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Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles Anglo-Normandes or Îles de la Manche) are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and some smaller islands. They are considered the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy and, although they are not part of the United Kingdom, the UK is responsible for the defence and international relations of the islands. The Crown dependencies are not members of the Commonwealth of Nations or of the European Union. They have a total population of about 164,541, and the bailiwicks' capitals, Saint Helier and Saint Peter Port, have populations of 33,500 and 16,488, respectively. The total area of the islands is 198 km.
Output: | are the channel islands part of the united kingdom? |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
Dalaal is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language feature film directed by Partho Ghosh for producer Prakash Mehra starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka and Raj Babbar as villain after a long gap. The film fetched good initial collection primarily due to the Super hit songs composed by Bappi Lahiri. It was the eighth highest grossing Bollywood film of 1993.
Sentence: The film fetched good initial collection primarily due to the Super hit songs composed by Bappi Lahiri who also fell in love with the film | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Given that we already know the tragic outcome of Amy Winehouse's story, the trailer for the upcoming documentary about the late singer's life is particularly heartbreaking.
Showing intensely personal footage of the British star who passed away at just 27 years old in 2011 from alcohol poisoning, the trailer for Amy focuses on her love for music and the media frenzy constantly surrounding her. Set to her hit, "Back to Black," it shows the extreme highs and lows of her life, including her GRAMMY-winning moments and her famously toxic relationship with ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
"I fell in love with someone I would have died for," Amy says. "And that's like a real drug isn't it?"
"I'm not a girl trying to be a star," she also muses. "I'm just a girl that sings."
PHOTOS: Remembering Amy Winehouse
The highly anticipated documentary debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews.
"Whether he [director Asif Kapadia] has or hasn't captured the true essence of the singer may require further debate, but what's beyond question is that Amy is an extraordinary, powerful work," Indiewire writes.
Meanwhile, the Guardian calls the documentary "a tragic masterpiece." "It is an overwhelming story, and despite everyone knowing the ending, it is as gripping as a thriller: Kapadia has fashioned and shaped it with masterly flair."
But the film is of course, not without controversy. Reg Traviss, Amy's partner at the time of her death, recently slammed the doc in an essay for the Telegraph.
"Amy was a real person, and what the documentary makers have done -- like so many others before them -- is effectively attack her," he writes. "They claimed to have made a serious, unbiased documentary that presents an honest depiction of Amy. Instead, they have taken her name and exploited her talent for their own ends, without taking the responsibility of reflecting the true person that she was."
Amy's father Mitch, who is portrayed in the doc in an unflattering light, has also distanced himself from the film, though the family initially gave their blessing.
"They feel that the film is a missed opportunity to celebrate her life and talent and that it is both misleading and contains some basic untruths," the Winehouse family said in a statement last month via the Guardian. "There are specific allegations made against family and management that are unfounded and unbalanced."
Amy is due to hit theaters in July.
PHOTOS: Stars We've Tragically Lost in Recent Years
Last November, Jennifer Lawrence told David Letterman during her appearance on the Late Show that she's always had a "tone deaf Amy Winehouse voice." Watch below:
Related Gallery ||||| While fans of Amy Winehouse are celebrating last night's Oscar win for Asif Kapadia's acclaimed documentary about the late singer’s life, at least one member of Amy’s family won't be cheering: her father Mitch Winehouse.
The London cab driver, who has in the past been critical of the warts-and-all portrayal of his daughter, took to Twitter on Monday to denounce the film’s victory. He called it a “negative, spiteful and misleading” depiction of the Back to Black singer, who died in July 2011.
“Always proud of my baby. Amy will not get an Oscar though,” he wrote. “Just Asif Kapadia. That is what this is all about... Asif. He's fooled everybody.”
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The star’s father added: “I am not changing my stance just because film won Oscar. It’s a negative, spiteful and misleading portrayal of Amy. We will fix this.”
Kapadia’s moving film takes an unflinching look at Amy’s rise to fame, as well as her growing reliance on drugs and alcohol—which ultimately led to her death. The documentary combines old home footage of the singer with interviews with friends and family.
Mitch initially backed the project, having been impressed with Kapadia’s BAFTA-winning 2010 documentary Senna. But he soon changed his mind after seeing the finished product, feeling the film vilified him.
It seems Mitch still has plans to produce his own project portraying Amy’s rise and fall in a more favorable light.
He first announced the proposed biopic last July and tweeted last week: “My friends. This film [ Amy ] will not be the defining image of Amy. We are already working on other projects. I can't say more at this stage.”
For now, however, the spotlight shines on Kapadia’s Best Documentary winner, which holds the title for second-highest-grossing documentary at the British box office.
The filmmaker’s victory comes after his surprise snub from the Best Documentary category at the 2012 Oscars for his equally lauded film about Formula One driver Ayrton Senna. ||||| | If you thought Mitch Winehouse would be celebrating the Oscar win for Amy, the documentary about his daughter, think again. Winehouse has decried the biopic in the past, Newsweek reports, and on Monday he was at it again. "Always proud of my baby. Amy will not get an [O]scar though. Just Asif Kapadia [the documentary's director]. That is what this is all about...Asif. He's fooled everybody," Winehouse tweeted, adding, "I am not changing my stance just because film won Oscar. It's a negative, spiteful and misleading portrayal of Amy. We will fix this." Mitch Winehouse initially supported the project, Newsweek notes. But after watching the film—which doesn't shy away from portraying Amy Winehouse's descent into drug and alcohol addiction—Mitch changed his tune, complaining that the film "vilifies" him and presents his daughter unfavorably. Mitch appears to be implying he's planning his own, more flattering biopic, a project he first announced last July. "This film will not be the defining image of Amy," Mitch tweeted last week about Amy. "We are already working on other projects. I can't say more at this stage." (Click to watch Amy's haunting trailer.) |
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.
Q: These " transfer " laws may have a " sunset clause " .
A: | This " transfer " legislation may have a " sunset clause " , a legislative provision that nullifies the transfer of power after a specified period , at which point the original division of power is restored . |
Teacher: 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.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
This list contains the top 25 accounts with the most followers on the social photo-sharing platform Instagram. As of May 2018, the most followed user is Instagram's own account, with over 235 million followers. Selena Gomez is the most followed individual, with over 137 million followers. Ten accounts have exceeded 100 million followers on the site.
Solution: who has the maximum number of followers on instagram
Reason: The answer is talking about the Instagram accounts that have the most followers. The question asking about the maximum number of followers. So this is a good example.
Now, solve this instance: Buenos Aires (/ ˌbweɪnəs ˈɛəriːz / or /-ˈaɪrɪs /; Spanish pronunciation: (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes)) is the capital and most populous city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast. 'Buenos Aires' can be translated as 'fair winds' or 'good airs', but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name 'Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre'. The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of around 17 million.
Student: | where is buenos aires located on a world map |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to organize a small office or guest room
Measure from floor to ceiling and back again!
Don't buy a desk, file cabinet, bookcase or bed without comparing sizes. A big mistake many folks make is buying something they like, bringing it home, and then finding out the object is taking up too much of the room.
Go up, not out. | This is critical to utilizing your space. A desk just deep enough for the computer with lots of shelves going up towards the ceiling to hold cd's, books, etc. |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Ex Input:
We were cornered in a sort of way already. But these butchers up the cavern had been surprised, they were probably scared, and they had no special weapons, only those little hatchets of theirs. And that way lay escape. Their sturdy little forms--ever so much shorter and thicker than the mooncalf herds--were scattered up the slope in a way that was eloquent of indecision. I had the moral advantage of a mad bull in a street. But for all that, there seemed a tremendous crowd of them. Very probably there was. Those Selenites down the cleft had certainly some infernally long spears. It might be they had other surprises for us.... But, confound it! if we charged up the cave we should let them up behind us, and if we didn't those little brutes up the cave would probably get reinforced. Heaven alone knew what tremendous engines of warfare--guns, bombs, terrestrial torpedoes--this unknown world below our feet, this vaster world of which we had only pricked the outer cuticle, might not presently send up to our destruction. It became clear the only thing to do was to charge! It became clearer as the legs of a number of fresh Selenites appeared running down the cavern towards us. <sep>Where are the Selenites in relation to the narrator?<sep>Beneath
Ex Output:
No
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The Glory of Melaka: In the early days, if you were not a pirate or a mosquito, Melaka was not much of a place to live. The land was infertile, just a swampy plain, the river small and sluggish. But it had a sheltered harbor, protected from the monsoons by neighboring Sumatra. Later, the strategic location and deep-water channel close to the coast brought in the bigger vessels of the trade-wind traffic crossing the Indian Ocean. The first to realize the larger commercial potential, as so often throughout the country's subsequent history, were the Chinese. In 1409, under a new directive from Emperor Chu Ti to pursue trade in the South Seas and the Indian Ocean, a Chinese fleet of 50 ships headed by Admiral Cheng Ho called in at Melaka. They made Parameswara an offer he could not refuse: port facilities and an annual financial tribute in exchange for Chinese protection against the marauding Thais. In 1411, Parameswara took the money to Beijing himself, and the emperor gratefully made him a vassal king. Twenty years later, the Chinese withdrew again from the South Seas trade. The new ruler of Melaka, Sri Maharajah, switched his allegiance to the Muslim trading fraternity by marrying into the Muslim faith, wedding the daughter of a sultan in Sumatra. Islam won its place in Malaya not by conquest — as had been the case in North Africa and Europe — but by trade, dynastic alliances, and peaceful preaching. Bengali peddlers had already brought the faith to the east coast. In Melaka and throughout the peninsula, Islam thrived as a strong, male-dominated religion of individuality, offering dynamic leadership and preaching brotherhood and self-reliance — all qualities ideally suited to the coastal trade. At the same time, Sufi mystics synthesized Islamic teaching with local Malay traditions of animistic magic and charisma, though Islam did not become the state religion until Muzaffar Shah became sultan of Melaka (1446–1459). But the key figure in the sultanate was Tun Perak, bendahara (prime minister) and military commander. He expanded Melaka's power along the west coast and down to Singapore and the neighboring Bintan islands. He also had orang laut pirates patrolling the seas to extort tribute from passing ships. After Ailied district chiefs had repelled assaults from Thai-controlled armies from Pahang, Tun Perak personally led a famous victory over a Thai fleet off Batu Pahat in 1456. <sep>What bodies of water were named in the story?<sep>Sumatra
Ex Output:
No
Ex Input:
Alexander the Great's accomplishments and legacy have been depicted in many cultures. Alexander has figured in both high and popular culture beginning in his own era to the present day. The Alexander Romance, in particular, has had a significant impact on portrayals of Alexander in later cultures, from Persian to medieval European to modern Greek. Alexander may already have considered himself as the "King of Asia" after his victory at Issos, a conception strengthened by his subsequent successes. The conception might have inspired the title given to Alexander in Babylonian documents, "king of the world (since "king of Asia" had no meaning in Babylonian geography). It might also be alluded in the sarcastic comments by Anaxarchus, trying to rouse Alexander after the murder of Cleitus. or in the orator Demades' comments that if Alexander were dead, "The whole world would stink of his corpse". Alexander is called "kosmokrator", ruler of the world, in the later Alexander Romance. Alexander features prominently in modern Greek folklore, more so than any other ancient figure. The colloquial form of his name in modern Greek ("O Megalexandros") is a household name, and he is the only ancient hero to appear in the Karagiozis shadow play. One well-known fable among Greek seamen involves a solitary mermaid who would grasp a ship's prow during a storm and ask the captain "Is King Alexander alive?". The correct answer is "He is alive and well and rules the world!", causing the mermaid to vanish and the sea to calm. Any other answer would cause the mermaid to turn into a raging Gorgon who would drag the ship to the bottom of the sea, all hands aboard. <sep>In these cultures, with what title is he most often referred?<sep>King of Asia or King of the World
Ex Output:
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
In remarks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony here on Wednesday, Gov. George E. Pataki said he expected the facility to generate thousands more jobs in the Hudson Valley area for contractors and suppliers catering to the factory. He praised IBM for being "a critical partner in our economic development efforts" in New York state. In a brief speech, Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM's chief executive, emphasized that it was important to make long-term investments despite the current slump in the technology business. "To play to win in technology, you innovate and you lead," he said. But manufacturing technology products is a costly and cyclical business. In June, IBM announced that it was taking a charge of more than $2 billion against earnings. The largest single reasons for the charge were the cost of getting out of the business of manufacturing hard disks for storage, which it sold to Hitachi, and closing down some of its older semiconductor operations. But Kelly said the demand for advanced chips, like those produced at IBM's facility in Burlington, Vt., is strong. "I need more capacity in that end of the market," he said, "and this is factory is critical to meeting that growing demand." If IBM has miscalculated the demand, it will suffer badly as both the high operating costs and depreciation on the huge capital investment for the East Fishkill factory drag down earnings. But industry analysts said the plant should be insulated from a falloff in one or a few segments of the semiconductor market. <sep>What comments did IBM CEO make at Wednesday's ribbon cutting ceremony?<sep>"a critical partner in our economic development efforts" | No |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:An unopened bottle of Coffee-Mate can last up to two years with no refrigeration and can stay fresh for two weeks once it is opened. The product is popular in offices where refrigeration may not be available. Non-dairy creamer can be used by individuals who are lactose-intolerant. Once opened, liquid non-dairy creamer should be refrigerated.
Solution: | does liquid coffee mate have to be refrigerated? |
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In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
question:
What is used in the article as a shorter way to say The University of Kansas?, Context: The University of Kansas School of Business is a public business school located on the main campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The KU School of Business was founded in 1924 and currently has more than 80 faculty members and approximately 1500 students.
answer:
KU
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Who, based on the evidence given, is oldest: John Elway or Peyton Manning?, Context: Peyton Manning became the first quarterback ever to lead two different teams to multiple Super Bowls. He is also the oldest quarterback ever to play in a Super Bowl at age 39. The past record was held by John Elway, who led the Broncos to victory in Super Bowl XXXIII at age 38 and is currently Denver's Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager.
answer:
John Elway
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What does the M in "MoU" stand for?, Context: In June 2009, many of the world's largest mobile phone manufacturers signed an EC-sponsored Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), agreeing to make most data-enabled mobile phones marketed in the European Union compatible with a common External Power Supply (EPS). The EU's common EPS specification (EN 62684:2010) references the USB Battery Charging standard and is similar to the GSMA/OMTP and Chinese charging solutions. In January 2011, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) released its version of the (EU's) common EPS standard as IEC 62684:2011.
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Definition: 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: The magnetic field of the Earth , and of other planets that have magnetic fields , is caused by dynamo action of molten iron in the planetary core .
Output: | The magnetic field of the Earth , and of other planets that have magnetic fields , is generated by dynamo action in which convection of molten iron in the planetary core generates electric currents which in turn give rise to magnetic fields . |
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: Washington (/ ˈwɒʃɪŋtən / (listen)), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named after George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, which is often shortened to Washington.
A: | who was the state of washington named after |
Detailed 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.
See one example below:
Problem: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Solution: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Problem: Each group of bivalves tends to have distinctive hinge teeth .
Solution: | Each related group of bivalves tends to have distinctive hinge teeth , and because of this , examining the arrangement of the hinge teeth in a bivalve shell is often essential for identification and classification . |
Q: 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.
One of the things Avedon is distinguished by as a photographer is his large prints, sometimes measuring over three feet in height. His large-format portrait work of drifters, miners, cowboys and others from the western United States became a best-selling book and traveling exhibit entitled In the American West, and is regarded as an important hallmark in 20th century portrait photography, and by some as Avedon's magnum opus.
A: | who is the first photographer that is discussed in the reading from his in the american west series |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to care for a saint bernard
Start training early.
Saint bernards are intelligent and eager to please, but they can also be stubborn and immature. Their massive size means that bad behaviors like jumping on people can have serious consequences, so it's important to start training while your saint is a manageably sized and pliable puppy.
A: You should also start socializing at a very young age. Take your new pup to the dog park and introduce it to all your friends and family in order to make them easygoing and friendly.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
Two men are on a rooftop cleaning the red roof with soap. People are walking on the rooftop in the right part of the building. people
A: are in a rooftop walking and cleaning.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to let someone down gently
Choose an appropriate time and place.
If you want to let someone down easy, timing and location matter. If you're seeking to let someone down in an empathetic matter, take some time to consider the proper location and timeframe to talk to them.
A: Face-to-face is ideal for difficult conversations. Humans evolved to pick up on non-verbal cues and signals that are reassuring during difficult conversations.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to reformat a laptop
Back up your hard drive.
Reformatting your laptop will cause you to lose all of your information so it is recommended that you back up your hard drive on an external hard drive, cds, or dvds if you wish to keep it.
Determine which method of restoration is provided by the manufacturer.
A: | If you received a set of installation cds with your machine, then use this. If you did not, your computer may have a restore partition set up, which means you will need to employ a different method. |
Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R.R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, A Game of Thrones, in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who initially envisioned the series as a trilogy, has published five out of a planned seven volumes. The fifth and most recent volume of the series published in 2011, A Dance with Dragons, took Martin six years to write. He is still writing the sixth novel, The Winds of Winter.
Output: | is the game of thrones book series over? |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Let me give you an example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
The answer to this example can be: Russian Revolution
Here is why: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
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Which happened earlier, the University of Chicago reached the Sweet Sixteen or the university chose to withdraw from the conference?, Context: The Maroons compete in the NCAA's Division III as members of the University Athletic Association (UAA). The university was a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and participated in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball and Football and was a regular participant in the Men's Basketball tournament. In 1935, the University of Chicago reached the Sweet Sixteen. In 1935, Chicago Maroons football player Jay Berwanger became the first winner of the Heisman Trophy. However, the university chose to withdraw from the conference in 1946 after University President Robert Maynard Hutchins de-emphasized varsity athletics in 1939 and dropped football. (In 1969, Chicago reinstated football as a Division III team, resuming playing its home games at the new Stagg Field.)
Answer: | the University of Chicago reached the Sweet Sixteen |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
tagging is a tool for?, Context: Sometimes, poly-sided matches that pit every one for themselves will incorporate tagging rules. Outside of kayfabe, this is done to give wrestlers a break from the action (as these matches tend to go on for long periods of time), and to make the action in the ring easier to choreograph. One of the most mainstream examples of this is the four-corner match, the most common type of match in the WWE before it was replaced with its equivalent fatal four-way; four wrestlers, each for themselves, fight in a match, but only two wrestlers can be in the match at any given time. The other two are positioned in the corner, and tags can be made between any two wrestlers.
Output: | wrestlers |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
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.
A renewable resource is a resource which can be used repeatedly and replaced naturally .
Output: | A renewable resource is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption , either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale . |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
As he nears a presidential decision, Gov. Christie's approval rating at home has fallen to 30 percent in a new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll.
As he nears a presidential decision, Gov. Christie’s approval rating at home has fallen to 30 percent in a new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll. The poll, released Tuesday, found 55 percent of New Jersey registered voters disapproved of Christie. The ratings represent a drop since April, when 36 percent of voters approved and 50 percent disapproved. Another gap grew on the question of whether voters like both the Republican governor and his policies. While 24 percent said they did, 39 percent disliked both, the widest gulf the poll has recorded. In February, 29 percent liked both Christie and his policies, and 35 percent disliked both. Forty-two percent of voters said they liked Christie less than when he took office in 2010, while 13 percent liked him more. The poll found 41 percent of voters unchanged in their opinion.
“The good news is that none of his potential presidential opponents have emerged with a decisive lead yet,” said Krista Jenkins, professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson and director of PublicMind. “The bad news is that he is the governor in a state where a sizable majority give a thumbs down to his leadership.”
Jenkins noted the ratings found broad dissatisfaction with New Jersey’s leadership. The poll found 24 percent of voters approved of the state Legislature, and 44 percent disapproved.
Christie's approval rating, which peaked in the 70s in the PublicMind poll following Hurricane Sandy in late 2012, dropped in the wake of the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal in January 2014. It stayed in the 40s in the PublicMind poll before sliding into the 30s earlier this year.
The governor's predecessor, Democrat Jon Corzine, left office in January 2010 with a 33 percent approval rating in the PublicMind poll and 58 percent disapproval.
The poll released Tuesday of 792 self-identified registered voters was conducted June 15-21 and has a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points. ||||| In anticipation, Christie has been furiously hopscotching the country in recent weeks. | Getty 2016 Chris Christie to announce 2016 bid as early as next week
Chris Christie is in the final stages of preparing his 2016 presidential bid, with a formal announcement possible as soon as next week, according to several sources familiar with the discussions.
The New Jersey governor’s planning has intensified in recent days. On Monday, his campaign-in-waiting announced that he’d hired two additional staffers in New Hampshire, a state seen as critical to his White House hopes. Earlier this month, Maria Comella, a longtime Christie aide, departed the governor’s official office to take a senior position at his political action committee.
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A Christie spokeswoman, Samantha Smith, declined to comment. The governor’s aides have previously said that he isn’t likely to launch his presidential campaign until the New Jersey legislature finalizes the state budget — expected to be around the end of June.
The announcement will mark the latest chapter in a tumultuous political career. After defeating a Democratic incumbent in 2009, Christie established himself as the GOP’s foremost rising star — a swaggering, tell-it-like-it-is pol who seemed to be the antidote for a party that was struggling to win over voters in blue states. In the years since, however, Christie’s national prospects have been damaged — especially by the revelations that his top aides concocted a plan to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge in an act of political retribution against a local mayor who refused to endorse the governor’s 2013 reelection bid.
Christie’s once-stratospheric poll numbers — both nationally and in his home state — have since plummeted. A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released on Tuesday showed Christie with just a 30 percent approval rating in New Jersey, while a Suffolk University poll showed him winning the support of only 5 percent of likely voters in New Hampshire.
But Christie’s aides insist there’s room for him in the 2016 field. With former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush struggling to distance himself from the rest of the pack, they say, the lane for an establishment candidate remains open. Aides to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is also contemplating a run, have put forward a similar argument for his potential candidacy.
The hope, Christie’s team says, is that his authentic political brand will shine through, both on the debate stage — Republicans are preparing to hold their first primary debate in August — and in New Hampshire. The state has a history of breaking for moderate, independent-minded Republican candidates, and Christie has been a frequent visitor there. Those familiar with his early planning for a 2016 bid say he’s prepared to make it the cornerstone of his electoral strategy.
In anticipation of his announcement, Christie has been hopscotching the country in recent weeks, attending Republican cattle calls in Oklahoma City, Utah and Washington, D.C., where he delivered fiery speeches castigating a Republican rival, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, over national security.
“If you want to know how little [senators] know, watch what Rand Paul’s done the last two weeks,” Christie told Republican donors at a conference in Deer Valley, Utah, hosted by Mitt Romney, referring to Paul’s opposition to the PATRIOT Act. “Because, I will tell you, he’s made America weaker and more vulnerable, and he’s done it for his own personal and political gain, and he’s done it to raise money.”
Christie has also delivered speeches in early primary states in which he’s detailed his policy proposals on issues like entitlements, taxes and electronic surveillance.
In addition to building a campaign apparatus, Christie has also hired for a super PAC, America Leads, that will be supporting his candidacy. The group recently announced that it had brought on Gene Ulm, a veteran Republican pollster, and Mike Leavitt, a mail consultant.
While Christie won’t be nearly as heavily funded as Bush — whose super PAC is believed to have brought in around $100 million so far — the New Jersey governor has a team of donors that includes Home Depot CEO Ken Langone and hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller. Both are expected to write big checks. (“I am going to work my ass off to make sure that Chris Christie never needs money,” Langone told POLITICO in January.)
Earlier this month, Christie dropped another hint that he was nearing a run. While campaigning in New Hampshire, the governor said that his family — one of the last major hurdles to his entering the race — was on board.
“This is about me now,” he said.
Follow @politico ||||| A new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll shows that there are still people left in New Jersey who liked Governor Chris Christie — though they are an increasingly endangered species. Only 30 percent of voters think he is doing a good job — a 6 percent drop from April. Twenty-four percent of voters like both Christie and his policies.
Christie seems to be moving quickly through the stages of grieving for his dying popularity. He is past the denial he showcased last month, when he insisted that New Jersey residents didn't want him to run for president because they were afraid he would leave them, and appears to have moved on to bargaining by trying to find the missing 70 percent of Christie fans in states that are not New Jersey. Christie, who has not announced a presidential bid just yet, is hiring more staffers in New Hampshire, a state that almost has the same name as New Jersey, and he took a trip to Iowa earlier this month.
However, recent polls have Christie with the support of only 4 percent of Iowa Republicans, and 5 percent of New Hampshire Republicans. Time to keep searching for fans, Christie. They must be somewhere out there ... ||||| | Chris Christie is getting ready to leap into the already crowded pool of the GOP's 2016 hopefuls, insiders say. Sources tell Politico that the NJ governor is in the final stages of preparation and plans to finally confirm the long-rumored bid with an announcement next week. Christie has been making speeches across the country in recent weeks and has dropped major hints at a bid, including saying his family is finally on board, Politico notes. But while supporters say there's still plenty of room for a GOP establishment-friendly candidate, Christie has been on the scene too long to be seen as a fresh face or a rising star—especially in light of the long-running bridge closure saga. Christie's biggest problem may be his lack of popularity even in New Jersey, where a poll released yesterday put his popularity rating at 30%, down around 40 points from its peak in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. "The good news is that none of his potential presidential opponents have emerged with a decisive lead yet," pollster Krista Jenkins at Fairleigh Dickinson University tells the Inquirer. "The bad news is that he is the governor in a state where a sizable majority give a thumbs down to his leadership." Other recent polls gave Christie 4% support among Republicans in Iowa and 5% in New Hampshire, where he recently hired more staffers, New York magazine reports. (Darth Vader is still better-liked than all the candidates on offer.) |
TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
PROBLEM: What is the parent agency for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research?, Context: Possible improvements include clarification of clinical trial regulations by FDA. Furthermore, appropriate economic incentives could persuade pharmaceutical companies to invest in this endeavor. Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment (ADAPT) Act aims to fast track the drug development to combat the growing threat of 'superbugs'. Under this Act, FDA can approve antibiotics and antifungals treating life-threatening infections based on smaller clinical trials. The CDC will monitor the use of antibiotics and the emerging resistance, and publish the data. The FDA antibiotics labeling process, 'Susceptibility Test Interpretive Criteria for Microbial Organisms' or 'breakpoints', will provide accurate data to healthcare professionals. According to Allan Coukell, senior director for health programs at The Pew Charitable Trusts, "By allowing drug developers to rely on smaller datasets, and clarifying FDA's authority to tolerate a higher level of uncertainty for these drugs when making a risk/benefit calculation, ADAPT would make the clinical trials more feasible."
SOLUTION: FDA
PROBLEM: What vehicle could you have that you would need lower pressure boiler feed water?, Context: The Rankine cycle and most practical steam engines have a water pump to recycle or top up the boiler water, so that they may be run continuously. Utility and industrial boilers commonly use multi-stage centrifugal pumps; however, other types are used. Another means of supplying lower-pressure boiler feed water is an injector, which uses a steam jet usually supplied from the boiler. Injectors became popular in the 1850s but are no longer widely used, except in applications such as steam locomotives.
SOLUTION: steam locomotives
PROBLEM: How did the war affect the defeated party?, Context: The Crimean War marked the ascendancy of France to the position of pre-eminent power on the Continent,:411 the continued decline of the Ottoman Empire, and the beginning of a decline for Tsarist Russia. As Fuller notes, "Russia had been beaten on the Crimean peninsula, and the military feared that it would inevitably be beaten again unless steps were taken to surmount its military weakness." The Crimean War marks the demise of the Concert of Europe, the balance of power that had dominated Europe since the Congress of Vienna in 1815, and which had included France, Russia, Austria and the United Kingdom.
SOLUTION: | Russia had been beaten on the Crimean peninsula, and the military feared that it would inevitably be beaten again unless steps were taken to surmount its military weakness
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Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Bergman (née Keith), born November 10, 1929) are American lyricists and songwriters. The pair have been married since 1958 and have written the music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television shows, films, and stage musicals. The Bergmans have won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song and have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Alan Bergman wrote the music for several songs in Frozen
Available choices: [I] Yes; [II] It's impossible to say; [III] No; | [II] |
TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Strategic bombing is a military strategy used to destroy the enemies ' economic ability to fight a war .
SOLUTION: Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale or its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations , or both .
PROBLEM: Restorationism , also called Christian primitivism is a movement that tries to restore to model itself after what is known or believed of the Early Church .
SOLUTION: Restorationism ( or Christian primitivism ) is the belief that Christianity has been or should be restored along the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church , which restorationists see as the search for a purer and more ancient form of the religion .
PROBLEM: A National Historic Landmark District ( NHLD ) is a historic district that is recognized as an NHL .
SOLUTION: | A National Historic Landmark ( NHL ) is a building , district , object , site , or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance .
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Example solution: No
Example explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Problem: The Vice President stated that he called the President to discuss the rules of engagement for the CAP. He recalled feeling that it did no good to establish the CAP unless the pilots had instructions on whether they were authorized to shoot if the plane would not divert. He said the President signed off on that concept. The President said he remembered such a conversation, and that it reminded him of when he had been an interceptor pilot. The President emphasized to us that he had authorized the shootdown of hijacked aircraft. The Vice President's military aide told us he believed the Vice President spoke to the President just after entering the conference room, but he did not hear what they said. Rice, who entered the room shortly after the Vice President and sat next to him, remembered hearing him inform the President, "Sir, the CAPs are up. Sir, they're going to want to know what to do." Then she recalled hearing him say, "Yes sir." She believed this conversation occurred a few minutes, perhaps five, after they entered the conference room. We believe this call would have taken place sometime before 10:10 to 10:15. Among the sources that reflect other important events of that morning, there is no documentary evidence for this call, but the relevant sources are incomplete. Others nearby who were taking notes, such as the Vice President's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, who sat next to him, and Mrs. Cheney, did not note a call between the President and Vice President immediately after the Vice President entered the conference room. At 10:02, the communicators in the shelter began receiving reports from the Secret Service of an inbound aircraft-presumably hijacked-heading toward Washington. That aircraft was United 93. The Secret Service was getting this information directly from the FAA. The FAA may have been tracking the progress of United 93 on a display that showed its projected path to Washington, not its actual radar return. Thus, the Secret Service was relying on projections and was not aware the plane was already down in Pennsylvania. <sep>Who said the president signed off on the rules of engagement for the CAP?<sep>President
| Solution: No |
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.
According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a four-year research effort by 1,360 of the world's prominent scientists commissioned to measure the actual value of natural resources to humans and the world, 'The structure of the world's ecosystems changed more rapidly in the second half of the twentieth century than at any time in recorded human history, and virtually all of Earth's ecosystems have now been significantly transformed through human actions.' 'Ecosystem services, particularly food production, timber and fisheries, are important for employment and economic activity. Intensive use of ecosystems often produces the greatest short-term advantage, but excessive and unsustainable use can lead to losses in the long term. A country could cut its forests and deplete its fisheries, and this would show only as a positive gain to GDP, despite the loss of capital assets. If the full economic value of ecosystems were taken into account in decision-making, their degradation could be significantly slowed down or even reversed.' | when did the human population begin to grow at a faster rate than any other time in history |
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: A melodrama is a dramatic or literary work where the plot is sensational .
Output: | A melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot , which is typically sensational and designed to appeal strongly to the emotions , takes precedence over detailed characterization . |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A woman is standing in the kitchen, she is talking with her hands and explaining how to make some sugarless lemonade. she
OPTIONS:
- takes the pitcher, adds onion to it and adds the lemonade to the blender, puts it on the counter and then pours it into a cookie bowl.
- turns to the counter where the ingredients are, she grabs a lemons and begins to cut it in half.
- pours the creamy mixture into a glass and shakes it.
- mixed a bit of the mixture together in a jar and measures it with a cloth.
A: turns to the counter where the ingredients are, she grabs a lemons and begins to cut it in half.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
Two men are seated together on a stage. they
OPTIONS:
- lift a slow baton and prepare to do a dance.
- are engaged in a game of croquette.
- finish playing the rube pipes together.
- wave and clap toward the crowd.
A: wave and clap toward the crowd.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to live with allergies to milk
Do not eat dairy foods.
Examples of dairy foods are cheese, butter, ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, chocolate, coffee creamers and more.
Do not eat products with milk ingredients.
OPTIONS:
- Heat the ingredients in the microwave, stove or oven. When using a microwave, lower the temperature to high.
- These types of foods are extremely processed and tend to have more additives and components than milk. The result is poor balance between protein and flavor.
- Ingredients with milk protein that you may not be familiar with are hydrolysates, lactoglobulin, sodium caseinate, rennet casein, ghee, lactalbumin phosphate and more. Do not eat products that contain whey or caseins.
- These products are extremely high in fat and are generally not safe for humans to eat. Dairy products, including milk and yogurt, contain high levels of protein, complex carbohydrates, and polyunsaturated fats.
A: Ingredients with milk protein that you may not be familiar with are hydrolysates, lactoglobulin, sodium caseinate, rennet casein, ghee, lactalbumin phosphate and more. Do not eat products that contain whey or caseins.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
People run motocross on a bumpy road in the wood. A person climbs a bump with a motorcycle. also people
OPTIONS:
- climb a rough platform high up.
- stand in a log where a man holds a light throwing it near steep and narrow hill as a guide.
- rides motorcycles on an unpaved flat surface.
- riding horses through road.
A: | rides motorcycles on an unpaved flat surface. |
Mosaics is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1985 on Home Sweet Home Records. According to the liner notes in "Ashes and Light", this album was recorded first but delayed by the record company who wanted the less rock-oriented "Ashes" released first. Consequently, this was the first album recorded in Heard's own Fingerprint Recording Studio.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Mosaics was Mark Heard's last album.
--Yes
--It's impossible to say
--No | It's impossible to say |
TORONTO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Canada’s benchmark stock index was little changed on Monday as gains in energy shares on climbing oil prices were offset by sluggish economic data from China. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed up 16.78 points, or 0.11 percent, at 15,100.70. Six of the 10 main sectors on the index were in the red. (Reporting by John Tilak, editing by G Crosse)
Can we infer the following?
Investors were surprised the exchange was up even though most sectors were in the red.
(a). Yes;
(b). It's impossible to say;
(c). No;
The answer is: | (b). |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf charged in sex assault of girl, 4
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
Fox 5 news reporter Charles Leaf was being held in the Bergen County Jail on $250,000 bail Friday night on charges of sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl who is an acquaintance.
COURTESY OF BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE Charles Leaf mug shot.
Leaf, an award-winning reporter who is married with two children, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The house where the assault allegedly took place, a renovated Cape Cod with a two-car garage and dormers near the roof, is in a modest neighborhood in Wyckoff.
He will be arraigned on Nov. 4 in Wyckoff Municipal Court.
Leaf, 40, an ex-Marine, joined the station in 2006 and is the station's investigative and general-assignment reporter. He has covered national stories, including the Bernard Madoff scandal and the proposed development of an Islamic community center near the World Trade Center site, according to his résumé on myfoxny.com.
A Fox 5 representative said that Leaf was suspended on Friday.
Leaf received a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, the Fox website said. He served in the Marines for five years and rose to the rank of sergeant.
Leaf was also an embassy Marine, serving on an elite diplomatic program with the State Department at U.S. embassies overseas, with postings that included Warsaw, Poland, and Canberra, Australia.
He joined Fox 5 after serving as an investigative reporter at KDVR-TV Fox 31 in Denver, and was a TV reporter in Detroit and Kansas, the Fox website said.
Earlier in his career, Leaf was a reporter at WPMI in Mobile, Ala., where he became known for his "in-your-face" style, according to the Mobile Press-Register.
In 1999, he left the station abruptly following a well-publicized incident with a local councilwoman, who sued him for allegedly assaulting her while attempting to interview her for a story, according to the newspaper. ||||| Please upgrade your flash player. The video for this item requires a newer version of Flash Player . If you are unable to install flash you can download a QuickTime version of the video.
Fox & Friends continued their attack on Islam and the Park51 project, this time by smearing a Park51 investor as a "terror contributor" because he once donated to a group that was later found to be linked to Hamas. However, his donation to the Holy Land Foundation came well before the government alleged the group had ties to Hamas and operated by actively deceiving donors to appear as though it was a "good charity."
Fox smears Park51 investor as a "terror contributor" who should have known of HLF's Hamas ties
Fox5 New York smears Park51 investor as a "terror contributor." In an article titled "Mosque Investor was Terror Contributor," Fox 5 New York reporter Charles Leaf wrote, "Fox 5 News reported Thursday that one of the financial backers of the Islamic mosque and cultural center project in Lower Manhattan once contributed to a terror group, although the investor says the contribution was made because he thought he was giving money to a harmless charity." Leaf claimed that businessman Hisham Elzanaty "made a 'significant investment' in the development of the mosque near Ground Zero," and "that in 1999 Hisham Elzanaty sent money to an organization that would later be deemed by the U.S. government to be a terrorist group." Leaf identified that group as the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF). The article noted that "Mr. Elzanaty's attorney tells Fox 5 News exclusively his client believed he was making contributions to an orphanage," but followed by reporting that a representative of the anti-Muslim group Investigative Project on Terrorism believed that "[i]f you gave money (to HLF) in 1999 you probably had some inkling that HLF was giving money to Hamas and therefore to terrorist operations."
Jerrick: "[T]he man who actually bought the mosque has contributed thousands of dollars to a terror group." Leaf appeared on the September 3 edition of Fox & Friends to discuss his story. Guest co-host Mike Jerrick introduced Leaf by saying "Fox has learned the man who actually bought the mosque has contributed thousands of dollars to a terror group." Leaf misleadingly claimed that Elzanaty "had contributed a terrorist organization back in 1999." Leaf claimed that "the federal government had been investigating HLF since the mid-1990s and in 2001, it shut down HLF and declared it to be a terrorist organization because it was funneling money to Hamas." Jerrick aired video of Leaf apparently confronting Elzanaty at his home, and said: "[H]e said he didn't know that that's where the money is going, but if he didn't know, why's he running from you?" Leaf again noted that Elzanaty has claimed that he thought he was donating to help fund an orphanage, but immediately followed by claiming, "All of the terrorist experts we talked to say that anybody who was paying any attention to what is going on in the late 1990s, there were reports all over the place that HLF was suspected of contributing to Hamas."
Fox chyron: "Terror Links. Ground Zero Mosque's Money Man Under Scrutiny." During Leaf's interview, the following onscreen text appeared, alleging "terror links" to the Park51 project:
Fox & Friends later speculates both that terrorist-linked "charities" could donate to Park51 and that Park51 could donate to "Hamas based organizations." Later on Fox & Friends, Jerrick asked Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham to "bring us, our viewers, up to date on what you have learned. Apparently one of the people that has given money, also gave money to Hamas in a way, at least an organization supporting Hamas." Ingraham noted that HLF "back then was not deemed to be in violation of our anti-terrorism funding laws" but then went on to say that this revelation "raises just one more question" as to whether potential donors to the Park51 project could have ties to terrorism. Ingraham stated: "[T]his is the murky nature of some of these, quote, 'charities' that might be giving money to this -- to this project." Guest co-host Peter Johnson Jr. later speculated whether Park51 or those involved in project would "give money to Hamas based organizations." Johnson said: "It's a bigger question, we're not going to take money but the question becomes, will you not give money to Hamas based organizations? Are they going to raise money and then give money?"
In fact, donation occurred when HLF was "deceiv[ing] the American public into believing" they were "a good charity"
Elzanaty's donation came years before U.S. government alleged they had ties to terror. As Leaf noted in his reporting, Elzanaty's donation occurred in 1999 and "[t]wo years later, in 2001, HLF was shut down by the federal government and designated as a global terrorist. After a mistrial in 2007, in 2008 five HLF leaders were convicted of providing material support to Hamas."
U.S. Attorney prosecuting HLF: "For 13 years, the defendants deceived the American public into believing" HLF was "a good charity." A September 18, 2007 Los Angeles Times article on HLF officials' first trial reported:
Federal prosecutors mounted their final courtroom assault on former officials of a defunct Islamic charity on Monday, arguing that the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development funneled millions of dollars to support terrorists in the guise of helping needy Palestinian families. "For 13 years, the defendants deceived the American public into believing" Holy Land was "a good charity," Assistant U.S. Atty. Barry Jonas told jurors here. But, he said, the organization was a fundraising front for Hamas and for terrorist activities that helped "create widows and orphans" rather than coming to their aid.
DOJ indictment of HLF cited their "cloak of legitimacy" "to conceal its relationship to Hamas," and including a program "with a benevolent appearance" to help orphans. In a 2008 superseding indictment, HLF was accused of supporting Hamas, in part by "sponsor[ing] orphans and needy families in the West Bank and Gaza." The Department of Justice alleged:
In furtherance of HAMAS' goal of garnering support of the Palestinian people, the HLF sponsored orphans and needy families in the West Bank and Gaza. While the program was mantled with a benevolent appearance, the HLF specifically sought orphans and families whose relatives had died or were jailed as a result of furthering HAMAS' violent campaign, including suicide bombings.
The DOJ further alleged that the group "concealed its relationship with Hamas," in part by "provid[ing] minimal support to legitimate charitable causes." From the indictment:
In order to provide the HLF with a cloak of legitimacy and to conceal its relationship to HAMAS, the defendant Shukri Abu Baker discussed with the defendant Ghassan Elashi and others, the need to provide minimal support to legitimate charitable causes. In furtherance of this conspiracy, the defendants...carried out this plan, while providing a substantial amount of their financial assistance to organizations and programs, which operated on behalf of, or under the control of, HAMAS, and to families of HAMAS "martyrs," detainees and others.
Geraldo on Fox & Friends: "I think you got to give that guy the benefit of the doubt." Later on the September 3 edition of Fox & Friends, Fox News host Geraldo Rivera pointed out:
GERALDO: The second thing is that the guy who gave the $6,000 to the Holy Land Foundation, it was in 1999. That is almost three years prior to 9/11. The Holy Land Foundation was not on any terror watch list. And more importantly, what has not been pointed out this morning is that that fellow's parents were killed - remember that Egypt Air, talk about Nantucket, went down there when the pilot, you know, Allah Akbar [sic], drives the aircraft into the sea, over 200 dead. This is a guy you would expect if he had a normal human reaction to something as traumatic and hideous as that would go the other way rather than toward terrorism against terrorism. I think you got to give that guy the benefit of the doubt.
Geraldo also noted "Remember, Hamas was not on the terror list yet. Subsequently became and in retrospect it's easy. But in '99, you could give money freely to that. So although I applaud the enterprise of the investigation, I think it deserves extreme caution and some skepticism." ||||| MYFOXNY.COM - Charles joined Fox 5 as a reporter in July 2006. He does a mix of investigative and general assignment reporting. He came to WNYW from FOX 31 in Denver where he was as an investigative reporter.
He is an Emmy award-winning journalist, honored for his live breaking news reporting on a child abduction. He has also been nominated for an Emmy three other times.
Charles also worked at WJBK-TV (FOX) in Detroit where he was a general assignment reporter.
Prior to reporting in the Motor City, Charles was a reporter at WDAF-TV (FOX) in Kansas City.
Charles started his career at KYMA-TV (NBC) in Yuma, Arizona as the weekend anchor and reporter. From the desert southwest, Charles moved to the Gulf Coast and WPMI-TV (NBC) in Mobile, Alabama as both an investigative and general assignment reporter.
Charles is a graduate of Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications with a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism. Before college and his career in television news, Charles worked at the United Nations in New York City and served his country in the United States Marine Corps for five years. While in the Marines, he served on special assignment with the State Department at U.S. Embassies in Warsaw, Poland and Canberra, Australia. ||||| | An Emmy award-winning Fox News reporter is in a New Jersey jail after being charged with aggravated sex assault of a minor. Charles Leaf, 41, a married dad of two, has also been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, reports the Record. Details of the crime were not immediately available. Leaf, an ex-Marine, has worked recently on New York's Fox 5 to expose alleged terror links to the controversial mosque near Ground Zero. |
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".
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Question: For thousands of years, people have found fossils. The fossils caused curiosity about Earths past. How did these organisms live? What type of world did they live in? Fossils can tell us a lot about Earths history. In ancient times, fossils inspired myths and stories. These stories included tales of monsters and other incredible creatures. What type of creature do you know that could inspire such stories? Of course, dinosaur fossils were once mistaken for dragons bones. Two thousand years ago, people discovered fossils in China. At the time, they were thought to be dragon bones. We know now that these were not bones, but fossils. So what is the difference? <sep>How long ago and in what country were the first documented fossils found?<sep>2000 years ago in China
Answer: Yes
Question: On December 4, as news came in about the discoveries in Jordan, National Security Council (NSC) Counterterrorism Coordinator Richard Clarke wrote Berger, "If George's [Tenet's] story about a planned series of UBL attacks at the Millennium is true, we will need to make some decisions NOW." He told us he held several conversations with President Clinton during the crisis. He suggested threatening reprisals against the Taliban in Afghanistan in the event of any attacks on U.S. interests, anywhere, by Bin Laden. He further proposed to Berger that a strike be made during the last week of 1999 against al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan-a proposal not adopted. Warned by the CIA that the disrupted Jordanian plot was probably part of a larger series of attacks intended for the millennium, some possibly involving chemical weapons, the Principals Committee met on the night of December 8 and decided to task Clarke's Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) to develop plans to deter and disrupt al Qaeda plots. Michael Sheehan, the State Department member of the CSG, communicated warnings to the Taliban that they would be held responsible for future al Qaeda attacks." Mike was not diplomatic," Clarke reported to Berger. With virtually no evidence of a Taliban response, a new approach was made to Pakistan. 13 General Anthony Zinni, the commander of Central Command (CENTCOM), was designated as the President's special envoy and sent to ask General Musharraf to "take whatever action you deem necessary to resolve the Bin Laden problem at the earliest possible time." But Zinni came back emptyhanded. As Ambassador William Milam reported from Islamabad, Musharraf was "unwilling to take the political heat at home." The CIA worked hard with foreign security services to detain or at least keep an eye on suspected Bin Laden associates. Tenet spoke to 20 of his foreign counterparts. Disruption and arrest operations were mounted against terrorists in eight countries. In mid-December, President Clinton signed a Memorandum of Notification (MON) giving the CIA broader authority to use foreign proxies to detain Bin Laden lieutenants, without having to transfer them to U.S. custody. The authority was to capture, not kill, though lethal force might be used if necessary.16Tenet would later send a message to all CIA personnel overseas, saying, "The threat could not be more real. <sep>When do the events in the whole article take place?<sep>Late 1999
Answer: Yes
Question: How would the universe look without gravity? It would have no planets and no stars. Thats how it looked when it was young. When the universe was young, there was only gas and dust. From this gas and dust, everything we now see was made. How were stars and planets created from just gas and dust? The answer is gravity. The same gravity that holds you down on Earth. The same force that causes your pencil to roll off your desk. The same force that causes it to fall to the floor. The invisible force of gravity caused dust and gas particles to be pulled together. This force is what formed all the objects in our solar system. This force formed the smallest moons. It also formed our Sun. This force caused more than just our solar system to form. It caused all the other solar systems to form. It caused the formation of all the galaxies of the universe. <sep>How would the universe look without gravity?<sep>No galaxies
Answer: | Yes
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You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
[Q]: Flashbacks reveal that his wife (Salli Richardson) and daughter (Willow Smith) died in a helicopter accident during the chaotic evacuation of Manhattan, prior to the military-enforced quarantine of the island in 2009, when Neville stayed behind on the island as military personnel. Neville's only mitigation for his loneliness is his German Shepherd named Samantha, a.k.a. Sam (given to him by his daughter as a puppy to protect him before she died in the helicopter crash), interaction with mannequins he has set up as patrons at a video store, and recordings of old television broadcasts. At night, he barricades himself and Sam inside his heavily fortified Washington Square Park home to hide from the Darkseekers. One day, while waiting for survivors, Sam follows a deer into a dark building. Neville cautiously goes in after her and finds the deer's corpse along with Sam, but the building is infested by a colony of Darkseekers. Both manage to escape unharmed and the attacking Darkseekers are killed by the sunlight.
[A]: did willow smith play in i am legend?
[Q]: The passport card is a limited travel document, valid only for land and sea travel within North America (Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda). It cannot be used for international air travel. The Department of State indicates that this is because ``designing a card format passport for wide use, including by air travelers, would inadvertently undercut the broad based international effort to strengthen civil aviation security and travel document specifications to address the post 9/11 threat environment''.
[A]: can a passport card be used for canada?
[Q]: The fluid ounce is distinct from the ounce as a unit of weight or mass, although it is sometimes referred to simply as an ``ounce'' where context makes the meaning clear, such as ounces in a bottle.
[A]: | does a fluid ounce of water weigh an ounce?
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Polaris ( Alpha Ursae Minoris ) is the Pole Star or North Star . | Polaris , designated α Ursae Minoris ( Latinized to Alpha Ursae Minoris , abbreviated Alpha UMi , α UMi ) , commonly the North Star or Pole Star , is the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor . |
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.
One example is below.
Q: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
A: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Rationale: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Q: The area , which is named after the town of Hala 'ib , is created by the difference in the Egypt – Sudan border between the " political boundary " set in 1899 by the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium , which runs along the 22nd parallel north , and the " administrative boundary " set by the British in 1902 , which gave an area of land north of the line to Sudan .
A: | The area , which takes its name from the town of Hala 'ib , is created by the difference in the Egypt – Sudan border between the " political boundary " set in 1899 by the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium , which runs along the 22nd parallel north , and the " administrative boundary " set by the British in 1902 , which gave administrative responsibility for an area of land north of the line to Sudan , which was an Anglo-Egyptian client at the time . |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Input: Consider Input: Christians who are superior at " evangelism " are known as evangelists , whether in their areas or to far away places .
Output: Christians who specialize in evangelism are often known as evangelists , whether they are in their home communities or living as missionaries in the field , although some Christian traditions refer to such people as " missionaries " in either case .
Input: Consider Input: The variant " Anne " was originally French , although it has been in use in English for hundreds of years .
Output: Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Anne , originally a French version of the name , though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years , and Ann , which was originally the English spelling .
Input: Consider Input: The Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority ( BARTA ) is in Reading , Pennsylvania .
| Output: Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority ( BARTA ) , previously Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority , is a public transportation system serving the city of Reading and its surrounding area of Berks County , Pennsylvania .
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From lanthanum ( 57 ) to lutetium ( 71 )
| The lanthanide elements are the group of elements with atomic number increasing from 57 ( lanthanum ) to 71 ( lutetium ) . |
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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.
Deric White, a 68-year-old London retiree, just fought Apple and won. He sued the company after he took his iPhone into a local Apple Store and, upon getting it back from servicing, discovered that employees had erased everything on his phone without asking him if he'd backed it up anywhere.
White asked for £5,000, and was awarded £2,000, which is roughly $3,000, the Evening Standard reported. Amazingly, he represented himself in court against the tech giant.
Though the man lost all of his contact data and photos, White and his wife were particularly perturbed about losing all the media from their 2014 honeymoon in Seychelles. He told the paper his favorite video was one of a tortoise biting his hand. The suit took almost 12 months to successfully argue, and in the end Apple was held responsible.
White apparently considers himself a modern-day hero, going up against a retail giant like Apple for "the common man." He told the Evening Standard:
I did this for the common man. I would say to anybody who has got a gripe with Apple – don’t let them boss you about and ignore you...
It’s not so much the money that I have won, but it’s the moral victory.
Apple is just an enormous conglomerate and everyone said you can’t win this, they said you can’t take on Apple.
It’s absolutely fabulous, it’s a monumental victory.
White says he plans on using the £1,200 in compensation (the other £800 was for costs of the suit) for a vacation to Cornwall, UK. Apple did not respond to a request for comment at press time.
Apple's employees may have been negligent in not asking White whether or not he'd backed up his phone, but human error happens even with tech support, so it's always good practice to back up your device on a regular basis, both before you get to the retail store and even when nothing's wrong with it. You never know when you could drop it in the toilet and lose everything.
You can back up your iPhone through iCloud or iTunes sync. Simply connect your device to your computer, and you'll be prompted to save everything. Just in case the Apple Store employees forget to remind you, it's possible to restore all the data from your backup.
If White already has the hot hand against Apple in court, perhaps next time he can get Apple to fix its horrible charging cable durability.
Illustration by Max Fleishman ||||| A pensioner who sued Apple for wiping his treasured honeymoon snaps from his phone has been awarded £2,000 after winning the court case.
Retired property developer Deric White, 68, said he scored a “monumental" victory for the "common man" after successfully taking on the tech giant over the blunder.
Bungling staff at Apple’s flagship store in Regent Street had wiped the whole phone without warning after he took it to the shop in December last year.
Mr White, who had just beaten cancer when it happened, was determined not to give up on his David and Goliath battle, despite having to pursue the case for nearly 12 months and being told "you can't take on Apple".
Blunder: Mr White's phone was wiped at the Apple store in Regent's Street
“I would not let it go,” he told the Standard.
“Having fought cancer, I was not going to get defeated by Apple.
“My wife was reduced to tears when they wiped my phone. Everyone tells me this has happened to them or their mate.
“I did this for the common man. I would say to anybody who has got a gripe with Apple – don’t let them boss you about and ignore you.”
He added: "Other people should be inspired – you can’t keep getting trod on by corporations coming at you with Ts and Cs."
Central London County Court ruled in Mr White’s favour on Monday, awarding him £1,200 compensation and nearly £800 in costs. He appeared in court without representation and argued his own case against the giant's legal team.
Mr White, who lives in Pimlico, visited the store in December last year after receiving a text saying there was a problem with the phone, and left it with staff for 20 minutes while they attempted to fix the issue.
He only realised when he got home that the photos and videos from his honeymoon in the Seychelles last autumn – after he married in summer 2014 – had vanished.
These included his “favourite” video of a tortoise biting his hand. He also lost pictures from an earlier African safari trip, all of his contact numbers, and photos of medics who cared for him when he was in hospital for 10 months fighting cancer of the oesophagus.
He said Apple remained “intransigent” over the past year and never offered any compensation.
He was initially seeking £5,000 to pay for another honeymoon and says he will put the £1,200 towards a holiday in Cornwall instead.
He added: “It’s not so much the money that I have won, but it’s the moral victory.
“Apple is just an enormous conglomerate and everyone said you can’t win this, they said you can’t take on Apple.
“It’s absolutely fabulous, it’s a monumental victory.”
Apple did not respond to requests for a comment. |||||
Output: | A 68-year-old London retiree has just taken on tech giant Apple, representing himself in court, and won. The uncommon victory for Deric White is the culmination of a one-year battle in court after White dropped off his phone for servicing at the Apple Store on Regent Street in London, only to return 20 minutes later to find that employees had wiped his entire phone clean without asking permission first, reports the Evening Standard. When his wife learned that their 2014 honeymoon photos from the Seychelles were gone, she cried, and White, who'd just beaten cancer, decided to wage another battle. "Having fought cancer," he says, "I was not going to get defeated by Apple." "I did this for the common man," White says. "It's not so much the money that I have won, but it's the moral victory. ... It's a monumental victory." White asked for just over $7,000 so that he and his wife could take their trip a second time, but he was reportedly happy with the roughly $3,000 he was awarded instead. He says he and his wife plan to spend it on a trip to Cornwall in the UK. In addition to losing his honeymoon pics and "favorite" video of a tortoise biting his hand, he lost pictures from an African safari, as well as photos of the medical team from his 10-month battle against cancer of the esophagus. White's case is a good reminder to regularly back up devices, notes the Daily Dot, since even tech support is far from infallible, and "you never know when you could drop it in the toilet and lose everything." (Apple lost what could be a far bigger battle earlier this year.) |
TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: A winch is a mechanical device that is used to adjust how tight a piece of rope is .
SOLUTION: A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in ( wind up ) or let out ( wind out ) or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope ( also called " cable " or " wire cable " ) .
PROBLEM: They believe that the divisions of labour that these industrial societies produce lead to people relying on factories and other people to make their food , clothing , shelter , etc . ; thus , forcing them to be a member of the society .
SOLUTION: They argue that the division of labor techno-industrial societies require to function forces people into reliance on factories and the labor of other specialists to produce their food , clothing , shelter , and other necessities and that this dependence forces them to remain a part of this society , whether they like it or not .
PROBLEM: Warsaw Metro is a metro system in Poland .
SOLUTION: | The Warsaw Metro ( Polish : " Metro Warszawskie " ) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Warsaw , the capital of Poland .
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Ex Input:
After the 1998 embassy bombings, the U.S. government tried to develop a clearer picture of Bin Laden's finances. A U.S. interagency group traveled to Saudi Arabia twice, in 1999 and 2000, to get information from the Saudis about their understanding of those finances. The group eventually concluded that the oft-repeated assertion that Bin Laden was funding al Qaeda from his personal fortune was in fact not true. The officials developed a new theory: al Qaeda was getting its money elsewhere, and the United States needed to focus on other sources of funding, such as charities, wealthy donors, and financial facilitators. Ultimately, although the intelligence community devoted more resources to the issue and produced somewhat more intelligence, it remained difficult to distinguish al Qaeda's financial transactions among the vast sums moving in the international financial system. The CIA was not able to find or disrupt al Qaeda's money flows. The NSC staff thought that one possible solution to these weaknesses in the intelligence community was to create an all-source terrorist-financing intelligence analysis center. Clarke pushed for the funding of such a center at Treasury, but neither Treasury nor the CIA was willing to commit the resources. Within the United States, various FBI field offices gathered intelligence on organizations suspected of raising funds for al Qaeda or other terrorist groups. By 9/11, FBI agents understood that there were extremist organizations operating within the United States supporting a global jihadist movement and with substantial connections to al Qaeda. The FBI operated a web of informants, conducted electronic surveillance, and had opened significant investigations in a number of field offices, including New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Diego, and Minneapolis. On a national level, however, the FBI never used the information to gain a systematic or strategic understanding of the nature and extent of al Qaeda fundraising. Treasury regulators, as well as U.S. financial institutions, were generally focused on finding and deterring or disrupting the vast flows of U.S. currency generated by drug trafficking and high-level international fraud. Large-scale scandals, such as the use of the Bank of New York by Russian money launderers to move millions of dollars out of Russia, captured the attention of the Department of the Treasury and of Congress. Before 9/11, Treasury did not consider terrorist financing important enough to mention in its national strategy for money laundering. <sep>Who were on opposite sides of the idea to create an all-source terrorist-financing intelligence analysis center?<sep>The President
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No
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The Washington Supreme Court is asking the Legislature to approve a $90 surcharge on a court filing fee to help provide legal help for the poor in civil cases, Chief Justice Gerry Alexander said Wednesday. "Some might say, why should we support this when we face tough financial times?" Alexander asked in his State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Legislature. "It seems to me in America, where we rejoice in the fact that we are a nation devoted to the rule of law, we should not ration access to justice." The recommendation comes from the court's Task Force on Civil Equal Justice Funding, created in 2001 to look for ways to cope with the sparse amount of money available for such cases. As the task force was studying the issue, $900,000 was cut from state support for civil equal justice services. That prompted the state's two main legal services providers - Columbia Legal Services and Northwest Justice Project - to cut their staffs, Alexander said. The change would increase the cost of filing a lawsuit in Superior Court to $200. The total fee would be split, with 54 percent going to counties and 46 percent going to the state for a newly created equal justice account. Alexander also requested money for five additional Superior Court judgeships and one additional District Court judgeships, arguing that increased caseloads require more judges. Two of the Superior Court judges and the District Court judge would be in Clark County, with one Superior Court judge added in the joint district that serves Benton and Franklin counties and one each in Kittitas and Kitsap counties. <sep>What prompted the state's two main legal services providers to cut their staffs?<sep>The $800,000 cut
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No
Ex Input:
Take a look at this train in Figure 1.11. It looks very futuristic. What do you notice about it? Did you notice that the train has no wheels? How can a train have no wheels? It doesn't need wheels. It actually floats, or levitates, just above the track. Magnets enable the train to do this. This is not a normal train. This is a maglev train. The word maglev stands for magnetic levitation. Because it has no wheels, there is no friction. Some magnets hold the train up. Other magnets are used to move the train forward. This train can go very fast. It can reach speeds up to 480 kilometers (300 miles) per hour! Magnets are pretty cool. What exactly is a magnet? How is it able to exert such force? <sep>How does the train move?<sep>Future
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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.
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the woman charged with defacing property due to an error by D.C. police. This version has been updated.
A child plays outside Washington National Cathedral. The cathedral was vandalized with green paint earlier in the day.
July 29, 2013 A child plays outside Washington National Cathedral. The cathedral was vandalized with green paint earlier in the day. Matt McClain/The Washington Post
D.C. police announced the arrest of a woman Monday afternoon in the pouring of green paint in two chapels at Washington National Cathedral, according a police spokeswoman. Paint was also found splashed on a Smithsonian statue, and on Friday, on the Lincoln Memorial.
D.C. Police announced the arrest of a woman Monday afternoon in connection with pouring green paint in two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral, according a police spokeswoman. Paint was also found splashed on a Smithsonian statue, and on Friday, on the Lincoln Memorial.
D.C. Police announced the arrest of a woman Monday afternoon in connection with pouring green paint in two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral, according a police spokeswoman. Paint was also found splashed on a Smithsonian statue, and on Friday, on the Lincoln Memorial.
A wave of vandalism continued to mar some of Washington’s more popular landmarks Monday with at least three more attractions spattered with green paint, and authorities announced the arrest of a woman near one of the incidents at Washington National Cathedral.
The latest crimes occurred three days after the Lincoln Memorial was hit in similar fashion. On Monday, the light-green paint was discovered on an organ in the cathedral’s Bethlehem Chapel, in the cathedral’s Children’s Chapel and on the granite base of a statue next to the Smithsonian Castle on the Mall.
D.C. police said Monday evening that they had charged Jiamei Tian, 58, whom they believe to be homeless, with one count of defacing property.
The mysterious markings on the statue of Abraham Lincoln blemished one of the country’s most visited attractions and an iconic symbol of freedom. In the cathedral, they tarnished what is widely known as the nation’s house of worship — and a building still under repair after an earthquake two years ago caused such severe damage that it closed for three months.
A church spokesman called the destruction “heartbreaking” but said it could be repaired. The cathedral was closed for several hours Monday afternoon — the first time since the earthquake — but it reopened in time for an evening concert with its choir and the Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
(The Washington Post)
“It’s just disappointing,” said Nick Schwei, 25, from Milwaukee, who tried to tour the cathedral but was turned away by police. “First the Lincoln Memorial, now this. It’s just very sad. Two different incidents of beautiful things damaged.”
Authorities were still trying to determine late Monday whether any of the destruction is connected. They said they would test paint samples to determine whether the same material was used at each of the locations.
By evening, investigators with the U.S. Park Police, who are probing the spatters on the Mall, had arrived at the D.C. police department’s 2nd District station, where Tian was being questioned. According to two police officials with knowledge of the investigation, the Park Police, in their investigation of the Lincoln Memorial incident, had been looking for an Asian woman who possibly was homeless.
She had been arrested in the Children’s Chapel as D.C. police searched the church after paint was found about 2 p.m. on an organ in the Bethlehem Chapel. The basement chapel, built in 1912, is one of the oldest parts of the building. It was the site of President Woodrow Wilson’s funeral in 1924 and his entombment for several decades.
Authorities said the paint was still wet, and the fresh crime scene prompted a quick response and frantic search through a labyrinth of chapels and alcoves. Authorities then found more paint — and the woman— in the Children’s Chapel, just off the nave. The small prayer room is built to the scale of a 6-year-old child, with a baptismal font and small kneelers.
Pictures of the damage released by the cathedral show paint sprayed or thrown onto an organ’s pipes in the Bethlehem Chapel. Paint is also visible on the floor and on a large card identifying the organ, which was built in the 1950s. In the Children’s Chapel, the paint is evident on the floor and on the sides of church pews. The paint also damaged a mural.
Cathedral spokesman Richard Weinberg said workers would soon begin scrubbing off the paint. He estimated the damage at $15,000.
More than 1,000 people a day typically tour the cathedral during the high season; the church draws about a half-million visitors a year. On Monday, those who came made the best of the unexpected closure.
On the hilltop alongside Wisconsin Avenue NW, where the limestone cathedral soars above the city, children chased each other across the sun-flecked lawn and camera-toting tourists snapped photos and chatted in several languages.
Melanie Martinez, 30, of east Texas had been on a tour that started at 3:30 p.m., but the group was ushered out without explanation after about 20 minutes.
“I don’t know why anyone would destroy our history,” she said. “There was so much more that I wanted to see. I’d like to go up in the tower.” She might come back before her vacation ends Friday.
The cathedral was closed when Sybille Eder, visiting from Kiel, Germany, arrived with her family. “I think people just do vandalism to get the attention of the press,” she said.
Another report Monday described paint found on a statue of Martin Luther in Northwest Washington’s Thomas Circle. Gwendolyn Crump, a D.C. police spokeswoman, said police are aware of the report and are investigating.
The damage at the Lincoln Memorial was first reported about 1:30 a.m. Friday by people out for a late-night stroll. One of the women told The Washington Post that she discovered two 20-ounce Mountain Dew bottles overflowing with green and white paint, as well as white footprints near the inscription of the Gettysburg Address.
Carol Johnson, a spokeswoman for the National Park Service, said that workers have removed 90 percent of the paint but that it will be several more days before scaffolding alongside the 91-ton statue is removed.
On Friday night, a man e-mailed The Post to say that green paint also been splashed on a statue near the Smithsonian Castle, the museum’s administrative headquarters. A spokeswoman for the Park Service, as well as the Park Police, said no such damage had occurred.
On Monday morning, Linda St. Thomas, the chief spokeswoman for the Smithsonian Institution, said green paint was found splotched in two places on the base of the bronze statue of Joseph Henry outside the Smithsonian Castle. Henry was the museum’s first secretary, and he died in the Castle in 1878.
St. Thomas said the paint will be removed within one or two days.
Michael E. Ruane and Clarence Williams contributed to this report. ||||| A woman was arrested Monday after green paint was found splattered inside two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral, and police were investigating her in connection with two similar incidents on the U.S. capital's National Mall, authorities said.
Green paint is seen on the pedestal of the statue of Joseph Henry, outside the headquarters of the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013. U.S. Park police say... (Associated Press)
Green paint is seen on the pedestal of the statue of Joseph Henry, outside the headquarters of the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013. U.S. Park police say... (Associated Press)
Green paint is seen on the pedestal of the statue of Joseph Henry, outside the headquarters of the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013. U.S. Park police say... (Associated Press)
The woman was arrested in the area of the cathedral shortly after the paint was found, Assistant D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said. Investigators were hoping to question her about the vandalism on the Mall, including at the Lincoln Memorial, but a language barrier delayed the interrogation, Newsham said.
The woman would likely be charged with destruction of property, Newsham said.
Green paint was found early Friday morning on the Lincoln Memorial, and symbols were found painted in green later Friday on another statue on the Mall. The Lincoln Memorial was closed temporarily but reopened later Friday.
Officials at the cathedral discovered the paint inside two chapels Monday afternoon. It was still wet, which led them to believe the vandalism had just occurred. Officials called police immediately and closed the cathedral to visitors while authorities searched the grounds.
The paint was splashed onto an organ and on the floor inside the cathedral's historic Bethlehem Chapel on the basement level, officials said. It was also found inside Children's Chapel in the nave of the cathedral.
Also Monday, U.S. Park Police said green paint was found on the statue of Joseph Henry outside the headquarters of the Smithsonian Institution on the Mall. Henry was the Smithsonian's first secretary.
Meanwhile, crews continued working Monday to remove the paint from the Lincoln Memorial. The National Park Service said progressively stronger substances would be used until all the paint is gone, which could take several days. The memorial was scheduled to be power washed Tuesday.
Sgt. Paul Brooks, a U.S. Park Police spokesman, said it was too early to tell whether the same person was responsible for the vandalism at the two Mall landmarks. He noted that while the paint appeared to be splattered indiscriminately on the memorial, the statue appeared to have been deliberately painted. The symbols on the statue were not immediately decipherable.
Bethlehem Chapel has surveillance cameras, but it wasn't immediately clear whether the vandalism was captured on video, said Richard Weinberg, a cathedral spokesman.
Washington police said paint from the cathedral would likely be sent to the FBI for testing.
Bethlehem Chapel was opened in 1912 and is the oldest section of the cathedral. It was the site of President Woodrow Wilson's burial rites, and his remains were entombed there for more than three decades. Wilson's remains were later interred in a memorial bay on the cathedral's main level.
Washington National Cathedral is an Episcopal cathedral that serves as the nation's spiritual home. It has hosted inaugural prayer services and the state funerals for presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.
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Follow Eric Tucker on Twitter at https://twitter.com/etuckerAP. ||||| | And the plot thickens: A woman has been arrested after green paint was found splattered around the Washington National Cathedral today. This is the third DC landmark vandalized with green paint in recent days—the Lincoln Memorial was hit last week, and a statue outside the Smithsonian Castle was found defaced this morning—but it's unclear so far whether the woman in custody is also a suspect in those incidents, the Washington Post reports. The cathedral was closed to the public today, after paint was found on an organ in the 100-year-old Bethlehem Chapel and in the children's chapel. A spokesman for the cathedral says he thinks it will wash off. Though it may seem like a no-brainer that the three green paint attacks were linked, police say the paint was splattered haphazardly at the Lincoln Memorial, while the statue of Joseph Henry appeared to have been deliberately painted with symbols, the AP reports. Authorities say they hope to question the woman about all three, but a language barrier has delayed the interrogation so far. |
Teacher: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.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Born in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Macri is the son of Francesco Macri, a prominent Italian businessman in the industrial and construction sectors, and was raised in an upper class home. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and studied at Columbia Business School in New York City. Macri became president of Boca Juniors, one of Argentina's two most popular football clubs, in 1995. In 2005, he created the centre-right Republican Proposal party (Propuesta Republicana, also known as PRO).
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Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Former state representative Stephen W. Doran was held Wednesday on $10,000 bail after being charged with drug trafficking for allegedly receiving a package containing more than 400 grams of methamphetamine at a Jamaica Plain charter school where he worked as a tutor, authorities said.
The package was mailed to Doran at 215 Forest Hills St., the address of the Match Charter Public Middle School, according to a statement from the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. It had been sent as Express Mail via the United States Postal Service.
At about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, State Police pulled over the Jeep Cherokee that Doran was driving just after he left the school, the district attorney's office said.
State Police had received "information that [Doran] might receive a package with a large amount of methamphetamine," and had obtained a warrant to search the package, said district attorney office spokesman Jake Wark.
Wark, citing an ongoing investigation, declined to say where the package was sent from.
Inside the package, police found two heat-sealed baggies containing 480 grams of a crystalline substance believed to be methamphetamine, a highly-addictive stimulant, authorities said.
Doran, 57, was arrested.
Authorities said they found another 38 grams of the same substance, about $10,000 in cash, a digital scale and "other items consistent with drug distribution" inside his home on Dix Street in Dorchester, after they obtained a warrant to search there.
Altogether, prosecutors estimated the total street value of the seized drugs to be about $50,000.
At his arraignment Wednesday in West Roxbury District Court, Doran was charged with trafficking methamphetamine and with violating the state's drug laws in a school zone, officials said.
A plea of not-guilty was automatically entered on Doran's behalf, said Wark.
Assistant District Attorney Rakhi Lahiri recommended Doran be held on $500,000 cash bail.
Instead, Judge Michael Coyne instead ordered Doran to be held on $10,000 cash bail, Wark said. If Doran posts bail, he will be required to wear a GPS device and remain confined to his home, except if he needs to leave for medical appointments.
During the arraignment, Doran's lawyers said that Doran has been receiving treatment for cancer, according to Wark.
Doran is due back in court on those charges June 24.
He will be charged with a second count of methamphetamine trafficking in Dorchester District Court for the methamphetamine allegedly found in his home, Wark said. A date for that arraignment has not been set.
If convicted, Doran would serve at least eight and up to 20 years in prison, Wark said.
Doran's attorneys, Vincent A. Murray Jr. and Joseph Daniel Eisenstadt, could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon.
Between 1980 and 1994, Doran, a Democrat, served seven terms as the state representative for the 15th Middlesex House District, which includes Lexington, where he lived while in office and was also involved in town government.
Doran was born in Boston, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1978 and went on to study at the London School of Economics and Political Science, according to records from the State Library of Massachusetts.
His time in the State House included serving as chair of committees on ethics, education committee and taxation, the state's library records show. He also served as vice-chair of the government regulations committee.
"During his 14 years in office, Doran focused on budgetary issues, consumer protection, drug/alcohol abuse, economic development, education, elderly affairs, employment, environmental issues, housing, local aid, social services, and women's issues," the state records say. "Doran sponsored and co-sponsored a considerable body of legislation during his time in office, including legislation for tax reform, the prevailing wage law, and the greenhouse bill."
He retired from politics in 1994.
Doran will no longer tutor at the school in JP, according to Michael Larsson, chief operating officer of Match.
"We have no knowledge, nor any reason to believe, that any staff, teachers, or students are involved in this matter or in danger in any way," Larsson said in an e-mailed statement. "We are cooperating completely with the police investigation, and we are conducting our own internally."
"We will share all appropriate information with our staff, students and families to assure them of the safety of our school," he added.
Doran had tutored there since Sept. 2012, Larsson said in an e-mailed statement.
Larsson emphasized that Doran was not a teacher and that Doran, "like all tutors at Match was subject to a Criminal Offender Registry check before he began his service with us. Mr. Doran passed that check."
The district attorney office spokesman said Doran had been arrested twice before. The first was in 1979 for driving while under the influence of alcohol in Framingham; that was "continued without a finding" resulting in its eventual dismissal. In 2001, Doran was arrested in Haverhill for marijuana possession; that case was dismissed at Doran's first court appearance, Wark said.
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And connect via Facebook by clicking the “Like” button on the top right hand corner of the Jamaica Plain homepage, here. ||||| JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. (WHDH) -- Stephen Doran, a former Bay State representative and math tutor, has been charged with dealing drugs.
Investigators say Doran was dealing methamphetamine, and they say he received a big shipment at the school where he tutored.
Doran, now 57, was just 23 in 1980 when he began seven terms at the State House, representing Lexington and Lincoln.
Doran left politics to be a vice president at a major Boston bank; a past some neighbors didn't even know about.
“If he has these other kind of jobs, he’s obviously had some problems in his life,” said John Miles, a neighbor.
A state trooper's report says police found drugs were being mailed to Doran at the middle school where he worked.
Inside was a package of heat-sealed freezer bags containing nearly 500 grams of methamphetamine -- known on the street as crystal meth.
Police then obtained a search warrant and came to a condo Doran leases in Dorchester. Inside, police say they found another 38 grams, along with cash.
Doran's lawyer says he cares for his elderly mother and is not likely to run.
Match Charter Middle School says Doran passed a criminal background check and has been tutoring kids at the school for nine months.
In a statement the school said:
"We have no knowledge, nor any reason to believe, that any staff, teachers or students were involved in this matter or were in any danger in any way."
A judge set Doran's bail at $10,000 cash.
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A: | See if this sounds familiar: A teacher undergoing cancer treatments has been accused of being a meth dealer. It may sound like Breaking Bad, but Boston police say Stephen Doran, 57, is the real deal, reports WHDH. He was arrested after cops say he received a package with nearly 500 grams of meth at the charter school where he worked as a math tutor. Doran is being held on a relatively light $10,000 bail, reports the Boston Globe, perhaps because his previous jobs as a seven-term state legislator and a bank vice president speak well of his character. Police say they found more meth at Doran's condo—for a grand total of about $50,000 in street value—along with a suspicious amount of cash. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison, more than usual because the charges involve a school zone. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: Consider Input: The series has been renewed for a sixth season of 26 episodes which will premiere in Canada in September 2018,and in the UK on July 16, 2018.
Output: is there going to be season 6 of the next step?
Input: Consider Input: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, or simply Rogue One, is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the first installment of the Star Wars Anthology series, set immediately before the events of the original Star Wars film. The cast includes Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Rogue One follows a group of rebels on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star, the Galactic Empire's superweapon.
Output: is rogue one the sequel to force awakens?
Input: Consider Input: The ``flavourings'' are believed to include cloves, soy sauce, lemons, pickles and peppers.
| Output: is soy sauce and worcestershire sauce the same thing?
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example Input: Late on the next Sunday afternoon Gifford had gone for a country walk which he had arranged to bring him round in time for the evening service at the little village church of Wynford standing just outside the park boundary. His way took him by well-remembered field-paths which, although towards the end of his walk darkness had set in, he had no difficulty in tracing. The last field he crossed brought him to a by-road joining the highway which ran through Wynford, the junction being about a quarter of a mile from the church. As he neared the stile which admitted to the road he saw, on the other side of the hedge and showing just above it, the head of a man. At the sound of his footsteps the man quickly turned, and, as for a moment the fitful moonlight caught his face, Gifford was sure he recognized Gervase Henshaw. But he took no notice and kept on his way to the stile, which he crossed and gained the road. As he did so he glanced back. A horse and trap was waiting there with Henshaw in it. He was now bending down, probably with the object of concealing his identity, and had moved on a few paces farther down the road. <sep>What was Gervase doing in the field?<sep>He was covertly setting a trap
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: Before 9/11, the CIA did not invest in developing a robust capability to conduct paramilitary operations with U.S. personnel. It relied on proxies instead, organized by CIA operatives without the requisite military training. The results were unsatisfactory. Whether the price is measured in either money or people, the United States cannot afford to build two separate capabilities for carrying out secret military operations, secretly operating standoff missiles, and secretly training foreign military or paramilitary forces. The United States should concentrate responsibility and necessary legal authorities in one entity. The post-9/11 Afghanistan precedent of using joint CIA-military teams for covert and clandestine operations was a good one. We believe this proposal to be consistent with it. Each agency would concentrate on its comparative advantages in building capabilities for joint missions. The operation itself would be planned in common. The CIA has a reputation for agility in operations. The military has a reputation for being methodical and cumbersome. We do not know if these stereotypes match current reality; they may also be one more symptom of the civil-military misunderstandings we described in chapter 4. It is a problem to be resolved in policy guidance and agency management, not in the creation of redundant, overlapping capabilities and authorities in such sensitive work. The CIA's experts should be integrated into the military's training, exercises, and planning. To quote a CIA official now serving in the field:"One fight, one team." Finally, to combat the secrecy and complexity we have described, the overall amounts of money being appropriated for national intelligence and to its component agencies should no longer be kept secret. Congress should pass a separate appropriations act for intelligence, defending the broad allocation of how these tens of billions of dollars have been assigned among the varieties of intelligence work. The specifics of the intelligence appropriation would remain classified, as they are today. <sep>Who should concentrate on one entity instead of two separate capabilities?<sep>The CIA offices
Example Output: No
Example Input: The Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program fills the gap of legal resources for domestic violence survivors who can't afford an attorney. Domestic violence survivors in Jackson, Vicksburg, Hattiesburg, Oxford and Pascagoula can all get help. Julia Crockett, deputy director of Central Southwest Mississippi Legal Services Corp., said the program expects to help nearly 1,000 domestic violence victims. Crockett said legal help gives domestic abuse survivors a way to rebuild their lives. "They have been made to feel by the abuser that no one is going to help them do anything, so when they come to us they are desperate," she said. "Those who need legal help and don't get it feel totally lost. Because then they feel like they are forced to stay in that situation." Crockett said the program, funded by a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Justice Department, has no economic restrictions on who can get help. Legal services typically helps the poor. Gladys Bunzy, who said she was in an abusive relationship with a boyfriend for eight years, said such a program is long overdue and could be a lifeline for those escaping violent relationships. "When I finally made up my mind to leave, I had a restraining order put against him and that was $50 but that was $50 well spent to me," said Bunzy, 40. "For people who can't afford it, this will be a godsend ... If a woman knows she is going to get some help that will be a burden off her mind, if the law will help her keep that person away from her." Gwen Bouie-Haynes, project director of the Domestic Violence Services Center for Catholic Charities Inc., said often domestic violence survivors do not have the money to seek legal representation. "Legal assistance is a major issue for women fleeing a domestic violence situation," she said. "Often times women are in need of immediate legal assistance services for the protection of the mother and the child. To get a protective order you need to be represented by an attorney." Crockett said the pilot program was launched in 1998 at the Haven House Family Shelter Inc., a domestic violence shelter for women and children in Vicksburg. The program has helped victims in 90 court cases, and 150 legal counseling sessions have been held there. <sep>How much does a Order of Protection cost and does it need to be filed by an attorney?<sep>$50 filed by legal rep., no
Example Output: | No
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You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
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Question: Edwards failed to qualify for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway. He got a five-year sponsorship from Eagle Airlines, a small British charter company, to support his attempt to reach the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan, but failed to qualify for those as well.
Answer: did eddie the eagle participate in 1992 olympics?
Question: Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Answer: can the president serve more than two terms?
Question: A timing belt, timing chain or cambelt is a part of an internal combustion engine that synchronizes the rotation of the crankshaft and the camshaft(s) so that the engine's valves open and close at the proper times during each cylinder's intake and exhaust strokes. In an interference engine the timing belt or chain is also critical to preventing the piston from striking the valves. A timing belt is usually a toothed belt -- a drive belt with teeth on the inside surface. A timing chain is a roller chain.
Answer: | is the cambelt the same as the timing belt?
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Definition: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: The conflicts of the 18th century reminded some of?, Context: The war has been described as the first "world war", although this label was also given to various earlier conflicts like the Eighty Years' War, the Thirty Years' War, the War of the Spanish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, and to later conflicts like the Napoleonic Wars. The term "Second Hundred Years' War" has been used in order to describe the almost continuous level of world-wide conflict during the entire 18th century, reminiscent of the more famous and compact struggle of the 14th century.
Output: | the 14th century |
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.
Now mainly inhabited by Mexican immigrants , Little Village was originally settled by Eastern European and Czech and Bohemian immigrants in the late 19th century , after the Great Chicago Fire . | Now mainly inhabited by Mexican-Americans , Little Village was originally settled by Eastern European and Czech and Bohemian immigrants in the late 19th century , after the Great Chicago Fire sent the population of Chicago rippling out from the city 's center to the outlying countryside . |
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Telling your employer ahead of time is a bad idea.
How to prepare for jail<br>Talk to your employer. Whether you're going to be in jail for a couple of days, a couple of weeks, or longer, you need to be honest with your employer. Tell him why you are leaving. | No |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:Among the national teams, Germany and Brazil have played the most World Cup matches (109), Germany appeared in the most finals (8), semi-finals (13), quarter-finals (16), while Brazil has appeared in the most World Cups (21), has the most wins (73) and has scored the most goals (229). The two teams have played each other twice in the World Cup, in the 2002 final and in the 2014 semi-final.
Solution: | have any teams played each other twice in the world cup? |
Problem: If toxic waste containg cyanide is not disposed of properly, it may drain into ponds, streams, sewers, and reservoirs.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Nothing can drain into a pond."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: police investigations are unbiased and fair
How to take legal action for player to official violence<br>Call the police. Assault is a crime, and you should call the police as soon as possible. The police will need to investigate and will ask you questions.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
How to write a growth plan<br>Identify growth opportunities. Unlike a regular business plan, a growth plan focuses specifically on growth opportunities. There are many ways to grow your business, including the following : [substeps] Add new products or services.
A regular business plan does not mention growth opportunities. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: Michael Graham interviewed his friends for their personal opinions for the book as well.
Context: Redneck Nation: How the South Really Won the War (ISBN ) is a book by conservative personality Michael Graham. Released in 2002 by Warner Books, the book covers a wide variety of Graham's personal opinions on current and historical events in the context of southern ideas and a "redneck" political point of view.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
Context:
Archaeologists have found approximately 30 beautifully preserved mummies in a 4,000 year old Egyptian necropolis which held 53 tombs. Supervisor of Antiquities for Middle Egypt Dr. Abdel-Rahman El-Ayedi's team established his archaeological site in the Faiyum Oasis near the El-Lahun Egyptian pyramid which is just south of Cairo. Besides the mummies, the team found masks, amulets, clay pots and an offering table located in a funerary chapel. The chapel dates back to about 30 BC to 337 AD.
Hypothesis: Dr. Abdel-Rahman El-Ayedi is bald OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
It's impossible to say
Problem: The 500,000 eligible, Muslim voters are likely to reward Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats (SPD) in the September 18 parliamentary election, for its anti-Iraq war position and pro-Muslim policies.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder won the election"? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
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".
A day at the beach. When Sam woke in the morning, he was super excited! Today was the day! It was Sunday, the day that Sam's mom and dad had promised to take Sam to the beach. Sam's grandma had given a pail and shovel to Sam to use in the sand. At breakfast Sam was so excited he was wiggling in his seat! Mom told Sam that they would leave when the big hand on the clock was pointing to the 10, and the little had was pointing to the 12. Mom asked Sam if he would like to help make sandwiches for the trip, and Sam said that he wanted to help. Dad said, "let's make a game of it, we need to make a sandwich for each of us. There are three of us, so we need three sandwiches. Let's count as we make the sandwiches!" Sam counted as mom made the sandwiches, one for dad, one for mom and one for Sam. Then mom started to make another sandwich! "Mom!" said Sam, "we have three sandwiches and that makes one sandwich for each of us." Sam's mom laughed, "You're right Sam!" Sam's mom said she was being silly. <sep>What were Sam's words as mom made the Sandwich?<sep>You're right Sam!
No
On his return to Nuremberg in 1495, Durer opened his own workshop (being married was a requirement for this). Over the next five years his style increasingly integrated Italian influences into underlying Northern forms. Durer's father died in 1502, and his mother died in 1513. His best works in the first years of the workshop were his woodcut prints, mostly religious, but including secular scenes such as The Men's Bath House (ca. 1496). These were larger and more finely cut than the great majority of German woodcuts hitherto, and far more complex and balanced in composition. It is now thought unlikely that Durer cut any of the woodblocks himself; this task would have been performed by a specialist craftsman. However, his training in Wolgemut's studio, which made many carved and painted altarpieces and both designed and cut woodblocks for woodcut, evidently gave him great understanding of what the technique could be made to produce, and how to work with block cutters. Durer either drew his design directly onto the woodblock itself, or glued a paper drawing to the block. Either way, his drawings were destroyed during the cutting of the block. <sep>How long after opening his workshop did Durer did he create The Men's Bath House?<sep>He created the scene a year after opening his workshop
Yes
Two women trade houses without ever having met . They 're both looking for an escape from their problems , but by running away , both come to discover a great deal about themselves . Ria Lynch is married to Danny Lynch and they have a daughter and a son . Danny begins spending less and less time at home with his wife and children . Ria believes another baby is the solution , and is shocked to find out that indeed her husband is going to be a father - but to a child from an affair he has been having . Her husband's unfaithfulness is the event that leads Ria into her decision to switch homes with a woman from the US called Marilyn who lost her teenage son to a motorcycle accident on his birthday . Marilyn is struggling to come to terms with her son's death and has become estranged from her husband . She hopes her time in Dublin will cease her grief . Ria and Marilyn discover deep , dark secrets about the other during the summer . The two become close friends but do not reveal the secrets . { { Expand section } } <sep>Who came to discover a great deal about themselves?<sep>Marylin & her son
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Q: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
When entering into force in 1994, the EEA parties were 17 states and two European Communities: the European Community, which was later absorbed into the EU's wider framework, and the now defunct European Coal and Steel Community. Membership has grown to 31 states as of 2016: 28 EU member states, as well as three of the four member states of the EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). The Agreement is applied provisionally with respect to Croatia--the remaining and most recent EU member state--pending ratification of its accession by all EEA parties. One EFTA member, Switzerland, has not joined the EEA, but has a series of bilateral agreements with the EU which allow it also to participate in the internal market.
A: | is switzerland a member of the european economic area? |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to change your voice on snapchat
Open the snapchat app.
It's the yellow app with the ghost icon.
Double-tap the snapchat camera page.
Pick from:
(i). It's at the top of the page. Tap the mask icon to edit the text box..
(ii). Tap delete, and tap delete again to confirm. Tap done at the bottom of the screen..
(iii). It's at the top of the screen. Tap your profile picture in the upper-right corner of the screen..
(iv). This will enable the front-facing camera. You can also activate the front-facing camera by tapping the camera-switch button in the top right hand corner of your screen.. | (iv). |
Detailed 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.
Q: He was the son of actor Peter Lawford and Patricia Kennedy Lawford .
A: | He was a member of the prominent Kennedy family , and son of actor Peter Lawford and Patricia " Pat " Kennedy Lawford , who was the sister of President John F. Kennedy . |
Teacher: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".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Reducing resource use means just what it says using fewer resources. There are lots of ways to reduce our use of resources. Buy durable goods. Choose items that are well made so they will last longer. Youll buy fewer items in the long run, so youll save money as well as resources. Thats a win-win! Repair rather than replace. Fix your bike rather than buying a new one. Sew on a button instead of buying a new shirt. Youll use fewer resources and save money. Buy only what you need. Dont buy a gallon of milk if you can only drink half of it before it spoils. Instead, buy a half gallon and drink all of it. You wont be wasting resources (or money!) Buy local. For example, buy local produce at a farmers market, like the one in Figure 2.20. A lot of resources are saved by not shipping goods long distances. Products bought at farmers markets use less packaging, too! About a third of what we throw out is packaging. <sep>How does buying local reduce resource use?<sep>You don't have to travel as far
Student: | No |
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.
Let me give you an example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
The answer to this example can be: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Here is why: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
OK. solve this:
It is celebrated each year on 18 July ( Mandela 's birthday ) .
Answer: | Nelson Mandela International Day ( or Mandela Day ) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela , celebrated each year on 18 July , Mandela 's birthday . |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process. The roles of a producer vary. They may gather musical ideas for the project, collaborate with the artists to select cover tunes or original songs by the artist / group, work with artists and help them to improve their songs, lyrics or arrangements.
Output: | what is the function of a music producer |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Ex Input:
The passage lists countries that still implement corporal punishment, which type of countries are closest to Latin America?, Context: Official corporal punishment, often by caning, remains commonplace in schools in some Asian, African and Caribbean countries. For details of individual countries see School corporal punishment.
Ex Output:
Caribbean
Ex Input:
the above mentioned people are?, Context: Artists contributing to this format include mainly soft rock/pop singers such as, Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis, Nana Mouskouri, Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias, Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Marc Anthony.
Ex Output:
Artists
Ex Input:
What nature was the Thirty Years' War?, Context: The war has been described as the first "world war", although this label was also given to various earlier conflicts like the Eighty Years' War, the Thirty Years' War, the War of the Spanish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, and to later conflicts like the Napoleonic Wars. The term "Second Hundred Years' War" has been used in order to describe the almost continuous level of world-wide conflict during the entire 18th century, reminiscent of the more famous and compact struggle of the 14th century.
Ex Output:
| world-wide conflict
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What happens next?
A person is riding inside a boat on the water. they
Available choices: A. are belly surfing down the waves.; B. get out and put their clothes on.; C. are riding in olympic-size water.; D. are dragging a person on water skis.; | D. |
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.
Let me give you an example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
The answer to this example can be: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Here is why: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
OK. solve this:
Murray Stanley Hoffman ( April 15 , 1924 – March 23 , 2018 ) was an American cardiologist , educator and diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Cardiovascular Disease , a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology .
Answer: | Murray Stanley Hoffman ( April 15 , 1924 – March 23 , 2018 ) was an American cardiologist , educator and diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Cardiovascular Disease , a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Council on Clinical Cardiology ( CLCD ) of the American Heart Association . |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. 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.
Heat capacity is a measure of how much materials can store up heat as they change temperature .
| Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a physical property of matter , defined as the amount of heat to be supplied to a given mass of a material to produce a unit change in its temperature . |
Teacher:In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: In the feudal system ( in Europe and elsewhere ) , the nobility were mostly those who got land from the monarch and had to provide services to him , mainly military service .
Student: | In the feudal system ( in Europe and elsewhere ) , the nobility were generally those who held a fief , often land or office , under vassalage , i.e. , in exchange for allegiance and various , mainly military , services to a suzerain , who might be a higher-ranking nobleman or a monarch . |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
A man in a light blue shirt breaks the pool balls to start the game. he
Options are: a). tries to make a goal to get the cue but it doesn't go in his direction.; b). uses a pool stick to pit out the balls in the pool table.; c). beats 4 people and gets down from the table when he is done.; d). walks around the table looking for a good spot to hit.; | d). |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:The rules for the high jump are set internationally by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Jumpers must take off on one foot. A jump is considered a failure if the bar is dislodged by the action of the jumper whilst jumping or the jumper touches the ground or breaks the plane of the near edge of the bar before clearance. The technique one uses for the jump must be almost flawless in order to have a chance of clearing a high bar.
Solution: | can you jump off two feet in high jump? |
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to file for immigration
Determine if there is a visa available to you.
Before you can apply for a green card, there must be a visa available. The immigration and nationality act (" ina ") sets the number of visa that may be issued to those seeking permanent residence green cards.
OPTIONS:
- It is the first act of citizenship in the united states that is granted to all citizens or those applying to a visa. Visa applies only to individuals applying for permanent residence green cards.
- Most government agencies require that you have at least one visa authorized to allow you to live in the u.s. green cards are accepted regardless of the state of the country you live in.
- To determine if a visa is available to you, see the uscis's. Determine the category under which you will get your green card.
- Determine if there is a green card for you. All of the green cards that will be issued to you must be in the same language.
OUT: To determine if a visa is available to you, see the uscis's. Determine the category under which you will get your green card.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to break up with your " whun " on fantage
Log in fantage on your account using your given username and password.
Head to the server your whun is. If you are unsure, chose a server where you have a buddy and see if you guessed right.
OPTIONS:
- Start running onecpt with a friend on your buddy list. It's easiest to run the settings after kdexx has sent your buddy a message and hit the " close " button.
- Try to find out where they are. It may be better to do this yourself.
- If you can't find your username, that means your server is broken up. Check who your buddy is and what servers he or she is connected to.
- When the server arrives, go back to fantage and talk to your buddy. Cancel your server after you finish your conversation and retype your password.
OUT: Try to find out where they are. It may be better to do this yourself.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to solve folder options disappeared in control panel
Log on to windows with a user account that has administrator privileges.
Click on the " start " button, on the windows taskbar.
Click on " run " and place your cursor in the text box.
OPTIONS:
- In the text box, type gpedit. Msc and click " ok " to run the group policy editor.
- Double-click on " run as administrator ". Find " support " on the left side toolbar and click it.
- Double-click on the folder you'd like to separate. A window should open that can make separating folder easier.
- This window will appear as blank pages to allow you to find your file. Right click on the file (s) you want to replace a blank page for.
OUT: | In the text box, type gpedit. Msc and click " ok " to run the group policy editor. |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The ELTon Award is given by the British Council for English language teaching innovation .
Output: | The ELTons ( English Language Teaching Innovation Awards ) are international awards given annually by the British Council that recognise and celebrate innovation in the field of English language teaching . |
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".
Input: Consider Input: Have you are burned something on the stove or in the oven? Do you know why things burn? It all has to do with temperature. Changes in matter are affected by temperature. For example, what if you place a cake in the oven and you leave it in too long? What do you think will happen? Thats right, it will probably burn. The same thing will happen if the oven setting is too high and you apply too much heat. In either case, heat has affected the rate of change in matter. Its probably obvious that when the temperature is increased a chemical change, like cooking, will occur faster. What about a physical change? Are physical changes affected by temperature? Most of us have seen steam rising off a wet road after a summer rainstorm. This happens because the road surface is very warm. The warm road and warm air temperature causes the water to evaporate quickly. The liquid water is turning into water vapor, but it is still water. The evaporation of water is a physical change. So yes, temperature affects the rate that physical change occurs. <sep>What can happen if you place a cake in an oven and apply too much heat or set the oven heat too high?<sep>It will become so tasty
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: The day was just breaking, as I left the tower; though it was still too dark in the house to be able to see without a light, and I took one of the study candles with me on my 'round. By the time I had finished the ground floor, the daylight was creeping in, wanly, through the barred windows. My search had shown me nothing fresh. Everything appeared to be in order, and I was on the point of extinguishing my candle, when the thought suggested itself to me to have another glance 'round the cellars. I had not, if I remember rightly, been into them since my hasty search on the evening of the attack. For, perhaps, the half of a minute, I hesitated. I would have been very willing to forego the task--as, indeed, I am inclined to think any man well might--for of all the great, awe-inspiring rooms in this house, the cellars are the hugest and weirdest. Great, gloomy caverns of places, unlit by any ray of daylight. Yet, I would not shirk the work. I felt that to do so would smack of sheer cowardice. Besides, as I reassured myself, the cellars were really the most unlikely places in which to come across anything dangerous; considering that they can be entered, only through a heavy oaken door, the key of which, I carry always on my person. <sep>When did the person consider extinguishing the candle?<sep>Found nothing
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Little is known of the earliest Stone Age inhabitants of Europe's southwestern extremity. The ancient Greeks called them the Cynetes (or Cunetes). Whatever their origins, their culture evolved under the pressure and influence of foreign forces. Among the many invading armies that settled here and contributed to nascent Portuguese culture were Phoenicians, who settled in the area around 1,000 b.c., followed by the Celts, Iberians, Greeks, and Carthaginians. But it was the Romans, who arrived late in the third century b.c., who most greatly influenced all of Iberia. They built towns, industries, roads, and bridges, developed agriculture, and bequeathed the Latin language, of which Portuguese is a direct descendant. The Romans named the southwestern province of the peninsula Lusitania, oddly enough for one of the Celtiberian tribes they defeated, and by the third century a.d. had introduced Christianity. By the beginning of the fourth century the Algarve had a bishop in place, based in Faro. But Rome had already fallen into decay, and soon hordes of northern tribesmen took over the empire. The Algarve fell to the Visigoths in the mid-fifth century. Under Moorish Rule In a.d. 711, the Moors brought powerful armies from North Africa and launched a devastating attack on the Iberian peninsula, conquering much of what would become Spain and Portugal. They imposed Islam and left an indelible influence on the countryside and the population of the Algarve. The Moorish legacy can still be seen in the form of wells and waterwheels, squat white houses, the dark complexions of the people, and in the very name given the region — taken from Al-Gharb, which means "country of the west" (when the Moors conquered the territory, it was the most westerly in the known world). The Moors governed their Iberian kingdoms from across the border in Seville, but the Algarve had its own regional capital and huge, invulnerable fortress. The capital was Chelb (or Xelb), and it was bigger and better defended than Lisbon. Today the town, known as Silves, is a provincial outpost whose only besiegers are busloads of tourists who climb the narrow streets up to the old Moorish ramparts. <sep>What did the Greeks call the early Stone Age inhabitants?<sep>Chelb
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: Consider Input: The film opens with Sunita , a medical student , and her friends working on a project about the human brain . She wants to investigate the curious case of Sanjay Singhania , a notable city businessman , who is reported to have anterograde amnesia . Her professor denies access to Sanjay's records as it is currently under criminal investigation . Sunita , nonetheless , decides to investigate the matter herself . Sanjay is introduced as he brutally murders a man . He takes a Polaroid picture of the man , and writes on it `` done '' . It is revealed that Sanjay has anterograde amnesia where he loses his memory every 15 minutes . Sanjay uses a system of photographs , notes , and tattoos on his body to recover his memory after each cycle . It is revealed that Sanjay is ultimately out to avenge the death of his sweetheart Kalpana , and that he is systematically killing the people who were responsible for it . His main target is `` Ghajini '' , a notable social personality in the city . Police Inspector Arjun Yadav , on the case of the serial murders , tracks Sanjay down to his flat and attacks and disables him . Yadav finds two diaries where Sanjay has chronicled the events of 2005 and 2006 . The film flashes back to 2005 as Yadav reads the diary . Sanjay Singhania is shown as the owner of the Air Voice mobile telephone company . In the course of his business , Sanjay sends his men to meet Kalpana , a struggling model , about putting up a billboard above her apartment . The owner of Kalpana's advertising firm misinterprets this as a romantic advance , and in view of a possible lucrative Air Voice ad campaign and other benefits , encourages Kalpana to accept the overture . <sep>Who denies Sunita access to Sanjay's records, who is reported to have anterograde amnesia, because they are under criminal investigation?<sep>Professor
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: 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>Why did Dawson's Landing wake up?<sep>Because the duelists' subordinates ran around yelling to wake up everyone
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: While this process moved along, diplomacy continued its rounds. Direct pressure on the Taliban had proved unsuccessful. As one NSC staff note put it, "Under the Taliban, Afghanistan is not so much a state sponsor of terrorism as it is a state sponsored by terrorists." In early 2000, the United States began a high-level effort to persuade Pakistan to use its influence over the Taliban. In January 2000, Assistant Secretary of State Karl Inderfurth and the State Department's counterterrorism coordinator, Michael Sheehan, met with General Musharraf in Islamabad, dangling before him the possibility of a presidential visit in March as a reward for Pakistani cooperation. Such a visit was coveted by Musharraf, partly as a sign of his government's legitimacy. He told the two envoys that he would meet with Mullah Omar and press him on Bin Laden. They left, however, reporting to Washington that Pakistan was unlikely in fact to do anything," given what it sees as the benefits of Taliban control of Afghanistan." President Clinton was scheduled to travel to India. The State Department felt that he should not visit India without also visiting Pakistan. The Secret Service and the CIA, however, warned in the strongest terms that visiting Pakistan would risk the President's life. Counterterrorism officials also argued that Pakistan had not done enough to merit a presidential visit. But President Clinton insisted on including Pakistan in the itinerary for his trip to South Asia. His one-day stopover on March 25, 2000, was the first time a U.S. president had been there since 1969. At his meeting with Musharraf and others, President Clinton concentrated on tensions between Pakistan and India and the dangers of nuclear proliferation, but also discussed Bin Laden. President Clinton told us that when he pulled Musharraf aside for a brief, one-on-one meeting, he pleaded with the general for help regarding Bin Laden." I offered him the moon when I went to see him, in terms of better relations with the United States, if he'd help us get Bin Laden and deal with another issue or two." The U.S. effort continued. <sep>Why did Musharraf want the President to visit Pakistan?<sep>It would be a sign of his government's legitimacy
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Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
BAGNERES DE-LUCHON, France (AP) — Four-time champion Chris Froome is among several riders who have had their eyes treated for tear gas or pepper spray sprayed on the peloton when a farmer’s protest interrupted the 16th stage of the Tour de France. Police had to remove bales of hay blocking the road 30 kilometers into the 218-kilometer leg from Carcassonne to Bagneres De-Luchon. An Associated Press photographer at the scene says Froome and other riders had eye drops applied while stopped for several minutes. It isn’t immediately clear who used the chemicals.
Sentence: Chris froome has won more than twice
Choose your answer from:
A). Yes
B). It's impossible to say
C). No | A). |
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Q: what is the last section of a city mentioned?, Context: Philadelphia's central city was created in the 17th century following the plan by William Penn's surveyor Thomas Holme. Center City is structured with long straight streets running east-west and north-south forming a grid pattern. The original city plan was designed to allow for easy travel and to keep residences separated by open space that would help prevent the spread of fire. The Delaware River and Schuylkill Rivers served as early boundaries between which the city's early street plan was kept within. In addition, Penn planned the creation of five public parks in the city which were renamed in 1824 (in parenthesis): Centre Square, North East Publick Square (Franklin Square), Northwest Square (Logan Square), Southwest Square (Rittenhouse Square), and Southeast Square (Washington Square). Center City has grown into the second-most populated downtown area in the United States, after Midtown Manhattan in New York City, with an estimated 183,240 residents in 2015.
A: | Midtown Manhattan |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to prepare for international travel
Get a passport.
You need at least two passport-size photos, your birth certificate, and one other form of identification that proves your citizenship in your country of origin. If you already have a passport, ensure that it has at least 6 months left before its expiration date.
A: Some countries will not issue a visa to you if your passport expires in less than 6 months. If you don't already have a passport, you'll need to allow 4-6 weeks for processing, so be sure to start this process ahead of time.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
The lady removes her glasses , puts on mascara and applies the false lash to one eye. The lady is in front of the mirror talking again. we
A: see the ending title and credit screens.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
Two hair stylists stand next to a young man as they speak to a camera about justin bieber's hairstyle look. The female hair stylists begins by shampooing the hair of the young man. he
A: sits and has his cut by the hair stylists.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
The woman stops and demonstrates the motor area of the machine. Back sitting on the rowing machine, she rows one more time and places the cables down. the woman
A: | removes her feet from the straps. |
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
(CNN) -- Japan's prime minister conceded defeat in parliamentary elections Sunday, signaling the return to power of the Liberal Democratic Party and ending the brief rule of the disappointing upstart Democratic Party of Japan. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda pledged to step down as party president after exit polls showed a smashing loss in lower house voting. The party, once seen as a breath of fresh air in Japanese politics, came to be regarded as increasingly ineffective. "We got a regrettable result," Noda said. "The result is everything in the politics. The biggest responsibility lies on me. I will quit as the partly leader of DPJ." The move clears the way for the return to power of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the current leader of the conservative-leaning Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP. "The Japanese people will be keenly looking whether the LDP can meet with their expectations," Abe said in interviews after the polling. The LDP ruled the country almost continuously since its establishment in 1955 until it was forced from power three years ago by the DPJ. Public broadcaster NHK said the LDP and its coalition partner, the new Komei party, gained at least 302 seats in the 480-seat lower house. CNN's main affiliate, TV Asahi, reports the LDP/Komei coalition gained at least 312 seats. The official count is expected to be released Monday. The LDP is inheriting a struggling economy, regional tensions and questions over Japan's role in Asia. "The economy is at the bottom. It's our first mission to turn it around," Abe said. <sep>What is the name of Japan's prime minister who conceded defeat in parlimentary elections?<sep>Komei
Output: | No |
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to remove a door handle
Remove the implements holding the doorknob together.
There are lots of different types of doorknobs as well as many different manufacturers. Depending on those factors, as well as the age of the knob, there are many different ways to release the mechanism.
OPTIONS:
- Dull and rusty and surprisingly easy to loosen are great options, and they may be able to be easily dealt with by a professional, but can be damaged by the gentle use of a key or screwdriver. Heat the door knob to room temperature.
- Placing your hands under the handle by holding it or by setting it on a flat surface and gently tugging the handle to loosen the mechanism. Most doorknobs come with two locking devices that are used to lock individual knobs.
- If you are removing a knob for use in the home, there are usually a number of different methods you can use. Try removing the knob with a phillips head screwdriver.
- Here are the various methods, organized by which you should try first : Screw method: remove any visible screws. The screws around the latch plate between the two sides of the door are standard.
A: Here are the various methods, organized by which you should try first : Screw method: remove any visible screws. The screws around the latch plate between the two sides of the door are standard.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to protect your cat from holiday hazards
Watch your food tables.
The holidays bring parties and dinners where you and your loved ones often have rich foods. These foods may be tasty for you, but they are not good for your pet.
OPTIONS:
- This is even worse for your cat, because she can jump on tables or counters and grab food without you being aware of it. This means you need to be very aware of where your cat is when you have food lying around, and you should also be sure to close your kitchen doors.
- Instead, look out for foods that detracts from their quality and appearance. Try some of the following food tables : White meat fish egg noodles fluffy salad Buy the colors of holiday foods well.
- So, when there is a gathering of elderly, ill, and dying people, it becomes the priority to bring your cat, as this is the most common food throughout the holiday seasons. Familiarize yourself with the holidays in your area so that you can secure your cat's temporary housing.
- Watch your drinks around food tables or from behind cover shelves so you can access them comfortably without harm to your cat. If you have to get up at 8 am, take your cat to the bathroom on the third day of the holidays, and keep them in the crate until 8 am.
A: This is even worse for your cat, because she can jump on tables or counters and grab food without you being aware of it. This means you need to be very aware of where your cat is when you have food lying around, and you should also be sure to close your kitchen doors.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to do renegade rows
Choose the right dumbbells.
Because renegade rows are extremely challenging, and different from other exercises you may have done, start with a lighter weight and make sure you can do several repetitions with good form.
Generally it's best to start out with 5-or 10-pound dumbbells.
OPTIONS:
- After 12-15 repetitions, you'll increase to 30-100 repetitions with good form. You can do some one-arm riser (elbow bend) workouts as well.
- Choose dumbbells with hexagon rather than round ends, so they'll be stable on the ground and won't roll around. If the exercise feels " easy " to you, go ahead and use a heavier dumbbell.
- Generally speaking this amount of weight will help you improve. However, it won't be as much fun if you've been doing renegade rows and mastered them three-quarters of the time using heavy dumbbells.
- For example, if you are doing free-weights, you might only try 5-or 10-pound dumbbells. If you feel yourself getting tired, and are having trouble maintaining your form, you can switch to a lighter weight.
A: Choose dumbbells with hexagon rather than round ends, so they'll be stable on the ground and won't roll around. If the exercise feels " easy " to you, go ahead and use a heavier dumbbell.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to make salbutes
Mix the masa dough.
Measure 2 cups (228 g) of corn flour (masa) into a large mixing bowl. Pour in 1 1/4 cups (295 ml) of water and use your hands to mix the water into the corn flour.
OPTIONS:
- Keep your flour bowl or towel over your work surface to avoid spreading it around. You can use a food processor to make smaller batches of masa dough in less time.
- The mixture will be thin and runny so be sure to test it with a knife before you pour. Always test the consistency of the dough before proceeding.
- This should make a dough that's thick like a paste. You can purchase pre-made masa dough.
- Once the dough is smooth, add 1/4 cup (60 ml) of water and whisk until the dough forms a smooth ball. If you want a dough that's a little thicker than the next ball, add extra water to the mixture.
A: | This should make a dough that's thick like a paste. You can purchase pre-made masa dough. |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to save frequent flyer miles about to expire
Shop through an airline portal.
Almost every airline has online malls or portals where you can shop. You'll earn extra miles on your purchases, and the clock will " reset, " so you won't lose any miles because of inactivity.
Available choices:
1). Airlines also have websites that you can look through. Go to airbnb or call faqs if you need to confirm your trip.
2). It's especially important to shop at airports you plan to frequent online. Pay attention to the signs, as they will tell you how many miles you need to travel to purchase your ticket.
3). Many airlines list their malls on their websites. However, while some airlines sell their malls here, others charge for a trip to one of them.
4). To shop, visit your airline's portal and search for a store. Then click through to the retailer's website when you are ready to make your purchase. | 4). |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
[EX Q]: Who helped make the religion more popular?, Context: It gained great momentum in the 18th and 19th centuries with the emergence of Methodism and the Great Awakenings in Britain and North America. The origins of Evangelicalism are usually traced back to the English Methodist movement, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, the Moravian Church, Lutheran pietism, Presbyterianism and Puritanism. Among leaders and major figures of the Evangelical Protestant movement were John Wesley, George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, Billy Graham, Harold John Ockenga, John Stott and Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
[EX A]: John Wesley, George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, Billy Graham, Harold John Ockenga, John Stott and Martyn Lloyd-Jones
[EX Q]: Where was the Sugauli Treaty negotiated?, Context: The aggressive policies of Lord Wellesley and the Marquis of Hastings led to the Company gaining control of all India (except for the Punjab and Sindh), and some part of the then kingdom of Nepal under the Sugauli Treaty. The Indian Princes had become vassals of the Company. But the expense of wars leading to the total control of India strained the Company's finances. The Company was forced to petition Parliament for assistance. This was the background to the Charter Act of 1813 which, among other things:
[EX A]: Sugauli
[EX Q]: A type of competition that has a large number of participants that normally decides upon one winner is called a?, Context: SC Bern is the major ice hockey team of Bern who plays at the PostFinance Arena. The team has ranked highest in attendance for a European hockey team for more than a decade. The PostFinance Arena was the main host of the 2009 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, including the opening game and the final of the tournament.
[EX A]: | tournament
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In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Example Input: In the epilogue, Greg reveals that he wrote the book as an explanation to his prospective college, the University of Pittsburgh, about why he fell back on schoolwork during his last school year. After his conversation with Earl, he had decided to retire from film-making, but on writing down his experience, decides that he shouldn't. He realizes that he was always unhappy because he was trying to be someone he wasn't, but was content when he was just himself. He makes up his mind to apply to film school within the next six months. The book ends with him wondering if he should put Rachel in his next film.
Example Output: what happens at the end of me earl and the dying girl
Example Input: The Green Bay Packers Board of Directors is the organization that serves as the owner of record for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). The Packers have been a publicly owned, non-profit corporation since August 18, 1923. The corporation currently has 360,760 stockholders, who collectively own 5,011,558 shares of stock after the last stock sale of 2011 -- 2012. There have been five stock sales, in 1923, 1935, 1950, 1997, and 2011. Shares in 1923 sold for $5 apiece (approx $72 in 2017), while in 1997 they were sold at $200 each and in 2011, $250 each.
Example Output: how does ownership of the green bay packers work
Example Input: Roanoke Island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States. It was named after the historical Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English exploration. About eight miles (12 km) long and two miles (3 km) wide, Roanoke Island lies between the mainland and the barrier islands near Nags Head, with Albemarle Sound on its north, Roanoke Sound at the eastern end, Croatan Sound to the west, and Wanchese CDP at the southern end. The town of Manteo is located on the northern portion of the island, and is the county seat of Dare County. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is on the north end of the island. There is a land area of 17.95 square miles (46.5 km) and a population of 6,724 as of the 2000 census.
Example Output: | name the bodies of water that surround roanoke island
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
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.
They believe that the divisions of labour that these industrial societies produce lead to people relying on factories and other people to make their food , clothing , shelter , etc . ; thus , forcing them to be a member of the society .
Output: | They argue that the division of labor techno-industrial societies require to function forces people into reliance on factories and the labor of other specialists to produce their food , clothing , shelter , and other necessities and that this dependence forces them to remain a part of this society , whether they like it or not . |
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Q: The Alexander ALX400 ( later known as the TransBus ALX400 and the Alexander Dennis ALX400 ) is a 2-axle double-decker low-floor bus body .
A: | The Alexander ALX400 ( later known as the TransBus ALX400 and the Alexander Dennis ALX400 ) is a 2-axle double-decker bus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders ( later by TransBus International / Alexander Dennis ) . |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Manson (upper body) will be in the lineup Sunday against the Oilers, Derek Van Diest of the Edmonton Sun reports. Manson was part of the morning skate Sunday, so it seemed likely that he would be able to play barring a setback. The 26-year-old has managed 31 points in 73 games, and he is returning from his absence to face an Oilers team on the second night of a back-to-back. Considering that Edmonton has a 3.16 GAA, this seems like a nice matchup to return for.
Hypothesis: Manson has been able to play 73 games. | Yes |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: When you get sick, your body springs to action. Your body starts to fight the illness. Thats why you want to eat right and get plenty of sleep. You need a strong immune system to fight off illness. Plants dont have an immune system. That does not mean they do not get sick. Plants are affected by disease just like us. Typically, their first line of defense is the death of part of the plant. This prevents the infection from spreading. Many plants also produce special chemicals to fight disease. For example, willow trees produce a chemical to kill the bacteria. The same compound is used in many acne products. You can see a picture of a willow tree in Figure Plants may be smarter than we think. No, they cannot talk to each other. They may be able to send messages, though. <sep>Which tree produces a compound in many acne products?<sep>Birch tree
A: | No |
The Extra Girl (1923) is a story of a small-town girl, Sue Graham (played by Mabel Normand) who comes to Hollywood to be in the pictures. This Mabel Normand vehicle, produced by Mack Sennett, followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about Hollywood, such as King Vidors Show People (1928).
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
a story of a small-town girl, Sue Graham (played by Mabel Normand) who comes to San francisco | No |
Davina McCall opened up about her love life with husband Matthew Robertson The TV presenter opened up about their relationship after 16 years of marriage and revealed that since she started taking hormone replacement HRT she has a fresh libido. Telling Stella Magazine about her menopause symptoms and the decision to start HRT, Davina said: "All my symptoms stopped overnight. I'm not endorsing it. It was a personal decision. "I feel, in a funny way, it's almost more attractive that I can't have children," she continued. "Because not I don't need to take contraception.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Davina McCall is less happy with her marriage since the release of this article. | It's impossible to say |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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Question: Fax ( short for facsimile ) , or telecopying , is the transmission of scanned printed material ( both text and images ) , to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device .
Answer: Fax ( short for facsimile ) , sometimes called telecopying or telefax ( the latter short for telefacsimile ) , is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material ( both text and images ) , normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device .
Question: In some cultures , Santa Claus brings coal to misbehaved children for Christmas .
Answer: Some cultures hold that children who misbehave will receive only a lump of coal from Santa Claus for Christmas in their christmas stockings instead of presents .
Question: It is bounded on the west by the Gulf Stream ; on the north , by the North Atlantic Current ; on the east , by the Canary Current ; and on the south , by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current .
Answer: | The sea is bounded on the west by the Gulf Stream , on the north by the North Atlantic Current , on the east by the Canary Current , and on the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current , a clockwise-circulating system of ocean currents termed the North Atlantic Gyre .
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Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
UNITED NATIONS The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue "birth certificate."
There were 138 votes in favor, nine against and 41 abstentions. Three countries did not take part in the vote to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's observer status at the United Nations to "non-member state" from "entity."
The assembly approved the upgrade despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinians by withholding funds for the West Bank government. U.N. envoys said Israel might avoid harsh retaliation as long as the Palestinians did not seek to join the International Criminal Court.
The much-anticipated vote came after Abbas denounced Israel for its "aggressive policies and the perpetration of war crimes" from the U.N. podium, remarks that elicited a furious response from the Jewish state.
"Sixty-five years ago on this day, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 181, which partitioned the land of historic Palestine into two states and became the birth certificate for Israel," Abbas told the 193-nation assembly after receiving a standing ovation.
"The General Assembly is called upon today to issue a birth certificate of the reality of the State of Palestine," he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded quickly, condemning Abbas' critique of Israel as "hostile and poisonous," and full of "false propaganda."
"These are not the words of a man who wants peace," Netanyahu also said in a statement released by his office in Israel.
At least 17 European nations voted in favor of the Palestinian resolution, including Austria, France, Italy, Norway and Spain. Abbas had focused his lobbying efforts on Europe, which supplies much of the aid the Palestinian Authority relies on. Britain, Germany and others chose to abstain.
The Czech Republic was unique in Europe, joining the United States, Israel, Canada, Panama and tiny Pacific Island states likes Nauru, Palau and Micronesia in voting against the move.
After the vote, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice called for the immediate resumption of peace talks.
"The Palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed save that the prospects of a durable peace have only receded," she said.
"The United States calls upon both the parties to resume direct talks without preconditions on all the issues that divide them and we pledge that the United States will be there to support the parties vigorously in such efforts," Rice said.
She added that both parties should "avoid any further provocative actions in the region, in New York or elsewhere."
(Andrew Quinn in Washington, Noah Browning in Ramallah, Jeffrey Heller in Jerusalem, Michelle Nichols in New York, Robert Mueller in Prague, Gabriela Baczynska and Reuters bureau in Europe and elsewhere; Editing by Peter Cooney) ||||| WASHINGTON — After failing to head off a vote in the United Nations on Thursday that would upgrade the Palestinian Authority ’s status, the United States and Israel are looking ahead to how they can contain the damage from the approval of a resolution that even some European allies have signaled they will support.
The draft resolution calls on the United Nations General Assembly to upgrade the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer state. It is virtually certain to pass, despite the opposition of the United States and a handful of other nations.
On Wednesday, two senior American diplomats — William J. Burns, the deputy secretary of state, and David Hale, the special envoy to the Middle East — met at a hotel in New York with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, to register American concerns.
“No one should be under any illusion that this resolution is going to produce the results that the Palestinians claim to seek, namely to have their own state living in peace next to Israel,” Victoria Nuland, the State Department spokeswoman, said Wednesday. “We thought it was important to make our case one more time.”
A major concern for the Americans is that the Palestinians might use their new status to try to join the International Criminal Court. That prospect particularly worries the Israelis, who fear that the Palestinians might press for an investigation of their practices in the occupied territories.
Another worry is that the Palestinians might use the vote to seek membership in specialized agencies of the United Nations, a move that could have consequences for the financing of the international organizations as well as the Palestinian Authority itself. Congress cut off financing to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 after it accepted Palestine as a member. The United States is a major contributor to many of these agencies and plays an active role on their governing boards.
“To my knowledge, there’s no legislative impact that is triggered in the same way that there was with regard to Unesco,” Ms. Nuland said on Monday. “However, as you know, we also have money pending in the Congress for the Palestinian Authority, money that they need to support their regular endeavors and to support administration of the territories. So, obviously, if they take this step, it’s going to complicate the way the Congress looks at the Palestinians.”
Anticipating approval of the resolution, Western diplomats have pushed for a Palestinian commitment not to seek membership in the International Criminal Court and United Nations specialized agencies after the vote. Another step would be an affirmation by the Palestinians that the road to statehood was through the peace process. And a third could be a Palestinian commitment to open negotiations with the Israelis.
Such assurances do not appear to have been provided.
Israeli officials, aware that a harsh reaction would only isolate their country further, have begun playing down the significance of the draft resolution, and have toned down threats of countermeasures if it is approved. Israel’s response will be “proportionate” to how the Palestinians act after the vote, said an Israeli government spokesman, Mark Regev.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, Yigal Palmor, said there would be no automatic response from Israel. “We’re going to see where the Palestinians take this,” he said. “If they use it to continue confronting Israel and other U.N. bodies, there will be a firm response. If not, then there won’t.”
As the vote approached, a handful of European nations moved away from the American camp — a trend that accelerated after the cease-fire agreement between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel over Gaza, which was widely viewed as a victory for Hamas over its rival, the Palestinian Authority.
France and Spain have said they will vote for the resolution. Britain has signaled it would be prepared to support the measure if the Palestinians provided assurances that they would not join the International Criminal Court, among other steps. Germany has said that it will vote against the resolution, as, of course, will Israel.
The vote is scheduled to take place on the anniversary of the General Assembly vote in 1947 to partition the British Mandate of Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state. Only the Security Council, in which the United States holds a veto, can approve formal, voting membership.
Some Middle East experts said the administration’s determination to vote against the Palestinian Authority’s motion was self-defeating, since it would accelerate the weakening of the authority as a voice for the Palestinian people and as a partner in peace negotiations.
A better strategy, said Robert Malley, the Middle East program director at the International Crisis Group, would be for the United States and Israel simply to “shrug their shoulders,” recognizing it as a desperate bid for political legitimacy, not a threat to Israel or to the prospects for a peace agreement.
“He really, politically, has no choice,” Mr. Malley said of Mr. Abbas, during a panel at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “This is less an act of confrontation than an act of survival.” |||||
A: | The United Nations will today vote on elevating Palestine's status from "entity" to "non-member state"—and the measure should sail through the General Assembly, Reuters reports. Developing countries are set to back the transition, as are more than a dozen European countries, including France and Spain. But the US and Israel are digging in against it: "The path to a two-state solution that fulfills the aspirations of the Palestinian people is through Jerusalem and Ramallah, not New York," Hillary Clinton said yesterday. "The only way to get a lasting solution is to commence direct negotiations." Top US officials met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday to discuss the vote. Passage of the measure could prompt the US to limit Palestinian aid, says a State Department rep. For its part, Israel has threatened to take deductions from duties it passes to Palestine. The US fears a newly empowered Palestine would try to join the International Criminal Court, which Israel worries could prompt a probe into its behavior in occupied territories, the New York Times notes. Palestine could also join other UN agencies to which the US is a major contributor, prompting potential funding issues. Click through for more on US concerns. |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: The parties will be at the palace _ at least during next year's Summer Olympics.
British soldiers guard St. James Palace in central London, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Queen Elizabeth II has given her approval to renting out state apartments at St. James's Palace as party venues during... (Associated Press)
British soldiers guard St. James Palace in central London, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Queen Elizabeth II has given her approval to renting out state apartments at St. James's Palace as party venues during... (Associated Press)
People walk past St. James Palace in central London, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Queen Elizabeth II has given her approval to renting out state apartments at St. James's Palace as party venues during the 2012... (Associated Press)
Queen Elizabeth II has approved renting out fancy rooms at St. James's Palace as party venues during the 2012 London Olympics.
Buckingham Palace says holders of royal warrants _ companies with long-standing ties to the royal family _ will be given a chance to rent the rooms, called state apartments, during the games, which begin July 27 and last until Aug. 12.
A palace spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, declined Monday to say which state apartments would be available, but the palace has the Throne Room, the Tapestry Room and the Queen Anne Room, among others.
The move is unprecedented, but also shows that even the queen has been affected by British austerity measures. "We're not immune to that," the spokesman said of the tough times.
Built between 1531-1536, St. James's Palace was a residence of kings and queens for over 300 years _ although Buckingham Palace has been the home of the monarch since the time of Queen Victoria. Located in central London near Buckingham Palace, it houses the offices of several members of the royal family including Prince William and Prince Harry.
It is often used for official functions and is not open to the public.
Besides offering the ultimate in exclusive party venue addresses, the palace also has another huge selling point for those interested in corporate hospitality. St. James is only a short stroll from Horse Guards Parade, the venue for one of the most popular events of the games: beach volleyball.
But it won't come cheap. Britain's Daily Mail reports that the cost of renting the rooms would be a whopping 30,000 pounds ($47,500) a day.
The Olympics presents a unique opportunity for businesses.
Corporate sponsors of the games are willing to offer millions for the chance to be closely associated with the Olympics. Besides the name recognition, those sponsors get tickets _ and hold lavish parties where they bring their most important clients.
By allowing royal warrant holders the chance to rent rooms for events, the queen will be helping businesses that mostly are too small to pay what that the likes of Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Visa hand over to be tied to the Olympic movement.
But what if you aren't a sponsor, don't have a royal warrant but want to sleep in a palace during the games? Fear not, there is at least one option.
Leeds Castle, about an hour outside of London, might consider an offer to book the place.
Victoria Wallace, the castle's chief executive, declined to offer a cost on renting the turreted castle surrounded by a lake and sloping acres of parkland. The palace normally rents its grounds for events but mindful of the interest in deluxe accommodations during the Summer Olympics, she said the castle might consider a tailored "bespoke" package if there was interest. ||||| Queen gives go-ahead to hire out St James's Palace for £30,000 a day during Olympics
The Queen has approved hiring out one of her palaces for up to £30,000 a day during next year’s Olympics.
In a break with centuries of royal tradition, St James’s Palace will offer some of its most lavish state apartments – including the Throne Room, Tapestry Room, and Queen Anne Room – to private firms.
Guests will enjoy an enviably short walk to several central Olympic events including beach volleyball, which will be held in Horse Guards Parade, and the marathon, which will start and finish nearby in The Mall.
For Hire: St. James's Palace will be available to rent for up to £30,000 a day during next year's Olympic games
One source said: ‘The palace is exploiting its historical heritage and its prime location.’
The offered dates for hire are now reportedly sold out.
St James’s Palace was commissioned by Henry VIII and is still the official residence of the sovereign, although no monarch has lived there since 1837.
The palace still sees its fair share of royal life, however.
Prince William and Catherine Middleton, pose in the palace's council chamber after announcing their engagement last year
It is home to the Princess Royal and Princess Beatrice. Clarence House, the home of Prince Charles, is within its grounds.
David Starkey, the historian, said opening the palace to the corporate world was perhaps inevitable. |||||
A: | If you're looking for a swanky place to take in the Summer Olympics in London, the queen has just the spot. She has agreed to rent out state apartments in St. James Palace for about $48,000 a day, reports the Daily Mail. This is St. James, not the queen's royal residence of Buckingham Palace, so you're not likely to bump into her highness in the hallway. Still, St. James houses the offices of royals such as William and Harry, notes AP. |
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Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: So what is gravity? A typical definition of gravity is that it is a force. It causes an attraction between two masses. According to this definition, anything that has mass exerts a force. Any object exerts gravity on other objects. It does not matter how small it is, it has gravity. The more matter an object has, the more gravity it has. Your pencil has a tiny bit of gravity, but far too little to notice. What about a planet? It would have a lot of gravity. An objects gravity exerts a pull on other objects. Friction only occurs between objects that are touching. Gravity can act between objects that are not touching. In fact, gravity can act over very long distances. Where else can you feel gravity? <sep>How does mass affect the force exerted?<sep>The more matter an object has, the less gravity it has
Student: | No |
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Problem:CLOSE President Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron and French first lady Brigitte Macron. The holiday commemorates the pivotal storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution. Wochit
French President Emmanuel Macron, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump watch the traditional Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, on July 14, 2017. (Photo: Michel Euler, AP)
PARIS — France put on a dazzling Bastille Day display for President Trump on Friday, an occasion that marked both the founding of French democracy and the centennial of the United States' entry into World War I.
The colorful parade along the French capital’s famous Champs-Élysées included U.S. soldiers marching with their French counterparts.
Dozens of military planes and helicopters flew above as military bands played traditional marches.
One band spelled out the word "NICE" in front of Trump and his host, French President Emmanuel Macron. It was a tribute to the 86 people killed in a truck rampage by an Islamist terrorist one year ago during a Bastille Day celebration along the famed Promenade des Anglais in the French Riviera resort.
"It was a great honor to represent the United States at the magnificent #BastilleDay parade. Congratulations President @EmmanuelMacron!" Trump tweeted.
It was a great honor to represent the United States at the magnificent #BastilleDay parade. Congratulations President @EmmanuelMacron! pic.twitter.com/1J4vZiy98y — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2017
Macron said after the parade that he hopes Trump's visit continues the long friendship between their nations despite policy differences separating the two leaders.
"The United States is our friend — nothing will ever separate us," he said. "The presence at my side of Donald Trump and his wife is a sign of that friendship that goes the length of time."
In a statement released by the White House, Trump said, "Melania and I were proud to stand with the President of France and Madame Macron and to celebrate with the French people" on the 228th anniversary of the French Revolution.
"France is America’s first and oldest ally," Trump said. "America and France will never be defeated or divided."
There was heightened security around the Champs-Élysées and the nearby Place de la Concorde, areas previously targeted by extremists. Last month, an attacker died when he rammed his explosives-laden car into a police convoy on the avenue.
Trump boarded Air Force One after the parade and traveled to the U.S. Macron traveled to Nice to attend a memorial service.
Trump arrived in Paris on Thursday amid colorful pageantry and met with Macron visited U.S. Embassy staff and U.S. servicemembers and dined at an opulent restaurant at the Eiffel Tower with his host and their wives.
“Great evening with President @EmmanuelMacron & Mrs. Macron. Went to Eiffel Tower for dinner. Relationship with France stronger than ever,” Trump tweeted with a photo of the foursome at the famous Paris landmark early Friday.
Great evening with President @EmmanuelMacron & Mrs. Macron. Went to Eiffel Tower for dinner. Relationship with France stronger than ever. pic.twitter.com/ib1pdUYoEU — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2017
Trump pledged Thursday that the United States would work to protect the environment, despite withdrawing from the Paris Climate Change Agreement that was signed by nearly 200 nations.
"Our fates are tied together more so than ever," Trump said at a news conference following a meeting with Macron, one of his harshest critics for backing out of the Paris accord on June 1.
CLOSE Bastille Day is a French national holiday that celebrates the Storming of the Bastille, that kickstarted the French Revolution. Time
Macron said while the leaders have a "number of disagreements" on the threat of global warming, he respected Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the agreement.
Macron said Thursday that he and Trump would work on a "joint roadmap" to fight terrorism and post-war initiatives for Syria.
Trump also defended his son’s meeting with a Russian lawyer whom he believed had incriminating information on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election. "Most people would have taken that meeting," Trump said.
"It's called opposition research," Trump added. "Politics is not the nicest business in the world."
When asked about negative comments Trump previously made that "Paris no longer looks like Paris" in light of an influx of migrants and a spate of terrorist attacks, the U.S. president changed his tune.
"You have a tough president. I really have a feeling you will have a peaceful and beautiful Paris," Trump said. "And I'm coming back."
"You are always welcome," Macron replied.
Still, not all were welcoming Trump in Paris. A few hundred protesters gathered Thursday at Place de la Republique to create "No Trump Zones."
Maya Correas, 50, of Paris, said she is firmly against the U.S. leader's policies, including pulling out of the Paris climate agreement.
"I don't understand why an American president has to come here for what are essentially French celebrations," she said.Polls show more than 80% of the French have a negative view of Trump.
Contributing: David Jackson in Washington. Bhatti reported from Paris, Onyanga-Omara reported from London.
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Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2upL5H5 ||||| PARIS (Reuters) - President Donald Trump watched U.S. and French soldiers march together through the Paris sunshine on Friday in a double celebration marking 100 years since the United States entered World War One and France’s annual Bastille Day holiday.
Also featuring a bi-national fly-past of American F16 and French Rafale jets symbolizing military cooperation in the Middle East and elsewhere, the occasion followed a day of talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, a first ladies’ tour of Paris, and a dinner for the four at a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower.
“Great evening with President @EmmanuelMacron & Mrs. Macron. Went to Eiffel Tower for dinner. Relationship with France stronger than ever,” Trump wrote in a tweet.
The ceremonies brought to an end a visit Macron needs as a boost to France’s standing on the world stage - one which could also help a U.S. leader left short of international friends by his stance on free trade and climate change.
Trump, also dogged at home by an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, appeared on Thursday to leave open the door for more talks on the Paris accord which he pulled the United States out of earlier this year.
MILITARY CUTS
Macron arrived standing in a military jeep and surrounded by cavalry - repeating a scene from his inauguration two months ago aimed at reinforcing a message that he heads an important military power.
But it came as a fierce row raged between Macron and his armed forces chief, General Pierre de Villiers, over proposed defense budget cuts that are part of his bid to put the French economy in order.
Trump arrived with his wife Melania in a black sedan to be greeted by French first lady Brigitte Macron.
At the parade, the two heads of state sat together in a stand applauding, pointing and touching each other on the arm as military aircraft flew overhead. Trump saluted as U.S. military personnel - some in World War One battledress - opened the march-past with the Arc de Triomphe in the background.
“Mr. Trump’s presence at my side is a sign of an enduring friendship and I want to thank him,” Macron said in a speech afterwards. “Nothing can ever separate us... I want to thank America for the choice made a hundred years ago”
By the end of the 1914-1918 war, more than a million U.S. troops were stationed in France alongside soldiers of French, British and other nationalities fighting Germany.
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One marching group evoked another military landmark of Franco-American history, carrying a pennant marked “Fregate Lafayette”, a frigate of the French navy named after the 18th century French aristocrat general Marquis de Lafayette, who helped in the American Revolutionary War against the British.
For France, this year’s Bastille Day has an additional poignancy as the first anniversary of one of the deadliest Islamist militant attacks of the past few years.
After the parade, his first as President, Macron will head for the Mediterranean city of Nice, where he will join a commemoration for the 86 people who died when a Tunisian man drove a truck at a crowd on the waterfront a year ago. ||||| France has a national holiday every year on 14 July to celebrate a mob breaking into a 18th century Parisian prison.
Akin to the United State's 4th of July, the date marks the beginning of republican democracy and the end of tyrannical rule.
Here's everything you need to know about France's national day and why it is still celebrated.
What was the Storming of the Bastille?
It took place on July 14 1789 amid a deep economic and political crisis, with an out-of-touch Louis XVI increasingly unable to manage anti-monarchist forces.
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The Bastille, a medieval fortress and prison, was a symbol of tyrannical Bourbon authority in central Paris and had held many political dissidents.
Following the king's dismissal of the progressive minister of finance, Jacques Necker, and the concentration of Royalist troops in the capital, liberal Parisians feared a coup against the National Constitutional Assembly.
As a result, violent conflict between Royalist and anti-Monarchist elements broke out across Paris, with the Bastille's garrison eventually finding themselves surrounded by an armed mob on the morning of 14 July.
After hours of negotiation and increasing frustration, the mob numbering just under 1,000 broke into the fortress. Following hours of fighting, they took the castle at the cost of nearly 100 assailants' lives and one defender's.
Nearby Royalist troops had chosen not to intervene and disperse the mob
Ironically, at the time the prison was stormed, there were only seven elderly prisoners
What is its significance?
While there are key events in the lead up to 14 July, the storming of the Bastille proved to revolutionaries across Paris and France that the power of King Louis and his control over his armed forces was nominal at best.
It became the flash point for the revolution to spread and eventually lead to the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy and the execution of Louis XVI and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette.
The prison was completely destroyed within five months and only a monument now stands on the site in the middle of a cobbled square.
Why do French people celebrate it today?
Like Independence Day in the United States, the French celebrate all things that symbolise France, such the tricolore flag and La Marseillaise - both of which originate from the revolution.
Rather than commemorating the storming of the Bastille itself, it is a day to celebrate the three tenets of the republican national motto: "liberty, equality and fraternity".
Patriotic pride rather than political history is the order of the day.
How is it celebrated?
A public holiday in France, the day is celebrated with an abundance of fireworks, communal eating and parades.
Along the historic Champs-Elysee avenue, a military parade takes place where French troops march, ride and drive with world leaders in attendance.
It is the oldest military parade in the world, having first taken place on Bastille Day in 1880. ||||| Story highlights Security was tight as US President Donald Trump marked Bastille Day
US aircraft participated in the flyover over Paris
Paris (CNN) France treated President Donald Trump to an elaborate military display on Friday, a strategic show of friendship by the new leader here who hopes to elevate his country's global standing by flattering his US counterpart.
Thousands of French troops paraded down the Champs-Élysées in a dramatic show of pageantry to mark the storming of the Bastille military prison in 1789, a turning point in the French Revolution.
Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron reviewed the procession side-by-side from a stand at the Place de la Concorde, appearing in periodic and friendly conversation during the two-hour spectacle, which included 241 horses, 63 airplanes and 29 helicopters all advancing down and above the tree-lined avenue.
They shared another extended handshake as they parted ways, each man gripping the other's arm as they paced the cobblestones of the stately plaza.
This year, the celebration is also meant to commemorate the centennial of US entry into World War I, hence Macron's invitation to Trump to attend.
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Solution: | Emmanuel Macron's first handshake with President Trump in May may have suggested a confrontational start, but the French president has pulled out all the stops for Trump's visit to his country. On Thursday, there was dinner in the Eiffel Tower, and on Friday, Trump was regaled with an extravagant military parade in the capital to commemorate Bastille Day. CNN calls it "a strategic show of friendship" by Macron. As this year's celebration also marks 100 years since the US entered WWI, the parade—watched by Macron and Trump from their highly guarded spot at the Place de la Concorde—featured appearances from 150 or so US service members and American aircraft, in addition to French military. Bastille Day is France's version of July 4, marking the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille prison that was a symbol of that time's tyrannical rule, per the Independent. CNN notes two reasons that may underlie all this pomp and circumstance: Macron's wish to elevate France back to "major global standing," as well as to get closer to Trump—who "has long been fascinated by the military," per the Washington Post—and serve as his "bridge to Europe." "Mr. Trump's presence at my side is a sign of an enduring friendship and I want to thank him," Macron said after the parade, per Reuters. The day takes on a somber note, too, as it's the one-year anniversary of the terror attack in Nice, which killed nearly 90 people. Earlier this month, a man was arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on Macron during Bastille Day. More than 130,000 security staff and emergency services workers are keeping things safe nationwide, per USA Today. |
How to defend yourself in a tenant discrimination lawsuit<br>Read the complaint. The tenant starts the lawsuit by filing a " complaint " in court. The complaint identifies the parties and explains what facts gave rise to the discrimination lawsuit.
Can we infer the following?
The court receives a complaint from the tenant to begin the process of a lawsuit.
Options: A. Yes. B. It's impossible to say. C. No.
The answer is: | A. |
This undated photo distributed on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korea News Service via AP Korean Central News Agency
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
The photo was distributed in 2011
pick from the following. a. Yes b. It's impossible to say c. No | c. |
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Input: Divorced guy cuts everything he owns in half and sells his half on ebay after sending the other half to his ex-wife. (ebay.de)
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sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on ||||| Everybody handles breakups differently, and a German man has found a hilarious (albeit demented) out-of-the-box way to express his anger with his ex-wife. The two have been together for 12 years before splitting up, so the handy man took it upon itself to split in half everything they owned with help of a saw and other power tools. And then put his share up for sale on eBay.
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UPDATE: As reported by BBC News, this is actually a marketing stunt carried out by Deutsche Anwaltauskunft magazine, which is operated by the German Bar Association. The magazine admitted the story is fake and explained its motivation for the stunt in a blog post earlier this week.
The heartbroken guy posted a video of the feat on his YouTube channel, which shows you that you can practically cut in half any kind of object, regardless if it’s a chair, an iPhone 5, a big-screen Samsung TV or an even bigger Opel Corsa car. In what follows, you can see what Der Juli is selling on eBay, after cutting his half, and how much it’s priced at.
The best thing about it is that each product has its own story, in which the owner explains why he’s selling the product, and how it relates to his former wife (see below).
Half a teddy bear – €51: “Although she doesn’t need a stuffed animal to snuggle, there are affectionate fellow workers for that.”
Half a mail box – €40.50: “The mailbox hung for many years on our house until my wife turned int my ex-wife and increasingly unpleasant shipments arrived in it.”
Half a motorbike helmet – €34.50: “My ex-wife thought in the divorce she should be entitled to a greater part of all our things, including mine. She has never been on a motorbike.”
Half an iPhone 5 – €78: “I generously left her half of everything, even my beloved mobile phone. That way she can no longer secretly send WhatsApp hearts to a younger work colleague. She doesn’t need it anyway as she lives with one.
Half a Samsung TV – €24.75: “Of course, also the TV that I have purchased so she can comfortably watch ‘Germany’s Next Top Model’ on it.”
Half an Opel Corsa – €62: “My ex-wife wanted 50% of all our things, including our beloved little city car. Although it’s not clear to me why she’d still want a dinky old Opel. Her new guy is impressively motorized, I hear.”
Four nice chairs’ halves – €36.50: “The chairs are super as an art installation, or simply for people who like to sit on half-an-ass cheek.”
Half a MacBook Pro – €81: “The radical ‘conversion’ was more or less an idea of my ex-wife. She wanted to replace her husband, but keep the money and beautiful things.”
The full video showing some of these products being split in half follows below, with more eBay listings available at the source link. ||||| Half of an Opel Corsa. Photo: Ebay
No half measures: A German man reacted to the breakup of his 12-year relationship in atypical fashion by sawing everything he bought with his ex-wife in half, filming the process and putting his halves up for sale on Ebay.
Opening with the message "Thanks for 12 'nice' years Laura," and then "You have really earned your half", the mystery jilted lover documented the surprisingly precise process of sawing various objects in half in a video titled "for Laura".
His performance had had over 1 million views on YouTube as of June 19th.
The closing message means "Good luck to my successor!!!!!!"
The Metro managed to track down the man himself, Martin, who told the British newspaper "My wife left me after 12 years of marriage to be with a friend."
"I was really angry, so cut up everything and sent her half. I put the rest on eBay as a joke and a message for Laura. Now it’s everywhere on the internet, it’s crazy," he said.
Sawing all your joint possessions in half, sending your ex a collection of chopped up objects, and flogging the rest on the internet is certainly at the extreme end of the spectrum of breakup reactions, but he at least might make some cash out of it.
A list of the items can be viewed here on his Ebay account. Unsurprisingly the prices have been slashed along with the objects themselves.
First up is half a bike, which is going for a decent €12,50, especially with the front brakes in perfect condition. Perhaps it could be converted into a unicycle?
Next is half of a rather old looking Macbook Pro. The asking price of €81 is rather cheeky, but then some people actually do love Apple products that much. Half an iPhone is also up for grabs for €78.
The innocent victim of the messy breakup. At €56 this must have extra sentimental value.
This half a sofa comes in at an absolute steal at €5.50. Stick an extra couple of legs on it, and you have yourself a shabby-chic armchair.
Another absolute bargain at €3.50, this halved marriage bed would be perfect for any flat where extra space is a luxury.
Other items included half a TV, four halves of chairs, half a phone, half a wardrobe, and half an R.E.M record. The response on Ebay has actually been pretty positive, with over 30 bids for the car and the teddy bear. ||||| Rating is available when the video has been rented.
This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. ||||| It’s hard to say whether one man’s eBay page indicates he’s bitter about his divorce or has taken the division of property too literally.
A German man used saws to divide possessions shared with his estrange wife, giving her half and selling his half on eBay.
Everything, from an iPhone and MacBook Pro to dining room chairs, the mailbox, a teddy bear and their car, was subject to his interpretation of splitting things 50-50.
So far, the Apple products have received the highest number of bids. The half iPhone 5 has seven bids with the price up to 6 Euros. The MacBook Pro has six bids at 8.27 Euros. There are three bids on the half car at 2.50, one bid on the half bicycle at 1 and one bid on the a vinyl album, REM’s Automatic for the People, at 1.
The story, appearing on Reddit, attracted a still-growing stream of comments.
One person wrote, “I’m so glad me and my ex weren’t assholes to each other during our divorce.” Another wrote, “said she wants half of everything. Be careful what you ask for.”
We are unclear if this is some sort of stunt or if the seller is seriously going through Splitzville.
Either way, the YouTube video posted with the items is both fun and painful to watch. |||||
Output: | There's not taking the breakup well, and there's this. A man in Germany who has split with his wife sawed their possessions in half and is now selling them on eBay, reports the Local. He even documented the actual sawing in a YouTube video that has more than 3 million views. The stuff he cut in half ranges from the big (a car and a couch) to the small (a smartphone and a teddy bear). And each has a bitter product description. On that teddy bear, for instance, with a translation from BGR.com: "Although she doesn’t need a stuffed animal to snuggle, there are affectionate fellow workers for that.” The top bid on the bear was $102. "My wife left me after 12 years of marriage to be with a friend," the man identified only as Martin tells Metro UK. "I was really angry, so cut up everything and sent her half. I put the rest on eBay as a joke and a message for Laura. Now it’s everywhere on the Internet, it’s crazy." There's no word from Laura. The story first gained steam on Reddit, notes the Cult of Mac, which isn't entirely convinced the tale is legit. "Either way, the YouTube video posted with the items is both fun and painful to watch." (Click to read about five unusual factors that could raise your chances of divorce.) |
Teacher:In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Population declines and , as smaller animals need fewer resources and smaller territories , they will survive longer .
Student: | The smaller animals need fewer resources and smaller territories , and so are more likely to get past the break-point where population decline allows food sources to replenish enough for the survivors to flourish . |
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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.
Met Gala: Elon Musk, Grimes make red carpet debut wearing... is that Tesla accessories?
CLOSE Elon Musk and singer Grimes make their red carpet debut at the Met Gala. USA TODAY
It's now red-carpet official: entrepreneur Elon Musk, 45, and musician Grimes, 30, are an item.
The South Africa-born billionaire (who moved to Canada when he was 17) and Canadian artist arrived at the Met Gala together on Monday, confirming reports that two have been quietly seeing each other.
Elon Musk and Grimes arrive at the Met Gala together, making their relationship red-carpet official. (Photo: Neilson Barnard, Getty Images)
Did they dress for the carpet theme, "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination"? Yes, if you consider Musk's electric cars heavenly bodies: He appeared to wear a Tesla pin and she a Tesla choker as part of their coordinated ensembles.
The unlikely couple got connected after they made the same artificial intelligence joke, reports Page Six. As the story goes, Musk, a longtime A.I. warner, thought of a pun that's way over our heads and combines A.I. thought experiment Roko's Basilisk with baroque European style Rococo, to make "Rococo basilisk."
But Musk realized Grimes had made the same highbrow A.I. joke, years before he thought of it. So, according to the report, he reached out to her (before finally tweeting out his pun today) and they got together. USA TODAY has reached out for confirmation on this story.
Rococo basilisk — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 7, 2018
Musk and Grimes are a new couple on the carpet this year. Last year, Musk dated another lady who's at this Met Gala, Amber Heard.
Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2HVfG6l ||||| New relationship alert! Elon Musk stepped out with his new girlfriend, Grimes, at the 2018 Met Gala in New York City on Monday, May 7.
The duo also attended Rihanna’s Met Gala afterparty on Monday. An eyewitness told Us Weekly that Musk and Grimes “made out the whole night” at the event, which was sponsored by Beats by Dre.
“They have been dating for about a month,” another source tells Us of the new couple.
The source added that pair designed the musician’s dress together over dinner and commissioned a team to make it.
Musk, 46, tweeted about Grimes’ music in April. “Likewise …was just listening to Go Flex & Psycho on @Grimezsz playlist,” he wrote on April 25.
“glad ur finally listening to cyberpunk speedwae hahaha,” the 30-year-old replied.
After the duo exchanged tweets, a fan tweeted at Musk on April 27 to “just ask her out already.” He responded with a wink face.
Us Weekly confirmed on February 1 that Musk had called it quits with on-again, off-again girlfriend Amber Heard.
“Amber wants her independence and prefers being friends rather than romantically linked,” one source told Us at time.
Another source aded that “Elon decided it was time to end things, and Amber agreed … They both care for one another, but the timing just isn’t right.”
The Tesla CEO and the Justice League actress, 31, split for the firs time in August 2017 after dating for a year. Five months later, they were spotted kissing in Los Angeles and spent New Year’s Eve together in Chile. Heard also attended the 2018 Met Gala.
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox! ||||| The SpaceX founder and musician arrived arm in arm at the glitzy event.
Perhaps the most unexpected couple made their debut at the 2018 Met Gala when Elon Musk and Grimes appeared together on the red carpet.
The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) CEO/Tesla co-founder and the musician (real name Claire Elise Boucher) have been flirt-tweeting back and forth for a while, and reportedly met when Musk discovered Grimes beat him to a “Rococo Basilisk” joke on Twitter.
The two were dressed in black and white for the “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination” theme, a topic that heavily contrasts with their interest in artificial intelligence and technology.
A version of this story originally appeared on Billboard.com. ||||| Elon Musk has been keeping everyone guessing about his love life, but sources exclusively revealed to Page Six that he has been quietly dating hip musician Grimes — who will walk the red carpet with him at Monday’s Met Gala.
A source tells us the pair met around a month ago online, of course, through a joke Musk had planned to tweet but discovered Grimes had already made, dealing with the complications of artificial intelligence.
Thought experiment Roko’s Basilisk considers the hypothesis of a future where AI lords over the world and could punish those who did not help it into existence. His joke was to merge this thought experiment with a pun using “Rococo,” referring to the ornate French 18th century baroque style, perhaps pointing out that both concepts are complex, too extreme and ridiculous.
And while this takes some explaining, arty performer Grimes was already in on the same joke — three years ahead of Musk.
In 2015, she created a character named “Rococo Basilisk” for a video of her song “Flesh Without Blood.” “I don’t know if you’ve heard of Roko’s Basilisk,” she told Fuse. “[This character] is doomed to be eternally tortured by an artificial intelligence, but she’s also kind of like Marie Antoinette.”
“Elon was researching the idea of joking about Rococo Basilisk, and when he saw Grimes had already joked about it, he reached out to her,” says the insider. “Grimes said this was the first time in three years that anyone understood the joke. They were both poking fun at AI.”
Musk is well known for warning of an AI apocalypse, calling it “more dangerous than nukes.”
SpaceX and Tesla founder Musk has been very public in his past fandom for Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher. He tweeted out her artsy video with Janelle Monae for the song “Venus Fly” this past March, adding “Best music video art I’ve seen in a while.”
Grimes shot to fame in 2012 with her third studio album, “Visions,” and also put out the critically acclaimed “Art Angels” in 2015. She recently revealed she has clashed with her label 4AD, saying “There’s some srsly f–ked up and crazy s–t going behind the scenes in my career,” but that she will be releasing another album with 4AD, followed by independent music. “I just took a month off, a lot of insane s–t went down and I’m reorienting my life,” she wrote on Instagram. “I have a deep well of s–t this time, like sooo many songs so after my album I’ll be able to consistently release new music.”
She was a double major in psychology and philosophy, with minors in Russian and electro-acoustics before she dropped out of school to follow her music career.
The tech billionaire also tweeted his approval of her Spotify playlist “Go Flex & Psycho.” “Glad ur finally listening to cyberpunk speedwae hahaha,” she responded. “Sounds great riding my cyborg,” he hit back.
Just last week they had another online in-joke. After Musk tweeted a video created from long-exposure photos of a comet, Grimes said “that’s a lot of cocaine,” to which he responded, “Yeah, most people don’t know this, but comets [are] mostly made of cocaine.”
Aside from flaunting their banter online, Musk hinted at his talented Met Gala date on Monday, tweeting “Rococo basilisk,” and a link to the Rococo Wikipedia page. |||||
Output: | The Hollywood Reporter calls them "perhaps the most unexpected couple" to show up at the Met Gala on Monday evening, and Elon Musk and Grimes certainly caused some buzz on the red carpet. Now people are wondering if the SpaceX/Tesla founder, 46, and 30-year-old Canadian musician are an actual romantic item, and sources tell Page Six they are indeed "quietly dating." They reportedly first connected over a joke about artificial intelligence Musk had wanted to post on Twitter—until he discovered Grimes (real name Claire Elise Boucher) had tweeted out the same joke in 2015. "Grimes said this was the first time in three years that anyone understood the joke," one source says. USA Today reports they both apparently wore Tesla accessories to the Met event: she a Tesla choker, he a Tesla pin. Meanwhile, a source tells Us Weekly that the couple, who've been canoodling for a month or so, worked up the design for Grimes' Met dress together, then pulled together a team to create it. Musk previously dated actress Amber Heard. |
Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Which crest inspired the creation of another?, Context: Unveiled in 1888, Royal Arsenal's first crest featured three cannon viewed from above, pointing northwards, similar to the coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich (nowadays transferred to the coat of arms of the Royal Borough of Greenwich). These can sometimes be mistaken for chimneys, but the presence of a carved lion's head and a cascabel on each are clear indicators that they are cannon. This was dropped after the move to Highbury in 1913, only to be reinstated in 1922, when the club adopted a crest featuring a single cannon, pointing eastwards, with the club's nickname, The Gunners, inscribed alongside it; this crest only lasted until 1925, when the cannon was reversed to point westward and its barrel slimmed down.
A: | the coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich |
How to improve your computer performance<br>Perform " disk cleanup " regularly. The disk cleanup utility is an excellent way to get rid of temporary files, recycle bin, system logs and other non essential files that build up and take up memory. To perform a disk cleanup perform the following steps: start] control panel] system and security] administrative tools] disk clean up.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
It's easy to interact with the Control Panel interface.
Options are:
[+] Yes.
[+] It's impossible to say.
[+] No. | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
How does Leibniz feel about the absolutist position?, Context: Arguing against the absolutist position, Leibniz offers a number of thought experiments with the purpose of showing that there is contradiction in assuming the existence of facts such as absolute location and velocity. These arguments trade heavily on two principles central to his philosophy: the principle of sufficient reason and the identity of indiscernibles. The principle of sufficient reason holds that for every fact, there is a reason that is sufficient to explain what and why it is the way it is and not otherwise. The identity of indiscernibles states that if there is no way of telling two entities apart, then they are one and the same thing.
there is contradiction
What was the main job for one of the individuals who was one of the final Apollo astronauts to go to the moon?, Context: The Apollo astronauts were chosen from the Project Mercury and Gemini veterans, plus from two later astronaut groups. All missions were commanded by Gemini or Mercury veterans. Crews on all development flights (except the Earth orbit CSM development flights) through the first two landings on Apollo 11 and Apollo 12, included at least two (sometimes three) Gemini veterans. Dr. Harrison Schmitt, a geologist, was the first NASA scientist astronaut to fly in space, and landed on the Moon on the last mission, Apollo 17. Schmitt participated in the lunar geology training of all of the Apollo landing crews.
geologist
Which time period happened second, the early Ordovician or the end of the Carboniferous?, Context: Since annelids are soft-bodied, their fossils are rare. Polychaetes' fossil record consists mainly of the jaws that some species had and the mineralized tubes that some secreted. Some Ediacaran fossils such as Dickinsonia in some ways resemble polychaetes, but the similarities are too vague for these fossils to be classified with confidence. The small shelly fossil Cloudina, from 549 to 542 million years ago, has been classified by some authors as an annelid, but by others as a cnidarian (i.e. in the phylum to which jellyfish and sea anemones belong). Until 2008 the earliest fossils widely accepted as annelids were the polychaetes Canadia and Burgessochaeta, both from Canada's Burgess Shale, formed about 505 million years ago in the early Cambrian. Myoscolex, found in Australia and a little older than the Burgess Shale, was possibly an annelid. However, it lacks some typical annelid features and has features which are not usually found in annelids and some of which are associated with other phyla. Then Simon Conway Morris and John Peel reported Phragmochaeta from Sirius Passet, about 518 million years old, and concluded that it was the oldest annelid known to date. There has been vigorous debate about whether the Burgess Shale fossil Wiwaxia was a mollusc or an annelid. Polychaetes diversified in the early Ordovician, about 488 to 474 million years ago. It is not until the early Ordovician that the first annelid jaws are found, thus the crown-group cannot have appeared before this date and probably appeared somewhat later. By the end of the Carboniferous, about 299 million years ago, fossils of most of the modern mobile polychaete groups had appeared. Many fossil tubes look like those made by modern sessile polychaetes , but the first tubes clearly produced by polychaetes date from the Jurassic, less than 199 million years ago.
| the end of the Carboniferous
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Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Mailon Rivera is a New York City native and actor. With starring roles in films such as "Midnight Blue" and "Skin Deep" and guest appearances on over 35 top rated television shows, he is also known for his role as Nation of Islam leader, Min. Xavier Salaam on the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning drama series "The Shield", and Omar K. Bone in the UPN comedy series "Second Time Around".
Hypothesis: Mailon Rivera has starred in films such as "Midnight Blue" and "Skin Deep" and made guest appearances on over 53 top rated television shows | No |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Why? The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
New input: Carlo Rambaldi, who designed the aliens for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was hired to design the animatronics of E.T. Rambaldi's own painting Women of Delta led him to give the creature a unique, extendable neck. Its face was inspired by those of Carl Sandburg, Albert Einstein and Ernest Hemingway. Producer Kathleen Kennedy visited the Jules Stein Eye Institute to study real and glass eyes. She hired Institute staffers to create E.T.'s eyes, which she felt were particularly important in engaging the audience. Four heads were created for filming, one as the main animatronic and the others for facial expressions, as well as a costume. Two dwarfs, Tamara De Treaux and Pat Bilon, as well as 12-year-old Matthew DeMeritt, who was born without legs, took turns wearing the costume, depending on what scene was being filmed. DeMeritt actually walked on his hands and played all scenes where he walked awkwardly or fell over. The head was placed above that of the actors, and the actors could see through slits in its chest. Caprice Roth, a professional mime, filled prosthetics to play E.T.'s hands. The puppet was created in three months at the cost of $1.5 million. Spielberg declared it was ``something that only a mother could love''. Mars, Incorporated refused to allow M&M's to be used in the film, believing E.T. would frighten children. After Mars said ``No'', The Hershey Company was asked if Reese's Pieces could be used, and it agreed; this product placement resulted in a large increase in Reese's Pieces sales. Science and technology educator Henry Feinberg created E.T.'s communicator device.
Solution: | et was played by a kid with no legs? |
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