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Q: 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 2016 United States presidential election in Maine was held on 8 November 2016 .
A: | The 2016 United States presidential election in Maine was held on November 8 , 2016 , as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated . |
Detailed Instructions: 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: In 1636, Roger Williams settled on land granted to him by the Narragansett tribe at the tip of Narragansett Bay after being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views. He called the site 'Providence Plantations' and declared it a place of religious freedom.
A: | who founded the colony of rhode island and why |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
See more of Sheryl Sandberg on Facebook ||||| UPDATE: After receiving information from Mashable about an even older user on Facebook, the company has walked back its claim that Florence Detlor is the oldest registered user. Read our full story here.
There are 955 million active users on Facebook — and not all of them are in their teens or 20s. The fastest-growing demographic on the service, for at least the last two years, has been women over 55.
And with that in mind, we invite you to meet the delightful Florence Detlor, 101 years young. According to Facebook, she has the distinction of being the service's oldest user. She's also the oldest person to visit Facebook HQ, where she met with COO Sheryl Sandberg, along with a guy young enough to be her great-grandchild: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder.
Sandberg posted the above picture on her Timeline early Monday, along with the caption: "Honored to meet Florence Detlor, who at 101 years old is the oldest registered Facebook user. Thank you for visiting us Florence!"
The photo has garnered more than 5,000 Likes — and comments from users with 102 and 103-year-old grandparents, both eyeing Florence's title.
According to her profile, Florence graduated from Occidental College in 1932. She lives in Menlo Park — coincidentally enough, where Facebook is now headquartered — and is "looking for a good book to read." She joined Facebook three years ago this month, in August 2009.
[via AllFacebook]
Bonus: check out the sights of Facebook HQ, where Florence just got a tour. ||||| | If your grandmother insists she can't figure out Facebook, introduce her to Florence Detlor. At 101, she's the oldest registered user of the social networking site, Mashable reports. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg posted a picture of herself and Mark Zuckerberg with Detlor at the company's headquarters, which nearly 7,000 people have "liked" so far. Detlor's profile indicates she lives in the same city as Facebook HQ, Menlo Park, and that she's been a member of the site for three years. |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Apple has determined that a very small percentage of iPhone 5 devices may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently. The affected iPhone 5 devices were sold between September 2012 and January 2013 and fall within a limited serial number range.
If your iPhone 5 is experiencing these symptoms and meets the eligibility requirements noted below, Apple will replace your iPhone 5 battery, free of charge.
Eligibility
If your iPhone is in working order and exhibits the symptoms noted above, use the serial number checker below to see if it is eligible for this program.
Finding your iPhone serial number is easy. See how.
The iPhone 5 serial number you entered is eligible for this program. Please choose one of the service options below.
- It's not one of the serial numbers in the affected range
- Our records show that your battery has already been replaced. If you paid for a battery replacement service, The serial number you entered is not eligible under this program because either:- It's not one of the serial numbers in the affected range- Our records show that your battery has already been replaced. If you paid for a battery replacement service, check with Apple to see if you are eligible for a refund. We’re sorry, there was a problem processing your request. Please try again in a few minutes. Please enter your serial number. This is not a valid Apple Product serial number. Please re-enter the number one more time. If you still have problems, contact us We’re sorry, there was a problem processing your request. Please try again in a few minutes.
Replacement process Choose one of the service options below to have your battery replaced. Your iPhone will be examined prior to any service to verify that it is eligible for this program and in working order. Please call your service provider to confirm that battery replacement service is available on the day you visit them. Apple Authorized Service Provider - Find one here.
Apple Retail Store - Make an appointment here.
Apple Technical Support - Contact us.
To prepare your iPhone 5 for the battery replacement process, please follow the steps below:
Back up your data to iTunes or iCloud
Turn off Find my iPhone
Erase data and settings in Settings > General > Reset > Erase all Content and Settings Note: If your iPhone 5 has any damage such as a cracked screen which impairs the replacement of the battery, that issue will need to be resolved prior to the battery replacement. In some cases, there may be a cost associated with the repair.
Additional Information Apple may restrict or limit repair to the original country of purchase. If you believe your iPhone 5 was affected by this issue, and you paid to replace your battery, you can contact Apple about a refund. This worldwide Apple program doesn't extend the standard warranty coverage of the iPhone 5. The program covers affected iPhone 5 batteries for 3 years after the first retail sale of the unit. ||||| If you purchased the iPhone 5 early in its life and your battery seems to need charging more often than usual, pay attention: Apple has just announced an iPhone 5 battery replacement program for phones that "may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently." The affected phones were all sold in the first few months of the iPhone 5's life, between September of 2012 and January of 2013.
Apple's program page, linked above, will tell you if your phone is eligible based on its serial number, which can be found in iOS' Settings app under the "About" subheading. Affected users will need to take their phone to an Apple service provider, an Apple Retail Store, or make arrangements with Apple's phone support technicians. Before taking your phone in for repair, Apple recommends that you back your data up using iCloud or iTunes, turn off the Find My iPhone service, and reset the phone to its factory default settings.
The program launches today in the US and China, and it will be available in other countries on August 29. It will be available for two years after your purchase date or until March 1 of 2015, "whichever provides longer coverage."
This program follows another ongoing replacement program for the iPhone 5's power button, which affects phones sold between September of 2012 and March of 2013. As with that replacement program, Apple won't replace your battery unless your iPhone is in good working order and has an uncracked screen—if you take a broken iPhone to Apple to get the battery replaced, you'll need to pay for any other repairs first. If you don't want to pay Apple's often-steep repair fees, there are always alternate solutions available from third-parties. ||||| Is your iPhone 5 experiencing shortness of battery life or need to be charged more frequently? It may be eligible for Apple's replacement program.
Cupertino is now offering new batteries for "a very small percentage of iPhone 5 devices" purchased between September 2012 and January 2013. The replacement process began Aug. 22 in the U.S. and China; it will become available in other countries as of Aug. 29.
To find out if your phone is eligible, enter your phone's serial number on Apple's website (Settings > General > About > Serial number). If it is, you can visit an Apple retail store or contact technical support to have your battery replaced.
Your phone needs to be in working order. "If your iPhone 5 has any damage such as a cracked screen which impairs the replacement of the battery, that issue will need to be resolved prior to the battery replacement," Apple said.
If you're eligible and already paid to have your battery replaced, Apple said to get in touch about a refund.
To prepare your iPhone 5 for the battery replacement process, be sure to back up your data to iTunes or iCloud, turn off Find my iPhone, and erase data and settings (via Settings > General > Reset > Erase all Content and Settings).
International users, beware: Apple may restrict or limit repair to the original country of purchase; a pre-visit phone call should answer any questions.
Apple ran into battery issues with the iPhone 5s last October, shortly after its release.
Of course, you could just hit up your local Walmart to buy a brand new iPhone 5c for less than $1. The bargain-basement 97-cent price tag also requires a two-year service agreement with AT&T;, Verizon, Sprint, or U.S. Cellular. The superstore is also selling the speedier iPhone 5s for a $20 discount, dropping the $99 asking price to $79 with the same two-year contract.
But with Cupertino's iPhone 6 announcement reportedly just around the corner, it may be easier for some to simply wait for the next-gen handset to hit shelves. As usual, Apple's plans are tightly under wraps, but a slew of rumors have tipped various aesthetic and battery-based updates.
For more, see our list of 8 iPhone Battery Tips and Tricks. |||||
A: | Buy an early iPhone 5 with a crappy battery? Apple has launched a battery recall on any 5's bought between September 2012 and January 2013, Forbes reports. How you know it's bad: The device "may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently," says Apple. See if your iPhone is eligible by visiting the replacement program's website and entering your serial number, which is on the phone under Settings > General > About. But if the phone is damaged in a way that impedes battery replacement, you have to fix that first, PC Magazine reports. The program will run until next March or two years after your purchase date, whichever gives you longer coverage, reports Ars Technica. |
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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.
Floyd Mayweather says he attempted to place a $400k bet on himself, but the casino wouldn't allow him to place the wager. (0:34)
Not everything went right for undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather on Saturday night.
Multiple sources told ESPN that Mayweather went into the sportsbook at the M Resort in Las Vegas at around 3:30 p.m. PT Saturday with cash and plans to bet on his fight against UFC star Conor McGregor.
Mayweather attempted to place a $400,000 bet on the fight ending under 9.5 rounds at -200 odds, but according to a source, there were concerns over the legality of a fighter betting on anything other than a straight win, which caused a delay.
Mayweather then tried to bet on himself to win by knockout, but was unhappy about having to wait to place the wager and left without getting the bet down, the sources said.
"He was pissed," one source said.
The sources weren't sure whether he placed the bet at another sportsbook.
Mayweather, who went off as a -500 favorite at most sportsbooks, stopped McGregor 1 minute, 5 seconds into the 10th round. Mayweather would have won either attempted bet: under 9.5 or to win by knockout.
"I think that we bet 100 on 9½," Mayweather told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio after the fight. "I gave my guy six figures to go bet. I have to make sure he bet because earlier today I went to the sports book to bet and they wouldn't let me bet."
Mayweather later told SportsCenter he gave a friend $400,000 to bet, but that the friend was only allowed to place a bet for $87,000.
Neither the Nevada State Athletic Commission nor Nevada Gaming Control has regulations addressing a fighter's ability to bet on himself.
CG Technology, which operates the sportsbook at the M Resort, said it would not comment on an individual customer. ||||| CLOSE Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather look back on their 10-round battle. USA TODAY Sports
Conor McGregor reacts following his loss in the tenth round by TKO to Floyd Mayweather Jr. at T-Mobile Arena. (Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports)
LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor is expected to collect about $100 million for his fight against Floyd Mayweather, but he didn’t seem to know exactly how he’d spend it after suffering a 10th-round technical knockout Saturday night.
McGregor’s personal clothier told USA TODAY Sports that the Irish mixed martial arts star forks out more than $1 million a year for clothes. McGregor has an affinity for luxury cars, too. But even with a fleet of new vehicles and and a walk-in closet full of new suits, McGregor, 29, presumably would have tens of millions of dollars at his disposal.
“I don’t know how I spend it,’’ he said during a post-fight press conference. “I just carry on living my life. Carefree, with a smart mind and just enjoy life.’’
More: Money Fight tells more about sports fans than it does fighters
McGregor: Judges were 'biased' in fight against Floyd Mayweather
Mayweather: Retiring "for sure" after beating Conor McGregor
That said, McGregor indicated he intends to make sure he gets what he’s owed. While McGregor was guaranteed $30 million for the fight, that figure could more than triple thanks to revenue from pay-per-view sales, merchandise sales and sponsorship.
“Well, now we go into the accounting phase,’’ he said, adding, “I send auditors in there like (expletive) sharks.’’
With that left to his auditors, McGregor seemed more focused on making money than spending it.
He brought a bottle of what he called Notorious Irish Whiskey to the press conference and indicated he’ll be selling his branded liquor soon. Earlier in the week, he also announced he’ll be launching a fashion line with his personal clothier, David August Heil, and that he was about to quadruple his net worth with his payday from his bout against Mayweather dubbed as “The Money Fight.’’
“There are so many ventures that are bringing in nice revenue for me,’’ he said. “I’m building brands.
“The money’s good for me. I’m very blessed and very happy I’m in the position I’m in. Right now I’m in the stage of forever money. As long as I’m tactical and make some smart decisions and don’t do nothing stupid, I’m set for life.’’
Gallery: Best of the Money Fight |||||
Output: | Floyd Mayweather Jr. bet his reputation and his unblemished record on Saturday's bout with Conor McGregor—and he tried to bet plenty of cash as well. Sources say he tried to bet $400,000 on himself ahead of the fight, but ended up leaving the sportsbook at the M Resort in Las Vegas in frustration. Mayweather tried to place bets on himself to win in under 9.5 rounds and to win by a knockout, the sources say. Nevada does not prohibit boxers betting on themselves, but insiders say there were worries about whether it was legal to place a bet on something more complicated than a straight win. Mayweather gave up because placing the bets was taking too long. He would have won both, adding to an estimated $200 million haul. "I gave my guy six figures to go bet," Mayweather told ESPN after the fight. "I have to make sure he bet because earlier today I went to the sportsbook to bet and they wouldn't let me bet." He later said he gave the friend $400,000, but he was only allowed to bet $87,000. The defeated McGregor, meanwhile, is expected to make at least $90 million from the bout, including merchandise sales and sponsorship, USA Today reports. The Irishman brought a bottle of "Notorious Irish Whiskey" to a post-fight press conference and said he plans to launch his own line of liquor soon. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Consider Input: Shabelle Media Network was NOT based in what city?, Context: Other radio stations based in Mogadishu include Mustaqbal Media corporation and the Shabelle Media Network, the latter of which was in 2010 awarded the Media of the Year prize by the Paris-based journalism organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In total, about one short-wave and ten private FM radio stations broadcast from the capital, with several radio stations broadcasting from the central and southern regions.
Output: Paris
Input: Consider Input: neurons talk each other through, Context: The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. Only a few invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, adult sea squirts and starfish do not have a brain; diffuse or localised nerve nets are present instead. The brain is located in the head, usually close to the primary sensory organs for such senses as vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell. The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body. In a typical human, the cerebral cortex (the largest part) is estimated to contain 15–33 billion neurons, each connected by synapses to several thousand other neurons. These neurons communicate with one another by means of long protoplasmic fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body targeting specific recipient cells.
Output: axons
Input: Consider Input: Which of the following is not a dog tail shape: straight, sickle, or Braque du Bourbonnais?, Context: There are many different shapes for dog tails: straight, straight up, sickle, curled, or cork-screw. As with many canids, one of the primary functions of a dog's tail is to communicate their emotional state, which can be important in getting along with others. In some hunting dogs, however, the tail is traditionally docked to avoid injuries. In some breeds, such as the Braque du Bourbonnais, puppies can be born with a short tail or no tail at all.
| Output: Braque du Bourbonnais
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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? If you are still confused, see the following example:
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.
Reason: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Now, solve this instance: A Computer crash is when a computer program stops running normally .
Student: | In computing , a crash , or system crash , occurs when a computer program such as a software application or an operating system stops functioning properly and exits . |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
``Footloose'' is a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. It was released in January 1984 as the first of two singles by Loggins from the 1984 film of the same name (the other one being ``I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)''). The song spent three weeks at number one, March 31--April 14, 1984 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was the first of two number-one hits from the film. Billboard ranked it at the No. 4 song for 1984.
| was the song footloose written for the movie? |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
How many birds migrate in flocks?, Context: Many, if not most, birds migrate in flocks. For larger birds, flying in flocks reduces the energy cost. Geese in a V-formation may conserve 12–20% of the energy they would need to fly alone. Red knots Calidris canutus and dunlins Calidris alpina were found in radar studies to fly 5 km/h (3.1 mph) faster in flocks than when they were flying alone.
most
What is sometimes combined with an RPG tube to keep from harming the user?, Context: Rocket-propelled grenades can be—and often are—used against hovering helicopters (e.g., by Somali militiamen during the Battle of Mogadishu (1993)). Firing an RPG at steep angles poses a danger to the user, because the backblast from firing reflects off the ground. In Somalia, militia members sometimes welded a steel plate in the exhaust end of an RPG's tube to deflect pressure away from the shooter when shooting up at US helicopters. RPGs are used in this role only when more effective weapons are not available.
a steel plate in the exhaust end
what group is mentioned first?, Context: Gorbachev also radically expanded the scope of Glasnost, stating that no subject was off-limits for open discussion in the media. Even so, the cautious Soviet intelligentsia took almost a year to begin pushing the boundaries to see if he meant what he said. For the first time, the Communist Party leader had appealed over the heads of Central Committee members for the people's support in exchange for expansion of liberties. The tactic proved successful: Within two years political reform could no longer be sidetracked by Party "conservatives." An unintended consequence was that having saved reform, Gorbachev's move ultimately killed the very system it was designed to save.
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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.
The weight on the front and rear axles differs which causes uneven wear. With the majority of cars having the engine in front, the front tires typically bear more weight than the rear tires. Front-wheel drive vehicles have not only the engine but also the transaxle in front, adding to the weight differential. Moreover, additional stress is placed disproportionately on the front tires by braking and steering. Thus, tire rotation needs to occur more frequently for front-wheel drive vehicles.
what happens when you dont rotate your tires
The world's first movable type printing press technology for printing paper books was made of porcelain materials and was invented around AD 1040 in China during the Northern Song Dynasty by the inventor Bi Sheng (990 -- 1051). Subsequently in 1377, the world's oldest extant movable metal print book, Jikji, was printed in Korea during the Goryeo dynasty. Because of this, the diffusion of both movable-type systems was, to some degree, limited to primarily East Asia, although various sporadic reports of movable type technology were brought back to Europe by Christian missionaries, traders and business people who were returning to Europe after having worked in China for several years and influenced the development of printing technology in Europe. Some of these medieval European accounts are still preserved in the library archives of the Vatican and Oxford University among many others. Around 1450 Johannes Gutenberg, introduced the metal movable-type printing press in Europe, along with innovations in casting the type based on a matrix and hand mould. The small number of alphabetic characters needed for European languages was an important factor. Gutenberg was the first to create his type pieces from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony -- and these materials remained standard for 550 years.
who is given credit for inventing the printing press
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), first published in 1952, is one of a number of uniform acts that have been put into law with the goal of harmonizing the law of sales and other commercial transactions across the United States of America (U.S.) through UCC adoption by all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories.
| what is the uniform commercial code (ucc) and why was it created
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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.
[Q]: Why could there be reasonable doubt about the validity of what was stated that she said?, Context: In May 2007, The Daily Telegraph, citing unnamed sources, reported that the Queen was "exasperated and frustrated" by the policies of the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, that she was concerned the British Armed Forces were overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that she had raised concerns over rural and countryside issues with Blair. She was, however, said to admire Blair's efforts to achieve peace in Northern Ireland. On 20 March 2008, at the Church of Ireland St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, the Queen attended the first Maundy service held outside England and Wales. At the invitation of the Irish President, Mary McAleese, the Queen made the first state visit to the Republic of Ireland by a British monarch in May 2011.
[A]: unnamed sources
[Q]: Which of the following is a type of DNA: junk, multicellular or dense?, Context: Whereas the chromosomes of prokaryotes are relatively gene-dense, those of eukaryotes often contain regions of DNA that serve no obvious function. Simple single-celled eukaryotes have relatively small amounts of such DNA, whereas the genomes of complex multicellular organisms, including humans, contain an absolute majority of DNA without an identified function. This DNA has often been referred to as "junk DNA". However, more recent analyses suggest that, although protein-coding DNA makes up barely 2% of the human genome, about 80% of the bases in the genome may be expressed, so the term "junk DNA" may be a misnomer.
[A]: junk
[Q]: the update caused what, Context: The 'OtherOS' functionality was not present in the updated PS Slim models, and the feature was subsequently removed from previous versions of the PS3 as part of the machine's firmware update version 3.21 which was released on April 1, 2010; Sony cited security concerns as the rationale. The firmware update 3.21 was mandatory for access to the PlayStation Network. The removal caused some controversy; as the update removed officially advertised features from already sold products, and gave rise to several class action lawsuits aimed at making Sony return the feature or provide compensation.
[A]: | controversy
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Write the next sentence in the following story.
How to treat a rash on the neck
Evaluate your circumstances before the rash appeared.
Where you were and what you were doing before the onset of the rash can provide important clues as to what caused the rash. Think about anything new or unusual that you might have been exposed to.
Choices: 1. Find a reliable source for your observations and how you came to think of them. In later years, ask about how the experience affected you, and where you were in that experience.; 2. Consider if these changes were occurring because of the rash or if they are occurring due to stress. Spot a rash which appears to have probably developed over time.; 3. This could include, responding to a sudden lightning strike, or going outside for an extended period of time when there were no sparks to account for. A headache, hot flashes, tingling in your neck, a rash that appears within 6 to 15 days after the time of day the rash appears, could be indicative of a sunburn.; 4. If you wore a new necklace for the first time, tried a new lotion or soap, or ate a new food, your rash may be an allergic reaction. Make note of how much time passed from the initial exposure until the development of the rash.;. The answer should be | 4. |
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: Paul put the despised watch away And laid out before him his array Of stones and metals, and when the morning Struck the stones to their best adorning, He chose the brightest, and this new watch Was so light and thin it seemed to catch The sunlight's nothingness, and its gleam. Topazes ran in a foamy stream Over the cover, the hands were studded With garnets, and seemed red roses, budded. The face was of crystal, and engraved Upon it the figures flashed and waved With zircons, and beryls, and amethysts. It took a week to make, and his trysts At night with the Shadow were his alone. Paul swore not to speak till his task was done. The night that the jewel was worthy to give. Paul watched the long hours of daylight live To the faintest streak; then lit his light, And sharp against the wall's pure white The outline of the Shadow started Into form. His burning-hearted Words so long imprisoned swelled To tumbling speech. Like one compelled, He told the lady all his love, And holding out the watch above His head, he knelt, imploring some Littlest sign. The Shadow was dumb. <sep>What were the hands of the watch studded with?<sep>Zircons
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: You may be wondering, how can a glacier get so big? Why does it move? These are both good questions. In the winter months, precipitation falls as snow. This solid form of water builds up on the ground as long as the temperatures stay cold enough. As the temperature rises, the snow starts to melt. The frozen water changes state back into a liquid state. Nearer the poles, summer does not last very long. If the summer is long enough and warm enough, all the snow may melt. This is what typically happens now. The earth was a little cooler 12,000 years ago. As a result, during the summer months, that amount of snow did not melt. It may have only been an inch or so of snow that melted. The following winter, snow fell on top of this left-over snow. This next winters snowfall had a head start. Year after year, the snow that did not melt became thicker and thicker. Inch by inch the snow started to build up. Over many years, layer upon layer of snow compacted and turned to ice. <sep>What are two characteristics of glaciers?<sep>Not moving
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: As noted above, the 9/11 plotters spent somewhere between $400,000 and $500,000 to plan and conduct their attack. The available evidence indicates that the 19 operatives were funded by al Qaeda, either through wire transfers or cash provided by KSM, which they carried into the United States or deposited in foreign accounts and accessed from this country. Our investigation has uncovered no credible evidence that any person in the United States gave the hijackers substantial financial assistance. Similarly, we have seen no evidence that any foreign government-or foreign government official-supplied any funding. We have found no evidence that the Hamburg cell members (Atta, Shehhi, Jarrah, and Binalshibh) received funds from al Qaeda before late 1999. It appears they supported themselves. KSM, Binalshibh, and another plot facilitator, Mustafa al Hawsawi, each received money, in some cases perhaps as much as $10,000, to perform their roles in the plot. After the Hamburg recruits joined the 9/11 conspiracy, al Qaeda began giving them money. Our knowledge of the funding during this period, before the operatives entered the United States, remains murky. According to KSM, the Hamburg cell members each received $5,000 to pay for their return to Germany from Afghanistan after they had been selected to join the plot, and they received additional funds for travel from Germany to the United States. Financial transactions of the plotters are discussed in more detail in chapter 7. Requirements for a Successful Attack As some of the core operatives prepared to leave for the United States, al Qaeda's leaders could have reflected on what they needed to be able to do in order to organize and conduct a complex international terrorist operation to inflict catastrophic harm. We believe such a list of requirements would have included leaders able to evaluate, approve, and supervise the planning and direction of the operation; communications sufficient to enable planning and direction of the operatives and those who would be helping them; a personnel system that could recruit candidates, vet them, indoctrinate them, and give them necessary training; an intelligence effort to gather required information and form assessments of enemy strengths and weaknesses; the ability to move people; and the ability to raise and move the necessary money. The information we have presented about the development of the planes operation shows how, by the spring and summer of 2000, al Qaeda was able to meet these requirements. By late May 2000, two operatives assigned to the planes operation were already in the United States. Three of the four Hamburg cell members would soon arrive. <sep>When did the operatives who were assigned to planes arrive in the US?<sep>September
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Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Police join members of the ATF and the FBI work in a parking lot off North 7th Street in Allentown, Pa., hours after a fiery car explosion rocked the neighborhood on Saturday. Police confirmed at least... (Associated Press)
Police join members of the ATF and the FBI work in a parking lot off North 7th Street in Allentown, Pa., hours after a fiery car explosion rocked the neighborhood on Saturday. Police confirmed at least one fatality and at least 50 investigators remain on the scene scouring for evidence. (Harry Fisher/The... (Associated Press)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Autopsies are planned Monday on the bodies of three people found dead after a car explosion on a downtown street in what authorities called a "criminal incident" being probed by federal, state and local authorities.
Three males were found dead after the 9:30 p.m. Saturday blast in Allentown, said Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim, who added that he would probably be able to release the names after their identities are confirmed and their families notified.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is leading the investigation along with the FBI, state police, and city and county authorities. Officials said the blast was believed to have been an isolated incident with no ongoing threat to the public.
"We know there's been a criminal incident," District Attorney James Martin told reporters at a news conference Sunday. "We have a high degree of confidence that the perpetrator was probably killed in the incident."
Authorities released no information about the possible cause of the blast, including whether it was a bomb, but Martin said "loads of us in law enforcement" are confident "this was A. an isolated incident and B. there's no continuing threat."
Authorities are seeking the public's help and asked anyone with information to call the ATF.
Resident Carlos Perodin told The Morning Call of Allentown that he was watching a movie with his wife when he heard a thunderous explosion and went to the scene.
"The fire was crazy," he said. "The car was pretty much split in half."
Stephanie Connelly, who saw the aftermath of the explosion, told The Morning Call that she saw body parts strewn across the street.
A bus station was turned into a makeshift command center with armored vehicles, dozens of police cruisers, mobile command units and even portable bathrooms, the paper reported. Several portable tents were also erected for evidence processing.
Residents were asked to avoid the area, and people who live nearby were asked to shelter in place. A shelter was set up at an elementary school. Officials asked anyone who witnessed the blast or had information about it to contact investigators. ||||| Authorities on Sunday confirmed that three “males” died in a fiery car explosion Saturday night in Center City Allentown, what they called an “isolated incident.” They also believe “the perpetrator” was killed in the blast, an explosion that shook city buildings and residents, leaving many to wonder what could have led to such carnage.
The car exploded about 9:30 p.m. Saturday on the 700 block of Turner Street, at Hall Street, about a block away from PPL Center, which was hosting a Lehigh Valley Phantoms preseason game that ended within minutes of the blast.
Many residents were rattled by the grisly scene, which was widely shared through videos on social media. The car was nearly unrecognizable — some said split in half — and flaming parts littered the street, as did body parts blown far from the explosion. Most said they would never forget such a sight.
Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said investigators believe one of the three dead males was a suspect in the “criminal incident.”
“We know there’s been a criminal incident,” Martin said at the news conference. “We have a high degree of confidence that the perpetrator was probably killed in the incident.”
Martin made the comment in response to a reporter’s question, the only one that authorities answered during a nine-minute news conference at Seventh and Linden streets. When a second reporter asked about the approximate ages of those killed, an unidentified official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives stepped in and said authorities would answer no further questions and expected to have more information Monday morning.
Coroner Scott Grim said the three males are in the process of being identified. He expected to potentially release their identities on Monday, once their families were notified. Grim said autopsies also are slated to be performed Monday.
Throughout the news conference, authorities stressed they believe there’s no ongoing threat in the area. But they noted authorities will remain on the scene — a wide swath stretching from Chew to Linden streets, between Sixth and Ninth streets — until the investigators have finished their analysis. Allentown Police Chief Tony Alsleben said the ATF is taking the lead on the investigation.
PHOTO GALLERY: Members of the FBI, ATF join police in investigating Allentown neighborhood of explosion scene on Sunday. (Harry Fisher) (Harry Fisher)
“We’re in the very early stages of this investigation,” said Don Robinson, ATF special agent in charge. “It’s a large scene, and we’ve got a lot of folks involved in scene work as well as interviews and follow-up.”
Robinson said authorities are looking for the public’s help, and anyone who has information on the incident can call 888-ATF-BOMB.
The ATF and the FBI, which said it brought all available assets and resources to the city, were among the dozens of law enforcement agencies that descended upon Allentown following the explosion Saturday night. When it happened, residents were left wondering what happened.
Some thought fireworks. Others thought a large piece of machinery had fallen. Some residents found out sooner than others what really happened, their curiosity pushing them to run to the scene on Turner Street — a display of fire, smoke and body parts awaiting them.
Stephanie Connelly was among those who saw the scene, before police progressively cordoned off larger sections of the crime scene and before the bright siren lights and the occasional barking of K-9 units filled the night air.
Connelly and her friends made a quick stop at an Allentown convenience store Saturday night when the powerful explosion roared nearby, scattering debris for several blocks.
She immediately thought of the 2011 gas explosion at 13th and Allen streets that killed five people. So she went running toward the flames and heavy smoke.
It seemed that everywhere she stepped, the carnage was inescapable. There were severed body parts. Burning car pieces. Screaming people yelling for help.
“This is real life and I’m shaking and freaking out while I’m running,” Connelly said. “Every place we looked, there was a body part or something there.”
The explosion — what her boyfriend called a massive “BOOM” — could be felt in their bones, as well as ringing in their ears.
“It shook everything so hard,” said Waldemar Colon, the boyfriend.
There were two smaller explosions as the car wreckage blazed away and people walked around in a daze. A police officer armed with a fire extinguisher tried to put out the fire as the smoke began to clear and the grisly scene became even more clear.
“You can’t even believe what you are seeing,” Connelly said. “All this in Allentown?”
Connelly said it was the first time she had seen a dead body and the sobering scene would stay with her.
“I just don’t know if I can walk by a car again without worrying about it blowing up,” she said.
But authorities stressed several times during the news conference that they believe this is an isolated incident. Allentown Mayor Ray O’Connell, citing law enforcement officials, said “the residents of the city are safe.” The Allentown School District will have school Monday, and extra crisis management will be on hand, Superintendent Thomas Parker said.
For those needing shelter, Alsleben said the American Red Cross planned to open the East Side Youth Center, at 1140 E. Clair St., to them as of 9 p.m. Sunday.
Neighbors on the 700 block of Turner Street could be displaced for a while, with Martin saying the situation would likely be “inconvenient for the people that live in that area” until authorities are able to collect the evidence that will lead to a conclusion as to why the explosion occurred.
While many things remain blurry, one thing is clear: The investigation is far from over.
“We understand the public interest in this matter,” U.S. Attorney Bill McSwain said at the news conference, likely the first of many such press events. “We will share with you what we can when we can, but I think you can also appreciate that we’re at the beginning of trying to piece this all together.”
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(WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT) Cell phone video footage from Kervin Trinidad and Stephanie Connelly shows the aftermath of the car explosion in center city Allentown on Saturday night, Sept. 29, 2018. (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT) Cell phone video footage from Kervin Trinidad and Stephanie Connelly shows the aftermath of the car explosion in center city Allentown on Saturday night, Sept. 29, 2018. SEE MORE VIDEOS
PHOTO GALLERY: A car explosion in Allentown on Turner Street killed three people Saturday night, Sept. 29, 2018. Scenes from the blast aftermath and the ongoing investigation.
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Output: | Autopsies are planned Monday on the bodies of three people found dead after a car explosion on a street in downtown Allentown, Pa., in what authorities called a "criminal incident" being probed by federal, state, and local authorities. Three males were found dead after the 9:30pm Saturday blast, said Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim, who added that he would probably be able to release the names after their identities are confirmed and their families notified, the AP reports. The ATF is leading the investigation along with the FBI, state police, and city and county authorities. Officials say the blast was believed to have been an isolated incident with no ongoing threat to the public. "We know there's been a criminal incident," District Attorney James Martin told reporters at a news conference Sunday. "We have a high degree of confidence that the perpetrator was probably killed in the incident." Authorities released no information about the possible cause of the blast, including whether it was a bomb. Authorities asked anyone with information to call the ATF. Resident Carlos Perodin tells the Morning Call that he was watching a movie with his wife when he heard a thunderous explosion and went to the scene. "The fire was crazy," he says. "The car was pretty much split in half." Stephanie Connelly, another resident, says she saw body parts strewn across the street. |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
Grandfather Frog scratched his head thoughtfully and looked a long time at the dam of logs and sticks and mud .<br>Then his big mouth widened in a big smile .<br>`` Why , that is very simple , '' said he , `` Jerry Muskrat will make a big hole through the dam near the bottom , because he knows how , and the rest of us will keep watch to see that no harm comes near . ''
Hypothesis: Harm will be prevented from approaching Jerry Muskrat. | 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.
[EX Q]: A pregnant Illinois woman was killed after a semi truck’s wheel hub came loose and flew into her windshield.
Melinda Cullen, 38, died on Tuesday while driving on Interstate 80 near Joliet, Illinois, according to KTLA. Her unborn son, Jaxson Cash Cullen, was also killed in the crash, according to her obituary.
Cullen, who was a mother of three, was due to give birth in 10 days, according to ABC 7 Chicago. She was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, the outlet reported.
Charles Cullen and Peggy Bingham, her parents-in-law, told the outlet they last saw her on Sunday.
“We would give anything to not see this happened,” he said. “We just lost so much. You don’t expect something like this here, how it happened. She was just in that place at that time.”
Melinda Cullen
“She was just a sweet girl,” Bingham said. “I can’t believe that she is gone. That baby. I was hoping that baby would make it, it would have meant a lot.”
The driver of the truck, 59-year-old Antanas Sereiva, was charged with a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act violation for “unsafe equipment,” according to the outlet.
Joliet Patch reported a preliminary investigation by the Illinois State Police revealed that the truck’s wheel rim had become detached from its rear axle causing it to land on Cullen’s windshield.
Melinda Cullen
Cullen’s obituary detailed her life, including her bachelor’s in communications from Southern Illinois University.
Her obituary described her as “a woman of strong will,” adding, “Melinda loved to cook and had a smile that could lighten up any room. She also made special time for her family or anyone in need. Family was of utmost importance to her, and she will most be remembered as a devoted mother that leaves behind a beautiful family that will miss her very much.”
Cullen’s funeral will be held on March 10 in Coal City, Illinois. She is survived by her husband, Dave Cullen, and their three daughters, aged 8, 5 and 15 months. ||||| A pregnant woman was killed Tuesday when a 100-pound wheel hub came loose from a semitrailer on Interstate 80 near Joliet and smashed into their windshield.Melinda Cullen, 38, of Coal City, was on her way home from work at the time of the accident. She was due to deliver her baby, a son, in ten days.Cullen's parents-in-law, Charles Cullen and Peggy Bingham, last saw Cullen Sunday."We would give anything to not see this happened," Charles Cullen said. "We just lost so much."About 2:20 p.m., the semitrailer was headed east on I-80 when a wheel hub came off the trailer's rear axle near Rowell Avenue and crossed over into the westbound lanes of traffic, according to Illinois State Police.The lost hub collided with the windshield of Cullen's SUV as it headed west, killing her at the wheel, state police said."You don't expect something like this here, how it happened," Charles Cullen said. "She was just in that place at that time. I sat up last night wondering if she would have been five minutes or 3 minutes, one way or the other, they would missed it."Witness Rob Bishop said Cullen's car took a direct hit from the tire."First thing I thought of was that could happen to anyone at any time," said Bishop. "And that poor person in that vehicle probably never saw it coming...There was two state police officers next to it and there was a pretty big gaping hole in the windshield right in front of where the driver's face would have been."Cullen was rushed to the hospital, where she and her unborn son were pronounced dead."She was just a sweet girl," Bingham said. "I can't believe that she is gone. That baby. I was hoping that baby would make it, it would have meant a lot."Cullen is survived by her husband, Dave Cullen, and three daughters, ages 8, 5 and 15 months."Melinda was such a wonderful woman, and her and my son were like they were made for each other," Charles Cullen said."I don't think anybody would have anything bad to say about Melinda. She was a sweetheart, a good mother," Bingham said. "I am going to miss her."Three years ago, ABC7 looked into similar crashes and discovered that they are rare, but often go unreported.The driver of the semi has been charged with a Federal Safety Act violation for unsafe equipment. The I-Team did not find any previous violations for that driver. |||||
[EX A]: A man who'd been preparing to welcome his fourth child is now grieving the loss of his wife and unborn son in a tragic accident in Illinois. Melinda Cullen, a 38-year-old mother of three days away from giving birth to her first son, died Tuesday when a 100-pound wheel hub flew off a semitrailer and into her windshield as she was driving home from work on Interstate 80 near Joliet, reports WLS. Her unborn son did not survive the accident, either. Cullen was due to deliver him in 10 days, per ABC 7. The driver of the semitrailer, Antanas Sereiva, 59, was charged with a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act violation for "unsafe equipment" after a police investigation revealed the rim detached from the truck's rear axle. "If she would have been five minutes or 3 minutes, one way or the other, they would have missed it," Cullen's father-in-law tells WLS. But "she was just in that place at that time." Cullen leaves behind a husband, Dave Cullen, and three daughters, ages 8, 5, and 15 months, per People.
[EX Q]: Google executive Alan Eustace jumped from a helium balloon and fell to earth from over 135,000 feet on Friday, a record.
Eustace ascended to that height attached to the balloon. He then cut himself loose with a small explosive device and fell to earth beneath an orange-and-white parachute.
Eustace, 57, remained in free fall for approximately four minutes and 30 seconds before touching down safely in a field near Roswell, N.M. He landed on his feet, somersaulted, and waved.
Alan Eustace begins his ascent. Paragon Space Development Corporation
Eustace is a senior vice president at Google. He took a sabbatical from his work at the search giant for the jumping mission. The jump was previously reported by the New York Times.
He is the second person to break the sound barrier outside an aircraft. In 2012, Austrian pilot and sky diver Felix Baumgartner reached a velocity of 833.9 miles an hour while jumping from 128,100 feet. Eustace reached a velocity of 822 miles an hour.
“I always wondered: What if you could design a system that would allow humans to explore the stratosphere as easily and safely as they do the ocean?” Eustace said.
He wore a custom pressurized spacesuit developed by ILC Dover. Paragon Space Development Corporation created the life-support system.
“I hope we’ve encouraged others to explore this part of the world about which we still know so little,” Eustace said.
“I knew I had high performing people working for me,” Google CEO Larry Page wrote on Google+. “But breaking the sound barrier falling in a space suit from a 135,908 foot high balloon ride this morning?”
Alan Eustace before his jump Friday morning. Paragon Space Development Corporation
Follow @georgia_wells ||||| Google executive Alan Eustace has broken the sound barrier and set several skydiving records over the southern New Mexico desert after taking a big leap from the edge of space.
Eustace jumped from over 130,000ft in a specially designed spacesuit, beating the mark set by the Austrian Felix Baumgartner in 2012. Eustace hit a top speed of 822mph during a freefall that lasted four-and-a-half minutes.
The supersonic jump was part of a project by Paragon Space Development Corp and its Stratospheric Explorer team, which has been working secretly for years to develop a self-contained commercial spacesuit that would allow people to explore some 20 miles above the Earth’s surface.
The technology that has gone into developing the balloon, the spacesuit and the other systems that were used in Friday’s launch will be used to advance commercial spaceflight, namely efforts by Arizona-based World View Enterprises to take paying tourists up in a high-altitude balloon and luxury capsule starting in late 2016.
As more people head into the stratosphere, the spacesuits could be adapted for emergency rescues or other scientific endeavours, officials said.
After nearly three years of intense planning, development and training, Eustace began his ascent via a high-altitude, helium-filled balloon just as the sun was rising.
It took more than two hours to hit an altitude of 135,890 feet (41,419 metres), from which he separated himself from the balloon and started plummeting back to Earth.
Jim Hayhurst, director of competition at the United States Parachute Association, was the jump’s official observer. He said Eustace deployed a drogue parachute that gave him incredible stability and control despite the massive Mach 1.23 speed reached during the freefall.
Eustace did not feel it when he broke the sound barrier, but the ground crew certainly heard the resulting sonic boom, Hayhurst said.
“He just said it was a fabulous view. He was thrilled,” Hayhurst said of his conversation with Eustace after he landed.
The supersonic skydive happened with little fanfare, out of the media spotlight, unlike the 2012 attempt by daredevil Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team.
Baumgartner, who was taken aloft in a capsule with the help of millions of dollars in sponsorships, had set the previous altitude record by jumping from 128,100 feet (39,045 meters).
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[EX A]: A 57-year-old Google executive is the world's new space daredevil. Alan Eustace yesterday traveled more than 25 miles up to the top of the stratosphere in a balloon and then parachuted back down to earth in Roswell, NM, at speeds of up to 822mph, reports the New York Times. In doing so, Eustace not only broke the sound barrier and set off his own personal sonic boom, he broke the altitude record set by Felix Baumgartner two years ago. For the record, Eustace hit an altitude of 135,890 feet, besting Baumgartner's 128,110 feet. “It was amazing,” says Eustace, who is also a pilot. “It was beautiful. You could see the darkness of space and you could see the layers of atmosphere, which I had never seen before.” Eustace got help from a company called Paragon Space Development Corporation, which the Guardian reports has been working on a commercial spacesuit tailored for exactly these kinds of stratospheric trips. Someday, tourists may be wearing them. Even the boss is impressed, notes the Wall Street Journal. “I knew I had high performing people working for me,” wrote Google CEO Larry Page on Google+. “But breaking the sound barrier falling in a space suit ...?” (Baumgartner actually fell a little faster than Eustace.)
[EX Q]: ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday he would be open to retiring eventually like his predecessor, Benedict XVI, instead of ruling for life, adding that the concept of a "pope emeritus" could someday become normal in the Church
"I will do what the Lord tells me to do," he told reporters on the plane returning from a trip to the Middle East, when asked if he someday would retire if his health did not permit him to rule the 1.2 billion-member Church properly.
"I think that Benedict XVI is not a unique case. I think we should see him as an institution who opened a door, the door of emeritus popes," the 77-year-old pontiff said.
He said the fact that people were living longer had made the possibility of popes resigning for health reasons in the future more likely.
"Will there be more (papal resignations)? God knows, but the door is open," he said.
Benedict became the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign when he voluntarily stepped down in February last year.
(Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Peter Cooney) ||||| Pope Francis talks to reporters aboard the papal flight on his way back to the Vatican from Jerusalem May 26, 2014.
Pope Francis talks to reporters aboard the papal flight on his way back to the Vatican from Jerusalem May 26, 2014.
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday said he believed that Roman Catholic priests should be celibate but the rule was not an unchangeable dogma, and "the door is always open" to change.
Francis made similar comments when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires but his remarks to reporters on a plane returning from a Middle East trip were the first he has made since becoming pope.
"Celibacy is not a dogma," he said in answer to a question about whether the Catholic Church could some day allow priests to marry as they can in some other Christian Churches.
"It is a rule of life that I appreciate very much and I think it is a gift for the Church but since it is not a dogma, the door is always open," he said.
The Church teaches that a priest should dedicate himself totally to his vocation, essentially taking the Church as his spouse, in order to help fulfill its mission.
However while priestly celibacy is a tradition going back around 1,000 years, it is not considered dogma, or an unchangeable piece of Church teaching.
There has been pressure for change, particularly in the wake of recent sexual abuse scandals with proponents of optional celibacy in the Church arguing that sexual frustrations could drive some priests to sexually abuse children.
But the Church has rejected this argument, saying that paedophilia, whether in the Church or outside of it, is carried out by people with psychological problems.
Priests are allowed to marry in the Anglican and other Protestant churches as well as in the Orthodox Church.
(Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Eric Walsh) |||||
[EX A]: | Sure, Catholic priests are usually celibate—but that tradition has only been around for about 1,000 years, Reuters notes. And according to Pope Francis, "celibacy is not a dogma." He tells reporters that "it is a rule of life that I appreciate very much and I think it is a gift for the Church, but since it is not a dogma, the door is always open" to changing policies. It was the first time Francis had addressed the issue as pope, though he had said similar things as archbishop. Speaking to reporters yesterday, the pope also noted that papal retirements like his predecessor's could be the new normal, Reuters reports. "I think that Benedict XVI is not a unique case. I think we should see him as an institution who opened a door, the door of emeritus popes." Would Francis ever retire? "I will do what the Lord tells me to do," he said. In the same press conference aboard his plane, he discussed a "zero tolerance" policy for child abuse and noted that inviting the presidents of Israel and Palestine to the Vatican was a spontaneous move, the Washington Post reports.
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A group of friends sit together against a fence at a skate park. People on roller blades do tricks on a ramp over steps. people on roller blades
do tricks on a bench at the skate park.
How to avoid pornography
Clean up your computer.
If you find that pornography is ending up on your computer, either willingly or unwillingly, you'll want to start avoiding pornography by cleaning up your computer. You'll want to start by deleting any pornography saved onto the computer itself.
After that, there are a few other things you can do, depending on the problem that you're having : Clear your browser. Clear your browser's cache, history, as well as your google search history.
A man bends on front a hedge holding an electric cutter. The man cuts a long hedge of a garden using an electric cutter. then
, the man removes leaves on top the hedge with his hand.
How to perform basketball tricks
Dribble the basketball in your right hand.
Then, when the ball reaches your hand, bounce it toward your left hand.
Let the ball bounce into your left hand and start dribbling with your left hand.
| Do a dribble with the ball using your right hand. When the ball is about to reach your hand, position your hand so you will touch the basketball not on the top but more on the side away from you and more on the right side. |
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".
One example is below.
Q: 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
A: No
Rationale: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Q: Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States. Millions of men and women readied themselves for work. Some made their way to the Twin Towers, the signature structures of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Others went to Arlington, Virginia, to the Pentagon. Across the Potomac River, the United States Congress was back in session. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, people began to line up for a White House tour. In Sarasota, Florida, President George W. Bush went for an early morning run. For those heading to an airport, weather conditions could not have been better for a safe and pleasant journey. Among the travelers were Mohamed Atta and Abdul Aziz al Omari, who arrived at the airport in Portland, Maine. Boston: American 11 and United 175. Atta and Omari boarded a 6:00 A.M. flight from Portland to Boston's Logan International Airport. When he checked in for his flight to Boston, Atta was selected by a computerized prescreening system known as CAPPS (Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System), created to identify passengers who should be subject to special security measures. Under security rules in place at the time, the only consequence of Atta's selection by CAPPS was that his checked bags were held off the plane until it was confirmed that he had boarded the aircraft. This did not hinder Atta's plans. Atta and Omari arrived in Boston at 6:45. Seven minutes later, Atta apparently took a call from Marwan al Shehhi, a longtime colleague who was at another terminal at Logan Airport. They spoke for three minutes. It would be their final conversation. <sep>What was the weather like when President George W. Bush went for his early morning run?<sep>Good weather conditions in the eastern United States
A: | Yes |
Problem: Among the 21 candidates left over after the previous election round ended on January 1, 2006, the Acropolis and the Maya archeological site of Chichen Itza were doing well in earlier rankings. A spokeswoman for the Foundation said earlier this month that the result is wide open. The election ceremony will be held in Lisbon, Portugal. Hollywood actress Hilary Swank, British actor Sir Ben Kingsley and Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu have been announced as hosts, astronaut Neil Armstrong will be present, and performers will include Jennifer Lopez and Chaka Khan.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Hilary Swank has the initials H S."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Q: America has a q
So I think first and foremost our power ought to be wielded to in ways that form a more perfect union. The power of example is America's greatest power in the world. And that means, for example, standing up for human rights. It means addressing the problems of injustice and inequity, along the lines of race and ethnicity here at home, because in all these other places around the world where they're having these terrible problems, when they feel hope, it is often because they see in us a reflection of their potential.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
The Yankees split Hollywood with something to feel OK about after last night's 5-4 loss to the Dodgers.
The Yankees flew home after the loss. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: This is the us government
Context: We would not advance this argument, but the Government has offered an argument in a parallel case that suggests a distinction between the '76 act and this case. That's not been briefed here. It's been grounded in their claim that the treaty power creates some special power.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
Context:
Asia has the highest number of child workers, but Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest proportion of working children relative to population.
Hypothesis: A lot of other countries have this too OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
It's impossible to say
Problem: Regretful Post<br>Tom was drunk. He decided to get on Facebook. He posted a lot of regretful things. The next day he woke up to a lot of complaints. Tom had to delete and apologize.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Tom received at least twenty complaints."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What is the Tigrinya word for coffee?, Context: The culture of Eritrea has been largely shaped by the country's location on the Red Sea coast. One of the most recognizable parts of Eritrean culture is the coffee ceremony. Coffee (Ge'ez ቡን būn) is offered when visiting friends, during festivities, or as a daily staple of life. During the coffee ceremony, there are traditions that are upheld. The coffee is served in three rounds: the first brew or round is called awel in Tigrinya meaning first, the second round is called kalaay meaning second, and the third round is called bereka meaning "to be blessed". If coffee is politely declined, then most likely tea ("shai" ሻሂ shahee) will instead be served.
A: | Ge'ez ቡን būn |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman; March 1, 1926) is a French-American actor, published author, artist and lecturer. He is known for his role in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes as Corporal Louis LeBeau. | are there any actors from hogan's heroes still alive? |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Military
Pentagon Unhappy With 'No Easy Day,' As Book On Bin Laden Raid Tops Charts
Defense Department officials say that No Easy Day, former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette's book about the secret mission to kill Osama bin Laden, includes classified information that may harm U.S. military operations. The book went on sale yesterday despite the Pentagon's warnings of possible legal action last week.
Referring to the book, which was written under the pseudonym Mark Owen, Pentagon press secretary George Little today called it "the height of irresponsibility not to have this kind of material checked for the possible disclosure of classified information."
Speaking with reporters, Little called it "a no-brainer" that a book about a clandestine operation like the one that killed bin Laden would need to be reviewed by the Pentagon. He later added that Defense officials "are very concerned that — that classified information may be contained in this book."
Asked repeatedly for clarification, Little went a bit further, saying that "sensitive and classified information is contained in the book."
But Little also said that the Pentagon would not attempt to block the sale of the book, either to the American public or on the bookshelves of military exchanges.
The discussion came a day after the leader of the Naval Special Warfare Command, Rear Adm. Sean Pybus wrote a letter telling the service members in his group that "hawking details about a mission" and other details about SEAL activities could put them all at risk.
"For an elite force that should be humble and disciplined for life, we are certainly not appearing to be so," Pybus wrote in the letter, which was obtained by the Associated Press. "We owe our chain of command much better than this."
As of Tuesday afternoon, the book was in the No. 1 spot on Amazon's bestseller list. It had garnered four stars, on the strength of 34 reviews. But some of the reviews were contentious, as folks took stands over whether Bissonnette should have written the book. One negative review attracted more than 70 comments — yes, more than twice the amount of people who wrote about the book itself. ||||| Navy SEALS are taught to practice OPSEC, elaborate operational security tactics to preserve the element of surprise in carrying out missions. Former commando Matt Bissonnette seems to have put that training to good use in the publication of his controversial tell-all book about the assault that killed Osama bin Laden. Bissonnette, who was a member of the SEAL team that snuffed out the terrorist mastermind, and his publisher went to unusual lengths to conceal the existence of the project until the publisher announced it last month.
The SEALS train hard and stay quiet. But a new tell-all by a member involved in the bin Laden raid is testing the group’s code of silence. (Clockwise fom left: no credit; Lance Iversen / San Francisco Chronicle-Corbis; Aamir Qureshi / AFP-Getty Images)
For the Pentagon it was tantamount to a sneak attack. Officials were taken by complete surprise when details of the sensational account began appearing in the media. Adding to the pressure was the fact that Bissonnette’s account of the bin Laden raid was at odds with the Obama White House’s version in some key respects, notably whether the terrorist mastermind represented a genuine threat to the commandos when they killed him. Last week officials scrambled to get a copy of the book to see whether Bissonnette’s account, No Easy Day (written under the pseudonym Mark Owen), revealed classified information. But by the time government vetters got their hands on it, thousands of copies had already been shipped to stores and the title stood atop Amazon’s sales list.
“We were caught completely off guard,�? conceded one senior Pentagon official, who says national-security personnel are obligated to submit manuscripts containing sensitive information for prepublication review (Bissonnette’s lawyer says the regs merely “invite�? authors to show vetters but don’t require it). Late last week, Defense Department general counsel Jeh Johnson sent a letter to Bissonnette in a last-ditch bid to minimize the damage. The threat of legal action was aimed at pressuring Bissonnette and his publisher, Dutton, to submit to the Pentagon’s demands for prepublication review. In the past, the DOD has succeeded in halting distribution of books, even in some cases pulping printed copies. But in the case of No Easy Day, it is likely too late to prevent the book from receiving wide public exposure. “At this point the onus is on the SEAL and his publisher to put the genie back in the bottle,�? says one senior Pentagon official, declining to explain how that would be possible.
The Pentagon has not disclosed whether it believes No Easy Day divulges classified secrets, though one official told Newsweek “you can bet we wouldn’t have sent the letter if we didn’t think there were serious security breaches.�? |||||
Output: | Former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette may have damaged national security by publishing a firsthand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden without running it by government censors first, the Pentagon warns. No Easy Day leaks "sensitive and classified information," and its author violated non-disclosure agreements, says a military spokesman. "When you have special operations units that perform these missions, there are tactics, techniques, and procedures—not to mention human life—that are in play," he told reporters, adding that it was a "no-brainer" that a book about a classified operation should have been submitted for review. The Pentagon spokesman called it "the height of irresponsibility not to have this kind of material checked for the possible disclosure of classified information," but said the military would not try to block sales of the book, reports NPR. Officials were taken completely by surprise when details from the book began to appear in the press, the Daily Beast reports. "At this point the onus is on the SEAL and his publisher to put the genie back in the bottle," a senior Pentagon official says, though that would be an impossible task: No Easy Day went on sale yesterday and shot to the top of Amazon's best-seller chart. The Pentagon has warned Bissonnette that he may face legal action. |
Detailed Instructions: 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".
Problem:`` The Octopus , '' a masked crime lord , is bent on crippling the nation with a wave of terror . He starts with the transportation system and then moves onto industry . He demands tribute from railroad magnates and other captains of industry . Richard Wentworth , an amateur criminologist who is friendly with the police , is secretly `` The Spider , '' a masked vigilante equally determined to wipe the Octopus and his gang off the face of the earth . Pleasant and smiling in civilian life , Wentworth is often ruthless as the Spider , slinging two guns against the public enemies who attack him . Wentworth also masquerades as affable underworld lowlife Blinky McQuade . Disguised as McQuade , Wentworth can infiltrate gangland at the hired-gun level and keep current on the gang's plans . The only people who know Wentworth's other identities are his assistants Jackson and Ram Singh , his butler Jenkins , and his fianc e Nita . The Octopus was a villain in a single issue pulp believed to have been written by Norvell Page who wrote most of The Spider pulp stories . He is garbed completely in white and is only ever seen sitting in a chair . Unlike the pulps , The Spider is garbed in a lightweight full length costume with web-like markings on it Which resemble Spiderman's costume . The serial follows the standard formula of fights , shoot-outs , Wentworth's friends being kidnapped at various times and having to be rescued . Each chapter ends with The Spider or his friends in deep trouble , often about to be killed , but the effect is spoiled by a trailer for the next episode Which shows them in full health and fighting the villains . <sep>With what national system did the villain "The Octopus" start his reign of terror?<sep>Industry
Solution: | No |
IN: What happens next?
The guy leaves with his hands full of stuff. The lady pulls the struggling boy into their home. the lady
OUT: waves and closes the door.
IN: What happens next?
A man then begins to ride his skateboard from the top of the roof down an inclined road. the man
OUT: then begins moving and skateboarding throughout the neighborhood and interacting with the people.
IN: What happens next?
How to stop using plastic
Use reusable water bottles instead of plastic bottles.
Get a tumbler, mason jar, or a bottle and use those to put your smoothies and other drinks in instead of new plastic containers every time. Some places even offer a discount if you do this.
OUT: | Plastic water bottles are one of the best examples of how simple changes can create a big impact in your life. Not only is the water being sold not regulated as strictly as municipal drinking water sources, but the plastic mostly ends up in landfills. |
I said nothing and gave no advice , not having lived seventy-five years for nothing .<br>I knew that Doctor John 's decision was manly and right and fair ; but I also knew it was all nullified by the fact that Marcella already loved him .<br>So much I knew ; the rest I was left to suppose .<br>The Doctor and Marcella told me much , but there were some things too sacred to be told , even to me .<br>So that to this day I do n't know how the doctor found out that Marcella loved him .
Can we infer the following?
The person speaking has had three children.
Select from:
(a). Yes.
(b). It's impossible to say.
(c). No.
The answer is: | (b). |
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: In short, the United States has to help defeat an ideology, not just a group of people, and we must do so under difficult circumstances. How can the United States and its friends help moderate Muslims combat the extremist ideas? Recommendation: The U.S. government must define what the message is, what it stands for. We should offer an example of moral leadership in the world, committed to treat people humanely, abide by the rule of law, and be generous and caring to our neighbors. America and Muslim friends can agree on respect for human dignity and opportunity. To Muslim parents, terrorists like Bin Laden have nothing to offer their children but visions of violence and death. America and its friends have a crucial advantage-we can offer these parents a vision that might give their children a better future. If we heed the views of thoughtful leaders in the Arab and Muslim world, a moderate consensus can be found. That vision of the future should stress life over death: individual educational and economic opportunity. This vision includes widespread political participation and contempt for indiscriminate violence. It includes respect for the rule of law, openness in discussing differences, and tolerance for opposing points of view. Recommendation: Where Muslim governments, even those who are friends, do not respect these principles, the United States must stand for a better future. One of the lessons of the long Cold War was that short-term gains in cooperating with the most repressive and brutal governments were too often outweighed by long-term setbacks for America's stature and interests. American foreign policy is part of the message. America's policy choices have consequences. Right or wrong, it is simply a fact that American policy regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and American actions in Iraq are dominant staples of popular commentary across the Arab and Muslim world. That does not mean U.S. choices have been wrong. It means those choices must be integrated with America's message of opportunity to the Arab and Muslim world. <sep>Which parents can be offered a vision that might give their children a better future?<sep>Arab parents
| Solution: No |
Definition: 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 nightclub featuring loud music and a swimming pool just beyond the left field fence brings a touch of South Beach into the park. Taste of Miami food court includes such local cuisine as Cuban sandwiches, pork sandwiches, and stone crabs. There's even an aquarium inside the walls of home plate backstop containing live, tropical fish.
Output: | is the fish tank still in marlins stadium? |
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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.
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
Why? 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.
New input: The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and other fields. The station is suited for the testing of spacecraft systems and equipment required for missions to the Moon and Mars. The ISS maintains an orbit with an altitude of between 330 and 435 km (205 and 270 mi) by means of reboost manoeuvres using the engines of the Zvezda module or visiting spacecraft. It completes 15.54 orbits per day.
Solution: | what is the purpose of the international space station (iss) |
Long-distance telephone company MCI Inc., on Friday, touted its $6.75 billion deal to be bought by Verizon Communications Inc., but said it would thoroughly analyze a revised $8 billion bid by Qwest Communications International Inc.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
MCI Inc. said on Friday that it would thoroughly analyze a $6.75 billion bid by Qwest Communications.
(A). Yes; (B). It's impossible to say; (C). No; | (C). |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
[EX Q]: The Venetian artist Jacopo de' Barbari, whom Durer had met in Venice, visited Nuremberg in 1500, and Durer said that he learned much about the new developments in perspective, anatomy, and proportion from him. De' Barbari was unwilling to explain everything he knew, so Durer began his own studies, which would become a lifelong preoccupation. A series of extant drawings show Durer's experiments in human proportion, leading to the famous engraving of Adam and Eve (1504), which shows his subtlety while using the burin in the texturing of flesh surfaces. This is the only existing engraving signed with his full name. Durer made large numbers of preparatory drawings, especially for his paintings and engravings, and many survive, most famously the Betende Hande (English: Praying Hands, c. 1508 Albertina, Vienna), a study for an apostle in the Heller altarpiece. He also continued to make images in watercolour and bodycolour (usually combined), including a number of still lifes of meadow sections or animals, including his Young Hare (1502) and the Great Piece of Turf (1503, both also Albertina). <sep>What sort of subjects were in Durer's artworks?<sep>Lifes of meadow
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: I wondered if that were my case--if I rode out for honour, and not for the pure pleasure of the riding. And I marvelled more to see the two of us, both lovers of one lady and eager rivals, burying for the nonce our feuds, and with the same hope serving the same cause. We slept the night at Aird's store, and early the next morning found Ringan. A new Ringan indeed, as unlike the buccaneer I knew as he was unlike the Quaker. He was now the gentleman of Breadalbane, dressed for the part with all the care of an exquisite. He rode a noble roan, in his Spanish belt were stuck silver-hafted pistols, and a long sword swung at his side. When I presented Grey to him, he became at once the cavalier, as precise in his speech and polite in his deportment as any Whitehall courtier. They talked high and disposedly of genteel matters, and you would have thought that that red-haired pirate had lived his life among proud lords and high-heeled ladies. That is ever the way of the Highlander. He alters like a clear pool to every mood of the sky, so that the shallow observer might forget how deep the waters are. <sep>Who talked high and disposedly of genteel matters?<sep>The author
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: The Albanians first appear in the historical record in Byzantine sources of the late 11th century. At this point, they were already fully Christianized. Islam later emerged as the majority religion during the centuries of Ottoman rule, though a significant Christian minority remained. After independence (1912) from the Ottoman Empire, the Albanian republican, monarchic and later Communist regimes followed a systematic policy of separating religion from official functions and cultural life. Albania never had an official state religion either as a republic or as a kingdom. In the 20th century, the clergy of all faiths was weakened under the monarchy, and ultimately eradicated during the 1950s and 1960s, under the state policy of obliterating all organized religion from Albanian territories. The Communist regime that took control of Albania after World War II persecuted and suppressed religious observance and institutions and entirely banned religion to the point where Albania was officially declared to be the world's first atheist state. Religious freedom has returned to Albania since the regime's change in 1992. Albania joined the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in 1992, following the fall of the communist government, but will not be attending the 2014 conference due a dispute regarding the fact that its parliament never ratified the country's membership. Albanian Muslim populations (mainly secular and of the Sunni branch) are found throughout the country whereas Albanian Orthodox Christians as well as Bektashis are concentrated in the south and Roman Catholics are found in the north of the country. The first recorded Albanian Protestant was Said Toptani, who traveled around Europe, and in 1853 returned to Tirana and preached Protestantism. He was arrested and imprisoned by the Ottoman authorities in 1864. Mainline evangelical Protestants date back to the work of Congregational and later Methodist missionaries and the work of the British and Foreign Bible Society in the 19th century. The Evangelical Alliance, which is known as VUSh, was founded in 1892. Today VUSh has about 160 member congregations from different Protestant denominations. VUSh organizes marches in Tirana including one against blood feuds in 2010. Bibles are provided by the Interconfessional Bible Society of Albania. The first full Albanian Bible to be printed was the Filipaj translation printed in 1990. <sep>By when were the Albanians fully Christianized?<sep>The late 11th century
[EX A]: | Yes
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question: Complete the next sentence:
How to become a criminal defense lawyer
Obtain a bachelor's degree.
In order to get into law school, you first need a bachelor's degree (4 year degree) from an accredited college or university. It does not matter what kind of bachelor's degree you get, but most pre-law students obtain bachelor's degrees in political science, psychology, or sociology.
OPTIONS:
- Make sure the school you choose is accredited. To ensure that the school you choose is accredited, check the u.s.
- Other reputable colleges or universities may offer degrees in these subjects to prepare you for the career in question. A bachelor's degree will grant you legal standing within your state and cover several areas.
- Research the lsac law school database. This database can help you find law schools where you would like to pursue a bachelor's degree in one of the major fields related to criminal justice.
- You can get an associate's degree in criminal justice while majoring in psychology, or a degree in sociology after taking your bachelor's degree. Find evidence that supports your charge of assault.
answer: Make sure the school you choose is accredited. To ensure that the school you choose is accredited, check the u.s.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to deal with losing a foot
Take pain relievers.
Following your surgery, your doctor may prescribe pain relieving medications, such as antibiotics. For the sake of your health and safety, take sure to take only those pain relievers prescribed or recommended by your doctor, and exactly as instructed.
OPTIONS:
- Most prescription painkiller pain relievers are safe, non-effective, and won't cure the pain. Treat a sprasional with painkillers.
- Aspirin can increase bleeding, so it should only be used if your doctor thinks it is best in your case. Be careful not to become addicted to painkillers.
- In general, you should take them within one week of surgery. This will prevent more life-threatening complications and it is a good way to take care of your feet in case of an accident.
- If any of your family members do not agree with your surgical treatment, you can still take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (nsaid) medications to ease any side effects. These medications also help you to cope with extreme pain if your results are inaccurate due to a previous surgery..
Next sentence: Aspirin can increase bleeding, so it should only be used if your doctor thinks it is best in your case. Be careful not to become addicted to painkillers.
context: How to create a flipboard account on android
Open the flipboard app on your android.
The flipboard icon looks like a white " f " in a red square icon on the apps menu.
Tap get started.
OPTIONS:
- This button appears at the bottom of the screen. It will start the app's setup process.
- This will take you to the official flipboard staff member page in the app store on android. Tap log in or sign into your flipboard account.
- This is a red button at the bottom of your screen. It will open the sign-up page, and list your different registration options.
- A blue " sign in " button will appear at the bottom of the screen. Tap sign in, then tap sign in.
****
next sentence for the context: This is a red button at the bottom of your screen. It will open the sign-up page, and list your different registration options.
IN: What happens next?
The guy puts the lotion on his arms, stomach, chest, waist line and the parts of his back he can reach. the guy
OPTIONS:
- puts tablet, phone, knife and water bottle and goes outside.
- then unbuttons his shirt which is secured on the back of his head.
- stands and puts on more of the sun block lotion while other people in the back ground stands/sits on the sand talking.
- put on a shirt that reads " kind of sexy " and open a bottle of sleeping pills and begins to sleep lightly, then he jumps in a pool placing the sleeping pill on his tongue.
OUT: stands and puts on more of the sun block lotion while other people in the back ground stands/sits on the sand talking.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to drill through granite
Make certain you really, really, really need to drill a hole where you're thinking about drilling one.
Consider other alternatives before you start putting holes in your granite, especially when you're working with something as expensive as a granite countertop.
Determine the ideal hole size your application requires.
OPTIONS:
- The best sized hole size will vary depending on the size of the granite countertop. A diameter of 6 inches will allow you to drill around 12 feet (3.8 m), but a diameter of 34 inches is preferable to 36 inches.
- Quartz countertops are very similar in size to granite, with a limit of. In general, you should drill a hole between two and four inches wide, with the goal of drilling a hole three inches deep and one twice the width of your countertop.
- Mark the area where you plan to drill. For small diameter holes, you can use a small dot.
- The size of your granite will affect how accurate your measurement will be. For instance, if you want to drill a hole for a marble countertop, then you'll need to cut a large hole about an inch from the edge of the granite.
A: Mark the area where you plan to drill. For small diameter holes, you can use a small dot.
context: Actress stella stevens is shown in a tv show credit opening. she
OPTIONS:
- wins a pulitzer prize and a trophy.
- begins talking in a front and, horse trainer talk while she is demonstrating how to bike in a horse shop.
- appears in a restaurant with a man as they sit down at a table.
- joins the biking club and does several stunts in various competitions at the track.
****
next sentence for the context: | appears in a restaurant with a man as they sit down at a table. |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Go to the Legal Help page to request content changes for legal reasons. ||||| Home plate umpire Bob Davidson stopped Tuesday night’s Phillies game in the middle of an at-bat to eject a heckling fan seated behind the visiting dugout.
Davidson called time in the sixth inning, removed his mask and walked towards the San Francisco dugout. It first appeared that he was going to have a word with the Giants. Instead, Davidson pointed to the stands and ordered a fan to be removed.
The umpire told a pool reporter that the fan was repeatedly yelling a sexual innuendo and telling the Giants players that they "suck."
"That’s when I turned around and said ‘You know what, get rid of this guy.’ You could have your wife, girlfriend, kids - they buy tickets," Davidson said. "They don’t have to come here and listen to that.”
"And people cheered me. Which is unusual in this town for me," Davidson said.
Security guards quickly came and escorted the fan out of the ballpark. The Phillies said the fan was not formally ejected, but left on his own after being confronted by security.
“I started laughing and Bob said ‘I don’t know how long we were going to have to listen to that guy, but I put an end to that," said Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp, who was behind the plate when Davidson called time. "First time I’ve seen that happen.”
Davidson ejected a Milwaukee fan in 2010 for using a homophobic slur against a visiting player.
Here’s the video from Tuesday night: ||||| Every fan who paid to see Bob Davidson umpire Tuesday’s Giants-Phillies game sure got their money’s worth.
With the Phillies leading by a run in the sixth inning, Davidson called time and approached the Giants dugout. At first, it looked like he was going to confront a Giants player. But that wasn’t what happened.
Davidson walked towards the dugout and pointed out a fan who was yelling at him.
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The fan was seated some 14 rows back on the third-base side, but he managed to bother Davidson to the point of an ejection. According to the News Journal, the fan repeatedly yelled “you suck” at Davidson.
Phillies fan has been loudly yelling "you suck" at HP ump Bob Davidson, who stopped play & walked over. He's been escorted out by security. — Meghan Montemurro (@M_Montemurro) August 3, 2016
The fan was eventually escorted out.
While obnoxious fans are annoying, it was beyond strange to see Davidson take it upon himself to eject the heckler. It wasn’t the first time he’s done it, either.
Don’t heckle Bob Davidson. ||||| PHILADELPHIA -- A fan attending the game between the San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night was asked to leave his seat in the sixth inning, shortly after his verbal confrontation with plate umpire Bob Davidson.
Davidson stopped the game in the middle of an at-bat, walked toward where the fan was sitting and had words with him after the man was yelling loudly in Davidson's direction. Davidson could be heard yelling, "Get that guy out of here."
The man stood and pointed at Davidson and continued to shout as Davidson returned to his duties behind the plate. The fan was sitting 15 rows from the field behind the visitors' dugout.
Plate umpire Bob Davidson stopped the game in the middle of an at-bat to confront a fan Tuesday night. AP Photo/Derik Hamilton
Shortly after the spat, a Phillies usher approached the fan, who quieted. Later, another Phillies employee approached the man and escorted him out of his seat. A Phillies spokesperson said Davidson complained to team security about the fan's language, and when asked to leave, the fan agreed to do so.
"This guy starts yelling, 'You suck!'" Davidson told a pool reporter after the Phillies' 13-8 win. "You could tell he was [drunk]. And so, all right, suck is not bad."
Davidson said the shouts became a little more descriptive, and "that's when I turned around and said, 'You know what? Get rid of this guy.' You could have your wife, girlfriend, kids. They buy tickets. They don't have to come here to listen to that."
Said Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp: "I started laughing, and Bob said, 'I don't know how long we were going to have to listen to that guy, but I put an end to that.' First time I've seen that happen."
Davidson said his actions drew applause from fans -- something he rarely hears in Philadelphia.
"People cheered me, which is unusual in this town for me," he said.
In September 2010, Davidson had a fan at Miller Park ejected for directing gay slurs at St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. ||||| | It's not unusual for an umpire to toss somebody out of a baseball game, but it's typically a hot-headed manager or a player. In Philadelphia on Tuesday night, it was a foul-mouthed fan. As the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, home-plate ump Bob Davidson stopped the Phillies-Giants game in the sixth inning to have stadium security remove a fan. (Video here.) "This guy starts yelling, 'You suck!'" Davidson explained after the game, per ESPN. "You could tell he was [drunk]. And so, all right, suck is not bad." But things became progressively more graphic, and that's when Davidson got the hook out. "I turned around and said, 'You know what? Get rid of this guy.' You could have your wife, girlfriend, kids. They buy tickets. They don't have to come here to listen to that." He added that Philly fans cheered him, "which is unusual in this town for me." The Phillies later clarified that the fan wasn't formally ejected but agreed to leave after talking to security. One person surprised: Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp: "I started laughing, and Bob said, 'I don't know how long we were going to have to listen to that guy, but I put an end to that.' First time I've seen that happen." USA Today notes that Davidson has had a fan thrown out previously, and provides that video link here. |
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]: Fuzz bass ( also called " bass overdrive " or " bass distortion " ) is a style of playing the electric bass .
[A]: Fuzz bass , also called " bass overdrive " or " bass distortion " , is a style of playing the electric bass or modifying its signal that produces a buzzy , distorted , overdriven sound , which the name implies in an onomatopoetic fashion .
[Q]: Protests and rallies also happen at the National Mall .
[A]: The National Mall 's status as a wide , open expanse at the heart of the capital makes it an attractive site for protests and rallies of all types .
[Q]: The club started on 28 February 1972 , out of the Malmo ̈ FF ice hockey section .
[A]: | The team was founded on 28 February 1972 as Malmo ̈ Ishockeyfo ̈ rening ( " Malmo ̈ Ice Hockey Club " , or MIF ) when the ice hockey division of Malmo ̈ FF became an independent club .
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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: 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 output: 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".
Q: Allan crouched over his desk once more, pen in hand and mind blank. He contemplated a story, an outline he had laboriously constructed some time ago. He had filled his pen and raised it, the nib descending towards the paper, before the sound came: the gentle, persistent tapping of the gnarled, primeval willow touching the window with long, insistent fingers. His eyes awoke with a passionate, determined flame, though the only light came from the glutted moon. Allan filled page after page, the words escaping from his mind onto the paper. Where before they had marched in regiments, practiced in ranks and followed their leaders' commands, the words now escaped in their true forms, unhindered by any stricture. He continued long into the night, until the eldritch orb had sunk into the waiting hands of the willow, raised perpetually skyward. Arthur looked up from the results of a night's frenzied labors and looked Allan in the eye. "What is this?" he queried, indicating the pages he held in his left hand. "I decided that… since I wasn't having much success with more – traditional – stories, I might see what sort of work I produced if I let my imagination go freely," Allan replied, somewhat less self-assured than he had been the previous night. "What in G-d's name could have possessed you to do such a thing," cried Arthur, nearly raising his voice. "After all I said the day before, why have you abandoned centuries of literary progress for some self-indulgent fantasy?" He shook the papers at Allan, raising them like a belt above the head of a disobedient son. "This is nothing but a glorified Grimm's tale, a miscarried child of Stoker, a creation less fit to be published than to be told around an open fire at the hovel of some peasant!" He spoke the last word with such heavy intonation that Allan shrank back before the physical wave of sound emanating from Arthur's throat. "Do you hate the modern system of literature? Do you personally despise the works the Enlightenment or the progress made since Shakespeare?" For a moment, Allan could hardly do more than shake his head. "No, of course not… I– " "Then why," Arthur barreled on, "do you disregard them all and return to this superstitious babble, this morbid, paganistic drivel? <sep>What did Allan contemplate over his desk?<sep>An outline he'd written previously
A: | Yes |
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: It was the first idea of the natural rate of unemployment and said that inflation rates did not affect labour market .
Output: | It also introduced the concept of the natural rate of unemployment and argued that labor market equilibrium is independent of the rate of inflation tand and so is no long run tradeoff between unemployment and inflation . |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to clean your room quickly and efficiently
Start by making your bed.
This will immediately make your room look much neater and cleaner. Make sure there aren't any pillows or blankets on the floor.
Select from the following.
- Mix a medium sized cup of water with 4 cups of white vinegar. This will make your sheets, towels, and pillowcase appear as if they belong there.;
- Put out of place items on your bed to determine where to put them later. Occasionally flip your mattress to increase its lifespan.;
- If someone wanders in while you're trying to set your alarm clock, they might send it flying at your bed. Also, make sure to put loose curtains over the windows if you are in the bathroom.;
- A soft comforter will create a comfortable, relaxed feel for your room. Remove dust and dry stains with a dark colored paper bag.; | Put out of place items on your bed to determine where to put them later. Occasionally flip your mattress to increase its lifespan. |
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: You might want to know how cold it is. You may need to know how fast the wind is blowing. Maybe it rained last night? Do you know how much? Does it feel humid to you? You have heard all these questions before. To answer these questions, we need data. That data comes from special tools. These tools collect data about the weather. You can see some of the common tools listed below: A thermometer measures temperature. An anemometer measures wind speed. A rain gauge measures the amount of rain. A hygrometer measures humidity. A wind vane shows wind direction. A snow gauge measures the amount of snow. <sep>What are some common tools?<sep>Thermometer
A: | Yes |
Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Grandfather Frog scratched his knee thoughtfully.
Grandfather Frog scratched his head thoughtfully and looked a long time at the dam of logs and sticks and mud .<br>Then his big mouth widened in a big smile .<br>`` Why , that is very simple , '' said he , `` Jerry Muskrat will make a big hole through the dam near the bottom , because he knows how , and the rest of us will keep watch to see that no harm comes near . ''
Choices: 1. Yes; 2. It's impossible to say; 3. No; | 3. |
Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to use your computer to investigate people
Know what to expect.
When you are searching public records, you are only getting a small piece of the larger picture. You may find an arrest record, but the details are almost never included.
Choose from:
- This is because you might not know the criminal identity of the person or group you're investigating until you've just analyzed the information. It can be hard to gather any details unless a judge has written them down.;
- This is not something to be tested or disproven. You can look up just about anything online, but the more often and the better.;
- Be cautious because the best way to get the full picture is to contact the person for whom you are searching. You want to know if the person currently being arrested is in fact a criminal.;
- Oftentimes reports will contradict each other, as they come from different sources with data gathered at different times. Always take everything you read with a large grain of salt, and do your best to verify any information through other means.; | Oftentimes reports will contradict each other, as they come from different sources with data gathered at different times. Always take everything you read with a large grain of salt, and do your best to verify any information through other means. |
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: Which film was released first, the one where Pierre Blanchar played Chopin or Hugh Grant as Chopin?, Context: Chopin's life and his relations with George Sand have been fictionalized in numerous films. The 1945 biographical film A Song to Remember earned Cornel Wilde an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his portrayal of the composer. Other film treatments have included: La valse de l'adieu (France, 1928) by Henry Roussel, with Pierre Blanchar as Chopin; Impromptu (1991), starring Hugh Grant as Chopin; La note bleue (1991); and Chopin: Desire for Love (2002).
Output: | Pierre Blanchar |
Q: 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".
Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Relatives of a woman killed in a Spanish airline crash were erroneously given the remains of another victim, and then were asked by authorities to return them, CNN partner network CNN+ reported Thursday. The victims of the crash were first laid out at a Madria convention center. A Madrid judge has opened an investigation into the error, and judicial sources say the initial indication is that the mixup occurred not in the proper identification of the victim, but in delivering the wrong remains to the family in question, CNN+ reported. The family Wednesday received an urn numbered 104, and were told it contained the ashes of their loved one, Pilar Gonzalez Ferreira, who died in the crash. But as the family was preparing to leave Madrid, officials called to tell them about the error and asked for the return of urn 104, CNN+ reported. Instead of urn 104, the family was supposed to have received urn 134, which actually contains the remains of Pilar Gonzalez, CNN+ reported, citing judicial sources and another family which also lost a relative in the crash. The Spanair MD82 jet crashed last week at Madrid's airport as the plane was trying to take off, killing 154 people. The aircraft, bound for Spain's Canary Islands, managed to rise only slightly before coming down quickly to the right of the runway, its tail section hitting the ground first, just off the asphalt. Then the out-of-control plane skidded and bounced at least three times as it careered 1,200 meters (3,840 feet) across uneven terrain and exploded, coming to rest in a gully, a top official of the investigative commission told a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday. Many of the bodies were badly charred from the fire, and authorities have used DNA samples to carry out numerous identifications. <sep>Where all the remains returned correctly to the famalies?<sep>No, the remains of Pilar Gonzalez Ferreira were initially not correctly returned to the family. The remains were correctly identified, but due to a delivery error the family received the wrong Urn, No 104, instead of 134
A: | Yes |
Q: 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".
I had drunk too much, I confess, though we all had. Somehow, Tasha and I began to argue the worth of Solevgrad jazz, as inconsequential a topic as I can imagine. She had studied it in school, so she thought herself as an expert. I once had a neighbor who played it constantly, loudly, and badly, so I thought I knew it better. Malaquez tried to mediate, but I saw him as siding with Tasha. So, I think, did she. The subject shifted from music to Tasha's obsession with fame, undoubtedly by a leap that I made. She had no choice but to follow. (I do not remember any of this well, just now, nor do I care to. Those who are truly curious may look at the last act of "Captured Moments.") I remember suggesting, with characteristic tact, that she add Emil to her small list of major accomplishments. Malaquez glanced away, embarrassed. Tasha looked at me as if to say, "I will." She said, "I feel sorry for you, Nardo. I'll see Emil home." "Yes," I said, "Do that," and did not care what she did, or why. Emil asked, "You're all right?" I muttered something he must have interpreted as assent. They both walked up to Emil's home while I watched the scarlet moonlight ripple on distant waves. Disgusted with Tasha but more disgusted with myself, I finally realized she would not return that night and went into The Sleeping Flamingo to drink myself to sleep. She had not come home when I woke in mid-morning. <sep>Why did Nardo think himself an expert in Solevgard jazz?<sep>He played it constantly, loudly, and badly
A: | No |
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.
The National Film Awards was established in 1954 .
| The National Film Awards , established in 1954 , are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema . |
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: Most taxpayers are allowed a choice between the itemized deductions and the standard deduction. After computing their adjusted gross income (AGI), taxpayers can itemize deductions (from a list of allowable items) and subtract those itemized deductions (and any applicable personal exemption deductions) from their AGI amount to arrive at the taxable income. Alternatively, they can elect to subtract the standard deduction for their filing status (and any applicable personal exemption deduction) to arrive at the taxable income. In other words, the taxpayer may generally deduct the total itemized deduction amount, or the applicable standard deduction amount, whichever is greater.
Student: | when are itemized deductions used in computing taxable income |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Problem:What was the result of the October revolution?, Context: The RSFSR was established on November 7, 1917 (October Revolution) as a sovereign state. The first Constitution was adopted in 1918. In 1922 the Russian SFSR signed the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR.
Solution: | The RSFSR was established on November 7, 1917 (October Revolution) as a sovereign state |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Example: 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.
Example solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Example explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem: On October 7, 2015, Fox renewed the series for the seventh and eighth production cycles. The eighth season premiered on October 1, 2017. On March 27, 2018, Fox renewed the series for a ninth season, which will premiere on September 30, 2018. A film adaptation based on the animated television series is in the works and is scheduled for a July 17, 2020 release.
| Solution: do they still make new episodes of bob's burgers? |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in U.S. financial markets (All times local):
11:45 a.m.
Stocks are surging on Wall Street, breaking a nine-day losing streak, after the FBI said newly discovered emails didn't warrant any action against presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 328 points, or 1.8 percent, to 18,216 Monday.
Investors have been anxious in recent weeks over signs that the U.S. presidential race was tightening. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is coming off its longest losing streak since 1980. Monday's surge erased more than half of those losses.
The S&P 500 index gained 41 points, or 2 percent, to 2,127 in midday trading. The Nasdaq composite jumped 115 points, or 2 percent, to 5,162.
Banks and health care companies rose more than the rest of the market. UnitedHealth and JPMorgan Chase led the Dow higher.
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9:35 a.m.
Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street after the F.B.I. said newly discovered emails didn't warrant any action against presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 242 points, or 1.4 percent, to 18,128 shortly after the opening bell Monday.
Investors have been anxious in recent weeks over signs that the U.S. presidential race was tightening.
A key market benchmark, the Standard & Poor's 500 index, is coming off its longest losing streak since 1980, nine days of losses in a row.
Early Monday the S&P 500 index was up 30 points, or 1.5 percent, to 2,115. The Nasdaq composite climbed 80 points, or 1.6 percent, to 5,126.
Goldman Sachs and Microsoft had the biggest gains in the Dow. ||||| U.S. stocks on Monday had their best day since March on a percentage basis after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said its review of a new batch of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s emails won’t lead to charges.
Gains were broad, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reclaiming the key 18,000 level and the S&P 500 snapping its nine-day losing streak, the longest since 1980. The slide had been attributed partly to polls showing a closer contest between Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump.
Read: What happens after the S&P 500 falls 9 days in a row?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.73% soared 371.32 points, or 2.1%, to close at 18,259.60. The Dow’s rally marks its best session before a presidential election since Nov. 7, 1932, when the blue chip index rose 3.5%, according to Dow Jones data.
The S&P 500 index SPX, -0.66% rose 46.34 points, or 2.2%, to finish at 2,131.52. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.48% climbed 119.80 points, or 2.4%, to end at 5,166.17.
See: Will the Clinton relief rally for stocks last? What analysts say
FBI Director James Comey informed lawmakers on Sunday that there were no new findings in the additional emails discovered on the computer of former Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose estranged wife is Clinton aide Huma Abedin. News that the FBI had discovered the new batch of emails just over a week ago jolted the presidential election race, taking a toll on Clinton’s lead in polls.
“The rally is all about Clinton having a better chance of winning, though I don’t think the market is celebrating her policies so much as reflecting how markets, like many Americans, are fearful of the unknown that comes with Trump,” said James Meyer, chief investment officer at Tower Bridge Advisors.
Read: These 5 charts show the global relief rally after FBI clears Clinton — again
Financial markets in general view a Clinton win as the better outcome in Tuesday’s election, as it presents fewer unknowns and possibly more stability for markets than a Trump presidency.
While the day’s gains were broad, financials were the biggest advancers. The S&P financial index popped 2.6%, boosted by a 3.2% rise in shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, -1.82% J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, -0.92% climbed 3.1% to $69.88.
Read: Here are all possible election outcomes — and how markets will react
Despite the rally, the election could remain an overhang of uncertainty until a winner is decided. Investors are also paying close attention to what party will control the House of Representatives and Senate.
See: An unclear election result would be worst outcome for stocks
“How markets will perform from today’s open through tomorrow’s close is anybody’s bet,” said Meyer. “To the extent Clinton’s probability of winning changes, the market will change with it.”
But for all the alarming headlines and the market’s whiplash swings, Kent Engelke, chief economic strategist at Capitol Securities Management Inc., believes the Clinton-Trump contest pales in comparison to previous elections.
“Regardless of the outcome the country will survive,” he said in emailed comments. “All must remember democracy is an angry visceral process filled with vitriol and animosity. Democracy settles its differences with words versus guns.”
A revival in appetite for riskier assets triggered a global equity rally, with European stocks up more than 1%. In Asia, the Nikkei 225 index NIK, +0.65% soared 1.6% as the Japanese yen USDJPY, +0.01% fell against the dollar. The yen and gold are seen as assets that investors turn to in times of economic and political uncertainty.
Read: How the stock market tends to perform on and after Election Day
Gold US:GCZ6 was down sharply, after gaining 2.2% last week on a boost in the polls for Trump. Oil CLZ6, +0.00% rose more than 1%.
The dollar saw big gains, with the ICE Dollar Index DXY, +0.46% which measures the greenback against a half-dozen rivals, up 0.7%.
The Mexican peso USDMXN, +0.4889% traded at $18.61 to the dollar, versus $19.02 earlier in Asia ahead of the FBI headlines. Many believe a Trump victory would harm the Mexican economy as the candidate has repeatedly promised to raise trade barriers and build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border.
On the corporate front, third-quarter earnings are trending ahead of Wall Street’s estimates. With 88% of S&P 500 companies having announced results, third-quarter earnings are coming in 4% better than analysts’ projections, the biggest beat since the second quarter of 2015, according to Savita Subramanian, equity and quant strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Stocks to Watch: Shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.A, -1.88% BRK.B, -1.80% rose more than 2% after the multinational conglomerate posted results late Friday.
Read: Cash at Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway hits record with stock market near highs
Shares of LendingClub Corp. LC, +2.97% jumped 15% after results of the online credit marketplace beat forecasts.
Auction house Sotheby’s BID, -0.48% posted a wider-than-expected loss, but revenue beat forecasts, sending shares up 11%.
--Barbara Kollmeyer contributed to this article.
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Output: | Stocks are surging on Wall Street, and MarketWatch and the AP are chalking it up to the FBI's announcement Sunday that newly discovered emails do not warrant any action against Hillary Clinton. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 338 points, or 1.9%, to 18,226 in midday trading Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index, meanwhile, is on track to end a nine-day losing streak, its longest slump since 1980. The index was up 42 points, or 2%, to 2,127 at midday. The Nasdaq composite was up 115 points, or 2%, to 5,162. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
The How to Train Your Dragon franchise from DreamWorks Animation consists of two feature films How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), with a third feature film, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, set for a 2019 release. The franchise is inspired by the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. The franchise also consists of four short films: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010), Book of Dragons (2011), Gift of the Night Fury (2011) and Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014). A television series following the events of the first film, Dragons: Riders of Berk, began airing on Cartoon Network in September 2012. Its second season was renamed Dragons: Defenders of Berk. Set several years later, and as a more immediate prequel to the second film, a new television series, titled Dragons: Race to the Edge, aired on Netflix in June 2015. The second season of the show was added to Netflix in January 2016 and a third season in June 2016. A fourth season aired on Netflix in February 2017, a fifth season in August 2017, and a sixth and final season on February 16, 2018. | is how to train your dragon on now tv? |
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 sweat allergy is the exacerbation of atopic dermatitis associated with an elevated body temperature and resulting increases in the production of sweat. It appears as small reddish wheals that become visible in response to increased temperature and resulting production of sweat. It can affect all ages. Sweating can trigger intense itching or cholinergic urticaria. The protein MGL_1304 secreted by mycobiota present on the skin such as Malassezia globosa acts as a histamine or antigen. People can be desensitized using their own samples of sweat that have been purified that contains small amounts of the allergen. The allergy is not due to the sweat itself but instead to an allergy-producing protein secreted by bacteria found on the skin.
Output: | can you develop an allergy to your own sweat? |
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: Which of the following is NOT a goal of phorphor LED development: higher light output, optical losses, or higher operation temperatures?, Context: Among the challenges being faced to improve the efficiency of LED-based white light sources is the development of more efficient phosphors. As of 2010, the most efficient yellow phosphor is still the YAG phosphor, with less than 10% Stoke shift loss. Losses attributable to internal optical losses due to re-absorption in the LED chip and in the LED packaging itself account typically for another 10% to 30% of efficiency loss. Currently, in the area of phosphor LED development, much effort is being spent on optimizing these devices to higher light output and higher operation temperatures. For instance, the efficiency can be raised by adapting better package design or by using a more suitable type of phosphor. Conformal coating process is frequently used to address the issue of varying phosphor thickness.
SOLUTION: optical losses
PROBLEM: What has been a public health problem in developed countries in the past?, Context: The M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) includes four other TB-causing mycobacteria: M. bovis, M. africanum, M. canetti, and M. microti. M. africanum is not widespread, but it is a significant cause of tuberculosis in parts of Africa. M. bovis was once a common cause of tuberculosis, but the introduction of pasteurized milk has almost completely eliminated this as a public health problem in developed countries. M. canetti is rare and seems to be limited to the Horn of Africa, although a few cases have been seen in African emigrants. M. microti is also rare and is seen almost only in immunodeficient people, although its prevalence may be significantly underestimated.
SOLUTION: tuberculosis
PROBLEM: What locations from the past can someone visiting North Carolina go to?, Context: North Carolina provides a large range of recreational activities, from swimming at the beach to skiing in the mountains. North Carolina offers fall colors, freshwater and saltwater fishing, hunting, birdwatching, agritourism, ATV trails, ballooning, rock climbing, biking, hiking, skiing, boating and sailing, camping, canoeing, caving (spelunking), gardens, and arboretums. North Carolina has theme parks, aquariums, museums, historic sites, lighthouses, elegant theaters, concert halls, and fine dining.
SOLUTION: | historic sites
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Blac Chyna filed a lawsuit against Rob Kardashian and his family Tuesday for allegedly damaging her brand and verbally and physically abusing her.
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In the filing obtained by PEOPLE, Chyna, 29, claims she has suffered “significant damages” since her ex-fiancé’s explosive social media rampage July 5, in which he shared graphic and expletive-ridden content about the mother of his child — including three naked photos — while accusing her of drug/alcohol abuse and infidelity.
According to the lawsuit, Chyna (born Angela White) alleges the nude photo scandal — along with influence from the Kardashian family — are what got Rob & Chyna, her E! reality show with 30-year-old Kardashian, axed before a season 2.
“Rob Kardashian is an abuser intent on destroying Angela White, the mother of his baby, who left him in 2016,” the complaint states. “In revenge, the Kardashian-Jenner family became media predators, slut-shaming her on social media and killing her hit television show, which had already begun filming a second season.”
She names Rob, his mom Kris Jenner and his sisters Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian West, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner in the complaint and asks for unspecified damages.
“Rob Kardashian and his powerful, vindictive family have done enough damage to Ms. White’s career and professional reputation, which she singlehandedly built from scratch—without the help of a famous last name. This lawsuit seeks to hold them accountable,” the lawsuit states.
Chyna also accuses Rob of physical abuse, saying when she tried to call Tyga — Kylie’s ex and the father of Chyna’s 5-year-old son King Cairo — Rob “immediately grabbed the phone from her hand and violently knocked her to the ground where she landed on her hands and knees.”
She says she called King’s nanny, who took the boy away, and locked herself in her bedroom.
“However, Rob Kardashian lost all control and tore the hinges off of Ms. White’s bedroom door,” according to the suit. “Ms. White then retreated to the bathroom, hid in the bathroom closet, and locked the door.”
She says she recorded Rob yelling and ransacking her closet. The complaint states, “Ms. White suffered pain and difficulty walking for days following the domestic dispute as a result of Rob Kardashian violently knocking her to the ground.”
In September, her lawyer Lisa Bloom tweeted about the suit.
“Slut shaming is cruel and damaging, and I am proud to join @BlacChyna in standing against it. That’s what White v. Kardashian is all about,” she said, referencing Chyna’s birth name, Angela Renée White.
The tweet came one day after Bloom shared a photo of herself with Chyna, writing, “Do NOT disrespect my client. I got your back, @BlacChyna. Stay tuned for chapter 2, y’all.”
Slut shaming is cruel and damaging, and I am proud to join @BlacChyna in standing against it. That's what White v. Kardashian is all about. — Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) September 27, 2017
After Kardashian’s social media attack in July, Chyna and her legal team accused the reality star of violating California’s revenge porn laws, claiming in court documents obtained by PEOPLE that he allegedly hit her and threatened to kill himself multiple times. A judge later granted her a set of restraining orders against him.
Kardashian’s actions also launched a two-month-long custody war over the former couple’s 10-month-old daughter Dream Renée. The two agreed to joint custody on Sept. 15, PEOPLE confirmed — though at the time, Bloom said the decision “does not resolve all disputes between Chyna and Rob.”
“Chyna is pleased that Rob has agreed to peacefully coparent Dream with her, as she has been requesting all along,” Bloom said. “Because Rob agreed to continue to stay away from Chyna and not contact her, Chyna has agreed to take the domestic abuse hearing scheduled for Monday, Sept. 18, off calendar. She will always have the right to go back into court if further incidents of domestic abuse occur.”
A source recently told PEOPLE that Kardashian, who has been lying extremely low since the scandal, is focusing his energy on Dream.
“Rob is okay,” the source said. “Rob and Chyna have other issues they need to figure out, but this is a good start. Ultimately, he mostly cared about hashing out a custody agreement for Dream. He loves his baby girl and she is his focus.”
In September, Rob and Kylie sued Chyna for battery, assault and vandalism, claiming she attempted to choke Rob with an iPhone cord during an intense fight at Kylie’s house last December. ||||| Blac Chyna Sues Kardashians for Torpedoing Reality Show ... Network Calls BS
Blac Chyna Sues the Whole Kardashian Family for Torpedoing Reality Show
EXCLUSIVE
Blac Chyna is now suing the entire Kardashian family saying they were responsible for putting the kibosh on her reality show with Rob, costing her a fortune -- but E! sources are saying that's BS, and there are emails that prove it.
Chyna claims the Kardashians interfered with the shooting of "Rob & Chyna" to the point E! network pulled the plug, claiming production was impossible. In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Chyna says the network, the production company and the stars of the show -- herself and Rob -- were all on board to shoot a 2nd season.
According to the suit, the Kardashians used their "power and influence over the E! network to kill the second season." However, our network sources say the couple split at the beginning of the show's first season, so a second was doubtful from the beginning.
However, sources connected to the network tell us they have documentation showing the reason the show was not picked up is because Chyna was making it impossible -- she refused to be in the same room as Rob ... so there would be no plausible way to shoot another season.
We're also told E! was unhappy with anemic ratings.
Chyna is also suing the family for battery over her claims Rob brutalized her during an April domestic violence incident. In the suit, she says Rob grabbed her phone, knocked her to the ground ... and she ended up calling her son King's nanny for help. She claims Rob flipped out and tore her bedroom door off at the hinges.
She also claims Rob repeatedly threatened to kill himself, and the suit includes text messages where Rob says things like, "I'm literally on the verge of killing myself and u couldn't care less." She's also included a photo she says is Rob's hand filled with pills he was threatening to take to kill himself if she didn't immediately respond to his text. |||||
| Reality-TV star Blac Chyna is taking ex-fiance Rob Kardashian to court—along with the rest of what she calls his "powerful, vindictive" family. In a lawsuit seen by TMZ, Chyna accuses the Kardashians of using their influence to torpedo the second season of her E! reality series Rob & Chyna after the breakup. She says the network and production company were ready to shoot the second series, though TMZ's sources say the split with Rob Kardashian early in the show's first season made a second series doubtful from the start. In July, Kardashian put "revenge porn" photos of Chyna online, which she says contributed to the show's cancellation. Chyna, who was born Angela White, also accuses Kardashian of violently knocking her to the ground when she tried to call ex-partner Tyga, People reports. "Rob Kardashian is an abuser intent on destroying Angela White, the mother of his baby, who left him in 2016," the complaint states. "In revenge, the Kardashian-Jenner family became media predators, slut-shaming her on social media and killing her hit television show, which had already begun filming a second season." Chyna is seeking unspecified damages in the lawsuit, which names mom Kris Jenner and sisters Kourtney, Khloe, Kim, Kendall, and Kylie. |
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.
[EX Q]: Because of this many see it as important to include a space in the name , as in " trans woman " , using " trans " as a word to talk about a particular type of woman , not a " third gender " as " transwoman " might imply .
[EX A]: Among those who do refer to themselves as trans women , many see it as an important and appropriate distinction to include a space in the term , as in " trans woman " , thus using " trans " as merely an adjective describing a particular type of woman ; this is in contrast to the usage of " transwoman " as one word , implying a " third gender " .
[EX Q]: The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are two smartphones designed by Apple Inc .
[EX A]: The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus ( stylized and marketed as iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus ) are smartphones that were designed , developed , and marketed by Apple Inc .
[EX Q]: A religious order is a group of people who live in some way set apart from others , in accordance with their specific religious devotion .
[EX A]: | A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion , usually characterized by the principles of its founder 's religious practice .
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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: Cathy Wallace did not always know what she wanted to be when she grew up. She wanted to help people, but did not know exactly how. A suggestion from friends sparked her interest. "When I was in college, I thought I wanted to be a doctor," she said. "I found I didn't want to do that and realized an interest in psychology. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but all my friends thought I should go into law because I was always on a soapbox. I decided to try it." Recently, Wallace received the Outstanding Woman Lawyer in Public Interest Law Award. The award was voted on and presented by the women's caucus of West Virginia University College of Law. Wallace, 38, called Gastonia home from the age of 8 until she graduated from Hunter Huss High School in 1983. Her parents, Carter Bond, 66, and Carol Bond, 59, are still residents of Gastonia. From Hunter Huss, she moved on to pursue a degree at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer. After graduation from Pfeiffer in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in both biology and psychology, she worked as legal secretary for attorney Louis A. Bledsoe Jr. for a year and a half. "Working for Louis Bledsoe was a pivotal moment," she said. "That was when I decided to go into the practice of law." She received her law degree at the University of Arkansas in 1992 and began her legal career in Public Defender Corp. in Princeton. She also taught criminal justice classes at Bluefield College in West Virginia. Wallace lives in Athens, W. Va., with her husband Rob, 37, and her daughters Rachel, 11, and Claire, 5. <sep>Name three places Ms. Wallace has worked.<sep>The law office of Louis Bledsoe, Jr., Public Defender Corporation, and Bluefield College
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: Lucy is an eight year old girl who lives with her parents and pet bird. One Saturday afternoon, she sits at the kitchen table. She draws a picture of her family. She makes sure to draw her mom named Martha wearing a purple dress, because that is her favorite. She draws many yellow feathers for her pet bird named Andy. After she is done, she gives the picture to her mom. Her mom hangs it up on the silver refrigerator. The next day, Lucy's mom comes home with a brown dog named Oliver. She tells Lucy that she is pet-sitting, which is like babysitting but with a friend's dog. Lucy's mom tells her she can play with the dog as long as she takes good care of him. Lucy is excited. She pets Oliver nicely on his soft back. He wags his tail. He barks, "Woof!" and shows he wants to play fetch with her. Lucy giggles and throws a ball for him to catch. She wishes her bird could play like this with her every day! <sep>What dog does Martha tell Lucy she can play with?<sep>Oliver
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: Elaan is a declaration of war against the reign of terror unleashed by the ganglords . The story revolves around an upright and principled Police Officer , A.C.P. Ramakant Chaudhary whose eldest son Vikas is killed in a pre-planned accident . But the A.C.P. is unable to nab the culprits for want of valid evidence . Consequently , the A.C.P. , his wife Revati and younger son Vishal are griefstricken over the loss of young Vikas . While the atmosphere in the city is already vitiated by the atrocities of ganglords Baba Khan and Manna Shetty who enjoy the support of some unscrupulous police personnel , the A.C.P. vows to make the ruthless gangsters bite the dust , without taking the law in his own hands . On the other hand , Vishal an angry young man , can not stand this injustice since the police had failed to arrest his brother's killers , and he silently resents his A.C.P father's inaction in dealing with the culprits . The ideologies of the father and son clash - Which lead to a conflict between a dutiful father and a reckless son . The only one who understands the agony of Vishal is Mohini , the daughter of head constable Devkinandan Sharma . The day comes when Vishal confronts Baba Khan and Manna Shetty Which leads to tension and gory situation for the A.C.P. , as the ganglords threaten to eliminate the A.C.P. as well as his wife Revati and son Vishal . <sep>What are the names of 2 individuals who were unleashing a reign of terror?<sep>Revati and Mohini
Example Output: | No
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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: In addition , the Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury in criminal trials .
A: | The right was expanded with the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution , which states in part , " In all criminal prosecutions , the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial , by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed . " |
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What would hatred be considered in this form of Buddhism?, Context: In Theravāda Buddhism, the cause of human existence and suffering is identified as craving, which carries with it the various defilements. These various defilements are traditionally summed up as greed, hatred and delusion. These are believed deeply rooted afflictions of the mind that create suffering and stress. To be free from suffering and stress, these defilements must be permanently uprooted through internal investigation, analyzing, experiencing, and understanding of the true nature of those defilements by using jhāna, a technique of the Noble Eightfold Path. It then leads the meditator to realize the Four Noble Truths, Enlightenment and Nibbāna. Nibbāna is the ultimate goal of Theravadins.
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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.
Q: In what position are helicopters sometimes in when they are shot at by RPGs?, Context: Rocket-propelled grenades can be—and often are—used against hovering helicopters (e.g., by Somali militiamen during the Battle of Mogadishu (1993)). Firing an RPG at steep angles poses a danger to the user, because the backblast from firing reflects off the ground. In Somalia, militia members sometimes welded a steel plate in the exhaust end of an RPG's tube to deflect pressure away from the shooter when shooting up at US helicopters. RPGs are used in this role only when more effective weapons are not available.
A: | hovering |
Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Canola oil is best for making popcorn
How to make popcorn on the stove<br>Heat the oil in a 3-quart (or larger) saucepan on medium-high heat. You'll want to use an oil with a high smoke point, like peanut, canola or coconut. If using coconut oil, allow all of the solid oil to melt before adding kernels.
Choose from:
[1]. Yes;
[2]. It's impossible to say;
[3]. No; | [2]. |
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Problem:An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in the water for most or all of its lifetime. Many insects such as mosquitoes, mayflies, dragonflies and caddisflies have aquatic larvae, with winged adults. Aquatic animals may breathe air or extract oxygen that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through the skin. Natural environments and the animals that live in them can be categorized as aquatic (water) or terrestrial (land).
Solution: | where do animals and plants get the oxygen from in the aquatic environment |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to find freelance work
Register with an employment service.
Meet with a local employment service or headhunter or use a national/international service online. Registering with any of these options can help quickly match you with potential opportunities.
Available choices:
(a). Provide information on the type of work and schedule you are seeking. Give the person in charge of helping you find a job a current resume and a general cover letter, which can further attract potential employers to you.;
(b). Search for jobs that fit your interest. Interact with examples of jobs in which you've been made available and include them in your job directory.;
(c). You may also apply for employment as a freelancer, if the job is relevant to your qualifications. Some employers prefer freelancers to be directly involved in the hire process.;
(d). For example, try taking the ntcpa coding course in the area you are interested in. If you have school transcripts and regular letters of recommendation from professors or supervisors, these can help your chances of landing the job at the start of your career as an freelance writer.; | (a). |
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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.
"The Course of Empire Destruction" by Thomas Cole. Wikimedia Commons
Whisper it quietly, but the eurozone may be about to plunge headlong into another crisis as the political situation in its third-largest economy, Italy, deteriorates rapidly.
Almost three months after an inconclusive election left the country without a government, Italians could be headed back to the polls imminently.
Italy's political situation is notoriously complicated, so Business Insider has tried to break down exactly what's going on and why it's all happening now.
A nation in crisis
The growing crisis can trace its roots all the way back to 2009, with the foundation of the 5-Star Movement, which in less than a decade has grown to be the largest party in Italian politics, winning 222 out of 630 seats in Italy's lower house of government, the Chamber of Deputies, at March's election.
The party's policies don't fit neatly into the traditional left-right political spectrum, something it is keen to emphasize. It is variously antiestablishment, eurosceptic, anti-immigration, and pro-green. Its name refers to its five flagship issues: publicly owned water, sustainable (eco-friendly) transport, sustainable development, right to internet access, and environmentalism.
5-Star's popularity has led it to moderate its stance on certain issues and install a new leader, the 31-year-old Luigi Di Maio, who replaced 5-Star's founder, the comedian Beppe Grillo, in October.
Luigi Di Maio of the 5-Star Movement at a news conference in Rome. Thomson Reuters
Such political shape-shifting has allowed 5-Star to quickly grow into its position as Italy's largest and most powerful party.
But while it emerged from March's election as the biggest party, 5-Star fell well short of being able to form a government on its own.
This posed problems. For several years the party said it would not be willing to enter into a coalition government or power-sharing agreement with any other party. That is because much of 5-Star's appeal has been based on its rejection of the country's establishment parties, which it believed to be corrupt.
After the party gained a plurality in March, however, the party leader Di Maio relented, sensing the opportunity to govern the country. Over six weeks of talks with various parties followed, until eventually late last week it looked as though a government would be formed by 5-Star in coalition with the Lega Nord, a right-wing party led by Matteo Salvini.
The League, as the party is often known, previously had ties to Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, but it moved toward 5-Star when an opportunity to govern presented itself.
The League and 5-Star's alliance is an uneasy one, but the parties managed to put together a program of government that removed some of the more extreme policies from both sides — like plans to leave the euro — and just about pleased President Sergio Mattarella (who must approve any program of government) enough to govern.
Late last week it seemed as though the alliance would be governing Italy with the law professor Giuseppe Conte, a political novice, as prime minister. Mattarella had reluctantly agreed to allow Conte to form a government, and it looked as if months of deadlock were finally coming to a close.
That was until Mattarella began the process for approving the coalition's appointments to key offices within government. Under Italian law, the president can reject the appointment of an elected official.
Trouble with the finance minister
Italian President Sergio Mattarella. Thomson Reuters
All was going well until Mattarella got to the two parties' nomination for finance minister. The coalition had put forward Paolo Savona, a highly eurosceptic economist and former banker who was minister of trade and industry in the 1990s.
Savona has frequently advocated that Italy leave the euro, describing the single currency in a recent book as a "German cage." He has been highly critical of Germany in particular, saying in the book that "Germany didn't change its idea on its role in Europe after the end of Nazism, even if it abandoned the idea of imposing itself militarily."
He also claims that Italy's decision to join the euro back in the 1990s has "halved Italians' purchasing power."
Such assertions were enough for Mattarella, a europhile, to reject Savona's appointment as head of Italy's economic and fiscal policies.
Mattarella told reporters it was important for confidence in broader financial markets that Italy signal an intention to remain part of the euro.
"Membership of the euro is a fundamental choice for the future of our country and our young people," he said.
Mattarella's rejection of Savona as finance minister was viewed as a rejection of the mandate of 5-Star and the League to govern. This caused outrage from the two parties, with Di Maio calling for Mattarella's impeachment. Salvini, the League's head, stopped short of such calls but did criticize Mattarella's decision.
The rejection of the coalition left Mattarella with two choices: call another election or attempt to appoint his own technocratic government.
Mattarella sprung for the second option, on Monday appointing a former International Monetary Fund official, Carlo Cottarelli, as interim prime minister with a task to try to form a new government and bring order to political and constitutional turmoil.
Cottarelli is likely to struggle to form a government, as he will need to have the support of at least half of the country's 630 deputies to rule with any sort of efficacy. Given that the League and 5-Star account for 347 of those deputies and surely will not approve a Cottarelli government, it seems impossible that Italy will have a government anytime soon.
With no foreseeable path to a working government, it looks as if the only option for Italy will be to hold another election, with the most likely outcome of that election being a strengthening of support for 5-Star and the League. Indeed, a poll released on Monday evening showed the League increasing its vote share by almost 5 percentage points from the election.
The Dutch bank ING summed up the situation, with the economist Paolo Pizzoli writing to clients (emphasis ours):
"Should he [Cottarelli] manage to obtain the parliament confidence, he would try to have the 2019 budget approved, and resign before the end of 2018, taking the country to new elections in 1Q19. Instead, should he fail to get the parliamentary confidence, he would resign and remain in office as a caretaker for ordinary business, taking the country to new elections after August. We believe the chances of the government passing the confidence vote are extremely slim, and hold an autumn vote (in September or October) as our new base case.
"It is still too early to understand where the party leaders will position themselves in view of the upcoming election. Chances are that the perceived institutional wound might induce both the Northern League and the 5SM to radicalize their electoral message, but different political possibilities remain possible."
"His chances of succeeding are slim and elections are likely in September," Kit Juckes, a strategist at Societe Generale, wrote on Tuesday morning. "Which leaves us 3-4 months of uncertainty ahead of a vote that may be seen as a referendum on Euro-membership."
Markets are spooked
Any such vote could be disastrous given that Italy is one of the three most crucial members of the eurozone project, alongside France and Germany.
Such an outcome seems to be something that senior figures in the eurozone are taking seriously. According to Yanis Varoufakis, who was Greece's finance minister during the height of the country's latest debt crisis, plans are being made for Italy's exit from the euro, which is being variously known as "Italexit" and "Quitaly."
"I have it on good authority that the German finance ministry, the European Central Bank and every major bank and corporation have plans in place for the possible exit from the eurozone of Italy, even of Germany," Varoufakis wrote in an editorial for the Guardian newspaper.
Perhaps the simplest way to imagine the eurozone is as a three-legged stool. Germany, France, and Italy are the legs holding up the rest of the project. Remove any one of those three pillars and the stool falls over.
Simply put, if Italy goes, it is likely to be curtains for the euro area.
This prospect has markets freaking out on Tuesday, with assets selling off sharply across a broad spectrum. Here's the full wrap from Business Insider's Australian markets team:
Yields on Italy's two-year debt rose by almost 50 basis points overnight — the biggest one-day move since 2012, at the height of the eurozone crisis.
When European markets opened a short time ago, Italian two-year bond yields continued to rocket higher, climbing by another 70 basis points. They are now sitting at their highest level since 2013.
Demand for safe-haven German bonds is increasing, with the yield on both two-year and 10-year German debt falling to its lowest level this year.
Reflecting capital flows between Europe's periphery and core, the spread between German and Italian 10-year bond yields has soared to 261 basis points, the highest level in four years.
The euro has also come under pressure, dropping below 1.16 against the US dollar for the first time in 2018.
Italy's banking index is also getting hosed, down 3.4% at a 13-month low.
Markets do tend to be highly sensitive to euro-exit-related developments, so some of Tuesday's moves may be a knee-jerk reaction, but it certainly feels as if a crisis is brewing both politically and economically.
Analysts at the Australian investment bank Macquarie, however, urged calm for the time being.
"While we see near term market pressure, we do not think that events today are sufficient to derail the economic recovery (activity has been desensitised to political shocks in the past decade), suggesting that markets will soon present a buying opportunity," a team led by Ric Deverell wrote.
Deverell and co. were clear, however, that things could escalate. "A victory for the populist parties in a new election, while far from assured, could trigger a substantial risk-off event," they wrote. ||||| Worries about Italy and Spain gripped markets Tuesday, triggering declines in stocks, a drop in the euro and big moves in bond markets.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Sunday blocked the formation of a euroskeptic coalition government, raising the prospect of new elections that could strengthen the hand of anti-eurozone forces.
“We’ve... ||||| MILAN (AP) — The specter of a financial crisis came back to haunt Italy on Tuesday, as its markets plunged on fears that the eurozone's third-largest economy is heading toward another election that could shape up to be a referendum on whether to stay in the common currency.
Premier-designate Carlo Cottarelli, a former IMF official, was expected to submit his list of ministers to President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, two days after an attempt by two populist parties to form a government foundered on the president's rejection of their anti-euro economy minister.
Enraged at losing their chance at governing following inconclusive elections in March, both the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the anti-euro League vowed with other parties to vote against a Cottarelli government when it faces a vote of confidence in parliament, expected later this week. That would force Italy to new elections in the fall, with Cottarelli heading an interim, caretaker government.
With the populist parties emboldened by the president's dismissal of their government in favor of an unelected group of technocrats, some experts fear the stakes have been raised for the next vote.
"Italy will be wrapped in a long drawn-out period of wrangling that will feature intense anti-establishment and euroskeptic tones," said political analyst Wolfango Piccoli. He said that while it was doubtful that the 5-Stars and League would "embrace a clear euro-exit platform," they can be expected to be more hostile toward the EU.
The Milan stock index was down nearly 3 percent, weighing particularly hard on banks, and Italian bonds suffered a plunge reminiscent of the worst days of the financial crisis of 2011. The government's borrowing rate for two-year money more than doubled, by over 1.5 percentage points to 2.4 percent, indicating a surge in investor concern. The 10-year yield rose above 3 percent, according to FactSet.
"We should now call this a crisis," said Kit Juckes, an analyst at Societe Generale.
Ratings agency Moody's warned that it would cut Italy's rating — now just two notches above junk level — if the next government doesn't present a budget that puts Italy on a trajectory to reduce its debt, now at 132 percent of GDP, the second highest rate in the eurozone after Greece.
If Cottarelli does not pass a vote of confidence, as is nearly certain, his government would not get a chance to set out such a budget.
In an annual speech on the state of the Italian economy, Bank of Italy governor Ignazio Visco tried to sound a warning against the tide of populism, saying that "Italy's destiny is that of Europe."
"We are part of a very large and deeply integrated economic area, whose development determines that of Italy and at the same time depends on it," he said. "It is important Italy has an authoritative voice in forums where the future of the European Union is decided," Visco said, referring to upcoming EU decisions regarding the governance of the bloc, multi-year budgets and the revision of financial rules.
Visco warned that investors would flee the system if they see their wealth eroded because of an economic crisis, noting that "foreign investors will follow suit even more quickly. The financial crisis that would ensue would put us back significantly. It would taint Italy's reputation forever."
Addressing populists who have raised fears that outside forces are calling the shots in Italy, he said, "we are not constrained by European rules, but by economic logic." |||||
Output: | The specter of a financial crisis came back to haunt Italy on Tuesday, as its markets plunged on fears that the eurozone's third-largest economy is heading toward an election that will be a referendum on whether to stay in the common currency. The Wall Street Journal notes that the crisis is spooking world markets as well, and Business Insider has a primer on what's going on, with this key point: "Perhaps the simplest way to imagine the eurozone is as a three-legged stool," writes Will Martin. "Germany, France and Italy are the legs holding up the rest of the project. Remove any one of those three pillars and the stool falls over." The political situation is convoluted. Premier-designate Carlo Cottarelli was expected to submit his list of ministers to President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, two days after a failed attempt by two populist parties to form a government. Enraged at losing their chance at governing following inconclusive elections in March, both the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the anti-euro League vowed with other parties to vote against a Cottarelli government when it faces a vote of confidence in parliament, expected later this week. That would force Italy to new elections in the fall, with Cottarelli heading an interim, caretaker government, per the AP. "Italy will be wrapped in a long drawn-out period of wrangling that will feature intense anti-establishment and euroskeptic tones," said political analyst Wolfango Piccoli. He said that while it was doubtful that the 5-Stars and League would "embrace a clear euro-exit platform," they can be expected to be more hostile toward the EU. "We should now call this a crisis," said Kit Juckes, an analyst at Societe Generale. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Example input: 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.
Example output: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Example explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: A signature (/ˈsɪɡnətʃər/; from Latin: signare, ``to sign'') is a handwritten (and often stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple ``X'' or other mark that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent. The writer of a signature is a signatory or signer. Similar to a handwritten signature, a signature work describes the work as readily identifying its creator. A signature may be confused with an autograph, which is chiefly an artistic signature. This can lead to confusion when people have both an autograph and signature and as such some people in the public eye keep their signatures private whilst fully publishing their autograph.
A: | can an x be used as a signature? |
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
In mathematics, an O*-algebra is an algebra of possibly unbounded operators defined on a dense subspace of a Hilbert space. The original examples were described by and , who studied some examples of O*-algebras, called Borchers algebras, arising from the Wightman axioms of quantum field theory. and began the systematic study of algebras of unbounded operators.
Sentence: Borchers algebras originated in Germany.
Output: It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
YouTube user Streetcap1 posted a series of pictures taken from Chinese lunar rover Change’e 3. It appears to have a distinguishable face as well as a body and limbs, while lying in front of a rock. After posting the clip to YouTube, Streetcap1 said: “All body parts are in the correct place here and the head looks like it is wearing a helmet with a visor. “You can see what look like hands at the sides.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Change’e 3 did not post clips to Youtube.
****
Answer:
Yes
[Q]: History will no doubt properly credit him and his government for their courage and foresight, initiatives such as the free trade agreement with the United States and NAFTA, abolishing the 13.5-per-cent manufacturers sales tax and introducing the 7-per-cent GST consumption tax to spur exports. He is Barack Obama. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
Problem: And let me say again, Detroit is rearing to go on that. We differ on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as I have said. We differ on whether or not pollution controls ought to be voluntary. I don't think you can -- I don't think you can get results that way.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Detroit has a lot of people in it"? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Q: American, French, and provincial ministers of health reached a settlement process that is satisfactory to victims and their families in Canada.
Given the complexity of the issue, we all hope that tomorrow, when the Canadian and provincial ministers of health meet, they will able, first of all, to reach a consensus and then, let us hope, to initiate a settlement process that is satisfactory to victims and their families, and in keeping with the way our health institutions operate in Canada.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: The play is set during the Spanish Civil War, which it portrays as a Communist uprising against the lawful government
Comrades at Sea (German: Kameraden auf See) is a 1938 German war film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Theodor Loos, Ingeborg Hertel and Julius Brandt. The film is set during the Spanish Civil War, which it portrays as a Communist uprising against the lawful government.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | No |
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: An office is generally a room or other area where administrative work is done .
Output: | An office is generally a room or other area where an organization 's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization . |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: What is the main highway of Houston?, Context: Houston was incorporated in 1837 under the ward system of representation. The ward designation is the progenitor of the eleven current-day geographically oriented Houston City Council districts. Locations in Houston are generally classified as either being inside or outside the Interstate 610 Loop. The inside encompasses the central business district and many residential neighborhoods that predate World War II. More recently, high-density residential areas have been developed within the loop. The city's outlying areas, suburbs and enclaves are located outside of the loop. Beltway 8 encircles the city another 5 miles (8.0 km) farther out.
Output: | Interstate 610 Loop |
Sir'Real Smith drives to the basket for Saginaw High. (Nate Manley | MLive.com File) Saginaw High scored 34 points in the first quarter, blowing past Romulus in the marquee game Saturday at Saginaw Valley State University in The Hill, The High and the Valley Showcase. The 10-2 Trojans rode the fast start to an 81-68 win over Romulus. Also Saturday at SVSU, Arthur Hill lost a 59-37 decision to Middletown (Ohio). Sir'Real Smith scored 31 points to pace Saginaw High, with Freddie McIntosh adding 19 points and Leeland Summers 10.
saginaw high scored more points than romulus in the marquee game game on saturday
A: Yes
How to make an advertising portfolio<br>Consider your resources. If you are an advertising student, there are probably people at your school whose job it is to advise your portfolio. Talk to your adviser about designing your portfolio, or bring your questions to the career counselor at your school.
The advertising portfolio will take a week to figure out the design of.
A: It's impossible to say
Attaochu was a full participant at the Chargers practice Sunday. Attaochu was questionable for the season opener due to a hamstring injury and ultimately did not play. He appeared recovered from the issue prior to Week 2, as he logged full practices all week. However, he was ruled inactive for the team's loss to the Dolphins. It's unclear if he suffered a setback or just wasn't in the team's game plan. The 24-year-old is on track to make his season debut Sunday against the Chiefs unless he sees another healthy scratch.
He sat out on the season opener.
A: | Yes |
IN: What happens next?
Man is standing in a sandy court talking to the camra and holding a voley ball. the man
OPTIONS:
- throws the frisbees, and the camra ball on the court enter the cup.
- whips a ball and hits the jack to put the ball behind the net to make a shot.
- threw the ball back and the player hitting team are on the field playing.
- extends the hand holding the ball and showing how to hit the ball.
OUT: extends the hand holding the ball and showing how to hit the ball.
IN: What happens next?
A man falls down in a room. He is holding a stick and tries hitting a pinata. another man
OPTIONS:
- walks in after him.
- picks him up and throws him on the ground.
- walks into a room and on a paintball field.
- picks up the stick and gives it to a kid who tries hitting the pinata.
OUT: picks up the stick and gives it to a kid who tries hitting the pinata.
IN: What happens next?
A man is cleaning the nose area of a girl sitting in a chair. After sterilizing her nose, he inserts a piercing into the septum. the ring insertion
OPTIONS:
- is inserted back in and she is able to breathe as the warm sink washes the piercing in a large bucket.
- is attached to a larger piercing and a nail is inserted into a hood.
- makes her begin to cry.
- allows him to extract a piercing ring from the tip.
OUT: | makes her begin to cry. |
Tenements (of the Anointed Flesh) is the fourth and final studio album by British industrial black metal band The Axis of Perdition. It was released on May 2, 2011, on Code666 Records. Dan "Storm" Mullins could not play drums on this album due to a broken arm so drums were programmed.
Tenements is their last ever studio album.
A: Yes
Marine biologist on effect of climate change on marine life Kevin Kocot is a marine biologist originally from Maryville, Illinois. He studies invertebrates, which means he goes on deep-sea expeditions to Iceland, Australia and even the Antarctic in search of tiny mollusks. Tracking these and other animals
Kevin Kocot is originally from Antartica
A: No
With a Queensland state election coming up in Australia, many minor parties and independents will be looking to hold balance of power and making the major parties listen to what they have to say. The Patrica Petersen are one of the independents. Wikinews reporter Patrick Gillett held an exclusive email interview with Ms Peterson, candidate for the electoral district of Bundamba.
The election will be long lasting.
A: | It's impossible to say |
context: A man in a black hoodie stands in a red room behind a bar and explains how to make a mixed drink. He goes through the ingredients and the glassware to make the drink. he
OPTIONS:
- drinks the drink as he talks, and then pours sugar into a bowl mixing with alcohol.
- scrubs the glass with a long black cloth draining the liquid from the end.
- then swishes the other ingredients around the glass while mixing them together.
- fills the glass with ice and now makes the drink explaining the measurements.
****
next sentence for the context: fills the glass with ice and now makes the drink explaining the measurements.
IN: What happens next?
Men in jerseys bent down on the field trying to figure out a play. they
OPTIONS:
- aren't very successful for the first time.
- covered the field and a close up crowd watched.
- hit the ball all around the field while kicking it back and forth.
- are conversing about what the next move is going to be.
OUT: are conversing about what the next move is going to be.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
He puts a wooden slat in the door entrance. He picks the slat up. He cuts the slat. He lays the slat down again. he
OPTIONS:
- removes the loose top half of the slat.
- puts the board away.
- uses another hand cut to cut a smaller piece.
- drills it into place.
A: drills it into place.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
A close up of chairs are shown as well as a table and bench. The person begins using a tool on the chair to scrape off the paint. the person
OPTIONS:
- continues scraping paint off and showing off the furniture again.
- continues painting and cutting out a piece of her hair.
- then begins spraying paint all over the chair.
- then shows a brush and begins adding black paint.
OUT: continues scraping paint off and showing off the furniture again.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to turn over a new leaf
Identify negative habits.
Some habits are bad for your physical health, while others may be bad for your mental or emotional health. However, many habits are good, and having habits helps you navigate the world everyday.
OPTIONS:
- For example, if you used to love to read, see if you remember to read. Now is a good time to begin replacing that not-so-great reading.
- Find patterns in how you think about yourself. Recall a recurring event, memory or a feeling you have in the past.
- Know what your habit is before trying to undo it. Your habit could include having trouble keeping your office orderly, having more drinks than your coworkers, or avoiding caffeine.
- As you move through your daily routine, try to identify which habits are bad, damaging, or otherwise hindering your ability to succeed. This can help you identify and isolate the habits that need changing.
****
Answer:
As you move through your daily routine, try to identify which habits are bad, damaging, or otherwise hindering your ability to succeed. This can help you identify and isolate the habits that need changing.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to clean your home on a budget
Purchase a caddy that is heavy duty, has lots of space and a handle.
Add a squeegee for windows, a pair of rubber gloves, and some ziploc bags for disposing of things you find around the house.
Add some dusting cloths.
OPTIONS:
- A normal dusting cloth can do around 20 things. Also throw away the clean-off bottles that they were in.
- Gather miscellaneous household items to add to the caddy. Buy fence guards, additional toilet seats, and more.
- Choose regular microfiber cloths in different colours so you can use a different one for each room. Simply wash and re-use these cloths.
- Some regular cloths are also helpful, though not always. Add some hand cloths depending on how often the backyard areas will need them.
****
Answer:
| Choose regular microfiber cloths in different colours so you can use a different one for each room. Simply wash and re-use these cloths. |
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]: Lunar distance (LD or Δ ⊕ L (\ textstyle \ Delta _ (\ oplus L))), also called Earth -- Moon distance, Earth -- Moon characteristic distance, or distance to the Moon, is a unit of measure in astronomy. It is the average distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon. More technically, it is the mean semi-major axis of the geocentric lunar orbit. It may also refer to the time-averaged distance between the centers of the Earth and the Moon, or less commonly, the instantaneous Earth -- Moon distance. The lunar distance is approximately a quarter of a million miles.
[A]: what is the distance between earth and moon
[Q]: Nuclear fusion powers a star for most of its life. Initially the energy is generated by the fusion of hydrogen atoms at the core of the main-sequence star. Later, as the preponderance of atoms at the core becomes helium, stars like the Sun begin to fuse hydrogen along a spherical shell surrounding the core. This process causes the star to gradually grow in size, passing through the subgiant stage until it reaches the red giant phase. Stars with at least half the mass of the Sun can also begin to generate energy through the fusion of helium at their core, whereas more-massive stars can fuse heavier elements along a series of concentric shells. Once a star like the Sun has exhausted its nuclear fuel, its core collapses into a dense white dwarf and the outer layers are expelled as a planetary nebula. Stars with around ten or more times the mass of the Sun can explode in a supernova as their inert iron cores collapse into an extremely dense neutron star or black hole. Although the universe is not old enough for any of the smallest red dwarfs to have reached the end of their lives, stellar models suggest they will slowly become brighter and hotter before running out of hydrogen fuel and becoming low-mass white dwarfs.
[A]: what characteristic of helium makes it a major constituent of the pulsating star mechanism
[Q]: The play opens with Hermia, who is in love with Lysander, resistant to her father Egeus' demand that she wed Demetrius, whom he has arranged for her to marry. Helena meanwhile pines unrequitedly for Demetrius. Enraged, Egeus invokes an ancient Athenian law before Duke Theseus, whereby a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father, or else face death. Theseus offers her another choice: lifelong chastity while worshipping the goddess Artemis as a nun.
[A]: | who loves who in a midsummer nights dream
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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.
[Q]: The word ain't is a contraction for am not, is not, are not, has not, and have not in the common English language vernacular. In some dialects ain't is also used as a contraction of do not, does not, and did not. The development of ain't for the various forms of to be not, to have not, and to do not occurred independently, at different times. The usage of ain't for the forms of to be not was established by the mid-18th century, and for the forms of to have not by the early 19th century.
[A]: what is the meaning of ain't in english
[Q]: In biological taxonomy, a domain (Latin: regio), also superkingdom or empire, is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy designed by Carl Woese, an American microbiologist and biophysicist. According to the Woese system, introduced in 1990, the tree of life consists of three domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. The first two are all prokaryotic microorganisms, or single-celled organisms whose cells have no nucleus. All life that has a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, and multicellular organisms, is included in the Eukarya. Stefan Luketa in 2012 proposed a five 'dominion' system, adding two more to the above.
[A]: why are organisms placed into the domain of eukarya
[Q]: In the United States, any musical works published before 1922, in addition to those voluntarily placed in public domain, exist in the public domain. In most other countries, music generally enters the public domain in a period of fifty to seventy-five years after the composer's death. (Public domain rights must be verified for each individual country.) It is important to note the distinction between 'musical works' (sheet music and other compositions) and 'sound recordings' (audio files, CDs, records), as virtually all sound recordings will not fall into public domain until 2067, unless explicitly placed into the public domain by its creators, rights holders or made by an employee or officer of the United States government acting under their official duty. (The status of copyright on sound recordings in the United States from before such copyrights were nationalized 1972 is nebulous; the copyrights were prior to that were considered a state issue, and even if no state law provided for it, some courts established an extra-legal common law copyright, the exact nature of which has been inconsistently applied over the years.)
[A]: | how old does a song have to be to become public domain
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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.
Q: __ is now owned by Disney., Context: The continuing decline influenced further changes for season 14, including the loss of Coca-Cola as the show's major sponsor, and a decision to only broadcast one, two-hour show per week during the top 12 rounds (with results from the previous week integrated into the performance show, rather than having a separate results show). On May 11, 2015, prior to the fourteenth season finale, Fox announced that the fifteenth season of American Idol would be its last. Despite these changes, the show's ratings would decline more sharply. The fourteenth season finale was the lowest-rated finale ever, with an average of only 8.03 million viewers watching the finale.
A: | Fox |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: CANNES, France (AP) — A man rushed onto the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival and dove beneath the dress of actress America Ferrera.
Actor Kit Harington, right, speaks during a press conference for How to Train Your Dragon 2 alongside actress America Ferrera at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday,... (Associated Press)
From left actor Dijmon Hounsou, actress Cate Blanchett, Actress America Ferrera, , actor Kit Harington and actor Jay Baruchel pose as they arrive for the screening of How to Train Your Dragon 2 at the... (Associated Press)
Actress America Ferrera poses for photographers on the red carpet for the screening of How To Train Your Dragon 2 at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 16, 2014.... (Associated Press)
From left, actor Dijmon Hounsou, actress Cate Blanchett, actress America Ferrera and actor Kit Harington pose as they arrive for the screening of How to Train Your Dragon 2 at the 67th international film... (Associated Press)
CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO DJIMON HOUNSOU AT LEFT Security run toward an unidentified man who ran unauthorized onto the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of How to Train Your Dragon... (Associated Press)
Actress America Ferrera, center, listens to questions during a press conference for How to Train Your Dragon 2 at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP... (Associated Press)
Security officials quickly pulled the man away as he tried to hide under Ferrera's voluminous gown before the Friday premiere of "How to Train Your Dragon 2."
It was a bizarre incident on a red carpet renowned for its strict decorum. The man was later identified as Vitalii Sediuk, a Ukrainian prankster known for such stunts.
Yet Ferrera didn't seem ruffled on the carpet and was in good spirits at the movie's after-party, laughing with guests and taking pictures.
She declined comment on the incident, however, and festival organizers didn't immediately return messages about the matter.
The former "Ugly Betty" star was on her way into the Palais des Festivals for the world premiere of the DreamWorks animated sequel. ||||| The weirdest part of a story the New York Post just published about an incident on the red carpet at Cannes is not that it happened at all. Sadly, the news that a man tried to get under America Ferrera’s dress is not actually shocking in a media moment where paparazzi regularly take, and sell, crotch shots of female celebrities. It is that the Post is referring to the guy who did this, Ukranian Vitalii Sediuk, as a journalist, saying “a reputation for putting celebrities in comprising positions as part of his shtick.”
A man dressed as Charlie Chaplin walks on the beach during the 67th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes on May 15. (REUTERS/Eric Gaillard)
It is true that Sediuk’s career — or at least, his place in the headlines — mostly consists of sexually harassing celebrities, male and female alike. Just because some people think that Will Smith is gay and closeted does not mean that it is in any way reportage to try to plant a kiss on him at a movie premiere. And I have no idea what it is supposed to be when Sediuk puts his face on Bradley Cooper’s crotch on the red carpet.
These are not only totally unrevealing stunts, if that is what they are supposed to be. They are assault. Just because they happen to men as well as well as women does not mean they should be treated as examples of puckishness or pranksterism.
It is true that much of the time, Sediuk is crashing the events where he causes a scene. He apparently had a credentials pass in Cannes, though it is not yet clear if any organization actually granted it to him directly, or if Sediuk got his hands on someone else’s badge. When he tried to ruin Adele’s Grammy’s acceptance speech, it was just as a crasher. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took steps to legally bar him from the 2013 ceremony.
It is not particularly clear who Sediuk is working for at any given time. In 2012, he was affiliated with Russia Life News. In 2013, he was apparently presenting himself as a Eurovision correspondent. At other times, he has apparently worked for 1+1, based in Ukraine. That rotating roster of employers, or at least of assignments, seems in keeping with Sediuk’s actual professional seriousness. But it gets at a larger problem for entertainment journalism.
It is a wonderful thing that there is a global market for American movies, and the global press attention for American actors that comes with it. That interest, coupled with the founding of a dizzying number of Web-based publications, creates both opportunities and dilemmas for American networks, studios, and entertainment festivals and conferences.
This means that the entertainment industry can prioritize smaller friendly outlets, giving them opportunities and denying them to more established, and critical, organizations. It also means studios and networks have to pay more attention to foreign journalists who help ensure an ever-bigger part of their box office or advertising. These pressures are one of the reasons the Golden Globe Awards, the ceremony run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is such a big draw despite the often-odd choices made by its voting pool. The lines between reporting and stenography can get blurred, given these pressures — as can the lines between reporting and pranksterism.
Big organizations like the Academy and the Grammys seem to have figured out that Sediuk, at least, is not a journalist, refusing him credentials and alerting security to his tactics, even if those briefings are not always successful. Outlets like the Post and the Hollywood Reporter, which has emerged as both buzzy and serious under the leadership of Janice Min, should make the same call, naming Sediuk for what he is.
The entertainment industry and the journalists who cover it are not always going to be on the same page about who should get credentials and what constitutes reporting. Journalists, who have a range of assignments, will not always agree on these questions either. But I hope we can reach a basic consensus that Vitalii Sediuk does not deserve the title that still gets attached to him, and that harassing and assaulting stars may be vigorous, but it is not reporting. ||||| The "How to Train Your Dragon 2" actress was accosted by infamous prankster Vitalii Sediuk who stuck his head under her skirt at the premiere.
CANNES -- American Ferrera's first appearance at the Cannes Film Festival was interrupted when infamous prankster Vitalii Sediuk rushed the carpet and stuck his head under her stunning white Georges Hobeika Couture gown.
While walking the carpet for the premiere of DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon 2, Ferrera didn't even realize at first what was happening. Sediuk was quickly grabbed by security and arrested.
PHOTOS: Cannes Red Carpet
Yet at the afterparty on the beach in front of the Carlton Hotel, Ferrera was all smiles, and gushing about the glamorous premiere, where her film received a strong standing ovation.
"It's fine -- I'm over it," she said when The Hollywood Reporter asked about the incident.
Ferrera says she'd been nervous heading into her first time at the festival, and had even done some reading on how to walk the red carpet.
"I think it's impossible to not be nervous," she told THR at the afterparty. "I would say this and the Oscars are the two most iconic red carpets in the industry."
She stood next to Cannes vet Cate Blanchett at the start of the carpet. Ferrera, who voices the girlfriend of Jay Baruchel's character, had just met Blanchett that day.
CANNES RED CARPET: Man Hides Under America Ferrera's Dress
The cast began to walk the carpet in the traditional line, posing for the hundreds of photographers, when all of a sudden, Sediuk rushed under Ferrera's skirt. Sources say he grabbed her ankles before security pried him off.
The minute it happened, Blanchett was the first to turn around to attempt to push him away, and quickly turned to make sure Ferrera was alright. Ferrera says most of the cast immediately checked in with her.
"They were all so supportive. They all just wanted to know I was okay," she said.
Matthew Belloni contributed to this report. ||||| A Ukrainian journalist who has a reputation of being a fucking weirdo was dragged off a red carpet after trying to sneak up behind America Ferrera and stick his head under her skirt. The New York Post is calling this the act of a "prankster" instead of a pervert fucko acting like a garbage person by sexually harassing someone who was trying to perform an aspect of their job.
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Let's read the steaming messpile that the Post used as its writeup:
Cannes you believe it?
Oof. Not the very strongest opening line for an article about a sexual violation. I'm cringing, but will proceed.
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America Ferrera got quite the shock on Friday when Ukrainian journalist Vitalii Sediuk stuck his head under her dress while she posed for photos on the red carpet.
Yeah that's 100% not okay.
Ferrera, 30, lined up with her "How to Train Your Dragon 2″ costars arm-in-arm to pose for photographers at The Palais des Festivals. As she smiled for a sea of flashes, Sediuk weaseled his way on to the red carpet and slipped under the hem of her poofy white dress.
Oh.
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As security dragged Sediuk away from the stunned "Ugly Betty" actress, the prankster grabbed onto to Ferrera's foot.
No.
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Sorry, but no.
Actually, not at all sorry. Just a big fat no. That's not a "prank." A "prank" is gluing quarters to the floor in the lobby and then snickering as people try to bend over and pick them up. A "prank" is a late night TV host fabricating a twerking accident. A "prank" is not looking up someone's skirt. Christ.
Why is this guy allowed at press events? What's his fucking damage? ||||| Vitalii Sediuk strikes again.
The 25-year-old Ukrainian journalist somehow made his way onto the red carpet at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in L.A. on Saturday, Jan. 18. Once there, he wrapped his arms around an unsuspecting Bradley Cooper and nestled his face in the Silver Linings Playbook star's crotch.
Cooper, 39, initially appeared to laugh off the gag as his American Hustle costar Michael Peña and actor Mandy Patinkin look on in disbelief. They then helped Cooper pry Sediuk from the actor's legs.
Given his past antics, Sediuk's SAG Awards stunt was relatively tame. |||||
A: | America Ferrera endured the creepiest kind of celebrity treatment on the red carpet at Cannes yesterday when a man dove under her dress, reports AP. Security quickly pulled away the offender, identified as a Ukrainian known for such stunts, Vitalii Sediuk. (He's the same self-described "reporter" who planted a kiss on Will Smith on the red carpet in 2012.) At the after-party for her film, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Ferrara didn't make much of the incident. "I'm fine, over it," the 30-year-old former star of Ugly Betty told the Hollywood Reporter. At the Washington Post, Alyssa Rosenberg is not amused by Sediuk, who also once placed his face in Bradley Cooper's crotch. "These are not only totally unrevealing stunts, if that is what they are supposed to be," she writes. "They are assault. Just because they happen to men as well as well as women does not mean they should be treated as examples of puckishness or pranksterism." Agreed, writes Erin Gloria Ryan at Jezebel. A prank is something like this. It "is not looking up someone's skirt." (Earlier this year, a fan rushed the red carpet and groped Modern Family star Sarah Hyland.) |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Example solution: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Example explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Problem: It has three floors , where it consists of male prayer hall , female prayer hall , guess room , classes and dormitories .
| Solution: The building consists of three stories , in which the first story is dedicated for the male prayer hall , the second story is for the female prayer hall and guest room , and the third floor is for classes and dormitories . |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
See one example below:
Problem: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: How did the land come to be?, Context: The archipelago is formed by high points on the rim of the caldera of a submarine volcano that forms a seamount. The volcano is one part of a range that was formed as part of the same process that formed the floor of the Atlantic, and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The top of the seamount has gone through periods of complete submergence, during which its limestone cap was formed by marine organisms, and during the Ice Ages the entire caldera was above sea level, forming an island of approximately two hundred square miles.
Solution: | a submarine volcano |
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Jimbo enjoys hunting.
Hunting season<br>Jimbo loved to go hunting. He usually saw pheasant and pigeons when hunting. Once, Jimbo saw a deer. He eventually scared it off. This was a huge disappointment for Jimbo. | Yes |
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.
Q: The Ranch is an American comedy web television series starring Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Debra Winger, Elisha Cuthbert, and Sam Elliott that debuted in 2016 on Netflix. The show takes place on the fictional Iron River Ranch in the fictitious small town of Garrison, Colorado; detailing the life of the Bennetts, a dysfunctional family consisting of two brothers, their rancher father, and his divorced wife and local bar owner. While the opening sequence shows scenes from Norwood and Ouray, Colorado and surrounding Ouray and San Miguel Counties, The Ranch is filmed on a sound stage in front of a live audience in Burbank, California. Each season consists of 20 episodes broken up into two parts, each containing 10 episodes.
A: | is garrison from the ranch a real place? |
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: A stranger in town meets pretty young Susan Martinez De La Cruz and accompanies her to a barbecue , where wealthy Jason Carberry is saying a few words for the recently departed Robin Randall , a citizen who got shot . Jason objects to the stranger's presence , being Susan's guardian and protective of her . He challenges him to a shootout , but the stranger pulls his pistol before Jason's can even clear the holster . Calaveras Kate , a saloon singer who's in love with Jason , is relieved when the stranger declines to pull the trigger . Rafael Moreno suddenly rides into town and picks a fight with the stranger . Their brawl continues until the arrival of Judge Wallace Wintrop and his niece , Sheila , who have come to town from back East and deplore all this random violence out West . The stranger is recognized as Reb Randall , the dead man's brother . He is looking for the killer , who could be Rafael , or could be Jason , or could even be Billy Buckett , the coward of the county . The women hold their breath to see if the men they love will survive . <sep>In Which place the Sheila came?<sep>With Jason Carberry
Example Output: No
Example Input: General relativity includes a dynamical spacetime, so it is difficult to see how to identify the conserved energy and momentum. Noether's theorem allows these quantities to be determined from a Lagrangian with translation invariance, but general covariance makes translation invariance into something of a gauge symmetry. The energy and momentum derived within general relativity by Noether's presecriptions do not make a real tensor for this reason. Einstein argued that this is true for fundamental reasons, because the gravitational field could be made to vanish by a choice of coordinates. He maintained that the non-covariant energy momentum pseudotensor was in fact the best description of the energy momentum distribution in a gravitational field. This approach has been echoed by Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz, and others, and has become standard. The use of non-covariant objects like pseudotensors was heavily criticized in 1917 by Erwin Schrodinger and others. <sep>When did the standard approach to energy momentum become criticized?<sep>1911
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: In Hamburg, Jarrah had a succession of living accommodations, but he apparently never resided with his future co-conspirators. It is not clear how and when he became part of Atta's circle. He became particularly friendly with Binalshibh after meeting him at the Quds mosque in Hamburg, which Jarrah began attending regularly in late 1997. The worshippers at this mosque featured an outspoken, flamboyant Islamist named Mohammed Haydar Zammar. A well-known figure in the Muslim community (and to German and U.S. intelligence agencies by the late 1990s), Zammar had fought in Afghanistan and relished any opportunity to extol the virtues of violent jihad. Indeed, a witness has reported hearing Zammar press Binalshibh to fulfill his duty to wage jihad. Moreover, after 9/11, Zammar reportedly took credit for influencing not just Binalshibh but the rest of the Hamburg group. In 1998, Zammar encouraged them to participate in jihad and even convinced them to go to Afghanistan. Owing to Zammar's persuasion or some other source of inspiration, Atta, Binalshibh, Shehhi, and Jarrah eventually prepared themselves to translate their extremist beliefs into action. By late 1999, they were ready to abandon their student lives in Germany in favor of violent jihad. This final stage in their evolution toward embracing Islamist extremism did not entirely escape the notice of the people around them. The foursome became core members of a group of radical Muslims, often hosting sessions at their Marienstrasse apartment that involved extremely anti-American discussions. Meeting three to four times a week, the group became something of a "sect" whose members, according to one participant in the meetings, tended to deal only with each other. Atta's rent checks for the apartment provide evidence of the importance that the apartment assumed as a center for the group, as he would write on them the notation "Dar el Ansar," or "house of the followers." In addition to Atta, Binalshibh, Shehhi, and Jarrah, the group included other extremists, some of whom also would attend al Qaeda training camps and, in some instances, would help the 9/11 hijackers as they executed the plot: Said Bahaji, son of a Moroccan immigrant, was the only German citizen in the group. Educated in Morocco, Bahaji returned to Germany to study electrical engineering at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg. He spent five months in the German army before obtaining a medical discharge, and lived with Atta and Binalshibh at 54 Marienstrasse for eight months between November 1998 and July 1999. Described as an insecure follower with no personality and with limited knowledge of Islam, Bahaji nonetheless professed his readiness to engage in violence. <sep>Who did Zammar influence in the Hamburg Group after 9/11?<sep>Binalshibh and the Quds mosque
Example Output: | Yes
|
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: What does herd immunity require in order to function?, Context: Resistance to infection (immunity) may be acquired following a disease, by asymptomatic carriage of the pathogen, by harboring an organism with a similar structure (crossreacting), or by vaccination. Knowledge of the protective antigens and specific acquired host immune factors is more complete for primary pathogens than for opportunistic pathogens. There is also the phenomenon of herd immunity which offers a measure of protection to those otherwise vulnerable people when a large enough proportion of the population has acquired immunity from certain infections.
A: | a large enough proportion of the population has acquired immunity |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
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Do you know what a sleeping great white shark looks like? It’s never been seen before. Until now. A robotic submersible captured the first-ever footage of a great white taking a nap, and you can see it innocently catch some zzzs with its mouth hanging wide open. It looks maybe seven percent less frightening than a great white that’s awake.
The shark doesn’t stop swimming, though its movement slows down tremendously and its body goes into this relaxed auto-pilot mode. The great white has to keep on moving, or it would sink to the bottom and suffocate.
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Discovery posted this footage from Shark Week 2016's Jaws of the Deep and explains what’s happening below. ||||| Great white sharks have gotten a bad rap thanks to all the "Jaws" movies and irrational human fears. They just want to go about their lives like any other animal, snacking on other critters and catching a few zzzs now and then. While we have plenty of video of great whites dramatically eating things, we haven't had any footage of the big sharks sleeping...until Discovery channel filmed one mid-nap.
The Discovery team used a robotic submersible to capture what the channel calls "the first-ever footage of a great white shark napping." The clip comes from the Shark Week show "Jaws of the Deep." The shark is a female hanging out in shallow water near Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean.
It's nighttime. The shark hugs the shoreline close to the ocean floor and her jaw sits open. The narrator notes that "she appears to be in an almost catatonic state." Nap time for sharks isn't as still as it is for humans. The great white must keep swimming; she just does it in a slow, relaxed state while facing into the current. It's just a very different way of "sleeping with the fishes." |||||
Output: | A Shark Week team with Discovery has just posted a YouTube video of what the channel calls "the first-ever footage of a great white shark napping." The narrator doesn't put it quite so definitively, but he does note that as the team observes the female shark's behavior change as daytime shifts to night, when her jaw goes slack "she appears to be in an almost catatonic state." As she floats through the water, the Discovery narrator notes, "oxygen-rich water flows over (her) gills. It allows her to slow down and save energy for hunting during the day. But she can never stop swimming completely, or she'll sink to the bottom, suffocate, and die." Discovery used a robotic submersible to catch the behavior of the shark as she hugs the shoreline near the ocean floor along the eastern coast of Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean, reports CNET. When her jaw goes slack, Gizmodo reports, the shark "looks maybe 7% less frightening than a great white that's awake." She is, after all, still swimming; she just looks like she's on auto pilot. (Are great whites "targeting" people in this New Zealand hamlet?) |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Example Input: The result of the Convention was the creation of the United States Constitution .
Example Output: The result of the Convention was the creation of the Constitution of the United States , placing the Convention among the most significant events in American history .
Example Input: " Sho ̄ kaku " had a damaged flight deck which required three months of repair in Japan .
Example Output: " Sho ̄ kaku " herself was unable to conduct further aircraft operations , with her flight deck heavily damaged , and she required almost three months of repair in Japan .
Example Input: The FIFA Club World Cup is a competition in the sport of Club football .
Example Output: | The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men 's association football competition organised by the " Fe ́ de ́ ration Internationale de Football Association " ( FIFA ) , the sport 's global governing body .
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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.
But for other mom-and-pops not in the snowplowing business, the recent stretch of winter has dragged down sales and productivity.
On Sunday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker called a statewide snow emergency, as schools were shut down for Monday and Tuesday. Baker urged business owners to close down and for non-essential employees to stay home from work.
Anthony Mirogiann is the owner of Village Cafe in Newton, Massachusetts. On a typical Sunday, he'll have a line out the door for breakfast. This past weekend, though, only a handful of customers trickled into the restaurant in the morning as the storm approached.
Mirogiann said he does what he can to stay open for business. "Unless there's a state of emergency, I will open up," he said. "It's frustrating. I will typically do about 20 percent to 30 percent of the week's business on a Sunday. "
During the last blizzard a week ago, Mirogiann remained open in the morning and only made about 10 percent of what the café would typically earn on a normal day.
"You deal with it, or try to deal with it," said the small business owner. "I have myself up to date with payments, and I try to have a bit saved in reserves in case something happens."
A 2014 study from IHS Global Insight found that a major storm with "impassable" roads could have a significant economic impact with just a one-day shutdown. The research showed a single day's shutdown in New York costs about $700.17 million, while Massachusetts loses about $265.12 million.
Read MoreWhat the botched storm forecasts may have cost
And while storms can lower sales, other Boston area businesses have been hurt by a weather-related drop in productivity.
Larry Nannis is CPA at Katz Nannis + Solomon, an accounting firm in Waltham, Massachusetts. He says the storm shutdowns have essentially slowed down the tax-filing process. For the bulk of his clientele, which are businesses, the filing deadline is March 15.
"I can work from home, but if our clients are closed, they can't get us the information we need," Nannis said. "It's one less day we can work on a particular client. These things don't help when we are trying to make deadlines."
Read MoreLower fuel prices lifting Main Street ||||| With a record-shattering six feet of snow covering Boston in just four weeks—and more coming Thursday—the city is scrambling to find places to stash its plowed snow. Should they keep hauling it off to the Skywalker-esque "snow farms" dotting the city? Revisit the Colonial past with a giant snow dump into the harbor?
The city's desperate enough to have put out a call yesterday to academics, environmental leaders, and the general public for novel snow-disposal ideas.
After all, neither the snow farms (the city's current solution) nor the harbor (an idea that's being floated) are perfect options.
At the "farms"—vacant lots turned icy wonderlands—some snow stays frozen in piles up to 40 feet high, disappearing only with the spring melt. Other loads get fed into fearsome melting machines, which filter out the street-snow's nasty gunk (oil, gas, salt, and all manner of trash items) before spouting warm runoff into storm drains (and, eventually, Boston's harbor, rivers, and estuaries) at a rate of 400 tons per hour. The machines might be effective, but they're gas-guzzlers, and a drain on city resources.
Snow-farm runoff is often treated at plants before getting deposited into the water. Soil and dirt can also act as a natural filter for all the gunk.
How about dumping snow into the harbor? It's normally prohibited by state law, because of the environmental impacts of the snow's salt and contaminant content. (The practice was common until a massive cleanup of the infamously dirty harbor in the '90s led to tighter restrictions.) But Boston's public safety might soon override environmental concerns, as Mayor Martin J. Walsh told the press Monday, and the harbor might become a last-ditch receptacle.
“We’re not at a public-safety concern yet,” Walsh said, “but we will be if we keep getting snow like this.”
So what's a city to do?
A number of local environmental agencies and organizations have stepped forward in support of dumping into the harbor if other options get snowed under. So have some oceanographers.
Robert Chant, a professor of physical oceanography and estuarine dynamics at Rutgers University, told Popular Science that, by his calculation:
...the Boston Harbor contains about 10 million tons of salt. As of February 10, the city had dumped about 60,000 tons of the stuff onto roads, or less than 1 percent of what’s in the water. So even if all the snow from the streets entered the water at once, it still wouldn't significantly impact the harbor's salinity.
So harbor dumping = no big deal, right? Not quite, according to Mi-Hyun Park, a professor of environmental engineering at a UMass Amherst who researches stormwater-runoff management. There's more to be concerned about than mere salinity levels.
"It's not going to be good, because you're going to directly increase pollution into the harbor," she says. "Snow can pick up pollution from the air in addition to the oil and deicing agents it can pick up from the road."
As the Northeast gets pounded with more extreme snowfall, year after year, cities can't just maintain status quo.
Park loosely analogized the harbor plan with sending untreated wastewater into the ocean—a practice that, when added up, can have catastrophic results.
Since there's much we don't know about the type and quantity of pollutants in Boston's street-snow, Park says it's probably best to keep using the snow farms, carbon-hungry as they are. Depending on location, snow-farm runoff is often treated before getting deposited into the water. Sometimes nearby soil and dirt can also act as a natural filter for all the gunk.
Yet as the Northeast gets pounded with more extreme snowfall, year after year, cities can't just maintain status quo. More research is needed to understand the environmental impacts of snow and snow-melt—and to figure out new ways of dealing with it. "There is a great need to work on this kind of research," says Park.
That way, maybe Boston won't have to scramble the next time it gets slammed. |||||
Output: | A record 6 feet of snow has dumped down on Boston in the past few weeks, and today looks to show that there's more where that came from. It's gotten so bad that the city has reached out to the general public and scientists alike for fresh ideas on what to do with all the piles of plowed snow—some of which reach 40 feet into the freezing sky, reports City Lab. "We’re not at a public-safety concern yet, but we will be if we keep getting snow like this," Boston Mayor Martin Walsh warned on Monday. These piles of snow in vacant lots, or "snow farms," can hang around until spring, while melting machines that filter out street debris and redirect the melt toward storm drains are costly, not to mention require lots of gas to run. A leading idea being debated is to go back to the days of yore and dump the snow straight into Boston Harbor. While some say all the salt shouldn't be poured into the water, local environmental agencies and even oceanographers tend to agree that there's not enough to seriously impact the water's salinity—less than 1% of what's already in the water has this year been dumped onto city streets, and the folks at Popular Science are all for this old-school alternative. And while CNBC reports that Boston area snow plowers are making a killing this year, all the snow is putting quite a dent in the local economy, especially hitting small-business owners who see considerably less foot traffic. One estimate suggests that a single-day shutdown costs the city $265 million, no matter where that snow ultimately goes. (Even the wind was gusting at up to 70mph in parts of Massachusetts.) |
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to pack for a one night trip
Think about where you're going.
If it's cold, pack a coat. If it's warm, don't forget to bring your swimsuit.
OPTIONS:
- If it's hot, pack a sweatshirt. If it's cool, pack some sunsunblock.
- If it's cold, wear a hat, if it's hot, bring a hat. You can pack plenty of sunscreen for at least a couple of days.
- Sunscreen is also something that tends to be forgotten, yet may be really important! Take a large backpackbackpack or small pull-along suitcase. But make sure your bag isn't too big, remember you are only staying one night.
- If the weather is nice you could pack a warm sweatshirt. If it's very hot for an extended time, pack a shirt and jacket or you could pack a warm sweater.
A: Sunscreen is also something that tends to be forgotten, yet may be really important! Take a large backpackbackpack or small pull-along suitcase. But make sure your bag isn't too big, remember you are only staying one night.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
There is man wearing a blue shirt and another man in black seated on a rock, talking about rock climbing. They are seated at a very high altitude in the mountains. the person in blue
OPTIONS:
- is talking about the walking poles at the top of mountains.
- is demonstrating how the rope is fastened from the rocks.
- struggles to rock climbing.
- starts climbing the rock climbing wall.
OUT: is demonstrating how the rope is fastened from the rocks.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
Two bikers are riding their motor bikes through rough terrain. they
OPTIONS:
- cross a small red circle on a foreign land that has nothing in common.
- are dressed in biking gear with protective helmets and clothing.
- ride past ornate buildings.
- pass by a sign for a ski resort.
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Answer:
are dressed in biking gear with protective helmets and clothing.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to season pampered chef stoneware
Remove the stoneware dish from the package.
Wash it by hand prior to the first use. In the future, it is not recommended that you use soap on your stoneware, or it will remove the seasoning.
OPTIONS:
- High heat coating, or simply scraping off the dried seasoning on the dish, could cause rotting. Hold the stoneware dish in your hands.
- Placing the stoneware dish face down on a clean, absorbent surface will prevent soap from contaminating the workspace. Bring the temperature of the water to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Dry the stoneware with a towel and set it aside. Don't use aerosol non-stick spray on the surface of the stoneware.
- Apply a mild dish cleaner to the stoneware dish. Place a piece of cheesecloth or old towel into a deep basin.
A: Dry the stoneware with a towel and set it aside. Don't use aerosol non-stick spray on the surface of the stoneware.
The song slows and builds as the crowd joins back in with claps. The song ends and the crowd applauds thunderously. the saxophonist
OPTIONS:
- stands on one foot in a pose and does steps on the microphone.
- bows and returns to her seat.
- sets the guitar aside and gestures at the camera.
- bows over the microphone and salutes his group in the crowd.
bows and returns to her seat.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
A man talks in front of an office building. The man enters the building and walks up the staircase. the man
OPTIONS:
- then enters the elevator.
- holds the man's shoe.
- ties his shoe and lifts his shoe on to put on with the other.
- enters the gym room..
Next sentence: | enters the gym room. |
Q: 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 shrimp and the surface mucus layer and eggs of the catfish contain carotenoid pigments which seem to cause the golden colour of the shark .
A: | The shrimp and the surface mucus layer and eggs of the catfish contain carotenoid pigments that appear to be the source of the sharks ' golden color ; whether the pigments in the catfish also ultimately come from the shrimp is uncertain . |
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: Abbado has conducted a lot of Romantic music , especially the symphonies of Gustav Mahler .
A: Amongst a wide range of Romantic works which he recorded and performed , Abbado had a particular affinity with the music of Gustav Mahler , whose symphonies he recorded several times .
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Q: Wat Phrasri Rattana Sasadaram or Wat Phra Kaew , the " Temple of the Emerald Buddha " , is one of the most sacred Buddhist temples in Thailand .
A: Wat Phra Kaew ( , , -RSB- ) , commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram , is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple ( wat ) in Thailand .
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Q: KFC is in almost 20 countries in Africa , so it is easier to use .
A: | KFC , on the other hand , has operations in almost 20 African countries ; the highest of any international fast food chain and therefore a more applicable benchmark to use .
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What is the lesser religion of Alsatian?, Context: Most of the Alsatian population is Roman Catholic, but, largely because of the region's German heritage, a significant Protestant community also exists: today, the EPCAAL (a Lutheran church) is France's second largest Protestant church, also forming an administrative union (UEPAL) with the much smaller Calvinist EPRAL. Unlike the rest of France, the Local law in Alsace-Moselle still provides for to the Napoleonic Concordat of 1801 and the organic articles, which provides public subsidies to the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Calvinist churches, as well as to Jewish synagogues; religion classes in one of these faiths is compulsory in public schools. This divergence in policy from the French majority is due to the region having been part of Imperial Germany when the 1905 law separating the French church and state was instituted (for a more comprehensive history, see: Alsace-Lorraine). Controversy erupts periodically on the appropriateness of this legal disposition, as well as on the exclusion of other religions from this arrangement.
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input hypothesis: If this tax system is implemented, it may lead to protests.
Context: I think that what -- I think the point of that is that anybody would have a hard time trying to make a tax cut plan that is so large, that would put us into such big deficits, that gives almost half the benefits to the wealthiest of the wealthy. I think anybody would have a hard time explaining that clearly in a way that makes sense to the average person.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
Context:
In addition to that, we're going to allow people 55 to 64 to buy into Medicare early. And most importantly, we give small business a 50 percent tax credit so that after we lower the costs of health care, they also get, whether they're self-employed or a small business, a lower cost to be able to cover their employees.
Hypothesis: People 55 to 64 will have to buy into Medicare late. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
No
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev, currently on board the Mir space station, has become the person with the longest total stay in space. He has clocked up 681 days.
Sentence: Sergei Avdeyev has been alive for more than 59 years.
Output: It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
How to use an inversion table for back pain<br>Secure your inversion table on a flat surface. Ensure that all the joints, straps and pivot points are correctly connected. Do this every time you use the table in order to avoid a serious accident.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: make sure the joints are correctly connected
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Answer:
Yes
[Q]: Rip Off<br>Sarah was at the market. And she wanted to buy cabbage juice. And she saw a 16 ounce bottle for $6. She knew it was just cabbage and water. So she decided to buy her own juicer instead. Cabbage juice is cabbage and water. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: Yes
[Q]: BALTIMORE — Authorities say a man has been fatally gunned down in a triple shooting near a Baltimore police station. Police spokesman T.J. Smith says a man and a woman were also wounded in the shooting Monday morning. Officers saw two men run away from the scene. Smith says officers chased after them, but the men managed to escape. Investigators believe the shooting was targeted, not random. Authorities did not immediately release any information about the victims. baltimore police say they have killed a man near a police station OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: | No |
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:Image caption Damage to buildings from the quakes was much lighter than expected
Two big earthquakes that struck off the Indonesian province of Aceh on Wednesday caused the deaths of five people - three from heart attacks and two from shock, disaster officials say.
They have expressed relief over the low casualty figures; 70,000 people died in the 2004 tsunami in Aceh.
However the chaos caused by the 8.6 and 8.3 magnitude quakes enabled about 49 inmates to escape from prison.
Scientists meanwhile have been explaining why there was no tsunami.
They say the main difference was that in 2004, one tectonic plate slipped beneath another, displacing a huge volume of water.
Wednesday's quakes in contrast resulted from the plates rubbing laterally against each other - their movements although violent were less likely to create huge waves.
"In this case the movement in the earthquakes was horizontal - and horizontal movements do not create bulges on the surface of the ocean which generate tsunamis," geophysics Professor John McCloskey told the BBC.
"Very quickly after the quakes were recorded we were able to say that it was unlikely there would be a tsunami."
Experts say that the authorities in Indonesia and in other countries were not wrong to evacuate people - because the seismological information available at the time suggested there could have been a big tsunami.
Regularly hit
Separately, officials say that prisoners in an Aceh jail took advantage of the confusion following the quakes and tsunami warning to escape.
Media caption Geophysics Prof John McCloskey explains why the earthquake impact was minimal
They say that while most offenders in the 200-inmate jail came back to the prison soon after the tsunami warning, 49 remain on the run and are being pursued by police.
Communities in Aceh on Thursday are now resuming their normal lives, officials say. They have expressed relief that only of a handful of people were injured, including a severely hurt child who fell out of a tree.
Indonesia, like India, Thailand and Sri Lanka, has lifted its tsunami warning.
The region is regularly hit by earthquakes. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed some 250,000 people around the region.
The US Geological Survey (USGS), which documents quakes worldwide, said the first Aceh quake was centred at a depth of 33km (20 miles), about 495km from Banda Aceh, the provincial capital.
It was initially reported as 8.9 magnitude but was later revised down to 8.6 by the USGS.
A few hours later, another warning was issued after a major aftershock measuring 8.2 struck 16km (10 miles) beneath the ocean floor and 615km from Banda Aceh.
The quakes and tsunami alert led to electricity being cut in Aceh and traffic jams as people queued to gain access to higher ground.
Tremors were felt as far away as Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh and India.
Along the eastern coast of Africa, Kenya and Tanzania issued their own tsunami warnings. ||||| A magnitude-6.9 earthquake shook Baja California early Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami was expected to strike California or elsewhere.
The earthquake, which occurred at 12:15 a.m., was centered about 360 miles southeast of San Diego, on the western edge of the Gulf of California.
A smaller quake, a magnitude-6.2, shook the same area of Mexico
at 12:06 a.m.
The perceived shaking was described as "very strong" close to the epicenter, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Solution: | Indonesian disaster officials are relieved that more did not die in yesterday's two big earthquakes, which did not trigger a tsunami. The five deaths are being blamed on heart attacks and shock, the BBC reports, and only a handful of people were hurt. After an earthquake in the same province, Aceh, triggered a tsunami in 2004, 70,000 were killed. The difference? In 2004, one tectonic plate slipped underneath another, whereas yesterday the plates rubbed against each other along their sides, scientists explain, so far less water was displaced. One consequence of the quakes: 49 inmates managed to escaped from jail amid the post-quake confusion. As police search for them, most communities are returning to normal. Meanwhile, the slew of quakes continue: Early today, another temblor shook Baja California, though the 6.9 shaker did not trigger a tsunami warning, the Los Angeles Times reports. The same region of Mexico also felt a 6.2 quake just nine minutes earlier. Yesterday, Mexico City and the Oregon coast were both hit by earthquakes. |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A large group of people are seen standing around outside with one hitting a ball. the men
OPTIONS:
- continue to hit one another and play a game of beer pong.
- quickly mill around inside with one another and lead into one setting up a drink.
- step up and take turns hitting a ball with a bat.
- continue hitting the ball all around one another and end by filming off the game.
A: step up and take turns hitting a ball with a bat.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to help your pregnant wife feel comfortable
Be happy!
Whether this is a planned pregnancy or an accidental one, its always a nervous time for a dad to be. However, make it a point to show your happiness and excitement about this pregnancy. Tell her how much you await the baby's arrival.
OPTIONS:
- Hear her tell you how she's always thinking about her baby. Doing this encourages her to be patient and loving when she needs support from you.
- Be sure to make it a point to check to make sure the birth is going well. This will help to show your wife how much fun you have with the baby.
- Help her through the early months of her pregnancy. The first trimester is a very low period for most pregnant women.
- To boost both of your confidence, you might say things like : " i can't wait to get more excited. I can't wait to go home to get a good night's sleep.
A: Help her through the early months of her pregnancy. The first trimester is a very low period for most pregnant women.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to make a hair wrap
Start by choosing a color or multiple colors.
Which can be bought at any arts and crafts store.
Cut pieces (one of each color) that are three times the length of the hair being wrapped.
OPTIONS:
- Have the entire wrap be one strand. Wrap a single strand around the whole length of the hair, three times to get it very short, ten times to get it very short, thirty times to get it long, and twenty times to get it short.
- These are placed inside the hair wrap, and each piece should be 5 cm. Apart from being three inches in length, other colors and thicknesses can also be used.
- ( make sure scissors, your beads or charms are in arms reach before you start ) Choose a piece of hair, for this hair wrap a chunk or hair about 1/8 "-1/4 " in diameter. Starting from the root, braid this piece of hair very tight and use the hair tie to hold it at the end.
- Or use a scissors to cut the pieces up if you want the most slimming waves. Part the hair into five sections, starting on one section of hair and length coming from the other section.
A: ( make sure scissors, your beads or charms are in arms reach before you start ) Choose a piece of hair, for this hair wrap a chunk or hair about 1/8 "-1/4 " in diameter. Starting from the root, braid this piece of hair very tight and use the hair tie to hold it at the end.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A man is shown bullfighting in front of a crowd. The man falls and is run over by the bull. the man
OPTIONS:
- finishes his story with the bull.
- is shown in slow motion with more bull fighting in the background.
- is then interviewed and is shown fighting with people.
- is escorted out of the arena.
A: | is escorted out of the arena. |
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 pound is the currency of Guernsey. Since 1921, Guernsey has been in currency union with the United Kingdom and the Guernsey pound is not a separate currency but is a local issue of banknotes and coins denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland (see Banknotes of the pound sterling). It can be exchanged at par with other sterling coinage and notes (see also sterling zone).
Solution: | can you use guernsey money in the uk? |
Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to remove unwanted programs from your computer
If you are running windows, here's what you need to do, first of all, click on the " start " button and go to " control panel ".
Where you control your stuff on the windows.
Click on " add or remove programs " to open the up the properties of the software and programs that you have.
OPT:
-- There you can put the programs in the " add or remove programs " category, following the instructions for them. If you are running windows, click on the " delete programs " button.;
-- Click on the software or program that you want to change or remove from. First of all, look for every software and search for a program or software to remove from your computer.;
-- Select one, and hit " apply " or set it. Once the properties is set you'll need to access the add or remove programs window.;
-- The properties dialog box will open. Click on " internet " Here's how you can remove the unwanted program you downloaded, about 30 minutes after installing it, and you're done! You are done.; | Click on the software or program that you want to change or remove from. First of all, look for every software and search for a program or software to remove from your computer. |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to divide daylilies
Divide daylilies (also known as day lily) any time from early spring to the middle of fall.
The very best time to divide daylilies is late summer after they have finished blooming.
Prepare the spot where you will plant the new divisions.
Choose from: (i). If space permits, cover any existing root systems with rock or wood chips to prevent ice from accumulating. Leave the surrounding area unused until you are ready to uproot the existing roots. (ii). Loosen the soil and dig a hole deep enough to cover the base of the new clumps. Daylilies grow well in almost any soil in the full sun. (iii). Place a layer of mulch around the moss so that it is secure from the wind. Sign the division and deposit it over the moss. (iv). If planting cranberries in the spring or right after flowering, water generously to keep it moist. Mark where you want to plant new divisions. | (ii). |
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 Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch is a group of Christians .
The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch , also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East , is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity .
" Sho ̄ kaku " had a damaged flight deck which required three months of repair in Japan .
" Sho ̄ kaku " herself was unable to conduct further aircraft operations , with her flight deck heavily damaged , and she required almost three months of repair in Japan .
Doctrine ( Latin : " doctrina " ) is a code of beliefs or " a body of teachings " .
| Doctrine ( from , meaning " teaching " , " instruction " or " doctrine " ) is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions , taught principles or positions , as the essence of teachings in a given branch of knowledge or in a belief system .
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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.
Q: POLICE IN LONDON are appealing for information about an Irish man who died in London from serious burns after he was found on fire.
Police and emergency services were called to the scene of the fire at Williams House, Orchard Place in North London on 17 September. When they arrived, they found John Nolan, aged 70, ablaze.
The fire was quickly extinguished by London Fire Brigade (LFB) and Nolan was taken to a specialist hospital by London’s Air Ambulance.
Nolan sustained serious burns and subsequently died.
A post-mortem examination on 27 September determined that Nolan died as a result of severe burns.
The cause of the blaze was investigated by specialist LFB investigators. However, no accelerant was found.
Detectives have launched an investigation into Nolan’s death to establish the circumstances surrounding the blaze.
Police have said they are treating his death as unexplained and no arrests have been made.
‘We don’t know what happened to him’
John was originally from Mayo but had been living in London since 1960s. He was in poor health but was active in his area.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie in September, John’s nephew Kevin Byrne said that the family were all devastated following his death and didn’t know what happened to him. He appealed to anyone with information to come forward.
“We were just worried that a frail, elderly man was attacked on the street,” he said.
“We just don’t know what happened to him and we’d like to know.
I just want to appeal to anyone who is in the area who might have seen something to come forward… It was a terrible way to go.
Kevin described John as “a very content man” who was well-liked in his area.
“He suffered from ill-health but he was just a very content man. He would walk about with his dog and he knew everyone up and down the road. The would look out for him.”
Police in London are also appealing for information and witnesses to the fire.
The investigating officer, PC Damien Ait-Amer said: “We have spoken with a number of witnesses who saw Mr Nolan ablaze, but we have yet to establish how the fire started.
Mr Nolan was a well-liked member of the community and none of our enquiries so far have indicated that he had been involved in a dispute of any sort.
“Nor does any account given by witnesses suggest that he had been in contact with another person at the time of the fire.”
Anyone who witnessed the incident but has yet to speak with police is urged to call PC Damien Ait-Amer via 101, or tweet information to police at @MetCC. ||||| Spontaneous human combustion is a phenomenon as rare as it is puzzling. But such is the bafflement surrounding the death of a pensioner who caught fire in the street, some are now speculating that the gruesome scientific anomaly is to blame.
John Nolan, 70, died from “horrific” burns after being found ablaze near his home in North London in September. Detectives have now said that after weeks of investigation they have found no obvious cause for the fire.
Spontaneous human combustion is a fiercely debated process, characterised by near-total destruction of the body with little surrounding damage.
It has been attributed to fewer than 200 deaths in history and was famously depicted in Dickens’ Bleak House where the alcoholic Krook combusts with no apparent cause.
Mr Nolan, described as a “gentle, nice man”, had no accelerants on his body, according to police, and Fire Service investigators found no source of ignition.
Yet relatives later said he suffered burns to his internal organs.
Originally from County Mayo, the former construction worker was airlifted to Colchester hospital and died surrounded by family members after doctors withdrew life-support.
PC Damien Ait-Amer, who is investigating the death, said: “Mr Nolan was a well-liked member of the community and none of our enquiries so far have indicated that he had been involved in a dispute of any sort, nor does any account given by witnesses suggest that he had been in contact with another person at the time of the fire.” |||||
A: | A grisly mystery in London has police searching for answers. The Independent reports a 70-year-old man named John Nolan was walking near his home Sept. 17 when he burst into flames. Emergency services were called for a "man ablaze" while bystanders tried to put out the fire. The retired construction worker later died at the hospital from "horrific" burns, according to the Telegraph. His relatives say even his internal organs had burned. Despite months of investigation, officials have found no source of ignition or sign of an accelerant and have no suspects. Police say that interviews with witnesses don't indicate Nolan "had been in contact with another person at the time of the fire." The Telegraph raises the specter of spontaneous human combustion, which it says is "a fiercely debated process" with only 200 deaths ever attributed to it. Bernard Knight, a former pathologist, says it's "ridiculous" to give any credence to spontaneous human combustion. “In the course of my career I saw maybe three or four cases of so-called spontaneous combustion, but they were all indoors near an open fireplace," he says. In the case of Nolan, he says "a failure to find a cause does not mean there isn't one." Meanwhile, Nolan's family just wants answers. “We were just worried that a frail, elderly man was attacked on the street,” nephew Kevin Byrne tells the Journal. “We just don’t know what happened to him and we’d like to know." |
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Output: is season 13 of grey's anatomy the last?
Input: Consider Input: The 2018 United States elections will mostly be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. These midterm elections will take place in the middle of Republican President Donald Trump's term. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested. 39 state and territorial governorships and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested.
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What feature did they leave near?, Context: In 1827, soon after the death of Chopin's youngest sister Emilia, the family moved from the Warsaw University building, adjacent to the Kazimierz Palace, to lodgings just across the street from the university, in the south annex of the Krasiński Palace on Krakowskie Przedmieście,[n 5] where Chopin lived until he left Warsaw in 1830.[n 6] Here his parents continued running their boarding house for male students; the Chopin Family Parlour (Salonik Chopinów) became a museum in the 20th century. In 1829 the artist Ambroży Mieroszewski executed a set of portraits of Chopin family members, including the first known portrait of the composer.[n 7] | the south annex of the Krasiński Palace on Krakowskie Przedmieście |
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The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in biblical archaeology, that I’ve mentioned previously (registration is open – go here), is about to start! The first lesson will go online next week, on Wednesday, December 5th, 2018. Following that, each week (save for a two week break at the end of December for the holidays), a new lesson will go online – a total of 8 lessons.
Yesterday, as part of the final work on the various lessons, we filmed at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot (WIS). There, we interviewed Prof. Stephen (Steve) Weiner and Prof. Elisabetta (Lisa) Boaretto, leading figures in the application of the exact sciences in archaeology.
As part of the course is not only to teach about Biblical Archaeology, but to give a general background on archaeology in general, and how it is practices – from field to lab – an important aspect is the inter- and multi-disciplinary research that is conducted in archaeology.
So, no better place than to do this at WIS, and to discussion with Steve and Lisa about various scientific applications in archaeology. More so, the stressed the integration of the two into what they call “Microarchaeology“.
As you can see in the pictures below, and as will appear on the MOOC, I interviewed Steve and Lisa in their labs, on such issues as the use of the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in archaeology, and how, with a step-by-step demonstration (and I even participated in this, not that proficiently, as you can see in the photos), Carbon 14 dating is conducted in the WIS facilities.
So don’t wait – sign up for the MOOC – it’s going to be very interesting!
See here some great pictures from this day: ||||| The Ackerman Family Bar-Ilan University Expedition to Gath, headed by Prof. Aren Maeir, has discovered the fortifications and entrance gate of the biblical city of Gath of the Philistines, home of Goliath and the largest city in the land during the 10th-9th century BCE, about the time of the "United Kingdom" of Israel and King Ahab of Israel. The excavations are being conducted in the Tel Zafit National Park, located in the Judean Foothills, about halfway between Jerusalem and Ashkelon in central Israel.
Prof. Maeir, of the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, said that the city gate is among the largest ever found in Israel and is evidence of the status and influence of the city of Gath during this period. In addition to the monumental gate, an impressive fortification wall was discovered, as well as various building in its vicinity, such as a temple and an iron production facility. These features, and the city itself were destroyed by Hazael King of Aram Damascus, who besieged and destroyed the site at around 830 BCE.
The city gate of Philistine Gath is referred to in the Bible (in I Samuel 21) in the story of David's escape from King Saul to Achish, King of Gath.
Now in its 20th year, the Ackerman Family Bar-Ilan University Expedition to Gath, is a long-term investigation aimed at studying the archaeology and history of one of the most important sites in Israel. Tell es-Safi/Gath is one of the largest tells (ancient ruin mounds) in Israel and was settled almost continuously from the 5th millennium BCE until modern times.
The archaeological dig is led by Prof. Maeir, along with groups from the University of Melbourne, University of Manitoba, Brigham Young University, Yeshiva University, University of Kansas, Grand Valley State University of Michigan, several Korean universities and additional institutions throughout the world.
Among the most significant findings to date at the site: Philistine Temples dating to the 11th through 9th century BCE, evidence of an earthquake in the 8th century BCE possibly connected to the earthquake mentioned in the Book of Amos I:1, the earliest decipherable Philistine inscription ever to be discovered, which contains two names similar to the name Goliath; a large assortment of objects of various types linked to Philistine culture; remains relating to the earliest siege system in the world, constructed by Hazael, King of Aram Damascus around 830 BCE, along with extensive evidence of the subsequent capture and destruction of the city by Hazael, as mentioned in Second Kings 12:18; evidence of the first Philistine settlement in Canaan (around 1200 BCE); different levels of the earlier Canaanite city of Gath; and remains of the Crusader castle "Blanche Garde" at which Richard the Lion-Hearted is known to have been.
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Archaeological find sheds light on weakness of Judean kingdom of the 10th and ninth centuries BCE
Israeli archaeologists at Bar-Ilan University have uncovered structures and an entrance gate to the Philistine city of Gath, once home to the giant biblical Goliath, the university announced on Monday.
The gate of Gath is referred to in the Bible (in I Samuel 21) in the story of David's escape from King Saul to Achish, the King of Gath.
The ancient city of Gath, located in the Tel Zafit national park in the Judean foothills, was once a large city in the Philistines in the 10th century BCE. It was later destroyed in 830 BCE by Hazael, the king of Aram Damascus.
Professor Aren Maeir, an archaeologist at Bar-Ilan University who headed the excavations, said the ancient gate is one of the largest ever discovered in Israel and evidence of the Philistine city's power in the 10th and ninth centuries BCE.
The team also found an "impressive fortification wall" in addition to a number of buildings, including a temple and an iron production facility.
Tell es-Safi/Gath is one of the largest tells (ancient ruin mounds) in Israel and was settled almost continuously from the 5th millennium BCE until modern times.
According to Maeir, the discovery of Gath as a huge, fortified city on the border of Judea during an extended period, without any signs of destruction, proves the Philistines controlled the Judean plain and it is likely the remnant of a failure of the Israelite kingdom to spread westward, and not a sign of its power.
“The Judean kingdom is supposed to be big, important and strong,” said Maeir. “But it turns out there is a very big city on its western border. For years, I claimed Gath was a big city, but they countered that it has no lower city, and if it has one it is not fortified. After finding a huge fortification, it’s clearly the most important city of the 10th and ninth centuries."
Bar-Ilan University has been conducting extensive investigations at the site for the past 20 years, and had previously discovered Philistine temples dating back to the 11th century BCE and what is believed to be the earliest Philistine inscription, and remains of the Crusader castle "Blanche Garde" at which Richard the Lion-Hearted is known to have fought. ||||| Archeologists at Bar-Ilan University, headed by Professor Aren Maeir, have discovered the fortifications and entrance gate to the biblical city of Gath in the Philistines, which was once the home of the giant Goliath.
The excavations of the ancient city of Gath, which was once the largest city in the land during the 10-19th century, are being conducted in the Tel Zafit national park, located in the Judean foothills between Jerusalem and Ashkelon. The ancient city was destroyed in 830 BCE by Hazael, the king of Damascus.
Professor Maeir said that the gate is among the largest ever found in Israel and provides substantial evidence that Gath was once one of the most influential cities in the region.In addition to the gate, an impressive fortification wall was discovered as well as various buildings which serviced the city, including a temple and an iron production facility. |||||
A: | An archaeological dig now in its 20th year has uncovered the entrance gate to Gath, the ancient Biblical city of the Philistines and onetime home of the giant Goliath. Before the king of Damascus destroyed it in 830 BCE, Gath was the largest city in the land for hundreds of years, reports the Jerusalem Post. The Bible refers to the massive city gate itself, in the story of David's escape from King Saul to the king of Gath. In addition to the city gate, scientists have also unearthed an "impressive fortification wall," several buildings that include a temple and iron production facility, and what the Post calls the earliest "decipherable" Philistine inscription ever found—which contains two names similar to "Goliath." "After finding a huge fortification, it’s clearly the most important city of the 10th and ninth centuries," says the archaeologist in charge of the dig, per i24. The long-term dig is part of the Ackerman Family Bar-Ilan University Expedition to Gath, a look at the archaeology and history of one of the largest "tells" (aka ancient ruin mounds) in Israel. The area in central Israel, in the Tel Zafit National Park in the Judean Foothills, has been inhabited almost continuously since the 5th millennium BCE, the researchers note in a press release. (Also recently discovered in Israel? A mask unlike any other.) |
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