes into fragments on a hard floor, spilling the liquid. In this order, the causes of the resultant pattern of cup fragments and water spill is easily attributable in terms of the trajectory of the cup, irregularities in its structure, angle of its impact on the floor, etc. However, applying the same event in reverse, it is difficult to explain why the various pieces of the cup should fly up into the human hand and reassemble precisely into the shape of a cup, or why the water should position itself entirely within the cup. The causes of the resultant structure and shape of the cup and the encapsulation of the water by the hand within the cup are not easily attributable, as neither hand nor floor can achieve such formations of the cup or water. This asymmetry is perceivable on account of two features: i) the relationship between the agent capacities of the human hand (i.e., what it is and is not capable of and what it is for) and non-animal agency (i.e., what floors are and are not capable of and what they are for) and ii) that the pieces of cup came to possess exactly the nature and number of those of a cup before assembling. In short, such asymmetry is attributable to the relationship between temporal direction on the one hand and the implications of form and functional capacity on the other.
What else, besides direction, is asymmetry attributable to?
Output: implications of form and functional capacity
Input: Article: In 2005 two city council members, Ralph Inzunza and Deputy Mayor Michael Zucchet – who briefly took over as acting mayor when Murphy resigned – were convicted of extortion, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for taking campaign contributions from a strip club owner and his associates, allegedly in exchange for trying to repeal the city's "no touch" laws at strip clubs. Both subsequently resigned. Inzunza was sentenced to 21 months in prison. In 2009, a judge acquitted Zucchet on seven out of the nine counts against him, and granted his petition for a new trial on the other two charges; the remaining charges were eventually dropped.
Now answer this question: What strip club-related law were the council members trying to repeal?
Output: no touch
Article: Bernanke explained that between 1996 and 2004, the U.S. current account deficit increased by $650 billion, from 1.5% to 5.8% of GDP. Financing these deficits required the country to borrow large sums from abroad, much of it from countries running trade surpluses. These were mainly the emerging economies in Asia and oil-exporting nations. The balance of payments identity requires that a country (such as the U.S.) running a current account deficit also have a capital account (investment) surplus of the same amount. Hence large and growing amounts of foreign funds (capital) flowed into the U.S. to finance its imports.
Question: What emerging economies did the U.S. borrow money from between 1996 and 2004 to finance its imports?
Ans: Asia and oil-exporting nations
Here is a question about this article: An in-depth study of MP3 audio quality, sound artist and composer Ryan Maguire's project "The Ghost in the MP3" isolates the sounds lost during MP3 compression. In 2015, he released the track "moDernisT" (an anagram of "Tom's Diner"), composed exclusively from the sounds deleted during MP3 compression of the song "Tom's Diner", the track originally used in the formulation of the MP3 standard. A detailed account of the techniques used to isolate the sounds deleted during MP3 compression, along with the conceptual motivation for the project, was published in the 2014 Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference.
What is the answer to this question: What is the track "moDernisT" an anagram of?
****
So... Tom's Diner
Article: Before printing was widely adopted in the 19th century, the Quran was transmitted in manuscripts made by calligraphers and copyists. The earliest manuscripts were written in Ḥijāzī-type script. The Hijazi style manuscripts nevertheless confirm that transmission of the Quran in writing began at an early stage. Probably in the ninth century, scripts began to feature thicker strokes, which are traditionally known as Kufic scripts. Toward the end of the ninth century, new scripts began to appear in copies of the Quran and replace earlier scripts. The reason for discontinuation in the use of the earlier style was that it took too long to produce and the demand for copies was increasing. Copyists would therefore chose simpler writing styles. Beginning in the 11th century, the styles of writing employed were primarily the naskh, muhaqqaq, rayḥānī and, on rarer occasions, the thuluth script. Naskh was in very widespread use. In North Africa and Spain, the Maghribī style was popular. More distinct is the Bihari script which was used solely in the north of India. Nastaʻlīq style was also rarely used in Persian world.
Question: Which was the most widely used script by copyists in the 11th century?
Ans: | naskh |
Q: In this task, you will be presented with a question and you have to answer the question based on your knowledge. Your answers should be as short as possible.
What was the year of refurbishing and repainting for the church located within the city that sits along the southern banks of the Maumee River ?
A: | 1998 |
Choose your answer: Is "There was a noticeable decline of the infant mortality rate (during the 1970s to the 1980s the infant mortality rate was 101-132/1000 live births, in 2000 the rate was 50-60/1000, and in 2008 it was 28-30/1000)." a good answer to the question "What direction has infant mortality rate taken?"
OPT: -yes. -no. | yes |
Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a correct English sentence. You need to generate an incorrect form of the input sentence.
Input: Hence , from the very beginning children form this hesitancy from interaction with other people , which time then only solidifies .
Output: | Hence from the very beginning children form this hesitancy from interaction with other people which time only solidifies . |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: What school of thought arose from the speech?, Context: Among the reasons this speech was so greatly admired was its passage on Lord Bathurst (1684–1775); Burke describes an angel in 1704 prophesying to Bathurst the future greatness of England and also of America: "Young man, There is America – which at this day serves little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men, and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world". Samuel Johnson was so irritated at hearing it continually praised, that he made a parody of it, where the devil appears to a young Whig and predicts that in short time, Whiggism will poison even the paradise of America!
A: | Whiggism |
Description Drive on the stunning street while eating snacks in Alvin and the Chipmunks Hot Rod Racers This motion picture game is propelled by Alvin Simon and Theodore in The Road Chip You can get French fries pizza and pop on the roadway
A: Description: Drive on the stunning street while eating snacks in Alvin and the Chipmunks: Hot Rod Racers! This motion picture game is propelled by Alvin, Simon, and Theodore in The Road Chip. You can get French fries, pizza and pop on the roadway.
1Click on the Download link above and choose Open
A: 1.Click on the Download link above and choose Open.
Then you need to register with an account so that you can make your initial deposit
A: Then, you need to register with an account so that you can make your initial deposit.
In addition the Serampore Initiative is supported by the Danish Ministry of Culture
| A: In addition, the Serampore Initiative is supported by the Danish Ministry of Culture. |
Q: Given the following passage "As of 2003[update] the average price to rent an average apartment in Bern was 1108.92 Swiss francs (CHF) per month (US$890, £500, €710 approx. exchange rate from 2003). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 619.82 CHF (US$500, £280, €400), a two-room apartment was about 879.36 CHF (US$700, £400, €560), a three-room apartment was about 1040.54 CHF (US$830, £470, €670) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 2094.80 CHF (US$1680, £940, €1340). The average apartment price in Bern was 99.4% of the national average of 1116 CHF. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010[update], was 0.45%.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: How many Euros is 879.36 Swiss francs?
A: 560
Q: Given the following passage "Among the Punjabi poets, the names of Sultan Bahu, Bulleh Shah, Mian Muhammad Baksh, and Waris Shah and folk singers like Inayat Hussain Bhatti and Tufail Niazi, Alam Lohar, Sain Marna, Mansoor Malangi, Allah Ditta Lona wala, Talib Hussain Dard, Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi, Gamoo Tahliwala, Mamzoo Gha-lla, Akbar Jat, Arif Lohar, Ahmad Nawaz Cheena and Hamid Ali Bela are well-known. In the composition of classical ragas, there are such masters as Malika-i-Mauseequi (Queen of Music) Roshan Ara Begum, Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, Salamat Ali Khan and Ustad Fateh Ali Khan. Alam Lohar has made significant contributions to folklore and Punjabi literature, by being a very influential Punjabi folk singer from 1930 until 1979.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Which of the following people did NOT contribute to folklore of classical ragas: Alam Lohar, Roshan Ara Begum, or Sain Marna?
A: Sain Marna
Q: Given the following passage "Federalism, and other forms of territorially autonomy, is generally seen as a useful way to structure political systems in order prevent violence among different groups with countries because it allows certain groups to legislate at the subnational level. Some scholars have suggested, however, that federalism can divide countries and result in state collapse because it creates proto-states. Still others have shown that federalism is only divisive when it lacks mechanisms tthat encourage political parties to compete across regional boundaries.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Events that celebrate special occasions are called what?
A: parties
Q: Given the following passage "The ability of birds to return to precise locations across vast distances has been known for some time; in an experiment conducted in the 1950s a Manx shearwater released in Boston returned to its colony in Skomer, Wales, within 13 days, a distance of 5,150 km (3,200 mi). Birds navigate during migration using a variety of methods. For diurnal migrants, the sun is used to navigate by day, and a stellar compass is used at night. Birds that use the sun compensate for the changing position of the sun during the day by the use of an internal clock. Orientation with the stellar compass depends on the position of the constellations surrounding Polaris. These are backed up in some species by their ability to sense the Earth's geomagnetism through specialised photoreceptors.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Birds live on the?
A: | Earth |
The violent ambush that killed five Dallas police officers and wounded seven more could have been a lot worse, the city's police chief says. Dallas Chief of Police David Brown told CNN Sunday that the slain gunman told police negotiators he wanted to "kill white people, especially white officers." Bomb making materials and a journal were found at Johnson's home during a search Friday. "The material were such that it was large enough to have devastating effects throughout our city and our North Texas area," Brown said. Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, was killed by police in the deadly attack Thursday night during a protest against police killings of African American men. Since the shooting deaths of two black men by white police officers over two days last week, protests have been held across the country. Scores of demonstrators have been arrested, with one flash point being the southern city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where DeRay McKesson, one of the most prominent activists linked to the police reform protest movement Black Lives Matter, live streamed his own arrest. Police defended his arrest as a matter of public safety, but demonstrators told U.S. news outlets they believe McKesson was targeted. McKesson was freed on bond Sunday afternoon after being charged with obstructing a highway. "I remain disappointed in the Baton Rouge police, who continue to provoke protesters for peacefully protesting. There's a lot of work to be done, with this police department specifically,'' he said. But Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards disagreed with McKesson's assessment. The governor told a news conference Sunday that he is proud of the state's law enforcement officers, calling their response to the protests "moderate." In the northern city of St. Paul, Minnesota, where a second man, Philando Castile, was shot to death last week by a policeman after a traffic stop for a broken tail light, hundreds of protesters hurled firecrackers, rocks and bottles at police on Saturday. The heavily armed officers used smoke grenades and... How long did the ambush probably last? Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. More than one year B. Less than one day C. More than one week D. not enough information
B
Much like the Grand Old Duke of York, who had ten thousand men and marched them up to the top of the hill, and then marched them down again, I can’t get enough of York… (because he visited repeatedly, that was obvious, right?) Having visited nearly half a dozen times over the years, and somehow not managing to share it on my blog over the years, I would say that although you could visit from London for the day, I wouldn’t. Go for a minimum of an overnight stay, or a few days if you can. Witness a misty morning, and a candy coloured sunset, wander out into the Dales or slip in a seaside visit somewhere like Scarborough, and really get to know the ancient city. Alas, I haven’t really learned how to take my own advice, but hot on the end of a family visit in Lincolnshire we were lucky enough to spend sometime with one of my favourite expats on Yorkshire (ok, ok, I only know two, but they are definitely in the top two of that limited ranking system). It was of course Amanda, her fabulous husband Sam and we got to meet their gorgeous new addition to the family, a mischevious Dachshund pup who goes by the name of Harold. Instagram was alive with “OOOOOOOH MY GOD YOU GOT TO MEET HAROLLLLLD” Forget being a rockstar in this day and age, puppy dog eyes are all you need to make ladies weep and then squeal into their keyboards. We tumbled off the train, cheeks ruddy from the fresh the North Sea breezes (fresh from visiting the Seal colony with a litany of pups at Donna Nook, and nibbling fish and chips with the family in Cleethorpes) and went wandering. I’m going to make a big claim here – if you’re travelling through the UK and can only fit in one city visit outside of London, York or perhaps Bath would be excellent choices. Compact enough to really explore, full of ancient buildings and history, and good cake. What more do you even need? The author believes York has Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. trains B. hills C. ancient buildings and history D. not enough information
C
*Question*
He had a 12" Sony black-and-white, tuned to MTV, sitting on a chair at the end of the bed. He could barely hear it over the fan in the window. He sat in the middle of the bed because of the sag, drumming along absently to Steve Winwood's "Higher Love." The sticks were Regal Tip 5Bs. They were thinner than 2Bs--marching band sticks--but almost as long. Over the years Stan had moved farther out over the ends. Now the butts of the sticks fit into the heels of his palms, about an inch up from the wrist. He flipped the right stick away when the phone rang. "Stan, dude! You want to work tomorrow?" "Yeah, probably. What have you got, Darryl? You don't sound right." "Does the name Keven Stacey mean anything to you?" "Wait a minute." Stan switched the phone to his other ear. "Did you say Keven Stacey? As in Foolsgold, Kevin Stacey? She's going to record at CSR?" "You heard me." Stan could see Darryl sitting in the control room, feet up on the console, wearing double-knit slacks and a T-shirt, sweat coming up on his balding forehead. "This is some kind of bullshit, right? She's coming in for a jingle or a PSA." "No bullshit, Stanley. She's cutting a track for a solo album she's going to pitch to Warner's. Not a demo, but a real, honest-to-Christ track. Probably a single. Now if you're not interested, there's plenty of other drummers in LA..." "I'm interested. I just don't understand why she wants to fuck with a rinky-dink studio like yours. No offense." "Don't harsh me, bud. She's hot. She's got a song and she wants to put it in the can. Everybody else is booked. You try to get into Record One or Sunset Sound. Not for six months you won't get in. Even if you're Keven Stacey. You listening, Stan?" He heard Darryl hitting the phone on the edge of the console. "That's the Big Time, dude. Knocking on your door." At the end of the story Stan is: Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. excited B. not enough information C. disappointed D. angry
**Answer**
| A |
In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
Are both Paul Annacone and Fabrice Santoro tennis players? | yes |
Andrew Pugh has appeared the most times for the county , playing in eighteen matches , closely followed by Nick Folland , who made sixteen appearances .
Nick Folland has appeared most for the county , playing in eighteen games , followed closely by Andrew Pugh , who made sixteen appearances .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no
Taubensee played for three different ballclubs during his career : the Cleveland Indians , Cincinnati Reds ( - ) and Houston Astros ( - ) .
Taubensee played for three different ball clubs : the Cleveland Indians , Houston Astros ( - ) and Cincinnati Reds ( - ) during his career .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes
Nick Bolen ( formerly Dominic ; Jeffrey Nordling ) is the manipulative husband of Angie Bolen .
Nick Bolen ( formerly known as Dominic ; Jeffrey Nordling ) is the manipulative husband of Angie Bolen .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes
Written by Michelle MacLaren and directed by George Mastras , it broadcast on AMC in the United States and Canada on September 8 , 2013 .
Written by Michelle MacLaren and directed by George Mastras , it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on September 8 , 2013 .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
| yes |
Continue the following story.
Christine's makeup foundation looks more legit than Rebecca's because
Choose your answer from: [i] Christine goes to an amateur makeup artist.; [ii] Rebecca goes to an amateur makeup artist.; | [ii] |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
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.
Child visit (newborn to 16 years) Common reasons for sick officevisits include ear infections, sinus infections, sore throats, viral infections, sprains, and fractures. $115–$160 Emergency Room Care Typical Cost Estimate Care for Illness and Injury in the Emergency Room (ER) (includes costs associated with physicians, facilities, and common tests) Adult emergency room visit Common reasons for ER visits include chest pain, fainting, headaches, injuries, respiratory problems, stomach pain, and urinary tract infections. The centers are staffed primarily by family care and emergency room physicians and can duplicate nearly all the services offered in the traditional doctor’s office or emergency room with two major exceptions: 1 They don’t keep medical histories like you expect at a primary care doctor’s office. The best place to learn about your expenses is through your health plan’s coverage documentation. (Summary of Benefits, Evidence of Coverage, and other plan information). You can also check your member ID card for important cost information, such as copayments for officevisits. and emergency care. When someone in your health plan visits the emergency room for non-emergency treatment, we all pay more. Print ad (1.51 mb - Acrobat PDF) Poster (1.5 mb - Acrobat PDF) This study shows that the average cost of a nonurgent visit to an emergency department is much lower than commonly believed, and the marginal cost of a nonurgent visit is about $25. For all 24,010 visits, the average cost was 55 percent of the average charge. Percent of adults with emergency department visits in the past 12 months according to selected characteristics Health, United States, 2016, table 74 [PDF – 9.8 MB] Percent of children with emergency department visits in the past 12 months by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2016, table 73 [PDF – 9.8 MB] Reasons for Emergency Room Use Among U.S. Adults Aged 18-64: National Health Interview Survey, 2013 and 2014 [PDF – 348 KB] Fees and Average Costs for ER Visits. ER medical professionals may charge additional fees for their care, which can add hundreds of dollars to the final bill. A study conducted in 2013 indicated that the average total ER visit cost $1,233. A new, NIH-funded study takes the idea even further: A team of four researchers looked at medical expenditure bills that represented more than 8,303 emergency room visits. They found, essentially, two things. First, huge variation in prices: Bills sent out for sprained ankles ranged from $4 to $24,110. Second, overall, really high prices: The average emergency room visit now costs 40 percent more than a month's rent. Researchers used data from the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, which looks at how much American families spend on, well, medical expenditures. Doctor's Office Versus E.R. Visits; Is it really an emergency? What should you know before going to the E.R.? The national average E.R. visit costs $383, while the national average doctor’s office visit is approximately $60. Unnecessary E.R. visits can delay care for those with true emergencies, and cost billions of dollars. Pay for the cold relief, not for everything else. This form has five steps, and asks you to share some basic information about you and your emergency room visit. Before you get started, have the following information ready to ensure a smooth process: Query: average cost for a visit to the emergency room
Output: | The average cost for a visit to the emergency room is $115 to $160. |
In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
Input: Consider Input: Annenberg Community Beach House was built by the creator of which media company?
Output: Hearst Communications
Input: Consider Input: What is a family of United States automatic rifles (machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States, that were produced by a company at the former Stevens-Duryea factory that was originally constructed for car manufacturing in 1912?
Output: Browning Automatic Rifle
Input: Consider Input: The Acolytes Protection Agency consisted of what wrestler born November 29, 1966
| Output: John Layfield
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In keeping with the conceptualization of infinitesimals an infinitude would be a numerical entity so large that while it is not infinite its square is
What is the correctly punctuated version of this sentence? | In keeping with the conceptualization of infinitesimals, an infinitude would be a numerical entity so large that while it is not infinite its square is. |
Detailed Instructions: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Q: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.
A: | Slavery and involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States except as a punishment for crime. |
Please answer this: Given the below context: The painting shows the moment from Summer in which Musidora, having removed the last of her clothes, steps into "the lucid coolness of the flood" to "bathe her fervent limbs in the refreshing stream". Damon is not shown; instead, Etty illustrates the scene from Damon's viewpoint. By placing the audience in Damon's position, Etty aimed to induce the same reactions in the viewer as Damon's dilemma as described by Thomson; that of whether to enjoy the spectacle despite knowing it to be inappropriate, or to follow the accepted morality of the time and look away, in what art historian Sarah Burnage has described as "a titillating moral test for spectators to both enjoy and overcome".The pose of Musidora is based on that of the Aphrodite of Cnidus and the Venus de' Medici. It is possible that Etty was also familiar with Thomas Gainsborough's Musidora, which shares similar elements. Gainsborough's Musidora, his only large nude, was never exhibited in his lifetime and remained in private hands until 1847, but Etty was familiar with its then-owner Robert Vernon and may have seen it in his collection. The setting for the painting is a pool in the grounds of The Plantation, a house in the village of Acomb, near York. The Plantation was the home of his close friend and patron the Reverend Isaac Spencer, vicar of Acomb, and its grounds were a scene Etty had previously painted. In 1846 Etty bought a house in York for his retirement; Burnage speculates that Etty chose Acomb on the grounds that a view of York was quintessentially English.Although Etty had traditionally worked in the Venetian style of painting, with rich colours and detail, for Musidora he adopted a much softer and earthier palette, although his use of reflected light on flesh is derived from Venetian styles. He moved away from Rubens, who up to this time had been his greatest influence, and closer to the style of Titian. This is likely owing to the nature of the subject matter. Until then his history paintings had primarily been of themes of classical... Guess a valid title for it!
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Answer: Musidora: The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed'
Please answer this: Given the below context: Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος [ðoˈminikos θeotoˈkopulos]; October 1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, often adding the word Κρής Krēs, Cretan. El Greco was born in the Kingdom of Candia, which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, and the center of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before traveling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. In 1570 he moved to Rome, where he opened a workshop and executed a series of works. During his stay in Italy, El Greco enriched his style with elements of Mannerism and of the Venetian Renaissance taken from a number of great artists of the time, notably Tintoretto. In 1577, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until his death. In Toledo, El Greco received several major commissions and produced his best-known paintings. El Greco's dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries but found appreciation in the 20th century. El Greco is regarded as a precursor of both Expressionism and Cubism, while his personality and works were a source of inspiration for poets and writers such as Rainer Maria Rilke and Nikos Kazantzakis. El Greco has been characterized by modern scholars as an artist so individual that he belongs to no conventional school. He is best known for tortuously elongated figures and often fantastic or phantasmagorical pigmentation, marrying Byzantine traditions with those of Western painting. Guess a valid title for it!
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Answer: El Greco
Please answer this: Given the below context: The "ship portrait" had a long history in maritime art, from medieval seals and coins to early engravings in the 15th century, and the plain side-on view of a ship under sail, often with no crew shown, was well established as the most effective way of recording the build of vessels. The Anthony Roll belongs to a genre of works that was intended to serve a dual role for the king and the military leadership: as reasonably informative overviews listing details of ships or strategic areas of coastlines they could be studied to determine strengths and weaknesses, and as boastful and lively depictions of Tudor military might they could be used to flatter the king, impress courtiers and impose martial authority on foreign ambassadors. Contemporary maps, or "plats", were routinely decorated with detailed pictures of ships, to mark bodies of water as much as to liven up the scenes. Such maps were common at the time, and were even embellished by artists if deemed too simple or drab. The navy was expanded during Henry VIII's reign, and he was known to take an interest in warships, as can be seen by the epic painting Embarkation of Henry VIII at Dover which portrayed, if rather unrealistically, the ships that took the 29-year-old king to the summit meeting with Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. This painting, recently dated to around 1545, has also been suggested as a likely source of inspiration to Anthony for his illustrations.There are three such plats depicting naval actions and expeditions that are attributed to Anthony: the route of Anne of Cleves from the Low Countries to England (1539), a French attack on a coastal fort (date unknown) and a French raid on Brighton (July 1545). The design of the ships in these paintings, especially that of the Brighton raid, closely match those in the rolls. It is not known exactly when work on the rolls began nor when it was finished. It is only certain that it was presented to the king the year it was dated, 1546. The inclusion of the Mary Rose that... Guess a valid title for it!
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Answer: | Anthony Roll |
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• 2 carrying handles at the sides.
TheestablishmentoffirstfeedingandfeedingculturesoflarvaewillbemajorbreakthroughsinEuropeaneelresearchandanimportantandpromisingsteptowardsaself-sustainedaquacultureoftheEuropeaneel.
The establishment of first feeding and feeding cultures of larvae will be major breakthroughs in European eel research and an important and promising step towards a self-sustained aquaculture of the European eel.
Thisiswhycopyandpasteisrecommendedwheneverpossible.Itmayalsobepossiblethatyouhavechangedyouremailaddressandareenteringthenumberfortheformeraddress.
This is why copy and paste is recommended whenever possible. It may also be possible that you have changed your email address and are entering the number for the former address.
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In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
Input: Consider Input: Abraham Jacob Multer (December 24, 1900 – November 4, 1986) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, he graduated from City College of New York in which year, The City College of the City University of New York, is a public senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY) in New York City?
Output: 1921
Input: Consider Input: Are David Vincent and Troy Sanders members of the same band?
Output: no
Input: Consider Input: Which airport is operated privately under a lease from the Common wealth Government, and also is located in the Division of Hindmarsh Electorate?
| Output: Adelaide Airport
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Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
The manual sets forth everything with clarity, and the program is simple to install, requiring only a few minutes. | The manual says everything clearly and is simple to install in a few minutes. |
Q: On May 11, 1951, The Lawrence Welk Show began as a local program on KTLA in Los Angeles, the flagship station of the Paramount Television Network and the first television station in California. The original show was broadcast from the since-demolished Aragon Ballroom at Venice Beach.
Answer this question: when did the lawrence welk show first air?
A: May 11 , 1951
Explain how we arrive at this answer: | Explanation: The important part for answering this question is: On May 11, 1951, The Lawrence Welk Show began as a local program on KTLA in Los Angeles, the flagship station of the Paramount Television Network and the first television station in California. |
In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
What do Serbian Hound and St. John's water dog have in common?
dog
Robert James is best known as a friend of a writer born in which year ?
1709
What was the original name of the rock band formed by the person who co-wrote three songs on Natalie Imbruglia's fourth studio album?
| Pectoralz
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Are these paraphrases?
In the 2015 regional elections , after Tosi was excluded by the Federal Party , Gidoni was elected to the Veneto Regional Council in the province of Belluno .
In the 2015 federal election , Gidoni became elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in the Province of Belluno after Tosi was expelled by the regional party . | no |
Does "but with so apparent, or rather so real an earnestness, that half his purpose is sacrificed to the other"." contain the correct answer to "Who thought that Burke's imitation was too perfect to be effective ridicule?"
A: no
Does "SmartScreen filtering integrated into Windows, Family Safety offers Parental controls, which allows parents to monitor and manage their children's activities on a device with activity reports and safety controls." contain the correct answer to "What options do Parental controls provide?"
A: yes
Does "The Umayyad family had first come to power under the third caliph, Uthman ibn Affan (r. 644–656), but the Umayyad regime was founded by Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan, long-time governor of Syria, after the end of the First Muslim Civil War in 661 CE/41 AH." contain the correct answer to "Who was the third caliph?"
A: | yes |
The idea that Earth is a magnet is far from new. It was first proposed in 1600 by a British physician named William Gilbert. Knowing it acts like a magnet is one thing. Knowing why it acts like a magnet is more difficult. In fact, finding out why is a fairly recent discovery. To find out why required new technology. It was the seismograph that made it possible to learn why the Earth acted like a magnet. Seismograph are used to study earthquakes. By studying earthquake waves they were able to learn about Earths interior. They discovered that Earth has an inner and outer core. The outer core consists of liquid metals, mainly iron and nickel. Scientists think that Earths magnetic field is generated here. It is caused by the motion of this liquid metal. The liquid metal moves as Earth spins on its axis.
How did they learn why the Earth acts like a magnet?
With a budget of $329 million, LSC provides civil legal assistance to low-income people in every county in America, Kleiman said. NLAP was created in 1968. A decade later, the agency used a $50,000 LSC grant to buy a building at 438 King St. in Charleston and $33,000 to buy a building at 201 King St. in Georgetown, according to Erlenborn's letter to Kaynard. In 1980, NLAP used $63,000 in LSC funds to buy property at 607 Main St. in Conway, the letter said. On Nov. 14, 2001, NLAP transferred title of the King Street building in Charleston to the Charleston County Bar Association, according to county property records. The local bar paid $5 for the building, which sits between a redeveloped office building and an antique shop. The local bar said it would maintain the building for "legal services to indigent residents of Charleston County and coastal South Carolina," the records said. The King Street building appears to be vacant. Notices at the entrance direct visitors to the equal justice center on West Montague Avenue in North Charleston. E. Douglas Pratt-Thomas, president of the local bar, was not available for comment. Charleston County has not appraised the King Street property because it is tax-exempt. But Randall Goldman, managing partner of Patrick Properties, which owns buildings from 440 to 456 King St., said he estimates 438 King St. would sell for between $700,000 and $900,000. "That building, which was purchased solely with federal legal aid dollars, should be used to provide legal services for poor people in South Carolina," Kleiman said. LSC wants the title to go to the equal justice center in Charleston or "we want 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the building to stay in Charleston. We are not contemplating taking that money out of South Carolina," he said. Kleiman said if the neighborhood legal program in Charleston "had honored their obligation, this would not be an issue."
What money was used to pay for the King Street property?
American Airlines Flight 11: FAA Awareness. Although the Boston Center air traffic controller realized at an early stage that there was something wrong with American 11, he did not immediately interpret the plane's failure to respond as a sign that it had been hijacked. At 8:14, when the flight failed to heed his instruction to climb to 35,000 feet, the controller repeatedly tried to raise the flight. He reached out to the pilot on the emergency frequency. Though there was no response, he kept trying to contact the aircraft. At 8:21, American 11 turned off its transponder, immediately degrading the information available about the aircraft. The controller told his supervisor that he thought something was seriously wrong with the plane, although neither suspected a hijacking. The supervisor instructed the controller to follow standard procedures for handling a "no radio" aircraft. The controller checked to see if American Airlines could establish communication with American 11. He became even more concerned as its route changed, moving into another sector's airspace. Controllers immediately began to move aircraft out of its path, and asked other aircraft in the vicinity to look for American 11. At 8:24:38, the following transmission came from American 11: American 11: We have some planes. Just stay quiet, and you'll be okay. We are returning to the airport. The controller only heard something unintelligible; he did not hear the specific words "we have some planes." The next transmission came seconds later: American 11: Nobody move. Everything will be okay. If you try to make any moves, you'll endanger yourself and the airplane.
| What did the supervisor tell the controller to do when the controller told the supervisor something seriously was wrong? |
another program maliciously or mistakenly deleted customat.hlp-related files.
Please write the text above using proper case.
A: **Another program maliciously or mistakenly deleted CUSTOMAT.HLP-related files.**
guide to deleting cookies on microsoft internet explorer
Please write the text above using proper case.
A: **Guide to deleting cookies on Microsoft Internet Explorer**
with a nitrogen content exceeding 28 % by weight 3102 40 90 (kni)
Please write the text above using proper case.
A: **With a nitrogen content exceeding 28 % by weight 3102 40 90 (KNI)**
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
From the White House to the American Embassy in Kabul , American officials rushed to distance themselves from the actions of U.S. soldiers who posed for photographs next to corpses and body parts of Afghan insurgents.Two photos of incidents from a 2010 deployment were published Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times. In one, the hand of a corpse is propped on the shoulder of a paratrooper. In another, the disembodied legs of a suicide bomber are displayed by grinning soldiers and Afghan police.Secretary of DefenseLeon E. Panettaapologized for the photographs, saying the behavior depicted in the photos "absolutely violates both our regulations and, more importantly, our core values. This is not who we are.... If rules and regulations were found to have been violated, then those individuals will be held accountable."White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called the soldiers' behavior "reprehensible," and said President Obama wanted a full investigation.The NATO commander in Afghanistan, U.S. Gen. John Allen, and American Ambassador Ryan Crocker, who were alerted that the photos were coming, condemned the actions even before the photos were published online. Allen said U.S. officials were working with Afghan and international forces "to resolve any issues related to improper treatment of remains." Crocker called the actions of soldiers in the photos "morally repugnant."At the same time, Pentagon and White House officials expressed disappointment that the photos had been made public. The Pentagon had asked The Times not to publish the photos, citing fears that they would trigger a backlash against U.S. forces.Speaking to reporters during a meeting of NATO allies in Brussels, Panetta said:"This is war. And I know that war is ugly and violent. And I know that young people sometimes caught up in the moment make some very foolish decisions. I am not excusing that behavior. But neither do I want these images to bring further injury to our people or to our relationship with the Afghan people."Davan Maharaj, editor of The Times, said the newspaper considered a Pentagon appeal to delay publication, and decided to hold off for more than 72 hours until military officials said they had taken security precautions against any retaliation."At the end of the day, our job is to publish information that our readers need to make informed decisions," Maharaj said in an online discussion Wednesday. "We have a particular duty to report vigorously and impartially on all aspects of the American mission in Afghanistan."He added: "On balance, in this case, we felt that the public interest here was served by publishing a limited but representative sample of these photos, along with a story examining the circumstances under which they were taken."After the newspaper provided several photos to military officials last month, theU.S. Armybegan an investigation, saying the soldiers' actions violated Army standards. The photos were among 18 images of soldiers posing with corpses or body parts. They were provided to The Times by a soldier who served in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division in 2010.The soldier who provided the photos said he and others in an 82nd Airborne brigade were concerned about a lack of discipline, leadership and security that he said compromised soldiers' safety — and he cited the photos as one example.He expressed the hope that publication would help ensure that alleged security shortcomings at two U.S. bases in Afghanistan in 2010 were not repeated. The brigade, under new command but with some of the same paratroopers who served on a yearlong deployment in 2010, began another tour in Afghanistan in February.There were no immediate reports of violence in Afghanistan in response to the photos. Many Afghans , especially those in rural areas, do not have Internet access or electricity. The country's main evening news broadcasts did not show the photos.Suicide bombers and insurgents who plant roadside bombs are widely despised by Afghans. Civilians are routinely killed or maimed by insurgents who detonate suicide vests or set out homemade bombs that kill indiscriminately.A recent United Nations report said the Taliban and other insurgent groups were responsible for 77% of fatal attacks against civilians last summer, most of them from suicide bombs or roadside explosives.Still, the taboo against desecration of the dead is strong in this religiously conservative country."We condemn Americans posing with dead bodies or body parts," said Najla Dehqan Nezhad, a member of parliament from the western province of Herat. ||||| WASHINGTON — A new revelation of young American soldiers caught on camera while defiling insurgents’ remains in Afghanistan has intensified questions within the military community about whether fundamental discipline is breaking down given the nature and length of the war.
The photographs, published by The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, show more than a dozen soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division’s Fourth Brigade Combat Team, along with some Afghan security forces, posing with the severed hands and legs of Taliban attackers in Zabul Province in 2010. They seemed likely to further bruise an American-Afghan relationship that has been battered by crisis after crisis over the past year, even as the two governments are in the midst of negotiations over a long-term strategic agreement.
The images also add to a troubling list of cases — including Marines videotaped urinating on Taliban bodies, the burning of Korans, and the massacre of villagers attributed to a lone Army sergeant — that have cast American soldiers in the harshest possible light before the Afghan public. Accordingly, combat veterans and military analysts are beginning to look inside the catchall phrase “stress on the force” to identify factors that could be contributing to the breaches.
One potential explanation put forth by these analysts is the exhaustion felt by the class of non-commissioned officers that forms the backbone of the all-volunteer force: the sergeants responsible for training, mentoring and disciplining small groups of 18- and 19-year-old soldiers at the small-unit level, hour by hour, patrol by patrol.
Another factor, they say, may be the demands of a counterinsurgency strategy that has distributed small units across vast distances to serve at primitive combat outposts. Self-reliance required in isolation may promote heroic camaraderie. But the rugged terrain, logistical challenges and the in-your-face violence of the insurgency may also present great challenges to the noncommissioned officers in charge of these small units, operating far beyond the more consistent senior supervision in past wars.
Officers and analysts express concerns that some of these isolated units are falling prey to diminished standards of behavior and revert to what one combat veteran described as “Lord of the Flies” syndrome, after the William Golding novel portraying a band of cultured British schoolboys reverting to tribal violence when severed from society.
“Some of these incidents certainly seem to be the fault of a breakdown in leadership at the small-unit level,” said Andrew Exum, a defense policy analyst at the Center for a New American Security who teaches a course on irregular warfare at Columbia University.
“Where was the sergeant who is supposed to say: ‘Stop, boys. We don’t do that. We don’t disrespect the dead’?” said Mr. Exum, who led a light infantry platoon in Afghanistan in 2002 and then led a platoon of Rangers in both Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004.
Early reports indicate that the soldiers had been sent to gather fingerprints or retina scans for identification of the suicide bomber. Mr. Exum noted how the horrific experience of being ordered to interact with bloody, severed body parts of an enemy may cause soldiers to develop self-defense mechanisms — in particular dark humor around corpses. “But the line is crossed when you disrespect the dead body,” he said. “It’s one thing to have a psychological release valve, and another thing to take trophy pictures.”
Pentagon and military officials, noting that the proliferation of soldiers’ carrying camera phones has been involved in many of the cases, said that technology and a changing culture had presented new problems, as well. Troops have behaved badly since the beginning of warfare, of course. But now, those actions can be captured in real time, and spread rapidly without commanders’ control, via social networks.
Army officials said Wednesday that the service had guidelines and rules for photos — basically, “think before you post” — but they also acknowledged that social media are evolving so rapidly that regulations were not keeping pace. Rules are set by commanders at the company, battalion and brigade level, but those standards are sometimes ignored by small units in the field.
“Technology today presents definite challenges related to security and propriety,” said Col. Thomas W. Collins, an Army spokesman. “In this case, these photos are probably a manifestation of the soldiers’ relief that this insurgent no longer posed a threat to them or their fellow soldiers. That cannot excuse what they did. We are the United States Army, and the world rightly has very high expectations that our soldiers will do what’s right. Clearly, that didn’t happen in this case.” ||||| | American officials were quick to condemn the grisly photos of US soldiers posing with the body parts of dead Afghan suicide bombers that surfaced yesterday. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called the soldiers' behavior "reprehensible," while the US Ambassador to Afghanistan called them "morally repugnant," and defense chiefs promised a full investigation, notes the Los Angeles Times, which printed two of the photos after receiving them from a serviceman concerned about a breakdown in discipline. Analysts say this incident and other troubling recent cases point to a possible breakdown in leadership at the small-unit level, especially among isolated units, the New York Times finds. Military officials say changing technology also presents new problems. “In this case, these photos are probably a manifestation of the soldiers’ relief that this insurgent no longer posed a threat to them or their fellow soldiers," says an Army spokesman. "That cannot excuse what they did. We are the United States Army and the world rightly has very high expectations that our soldiers will do what’s right. Clearly, that didn’t happen in this case." |
(CNN) -- Every spring Halloween meets haute couture at the Carnival of Venice. Culminating March 4 after nearly a month of masked frivolity, Italy's most popular festival draws up to three million visitors annually. Wearing feathered headdresses, flowing capes and, most importantly, a bevy of bejeweled masks, they enjoy a giant masquerade party that spills onto the streets and into the canals. The Piazza San Marco is the epicenter of the action, especially during preliminary rounds of the Maschera più bella contest for the best masked costume. Every day dozens of masked contestants stomp down the runway of the Gran Teatro, a temporary outdoor theater, hoping to make the grand final. Costumes skew toward the elaborate, with men and women dressed as brightly-colored court jesters, kabuki princesses, and glittering animals.
Today the city uses the carnival to showcase
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Venetian culture, which includes a long and proud history of mask masking.
(CNN) -- Luxembourg's Andy Schleck dramatically revived his Tour de France hopes with a stunning victory on an epic 18th stage which finished at the summit of the imposing Col du Galibier. At 2,645 meters, it was the highest-ever stage finish on the Tour, and Leopard Trek's Schleck certainly hit the heights with a brave solo victory. He broke clear of a group of favorites on the Col d'lzoard with 60km remaining, reeling in the fragmented remains of a breakaway, before crossing the line alone over two minutes clear of his chasers. Schleck, written off after muted performances in the Pyrenees and the first stage in the Alps, said he had decided to take his courage in his hands.
But he failed by 15 seconds to take the yellow off the shoulders of French hope Thomas Voeckler, who again performed heroics to take fifth on a stage which effectively marked the end of
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Alberto Contador's chances of retaining his crown.
(CNN) -- "Sometimes I ask myself, why me? Why did this have to happen again?" says 31-year-old Andile from the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, South Africa. "But the problem is I could have got it anywhere, on the bus, in a taxi, in my work. It's everywhere." Andile has extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a form of the airborne disease that is resistant to the four main groups of drugs used to treat it, meaning treatment can take years and requires alternative drugs that have more side effects. He's had tuberculosis for more than two years but it's not the first time he's been infected.
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| TB, the origins lie in incomplete treatment regimens where people did not complete their course of antibiotics due either to poor health systems or personal preference or complacency. |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Q: A number of fictional mobile space stations and galactic superweapons called Death Star featured in the Star Wars science-fiction franchise. The first Death Star was stated to be more than 100 km to 160 km in diameter, depending on source. It was crewed by an estimated 1.7 million military personnel and 400,000 droids. Its superweapon delivered enough energies on a scale equivalent to all the energy released by the Sun in an entire week. The second Death Star was significantly larger, between 200 km to 400 km in diameter depending on source, and technologically more advanced than its predecessor. Both versions of these dwarf planet-sized fortresses were designed for massive power projection capabilities, capable of destroying an entire planet with one blast from their superlasers.
A: how many death stars were there in star wars
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Q: The seventh and final season of the American mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars, based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, was renewed on June 10, 2014 for two additional seasons, making the show Freeform's longest running original series.
A: how many seasons pretty little liars will there be
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Q: Osmosis (/ ɒzˈmoʊ. sɪs /) is the spontaneous net movement of solvent molecules through a semi-permeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration, in the direction that tends to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides. It may also be used to describe a physical process in which any solvent moves across a semipermeable membrane (permeable to the solvent, but not the solute) separating two solutions of different concentrations. Osmosis can be made to do work.
A: | osmosis is the movement of water from an area of
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Experts share their insights on implications for businesses following changes in the anti-graft Act Why was there a need to amend the anti-graft law? The Prevention of Corruption Act was enacted three decades ago in 1988. Since then, several major socio-economic changes have taken place. During this time the international stance on bribery and corruption has also become way more stringent. In May 2011, India ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. In this context, the 1988 Act was being considered a bit archaic, if not completely obsolete. Therefore, a need for ...
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption is not the same thing as The Prevention of Corruption Act. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
All India Kashmir Committee was set up by prominent Muslim leaders of India on July 25, 1931. Muhammad Iqbal and a number of other leaders were invited by Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad to form the committee. Although orthodox press and historians attribute the formation of the Committee to Dr. Muhammad Iqbal.
There are no Indian's in Kashmir OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Robert Marion "Robi" Eusebio Domingo (born September 27, 1989) is a Filipino VJ, actor, dancer, and host. He first gained fame as a reality show contestant by joining and ending up as the first runner-up of the reality competition series "" in 2008, after which he became a member of ABS-CBN's group of film and television talents collectively known as Star Magic.
Robi Domingo is from the Philippines OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | Yes |
If people are working hard and saving their money, what is the likely consequence?
Options:
- gain wealth
- talk to each other
- eat plants
- sun themselves
- make money pillars
Let's solve it slow. People work to earn money. People end up with a lot of money when they are saving it. A lot of money is called gaining wealth.... So the answer is gain wealth.
He waited far to long before beginning work. What is his immediate state of mind?
Options:
- stress
- excitement
- eagerness
- panic
- working
Let's solve it slow. Panic is the sudden uncontrollable anxiety. Waiting too long for something makes one anxious.... So the answer is panic.
How does a meteor travel around galactic objects?
Options:
- sky
- outerspace
- universe
- in a vacuum
- orbit
Let's solve it slow. Meteors are small parts of bigger masses which orbit in the galaxy. Orbits are the paths on which galactic objects move.... So the answer is orbit.
After studying many self-help books, what did he feel in his heart?
Options:
- inspiration
- dreams
- more intelligence
- understanding
- knowing more
| Let's solve it slow. Self-help books are inspiring. He feels inspiration in his heart after studying many self-help books.... So the answer is inspiration. |
Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Input: This is an elastic band of tissue under the glans penis that connects to the prepuce , or foreskin to the vernal mucosa .
Output: | The frenulum of prepuce of penis , often known simply as the frenulum , is an elastic band of tissue under the glans penis that connects the foreskin ( prepuce ) to the vernal mucosa , and helps contract the foreskin over the glans . |
Detailed Instructions: This task is about reading the given passage and the question, return an incorrect answer to the given question.
See one example below:
Problem: "story" : "Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is an unincorporated part of and the county seat of the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu. The city is the main gateway to Hawaii and a major portal into the United States. The city is also a major hub for international business, military defense, as well as famously being host to a diverse variety of east-west and Pacific culture, cuisine, and traditions.
Honolulu is the most remote city of its size in the world and is the westernmost major U.S. city. For statistical purposes, the U.S. Census Bureau recognizes the approximate area commonly referred to as "City of Honolulu" (not to be confused with the "City and County") as a census county division (CCD). Honolulu is a major financial center of the islands and of the Pacific Ocean. The population of the city of Honolulu was 337,256 as of the 2010 census, while the Honolulu CCD was 390,738 and the population of the consolidated city and county was 953,207.
"Honolulu" means "sheltered harbor" or "calm port". The old name is said to be Kou, a district roughly encompassing the area from Nuuanu Avenue to Alakea Street and from Hotel Street to Queen Street which is the heart of the present downtown district. The city has been the capital of the Hawaiian Islands since 1845 and gained historical recognition following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan near the city on December 7, 1941.", "question: " "What does Honolulu mean?"
Solution: Macau
Explanation: This answer for the given question is not present in the passage and is irrelevant to the given question. So, it is a good example.
Problem: story: Logan had lots of toys. He had balls, dinosaurs, race cars, and even robots! Logan had so many toys he had a room for his toys. There he could play with whatever he wanted, when he wanted, and not even have to pick them back up. Logan had all kinds of balls. He had red ones, green ones, blue ones and even a pink one he hid from his sister. His robots were so cool they could change shape, fly, or race. Some even saved the world in his imagination. Logan loved his dinosaurs. He had one with big sharp teeth, one with little tiny arms, one with purple spots, and even one that his dad said didn't eat anything but plants and vegetables. Logan's favorite toys were his race cars. That was because when his dad came home from work he always went to the toy room with Logan to play with his race cars. Logan had so much fun he even lets his sister in his toy room so she can play dad too! The toy room was Logan's favorite room in the house. He spends all the time he can in his room with all his friends and family and he has so much fun.', question: 'Did he have race cars?
Solution: | toy room |
Please answer the following question: Given the following passage "Two chains of DNA twist around each other to form a DNA double helix with the phosphate-sugar backbone spiralling around the outside, and the bases pointing inwards with adenine base pairing to thymine and guanine to cytosine. The specificity of base pairing occurs because adenine and thymine align form two hydrogen bonds, whereas cytosine and guanine form three hydrogen bonds. The two strands in a double helix must therefore be complementary, with their sequence of bases matching such that the adenines of one strand are paired with the thymines of the other strand, and so on.:4.1", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What holds base pairs together?
Answer: | hydrogen bonds |
Christopher Warm had a sedentary job. On his keyboard he typed various letters and numbers, which would become computer programs. In his company he was known as Office Desk, because when he was working he always sat behind his well-used piece of conference table standing in a hard to notice corner in the software specialists' room. Christopher wasn't a wide person, and so his piece of conference table didn't have to be too big either, which also practically solved office space problems in the 0-1 Computer firm. It was Warm's secret that the majority of his time outside of the company, he also spent behind a desk. On his keyboard he typed various letters and numbers, which would become computer programs for the 0-1 Computer Associates company. While the Man Called Office Desk (MCOD, or simply Cod in an alternative version) was writing an intuitive program for the management of empty office desk space in software companies, a thing that nobody had ever expected to happen happened. Warm became fused with the chair. The staff at 0-1 Computer were disappointed, they had expected Cod to fuse with a desk. It would have been much more entertaining to watch, you could have laughed at him a little, and the nickname, given to him by the programmers' boss would have gotten a whole new meaning. And right now, there wasn't even much to talk about during cigarette breaks. Warm did not hide the fact he would have preferred to fuse with a mouse, or a mouse pad. Right now, all he could do was to pretend he totally ignored the fact he was physically stuck to a chair. And he was doing just fine until it was time to go to his second shift at 1-0 Computer Associates, where he had been working on a program for the management of empty space in staff lockers in telecommunications companies. Who was writing the program for empty space in staff lockers? Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. the desk B. 0-1 Computer Associates C. Warm D. not enough information
The answer to this question is: | C |
Q: Beijing (CNN) -- Anyone interested in world affairs, Chinese diplomacy and China's future should know more about Xi Jinping.
Xi (pronounced "shee"), China's vice president, will be visiting the United States this month for meetings at the White House in Washington and will travel to other cities.
"The visit is important to boost his stature at home -- here is the man the U.S. takes seriously, and he can deal with them on our behalf," says Anthony Saich, a China expert at the Harvard Kennedy School. "For the U.S., it provides an opportunity to introduce him to key U.S. politicians and the American public. The same approach was taken with Hu Jintao before he took over."
Xi, 58, is in line to be China's next paramount leader. He is expected to succeed Hu when his second term ends in autumn this year and could rule China for 10 years.
But who is Xi? Some key information about him:
• He comes from a clique known as "princelings," sons and daughters of revolutionary veterans. His father, Xi Zhongxun, was a revolutionary hero who was banished during the Cultural Revolution.
• When his father was in limbo, Xi spent time as a teenager doing manual labor in China's countryside and went on to become a local party chief.
• He holds chemical engineering and law degrees from the prestigious Tsinghua University, the alma mater of Hu and other senior leaders.
• He served in the People's Liberation Army as an officer in the General Office Department and assistant to the chief of the policy-making Central Military Commission.
1. Xi Jinping
2. be visiting
3. the U.S
4. meetings
5. the White House
6. Washington
7. yes
8. travel to other cities.
9. boost his stature at home
10. here is the man the U.S. takes seriously
11. His father,
12. Xi Zhongxun
13. revolutionary hero
14. yes
15. the Cultural Revolution.
Numbered questions:
1. who is China's vice president?
2. what will he be doing?
3. visiting who?
4. why is he visiting?
5. where?
6. where is that?
7. is he going anywhere else?
8. where?
9. what will this visit do for him?
10. how will the visit do that?
11. who is his family?
12. what is his name?
13. what did he do?
14. was he is a revolution?
15. what one?
input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. "Hi, Jenny!" "Hi, Brian! What class do you have next?" "I have art next," says Brian. "It's my favourite. I draw six pictures every week." "You are a good painter ," says Jenny. "I see some of your pictures. They are beautiful. I like art too, but I am not good at it. I am not going to be a painter when I am older!" "I tell you, Jenny," says Brian. "Art is interesting for everyone. You don't need to be good at it." "You are right, Brian," says Jenny. "And I like our art teacher. He teaches us a lot. I am much better at art this year. "Yes. Mr. Smith is good. He looks like a great painter too, with his long hair and big beard ." "When do you have art lesson, Jenny?" asks Brian. Jenny looks at her timetable. "I have art tomorrow morning," she says. "What class are you going to now?" asks Brian. "I'm going to music class. It's one of my favourites! We are learning a new song this week. I love to sing. What's the time, please?" Brian looks at his watch. "Oh, no! It's 2:13! There are only two minutes!" "Hurry, Brian!" says Jenny. "We don't want to be late for class! See you later." "Okay. I am going to art class. See you after school!" 1. Who wants to be a painter?
2. When does Jenny have art class?
3. Who is the art instructor?
4. What other class did Brian have?
5. Does Mr. Smith have a beard?
6. How does Jenny keep track of her schedule?
7. How many drawings does Brian make weekly?
8. Does Brian dislike singing?
9. How does he tell time?
10. Did Brian say that Jenny should be a better artist?
numbered_answers: 1. Brian
2. In the morning
3. Mr. Smith
4. music class
5. Yes
6. her timetable
7. siz
8. No
9. with a watch
10. No
After a year of doubt, Serena Williams proved that she is back and as strong as ever as the American secured her sixth U.S. Open title.
The world number one blew Caroline Wozniacki away in the final of the U.S. Open, beating the Dane 6-3 6-3.
Almost as soon as Billie Jean King had officiated the coin toss, the match was never in doubt as Williams overpowered Wozniacki. The Dane, in her second grand slam final, just had no answers to Williams' power and her serve.
At one point early in the second set the 33-year-old Williams had hit 22 winners. Wozniacki had hit just one.
Sweet eighteen
The victory secured Williams' 18th career grand slam singles title, taking her level with Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. Williams is now just four behind Steffi Graf, who holds the all time record with 22 career grand slam single titles in the open era.
Yet the thought of Serena, who won her first U.S. Open at the age of 17, adding to her 17 grand slam titles seemed slim earlier this year.
She had not made the quarter finals at any grand slam this season. Her retirement from Wimbledon during a doubles match added to the sense of crisis.
But Williams is judged differently to other players. She's still the world's number one player and has been in imperious form during the past fortnight. Williams didn't even drop a set during the tournament.
Wozniacki overpowered
It was a disappointing end to the tournament for Wozniacki, who has returned to form after a difficult period in her personal life after breaking up with Rory McIlroy. But she was gracious in defeat. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who received the 6th us open title?
2. What did that prove after the previous year?
3. Who did she beat out?
4. How old was Serena?
5. How many hits did she get?
6. How many did Carole get?
7. How old was Williams when she one the first Open?
8. How many grand slam titles had she earned at that time?
9. Who holds the all time record?
10. What is the record?
Answer: | 1. Serena Williams
2. that she is back
3. Caroline Wozniacki
4. 33
5. unknown
6. one winner
7. 17
8. 0
9. Steffi Graf
10. 22 grand slam single titles |
How to hurdle
Stretch.
If you don't stretch, you can become seriously injured. ( pulling hamstrings are common )
Run a few practice hurdles.
OPTIONS:
- One jumper runs out of breath pretty quickly. In this case you will need to keep the speed up and relax to improve your technique.
- Make sure you have a sufficiently good upper body. If that's not possible, try to slow down and relax.
- Make sure you have your lead and trail legs figured out before the race starts. The lead leg is the leg that goes over the hurdle extended before your body.
- Build up and stretch your right and left foot until your hamstrings are strong. Tap the bell lightly and roll up toward your right.
Make sure you have your lead and trail legs figured out before the race starts. The lead leg is the leg that goes over the hurdle extended before your body.
How to paint circles
Choose your graphite.
A very light shade of graphite is ideal to prevent the marks from showing through your paint. This is especially important if you paint with watercolours or other thin paint, which requires a 6h pencil or an even paler option.
OPTIONS:
- It's okay to have faint pencil lines showing through watercolour, as long as they aren't too obvious. Some artists even use this intentionally, sketching in pencil then applying a very thin wash of paint over it.
- Instead, choose a graphite that is black and puffy in order to achieve the exact shade you want. You can also try using an almost-iridescent shade if you wish to make this look natural and your first attempt will be successful.
- If you use a pencil, you can get it to be that much brighter by dipping it in a uniformly colored graphite darker than you want your circles to be. Graphite is best available in a professional or daseous paint altered with oils.
- Darker grades can produce a whole lot of interesting colors, but very few will be symmetrical, making them much more expensive. Refined graphite is much cheaper than lighter grades.
It's okay to have faint pencil lines showing through watercolour, as long as they aren't too obvious. Some artists even use this intentionally, sketching in pencil then applying a very thin wash of paint over it.
How to be an animal rights activist
Understand what animal rights means.
Many people confuse animal welfare with animal rights. While there may be some overlap in their causes and campaigns, the underlying philosophies of each are significantly different.
OPTIONS:
- Animal rights advocacy (abp) is a group of people who work to protect the rights of many animals, including raccoons, wolves, and certain insects. Shelters depend on human volume in your environmental group, gender equality, happiness resources, and other several classifications.
- When you're an animal rights activist, you are always being supported by a reliable observer. This means you use elements of your internet sources and partners, and government agencies, to support advocacy for the use of animals.
- Animal welfare poses humans as the protectors of animals and argues for their ethical treatment. Animal rights are based on the principle that all species are equal and deserving of the same rights.
- Quails are considered to be animal rights racists, but may be considered animal shelters. Quails don't have advocates, advocates, or competitive leaders.
Animal welfare poses humans as the protectors of animals and argues for their ethical treatment. Animal rights are based on the principle that all species are equal and deserving of the same rights.
A man is seen holding a heavy set of weights. He lifts the weight up over his head then back down again. he
OPTIONS:
- does this several more times.
- throws the weight down and looks at his hands.
- continues lifting the weight over his head and dropping it down to the ground.
- continues lifting and throwing the weights and cheering with other people.
| does this several more times. |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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.
Example: Property tax -- Property tax or 'house tax' is a local tax on buildings, along with appurtenant land. It is and imposed on the Possessor (not the custodian of property as per 1978, 44th amendment of constitution). It resembles the US-type wealth tax and differs from the excise-type UK rate. The tax power is vested in the states and is delegated to local bodies, specifying the valuation method, rate band, and collection procedures. The tax base is the annual rental value (ARV) or area-based rating. Owner-occupied and other properties not producing rent are assessed on cost and then converted into ARV by applying a percentage of cost, usually four percent. Vacant land is generally exempt. Central government properties are exempt. Instead a 'service charge' is permissible under executive order. Properties of foreign missions also enjoy tax exemption without requiring reciprocity. The tax is usually accompanied by service taxes, e.g., water tax, drainage tax, conservancy (sanitation) tax, lighting tax, all using the same tax base. The rate structure is flat on rural (panchayat) properties, but in the urban (municipal) areas it is mildly progressive with about 80% of assessments falling in the first two brackets.
Output: is house tax and property tax are same
The question generated asks whether the house tax and property tax are the same and can be answered by reading the passage. Additionally, it has a binary answer and hence the generated question is correct.
New input case for you: List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards -- Twelve people have won all four major annual American entertainment awards in a competitive, individual (non-group) category of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, recording, film, and theater. Winning all four awards has been referred to as winning the ``grand slam'' of American show business.
Output: | has anyone won a tony oscar emmy and grammy |
In England recently three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop and waited . About five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along. They were just going to get on when suddenly there was a loud noise behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way . Someone shouted at them. The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked embarrassed ( . No one had told them about the British custom of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is the first person to get on the bus . Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you want to have a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country. You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man shaking his head at another to show that he doesn't agree. But in many parts of India a shake of the head means agreement. Nodding your head when you are given a drink in Bulgaria will most probably leave you thirsty . In that country, you shake your head to mean 'yes'-- a nod means 'no' . At a meal in countries on the Arabic Peninsula, you will find that your glass is repeated refilled as soon as you drink up . If you think that you have had enough , you should take the cup or glasses in your hand and give it a little shake from side to side or place your hand over the top. In Europe it quite usual to cross your legs when you are sitting talking to someone even at an important meeting. Doing this in Thailand, however, could bring about trouble . Also, you should try to avoid touching the head of an adult ----it's just not done in Thailand . In India it is considered impolite _ . A) to use the right hand for passing food at table. B) to pass food with the left hand. C) to eat food with your hands. D) to help yourself at table.
Answer: | B |
Glinus is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the family Molluginaceae. Plants of this genus are sometimes called sweetjuice. They are squat annual herbs with fuzzy to hairy green herbage. The fruit is a capsule containing many kidney-shaped seeds. Some species are used as herbal remedies and some are eaten as food.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Sweetjuice are a type of plant."? | Yes |
How to leave a job on good terms
Start preparations early.
It is customary to give an employer at least two weeks' notice before leaving a job. Accordingly, you should begin preparing for your departure early.
OPTIONS:
- Every employer must certify that you are leaving the company in good standing. However, you don't need to remove full-time work to prepare yourself for your departure.
- Call or e-mail the employer and tell him or her that you are leaving. On the other hand, you can call around and start planning.
- Sufficient notice sometimes depends on the nature of your job. If you are in a professional or managerial position, then you may need additional time to transition out of the organization.
- An employer will be more likely to understand why you are leaving if they know that you are moving out. For example, the next time you are leaving, you may need to give a second notice, at which point you will start packing.
Sufficient notice sometimes depends on the nature of your job. If you are in a professional or managerial position, then you may need additional time to transition out of the organization.
We see a man performing capoiera in a plaza. the man
OPTIONS:
- then switches sides on the capoiera.
- is joined by a second man and the practice together.
- steps up and hits the vre twice.
- puts on gear in a plaza with small choir of women watching on the side.
is joined by a second man and the practice together.
How to pay off debt when you are broke
Identify new sources of income.
Instead of working just a single low-paying job, take a second job. Alternately, ditch the low-paying job and get a high-paying job.
OPTIONS:
- Find old things around the house and sell them on digital marketplaces like craigslist or ebay. Find things you're good at and pursue them for monetary gain.
- Finding a good source of income will give you more self-control. Think about what your priorities in life are.
- These jobs would be extremely stressful, as they require extensive training that can be expensive. If you have limited means of income, find a job in the u.s.
- While nothing is more frustrating than feeling like you'll never have enough income, it's a good way to save money. Choose the high-pay job over the low-paying job available at most grocery stores and hardware stores.
Find old things around the house and sell them on digital marketplaces like craigslist or ebay. Find things you're good at and pursue them for monetary gain.
We see a man at a table in a field juicing a fruit to make a juice. The man juices 2 fruit then puts sugar in in two glasses. the man
OPTIONS:
- adds some juice from the flat pitcher to the tops of two lemons and then gives each a tumbler to add juice.
- puts another orange on top of the strawberry.
- cranks up the juice, adds some in an open shaker and pours it in the pitcher.
- then cuts and juices four more fruit.
| then cuts and juices four more fruit. |
I have another guest post for you today. This one comes from Selina from Beautystorm. Beautystorm are proudly the cheapest stockists of Dermalogica products in Australia and provide online skin consultations with their in house Skincare Therapists. Selina will be giving us advice on how to repair sun damaged skin. Whilst we are blessed to be living in such a sun drenched country, here in Australia, as a consequence the majority of us will have sun damaged skin. Here are Selina's tips to repair some of the damage: The severe, Australian suncauses a multitude of cases of serious skin damage every year. However, there are ways, to repair rough, dry, wrinkled skin that may also suffer from redness and brown spots. The very first step to reverse some of that skin damage is some gentle cleansing. Never wash the face with an ordinary bar of soap. This will make the situation worse and cause severe dry skin. In order to wash the sun-damaged skin effectively without causing further injury, use a gentle exfoliating facial cleanser. This will remove, not only dirt and oil, but also the top layer of dead skin cells, providing a nice glow. This will reveal fresh skin cells ready for treatment. After cleansing the skin, follow with a mud mask or a facial mask made specifically for skin that’s been damaged by the sun. The purpose of a mask is to draw out impurities in the skin while adding key ingredients like moisturisers and minerals back into the skin. After gently rinsing the purifying mask, a lotion, cream or serum containing key ingredients should be applied to the skin. The difference between the three is that a lotion is best for daytime use, worn under makeup or for those prone to breakouts. Creams are considered heavier and best used at night or for those with dry skin. Serums are usually highly concentrated formulas that can be used day or night, but a little goes a long way. Those with the most severe sun damaged skin should use them. According to the above context, answer the following question. When will fresh skin cells ready for treatment occur when cleansing skin?
Answer: | after using a gentle exfoliating facial cleanser |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
(CNN) Breadsticks and wings weren't the only sides available at a Papa John's in Washington state, according to local law enforcement. Until recently, an off-menu item at the pizza restaurant was cocaine. A six-month joint investigation by the King County Sheriff's Office and the police department in Sammamish, just east of Seattle, resulted in the arrests of five people, two of whom are accused of selling drugs out of a Papa John's. 'Operation Extra Olives' According to the sheriff's office, in December 2016 Sammamish police received a tip that Papa John's employees were selling cocaine. The workers would make the sales in the franchise's parking lot.Detectives called the investigation "Operation Extra Olives"The drug deals allegedly happened in the restaurant parking lot
Questions:"_ has zero tolerance for this type of offensive and illegal behavior," a company spokesman said in a statement sent to CNN on Saturday. (A) Papa John's (B) Washington (C) King County Sheriff's Office (D) Sammamish (E) Seattle (F) Operation Extra Olives | (A) |
A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
what branch is made up of the house of representatives?
Congress
when did the houston rockets win the championship?
1994 NBA Finals
what money is used in the ukraine?
| Ukrainian hryvnia
|
Cross-cultural study of comics is complicated by the great difference in meaning and scope of the words for "comics" in different languages. The French term for comics, bandes dessinées ("drawn strip") emphasizes the juxtaposition of drawn images as a defining factor, which can imply the exclusion of even photographic comics. The term manga is used in Japanese to indicate all forms of comics, cartooning, and caricature.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): What word is used in France for comedies?
Ah, so.. unanswerable
In the 1520s during the Protestant Reformation, the city, under the political guidance of Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck and the spiritual guidance of Martin Bucer embraced the religious teachings of Martin Luther. Their adherents established a Gymnasium, headed by Johannes Sturm, made into a University in the following century. The city first followed the Tetrapolitan Confession, and then the Augsburg Confession. Protestant iconoclasm caused much destruction to churches and cloisters, notwithstanding that Luther himself opposed such a practice. Strasbourg was a centre of humanist scholarship and early book-printing in the Holy Roman Empire, and its intellectual and political influence contributed much to the establishment of Protestantism as an accepted denomination in the southwest of Germany. (John Calvin spent several years as a political refugee in the city). The Strasbourg Councillor Sturm and guildmaster Matthias represented the city at the Imperial Diet of Speyer (1529), where their protest led to the schism of the Catholic Church and the evolution of Protestantism. Together with four other free cities, Strasbourg presented the confessio tetrapolitana as its Protestant book of faith at the Imperial Diet of Augsburg in 1530, where the slightly different Augsburg Confession was also handed over to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): In what decade did Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck start offering political guidance to Strasbourg?
Ah, so.. unanswerable
European maps continued to show this hypothesized land until Captain James Cook's ships, HMS Resolution and Adventure, crossed the Antarctic Circle on 17 January 1773, in December 1773 and again in January 1774. Cook came within about 120 km (75 mi) of the Antarctic coast before retreating in the face of field ice in January 1773. The first confirmed sighting of Antarctica can be narrowed down to the crews of ships captained by three individuals. According to various organizations (the National Science Foundation, NASA, the University of California, San Diego, and other sources), ships captained by three men sighted Antarctica or its ice shelf in 1820: von Bellingshausen (a captain in the Imperial Russian Navy), Edward Bransfield (a captain in the Royal Navy), and Nathaniel Palmer (a sealer out of Stonington, Connecticut). The expedition led by von Bellingshausen and Lazarev on the ships Vostok and Mirny reached a point within 32 km (20 mi) from Queen Maud's Land and recorded the sight of an ice shelf at 69°21′28″S 2°14′50″W / 69.35778°S 2.24722°W / -69.35778; -2.24722, which became known as the Fimbul ice shelf. This happened three days before Bransfield sighted land, and ten months before Palmer did so in November 1820. The first documented landing on Antarctica was by the American sealer John Davis, apparently at Hughes Bay, near Cape Charles, in West Antarctica on 7 February 1821, although some historians dispute this claim. The first recorded and confirmed landing was at Cape Adair in 1895.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): Who sighted Antarctica or its ice shelf in the 18th century?
Ah, so.. | unanswerable |
Given the following passage "Lee's childhood friend, author Truman Capote, wrote on the dust jacket of the first edition, "Someone rare has written this very fine first novel: a writer with the liveliest sense of life, and the warmest, most authentic sense of humor. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable." This comment has been construed to suggest that Capote wrote the book or edited it heavily. In 2003, a Tuscaloosa newspaper quoted Capote's biological father, Archulus Persons, as claiming that Capote had written "almost all" of the book. In 2006, a Capote letter was donated to Monroeville's literary heritage museum; in a letter to a neighbor in Monroeville in 1959, Capote mentioned that Lee was writing a book that was to be published soon. Extensive notes between Lee and her editor at Lippincott also refute the rumor of Capote's authorship. Lee's older sister, Alice, responded to the rumor, saying: "That's the biggest lie ever told."", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: How did Capote describe Lee's book?
Answer: | Someone rare has written this very fine first novel: a writer with the liveliest sense of life, and the warmest, most authentic sense of humor. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you're given a question, a context passage, and four options which are terms from the passage. After reading a passage, you will get a brief understanding of the terms. Your job is to determine by searching and reading further information of which term you can answer the question. Indicate your choice as 'a', 'b', 'c', or 'd'. If you think more than one option is plausible, choose the more probable option to help you answer the question.
Q: Question: Who served as the second president of the trade union that Hugo Graf helped found? Passage:After the war ended in May 1945 Gräf returned home in August 1946. Home was now in the Soviet occupation zone of what remained of Germany. During the next few years, under Soviet Military Administration, the region would become the Soviet sponsored German Democratic Republic, formally founded in October 1949, but in reality the creation of the new state was an iterative process. Already in April 1946, the merging of the old Communist Party (KPD) and more moderately left wing SPD into the new SED created the basis for a return to one-party government. Hugo Gräf arrived back as a long-standing member of the Communist Party, now no longer illegal in Germany, and like thousands of others, lost no time in signing over his membership to the new Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED / Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands). In 1946 he became a spokesman/consultant of the health department of the Central Secretariat with the interim administration, having become a department head by 1948. He was one of the founders of the Health Service of the Trade Union Federation (FDGB / Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund), and on 5 July 1949 he was appointed its first president, serving in this position till 1951.
Links: a. Merger of the KPD and SPD into the Socialist Unity Party of Germany b. Group of Soviet Forces in Germany c. Socialist Unity Party of Germany d. Free German Trade Union Federation
A: | d |
Give a stream of consciousness and then the final answer. Founded in 1789, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of three schools to claim the title of oldest public university in the United States. It closed from 1871 to 1875, faced with serious financial and enrollment problems during the Reconstruction era. In 1877, the State of North Carolina began sponsoring additional higher education institutions. Over time the state added a women's college (now known as the University of North Carolina at Greensboro), a land-grant university (North Carolina State University), five historically black institutions (North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, Winston-Salem State University, Fayetteville State University, and Elizabeth City State University) and one to educate American Indians (the University of North Carolina at Pembroke). Others were created to prepare teachers for public education and to instruct performing artists.
Based on this passage, when was the university of north carolina founded? | To answer this question, we should know that: Founded in 1789, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of three schools to claim the title of oldest public university in the United States.
So, the final answer is 1789. |
The sound of the clacking grew unbearable, so we turned the volume down. "Mute it." We muted it. "Turn it up; we might miss something." It's a silent movie. We won't miss anything. The sound of clacking gradually fills the room as my brother reluctantly turns up the volume. I can tell he's pressing hard on the button, jamming his thumb down in defiance or muted anger. He doesn't like for anyone to tell him what to do with the remote. But my grandmother wants the volume up, so we turn it up. We're all sitting along the edges of the tiny living room, staring at the fuzzy black-and-white images as they hazily walk across the television screen. I can hear a siren outside, barely discernable and then gone entirely. "Who's that?" my brother asks, evidently past his momentary and barely-noticeable indignation over the remote. "Uncle Arehl, and maybe his sister, Edna," my grandmother says, leaning in closer. "I think it's Edna," she says, in the tone of a doctor diagnosing a disease, as if the verdict was somehow relevant to someone who has only the vaguest idea who Arehl's sister is, or was. Uncle Arehl (I don't know precisely whose uncle he is, or for what the two initials of his name once stood) saunters slowly across a dry, patchy lawn, and the camera follows him. For some reason I'm more interested in the lawn--if it can be called that--than in the people on it. The sun in the movie is blazing, and everyone filmed looks only briefly at the camera before averting their faces once again to look at the stubbly grass. The camera pans once again and I can see an incredibly rutted path leading from the porch to the fence at the edge of the yard, broken pieces of concrete amid deep tire tracks fossilized in sun-baked mud. The fence is low, wire like a chain-link, but lower, with metal stakes holding it up instead of tubes. When did the brothers watch the movie? Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. While it was shot B. not enough information C. Long after it was shot D. Before it was shot
C
I’m sitting at the airport on a Sunday morning waiting for my flight to Las Vegas for the now-annual pilgrimage to the NamesCon conference. A few years ago, Vegas was one of my “bucket list” places – one of those iconic cities that one should visit at least once in their life. For me, once was enough. This is now my 4th (I think?) trip to Vegas, and while the city has a lot to offer, it’s just not my cup of tea. For one thing, I’m not a gambler, like at all. I don’t have anything against it, I just don’t enjoy it. It either feels pointless or stressful to me. The city itself makes me a little sad – in some cases, it reeks of desperation. Last time I was there, my cab driver entertained me with stories of how she was working 3 jobs to save up enough to join some mega-massive bingo game. She won a small jackpot a few years back and that allowed her to work only one job for a few months. She was hoping to win again so she could cut back to 1 or 2 jobs. I wondered how many people do similar things – gambling their money away, in big or small chunks, in the hopes of that big score and in the process, putting themselves in a not-great financial situation. I suppose as long it makes them happy, then it’s all OK, but I can’t help but think someone like my cab driver might be happier overall if she only worked 1 job instead of 3, instead of working extra jobs to save up money to gamble her way to financial freedom. But that’s for her to decide, not me. The juxtaposition of extreme and in-your-face wealth and the homeless people on the Strip also makes me sad. It’s difficult to see people begging for food and sleeping on the street while all around you, millions of dollars are poured into creating a massive playground with every type of indulgence possible. But I’m the first to say that I’ve enjoyed staying in some of the nicer hotel properties there and eating several excellent meals at some of the finer restaurants in the area, so I’m not exactly helping to solve the problem. What do the gamblers probably do with their winnings? Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. not enough information B. spend them on food C. spend them on bills D. gamble them away
A
Q: The leading U.S. presidential hopefuls reacted strongly Monday to the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Sunday's incident that left 49 people dead and 53 others wounded was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The gunman, Omar Mateen, was a U.S. citizen and the son of Afghan parents. In her first speech since the shooting, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told supporters in Cleveland, "The Orlando terrorist may be dead, but the virus that poisoned his mind remains very much alive." Clinton laid out a multi-faceted approach to combating terrorism. The plan would disrupt terrorist groups by infiltrating their online networks, enhancing intelligence sharing among local and federal law enforcement agencies, and asking allied nations to help "prevent the radicalization and recruitment" of potential terrorists in the U.S. and Europe. In an apparent response to presumptive Republican Party opponent Donald Trump's charge that President Barack Obama and other Democrats refuse to use the word "radical" to describe terrorists who happen to be Muslim, Clinton said earlier on CNN that she is not afraid to use the term, but says she refuses "to demonize and demagogue and declare war on an entire religion." Doing so, she said, "plays right into the ISIS' hands." ISIS is an acronym for Islamic State, which is also known as IS, ISIL and Daesh. Clinton called for citizens to reach out to Muslims in the United States "to help us defeat this threat." She cited the need for "common sense reform" of gun ownership laws, including a ban on assault weapons. After Obama did not use the term "radical" in his remarks Sunday from the White House, Trump criticized Obama's approach to extremism and said the president "should step down." Trump, meanwhile, renewed a call for a ban on the entry of Muslim immigrants into the United States. "The only reason the killer was in America in the first place was we allowed his family to come here," Trump said in a speech to supporters in Manchester, New... why does trump probably dislike Obama Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. because he is a bad leader B. because he is black C. because he is jealous of him D. not enough information
| A: B |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: During which of Phase II and Phase III will less postal outlets be created?, Context: Concurrently, the Somali Transitional Federal Government began preparations to revive the national postal service. The government's overall reconstruction plan for Somali Post is structured into three Phases spread out over a period of ten years. Phase I will see the reconstruction of the postal headquarters and General Post Office (GPO), as well as the establishment of 16 branch offices in the capital and 17 in regional bases. As of March 2012, the Somali authorities have re-established Somalia's membership with the Universal Postal Union (UPU), and taken part once again in the Union's affairs. They have also rehabilitated the GPO in Mogadishu, and appointed an official Postal Consultant to provide professional advice on the renovations. Phase II of the rehabilitation project involves the construction of 718 postal outlets from 2014 to 2016. Phase III is slated to begin in 2017, with the objective of creating 897 postal outlets by 2022.
Student: | Phase II |
+What is the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala?;
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| Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala in the Indian state of the Punjab is located on the Jalandhar-Firozpur line. |
Q: Tom Hanks as the Hero Boy (motion-capture only), the Hero Boy's father, the Conductor, the Hobo, Santa Claus, and the Narrator Daryl Sabara as the Hero Boy (voice) Josh Hutcherson as the Hero Boy (additional motion-capture) Leslie Zemeckis as Sister Sarah (motion-capture only) and the Hero Boy's mother Isabella Peregrina as Sister Sarah (voice) Ashly Holloway as Sister Sarah (additional motion-capture) Eddie Deezen as Know-It-All Jimmy' Jax' Pinchak as Know-It-All (additional motion-capture) Nona Gaye as the Hero Girl Chantel Valdivieso as the Hero Girl (additional motion-capture) Meagan Moore as the Hero Girl (singing voice) Tinashe as the Hero Girl (motion-capture modeling) Peter Scolari as Billy the Lonely Boy (motion-capture only) Hayden McFarland as Billy the Lonely Boy (additional motion-capture) Jimmy Bennett as Billy the Lonely Boy (voice) Matthew Hall as Billy the Lonely Boy (singing voice) Dylan Cash as Boy on Train (voice) Brendan King and Andy Pellick as the Pastry Chefs Josh Eli, Rolandas Hendricks, Jon Scott, Sean Scott, Mark Mendonca, Mark Goodman, Gregory Gast, and Gordon Hart as the Waiters Andre Sogliuzzo as Smokey and Steamer (voice) Michael Jeter as Smokey and Steamer (motion-capture only) Chris Coppola as Gus the Toothless Boy and an Elf Connor Matheus as the Toothless Boy (additional motion-capture) Julene Renee as the Red Head Girl and an Elf Phil Fondacaro, Debbie Lee Carrington, Mark Povinelli, and Ed Gale as Elves Charles Fleischer as the Elf General Steven Tyler as the Elf Lieutenant and the Elf Singer Dante Pastula as the Little Boy Eric Newton, Aidan O'Shea, Aaron Hendry, Kevin C. Carr, Bee Jay Joyer, Jena Carpenter, Karine Mauffrey, Beth Carpenter, Bill Forchion, Devin Henderson, and Sagiv Ben-Binyamin as Acrobatic Elves Evan Sabara as a Young Boy (additional motion-capture)
Answer this question: who does the voice for santa in polar express?
A: Tom Hanks
Explain how we arrive at this answer: | Explanation: The relevant information is: Tom Hanks as the Hero Boy (motion-capture only), the Hero Boy's father, the Conductor, the Hobo, Santa Claus, and the Narrator |
The Hadean () is a geologic eon of the Earth predating the Archean. It began with the formation of the Earth about 4.6 billion years ago and ended, as defined by the ICS, 4 billion years ago. The geologist Preston Cloud coined the term in 1972, originally to label the period before the earliest-known rocks on Earth. W. Brian Harland later coined an almost synonymous term: the "Priscoan period". Other, older texts simply refer to the eon as the Pre-Archean.
"Hadean" (from Hades, the Greek god of the underworld) describes the hellish conditions then prevailing on Earth: the planet had just formed and was still very hot owing to its recent accretion, the abundance of short-lived radioactive elements, and frequent collisions with other Solar System bodies.
Since few geological traces of this eon remain on Earth, there is no official subdivision. However, the Lunar geologic timescale embraces several major divisions relating to the Hadean, so these are sometimes used in an informal sense to refer to the same periods of time on Earth.
The Lunar divisions are:
In 2010, an alternative scale was proposed that includes the addition of the Chaotian and Prenephelean Eons preceding the Hadean, and divides the Hadean into three eras with two periods each. The Paleohadean era consists of the Hephaestean () and the Jacobian periods (). The Mesohadean is divided into the Canadian () and the Procrustean periods (). The Neohadean is divided into the Acastan () and the Promethean periods (). , this has not been adopted by the IUGS.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. What eon has very little evidence left on the planet?
2. Is there any official subdivision?
3. What time period did it predate?
4. When did that time period start?
5. With what event?
6. When did it end?
7. Who named the time period?
8. When?
9. What did W. Brian Harland later call the time period?
10. And the earliest name for it?
11. Pertaining to it's Greek meaning, what does Hadean describe?
12. Was part of those hellish conditions due to the planet being super hot?
13. How about lots of temporary radioactive stuff?
14. And getting crashed into by other planetary stuff?
15. When was an alternative scale introduced?
16. Did it add two eons before the Hadean?
17. What were they?
18. How many eras did the new scale apply to Hadean?
19. Each consisting of what?
20. Has the new scale and changes been accepted by the IUGS? | 1. Hadean
2. no
3. Archean.
4. about 4.6 billion years ago
5. the formation of the Earth
6. 4 billion years ago.
7. Preston Cloud
8. 1972,
9. Priscoan period
10. Pre-Archean.
11. the hellish conditions
12. yes
13. yest
14. no
15. In 2010,
16. yes
17. the Chaotian and Prenephelean
18. Three
19. 2 periods each.
20. no |
In this task, you will be presented with a question and you have to answer the question based on your knowledge. Your answers should be as short as possible.
Ex Input:
For which movie did Jane Seymour win this award that began in January 1944 ?
Ex Output:
East of Eden
Ex Input:
What is the name of the title whose developers departed from MicroProse ?
Ex Output:
Civilization V
Ex Input:
What is the official short title that enacted a host of delivery system reforms intended to constrain healthcare costs and improve quality ?
Ex Output:
| Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013
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The opera debuted on December 3 , 1954 at the Royal Opera House in London , directed by Sir Malcolm Sargent and directed by George Devine .
The opera debuted at the Royal Opera House , London , on 3 December 1954 directed by Sir Malcolm Sargent , and conducted by George Devine .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes
Youth Jason played youth football in the same league which his brother Aaron Humble Area Football League HAFL did
Aaron played youth football in the same league his brother Jason did Humble Area Football League HAF
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no
Hippotion moorei is a moth of the family Sphingidae , known from dry areas from northern Somalia to Ethiopia and Tanzania .
Hippotion moorei is a moth of the family Sphingidae . It is known from dry areas from northern Tanzania to Ethiopia and Somalia .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no
However , Griese was temporarily injured in the season and later relieved of Grossman .
However , Grossman was later injured in the season and temporarily relieved of Griese .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
| no |
Problem: Given the following passage "Devise Minority Party Strategies. The minority leader, in consultation with other party colleagues, has a range of strategic options that he or she can employ to advance minority party objectives. The options selected depend on a wide range of circumstances, such as the visibility or significance of the issue and the degree of cohesion within the majority party. For instance, a majority party riven by internal dissension, as occurred during the early 1900s when Progressive and "regular" Republicans were at loggerheads, may provide the minority leader with greater opportunities to achieve his or her priorities than if the majority party exhibited high degrees of party cohesion. Among the variable strategies available to the minority party, which can vary from bill to bill and be used in combination or at different stages of the lawmaking process, are the following:", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What is the party that is not the minority party?
A: the majority party
Problem: Given the following passage "By the mid-1870s, most scientists accepted evolution, but relegated natural selection to a minor role as they believed evolution was purposeful and progressive. The range of evolutionary theories during "the eclipse of Darwinism" included forms of "saltationism" in which new species were thought to arise through "jumps" rather than gradual adaptation, forms of orthogenesis claiming that species had an inherent tendency to change in a particular direction, and forms of neo-Lamarckism in which inheritance of acquired characteristics led to progress. The minority view of August Weismann, that natural selection was the only mechanism, was called neo-Darwinism. It was thought that the rediscovery of Mendelian inheritance invalidated Darwin's views.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: How popular was Weismann's theory?
A: minority
Problem: Given the following passage "In fact, there was an eighth province, the County of Drenthe, but this area was so poor it was exempt from paying federal taxes and as a consequence was denied representation in the States General. Each province was governed by the Provincial States, the main executive official (though not the official head of state) was a raadspensionaris. In times of war, the stadtholder, who commanded the army, would have more power than the raadspensionaris.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Why was Drenthe exempt from federal taxes
A: this area was so poor
Problem: Given the following passage "Construction began in 1941 of two airbases consisting of 5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi) of land, largely reclaimed from the sea. For many years, Bermuda's bases were used by US Air Force transport and refuelling aircraft and by US Navy aircraft patrolling the Atlantic for enemy submarines, first German and, later, Soviet. The principal installation, Kindley Air Force Base on the eastern coast, was transferred to the US Navy in 1970 and redesignated Naval Air Station Bermuda. As a naval air station, the base continued to host both transient and deployed USN and USAF aircraft, as well as transitioning or deployed Royal Air Force and Canadian Forces aircraft.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What became the new title of the air force base in 1970?
A: | Naval Air Station Bermuda |
What might have been said before this? Aromatase deficient males experience a normal growth into adulthood. | A dialog between 2 people:
Person X: What are the symptoms of Aromatase deficiency?;
Person Y: As puberty fails, the growth spurt is absence and bone age is delayed .;
Person X: Are there any other symptoms?;
Person Y: Without treatment, the collection of excessive androgen in the blood can lead to development of polycystic ovaries.;
Person X: Is there anything else interesting about this article?;
Person Y: |
“Statement-films”arewhatwelabelfilm,wheretopmanagement,oftentimestheCEO,communicateskeymessagestoalargetargetaudience.
Please segment the words: | “Statement-films” are what we label film, where top management, often times the CEO, communicates key messages to a large target audience. |
In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
The man died at the scene at about 05:20 BST. Police are investigating any link to a crash minutes earlier on a bridge over the motorway.
Both incidents were close to junction 23 in Leicestershire with the first crash involving one vehicle.
The northbound motorway and the nearby A512 were reopened by 14:30. Vehicles trapped in the tailbacks were taken off the motorway by police.
The Highways Agency said there was still congestion in the area but this should ease by 15:30.
More on this story and other news in Leicestershire
A section of the M1 was closed for nine hours after a man was hit by a lorry.
A Jerusalem court found 31-year-old Yosef Haim Ben David guilty, rejecting a plea of insanity. He will be sentenced next month.
Two youths have already been jailed for murdering Mohammad Abu Khdair, 16.
He was killed in apparent revenge for the murders of three Israeli teens in the occupied West Bank.
Mohammad Abu Khdair's body was found in a forest in West Jerusalem on 2 July 2014, two days after the bodies of the Israelis abducted and murdered by Hamas militants that June were found.
The killings were part of an escalating cycle of violence, culminating in a war between Israel and militants in Gaza.
Ben David's lawyer had submitted a psychiatric opinion which stated his client had not been responsible for his actions at the time of the murder.
His accomplices, who were aged 17 and 16 at the time of the high-profile killing, were jailed for life and 21 years respectively.
The story of two brutal killings
Interview with Mohammad Abu Khdair's mother
The three had abducted Mohammad Abu Khdair at random as he stood on a road in the Shufat district of East Jerusalem.
The two youths then beat the Palestinian unconscious in the back of a car being driven by Ben David.
One of the minors helped douse Mohammad Abu Khdair with petrol while he was still alive, before Ben David lit a match and set him on fire.
During the attack, Ben David called out the names of Israelis murdered by Palestinians, including the three Israeli teenagers - Naftali Fraenkel and Gilad Shaar, both aged 16, and 19-year-old Eyal Yifrach - abducted and killed in the West Bank weeks earlier, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported.
Two Palestinians suspected of their murders were killed by Israeli forces in a gun-battle at their hideout in Hebron in September 2014.
A third man, Hussam Qawasmeh, was sentenced to three life terms in prison in connection with their murders.
The Israeli ringleader in the killing of a Palestinian youth, abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem in 2014, has been convicted of his murder.
The ferry company, which runs services from Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth, was given the grant to help it comply with new EU regulations.
The grant will be used to fit "scrubber systems" on the exhausts of three of its ships to reduce sulphur emissions.
A company spokesman said it was "a welcome contribution" but only covered about 8% of the total cost.
Three of the company's ferries have already had the modifications, which are an alternative to converting them to use more expensive marine diesel.
The regulations on sulphur pollution came into force in January.
| Brittany Ferries has received almost £5m from the European Union (EU) to pay for low-emission exhaust systems.
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derma active eye product is one of the skin serums has been ever before designed, it is an advanced product in the area of anti ageing option as it is declared by its manufacturers.
Please write the text above using proper case. | Derma Active Eye Product Is one of the skin serums has been ever before designed, it is an advanced product in the area of anti ageing option as it is declared by its manufacturers. |
** Windmill is a building with sails that turn and generate power. Sails are also called blades.
windmill
** The moving air turned the blade and provided power. What type of object is this?
Options:
- turbine
- propeller
- cheese
- rollerblade
- windmill
Detailed logic: Countrysides are scenic rural areas which are usually green and wild. A marmot can be found in open green countryside.
countryside
Question for this logic: What green area is a marmot likely to be found in?
Options:
- countryside
- great plains
- encyclopedia
- jungle
- north america
Logic ==> People watch television in order to get relaxed. As the woman is trying to forget her day by watching television so her goal is relaxation.
relaxation
Question ==> The woman is watching television and trying to forget her day, what is her goal?
Options:
- entertainment
- falling asleep
- getting fat
- crying
- relaxation
** Yard is part of property. Yard may be next to a driveway.
yard
** What part of a property may be next to a driveway?
Options:
- yard
- neighborhood
- driving car on
- subdivision
- suburb
Detailed logic: Food is generally kept in a jar. A jar could have space for some food.
jar
Question for this logic: What could have space for some food?
Options:
- universe
- suitcase
- jar
- stomech
- box
** People usually keep clothes and bedsheets and pillow cases and other cloth materials in a drawer.
drawer
** | Where would you store a pillow case that is not in use?
Options:
- kitchen cupboard
- bedding store
- england
- drawer
- bedroom |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
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.
Spanish language in the United States -- The Spanish language in the United States has forty-five million Hispanic and Latino Americans that speak Spanish as their first, second or heritage language, and there are six million Spanish language students in the United States. making it the second most spoken language of the United States. With over 50 million native speakers and second language speakers, the United States now has the second largest Spanish-speaking population in the world after Mexico, although it is not an official language of the country. Spanish is the most studied foreign language in United States schools and is spoken as a native tongue by 41 million people, plus an additional 11 million fluent second-language speakers. About half of all American Spanish speakers also assessed themselves as speaking English ``very well'' in the 2000 U.S. Census. The United States is among the Spanish-speaking countries that has its own Academy of the Spanish Language.
Output: | is spanish a second language in united states |
Given the following passage "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (or the Gates Foundation, abbreviated as BMGF) is the largest private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It was launched in 2000 and is said to be the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world. The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, is controlled by its three trustees: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. Other principal officers include Co-Chair William H. Gates, Sr. and Chief Executive Officer Susan Desmond-Hellmann.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What does the B in "BMGF" stand for?
Ans: Bill
Given the following passage "In 1955 American nuclear arms policy became one aimed primarily at arms control as opposed to disarmament. The failure of negotiations over arms until 1955 was due mainly to the refusal of the Russians to permit any sort of inspections. In talks located in London that year, they expressed a willingness to discuss inspections; the tables were then turned on Eisenhower, when he responded with an unwillingness on the part of the U.S. to permit inspections. In May of that year the Russians agreed to sign a treaty giving independence to Austria, and paved the way for a Geneva summit with the U.S., U.K. and France. At the Geneva Conference Eisenhower presented a proposal called "Open Skies" to facilitate disarmament, which included plans for Russia and the U.S. to provide mutual access to each other's skies for open surveillance of military infrastructure. Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev dismissed the proposal out of hand.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: what is the first place mentioned?
Ans: London
Given the following passage "In February 1918, he was appointed Officer in Charge of Boys at the Royal Naval Air Service's training establishment at Cranwell. With the establishment of the Royal Air Force two months later and the transfer of Cranwell from Navy to Air Force control, he transferred from the Royal Navy to the Royal Air Force. He was appointed Officer Commanding Number 4 Squadron of the Boys' Wing at Cranwell until August 1918, before reporting to the RAF's Cadet School at St Leonards-on-Sea where he completed a fortnight's training and took command of a squadron on the Cadet Wing. He was the first member of the royal family to be certified as a fully qualified pilot. During the closing weeks of the war, he served on the staff of the RAF's Independent Air Force at its headquarters in Nancy, France. Following the disbanding of the Independent Air Force in November 1918, he remained on the Continent for two months as a staff officer with the Royal Air Force until posted back to Britain. He accompanied the Belgian monarch King Albert on his triumphal reentry into Brussels on 22 November. Prince Albert qualified as an RAF pilot on 31 July 1919 and gained a promotion to squadron leader on the following day.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Which happened first, the disbanding of the Independent Air Force or Prince Albert gaining a promotion to squadron leader?
Ans: the disbanding of the Independent Air Force
Given the following passage "Sanskrit has also influenced Sino-Tibetan languages through the spread of Buddhist texts in translation. Buddhism was spread to China by Mahayana missionaries sent by Ashoka, mostly through translations of Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit. Many terms were transliterated directly and added to the Chinese vocabulary. Chinese words like 剎那 chànà (Devanagari: क्षण kṣaṇa 'instantaneous period') were borrowed from Sanskrit. Many Sanskrit texts survive only in Tibetan collections of commentaries to the Buddhist teachings, the Tengyur.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: If you wanted describe ksana in downtown Beijing, what would you say?
| Ans: 剎那 chànà |
(CNN) -- Britain's Chris Froome won the 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday to strengthen his grip on the yellow jersey. Froome completed Wednesday's 32-kilometer time trial in 51 minutes 33 seconds, nine seconds ahead of Spain's Alberto Contador with his compatriot Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver finishing a further second behind in third. "I couldn't believe it when I got over the line and saw I had the fastest time," Froome said after his third stage win of this year's tour. "I went into today thinking I was going to try and limit my losses, thinking about the days to come now. So to go through the finish line with the fastest time, I really didn't see that coming." On mountainous terrain along a frequently twisting route most of the riders opted for their traditional road bikes over the more aerodynamic machines used in time trials. But Froome opted to use both on the stage, switching to a time trial model for the final 12-kilometer descent. The swap proved decisive as the Briton clawed back a 20-second advantage Contador had built up earlier in the stage. The Spaniard now moves up to second overall, four minutes 34 seconds behind Froome with just four stages remaining. Contador's Saxo-Tinkoff teammate Roman Kreuziger is now third and trails Froome by four minutes and 51 seconds. Thursday sees the riders tackle the gruelling 172.5-kilometer 18th stage which concludes with a double ascent of Alpe d'Huez over the last 60 kilometers.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
QUESTION: How long did Fromme bike on the 17th stage before the final descent?
In early March, the administration postponed action on proposals for increasing aid to the Northern Alliance and the Uzbeks. Rice noted at the time that a more wide-ranging examination of policy toward Afghanistan was needed first. She wanted the review very soon. Rice and others recalled the President saying, "I'm tired of swatting at flies." The President reportedly also said,"I'm tired of playing defense. I want to play offense. I want to take the fight to the terrorists." President Bush explained to us that he had become impatient. He apparently had heard proposals for rolling back al Qaeda but felt that catching terrorists one by one or even cell by cell was not an approach likely to succeed in the long run. At the same time, he said, he understood that policy had to be developed slowly so that diplomacy and financial and military measures could mesh with one another. Hadley convened an informal Deputies Committee meeting on March 7, when some of the deputies had not yet been confirmed. For the first time, Clarke's various proposals-for aid to the Northern Alliance and the Uzbeks and for Predator missions-went before the group that, in the Bush NSC, would do most of the policy work. Though they made no decisions on these specific proposals, Hadley apparently concluded that there should be a presidential national security policy directive (NSPD) on terrorism. Clarke would later express irritation about the deputies' insistence that a strategy for coping with al Qaeda be framed within the context of a regional policy. He doubted that the benefits would compensate for the time lost. The administration had in fact proceeded with Principals Committee meetings on topics including Iraq and Sudan without prior contextual review, and Clarke favored moving ahead similarly with a narrow counterterrorism agenda. But the President's senior advisers saw the al Qaeda problem as part of a puzzle that could not be assembled without filling in the pieces for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rice deferred a Principals Committee meeting on al Qaeda until the deputies had developed a new policy for their consideration.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
QUESTION: What was the presidents initial response to the efforts to perform a more wide-ranging examination of policy toward Afghanistan?
Alexander earned the epithet "The Great" due to his unparalleled success as a military commander. He never lost a battle, despite typically being outnumbered. This was due to use of terrain, phalanx and cavalry tactics, bold strategy, and the fierce loyalty of his troops. The Macedonian phalanx, armed with the sarissa, a spear 6 metres (20 ft) long, had been developed and perfected by Philip II through rigorous training, and Alexander used its speed and maneuverability to great effect against larger but more disparate Persian forces. Alexander also recognized the potential for disunity among his diverse army, which employed various languages and weapons. He overcame this by being personally involved in battle, in the manner of a Macedonian king. In his first battle in Asia, at Granicus, Alexander used only a small part of his forces, perhaps 13,000 infantry with 5,000 cavalry, against a much larger Persian force of 40,000. Alexander placed the phalanx at the center and cavalry and archers on the wings, so that his line matched the length of the Persian cavalry line, about 3 km (1.86 mi). By contrast, the Persian infantry was stationed behind its cavalry. This ensured that Alexander would not be outflanked, while his phalanx, armed with long pikes, had a considerable advantage over the Persian's scimitars and javelins. Macedonian losses were negligible compared to those of the Persians. At Issus in 333 BC, his first confrontation with Darius, he used the same deployment, and again the central phalanx pushed through. Alexander personally led the charge in the center, routing the opposing army. At the decisive encounter with Darius at Gaugamela, Darius equipped his chariots with scythes on the wheels to break up the phalanx and equipped his cavalry with pikes. Alexander arranged a double phalanx, with the center advancing at an angle, parting when the chariots bore down and then reforming. The advance was successful and broke Darius' center, causing the latter to flee once again. When faced with opponents who used unfamiliar fighting techniques, such as in Central Asia and India, Alexander adapted his forces to his opponents' style. Thus, in Bactria and Sogdiana, Alexander successfully used his javelin throwers and archers to prevent outflanking movements, while massing his cavalry at the center.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
QUESTION: How did Alexander use the phalanx in the battle of Granicus?
Duane was hungry, but he hurried through the ample supper that was set before him, urged on by curiosity and astonishment. The only way he could account for his presence there in a ranger's camp was that MacNelly hoped to get useful information out of him. Still that would hardly have made this captain so eager. There was a mystery here, and Duane could scarcely wait for it to be solved. While eating he had bent keen eyes around him. After a first quiet scrutiny the rangers apparently paid no more attention to him. They were all veterans in service--Duane saw that--and rugged, powerful men of iron constitution. Despite the occasional joke and sally of the more youthful members, and a general conversation of camp-fire nature, Duane was not deceived about the fact that his advent had been an unusual and striking one, which had caused an undercurrent of conjecture and even consternation among them. These rangers were too well trained to appear openly curious about their captain's guest. If they had not deliberately attempted to be oblivious of his presence Duane would have concluded they thought him an ordinary visitor, somehow of use to MacNelly. As it was, Duane felt a suspense that must have been due to a hint of his identity.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
QUESTION: | Who invited Duane to stay at the camp? |
Are these paraphrases?
At present , it is the third most common language in international trade and the second most common in politics , diplomacy and culture after English and French .
At present , it is the second most widely used language in international trade and the third most widely used language in politics , diplomacy and culture after English and French .
Choose your answer from: 1. no. 2. yes. | 1. |
Teacher: In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics as passages and a question from the passage. We ask you to answer the question by classifying the answer as 0 (False) or 1 (True)
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Passage: Property tax -- Property tax or 'house tax' is a local tax on buildings, along with appurtenant land. It is and imposed on the Possessor (not the custodian of property as per 1978, 44th amendment of constitution). It resembles the US-type wealth tax and differs from the excise-type UK rate. The tax power is vested in the states and is delegated to local bodies, specifying the valuation method, rate band, and collection procedures. The tax base is the annual rental value (ARV) or area-based rating. Owner-occupied and other properties not producing rent are assessed on cost and then converted into ARV by applying a percentage of cost, usually four percent. Vacant land is generally exempt. Central government properties are exempt. Instead a 'service charge' is permissible under executive order. Properties of foreign missions also enjoy tax exemption without requiring reciprocity. The tax is usually accompanied by service taxes, e.g., water tax, drainage tax, conservancy (sanitation) tax, lighting tax, all using the same tax base. The rate structure is flat on rural (panchayat) properties, but in the urban (municipal) areas it is mildly progressive with about 80% of assessments falling in the first two brackets.
Question: is house tax and property tax are same
Solution: 1
Reason: The question asks whether the house tax is the same as property tax. As per the passage, property tax is also called house tax and so the label 1 (True) is correct.
Now, solve this instance: Passage: Half dollar (United States coin) -- Though not commonly used today, half dollar coins have a long history of heavy use alongside other denominations of coinage, but have faded out of general circulation for many reasons. They were produced in fairly large quantities until the year 2002, when the U.S. Mint ceased production of the coin for general circulation. As a result of its decreasing usage, a large amount of pre-2002 half dollars remain in Federal Reserve vaults, prompting the change in production. Presently, collector half dollars can be ordered directly from the U.S. Mint, and pre-2002 circulation half dollars may be ordered through most U.S. banks.
Question: do they still make the 50 cent coin
Student: | 0 |
In this task, you will be presented with a question and you have to answer the question based on your knowledge. Your answers should be as short as possible.
What is the GDP of the Region whose comparable country is a member of the Commonwealth Realms under the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II ? | 9.076 |
Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. "Oh,no!"he thought to himself."Another day at that office;a boss who shouts at me all the time." As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. "Bigwoods Football Pools would like to congratulate you. You have won half a million pounds." Frank suddenly came to life. The cigarette fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street. At 11:30 Frank arrived at work."Please explain why you're so late,"his boss said." _ ," replied Frank. "I've just come into a little money so this is goodbye.Find yourself someone else to shout at." That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar when a knock was heard on the door. He rushed to the door. Outside were two men,neatly dressed in grey suits. "Mr Smithson," one of them said,"We're from Bigwoods Football Pools. I'm afraid there's been a terrible mistake......" When he heard the knock at the door, Frank probably thought _ . A) someone had come to make an apology B) his workmates had come to comfort him . C) his neighbours had come to ask about the football pools. D) his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck.
D
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For thousands of years, people have used plants to make medicines. They used different parts of the plants --the roots, the leaves, the flowers, and the bark . Today, doctors have rediscovered more medicinal values of some plants. Let's look at some examples. Foxglove is a common plant. People have used it to make the heart slow down. Recently scientists have developed another drug from it. This new drug helps prevent other heart problems. In some areas, _ has been a problem. Scientists have learned that the bark of a South American tree, the cinchona, can be made into a drug to prevent malaria. For a long time, the Chinese have known that a special plant, wormwood, can also fight malaria. Scientists have been working with it to develop new drugs against malaria. In Germany, some scientists studied garlic for four years. They found that it helps prevent the build-up of plaque because too much plaque is bad for health. This very common plant continues to be studied. As we know, there are about 250,000 kinds of flowering plants in the world. Scientists have only studied little more than one percent of plants for their medicinal value. Maybe medicines for AIDS and cancer will be made from the other 99 percent. How many plants are mentioned in the passage? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6
B
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Island University has a competition for middle school students. Read about the competition on their website. School Competition Students! Here is your chance to help the physically disabled. Think out a robot or a machine to help them live better. There'll be three prizes. The winning schools each will get $ 15,000. Read the information below: What do you have to do? * Try to know problems faced by the physically disabled in Hong Kong. Write a 200-word article on the difficulties these people have to suffer each day. * Try to know modern inventions that help the physically disabled. Then think out a robot or a machine that will improve the lives of the physically disabled. Draw your invention. You can make as many drawings as you like to show your invention. You can even make a small model of your invention * Write a short description of your invention Who-can join? All middle school students in Hong Kong. So, come on! Join the competition, and get the chance! Who can take part in the competition? A) The disabled. B) Middle school students. C) Middle school teachers. D) All the readers.
B
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Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airliner , you can travel in one day to places which needed a month or more to get to hundreds of years ago. Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but you can see the places you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. _ even make the longest journey enjoyable . Some people prefer to travel by sea. You can visit many other countries or different parts of your country. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday. Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop if there is something interesting, for example, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That's why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they travel on business. When people travel on business, they usually take _ . A) a plane or a car B) a car or a boat C) a boat or a train D) a train or a plane
| D
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(CNN) -- Steve Landesberg, best known for his role as a cerebral detective on the TV sitcom "Barney Miller," has died of cancer, his agent said. He was 65.
"Steve was a true 'Gentleman,' " Landesberg's agent Jeffrey Leavitt said late Monday, shortly after the actor's death. "Working with Steve was an honor both personally and professionally. ... He will be missed."
Landesberg played with deadpan delivery Detective Arthur Dietrich on "Barney Miller," an often infuriatingly intellectual member of a New York City police station in Greenwich Village, who toyed with those who crossed his path in the precinct. The series ran from 1975 to 1982.
In addition to his stint on the sitcom, Landesberg made guest appearances on a number of shows, including "Saturday Night Live," "The Golden Girls" and "Law & Order." He also appeared in the 2008 movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."
He is credited with the quote "Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense," according to WorldofQuotes.com.
CNN's Matthew Carey contributed to this report.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who died?
2. What is he credited with?
3. What was he famous for?
4. How old was he?
5. What did he die from?
6. Was he famous for anything else?
7. For what?
8. How long did his show last for?
9. Was people honored to work with him?
10. Who stated they was?
11. When?
Numbered answers: | 1. Steve Landesberg
2. A quote
3. His role as a detective on "Barney Miller."
4. 65
5. Cancer
6. Yes
7. Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
8. From 1975 to 1982.
9. Yes
10. Jeffrey Leavitt
11. Late Monday, shortly after the actor's death |
Detailed Instructions: Given a context passage, generate a question from the passage such that its answer is shortest continous span from the passage.
See one example below:
Problem: In 1582 the united provinces invited francis, duke of anjou to lead them; but after a failed attempt to take antwerp in 1583, the duke left the netherlands again. after the assassination of william of orange (10 july 1584), both henry iii of france and elizabeth i of england declined the offer of sovereignty. however, the latter agreed to turn the united provinces into a protectorate of england (treaty of nonsuch, 1585), and sent the earl of leicester as governor-general. this was unsuccessful and in 1588 the provinces became a confederacy. the union of utrecht is regarded as the foundation of the republic of the seven united provinces, which was not recognized by the spanish empire until the peace of westphalia in 1648.
Solution: In what year did francis, duke of anjou leave the netherlands?
Explanation: The generated question is perfect. Because the question is based on second sentence of the input passage and its answer is 1583.
Problem: An overdose of oral anticoagulants represents a challenging scenario for emergency physicians. Dabigatran, an oral direct thrombin inhibitor, is increasingly used in place of warfarin. The lack of an antidote is a concern in patients who overdose on dabigatran, even though the drug can be eliminated with hemodialysis. Idarucizumab is an antibody fragment that binds dabigatran with high affinity. It reverses the anticoagulant effect of dabigatran within minutes and is approved for the reversal of dabigatran during emergency situations. We describe the use of idarucizumab in the management of a 68-year-old woman who was taking dabigatran 150mg twice daily and ingested 125 capsules. Despite gastric lavage and administration of activated charcoal within two hours of drug intake, the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and prothrombin time (PT) remained prolonged. The administration of 5g of intravenous idarucizumab promptly and completely reversed the anticoagulant activity of dabigatran as assessed by routine and specific coagulation assays (aPTT from to 75 to 26s, PT from 26 to 11s and diluted thrombin time from 92 to 27s). The initially planned emergency hemodialysis was canceled. This case highlights the potential use of idarucizumab for the management of massive dabigatran overdoses.
Solution: | Which drug can be reversed with idarucizumab? |
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".
Befitting a lush, tropical island stranded in the middle of the ocean, Madeira's origins are shrouded in mystery and fanciful legend. Some claim that the archipelago is what remains of Plato's lost Atlantis, or part of a landmass that once fused the continents of Europe and America. The Portuguese Step Ashore: Recorded history of the volcanic archipelago begins in relatively recent times: 1418, just as the golden age of Portuguese discovery was erupting. Under the leadership of Henry the Navigator, caravels set out from the westernmost point of the Algarve, in southern Portugal, in search of foreign lands, fame, and wealth. João Gonçalves Zarco, sailing in the service of Prince Henry, made the first of many famous Portuguese discoveries, which would culminate a century later in Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the globe. Zarco happened upon a small volcanic archipelago 1,000 km from Lisbon. Perhaps Zarco knew precisely where he was heading, having learned of the existence of Madeira from a Castilian source. After all, the waters of the Canary Islands, only 445 km (275 miles) to the south, had occupied busy shipping lanes for very nearly a century, and Genovese maps from the mid-14th century depict both Madeira and Porto Santo. More likely, Zarco was heading for Guinea and storms forced him onto the beach of Porto Santo. If so, then he was extremely fortunate, for he managed to land on the only large, sandy beach for hundreds of miles around. Little wonder he subsequently named it Porto Santo (Holy Port). The following year Zarco returned to claim the larger island he had seen from Porto Santo, and with him went Tristão Vaz Teixeira and Bartolomeu Perestrelo. They officially became the first men to set foot on the heavily forested island, naming it Ilha da Madeira, "Island of Timber. " The Portuguese Crown, delighted with its first important discovery, immediately embarked on a program of colonization. Zarco and Teixeira were appointed co-governors of Madeira, while Perestrelo was awarded Porto Santo. <sep>When Zarco first landed on the volcanic archipelago, had he landed on what he later named "Madeira"?<sep>The beach of Porto Santo
Yes
What a time of it Dawson's Landing was having! All its life it had been asleep, but now it hardly got a chance for a nod, so swiftly did big events and crashing surprises come along in one another's wake: Friday morning, first glimpse of Real Nobility, also grand reception at Aunt Patsy Cooper's, also great robber raid; Friday evening, dramatic kicking of the heir of the chief citizen in presence of four hundred people; Saturday morning, emergence as practicing lawyer of the long-submerged Pudd'nhead Wilson; Saturday night, duel between chief citizen and titled stranger. The people took more pride in the duel than in all the other events put together, perhaps. It was a glory to their town to have such a thing happen there. In their eyes the principals had reached the summit of human honor. Everybody paid homage to their names; their praises were in all mouths. Even the duelists' subordinates came in for a handsome share of the public approbation: wherefore Pudd'nhead Wilson was suddenly become a man of consequence. When asked to run for the mayoralty Saturday night, he was risking defeat, but Sunday morning found him a made man and his success assured. <sep>On what day did the event happen that the most people took pride it?<sep>Friday evening
No
Abrasion is another type of weathering. Like ice wedging, it is a form of mechanical weathering. Like ice wedging, abrasion does not change the rock into another type of rock. With abrasion, one rock or piece of sediment bumps against another rock. Rocks dont normally roll around on their own, so why do they move? There are a couple of reasons a rock may move. Gravity can cause rocks to move. They may roll downhill or fall off a cliff. As they roll down a hill, they bump into each other. Maybe a moving rock hits a rock that is not moving at the bottom of the hill. Moving water causes rocks and sediment to move. Rocks are bounced along the bottom and bump against one another. As they collide, they begin to chip away at each other. Angular rocks become more rounded with each collision. Strong winds cause abrasion. The wind carries sediment. This sediment is thrown against other rocky surfaces by the wind. It is like sand-blasting a rock. <sep>What are two types of weathering?<sep>Ice wedging and abrasion
| Yes
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input question: Given the following passage "In northern Galicia, the A Coruña-Ferrol metropolitan area has become increasingly dominant in terms of population. The population of the city of A Coruña in 1900 was 43,971. The population of the rest of the province including the City and Naval Station of nearby Ferrol and Santiago de Compostela was 653,556. A Coruña's growth occurred after the Spanish Civil War at the same speed as other major Galician cities, but it was the arrival of democracy in Spain after the death of Francisco Franco when A Coruña left all the other Galician cities behind.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: When did A Coruna begin to grow????
output answer: after the Spanish Civil War
input question: Given the following passage "On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed by a fertilizer bomb manufactured and detonated by Timothy McVeigh. The blast and catastrophic collapse killed 168 people and injured over 680. The blast shockwave destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a 340-meter radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, causing at least an estimated $652 million worth of damage. The main suspect- Timothy McVeigh, was executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001. It was the deadliest single domestic terrorist attack in US history, prior to 9/11.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What caused the windows to break????
output answer: blast shockwave
input question: Given the following passage "Everton were founder members of the Premier League in 1992, but struggled to find the right manager. Howard Kendall had returned in 1990 but could not repeat his previous success, while his successor, Mike Walker, was statistically the least successful Everton manager to date. When former Everton player Joe Royle took over in 1994 the club's form started to improve; his first game in charge was a 2–0 victory over derby rivals Liverpool. Royle dragged Everton clear of relegation, leading the club to the FA Cup for the fifth time in its history, defeating Manchester United 1–0 in the final.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Who did well at first, but not later????
output answer: Howard Kendall
input question: Given the following passage "When the Emancipation Proclamation was announced, Tennessee was mostly held by Union forces. Thus, Tennessee was not among the states enumerated in the Proclamation, and the Proclamation did not free any slaves there. Nonetheless, enslaved African Americans escaped to Union lines to gain freedom without waiting for official action. Old and young, men, women and children camped near Union troops. Thousands of former slaves ended up fighting on the Union side, nearly 200,000 in total across the South.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What did Union forces have????
output answer: | Tennessee |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Listen closely and you'll hear squeals of disgust from a watchdog group tracking congressional pork in the nation's capital. Research on swine odor is one of the projects listed in the "Pig Book," released Tuesday. Citizens Against Government Waste is out with its annual "Pig Book" -- a list of lawmakers whom the group considers the most egregious porkers, members of the House and Senate who use the earmarking process to funnel money to projects on their home turf. Fittingly perhaps, the list includes nearly $1.8 million for swine odor and manure management research in Iowa. "In fiscal year 2009, Congress stuffed 10,160 projects into the 12 appropriations bills worth $19.6 billion," the group said in a report released Tuesday. The amount marks a 14 percent increase over 2008.
"Despite repeated claims by members of Congress that earmarks have been reduced, the | Pig Book belies that claim." |
Please answer this: Given the following passage "Richard Hurd believed that Burke's imitation was near-perfect and that this defeated his purpose: an ironist "should take care by a constant exaggeration to make the ridicule shine through the Imitation. Whereas this Vindication is everywhere enforc'd, not only in the language, and on the principles of L. Bol., but with so apparent, or rather so real an earnestness, that half his purpose is sacrificed to the other". A minority of scholars have taken the position that, in fact, Burke did write the Vindication in earnest, later disowning it only for political reasons.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What is the main point of the passage?
++++++++
Answer: Richard Hurd believed that Burke's imitation was near-perfect and that this defeated his purpose: an ironist "should take care by a constant exaggeration to make the ridicule shine through the Imitation
Problem: Given the following passage "Given the potential consequences, engaging in sexual behavior is somewhat risky, particularly for adolescents. Having unprotected sex, using poor birth control methods (e.g. withdrawal), having multiple sexual partners, and poor communication are some aspects of sexual behavior that increase individual and/or social risk. Some qualities of adolescents' lives that are often correlated with risky sexual behavior include higher rates of experienced abuse, lower rates of parental support and monitoring. Adolescence is also commonly a time of questioning sexuality and gender. This may involve intimate experimentation with people identifying as the same gender as well as with people of differing genders. Such exploratory sexual behavior can be seen as similar to other aspects of identity, including the exploration of vocational, social, and leisure identity, all of which involve some risk.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What amount of sexual partners is considered risky?
A: multiple
Problem: Given the question: Given the following passage "Due to recording mastering and manufacturing limitations, both high and low frequencies were removed from the first recorded signals by various formulae. With low frequencies, the stylus must swing a long way from side to side, requiring the groove to be wide, taking up more space and limiting the playing time of the record. At high frequencies, hiss, pops, and ticks are significant. These problems can be reduced by using equalization to an agreed standard. During recording the amplitude of low frequencies is reduced, thus reducing the groove width required, and the amplitude at high frequencies is increased. The playback equipment boosts bass and cuts treble so as to restore the tonal balance in the original signal; this also reduces the high frequency noise. Thus more music will fit on the record, and noise is reduced.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: How can you keep sounds like pops from happening on your record?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The answer is:
using equalization to an agreed standard
input question: Given the following passage "From roughly 115 to 60 BC, Han forces fought the Xiongnu over control of the oasis city-states in the Tarim Basin. Han was eventually victorious and established the Protectorate of the Western Regions in 60 BC, which dealt with the region's defense and foreign affairs. The Han also expanded southward. The naval conquest of Nanyue in 111 BC expanded the Han realm into what are now modern Guangdong, Guangxi, and northern Vietnam. Yunnan was brought into the Han realm with the conquest of the Dian Kingdom in 109 BC, followed by parts of the Korean Peninsula with the colonial establishments of Xuantu Commandery and Lelang Commandery in 108 BC. In China's first known nationwide census taken in 2 AD, the population was registered as having 57,671,400 individuals in 12,366,470 households.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What BC year did Han forces begin fighting the Xiongnu in order to dominate the oasis city-states in the Tarim Basin????
output answer: 115
Given the following passage "With Burma preoccupied by the Chinese threat, Ayutthaya recovered its territories by 1770, and went on to capture Lan Na by 1776. Burma and Siam went to war until 1855, but all resulted in a stalemate, exchanging Tenasserim (to Burma) and Lan Na (to Ayutthaya). Faced with a powerful China and a resurgent Ayutthaya in the east, King Bodawpaya turned west, acquiring Arakan (1785), Manipur (1814) and Assam (1817). It was the second-largest empire in Burmese history but also one with a long ill-defined border with British India.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What was the name of the third territory acquired by Bodawpaya?
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Answer: Assam
Q: Given the following passage "According to a National Geographic article, the novel is so revered in Monroeville that people quote lines from it like Scripture; yet Harper Lee herself refused to attend any performances, because "she abhors anything that trades on the book's fame". To underscore this sentiment, Lee demanded that a book of recipes named Calpurnia's Cookbook not be published and sold out of the Monroe County Heritage Museum. David Lister in The Independent states that Lee's refusal to speak to reporters made them desire to interview her all the more, and her silence "makes Bob Dylan look like a media tart". Despite her discouragement, a rising number of tourists made to Monroeville a destination, hoping to see Lee's inspiration for the book, or Lee herself. Local residents call them "Mockingbird groupies", and although Lee was not reclusive, she refused publicity and interviews with an emphatic "Hell, no!"", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What is worshipped?
A: | novel |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example Input: Who, between Phillip Jackson and Vincent Harris, did NOT design the Gurkha Monument?, Context: The headquarters of the MoD are in Whitehall and are now known as Main Building. This structure is neoclassical in style and was originally built between 1938 and 1959 to designs by Vincent Harris to house the Air Ministry and the Board of Trade. The northern entrance in Horse Guards Avenue is flanked by two monumental statues, Earth and Water, by Charles Wheeler. Opposite stands the Gurkha Monument, sculpted by Philip Jackson and unveiled in 1997 by Queen Elizabeth II. Within it is the Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial, and nearby are memorials to the Fleet Air Arm and RAF (to its east, facing the riverside). A major refurbishment of the building was completed under a PFI contract by Skanska in 2004.
Example Output: Vincent Harris
Example Input: For what reason would it be easy to burn a chair?, Context: Wood has always been used extensively for furniture, such as chairs and beds. It is also used for tool handles and cutlery, such as chopsticks, toothpicks, and other utensils, like the wooden spoon.
Example Output: Wood
Example Input: Which casino closed in the same month as the Revel?, Context: In the wake of the United States' economic downturn and the legalization of gambling in adjacent and nearby states (including Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania), four casino closures took place in 2014: the Atlantic Club on January 13; the Showboat on August 31; the Revel, which was Atlantic City's second-newest casino, on September 2; and Trump Plaza, which originally opened in 1984, and was the poorest performing casino in the city, on September 16.
Example Output: | Trump Plaza
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James noticed that his penis was bigger. . How might he act toward his plastic surgeon?
Options:
- accidental
- detestable
- effusive
- enabled
- apathetic
Let's think now! Step-by-step reasoning: | James went to the plastic surgeon to get his penis bigger. James got what he want so he was filled with gratitude. Effusive means showing gratitude.
So, the final answer is effusive. |
People usually talk about two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. Scientists think that there are also two kinds of people: people who prefer warm colors and people who prefer cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colors and a lot of lights people usually want to be active. People think that red, for example, is exciting. Sociable people, those who like to be with others, like red. The cool colors are green, blue and violet. These colors, unlike warm colors, are relaxing. Where there are cool colors, people are usually quiet. People who like to spend time alone often prefer blue. Red may be exciting, but one scientist says that time seems to pass more slowly in a room with warm colors than in a room with cool colors. He says that a warm color, such as red or orange, is good color for a living room or restaurant. People who are resting or eating do not want time to pass quickly. Cool colors are better for offices or factories if the people who are working there want time to pass quickly. The best title of this passage should be _ . A) Warm Colors and Cool Colors B) People and Colors C) Sociable People Like Warm Colors D) Places and Colors
B
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One day a man saw a lady on the road. Her car broke down and she needed help. The man stopped his car and said: "I'm here to help you. You can call me Bryan Anderson." After he fixed the car, the lady wanted to pay him. But Bryan said no. He said if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the help he or she needed. A few miles down the road the lady went into a small cafe. The waitress came over. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant , but she never let it change her attitude when she served her. The lady finished her meal and paid with a $100 bill. The waitress went to get the change. When she came back, she found the lady had gone and left a note on a piece of paper: "You don't owe me anything. Somebody once helped me the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let the love end with you." Under the paper were four more $100 bills. The waitress was moved. She really needed the money, as the baby would soon arrive. Then she called her husband: "Everything will be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson." What does the writer want to tell us with this story? A) The best way to pay back kindness is to pass it on. B) The best way to make friends is to help him or her. C) Everybody should be ready to give a helping hand. D) Everybody should know how to help others in the right way.
A
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A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent sixty-six days in a life-raft in the seas of Central America after their boat sank. Twenty-one days after they left Panama in their boat, Simony, they met some whales. "They started to hit the side of the boat," said Bill, "and then suddenly we heard water." Two minutes later, the boat was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under the water. For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking water -- two things which saved their lives. They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw . Then the line broke. "So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some sharks came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my hands." About twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. After fifty days at sea their life-raft was beginning to break up. Then suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and picked them up. They couldn't stand up. So the captain carried them onto his boat and took them to Costa Rica. Their two months at sea was over. The whales hit the side of the boat, and then _ . A) they brought in a lot of water B) they broke the side of the boat C) they pulled the boat D) they went under the water
A
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Valentine's Day is on February 14th every year. On this day, people send valentines to their loved ones. Valentine's Day is a special time to tell how much you care about a person. Many people send candy in hearted shaped boxes to people they love. Flowers are also presents that people send on Valentine's Day. Valentine cards with words are often used by many people. Can you guess who gets the greatest number of Valentine cards in the USA each year? Is It mother or father, sister or brother? Is it uncle or aunt? Is it the special friend? No, it isn't! Mothers get a lot of cards, but school teachers get the most each year. Do you know who sends the most? Children do. Children send five times as many on February 14 th as adults do. We can know from the passage that Valentines refer to A) mothers and fathers B) cards, flowers, candy and so on C) teachers and students D) uncles and aunts
| B
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
WELCOME to MacCamelot. King Arthur was a Scottish, pre-Christian warlord whose remains are buried on Iona, according to a new book by a Scots historian.
Author Adam Ardrey claims that instead of the romantic English king of legend who lived at Camelot – which is often said to be Tintagel in Cornwall or in Wales – Arthur was actually Arthur Mac Aedan, the sixth-century son of an ancient King of Scotland, whose Camelot was a marsh in Argyll.
He also suggests that Arthur pulled the sword Excalibur from a stone at Dunadd near Kilmartin, died near Falkirk and was buried on the Hebridean island of Iona, which he declares to be Avalon.
Ardrey, an amateur historian who works as an advocate in Edinburgh and previously wrote a book claiming Merlin the wizard was actually a politician who lived in the Partick area of Glasgow, spent years investigating his theories and says that they can be proved “beyond reasonable doubt”. The assertions in his book Finding Arthur: The True Origins Of The Once And Future King are strengthened by the discovery in 2011 of what some experts believe is King Arthur’s round table in the grounds of Stirling Castle.
Ardrey says he not only believes Arthur is buried in Iona but would love to see the site excavated to look for proof.
“The legendary Arthur is said to be buried in an island in the western seas – Avalon – but in the south of Britain there are no islands in the western seas,” he says.
“Iona fits all the criteria. It’s an island where hundreds of kings were buried. Some say 128. Other members of Arthur Mac Aedan’s family were buried there too. I say Arthur was also buried there.”
Ardrey states that Camelot is a nondescript marshy area north of Dunadd, an ancient hill fort in Argyll, where the sword in the stone “scene” was enacted.
He believes that the number of connections between Argyll and Arthur are so numerous that he has met Argyll and Bute Council several times in the hope of establishing an Arthur tourist trail in the area.
A spokesperson for the council said: “Argyll and Bute’s rich and varied cultural history attracts many admirers and Dr Ardrey’s books are an example of that. The council has not entered into any agreement with Dr Ardrey.”
He said that he also believes Arthur’s 12 battles were fought on different sites across Scotland, including Stow in the Borders, where he says the Battle of Guinnion took place, and the Battle of the City of the Legions, which he says was fought on the site of the Roman fort of Trimontium in Melrose.
“The litmus test for Arthur is the 12 battles and the battle list,” he said. “I was able to identify all of them geographically, as well as historically place them in context. Six of them are even in a straight line. Everything fits into context.”
He also asserts that the Battle of Camlann, at which Arthur was believed to have been killed, was fought at Camelon, near Falkirk, just 12 miles south of Stirling and the Round Table.
The legend of Arthur developed in the Middle Ages largely through the popularity of Historia Regum Britanniae, a 12th-century text written by Geoffrey of Monmouth that related his story in fanciful and mythical terms.
Many historians have attempted to link Arthur with Cornwall and Tintagel Castle, and in 1998 an ancient stone bearing a sixth-century inscription similar to the name Arthur was unearthed at the castle, the mythical birthplace of the legendary king.
It was hoped that the discovery could prove that King Arthur had his headquarters at the site of the ruined castle on the north coast of Cornwall, but the findings – of a piece of slate inscribed with the name Artognov – Latin for the English name Arthnou – remained inconclusive.
However, in 2011 it was believed that Arthur’s Round Table may have been unearthed by Glasgow University archaeologists investigating the King’s Knot in the grounds of Stirling Castle.
The book also asserts that Arthur became the victim of an establishment conspiracy which was determined to recast him as an English Christian hero.
It also claims that, as a Scottish man of the druidic “Old Way”, he was the last of his kind holding out against a zealous Christian onslaught.
“I am hoping the book provokes debate and discussion,” said Ardrey. “But if I’m right, then 100 years of British history needs to be rewritten.”
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THERE are few stories more English than the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table.
From pulling the sword Excalibur from the stone to fighting Saxon invaders, Arthur’s tales have been captured by countless books, films and TV shows.
But now an amateur historian believes he has uncovered conclusive evidence that the brave warrior wasn’t an English hero – but the son of a Scots king.
In his book Finding Arthur: The True Origins of the Once and Future King, Adam Ardrey argues the legend is based on sixth-century Arthur MacAedan – and that all of the key events happened north of the Border.
Adam, of Bothwell, Lanarkshire, said: “All of this began when I was researching my family tree.
“Ardrey is an unusual name and I found it was connected to the very first reference to Merlin, which had him fighting at the Battle of Arddreyd in 573.”
The father of three went on to write a book claiming that Merlin wasn’t a wizard but a politician who lived in Glasgow’s Partick, where a cul-de-sac called Ardery Street exists.
Now he’s carried on his research using texts dating back to the sixth century to show that Arthur was also a Scot – and that the story of Excalibur can be traced back to the year 573 and Dunadd hill fort in Argyll, where a footprint is carved into the rock.
Adam said: “Arthur was there at the inauguration of his father Aedan as King of Scots and by my account Arthur was his father’s next-in-line.
“What you did was put your foot into the footprint to symbolise your connection with the land.
“Arthur put his foot into the footprint and was given a sword to hold. When he stepped out of the footprint with the sword, he laid a historical foundation upon which, hundreds of years later, entertainers gave us the magical story of the sword in the stone.
“You could say it was ‘sexed up’ for commercial reasons.”
The 58-year-old advocate argues many of the fantastical elements of the story of Arthur and his knights, including Lancelot, were added later to make it more entertaining.
And he says the adventures were relocated to England as it suited the storytellers of the time.
Adam believes he has identified each of the 12 battles fought by Arthur, placing them all on Scottish soil.
He said: “The first six are in a straight line and the next four are all between Stirling and Berwick.
“The battle in which Arthur died, the Battle of Camlann, took place at Camelon, near Falkirk.
“The battlefield is underneath what is now the coach firm Alexander Dennis.”
Adam also points to investigations carried out at Stirling Castle two years ago by archaeologists, who uncovered what they believe to be King Arthur’s Round Table in the castle grounds.
(Photo: Daily Record)
He is now hoping that his research could offer a boost to Scottish tourism.
Adam said: “For very little outlay, we could create an Arthurian trail that would run from the River Teviot in the Borders to Edinburgh and Arthur’s Seat, through to Glasgow, where Merlin was born, to Hamilton, Perth, Stirling, Argyll, Oban and out to Iona.”
Adam said: “The 2004 film King Arthur with Clive Owen and Keira Knightley was the first to place Arthur in Scotland.
“That was because the internet was available, so the screenwriters could do their own research, and they realised the story was set in the north.
“Before, all that screenwriters had was Oxford and Cambridge professors telling them the story was set in the south.”
But Adam is well aware he faces an uphill battle to convince academics and other enthusiasts to accept his theories.
He said: “With one or two exceptions, it’s been very difficult to get professional historians to actually engage with me.”
* Finding Arthur: The True Origins of the Once and Future King by Adam Ardrey is out now, published by Duckworth, priced £18.99. |||||
| Scotland may have a new, ancient celebrity to call its own, according to an amateur historian. In a new book, Adam Ardrey claims King Arthur was actually Arthur Mac Aedan, the son of a Scottish king, whose "Camelot" was not Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, but a Scottish marsh—and that he pulled Excalibur from a stone in the same area in Argyll. That's not all: Ardrey tells the Scotsman he's identified all 12 of Arthur's battle sites around Scotland, including where he died—near Falkirk, 12 miles from where his round table has supposedly been found—and the spot he was buried, on the island of Iona. "The legendary Arthur is said to be buried in an island in the western seas—Avalon—but in the south of Britain there are no islands in the western seas," Ardrey says. "Iona fits all the criteria. It's an island where hundreds of kings were buried. Some say 128. Other members of Arthur Mac Aedan's family were buried there too." Now he wants the site dug up to look for proof, but in the meantime, "I am hoping the book provokes debate and discussion," Ardrey says. "But if I'm right, then 100 years of British history needs to be rewritten." In a previous book, Ardrey claims the "wizard" Merlin of Arthur lore was actually a politician from Glasgow, the Scottish Daily Record reports. (Meanwhile, another historical king may soon be dug up in England.) |
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