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Possible answers: --However, you should have a good idea how large or by how much capital the company has and how much it distributes to the target. No matter what type of formula you use to calculate calculating (as another example), you'll generally do most of the work yourself if you are a financial expert.; --It could even be wrong for you to use this method otherwise. Instead, you'll need to check with management to see if the company could use this method.; --In general, the assets alone would not be available for this method, but you can use a simple formula to calculate this equation. You can register as a " shareholder " or even an administrator if your company is highly recognized by the business's management team.; --However, if it is a publicly-traded company, the company is required to report this information in financial reports on their balance sheets. To find this information for a publicly-held company, try searching for the company's most recent financial report online.;Choose from options above and answer: What most naturally follows?
How to calculate shareholders' equity
Determine if you can use this method.
In order to use this method, you'll need to know the target company's total assets and total liabilities. If this is a private company, this may be hard to obtain without the direct involvement of management.
Answer: | However, if it is a publicly-traded company, the company is required to report this information in financial reports on their balance sheets. To find this information for a publicly-held company, try searching for the company's most recent financial report online. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Blac Chyna filed a lawsuit against Rob Kardashian and his family Tuesday for allegedly damaging her brand and verbally and physically abusing her.
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In the filing obtained by PEOPLE, Chyna, 29, claims she has suffered “significant damages” since her ex-fiancé’s explosive social media rampage July 5, in which he shared graphic and expletive-ridden content about the mother of his child — including three naked photos — while accusing her of drug/alcohol abuse and infidelity.
According to the lawsuit, Chyna (born Angela White) alleges the nude photo scandal — along with influence from the Kardashian family — are what got Rob & Chyna, her E! reality show with 30-year-old Kardashian, axed before a season 2.
“Rob Kardashian is an abuser intent on destroying Angela White, the mother of his baby, who left him in 2016,” the complaint states. “In revenge, the Kardashian-Jenner family became media predators, slut-shaming her on social media and killing her hit television show, which had already begun filming a second season.”
She names Rob, his mom Kris Jenner and his sisters Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian West, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner in the complaint and asks for unspecified damages.
“Rob Kardashian and his powerful, vindictive family have done enough damage to Ms. White’s career and professional reputation, which she singlehandedly built from scratch—without the help of a famous last name. This lawsuit seeks to hold them accountable,” the lawsuit states.
Chyna also accuses Rob of physical abuse, saying when she tried to call Tyga — Kylie’s ex and the father of Chyna’s 5-year-old son King Cairo — Rob “immediately grabbed the phone from her hand and violently knocked her to the ground where she landed on her hands and knees.”
She says she called King’s nanny, who took the boy away, and locked herself in her bedroom.
“However, Rob Kardashian lost all control and tore the hinges off of Ms. White’s bedroom door,” according to the suit. “Ms. White then retreated to the bathroom, hid in the bathroom closet, and locked the door.”
She says she recorded Rob yelling and ransacking her closet. The complaint states, “Ms. White suffered pain and difficulty walking for days following the domestic dispute as a result of Rob Kardashian violently knocking her to the ground.”
In September, her lawyer Lisa Bloom tweeted about the suit.
“Slut shaming is cruel and damaging, and I am proud to join @BlacChyna in standing against it. That’s what White v. Kardashian is all about,” she said, referencing Chyna’s birth name, Angela Renée White.
The tweet came one day after Bloom shared a photo of herself with Chyna, writing, “Do NOT disrespect my client. I got your back, @BlacChyna. Stay tuned for chapter 2, y’all.”
Slut shaming is cruel and damaging, and I am proud to join @BlacChyna in standing against it. That's what White v. Kardashian is all about. — Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) September 27, 2017
After Kardashian’s social media attack in July, Chyna and her legal team accused the reality star of violating California’s revenge porn laws, claiming in court documents obtained by PEOPLE that he allegedly hit her and threatened to kill himself multiple times. A judge later granted her a set of restraining orders against him.
Kardashian’s actions also launched a two-month-long custody war over the former couple’s 10-month-old daughter Dream Renée. The two agreed to joint custody on Sept. 15, PEOPLE confirmed — though at the time, Bloom said the decision “does not resolve all disputes between Chyna and Rob.”
“Chyna is pleased that Rob has agreed to peacefully coparent Dream with her, as she has been requesting all along,” Bloom said. “Because Rob agreed to continue to stay away from Chyna and not contact her, Chyna has agreed to take the domestic abuse hearing scheduled for Monday, Sept. 18, off calendar. She will always have the right to go back into court if further incidents of domestic abuse occur.”
A source recently told PEOPLE that Kardashian, who has been lying extremely low since the scandal, is focusing his energy on Dream.
“Rob is okay,” the source said. “Rob and Chyna have other issues they need to figure out, but this is a good start. Ultimately, he mostly cared about hashing out a custody agreement for Dream. He loves his baby girl and she is his focus.”
In September, Rob and Kylie sued Chyna for battery, assault and vandalism, claiming she attempted to choke Rob with an iPhone cord during an intense fight at Kylie’s house last December. ||||| Blac Chyna Sues Kardashians for Torpedoing Reality Show ... Network Calls BS
Blac Chyna Sues the Whole Kardashian Family for Torpedoing Reality Show
EXCLUSIVE
Blac Chyna is now suing the entire Kardashian family saying they were responsible for putting the kibosh on her reality show with Rob, costing her a fortune -- but E! sources are saying that's BS, and there are emails that prove it.
Chyna claims the Kardashians interfered with the shooting of "Rob & Chyna" to the point E! network pulled the plug, claiming production was impossible. In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Chyna says the network, the production company and the stars of the show -- herself and Rob -- were all on board to shoot a 2nd season.
According to the suit, the Kardashians used their "power and influence over the E! network to kill the second season." However, our network sources say the couple split at the beginning of the show's first season, so a second was doubtful from the beginning.
However, sources connected to the network tell us they have documentation showing the reason the show was not picked up is because Chyna was making it impossible -- she refused to be in the same room as Rob ... so there would be no plausible way to shoot another season.
We're also told E! was unhappy with anemic ratings.
Chyna is also suing the family for battery over her claims Rob brutalized her during an April domestic violence incident. In the suit, she says Rob grabbed her phone, knocked her to the ground ... and she ended up calling her son King's nanny for help. She claims Rob flipped out and tore her bedroom door off at the hinges.
She also claims Rob repeatedly threatened to kill himself, and the suit includes text messages where Rob says things like, "I'm literally on the verge of killing myself and u couldn't care less." She's also included a photo she says is Rob's hand filled with pills he was threatening to take to kill himself if she didn't immediately respond to his text. |||||
| Reality-TV star Blac Chyna is taking ex-fiance Rob Kardashian to court—along with the rest of what she calls his "powerful, vindictive" family. In a lawsuit seen by TMZ, Chyna accuses the Kardashians of using their influence to torpedo the second season of her E! reality series Rob & Chyna after the breakup. She says the network and production company were ready to shoot the second series, though TMZ's sources say the split with Rob Kardashian early in the show's first season made a second series doubtful from the start. In July, Kardashian put "revenge porn" photos of Chyna online, which she says contributed to the show's cancellation. Chyna, who was born Angela White, also accuses Kardashian of violently knocking her to the ground when she tried to call ex-partner Tyga, People reports. "Rob Kardashian is an abuser intent on destroying Angela White, the mother of his baby, who left him in 2016," the complaint states. "In revenge, the Kardashian-Jenner family became media predators, slut-shaming her on social media and killing her hit television show, which had already begun filming a second season." Chyna is seeking unspecified damages in the lawsuit, which names mom Kris Jenner and sisters Kourtney, Khloe, Kim, Kendall, and Kylie. |
Miles of Australia's most pristine coastline have been declared a disaster zone following a large oil spill from a storm-damaged cargo ship. At least 60 kilometres of Queensland's southeastern shore were contaminated when at least 42 tonnes of oil spilled into the ocean from MV Pacific Adventurer on Wednesday night. The ship, which had sailed into cyclonic weather, lost 31 containers aboard, one of which pierced the ship's hull and a fuel tank. Anna Bligh, the Queensland premier, has declared Moreton Island, Bribie Island and southern parts of the Sunshine Coast disaster zones.
they are talking about frogs only OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Shane Harte is a Canadian actor, singer and songwriter born in Brampton, Ontario. He attended St. Roch Catholic Secondary School. He plays the series lead, Luke, in the Family Channel series "Lost & Found Music Studios". He also plays Luke in the hit children's TV program "The Next Step".
Shane Harte is on tv OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Elizabeth Dowdeswell is the Under Secretary General at the United Nations Offices at Nairobi and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Elizabeth Dowdeswell is not physically underneath the Secretary General at the United Nations Offices at Nairobi. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — The death of a Los Angeles police detective found shot at a suburban home was being investigated as a suicide, authorities said Wednesday.
There were no signs of foul play in the death of Nadine Hernandez, police in the Los Angeles County city of Whittier said.
The 44-year-old Whittier resident was found Tuesday with a gunshot wound to the chest. She died at a hospital.
A handgun was recovered at the scene, police said in a statement.
Hernandez was a detective in the Robbery-Homicide Division Special Assault Section, according to LAPD Officer Liliana Preciado. She was frequently assigned to high-profile cases including an investigation into an accusation of rape against NBA star Derrick Rose, Preciado said.
Hernandez last month wrote a letter cited in federal court in Los Angeles confirming that the department was looking into sexual abuse allegations in connection with a rape complaint against Rose. Rose is being sued in the matter and denies any wrongdoing. ||||| 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. ||||| WHITTIER, Calif. — A Los Angeles detective who recently acknowledged a criminal investigation into claims of rape by NBA star Derrick Rose died after she was found shot in a California home Tuesday night, reports CBS Los Angeles.
Nadine Hernandez, 44, was found around 2:45 p.m., after police responded to reports of a shooting. Paramedics transported Hernandez to a hospital where she later died. A firearm was recovered at the scene, police said.
Whittier police said in a statement that the incident is being investigated as a suicide.
“However, this is an ongoing investigation and we will continue to collaborate with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office as part of our investigation,” the department said.
Hernandez had worked on several high profile cases for the Los Angeles Police Department, including the investigation into Rose. On Sept. 23, Hernandez wrote a letter to the attorney of a woman who claims Rose and two others raped her in 2013, confirming the investigation in order to “clarify any misconception” that detectives were not continuing to look into the case.
Rose’s attorneys had previously claimed there was no active criminal investigation.
The home where Hernandez was located is listed as being owned by a retired LAPD lieutenant, but it remains unclear if she lived there, CBS Los Angeles reports.
Police have not said if a weapon was recovered at the scene, and detectives have not determined if the gunshot wound was the result of a homicide or suicide.
Hernandez was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Division Special Assault Section. The Los Angeles Times reports she was one of two detectives investigating the Rose case.
She sent the letter confirming her work on the case after a federal judge ruled that the woman who accused Rose could not remain anonymous during an associated civil trial, which is currently underway. Lawyers for the woman, who is identified in court documents as Jane Doe, argued that her privacy should be protected because she is vulnerable, and included Hernandez’s letter as evidence in a bid to reinstate the woman’s anonymity. ||||| | A Los Angeles Police Department detective investigating rape allegations against NBA star Derrick Rose was found shot Tuesday in a Los Angeles area home, the Los Angeles Times reports. Det. Nadine Hernandez, 44, had been shot once in the chest and died at the hospital. Police say there are "no signs of foul play" and are investigating her death as a suicide. A gun was found at the relative's house where police say Hernandez killed herself. Hernandez had been with the LAPD for two decades, and the AP reports she was often given high-profile cases as part of the Robbery-Homicide Division Special Assault Section. She was one of two detectives investigating the Rose case. Rose, currently with the New York Knicks, is being sued by a woman who says he and two other men raped her in 2013, CBS News reports. When his lawyers claimed there was no active investigation into the alleged rape, Hernandez sent a letter to the woman and her attorney stating that it was indeed still an active LAPD case. And after a judge ruled that Rose's accuser must use her name during the trial, Hernandez officially—and successfully—argued for keeping the woman's identity concealed. The woman and her attorney were surprised when they learned of Hernandez's death Wednesday. |
How to swerve or turn quickly on a motorcycle<br>Assess in which direction it is safest to swerve to avoid the obstacle. [substeps] Try not to remain locked on the object, as this could cause you to drive into it. Look in the direction you are swerving.
Swerving is a maneuver you can make on a motorcycle.
A: Yes
I remember a lady in Houston, Texas, told me, "Reading is the new civil right," and she's right. In order to make sure people have jobs for the 21st century, we've got to get it right in the education system, and we're beginning to close a minority achievement gap now.
The minority achievement gap doesn't exist anymore/
A: No
How to ask if you got the job<br>Ask about next steps at your interview. At the end of your interview, the hiring manager will likely ask you if you have any questions. This is a great time to ask more about the company or specific job, but you should also ask what happens next.
Anyone can get a job
A: | It's impossible to say |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Little is known of the earliest Stone Age inhabitants of Europe's southwestern extremity. The ancient Greeks called them the Cynetes (or Cunetes). Whatever their origins, their culture evolved under the pressure and influence of foreign forces. Among the many invading armies that settled here and contributed to nascent Portuguese culture were Phoenicians, who settled in the area around 1,000 b.c., followed by the Celts, Iberians, Greeks, and Carthaginians. But it was the Romans, who arrived late in the third century b.c., who most greatly influenced all of Iberia. They built towns, industries, roads, and bridges, developed agriculture, and bequeathed the Latin language, of which Portuguese is a direct descendant. The Romans named the southwestern province of the peninsula Lusitania, oddly enough for one of the Celtiberian tribes they defeated, and by the third century a.d. had introduced Christianity. By the beginning of the fourth century the Algarve had a bishop in place, based in Faro. But Rome had already fallen into decay, and soon hordes of northern tribesmen took over the empire. The Algarve fell to the Visigoths in the mid-fifth century. Under Moorish Rule In a.d. 711, the Moors brought powerful armies from North Africa and launched a devastating attack on the Iberian peninsula, conquering much of what would become Spain and Portugal. They imposed Islam and left an indelible influence on the countryside and the population of the Algarve. The Moorish legacy can still be seen in the form of wells and waterwheels, squat white houses, the dark complexions of the people, and in the very name given the region — taken from Al-Gharb, which means "country of the west" (when the Moors conquered the territory, it was the most westerly in the known world). The Moors governed their Iberian kingdoms from across the border in Seville, but the Algarve had its own regional capital and huge, invulnerable fortress. The capital was Chelb (or Xelb), and it was bigger and better defended than Lisbon. Today the town, known as Silves, is a provincial outpost whose only besiegers are busloads of tourists who climb the narrow streets up to the old Moorish ramparts. <sep>Under the Moors, Christianity was replaced by what religion?<sep>Hindi
Output: | No |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What did Kerry later run for?, Context: The junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Paul Tsongas, announced in 1984 that he would be stepping down for health reasons. Kerry ran, and as in his 1982 race for Lieutenant Governor, he did not receive the endorsement of the party regulars at the state Democratic convention. Congressman James Shannon, a favorite of House Speaker Tip O'Neill, was the early favorite to win the nomination, and he "won broad establishment support and led in early polling." Again as in 1982, however, Kerry prevailed in a close primary.
Senator
What deal did officials come up with to minimize organized demonstrations?, Context: The New York Times reported that "government officials in Beijing and Sichuan have said they are investigating the collapses. In an acknowledgment of the weakness of building codes in the countryside, the National Development and Reform Commission said on May 27 that it had drafted an amendment to improve construction standards for primary and middle schools in rural areas. Experts are reviewing the draft, the commission said." To limit protests, officials pushed parents to sign a document, which forbade them from holding protests, in exchange of money, but some who refused to sign were threatened. The payment amounts varied from school to school but were approximately the same. In Hanwang, parents were offered a package valued at 8,800 USD in cash and a per-parent pension of nearly 5,600 USD. Furthermore, officials used other methods of silencing: riot police officers broke up protests by parents; the authorities set up cordons around the schools; and officials ordered the Chinese news media to stop reporting on school collapses.
officials pushed parents to sign a document, which forbade them from holding protests, in exchange of money
Who helps build new libraries?, Context: Other than the curriculum led learning, there are also National and Public Library Services led by the Kenya National Library Service (KNLS). KNLS is the body mandated to establish, equip, manage and maintain national and public libraries in the country. In addition, some of the counties within the country have either established or taken over libraries within their regions. Nairobi County operates four libraries within their network, which included the McMillan Memorial Library located at the central business district of Nairobi. A public library is seen as a peoples university since it is open to all irrespective of age, literacy level and has materials relevant to people of all walks of life.
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How to buy a tax lien certificate
Understand tax liens.
A tax lien represents an unpaid tax debt on a property. If a property owner does not pay their taxes within a certain time period (it varies by jurisdiction), tax collectors will put the unpaid taxes up for auction.
OPTIONS:
- Plan to transfer the taxes to a trust. Determine how much you want to transfer.
- A tax lien and the creditor's intent appears in the terms and conditions of the deed. Understand the real property of the property.
- It is through this auction process that you have the opportunity to purchase a tax lien. In the auction the highest bidder wins.
- When a company dissolves another property in the future, each company looks for ways to fix the mortgage on the new property. This process raises an interest in the property.
It is through this auction process that you have the opportunity to purchase a tax lien. In the auction the highest bidder wins.
A woman does a dance with a hulahoop. she
OPTIONS:
- spins around performing away from the camera.
- throws it up, catches it, and dances around the room.
- flips and turns the hula hoop of a hula hoop vigorously.
- jumps, then does another.
throws it up, catches it, and dances around the room.
Another man from off the field runs in to help but he ends up fighting with the first guy who ran in to help and others have to break them apart. the game
OPTIONS:
- ends and the two men keep fighting and kicking at each other without success.
- continues on with more people throughout and then it is just the two men again.
- continues on as the people compete against one another for a goal and only two to win.
- continues until the last score on the board is shown and it reads lismore 1-16 d la salle 1-15 and the spectators start to get up from the stands.
continues until the last score on the board is shown and it reads lismore 1-16 d la salle 1-15 and the spectators start to get up from the stands.
How to open a mortgage company
Learn about the mortgage industry.
If you are not already in the industry, then you will need to understand it more fully before going into business. Take time to read about how mortgages are structured, including things like escrow, interest calculations, and various penalties and fees.
OPTIONS:
- Then, you may go to other companies and increase your knowledge by finding out about how to use your finances. If you are looking for retirement or consolidation agreements, then this can help you to get comfortable using the mortgage company.
- Look for mortgage brokers in your area. The types of brokerages companies have can change based on the amount of experience they provide.
- Start researching by purchasing a part of the company's name, advertising, and salaries. You will be shown where the company's choices might lead you.
- Then, look at the players in the industry, from large banks to private mortgage brokers. After that, take a look at the overall state of the industry.
| Then, look at the players in the industry, from large banks to private mortgage brokers. After that, take a look at the overall state of the industry. |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Problem:The lower chamber of Canada is called the House of Commons, it is under which kind of legislative goverment system?, Context: If the Governor General of Canada is unable to give assent, it can be done by either the Deputy of the Governor General of Canada—the Chief Justice of Canada—or another justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. It is not actually necessary for the governor general to sign a bill passed by a legislature, the signature being merely an attestation. In each case, the parliament must be apprised of the granting of assent before the bill is considered to have become law. Two methods are available: the sovereign's representatives may grant assent in the presence of both houses of parliament; alternatively, each house may be notified separately, usually by the speaker of that house. However, though both houses must be notified on the same day, notice to the House of Commons while it is not in session may be given by way of publishing a special issue of the Journals of the House of Commons, whereas the Senate must be sitting and the governor general's letter read aloud by the speaker.
Solution: | parliament |
What happens next?
How to write a creative marketing brief
Gather your team.
While you can write a creative marketing brief alone, gathering a team of advisors and experts within your company can ensure that you don't miss any important information. By writing the brief together, you'll be able to work simultaneously on different sections and complete the brief in a smaller amount of time. | In addition, you can check over each other's work to guarantee its quality. If you don't know who to include on this team, consider communications, research staff, and any experts on the subject matter of the brief. |
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: An atom is the very smallest particle that still the elements properties. All the atoms of an element are alike. They are also different from the atoms of all other elements. For example, atoms of gold are always the same. It does not matter if they are found in a gold nugget or a gold ring. All gold atoms have the same structure and properties. For example, all gold atoms contain 79 protons. One of golds unique properties is that it is a great conductor of electricity. Gold is a better conductor of electricity than copper. Gold is more rare and expensive than copper. Copper is used in house wiring. Gold is far too expensive. <sep>How is gold different from copper?<sep>Gold is more expensive and rarer than copper
Student: | Yes |
How to rack a pool table<br>Start off with the 1-ball at the front of the rack. This is also called the " apex " of the rack Make sure that the 8-ball is in the center of the rack. The center of the rack is the middle of the triangle.
The center of the rack is not called the apex
A: Yes
Guillermo Luis Franco Farquarson (born 3 November 1976) is an Argentine-born Mexican former football striker. Franco last played for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire. He also played for the Mexico national team, until his international retirement in September 2010.
Guillermo Luis Franco Farquarson did not play football ever again after his retirement.
A: It's impossible to say
Increased liabilities will add a little to the cost of marine insurance but commercial vessels insured in mutual protection and indemnity associations will probably see no substantive increase in insurance rates because coverage already provided by mutual associations is unlimited.
Unlimited marine insurance is not available to individuals unless they are piggybacked to a commercial vessel or company.
A: | It's impossible to say |
Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The sanitary epidemiological reconnaissance will be important in assessing the sanitary-epidemiological situation , organizing and conducting preventive activities , indicating and identifying pathogenic biological agents , suppressing hotbeds of infectious diseases , providing advisory and practical assistance to local health authorities .
A: | It is pointed out the significance of the sanitary epidemiological reconnaissance in assessing the sanitary-epidemiological situation , organizing and conducting preventive activities , indicating and identifying pathogenic biological agents in the environmental sites , conducting laboratory analysis of biological materials , suppressing hotbeds of infectious diseases , providing advisory and practical assistance to local health authorities . |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature 's Shark Specialist Group say that shark fin trade is causing a serious danger to the shark population .
| The International Union for Conservation of Nature 's Shark Specialist Group say that shark finning is widespread , and that " the rapidly expanding and largely unregulated shark fin trade represents one of the most serious threats to shark populations worldwide " . |
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".
Patricia Cross and her boyfriend Larry Osborne , two students in a San Francisco school , become expelled for the publication of an off-campus underground paper . As a result , a philosophy professor , Dr. Jonathon Barnett , resigns his teaching position and decides to become an advocate for the counterculture youth movement and , specifically , the use of LSD . The hippies of the Haight-Ashbury district first see him as a hero and then as something even more . Dr. Barnett even makes an appearance on the Joe Pyne TV show to voice his support of the hippie community and the use of LSD . One scheming young man sees the opportunity to build Dr. Barnett as the head of a cult centered around the use of LSD . He hopes to earn profit from the users , Dr. Barnett's speeches known as `` happenings , '' and their lifestyles . At a massive LSD-fueled dance , Patricia begins to have a bad trip Which leads to an argument between her and Pat , ultimately splitting the couple up . After Patricia realizes that she's pregnant , Dr. Barnett advises her to have an abortion , ultimately leading to Patricia attempting suicide . However , Larry saves her and makes the destruction of Dr. Barnett's cult his primary objective . Larry shoots Dr. Barnett from the crowd at one of his massive speeches . As another hippie in attendance calms the audience and Elliot sees his new leader for their cult-like organization , Larry realizes that his assassination of Dr. Barnett simply made him a martyr for the hippie movement . <sep>Which event drives Larry to destroy the cult?<sep>Dr. Barnett's assassination
No
(CNN) -- A federal court jury in Florida convicted seven people of participating in a global child pornography trafficking enterprise, according to the Department of Justice. Jurors convicted the seven Wednesday of multiple counts of child exploitation, pornography and obstruction of justice. Members of the organization used Internet news groups to swap and share "illegal images and videos depicting prepubescent children, including toddlers, engaged in various sexual and sadistic acts," prosecutors said. An indictment filed in the case detailed interactions between group members as they swapped and commented on images. "My thanks to you and all the others that together make this the greatest group of pedos to ever gather in one place," Freeman wrote in response to one posting, according to the indictment. And a posting from Castleman, cited in the indictment, read, "Thanks to all for the wonderful material that has been posted." An Australian constable who infiltrated the group in August 2006 was among 50 witnesses testifying at trial. He told the jury that the group traded more than 400,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse before being dismantled by law enforcement, according to the Justice Department statement. Each defendant faces a sentence of 20 years to life in prison, fines and the possibility of supervised release for the rest of their lives, authorities said. The seven will be sentenced April 14. During the six-day trial, evidence showed the seven participated in what prosecutors called a "well-organized criminal enterprise whose purpose was to proliferate child sex abuse images to its membership during a two-year period." "This was a wide-scale, high-volume, international trafficking enterprise that used sophisticated computer encryption technology and file-sharing techniques," Matthew Friedrich, acting assistant attorney general, said in the statement. The seven defendants were James Freeman of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida; Gary Lakey of Anderson, Indiana; Marvin Lambert of Indianapolis, Indiana; Neville McGarity of Medina, Texas; Warren Mumpower of Spokane, Washington; Daniel Castleman of Lubbock, Texas; and Ronald White of Burlington, North Carolina, according to the Department of Justice. <sep>Who told the jury that the group traded more than 400,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse?<sep>The Australian constable
Yes
Befitting a lush, tropical island stranded in the middle of the ocean, Madeira's origins are shrouded in mystery and fanciful legend. Some claim that the archipelago is what remains of Plato's lost Atlantis, or part of a landmass that once fused the continents of Europe and America. The Portuguese Step Ashore: Recorded history of the volcanic archipelago begins in relatively recent times: 1418, just as the golden age of Portuguese discovery was erupting. Under the leadership of Henry the Navigator, caravels set out from the westernmost point of the Algarve, in southern Portugal, in search of foreign lands, fame, and wealth. João Gonçalves Zarco, sailing in the service of Prince Henry, made the first of many famous Portuguese discoveries, which would culminate a century later in Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the globe. Zarco happened upon a small volcanic archipelago 1,000 km from Lisbon. Perhaps Zarco knew precisely where he was heading, having learned of the existence of Madeira from a Castilian source. After all, the waters of the Canary Islands, only 445 km (275 miles) to the south, had occupied busy shipping lanes for very nearly a century, and Genovese maps from the mid-14th century depict both Madeira and Porto Santo. More likely, Zarco was heading for Guinea and storms forced him onto the beach of Porto Santo. If so, then he was extremely fortunate, for he managed to land on the only large, sandy beach for hundreds of miles around. Little wonder he subsequently named it Porto Santo (Holy Port). The following year Zarco returned to claim the larger island he had seen from Porto Santo, and with him went Tristão Vaz Teixeira and Bartolomeu Perestrelo. They officially became the first men to set foot on the heavily forested island, naming it Ilha da Madeira, "Island of Timber. " The Portuguese Crown, delighted with its first important discovery, immediately embarked on a program of colonization. Zarco and Teixeira were appointed co-governors of Madeira, while Perestrelo was awarded Porto Santo. <sep>What country was the man associated with who landed on a small volcanic archipelago 1,000 km from Lisbon?<sep>Portugal
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How to store clementines
Place the clementines in an open container.
A basket or wire mesh container works best, but any container with an open top will be suitable. Wooden crates with open slits along the side work great, as well.
Do not place the fruit in a sealed container. Cutting off air circulation could hasten the spoiling process, causing the clementines to become moldy or rotten quicker.
A young boy is seen wandering around a playground and climbing up a side while a man records himself at times. the man
continues to follow the boy around while he plays on the playground and all the various toys.
How to register a horse
Identify the breed of your horse.
If you plan to show or compete with your horse, you likely know what breed they are. A horse trainer or veterinarian that works on different types of horses can help you identify the likely breed if you're unsure.
Visit different breed association websites to read about the characteristics of different breeds. These websites will contain guidelines, specifications and rules about registering a horse for that specific breed.
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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: Before the mysterious disappearance of one of its passenger jets this month, Malaysia wasn't a country used to finding itself dominating headlines around the world. Some of its Southeast Asian neighbors, including Indonesia and the Philippines, have suffered devastating natural disasters in recent years and are all too familiar with the media frenzy that accompanies a major crisis. But Malaysia has largely managed to stay out of the international spotlight since its independence from British colonial rule more than half a century ago. "It is one of these countries, because of its geography, that doesn't have earthquakes," said Ernest Bower, senior adviser for Southeast Asia studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It doesn't have tsunamis. It hasn't been tested with a disaster like this." The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has thrust the government into the dazzling glare of worldwide attention. And it hasn't emerged with very good grades. "I think on a stress test, they're failing," Bower told CNN's Jake Tapper, pointing to the government's coordination of different agencies and communication with other countries. China among critics Criticism and complaints have come from other countries involved in the search for the missing plane, including China and Vietnam, and from the relatives of passengers. Malaysian officials have created confusion by issuing contradictory statements on key aspects of the investigation. The majority of the people on board the plane were Chinese, and Beijing has increasingly voiced its displeasure with the search, especially after Malaysia announced over the weekend that evidence suggested the plane had been deliberately flown west into the Indian Ocean, away from its last confirmed location over the South China Sea. "The new information means the intensive search in the South China Sea for the whole past week was worthless and would never bear fruit," said a commentary published by China's state-run news agency Xinhua. "Even worse, the golden time for saving possible survivors, if any, was generously wasted." <sep>Why are Chinese and Vietnamese officials critical of the Malaysian response?<sep>Because Malaysian officials have said there were no passengers aboard from either China or Vietnam
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Question: The 1933 double eagle, a $20 gold piece with a mysterious history that involves a president, a king and a Secret Service sting operation, was auctioned Tuesday last night for a record price for a coin, $7.59 million, nearly double the previous record. The anonymous buyer, believed to be an individual collector who lives in the United States, made the winning bid in a fiercely contested nine-minute auction at Sotheby's in Manhattan. Eight bidders were joined by 500 coin collectors and dealers in an auction house audience seemingly devoid of celebrity bidders, while an additional 534 observers followed the bidding on eBay. As auction houses prepare for their fall seasons in an uncertain economy, the sale price "suggests that the marketplace for important items is enormously strong," said David Redden, a vice chairman at Sotheby's, who was the auctioneer. "This is an astonishing new record for a coin," he said. In an unprecedented move, the auction proceeds were split by the U.S. Mint and a London coin dealer, Stephen Fenton, who had won that right in court after having been arrested by Secret Service agents for trying to sell the coin in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan in 1996. Henrietta Holsman Fore, the director of the U.S. Mint, who witnessed the sale, said, "The monies we receive will go toward helping to pay down the debt and to fight the war on terrorism." Fenton commented that the double eagle had been on "a long historic journey, with a very satisfying ending." He added, "I am thrilled with the price." The previous numismatic record holder was an 1804 U.S. silver dollar, which sold for $4.14 million in 1999. Sotheby's partner in the one-lot auction was Stack's Rare Coins, with which it shared the customary 15 percent commission. "I have never seen as much interest in the sale of any coin in my 30 years in the business," said Lawrence R. Stack, the company's managing director. "This is the Mona Lisa of coins," said Beth Deisher, editor of Coin World, the largest weekly coin publication in the United States, with a circulation of 85,000. "It is unique. Forbidden fruit." Collectors' Web sites have surged with speculation about the sale price, and enthusiasts even organized betting pools. <sep>Who is the managing director of Stack's Rare Coins?<sep>Fenton
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Question: Dr. Benjamin Stone is a hotshot young surgeon who longs to leave the drudgery of a Washington , D.C. emergency room and finally leaps at his chance at more money and less death as a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills . On his last day , Ben's relationship with his co-workers is presumed to be anything but a warm one . None of his colleagues will join him for a drink and a cake in his honor has an iced portion of the phrase `` Good riddance , asshole '' sliced out . Ben's cross-country drive in a 1956 Porsche 356 Speedster is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady , South Carolina . The crash damages the fence of local Judge Evans , who sentences him to community service at a nearby hospital . Ben offers to pay for the fence , but the stern judge increases his community service each time he talks back . Defeated , he reports to the hospital , where Nurse Packer humbles him by ordering him to clock in and out , as would a factory worker . Though upset , Ben quickly makes friends with Mayor Nick Nicholson , the town cafe's proprietor/head waitress , and Melvin , the local mechanic tasked with repairing Ben's car . Ben soon finds his clinic work to be much more laid-back than the emergency room . He has simple cases such as spots before the eyes , fishing hook impalings , and even reading mail for a young illiterate couple , whose baby he later delivers . The experience also humbles Ben when he mistreats a case of mitral valve regurgitation leading to late cyanosis in the child . <sep>What was the consequence of Ben talking back to the Judge?<sep>His community service is increased
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Input: Consider Input: An archaeological party explore some caverns underground . Dr. Campbell and Dr. Hughes are the two leaders of the archaeological expedition , and get separated . While Dr. Hughes finds an alien corpse with a fossilized diamond , Dr. Campbell finds hieroglyphics at the cost of the party except for Hughes and himself . Two years later , Campbell and his assistant Holly are digging up the bones of Yonggary , a gargantuan dinosaur 50 times the size of a tyrannosaurus rex . Out of nowhere , people slowly are being killed around the site . While Holly is working Dr. Hughes , who has been legally dead for 2 years , goes to Holly and tells her to stop the dig . Dr. Campbell comes into the tent and sends Dr. Hughes off . Holly quits the expedition when another `` Accident '' occurs . In the town bar , Dr. Hughes finds Holly and takes her back to her Hotel room to tell her why he thinks the bones of the Dinosaur , Which he calls Yonggary , are going to bring the end of the world . After explaining , Holly and Hughes go to the site to stop Campbell but it is too late and Aliens resurrect Yonggary . After Yonggary's first appearance , the Army comes in and takes Holly and Campbell to an army base when Yonggary is dispatched by the aliens again . The army sends choppers after Yonggary , but he destroys them . Yonggary is then sent to the city and does some damage , where some jets attack him . Then Yonggary is transported to a power plant where he is attacked by rocket pack soldiers . During the fight , Hughes and Holly find out that the diamond on Yonggary's forehead is the device giving the aliens control of Yonggary . <sep>What did the army send to attack Yonggary prior to the jets?<sep>Choppers
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Billy had a pet turtle that he took good care of, everyday. His turtle's name was Tumble. Tumble liked to walk around outside in the garden and dig small holes to sleep in. Billy loved Tumble and would visit him outside when he got home from school. Tumble's favorite food was oatmeal. So, every day after school, Billy would make Tumble a big bowl of oatmeal and take it outside for Tumble to enjoy. Tumble would see Billy and walk up to him as fast as a turtle can go. Billy would put the bowl down and wait for Tumble to come up to the bowl to eat from it. When Tumble reached the bowl, he put his nose on it. But, the oatmeal was too hot to eat. Billy reached down and blew on the hot oatmeal, to cool it down for Tumble to eat. Once the oatmeal was cool enough, Tumble could dig in and eat his big bowl of oatmeal. Billy loved to watch as Tumble ate his bowl of oatmeal, because Billy took good care of Tumble, everyday. <sep>What were some of Tumble's favorite things?<sep>He loved digging holes in the garden and oatmeal
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Fossils may form in other ways. Fossils can be preserved almost completely. In this process, the organism doesnt change much. As seen below, tree sap may cover an organism. With time, the sap hardens. It turns to into amber. The original organism is preserved. This is very exciting for scientists. They are able to study the DNA of the organism that no longer lives on Earth. Some animals have been found frozen in ice. Others have been found in tar pits after falling in. Molds and casts are another way organisms can be fossilized. Have you ever walked in soft mud and left footprints? Once in a while, these traces of organisms can be preserved. In this case, nothing is left of the organism. A mold is an imprint of an organism that is preserved in rock. The organisms remains break down completely. There is nothing left of the original plant and animal. <sep>What type of fossil is made from when the animal breaks down completely, and only leaves an imprint of the organism?<sep>A Mold
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Example Input: The 1933 double eagle, a $20 gold piece with a mysterious history that involves a president, a king and a Secret Service sting operation, was auctioned Tuesday last night for a record price for a coin, $7.59 million, nearly double the previous record. The anonymous buyer, believed to be an individual collector who lives in the United States, made the winning bid in a fiercely contested nine-minute auction at Sotheby's in Manhattan. Eight bidders were joined by 500 coin collectors and dealers in an auction house audience seemingly devoid of celebrity bidders, while an additional 534 observers followed the bidding on eBay. As auction houses prepare for their fall seasons in an uncertain economy, the sale price "suggests that the marketplace for important items is enormously strong," said David Redden, a vice chairman at Sotheby's, who was the auctioneer. "This is an astonishing new record for a coin," he said. In an unprecedented move, the auction proceeds were split by the U.S. Mint and a London coin dealer, Stephen Fenton, who had won that right in court after having been arrested by Secret Service agents for trying to sell the coin in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan in 1996. Henrietta Holsman Fore, the director of the U.S. Mint, who witnessed the sale, said, "The monies we receive will go toward helping to pay down the debt and to fight the war on terrorism." Fenton commented that the double eagle had been on "a long historic journey, with a very satisfying ending." He added, "I am thrilled with the price." The previous numismatic record holder was an 1804 U.S. silver dollar, which sold for $4.14 million in 1999. Sotheby's partner in the one-lot auction was Stack's Rare Coins, with which it shared the customary 15 percent commission. "I have never seen as much interest in the sale of any coin in my 30 years in the business," said Lawrence R. Stack, the company's managing director. "This is the Mona Lisa of coins," said Beth Deisher, editor of Coin World, the largest weekly coin publication in the United States, with a circulation of 85,000. "It is unique. Forbidden fruit." Collectors' Web sites have surged with speculation about the sale price, and enthusiasts even organized betting pools. <sep>Who is the managing director of Stack's Rare Coins?<sep>Fenton
Example Output: No
Example Input: The digestive system is the body system that digests food. It digest food in two ways, mechanically and chemically. Both help in the process of turning food into nutrients. The digestive system also eliminates solid food waste. The major organs of the digestive system include the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and small and large in- testines. These organs all work together to help you gain energy from the food you eat. Digestion starts in the mouth. When food is swallowed, it travels through the esophagus to the stomach. In the stomach, digestion continues and a small amount of absorption of nutrients takes place. Most chemical digestion and nearly all absorption of nutrients take place in the small intestine. This organ consists of three parts: duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The large intestine is the last stop in the digestive system. This is where water is absorbed. The food not digested is released as waste. <sep>What are the three parts of the small intestine?<sep>The colon, the duodenum, the esophagus
Example Output: No
Example Input: Patricia Cross and her boyfriend Larry Osborne , two students in a San Francisco school , become expelled for the publication of an off-campus underground paper . As a result , a philosophy professor , Dr. Jonathon Barnett , resigns his teaching position and decides to become an advocate for the counterculture youth movement and , specifically , the use of LSD . The hippies of the Haight-Ashbury district first see him as a hero and then as something even more . Dr. Barnett even makes an appearance on the Joe Pyne TV show to voice his support of the hippie community and the use of LSD . One scheming young man sees the opportunity to build Dr. Barnett as the head of a cult centered around the use of LSD . He hopes to earn profit from the users , Dr. Barnett's speeches known as `` happenings , '' and their lifestyles . At a massive LSD-fueled dance , Patricia begins to have a bad trip Which leads to an argument between her and Pat , ultimately splitting the couple up . After Patricia realizes that she's pregnant , Dr. Barnett advises her to have an abortion , ultimately leading to Patricia attempting suicide . However , Larry saves her and makes the destruction of Dr. Barnett's cult his primary objective . Larry shoots Dr. Barnett from the crowd at one of his massive speeches . As another hippie in attendance calms the audience and Elliot sees his new leader for their cult-like organization , Larry realizes that his assassination of Dr. Barnett simply made him a martyr for the hippie movement . <sep>After the expulsion of two students as punishment for publishing an underground newspaper, a professor decides to do what regarding his teaching position?<sep>Expelled
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The opening shot of the movie shows Kunti praying for Lord Krishna's protection for the Pandavas . Lord Krishna consoles Kunti and promises to ever protect the Pandavas and guide them through troubles and problems that may occur in life . The sons of Pandu and Dhritarashtra progeny break into an argument . When Duryodhana insults the Pandavas as `` dependents '' , Bheema counters by saying that , the Kauravas are the progeny of a widow . Duryodhana asks Veda Vyasa for an explanation . He is then told that , since his mother , Gandhari had an astrological defect , she is first married of to a goat and then married to his father . Duryodhana gains animosity towards the kingdom of Gandhara where the king , the father of his mother Gandhari , rules . He attacks Gandhara and lays waste of the whole kingdom . He them imprisons the royal family in his prison . He gives them only one rice grain per prisoner . The king of Gandhara then stops everyone from grabbing the little food that is provided . He says that instead of everyone dying , they could keep at least one of their princes alive . He chooses Sakuni to be alive . Sakuni takes an oath that he will do everything he can to destroy the entire Kaurava clan . He makes magic dice from his father's spinal cord . The magic dice show exactly the number that he would want . Duryodhana takes pity on the lone prisoner , Sakuni after the rest of the Gandhara royal family dies in prison out of starvation . Sakuni joins the evil of coterie of Duryodhana , Karna and Dushyasana . <sep>What kind of defect does Duryodhana's mother have?<sep>Married to a goat | Yes |
How to delete a status on facebook<br>Log into your facebook account. Using any web browser on your computer, visit. [substeps] Enter your registered email address and password in the fields at the top right corner of the page, and click the " log in " button to access to your account.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "You must have a facebook account to delete a status"?
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In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
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Triton is one of the few moons in the Solar System known to be geologically active (the others being Jupiter's Io and Europa, and Saturn's Enceladus and Titan). As a consequence, its surface is relatively young with few obvious impact craters, and a complex geological history revealed in intricate cryovolcanic and tectonic terrains. Part of its surface has geysers erupting sublimated nitrogen gas, contributing to a tenuous nitrogen atmosphere less than 1 / 70,000 the pressure of Earth's atmosphere at sea level. It is the second-largest planetary moon in relation to its primary, after Earth's moon.
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what do the moons titan & triton have in common
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Hagia Sophia (/ ˈhɑːɡiə soʊˈfiːə /; from the Greek: Αγία Σοφία, pronounced (aˈʝia soˈfia), 'Holy Wisdom'; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) was a Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque, and is now a museum (Ayasofya Müzesi) in Istanbul, Turkey. The Roman Empire's first Christian Cathedral, from the date of its construction in 537 AD, and until 1453, it served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted by the Fourth Crusaders to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire. The building was later converted into an Ottoman mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931. It was then secularized and opened as a museum on 1 February 1935. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have 'changed the history of architecture'. It remained the world's largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years, until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520.
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the hagia sophia has been a place of worship for what two major religions
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The effects of the Tunisian Revolution spread strongly to five other countries: Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain, where either the regime was toppled or major uprisings and social violence occurred, including riots, civil wars or insurgencies. Sustained street demonstrations took place in Morocco, Iraq, Algeria, Iranian Khuzestan, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman and Sudan. Minor protests occurred in Djibouti, Mauritania, the Palestinian National Authority, Saudi Arabia, and the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara. A major slogan of the demonstrators in the Arab world is ash-shaʻb yurīd isqāṭ an-niẓām ('the people want to bring down the regime').
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Q: ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Slain U.S. journalist James Foley was living his faith by bringing images to the world of people suffering from war and oppressive regimes, a Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday at a Mass in his honor.
Irene Harvey reaches over Barbara Bush to light her candle during a candlelight vigil for James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, N.H., Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Foley, a freelance journalist, was killed... (Associated Press)
Bishop Peter Libasci speaks during a special Mass for slain journalist James Foley at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic church in Foley's hometown of Rochester, N.H., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Foley was... (Associated Press)
A woman holds a candle during a vigil for James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, N.H., Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Several hundred people attended and paid tribute to the freelance American journalist... (Associated Press)
Mourners pack Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic church during a special Mass for slain journalist James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, N.H., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Foley was kidnapped on Thanksgiving... (Associated Press)
Mourners pack Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic church during a special Mass for slain journalist James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, N.H., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Foley was kidnapped on Thanksgiving... (Associated Press)
Bishop Peter Libasci said even after Foley was captured for the first time in Libya in 2011, he "went back again that we might open our eyes."
The Mass was attended by Foley's parents, John and Diane Foley, and hundreds of others in their hometown of Rochester, New Hampshire. Afterward, Libasci read aloud a letter from the Vatican extending the condolences of Pope Francis.
"Thank you for loving Jim," Diane Foley told the crowd after the Mass.
The crowd filled every pew and people stood three deep at the back of the church and along both sides of it. Gov. Maggie Hassan, along with U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte, attended the Mass.
Foley was kidnapped on Thanksgiving Day 2012 while covering the Syrian uprising. The Islamic State group posted a Web video Tuesday showing his killing and said it was in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq.
Libasci invoked the prayer of St. Francis, which begins, "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace," to implore the gathered not to hate but to heal.
"It is in giving that we receive," he recited. "It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. It is in dying that we are born to eternal life. To these words, I think we can say, 'Yes, I wish we could do that.' It is not beyond our capability. It is not impossible. Our Lord lived it. Our most Blessed Mother lived it. Many saints have lived it. James lived it."
In a packed Our Lady of the Holy Rosary church, the bishop frequently addressed Foley's parents and stressed their son's connection to family. He also prayed for another captive journalist, Steven Sotloff, and all captives.
"Jim went back again that we might open our eyes," Libasci said. "That we might indeed know how precious is this gift. May almighty God grant peace to James and to all our fragile world."
Libasci said after the Mass that people shouldn't think of vengeance.
"Look at what it's done already," he said. "Look at the heartbreak."
A funeral for Foley will be Oct. 18, what would have been his 41st birthday.
Foley's parents on Sunday released a letter that they say their son wrote while in captivity, which he asked an unidentified fellow hostage who was about to be freed to memorize and recount to his family so the letter would not be confiscated by his captors.
In the letter, posted on a Facebook page called "Find James Foley," Foley described being held with 17 other hostages and passing time by discussing movies, sports and trivia and playing games made up of scraps found in their jail cell. He said the hostages were fed daily and given tea and occasionally coffee.
Also Sunday, the U.S. government said Peter Theo Curtis of Massachusetts, a journalist who was held hostage for about two years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria, was released. White House national security adviser Susan Rice said Curtis, who wrote under the byline Theo Padnos, is now safe outside of Syria.
At a vigil Saturday night in Rochester, about 200 people gathered to show support for the Foley family.
"We are honored that you care and love Jim. We are honored that you recognized the sacrifices he made," John Foley said then. "He loved the Syrian people. He was devoted to telling their story and doing whatever he could to help their fight."
Speakers praised Foley's determination to report on the Syrian people uprooted by conflict.
"Tonight we want to honor freedom and love: the freedom that James so vehemently believed that all people deserved," said Nadia Alawa, founder of NuDay Syria, a Massachusetts-based organization working to ease the pain and loss in Syria.
The world's largest bloc of Islamic nations denounced Foley's "heinous" killing and reiterated its support for international efforts to confront the Islamic State fighters.
Iyad Madani, chief of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, said in a statement Saturday that the actions of the Islamic State group have nothing to do with the values of Islam or his organization's founding principles of tolerance and co-existence. ||||| John and Diane Foley greet people following a mass in remembrance of their son James Foley. Getty Images
ROCHESTER, N.H.—For nearly two years, this community in New Hampshire's seacoast region held on to hope. They tied yellow ribbons around trees and gathered for prayer vigils.
On Sunday, however, hundreds of people descended on Our Lady of the Holy Rosary parish with a new, painful focus: to remember James Foley, the U.S. journalist and New Hampshire native who was killed last week by extremists in the Middle East after being held captive for nearly two years.
More than 900 people packed the aisles and pews and gave Mr. Foley's parents, John and Diane—who worship at the church—a standing ovation after the couple expressed their gratitude for the support. A telegram they received last week from the pope was read.
Tears were shed by many people who said they never met Mr. Foley or his family but who were inspired by him and said he showed courage in venturing into war-torn regions to tell the stories of the oppressed. Claire Carll, a retired real-estate broker from Palm Springs, Calif., who happened to be in New Hampshire, held a small American flag as she approached the church. Sandra Harrington was moved to tears as she sat by a circle of petunias and prayed the Rosary outside before Mass.
"In my eyes, he was a disciple of Christ," said Ms. Harrington, who is 68, and had driven about an hour from the Manchester area. "He brought out light into the world and he brought out truth, as Jesus did."
President Barack Obama on Wednesday confirmed the death of Mr. Foley, a 40-year-old journalist from New Hampshire and the eldest of five siblings. He disappeared in northern Syria on Nov. 22, 2012, while heading to the Turkish border on his latest report from the rebel-controlled territories.
Parishioners waited to greet the family of James Foley after a mass in Rochester, N.H., on Sunday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
His death, depicted Tuesday in a grisly decapitation video released by Islamic State militants, followed an August 12 email published by GlobalPost, an online news site where Mr. Foley worked as a freelancer. The email from Islamic State said the group would kill Mr. Foley as retribution for U.S. airstrikes against militants in Iraq.
Mr. Foley's death wasn't in vain, in part because "the horrific way Jim was butchered" has sparked a new national conversation about the threat the Islamic State poses not only to Iraq and Syria but also to the U.S., Philip Balboni, chief executive of GlobalPost, told reporters outside the church on Sunday.
The killing has also raised questions about the U.S. prohibition against negotiating with terrorists. In an email to the Foley family in November 2013, the captors demanded $123 million. Instead, until last week, the family and GlobalPost were trying to raise $5 million, hoping that amount could secure Mr. Foley's release.
Mr. Foley's younger brother expressed his frustration on television Friday that the U.S. didn't do more to secure his brother's release.
Charles M. Sennott, co-founder of GlobalPost and executive director of The GroundTruth Project, an affiliated nonprofit organization that trains international correspondents, said after the Mass for Mr. Foley that the issue of ransom needs to be brought into the open and discussed.
The current "fragmented" system, in which some European countries appear to quietly pay, Mr. Sennott said, while the U.S. doesn't, isn't working.
"It needs to be pulled out of the darkness and into the light, and addressed as a moral question," he said.
Mr. Sennott said Mr. Foley—who spent 44 days in captivity in Libya in 2011 after being kidnapped while reporting there—was very experienced, but also had an unbridled passion for his work. Mr. Foley wasn't reckless, but he was always going to "push it to the limit" and get as close to the front line as he could, Mr. Sennott said. "That was hard to deal with as an editor but all that effort was for the right reason," he said.
In a brief interview with The Wall Street Journal after Sunday's service, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican from New Hampshire, said whenever possible, the U.S. should use its military intelligence to try to rescue kidnapped Americans, but that she agreed with President Obama that the U.S. shouldn't pay ransom to terrorist organizations, saying the money is "just used to harm more people." Instead, she said the strategy should be one of not only containing the Islamic State but defeating it. "This is an evil, brutal, but quite sophisticated terror group," she said.
The weekend in Rochester, however, was largely free of political debate. At a Saturday night candlelight vigil that drew about 200 people to Rochester Commons, Mr. Foley's father said "we are honored that you care and that you love Jim and that you recognize the sacrifice he made," according to televised coverage.
At Sunday's service, called a "Mass of Healing, Hope and Peace," photos of James Foley dotted the church and a handwritten sign, "Pray for James Foley & His Family" was propped in the garden outside. The Foley family filled four pews. Afterwards, John and Diane Foley clasped hands with and hugged many parishioners, and then joined their supporters, including Sen. Ayotte and New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, in the church hall.
The Foley family has established a scholarship in James Foley's name, saying they want to bring his "empathy, humanity and courage" to the fields of education and journalism.
Sunday's service wasn't a funeral Mass. That is planned for Oct. 18, which would have been Mr. Foley's 41st birthday. But it was a day to remember the life of Mr. Foley, whom the Rev. Paul Gousse, the church's pastor, said "freely laid his [life] down for freedom."
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Corrections & Amplifications
Rev. Paul Gousse is the pastor at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, where a memorial service was held for James Foley. His name was misspelled in an earlier version of this article. (Aug. 24, 2014) |||||
A: | Hundreds of people packed a church in Rochester, New Hampshire, yesterday to honor murdered journalist James Foley at a mass in his hometown. At the Catholic church they attend, Foley's parents received a standing ovation after giving thanks for all the support they had received, reports the Wall Street Journal. Others at the service included US Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte, Bishop Peter Libasci, and Gov. Maggie Hassan, who called for flags across the state to be flown at half-staff yesterday, the New York Times reports. Libasci offered prayers for American journalist Steven Joel Sotloff and other ISIS captives, and praised Foley for returning to cover conflict in the Middle East even after spending 44 days as a captive in Libya in 2011. "Jim went back again that we might open our eyes," the bishop said. "That we might indeed know how precious is this gift. May almighty God grant peace to James and to all our fragile world." After the service, the bishop said people shouldn't be thinking about vengeance after all the "heartbreak" it has already caused, reports the AP, which notes that Foley's funeral will be held on October 18, which would have been his 41st birthday. (British authorities say they have now identified Foley's killer.) |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Froot Loops is a brand of sweetened, fruit-flavored breakfast cereal produced by Kellogg's and sold in many countries. The cereal pieces are ring-shaped (hence ``loops'') and come in a variety of bright colors and a blend of fruit flavors (hence ``froot'', a cacography of fruit). However, there is no actual fruit in Froot Loops and they are all the same flavor. Kellogg's introduced Froot Loops in 1963. Originally, there were only red, orange, and yellow loops, but green, purple, and blue were added during the 1990s. Different methods of production are used in the UK where, due to the lack of natural colourings for yellow, red and blue Froot Loops are purple, green and orange, and the loops are also larger in size. Although the marketing side of Kellogg's sold the idea that each individual loop color was a different flavor, Kellogg's has acknowledged that all share the same fruit-blend flavor. | do different colored fruit loops have different flavors? |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Who was NOT president of SCEA: Hirai or Tretton?, Context: PlayStation Plus (commonly abbreviated PS+ and occasionally referred to as PSN Plus) is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service that was officially unveiled at E3 2010 by Jack Tretton, President and CEO of SCEA. Rumors of such service had been in speculation since Kaz Hirai's announcement at TGS 2009 of a possible paid service for PSN but with the current PSN service still available. Launched alongside PS3 firmware 3.40 and PSP firmware 6.30 on June 29, 2010, the paid-for subscription service provides users with enhanced services on the PlayStation Network, on top of the current PSN service which is still available with all of its features. These enhancements include the ability to have demos, game and system software updates download automatically to PlayStation 3. Subscribers also get early or exclusive access to some betas, game demos, premium downloadable content and other PlayStation Store items. North American users also get a free subscription to Qore. Users may choose to purchase either a one-year or a three-month subscription to PlayStation Plus.
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What is one example of hydrogen cations?, Context: To avoid the implication of the naked "solvated proton" in solution, acidic aqueous solutions are sometimes considered to contain a less unlikely fictitious species, termed the "hydronium ion" (H3O+). However, even in this case, such solvated hydrogen cations are more realistically conceived as being organized into clusters that form species closer to H9O+4. Other oxonium ions are found when water is in acidic solution with other solvents.
hydronium ion
What Philadelphia museum has two letter K's in the name?, Context: Philadelphia's major science museums include the Franklin Institute, which contains the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial; the Academy of Natural Sciences; the Mütter Museum; and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. History museums include the National Constitution Center, the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History, the National Museum of American Jewish History, the African American Museum in Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in the state of Pennsylvania and The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania and Eastern State Penitentiary. Philadelphia is home to the United States' first zoo and hospital, as well as Fairmount Park, one of America's oldest and largest urban parks.
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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 Australian Council of National Trusts ( ACNT ) is a national organization for community-based , non-government organisations that promote and conserve Australia 's natural and historic heritage .
Output: | The National Trust of Australia , officially the Australian Council of National Trusts ( ACNT ) , is the Australian national peak body for community-based , non-government non-profit organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia 's indigenous , natural and historic heritage . |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The surfer uses their surfboard to catch a wave and ride in towards the shore .
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider , referred to as a surfer , rides on the forward or face of a moving wave , which usually carries the surfer towards the shore .
Auto-Tune became famous again in the mid-2000s when R & B singer T-Pain made active use of it in his songs .
The use of Auto-Tune as a vocal effect was bolstered in the late 2000s by hip hop / R & B recording artist T-Pain who elaborated on the effect and made active use of Auto-Tune in his songs .
The Doge 's Palace is a gothic palace in Venice , northern Italy .
| The Doge 's Palace ( ; ) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style , and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy .
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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.
Q: JUNE 8, 2014: 10-year-old Tanishq Abraham at his high school graduation ceremony in Sacramento. (Photo: News10/KXTV)
SACRAMENTO - While most 10 year olds are wrapping up their fourth-grade education and talking about how they'll spend the rest of their summer, one Sacramento child prodigy is reaching a milestone. Tanishq Abraham received his high school diploma Sunday, becoming one of the, if not the youngest student to ever graduate from high school. The young genius is already taking college courses.
Abraham received his diploma in front of family and friends at a private ceremony at the California Auto Museum. The home-schooled prodigy successfully met the state requirements to graduate and earned a 4.0 GPA.
"It wasn't like easy but it was not that hard either," said Abraham. At the age of 4, he became the youngest person to join MENSA.
"The way my brain works is that when you give me something, information about that topic comes into my mind. I don't know what it is but that's how it is for me," said Abraham.
Abraham's parents knew their son was special but had no idea of his potential. "I had a hunch he was a little gifted, but of course my husband didn't believe that and we had to wait about two to three years," Abraham's mom, Taji said. "Once we got a formal IQ test, that's when we figured it out."
He scored high on the SAT's and is already attending American River College. But he plans to continue his education.
"My ultimate goal would be science, like scientist or doctor, but also want to be president too," Abraham said.
Even President Obama sent Abraham a letter to congratulate him on his high school graduation.
Abraham says he owes much of his success to his family. He wants to go to medical school at UC Davis and find a cure for cancer.
While most 10 year olds are wrapping up their fourth-grade education and talking about summer, Tanishq Abraham is graduating from high school. News10/KXTV
Read or Share this story: http://on.news10.net/1hzXaxt ||||| Tanishq Abraham graduated from high school on Sunday with a 4.0 GPA and a Mensa membership — he’s also 10 years old.
The pintsize prodigy, who lives in Sacramento, Calif., with his parents and 8-year-old sister, Tiara (who is also a Mensa member), also received a congratulatory letter from President Barack Obama just in time for his big day. “I sensed there was something different about Tanishq when he was 6 months old because he became very interested in clocks and numbers — he started counting and could point out numbers when he saw them in books,” Tanishq’s mother, veterinarian Taji Abraham, tells Yahoo Shine. “He would also stare very intently at photos and ask so many questions. I always wondered, ‘Why is he so curious?’”
Tanishq and Tiara Abraham (Photo: Courtesy of Bijou & Taji Abraham)By the time Tanishq was 2, he was adding and subtracting numbers. “I told my husband that Tanishq was very smart, but he said I was just a proud mom,” she says. “But a friend who was a kindergarten teacher insisted that Tanishq was different.” Abraham and her husband wanted to test their son’s IQ but were advised to wait until he was a little older to get a more accurate reading. When Tanishq turned 4, he scored in the 99.9th percentile on an IQ test (Abraham declined to provide her son’s precise IQ).
Abraham had heard about Mensa, a society for people with high IQs, and hoped that a membership would lead to better educational opportunities. After Mensa confirmed the boy’s IQ by having him undergo more testing, Tanishq was admitted into the group. (Mensa requires members to have an IQ in the 98th percentile.)
By the time Tanishq turned 6, he was "pestering" his mother to take paleontology college classes. After he skipped first grade, Abraham began homeschooling her son and allowed him to enroll in college courses at American River College in Sacramento while he studied for his high school degree. Tiara also joined Mensa when she was 4 and started homeschooling two years later. She loves dogs and cats and wants to become a veterinarian like her mom one day.
Despite her children’s high intelligence, Abraham insists they are grounded. “They have friends their age and older from their classes; however, we never let them forget that we are their parents,” she says. “While we learn from them, they have to respect us because they’re children.” Both kids also participate in extracurricular activities — Tanishq and Tiara are involved in chorus, swim, and play the piano. “Education is just one part of their lives,” says Abraham.
In September, Tanishq will be a full-time student at American River College where he'll take on a five-class course load. He hopes to graduate with an associate's degree by the end of his fall semester. Then, Tanishq will transfer as a junior to another university. "He would like to attend either Harvard, MIT, or Cornell," says Abraham. After that, he wants to enroll in medical school and then research a cure for cancer — a goal he’s had since he was 4. Knowing Tanishq, it's hard to imagine he won't reach it.
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A: | Tanishq Abraham has modest goals for a 10-year-old—he'd like to cure cancer and become president. Which probably seems realistic to the Sacramento prodigy, because Abraham just became one of the youngest children to ever graduate high school, earning him a letter of congratulations from Barack Obama. "It wasn't, like, easy, but it was not that hard either," Abraham tells ABC 10. "The way my brain works is that when you give me something, information about that topic comes into my mind. I don't know what it is but that's how it is for me." Abraham became the youngest-ever member of MENSA at age 4—his IQ is in the 99.9th percentile—and he began "pestering" his mother to let him take college paleontology classes at age 6, Yahoo Shine reports. He's been homeschooled since skipping the first grade, while simultaneously taking courses from American River College. He'll enroll there as a full-time student in September, and expects to have an associate's degree by the end of the fall semester. From there, he hopes to attend Harvard, MIT, or Cornell. Abraham's 8-year-old sister is also in MENSA, making the family almost as impressive as this one. |
Select from options: Continue writing the next sentence.
How to obtain a visa for brazil
Determine if you need a visa.
Brazil requires that visitors from many other countries obtain a visa before they visit. However, there are countries that brazil allows nationals to enter from without a visa.
OPTIONS: - You'll need to visit specific destinations to ensure that you qualify for a visa. Generally, you must be at least eighteen years of age and have been living in brazil for seven years.; - The u.k., austria, germany, france, italy, and canada also require a visa. Depending on your citizenship status, you can secure a visa through the usps.; - The national visa for all citizens of brazil is only valid for 30 days after they become residents of brazil. Apply for a superior or neutral visa from the country you plan to visit.; - Research your country to learn if you need to apply for a visa. A full list of nationalities required to apply for a visa are available on-line, at the brazilian consulates official website.;
Answer: | Research your country to learn if you need to apply for a visa. A full list of nationalities required to apply for a visa are available on-line, at the brazilian consulates official website. |
Sept 5 (Reuters) - Florence weakened slightly to a Category 3 hurricane, but should remain powerful for several more days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Wednesday. The hurricane was located about 1,235 miles (1,990 km) east-southeast of Bermuda, packing maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour (205 km/h), the Miami, Florida-based weather forecaster said. Some gradual weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours, with restrengthening possible over the weekend, the NHC said. (Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in BENGALURU; Editing by Tom Hogue)
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
Florence was the first hurricane in September of that year. | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
MALS was formed here more than 30 years ago. Today, 14 staff attorneys, 26 office workers and 21 University of Memphis third- year law students work out of rented offices in the old Claridge Hotel building at 109 N. Main. Offices are spartan. There are no lush rugs or stylish furniture. The large table in the conference room is simple varnished wood. Offices are small and mostly plain, except for the eclectic mix of pop art, African statuary and neon that adorns litigation director Webb Brewer's space. Brewer, who has been at the agency 20 years, said there is a need for lawyers of all stripes to help with the problems of the poor. "The private bar could meet more of the need through pro bono work, but there are still cases that involve the systemic problems for low-income people that we would need to do," said Brewer. "The legal system marketplace just doesn't serve low-income people too well, except in fee-generat-ing type cases," Brewer said. "If a poor person gets run over by a bus, an attorney might take that case because they might be able to recover part of the damage award as attorney fees. But so many of the cases we handle have to do with basic rights and a decent life. There is just no profit motive." Larry Pivnick, law professor at the University of Memphis Law School and director of political programs at MALS, said Legal Services is a great learning laboratory for law students. "There are thousands and thousands of people who have problems that never get an opportunity to appear in court," Pivnick said. "Some people may not be particularly articulate. Courts have rules that clients don't always understand." Brewer said a major focus of the agency's work involves housing. "Although a lot of our work is grant-driven, we find that the lack of safe and decent affordable housing and the prevalence of predatory lending are the biggest problems in our client population," Brewer said, referring to clients such as James. <sep>The director of political programs at MALS said that there are a lot of people who don't get the opportunity to what?<sep>Get into nursing
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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 event allowed the zaibatsu conglomerates to take advantage of an economic upsurge?<sep>The 1923 Tokyo earthquake
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Our sun and other stars release light energy. At least this is what we see. Our Sun and stars also emit more than just light. Scientists call the type of energy that our Sun and stars release electromagnetic energy. This form of energy travels through space. Electromagnetic energy includes the light we see. It also includes much more. Many of these things we know about, but dont always think about. Electromagnetic energy includes radio waves, microwaves, and X rays. We now have devices in our homes and offices that release these same forms of energy. We use electromagnetic energy to make our lives better. <sep>Where do radiowaves, come from?<sep>The sun and other stars
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example Input: Alien Planet starts out with an interstellar spacecraft named Von Braun , leaving Earth's orbit . Traveling at 20 % the speed of light , it reaches Darwin IV in 42 years . Upon reaching orbit , it deploys the Darwin Reconnaissance Orbiter , Which looks for potential landing sites for the probes . The first probe , Balboa , explodes along with its lifting body transport during entry , because one of its wings failed to unfold . Two backup probes , Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton , successfully land on the planet , and learn much about its bizarre indigenous lifeforms , including an apparently sapient species . The robotic probes sent out to research on Darwin IV are called Horus Probes . Each Horus probe consists of an { { convert } } long inflatable , hydrogen-filled balloon , Which is covered with solar receptors , a computer ` brain ' , a ` head ' covered with sensors , and several smaller robots that can be sent to places too dangerous for the probes themselves . The probes have a limited degree of artificial intelligence , very similar to the ` processing power ' of a 4-year-old . All the real thinking is done by a supercomputer in the orbiting Von Braun . The probes are programmed with different personalities ; Ike is more cautious , while Leo is the risk-taker . The two probes are also equipped with a holographic message that will be projected to any sentient life found on Darwin . After the two probes inflate their gas-bags , they encounter a voracious Arrowtongue and watch it pursue a Gyrosprinter . <sep>What are the different types of probes on the Von Braun?<sep>Horus Probes
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: Dam Good Luck: From the beginning, Las Vegas was built to serve travelers. The railroad needed a way station, and Las Vegas was the place. Growth continued for ten years, and by 1915 the town had telephones, round-the-clock electricity, and a growing population — many of whom worked in the railroad repair shop. But such heady progress would soon come to a halt. The growing competition in rail transport resulted in Union Pacific buying the Los Angeles–Salt Lake line. Union Pacific then consolidated its operations, eliminating the Las Vegas repair facility. Additionally, Las Vegas had been made a part of Nevada's new Clark County in 1909, a year when the legislature also outlawed gambling. These unfortunate circumstances threatened to relegate Las Vegas to the status of a small desert community that could no longer support its 3000 residents. But the southwest's growing need for water, combined with Las Vegas's fortuitous proximity to the Colorado River, would give Las Vegas a second chance to achieve prosperity. Construction on Hoover Dam (originally Boulder Dam, subsequently renamed for the president who authorized the project) began in 1931 in a canyon 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Las Vegas. Providing an influx of $165 million to the southwestern economy, Hoover Dam played a major role in preventing Las Vegas from drying up, both financially and literally. Not only did it create jobs, but it also created Lake Mead, the massive reservoir that today provides water to all of southern Nevada. More Government Help: The construction of Hoover Dam did not single-handedly save Las Vegas, however. The state legislature helped as well, by legalizing gambling in 1931 and thus solidifying the future of the town, though legislators and residents could never have known this at the time. The hordes of people who attended Hoover Dam's 1935 dedication set the city's now-formidable public relations machine into action. They went to work on what has become one of the lengthiest citywide tourism campaigns ever attempted. It didn't take long for the city to establish itself as a wild-West town with an "anything goes" attitude. Vices outlawed or heavily controlled elsewhere were legal here, available any hour of any day (or night). <sep>What was the answer to the southwest's need for water?<sep>The Hoover Dam construction
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: Tom plays pool in a deserted pool hall , pocketing two balls by lowdown means and then wakes Jerry up by shooting the 10-ball into the pocket where he is sleeping . Jerry awakes just in time to avoid the 10-ball and is carried out to the ball return , where the 10 and the 13 smash the mouse between each other . Jerry is mad and walks up through the pocket , first sees nothing , but after a few steps back to the pocket , he spots Tom perched behind it . Jerry tries to jump into another corner pocket , but Tom aims a cue ball with so much force that it roll's into the pocket , and spins back out of it and it rolls Jerry backwards to Tom , who has made a ramp with his cue stick for the mouse to slide up . Jerry stops at the top of the stick and is then blown down by Tom , who then shoots a stream of balls to make the mouse flat . The whole train rebounds back towards the cat and the balls stack up at Tom's end of the table . Tom shoots all the balls in succession with his cue , and then tries to shoot Jerry , but the mouse hangs onto the cue tip . The cat , as if he were saying `` Have it your way '' , chalks up and shoots the 8-ball using Jerry . The mouse drops off the cue tip and then is upended by the 8-ball rolling in circles , and Tom forces Jerry to jump through the ball rack as if he were a circus performer . Tom then sets it on fire to add an additional level of torment , and when Jerry accomplishes this with poise , Tom discards the flaming rack and shoots the 8-ball across the table and back . <sep>Why did the mouse drop off the cue tip?<sep>Anything else
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TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Once Upon a Time's first season received 'generally favorable' reviews from critics. Metacritic gave it a score of 66 out of 100 based on 26 reviews. The pilot episode was watched by 12.93 million viewers and achieved an adult 18 -- 49 rating / share of 4.0 / 10. The second season premiered on September 30, 2012, to an audience of 11.36 million viewers, while the third season began on September 29, 2013, opening to 8.52 million viewers. In May 2014, ABC renewed the show for its fourth season, premiering in September 2014 to an audience of 9.47 million viewers. The series was renewed for a fifth season in May 2015 and for a sixth season in March 2016. On May 11, 2017, ABC renewed the series for a 22-episode seventh season. In February 2018, it was announced the seventh season would serve as the final season of the series.
SOLUTION: when does once apon a time come back on
PROBLEM: Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; Wu Chinese: Wu pronunciation; Mandarin: (ʂâŋ. xài) (listen)) is one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of the central government of China, the largest city in China by population, and the second most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million as of 2017. It is a global financial centre and transport hub, with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta, it sits on the south edge of the estuary of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the East China coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea.
SOLUTION: where is shanghai located on the world map
PROBLEM: Egyptologists believe the pyramid was built as a tomb for the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (often Hellenized as 'Cheops') and was constructed over a 20-year period. Khufu's vizier, Hemiunu (also called Hemon) is believed by some to be the architect of the Great Pyramid. It is thought that, at construction, the Great Pyramid was originally 280 Egyptian Royal cubits tall (146.5 metres (480.6 ft)), but with erosion and absence of its pyramidion, its present height is 138.8 metres (455.4 ft). Each base side was 440 cubits, 230.4 metres (755.9 ft) long. The mass of the pyramid is estimated at 5.9 million tonnes. The volume, including an internal hillock, is roughly 2,500,000 cubic metres (88,000,000 cu ft).
SOLUTION: | who built the great pyramid of giza and why
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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.
Example Input: What did the principle of inertia do for general relativity?, Context: The concept of inertia can be further generalized to explain the tendency of objects to continue in many different forms of constant motion, even those that are not strictly constant velocity. The rotational inertia of planet Earth is what fixes the constancy of the length of a day and the length of a year. Albert Einstein extended the principle of inertia further when he explained that reference frames subject to constant acceleration, such as those free-falling toward a gravitating object, were physically equivalent to inertial reference frames. This is why, for example, astronauts experience weightlessness when in free-fall orbit around the Earth, and why Newton's Laws of Motion are more easily discernible in such environments. If an astronaut places an object with mass in mid-air next to himself, it will remain stationary with respect to the astronaut due to its inertia. This is the same thing that would occur if the astronaut and the object were in intergalactic space with no net force of gravity acting on their shared reference frame. This principle of equivalence was one of the foundational underpinnings for the development of the general theory of relativity.
Example Output: one of the foundational underpinnings
Example Input: Which team's coach had nothing to do with the incident ?, Context: On Saturday, July 23, 1989, much of America learned of the AFL for an unintended reason, when the Pittsburgh Gladiators' head coach, Joe Haering, made football history by punching commissioner Jim Foster during a game with the Chicago Bruisers. The national media ran with the story, including a photo in USA Today. The game was played between the two teams in Sacramento's Arco Arena, as part of the AFL's 'Barnstorming America' tour. Foster had walked onto the field of play to mediate an altercation between the two teams when Haering, a former NFL assistant, punched him in the jaw. Haering was suspended without pay.
Example Output: the Chicago Bruisers
Example Input: What diagram shows the insect's primary circulatory element?, Context: Insect respiration is accomplished without lungs. Instead, the insect respiratory system uses a system of internal tubes and sacs through which gases either diffuse or are actively pumped, delivering oxygen directly to tissues that need it via their trachea (element 8 in numbered diagram). Since oxygen is delivered directly, the circulatory system is not used to carry oxygen, and is therefore greatly reduced. The insect circulatory system has no veins or arteries, and instead consists of little more than a single, perforated dorsal tube which pulses peristaltically. Toward the thorax, the dorsal tube (element 14) divides into chambers and acts like the insect's heart. The opposite end of the dorsal tube is like the aorta of the insect circulating the hemolymph, arthropods' fluid analog of blood, inside the body cavity.:61–65 Air is taken in through openings on the sides of the abdomen called spiracles.
Example Output: | element 14
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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.
Input: Consider Input: What is the second largest ocean in the world?, Context: The Philadelphia dialect, which is spread throughout the Delaware Valley and South Jersey, is part of Mid-Atlantic American English, and as such it is identical in many ways to the Baltimore dialect. Unlike the Baltimore dialect, however, the Philadelphia accent also shares many similarities with the New York accent. Thanks to over a century of linguistics data collected by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia dialect under sociolinguist William Labov has been one of the best-studied forms of American English.[f]
Output: Atlantic
Input: Consider Input: Who initiates shipping?, Context: The States General of the United Provinces were in control of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Dutch West India Company (WIC), but some shipping expeditions were initiated by some of the provinces, mostly Holland and/or Zeeland.
Output: some of the provinces
Input: Consider Input: Where are England and Wales located?, Context: In the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency approves drugs for use, though the evaluation is done by the European Medicines Agency, an agency of the European Union based in London. Normally an approval in the UK and other European countries comes later than one in the USA. Then it is the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), for England and Wales, who decides if and how the National Health Service (NHS) will allow (in the sense of paying for) their use. The British National Formulary is the core guide for pharmacists and clinicians.
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. 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".
Earths magnetic field helps protect Earth and its organisms. It protects us from harmful particles given off by the sun. Most of the particles are attracted to the north and south magnetic poles. This is where Earths magnetic field is strongest. This is also where relatively few organisms live. Another benefit of Earths magnetic field is its use for navigation. People use compasses to detect Earths magnetic north pole. Knowing this helps them tell direction. Many animals have natural 'compasses' that work just as well. Birds like the garden warbler in Figure 1.36 use Earths magnetic field. They use it to guide their annual migrations. Recent research suggests that warblers and other migrating birds have structures in their eyes. These structures let them see Earths magnetic field as a visual pattern. <sep>What do the structures in a bird's eye allow them to do?<sep>See far away
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: Consider Input: Water flowing over Earths surface or underground causes erosion and deposition. Water flowing over a steeper slope moves faster and causes more erosion. How water transports particles depends on their size. When water slows down, it starts depositing sediment. This process starts with the largest particles first. Runoff erodes the land after a heavy rain. It picks up sediment. Runoff carries most of the sediment to bodies of water. Mountain streams erode narrow, V-shaped valleys and waterfalls. Erosion and deposition by slow-flowing rivers create broad floodplains and meanders. Deposition by streams and rivers may form alluvial fans and deltas. Floodwaters may deposit natural levees. Erosion and deposition by groundwater can form caves and sinkholes. Stalactites and stalagmites are mineral deposits. They build up in caves as water continues to drip. <sep>What picks up sediment after a heavy rain?<sep>Runoff
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Among the early blows struck for independence was a rebellion in the town of Olhão. On 16 June 1808, the townsfolk — armed with little more than ancient swords, spears, and stones — attacked and captured the local French garrison. It's said that a party of local men then set sail from Olhão all the way to Brazil, without maps or navigational aids, to tell the king of the insurrection. The real battle, however, was waged under the leadership of the Duke of Wellington, whose coalition forces expelled the French after two years of bitter fighting. The war left Portugal further weakened, and in 1822 its major empire outpost, Brazil, declared independence. At the same time, a dispute over the crown continually raged between Pedro IV, the absentee monarch who preferred to reign as Emperor of Brazil rather than return to Portugal, and his brother Miguel. The power struggle, with strong overtones of absolutism versus liberalism, excited the interest and intervention of other powers. With British help, Pedro defeated Miguel off Cape St. Vincent in 1833, and his expeditionary force marched to Lisbon. Pedro took the throne, though armed struggle continued for months and the lingering bitterness long after that. By 1892 Portugal, racked by wars and the continuing expense of maintaining its African colonies (including those of Mozambique and Angola), declared itself bankrupt. The seeds of discontent with absolutist rule were sown. Kingdom's End Bloodshed would haunt the remaining years of the Portuguese monarchy. On 1 February 1908, the royal family was riding in an open carriage along the Lisbon river front plaza, Terreiro do Paço, when an assassin opened fire and killed King Carlos and the heir to the throne, Prince Luis Filipe. The prince's younger brother, Prince Manuel, was also hit, but he survived and was thus propelled to the throne at the tender age of 19. Amid republican agitation, a surprise uprising led by elements within the armed forces deposed Manuel in 1910. Having ruled for less than three years, Manuel died in exile in 1932 in England. The sudden end of more than seven centuries of monarchy brought confusion and crisis to the country. Presidents and prime ministers were ushered into and out of office an unbelievable 45 times between 1910 and 1926, until a military revolution suspended Portugal's problematic democracy. <sep>Did the French lose a battle early in the war?<sep>Yes
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Elaan is a declaration of war against the reign of terror unleashed by the ganglords . The story revolves around an upright and principled Police Officer , A.C.P. Ramakant Chaudhary whose eldest son Vikas is killed in a pre-planned accident . But the A.C.P. is unable to nab the culprits for want of valid evidence . Consequently , the A.C.P. , his wife Revati and younger son Vishal are griefstricken over the loss of young Vikas . While the atmosphere in the city is already vitiated by the atrocities of ganglords Baba Khan and Manna Shetty who enjoy the support of some unscrupulous police personnel , the A.C.P. vows to make the ruthless gangsters bite the dust , without taking the law in his own hands . On the other hand , Vishal an angry young man , can not stand this injustice since the police had failed to arrest his brother's killers , and he silently resents his A.C.P father's inaction in dealing with the culprits . The ideologies of the father and son clash - Which lead to a conflict between a dutiful father and a reckless son . The only one who understands the agony of Vishal is Mohini , the daughter of head constable Devkinandan Sharma . The day comes when Vishal confronts Baba Khan and Manna Shetty Which leads to tension and gory situation for the A.C.P. , as the ganglords threaten to eliminate the A.C.P. as well as his wife Revati and son Vishal . <sep>What was the name of the police officer whose son was murdered and why was he unable to arrest the culprits?<sep>Devkinandan and the police are lazy
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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".
The one person who, by his interference, could have settled all doubts was debarred by circumstances from interfering in the matter. Wykham Delandre had quarrelled with his sister--or perhaps it was that she had quarrelled with him--and they were on terms not merely of armed neutrality but of bitter hatred. The quarrel had been antecedent to Margaret going to Brent's Rock. She and Wykham had almost come to blows. There had certainly been threats on one side and on the other; and in the end Wykham, overcome with passion, had ordered his sister to leave his house. She had risen straightway, and, without waiting to pack up even her own personal belongings, had walked out of the house. On the threshold she had paused for a moment to hurl a bitter threat at Wykham that he would rue in shame and despair to the last hour of his life his act of that day. Some weeks had since passed; and it was understood in the neighbourhood that Margaret had gone to London, when she suddenly appeared driving out with Geoffrey Brent, and the entire neighbourhood knew before nightfall that she had taken up her abode at the Rock. It was no subject of surprise that Brent had come back unexpectedly, for such was his usual custom. Even his own servants never knew when to expect him, for there was a private door, of which he alone had the key, by which he sometimes entered without anyone in the house being aware of his coming. This was his usual method of appearing after a long absence. <sep>Did Margaret hurl a bitter threat at Wykham before or after being ordered to leave the house?<sep>After | Yes |
Somerset v Stewart (1772) 98 ER 499 (aka "Somersett's case", or in State Trials v.XX "Sommersett v Steuart") is a famous judgment of the English Court of King's Bench in 1772, which held that chattel slavery was unsupported by the common law in England and Wales, although the position elsewhere in the British Empire was left ambiguous. Lord Mansfield decided that:
Can we infer the following?
Somerset v Stewart isn't well known in history.
Pick your answer from:
[+] Yes;
[+] It's impossible to say;
[+] No;
The answer is: | No |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input 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.
It is important to note that mithridatism is not effective against all types of poison (immunity generally is only possible with biologically complex types which the immune system can respond to) and, depending on the toxin, the practice can lead to the lethal accumulation of a poison in the body. Results depend on how each poison is processed by the body, ie, on how the toxic compound is metabolized or passed out of the body. In some cases, it is possible to build up tolerance against specific non-biological poisons. For some poisons, this involves conditioning the liver to produce more of the particular enzymes that deal with these poisons (for example alcohol). Another mechanism involves conditioning the target tissues of the poisons. These methods do not work for all non-biological poisons. Exposure to certain toxic substances, such as hydrofluoric acid and heavy metals, is either lethal or has little to no effect, and thus cannot be used in this way at all. Arsenic is a notable exception with some people actually having a genetic adaptation granting them higher resistance which can be replicated with mithridatism. In addition, simple toxins that work through chemical processes that bypass the immune system cannot be dealt with (good example would be the variants of cyanide).
Output: | can you build up a resistance to cyanide? |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Ex Input:
For nearly all models of induction cooktops, a cooking vessel must be made of, or contain, a ferromagnetic metal such as cast iron or some stainless steels. However, copper, glass, non magnetic stainless steels, and aluminum vessels can be used if placed on a ferromagnetic disk which functions as a conventional hotplate.
Ex Output:
does cast iron work on induction stove top?
Ex Input:
Tourism in North Korea is tightly controlled by the North Korean government. Only about 4,000 to 6,000 Western tourists visit North Korea each year. All tourism is organized by one of several state-owned tourism bureaus, including Korea International Travel Company (KITC), Korean International Sports Travel Company (KISTC), Korean International Taekwondo Tourism Company (KITTC) and Korean International Youth Travel Company (KIYTC).
Ex Output:
can you travel to north korea as a tourist?
Ex Input:
Freepost is a postal service provided by various postal administrations, whereby a person sends mail without affixing postage, and the recipient pays the postage when collecting the mail. Freepost differs from self-addressed stamped envelopes, courtesy reply mail, and metered reply mail in that the recipient of the freepost pays only for those items that are actually received, rather than for all that are distributed.
Ex Output:
| do i need a stamp for a freepost address?
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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: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN) -- President Barack Obama, in a bid to create jobs and boost economic growth, called on Congress on Monday to pass a $50 billion plan to renew the country's transportation infrastructure. His address was the first of two speeches the president is scheduled to make this week to frame his administration's ongoing response to the recession, less than two months ahead of midterm elections in which Democratic majorities in the House and Senate are in jeopardy. "Today, I am announcing a new plan for rebuilding and modernizing America's roads, and rails and runways for the long term," said Obama, who spoke on Labor Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- a state with competitive gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races. "We used to have the best infrastructure in the world. We can have it again," he said to loud cheers from a crowd of union workers. The proposal envisions -- over a six year period -- rebuilding 150,000 miles of roads, 4,000 miles of rail and 150 miles of airport runways. It also would include modernizing the nation's air traffic control system in an effort to reduce delays and travel time. "This will not only create jobs immediately. It's also going to make our economy hum over the long haul," said the president. Obama hopes to work with Congress to enact an up-front investment of $50 billion -- an amount a White House statement said would represent a significant chunk of new spending on infrastructure. The investment would then be paired with what the administration called a framework to improve transportation spending. The long-term plan would include the establishment of an Infrastructure Bank, which would leverage federal dollars and focus on projects that could deliver the the biggest bang for the buck, Obama said. The president stressed the need for Democrats and Republicans to work together on the transportation initiative, which would need to be approved by Congress. <sep>Who were many of the people happy about what the president was saying in his speech about renewing the country's transportation infrastructure?<sep>Republicans
A: No
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Q: The Mummy 's Shroud is set in 1920 and tells the story of a team of archaeologists who come across the lost tomb of the boy Pharaoh Kah-To-Bey . The story begins with a flash back sequence to Ancient Egypt and we see the story of how Prem , a manservant of Kah-To-Bey , spirited away the boy when his father was killed in a palace coup and took him into the desert for protection . Unfortunately , the boy dies and is buried . The story then moves forward to 1920 and shows the expedition led by scientist Sir Basil Walden and business man Stanley Preston finding the tomb . They ignore the dire warning issued to them by Hasmid , a local Bedouin about the consequences for those that violate the tombs of Ancient Egypt and remove the bodies and the sacred shroud . Sir Basil is bitten by a snake just after finding the tomb . He recovers , but has a relapse after arriving back in Cairo . Preston takes advantage of this and commits him to an insane asylum , to take credit for finding the tomb and Prince 's mummy himself . Meanwhile , after being placed in the Cairo Museum , the mummy of Prem is revived when Hasmid chants the sacred oath on the shroud . The mummy then proceeds to go on a murderous rampage to kill off the members of the expedition , beginning with Sir Basil after he escapes from the asylum . One by one , those who assisted in removing the contents of the tomb to Cairo are eliminated by such grisly means as strangulation , being thrown out of windows , and having photographic acid thrown in their face . <sep>Where is Prem buried?<sep>In the Cairo Museum
A: No
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Q: Earths magnetic field helps protect Earth and its organisms. It protects us from harmful particles given off by the sun. Most of the particles are attracted to the north and south magnetic poles. This is where Earths magnetic field is strongest. This is also where relatively few organisms live. Another benefit of Earths magnetic field is its use for navigation. People use compasses to detect Earths magnetic north pole. Knowing this helps them tell direction. Many animals have natural 'compasses' that work just as well. Birds like the garden warbler in Figure 1.36 use Earths magnetic field. They use it to guide their annual migrations. Recent research suggests that warblers and other migrating birds have structures in their eyes. These structures let them see Earths magnetic field as a visual pattern. <sep>What is the purpose of a compass and what does it detect?<sep>To detect Earths magnetic north pole
A: | Yes
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How to block junk mail
Open gmail.
Log into gmail if you aren't already signed in.
You will need a preexisting gmail account.
OPTIONS:
- Consider blocking your junk emails' sender. If you've tried marking emails as spam but continue to receive them from one persistent source, you can block the sender to filter any future emails from them.
- If you already have one, sign in now. If not, skip ahead to the next step.
- Hover your cursor over inbox for the privacy menu. Click the " who is receiving mailings here? " link.
- You can use your email address to sign in to gmail/aol. If you're not signed in already, click log in at the top-right corner of your screen.
Consider blocking your junk emails' sender. If you've tried marking emails as spam but continue to receive them from one persistent source, you can block the sender to filter any future emails from them.
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.
OPTIONS:
- For example, if your version 8i is installed under oracle 2007, then start the new os and reinstall oracle 2007. If your version 8i is installed below oracle 2003, then you will have to use a different version of oracle 2003.
- 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.
- Gather tools, tasks, and data. You will need an oracle driver and a modem.
- You will need to know where to download oracle, and simply download the information and install it. Add the url of the database where you want to rename your table.
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.
How to remove the mysearchdial toolbar
Log on to your machine with an account that has administrative user rights.
Save and close all running browsers and other apps.
Press the start/windows key.
OPTIONS:
- Type mysearchdial web portal extension. Press next Enter the virtual domain you want to remove mysearchdial from.
- This is located under the windows taskbar. Navigate to " start ", then " control panel.
- Go to settings and select the control panel. Choose uninstall a program/add or remove programs.
- Decide if you want to delete mysearchdial altogether or just delete other websites that aren't listed. Generally, we choose the option to delete them.
Go to settings and select the control panel. Choose uninstall a program/add or remove programs.
How to prune a magnolia tree
Prioritize dead and diseased branches over healthy branches.
With magnolia trees, removing healthy, if unattractive, branches may cause more harm than good. You should never prune more than 1/3 of the tree at once, so always start with branches that are either dying or already dead.
OPTIONS:
- Every 1/3 of the tree should be dead and two branches should be healthy. A pruned tree will be able to turn colors from the other branches as opposed to the white ones you intend to remove.
- This will prolong the growth of the diseased of the branches. Also, because dead, diseased branches are usually dormant, prune the diseased branches at least twice a day.
- When in doubt, be conservative with what you trim. Magnolias are very sensitive to pruning.
- If you see dead and diseased branches, it's best to remove those as well. Other branches may require pruning to help the tree flourish, and you don't want old, unhealthy branches falling off.
| When in doubt, be conservative with what you trim. Magnolias are very sensitive to pruning. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Where is St. John's?, Context: St. John's has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with lower seasonal variation than normal for the latitude, which is due to Gulf Stream moderation. However, despite this maritime moderation, average January high temperatures are actually slightly colder in St. John's than it is in Kelowna, British Columbia, which is an inland city that is near the more marine air of the Pacific, demonstrating the cold nature of Eastern Canada. Mean temperatures range from −4.9 °C (23.2 °F) in February to 16.1 °C (61.0 °F) in August, showing somewhat of a seasonal lag in the climate. The city is also one of the areas of the country most prone to tropical cyclone activity, as it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, where tropical storms (and sometimes hurricanes) travel from the United States. The city is one of the rainiest in Canada outside of coastal British Columbia. This is partly due to its propensity for tropical storm activity as well as moist, Atlantic air frequently blowing ashore and creating precipitation. | Canada |
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: An artery (plural arteries) (from Greek ἀρτηρία (artēria), meaning 'windpipe, artery') is a blood vessel that takes blood away from the heart to all parts of the body (tissues, lungs, etc). Most arteries carry oxygenated blood; the two exceptions are the pulmonary and the umbilical arteries, which carry deoxygenated blood to the organs that oxygenate it. The effective arterial blood volume is that extracellular fluid which fills the arterial system.
A: | do all arteries carry blood away from the heart? |
Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to connect a belkin router
Verify that your internet modem and belkin router are disconnected from their power sources.
Connect the modem to your belkin router using an ethernet cable.
The ethernet cable must be plugged into an open ethernet port on your modem, and into the port on your belkin router labeled " wan/internet. | " Reconnect your internet modem to its power supply. Plug in the belkin router to its power supply. |
Part 1. 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".
Part 2. 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
Answer: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Part 3. Exercise
Hamilton argued that the natural faculties of blacks were as good as those of free whites, and he warned that the British would arm the slaves if the patriots did not. In his 21st-century biography, Chernow cites this incident as evidence that Hamilton and Laurens saw the Revolution and the struggle against slavery as inseparable. Hamilton attacked his political opponents as demanding freedom for themselves and refusing to allow it to blacks. In January 1785, Hamilton attended the second meeting of the New York Manumission Society (NYMS). John Jay was president and Hamilton was the first secretary and later became president. Chernow notes how the membership soon included many of Hamilton's friends and associates. Hamilton was a member of the committee of the society that petitioned the legislature to end the slave trade, and that succeeded in passing legislation banning the export of slaves from New York. In the same period, Hamilton felt bound by the rule of law of the time and his law practice facilitated the return of a fugitive slave to Henry Laurens of South Carolina. He opposed the compromise at the 1787 Constitutional Convention by which the federal government could not abolish the slave trade for 20 years, and was disappointed when he lost that argument. Hamilton never supported forced emigration for freed slaves. Horton has argued from this that he would be comfortable with a multiracial society, and that this distinguished him from his contemporaries. In international affairs, he supported Toussaint L'Ouverture's black government in Haiti after the revolt that overthrew French control, as he had supported aid to the slaveowners in 1791--both measures hurt France. Scant evidence has been interpreted by a few to indicate Hamilton may have owned household slaves, as did many wealthy New Yorkers (the evidence for this is indirect; McDonald interprets it as referring to paid employees). <sep>When did Hamilton attend the second meeting of the NYMS where he later became president of?<sep>1787
Answer: | 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.
Hector Monsegur spent the last three years as a model law enforcement informant, quietly drawing out his fellow hackers and directly aiding in the arrest of members of the LulzSec hacking crew and Anonymous hacker Jeremy Hammond. His hard work was rewarded Tuesday, when a judge sentenced him to time served and released him.
Judge Loretta Preska determined that the seven months Monsegur, known by his hacker handle “Sabu,” spent in pre-trial detention was sufficient punishment for one of the most active hackers in the Anonymous collective and the vocal leader of the splinter group Lulzsec. Monsegur will be subjected to one year of supervised release that will include monitoring of his computer use, and he may yet be forced to pay restitution to the victims of his hacking.
The lenient sentence was the result, Preska said, of the “truly extraordinary” help Monsegur gave law enforcement since June, 2011. He spent more than three years as a well-connected mole within Anonymous during a period when it was rampaging through hundreds of hacking targets. She particularly praised Monsegur’s decision in 2011 to immediately begin aiding the FBI in tracking his friends, as a delay might have given Lulzsec and other Anonymous hackers time to destroy evidence.
“The immediacy of Mr. Monsegur’s cooperation and its around-the-clock nature was particularly helpful to the government,” she said. “That personal characteristic of turning on a dime to doing good, not evil, is the most important factor in this sentencing.”
Monsegur, a hulking man with a close-trimmed beard and hair, appeared in court wearing a billowing black shirt, and told the court he is no longer the Sabu who had brazenly led Lulzsec on dozens of hacking campaigns and spouted revolutionary rhetoric from a highly active Twitter feed . “Over the last three years I’ve gone through a lot of changes and learned a lot of lessons,” he said in a short statement. “I’ve done a lot of soul searching… and I realized I hurt my family the most.
“I’m not the same person you saw here three years ago.”
The judge also considered the harassment and threats Monsegur and his family have faced since he was publicly identified as a federal informant in March, 2012. The publicity led to an assault on Monsegur’s brother and prompted his family's decision to leave their New York home. “His family has been subject to threats, assaults, and all manner of danger,” said Preska. “For all these reasons, I find that Monsegur is entitled to a downward departure,” she added, using the legal jargon for a lighter-than-expected sentence.
In a motion (.pdf) filed over the weekend, prosecutors requested that Monsegur receive the minimum sentence in reward for his role as an “extremely valuable cooperator” with law enforcement agents. The motion stated that his work drawing out his fellow hackers in online chats and sharing their communications with the FBI helped federal authorities prosecute eight other Anonymous associates who currently face charges or have served prison sentences. Hammond was sentenced to ten years in prison last November—in the same courtroom and the same judge as the Monsegur sentencing—for his role in the hacking of the private intelligence firm Stratfor.
Monsegur’s sentence won’t end the controversy around the role he’s played on both sides of a three-year hacking saga. Questions still loom about why the FBI allowed Monsegur to continue aiding in and occasionally directing attacks–which caused millions of dollars in damage–on dozens of targets while he was under the agency’s control. During his sentencing in November, Hammond told the court Monsegur had relayed to him targets including foreign government sites. The information he stole from those sites often was passed to Monsegur. “I think the government’s use of this data needs to be investigated,” Hammond said in his sentencing statement.
In court Tuesday, however, Monsegur was instead praised as having warned authorities of security vulnerabilities he had learned about and helping get them fixed. The potential targets he was credited with helping to protect include the water supply of “a major American city” and the supply chain of a foreign energy firm. His defense attorney cited “more than 300 intrusions” he helped law enforcement prevent.
“The things you did were not so good,” Preska said to Monsegur in her final words in the hearing. But “you have done as much as any human can do” to make up for those actions, she added, “and I salute you for that.” ||||| Tweet with a location
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| A former Anonymous hacker who faced 26 years in prison for staging global cyber-attacks, was set free by a judge who credited him with helping prevent at least 300 such intrusions, including one on the U.S. Senate website.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan federal court today cited Hector Xavier Monsegur’s “extraordinary assistance” in secretly working with the U.S. government, sentencing him to the seven months he’d already spent in custody. She credited him for immediately agreeing to cooperate when confronted about his hacking by federal agents.
“That personal characteristic of turning on a dime and doing good instead of evil is the important factor in this sentence,” Preska said. “You’ve done as much as any human being can do in terms of helping the government to make up for past wrongs and to avert other damage to probably millions of people.”
Monsegur, 30, who used the online name Sabu, belonged to the hacker groups Internet Feds and LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous. LulzSec attacked computer networks at Nintendo Co. and stole confidential data on more than 70,000 potential contestants on Fox Television’s “X-Factor,” according to prosecutors. The group also attacked the computer networks of Sony Corp. (6758), the U.K.’s National Health Service, the Arizona State Police, and technology-security company HBGary Inc., U.S. said.
Around Clock
After agreeing to cooperate with the government, Monsegur worked “around the clock,” talking to hackers around the globe, including LulzSec which had vowed to destroy evidence and disband if any members were arrested, the judge said. Monsegur also helped prevent a cyber-attack on a foreign energy company and another on the water supply in a major U.S. city, Preska said.
Today in court, Monsegur, wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and grey slacks, apologized for the harm he’d caused and said he had learned many lessons since he pleaded guilty to 12 crimes in August 2011.
“I assure you I will not be back in this courtroom,” he said. “I’m not the same person you saw three years ago. I’m ready to move on.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney James Pastore asked Preska not to impose a mandatory two-year prison term, citing Monsegur’s help.
While federal sentencing guidelines, which are advisory, called for 21 1/2 years to more than 26 years in prison, court officials recommended probation.
Back Doors
“It’s difficult to quantify Mr. Monsegur’s cooperation,” said Pastore, adding that the defendant helped identify “back doors” or weaknesses in computer systems in corporations and foreign governments. “He was able to unmask and thwart outright or minimize hundreds of attacks,” he said.
During the time of his secret cooperation, Monsegur worked from his apartment, staying up all night talking online to his fellow hackers and then meeting with authorities passing on what he learned.
Evidence Monsegur helped develop led to the prosecution of at least five hackers, including Jeremy Hammond, who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison by Preska for an attack on the intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting Inc., or Stratfor, and for interfering with eight other computer systems.
Anonymous called Monsegur a traitor in a posting on Twitter today, following the sentencing.
Anonymous Postings
“Jeremy Hammond is serving a ten-year sentence for hacks that Sabu (working for the feds) told him to do,” the group said in a posting.
Philip Weinstein, Monsegur’s lawyer, said after today’s sentencing that the hacker is still helping the government with other cases. Monsegur has been unemployed while awaiting sentence, Weinstein said.
“He’s taught the government things that they don’t know,” he said.
Before Monsegur’s cooperation, he was the only member of a crew of hackers behind a series of cyber-attacks who had been identified by authorities, the U.S. said. LulzSec had developed a plan to destroy evidence and disband if the group determined that any of its members had been arrested, according to prosecutors.
Hackers affiliated with Monsegur had attacked the websites of the governments of Algeria, Yemen and Zimbabwe, the U.S. previously said.
Monsegur’s family had to be relocated by the FBI when his identity as a government informant was made public, his lawyer Peggy Cross-Goldenberg told Preska today. He was also threatened by some who incorrectly speculated that he assisted in the investigation and prosecution of Silk Road, the billion-dollar online website where customers used bitcoins to buy and sell drugs, according to the U.S.
The case is U.S. v. Monsegur, 11-cr-00666, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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| Hector Monsegur might well be the most hated man in the world of hackers these days, but he's also a free man as a result. A judge today let the 30-year-old Monsegur off with 7 months' time served, even though he faced up to 26 years in prison, reports Bloomberg. The reason is that the former leader of the Anonymous offshoot LulzSec immediately turned into an informant upon his arrest three years ago. Prosecutors say he then worked "around the clock" as a mole, collaborating with fellow hackers and turning over the information to the feds. “I assure you I will not be back in this courtroom,” Monsegur, aka Sabu, told the judge today. “I’m not the same person you saw three years ago.” The judge credited his "extraordinary assistance" with helping stop 300 hacks, adding that the threats and public harassment he has faced since becoming an informer played a role in the light sentence, reports Wired. Monsegur helped the feds bust high-profile US hacker Jeremy Hammond, though Hammond made clear at his sentencing that he felt both Monsegur and the government entrapped him. On Twitter today, Anonymous is asking people to show support for Hammond. |
Teacher:In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: In the central Pacific , one tropical storm , one hurricane , and one major hurricane formed .
Student: | In the Central Pacific Hurricane Center 's area of responsibility , one tropical storm and two hurricanes formed , with one of the hurricanes intensifying into a major hurricane . |
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Problem:It was the eighth Bound for Glory event that TNA held .
Solution: | Bound for Glory was the eighth annual Bound for Glory professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . |
The Galaxy Nexus (GT-I9250) is a touchscreen Android smartphone co-developed by Google and Samsung Electronics. It is the third smartphone in the Google Nexus series, a family of Android consumer devices built by an original equipment manufacturer partner. The phone is the successor to Google's previous flagship phones, the Nexus One and Nexus S.
The Galaxy Nexus doesn't need a stylus.
A: It's impossible to say
Campbell County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,466, making it the fifth-least populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Mound City. The county was created in 1873 and organized in 1884. It is named after Norman B. Campbell, a Dakota Territory legislator in 1873 and son of General Charles T. Campbell.
crime rate is high in Campbell County
A: It's impossible to say
"I guess you have to expect this in a growing community," said Mardelle Kean, who lives across the street from John Joseph Famalaro, charged in the death of Denise A. Huber, who was 23 when she disappeared in 1991.
Kean was friends with Famalaro
A: | It's impossible to say |
Definition: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: Card counting is not illegal under British law, nor is it under federal, state, or local laws in the United States provided that no external card counting device or person assists the player in counting cards. Still, casinos object to the practice, and try to prevent it, banning players believed to be counters. In their pursuit to identify card counters, casinos sometimes misidentify and ban players suspected of counting cards even if they do not.
Output: | is it legal to count cards in vegas? |
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.
Most people in Britain use spellings like " organise " and " realise " , but Oxford spelling uses " organize " and " realize " . | Oxford spelling ( also " Oxford English Dictionary " spelling , Oxford style , or Oxford English spelling ) is a spelling standard that prescribes the use of British spelling in combination with the suffix " -ize " in words like " realize " and " organization " , in contrast to the predominant use of " -ise " endings in current British English . |
Definition: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: Polygamy is the act or condition of a person marrying another person while still being lawfully married to another spouse. As this is the very definition of bigamy, it is illegal in the United States. The crime is punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both, according to the law of the individual state and the circumstances of the offense. Polygamy was outlawed federally by the Edmunds Act, and there are laws against the practice in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Because state laws exist, polygamy is not actively prosecuted at the federal level, but the practice is considered ``against public policy'' and, accordingly, the U.S. government won't recognize bigamous marriages for immigration purposes (that is, would not allow one of the spouses to petition for immigration benefits for the other), even if they are legal in the country where bigamous marriage was celebrated. Any immigrant who is coming to the United States to practice polygamy is inadmissible.
Output: | is polygamy legal in any state in the united states? |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What does multiracial ancestry mean?, Context: By 1990, the Census Bureau included more than a dozen ethnic/racial categories on the census, reflecting not only changing social ideas about ethnicity, but the wide variety of immigrants who had come to reside in the United States due to changing historical forces and new immigration laws in the 1960s. With a changing society, more citizens have begun to press for acknowledging multiracial ancestry. The Census Bureau changed its data collection by allowing people to self-identify as more than one ethnicity. Some ethnic groups are concerned about the potential political and economic effects, as federal assistance to historically underserved groups has depended on Census data. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2002, over 75% of all African Americans had multiracial ancestries. | allowing people to self-identify as more than one ethnicity |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Example input: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Example output: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Example explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Q: It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on August 11 , 1947 , just days before independence .
A: | The national flag of Pakistan was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on August 11 , 1947 , just three days before the country 's independence , when it became the official flag of the Dominion of Pakistan . |
Investigators in Venezuela have been combing the grisly wreck of a Colombian plane which crashed on Tuesday, killing all 160 people on board.
The plane was bound for Venezuela OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
How to detect sarcasm in writing<br>See if the writer adds letters to common words. Sarcasm in writing can be difficult to detect in text due to the absence of verbal tone, which is often used to convey sarcasm when speaking. If someone is being sarcastic in writing, he or she may add multiple letters to common words to indicate a sarcastic tone.
sarcasm can be subjectively recognized OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Image copyright Reuters Britain's Mark Cavendish pulled out of the Tour de France after breaking his right shoulder in a crash. The 32-year-old from the Isle of Man collided with the world champion Peter Sagan before hitting the barriers in a sprint finish. Cavendish, who is just five stage wins away from a Tour record for the most victories, said he was "massively disappointed". The race doctor says Mark, who won a silver medal at the Rio2016 Olympic Games, needs rest but won't need an operation. Peter Sagan has been disqualified from the race for dangerous riding.
Mark Cavendish is British. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | Yes |
How to pronounce hermione
Break down the name into syllables.
The correct pronunciation of " hermione " has four syllables, so in order to pronounce it correctly, you need to break the whole name down into those syllables.
Write or type the name on a piece of paper; then use your index fingers or additional small pieces of paper to cover up parts of the name.
Focus on the first syllable of her name. The first syllable is " her-, " which is at the beginning of the name " hermione.
There are a few spectators looking on from the sides of the pool, while a referee is following the actions to stay in control of the match. It is quiet other than the young kids that are involved in the game. they
are having a great time and are very involved in what they are doing.
How to evaluate an administrative assistant
Establish main duties and responsibilities.
The first step is to determine what exactly the duties of the administrative assistant are. You can't evaluate the person until you know what you are evaluating them on.
For instance, some standard responsibilities include answering phones, greeting people, managing equipment, relaying messages and mail, proofing letters and publications, organizing files and documents, coordinating events, and maintaining office supplies. Other responsibilities could be learning the industry jargon, being able to manage the office schedule well, and being available to run errands as needed.
How to adjust eye glasses
Stand in front of a mirror and look straight ahead.
Position the eyeglasses so the middle of the lenses are located in the center of your eyes. This is the optical center and the ideal location for your eyeglasses.
| All adjustments to your eyeglasses should be made to achieve this optimal position. If you have a bifocal lenses, the line should sit at the lower eyelid. |
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: In March 2013 , BBC received a " flood of feedback from female listeners " that asked for more information " from and about women . "
Output: | They felt that many of the issues women faced were not getting in-depth coverage , and in March 2013 a " flood of feedback from female listeners " was received by the BBC to the effect that the corporation should provide more " content from and about women . " |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. 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".
Michigan will lose $2 million in federal funding and $600,000 in state funding to provide legal aid to the poor in 2003, according to Deierdre L. Weir, executive director of the Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc., the state's largest provider of legal services to the poor. Current federal funds of nearly $10.7 million from the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) will drop to $8.7 million for next year, according to Weir. She said that the reductions reflect a decline in the number of persons in the state who are living in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2000 census. LSC uses census data to determine funding across the nation, and according to the census, the state's poverty population fell from an estimated 1.2 million in 1990 to an estimated 968,000 in 2000. The state's legal aid agencies are also bracing for yet another cut in 2003 of some $600,000 of state funding. A portion of filing fees paid by litigants in the state's circuit courts, and a portion of interest on lawyers trust accounts (IOLTA) are earmarked for Michigan legal aid programs. These funds are expected to drop from currently $7.5 million in 2002 to $6.9 million when the Michigan State Bar Foundation makes distributions next year. Most of the decrease is attributed to the past year's low interest rates. "The irony of these funding cuts is that while there may be fewer poor people in Michigan today, the demand for service will not change because the poverty population remains so large and the legal aid funding so little that local providers will never able to serve all who need our service," said Weir. "It's as if the poor will be victimized twice-once for being poor and again as victims of these funding cuts." The U.S. Census Bureau, in spite of its best efforts, cannot locate every poor person living in a census tract, therefore the poor are also undercounted, added Weir. The brunt of these cuts will be felt most in Wayne County where according to the census some 333,000 poor people live, the largest concentration of poverty in the state. LAD will lose more than $870,000 for legal aid in Wayne County, nearly half of the state's total loss, said Weir. While difficult to measure, the loss of funds will mean that several thousand of Michigan's poor in need of legal service will not receive it, or they will receive significantly limited service. Cutbacks will include service in such civil legal matters as landlord-tenant, bankruptcy, consumer, child custody, predatory lending, mortgage foreclosure, utility shutoffs, social security, wills, and probate. "Local providers will have to work harder and smarter and use more technology instead of staff to provide as much service as we can with fewer dollars," said Weir. "We will be providing more selfhelp training to clients enabling them to navigate the legal system on their own in routine matters, more assistance on the telephone, and less direct representation by attorneys in specific, high impact matters. Currently, Michigan has 13 legal aid agencies covering the state's 83 counties. <sep>What are the consequences of LAD funding cuts and who will be affected most?<sep>No change to services
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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.
Example input: Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Example output: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Example explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: John celebrates his 40th birthday and later goes skinny dipping with Jenny in their swimming pool. Increasingly disenchanted with his job, he decides to accept a position as a reporter with The Philadelphia Inquirer with Jenny's blessing, and the family moves to a farm in rural Pennsylvania. John soon realizes that he is a better columnist than reporter and pitches the column idea to his editor. Life is idyllic until the aging Marley begins to show signs of arthritis and deafness. An attack of gastric dilatation volvulus almost kills him, but he recovers. When a second attack occurs, it becomes clear surgery will not help him, and Marley is euthanized with John at his side. The family pay their last respects to their beloved pet as they bury him beneath a tree in their front yard.
A: | does marley die in the movie marley and me? |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Talk of a sequel began with the release of Clash of the Titans in March 2010. Scribes Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson were hired in June 2010 and director Jonathan Liebesman was brought on board in August 2010. The majority of the casting took place between January and February 2011. Principal photography began in London in March 2011. Like its predecessor, the film was converted to 3D in post-production. Wrath of the Titans was released in 2D and 3D on March 30, 2012 in the United States. The film received widespread negative reception from critics and grossed $305 million worldwide. A sequel entitled Revenge of the Titans was planned for a 2013 release, but was cancelled due to the two films' critical failures and too few ideas for the script. | will there be a sequel to wrath of the titans? |
How to clean burners on a stove<br>Remove the burners. Before cleaning, remove the burners from your gas or electric stove top. Be sure that the stove is off and that the elements are completely cooled down before taking off the burner grates or coils.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
These are not intended for grill burners. | It's impossible to say |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Story highlights Seven cases of meningitis have been reported on the New Jersey campus
University officials to discuss offering vaccine
Feds OK use of vaccine not approved in the United States
As alumni and friends of Princeton University descended on the Ivy League institution to celebrate homecoming, the school's board of trustees met over the weekend to consider whether to offer students emergency shots of a vaccine against meningitis after seven cases of the potentially fatal disease occurred on campus.
The final decision, to be made in concert with medical staff and university administrators, is expected sometime this week, said Barbara Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The sole meningococcal vaccine that targets meningitis group B, Bexsero, is made by Novartis. Though it was approved this year in Europe and Australia, it has not been approved for use in the United States.
"We have filed an Investigational New Drug application for our MenB vaccine in the U.S., but have not yet come to an agreement on a pathway to licensure for this vaccine with regulatory authorities," Novartis spokeswoman Elizabeth Power told CNN Saturday in an e-mail.
Still, company officials have been coordinating with officials at Princeton, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state Department of Public Health about getting a vaccine to the school in New Jersey, she said.
The CDC says it is considered "a safe vaccine."
Group B meningitis is a strain of the bacterial form of the disease that is rare in the United States. Symptoms can include stiff neck, headache, fever, vomiting, rashes, sensitivity to light and confusion. Untreated, the disease can lead to complications such as hearing impairment, brain damage, limb amputations and death.
Antibiotic treatment of the most common types of bacterial meningitis "should reduce the risk of dying from meningitis to below 15%, although the risk remains higher among young infants and the elderly," according to the CDC.
Bacterial meningitis is an infection of the membranes that cover the brain and the spinal cord, known as the meninges.
In the United States, about 4,100 cases of bacterial meningitis, including 500 deaths, occurred each year between 2003 and 2007, the CDC says.
"Usually, when you see this kind of meningitis on the campus, it's meningitis C," said Dr. William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, in a telephone interview with CNN. "This is very, very unusual."
Schaffner added that, in the United States, Group B meningitis typically strikes infants, and only rarely adolescents and young adults.
Though the mechanism needed for health officials to administer an unapproved vaccine in the United States is "very elaborate," it would be justified in this case, he said. "If I were around the table with the board of trustees, I would be gently encouraging them to do this."
Princeton's first reported case developed in a student who had returned to the campus after spring recess in March, according to the state health department. Two months later, after several other students and one visitor had contracted the disease, an outbreak was declared. All have recovered except for the last case, a male student who remains hospitalized after being diagnosed on November 8.
No common link has been identified among the cases, New Jersey health officials said.
Meningitis can spread via the exchange of saliva and other respiratory secretions through kissing, coughing, sharing drinks and living in close quarters, such as in dormitories, according to the health department.
The bacteria can reside for months in the back of the throat before causing symptoms, Schaffner said.
But the disease is not wholly understood. Cases of meningococcal disease in general -- including Group B -- have dropped in recent years to the lowest levels since the 1930s. "Nobody knows why," he said. And cases sometimes occur more frequently in Oregon. "We've never understood that, either."
The New Jersey outbreak is also puzzling. "Why this is occurring is not clear, but the trick everybody is working on is how to stop it, how to prevent further cases," he said.
If the board approves, as many as 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the school could be offered the vaccine. ||||| Princeton University plans to offer students a meningitis vaccine not usually approved for use in the United States in an attempt to prevent an outbreak at the school from spreading, officials said on Monday.
The vaccine, which has been approved in Europe and Australia, is expected to be available on campus at no cost in early December, university officials said. It is recommended for all undergraduates, graduate students living in dormitories and students with some specific health conditions.
Students and faculty were notified of the decision in an email on Monday.
Six students at the university who were hospitalized with the disease earlier this year have recovered; a seventh, who was found to have it earlier this month, is being treated. University officials have encouraged students to stop sharing drinks and to avoid kissing.
The students have come down with a strain of the disease known as serogroup B, which is not covered by the meningitis vaccine that is widely available in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration will allow for the vaccine, called Bexsero, to be used only in this case. Meningitis can cause infections that can maim or kill people within hours. |||||
A: | Princeton University has seen seven people hospitalized in the last eight months with bacterial meningitis—specifically, a strain of the disease that the vaccine commonly administered in the US doesn't fight. And now the school is taking the unusual step of offering its students a European- and Australian-approved vaccine, Bexsero, that safeguards against serogroup B—and hasn't been approved by the FDA. The CDC has gotten permission from the FDA to import Bexsero, and the New York Times reports that university officials yesterday decided to administer free and voluntary injections to students beginning early next month. "Usually, when you see this kind of meningitis on the campus, it's meningitis C," an expert tells CNN of the disease, which can kill within hours and takes the lives of about 500 Americans each year. (A male student diagnosed 10 days ago remains hospitalized, but the other six have recovered.) The B strain is more likely to affect infants than young adults, leading the expert to call it "very, very unusual." The disease can spread through close contact, such as sharing drinks, kissing, or living together, the Times notes. So are students avoiding getting cozy? "Maybe it's something people think about during the day," says one, who notes she no longer uses her rugby teammates' water bottles. "But it’s not something they’re thinking about on a Saturday night." |
Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
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Problem: This list contains the top 25 accounts with the most followers on the social photo-sharing platform Instagram. As of May 2018, the most followed user is Instagram's own account, with over 235 million followers. Selena Gomez is the most followed individual, with over 137 million followers. Ten accounts have exceeded 100 million followers on the site.
Solution: who has the maximum number of followers on instagram
Explanation: The answer is talking about the Instagram accounts that have the most followers. The question asking about the maximum number of followers. So this is a good example.
Problem: Chandigarh (local pronunciation: (tʃə̃ˈɖiːɡəɽɦ) (listen)) is a city and a union territory in India that serves as the capital of the two neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab. The city is unique as it is not a part of either of the two states but is governed directly by the Union Government, which administers all such territories in the country.
Solution: | chandigarh is the capital of which two states |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
The House of Wisdom (Arabic: بيت الحكمة ; Bayt al-Hikma) refers either to a major Abbasid public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad or to a large private library belonging to the Abbasid Caliphs during the Islamic Golden Age. The House of Wisdom is the subject of an active dispute over its functions and existence as a formal academy, an issue complicated by a lack of physical evidence following the collapse of the Abbasid Caliphate and a reliance on corroboration of literary sources to construct a narrative. The House of Wisdom was founded either as a library for the collections of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the late 8th century and later turned into a public academy during the reign of Al-Ma'mun or was a private collection created by Al-Mansur (reign 754 -- 775) to house rare books and collections of poetry in both Arabic and Persian. Regardless, the House of Wisdom existed as a part of the major Translation Movement taking place during the Abbasid Era, translating works from Greek and Syriac to Arabic, but it is unlikely that The House of Wisdom existed as the sole center of such work, as major translation efforts arose in Cairo and Damascus even earlier than the proposed establishment of the House of Wisdom. This translation movement lent momentum to a great deal of original research occurring in the Islamicate world, which had access to texts from Greek, Persian and Indian sources, as opposed to the 'Bookshelf Thesis' that reduces the contributions of Islamicate scholars to mere translation and preservation of Greek texts. | what was the purpose of the house of wisdom |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What do solar technologies do?, Context: Solar technologies are broadly characterized as either passive or active depending on the way they capture, convert and distribute sunlight and enable solar energy to be harnessed at different levels around the world, mostly depending on distance from the equator. Although solar energy refers primarily to the use of solar radiation for practical ends, all renewable energies, other than geothermal and tidal, derive their energy from the Sun in a direct or indirect way.
| capture, convert and distribute sunlight |
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.
By Dina Zayed and Shaimaa Fayed
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life in jail on Saturday for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account.
But it was not enough for thousands of Egyptians who poured onto the streets after the verdict. Some wanted Mubarak executed, others feared the judge's ruling exposed weaknesses in the case that could let the former military man off on appeal.
Protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focus for the uprising that drove Mubarak from office on February 11, 2011. Others in the second city of Alexandria chanted: "We are done with talk, we want an execution!"
The ruling came at a politically fraught time for Egypt, two weeks before a run-off in its first free presidential election that will pit the Muslim Brotherhood, which was banned under Mubarak, against the deposed autocrat's last prime minister.
After a silence during sentencing, scuffles broke out inside the court between security officers and people chanting "void, void" and "The people want the cleansing of the judiciary."
Rather than a healing experience that many Egyptians hoped for, many see the trial that acquitted top security officials showing how much of Mubarak's old order was still in place. Islamists and others called for street protests on Saturday.
It was the first time an ousted Arab leader had faced an ordinary court in person since a wave of uprisings shook the Arab world last year, sweeping away four entrenched rulers.
But the Muslim Brotherhood demanded a re-trial for Mubarak, who made Egypt into a staunch Arab ally of the United States. Continued... ||||| Egypt's state media say Hosni Mubarak has suffered a "health crisis" while on his way to a Cairo prison hospital after being convicted and sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters during last year's uprising.
In this video image taken from Egyptian State Television, 84-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is seen in the defendant's cage as a judge reads the verdict in on charges of complicity... (Associated Press)
In this video image taken from Egyptian State Television, 84-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is seen in the defendant's cage as a judge reads the verdict in on charges of complicity... (Associated Press)
Egyptian protesters shout slogans in front of policemen outside the police academy courtroom as the country braces for a verdict in the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday,... (Associated Press)
An Egyptian woman shouts slogans and holds a poster of a protester killed during the 2011 uprising in front of policemen outside the police academy courtroom as the country braces for a verdict in the... (Associated Press)
Egyptian protesters shout slogans and wave a national flag in front of policemen outside the police academy courtroom as the country braces for a verdict in the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak... (Associated Press)
An Egyptian man shouts slogans outside the police academy courtroom as the country braces for a verdict in the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012. The 84-year-old... (Associated Press)
State television and the official news agency report that Mubarak, 84, suffered the crisis while aboard the helicopter that ferried him to Torah prison hospital from the court hearing where he was convicted of complicity in the killing of some 900 protesters during the uprising that drove him from power.
Nile News, a state-owned news channel, said Mubarak suffered a heart attack. But that could not be immediately confirmed.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
CAIRO (AP) _ Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power last year. But the ousted president and his sons were acquitted of corruption charges in a mixed verdict that swiftly provoked a new wave of anger on Egypt's streets.
After the sentencing, the 84-year old, ailing Mubarak cried in protest and resisted leaving the helicopter that took him from the Cairo courtroom to a prison hospital for the first time, according to security officials. Since Mubarak was ordered detained last April, he has been held in several different military hospitals but never in a prison hospital. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.
Earlier, Mubarak sat stone-faced and frowning in the courtroom's metal defendant while judge Ahmed Rifaat read out the conviction and sentence against him, showing no emotion with his eyes concealed by dark sunglasses. His sons Gamal and Alaa looked nervous but also did not react to either the conviction of their father or their own acquittals.
Mubarak was convicted of complicity in the killing of some 900 protesters during the 18-day uprising that forced him to resign in February 2011. He and his two sons were acquitted of corruption charges, along with a a family friend who is on the run.
Rifaat delivered a strongly worded statement before handing down the sentences. He described Mubarak's era as "30 years of darkness" and "a darkened nightmare" that ended only when Egyptians rose up to demand change.
"They peacefully demanded democracy from rulers who held a tight grip on power," the judge said about the Jan.25-Feb. 11 uprising last year.
Angered by the acquittals of the Mubarak sons and six top police officers, lawyers for the victims' families broke out chanting inside the courtroom as soon as Rifaat finished reading the verdict.
"The people want to cleanse the judiciary," they chanted. Some raised banners that read: "God's verdict is execution."
The charges related to killing protesters carried a possible death sentence that the judge chose not to impose, opting instead to send Mubarak to prison for the rest of his life.
Outside the courtroom on the outskirts of the capital, there was jubilation initially when the conviction was announced, with one man falling to his knees and prostrating himself in prayer on the pavement and others dancing, pumping fists in the air and shooting off fireworks.
But that scene soon descended into tensions and scuffles, as thousands of riot police in helmets and shields held the restive, mostly anti-Mubarak crowd back behind a cordon protecting the court.
Later, thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, birthplace of the uprising, and in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Egypt's northern coast. They chanted slogans denouncing the trial as "theatrical" and against the ruling generals who took over for Mubarak, led by his former defense minister. "Execute them, execute them!" chanted the protesters in Alexandria.
Mubarak and his former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, who was in charge of the police and other security forces at the time of the uprising, were convicted of failing to act to stop the killings during the opening days of the revolt, when the bulk of protesters died. El-Adly also received a life sentence.
Most of the dead were either shot or run over by police vehicles in Cairo and a string of major cities across the country.
Mubarak and his sons _ one-time heir apparent Gamal and wealthy businessman Alaa _ were acquitted on corruption charges, with the judge citing a 10-year statute of limitations that had lapsed since the alleged crimes were committed.
Just days before the verdict was made public, the state prosecutor leveled new charges of insider trading against the two sons. It now appears that these charges may have been an attempt to head off new public outrage once the acquittals of the Mubarak sons were made public.
It has appeared all along that prosecutions since Mubarak's fall targeting relatively few high level officials and their cronies have been motivated largely by appeasing public anger expressed in massive street protests that continued long after Mubarak's ouster.
Scores of policemen charged with killing protesters have either been acquitted or sentenced to light sentences, angering relatives of the victims and the pro-democracy youth groups behind the uprising.
Rock-throwing and fist fights outside the courtroom left at least 20 people injured, and a police official said that four people were arrested.
Thousands of riot police and policemen riding horses had cordoned off the building to prevent protesters and relatives of those slain during the uprising from getting too close. Hundreds stood outside, waving Egyptian flags and chanting slogans demanding "retribution." Some spread Mubarak's picture on the asphalt and walked over it.
Mubarak's verdict came just days after presidential elections have been boiled down to a June 16-17 contest between Mubarak's last prime minister, one-time protege Ahmed Shafiq, and Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, a fundamentalist Islamist group that Mubarak persecuted for most of his years in power.
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Associated Press writer Maggie Michael contributed to this report. |||||
Output: | Hosni Mubarak had some kind of health problem today after his guilty verdict and life sentence, reports Reuters. It's still not clear what's going on, but state TV said the former Egyptian leader, who had been brought into court in a wheelchair and propped up on a hospital stretcher to hear the verdict, "was afflicted by a health crisis upon his arrival at Torah Prison and is being treated in the helicopter." Later, he was admitted into the prison hospital, notes another Reuters dispatch. One unconfirmed TV report said Mubarak had a heart attack, notes AP. If it sounds familiar, it's because Mubarak had a similar thing happen last year when he was first due to be questioned about his role in the deaths of Arab Spring protesters. The 84-year-old has complained of a slew of health ailments over the last year and has been held in military hospitals. Today's move to a prison hospital comes after he was convicted of failing to stop the deaths of protesters. Mubarak and his sons, however, were cleared on corruption charges. |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Look at what's flying into Denver! Radar from last hour showing what we believe to be birds. Any bird experts know what kind? # ornithologypic.twitter.com/EAqzdMwpFU ||||| A painted lady butterfly flies near daisies in a garden in downtown Denver Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Weather forecasters say that a lacy, cloud-like pattern drifting across a Denver-area radar screen turns... (Associated Press)
A painted lady butterfly flies near daisies in a garden in downtown Denver Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Weather forecasters say that a lacy, cloud-like pattern drifting across a Denver-area radar screen turns out to be a 70-mile-wide wave of butterflies such as the painted ladies migrating from their summer... (Associated Press)
DENVER (AP) — A lacy, cloud-like pattern drifting across a Denver-area radar screen turned out to be a 70-mile-wide (110-kilometer) wave of butterflies, forecasters say.
Paul Schlatter of the National Weather Service said he first thought flocks of birds were making the pattern he saw on the radar Tuesday, but the cloud was headed northwest with the wind, and migrating birds would be southbound in October.
He asked birdwatchers on social media what it might be, and by Wednesday had his answer: People reported seeing a loosely spaced net of painted lady butterflies drifting with the wind across the area.
Schlatter said the colors on the radar image are a result of the butterflies' shape and direction, not their own colors.
Midwestern radar stations occasionally pick up butterflies, but Schlatter believes it's a first for Denver.
An unusually large number of painted ladies, which are sometimes mistaken for monarch butterflies, has descended on Colorado's Front Range in recent weeks, feeding on flowers and sometimes flying together in what seem like clouds.
Sarah Garrett, a lepidopterist at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado, said people from as far away as the Dakotas have called to report seeing the butterflies, whose population typically surges with plentiful flowers.
Research on the painted ladies in North America is limited, but scientists believe they migrate to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico in the fall. In Europe, studies using radio tracking have shown they migrate south from Europe to Africa in the fall and return in the spring. Studies also show that monarch butterflies often use wind to their advantage and glide on currents for periods of time, Garrett said. |||||
A: | A lacy, cloud-like pattern drifting across a Denver-area radar screen turned out to be a 70-mile-wide wave of butterflies. Paul Schlatter of the National Weather Service says he first thought flocks of birds were making the pattern he saw on the radar Tuesday, but the cloud was headed northwest with the wind, and migrating birds would be southbound in October. He asked birdwatchers on social media what it might be, and by Wednesday had his answer: People reported seeing a loosely spaced net of painted lady butterflies drifting with the wind across the area, per the AP. Schlatter said the colors on the radar image are a result of the butterflies' shape and direction, not their own colors. Midwestern radar stations occasionally pick up butterflies, but Schlatter believes it's a first for Denver. An unusually large number of painted ladies, which are sometimes mistaken for monarch butterflies, has descended on Colorado's Front Range in recent weeks, feeding on flowers and sometimes flying together in what seem like clouds. Sarah Garrett, a lepidopterist at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colo., said people from as far away as the Dakotas have called to report seeing the butterflies, whose population typically surges with plentiful flowers. Research on the painted ladies in North America is limited, but scientists believe they migrate to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico in the fall. |
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.
Why is Oklahoma majorly dependent on nonrenewable resources?, Context: Oklahoma is the nation's third-largest producer of natural gas, fifth-largest producer of crude oil, and has the second-greatest number of active drilling rigs, and ranks fifth in crude oil reserves. While the state ranked eighth for installed wind energy capacity in 2011, it is at the bottom of states in usage of renewable energy, with 94 percent of its electricity being generated by non-renewable sources in 2009, including 25 percent from coal and 46 percent from natural gas. Oklahoma has no nuclear power. Ranking 13th for total energy consumption per capita in 2009, Oklahoma's energy costs were 8th lowest in the nation.
| 94 percent of its electricity being generated by non-renewable sources |
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:TVA facilities are designed to withstand seismic events & were not impacted by Wednesday morning’s earthquake. They continue to safely operate. Personnel are currently conducting further inspections as a precaution. Our top priority remains the safety of the public. ||||| CLOSE Geologist, Dr. Bob Hatcher explains the frequency of regional earthquakes and how they differ from those along West Coast faultlines.
A screenshot of a USGS map showing the reach of a 4.4 magnitude earthquake rattling Tennessee and Georgia. (Photo: U.S. Geological Survey)
Residents in Tennessee and Georgia got a big surprise Wednesday morning: the rumblings of an earthquake.
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey at around 4:14 a.m. ET, with its epicenter near Decatur, Tenn., which is roughly more than 150 miles from Nashville. It's the strongest earthquake to strike Tennessee in 45 years.
An aftershock was felt about 13 minutes later with a magnitude of 3.3, said the USGS.
According to Atlanta TV station WXIA, the earthquake was felt as far as northern Georgia.
Some light and weak shaking was felt as far as Nashville and Murfreesboro to the west and even north into Kentucky.
According to the USGS, the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone is one of the most active earthquake areas in the Southeast. The zone extends across Tennessee and northwestern Georgia into northeastern Alabama.
Confused residents in the region took to social media, including Twitter, to confirm the earthquake. The hashtag #earthquake is among the top trending searches on Twitter as of Wednesday morning.
There have been no reports of serious damage or injuries.
I'm so glad Twitter exists so I could confirm that we just had an earthquake and it wasn't me just losing my mind here in suburban Atlanta #earthquake — Rachel Rothstein (@rachroth1229) December 12, 2018
I’m so thankful for twitter so I don’t have to feel crazy and I can confirm other people indeed felt an #earthquake — Amber Lynn (@alyttlewriting) December 12, 2018
The National Weather Service in Morristown, Tenn., reported on Twitter the quake was the second strongest on record in East Tennessee. The strongest was a 4.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the region in 1973.
This morning's M4.4 earthquake near Decatur is the second strongest on record in East TN, according to the USGS. The strongest was a M4.7 near Maryville in 1973. #earthquake — NWS Morristown (@NWSMorristown) December 12, 2018
John Paul, a TV anchor with local station WSOC, reported the quake happened across the river from the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Tennessee. In a statement, the Tennessee Valley Authority said their facilities including the plant were not impacted by the earthquake.
TVA facilities are designed to withstand seismic events & were not impacted by Wednesday morning’s earthquake. They continue to safely operate. Personnel are currently conducting further inspections as a precaution. Our top priority remains the safety of the public. — Tennessee Valley Authority (@TVAnews) December 12, 2018
Contributing: Kelli Krebs, The Tennessean
Follow Brett Molina on Twitter: @brettmolina23.
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Solution: | "I'm so glad Twitter exists so I could confirm that we just had an earthquake and it wasn't me just losing my mind here in suburban Atlanta," reads a sample Wednesday tweet, one of many that helped make #earthquake a trending topic. Residents of Tennessee and Georgia took to social media to express their shock shortly after 4:14am EST when the US Geological Survey recorded a 4.4-magnitude earthquake originating near Decatur, Tenn., followed by a 3.3-magnitude aftershock 13 minutes later, per USA Today. Shallow at 5.5 miles below the surface, the quake was the strongest to hit eastern Tennessee in 45 years, per the New York Times. (A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck the region in 1973.) Weak to moderate shaking was not only felt 150 miles away in Atlanta, Ga., but also in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama, according to USGS. There have been no reports of injuries or serious damage, including at one of the nation's largest nuclear power stations. Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, two miles east of the quake epicenter, is "designed to withstand seismic events," says the Tennessee Valley Authority. |
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:Apple said Wednesday night that it is making it impossible for the company to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police — even when they have a search warrant — taking a hard new line as tech companies attempt to blunt allegations that they have too readily participated in government efforts to collect user information.
The move, announced with the publication of a new privacy policy tied to the release of Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 8, amounts to an engineering solution to a legal quandary: Rather than comply with binding court orders, Apple has reworked its latest encryption in a way that prevents the company — or anyone but the device’s owner — from gaining access to the vast troves of user data typically stored on smartphones or tablet computers.
The key is the encryption that Apple mobile devices automatically put in place when a user selects a passcode, making it difficult for anyone who lacks that passcode to access the information within, including photos, e-mails and recordings. Apple once maintained the ability to unlock some content on devices for legally binding police requests but will no longer do so for iOS 8, it said in the new privacy policy.
“Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data,” Apple said on its Web site. “So it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8.”
As the new operating system becomes widely deployed over the next several weeks, the number of iPhones and iPads that Apple is capable of breaking into for police will steadily dwindle to the point where only devices several years old — and incapable of running iOS 8 — can be unlocked by Apple.
In a letter posted on the company's Web site, CEO Tim Cook said his company offered better privacy protection than his rivals. (Reuters)
Apple will still have the ability — and the legal responsibility — to turn over user data stored elsewhere, such as in its iCloud service, which typically includes backups of photos, videos, e-mail communications, music collections and more. Users who want to prevent all forms of police access to their information will have to adjust settings in a way that blocks data from flowing to iCloud.
Apple’s new privacy policy comes less than five months after the Supreme Court ruled that police in most circumstances need a search warrant to collect information stored on phones. Apple’s action makes that distinction largely moot by depriving itself of the power to comply with search warrants for the contents of many of the phones it sells.
The move is the latest in a series in which Apple has sought to distinguish itself from competitors through more rigorous security, especially in the aftermath of revelations about government spying made by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden last year.
Although the company’s security took a publicity hit with the leak of intimate photos of celebrities from their Apple accounts in recent weeks, the move to block police access to the latest iPhones and iPads will thrill privacy activists and frustrate law enforcement officials, who have come to rely on the extensive evidence often found on personal electronic devices.
“This is a great move,” said Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist for the American Civil Liberties Union. “Particularly after the Snowden disclosures, Apple seems to understand that consumers want companies to put their privacy first. However, I suspect there are going to be a lot of unhappy law enforcement officials.”
Ronald T. Hosko, the former head of the FBI’s criminal investigative division, called the move by Apple “problematic,” saying it will contribute to the steady decrease of law enforcement’s ability to collect key evidence — to solve crimes and prevent them. The agency long has publicly worried about the “going dark” problem, in which the rising use of encryption across a range of services has undermined government’s ability to conduct surveillance, even when it is legally authorized.
“Our ability to act on data that does exist . . . is critical to our success,” Hosko said. He suggested that it would take a major event, such as a terrorist attack, to cause the pendulum to swing back toward giving authorities access to a broad range of digital information.
Many security experts have blamed security weaknesses in iCloud — some of which have since been fixed — for the recent leak of celebrity photos. Several companies also make systems designed to crack the encryption of devices, including the iPhone and iPad. Security experts generally consider Apple’s devices to be better protected against such attacks than some rivals’, although people with short passcodes — of four digits, for example — are in greater danger of what are called “brute force attacks” that relentlessly try all possible combinations.
Adding more security can make it harder for users to operate a mobile device. People who forget their passcodes with iOS 8 will not be able to recover them by contacting Apple. However, most users will have the bulk of their data automatically backed up on iCloud and would be able to restore their phones, although not before wiping them of all user data. ||||| Law Enforcement Support Program
We believe that law enforcement agencies play a critical role in keeping our society safe and we’ve always maintained that if we have information we will make it available when presented with valid legal process. In recognizing the ongoing digital evidence needs of law enforcement agencies, we have a team of dedicated professionals within our legal department who manage and respond to all legal requests received from law enforcement agencies globally. Our team also responds to emergency requests globally on a 24/7 basis.
We publish legal process guidelines for government and law enforcement agencies globally and we publish transparency reports twice a year detailing the types of requests we receive and how we respond. In addition, we regularly provide training to law enforcement officers on the types of data available from Apple and how to obtain it consistent with our legal process guidelines.
By the end of 2018 we will begin the launch of an online portal for authenticated law enforcement officers globally to submit lawful requests for data, track requests, and obtain responsive data from Apple.
We are building a team of professionals dedicated to training law enforcement officers globally, which will significantly increase our ability to reach smaller police forces and agencies. This will include the development of an online training module for officers. This will assist Apple in training a larger number of law enforcement agencies and officers globally, and ensure that our company’s information and guidance can be updated to reflect the rapidly changing data landscape.
Apple is committed to protecting the security and privacy of our users. The above developments and the work we do to assist investigations uphold this fundamental commitment. ||||| At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right.
And so much of your personal information — information you have a right to keep private — lives on your Apple devices.
Your heart rate after a run. Which news stories you read first. Where you bought your last coffee. What websites you visit. Who you call, email, or message.
Every Apple product is designed from the ground up to protect that information. And to empower you to choose what you share and with whom.
We’ve proved time and again that great experiences don’t have to come at the expense of your privacy and security. Instead, they can support them. |||||
Solution: | Even cops with a warrant to pull private user data off of someone's fancy new iPhone or iPad might be out of luck—Apple says that with the release of iOS 8, it's now not physically possible for even the company itself to access that info, reports the Washington Post. In an open letter posted yesterday on the Apple website, CEO Tim Cook explains the company's commitment to customer privacy, facilitated by a new encryption process that will hopefully keep at bay attacks like the recent celebrity nude-photo hack (which, incidentally, Apple says wasn't its fault). On one point Cook is especially firm: "[We] have never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products or services. We have also never allowed access to our servers. And we never will." The passcode that protects all those emails, texts, pictures, and related content on Apple devices—retrievable only by the owner—effectively lets Apple off the hook if it's served with a search warrant. "Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data," says the privacy statement. "So it's not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8." Civil liberties advocates are celebrating the announcement. "This is a great move," an ACLU rep tells the Post. "Apple seems to understand that consumers want companies to put their privacy first. However, I suspect there are going to be a lot of unhappy law enforcement officials." (China has its own worries about iPhone security.) |
This is a test of commonsense with single/multi-choices. Complete the next sentence:
How to calculate the value of scrap gold
Use a magnifying glass to decipher the karat number on each piece.
The first thing you have to do is find out. Separating your gold by its karat weight will not only help you begin to assess its value, but it can point out items that are not even gold.
Select from:
[A]. Karat is a number that determines the value of a piece. An π of 100 would make a karat valuable..
[B]. If you find out, you won't be able to calculate the karat value for a scrap gold set. Measure and add inches to the karat..
[C]. If it is unreadable, you could choose to have the gold tested by a reputable dealer. There's also the possibility that some of the gold is actually just gold-plated, which a dealer would determine with certainty by performing a chemical test..
[D]. Talk to neilson and his friends and see what they think. A karat weight for a coin cannot exceed 2000ppg..
The answer is: | [C]. |
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.
Salt water chlorination is a process that uses dissolved salt (2,500--6,000 ppm) as a store for the chlorination system. The chlorine generator (also known as salt cell, salt generator, salt chlorinator or SWG) uses electrolysis in the presence of dissolved salt (NaCl) to produce hypochlorous acid (HClO) and sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), which are the sanitizing agents already commonly used in swimming pools. As such, a saltwater pool is not actually chlorine-free; it simply utilizes added salt and a chlorine generator instead of direct addition of chlorine.
| can you use chlorine in a saltwater pool? |
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:
Volcanic ash ( tephra ) has a geochemical fingerprint .
Answer: | Tephrochronology is a method for geochemical correlation of unknown volcanic ash ( tephra ) to geochemically fingerprinted , dated tephra . |
How to respond to incoming calls with a message on an iphone
Receive a call on your iphone.
You'll see the option to respond with a text message when you get an incoming call.
Tap the message button on the incoming call screen.
This looks like a message bubble, and can be found on the right side of the screen, above the slide to answer or accept button. Tap one of the preconfigured messages.
How to ask alexa stock prices
Say " alexa ".
Say the wake command to wake alexa and she will begin listening for your next command.
The default wake command is " alexa, " but if you've changed it to " echo, " " amazon, " or some other command, then use that instead.
Ask alexa the stock price for a specific stock. You can simply say For example, you can say, " alexa, stock price for amazon, " or " alexa, check amazon stock, "' to get the stock price for amazon.com inc.
How to tell your friends about your bipolar depression
Decide who to tell.
It's a great idea for you to tell some of your friends about your bipolar depression. They can provide you support and encouragement.
But you don't have to tell everyone you know or even all of your friends. Before you tell your friends about your bipolar depression think about who will be supportive of you.
How to interview someone
Do some background research.
You have a resume and cover letter presenting information that is said to be factual. Before the candidate even enters your office, take some time to verify the information he or she has given you.
| The job market is tough, and it's not unthinkable for candidates to embellish their resumes a bit to get an edge over the dozens of other people who applied for the job. Doing research beforehand is also a good way to prep yourself for the interview so you can ask informed questions instead of just winging it with generic ones. |
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 center of an atom is held together by powerful forces. This gives them a huge amount of stored energy. This type of energy is called nuclear energy. This energy can be released and used to do work. This happens in nuclear power plants where they split apart the nucleus of an atom. This splitting apart is called nuclear fission. Another type of nuclear energy happens in the Sun. Here the atoms nuclei are not split apart. Instead, the nuclei of the atoms are fused, or joined together. This process is called nuclear fusion. Some of the suns energy travels to Earth. This energy from nuclear fusion warms the planet and provides the energy for photosynthesis. <sep>Some of the Sun's energy travels to Earth and becomes energy for what process?<sep>Energy used for photosynthesis
[A]: Yes
[Q]: I wondered if that were my case--if I rode out for honour, and not for the pure pleasure of the riding. And I marvelled more to see the two of us, both lovers of one lady and eager rivals, burying for the nonce our feuds, and with the same hope serving the same cause. We slept the night at Aird's store, and early the next morning found Ringan. A new Ringan indeed, as unlike the buccaneer I knew as he was unlike the Quaker. He was now the gentleman of Breadalbane, dressed for the part with all the care of an exquisite. He rode a noble roan, in his Spanish belt were stuck silver-hafted pistols, and a long sword swung at his side. When I presented Grey to him, he became at once the cavalier, as precise in his speech and polite in his deportment as any Whitehall courtier. They talked high and disposedly of genteel matters, and you would have thought that that red-haired pirate had lived his life among proud lords and high-heeled ladies. That is ever the way of the Highlander. He alters like a clear pool to every mood of the sky, so that the shallow observer might forget how deep the waters are. <sep>Who talked high and disposedly of genteel matters?<sep>The author
[A]: No
[Q]: When the Algerian War began in 1954, Camus was confronted with a moral dilemma. He identified with the pieds-noirs such as his own parents and defended the French government's actions against the revolt. He argued that the Algerian uprising was an integral part of the 'new Arab imperialism' led by Egypt and an 'anti-Western' offensive orchestrated by Russia to 'encircle Europe' and 'isolate the United States'. Although favouring greater Algerian autonomy or even federation, though not full-scale independence, he believed that the pieds-noirs and Arabs could co-exist. During the war he advocated a civil truce that would spare the civilians, which was rejected by both sides, who regarded it as foolish. Behind the scenes, he began to work for imprisoned Algerians who faced the death penalty. From 1955 to 1956, Camus wrote for L'Express. In 1957, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times". When he spoke to students at the University of Stockholm, he defended his apparent inactivity in the Algerian question; he stated that he was worried about what might happen to his mother, who still lived in Algeria. This led to further ostracism by French left-wing intellectuals. Camus remained active and ambitious until the end of his life. Financed by the money he received with his Nobel Prize, he adapted and directed for the stage Dostoyesvsky's Demons. The play opened in January 1959 at the Antoine Theatre in Paris. It was a critical success as well as an artistic and technical tour de force: 33 actors, 4 hours long, 7 sets, 24 scenes. The walls could move sideways to reduce the size of each depicted location and the whole stage rotated to allow for immediate set transformations. Camus put the painter and set decorator Mayo, who had already illustrated several of Camus' novels (The Stranger - 1948 Ed.), in charge of the demanding task of designing these multiple and complex theater sets. <sep>How many scenes are portrayed in Dostoyesvsky's Demons?<sep>33
[A]: | No
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
[EX Q]: 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>What are the ways Einstein contributed to the development of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem?<sep>President of Israel
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: Right after the Pentagon was hit, NEADS learned of another possible hijacked aircraft. It was an aircraft that in fact had not been hijacked at all. After the second World Trade Center crash, Boston Center managers recognized that both aircraft were transcontinental 767 jetliners that had departed Logan Airport. Remembering the "we have some planes" remark, Boston Center guessed that Delta 1989 might also be hijacked. Boston Center called NEADS at 9:41 and identified Delta 1989, a 767 jet that had left Logan Airport for Las Vegas, as a possible hijack. NEADS warned the FAA's Cleveland Center to watch Delta 1989. The Command Center and FAA headquarters watched it too. During the course of the morning, there were multiple erroneous reports of hijacked aircraft. The report of American 11 heading south was the first; Delta 1989 was the second. NEADS never lost track of Delta 1989, and even ordered fighter aircraft from Ohio and Michigan to intercept it. The flight never turned off its transponder. NEADS soon learned that the aircraft was not hijacked, and tracked Delta 1989 as it reversed course over Toledo, headed east, and landed in Cleveland. But another aircraft was heading toward Washington, an aircraft about which NORAD had heard nothing: United 93. United Airlines Flight 93 FAA Awareness. At 9:27, after having been in the air for 45 minutes, United 93 acknowledged a transmission from the Cleveland Center controller. This was the last normal contact the FAA had with the flight. Less than a minute later, the Cleveland controller and the pilots of aircraft in the vicinity heard "a radio transmission of unintelligible sounds of possible screaming or a struggle from an unknown origin." The controller responded, seconds later: "Somebody call Cleveland?"This was followed by a second radio transmission, with sounds of screaming. <sep>What type of plane was the FAA's Cleveland Center asked to watch?<sep>A fighter aircraft
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: Right after the Pentagon was hit, NEADS learned of another possible hijacked aircraft. It was an aircraft that in fact had not been hijacked at all. After the second World Trade Center crash, Boston Center managers recognized that both aircraft were transcontinental 767 jetliners that had departed Logan Airport. Remembering the "we have some planes" remark, Boston Center guessed that Delta 1989 might also be hijacked. Boston Center called NEADS at 9:41 and identified Delta 1989, a 767 jet that had left Logan Airport for Las Vegas, as a possible hijack. NEADS warned the FAA's Cleveland Center to watch Delta 1989. The Command Center and FAA headquarters watched it too. During the course of the morning, there were multiple erroneous reports of hijacked aircraft. The report of American 11 heading south was the first; Delta 1989 was the second. NEADS never lost track of Delta 1989, and even ordered fighter aircraft from Ohio and Michigan to intercept it. The flight never turned off its transponder. NEADS soon learned that the aircraft was not hijacked, and tracked Delta 1989 as it reversed course over Toledo, headed east, and landed in Cleveland. But another aircraft was heading toward Washington, an aircraft about which NORAD had heard nothing: United 93. United Airlines Flight 93 FAA Awareness. At 9:27, after having been in the air for 45 minutes, United 93 acknowledged a transmission from the Cleveland Center controller. This was the last normal contact the FAA had with the flight. Less than a minute later, the Cleveland controller and the pilots of aircraft in the vicinity heard "a radio transmission of unintelligible sounds of possible screaming or a struggle from an unknown origin." The controller responded, seconds later: "Somebody call Cleveland?"This was followed by a second radio transmission, with sounds of screaming. <sep>What type of plane was the FAA's Cleveland Center asked to watch?<sep>A fighter aircraft
[EX A]: | 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:
To make this possible , the two valves usually have hinge teeth ( the " dentition " ) .
Answer: | To make this possible , in most cases the two valves are articulated using an arrangement of structures known as hinge teeth ( often referred to collectively as the " dentition " ) . |
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.
Problem:Thundersnow is a thunderstorm with snow instead of rain .
Solution: | Thundersnow , also known as a winter thunderstorm or a thundersnowstorm , is an unusual kind of thunderstorm with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain . |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
[EX Q]: Image copyright British Museum Image caption The Townley Venus has since been fully restored by conservators
A waiter working at the British Museum knocked the thumb off a priceless Roman sculpture, it has emerged.
The accident occurred in December last year, according to The Art Newspaper, but has only just come to light.
The waiter, who was from an external company, had bent down underneath the Townley Venus and knocked its right hand while getting up again.
The thumb was knocked clean off the statue and fell to the floor intact. The statue has now been restored.
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The British Museum said it had taken the incident "seriously".
"This was an unfortunate incident. The preservation of the collection is of fundamental importance," a spokesman for the museum said in a statement.
"Our expert conservators have been able to fully restore the object and it has remained on public display. We have retrained all individuals responsible for events."
The Townley Venus is already missing its index finger, which was broken before the sculpture came to the British Museum.
The sculpture, which depicts a half-naked figure of the goddess of love, is a marble copy of the Greek original and dates from the 1st or 2nd Centuries.
It was excavated in 1775 from the baths at the port of Ostia in Rome and bought by English collector Charles Townley.
It was sold to the British Museum in 1805. The Greek original dates back to the 4th Century BC.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. ||||| When catering a prestigious event, any waiter may fear clumsily dropping a plate or spilling a drink on an eminent guest.
Few will suffer the indignity of accidentally knocking a thumb off a priceless Roman statue with their head.
The British Museum has admitted to an “unfortunate incident” which saw the thumb of the famous Townley Venus knocked clean off by a member of catering staff.
The caterer, who worked for an external company not regularly used by the Museum, had bent down underneath it and bumped into the marble as they got up again.
A spokesman for the museum said it had taken the incident “seriously”, with the sculpture “fully restored” quietly by conservators. ||||| Work on the Townley Venus was "straightforward". (Image: © Trustees of the British Museum)
The Townley Venus, one of the British Museum’s most important Roman sculptures, was damaged when its thumb was knocked off as catering staff were setting up for an evening event last December. Although the British Museum’s trustees were informed about the damage, the news was not released to the press or put into the public domain.The Townley Venus is a Roman copy of a fourth-century BC Greek sculpture of the half-draped, goddess of love. The London museum’s marble copy, just over two metres tall, dates from the first or second centuries AD. Found in Rome in 1775, it was bought by the distinguished English collector Charles Townley. In 1805 his descendants sold the Venus to the British Museum, where it is now prominently displayed.Shortly before 6pm on 10 December 2015, external catering staff were setting up for a corporate event in the room, which has Greek and Roman sculpture. The company is not being identified and the museum uses nine outside caterers. A caterer was working too close to the Venus, which is on a low pedestal, and knocked the figure. The thumb on the right hand broke off and fell to the floor. (A finger on the right hand was broken off before the Venus came to the British Museum.)A spokeswoman for the museum tells The Art Newspaper that the break was clean and the conservation work was “straightforward”. The thumb was fixed back with an adhesive and the work was done in situ while the museum was closed.The spokeswoman says that the museum conducted an investigation after the incident: “We have taken steps to ensure it does not happen again. Any staff who are involved in managing or invigilating events have gone through retraining on the protection of objects before and during events.” In 2012 a visitor knocked off part of the hand of the Townley Venus. This broke along an earlier break and was restored.The Venus is depicted in Zoffany’s 1782 painting of Townley’s antiquities collection, a picture now at the museum and gallery in Burnley. ||||| The British Museum and British Museum Shop use cookies to ensure you have the best browsing experience, to improve functionality and to make advertising relevant to you and your interests. By clicking on any link on this page, you are consenting to our use of cookies. (Last updated: 6 December 2018) Find out more |||||
[EX A]: A waiter who was all thumbs cost a priceless Roman sculpture one of its own. The BBC reports on the incident at London's British Museum, which the Art Newspaper says took place in December, in which the unfortunate unnamed server from an outside catering vendor was setting up for a corporate function at the museum. The waiter got too close to the low pedestal of the 3-foot Townley Venus—a Proconnesian marble statue of the goddess of love dating from the first or second century and replicating the Greek original created in the fourth century BC—and accidentally headed the statue's right hand (already missing its index finger), breaking off the thumb and knocking it to the ground, per the Telegraph. "This was an unfortunate incident," a museum spokesman says, adding the museum is taking the breakage "seriously" and that "the preservation of the collection is of fundamental importance." The ancient statue was dug up in 1775 from the Roman baths at Ostia and scooped up by an English collector; he sold the sculpture to the museum in 1805. But apparently the appendage reattachment process was seamless, with another museum rep telling the Art Newspaper it was a "clean" break and the adhesive-assisted fix was "straightforward." That rep also notes that any staff members involved in special events at the museum have been rebriefed on how to work around the venue's antiquities. (A $15,000 Lego sculpture was trashed in its very first hour exhibiting.)
[EX Q]: A woman standing behind Pope Francis before he entered the House Chamber was caught on a live mic saying she wanted to “take my shoe off and throw it.”
Watch, via CNN.
Here’s a Soundcloud of the women’s statement, ripped by RedState’s Erick Erickson.
It’s worth noting that nothing the woman said necessarily indicates that Francis was the target of the shoe. Keep in mind that while Francis was in shoe range, so was Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
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Have a tip we should know? [email protected] ||||| I was listening to the press pool’s open microphone as Pope Francis entered the House of Representatives’ Chamber. Standing behind the Pope was an army of reporters and their cameras and open microphones.
I had my studio headphones on listening to the chatter of the reporters when suddenly, distinctly, I heard a reporter say she wanted to take off her shoe and throw it. Seriously.
Listen for yourself.
Maybe, to be charitable, her feet were hurting. But it was definitely caught on tape and aired live on CNN right after Wolf Blitzer tuned in for live coverage. |||||
[EX A]: Something about Pope Francis' visit to Congress this morning apparently made one mystery woman want to resort to footwear-related violence. Mediaite reports a live mic caught a woman standing behind the pope saying she wanted to "take my shoe off and throw it" just before Francis entered the House Chamber. The bizarre remark aired live on CNN, and RedState claims it came from an unidentified reporter. Mediaite states it's unclear who or what was the target of the woman's ire, but points out that Francis, Joe Biden, and Harry Reid were all within shoe-throwing range.
[EX Q]: "Sex work is simply work. For me it was honest work. I was a sex worker when I was young. It was hard but well paid. There's no shame in it," she said while expanding on a chapter of her life she appears to have rarely discussed. ||||| Tweet with a location
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| I support sex workers because I was one and I know that it's a job that's needlessly shunned by society when frankly we should be worshipped
03:20 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ - ಅಕ್ಟೋ 29,2015 ||||| Sentient merkin and presidential hopeful Donald Trump is hosting “Saturday Night Live” on November 7th, much to the chagrin of many average viewers and some famous ones too. Margaret Cho put “SNL” and its producers on blast on “The Wrap” for courting this probable shitshow:
“Why has there never been an Asian-American host, cast member or musical guest on ‘SNL’ in 41 years? Forty-one years…Yet they want Donald Trump, a known racist, a known sexist, who disgustingly wants to have sex with his daughter. Who does he think he is, Woody Allen?”
She’s not wrong. Donald Trump is, indeed, a known racist. He’s also a guaranteed ratings draw, a clear grab at eyeballs and attention. Whether or not you like Trump or not, the fact that he’ll be on “SNL” is almost enough to make you clear your schedule and plop down in front of the show just to see how it all works out.
“Saturday Night Live” is the only cultural institution in our great nation that has the ability to endear the public to figures that are otherwise noxious and horrible. This isn’t always true — see Miley Cyrus and Lena Dunham — but, there’s something about seeing a celebrity read cue cards and woodenly emote that warms hearts and makes you feel the teensiest, tiniest bit sorry for them. Being on “SNL” is either a dream or a nightmare, and watching famous people figure out where they stand, on live television, in front of a studio audience is compelling television.
This is one way to get ratings, I guess, but giving a walking, talking, breathing squirrel pelt with more money than Scrooge McDuck a nationally visible platform in which to make noise with his mouth feels egregious. Tune in if you must, because train wrecks observed from the comfort of your own home, with your weed and your snacks and your soft pants are the best kind, but think about it before you do. The internet will give you all you need to know about what he did or didn’t do the next day. Maybe that’s all you need.
[TheWrap]
Image via Getty ||||| @MigrantSexWork Replying to @margaretcho @margaretcho Glad someone did! Also check out our org @MigrantSexWork , north america's only advocacy group focused on migrants in sex trade |||||
[EX A]: | Apparently in response to public shaming of sex workers, Margaret Cho opened up on Twitter Thursday about her past in just that line of work, the New York Daily News reports. "Sex work is simply work. For me it was honest work. I was a sex worker when I was young. It was hard but well paid. There's no shame in it," the comedian wrote. "I support sex workers because I was one and I know that it's a job that's needlessly shunned by society when frankly we should be worshipped," she continued. Then: "Sex workers are glorified in the Bible! Mary Magdalene was a whore and Jesus loved her. The Bible has been turned against us by jealous men." Asked by a follower if her sex work resulted in relationship problems later, Cho got even more candid: "I don't believe so. I think being molested as a child had more to do with that. But as a sex worker I had power+$$$ ... I have way more PTSD from rape. That's real. Sex work was just a good way to make money. ... I found my strength as a sex worker and gained a lot of power as I grew." She says she'll do what she can to protect the rights of sex workers, tweeting: "It's hard work that's not protected by law enforcement or unions. It's unfair. We have the right to our bodies +work." As for why she hasn't talked about this before? "Aw nobody asked! XOXOXOXO" Cho responded to a follower. (Click to find out why she doesn't think Donald Trump should host SNL.)
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: Coming back is a form of?, Context: Theravadin Buddhists believe that personal effort is required to realize rebirth. Monks follow the vinaya: meditating, teaching and serving their lay communities. Laypersons can perform good actions, producing merit.
A: | rebirth |
Q: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
The first rule is parental. The primitive monarchy is in the home. A young baby cries. The trained nurse turns on the light, lifts the baby, hushes it, sings to it, rocks it, and stills its weeping by caresses and song. When next the baby is put down to sleep, more cries, more soothing and disturbance, and the setting of a tiny instinct which shall some day be will--the power of control. The grandmother arrives on the scene. When baby cries, she plants the little one firmly in its crib, turns down the light, pats and soothes the tiny restless hands that fight the air, watches, waits. From the crib come whimpers, angry cries, yells, sobs, baby snarls and sniffles that die away in a sleepy infant growl. Silence, sleep, repose, and the building of life and nerve and muscle in the quiet and the darkness. The baby has been put in harmony with the laws of nature--the invigoration of fresh air, sleep, stillness--and the little one wakens and grows like a fresh, sweet rose. The mother, looking on, learns of the ways of God with men. <sep>How many related people are discussed in this passage?<sep>3
A: | Yes |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What was the name of the man that started with an L and a V?, Context: In 1840, Louis Philippe I obtained permission from the British to return Napoleon's remains to France. On 15 December 1840, a state funeral was held. The hearse proceeded from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs-Élysées, across the Place de la Concorde to the Esplanade des Invalides and then to the cupola in St Jérôme's Chapel, where it remained until the tomb designed by Louis Visconti was completed. In 1861, Napoleon's remains were entombed in a porphyry sarcophagus in the crypt under the dome at Les Invalides.
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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: Where should the brewery tap be with respect to the brewery?, Context: A brewery tap is the nearest outlet for a brewery's beers. This is usually a room or bar in the brewery itself, though the name may be applied to the nearest pub. The term is not applied to a brewpub which brews and sells its beer on the same premises.
A: | nearest |
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: From the Middle Jurassic of Argentina , it was one of the earliest large South American theropods .
Output: | It was among the earliest large South American theropods , having been found in Middle Jurassic strata of the Can ̃ ado ́ n Asfalto Formation in the Can ̃ ado ́ n Asfalto Basin of Argentina . |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: Consider Input: Writers of Sporting News described hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball (MLB) game as ``baseball's greatest single-game accomplishment''. Eighteen players have accomplished the feat to date, the most recent being J.D. Martinez--then with the Arizona Diamondbacks--against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 4, 2017. No player has done this more than once in his career and no player has ever hit more than four in a game. Bobby Lowe was the first to hit four home runs in a single game, doing so on May 30, 1894. Fans were reportedly so excited that they threw $160 in silver coins ($4,500 today) onto the field after his fourth home run.
Output: has any mlb player hit 5 home runs in one game?
Input: Consider Input: Admission to the bar in the United States is the granting of permission by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in that system. Each U.S state and similar jurisdiction (e.g., territories under federal control) has its own court system and sets its own rules for bar admission (or privilege to practice law), which can lead to different admission standards among states. In most cases, a person who is ``admitted'' to the bar is thereby a ``member'' of the particular bar.
Output: do you have to be a member of the bar to practice law?
Input: Consider Input: Generally, a passenger with an electronic ticket will only need a boarding pass. If a passenger has a paper airline ticket, that ticket (or flight coupon) may be required to be attached to the boarding pass for him or her to board the aircraft. For ``connecting flights'', a boarding pass is required for each new leg (distinguished by a different flight number), regardless of whether a different aircraft is boarded or not.
| Output: is a e ticket the same as a boarding pass?
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example Input: Density is also an important physical property of matter. The concept of density combines what we know about an objects mass and volume. Density reflects how closely packed the particles of matter are. When particles are packed together more tightly, matter is more dense. Differences in density of matter explain many phenomena. It explains why helium balloons rise. It explains why currents such as the Gulf Stream flow through the oceans. It explains why some things float in or sink. You can see this in action by pouring vegetable oil into water. You can see a colorful demonstration in this video. <sep>What are some things density explains?<sep>It explains why some things float in or sink
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: Take a look at this train in Figure 1.11. It looks very futuristic. What do you notice about it? Did you notice that the train has no wheels? How can a train have no wheels? It doesn't need wheels. It actually floats, or levitates, just above the track. Magnets enable the train to do this. This is not a normal train. This is a maglev train. The word maglev stands for magnetic levitation. Because it has no wheels, there is no friction. Some magnets hold the train up. Other magnets are used to move the train forward. This train can go very fast. It can reach speeds up to 480 kilometers (300 miles) per hour! Magnets are pretty cool. What exactly is a magnet? How is it able to exert such force? <sep>What do you observe about the train in Figure 1.11?<sep>It has no wheels
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: Paul put the despised watch away And laid out before him his array Of stones and metals, and when the morning Struck the stones to their best adorning, He chose the brightest, and this new watch Was so light and thin it seemed to catch The sunlight's nothingness, and its gleam. Topazes ran in a foamy stream Over the cover, the hands were studded With garnets, and seemed red roses, budded. The face was of crystal, and engraved Upon it the figures flashed and waved With zircons, and beryls, and amethysts. It took a week to make, and his trysts At night with the Shadow were his alone. Paul swore not to speak till his task was done. The night that the jewel was worthy to give. Paul watched the long hours of daylight live To the faintest streak; then lit his light, And sharp against the wall's pure white The outline of the Shadow started Into form. His burning-hearted Words so long imprisoned swelled To tumbling speech. Like one compelled, He told the lady all his love, And holding out the watch above His head, he knelt, imploring some Littlest sign. The Shadow was dumb. <sep>How long did it take to make the watch?<sep>Two weeks
Example Output: | 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.
Q: On Friday and Saturday, only one person bothered to show up at a downtown Phoenix theater to see the movie.
Even bad publicity is usually good publicity — except in the case of the FIFA-financed film United Passions, which was quickly red-carded at the U.S. box office this weekend.
Writer-director Frederic Auburtin's film beyond bombed in its limited debut in 10 theaters, earning a measly $607 on Friday and Saturday, according to those with access to Rentrak figures. The FilmBar theater in downtown Phoenix reported a gross of just $9, meaning only one person bought a ticket to see United Passions, which details the history of the now-embattled FIFA.
Full weekend numbers weren't immediately available. The movie also debuted on VOD, but rental and sales figures were likewise not available.
The timing of United Passions' debut in the U.S. couldn't have been more ironic, coming just days after FIFA president Sepp Blatter was finally forced to resign in the wake of the indictment of 14 soccer officials on corruption charges.
On Friday, United Passions grossed just $319 from 10 theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Kansas City, Miami, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas and Philadelphia, followed by an even worse $288 on Saturday. The top-performing theater, as it were, was Laemmle's NoHo 7 in North Hollywood ($164), followed by the Shirlington 7 in Hagerstown outside of Washington, D.C. ($161). New York City's Cinema Village 3 reported $112 in ticket sales.
Tim Roth plays Blatter in United Passions, while Sam Neill portrays Blatter's predecessor, Joao Havelange. Only Gerard Depardieu, who plays FIFA founder Jules Rimet and helped put the film together, showed up for the film's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.
The movie's budget is estimated at between $25 million to $32 million, with FIFA said to have put up about three-quarters of the money.
In his review, The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck concluded, “Even without the cloud of the recent disturbing developments, United Passions is a cringeworthy, self-aggrandizing affair that mainly benefits from its unintentional camp value.” ||||| It turns out there is such a thing as bad publicity after all. Just ask Sepp Blatter.
As you may have heard, Mr. Blatter, the head of soccer’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has had a busy couple of weeks — avoiding arrest while 14 colleagues and associates were indicted on fraud and corruption charges; winning re-election to a fifth term as FIFA president; deciding to resign.
While he waits for other shoes to drop, he might want to curl up with “United Passions,” the dramatized history of FIFA that the association mostly financed and in which he figures prominently.
Image Tim Roth plays Sepp Blatter in the film “United Passions.” Credit Screen Media Films
Or, maybe not. “United Passions” is one of the most unwatchable films in recent memory, a dishonest bit of corporate-suite sanitizing that’s no good even for laughs. Directed by Frédéric Auburtin from a script he wrote with Jean-Paul Delfino, “United Passions” tracks the rise of the World Cup through three FIFA presidents: Jules Rimet (Gérard Depardieu), who thought up the tournament in the 1920s; João Havelange (Sam Neill), who expanded its reach in the ’70s and ’80s; and particularly Mr. Blatter (Tim Roth), who came aboard in the ’70s and succeeded Mr. Havelange in the ’90s.
The stories are of deals made — with Uruguay, to host the first Cup in 1930; with African soccer representatives for political support; with Coca-Cola and Adidas for exclusive marketing agreements — not games played. At least not soccer. (Indeed, surprisingly little soccer is shown.) ||||| As the principal architects of FIFA's vision, Depardieu (as Jules Rimet), Neill (as João Havelange) and Roth (as former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who resigned this week amid the corruption allegations) are hindered by all the endless speechifying as a succession of game-changing events, from the Great Depression to World War II to apartheid, each require renewed debate. |||||
A: | FIFA's ex-VP has promised an "avalanche of secrets" in the wake of the soccer agency's recent scandal, but one thing that's not a secret is how terrible the biopic FIFA financed did at the box office over the weekend. United Passions, an account of the international governing body over the decades, was released in just 10 US theaters, the Hollywood Reporter notes, and took in a grand total of $607 over Friday and Saturday—a dismal amount by any measure, but especially considering FIFA threw about $29 million into it, the Los Angeles Times reports. Obviously FIFA had hoped to get more ROI on the film, starring Gerard Depardieu, Sam Neill, and Tim Roth as former President Sepp Blatter, but it was not to be: One theater in Phoenix where the movie debuted brought in just $9, which translates into a single ticket sale, the Hollywood Reporter notes. A sample review from the New York Times: "United Passions is one of the most unwatchable films in recent memory, a dishonest bit of corporate-suite sanitizing that's no good even for laughs." (Nope, this movie's disastrous debut is not from an Onion article like other supposed FIFA allegations.) |
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: The Olde English Bulldogge is a recently created American dog breed. In the 1970s David Leavitt created a true-breeding lineage as a re-creation of the healthier working bulldog from early nineteenth century England. Using a breeding scheme developed for cattle, Leavitt crossed English bulldogs, American Bulldogs, American Pit Bull Terriers and Bull Mastiffs. The result was an athletic breed that looks similar to the bulldogs of 1820 but also has a friendly temperament.
Answer: do olde english bulldogs have pitbull in them?
Question: Arm span or reach (sometimes referred to as wingspan) is the physical measurement of the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90° angle. The average reach correlates to the person's height. Age and sex have to be taken into account to best predict height from arm span.
Answer: is your height the same as your arm span?
Question: At the start of the war on 1 September 1939, the Allies consisted of France, Poland and the United Kingdom, as well as their dependent states, such as British India. Within days they were joined by the independent Dominions of the British Commonwealth: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. After the start of the German invasion of North Europe until the Balkan Campaign, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, and Yugoslavia joined the Allies. After first having cooperated with Germany in invading Poland whilst remaining neutral in the Allied-Axis conflict, the Soviet Union perforce joined the Allies in June 1941 after being invaded by Germany. The United States provided war materiel and money all along, and officially joined in December 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. China had already been in a prolonged war with Japan since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937, but officially joined the Allies in 1941.
Answer: | was canada part of the allies in ww2?
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In the second petition, the petitioners are calling on Parliament to conduct a thorough internal investigation including an extended forensic audit going back to the 1980s on the illegal, immoral and corrupt political practices and injustices which are being committed by some Nakoda Stony tribal leaders on the reserve population, especially those who have dominated since the 1960s.
The forensic audit will cover 1985. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Pine Gap is the commonly used name for an Australian Earth station approximately 18 km south-west of the town of Alice Springs, Northern Territory in the centre of Australia which is operated by both Australia and the United States. Since 1988, it has been officially called the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG); previously, it was known as Joint Defence Space Research Facility.
JDFPG is an acronym for Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Located just three miles from Tullamore and only 45 minutes from the K Club, venue of the 2006 Ryder Cup, is Esker Hills, a genuine hidden gem and one of Irish golf's best kept secrets.
Tullamore has more sheep than people. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
Hit by a car<br>It was my friend's first time visiting Colombia. In Colombia the cars have the right of way, not pedestrians. She didn't realize this and was walking confidently one day. As she crossed the road, a car smacked right into her. The driver started yelling at her and in the future she paid attention.
The girl never went back to Colombia again. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Monte H. Deadwiley (February 15, 1905 – October 26, 1961) was an American professional boxer nicknamed "Wildcat Monte" who fought as a welterweight boxer. He was active from 1923 to 1937 and fought a recorded 313 times in his 13 year-career. He has been regarded as one of the most active boxers of his time having fought over 30 times in one year periods throughout his career.
He was nicknamed after a dog. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bakersfield College Industrial Automation program is holding an info session to educate prospective students about their program and career opportunities. Students who graduate from the program are prepared for careers in the design, operation, and management of industrial automation systems. The three info sessions will be on:
all the sessions are going to be mandatory OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Example Input: Tiger Zinda Hai grossed $2 million in two days, $450,000 on day one in US / Canada and around £ 150,000 in the UK. The film grossed $7 million in its opening weekend in overseas, including $2,535,825 in US / Canada. The film grossed ₹ 190 crore worldwide in its opening weekend. As of 23 January 2018, the film has grossed ₹ 552 crore (US $85 million) worldwide, including at least ₹ 427.67 crore (US $66 million) in India and ₹ 122.98 crore (US $19 million) overseas.
Example Output: tiger zinda hai box office collection day 2 world wide
Example Input: The imprest system is a form of financial accounting system. The most common imprest system is the petty cash system. The base characteristic of an imprest system is that a fixed amount is reserved, which after a certain period of time or when circumstances require, because money was spent, it will be replenished. This replenishment will come from another account source, e.g., petty cash will be replenished by cashing a cheque drawn on a bank account.
Example Output: what is an imprest system of petty cash
Example Input: In the United States, table wine primarily designates a wine style: ordinary wine which is neither fortified nor sparkling nor expensive.
Example Output: | what's the difference between table wine and regular wine
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Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
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/ Updated By Courtney Kube, Robert Windrem, William M. Arkin and Phil Helsel
North Korea carried out another banned ballistic missile test on Friday, U.S. officials confirmed to NBC News, but the missile exploded just after launch.
"The launch was unsuccessful and exploded in midair," a South Korean military official told NBC News. South Korea is "totally ready to meet any and all kinds of provocation," the official added.
Two U.S. officials said the missile was short-range, capable of reaching the South Korean capital of Seoul, but not Japan. U.S. Pacific Command said the missile was launched at 5:33 a.m. Saturday Seoul time (4:33 p.m. Friday ET) from near Pukchang airfield, and the missile did not leave North Korean territory.
The move is the latest provocation amid heightened up tensions on the peninsula. The White House said it is aware of the missile test and President Donald Trump has been briefed.
Trump responded on Twitter about three hours after the missile launch: "North Korea disrespected the wishes of China & its highly respected President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today. Bad!"
The test comes a day after Trump told Reuters in an interview that the U.S. and North Korea could be headed toward a "major, major conflict," and as South Korea announced it had installed key parts of a U.S. missile defense system.
Related: Sec. Tillerson to UN Security Council: 'Act Before North Korea Does'
In the Reuters interview, Trump said: "We'd love to solve things diplomatically but it's very difficult."
Earlier this week, North Korea conducted what were described as major live-fire drills as it marked the founding of its military.
A spokesperson for South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in warned that if North Korea continues with provocations, "it will be met by tough punishment from the international community."
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Japan was taking every precaution after the missile test.
"The Japanese government will closely coordinate with the related countries such as the U.S. and South Korea at the United Nations Security Council and so on to urge North Korea to restrain itself while we are taking every precaution to face any contingency," Suga said.
A man watches a TV news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing with a file footage, at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 29, 2017. Lee Jin-man / AP
North Korea has conducted several ballistic missile launches this year. The country is barred by United Nations resolutions from carrying out ballistic missile tests.
North Korea on April 15 launched a missile but it failed "almost immediately," according to U.S. and South Korean military officials.
The country has conducted five nuclear tests since 2006, including two last year. North Korea has warned it is ready to carry out the test of an intercontinental ballistic missile at "any time," but it has never successfully launched such a missile. ||||| South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, left, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after a meeting of the Security Council at United Nations headquarters, Friday, April 28, 2017. (AP... (Associated Press)
South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, left, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after a meeting of the Security Council at United Nations headquarters, Friday, April 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (Associated Press)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired a mid-range ballistic missile from the western part of its country Saturday, but the launch apparently failed, South Korea and the United States said Saturday.
The test will be condemned by outsiders as yet another step in the North's push for a nuclear-tipped missile that can strike the U.S. mainland.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the North fired the unidentified missile from around Pukchang, which is near the capital Pyongyang, but provided no other details.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said the missile was likely a medium-range KN-17 ballistic missile. It broke up a couple minutes after the launch and the pieces fell into the Sea of Japan.
A South Korean military official also said without elaborating that the launch was believed to be a failure. He didn't want to be named, citing office rules. The official couldn't immediately confirm how far the missile flew or whether it had exploded shortly after launch.
North Korea routinely test-fires a variety of ballistic missiles, despite United Nations prohibitions, as part of its weapons development. While shorter-range missiles are somewhat routine, there is strong outside worry about each longer-range North Korean ballistic test.
Saturday's launch comes at a point of particularly high tension. U.S. President Donald Trump took an initial hard line with Pyongyang and sent a U.S. aircraft supercarrier to Korean waters. His diplomats are now taking a softer tone.
On Friday, the United States and China offered starkly different strategies for addressing North Korea's escalating nuclear threat as Trump's top diplomat demanded full enforcement of economic sanctions on Pyongyang and urged new penalties. Stepping back from suggestions of U. S. military action, he even offered aid to North Korea if it ends its nuclear weapons program.
The range of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's suggestions, which over a span of 24 hours also included restarting negotiations, reflected America's failure to halt North Korea's nuclear advances despite decades of U.S.-led sanctions, military threats and stop-and-go rounds of diplomatic engagement. As the North approaches the capability to hit the U.S. mainland with a nuclear-tipped missile, the Trump administration feels it is running out of time. ||||| A rocket-themed float moves through Kim Il-Sung square during a mass rally marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung, in Pyongyang (AFP Photo/ED JONES)
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile Saturday in apparent defiance of a concerted US push for tougher international sanctions to curb Pyongyang's nuclear weapons ambitions.
The latest launch, which South Korea said was a failure, came just hours after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned the UN Security Council of "catastrophic consequences" if the international community -- most notably China -- failed to pressure the North into abandoning its weapons programme.
Military options for dealing with the North were still "on the table", Tillerson warned in his first address to the UN body.
The launch ratchets up tensions on the Korean peninsula, with Washington and Pyongyang locked in an ever-tighter spiral of threat, counter-threat and escalating military preparedness.
US President Donald Trump, who has warned of a "major conflict" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's regime, said the latest test was a pointed snub to China -- the North's main ally and economic lifeline.
"North Korea disrespected the wishes of China & its highly respected President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today. Bad!" Trump tweeted.
The US is deploying a naval strike group led by an aircraft carrier to the Korean peninsula, and a missile-defence system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) that officials say will be operational "within days".
North Korea recently conducted its biggest-ever firing drill and has threatened to "bury at sea" the US aircraft carrier, amid signs it could be preparing for a sixth nuclear test.
South Korea's defence ministry said it suspected Saturday's missile test had failed after a brief flight, while the US military's Pacific Command confirmed the rocket did not leave North Korean territory.
South Korea condemned the launch, with foreign ministry spokesman Cho June-Hyuck saying that if the North continued to "play with fire", it would "face strong punitive steps in various levels", including from the UN Security Council.
Japan has lodged a "serious protest and criticism" to the North, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters after a national security council meeting.
- Risk of nuclear attack 'real' -
China pushed back at Tillerson's call at the UN Security Council for it to do more to rein in Pyongyang, arguing that it was unrealistic to expect one country to solve the conflict.
"The use of force does not solve differences and will only lead to bigger disasters," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.
His country, he said, should not be "a focal point of the problem on the peninsula" and stressed that "the key to solving the nuclear issue on the peninsula does not lie in the hands of the Chinese side".
Russia joined China in appealing for a return to talks and de-escalation.
Military action was "completely unacceptable", Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told the council, and a miscalculation could have "frightening consequences".
But Tillerson argued that diplomacy had to be backed with credible muscle.
"Diplomatic and financial levers of power will be backed up by willingness to counteract North Korean aggression with military action, if necessary," he said.
"The threat of a North Korean nuclear attack on Seoul or Tokyo is real, and it is likely only a matter of time before North Korea develops the capability to strike the US mainland."
- Key powers divided -
The meeting of the top UN body on Friday laid bare major differences among key powers over the way to address the North Korea crisis.
Over the past 11 years, the Security Council has imposed six sets of sanctions on Pyongyang -- two adopted last year -- to significantly ramp up pressure and deny the North Korean regime the hard currency revenue needed for its military programmes.
But UN sanctions experts have repeatedly told the council the measures have had little impact because they have been poorly implemented.
Tillerson called on all countries to downgrade or sever diplomatic relations with North Korea and impose targeted sanctions on entities and individuals supporting its missile and nuclear program.
The United States is ready to impose sanctions on third countries where companies or individuals are found to have helped North Korea's military programmes, he said. |||||
A: | North Korea launched a ballistic missile test around 5pm ET Friday (6am Saturday Seoul time), NBC News reports. The launch—an apparent failure—was confirmed by US and South Korean officials. One US official tells the AP the projectile was likely a medium-range KN-17 missile. The official says the missile broke up and fell into the Sea of Japan minutes after it launched. According to AFP, the South Korean military says the missile exploded seconds after launch. "The launch was unsuccessful and exploded in midair," a South Korean military official tells NBC. South Korean officials are still trying to figure out how far the missile traveled before exploding. It was launched from an area north of Pyongyang. The test comes amid a growing war of words between North Korea and the Trump administration. On Thursday, President Trump said the US and North Korea were on the path toward a "major, major conflict." UN resolutions bar North Korea from conducting ballistic missile tests, though it's already launched several this year. |
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Determine the number of meters in a yard.
There are 0.9144 meters in every yard. Simply multiply that number by the number of yards to get the number of meters. | The formula to convert yards to meters is: m = yd x 0.9144. This calculation was determined in 1958 by the united states and commonwealth countries, such as canada, australia, and new zealand. |
Battery Power<br>My laptop lost its power. I took found its charger. I plugged the charger in. The computer turned back on. I was able to use the computer.
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My laptop had lot power fast. The charger turned it back on with power | It's impossible to say |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Soon after the conclusion of peace, important changes were made in legislation concerning industry and commerce, and the new freedom thus afforded produced a large number of limited liability companies. Plans were formed for building a great network of railways, partly for the purpose of developing the natural resources of the country, and partly for the purpose of increasing its power for defense and attack. The existence of serfdom was tackled boldly, taking advantage of a petition presented by the Polish landed proprietors of the Lithuanian provinces and, hoping that their relations with the serfs might be regulated in a more satisfactory way (meaning in a way more satisfactory for the proprietors), he authorized the formation of committees "for ameliorating the condition of the peasants," and laid down the principles on which the amelioration was to be effected. This step had been followed by one even more significant. Without consulting his ordinary advisers, Alexander ordered the Minister of the Interior to send a circular to the provincial governors of European Russia (serfdom was rare in other parts), containing a copy of the instructions forwarded to the Governor-General of Lithuania, praising the supposed generous, patriotic intentions of the Lithuanian landed proprietors, and suggesting that perhaps the landed proprietors of other provinces might express a similar desire. The hint was taken: in all provinces where serfdom existed, emancipation committees were formed. The emancipation was not merely a humanitarian question capable of being solved instantaneously by imperial ukase. It contained very complicated problems, deeply affecting the economic, social and political future of the nation. Alexander had to choose between the different measures recommended to him and decide if the serfs would become agricultural laborers dependent economically and administratively on the landlords or if the serfs would be transformed into a class of independent communal proprietors. The emperor gave his support to the latter project, and the Russian peasantry became one of the last groups of peasants in Europe to shake off serfdom. The architects of the emancipation manifesto were Alexander's brother Konstantin, Yakov Rostovtsev, and Nikolay Milyutin. On 3 March 1861, 6 years after his accession, the emancipation law was signed and published. <sep>Outside of posing the humanitarian question, what else did the emancipation serve?<sep>Issues deeply affecting the economic, social and political future of the nation
Output: | Yes |
TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
PROBLEM: What do you do at a gym to lose weight?, Context: The style and role of any minority leader is influenced by a variety of elements, including personality and contextual factors, such as the size and cohesion of the minority party, whether his or her party controls the White House, the general political climate in the House, and the controversy that is sometimes associated with the legislative agenda. Despite the variability of these factors, there are a number of institutional obligations associated with this position. Many of these assignments or roles are spelled out in the House rule book. Others have devolved upon the position in other ways. To be sure, the minority leader is provided with extra staff resources—beyond those accorded him or her as a Representative—to assist in carrying out diverse leadership functions. Worth emphasis is that there are limits on the institutional role of the minority leader, because the majority party exercises disproportionate influence over the agenda, partisan ratios on committees, staff resources, administrative operations, and the day-to-day schedule and management of floor activities.
SOLUTION: exercises
PROBLEM: Storms have lots of?, Context: The Scooter is another storm, a white cloud group farther south than the Great Dark Spot. This nickname first arose during the months leading up to the Voyager 2 encounter in 1989, when they were observed moving at speeds faster than the Great Dark Spot (and images acquired later would subsequently reveal the presence of clouds moving even faster than those that had initially been detected by Voyager 2). The Small Dark Spot is a southern cyclonic storm, the second-most-intense storm observed during the 1989 encounter. It was initially completely dark, but as Voyager 2 approached the planet, a bright core developed and can be seen in most of the highest-resolution images.
SOLUTION: clouds
PROBLEM: The thing that theorists suggested to have something to do with external and internal event, how did they discribe it?, Context: Emotions have been described by some theorists as discrete and consistent responses to internal or external events which have a particular significance for the organism. Emotions are brief in duration and consist of a coordinated set of responses, which may include verbal, physiological, behavioural, and neural mechanisms. Psychotherapist Michael C. Graham describes all emotions as existing on a continuum of intensity. Thus fear might range from mild concern to terror or shame might range from simple embarrassment to toxic shame. Emotions have also been described as biologically given and a result of evolution because they provided good solutions to ancient and recurring problems that faced our ancestors. Moods are feelings that tend to be less intense than emotions and that often lack a contextual stimulus.
SOLUTION: | discrete and consistent
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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.
[EX Q]: Which of the following is not a port linked to Palermo: Genoa, Naples or marina?, Context: The port of Palermo, founded by the Phoenicians over 2,700 years ago, is, together with the port of Messina, the main port of Sicily. From here ferries link Palermo to Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Tunis and other cities and carry a total of almost 2 million passengers annually. It is also an important port for cruise ships. Traffic includes also almost 5 million tonnes of cargo and 80.000 TEU yearly. The port also has links to minor sicilian islands such as Ustica and the Aeolian Islands (via Cefalù in summer). Inside the Port of Palermo there is a section known as "tourist marina" for sailing yachts and catamarans.
[EX A]: marina
[EX Q]: What is the most expensive street in the country?, Context: The retail trade in Cork city includes a mix of both modern, state of the art shopping centres and family owned local shops. Department stores cater for all budgets, with expensive boutiques for one end of the market and high street stores also available. Shopping centres can be found in many of Cork's suburbs, including Blackpool, Ballincollig, Douglas, Ballyvolane, Wilton and Mahon Point. Others are available in the city centre. These include the recently[when?] completed development of two large malls The Cornmarket Centre on Cornmarket Street, and new the retail street called "Opera Lane" off St. Patrick's Street/Academy Street. The Grand Parade scheme, on the site of the former Capitol Cineplex, was planning-approved for 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) of retail space, with work commencing in 2016. Cork's main shopping street is St. Patrick's Street and is the most expensive street in the country per sq. metre after Dublin's Grafton Street. As of 2015[update] this area has been impacted by the post-2008 downturn, with many retail spaces available for let.[citation needed] Other shopping areas in the city centre include Oliver Plunkett St. and Grand Parade. Cork is also home to some of the country's leading department stores with the foundations of shops such as Dunnes Stores and the former Roches Stores being laid in the city. Outside the city centre is Mahon Point Shopping Centre.
[EX A]: Dublin's Grafton Street
[EX Q]: Newcastle doesn't get a lot of rain, being one of the?, Context: The climate in Newcastle is oceanic (Köppen Cfb) and significantly milder than some other locations in the world at a similar latitude, due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream (via the North Atlantic Drift). Being in the rain shadow of the North Pennines, it is among the driest cities in the UK. Temperature extremes recorded at Newcastle Weather Centre include 32.5 °C (90.5 °F) during August 1990 down to −12.6 °C (9.3 °F) during January 1982. In contrast to other areas influenced by the Gulf Stream, such as inland Scandinavia, Newcastle has milder winters and cooler summers, similar to the remainder of the British Isles.
[EX A]: | driest cities in the UK
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Well, it may provide additional incentives for the patentee to exploit and promote and disseminate that particular work. With respect to creative works like works of art, books and that sort of thing, it 20 patentee, that there was a bargain in effect between the inventor and the Government that at a certain period of time it would become part of the public domain. It seems to me it's inconsistent with that.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Books can be public domain."?
Options: - Yes; - It's impossible to say; - No;
I think the answer is | Yes |
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