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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.
These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. ||||| A large billboard stands on top of a Nike store showing former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick at Union Square, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in San Francisco. An endorsement deal between... (Associated Press)
A large billboard stands on top of a Nike store showing former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick at Union Square, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in San Francisco. An endorsement deal between Nike and Colin Kaepernick prompted a flood of debate Tuesday as sports fans reacted to the apparel... (Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Colin Kaepernick watched from the apparel giant's headquarters in Oregon, Nike aired its highly anticipated ad featuring the quarterback known for his social protests during the NFL season opener Thursday night.
The spot highlighting the former 49ers quarterback locked in a grievance with the league aired during the first ad break in the third quarter of the Eagles-Falcons game, which started with no overt demonstrations by players during the national anthem.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Kaepernick was watching the ad's first television airing on NBC at an event held at Nike's world headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the visit were not announced publicly.
Still, some attendees posted accounts of the visit on social media, including video of Kaepernick speaking to a crowd Thursday several hours before the ad aired.
"You have to think beyond what you see around you," said Kaepernick, who hasn't spoken to the media publicly since opting out of his contract with San Francisco and becoming a free agent in 2017.
"You have to see the future that you believe in and that you want not just for yourself but all the people you see globally," he said.
Kaepernick's deal with Nike for the 30th anniversary of the "Just Do It" campaign was the most polarizing issue in sports this week, prompting heated debate on several topics including athletes protesting social injustice and Nike wading into political waters. Some fans responded to Kaepernick's sponsorship deal by cutting or burning gear with Nike's signature swoosh logo. Others argued the backlash and calls for a Nike boycott showed how debate has morphed beyond how to react to athletes trying to highlight issues like racial inequality and police shootings of unarmed minorities.
"I don't like what Nike did. I don't think it's appropriate what they did," President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News before a rally in Montana. "I honor the flag. I honor our national anthem and most of the people in this country feel the same way."
There were no clear-cut protests as "The Star-Spangled Banner" played before the game with both teams on the field and the song broadcasted nationally.
Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins and defensive end Michael Bennett were on the sideline and neither really demonstrated during the song. Jenkins and Bennett regularly have either knelt or stayed off the field during the anthem to protest social injustice and racial inequality. They have been among the most vocal protesters since Kaepernick began similar demonstrations in 2016. Jenkins stood with teammates while Bennett wandered behind them near the Eagles bench and adjusted his equipment.
Jenkins said he thinks players should shift the focus of the debate away from the anthem itself and back to the issues they are trying to highlight.
"I think there's a huge need for us to turn the attention to not only the issues, but what players are actually doing in their communities to promote change," he said. "We're trying to move past the rhetoric of what's right or what's wrong in terms of the anthem and really focus on the systematic issues that are plaguing our communities."
No Falcons players were absent from the sideline and none has protested in the recent past.
The anthem has been a particularly thorny issue for the NFL, especially Trump urging owners to bench or fire players who demonstrate. Players say their message has been misconstrued into something against the American flag or the military.
Kaepernick's grievance against the league and team owners accuses owners of colluding to keep him off any roster. An arbitrator gave Kaepernick an incremental victory by allowing the challenge to go to trial.
Jenkins said Nike's commercial is changing the portrayal of Kaepernick in the public eye.
"Quite frankly, long after all of this is done (Kaepernick) will be looked at as somebody that changed this sport and changed the dynamics of all athletes in general in our country," Jenkins said.
The league and players union still haven't resolved whether players will be punished this season if they choose to kneel or demonstrate during the anthem. Owners approved a policy requiring players to stand if they are on the sideline during the song, allowing them to stay off the field if they wish.
But the league and union put that on hold after the Miami Dolphins faced backlash for classifying the protests as conduct potentially detrimental to the team — putting players at risk of fines or suspensions.
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AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner and sports writer Ben Nuckols contributed to this report.
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More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/tag/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL ||||| | Nike uniforms are vestimenta non grata at the College of the Ozarks after the company's Colin Kaepernick ad campaign. The private Christian college in Missouri announced Thursday that its athletic teams will no longer buy Nike uniforms and any it has now will be removed, the Kansas City Star reports. In a statement, college president Jerry C. Davis accused Nike execs of "promoting an attitude of division and disrespect toward America" with the Kaepernick campaign. "If Nike is ashamed of America, we are ashamed of them," Davis said. "We also believe that those who know what sacrifice is all about are more likely to be wearing a military uniform than an athletic uniform." Nike, which aired a Kaepernick-narrated ad during the NFL season opener, is "free to campaign as it sees fit," just as the college is free "to ensure that it respects our country and those who truly served and sacrificed," says Marci Linson, the school's vice-president for patriotic activities. President Trump also criticized Nike and NFL anthem protests Thursday. "I don't like what Nike did. I don't think it’s appropriate what they did," he said before a rally in Montana. The AP reports that there were no "clear-cut protests" during the season opener, in which the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Atlanta Falcons 18-12. Sources say Kaepernick watched the ad's premiere from Nike headquarters in Oregon. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
One example is below.
Q: 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.
A: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Rationale: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: A boarding pass is a document provided by an airline during check-in, giving a passenger permission to enter the restricted area of an airport and to board the airplane for a particular flight. At a minimum, it identifies the passenger, the flight number, and the date and scheduled time for departure. In some cases, flyers can check in online and print the boarding passes themselves. A boarding pass may be required for a passenger to enter a secure area of an airport.
A: | is boarding pass the same as a ticket? |
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.
Humans have a four-chambered heart consisting of the right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, and left ventricle. The atria are the two upper chambers. The right atrium receives and holds deoxygenated blood from the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, anterior cardiac veins and smallest cardiac veins and the coronary sinus, which it then sends down to the right ventricle (through the tricuspid valve) which in turn sends it to the pulmonary artery for pulmonary circulation. The left atrium receives the oxygenated blood from the left and right pulmonary veins, which it pumps to the left ventricle (through the mitral valve) for pumping out through the aorta for systemic circulation.
| is there a difference in structure of the two atria? |
context: How to fend off fatigue
Get some sleep.
Not getting enough sleep and regular sleep can make a huge difference. If you have trouble sleeping, try taking melatonin, a substance naturally created by your pineal gland (in the brain.
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- You can find these substances by touching your face in the morning, which helps to tighten the stomach muscles). Sleep aids can also work, as long as it's not the main reason for your fatigue.
- ) it regulates the sleep-wake cycle by chemically causing drowsiness and lowering the body temperature. In patient studies it has helped people restore circadian rhythm, and get back into normal sleep patterns.
- ), which helps to ward off fatigue by blocking hormones and through stimulating hormones through blinking more. This will reduce stress and help you fight fatigue.
- ), which occurs most often in people with pain. If you are in a long run, try to get at least 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night.
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next sentence for the context: ) it regulates the sleep-wake cycle by chemically causing drowsiness and lowering the body temperature. In patient studies it has helped people restore circadian rhythm, and get back into normal sleep patterns.
IN: What happens next?
How to detox after a holiday party
Drink tea or hot water in the morning.
The morning after your holiday party, start your day with an eight ounce mug of any kind of tea. Alternatively, try hot water with lemon and a dash of cayenne pepper.
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- The sudden flavors will give you a good jolt of morning disorientation. As detox relies on comfort, a beverage such as coconut water or plain water is most likely sufficient.
- Caffeine in tea causes that nasty bad smell you would associate with beer, but try drinking hot water. Choose a mild herbal tea that doesn't contain caffeine.
- The tea will clog your mouth, dehydrate your skin and poison your body's essential oils. Eat a handful of cookies or ice cream before bed.
- The hot tea or water with lemon and pepper will help settle your stomach and provide antioxidants. That way, you'll start your day with a source of hydration that will also help reduce inflammation and bloating.
OUT: The hot tea or water with lemon and pepper will help settle your stomach and provide antioxidants. That way, you'll start your day with a source of hydration that will also help reduce inflammation and bloating.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to start a peach tree from a pit
Select a variety.
The first thing to do when selecting a good peach to grow is to look at what varieties have the characteristics you want. This can include the taste of the peach, as well as characteristics like type of skin and fruit size.
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- Your choices are based on the color and characteristics of the peach. Don't select more than two peach trees at the same time, however, since some peaches color very negatively.
- Just keep in mind that each variety has its strengths and weaknesses while growing. The most common variety is the' redhaven.
- Should you choose more than one type of peach as the tree grows, you'll need to choose several that best keep the tree healthy. Picking a variety of peach will also help you meet on-site food deposits that your tree may not have otherwise.
- Peach trees grow in three groups, and each group includes roughly 50 unique plants. Be aware that peach trees grow in 60 different varieties, so it's important to determine which is best for you and your own family.
A: Just keep in mind that each variety has its strengths and weaknesses while growing. The most common variety is the' redhaven.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to ski moguls
Use stiff skis with flexible tips.
Stiff skis have a large turning radius and they will help you brake and slow down. The flexible tips aid you in maneuvering around each of the moguls with ease!
Shorter skis will allow you to make tighter turns, but will help out less when you try to slow down.
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- Keep your upper body upright and your arms out in front of you. The majority of your body motion will come from keeping your legs relaxed as you ride over each bump.
- They are less likely to fall off in the snow. Avoid skis with sharp ends or dull tips.
- Pick a balance disk, if you have one. Balance disks are curved disks sitting horizontally over a round barrel-like base that is really a support disk.
- You can usually get by with longer, thicker skis, but thinner ones provide a smoother snow. Make sure the ski area is clear.
OUT: Keep your upper body upright and your arms out in front of you. The majority of your body motion will come from keeping your legs relaxed as you ride over each bump.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to read shakespeare for beginners
Select a play.
If you are able to choose your own play, pick something easy and something you might already be familiar with to start. Most editions will have a brief synopsis printed on the back cover.
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- Below this brief synopsis, you'll need to draw up a character appropriate to play the play. In other words, you'll want to be familiar with the specific character that you will draw up.
- If you cannot find it online, you may be able to find it from apple or a specialty book store. The synopsis will provide you with other information on famous shakespeare plays.
- You can, however, pick a reference somewhere in the book itself which will allow you to refer to it when reading your own play. The synopsis should represent a level of literary originality that will excite you and inspire you to play your own play.
- If the play sounds intriguing, it might make for a good selection. Romeo and juliet is often a good starting point because many of us are familiar with the " star-crossed lovers " plot.
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Answer:
If the play sounds intriguing, it might make for a good selection. Romeo and juliet is often a good starting point because many of us are familiar with the " star-crossed lovers " plot.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to buy organic compost
Buy small amounts of compost from a local nursery or garden center.
If you're just shopping for your home garden, a local nursery or garden center is a good option. They'll sell bags of organic compost that you can pick up and take home with you.
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- In addition, they'll be able to get the compost into a container for you to use whenever it's needed. Remove weeds and roots from your yard with compost.
- Call ahead to make sure your local nursery or garden center carries compost in-store. Get large amounts of compost from a landscape or compost supplier.
- Remember, organic composting doesn't kill all weeds or leaves. It also means there's less construction happening, increases the amount of life in plants and animals, and the end of old plants.
- You may need to switch to a large bag to get the best amount of organic compost. Talk to local gardening professionals about what compost they sell and what they're willing to do for a responsible fee.
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Answer:
| Call ahead to make sure your local nursery or garden center carries compost in-store. Get large amounts of compost from a landscape or compost supplier. |
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]: Juzo Murasaki arrives at a work construction area to take on his new job as a construction worker . To his quiet dismay , his supervising boss turns out to be Toru Akai , who with his gang had made Juzo's middle school life a living hell . Akai , however , does n't recognize Juzo . Juzo's more disconcerted when he discovers that Akai lives with his wife , Nozomi Akai and their toddler son above Juzo's new apartment . As Juzo emotionally struggles to handle these unexpected developments , a mysterious and seemingly malicious hooded figure appears . It calls itself Number 13 . As Juzo attempts to control increasing number of flashbacks and a spiral fall into psychological darkness , Akai constantly picks on Juzo and other work colleagues including Seki Hajime , a former middle school student who becomes Juzo's casual friend in spite of Juzo's anti-social tendencies , at work . Meanwhile Akai's wife , Nozomi , attempts to make friends with Juzo and entrusting the care of her toddler son to Juzo . She proudly shows Juzo her husband's school photos . In one class photo , Juzo's space is marked with an X to show he was absent . Juzo suffers a severe flashback to explain his absence that day : in their school's science room , Akai and his friends have thrown acid at Juzo's face . Seki becomes suspicious about Juzo's increasingly odd behavior and goes to inform Arai at the work site , but Arai dismisses him without giving him a chance to speak . During this incident , Seki does n't realize he's being watched by Number 13 , but as soon as he does , Number 13 kills him . <sep>What calls itself Number 13?<sep>The mysterious hood figure
[EX A]: Yes
[EX Q]: A flood occurs when a river overflows its banks. This might happen because of heavy rains. Floodplains In very flat regions, flood water may spread out on the surface of the land. It then slows down and drops its sediment. If a river floods often, a floodplain develops. A floodplain is an area where a thick layer of rich soil is left behind as the floodwater recedes. Thats why floodplains are usually good places for growing plants. They are very flat areas and they have very rich soils. The Nile River valley is a great example of a floodplain. Each year, the Nile River rises over its banks. This floodwater carries a lot of sediment. This sediment has been eroded off areas of land from upstream. This sediment is dropped as the water slows down after spreading across the land. What is left behind is a very rich soil. Thats why crops can be raised in the middle of a sandy desert. Natural Levees A flooding river often forms natural levees along its banks. A levee is a raised strip of sediments deposited close to the waters edge. <sep>What may cause a river to flood and overflow its banks?<sep>Upstream erosion
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: Triumph and Disaster: The 20th century saw a stupendous release of energies that had been pent up for the 250 years of Tokugawa isolation. By 1930 raw-material production had tripled the figure of 1900, manufactured goods had increased twelve-fold, and heavy industry was galloping towards maturity. Britain led the World War I Ailies in large orders for munitions, while Japan expanded sales of manufactured goods to Asian and other markets cut off from their usual European suppliers. Merchant shipping doubled in size and increased its income ten-fold as the European fleets were destroyed. Setbacks in the 1930s caused by the European postwar slump were only a spur to redouble efforts by diversifying heavy industry into the machine-making, metallurgical, and chemical sectors. Even the terrible 1923 Tokyo earthquake, which cost over 100,000 lives and billions of dollars, provided another stimulus due to the construction boom that followed. Riding the crest of this economic upsurge were the zaibatsu conglomerates — a dozen family-run combines, each involved in mining, manufacturing, marketing, shipping, and banking. These tightly controlled commercial pyramids were the true heirs to the old feudal structures. Japan's progress toward parliamentary democracy was halted in the 1930s by the growing nationalism being imposed on government by the generals and admirals. They proclaimed Japan's mission to bring progress to its backward Asian neighbors in language not so very different from that of the Europeans in Africa or the US in Latin America. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Soviet Union was regarded as a major threat to Japan's security, and the army felt it needed Manchuria and whatever other Chinese territory it could control as a buffer against Russian advances. In 1931 the Japanese occupied Manchuria. And then in 1937, with the popular support of ultra-right-wing groups, the army overrode parliamentary resistance in Tokyo and went to war against the Chinese Nationalists. By 1938, they held Nanking, Hankow, and Canton. Japanese expansionist policies were leading to direct confrontation with the West. Japan hoped that war in Europe would divert the Soviet Union from interference in East Asia, giving Japan a free hand both in China and, through its alliance with Germany, in French IndoChina after the defeat of France. The US responded to the Japanese invasion of IndoChina with a trade and fuel embargo, cutting off 90 percent of Japan's supplies. The result was the attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941) and total war. <sep>What resulted in the attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor?<sep>The Japanese invasion of Britian
[EX A]: | No
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Problem:Story highlights Brown posts Instagram video appearing to make light of the situation
He was stopped while preparing to leave a Manila airport on his way to Hong Kong for a concert, a news agency says
Promoters say he owes them money after he failed to appear for a New Year's Eve concert
Manila, Philippines (CNN) Award-winning U.S. singer Chris Brown has been barred from leaving the Philippines because of a contract dispute, the official Philippines News Agency reported Wednesday.
Brown was stopped Wednesday morning while preparing to depart on a private jet from Manila's international airport on his way to Hong Kong for a concert, the news agency said.
The Philippine Department of Justice said that an order had been issued Tuesday night to stop any attempts by Brown, 26, to leave the country.
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Brown performed a concert that evening as planned, but the order was put in place to compel him to pay back money that promoters said was owed to them after he failed to appear for a previous appearance scheduled for last New Year's Eve.
That concert was supposed to take place at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan, north of Manila.
Read More ||||| FILE - In this June 28, 2015 file photo, Chris Brown arrives at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Grammy award-winning singer Brown’s departure from Manila has been delayed because... (Associated Press)
FILE - In this June 28, 2015 file photo, Chris Brown arrives at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Grammy award-winning singer Brown’s departure from Manila has been delayed because... (Associated Press)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Grammy award-winning singer Chris Brown's departure from Manila was delayed Wednesday because of fraud allegations against him and his promoter for a canceled concert last New Year's Eve.
The recording artist, who performed at a packed concert Tuesday night in Manila, was prevented from leaving on a private plane Wednesday pending clearance by the Bureau of Immigration.
The religious group that owns the New Year's Eve concert venue petitioned the Department of Justice for help prosecuting Brown. It wasn't immediately clear whether a formal complaint was filed.
Bureau of Immigration spokeswoman Elaine Tan said Brown and his promoter, John Michael Pio Roda, were placed on the bureau's "lookout bulletin" on the instruction of the Department of Justice.
Tan said a lookout bulletin is not on its own a bar to departure, unlike a hold departure order.
She said the justice department order directs the bureau to "take prudent steps to verify on the status of the criminal case against the subjects."
"If the concerned agency raises no objection to the departure, then we will allow the subject to leave," Tan said.
The singer canceled a New Year's Eve concert at the 55,000-seat Philippine Arena at the last minute, reportedly because he lost his passport the day before the scheduled event.
The legal counsel of the religious group Iglesia ni Cristo and its Maligaya Development Corporation which manages the Philippine Arena, wrote Tuesday to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to ask for assistance in prosecuting the criminal complaint for fraud that the MDC is filing against Brown and Pio Roda.
The letter said after making representations that Brown would perform at the concert, and after having fully paid for the two men's services, Brown failed to appear and perform at the concert, to the damage and prejudice of MDC.
Brown had a concert scheduled for Wednesday night in Hong Kong, but calls to the venue were not answered. A posting earlier Wednesday on the singer's Twitter account said a concert later this week in Jakarta, Indonesia, was being canceled for unspecified safety concerns but would be rescheduled. ||||| Crawl of outlinks from wikipedia.org started March, 2016. These files are currently not publicly accessible. Properties of this collection. It has been several years since the last time we did this. For this collection, several things were done: 1. Turned off duplicate detection. This collection will be complete, as there is a good chance we will share the data, and sharing data with pointers to random other collections, is a complex problem. 2. For the first time, did all the different wikis. The original runs were just against the enwiki. This one, the seed list was built from all 865 collections. |||||
Solution: | Let's hope Chris Brown enjoys spending time in the Philippines because his trip there will last a little longer than anticipated. The singer, who played a concert in Manila last night, was to board a private jet today bound for Hong Kong, where he has another performance scheduled, reports CNN. Instead, Brown, 26, was halted from jetting off because of a contract dispute stemming from a canceled New Year's Eve performance. The event operator, Maligaya Development Corp., had asked the Justice Department to help prosecute an alleged fraud that brought "damage and prejudice" to the company, per the Philippines' GMA News. The justice secretary says she issued a lookout bulletin order against Brown and his promoter, John Michael Pio Roda. "As the name suggests, the order merely directs the (Bureau of Immigration) to be on the 'lookout' and take prudent steps to verify on the status of the criminal case against the subjects," a rep says. "If the concerned agency raises no objection to the departure, then we will allow the subject to leave." Brown will specifically need an Emigration Clearance Certificate. The AP reports it isn't clear if the event operator has filed a formal complaint against Brown, who also suffered a blow last week. |
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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".
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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>Did Allan write his story in a single session?<sep>Yes
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Is this an insect or an animal? A snail is an animal just like you and me. Thats right, you too are an animal. No, you don't look like a snail. You do have some things in common. Animals can be divided into many groups. These groups are decided based on their characteristics. All animals have some basic features in common. That does not mean they are the same. They also have many differences. For example, snails are mollusks and not insects. Mollusks have a unique set of features. Notice the large foot that allows it to move. Yes, it only has one foot. Did you notice the long antennas on its head? This is where the snail's eyes are. They are on the end of the antenna. They are not on its head like most animals. The foot and eyes are unique features. Scientists use these features to place animals into groups. <sep>Where are the snails eyes?<sep>Under its shell
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There are more than 30 attorneys in Butler County that volunteer for an organization offering free legal services for low income or elderly households. Legal Services of Southern Missouri (LSSM) serves 43 counties in this area and is dedicated to ensuring all people, regardless of their income, equal access to legal advice and counsel. Out of the 43 counties in the LSSM service region, Butler County has the fifth highest number of cases served in 2001 and the third largest number of attorney panel members. "The Butler County attorneys have really stepped up to the plate to help us represent the poor population in this county," said LSSM Director of Development Sharon Alexander. "We had approximately 400 cases in Butler County last year." LSSM is funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC)- a private, not-for-profit organization. Created by Congress, LSSM also receives funding from the Missouri Lawyer Trust Account Foundation and local area agencies on aging. But LSSM credits the attorneys that volunteer their time and skills to representing the underprivileged and elderly for the success of the organization. Currently, LSSM utilizes the services of 243 private attorneys who provide a minimum of 20 hours of pro bono or two pro bono cases per year. "Fundamentally, what we're trying to do is provide equal access to justice, for all people - regardless of their economic standing," said LSSM Board Member and volunteer attorney, Fred Hall. "If a husband knocks his wife down, breaks her jaw or arm - abuses her terribly - he will be picked up and put in jail. But he's entitled to have a public defender ... Don't you think she's entitled to have a lawyer to get a temporary restraining order from this guy?" LSSM operates like a law firm, but does not charge fees to their clients. Due to federal guidelines, LSSM does not accept cases concerning criminal, post-criminal, or municipal court matters. Rather, the attorneys provide pro bono counsel in matters such as protecting victims of spouse or child abuse, protecting individuals and families from loss of housing through illegal eviction or assisting the elderly in disputing Medicaid claim denials. "One example of a case we recently handled was over in Springfield," Alexander said. "There was an elderly woman who had some plumbing work done to her home and the work was not up to standards and the cost was above what it should have been ... we were able to help her through our pro bono program. One local Springfield attorney volunteered to handle the case." <sep>From where was the attorney who handles the case for free?<sep>Springfield
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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.
Prince has announced an intimate engagement at his Paisley Park home in Minneapolis this Saturday. It's so intimate, in fact, that he's requested revelers arrive in their night gear for what he's calling "The Breakfast Experience Pajama Dance Party." The flier he's circulated online features the group 3rdEyeGirl, whom he's been joining at concerts, and does not state explicitly that he'll be performing; it does, however, offer the suggestion, "Dress 2 impress; keep it classy!"
The doors will open at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning (so late Friday night, according to City Pages) and entry to the concert requires a $50 donation, though the flier doesn't make it clear who the donation will benefit.
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What's clear is that the party ties in with the release of the Purple One's new single, "Breakfast Can Wait," his not-so-subtle tribute to the morning quickie. The track begins as a whispery R&B slow jam, padded with funky bass and plenty of finger-snapping, as Prince confesses his love with sultry breakfast pillow talk like, "This here early morning/ [I] need something else on my plate." Last Friday, he put out the song's video, directed by Danielle Curiel, which features lovers flirting over ham and syrup.
As is the way with the ever-mysterious Prince, it's uncertain whether the single will be part of an album, an EP or some other release. The 3rdEyeGirl YouTube channel posted a 30-second teaser titled "The Breakfast Experience" the day after the video came out, and it features the Prince imitator from the video holding a pancake before the scene cuts to a square-shaped image that looks like it could be a CD cover. Since then, 3rdEyeGirl has released a jazzy mid-tempo blues burner on Twitter titled "The Sweeter She Is." Again, he offered no context for the release. ||||| Add a location to your Tweets
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Output: | How's this for a mixed message: Prince is throwing a "pajama dance party" this weekend, but the flier for the event also asks guests to "dress 2 impress; keep it classy!" The "intimate" event is at his Minneapolis home tomorrow, and ask for a $50 donation, Rolling Stone reports. (More like tonight: It starts at 2am.) The big mystery: Will Prince perform? There's a sliver of hope: The party flier features 3rdEyeGirl, a group that he's been joining at shows, and the name of the party is "The Breakfast Experience," which smells like a reference to Prince's new single, "Breakfast Can Wait." |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
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Question: What is a concern when using the computer?, Context: Seemingly, multitasking would cause a computer that is switching between several programs to run more slowly, in direct proportion to the number of programs it is running, but most programs spend much of their time waiting for slow input/output devices to complete their tasks. If a program is waiting for the user to click on the mouse or press a key on the keyboard, then it will not take a "time slice" until the event it is waiting for has occurred. This frees up time for other programs to execute so that many programs may be run simultaneously without unacceptable speed loss.
Answer: multitasking would cause a computer that is switching between several programs to run more slowly
Question: What happened in US courts?, Context: In the United States especially, several high-profile cases such as Debra LaFave, Pamela Rogers, and Mary Kay Letourneau have caused increased scrutiny on teacher misconduct.
Answer: several high-profile cases
Question: What happened to times2 during the 6th year of the 2000s?, Context: The Times's main supplement, every day, is the times2, featuring various lifestyle columns. It was discontinued on 1 March 2010 but reintroduced on 11 October 2010 after negative feedback. Its regular features include a puzzles section called Mind Games. Its previous incarnation began on 5 September 2005, before which it was called T2 and previously Times 2. Regular features include columns by a different columnist each weekday. There was a column by Marcus du Sautoy each Wednesday, for example. The back pages are devoted to puzzles and contain sudoku, "Killer Sudoku", "KenKen", word polygon puzzles, and a crossword simpler and more concise than the main "Times Crossword".
Answer: | Its previous incarnation
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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 residential units have revitalized New Haven?, Context: Since approximately 2000, many parts of downtown New Haven have been revitalized, with new restaurants, nightlife, and small retail stores. In particular, the area surrounding the New Haven Green has experienced an influx of apartments and condominiums. In recent years, downtown retail options have increased with the opening of new stores such as Urban Oufitters, J Crew, Origins, American Apparel, Gant Clothing, and an Apple Store, joining older stores such as Barnes & Noble, Cutlers Records, and Raggs Clothing. In addition, downtown's growing residential population will be served by two new supermarkets, a Stop & Shop just outside downtown and Elm City Market located one block from the Green. The recent turnaround of downtown New Haven has received positive press from various periodicals.
Output: | apartments and condominiums |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Ian McEwan has recently adapted his novel On Chesil Beach for a film — his first script David Levenson/Getty Images
The novelist Ian McEwan has said that he feels dubious about schools including his work in the curriculum after he helped his son to write an essay about one of his own books and it received a grade C.
McEwan, who has been listed among the The Times’s 50 greatest British writers since 1945, remains unconvinced about the purpose of asking pupils to study his novels. “I always feel a little dubious about people being made to read my books,” he told Event magazine as he recalled his youngest son Greg being told to analyse his 1997 novel Enduring Love for homework during his A levels.
“Compelled to read his dad’s book: imagine. Poor guy. I confess I did give him a tutorial and told… ||||| Ian McEwan, the award-winning author, has admitted feeling "a little dubious" about people being compelled to study his books, after helping his son with an essay about his own novel and receiving a C.
McEwan, author of works including Atonement, Amsterdam, and On Chesil Beach, said he remained unconvinced about the purpose of asking students to analyse his work.
"I always feel a little dubious about people being made to read my books,' he told Event magazine, saying his son Greg was required to write an A-Level essay on Enduring Love several years ago.
"Compelled to read his dad's book - imagine. Poor guy," McEwan added.
"I confess I did give him a tutorial and told him what he should consider. I didn't read his essay but it turned out his teacher disagreed fundamentally with what he said. |||||
A: | A British teenager struggling with an essay on an Ian McEwan book didn't get a top grade even after getting help from his father—Ian McEwan. The award-winning British author says he feels "a little dubious" about his books being studied in school, especially after his youngest son got a C+ on his McEwan essay several years ago, the Telegraph reports. He says son Greg had to read novel Enduring Love as homework, reports the Times of London. "Compelled to read his dad’s book—imagine, poor guy," he says. "I confess I did give him a tutorial and told him what he should consider," McEwan says. "I didn't read his essay but it turned out his teacher disagreed fundamentally with what he said." |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Which countries helped get Zubaydah?, Context: In 2002, the Musharraf-led government took a firm stand against the jihadi organizations and groups promoting extremism, and arrested Maulana Masood Azhar, head of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and took dozens of activists into custody. An official ban was imposed on the groups on 12 January. Later that year, the Saudi born Zayn al-Abidn Muhammed Hasayn Abu Zubaydah was arrested by Pakistani officials during a series of joint U.S.-Pakistan raids. Zubaydah is said to have been a high-ranking al-Qaeda official with the title of operations chief and in charge of running al-Qaeda training camps. Other prominent al-Qaeda members were arrested in the following two years, namely Ramzi bin al-Shibh, who is known to have been a financial backer of al-Qaeda operations, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who at the time of his capture was the third highest-ranking official in al-Qaeda and had been directly in charge of the planning for the 11 September attacks. | U.S.-Pakistan |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to break up easily
Talk to them in person.
Many people that end a relationship want to take the easy way out, and just stop calling or coming around. While this many feel hard in the moment, talking in person makes it easier in the long run because it will provide an explanation and some closure for the other party.
pick from the following. (i). Make sure you are in the same room where the individual has clearly expressed their feelings. Make sure your presence is appropriate, and give them some time to respond.; (ii). If you're always ready to talk to them about issues at work, at school, anywhere, call first. You can also help them contact you by texting a friend or calling after every conversation.; (iii). If you don't talk to them directly, they may keep trying to contact you which would be harder for you over time. You should consider how long you've been together before you decide how to break up.; (iv). The best time to talk to the other person is in your house when you both have a week or two to spare. This might be particularly helpful for elderly people who just need time apart.; | (iii). |
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
question:
Assisting Zionist causes Einstein was a figurehead leader in helping establish the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which opened in 1925, and was among its first Board of Governors. Earlier, in 1921, he was asked by the biochemist and president of the World Zionist Organization, Chaim Weizmann, to help raise funds for the planned university. He also submitted various suggestions as to its initial programs. Among those, he advised first creating an Institute of Agriculture in order to settle the undeveloped land. That should be followed, he suggested, by a Chemical Institute and an Institute of Microbiology, to fight the various ongoing epidemics such as malaria, which he called an "evil" that was undermining a third of the country's development. Establishing an Oriental Studies Institute, to include language courses given in both Hebrew and Arabic, for scientific exploration of the country and its historical monuments, was also important. Chaim Weizmann later became Israel's first president. Upon his death while in office in November 1952 and at the urging of Ezriel Carlebach, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion offered Einstein the position of President of Israel, a mostly ceremonial post. The offer was presented by Israel's ambassador in Washington, Abba Eban, who explained that the offer "embodies the deepest respect which the Jewish people can repose in any of its sons". Einstein declined, and wrote in his response that he was "deeply moved", and "at once saddened and ashamed" that he could not accept it. <sep>Who presented the offer of the ceremonial position of president to Einstein?<sep>Israel's ambassador in Washington
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Yes
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Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire. Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. We might call it the first Chinese invention. Not that he devised flint and steel, matches, or any other way of creating fire. Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued. And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down. Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology. The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it. The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. This was still the Stone Age, but the people are thought to have made silk from thread produced by the worms they cultivated on the leaves of their mulberry trees. And written language (which evolved as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago) was already in use, originally by oracles and then by official scribes — China's first scholars. During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art. Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago. The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government. <sep>During the Shang Dynasty, the Chinese developed an interest in what type of designs?<sep>Bowls
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No
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Paris, France (CNN) -- Hundreds of French workers, angry about proposed layoffs at a Caterpillar factory, were holding executives of the company hostage Tuesday, a spokesman for the workers said. Caterpillar's French staff say they are angry about a lack of negotiations over layoffs. It is at least the third time this month that French workers threatened with cutbacks have blockaded managers in their offices to demand negotiations. Executives were released unharmed in both previous situations. The latest incident started Tuesday morning at the office of the construction equipment company in the southeastern city of Grenoble. The workers were angry that Caterpillar had proposed cutting more than 700 jobs and would not negotiate, said Nicolas Benoit, a spokesman for the workers' union. They did not want to harm the Caterpillar executives, Benoit told CNN. One hostage was released Tuesday evening leaving workers with four captives inside the Caterpillar building. The released man was a human resources director identified only as Mr. Petit, because he has heart problems, union representative Bernard Patrick told CNN. Petit had a heart attack a few weeks ago, Patrick said. The four others still being held are Nicolas Polutnik, the head of operations; two other executives; and Petit's personal assistant, he said. About 500 employees were also outside the building protesting. <sep>Why were French workers angry about proposed layoffs?<sep>Because of the lack of negotiations
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You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
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Question: Notes issued are either backed by Bank of England notes at a rate of one pound to one pound sterling, or can be backed by securities issued by the Government of Gibraltar. Although Gibraltar notes are denominated in ``pounds sterling'', they are not legal tender anywhere in the United Kingdom. Gibraltar's coins are the same weight, size and metal as British coins, although the designs are different, and they are occasionally found in circulation across Britain.
Answer: can gibraltar coins be used in the uk?
Question: In Florida, two bills were approved in January 2018 by House and Senate committees, to move most of the state permanently to Atlantic Standard Time (with the panhandle moving to year-round Eastern Standard Time) with no observation of daylight saving time.
Answer: is atlantic time the same as eastern time?
Question: Susan slips away from the talent show and puts the plan into motion. As she is about to pull the trigger, however, she realizes that Henry's plan, though ingenious, is the construct of a child, and that she must act as an adult. She immediately confronts Glenn and tells him that she is going to expose him for what he has done to Christina. Glenn replies that everyone will believe him, not her, and he tells her that he is going to call his police chief to come and bring her in. At the same time, affected by Christina's dance performance at the talent show, Principal Wilder decides to follow through on the abuse accusation and contacts the authorities. Glenn returns home, calls his relative at Social Services, and learns that an investigation is being opened into his abuse of Christina. As the police arrive at his house, Glenn kills himself. Susan legally adopts Christina as her daughter. She also finishes writing one of her children's books, as Henry had urged her to do.
Answer: | does christina die in the book of henry?
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WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A massive fire has ripped through a senior living community in Pennsylvania. The blaze was reported around 11 p.m. Thursday at Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester, about 35 miles west of Philadelphia. The fire quickly spread to multiple buildings, forcing residents outside into the cold. Emergency crews transported people from the scene. There was no immediate word on any injuries. Advertisement It's unclear what sparked the fire.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
A foolish mistake by a resident sparked the fire. | It's impossible to say |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Why? The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
New input: Public drinking in France is legal. Although it is illegal to sell alcohol to minors (under 18) it is not illegal for minors to consume alcohol in public. However local laws may ban public drinking or the purchase of alcohol in certain areas or at certain times.
Solution: | is it legal to drink in public france? |
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to activate tracfone
Purchase a tracfone through the tracfone website.
If you don't currently have a phone, you can go to the website to buy a prepaid phone that includes double or triple minutes for life. Prices are between $10 and $120.
OPTIONS:
- A credit card is the cheapest option for a tracfone, as it guarantees up to $200 per month when you make a purchase. The other options are texting, cocoin, and get-rich.
- Share your phone's phone number with yourself. Tracfone allows you to make up your own phone number without having to call it to activate it.
- These models will need to be shipped to you, and will require an advanced purchase to activate. Shop at a tracfone retailer to purchase your phone and prepaid wireless plan.
- Call tracfone at-1-800-856-4996 to confirm purchase. You will need to produce your cc033 phone number, your home address and website id in order to purchase a ccfone.
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Answer:
These models will need to be shipped to you, and will require an advanced purchase to activate. Shop at a tracfone retailer to purchase your phone and prepaid wireless plan.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to reheat dinner rolls
Leave them overnight on the counter.
The evening before you will need them, take the rolls out of the freezer and leave them on the counter to come to room temperature. If they are covered with foil, go ahead and loosen it to allow some air to circulate.
OPTIONS:
- If the rolls were frozen in a pan, it is fine to leave them that way, just make sure to give them ample time to warm prior to baking. Thaw refrigerated rolls for 10 minutes.
- Reduce the temperature by 1/2 to 3 degrees to ensure cooking. Close the oven and turn on the heat to 140 degrees fahrenheit (55 degrees celsius) and let them cook for 2 hours.
- When ready to grill, heat a skillet with 1/2 cup of oil over medium-high heat. After being heated, add the rolls.
- Once the rolls are warm enough, put them in the freezer for 2-4 hours. Eat the roll whilst it is still warm.
A: If the rolls were frozen in a pan, it is fine to leave them that way, just make sure to give them ample time to warm prior to baking. Thaw refrigerated rolls for 10 minutes.
Several people are preparing to play volleyball on the beach. the camera
OPTIONS:
- pans all around and shows and begins moving back and fourth toward the men in white shirts and wearing black hats.
- pans to show a host moving around the court with a volleyball net and people around the net preparing to play.
- pans all around the court and pans to a volleyball game of volleyball being played.
- zooms out and the people begin to play the game, tossing the ball back and forth to each other.
zooms out and the people begin to play the game, tossing the ball back and forth to each other.
question: Complete the next sentence:
. a man riding a horse and swinging a rope around
OPTIONS:
- is seen chasing after a calf and eventually grabbing the animal with his rope.
- him is swinging down a rock wall.
- to get other grooms on to it _start_on his back.
- him, grabs a calf with his free hand, does flips and throws the calf and catches it with a rope attached to the calf.
answer: is seen chasing after a calf and eventually grabbing the animal with his rope.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
A person is shoveling their driveway. They are pushing the snow to the side. another person
OPTIONS:
- is pouring snow on the camera.
- comes and helps them shovel the snow.
- cleans the snow from the side of their driveway.
- is chopping the snow that has been shoveled..
Next sentence: comes and helps them shovel the snow.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
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.
OPTIONS:
- 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.
OUT: | 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. |
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Chicago White Sox Charities also provides annual ongoing support to programs such as Special Olympics and the Inner City Little League.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: the support is ongoing.
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Answer:
Yes
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Medesano is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 100 km northwest of Bologna and about 15 km southwest of Parma. As of 31 May 2007, it had a population of 10,221 and an area of 88.8 km2 .
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: medesano is allies with mexico
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Answer:
It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
A Kelowna diner was the scene of a break-in over the weekend. Kelowna RCMP were called to MTL montREAL food diner on Kirschner Road early Saturday morning. Police say a suspect caused some damage to the business and stole an undisclosed amount of cash. They say they seized evidence at the scene. The suspect managed to escape before police arrived.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: A Kelowna diner was the scene of a break-in over the weekend. Kelowna RCMP were called to MTL montREAL food diner on Kirschner Road early Sunday morning.
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Answer:
| No |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to draft a security agreement
Format your document.
Open a word processing document and set the font size and type to something readable. Most people can read times new roman 12 point, but you can select anything legible.
OPTIONS:
- If you obtain security interests as a regular part of your business, then you can create your security agreement in the form of a template. Include blank lines for information that will change with each security agreement.
- You should also choose language and spaces and line. A first page should have 2 lines and this will be where you will go.
- Put the information you want on one side and the basic information on the other. You need to include the following together : Your name.
- A font size such as 11 point works best on legal letterhead and short, professional-looking letters, like a statement in times new roman 12 point. Try not to use cramped formatting, especially if you are drafting your document for a non-professional purpose.
A: If you obtain security interests as a regular part of your business, then you can create your security agreement in the form of a template. Include blank lines for information that will change with each security agreement.
How to prepare for heart surgery
Bring a friend or family member to your appointments.
Sometimes when you are very stressed or nervous, it can be difficult to concentrate enough to take notes or remember exactly what the instructions were later.
Ask a loved one or trusted friend to go with you to the appointments before the surgery and take notes on what you will need to do.
OPTIONS:
- Plan what you're going to eat for the appointment. Nearly any healthcare provider will suggest preparing prepared meals the day of your surgery.
- The person will also be able to provide you with emotional support. If you don't understand what the doctor wants you to do, don't be afraid to ask.
- Make sure this person says they would stand by you and provide you if you have any questions. Consider asking someone to drive your friend or family member to appointments or you can do it yourself.
- During your appointment, stay as calm and in control as possible. Don't get angry or frustrated during your appointment.
The person will also be able to provide you with emotional support. If you don't understand what the doctor wants you to do, don't be afraid to ask.
question: Complete the next sentence:
She smears the pomade onto her hands and rubs it all over the hair of the young man. She styles the hair of young man with the use of her hands and a comb. the young man
OPTIONS:
- shows off his new hair cut.
- sits on the chair in front of her as the woman goes through her hair and combs it into a style.
- sits on a chair watching the woman brush and styles her hair.
- samples the pomade and rubs it into his face and before long was going down the mirror.
answer: shows off his new hair cut.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to get input from console in java
Click on the start (windows) button.
Navigate to the control panel.
Find the java icon and double click on the same to open it.
OPTIONS:
- Once you enter the control panel, navigate to the tab named advanced. Next, navigate to the heading named as java console.
- In the file menu, locate the " file manager. " this button looks like a bean-shaped button.
- It should be located either on the dock, or on the bottom left corner. Right click on the icon and click remove.
- Click on " accessories " in the left pane. Find and open " clock syncing system tools " in the left pane..
Next sentence: Once you enter the control panel, navigate to the tab named advanced. Next, navigate to the heading named as java console.
context: How to identify a hornet
Observe a gray, oval-shaped object made of paper.
While it's not actually paper, it is a paper-like substance made from hornet saliva and wood. The nest houses eggs, and hornets are very protective of both their home and their eggs.
OPTIONS:
- The nest is low in wattage, just above 25 percent high. Hornets usually die in late summer if they are kept warm.
- Hence, you really don't want to be caught near their nest lest they consider you a danger. While it starts as a small, honeycomb-looking object, as the colony grows, the nest expands to an oval shape resembling a football, stalactite, or inverted teardrop.
- The wasp nest contains a lighter nest than a hornet, and the oil evaporates quickly after beating the wasps. Kohkens are larger than wasps and their droppings, then there is no difference between hornets and wasps.
- Thus, the wasps' nest is what nests a wasps nest. Two large clumps of wasps from the same potter's area should be approximately the size of a wooden shoebox.
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next sentence for the context: Hence, you really don't want to be caught near their nest lest they consider you a danger. While it starts as a small, honeycomb-looking object, as the colony grows, the nest expands to an oval shape resembling a football, stalactite, or inverted teardrop.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to detangle hair extensions
Wet the extensions.
If you try to detangle your extensions while they're dry, you may cause breakage and shedding. Wash the extensions with water and your usual shampoo, rinsing well to ensure that there are no suds left behind.
OPTIONS:
- If your extensions are not heated to the point of " liquid ", gently rinse them with lukewarm water and air or air-dry them with a towel. Apply a semi-static wax mask to the extension to prevent it from dripping.
- If your extensions are very tangle-free, run some conditioner through them before you start to detangle them. If you're using two separate hair products, make sure the ingredients don't separate.
- Do not use any moisturizing shampoo after the shower, though. Roll your extensions back into their original shape.
- For extensions made of natural hair, use an alcohol-free, sulfate-free shampoo formulated for color-treated hair. For synthetic hair extensions, use a mild shampoo or one formulated for synthetic hair.
A: | For extensions made of natural hair, use an alcohol-free, sulfate-free shampoo formulated for color-treated hair. For synthetic hair extensions, use a mild shampoo or one formulated for synthetic hair. |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Her colleague Louise Sunshine experienced similar observations from Mr. Trump when she gained weight. But she saw it as friendly encouragement, not a cruel insult. “He thought I looked much better thin,” she said. “He would remind me of how beautiful I was.”
Whenever possible, Mr. Trump wanted his visitors to see his most attractive employees, as Ms. Res learned.
We had a big meeting once. I grabbed one of the women in the office and sent her in to get lunch orders. Donald said, “Not her.” She didn’t look great. He got another woman to take the lunch orders. That was purely about looks. He wanted the people in that room to think that all the women who worked for him were beautiful. –Ms. Res
Mr. Trump frequently sought assurances — at times from strangers — that the women in his life were beautiful. During the 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant, he sat in the audience as his teenage daughter, Ivanka, helped to host the event from onstage. He turned to Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee, Miss Universe at the time, and asked for her opinion of his daughter’s body.
“ ‘Don’t you think my daughter’s hot? She’s hot, right?’ ” Ms. Lee recalled him saying. ‘I was like, ‘Really?’ That’s just weird. She was 16. That’s creepy.”
Ms. Brewer Lane, who dated Mr. Trump for several months in 1990 and early 1991, said it did not take long for him to solicit her view on the attractiveness of two of his previous romantic partners, Marla Maples and Ivana Trump.
He did ask me, on a scale of 1 to 10, what I thought of Marla. I thought that was very boyish of him. He asked me the same thing about Ivana. I said, obviously, she is your wife. A beautiful woman. What could you say but a 10? I am not going to judge your wife. –Ms. Brewer Lane
Mr. Trump said he did not know Ms. Brewer Lane very well, despite dating her. “I wouldn’t have asked anybody about how they rate other women,” he said.
Kissing, and Telling Everyone
He liked to brag about his sexual prowess and his desirability as a date, no matter who was around.
Barbara J. Fife, a deputy mayor under David N. Dinkins, New York’s mayor in the early 1990s, was not especially close to Mr. Trump. But that did not stop him from telling her why he was in such a hurry one day as he sat in her office at City Hall.
“I have this great date tonight with a model for Victoria’s Secret,” Ms. Fife recalled him telling her.
“I saw it as immature, quite honestly,” she said.
At his office in Trump Tower, Mr. Trump seemed eager for his colleagues to hear about his new companion, Ms. Maples. When The New York Post feasted on her supposed satisfaction with him in bed, captured in the headline “Best Sex I’ve Ever Had,” Mr. Trump was unabashed, Ms. Res said.
He absolutely loved that. He waved it around the office. “Did you see this?” Everyone who worked there were kind of horrified. We all thought it made him look bad. He didn’t. –Ms. Res
Mr. Trump denies boasting about the headline. He seems more bashful these days, saying he cannot recall how many women he has dated. “Not as many as people would think,” he said. “I’m not somebody that really loved the dating process.” ||||| A former Miss Universe claims she was publicly humiliated by Donald Trump, who called her "Miss Piggy" after she had gained some weight.
Alicia Machado, a Venezuela native, was crowned Miss Universe in 1996 when she was just 19 years old. She is among the women featured in the controversial New York Times story about Trump's dealings with women.
Read: Donald Trump Accuses Bill Clinton of Being a 'Rapist' in New Interview
She also believes the GOP frontrunner bullied her "all the time."
"For sure he is not a good person," Machado told Inside Edition.
In 1996, Trump had just taken over the Miss Universe pageant. His then wife, Marla Maples, was one of the hosts on the night Machado won the tiara.
But within a few months, she gained weight and rumors swirled that she could lose her crown.
Trump finally insisted that she lose weight, calling her "an eating machine" on Howard Stern's radio show. He took her to work out in a gym packed with media.
“She weighed 118 pounds or 117 pounds and she went to 160 or 170. So this is somebody that likes to eat,” he said at the time.
Machado, who claims she actually gained closer to 15 pounds, told IE she felt publicly shamed. She said he called her “Miss Piggy." It made her feel “so fat” that it made her “very depressed," she said.
At the time Trump took Machado to the gym, he was asked by a reporter: “What happens if Marla gains this kind of weight? Would you drop her?”
“Well, I’d probably do the same thing with her,” he said. “I'd say 'start working out.' No, I wouldn't. Still a very interesting question.”
Machado went on to become a big star of telenovelas. She was also the first Miss Universe to pose for Playboy magazine in 2006.
Read: Holly Madison Recalls Meeting 'Fun' Donald Trump at the Playboy Mansion
The 39-year-old says her experience with Trump led to years of battling eating disorders and psychotherapy.
The single mom recently moved to Hollywood to work on two major projects in English and is about to sign with a major publisher to sell her memoir. She is also about to become an American citizen — just in time to vote in the presidential election.
But when asked if she would vote for Trump, she laughed.
Watch: Donald Trump Says He Has Regrets as He Buries the Hatchet With Megyn Kelly in Interview |||||
A: | The first woman crowned Miss Universe after Donald Trump bought the pageant says she was treated so badly by the tycoon that she needed therapy and battled eating disorders for years. Alicia Machado, who was 19 when she won the tiara in 1996, tells Inside Edition that Trump bullied and insulted her after she put on weight in the months after the pageant. "He called me Miss Piggy," she says. "I was very depressed in that moment." Trump told radio host Howard Stern that Machado was an "eating machine" and invited around 100 members of the media to watch her work out, she says. Machado—one of dozens of women interviewed for a recent New York Times story on Trump's treatment of women—says Trump told the media that she was "someone who likes to eat" and had put on up to 50 pounds, when the real number was more like 15. Machado, who is Venezuelan, says he also mocked her lack of fluency in English and called her "Miss Housekeeping," Politico reports. The 39-year-old, who became a telenovela superstar in the years after the pageant, will be sworn in as an American citizen just before the election—and she won't be voting for Trump. "He can't be a president," she tells Inside Edition. "For sure he is not a good person." (A game maker's "Trump survival kit" sold out fast.) |
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Supertall skyscrapers are popping up all over the world. This one is out of this world.
These preposterous artist impressions by the New York-based Clouds Architecture Office imagine Analemma Tower, the firm's I-beam-in-the-sky plan for a skyscraper that would be anchored not to the Earth but to a nearby asteroid pulled into our planet's orbit. Its gung-ho inhabitants, who live in a tower sticking down into the sky, would leap from their upside-down abode and parachute to our planet's surface at the moment their building passed over Midtown Manhattan. Hey, no one said the commute would be easy.
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Clouds Architecture Office
This is, of course, wackadoo. But it makes for a kooky set of illustrations and also an interesting thought experiment, as the component parts to make a space skyscraper are not in themselves impossible.
This is the decade that NASA decided it could retrieve an asteroid and billionaires decided they could mine one, so meddling with space rocks is in play. In the Clouds plan, prefabricated modules would be sent into space to add onto the growing structure, which makes sense. When engineers imagine building a huge structure in space, they often say we'd rocket the pieces to space and assemble it in microgravity rather than building something big on Earth and trying to shoot it into orbit all at once. Analemma Tower, then, is a crazy dream grounded in some fact, even if it's not grounded on Earth.
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The most believable part of this whole thing is the idea that Clouds could find one-percenters willing to pay top dollar to live high above the rest of us. As the organization told Dezeen: "If the recent boom in residential towers proves that sales price per square foot rises with floor elevation, then Analemma Tower will command record prices, justifying its high cost of construction."
Source: Dezeen ||||| If you've ever wondered what cities of the future might look like, this new concept art from New York design firm Clouds Architecture Office has some beautifully outlandish ideas on the subject.
The firm has proposed a tower that, instead of being supported by the ground and reaching up into the sky, would instead hang suspended from an asteroid.
Named Analemma, the proposed skyscraper would be the tallest building ever created, and would travel thousands of miles each day between the northern and southern hemispheres in a figure-of-eight loop - including a daily pass over New York City. ||||| In a bid to get around terrestrial height restrictions, Clouds Architecture Office has proposed suspending the world's tallest skyscraper from an asteroid, leaving residents to parachute to earth.
New York-based Clouds Architecture Office drew up plans for Analemma Tower to "overturn the established skyscraper typology" by building not up from the ground but down from the sky by affixing the foundations to an orbiting asteroid.
"Harnessing the power of planetary design thinking, it taps into the desire for extreme height, seclusion and constant mobility," said the architects, who have previously drawn up proposals for space transportation and a 3D-printed ice house on Mars.
"If the recent boom in residential towers proves that sales price per square foot rises with floor elevation, then Analemma Tower will command record prices, justifying its high cost of construction."
The architects propose building the tower over Dubai, a city at the forefront of supertall construction, and where property is almost 15 times cheaper per square foot than New York, according to their workings out.
Prefabricated modules would be hoisted up from earth and plugged into the building's extendable core, which would be tethered by cables to the asteroid.
"Since this new tower typology is suspended in the air, it can be constructed anywhere in the world and transported to its final location," said the architects.
"Manipulating asteroids is no longer relegated to science fiction," they said, explaining how a 2015 mission by the European Space Agency had proved the ability to land on a spinning comet.
"NASA has scheduled an asteroid retrieval mission for 2021 which aims to prove the feasibility of capturing and relocating an asteroid."
The completed tower would follow a figure-of-eight path between the northern and southern hemispheres each day.
The lowest and slowest part of the orbit would see the building pass over midtown Manhattan. Where the topography is at its highest the inhabitants would be able to disembark via parachute.
"Through the course of history humanity has been able to affect the environment on increasing scales," said the studio. "Today our activity is being registered on a global scale."
"So why not apply design thinking on a planetary scale? Analemma Tower is an example of a mixed-use building that incorporates planetary design strategies, yielding the world's tallest building ever."
The tower would be powered by solar panels mounted on the uppermost levels, where, located above the atmosphere, they would have constant exposure to sunlight. Water would be collected from the condensation of clouds and from rainwater.
The tower is split into sections, with each dedicated to different activities. Business takes place across the lowest hanging floors of the block, while residences are located two-thirds of the way up, with worship and funerary activities taking place in the uppermost section.
The size and shape of windows changes along the length of the tower, adapting to the different exertions of the atmosphere as well as temperature.
Windows towards the top of the tower, where it extends beyond the troposphere to give residents an extra 40 minutes of sunlight each day, would have rounded elevations to cope with the increased pressure.
Analemma Tower is the latest project investigating space exploration from Clouds Architecture Office, which is run by Masayuki Sono and Ostap Rudakevych.
Related story 3D-printed Ice House by Clouds AO and SEArch wins NASA Mars Habitat contest
The office previously has created concepts for a space elevator and a proposal to harness the power of comets for interplanetary transportation, and in 2015 won a NASA competition to design a 3D-printed house on Mars.
Project credits:
Architect: Clouds Architecture Office
Project designer: Ostap Rudakevych |||||
| Building from the ground up is so last century. Skyscrapers of the future could very well hang from an asteroid placed into orbit over Earth, suspended over a landscape their occupants parachute down to as part of their commute home. Sound bonkers? Wackadoo? Out of this world? Popular Mechanics uses these words and more, calling the "preposterous" artist impressions of just such a skyscraper a "crazy dream" founded in only some fact and a whole lot of fiction. It's unclear how seriously Clouds Architecture Office, which is proposing the idea, wants this to be taken, but the New York-based firm has named the building Analemma Tower and tells Dezeen it would command sky-high rent. In its proposal, CAO recommends constructing Analemma over Dubai, a "specialist" in tall building construction. They say doing it there would drop costs by 80% as compared to New York City. But it would still pass over New York daily as it travels thousands of miles in a fixed figure-eight loop, reports the Telegraph. CAO explains "the tower would move at its slowest speed at the top and bottom of the figure eight allowing the possibility for the tower's occupants to interface with the planet’s surface at these points," one of which would be NYC. Hanging from a super-strong cable affixed to the asteroid, there'd be sleeping quarters two-thirds of the way up, an agricultural area, and offices at the bottom with vertigo-inducing views of the ever-moving landscape below. The building would be solar-powered, and water would be filtered, recycled, and replenished from captured rainwater and cloud condensate. "It taps into the desire for extreme height, seclusion, and constant mobility," the designers note. (This skyscraper is designed to move.) |
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Q: According to the radar reconstruction, American 77 reemerged as a primary target on Indianapolis Center radar scopes at 9:05, east of its last known position. The target remained in Indianapolis Center's airspace for another six minutes, then crossed into the western portion of Washington Center's airspace at 9:10. As Indianapolis Center continued searching for the aircraft, two managers and the controller responsible for American 77 looked to the west and southwest along the flight's projected path, not east-where the aircraft was now heading. Managers did not instruct other controllers at Indianapolis Center to turn on their primary radar coverage to join in the search for American 77. In sum, Indianapolis Center never saw Flight 77 turn around. By the time it reappeared in primary radar coverage, controllers had either stopped looking for the aircraft because they thought it had crashed or were looking toward the west. Although the Command Center learned Flight 77 was missing, neither it nor FAA headquarters issued an all points bulletin to surrounding centers to search for primary radar targets. American 77 traveled undetected for 36 minutes on a course heading due east for Washington, D.C. By 9:25, FAA's Herndon Command Center and FAA headquarters knew two aircraft had crashed into the World Trade Center. They knew American 77 was lost. At least some FAA officials in Boston Center and the New England Region knew that a hijacker on board American 11 had said "we have some planes." Concerns over the safety of other aircraft began to mount. A manager at the Herndon Command Center asked FAA headquarters if they wanted to order a "nationwide ground stop." While this was being discussed by executives at FAA headquarters, the Command Center ordered one at 9:25. The Command Center kept looking for American 77. At 9:21, it advised the Dulles terminal control facility, and Dulles urged its controllers to look for primary targets. At 9:32, they found one. Several of the Dulles controllers "observed a primary radar target tracking eastbound at a high rate of speed" and notified Reagan National Airport. FAA personnel at both Reagan National and Dulles airports notified the Secret Service. <sep>Who notified the secret service<sep>Indianapolis Center
A: | No |
How to welcome new people
Smile.
Remember that first impressions are difficult to undo. If you will be the first person greeting new people, put on a smile for them when they arrive.
Smiles indicate warmth and friendliness and can make people feel more comfortable. If your guest is greeted with a happy gesture, they are more likely to feel happy.
How to remove chewing gum from a tire
Get an ice cube from your freezer.
Dab at the chewing gum with the ice cube, then hold in place for about a minute.
This will allow the gum to harden and become less sticky.
Once the gum has hardened, pry it off by either using your hands or a long, sturdy object, such as the handle of cutlery. Get a roll of sticky tape, duct tape, or packaging tape.
How to do the 30 days of thankfulness challenge
Dedicate time to create your list.
Before you begin writing your daily posts, you will need to find some time to write down a list of 30 things that you appreciate. Set aside a few hours to think about things that you are thankful for and develop your list.
Try to respect the time that you have set aside for your list by not interrupting it with distractions like social media or television. Think about the things that you appreciate.
How to handle tailgaters on the road
Remain calm and don't allow your emotions to get the better of you.
If you notice someone tailgating you, your first instinct might be to panic or get upset. You might either feel nervous that someone is following too closely, or you might be angry that someone is following too closely.
| Either way you need to take a couple of deep breaths and put your emotions aside for the time being. Remaining calm also ensures you're able to stay in control of your vehicle and avoid causing an accident. |
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Q: Thomas Yeates had puppet shows called " Punch 's Oratory , or The Pleasures of the Town " after 1734 .
A: | There were also many performances of the puppet theatre versions , including a travelling show by Thomas Yeates , titled " Punch 's Oratory , or The Pleasures of the Town " , which started in 1734 . |
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Less than a year after Hawaii native Garrett McNamara set what many believed to be an impossibly high bar in big wave surfing, Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle may have topped it.
The surf of his life - twice
Anderson Cooper's wild ride with Garrett McNamara
Garrett McNamara surfs possible 100-foot wave
On Monday, Burle took off on a mountain of a wave off the now-famous big wave spot of Nazare on Portugal's central coast. Initial estimates of the wave's height put it taller than the record set by McNamara in January, which was estimated to be around 100 feet tall.
McNamara holds the certified record for tow-in surfing a wave, also set at Nazare, for riding a 78-foot behemoth in 2011.
Whatever the final, official height of Burle's wave, it was a monster. Burle's ride also happened shortly after he rescued his friend and fellow big wave surfer Maya Gabriel, who nearly drowned trying to catch a wave.
Burle told Surfer Today: "It was luck. We never know when we will be catching the wave. I still hadn't surfed any wave and everyone had already had their rides. Maya almost died. For me, it was a big adrenaline moment to get back there after what happened."
When Anderson Cooper profiled McNamara about his Nazare ride in January, he also talked about surprise and luck when he caught the giant wave.
"I didn't realize it was that big of a wave until it came down from above and just boom right on my shoulders and it almost squashed me. I almost collapsed," said McNamara.
Big wave surfing has a small but dedicated set of adrenaline junkies chasing giant swells all over the world. Several have died in recent years.
When McNamara was interviewed on "CBS This Morning" about the sport, he said standing on a mountain of water "taunting" the avalanche chasing him is when he is most comfortable. The danger-chasing McNamara said, however, that he won't get on a horse. ||||| | Surfing
Carlos Burle may have ridden the biggest wave of all time, at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, during the Big Monday swell.
The Brazilian crew traveled to Portugal with a goal in mind. To beat the Guinness World Record for the largest wave ever surfed, which belongs to the Hawaiian hellman, Garrett McNamara.
Carlos Burle, Pedro Scooby, Felipe Cesarano, and Maya Gabeira had big hopes for the European super swell.
On the 28th October, 2013, Burle claimed one of the biggest wave ever ridden at Praia do Norte. The first pictures show that he may be above the world record set by Garrett McNamara, at 23.77 m (78 feet), measured from trough to crest, on the 1st November 2011.
"It was luck. We never know when we will be catching the wave. I still hadn't surfed any wave and everyone had already had their rides. Maya almost died. For me, it was a big adrenaline moment to get back there after what happened", reveals Carlos Burle.
Carlos Burle, 45, from Pernambuco, has been living the adrenaline life of the big wave riders. In 2001, he rode a 22-meter (72 foot) wave, in Mavericks, Northern California. His wave at Praia do Norte will be analyzed by the Guinness World Records. |||||
| The huge storm that lashed much of Europe yesterday created some huge waves, including a monster that might earn surfer Carlos Burle a place in the record books. The Brazilian rode a behemoth of a wave at Nazare, on Portugal's central coast, that appears to be even bigger than the 100-foot wave Hawaiian Garrett McNamara rode at the same spot in January, CBS reports. Burle's feat came soon after he rescued fellow Brazilian big-wave surfer Maya Gaberia, who nearly drowned trying to catch a wave. "It was luck. We never know when we will be catching the wave," Burle tells Surfer Today. "I still hadn't surfed any wave and everyone had already had their rides. Maya almost died. For me, it was a big adrenaline moment to get back there after what happened." |
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To capture " en passant " can only be done on the move right after the double-square pawn advance .
| The option to capture the moved pawn " en passant " must be exercised on the move immediately following the double-step pawn advance , or it is lost for the remainder of the game . |
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what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Answer: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Part 3. Exercise
What team did Shaq Thompson play for?, Context: Denver took the opening kickoff and started out strong with Peyton Manning completing an 18-yard pass to tight end Owen Daniels and a 22-yard throw to receiver Andre Caldwell. A pair of carries by C. J. Anderson moved the ball up 20 yards to the Panthers 14-yard line, but Carolina's defense dug in over the next three plays. First, linebacker Shaq Thompson tackled Ronnie Hillman for a 3-yard loss. Then after an incompletion, Thomas Davis tackled Anderson for a 1-yard gain on third down, forcing Denver to settle for a 3–0 lead on a Brandon McManus 34-yard field goal. The score marked the first time in the entire postseason that Carolina was facing a deficit.
Answer: | Carolina |
How to earn extra income as a working mom<br>Evaluate your schedule. Before you begin looking for a chance to earn extra income, determine what kind of time you can provide to another job. Ask for help.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Working moms need extra income | It's impossible to say |
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Both Bahrain and Qatar are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), but they have a territorial dispute that has led to Bahrain's boycott of the GCC summit convened in the Qatari capital of Doha on December 7-9.
Sentence: African beaches are covered in dead marine life. | It's impossible to say |
A Federal High Court, Abuja, Friday afternoon set aside the consent Judgment it gave on December 13, 2017, which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to issue a certificate of return to Obiora Okonkwo, on grounds that there was concealment of fact. By this ruling the rerun election slated for January 13, 2018 to fill the vacant seat of Anambra Central, will go ahead as scheduled by INEC More details shortly Share this: Facebook LinkedIn Google Email Print Twitter
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
There was a judgement given on December 13th. | Yes |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to keep your eyes healthy when using decorative lenses
Use only fitted and prescription decorative lenses.
All contact lenses are considered medical devices. For this reason, it's important to get your decorative lenses from your eye doctor.
OPTIONS:
- He or she will be able to explain exactly what you'll need to do with your prescription lenses if you expect to have problems with your vision after using them. You should not use only a first, second, or third pair of lenses to cover your eyes.
- Lenses worn properly may damage these lenses, which may lead to blurry vision. To be sure of this, get contacts at a local optometrist's office.
- Otherwise, your lenses could become damaged or broken. Check to see if the prescription lens is at least suitable for blind or visually impaired individuals.
- Your ophthalmologist or optometrist can find the best fitting decorative lenses for you that will minimize the risk of harming your eyes' health. Your eye doctor will do an eye exam to determine the perfect fit for your decorative lenses.
A: Your ophthalmologist or optometrist can find the best fitting decorative lenses for you that will minimize the risk of harming your eyes' health. Your eye doctor will do an eye exam to determine the perfect fit for your decorative lenses.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A group of people are playing in white water kayaks. The person in the red tries to flip. a person
OPTIONS:
- in green attempts the same thing.
- in green beats them to it.
- in blue floats behind the boat.
- in blue is swimming in the water.
A: in green attempts the same thing.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to examine a person for skin autoimmune disorders
Look for large blisters on the skin and the oral cavity, especially in people between the ages between 40 and 60 years.
. This is a major characteristic of pemphigus vulgaris.
OPTIONS:
- This is a chronic disease which is mediated by immunoglobulin g antibody or igg. Immunoglobulin g is thought to react in the skin in such a way as to break intercellular junctions of the epidermis and in particular that of keratinocytes.
- The swelling and redness of pemphigus vulgaris on lips, face, and hands will vary between people age 50 and 65. To correct glaucoma, see a dentist or mouth specialist.
- Determine if the individual is infected with the condition either by licking, brushing your teeth or by reading someone's medical history. These may be signs of a viral infection (pemphigus, hoohpoll), an autoimmune disorder, or both-depending on the reason for the infection.
- Look for acne around the face. Pemphigus vulgaris is a bacterial infection.
A: This is a chronic disease which is mediated by immunoglobulin g antibody or igg. Immunoglobulin g is thought to react in the skin in such a way as to break intercellular junctions of the epidermis and in particular that of keratinocytes.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to clean a keurig water reservoir
Turn off the keurig.
Before you begin cleaning, make sure your keurig is shut off and unplugged. You'll be using a lot of water in and around the unit, so you'll want to safeguard the electrical components.
OPTIONS:
- These components include power sockets, power bar rails, and power panels. If you don't think you have enough power, turn off the keurig power supply and power panel components for a few days.
- Remove all of the dial-operated water valves, the set of connectors, and the liquid stabilizer tubes. Re-insert the screw directly into the bottom of your keurig.
- If there's a k-cup pod in the brewing chamber, take it out and dispose of it. You can turn off your keurig by flipping the on/off switch on the back of older models, or pressing and holding the power button on newer touch-screen models.
- Follow the keurig's cleaning instructions when installing your machine. Some keurig systems have " power switch " or " plug in " lines that will allow the device to automatically turn off and turn off when it is in operation.
A: | If there's a k-cup pod in the brewing chamber, take it out and dispose of it. You can turn off your keurig by flipping the on/off switch on the back of older models, or pressing and holding the power button on newer touch-screen models. |
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Input: Consider Input: In positive psychology , researchers are studying what gives a person satisfaction in life .
Output: In positive psychology , social scientists study what might contribute to living a good life , or what would lead to people having increased positive mood and overall satisfaction with their life .
Input: Consider Input: In the 1990s and 2000s , clonewheel organs began using sampling or digital techniques .
Output: In the 1990s and 2000s , clonewheel organs began using digitally-sampled real Hammond sounds or digital signal processing emulation techniques , which were much better able to capture the nuances of the vintage Hammond sound .
Input: Consider Input: Mulberry leaves , particularly those of the White Mulberry , " Morus alba " , are important as food of the silkworm , the cocoon of which is used to make silk .
| Output: Mulberry leaves , particularly those of the white mulberry , are ecologically important as the sole food source of the silkworm ( " Bombyx mori " , named after the mulberry genus " Morus " ) , the cocoon of which is used to make silk .
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Compass-and-straightedge or ruler-and-compass construction is drawing of lengths , angles or shapes using only a ruler and compass .
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Straightedge and compass construction , also known as ruler-and-compass construction or classical construction , is the construction of lengths , angles , and other geometric figures using only an idealized ruler and compass .
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A blood feud is a feud with a cycle of retaliatory violence , with the relatives of someone who has been killed or otherwise wronged or dishonored .
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A blood feud is a feud with a cycle of retaliatory violence , with the relatives or associates of someone who has been killed or otherwise wronged or dishonored seeking vengeance by killing or otherwise physically punishing the culprits or their relatives .
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In mathematics a loss function or cost function is a mathematical function that maps an event , or the values of one or more variables onto a real number .
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| In mathematical optimization and decision theory , a loss function or cost function is a function that maps an event or values of one or more variables onto a real number intuitively representing some " cost " associated with the event .
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PROBLEM: The Romans: Legend says Rome was founded by Romulus, sired with twin brother Remus by Mars of a Vestal Virgin and abandoned on the Palatine Hill to be suckled by a she-wolf. Historians agree with the mythmakers that the site and traditional founding date of 753 b.c. are just about right. Under Etruscan domination, Rome had been a monarchy until a revolt in 510 b.c. established a patrician republic, which lasted five centuries. In contrast to other Italian cities weakened by internal rivalries and unstable government, Rome drew strength from a solid aristocracy of consuls and senate ruling over plebeians proud of their Roman citizenship and only rarely rebellious. Recovering quickly from the Gallic invasion of 390 b.c. , the Romans took effective control of the peninsula by a military conquest reinforced by a network of roads with names that exist to this day: Via Appia, Flaminia, Aurelia. All roads did indeed lead to — and from — Rome. By 250 b.c. , the city's population had grown to an impressive 100,000. Roman power extended throughout the Mediterranean with a victory in the Punic Wars against Carthage (now Tunisia) and conquests in Macedonia, Asia Minor, Spain, and southern France. The rest of Italy participated only by tax contributions to the war effort and minor involvement in commerce and colonization. Resentment surfaced when former Etruscan or Greek cities such as Capua, Syracuse, and Taranto supported Hannibal's invasion in 218 b.c. Rome followed up defeat of the Carthaginians with large-scale massacres and enslavement of their Italian supporters. The Third and final Punic War ended in 149 b.c. , though national solidarity was still a long way off. Under Julius Caesar, elected in 59 b.c. <sep>How many times was there uprising in Rome?<sep>3
SOLUTION: Yes
PROBLEM: Surely, you have noticed the tall poles along the roadside. Do you know what is on top of those poles? Thats right, wires that carry electric current. These wires carry electric current to your home. But what is electric current? Electric current is actually the flow of electrons. You may recall, an electron is the outer-most particle in an atom. They have a negative charge. Electricity is the continuous flow of these particles. Electrons are able to move through wires. Their speed can even be measured. The SI unit for electric current (or speed) is the ampere (A). Ampere is often shortened to amp. Electric current may flow in just one direction, or it may keep reversing direction. Direct current (DC) flows in only one direction. Direct current is what is used in devices like flashlights. Alternating current (AC) flows in two directions. This is the type of current that flows into your home through wires. <sep>What is created when the outer-most particles of an atom are flowing?<sep>Electric current
SOLUTION: Yes
PROBLEM: Energy is stored in chemical compounds. This energy is called chemical energy. Chemical energy is a form of potential energy. When bonds between atoms are broken, energy is released. The wood in fireplaces has chemical energy. The energy is released as heat and light when the wood burns. Most living things get their energy from food. When food molecules are broken down, the energy is released. It may then be used to do work, like playing ball or studying science. If you have ever heard, "Eat a good breakfast", thats why. You need energy to do things during the day. To do those things you need energy. You get your energy from the food you eat. That energy is stored in your body until you need it. How did you get to school today? If you walked, you used chemical energy from the food you ate. What if you rode the bus or were driven in a car? Where did that energy come from? <sep>In order for you to walk, what happens to bonds between atoms?<sep>They are fused together
SOLUTION: | No
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Let me give you an example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
The answer to this example can be: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Here is why: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
OK. solve this:
Many people call all sparkling wines " champagne " but according to trade laws , only sparkling wine from the Champagne region can be called champagne .
Answer: | Many people use the term " Champagne " as a generic term for sparkling wine but in some countries , it is illegal to label any product " Champagne " unless it both comes from the Champagne region and is produced under the rules of the appellation . |
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: Joe's parents are farmers and they have a huge farm with cows, chickens, and ducks. Joe loves the farm and all the things he gets to play around and play on. One day, Joe's father told him not to get near a tractor that was sitting in the field. His father was worried that Joe would climb on it and hurt himself. Joe went out to the field and was feeding the horses and cows. When he was done, he saw the tractor his father told him not to get near. He knew that climbing on the tractor wouldn't hurt anything, so he did. He climbed on to the seat and sat there. Then, he pretended he was his father and pretended that he was driving the tractor. Joe's father saw him playing on the tractor and called for him. Joe heard his father calling for him and got off the tractor really fast. When he did that, he fell off and hurt his arm. Joe was in pain and his father came running to check on him and picked him up and sat him on a bench and asked him why he did that. Joe looked at his father and said, "I wanted to be like you." Joe's father gave him a hug and asked him if he wanted to ride with him on the tractor. Joe did and after he got a bandage on his arm, he and his father rode in the field on the tractor. <sep>Where did Joe live that his father told him not to play with the tractor?<sep>Students
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: Johnnie had a set of small volumes of English verse, extensively annotated by his own hand, which Stoddard had brought to her early in their acquaintance, leaving it with her more as a gift than as a loan. She kept these little books after all the others had gone back. She had read and reread them--cullings from Chaucer, from Spenser, from the Elizabethan lyrists, the border balladry, fierce, tender, oh, so human--till she knew pages of them by heart, and their vocabulary influenced her own, their imagery tinged all her leisure thoughts. It seemed to her, whenever she debated returning them, that she could not bear it. She would get them out and sit with one of them open in her hands, not reading, but staring at the pages with unseeing eyes, passing her fingers over it, as one strokes a beloved hand, or turning through each book only to find the pencilled words in the margins. She would be giving up part of herself when she took these back. Yet it had to be done, and one miserable morning she made them all into a neat package, intending to carry them to the mill and place them on Stoddard's desk thus early, when nobody would be in the office. Then the children came in; Deanie was half sick; and in the distress of getting the ailing child comfortably into her own bed, Johnnie forgot the books. Taking them in at noon, she met Stoddard himself. <sep>Why did the main character take in her books at noon instead of earlier?<sep>She couldn't bear to do it earlier
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire. Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. We might call it the first Chinese invention. Not that he devised flint and steel, matches, or any other way of creating fire. Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued. And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down. Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology. The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it. The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. This was still the Stone Age, but the people are thought to have made silk from thread produced by the worms they cultivated on the leaves of their mulberry trees. And written language (which evolved as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago) was already in use, originally by oracles and then by official scribes — China's first scholars. During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art. Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago. The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government. <sep>What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented?<sep>Neanderthal Man
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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.
CAIRO |
CAIRO Jan 9 (Reuters) - Egyptian telecom tycoon and political liberal Naguib Sawiris will face trial on a charge of showing contempt for religion, judicial sources and Mamdouh Ismail, the Islamist lawyer who brought the case, said on Monday.
Sawiris, a prominent figure in Egypt's Coptic Christian community, was accused by a group of about 20 lawyers of showing contempt by tweeting a cartoon seen as insulting to Islam.
A Cairo prosecutor referred the case to trial on Monday. Sawiris, chairman of the mobile phone operator MobilNil , could not immediately be reached for comment.
The cartoon incident in June triggered a boycott by some Mobinil customers, though Sawiris said the impact had eased by October.
Sawiris is a vocal critic of Islamist parties which have emerged in Egypt since Hosni Mubarak was ousted last February. He is a co-founder of the Free Egyptians (Al-Masryeen Al-Ahrar), a liberal party advocating separation of state and religion.
Like other liberal groups, the party has struggled to make an impact in parliamentary elections underway since late November and which have been dominated by the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and the Nour Party, a more hardline Salafi group.
Ismail, a member of another Salafi party, said the prosecutor's decision to put Sawiris on trial showed that the law applied to all. "It's a decision showing that there is justice in Egypt," he told Reuters. ||||| One of Egypt’s wealthiest men will be tried for insulting religion because of a cartoon he tweeted months ago, according to lawyers.
(Courtesy Egyptian Chronicles )
Naguib Sawiris, a Coptic Christian business tycoon, is facing charges after he posted on Twitter a depiction of Disney’s Mickey and Minnie Mouse over the summer in ultra conservative Islamic dress: Mickey with a beard and Minnie with a veil and face cover.
The cartoon made fun of the rise of Islamism in the region and the backlash was immediate and severe from residents in this mostly Muslim country where Islamists swept the polls in the first post-Hosni Mubarak parliamentary election. On social media pages some called for his tongue to be cut out; one extreme Muslim preacher said he should be killed. People boycotted his mobile phone company, Mobinil, and Sawiris pulled down the image and apologized, saying it was a joke.
I apologise for any who don't take this as a joke , I just thought it was a funny picture no disrespect meant! Assef!! Naguib Sawiris
NaguibSawiris
His apology didn’t stop ultra conservative Islamist lawyer Mamdouh Ismail from filing a complaint. The Cairo prosecutor referred the case to court on Monday.
“It was a joke, the reaction was surprising and strong, and he apologized and took it down, which showed good intentions,” said human rights lawyer Gamal Eid. “The same prosecutors that are moving so quickly on this case have had other cases on their plate for months, but they’ve been dealing with them really slowly.”
Eid said the move was a clear attack on freedom of expression, and evidence that “there is no rule of law in Egypt.”
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images)
Sawiris heads the liberal Free Egyptians Party and is often getting himself into hot water over things he says or does. Recently a video surfaced on YouTube of him on a chair in a nightclub getting lapdances from scantily clad women, scandalous footage for any politician let alone one in this conservative country. In a recent interview that went viral last month, he said that Egyptian pharaonic genes had deteriorated over the years and that’s why Egyptians were lazy, unproductive people.
But more than Sawiris’s apparent bad judgment, the case raises the question of freedom of speech in post-Mubarak Egypt. Will Sawiris face jail time over a bad joke?
On Monday, his party also announced that they would boycott the elections for the upper house of parliament which start at the end of the month. The boycott of the upper and less important house of Egypt’s parliament is over perceived electoral violations during the balloting for the lower house from November through this week, including the use of religious slogans by Islamist parties. The Free Egyptians ran with other liberal parties in the Egyptian Bloc and were among the best performing liberal coalitions in the country. |||||
Output: | An Egyptian billionaire is headed to court on charges of "contempt for religion" for tweeting photos of a bearded Mickey Mouse and veiled Minnie. The case is being closely watched as a possible sign of things to come as conservative Islamists surge in popularity in the new Egypt. Telecom mogul Naquib Sawiris, a Coptic Christian who's one of the richest men in his nation, tweeted the pictures, created by someone else, months ago to mock the increasing influence of Islamists. Critics immediately slammed him, with one Muslim calling for his tongue to be cut out, as others organized a boycott of his companies. Sawiris quickly removed the tweet and apologized. "I just thought it was a funny picture," he Twittered. "No disrespect meant!" His lawyer said the move against Sawiris now is a clear attack on freedom of expression, and evidence that “there is no rule of law in Egypt," reports the Washington Post. But one of a group of conservative lawyers who filed the complaint against Sawiris told Reuters that the court case "shows there is justice in Egypt." The political party that Sawiris founded after Hosni Mubarak was ousted, the liberal Free Egyptians, meanwhile, has announced that it's boycotting upcoming elections for the upper house of parliament because violations in polls for the lower house had not been properly addressed. The party, along with many Egyptian Christians and liberals, are fearful of the growing influence of conservative Islamists in the country, notes the BBC. |
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: Boredom is an emotional state that comes when a person has nothing to do , and is not interested in anything .
Output: | In conventional usage , boredom is an emotional and occasionally psychological state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do , is not interested in their surroundings , or feels that a day or period is dull or tedious . |
[Q]: Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in Belvidere, Allegany County, New York. The Gothic Revival style frame church was built in 1860 and features Carpenter Gothic elements. It is a one story board and batten clad rectangular structure with a slate gable roof. It is a popular tourist attraction
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[Q]: She had been afraid she would be alone in a crowd of boys .<br>Mirabel was almost as bad as a boy -- she was so noisy and sunburned and reckless .<br>But at least she wore dresses .<br>`` We 've come to go fishing , '' announced Davy .<br>`` Whoop , '' yelled the Cottons .<br>They rushed away to dig worms at once , Mirabel leading the van with a tin can .<br>Dora could have sat down and cried .<br>Oh , if only that hateful Frank Bell had never kissed her !<br>Then she could have defied Davy , and gone to her beloved Sunday School . Dora is a girl.
[A]: Yes
[Q]: How to cut laminate<br>Measure the installation area and purchase the laminate. Carefully measure the space with a tape measure, then measure it once more for the sake of accuracy. Add one inch to all sides, just in case chipping or splitting occurs when you make your cuts. The process is the same to cut tiling.
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[Q]: Why -- I mean, I think you have a point on this equity principle. I wonder, is there any review there? That is, suppose you have a statute, as this one arguably is, where 99.9 percent, many billions of dollars of benefits, are going to the existing holders of copyright on grounds of equity, and the effect of the statute in eliciting new works is near zero. I mean, that would seem -- where this equity idea is the camel and the production idea is the gnat, and is there any -- can we say something like that, or does Congress have total leeway in respect to -- Camels will become a internationally recognized symbol for equity.
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: If the table has ( retiring ) it means that the current governor has said they will not seek re-election at the end of the term or to run for another office .
A: | The notation " ( term limits ) " after the year indicates that the current governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year ; the notation " ( retiring ) " indicates that the current governor has announced his or her intention not to seek re-election at the end of the term nor to run for another office . |
How to create an engaging facebook home page
Create an account on facebook.
Click on the " sign up " link on facebook home page (www.facebook.com) and enter all the required information.
Facebook will send a link to your email.
Click on the link to confirm your newly created facebook account. Customize your profile according to your objectives.
He then takes a razor and begins going over his beard and lining it up. in the middle of it
, he grabs his phone to take pictures before he continues to shave off his beard.
How to change behavior
Set clear goals.
Make sure the behaviors you want to change are specific, measurable, and attainable. Give yourself some freedom in the goals you set.
If you're trying to begin exercising for the first time, a reasonable goal might be to go for a 20-30 minute walk five days per week. This holds you accountable to walk more throughout the week, but is more gives you some wiggle room if something gets in your way.
A boy is smiling up at the man whose shoe he is shining. The man is looking down at the boy. the boy
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Teacher:In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Melvin referenced what as the "pig in a dress" in relation to this major social media platform by spawned by Zuckerberg?, Context: On November 6, 2013, Google implemented a new comment system that requires all YouTube users to use a Google+ account in order to comment on videos and making the comment system Google+ oriented. The changes are in large part an attempt to address the frequent criticisms of the quality and tone of YouTube comments. They give creators more power to moderate and block comments, and add new sorting mechanisms to ensure that better, more relevant discussions appear at the top. The new system restored the ability to include URLs in comments, which had previously been removed due to problems with abuse. In response, YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim posted the question "why the fuck do I need a google+ account to comment on a video?" on his YouTube channel to express his negative opinion of the change. The official YouTube announcement received 20,097 "thumbs down" votes and generated more than 32,000 comments in two days. Writing in the Newsday blog Silicon Island, Chase Melvin noted that "Google+ is nowhere near as popular a social media network as Facebook, but it's essentially being forced upon millions of YouTube users who don't want to lose their ability to comment on videos" and "Discussion forums across the Internet are already bursting with outcry against the new comment system". In the same article Melvin goes on to say:
Student: | Google+ |
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]: Credit Suisse Group is a Swiss bank .
[A]: Credit Suisse Group AG is a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland .
[Q]: The most important is the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia .
[A]: The most important is the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia , which is referred to as the " Constitution " in the remainder of this article .
[Q]: In 1996 , he was honored with the Honorary Medal of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia .
[A]: | Among his awards is the Honorary Medal of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia ( , 1996 ) , which is the highest award in Slovenia and is conferred by the president of Slovenia .
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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".
Q: The grant also will help victims go through court proceedings after losing a job or being evicted because of an abuser's actions, Xanthopoulos said. "It's going to help the victims, but it's also going to help their children," he said. More than 270 domestic violence assaults in Madison County were reported last year, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation statistics. In Jackson, more than 730 domestic violence assaults were reported last year, according to records. "Domestic violence is certainly on the increase and we need to do something to curve that. I see this as helping that," Madison County Sheriff David Woolfork said of the grant. Domestic violence accounted for five of 12 murders in 2001 in Jackson, police have said. And the increase in calls prompted Jackson Police Chief Rick Staples in March to form a focus group to determine if police officers need to make changes in their response to domestic calls. <sep>How many more domestic violence assault cases were in Madison county and Jackson county?<sep>5 and 12
A: | No |
Problem: SHARE COPY LINK Dee Gordon went 5-for-5 with two stolen bases, becoming the first Seattle Mariners player to do that in a 6-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday at Safeco Field. Highlights courtesy of Root Sports. TJ Cotterill [email protected] Dee Gordon went 5-for-5 with two stolen bases, becoming the first Seattle Mariners player to do that in a 6-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday at Safeco Field. Highlights courtesy of Root Sports. TJ Cotterill [email protected]
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Dee Gordon is a baseball player. "?
A: Yes
Problem: None of us will forget the images of sumo wrestlers stomping to drive out demons as the games began, of the glorious Ode to Joy and mass choirs and choruses around the world, of starry-night closing ceremonies and flower-laden horses, of floodlights dimming and thousands of paper lanterns becoming a shimmering sea of light.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "More than one species of quadraped is mentioned."?
A: It's impossible to say
Problem: The Baby Allergy<br>Allie was feeding her baby for the first time. She decided to start with scrambled eggs. Her baby enjoyed the food and ate it quickly.`. Suddenly he developed a rash and began to cry. She took him to the doctor where she learned he was allergic to eggs.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Egg allergies are a made up disease"?
A: | No |
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: Sam Farragut is a sociopathic business executive in Southern California who forces a team of advertising agency employees to embark on a dangerous dirtbike trip to the Baja California desert in order to compete for his business . The men are Warren Summerfield , a suicidal middle-aged ad executive who has been fired from the agency ; the straightlaced Paul McIlvain who is inattentive to his wife , and brash art designer Maxon who feels suddenly trapped after his girlfriend announces she is pregnant . There are numerous long sequences of motorcycle riding on desert backroads . Summerfield has been having an affair with McIlvian's wife . He has not told his wife that he was fired and is simply serving out his tenure at the agency while looking for a new position . His wife is actually aware of the affair . Farragut convinces the ad men to make the motorcycle journey on the pretext of looking for a location to shoot a commercial . In reality , Farragut is reckless and looking to involve the men in spontaneous edgy adventure of his own manipulation . After they leave , McIlvain's wife suspects that Summerfield is planning to kill himself for the insurance money , but she can not convince Summerfield's wife to instigate a search . The four men travel deeper into Mexico on isolated dirt roads . At one point Summerfield contemplates plunging off a cliff . After being humiliated by a young American couple in a Baja bar , Farragut tracks them down on the beach while accompanied by Maxon . <sep>What places do they go to during this trip?<sep>Mexico, Brazil
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: The FIFA Club World Cup is a competition in the sport of Club football .
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 . |
[Q]: Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Bergman (née Keith), born November 10, 1929) are American lyricists and songwriters. The pair have been married since 1958 and have written the music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television shows, films, and stage musicals. The Bergmans have won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song and have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Alan Bergman contains the letter "g".
[A]: Yes
[Q]: A MAN was transported to the Rockhampton Hospital tonight following a two-vehicle crash in Yeppoon. Emergency services were called to the scene on the corner of Arthur and Johnson St in Yeppoon about 6.45pm. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the male patient was transported in a stable condition with spinal precautions due to the nature of the incident. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services also attended to make the area safe. Car crashes are common
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[Q]: Istanbul SUPPORTERS of Recep Tayyip Erdogan waved flags in the streets while opponents banged pots and pans in protest in their homes, after a narrow referendum victory gave the Turkish president sweeping powers and laid the nation's divisions bare. The referendum will bring the The text ends with an incomplete sentence.
[A]: Yes
[Q]: How to rip content protected cds without using the bundled software<br>You need to disable autorun. Do this by running regedit. Exe (press start, run, type regedit, press enter). In the registry editor, navigate to hkey _ local _ machine \ system \ currentcontrolset \ services \ cdrom. Autorun will prevent you from ripping content on some cds if you are not using bundled software.
[A]: | Yes |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Last month, Google told Ad Age that it was poised to go on a web-domain buying spree. Today, the company announced in a blog post some of the specific top-level domains it is applying for and the general categories they fall into.
Among the top-level domains (the part of a web address to the right of the dot) Google is applying for are ".google," ".docs,." ".youtube," and ".lol", the blog post said. The company applied for more than 50 top-level domains in total, according to a person close to the situation. Each application carries an $185,000 application fee.
The top-level-domain-application window closed yesterday, a month-and-a-half after the original close date -- ICANN shut down the process for several weeks following an acknowledgement that certain applicants might have been able to see the file names of other applicants' applications. It was another blow to ICANN's credibility, whose process for the rollout of new internet infrastructure has been attacked by trade associations, including the Association of National Advertisers.
ICANN said it received more than 1,900 applications, which would bring in an estimated $350 million in application fees. In its blog post, Google lumps .YouTube into a category of domains meant to "improve user experience."
As for .YouTube, the post says the domain "can increase the ease with which YouTube channels and genres can be identified." Improving content discovery on YouTube is more important than ever for Google considering the millions of dollars YouTube is pouring into original programming.
The example Google gave of domains it is seeking related to its core business was".docs," while ".google" was an example of trademark-related domains. On the other hand, ".lol" is part of a bundle of domain applications that Google thinks "have interesting and creative potential."
A Google spokesperson declined to provide more details on how the four domains would be used or which other top-level domains Google applied for.
ICANN says it will unveil all of the applications June 13. It's not clear when these domains will hit the web. A batch of 500 applications will be looked at first, and it's possible some of those accepted domains could start rolling out next year. ||||| Our trademarks, like .google
Domains related to our core business, like .docs
Domains that will improve user experience, such as .youtube, which can increase the ease with which YouTube channels and genres can be identified
Domains we think have interesting and creative potential, such as .lol
Make security and abuse prevention a high priority
Work with all ICANN-accredited registrars
Work with brand owners to develop sensible rights protection mechanisms that build upon ICANN’s requirements
In 2016, it’s estimated that almost half of the world’s population will be online, yet nearly 50 percent of the websites we visit are found in the .com top-level domain (TLD), which was among the first TLDs created in 1984. Despite the great opportunities the web has enabled for people around the world, there is still a lingering question about the diversity of the domain space (given that the number of generic TLDs has only increased by 14 in the last 28 years).In 2008, ICANN announced a program to expand the number of generic TLDs (think .com, .org, .edu), developed through its bottom-up, multi-stakeholder process, in which we participate. Given this expansion process, we decided to submit applications for new TLDs, which generally fall into four categories:We want to make the introduction of new generic TLDs a good experience for web users and site owners. So we will:We’re just beginning to explore this potential source of innovation on the web, and we are curious to see how these proposed new TLDs will fare in the existing TLD environment. By opening up more choices for Internet domain names, we hope people will find options for more diverse—and perhaps shorter—signposts in cyberspace.
Update Jun 13: You can view the list of gTLDs we applied for below:
||||| | Google.lol? Google has applied to become master of dozens of top-level Internet domains, including .lol, .docs, and .youtube. The total number of domains it has applied for—at $185,000 a pop—comes to more than 50, sources tell Advertising Age. The applications were made to the Internet Corporation for the Assignment of Web Names and Numbers, which is hugely expanding the number of domain endings from the present 28. ICANN says it has received more than 1,900 applications. In a blog post, Google's "chief Internet evangelist" Vint Cerf says the company is "just beginning to explore this potential source of innovation on the web," and "by opening up more choices for Internet domain names, we hope people will find options for more diverse—and perhaps shorter—signposts in cyberspace." He describes .lol as one of the domains Google thinks has "interesting and creative potential." |
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
A woman puts a cookie in her mouth, then ingredients to make cookies are display on a table. the woman.
Next sentence: crush dates in a blender, then adds wet ingredients and oil and mix.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to make red bean paste
Soak the beans.
Transfer the beans to a 2-quart (1.9-l) large bowl and cover them with room temperature water. Cover the bowl with a clean towel to keep out bugs and dirt, and set the bowl aside on the counter..
Next sentence: Leave the beans to soak for 8 to 12 hours. Soaking the beans will help to tenderize them and reduce the boiling time.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
Two dogs are walking on the sidewalk attached by a rope. two people.
Next sentence: are walking on the sidewalk next to them.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to build massive arms
Prioritize compound movements.
Get most of your work in the gym done through major compound lifts. These include the bench press, pull ups, rows, dips, etc..
Next sentence: | Compound movements target multiple muscle groups at once, rather than isolating a single muscle. They also help you become stronger, which will increase the amount of specialized arm training you can perform. |
Teacher: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Reason: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Now, solve this instance: The Selective Service System is an independent agency of the United States government that maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription. Virtually all male U.S. citizens and male immigrant non-citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 are required by law to have registered within 30 days of their 18th birthdays and must notify Selective Service within ten days of any changes to any of the information they provided on their registration cards, like a change of address. A 2010 Government Accountability Office report estimated the registration rate at 92% with the names and addresses of over 16.2 million men on file. However, the only audit of the addresses of registrants on file with the Selective Service System, in 1982, found that 20--40% of the addresses on file with the Selective Service System for registrants in the age groups that would be drafted first were already outdated, and up to 75% for those registrants in their last year of potential eligibility to be drafted would be invalid.
Student: | are you required to sign up for the draft? |
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to be a better golfer
Work on your putting skills.
The quickest way to improve your score is to work on your short game. If you do not have a lot of time to practice, spending time on your short game is better than spending time hitting long balls.
OPTIONS:
- Find a few days that you can commit to working on your short game and work on your long game. Also, try to practice hitting long balls because their power will definitely get you that speed shot you need.
- The same is true for your shooting skills. Working on your play skills will also help you focus on keeping score.
- Putting is very important aspect of your short game. Place ten balls in a circle, three feet from the hole.
- The faster you play, the better you will score. Show your work ethic by playing better.
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Answer:
Putting is very important aspect of your short game. Place ten balls in a circle, three feet from the hole.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to make a dynamo easily
Find a small hobby motor, those ones with some sort of wheel on the shaft.
Mount the motor on like a board or block of wood.
Find another bigger wheel and mount it on a pin or something on the same block of wood.
OPTIONS:
- This does not have to be the one that looks like the motor. Choose one brand of motor for speed and keep one brand for durability.
- Put a handle on the bigger wheel. Then get a rubber band and put it around the two wheels and start turning the handle.
- Be sure it is at least 2 to 4 " x6 " so when you get back to the original one at your place you are not left with 3 sided wheels which would cost more money. Put the current motor on top of the new one.
- Put fuel on it for the motor and drive around. Be careful as this is a rock and any force you make will result in a fuel flame/spark.
A: Put a handle on the bigger wheel. Then get a rubber band and put it around the two wheels and start turning the handle.
How to fold table napkins
Collect your materials.
To make a fan fold, you will need a pressed square napkin, a flat surface to work on, and either a glass or plate. You can either place the finished fan fold on a dinner plate, or in an empty glass.
OPTIONS:
- You can use either cloth or paper napkins, though cloth will look more elegant and refined. Cloth napkins are also reusable so you can continue to use them for other special occasions.
- Make sure to use a napkin that is larger than the finished square napkin holder you use to make the folds. Unfold the napkin on the table with both hands to reveal the top of the napkin holder.
- Make sure your table napkin is down to your desired cutting height. Just because the napkin is down, doesn't mean it's all about square folding.
- Whatever type of fold you choose, make sure to collect the napkin along with all the other napkin items. Make sure to collect sufficient space to place the single piece of napkin you will make on top.
You can use either cloth or paper napkins, though cloth will look more elegant and refined. Cloth napkins are also reusable so you can continue to use them for other special occasions.
question: Complete the next sentence:
A person plays a white and black accordion. the person
OPTIONS:
- moves their hands to their suit and the buttons of the shirt.
- rocks back and forth with the music.
- plays two drums, then turns to the left, then to the right, then to the left then to the right.
- leaves and we turn back to the accordion.
answer: rocks back and forth with the music.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
The man grabs something form the shelf and washes under his fingers. He then grabs a brush and brushes his hands and upper arms with the scrub brush. the man
OPTIONS:
- continues to do various chores as his hand shows the movements that he isn't doing.
- rinses his hands and walks down a hallway and opens the door with his back.
- spreads the broad lather in his upper arms and back around his shoulders.
- wipes off with the brush and gestures to all the areas he cares to wash, including his feet..
Next sentence: rinses his hands and walks down a hallway and opens the door with his back.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
A toddler helps walks around and also help put ornaments on the tree. After, the man holds a toddler that puts a star on top the christmas tree. a small christmas tree
OPTIONS:
- is on table, and the toddler decorate it with lights and ornaments.
- arrives at the house and one of the man wearing a gray shirt puts the christmas lights on the tree.
- appears and the man gestures for the child to leave the room.
- is placed on the sidewalk.
OUT: | is on table, and the toddler decorate it with lights and ornaments. |
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to deal with a partner keeping your relationship secret
Don't jump to conclusions.
If keeping your relationship secret makes you uncomfortable, or you are unfamiliar with your partner's reasons, the best solution is to have a candid discussion. Choose a time when you and your partner can talk without distractions and share your concerns.
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Answer:
Use " i " statements to avoid making them defensive. You might say something like " we've been dating for a few months now and you still haven't introduced me to your family or your friends.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to have a car boot sale
Make sure you're allowed to have a car boot sale.
For example, in the united kingdom, it's required that you get a license from your local council first. Knowing you have gained the proper permissions for a sale will give you peace of mind and help you avoid a fine, as well as reassure customers you are not a troublemaker.
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Answer:
Go through your possessions and work out what you want to sell. Go through all your rooms, draws and cupboards.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to seek compensatory damages
Consider hiring an attorney.
Some lawsuits for personal injury or loss of property can be handled in small claims court, where attorneys aren't necessary and in some states aren't even allowed. However, if you're filing a lawsuit in state or federal court for a more significant sum of money, you probably want to hire an experienced personal injury attorney.
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Answer:
Before you decide to use small claims, check the cap on damages for the court in your county. Some small claims courts have caps as high as $10 , 000, but many are considerably lower.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to transmit audio with a laser pen
Read things you'll need
Remove all batteries from the laser.
Connect a clip lead to the inside of the laser pointer where the battery touched.
Usually there is a small spring to which you can attach the clip lead.
****
Answer:
| The other end of the battery usually connects to the case of the laser. Since there are many different styles of laser pointer, you may have to experiment with clip lead placement to get the laser to work with the new external battery pack. |
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: The Westminster cabinet system is the foundation of cabinets as they are known at the federal and provincial (or state) jurisdictions of Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Pakistan, India, South Africa, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth of Nations countries whose parliamentary model is closely based on that of the United Kingdom.
Student: | the cabinet system of government in india is based on which model |
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".
Input: Mastermind Charlie Mascarenhas and his accomplice Riya are one of the greatest pair of thieves in India . A friend of Charlie , Raj is killed by the Russian mafia . At Raj's funeral , his wife hands Charlie a CD containing information about the transfer of gold by train from Russia to Romania . Charlie decides to rob the train with the help of imprisoned Don and con-artist Victor Braganza . They hire a team of criminals to join them in the robbery . The group includes Spider , who is a world-class hacker , an explosives expert Bilal Bashir , a prosthetic makeup artist Sunny , and an illusionist Ronnie . Charlie is also having an affair with Victor's daughter , Naina , who knows nothing about her father and Charlie's criminal activities . The group devise a plan to rob the Russian train in the sliest way possible . Spider hacks into a Russian satellite system and Ronnie uses his illusion to trick the soldiers guarding the gold while the rest of the team transfer the gold from the train . The robbery is executed successfully , however while celebrating Spider double crosses the gang and tries to flee with all of the gold . Spider is stopped by Ronnie , who is then shot multiple times by Spider's assassins . The group are chased by the assassins and Ronnie and Riya are killed . Charlie , Bilal and Sunny manage to escape after Spider blows up the location and flees with the gold . Charlie calls Victor to tell him about the betrayal , but Naina overhears the conversation . At the same time Spider's assassins breaks into the house and murder Victor . <sep>What is Spider hired to rob?<sep>As an an explosives expert
Output: | 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: The UEFA European Football Championship 2020 ( also known as the UEFA Euro 2020 ) will be the 16th UEFA European Football Championship .
Output: | The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship , commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 or simply Euro 2020 , is scheduled to be the 16th UEFA European Championship , the quadrennial international men 's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA . |
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.
Focused crawls are collections of frequently-updated webcrawl data from narrow (as opposed to broad or wide) web crawls, often focused on a single domain or subdomain. ||||| 0 of 4
Bring your parka to the Super Bowl next year because it is going to be cold. The Super Bowl breaks from tradition in 2014 as it heads to a cold-weather city in an outdoor stadium.
Things will get a little warmer for America's favorite game in the proceeding years.
The host site for the Super Bowl is only determined through 2015, but the finalists have been determined through 2017. We'll review all four of those years in the following slides. |||||
Output: | Don't start placing bets on who will play next year's halftime show: There may not even be one. The next Super Bowl, set for New Jersey's Meadowlands stadium, will mark the first time the big game will be open to potentially frigid temps—and it may be too cold for a performance, according to the New York Post. "It’s not only the acts and the singers, but (also) the crews that have to put the stage together," a planning source explains to the paper. The whole performance is supposed to move quickly, and "you just can’t assemble the stage and break it down fast enough in the cold," the source says. And "there's no plan right now of what to do in its place." It's not just the halftime show that's a problem, insiders say. "There are a thousand things we didn’t think about," notes one. "The NFL is freaking out ... because they’ve never done a cold-weather Super Bowl," adds another. Everything from transportation to postponement policies could cause trouble. Officials are already reserving huge quantities of plows and rock salt, the Post reports. (Click to read about other future Super Bowl sites.) |
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: Not all Xbox 360 games will be supported; 104 Xbox 360 games were available for the feature's public launch on November 12, 2015 with Xbox One preview program members getting early access. Microsoft stated that publishers will only need to provide permission to the company to allow the repackaging, and they expect the list to grow significantly over time. Unlike the emulation of original Xbox games on the Xbox 360, the Xbox One does not require game modification, since it emulates an exact replica of its predecessor's environment -- both hardware and software operating systems. The downloaded game is a repackaged version of the original that identifies itself as an Xbox One title to the console. At Gamescom, Microsoft revealed it has plans to ensure ``all future Xbox 360 Games with Gold titles will be playable on Xbox One.'' On December 17, 2015 Microsoft made another sixteen Xbox 360 games compatible with Xbox One, including titles such as Halo: Reach, Fable III and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. On January 21, 2016, Microsoft made another ten Xbox 360 games compatible, including The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. On May 13, 2016, Microsoft made Xbox 360 titles with multiple discs compatible, starting with Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut.
A: | will xbox one play all xbox 360 games? |
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 residential units have revitalized New Haven?, Context: Since approximately 2000, many parts of downtown New Haven have been revitalized, with new restaurants, nightlife, and small retail stores. In particular, the area surrounding the New Haven Green has experienced an influx of apartments and condominiums. In recent years, downtown retail options have increased with the opening of new stores such as Urban Oufitters, J Crew, Origins, American Apparel, Gant Clothing, and an Apple Store, joining older stores such as Barnes & Noble, Cutlers Records, and Raggs Clothing. In addition, downtown's growing residential population will be served by two new supermarkets, a Stop & Shop just outside downtown and Elm City Market located one block from the Green. The recent turnaround of downtown New Haven has received positive press from various periodicals.
[A]: apartments and condominiums
[Q]: How did the pope respond to the request?, Context: Neither John nor the rebel barons seriously attempted to implement the peace accord. The rebel barons suspected that the proposed baronial council would be unacceptable to John and that he would challenge the legality of the charter; they packed the baronial council with their own hardliners and refused to demobilise their forces or surrender London as agreed. Despite his promises to the contrary, John appealed to Innocent for help, observing that the charter compromised the pope's rights under the 1213 agreement that had appointed him John's feudal lord. Innocent obliged; he declared the charter "not only shameful and demeaning, but illegal and unjust" and excommunicated the rebel barons. The failure of the agreement led rapidly to the First Barons' War.
[A]: obliged
[Q]: What happened to the French Marines?, Context: The French Marines and naval infantry intended for the invasion of northern Germany were dispatched to reinforce the French Army of Châlons and fell into captivity at Sedan along with Napoleon III. A shortage of officers, following the capture of most of the professional French army at the Siege of Metz and at the Battle of Sedan, led naval officers to be sent from their ships to command hastily assembled reservists of the Garde Mobile. As the autumn storms of the North Sea forced the return of more of the French ships, the blockade of the north German ports diminished and in September 1870 the French navy abandoned the blockade for the winter. The rest of the navy retired to ports along the English Channel and remained in port for the rest of the war.
[A]: | captivity at Sedan
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Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
How to determine the sex of a cat<br>Approach the cat or kitten with care. To ascertain the sex of a cat or kitten, it's necessary to pick the cat up. Some cats don't like to be handled, so take a little time to let him or her get comfortable around you.
Sentence: It's necessary to pick the kitten up.
OPTIONS:
-Yes.
-It's impossible to say.
-No. | Yes |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. ||||| « Rubio And Crist May Debate On Fox News | Main | Palin's Bigger Blunder »
Newt Gingrich has Tweeted that when he referred to the case of British citizen Richard Reid on the Daily Show last night, he meant to refer to Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen who was captured by federal authorities and turned over to the military and held by the U.S. Navy for years. Padilla was captured and not Mirandized. He was subject to harsh interrogation techniques. That, ostensibly, was Gingrich's point. But -- and this is a very simple rejoinder -- Padilla DID NOT talk when he was held incommunicado.
Mirandizing him either would not have made a difference -- OR perhaps a more hospitable interrogation might have helped to loosen his lips early on.
So Gingrich's reference -- his proof that the Bush administration used a different practice and that it worked -- is so far removed from the point that he is trying to make that it is, to quote Wolfgang Pauli, not even wrong.
||||| Newt Gingrich tried on Wednesday to brush off the glaring gaffe he made this week on "The Daily Show" when he insisted that the Bush administration was right to read shoe bomber Richard Reid his Miranda rights because he was an American citizen.
But in doing so, the former GOP House Speaker only dug his hole deeper.
In a post on his Twitter page, Gingrich explained that when he made the Reid comment to the "Daily Show"'s Jon Stewart his reference was actually to Jose Padilla. Reid, after all, is a British citizen -- Padilla is American.
But Gingrich wasn't done there. In a dig at the Obama White House, he added to the tail end of his tweet: "Treating terrorists like criminals wrong no matter who is Pres."
That's a standard GOP talking point, and yet when President Bush moved the Padilla case from a military setting to the criminal system, it was Gingrich who came to his defense despite conservative howls of protest, a Democratic source points out.
Appearing on Fox News in November 2005, the former speaker said the following when asked whether it was "a loss" for the Bush White House to have tried Padilla in civilian courts after holding him for three-and-a-half years as an enemy combatant:
"Well, I think if they believe they have enough evidence to convict him, going through the process of convicting him and holding him, I suspect, maybe for the rest of his life without parole would not be -- would hardly be seen as a loss," Gingrich said.
The former speaker went on to note that Bush was "wrestling with what are the real ground rules for dealing with people who are clearly outside of normal warfare" -- suggesting, implicitly, that a criminal setting was appropriate for Padilla because it was the most effective at the time. "[W]e don't have a good set of rules," he declared.
But that is a mirror of the Obama administration's current argument -- the one that Gingrich criticized on Twitter. |||||
A: | Maybe Newt Gingrich just ought to hold his tongue on terrorists and US law. Earlier this week the former House Speaker said shoe-bomber Richard Reid was American, and therefore was properly read his Miranda rights by the Bush administration—but Reid is British, and now Gingrich says he meant would-be domestic terrorist Jose Padilla. So, we’re good now, right? Well, not quite. Because Gingrich added on Twitter: “Treating terrorists like criminals wrong no matter who is Pres”—in line with current Republican talking points but exactly the opposite of what he said in 2005 about the Bush administration moving Padilla’s case from military to civilian court. Then, Gingrich agreed with the Bush line that there’s no set-in-stone, perfect way to try terrorists—the very stance, Sam Stein points out, he’s now criticizing from President Obama. Marc Ambinder sees another angle—Gingrich praising Bush for originally holding Padilla in a military brig and subjecting him to harsh interrogation. But, Ambinder notes for the Atlantic, Padilla didn’t talk before his eventual transfer to civilian court. “So Gingrich's reference—his proof that the Bush administration used a different practice and that it worked—is so far removed from the point that he is trying to make that it is, to quote Wolfgang Pauli, not even wrong.” |
input hypothesis: An agreement will be reached soon.
Context: As parties adapt to these new conditions, new definitions - replete with new assumptions about their functions - are likely to shape the ongoing debate about their roles and functions in the 21st century.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
Context:
Wayne Philip Colin Sleep OBE (born 17 July 1948) is a British dancer, director, choreographer, actor and panellist. He was a Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet and has appeared as a Guest Artist with several other ballet companies. He was a judge on the ITV entertainment series "Stepping Out".
Hypothesis: Wayne Philip Colin Sleep OBE was born in 1948 OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Yes
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Talbot will guard the goal in Tuesday's home game against the Wild, Oilers play-by-play announcer Jack Michaels reports. Talbot has been razor-sharp of late, posting a 6-0-1 record while maintaining an admirable 1.37 GAA and .950 save percentage over his last seven appearances. The 29-year-old netminder will look to keep rolling in a tough home matchup with a Wild team that is 15-5-5 on the road this season.
Sentence: talbot plays for the oilers
Output: Yes
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Gale V was an unlimited hydroplane that raced in the 1950s. The Gale V team won the National High Point Championship in 1954 and 1955 and won the American Power Boat Association Gold Cup in 1955 with Lee Schoenith driving. The boat was retired after the 1955 season.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Gale V began production in 1956
****
Answer:
No
[Q]: A U.S. military transport plane carrying humanitarian aid meant for Venezuelans landed in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Saturday, where food and medicine are being stored amid uncertainty over how and where aid will be distributed. Havovi Cooper reports. the plane landed in cucuta OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: Yes
[Q]: The Okanagan Highland is an elevated hilly plateau area in British Columbia, Canada, and the U.S. state of Washington (where it is spelled Okanogan Highlands). Rounded mountains with elevations up to 8,000 feet above sea level and deep, narrow valleys are characteristic of the region. Okanagan is the only known spelling. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: | No |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to light a bunsen burner
Use a bunsen burner in a clean, uncluttered area.
Put away notebooks, papers, and any other clutter that might pose a fire hazard. Avoid using a bunsen burner below a shelf or other overhead equipment.
OPTIONS:
- Leaving it unattended will only cause a fire to blow out. Leave the center of the burner out of direct heat.
- Wear safety gear and tie back loose hair or clothing. In addition to wearing protective goggles and gloves, make sure your wardrobe is free of potential fire hazards.
- Fire will naturally ignite, so unless you or someone in your household knows how to properly light a bunsen burner, only the top surface is lit. Avoid using ovens or kitchen stoves.
- Pull up a lid or door to conceal it with a covered pan. If you already have small furnaces available to keep gas prepared, use other roomers to keep a fire at bay.
A: Wear safety gear and tie back loose hair or clothing. In addition to wearing protective goggles and gloves, make sure your wardrobe is free of potential fire hazards.
How to stay positive in school
Be optimistic about school.
Make sure not to focus on the negative in every situation. Instead, try being positive about what you feel good about and are looking forward to in the future.
OPTIONS:
- School doesn't have to be a perfect match for the brain, and a positive attitude can help you during a negative school day. Focus on how you will go about your schoolwork and make sure that your attitude is positive.
- Cheer up by doing some things that you enjoy doing, even if it's things you hate. Decide what you really like about your school.
- See what you can do to improve your mood. Instead of focusing on what could go wrong at school, such as having a terrible day, take advantage of how you can anticipate the next day.
- Create a list of things you are grateful for. You may be grateful for your parents or maybe even your new jacket.
Create a list of things you are grateful for. You may be grateful for your parents or maybe even your new jacket.
question: Complete the next sentence:
We see a sink and a surgeon washing his hands at the sink. The man grabs something form the shelf and washes under his fingers. he
OPTIONS:
- shows the clean hands while drying his hands.
- finishes, waves and walks out the door.
- takes a which is a blue scrub rag and starts washing his hands.
- then grabs a brush and brushes his hands and upper arms with the scrub brush.
answer: then grabs a brush and brushes his hands and upper arms with the scrub brush.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to write a rhyming poem
Make a list of full rhymes.
Words are said to rhyme when the endings and sounds of the words match. There are many different types of rhyme, but full rhymes or " perfect " rhymes are words like " dog " and " bog, " with identical vowel and consonant combinations.
OPTIONS:
- There are many possible rhyming poems to construct the rhyme scheme for. Rhyme is the most self-evident descriptor.
- You can use a tape recorder to record your full rhymes. If you use chain rhymes, write in the order the words meet in the first line.
- It can make for a simple rhyming poem. Check on the count of 4 in your list for the six complete rhymes.
- If you want to write out a rhyming poem, a good way to get started is to practice rhyming. Start with a word and come up with a good list of words that rhyme with it..
Next sentence: If you want to write out a rhyming poem, a good way to get started is to practice rhyming. Start with a word and come up with a good list of words that rhyme with it.
context: A couple of lemons are seen sitting on a table with glasses and plates and leads into a person putting the lemons in a container. he
OPTIONS:
- continues adding more juice to the glass and pours oil in top.
- mixes ingredients with the lemons and shakes them up in another glass.
- pours cream on top then measures the lemon into a glass and dips a pen in the liquid.
- then moves to the salad and quickly mixes vegetables and clear sugar until they form a bowl.
****
next sentence for the context: mixes ingredients with the lemons and shakes them up in another glass.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to print double sided with word
Decide if your printer supports duplex printing.
The easiest way to check is to open a microsoft word document. Press " print " and look for a box to check that specifies " double-sided, " " 2-sided " or " duplex " printing.
OPTIONS:
- The document type you select will be displayed underneath the file text bubble. The text bubble outline denotes the color of the print Choose your printer.
- Be sure to check the preferences or settings in the print menu. Although duplex printing relies on the printer, larger corporate printers are more likely to support this type of printing, because it reduces waste and can be done quickly.
- Look at the entire background image to verify that it is the standard printer design. Check the vellum and cardstock to confirm that they are.
- If it does not, you will be prompted to print double sided to double-sided. Open up the printer's system.
A: | Be sure to check the preferences or settings in the print menu. Although duplex printing relies on the printer, larger corporate printers are more likely to support this type of printing, because it reduces waste and can be done quickly. |
Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: The Top Gear presenters go across Burma and Thailand in lorries with the goal of building a bridge over the river Kwai. After building a bridge over the Kok River, Clarkson is quoted as saying ``That is a proud moment, but there's a slope on it.'' as a native crosses the bridge, 'slope' being a pejorative for Asians.
Output: | did top gear build a bridge over the river kwai? |
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.
How was the Roman synagogue remodeled?, Context: The synagogue in Eshtemoa (As-Samu) was built around the 4th century. The mosaic floor is decorated with only floral and geometric patterns. The synagogue in Khirbet Susiya (excavated in 1971–72, founded in the end of the 4th century) has three mosaic panels, the eastern one depicting a Torah shrine, two menorahs, a lulav and an etrog with columns, deer and rams. The central panel is geometric while the western one is seriously damaged but it has been suggested that it depicted Daniel in the lion’s den. The Roman synagogue in Ein Gedi was remodeled in the Byzantine era and a more elaborate mosaic floor was laid down above the older white panels. The usual geometric design was enriched with birds in the center. It includes the names of the signs of the zodiac and important figures from the Jewish past but not their images suggesting that it served a rather conservative community.
| a more elaborate mosaic floor was laid down above the older white panels |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example solution: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: What can the database differentiate?, Context: Database storage is the container of the physical materialization of a database. It comprises the internal (physical) level in the database architecture. It also contains all the information needed (e.g., metadata, "data about the data", and internal data structures) to reconstruct the conceptual level and external level from the internal level when needed. Putting data into permanent storage is generally the responsibility of the database engine a.k.a. "storage engine". Though typically accessed by a DBMS through the underlying operating system (and often utilizing the operating systems' file systems as intermediates for storage layout), storage properties and configuration setting are extremely important for the efficient operation of the DBMS, and thus are closely maintained by database administrators. A DBMS, while in operation, always has its database residing in several types of storage (e.g., memory and external storage). The database data and the additional needed information, possibly in very large amounts, are coded into bits. Data typically reside in the storage in structures that look completely different from the way the data look in the conceptual and external levels, but in ways that attempt to optimize (the best possible) these levels' reconstruction when needed by users and programs, as well as for computing additional types of needed information from the data (e.g., when querying the database).
| Solution: the conceptual level and external level from the internal level |
How to increase iron absorption<br>Eat foods high in iron and vitamin c. The human body typically absorbs iron from dietary sources. In order to absorb the iron, you must consume it through food or supplements. Vegetarians, young children, pregnant women, and individuals with certain chronic illnesses may be at increased risk for poor iron absorption or inadequate iron levels.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
pregnant women are at risk for iron deficiency | Yes |
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Input: It uses differential and integral calculus as well as linear algebra to study problems of geometry .
Output: | Differential geometry is a mathematical discipline that uses the techniques of differential calculus , integral calculus , linear algebra and multilinear algebra to study problems in geometry . |
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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Daniel Schooler was due in court Monday after a fatal shooting in a Dayton church Sunday.
Dayton Municipal Court officials say the 68-year-old has not been formally charged and instead, may be arraigned Tuesday.
Police say Schooler is suspected of killing his older brother, Dayton pastor, Rev. William Schooler, 70.
Family members of the two said they are in shock after what happened.
“It’s a tragedy,” said Tina Schooler, a niece to the victim and the alleged shooter. “I love my uncles and it saddens me.”
Pastor Schooler was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
“He was a great father, great provider, great protector,” said Patricia Mapir-Wright, another niece.
Police were called after a 911 caller said a man opened fire at St. Peters Missionary Baptist Church in the 3300 block of Nancy Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
Witnesses said the shooting happened while the choir was singing at the end of the service.
“That’s when we started running,” said Loretta Smith, a member of the church. “It was awful, just awful.”
Dayton police said Schooler was in a private office when he was shot.
Officers believe Schooler’s brother, Daniel Gregory Schooler, 68, may have been the shooter.
He has been arrested in connection with the shooting and is currently booked into the Montgomery County Jail facing murder charges. He is expected to make his first court appearance on Monday.
“This was somewhat of a domestic situation between family members and the public is safe,” said Sgt. Creigee Coleman of the Dayton Police Department.
The church congregation of about 20 immediately started fleeing from the building after hearing gun shots. There were no other injuries and police said there were no other intended victims.
Dayton police were able to arrest the shooter when officers arrived.
According to Montgomery County Court records, Daniel Schooler has had a history of violence.
In 2001, he was convicted of felonious assault with a deadly weapon. In 2002, Schooler was again convicted of felonious assault with a deadly weapon after he was accused of kidnapping a child.
Pastor Schooler was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is schedule for Monday, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
“I can’t believe it,” said Vonette McGraw, another member of the church. “I can’t believe that my pastor is gone.”
The pastor was a former member of the Dayton Public School Board of Education. He was also president of the Dayton Baptist Pastors and Ministers Union of Greater Dayton, Inc.
A member of the union said the Black History Worship Service scheduled for Sunday at Zion Baptist Church was canceled in honor of Dr. William B. Schooler.
The shooting has prompted some community members to speak out on gun violence. The Community Progress Institute of Dayton, a nonprofit which is devoted to improving the city’s neighborhoods, released a statement shortly after Sunday’s shooting.
“It has become obvious that the current regulations and enforcement of the regulations pertaining to gun violence are not sufficient and we need to come up with a better way,” said the organization in a press release.
The group is planning on hosting a Gun Violence Solutions Summit on Tuesday, March 8 at 6 p.m. It will be held at the organization’s offices at the Kettering Tower located at 40 N. Main Street in Dayton. A time has not been announced. ||||| A line formed outside of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church on West Third Street prior to Rev. William Schooler’s funeral service Thursday morning. The church was filled for the pastor’s funeral services. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Police tell us the pastor at St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church, 3302 Nancy Ave., Dayton, was shot and killed at the church Sunday Feb. 28, 2016. (Michelle Palmer/Staff)
Police tell us the pastor at St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church, 3302 Nancy Ave., Dayton, was shot and killed at the church Sunday Feb. 28, 2016. (Michelle Palmer/Staff)
This file photo from the Dayton Daily News archive shows the Rev. William. B Schooler, pastor of St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church, when he was appointed by the Dayton Board of Education to fill an unexpired term on the board. (From the Dayton Daily News archive)
A line formed outside of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church on West Third Street prior to Rev. William Schooler’s funeral service Thursday morning. The church was filled for the pastor’s funeral services. BOB GARLOCK / STAFF
Breaking News Staff
The pastor of St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church was shot and killed at the end of Sunday services, and his brother is behind bars, accused of pulling the trigger. Lines wrapped around the church where the pastor’s funeral was held Thursday. The suspect has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
Key Points:
Shooting happened inside the church
Victim identified as William Schooler, 70, of Dayton
Suspect is his brother, Daniel Schooler, 68, of Dayton
Daniel Schooler arrested at the church, faces murder charges
Suspect has history of mental illness and violence, according to court, police records
For breaking news on your smartphone, download our free WHIO mobile app
UPDATE @ 10:45 a.m. (March 9):
Daniel Schooler was indicted on seven charges today by a grand jury.
Schooler was indicted for aggravated murder, two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault and two counts of having weapons while under disability, according to court records.
He is scheduled to be arraigned in common pleas court on March 10 at 8:30 a.m.
UPDATE @ 9:36 a.m. (March 9):
A Montgomery County grand jury is scheduled to hear the case involving the shooting death of a Dayton pastor, according to a court clerk.
Daniel Schooler, 68, is charged with two counts of murder, one count of aggravated murder, two counts of felonious assault and two counts of having weapons under disability
UPDATE @ 2:01 p.m. (March 3):
A long line of mourners wrapped around the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church building on Thursday as people gathered to pay their last respects to a local pastor who was shot and killed inside his church.
Rev. William B. Schooler, 70, was shot multiple times inside St. Peter’s Missionary Church on Sunday. His brother Daniel G. Schooler, 68, is facing multiple charges in connection with the pastor’s murder.
On Thursday, Gale McLemore said she knew a large amount of people would attend the service for Schooler. The pastor’s reach went beyond the pulpit and extended into the community, she said.
“It’s very difficult and there’s really no words to express what’s in our hearts today,” she said. “I think he meant a lot to the people in the city. The lives he touched. The children’s lives he touched as an educator. The efforts he put into the community.”
William Schooler was known as a leader within the Dayton community. After graduating from Dunbar High School in 1963, he went on to become a decorated Vietnam Veteran who received the Bronze Star.
William Schooler taught in the Dayton Public Schools district from 1972 until 1978 before becoming a principal in the Jefferson Twp. from 1978 until 1997, when he retired. He was also a was also a former Dayton Board of Education member.
William Schooler had integrity, said Derrick Atterberry, a Dayton resident who came to the funeral to pay his respects.
“He was about people,” Atterberry said. “He showed love, and I think this is their way of showing love back to him.”
UPDATE @ 10:54 a.m. (March 3):
A line formed outside of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church on West Third Street prior to Rev. William Schooler’s funeral service Thursday morning. People visiting the church for the funeral services said the church is full.
UPDATE @ 2:05 p.m. (March 2):
Daniel Schooler was arraigned on two counts of murder, one count of aggravated murder, two counts of felonious assault and two counts of having weapons under disability in Dayton Municipal Court this afternoon.
Schooler pleaded not guilty to the charges and he is continuing to be held in the Montgomery County Jail with a $1 million bond.
Preliminary hearing is set for March 9.
UPDATE @ 11:17 a.m. (March 2):
Daniel Schooler shot his brother four times with a stolen .380 caliber handgun, the final shot being witnessed by William Schooler’s wife, according to court documents filed by Dayton police.
“The defendant then laid the gun down and waited for police who took him into custody,” said the affidavit written by a Dayton police detective.
The affidavit said Daniel Schooler confronted his brother at 12:22 p.m. Feb. 28 “and with prior calculation and design, carried out previous threats to kill the victim,” detective Nathan Via wrote. The document also noted that the defendant had two prior convictions for felonious assault, is under a weapons disability and is a repeat violent offender.
Daniel Schooler is scheduled to be arraigned today in Dayton Municipal Court on several counts including murder.
UPDATE @ 3:28 p.m. (March 1):
Funeral services for the Rev. William B. Schooler have been scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1900 W. Third St., Dayton.
UPDATE @ 1:18 p.m.:
Daniel Schooler, 68, has been charged with three counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault and two counts of using weapons under disability, according to a Dayton Municipal Court clerk.
The charges were filed around 1 p.m. Tuesday.
The clerk said while the charges were filed, Schooler is not expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
Prosecutor’s said the case will be presented to a grand jury at a future date.
“This is a tragic and senseless shooting. We extend our condolences to not only the family of the victim, but also to the congregation of St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church,” said Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr..
INTIAL REPORT:
The Rev. William Schooler, 70, was gunned down just before 12:30 p.m. in his office in back of his church while the choir was singing at the end of Sunday services.
The congregation heard the shots that claimed their beloved pastor, community leader and former Dayton Board of Education member in their Nancy Avenue church.
“I just got everybody out of the church and we just kept hearing shooting and shooting,” said Alberta Blayth of Dayton. The church member said she saw the accused shooter, the pastor’s 68-year-old brother Daniel Schooler, head for the office while the pastor’s wife and the pastor were inside.
A church member called 911 when the shooting began: “Our pastor just got shot by his brother! … He’s still shooting him!” Dispatch: “Where is the shooter at?” Caller: “In the church. In the back, with his brother and his wife.”
Before the shooting, the service was turned over to Curtis Booker, the choir director, who said he saw Daniel Schooler get up and follow his brother to the back.
“Then I heard the first pop and I thought he fell because there’s a little step right there. Then I heard a second pop. And I was like, that sounds like gunshots,” Booker said.
“We heard pow, pow,” church member Beulah Booker-Robertson said, recounting the shooting. “The usher at the door said ‘everybody get down, everybody get out.’ ”
Dayton police said Schooler was shot multiple times, but that the congregation and community at large were not targeted and there were no other intended victims.
“I want to make sure the public understands this is not a random act of violence,” Sgt. Creigee Coleman said. “This was somewhat of a domestic situation between family members.”
Daniel Schooler was taken into custody at the church. He was led in handcuffs to a waiting police cruiser and is now behind bars at the Montgomery County Jail, where he was booked on suspicion of murder. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday afternoon, online jail records show.
The shooting remains under investigation, and police and prosecutors plan to meet to discuss formal charges.
A Schooler family member said Daniel Schooler struggled with mental illness. “Bipolar, schizophrenic. He had a lot of things going on he was dealing with,” said Joyce Napier, niece of the pastor and suspect. “I don’t think he woke up this morning and said ‘I want to kill my brother.’ I just think the mental state and illness goes together and that’s what evil does.”
The Schooler family is in pain, Napier said, but will grieve together.
“We stick together. And we pray. And don’t turn on each other … because he has daughters, the other one has daughters. And we loved them both, so we have to stick together. That’s all we know, that’s all we have,” she said. |||||
Output: | A pastor in Dayton, Ohio, was shot dead Sunday and police say it was the man's younger brother who pulled the trigger. Officers responding to a 911 call arrested Daniel Schooler, 68, in connection with the slaying of 70-year-old William Schooler, WHIO reports. The shooting occurred toward the end of a church service as the choir was singing, witnesses tell WDTN, though William Schooler was in a private office at St. Peter's Missionary Baptist Church when he was shot about 12:30pm, according to police. "That’s when we started running," a church member recalls. "It was awful, just awful." Police are calling the shooting a "domestic situation," saying in a statement, "This was not a random act of violence." There were about 20 congregants in the church at the time and no other injuries were reported. A niece to the brothers tells WDTN, "It's a tragedy. I love my uncles and it saddens me.” Another niece calls William Schooler "a great father, great provider, great protector." Daniel Schooler is expected to be in court on Monday afternoon. He has a history of violence, according to reports, including convictions in 2001 and 2002 for assault with a deadly weapon. Community leaders plan to host a meeting to discuss solutions to the problem of gun violence in March. "It has become obvious that the current regulations and enforcement of the regulations pertaining to gun violence are not sufficient," a statement says. |
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You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
A ham hock (or hough) or pork knuckle is the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the foot of a pig, where the foot was attached to the hog's leg. It is the portion of the leg that is neither part of the ham proper nor the ankle or foot (trotter), but rather the extreme shank end of the leg bone.
Output: | is ham hock the same as bacon hock? |
How to plant switchgrass
Pick a switchgrass variety.
If you look for switchgrass at your local nursery you may just find a plant that's labeled " switchgrass, " but there are actually several varieties that differ in color and size. Switchgrass blooms for almost half the year, and during the winter and spring it's usually brown.
These are factors to keep in mind when you're choosing a variety for your garden. Here are a few types commonly grown in home gardens : Northwind: grows four to six feet tall and produces yellow blooms.
How to stay safe on a farm
Maintain all equipment in good working condition.
Failure of brakes, steering linkages, or power take-off (pto) connections can cause injury or death in seconds. If you are not able to maintain your own equipment, have it inspected periodically by a mechanic.
It might save a life, but at the very least, it will likely prevent costly breakdowns. Train all equipment operators in general operating procedures for each machine, and specific safety items for individual pieces of equipment.
How to ace a management interview
Learn as much as you can about the company.
Start preparing by collecting as much knowledge about the company as possible. The more you know about the company you are aiming to work for, the easier it will be to show your interviewer that you are the right person for the job.
Memorize important information like key dates and facts. If there are important dates that stand out regarding your career you should have them memorized so you will not have to use a paper copy much.
The scene transitions to one cheerleader being interviewed while others stretch in the background, with occasional cheerleader-related clips interspersed. A man wearing blue is interviewed in the same setting, with occasional cheerleader-related clips interspersed. another man
| is interviewed in the same setting, with occasional cheerleader-related clips interspersed. |
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Q: Today , the number of categories has grown to award " Best Young Actor and Actress in an International Feature Film " , " Best Young Actor and Actress in a Short Film " , " Best Young Supporting Actor and Actress in Film " , " Best Young Ensemble Cast " , " Best Young Recurring Actor and Actress in a TV Series " , and " Best Young Guest-starring Actor and Actress in a TV Series " .
A: | Over time , the competitive categories have been expanded to include " Best Young Actor and Actress in an International Feature Film " , " Best Young Actor and Actress in a Short Film " , " Best Young Supporting Actor and Actress in Film " , " Best Young Ensemble Cast " , " Best Young Recurring Actor and Actress in a TV Series " , and " Best Young Guest-starring Actor and Actress in a TV Series " , with many of the categories being split to acknowledge young artists age 10 and under in their own separate categories . |
Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: In October 1933 Einstein returned to the U.S. and took up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study (in Princeton, New Jersey), noted for having become a refuge for scientists fleeing Nazi Germany. At the time, most American universities, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale, had minimal or no Jewish faculty or students, as a result of their Jewish quota which lasted until the late 1940s. Einstein was still undecided on his future. He had offers from several European universities, including Oxford where he stayed for three short periods between May 1931 and June 1933, however in 1935 he arrived at the decision to remain permanently in the United States and apply for citizenship. Einstein's affiliation with the Institute for Advanced Study would last until his death in 1955. He was one of the four first selected (two of the others being John von Neumann and Kurt Godel) at the new Institute, where he soon developed a close friendship with Godel. The two would take long walks together discussing their work. Bruria Kaufman, his assistant, later became a physicist. During this period, Einstein tried to develop a unified field theory and to refute the accepted interpretation of quantum physics, both unsuccessfully. <sep>Who did Einstein take long walks with?<sep>John von Neumann
Output: | No |
A man talks about coaching gymnastics. a girl
OPTIONS:
- wearoup his arm while holding a baby on her lap.
- starts to do a routine on the uneven bars.
- talks about supporting herself with the hand stands.
- walks onto a gymnastics court to pay homage to gymnastics.
starts to do a routine on the uneven bars.
How to maintain the warmth of a long distance relationship
Talk to each other often once a day specially at night.
If you are busy or can't contact then must drop a line mail or sms. Thanks to internet it has now become very easy to communicate inexpensively with your partner. For plenty of free communication tools check :
If possible chat on cam send photos everyday. Defy the distance.
OPTIONS:
- Have a chat share on skype share pictures of you enjoying nature forums pictures of just you and a garden window. Come up with a set phone plan.
- It will also help in exposing each other to new things. Be clear on regards and mutual interest.
- Frequent communication is a great thing when it can be managed in a long distance relationship. However, constant communication over the phone alone may tend to drag people down in the long run.
- Photos all the way from march to april. It makes it really cool to see the road scene.
Frequent communication is a great thing when it can be managed in a long distance relationship. However, constant communication over the phone alone may tend to drag people down in the long run.
A person pours water to a cup. A woman talks in a bar showing liquor bottles. then
OPTIONS:
- , the woman throws liquids from a cup onto a canvas, next a person gathers ingredients from a bag and then adds to a pot.
- , a person pours the liquor into a cup and add it to a white drink.
- , the woman put ice in a glass, then she adds liquors from three bottles.
- , the woman makes two glasses and pour ice and water.
, the woman put ice in a glass, then she adds liquors from three bottles.
We see a man run and do a long jump on different tracks repeatedly with his name on a sign occasionally. we
OPTIONS:
- see a man shake hands with another man in a silver robe and we see the man perform several long jumps in woods.
- see the man wrestle with another wrestler multiple times.
- see the man on a blue track with ad signs.
- see a man shoveling snow with a dog.
| see the man on a blue track with ad signs. |
Teacher: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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
Solution: No
Reason: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Now, solve this instance: Sound waves are mechanical waves. They can travel only through matter. They cannot travel through empty space. This was demonstrated in the 1600s by a scientist named Robert Boyle. Boyle placed a ticking clock in a sealed glass jar. The clock could be heard ticking through the air and glass of the jar. Then Boyle pumped the air out of the jar. The clock was still running, but the ticking could not be heard. Thats because the sound couldnt travel without air particles to transfer the sound energy. Is there any other place where sound cannot be heard? Here is a hint: is there any other place that does not have air molecules? Thats right, in space sound cannot be transferred. So can astronauts hear each other? Yes, they can, because they are in enclosed space stations or pressurized suits.In both cases, they are surrounded by air molecules. If they left their space ship and did not use their electronics, they would not be able to hear each other. Next time you watch a science fiction movie, think about this factoid. When spaceships are destroyed by hostile alien beings, there would be no sound heard. Sound waves can travel through many kinds of matter. <sep>How do astronauts hear?<sep>through the atmosphere of space
Student: | No |
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.
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Researchers have known for decades that women tend to beat men on environmental metrics. They generally use less fuel and energy. They eat less meat. They're more concerned about climate change.
James Wilkie, a business professor at the University of Notre Dame, wanted to understand what drives this gender eco-friendliness gap. After years of exploring psychological bias, he and his colleagues developed a theory.
"Men’s resistance may stem in part from a prevalent association between the concepts of greenness and femininity and a corresponding stereotype (held by both men and women) that green consumers are feminine," they assert this month in the Journal of Consumer Research. "As a result of this stereotype, men may be motivated to avoid or even oppose green behaviors in order to safeguard their gender identity."
The researchers conducted a set of experiments, each designed to gauge if we actually do ascribe gender to green products and whether such perceptions impact our willingness to use them. They found people consistently connect environmentally conscious goods to their idea of femininity.
[Is a vegetarian diet really better for the environment? Science takes aim at conventional wisdom.]
The first survey of 127 college students asked respondents if they thought green products appeared masculine, feminine or neither. Most participants, both men and women, said items designed to protect the planet seemed feminine.
Another group of 194 students took an online quiz instructing them to imagine two grocery store shoppers, one carrying a green reusable bag and another toting a plastic sack. The quiz asked: Which seemed more eco-friendly, wasteful, masculine and/or feminine? The green shoppers seemed to respondents more eco-friendly and feminine, regardless of their gender. The plastic shoppers came off as more wasteful and masculine.
The researchers next gave a group of men phony gift cards and told them to pick from a selection of batteries, which included a green option. In both a faux Walmart and an online shopping scenario, the men avoided the green choice. “Self-perceptions of femininity suggest that threats may also influence private behavior,” the authors wrote.
Wilkie’s team also found men in the studies were more likely to donate to an environmental nonprofit group that had a “masculine” logo — one with darker colors and bold fonts — than to an organization that displayed lighter tones and “frilly” letters. Logos didn’t have an impact on where women said they’d want to donate.
A similar trend emerged in an experiment at a BMW dealership. When presented with two versions of the same “green” car, men favored the one called the “Protection Model” over the “Eco-friendly Model.” Women, meanwhile, weren’t particularly swayed by either title.
“Stereotypical feminine behavior and attitudes are more in parallel with taking care of the environment,” Wilkie said of the findings. “Male traits tend to conflict with this idea of maintaining a nice environment for other people.”
Wilkie blames stereotypes. People who care about the environment are perceived as nurturing, gentle caretakers. Pop culture says they're barefoot hippies with long hair and flower crowns. That image clashes with traditional masculinity.
Previous research, Wilkie noted, suggests that men are socially penalized more for breaking gender norms when it comes to the products they use — or even the drinks they order. “If a man at a bar were to order a girlie drink, he might get some looks,” Wilkie said. “He might get some snickers. He might even get into a fight.”
[New study finds that men are often their own favorite experts on any given subject]
A woman requesting something that reads masculine, such as, say, a whiskey on the rocks, probably wouldn’t encounter that problem. “Some people might even be impressed,” he said.
Carrie Preston, director of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Program at Boston University, said it’s concerning that feminine-seeming goods or actions repel some men. “That says what’s feminine is bad, is lesser, is second class,” she said. “Although men’s and women’s roles have changed significantly, masculinity hasn’t changed as much.”
Caring about what people think of your drink choice or grocery bag may seem silly. There’s nothing inherently feminine about recycling, and some would argue that femininity itself (and how it’s marketed) is a cultural creation. Still, a 2011 survey from the global marketing firm Ogilvy and Mather found 82 percent of adults in a nationally representative sample said “going green” is more ladylike than manly.
Marketers are unlikely to shatter gender expectations overnight — or nix the belief that feminine is lesser — but a packaging or messaging tweak could draw more men to the green movement.
"Despite a prevalent stereotype that green consumers are more feminine than non-green consumers," the researchers wrote, "we show that men’s inhibitions about engaging in green behavior can be mitigated through masculine affirmation and masculine branding."
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The green movement has a Millennial problem ||||| Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. ||||| Studies show that men are not as environmentally friendly as women. Let’s face it, not too many “man caves” feature solar panels, recycle bins or posters of electric cars. It’s just not manly.
But could men be persuaded to go green? New research indicates the answer is yes — and it’s all about branding.
The study “Is Eco-Friendly Unmanly? The Green-Feminine Stereotype and Its Effect on Sustainable Consumption,” forthcoming in the Journal of Consumer Research by James Wilkie, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, provides evidence that shoppers who engage in green behaviors are stereotyped by others as more feminine and also see themselves as more feminine. In a series of seven studies, Wilkie and his co-authors manipulated small details about the products, attempting to change men’s attitudes and behaviors. They found that men are more open to purchasing environmental products if their masculinity gets a branding boost.
“Previous research shows that men tend to be more concerned about maintaining a masculine identity than women are with their feminine identity,” Wilkie says. “We therefore thought that men might be more open to environmental products if we made them feel secure in their masculinity, so they are less threatened by adopting a green product.”
They used two approaches — affirming a man’s masculinity before introducing him to environmental products and changing the associations people have toward green products.
“We documented how both men and women find green products and actions to be feminine,” Wilkie says. “We thought that if you reframe environmental products to be more masculine, men would be more likely to adopt them. Instead of using traditional marketing messages about green products (which are typically perceived as feminine), we changed the messages to be more masculine in nature by changing the phrasing, colors, etc. When we did that, we found that men were more willing to ‘go green.’”
One study was conducted in China at a BMW dealership and focused on a model known for being an eco-friendly car. While surveying shoppers, the researchers simply changed the name of the car from the traditional, environmentally friendly name to “Protection,” which is a masculine term in China. Despite all other descriptions of the car remaining the same, the name change did increase men’s interest in the car.
In another study, the team compared men’s and women’s willingness to donate to green charities. They called one “Friends of Nature,” with a bright green logo featuring a tree. The second was named “Wilderness Rangers” showcasing a wolf howling to the moon. Women favored the more traditional green marketing, while more men were drawn to the masculine branding over the traditional.
Wilkie proposes marketers mimic successful approaches in other products to combat feminine stereotypes.
“Body wash used to be considered a very feminine product, but companies changed that perception by marketing their products in a more masculine fashion,” Wilkie says. “They used more masculine fonts and colors in packaging and hired very masculine spokesmen, explicitly stating that the product was for men only. It worked — as it also did for diet soft drinks. Again, there was a perception that ‘diet’ products were for women. Marketers changed their phrasing to ‘zero-calorie’ drinks. Pepsi Max stated that it was the ‘first diet cola for men’ and Dr. Pepper 10 warned, ‘It’s not for women.’
“These campaigns appeared to get more men to purchase the product, yet did not scare away women. We think that green products can be successfully marketed in the same way.”
Co-authors of the study include Aaron Brough, Utah State University; Jingjing Ma, Peking University; Mathew Isaac, Seattle University; and David Gal, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Contact: James Wilkie, 574-631-5171, [email protected] |||||
| A business professor recently set out to learn what is driving one longstanding gender gap. Women tend to be more environmentally conscious than men on all kinds of levels, from energy use to concern about climate change, reports the Washington Post. So Notre Dame business professor James Wilkie conducted seven experiments to see whether men "avoid or even oppose green behaviors in order to safeguard their gender identity." The short answer, he reports in the Journal of Consumer Research, is a resounding yes. Being "green" is equated with being feminine, and men tend to shy away from it. However, Wilkie and his team suggest this can be changed with the right branding, per a Notre Dame press release. For example, men were more likely to donate to eco-friendly groups with more masculine logos. "Stereotypical feminine behavior and attitudes are more in parallel with taking care of the environment," Wilkie says. "Male traits tend to conflict with this idea of maintaining a nice environment for other people." He goes so far as to suggest that men tend to be punished more than women for breaking gender norms—a man might get teased for ordering a "girlie drink," which could lead to a fight—and thus may be protecting their gender identity not just for the sake of how they are viewed but for their own safety. The researchers point to products like body wash and diet colas that now have masculine branding, which simultaneously does not deter female consumers. So the bottom line, for the sake of the environment? If men are more secure in their manliness, they'll be "less threatened by adopting a green product." (Here's why some men lie about their athleticism.) |
Clifford Jarvis (August 26, 1941 – November 26, 1999) was an American hard bop and free jazz drummer, who in the 1980s moved to London, England, where he died. This entry is from Wikipedia , the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License . If you find the biography content factually incorrect or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia
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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: The governor’s comments came days after the derailment, an accident in Harlem that subway officials blamed on the failure to secure equipment during track repairs. Riders on a southbound A train had feared they would die after the train struck a tunnel wall and began to fill with smoke.
The number of subway delays has skyrocketed, and several recent disruptions snarled service across the city, exacting an economic and mental toll on many residents. Transit activists have urged riders to send their complaints to Mr. Cuomo, since he controls the authority.
It turns out that the governor has been listening. The riders, Mr. Cuomo said on Thursday, “they tweet nasty things about me all day.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio has quarreled with Mr. Cuomo over who should be held responsible for the subway’s dismal condition. But he praised the decision to hire Mr. Lhota, who helped bring the subway back after Hurricane Sandy during his previous tenure as chairman — and whom Mr. de Blasio defeated in the 2013 election. A spokesman for the mayor, Ben Sarle, said on Thursday that New Yorkers deserved a transit system that worked.
“We are heartened to see these new resources and focus to reverse the deteriorating state of our subways,” Mr. Sarle said in a statement.
After facing criticism over choosing chauffeured rides over the subway, Mr. de Blasio has recently tried to display empathy for suffering riders. On Thursday, Mr. de Blasio took the subway from Madison Square Garden to City Hall, and his spokesman posted a photo of the mayor’s trip on Twitter to make sure it did not go unnoticed.
Mr. Cuomo’s executive order would allow the authority to accelerate efforts to improve service by temporarily suspending certain laws that might “hinder or delay action necessary to cope with the disaster.” Mr. Cuomo said the authority would need more resources to improve the system and called on state lawmakers to identify new funding sources. ||||| Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to push for a tax on wealthy New Yorkers to pay for improvements needed to address the crisis engulfing New York City’s subway, city officials said on Sunday.
The proposal is the latest move in the battle between Mr. de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over who bears responsibility for repairing the deteriorating transit system. The plan would also pay for half-price MetroCards for low-income riders — part of a national movement that has gained momentum in New York.
Mr. de Blasio will announce a so-called millionaires tax on Monday for wealthy New York City residents to pay for subway and bus upgrades and for reduced fares for more riders, an idea that has been successful in Seattle.
His funding push comes as the subway faces a multitude of problems, and leaders at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the subway, have called on Mr. de Blasio to provide more money for the system. ||||| “I’ve wanted to have a move to put it under the mayor’s control,” said Eric L. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who has fumed over the subway chaos. “Because it is in the city, we should have someone who is directly responsible.”
That outcome is highly unlikely to be suggested by City Hall or Albany, both of which benefit from the current state of affairs: The mayor can plausibly pass the buck; and the governor remains at a safe political remove. The city once ran the subway, but the state took over the struggling system in 1968 in a power grab blessed by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Neither Mr. Cuomo nor Mr. de Blasio has shown any desire to work together on even simple issues — like whether a rogue deer in Harlem should have been euthanized — let alone on the most nettlesome problems plaguing the city’s most important public resource.
Frustrated commuters are left to wonder why Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio are not addressing their pain. It offers a stark contrast to how they respond when the news is good. In the days before the opening of the Second Avenue subway, Mr. Cuomo sent out a blizzard of news releases and regularly appeared before cameras to herald the line as an example of the big things government can do.
Mr. de Blasio was happy to bask in the spotlight when a new subway station opened nearly two years ago on the Far West Side of Manhattan — this one paid for by the city. The mayor has also held a series of events leading up to the recent launch of new ferry service, smiling broadly as he steered one of the new vessels.
Dani Lever, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Mr. Cuomo had helped to secure the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s largest capital improvement plan after years of underinvestment. (The de Blasio administration also pointed to its $2.5 billion commitment to the capital plan.) ||||| FILE - In this June 21, 2017 file photo, a subway train approaches the platform at Brooklyn's Smith Street above-ground subway station, in New York. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of New Yorkers to fund repairs and improvements to the beleaguered subway system. The proposal comes as the mayor and Gov. Andrew Cuomo continue to squabble over who is responsible for paying for repairs to the nation's largest system. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — The mayor of New York City wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent to fund repairs and improvements to the beleaguered subway system.
The proposal comes as Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both Democrats, continue to squabble over responsibility for paying for repairs to the nation’s largest transit system that has seen growing delays, mechanical failures, power outages and even derailments.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota recently unveiled an emergency plan to stabilize the system. The governor offered to split the cost of the plan with the city, but the mayor refused to commit money to support it.
The mayor’s tax plan is meant as a long-term solution, not a quick fix, he said. It aims to generate nearly $800 million annually with the bulk of the money going toward capital upgrades to subways and buses, and must be approved by state lawmakers. A formal announcement was expected Monday.
“Instead of searching for a quick-fix that doesn’t exist, or simply forking over more and more of our tax dollars every year, we have come up with a fair way to finance immediate and long-term transit improvement,” de Blasio said in a statement Sunday.
The tax would increase the top income tax rate from about 3.9 percent to 4.4 percent for married couples who make more than $1 million and individuals making more than $500,000, city officials said. It would affect about 32,000 of New Yorkers filing taxes in the city, or just less than 1 percent, officials said.
“Rather than sending the bill to working families and subway and bus riders already feeling the pressure of rising fares and bad service, we are asking the wealthiest in our city to chip in a little extra,” de Blasio said.
New Yorkers already contribute to the agency through other taxes and fees. De Blasio’s plan also includes funding to offer half-price fare cards for low-income riders.
The Rider’s Alliance said the push to help low-income riders “has never been so urgent.”
“It’s time to end a system where low-income New Yorkers have to skip meals, beg for swipes or even jump turnstiles in order to get to work or school,” executive director John Raskin said in a statement.
The current five-year transit system capital plan, which covers upkeep for the subways, the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North, plus other pieces of the transit system, is about $29 billion. The city has pledged $2.5 billion and the state $8.3 billion, plus Cuomo recently pledged an additional $1 billion.
But that doesn’t include money for immediate repairs. Lhota, who proposed an $836 million emergency plan, said in a statement Sunday that the agency needs additional short-term funding now.
“There’s no question we need a long-term funding stream, but emergency train repairs can’t wait on what the state legislature may or may not do next year,” Lhota said.
Cuomo echoed the sentiment, calling on the mayor to fund the emergency plan.
“Riders suffer every day and delaying repairs for at least a year is neither responsible nor responsive to the immediate problem, or riders’ pain,” he said in a statement.
The number of subway delays has tripled in the past five years, to 70,000 per month, and rush hour cancellations and delays on the Long Island Rail Road were at the highest level in 10 years, according to a June report.
About 5.7 million people ride the subway on an average weekday.
The finger-pointing by city and state officials is due in part to the transit agency’s messy ownership structure. According to Lhota, 1981 law was meant to help the city during a major financial crisis, when it could not pay capital costs and the subways were in much worse shape than they are now. The state picked up the tab, but it was never meant to be permanent, he said. |||||
Output: | A little over a month after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the New York City subway, his longtime nemesis in the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio, is proposing a new tax on wealthy New Yorkers to help fix the ailing system. On Monday, de Blasio will announce what the New York Times refers to as a "millionaires tax" to help repair the deteriorating system, which is plagued by delays, mechanical issues, and even derailments, the AP reports. The tax would also subsidize reduced fares for low-income riders. The tax would bump the top income rate from 3.9% to 4.4% for couples who make more than $1 million per year and individuals who make more than $500,000. It would affect just under 1% of people filing taxes in the city. The new tax proposal could be a hard sell for de Blasio, the Times notes. Cuomo and de Blasio are both under immense pressure to fix the city's aging system, and the two men, who have had an acrimonious relationship since de Blasio took office in 2013, have fought over financing the subway system. The Metropolitan Transit Authority is run by the state, not the city. Since the tax would require approval from the New York State Legislature, de Blasio would likely need Cuomo's help to gain approval from the Republican-controlled Senate. In May the New York Times reported that delays in the subway system had risen to 70,000 per month from about 28,000 in 2012. |
Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: Adrienne Saunders is happily married to her art dealer husband , Jack . They have a daughter named Mary . Adrienne hears from a friend that she thought she saw Jack in town when he claimed to be on an out of town business trip . Adrienne confronts him , but he denies being in town , and their lives continue . Soon after a museum curator is mysteriously murdered , and a relic that Jack bought for the museum is revealed to be a fake . Jack is placed under suspicion , and then Adrienne receives word from the police that Jack perished in a car accident . In trying to wrap up Jack 's affairs , Adrienne begins to suspect that her husband had switched identities with a high school classmate , Frank Sullivan . When she sees a high school yearbook picture of her husband attributed to Sullivan , she is convinced . She tracks down a relative of Saunders , who confirms that Frank and Jack were inseparable in high school . After Jack died , the relative never saw Frank again . She explained that Frank 's father was an alcoholic and that his mother worked as a toll booth operator . She directs Adrienne to Frank 's mother , who lives in a rundown apartment in Brooklyn . Frank 's mother bitterly receives the news that she has a granddaughter , telling Adrienne that Frank was always selfish and that he never looked in on her . A stalker lurks at Adrienne 's loft . He comes in to Adrienne 's bed while she is asleep and caresses her . He watches Mary , who is spooked by the man in her room at night . <sep>Who is looking at the year book?<sep>Adrienne
Output: | Yes |
Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: (Corrects crown in which the Koh-i-Noor diamond is set)
The ceremonial crown of the Queen Mother lies on top of her flag-draped coffin next to a wreath from Queen Elizabeth II during the ceremonial procession in central London, April 5, 2002. REUTERS/Michael Crabtree/Files
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India should relinquish its claim to a huge diamond it has fought for decades to get back from the British, the government told the Supreme Court on Monday, because the stone was given to its former colonial ruler rather than stolen.
One of the world’s largest diamonds, the 105-carat Koh-i-Noor has been part of the British crown jewels for 150 years and today forms part of the crown worn by the late mother of Queen Elizabeth.
The stone has been at the centre of a long-running diplomatic row, with many Indians demanding Britain return the diamond to atone for its colonial past.
But Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it should forgo its claims to the jewel because it was in fact given to the British as a gift by an Indian King, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, in 1851.
“It was neither stolen nor forcibly taken away,” solicitor general Ranjit Kumar told the Supreme Court during the hearing of a case calling for the stone’s return.
The Koh-i-Noor, on display in the Tower of London, is set in the crown worn by Queen Elizabeth, the mother of the reigning monarch, at the coronation of her husband George VI in 1937, and placed on her coffin at her funeral in 2002.
The Duchess of Cambridge, who last week visited India with her husband, Prince William, will wear the crown on official occasions when she becomes queen consort. William is second in line to the British throne.
During a visit to India in 2010, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the diamond would stay in London.
“What tends to happen with these questions is that if you say yes to one, then you would suddenly find the British Museum empty,” he said.
Indian campaigners believe the diamond is one of many artefacts taken from India by the British during colonial rule.
“The British rulers looted India and the government is making a mistake by not supporting our claims,” said Nafis Ahmad Siddiqui, who petitioned the Supreme Court for the stone’s return. ||||| Britain did not steal the most famous diamond in the Crown Jewels from India and should be allowed to keep it, the Indian government said for the first time yesterday.
The 105-carat Kohinoor diamond, which sits in the Tower of London, has been at the heart of a bitter row between India and Britain ever since it was taken from the Punjab and presented to Queen Victoria in 1849, with India consistently pressing for its return.
But India’s solicitor-general appeared to drop his country’s long-standing objection to British ownership yesterday, telling a judge that, in the opinion of the culture ministry, the diamond had not been “forcibly taken” and was a gift.
"Kohinoor cannot be said to be forcibly taken or stolen as it was given by the successors of Maharaja Ranjit Singh to East India Company in 1849 as compensation for helping them in the Sikh wars," said Ranjit Kumar.
The jewel was in the possession of the rulers of Punjab's Sikh Empire when the Anglo-Sikh wars broke out in the late 1840s. ||||| The Cullinan
The two largest diamonds in the Crown Jewels, Cullinan I (530.2 carats) and Cullinan II (317.4 carats) were both cut from one enormous diamond, unearthed in 1905. Today they adorn the Sovereign’s Sceptre with Cross and the Imperial State Crown.
Mined in present day South Africa, the Cullinan was the largest rough diamond ever found - and initially thought to be a hoax. The Surface Manager at the Premier Mine had to persuade his colleagues to weigh the stone after one exclaimed ‘this is no diamond!’ and threw it out of the window. The rough diamond weighed an astonishing 3,106 carats (621g).
This gigantic diamond, named after Thomas Cullinan, the chairman of the Premier Mine, caused an international sensation. A decoy travelled to Europe on a heavily guarded ship, while the real diamond was sent by ordinary parcel post!
Given by the Transvaal Government to Edward VII for his 66th birthday, the rough diamond was sent to Amsterdam to be cut. After eight months’ intensive work, Asscher’s produced 9 major diamonds (Cullinan I-IX), 96 small brilliants, and 9 carats of unpolished fragments.
The Koh-i-Noor (also known as Koh-i-Nûr)
The most famous diamond in the Crown Jewels, the 105.6 carat Koh-i-Noor diamond is set today in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1937). It is said to be unlucky for men to wear this diamond as it has a long and bloody history.
This legendary diamond, originating in the Golconda mines in central southern India, has passed through the hands of conquering Mughal princes, Iranian warriors, Afghan rulers and Punjabi Maharajas before coming to Britain as the spoils of Empire. The Koh-i-Noor, (meaning ‘Mountain of Light’ in Persian), was surrendered in 1849 to Queen Victoria’s representatives following the Anglo-Sikh wars in the Punjab.
Displayed in London at the Great Exhibition in 1851, the traditional rose-cut of the diamond failed to impress visitors expecting more sparkle. The following year the diamond was removed from its Indian setting, which is also on display in the Jewel House, and re-cut as an oval brilliant.
||||| Much-contested gem, now set in crown once worn by Queen Mother, was not purloined, India’s supreme court hears
It’s time for India to relinquish its claim to a huge diamond that has formed part of Britain’s crown jewels for more than 100 years, according to India’s government, which has said it was gifted rather than stolen.
After decades of seeking the return of the the 106-carat Koh-i-noor, which forms part of the crown that was worn by the Queen Mother, an attempt to put the row to rest was made by Narendra Modi’s government in the Indian supremecourt on Monday
“It was neither stolen nor forcibly taken away,” India’s solicitor general, Ranjit Kumar, told the supreme court during the hearing of a case calling for the stone’s return.
The declaration comes just days after a visit to India by Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, who will wear the crown on official occasions when she becomes queen consort. Both William and Kate had an audience with Modi.
Long the subject of a historical ownership dispute that has seen the gem being claimed by at least four countries, Kumar said that stone was given to Britain in the 19th century by an Indian maharajah, Ranjit Singh.
The Koh-i-Noor diamond is in Britain illegally. But it should still stay there | Anita Anand Read more
Kumar told the supreme court on Monday: “It was given voluntarily by Ranjit Singh to the British as compensation for help in the Sikh wars. The Koh-i-noor is not a stolen object.”
The court was hearing a suit filed by the All India Human Rights & Social Justice Front, which wants the diamond returned. The NGO asked the solicitor general to file an affidavit giving the government’s stance on the issue.
In its profile on the the royal palaces website, the Koh-i-noor is described as “the most famous diamond in the crown jewels”. No mention is made of disputes surrounding the ownership of the stone, other than a mention of its “long and bloody history” and a reference to how it came “to Britain as the spoils of empire”.
It adds that the jewel, meaning “mountain of light” in Persian, was surrendered in 1849 to Queen Victoria’s representatives following the Anglo-Sikh wars in the Punjab.
The Koh-i-Noor diamond affair shows ‘returning’ relics is never simple | Julian Baggini Read more
Questions about the jewel, which is said to be unlucky for men to wear, have challenged more than a few British prime ministers. Most recently, David Cameron told Indian television in 2010 that he would oppose its return, adding: “If you say yes to one, you suddenly find the British Museum would be empty. It is going to have to stay put.”
Britain refused a 1976 request to cede the diamond, citing the terms of the Anglo-Sikh peace treaty. “I could not advise her majesty the Queen that it should be surrendered,” said Jim Callaghan, the prime minister at the time. |||||
Output: | For decades, Indians have demanded that Britain return a 105.6-carat diamond that they say was taken from them when they were under colonial rule. The matter may soon be settled, and not in their favor. In a Monday appearance before India's Supreme Court, which was hearing a case on the stone, Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar said the Koh-i-Noor diamond "was neither stolen nor forcibly taken away." In recommending the government relinquish its claim, Kumar said Maharaja Ranjit Singh bestowed the gem—"the most famous diamond in the crown jewels," per its current profile on the British royal palaces website—on Queen Victoria in 1849 for Britain's help in the Sikh wars. It isn't clear what brought about the change of heart, though Kumar said pressing India's claim might result in other countries "claiming their items from us." The Telegraph notes Kumar also referenced a 1970s law that says only those items removed illegally from pre-independent India may be pursued by the government. While the royals are likely thrilled—the jewel is embedded in a crown that was worn by the Queen Mother and will be sported by Kate as queen consort—the man who petitioned the Supreme Court is less so, per Reuters: "The British rulers looted India and the government is making a mistake by not supporting our claims." The diamond is said to have surfaced in the 1300s and "passed through the hands of conquering Mughal princes, Iranian warriors, Afghan rulers," some of whom met a fate that gained the diamond a reputation as cursed and "unlucky for men to wear," writes the Guardian. The profile says it came to Britain "as the spoils of Empire." (This man bought the world's priciest gem for his 7-year-old.) |
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Sallie Mae has a relationship with Barclaycard. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Metkina (Russian: Светлана Александровна Меткина ; born 7 January 1974) is a Russian actress from Moscow. She is known outside Russia for playing the Czechoslovak reporter Lenka Janáček in the 2006 film "Bobby". known in Hollywood under the name Lana Litvak husband Michel Litvak.
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Metkina was born more than 99 years ago. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
The Kathlamet people are a tribe of Native American people with a historic homeland along the Columbia River in what is today southwestern Washington state. The Kathlamet people originally spoke the Kathlamet language, a dialect of the Chinookan language. They were also called "Guasámas, or Guithlamethl, by the Clackamas", and "Kwillu'chini, by the Chinook."
Kathlamet language is very famous. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
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Question: How often were people arrested before 1968 during a seizure?, Context: In Terry v. Ohio (1968) the court divided seizure into two parts, the investigatory stop and arrest. The court further held that during an investigatory stop a police officer's search " [is] confined to what [is] minimally necessary to determine whether [a suspect] is armed, and the intrusion, which [is] made for the sole purpose of protecting himself and others nearby, [is] confined to ascertaining the presence of weapons" (U.S. Supreme Court). Before Terry, every police encounter constituted an arrest, giving the police officer the full range of search authority. Search authority during a Terry stop (investigatory stop) is limited to weapons only.
Answer: every police encounter constituted an arrest
Question: What does Thapar decry as helping to put too much focus on certain aspects of Indian history?, Context: Romila Thapar notes that the division into Hindu-Muslim-British periods of Indian history gives too much weight to "ruling dynasties and foreign invasions", neglecting the social-economic history which often showed a strong continuity. The division into Ancient-Medieval-Modern periods overlooks the fact that the Muslim conquests occurred gradually during which time many things came and went off, while the south was never completely conquered. According to Thapar, a periodisation could also be based on "significant social and economic changes", which are not strictly related to a change of ruling powers.[note 1]
Answer: division into Hindu-Muslim-British periods
Question: Huxley was not overly respectful of?, Context: Evolution had less obvious applications to anatomy and morphology, and at first had little impact on the research of the anatomist Thomas Henry Huxley. Despite this, Huxley strongly supported Darwin on evolution; though he called for experiments to show whether natural selection could form new species, and questioned if Darwin's gradualism was sufficient without sudden leaps to cause speciation. Huxley wanted science to be secular, without religious interference, and his article in the April 1860 Westminster Review promoted scientific naturalism over natural theology, praising Darwin for "extending the domination of Science over regions of thought into which she has, as yet, hardly penetrated" and coining the term "Darwinism" as part of his efforts to secularise and professionalise science. Huxley gained influence, and initiated the X Club, which used the journal Nature to promote evolution and naturalism, shaping much of late Victorian science. Later, the German morphologist Ernst Haeckel would convince Huxley that comparative anatomy and palaeontology could be used to reconstruct evolutionary genealogies.
Answer: | religious
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This is a test of commonsense. Complete the next sentence:
A dog is sitting in the grass. the dog | stands up and walks to the door. |
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
We see a man flipping and performing capoeira cut with blue title screens. The man does a spin kick. The man does a spin and duck. the man
OPTIONS:
- does a hop jump and leaves the stage.
- has the ball in his hand.
- does a spin sweep on the floor.
- does a flip and then steps on a dirt pad.
****
Answer:
does a spin sweep on the floor.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to make a plastic sheet greenhouse
String up a clothesline between two bare trees, tightly, about head-high.
Drape a clear plastic sheet over the clothesline.
A standard 9'x12' size works okay, but for more space the bigger the better.
OPTIONS:
- Clip it with clothes pins to keep it in place. Spread out the sides like an old army pup-tent and fasten them to the ground with rocks or bricks.
- Don't try to use objects covering trees, because they can crack over time. Place the plastic against the tree trunk.
- Take a piece of white paper and draw a line on the edge of the sheet with a pencil. This line will act as a " crown " in the greenhouse, and the tree should hang onto the edge in the same manner.
- It can be identical to a standard larger, but either size is fine. Measure one tree (if measuring a whole tree) from the bottom to the top and mark that tree.
A: Clip it with clothes pins to keep it in place. Spread out the sides like an old army pup-tent and fasten them to the ground with rocks or bricks.
How to write a professional email
Address your email.
Type the email address of your recipient into the to field. Use the to field if you want to email contacts while encouraging their response.
OPTIONS:
- This field is for people that the message directly affects. If you are expecting someone to do something in reaction to your email, they should be in the to field.
- Your subject line could be anything significant about your company. It could include, " thank you for your time, today, we're going to have a performance review on the human resources grant.
- Start your email on the date you want to send it. For example, if you need to email cancer patients, begin your email with " hi, cc.
- Include the contact information of the recipient's employer in the include field too. Include any notes the recipient may have regarding other contact information such as their name or availability, and any notes they may share with you.
This field is for people that the message directly affects. If you are expecting someone to do something in reaction to your email, they should be in the to field.
question: Complete the next sentence:
How to work out for snowboarding
Start practicing snowboarding exercises 6 to 12 weeks before the snow arrives.
This will give your body time to build up muscles so you will be ready when the ski resorts open.
Complete 10 to 15 triceps dips daily to improve upper body balance and strength.
OPTIONS:
- These dips are especially important for beginners. If you don't do them early enough in the winter, you may end up with a hurt or lame leg.
- Getting in shape to snowboard may take some time, so plan on exercising at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes. Triceps are the muscles located between your shoulders and elbows.
- Though these warm ups do not hurt, even five to 15 regular triceps dips daily will increase your strength and endurance as well as help. Triple triceps dips are yet another type of exercise that will be gained over a week as your body grows.
- These warm-ups and alfts are a great way to build up good arm strength and balance. For recommended preparation of exercises at a local gym, get know the time, money, distance, and schedule for five to 12 triceps dips.
answer: Getting in shape to snowboard may take some time, so plan on exercising at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes. Triceps are the muscles located between your shoulders and elbows.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to find your bliss
Begin a meditation practice.
Is an ancient practice linked to reduced rates of depression, anxiety and pain. In addition to improving physical and mental health, you can get more in-tune with your inner thoughts and feelings with meditation.
OPTIONS:
- From this kind of meditation, you can gradually change the way you sing, talk, play, exercise, and feel. Explore this technique through many different methods.
- Part of this will enable you to to avoid worrying about the physical aches and pains of depression at work or school and not worry about what's going on at home. Regular meditation with an audience audience is important to your success in the workplace.
- The practice may help you in your search for bliss. Meditation may seem difficult for beginners, but it comes down to three simple steps: find a comfortable seat.
- Deep breathing and mindfulness are good meditation exercises. Sit upright in a chair or a bed..
Next sentence: The practice may help you in your search for bliss. Meditation may seem difficult for beginners, but it comes down to three simple steps: find a comfortable seat.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
The video begins with a title screen. an older man
OPTIONS:
- is then shown speaking to several participants at an event.
- shows off a surfing helmet on a child.
- rides a bicycle over slopes standing in a parking lot.
- is seen in a gym speaking to the camera while men play volleyball in the background.
OUT: | is seen in a gym speaking to the camera while men play volleyball in the background. |
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 Power of One is a novel by Australian author Bryce Courtenay, first published in 1989. Set in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s, it tells the story of an English boy who, through the course of the story, acquires the nickname of Peekay. (In the movie version, the protagonist's given name is Peter Phillip Kenneth Keith, but not in the book. The author identifies ``Peekay'' as a reference to his earlier nickname ``Pisskop'': Afrikaans for ``Pisshead.'')
[A]: is the power of one based on a true story?
[Q]: In November 2008, the show's post-election day telecast garnered the biggest audience in the show's history at 6.2 million in total viewers, becoming the week's most-watched program in daytime television. It was surpassed on July 29, 2010, during which former President Barack Obama first appeared as a guest on The View, which garnered a total of 6.6 million viewers. In 2013, the show was reported to be averaging 3.1 million daily viewers, which outpaced rival talk show The Talk.
[A]: is the talk the same as the view?
[Q]: The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States. The legislature consists of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
[A]: | is the house of representatives the same as congress?
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Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: At what age can kids be left home alone, if at all? One mom thought her kids would be fine, but probably now regrets her choice.
While on vacation in Rehoboth Beach, DE, Susan Terrillion, 55, of Maryland left her 8- and 9-year-old kids in their getaway rental when she went to pick up food 5 miles away. The action resulted in her arrest, USA Today reports. She was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of her children.
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A stranger discovered her children were home alone when the family dogs ran in front of his car and he got out to help the kids secure the pets. The witness called the police to report the incident, stating that the kids had been left alone for 45 minutes. Neither the children or dogs were injured, and the mother was later released on $500 bail.
While her charges may seem like an over-the-top response, parents can be arrested for leaving their kids unsupervised depending on state laws, according to Scary Mommy. There are no federal laws on the matter but some states indicate an acceptable minimum age for kids to be left alone. Delaware's state website says police can take action on case-by-case basis. "While there is no law in Delaware regulating an appropriate age for a child to be left home alone, the Division of Family Services will accept for investigation any report of a child under the age of 12 being left alone," the website explains. "DFS will also accept reports for children age 12 and over if there are any extenuating circumstances (e.g. developmental delays, physical disabilities)."
It's a universal debate—how young is too young to be left alone? Does maturity play a role? What about family circumstances and duration of time? For many areas, there are no hard and fast rules, but parents like blogger Mique from Thirty Handmade Days have tried to create guidelines. She lists a chart on her blog indicating at what age and for how long children can be left without supervision, as well as the laws in each state.
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(h/t Scary Mommy) ||||| Q. At what age can I leave my child home alone?
A. While there is no law in Delaware regulating an appropriate age for a child to be left home alone, the Division of Family Services will accept for investigation any report of a child under the age of 12 being left alone. DFS will also accept reports for children age 12 and over if there are any extenuating circumstances (e.g. developmental delays, physical disabilities).
It is best for parents and guardians to take in consideration their child"s comfort level, abilities and overall behavior and to talk to them about potential dangers (fire safety, what to do if someone comes to the door, etc.) before making the decision to leave a child home alone.
Q. What help is available for my out-of-control teenager?
A.Unfortunately, the Delaware Children’s Department can only provide direct services to children who have suffered abuse, neglect, dependency, or have been adjudicated in the family court for criminal activity. While the Department does not offer any direct counseling services, there are other resources available.
Children and Families First offers a free Strengthening Families course that offers skills training to both the parents and children to better communicate with each other and work together as a family to resolve issues. They can be reached at 1-800-734-2388.
Another resource would be Child Inc. They offer a course entitled ‘Teens Come without Instructions’ and is designed also to strengthen communication and effective discipline of the teen. Child Inc can be reached at 762-8989.
The Delaware Helpline, 1-800-464-HELP (4357) or on the internet at delawarehelpline.org, is an informational center to help guide you to the services available. ||||| Susan L. Terrillion (Photo: Rehoboth Beach Police Department)
A mother has been charged with a misdemeanor after she left her children, ages 8 and 9, at their Rehoboth Beach vacation rental while she ran to a restaurant approximately five miles away to pick up food, a police spokesman said.
Susan L. Terrillion, 55, of Olney, Maryland, was arrested and charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of her children on Tuesday, according to Rehoboth Beach Police Lt. Jaime B. Riddle.
Police responded to the 200 block of Country Club Drive around 7:30 p.m. for a report of two young children left alone at a residence.
A witness told police that he made contact with the children when their dogs ran into Country Club Drive in front of his vehicle, Riddle said. The witness stopped to help the children get control of the dogs and learned they were alone, Riddle said.
Police learned that Terrillion allowed her 9-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl to stay at their vacation rental alone while she went to pick up food. She was gone for at least 45 minutes, Riddle said.
Terrillion was arrested, charged and released on $500 unsecured bail.
Neither the children nor the dogs were injured, police said.
Additional details were not immediately available.
Contact Jessica Masulli Reyes at 302-324-2777, [email protected] or Twitter @JessicaMasulli.
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Student: | A Maryland mom who made a food run while vacationing in Rehoboth Beach, Del., probably wishes she had just microwaved some pizza bagels. Rehoboth Beach Police Lt. Jaime Riddle says 55-year-old Susan Terrillion was arrested Tuesday and charged with endangering the welfare of her 8-year-old and 9-year-old kids after she left them in their vacation rental while she went to pick up their dinner order at an eatery about 5 miles away, the News Journal reports. She was gone for at least 45 minutes, which was enough time for the kids to go outside and lose control of their dogs, who then apparently dashed in front of a man's car, Riddle says. That witness tells cops he helped the kids rein the animals in, then found out there was no adult around supervising them. Woman's Day points out such a situation can often prove tricky from a legal standpoint: There's no federal law mandating a minimum age at which kids can be left alone, and state rules vary. In Delaware's case, there's no "appropriate age" to use as a gauge, but the "Division of Family Services will accept for investigation any report of a child under the age of 12 being left alone." Terrillion was arrested and released on $500 bail; the kids and dogs are said to be OK. In another case of child endangerment in Rehoboth Beach, per Delaware State News: A Canadian dad was arrested last week for allegedly letting his 13-year-old daughter lure a seagull into a hole with food, then hit it with a plastic shovel, killing it. (Pretty sure leaving a toddler alone to go play Pokemon would warrant an investigation in any state.) |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
How to catch a crappie<br>Look in lakes, rivers and streams with clear water. Crappie are freshwater fish that are abundant in the wild and stocked in many ponds and lakes in the united states and canada. They're originally from north america, but they can be found in many countries across the world at this point.
Hypothesis: To catch a crappie limit your location to the United States and Canada | No |
Teacher: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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
Solution: No
Reason: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Now, solve this instance: (CNN) -- Beyond skateboards, Silicon Valley and hippies, California has a trendsetting streak of a different kind. The state has been first to pass major public health initiatives that have spread throughout the country. California was first to require smog checks for clean air, pass anti-tobacco initiatives and bike helmets laws. While these laws were met with skepticism and ridicule, they've often become standard practice in other states. The Golden State was first to ban smoking in workplaces, bars and restaurants in 1998. Now similar rules exist throughout the country. Some advocates tout the state as a forward-thinking vanguard in which its health and safety laws are routinely emulated by other states. "There have been progressive legislations in tobacco, environment and obesity prevention," said Mark Horton, a lecturer at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health. "In some respect, the rest of the country looks to California as a laboratory for moving forward with those various types of initiatives." But some critics liken the Golden State to a nanny state. California has 151,002 health and safety laws. "It never ends," said Laer Pearce, who works in public affairs in Orange County. "Every year, several hundred bills come through and dozens of them tell us how to live our lives." Starting in January, 760 new California laws went into effect -- for example, the importing of shark fins is prohibited, student athletes are required to have medical clearance after suffering a head injury, teens are banned from using tanning booths and the sale of caffeinated beer is forbidden. There's a perception that California has "more folks who are health-oriented and more health-minded," said Horton, former director of the California Department of Public Health. It's not just workout fanatics hanging out at Muscle Beach, Sierra Club members hiking mountains or the uber-health-conscious touting organic foods. Californians in general tend to have healthier habits, ranking 10th for physical activity, fourth for healthy blood pressure and fifth for a diet high in fruits and vegetables compared with other states, according to America's Health Rankings. <sep>What is California's state nickname?<sep>The Orange State
Student: | No |
Problem: How to rename a table in oracle
Find out which version of oracle you have installed.
Plan to use at least version 8i of oracle. This is the earliest version that supports the function that permits renaming a table in the program.
Answer: Follow the requirements in order to rename a table in oracle. One of the major pre-requisites is that the table must be in your own schema.
Problem: A man is standing on a kite surf board. he
Answer: holds onto the sail of the board.
Problem: Then in a blender, the chef mixes capers, garlic, anchovies and black olives along with some olive oil. the chef
| Answer: mashes the ingredients into a paste. |
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: Studies analyzing the correlation between flat feet and physical injuries in soldiers have been inconclusive, but none suggests that flat feet are an impediment, at least in soldiers who reached the age of military recruitment without prior foot problems. Instead, in this population, there is a suggestion of more injury in high arched feet. A 2005 study of Royal Australian Air Force recruits that tracked the recruits over the course of their basic training found that neither flat feet nor high arched feet had any impact on physical functioning, injury rates or foot health. If anything, there was a tendency for those with flat feet to have fewer injuries. Another study of 295 Israel Defense Forces recruits found that those with high arches suffered almost four times as many stress fractures as those with the lowest arches. A later study of 449 U.S. Navy special warfare trainees found no significant difference in the incidence of stress fractures among sailors and Marines with different arch heights.
Output: | can you serve in the army with flat feet? |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Ex Input:
what is the first group mentioned?, Context: Although critics have blamed Napoleon for several tactical mistakes preceding the battle, they have also praised his audacity for selecting a risky campaign strategy, choosing to invade the Italian peninsula from the north when the vast majority of French invasions came from the west, near or along the coastline. As Chandler points out, Napoleon spent almost a year getting the Austrians out of Italy in his first campaign; in 1800, it took him only a month to achieve the same goal. German strategist and field marshal Alfred von Schlieffen concluded that "Bonaparte did not annihilate his enemy but eliminated him and rendered him harmless" while "[attaining] the object of the campaign: the conquest of North Italy."
Ex Output:
critics
Ex Input:
Tibet's incursions into Sichuan can be classified as what during the Tang Dynasty?, Context: Sichuan came under the firm control of a Chinese central government during the Sui dynasty, but it was during the subsequent Tang dynasty where Sichuan regained its previous political and cultural prominence for which it was known during the Han. Chengdu became nationally known as a supplier of armies and the home of Du Fu, who is sometimes called China's greatest poet. During the An Lushan Rebellion (755-763), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled from Chang'an to Sichuan. The region was torn by constant warfare and economic distress as it was besieged by the Tibetan Empire.
Ex Output:
constant
Ex Input:
Who is moving toward secularism?, Context: In Europe, there has been a general move away from religious observance and belief in Christian teachings and a move towards secularism. The Enlightenment is largely responsible for the spread of secularism. Several scholars have argued for a link between the rise of secularism and Protestantism, attributing it to the wide-ranging freedom in the Protestant countries. In North America, South America and Australia Christian religious observance is much higher than in Europe. United States remains particularly religious in comparison to other developed countries. South America, historically Roman Catholic, has experienced a large Evangelical and Pentecostal infusion in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Ex Output:
| Europe
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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".
Input: Once upon a time there was a princess who lived in a high tower and she was not allowed to leave because of her mean mother. One day she chose to leave but her mother would not let her. The princess climbed out the window of the high tower and climbed down the south wall when her mother was sleeping. She wandered out a good ways. Finally she went into the forest where there are no electric poles but where there are some caves. There she met a young man who was running. His name was John. John asked the princess why such a beautiful woman like her was out in the middle of a forest. She said that she had been trapped for her whole life by an evil woman who said she was her mother. The man said that he would take the princess to a castle that was near. He also said that he thought that she may be the missing princess. As they go through the forest they run into many problems. They see that they are lost and have no way of finding where to go. After several days pass, the princess climbs up to the top of a tree in order to find out where they are. She sees that the castle where they want to go is not that far away and near a mountain. After thinking of the best way to get there, John and the princess go to the castle where they live for the rest of their lives. <sep>How did the princess sight the castle?<sep>Climbing up to the top of a tree
Output: | Yes |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: In the 1930s, the southwestern Great Plains suffered a series of severe droughts. Overfarming and overgrazing had destroyed prairie grasses, making the topsoil even more vulnerable to strong winds. NASA scientists now say that one of those drought years, 1934, was the driest and most widespread in a millennium.
An estimated 100 million acres were turned into wasteland during the Dust Bowl, which contributed to the Great Depression's bank closures, business losses, unemployment and other physical and emotional hardships, as vividly chronicled in John Steinbeck's classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath. The first drought to hit the U.S. in 1930-31 created 14 dust storms in 1932, followed by 38 in the next year. Farmers, however, continued plowing the land, believing that rain would return. Instead, they got the 1934 drought, which severely impacted 27 states.
As it turns out, the successive dust storms were making the droughts even worse.
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Using a tree-ring-based drought record from the years 1000 to 2005 and modern records, scientists from NASA and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have discovered that the 1934 drought was 30% more severe than the runner-up drought (in 1580) and extended across 71.6% of western North America. By way of comparison, the average extent of the 2012 drought was 59.7%.
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"It was the worst by a large margin, falling pretty far outside the normal range of variability that we see in the record," said climate scientist Ben Cook at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Two sets of conditions led to the severity and extent of the 1934 drought. First, a high-pressure system in winter sat over the west coast of the United States and turned away wet weather— a pattern similar to that which occurred in the winter of 2013-14. Second, the spring of 1934 saw dust storms, caused by poor land management practices, suppress rainfall. "In combination then, these two different phenomena managed to bring almost the entire nation into a drought at that time," said Richard Seager, professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia. "The fact that it was the worst of the millennium was probably in part because of the human role." According to the recent Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, climate change is likely to make droughts in North America worse, and the southwest in particular is expected to become significantly drier as are summers in the central plains. Looking back one thousand years in time is one way to get a handle on the natural variability of droughts so that scientists can tease out anthropogenic effects— such as the dust storms of 1934. "What you saw during this last winter and during 1934, because of this high pressure in the atmosphere, is that all the wintertime storms that would normally come into places like California instead got steered much, much farther north," Cook said. "It's these wintertime storms that provide most of the moisture in California. So without getting that rainfall it led to a pretty severe drought." This type of high-pressure system is part of normal variation in the atmosphere, and whether or not it will appear in a given year is difficult to predict in computer models of the climate. Models are more attuned to droughts caused by La Niña's colder sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, which likely triggered the multi-year Dust Bowl drought throughout the 1930s. In a normal La Niña year, the Pacific Northwest receives more rain than usual and the southwestern states typically dry out. But a comparison of weather data to models looking at La Niña effects showed that the rain-blocking high-pressure system in the winter of 1933-34 overrode the effects of La Niña for the western states. This dried out areas from northern California to the Rockies that otherwise might have been wetter. As winter ended, the high-pressure system shifted eastward, interfering with spring and summer rains that typically fall on the central plains. The dry conditions were exacerbated and spread even farther east by dust storms. "We found that a lot of the drying that occurred in the spring time occurred downwind from where the dust storms originated," Cook said, "suggesting that it's actually the dust in the atmosphere that's driving at least some of the drying in the spring and really allowing this drought event to spread upwards into the central plains." Dust clouds reflect sunlight and block solar energy from reaching the surface. That prevents evaporation that would otherwise help form rain clouds, meaning that the presence of the dust clouds themselves leads to less rain, Cook said. "Previous work and this work offers some evidence that you need this dust feedback to explain the real anomalous nature of the Dust Bowl drought in 1934," Cook said.
Dust storms like the ones in the 1930s aren't a problem in North America today. The agricultural practices that gave rise to the Dust Bowl were replaced by those that minimize erosion. Still, Seager says, agricultural producers need to pay attention to the changing climate and adapt accordingly, not forgetting the lessons of the past. "The risk of severe mid-continental droughts is expected to go up over time, not down." ||||| Walter Ranzini/NY Daily News/Getty
Farms failed and livestock starved in the central United States during the Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s. The event was not just the region’s worst dry spell in modern memory — it was the worst in North America over the past millennium, researchers report in Geophysical Research Letters1.
“Not only did 1934 [the first year of the Dust Bowl] stand out in terms of extent and intensity, but it was the worst by a fair margin,” says Benjamin Cook, a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and a co-author of the study. The drought takes its name from a period in April 1934, when winds blew dust from the US Great Plains as far east as North Carolina and as far south as Florida.
Cook and his colleagues used the North American Drought Atlas, a 2,005-year record derived from tree-ring chronologies that reconstructs drought and precipitation patterns. They found that the 1934 drought covered more than 70% of western North America and was 30% more intense than the second most severe drought in the region, which happened in 1580.
The researchers also looked for causes behind the 1934 drought. An earlier study2 led by Siegfried Schubert of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, had pegged the Dust Bowl’s origins on sea-surface temperatures, which were marginally cooler in the Pacific and warmer in the Atlantic.
But in the latest analysis, Cook and his colleagues say that this event had a minor role in the drought. They pin the blame instead on a change in atmospheric circulation: a high-pressure ridge centred over the west coast of North America during the autumn and winter of 1933–1934 that blocked wet weather from California and the Northwest.
A similar, but more persistent, atmospheric pattern was at work off the California coast this past winter, and moved storms north. Cook and his colleagues found that similar ridges preceded some of the worst west coast dry spells, including the 1976 California drought — a two-year event marked as the most severe in California’s recorded history.
“Whenever you see drought, there is always a ridge. But last year’s ridge was a record,” says Simon Wang, a climate scientist at Utah State University in Logan. “The question is what’s causing it to amplify?” Wang and his colleagues have found that the atmospheric ridge in California last winter can be traced to human-made warming of the western Pacific Ocean3.
Previous studies have also identified a human role in the Dust Bowl. Sparse rainfall and poor land-use practices helped to kick up dust and spread it across the Midwest and eastern United States during the historic drought. In an earlier study, Cook and his colleagues found that airborne dust particles amplified the drought by blocking the Sun’s energy, which reduced evaporation, cloud formation and rainfall over the region4.
In the latest analysis, Cook and colleagues “make a strong case that the most famous drought in American history was aggravated by human activity, by testing an old idea with climate models and empirical analysis,” says David Stahle, director of the Tree-Ring Laboratory at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. ||||| A new study using a reconstruction of North American drought history over the last 1,000 years found that the drought of 1934 was the driest and most widespread of the last millennium.
Using a tree-ring-based drought record from the years 1000 to 2005 and modern records, scientists from NASA and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory found the 1934 drought was 30 percent more severe than the runner-up drought (in 1580) and extended across 71.6 percent of western North America. For comparison, the average extent of the 2012 drought was 59.7 percent.
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"It was the worst by a large margin, falling pretty far outside the normal range of variability that we see in the record," said climate scientist Ben Cook at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. Cook is lead author of the study, which will publish in the Oct. 17 edition of Geophysical Research Letters.
Two sets of conditions led to the severity and extent of the 1934 drought. First, a high-pressure system in winter sat over the west coast of the United States and turned away wet weather – a pattern similar to that which occurred in the winter of 2013-14. Second, the spring of 1934 saw dust storms, caused by poor land management practices, suppress rainfall.
[image-113]"In combination then, these two different phenomena managed to bring almost the entire nation into a drought at that time," said co-author Richard Seager, professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University in New York. "The fact that it was the worst of the millennium was probably in part because of the human role."
[image-69]According to the recent Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, climate change is likely to make droughts in North America worse, and the southwest in particular is expected to become significantly drier as are summers in the central plains. Looking back one thousand years in time is one way to get a handle on the natural variability of droughts so that scientists can tease out anthropogenic effects – such as the dust storms of 1934.
“We want to understand droughts of the past to understand to what extent climate change might make it more or less likely that those events occur in the future," Cook said.
The abnormal high-pressure system is one lesson from the past that informs scientists' understanding of the current severe drought in California and the western United States.
"What you saw during this last winter and during 1934, because of this high pressure in the atmosphere, is that all the wintertime storms that would normally come into places like California instead got steered much, much farther north,” Cook said. “It's these wintertime storms that provide most of the moisture in California. So without getting that rainfall it led to a pretty severe drought."
This type of high-pressure system is part of normal variation in the atmosphere, and whether or not it will appear in a given year is difficult to predict in computer models of the climate. Models are more attuned to droughts caused by La Niña's colder sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, which likely triggered the multi-year Dust Bowl drought throughout the 1930s. In a normal La Niña year, the Pacific Northwest receives more rain than usual and the southwestern states typically dry out.
But a comparison of weather data to models looking at La Niña effects showed that the rain-blocking high-pressure system in the winter of 1933-34 overrode the effects of La Niña for the western states. This dried out areas from northern California to the Rockies that otherwise might have been wetter.
As winter ended, the high-pressure system shifted eastward, interfering with spring and summer rains that typically fall on the central plains. The dry conditions were exacerbated and spread even farther east by dust storms.
"We found that a lot of the drying that occurred in the spring time occurred downwind from where the dust storms originated," Cook said, "suggesting that it's actually the dust in the atmosphere that's driving at least some of the drying in the spring and really allowing this drought event to spread upwards into the central plains."
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Dust clouds reflect sunlight and block solar energy from reaching the surface. That prevents evaporation that would otherwise help form rain clouds, meaning that the presence of the dust clouds themselves leads to less rain, Cook said.
"Previous work and this work offers some evidence that you need this dust feedback to explain the real anomalous nature of the Dust Bowl drought in 1934," Cook said.
Dust storms like the ones in the 1930s aren't a problem in North America today. The agricultural practices that gave rise to the Dust Bowl were replaced by those that minimize erosion. Still, agricultural producers need to pay attention to the changing climate and adapt accordingly, not forgetting the lessons of the past, said Seager. "The risk of severe mid-continental droughts is expected to go up over time, not down," he said.
› Read the paper at Geophysical Research Letters
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Output: | If you've lately found yourself wondering when the worst drought North America has suffered occurred, here's your answer: 1934. At least, as far as the last millennium goes. In a new NASA study, scientists say that a combination of atmospheric conditions (a high pressure ridge off the West Coast that blocked wet weather) and dust storms (the product of grass-eviscerating activities like overfarming and overgrazing that left topsoil susceptible to wind) culminated in the most severe drought in the past 1,000 years. In fact, the Dust Bowl drought of 1934 was so bad that it was 30% worse than the next most severe drought, which occurred in 1580, reports Nature. Scientists drew this conclusion using an analysis of tree rings between the years 1000 and 2005. The 1934 drought extended across 71.6% of Western North America, while the extent of 2012's drought didn't quite reach 60%. As io9 reports, drought led to 14 dust storms in 1932 and 38 in 1933, but farmers kept working the land, expecting rain to return. "As it turns out, the successive dust storms were making the droughts even worse." NASA explains why: "Dust clouds reflect sunlight and block solar energy from reaching the surface. That prevents evaporation that would otherwise help form rain clouds, meaning that the presence of the dust clouds themselves leads to less rain." While the agricultural practices that led to those dust storms are no longer used today, scientists say the risk of droughts is only going up, and that agricultural producers will need to adapt accordingly. (The latest drought, meanwhile, is actually causing the West to rise.) |
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]: Porky is looking all over the big city for a hotel room , but due to a convention there are no vacancies . Porky takes the only available vacancy at one hotel , but will have to share with Daffy Duck , who is a very loud , obnoxious and annoying sort . Daffy introduces his invisible kangaroo friend `` Hymie '' , but Porky wo n't believe that . Daffy spends the rest of the night annoying Porky : pestering him with questions , shaking the bed , spilling water from a glass , hogging the blanket and finally literally sending the both of them flying off the bed when Daffy kicks , and startles , Porky with his literally frozen feet . Fed up with his antics , Porky stuffs Daffy in a pillow case and drops him out of the window . As Porky goes back to bed , Daffy returns bandaged , but shakes them off and prepares to get revenge . Daffy tricks the half-asleep pig into stepping out of a window thinking he 's boarding a train . Daffy hides the window saying it 's `` too gruesome '' to watch . Suddenly he hears train noises , and behind the shade , sees the still-drowsy Porky pulling away on an actual train and waving at Daffy . Daffy finds this silly . Then he bounces all around the room , `` Hoo-Hoo ! '' - ing wildly . <sep>Why did Daffy Duck hide the window and say it was too gruesome?<sep>Avoid drama
[EX A]: Yes
[EX Q]: The cute red ball rolled over to the blue ball and said hello. The blue ball was scared and went to cry to the green ball. The green ball laughed at the blue ball. Then the green ball told the orange ball that blue ball was stupid. Most felt this was not good to do and so they punished the green ball by taking away all his air. From that day on everyone saw the air-less green ball and knew that they could not do or say any bad things. This is how the trouble started. The purple ball used the fear of everyone to become the leader that they all feared. The purple ball was mean to everyone. Until one day the red ball spoke up and got all the other colored balls together and they took the air from the purple ball and put it in the green ball. Sadly, the green ball had been without air for too long and was dead. <sep>Why was everyone afraid to say bad things?<sep>Because they saw the green was airless because he said the blue ball was stupid
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: 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>What did the narrators neighbor constantly play loudly and badly?<sep>Years
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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]: Who was the victor?, Context: By August, the KPA had pushed back the ROK Army and the Eighth United States Army to the vicinity of Pusan in southeast Korea. In their southward advance, the KPA purged the Republic of Korea's intelligentsia by killing civil servants and intellectuals. On 20 August, General MacArthur warned North Korean leader Kim Il-sung that he was responsible for the KPA's atrocities. By September, the UN Command controlled the Pusan perimeter, enclosing about 10% of Korea, in a line partially defined by the Nakdong River.
[A]: North Korean leader Kim Il-sung
[Q]: How do some of the past students still contribute to this day?, Context: While Harkness' original colleges were Georgian Revival or Collegiate Gothic in style, two colleges constructed in the 1960s, Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges, have modernist designs. All twelve college quadrangles are organized around a courtyard, and each has a dining hall, courtyard, library, common room, and a range of student facilities. The twelve colleges are named for important alumni or significant places in university history. In 2017, the university expects to open two new colleges near Science Hill.
[A]: colleges are named for important alumni
[Q]: How are alloy bonds classified?, Context: An alloy is a mixture of metals or a mixture of a metal and another element. Alloys are defined by metallic bonding character. An alloy may be a solid solution of metal elements (a single phase) or a mixture of metallic phases (two or more solutions). Intermetallic compounds are alloys with a defined stoichiometry and crystal structure. Zintl phases are also sometimes considered alloys depending on bond types (see also: Van Arkel-Ketelaar triangle for information on classifying bonding in binary compounds).
[A]: | Van Arkel-Ketelaar triangle
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Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Roy Anthony Cousins is a big fan of pizza
Roy Anthony Cousins (born 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer, producer, and record label owner, known for his work as leader of The Royals, his productions of artists such as Charlie Chaplin, Prince Far I, and Cornell Campbell, and his record labels such as Tamoki-Wambesi.
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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.
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What is the Crown Liquor saloon?, Context: CAMRA maintains a "National Inventory" of historical notability and of architecturally and decoratively notable pubs. The National Trust owns thirty-six public houses of historic interest including the George Inn, Southwark, London and The Crown Liquor Saloon, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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public houses
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What almost stopped the events in 2012, Context: The Times occasionally makes endorsements for foreign elections. In November 2012, it endorsed a second term for Barack Obama although it also expressed reservations about his foreign policy.
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expressed reservations
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Another term for sphere, also used to refer to the planet Earth is?, Context: The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald are two of the city's major daily newspapers. The city is also served by other publications such as Boston magazine, The Improper Bostonian, DigBoston, and the Boston edition of Metro. The Christian Science Monitor, headquartered in Boston, was formerly a worldwide daily newspaper but ended publication of daily print editions in 2009, switching to continuous online and weekly magazine format publications. The Boston Globe also releases a teen publication to the city's public high schools, called Teens in Print or T.i.P., which is written by the city's teens and delivered quarterly within the school year.
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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".
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Question: 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>How do glaciers form?<sep>Layer upon layer of snow compacted and turned to ice
Answer: Yes
Question: (CNN) -- Britain's Chris Froome won the 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday to strengthen his grip on the yellow jersey. Froome completed Wednesday's 32-kilometer time trial in 51 minutes 33 seconds, nine seconds ahead of Spain's Alberto Contador with his compatriot Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver finishing a further second behind in third. "I couldn't believe it when I got over the line and saw I had the fastest time," Froome said after his third stage win of this year's tour. "I went into today thinking I was going to try and limit my losses, thinking about the days to come now. So to go through the finish line with the fastest time, I really didn't see that coming." On mountainous terrain along a frequently twisting route most of the riders opted for their traditional road bikes over the more aerodynamic machines used in time trials. But Froome opted to use both on the stage, switching to a time trial model for the final 12-kilometer descent. The swap proved decisive as the Briton clawed back a 20-second advantage Contador had built up earlier in the stage. The Spaniard now moves up to second overall, four minutes 34 seconds behind Froome with just four stages remaining. Contador's Saxo-Tinkoff teammate Roman Kreuziger is now third and trails Froome by four minutes and 51 seconds. Thursday sees the riders tackle the gruelling 172.5-kilometer 18th stage which concludes with a double ascent of Alpe d'Huez over the last 60 kilometers. <sep>How long did Fromme bike on the 17th stage before the final descent?<sep>32 kilometers
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Question: What a time of it Dawson's Landing was having! All its life it had been asleep, but now it hardly got a chance for a nod, so swiftly did big events and crashing surprises come along in one another's wake: Friday morning, first glimpse of Real Nobility, also grand reception at Aunt Patsy Cooper's, also great robber raid; Friday evening, dramatic kicking of the heir of the chief citizen in presence of four hundred people; Saturday morning, emergence as practicing lawyer of the long-submerged Pudd'nhead Wilson; Saturday night, duel between chief citizen and titled stranger. The people took more pride in the duel than in all the other events put together, perhaps. It was a glory to their town to have such a thing happen there. In their eyes the principals had reached the summit of human honor. Everybody paid homage to their names; their praises were in all mouths. Even the duelists' subordinates came in for a handsome share of the public approbation: wherefore Pudd'nhead Wilson was suddenly become a man of consequence. When asked to run for the mayoralty Saturday night, he was risking defeat, but Sunday morning found him a made man and his success assured. <sep>Where was the Duel happening?<sep>Aunt Patsy Cooper's
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
[EX Q]: The club has won national honours , namely the 1950-51 B Division , the 2001-02 Scottish Second Division and the 2002-03 Scottish Challenge Cup .
[EX A]: The club 's national honours include winning the Division B Championship in season 1950 – 51 , the Second Division Championship in season 2001 – 02 and in season 2012 – 13 , and also the Scottish Challenge Cup in seasons 2002 – 03 and 2012 – 13 .
[EX Q]: They believe that the divisions of labour that these industrial societies produce lead to people relying on factories and other people to make their food , clothing , shelter , etc . ; thus , forcing them to be a member of the society .
[EX A]: They argue that the division of labor techno-industrial societies require to function forces people into reliance on factories and the labor of other specialists to produce their food , clothing , shelter , and other necessities and that this dependence forces them to remain a part of this society , whether they like it or not .
[EX Q]: The word " literature " comes from the Latin word " learning , writing , grammar " .
[EX A]: | Etymologically , the term derives from Latin " literatura / litteratura " " learning , a writing , grammar , " originally " writing formed with letters , " from " litera / littera " " letter " .
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