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Q: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Green Lantern was released on June 17, 2011, and received generally negative reviews; most criticized the film for its screenplay, inconsistent tone, choice and portrayal of villains, and its use of CGI, while some praised Reynolds' performance. Reynolds would later voice his dissatisfaction with the film. The film underperformed at the box office, grossing $219 million against a production budget of $200 million. Due to the film's negative reception and disappointing box office performance, Warner Bros. canceled any plans for a sequel, instead opting to reboot the character in the DC Extended Universe line with the film Green Lantern Corps, set for release in 2020.
A: | will there be a green lantern 2 movie? |
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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.
question:
Espionage usually involves having access to where the needed information is stored or to the people that know the information .
answer:
Unlike other forms of intelligence collection disciplines , espionage usually involves accessing the place where the desired information is stored or accessing the people who know the information and will divulge it through some kind of subterfuge .
question:
The palace gives its name — Whitehall — to the road on which many of the buildings of the UK government now stand .
answer:
The palace gives its name , Whitehall , to the street on which many of the current administrative buildings of the present-day British government are situated , and hence metonymically to the central government itself .
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Elizabeth Louise Kendall ( born 1971 ) has been the MP for Leicester West since 2010 .
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| Elizabeth Louise Kendall ( born 11 June 1971 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Leicester West since 2010 .
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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 – August 8, 1898) was a German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor of San Francisco from 1895 until 1897. Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia City, Nevada and made a fortune at the Comstock Lode. He is today perhaps best remembered for the various San Francisco lands and landmarks that still bear his name.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
Sutro was a philanthropist. | Yes |
Write the next sentence in the following story.
A close up of a hedge is shown as well as a man using a tool to cut the hedge. the man | speaks to the camera and continues using the tool on the hedge. |
Context:
Copp's Hill is an elevation in the historic North End of Boston, Massachusetts. It is bordered by Hull Street, Charter Street and Snow Hill Street. The hill takes its name from William Copp, a shoemaker who once owned the land. Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a stop on the Freedom Trail.
Hypothesis: William Copp had a large family. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
It's impossible to say
Context:
Given the complexity of the issue, we all hope that tomorrow, when the Canadian and provincial ministers of health meet, they will able, first of all, to reach a consensus and then, let us hope, to initiate a settlement process that is satisfactory to victims and their families, and in keeping with the way our health institutions operate in Canada.
Hypothesis: The Canadian and provincial ministers of health won't be having a meeting soon. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
No
Context:
How to spot hail damage<br>Search for damage on the metal. Check metal roof vents, flashing or metal valleys on the roof to see if there are any dents. Soft metal will show dents, and also indicate the size of the hail.
Hypothesis: Hail can cause dents in soft metal. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
| Yes |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
How to throw a spitball<br>Put a small amount of saliva or vaseline on the baseball. The object is to create resistance and a change in the uniform weight of the ball to make its motion more unpredictable and difficult to hit. There's no " right place " to put it, since the object is unpredictability, as with a knuckleball.
Sentence: a spitball feels different than a regular baseball
Select from the following. * Yes. * It's impossible to say. * No. | Yes |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: The driver of the Facel Vega car, Michel Gallimard, who was Camus's publisher and close friend, also died in the accident. In August 2011, the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera reported a theory that the writer had been the victim of a Soviet plot, but Camus's biographer, Olivier Todd, did not consider it credible. Camus was buried in the Lourmarin Cemetery, Lourmarin, Vaucluse, France. He was the second-youngest recipient, at the age of 44, of the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Rudyard Kipling, at the age of 42. He was survived by his wife and twin son and daughter, Jean and Catherine, who hold the copyrights to his work. Two of Camus's works were published posthumously. The first, entitled A Happy Death (1970), featured a character named Patrice Mersault, comparable to The Stranger's Meursault. There is scholarly debate as to the relationship between the two books. The second was an unfinished novel, The First Man (1995), which Camus was writing before he died. The novel was an autobiographical work about his childhood in Algeria. <sep>There is a scholarly debate about the relationship between which two novels?<sep>A Happy Death and The First Man
A: | Yes |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
See one example below:
Problem: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: What city is the most important source of political fundraising?, Context: New York is the most important source of political fundraising in the United States, as four of the top five ZIP codes in the nation for political contributions are in Manhattan. The top ZIP code, 10021 on the Upper East Side, generated the most money for the 2004 presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John Kerry. The city has a strong imbalance of payments with the national and state governments. It receives 83 cents in services for every $1 it sends to the federal government in taxes (or annually sends $11.4 billion more than it receives back). The city also sends an additional $11 billion more each year to the state of New York than it receives back.
Solution: | Manhattan |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
[Q]: What distinct theme do metaphors contain from a piece of writing or conversation?, Context: The term heresy is also used as an ideological pigeonhole for contemporary writers because, by definition, heresy depends on contrasts with an established orthodoxy. For example, the tongue-in-cheek contemporary usage of heresy, such as to categorize a "Wall Street heresy" a "Democratic heresy" or a "Republican heresy," are metaphors that invariably retain a subtext that links orthodoxies in geology or biology or any other field to religion. These expanded metaphoric senses allude to both the difference between the person's views and the mainstream and the boldness of such a person in propounding these views.
[A]: subtext
[Q]: If I have shortness of breath and coughing, I have most likely encountered one of many what?, Context: Asthma is characterized by recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. Sputum may be produced from the lung by coughing but is often hard to bring up. During recovery from an attack, it may appear pus-like due to high levels of white blood cells called eosinophils. Symptoms are usually worse at night and in the early morning or in response to exercise or cold air. Some people with asthma rarely experience symptoms, usually in response to triggers, whereas others may have marked and persistent symptoms.
[A]: triggers
[Q]: What was short for "The Boogie Down Bronx"?, Context: Beginning with the advent of beat match DJing, in which Bronx DJs (Disc Jockeys) including Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Kool Herc extended the breaks of funk records, a major new musical genre emerged that sought to isolate the percussion breaks of hit funk, disco and soul songs. As hip hop's popularity grew, performers began speaking ("rapping") in sync with the beats, and became known as MCs or emcees. The Herculoids, made up of Herc, Coke La Rock, and DJ Clark Kent, were the earliest to gain major fame. The Bronx is referred to in hip-hop slang as "The Boogie Down Bronx", or just "The Boogie Down". This was hip-hop pioneer KRS-One's inspiration for his thought provoking group BDP, or Boogie Down Productions, which included DJ Scott La Rock. Newer hip hop artists from the Bronx include Big Pun, Lord Toriq and Peter Gunz, Camp Lo, Swizz Beatz, Drag-On, Fat Joe, Terror Squad and Corey Gunz.
[A]: | The Boogie Down
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Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to grow damiana
Sow the seeds in regular potting soil.
Make sure the soil is damp and put the pot in a sunny spot so the seed can germinate. If you have sown them during the early spring or late winter months don't put them outside just yet, wait until you know there is going to be no more frost. | Transplant outside once the plant has germinated and has grown some. Again, wait until you are sure that there is going to be no more frost before you put the plant outside. |
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".
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>Where is the earth's magnetic pull strongest?<sep>North and south magnetic poles
Output: | Yes |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
How did the pope respond to the request?, Context: Neither John nor the rebel barons seriously attempted to implement the peace accord. The rebel barons suspected that the proposed baronial council would be unacceptable to John and that he would challenge the legality of the charter; they packed the baronial council with their own hardliners and refused to demobilise their forces or surrender London as agreed. Despite his promises to the contrary, John appealed to Innocent for help, observing that the charter compromised the pope's rights under the 1213 agreement that had appointed him John's feudal lord. Innocent obliged; he declared the charter "not only shameful and demeaning, but illegal and unjust" and excommunicated the rebel barons. The failure of the agreement led rapidly to the First Barons' War.
obliged
What caused the larger fire that was spread due to something near a factory?, Context: On May 3, 1901, downtown Jacksonville was ravaged by a fire that started as a kitchen fire. Spanish moss at a nearby mattress factory was quickly engulfed in flames and enabling the fire to spread rapidly. In just eight hours, it swept through 146 city blocks, destroyed over 2,000 buildings, left about 10,000 homeless and killed 7 residents. The Confederate Monument in Hemming Park was one of the only landmarks to survive the fire. Governor Jennings declare martial law and sent the state militia to maintain order. On May 17 municipal authority resumed in Jacksonville. It is said the glow from the flames could be seen in Savannah, Georgia, and the smoke plumes seen in Raleigh, North Carolina. Known as the "Great Fire of 1901", it was one of the worst disasters in Florida history and the largest urban fire in the southeastern United States. Architect Henry John Klutho was a primary figure in the reconstruction of the city. The first multi-story structure built by Klutho was the Dyal-Upchurch Building in 1902. The St. James Building, built on the previous site of the St. James Hotel that burned down, was built in 1912 as Klutho's crowning achievement.
kitchen fire
When was the FBI Laboratory established?, Context: The FBI Laboratory, established with the formation of the BOI, did not appear in the J. Edgar Hoover Building until its completion in 1974. The lab serves as the primary lab for most DNA, biological, and physical work. Public tours of FBI headquarters ran through the FBI laboratory workspace before the move to the J. Edgar Hoover Building. The services the lab conducts include Chemistry, Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), Computer Analysis and Response, DNA Analysis, Evidence Response, Explosives, Firearms and Tool marks, Forensic Audio, Forensic Video, Image Analysis, Forensic Science Research, Forensic Science Training, Hazardous Materials Response, Investigative and Prospective Graphics, Latent Prints, Materials Analysis, Questioned Documents, Racketeering Records, Special Photographic Analysis, Structural Design, and Trace Evidence. The services of the FBI Laboratory are used by many state, local, and international agencies free of charge. The lab also maintains a second lab at the FBI Academy.
| established with the formation of the BOI
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Problem: Write the next sentence for:
Two men are seen walking out of frame followed by a band following police bikes. the band.
Next sentence: plays instruments as people walk around.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
A man is seen blindfolded while holding a stick and two others around him. the man.
Next sentence: then swings violently at the pinata as someone moves it higher and then drops the pinata right above his head.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to clean an oven without chemicals
Cut the lemons.
Cut two lemons in half. Squeeze the lemon juice into a baking dish..
Next sentence: Put the rest of the lemons into the dish. Fill the dish a third of the way with water.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
Once complete, the man grabs the rope and moves back and forth while pulling out the rope to exercise. now he.
Next sentence: | is done, he drops the ropes and starts to talk again. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example solution: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: How were clocks viewed in the 1800s?, Context: In non-relativistic classical mechanics, Newton's concept of "relative, apparent, and common time" can be used in the formulation of a prescription for the synchronization of clocks. Events seen by two different observers in motion relative to each other produce a mathematical concept of time that works sufficiently well for describing the everyday phenomena of most people's experience. In the late nineteenth century, physicists encountered problems with the classical understanding of time, in connection with the behavior of electricity and magnetism. Einstein resolved these problems by invoking a method of synchronizing clocks using the constant, finite speed of light as the maximum signal velocity. This led directly to the result that observers in motion relative to one another measure different elapsed times for the same event.
| Solution: using the constant, finite speed of light as the maximum signal velocity |
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.
Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
In remarks today, President Obama described California Attorney General Kamala Harris “as by far, the best looking attorney general.” Now, he had also described her as “brilliant,” “dedicated,” and “tough,” but … no.
For those who don’t see the problem here, the degree to which women are judged by their appearance remains an important hurdle to gender equality in the workforce. Women have a hard time being judged purely on their merits. Discussing their appearance in the context of evaluating their job performance makes it worse.
It’s not a compliment. And for a president who has become a cultural model for many of his supporters in so many other ways, the example he’s setting here is disgraceful. ||||| President Obama reopened the debate Thursday over whether his administration is too influenced by men after praising the looks of Kamala Harris, California’s attorney general and a possible future gubernatorial candidate.
“You have to be careful to, first of all, say she is brilliant and she is dedicated and she is tough, and she is exactly what you’d want in anybody who is administering the law, and making sure that everybody is getting a fair shake,” Obama said at a party fundraiser in Atherton, Calif., a wealthy suburb of San Francisco. “She also happens to be, by far, the best looking attorney general in the country.”
As the crowd laughed, Obama added, “It’s true! C’mon.”
Obama’s remarks during a fundraising trip to the Bay Area buzzed through Twitter and other social media, where reaction ranged from appalled to leave-the-guy-alone. He made the comment at a garden party fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in the home of Levi Strauss heir John Goldman and his wife, Marcia Goldman.
Since early in his first term, Obama has been accused of running a West Wing dominated by men, many of whom he has known for years.
Female staff members complained internally about the macho feel of the West Wing in his first term, and Obama reportedly took their concerns seriously.
In his book “Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President,” the writer Ron Suskind quoted former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn as saying the West Wing “would be in court for a hostile workplace.”
“Because it actually fit all of the classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile workplace to women,” Dunn was quoted as saying.
She later said Obama, after being told of the women’s concerns, addressed them.
But Obama’s early selection of men to fill key Cabinet positions in his second-term administration revived the criticism.
Obama has since nominated several women to his Cabinet, and some of his female advisers say the portrayal of the White House as a place run by men is inaccurate given how many women occupy its senior ranks.
“When people say it’s a boys’ club, it’s a little insulting to the women who are actually playing very critical roles,” Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama’s senior and most influential advisers, said Wednesday at a“Women of Washington” event sponsored by The Atlantic, according to a report in the Washington Times.
“You may not see them on television as much, but that doesn’t mean you should underestimate the impact they have and the influence they have with the president,” Jarrett said.
Discuss this topic and other political issues in the politics discussion forums. ||||| Ohio’s Mike DeWine, Alabama’s Luther Strange and Georgia’s Sam Olens, eat your hearts out: President Barack Obama thinks California’s Kamala Harris is the belle of the ball among the nation’s top government lawyers.
“She’s brilliant and she’s dedicated, she’s tough … She also happens to be, by far, the best looking attorney general,” Obama said at a Democratic National Committee luncheon in Atherton, Calif., Thursday. “It’s true! C’mon.”
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reset W.H.: Obama apologized to Harris First lady: President's got 'swag'
Obama’s remark set the chattering class atwitter.
(Also on POLITICO: Obama calls Harris 'best looking' AG)
Certainly, Obama meant no insult, but in singling out Harris for her looks, Obama joins a long list of public figures who just can’t seem to let an attractive woman’s looks go without comment.
In 2011, FOX News Chief Roger Ailes told the Associated Press that he hired Palin because “she was hot and got ratings.”
Last year, Republican attorney general candidate David Freed said Democratic opponent Kathleen Kane’s strengths were that she’s “pretty and has a lot of money,” according to Pennsylvania’s Daily Review.
A spokesman for Harris’s office said she was traveling and unavailable for comment.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
The comment jolted the political world’s central nervous system.
Buzzfeed popped up a list of the dozen hottest male attorneys general, headed up by Delaware’s Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden. (The elder Biden’s sex appeal with the sun-setting set has been noted by POLITICO before.)
S.E. Cupp, a conservative woman who co-hosts MSNBC’s The Cycle, called Obama’s remark “unsettling” in a Tweet.
Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine went further in a quick post on the publication’s Website.
“For those who don’t see a problem here, the degree to which women are judged by their appearance remains an important hurdle to gender equality in the workforce,” Chait wrote. “It’s not a compliment. And for a president who has become a cultural model for many of his supporters in so many other ways, the example he’s setting here is disgraceful.”
Without a doubt, Obama’s subject matter seemed more suited to the pages of Maxim magazine – which has actually published a list of the world’s hottest female politicians – than a political event.
But some of his supporters shrugged it off. ||||| Let’s just get it out on the table:
California, quite simply, has freakishly good-looking elected officials. Between the stunning Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris and the gorgeous Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, this, as they say, is the objective truth.
I’d like to think that’s what President Obama was getting at today when, according to a transcript provided by the White House, he referred to Harris’ good looks when he introduced her at an Atherton fundraiser at the home of philanthropist John Goldman, a Levi Strauss heir, and his wife Marcia:
“You have to be careful to, first of all, say she is brilliant and she is dedicated and she is tough, and she is exactly what you'd want in anybody who is administering the law, and making sure that everybody is getting a fair shake,” said Obama. “She also happens to be by far the best-looking attorney general in the country -- Kamala Harris is here. (Applause.) It's true. Come on. (Laughter.) And she is a great friend and has just been a great supporter for many, many years.”
Does merely stating the obvious make the president sexist? More wolfish than sexist, I’d say. And this may be a little problem he needs to work on.
As Arlette Saenz of ABC News pointed out, Obama got into some hot water a while back when he addressed a reporter as “sweetie.” That was obnoxious, and demeaning, and Obama rightfully apologized. In 2008, he told Hillary Clinton she was “likeable enough” during one of the primary debates, which turned off God knows how many women, who heard the smug judgment of an arrogant upstart.
But still.
Let’s not pretend that physical beauty is not a bonus in politics, particularly for women, who then walk a fine line between wanting to be found attractive and not wanting to be judged on looks.
The Obamas have benefited immensely from their cool beauty. Likewise, the Romneys benefited from their classic good looks. The rewards of beauty, we all know, can be plentiful, especially when combined with superior brains and ambition.
I’ve always said, if former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is frankly gorgeous, had looked like Margaret Thatcher, no one would have given a rip what she had to say, let alone put her on a presidential ticket.
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| President Obama has been criticized for making his second-term Cabinet too much of a boys' club, and a comment he made yesterday only served to resurrect the debate, reports the Washington Post. After praising the legal abilities of California Attorney General Kamala Harris while at a fundraiser in the state, he added that she "also happens to be, by far, the best looking attorney general in the country." To laughs, he continued, "It’s true! C'mon." The Post notes that social media immediately hopped on the comment, with reactions running the gamut from "appalled to leave-the-guy-alone." What the press had to say: Robin Abcarian for the Los Angeles Times: "Does merely stating the obvious make the president sexist? More wolfish than sexist, I’d say. And this may be a little problem he needs to work on." Jonathan Chait for New York Mag, in a piece titled "Obama in Need of Gender-Sensitivity Training": "Women have a hard time being judged purely on their merits. Discussing their appearance in the context of evaluating their job performance makes it worse. ... For a president who has become a cultural model for many of his supporters in so many other ways, the example he's setting here is disgraceful." Jonathan Allen for Politico: "Without a doubt, Obama’s subject matter seemed more suited to the pages of Maxim magazine—which has actually published a list of the world’s hottest female politicians—than a political event." |
What most naturally follows?
How to prevent low blood pressure
Add more sodium to your diet.
Adding a pinch of salt to soups and potatoes adds flavor and increases blood pressure. Topping a stir-fry or rice with soy sauce has the same effect; however, be careful when adding sodium to your diet. | The amount of sodium you need depends on your body, age, and gender. Talk to your doctor or a trained nutritionist before adjusting the sodium content of your diet. |
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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Choose your answer from:
(1). This includes any replies to the original message as well. Swipe a bundle of messages to set them all " done " at once.;
(2). If the message looks like it needs to be moved, delete it. Click the inbox icon on the email app in the bottom left corner.;
(3). This is because the conversation will not be tagged, except for the recipients and their names. Swipe the message in the conversation to the right.;
(4). You can also swipe emails across an existing account to remove some of them or delete them to help preserve them later. Swipe from left to right to enable swipe gestures.;Choose from options above and answer: What most naturally follows?
How to use swipe gestures in google inbox
Swipe a message in your inbox to the right to mark it as " done ".
This will hide it from the inbox, but you can still easily find it later in the " done " section or in the message's label.
Swiping a message will mark the entire conversation as done.
Answer: | (1). |
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 was the name of the person who joined in on the coup with Xianfeng's empress?, Context: These years saw an evolution in the participation of Empress Dowager Cixi (Wade–Giles: Tz'u-Hsi) in state affairs. She entered the imperial palace in the 1850s as a concubine to the Xianfeng Emperor (r. 1850–1861) and came to power in 1861 after her five-year-old son, the Tongzhi Emperor ascended the throne. She, the Empress Dowager Ci'an (who had been Xianfeng's empress), and Prince Gong (a son of the Daoguang Emperor), staged a coup that ousted several regents for the boy emperor. Between 1861 and 1873, she and Ci'an served as regents, choosing the reign title "Tongzhi" (ruling together). Following the emperor's death in 1875, Cixi's nephew, the Guangxu Emperor, took the throne, in violation of the dynastic custom that the new emperor be of the next generation, and another regency began. In the spring of 1881, Ci'an suddenly died, aged only forty-three, leaving Cixi as sole regent.
SOLUTION: Prince Gong
PROBLEM: What was important to preachers?, Context: Doctrinal development has had an important place in the restoration of the Preachers. Several institutions, besides those already mentioned, played important parts. Such is the Biblical school at Jerusalem, open to the religious of the order and to secular clerics, which publishes the Revue Biblique. The faculty of theology at the University of Fribourg, confided to the care of the Dominicans in 1890, is flourishing, and has about 250 students. The Pontificium Collegium Internationale Angelicum, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum established at Rome in 1908 by Master Hyacinth Cormier, opened its doors to regulars and seculars for the study of the sacred sciences. In addition to the reviews above are the Revue Thomiste, founded by Père Thomas Coconnier (d. 1908), and the Analecta Ordinis Prædicatorum (1893). Among numerous writers of the order in this period are: Cardinals Thomas Zigliara (d. 1893) and Zephirin González (d. 1894), two esteemed philosophers; Alberto Guillelmotti (d. 1893), historian of the Pontifical Navy, and Heinrich Denifle, one of the most famous writers on medieval history (d. 1905).[citation needed]
SOLUTION: the restoration of the Preachers
PROBLEM: Despite the need for strict deadlines, which sometimes excludes new scientific findings, what reveals a steady evolution of key findings?, Context: Since the IPCC does not carry out its own research, it operates on the basis of scientific papers and independently documented results from other scientific bodies, and its schedule for producing reports requires a deadline for submissions prior to the report's final release. In principle, this means that any significant new evidence or events that change our understanding of climate science between this deadline and publication of an IPCC report cannot be included. In an area of science where our scientific understanding is rapidly changing, this has been raised as a serious shortcoming in a body which is widely regarded as the ultimate authority on the science. However, there has generally been a steady evolution of key findings and levels of scientific confidence from one assessment report to the next.[citation needed]
SOLUTION: | assessment report
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How to clean eyeglasses<br>Wash your hands before cleaning your glasses. Wash up for 20 seconds with lotion-free soap and warm water. You'll need to make sure your hands are free of dirt, grease, and grime before cleaning your glasses.
Can we infer the following?
The water is not allowed to be hot. | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What is not a source of interspersed repeats: transposable elements or genome evolution?, Context: Interspersed repeats mainly come from transposable elements (TEs), but they also include some protein coding gene families and pseudogenes. Transposable elements are able to integrate into the genome at another site within the cell. It is believed that TEs are an important driving force on genome evolution of higher eukaryotes. TEs can be classified into two categories, Class 1 (retrotransposons) and Class 2 (DNA transposons).
genome evolution
Who wanted Kip to play himself?, Context: In June 2006, Steven Spielberg announced he would direct a scientifically accurate film about "a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension", from a treatment by Kip Thorne and producer Lynda Obst. In January 2007, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan met with them to discuss adapting Obst and Thorne's treatment into a narrative screenplay. The screenwriter suggested the addition of a "time element" to the treatment's basic idea, which was welcomed by Obst and Thorne. In March of that year, Paramount hired Nolan, as well as scientists from Caltech, forming a workshop to adapt the treatment under the title Interstellar. The following July, Kip Thorne said there was a push by people for him to portray himself in the film. Spielberg later abandoned Interstellar, which was eventually directed by Christopher Nolan.
people
Which railways opened five years after the first public stream railway?, Context: Trevithick continued his own experiments using a trio of locomotives, concluding with the Catch Me Who Can in 1808. Only four years later, the successful twin-cylinder locomotive Salamanca by Matthew Murray was used by the edge railed rack and pinion Middleton Railway. In 1825 George Stephenson built the Locomotion for the Stockton and Darlington Railway. This was the first public steam railway in the world and then in 1829, he built The Rocket which was entered in and won the Rainhill Trials. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened in 1830 making exclusive use of steam power for both passenger and freight trains.
| Liverpool and Manchester Railway
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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: Creme eggs are available annually between 1 January and Easter Day. In the UK in the 1980s, Cadbury made Creme Eggs available year-round but sales dropped and they returned to seasonal availability. In 2018 white chocolate versions of the Creme Eggs were made available. These eggs were not given a wrapper that clearly marked them as white chocolate eggs and were mixed in with the normal Creme Eggs in the United Kingdom. Individuals who discovered an egg would win money via a code printed on the inside of the wrapper.
Output: | are cadbury creme eggs only sold at easter? |
Definition: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: What posthumous service did Lowe perform on Whitehead's behalf?, Context: The two volume biography of Whitehead by Victor Lowe is the most definitive presentation of the life of Whitehead. However, many details of Whitehead's life remain obscure because he left no Nachlass; his family carried out his instructions that all of his papers be destroyed after his death. Additionally, Whitehead was known for his "almost fanatical belief in the right to privacy", and for writing very few personal letters of the kind that would help to gain insight on his life. This led to Lowe himself remarking on the first page of Whitehead's biography, "No professional biographer in his right mind would touch him."
Output: | biography |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: Littlefoot 's grandfather one night tells the children a story about `` The Lone Dinosaur '' , a legendary longneck who once protected the Great Valley from the most ferocious sharptooth ever to live . A fight ensued , which led to the Sharptooth 's death . However , the sharptooth left `` The Lone Dinosaur '' with a scar slashed across his right eye . Soon after the battle , a huge monolith that resembled a proud sauropod , having life-sized Sharptooth teeth arranged around his neck , came out of the ground during an earthquake . The dinosaurs called it `` Saurus Rock '' . The legend also states that if anyone damages the monolith , bad luck would descend upon the valley . A few days later when the kids are playing , Littlefoot accidentally falls off a cliff . Just before he hits the ground , a gruff Diplodocus rescues him . This longneck introduces himself only as `` Doc '' and gives no knowledge of his history . Littlefoot is intrigued by this newcomer , who is scarred across one eye and displays prior knowledge of the Great Valley 's topography . For the preceding reasons , Littlefoot assumes that Doc is the Lone Dinosaur . He tells his friends this , narrating an apparently extemporaneous legend to support his assumption . Inspired , Cera 's infant nieces , the twins Dinah and Dana , go to Saurus Rock without anyone noticing . Later when the friends are playing , they notice that Dinah and Dana are missing . Recalling their talk of the day before , they go to Saurus Rock to find them . <sep>Why do the dinosaurs call it Saurus Rock?<sep>It looks like a giant long neck tail
A: | No |
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 inhabited history of the Las Vegas Valley stretches to 23,000 b.c. , when much of the area was covered by a prehistoric lake. During this period, the indigenous people lived in caves, hunting the mammals that gathered at the shoreline. The landscape of the valley changed dramatically over the next 200 centuries. The glaciers feeding the lake melted away and the lake evaporated. Fossils tell an obscure story of man's slow and sporadic development. Around 3000 b.c. , native Archaic Indians began to develop a lasting hunting and gathering culture. By this time, the valley was in much the same geographic state as it exists in today, with one exception — the presence of artesian springs that bubbled to the surface in several areas. These springs fed a network of streams draining through the Las Vegas Wash to the Colorado River. The areas surrounding the springs were desert oases: sprawling collections of grasses, trees, and wildlife. Many springs lay in areas that would eventually become the center of the modern Las Vegas metropolis. For about 4000 years, the Archaics thrived in a culture that included many signs of early civilization. Signs of even more advancement appeared halfway through the first millennium a.d. , when the Anasazi Indians inhabited the valley. Far more progressive than the Archaics, the Anasazi utilized such formal agricultural techniques as irrigation to assist their harvest. This permitted the Anasazi to achieve a benchmark of advanced society — the ability to live in permanent shelters year-round without need to follow wildlife. Mysteriously, the Anasazi vanished from the valley around a.d. <sep>Where were animals commonly found for food in Las Vegas dating back to 23,000bc?<sep>In caves
A: | No |
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Input: In remarks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony here on Wednesday, Gov. George E. Pataki said he expected the facility to generate thousands more jobs in the Hudson Valley area for contractors and suppliers catering to the factory. He praised IBM for being "a critical partner in our economic development efforts" in New York state. In a brief speech, Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM's chief executive, emphasized that it was important to make long-term investments despite the current slump in the technology business. "To play to win in technology, you innovate and you lead," he said. But manufacturing technology products is a costly and cyclical business. In June, IBM announced that it was taking a charge of more than $2 billion against earnings. The largest single reasons for the charge were the cost of getting out of the business of manufacturing hard disks for storage, which it sold to Hitachi, and closing down some of its older semiconductor operations. But Kelly said the demand for advanced chips, like those produced at IBM's facility in Burlington, Vt., is strong. "I need more capacity in that end of the market," he said, "and this is factory is critical to meeting that growing demand." If IBM has miscalculated the demand, it will suffer badly as both the high operating costs and depreciation on the huge capital investment for the East Fishkill factory drag down earnings. But industry analysts said the plant should be insulated from a falloff in one or a few segments of the semiconductor market. <sep>In what two states can you find an IBM manufacturing plant?<sep>New York and Vermont
Output: | Yes |
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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By completing your purchase, you verify that you are at least 18 years old and agree to these terms. ||||| FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, Lilly Singh arrives at the 5th Annual Streamy Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. "Lazer Team" was the most funded original film in Indiegogo’s... (Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael "Burnie" Burns hears a discrepancy.
Before greeting moviegoers at the debut of his film, the writer-actor is eavesdropping on all the big-budget movie trailers playing ahead of his much smaller crowdfunded concoction, "Lazer Team."
Suddenly, a roar from a monster in one of the previews literally rattles the theater's walls.
"I bet the sound budget for that was bigger than the whole budget for my movie," the bearded Internet personality says with a grin.
Despite its modest price tag, there's a hefty amount of enthusiasm for the $2.5 million sci-fi comedy about a group of dolts bestowed with alien technology.
"Lazer Team" was the most funded original film in Indiegogo's history, and it's been selling out hundreds of theaters for fan screenings since Jan. 27. However, many more devotees of Burns and his Rooster Teeth production company will be able to watch the movie beginning Wednesday on YouTube.
The streaming site is attempting to make some noise of its own with a crop of films and shows that will be exclusively available with YouTube Red, a subscription service the San Bruno, California-based company launched last October.
Unlike the millions of other videos posted on the streaming site, "Lazer Team" and the other YouTube Originals will only be available with a YouTube Red subscription, which also provides ad-free access to the site and a music service for $10 a month.
For their leap into premium programming, YouTube isn't attempting to imitate Netflix, Hulu or Amazon, which offer films and shows rivaling traditional Hollywood content. While its first crop of movies and series don't look like they were filmed with a webcam in someone's basement, YouTube Originals also don't have the scope of a Marvel movie or an episode of "Game of Thrones" either.
"They're not trying to do something entirely different," said Burns, an online video pioneer who first went viral with "Red vs. Blue," a digital series inspired by the "Halo" video game franchise. "They're just taking YouTube to the next level."
In addition to "Lazer Team," YouTube Originals is launching with a documentary profiling YouTube comedienne Lilly "Superwoman" Singh embarking on a world tour, the dance flick "Dance Camp" starring young Internet personalities and a reality series centering on top YouTuber Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg living out his nightmares.
"We're fishing where there's fish," said Susanne Daniels, the former president of MTV who now serves as the global head of original content at YouTube. "We're working with top creators to do something they normally wouldn't do on their channel."
For its first show for YouTube Red, the site enlisted Kjellberg to swap playing scary video games on his channel to instead be dropped into frightening scenarios conceived by "The Walking Dead" creator Skybound Entertainment.
"It is very different, but it's also very similar to what I do," said Kjellberg, who has more than 42 million subscribers. "I play horror games, and this is basically just taking that into the real world. It felt like a natural extension."
Meanwhile, "A Trip to Unicorn Island" profiles Singh's highs and lows as she stages a world tour showcasing her acting-and-dancing abilities — all while keeping up with her YouTube channel. The documentary doesn't shy away from showing the emotional tolls it took on Singh.
"It was such a different process for me," said Singh, who has more than 7.8 million subscribers. "I'm used to shooting and editing all my videos. It was very difficult for me to let go of that control and allow a director and editor capture me, but that's the beauty of it. You get to see me from a different point of view."
Besides selling $10 subscriptions, the move into premium content is also an opportunity for YouTube to keep top talent from straying. Several high-profile YouTubers, such as Colleen "MirandaSings" Ballinger-Evans, Freddie Wong and "Awkward Black Girl" creator Issa Rae have recently been tapped by the likes of Netflix, Hulu and HBO for projects.
"It speaks to the power of YouTube to build these stars to a certain level that these other networks and platforms are interested in working with them," said Daniels. "It remains to be seen whether the fans will go find them on the other platforms."
YouTube currently has dozens of original programming projects in development for YouTube Red, and Daniels said they plan to roll out between 15 and 20 shows and films in 2016. They're also looking to stream films licensed from other outlets.
Will millennials — YouTube's biggest audience — want to fork over $10 to watch content on a site that's been giving it away for over a decade?
The streaming site declined to specify how many users have already signed up for YouTube Red or how much its spending on the original programming effort. However, Daniels is optimistic viewers won't click the dislike button.
"The hope is that it'll be like any subscription service," said Daniels. "It's a great value. I think viewers might first try it out because they're interested in what 'PewDiePie' is up to with his series, but then they'll stick around to see other creators' projects and movies."
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A: | YouTube is attempting to make some noise of its own with a crop of films and shows that will be exclusively available with YouTube Red, a subscription service the San Bruno, California-based company launched last October, the AP reports. The first three movies and one series will be available via the $9.99/month subscription service, which also provides ad-free access to the site and a music service, on Wednesday, Bloomberg reports. They are: Lazer Team (a sci-fi comedy), Dance Camp (a dance movie starring "young Internet personalities"), A Trip to Unicorn Island (a documentary about YouTube comedienne Lilly "Superwoman" Singh's world tour), and Scare PewDiePie (a reality show about top YouTuber Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg living out his nightmares). For their leap into premium programming, YouTube isn't attempting to imitate Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon, which offer films and shows rivaling traditional Hollywood content. While its first crop of movies and series don't look like they were filmed with a webcam in someone's basement, YouTube Originals also don't have the scope of a Marvel movie or an episode of Game of Thrones either. For the reality show, the site enlisted Kjellberg, who normally plays horror games, to swap playing scary video games on his channel to instead be dropped into frightening scenarios conceived by the Walking Dead creator Skybound Entertainment. YouTube currently has dozens of original programming projects in development for YouTube Red, and Daniels said they plan to roll out between 15 and 20 shows and films in 2016. They're also looking to stream films licensed from other outlets. |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: The family of a California teen who was pronounced dead after a surgical complication two years ago has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking to have her death certificate revoked, CBS San Francisco reports.
Attorney Christopher Dolan said Wednesday that he and the family of Jahi McMath have spent much of the past year asking state and county officials to revoke the death certificate and declare her legally alive, with no success. The lawsuit names the state and various county officials as defendants and alleges that they are violating McMath's rights by refusing to consider evidence that she is alive, if severely brain injured.
The family says it has evidence that McMath does not meet the criteria for brain death, including the fact that she sometimes moves on command and that her body remains in good condition and has even entered puberty. They argue this evidence shows she should be declared alive.
"Nobody is saying Jahi is going to get up tomorrow and walk, but we're saying she deserves the same care as anyone else in California with a brain injury," Dolan said. "We want all of her rights restored to her so that she can come back to California." The girl is currently being cared for at a facility in New Jersey.
The lawsuit argues that the laws regarding brain death are unconstitutional because they do not provide any means for a finding of death to be challenged or reversed, according to Dolan.
McMath was declared brain dead on Dec. 12, 2013 at the age of 13 after developing complications from surgery for sleep apnea at UCSF Benioff Oakland Children's Hospital.
Her family rejected the decision and fought to keep her on life support. After a legal battle, they won permission to move her out of the hospital for continued care. Before they could move her, however, hospital officials required the family to get a death certificate from the Alameda County coroner.
McMath's mother, Nialah Winkfield, said she hopes the lawsuit will allow her to bring her daughter back home to California and obtain health insurance for her there. She moved Jahi to New Jersey because state law there recognizes a religious exemption to brain death findings and continues to recognize McMath as a living person for the purposes of obtaining health insurance.
"I want her to have the same rights as any other disabled person," Winkfield said, speaking by Skype to reporters in California.
Winkfield said it has been hard to be so far away from family and friends. She has been forced to give up her job, sell her house and tap her mother's resources to keep going. She no longer lives with her other two children, she said.
"I'm ready to come home," Winkfield said.
Dolan said he is providing his legal services to the family for free.
In March, the family also filed a medical malpractice suit against the hospital in Alameda County Superior Court. That case has a case management conference scheduled for Jan. 8.
Attempts to reach hospital officials for comment were unsuccessful. ||||| Family Wants Brain-Dead Girl Declared Alive SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The family of a teenager declared legally dead after complications from surgery for sleep apnea is taking its case to void her death certificate to Federal Court.
Jahi McMath, now 15 years old, underwent the surgery on Dec. 9, 2013 at Children's Hospital Oakland. The hospital is now a part of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.
Her tonsils and adenoids were removed, and her mother Nailah Winkfield claims in a 57-page civil suit the procedure was presented to her as "routine," and doctors described it as successful afterward.
But McMath soon started bleeding from the mouth so profusely that it had to be caught in a bucket, and although doctors reassured Winkfield that the bleeding was "normal," McMath suffered cardiac arrest and severe brain swelling. Doctors at the hospital pronounced her brain dead on Dec. 12.
Winkfield says that hospital officials continually pressured her to sign documents authorizing them to take her daughter off life support, and after an intense legal battle a judge in Alameda County Superior Court ruled that McMath met the legal criteria for brain death.
Before the hospital could take McMath off life support, Winkfield arranged for Jahi's transfer to a medical facility in New Jersey, where state law contains a religious exemption to brain death.
McMath is still in New Jersey, where she receives "minimal in-home care support," is in "excellent health," with "no skin or organ breakdown" and "irrefutable brain function," Winkfield says in her complaint.
McMath's family filed a lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court in March for conditional wrongful death, naming the children's hospital and surgeon Frederick Rosen as defendants.
The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the Northern District of California, involves civil rights claims against the state of California, Alameda County, the Alameda County Department of Public Health, the California Department of Public Health and many of those entities' officials.
In the federal suit, Winkfield and McMath claim violations of their First, Fifth and 14th Amendment rights, including due process and the right to privacy.
"These government agencies and officials have failed to provide any process or avenue for Winkfield to prove that Jahi is not brain dead and have summarily, without any hearing, denied to even consider whether Jahi does not meet the criteria for brain death and is therefore alive," Winkfield says in the suit.
Winkfield says she "wishes to have her daughter's basic human right, to life, restored to her so that she can return to California, and specifically Oakland, the place where Winkfield and Jahi were born and raised, to be surrounded by the love and support of their family."
She adds, "As it is presently, should Jahi leave New Jersey, and its protections provided by New Jersey's religious exemption to brain death, she could be refused treatment, unplugged, even shot, without repercussion as she is legally dead in California.
"It is incumbent upon the U.S. District Court to exercise its constitutional and statutory powers and rectify this injustice."
Winkfield says her Christian religious beliefs "include a conviction requiring the provision of all treatment, care, and nutrition to a body that is living," arguing that Alameda County's actions have violated her right to exercise those beliefs.
Numerous signs, she says, indicate that her daughter is alive, including the onset of menstruation and multifaceted evidence of brain function - evidence she calls "uncontroverted and overwhelming."
"Jahi's remarkable strength and resiliency despite the serious brain injury she suffered, and her failure to exhibit the predicted deterioration, proves that 'in accordance with accepted medical standards,' Jahi has not in fact suffered 'irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem,'" Winkfield says in the suit.
According to the complaint, McMath's neurological status continues to improve, she understands words and she can move her fingers in response to verbal commands.
Christopher Dolan, McMath and Winkfield's attorney, said in a statement that "the fact that the state refuses to recognize the mountain of evidence that Jahi McMath does not meet brain death criteria is the most grave of injustices."
"In essence, they proclaim that once she is determined to be brain dead they will never revisit, or reconsider, the death sentence no matter what factual evidence is presented," he said.
"This is like refusing to reconsider a death sentence when evidence is presented demonstrating that the original conviction was erroneous, and the condemned was innocent."
The Alameda County Public Health Department did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment on Thursday.
||||| A Northern California mother's two-year quest to have her brain-dead daughter declared legally alive moved to federal court Wednesday after attempts to secure an order from a state judge ended in failure.Lawyers for the mother of 13-year-old Jahi McMath filed a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court asking that the girl be declared alive after state courts have refused to rescind the teen's death certificate. McMath suffered cardiac arrest in December 2013 after a routine operation to remove her tonsils to cure her sleep apnea. Doctors say she suffered irreversible brain damage from lack of oxygen and declared her brain dead.The Alameda County coroner in Oakland, California, signed Jahi McMath's death certificate a few weeks later, but McMath's family sought a state court ruling declaring the teen is still alive. A state court judge earlier this year refused the family's request and upheld the death certificate after a respected Stanford University neurologist and two other medical experts concluded the girl was dead.Jahi's family is now asking a federal judge to declare Jahi alive and invalidate the death certificate. If that happens, insurance companies will be required to pay for her medical treatment, says lawyer Chris Dolan, who represents Jahi's family.Dolan says insurance companies are paying for Jahi's nursing care and around-the-clock treatment with a ventilator in New Jersey, the only state in the country that requires medical treatment of patients like McMath who are declared dead but show minimal brain function.McMath's family, led by her mother Nailah Winkfield, want a federal court to invalidate the death certificate so they can care for the in their home in Oakland."I want her to have the same rights as any other disabled kid," Winkfield said.McMath's mother says her daughter show some signs of life, including the twitching of fingers and toes.Medical experts said those movements could be spasms and reflexes commonly seen in corpses. They say McMath shows hardly any brain activity and is clinically dead.But her mother isn't ready to give up. Winfield said she recently sold her Oakland home and is living off those rapidly dwindling proceeds."I won't give up on Jahi, because I'm her mother," Winkfield said. |||||
Student: | It's been two years since Jahi McMath's tonsil surgery went wrong, she suffered brain death, and was declared dead, and now her family wants that death certificate revoked for the now-15-year-old who remains on life support. Jahi's mom, Nailah Winkfield, is suing in federal court various entities that include the state of California to have her daughter declared legally alive, reports Courthouse News Service. She "wishes to have her daughter's basic human right, to life, restored to her so that she can return to California" from New Jersey. Jahi is currently under care in the latter state, which allows a religious exemption to rulings about brain death, notes CBS News. "I want her to have the same rights as any other disabled kid," says Winkfield, per the AP. Should Jahi leave New Jersey without such a declaration, per the suit, "she could be refused treatment, unplugged, even shot, without repercussion as she is legally dead in California." Getting the death certificate overturned would allow the family to move Jahi back to Oakland and have insurers cover her medical bills, the family attorney tells AP. Winkfield says in her lawsuit that Jahi shows signs of life, including what she calls "uncontroverted and overwhelming" evidence of brain function, and has begun to menstruate. A California state judge earlier this year upheld the death certificate; her family's lawsuit against the hospital that performed the tonsillectomy brutally detailed the surgery gone wrong. |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
How to throw a spitball<br>Put a small amount of saliva or vaseline on the baseball. The object is to create resistance and a change in the uniform weight of the ball to make its motion more unpredictable and difficult to hit. There's no " right place " to put it, since the object is unpredictability, as with a knuckleball.
Sentence: a spitball feels different than a regular baseball | Yes |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Which trend, first or second would allow dogs to behave like themselves in personality and behavior, Context: There have been two major trends in the changing status of pet dogs. The first has been the 'commodification' of the dog, shaping it to conform to human expectations of personality and behaviour. The second has been the broadening of the concept of the family and the home to include dogs-as-dogs within everyday routines and practices. | The second |
Q: Katie is careless about her safety.
Close<br>Kate was standing on a kids chair to reach a high shelf. She was trying to get off the chair. But the chair began to flip. She jumped off the falling chair to keep from falling. She sat on the chair laughing with her hand over her racing heart.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: The press conference was set to be held on a weekday.
HARARE: Riot police briefly stopped a press conference that was set to be held at the Bronte Hotel' in Harare on Friday. Nelson Chamisa' the leader of the MDC Alliance' was set to address journalists. It is understood that he was to provide evidence of how the election was 'rigged.' Chamisa's legal advisor said the police had disturbed the press conference as they wanted to first ensure that the gathering was of journalists and not citizens. This is a developing story.
A: Yes
Q: The emergency room has banned surfers from entering
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas emergency room doctors and nurses treat two to three injured surfers.
A: No
Q: Hugh Donald McCutcheon never coached a US volleyball team.
Hugh Donald McCutcheon {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 13 October 1969), a native of Christchurch, New Zealand, is the former head coach of the US men's national volleyball team, the former head coach of the US women's national volleyball team, and the current head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's volleyball team.
A: | No |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example Input: 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>Where did Judge Evans live?<sep>Grady, South Carolina
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States. Millions of men and women readied themselves for work. Some made their way to the Twin Towers, the signature structures of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Others went to Arlington, Virginia, to the Pentagon. Across the Potomac River, the United States Congress was back in session. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, people began to line up for a White House tour. In Sarasota, Florida, President George W. Bush went for an early morning run. For those heading to an airport, weather conditions could not have been better for a safe and pleasant journey. Among the travelers were Mohamed Atta and Abdul Aziz al Omari, who arrived at the airport in Portland, Maine. Boston: American 11 and United 175. Atta and Omari boarded a 6:00 A.M. flight from Portland to Boston's Logan International Airport. When he checked in for his flight to Boston, Atta was selected by a computerized prescreening system known as CAPPS (Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System), created to identify passengers who should be subject to special security measures. Under security rules in place at the time, the only consequence of Atta's selection by CAPPS was that his checked bags were held off the plane until it was confirmed that he had boarded the aircraft. This did not hinder Atta's plans. Atta and Omari arrived in Boston at 6:45. Seven minutes later, Atta apparently took a call from Marwan al Shehhi, a longtime colleague who was at another terminal at Logan Airport. They spoke for three minutes. It would be their final conversation. <sep>At what time did Atta take a phone call from Marwan al Shehhi?<sep>6:07
Example Output: No
Example Input: Earthquakes seemed to outline a special feature of earth's crust. Earthquakes let scientists know where the crust was moving. This led to the discovery that the Earths crust was broken up into regions, or plates. Earthquakes happen most often along these plate boundaries. This was evidence that continents can move. The movements of the plates are called plate tectonics. The Earths crust is divided into plates. There are about a dozen large plates and several small ones. Each plate is named for the continent or ocean basin it contains. Scientists know he plates are in motion. They now know the direction and speed of this motion . Plates dont move very fast. They move only a few centimeters a year. This is about the same rate fingernails grow. So you might wonder, what could cause this motion? What supplies the energy to cause this change? <sep>To get a sense of how fast plates move, what can you look at on your body?<sep>Feet
Example Output: | No
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Banana-Sam was resting comfortably behind the scenes at the San Francisco Zoo on Sunday, with staffers keeping close tabs on the squirrel monkey after his weekend kidnapping ordeal.
The 17-year-old primate spent New Year's Day recuperating out of the public eye after a nearly 40-hour adventure that began with his abduction late Thursday or early Friday.
The 2-pound creature was shaking, hungry and cold when police returned him to the zoo Saturday evening, but he was relatively clean and with no obvious trauma, said Danny Latham, a zoo spokesman.
"We have no idea the conditions in which he was kept," he said.
Latham said it was unclear when Banana-Sam would return to his exhibit with his 17 squirrel monkey friends.
"We hope very, very soon," he said. "I'm sure people will want to come and see him."
Banana-Sam gained worldwide fame as his abduction spread around the globe. A Twitter account that someone opened in his name, @SF_BananaSam, had more than 2,000 followers, with posts detailing his alleged exploits throughout the city.
A trip to the monkey bars in Golden Gate Park was apparently disappointing.
"I was never cut out for life on the outside," read one post following his return. "3 hots and a cot for me!"
On Sunday, police continued to investigate the case. They said a visitor to Stern Grove in the Sunset District found the monkey and coaxed him into a backpack Saturday evening.
A $5,000 reward for the monkey's safe return had not yet been paid out, Latham said.
The kidnappers apparently knew where they were going and what they were doing. They climbed on a roof to cut through netting to nab Banana-Sam, making off with the animal despite guards and security cameras.
"Regardless of how many feet or eyes you have, if someone is willing to do something, they're going to find a way to do it," Latham said.
Still, the zoo has beefed up security on the graveyard shift since the incident.
"We're just happy that it turned out the way it did," Latham said. "It's a very happy story."
This article appeared on page C - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle ||||| A beloved squirrel monkey known as Banana Sam was returned scared but safe to the San Francisco Zoo on Saturday night, two days after he was taken.
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Banana Sam was "hungry, trembling and thirsty," after police returned him to the zoo, but a full physical examination showed he was healthy, zoo spokesman Danny Latham said in a statement.
Banana Sam's theft Thursday prompted the zoo to boost security and keep the other 17 squirrel monkeys indoors.
He was taken after thieves cut through a gate and made holes in the mesh surrounding the monkey exhibit.
The 17-year-old monkey was found at Stern Grove, a park about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the zoo, police spokesman Carlos Manfredi said.
The monkey was found by a bystander who saw him come out of the bushes.
"He managed to coax the monkey into his backpack," Manfredi said.
The man called police, and within an hour they met with zoo officials, who verified the monkey's identity.
"We are so thankful to the community and to the San Francisco Police Department for this happy ending," zoo director Tanya Peterson said in a statement. "I know it's been extremely stressful for zoo staff during this time but we are grateful Banana Sam is back at the zoo where he belongs."
No one has been arrested and no suspects have been identified.
"We're looking at every possible avenue, including the bystander," Manfredi said.
A $5,000 reward had been offered for his safe return.
The two-pound (900-gram), one-foot-(90-centimeter-)tall Banana Sam is an elder among squirrel monkeys, whose lifespan is about 20 years.
Common squirrel monkeys like him are not endangered, and are often seen in pet markets and medical research. While some states allow keeping monkeys as pets, in California it is illegal. |||||
| A monkey simian-napped from the San Francisco Zoo was returned by a man who said he coaxed the animal from the bushes at a nearby park into his backpack. The 17-year-old spider monkey, Banana Sam, was "hungry, trembling and thirsty," but healthy, said a zoo worker. He was missing close to 40 hours. The kidnappers had climbed onto a roof to cut through netting to grab the monkey, despite guards and security cameras at the zoo. "We're just happy that it turned out the way it did," a zoo spokesman told the San Francisco Chronicle. A $5,000 reward for Banana Sam's safe return hasn't been paid out yet. Police are continuing to investigate. "We're looking at every possible avenue, including the bystander," a police spokesman told AP. |
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: Oscar Pistorius, feeling vulnerable and anxious, snapped like an abused woman the night he killed Reeva Steenkamp, his lawyer has said in closing arguments at the double amputee sprinter's murder trial.
Barry Roux, the lead defence lawyer, told the court that Pistorius suffers from the "slow burn" of a lifetime of insecurity due to his disability, comparing his anxiety to that of a woman who snaps and kills her partner after years of abuse.
Throughout the trial, Mr Roux has sought to portray Pistorius as a vulnerable man obsessed with safety in a country with a high crime rate. The defence argues that he accidentally shot four times through a lavatory door because he thought there was an intruder, heard a noise and was "startled".
"You have the effect of the slow burn of insecurities over many years. You're an athlete. You're trained to react to a sound, and he stands there now with his finger ready to fire, and then," Mr Roux said, before banging the wooden lectern in front of him to make a startling sound.
Mr Roux, responding to state prosecutor Gerrie Nel's closing argument Thursday, admitted that Pistorius had been argumentative as a witness.
In an about-turn, he also said the 27-year-old athlete was guilty of negligence for discharging a gun in a crowded Johannesburg restaurant.
Pistorius had pleaded not guilty to the charge.
But, Mr Roux maintained, Pistorius did not intentionally kill Reeva Steenkamp when he shot her dead last Valentine's Day.
Judge Thokozile Masipa, who has previously given long sentences to men found guilty of killing their partners, asked Mr Roux what he meant by the "slow burn" and abused woman comparison, asking: "How does it apply to the accused in this case?"
"That constant reminder, I do not have legs, I can not run away, I am not the same, that's with him, he can't pretend, he can't pretend that it's fine," Mr Roux replied.
"The effect of that over time, it filled the cup to the brim," said Roux, who said that when Pistorius is startled, a fight response takes over. "That fight one is exaggerated because over time it develops, because there is no flight."
Closing arguments in the trial, which began March 3, are slated to wrap up today. Judge Masipa is expected to announce a date for a verdict in the case. ||||| Oscar Pistorius sits in court during his trial, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief defense lawyer for Pistorius delivered final arguments in the athlete's trial on Friday, alleging... (Associated Press)
Oscar Pistorius, left, walks past Barry Steenkamp, the father of Reeva Steenkamp, right, during his trial, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief defense lawyer for Pistorius delivered... (Associated Press)
Henk Pistorius, the father of Oscar Pistorius, sits in court during his son's trial, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief defense lawyer for Pistorius delivered final arguments in... (Associated Press)
Oscar Pistorius, left, sits in court during his trial, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief defense lawyer for Pistorius delivered final arguments in the athlete's trial on Friday,... (Associated Press)
Oscar Pistorius, left, towards the parents of the late Reeva Steenkamp, June, second from right and Barry Steenkamp, right, on his arrival at court for his murder trial, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday,... (Associated Press)
Oscar Pistorius, gestures, as he sits in court, during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief defense lawyer for Oscar Pistorius delivered final arguments in the athlete's... (Associated Press)
Oscar Pistorius, left, speaks with a member of his legal team, Brian Webber, right, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief defense lawyer for Oscar Pistorius delivered final arguments... (Associated Press)
Family members of Oscar Pistorius, left to right, sister Aimee Pistorius, aunt Lois and uncle Arnold Pistorius sit in court, during his trial, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief... (Associated Press)
Oscar Pistorius, left, gets a hug from his estranged father Henk Pistorius, right, in court at his murder trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief defense lawyer for Oscar Pistorius,... (Associated Press)
Parents of the late Reeva Steenkamp, June, left, and Barry Steenkamp, right, attend the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Final arguments by the defense... (Associated Press)
Oscar Pistorius, pauses in court, during his trial, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief defense lawyer for Oscar Pistorius delivered final arguments in the athlete's murder trial... (Associated Press)
Chief defense lawyer for Oscar Pistorius, Barry Roux, addresses the court, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. The chief defense lawyer for Oscar Pistorius delivered final arguments in the... (Associated Press)
Chief defense lawyer for Oscar Pistorius, Barry Roux, addresses the court, in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. In his final arguments Roux alleges that Pistorius thought he was in danger... (Associated Press) |||||
A: | Oscar Pistorius will know next month whether he's going to prison for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Closing arguments finished today, and Judge Thokozile Masipa said she would announce her verdict on Sept. 11, the AP reports. After prosecutor Gerrie Nel ripped into the defense's case yesterday, Pistorius' lawyer took to the floor today to describe the double-amputee athlete as vulnerable and insecure because of his lifelong disability. Attorney Barry Roux went so far as to compare him to a wife who kills her partner after years of abuse, reports the Telegraph. The "slow burn of insecurities," paired with his athletic training, caused him to snap when he felt his life was in danger, said Roux. Prosecutors are pushing for 25 years to life for premeditated murder, though the judge has a range of lesser penalties at her disposal, along with exoneration. Roux also said that Pistorius' behavior following the shooting—including calling for help—shows that it was a tragic mistake, not a murder. As for his poor memory on the stand? Roux linked it to Pistorius' "severe depression." And though the prosecution argued Steenkamp's stomach contents indicated the couple stayed up arguing after Pistorius said they went to bed, Roux said the judge "cannot exclude" the possibility that Steenkamp woke up for a late-night snack. He also said that a security guard who passed Pistorius' house and heard no argument when the prosecution said it took place is "fatal to the state's case." Roux did, however, admit Pistorius is guilty of a gun charge related to an incident at a Johannesburg restaurant. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Under federal law, airsoft guns are not classified as firearms and are legal for all ages. People under the age of 18 are not permitted to buy airsoft guns over the counter in stores. However, a person of any age may use one (with the permission of their parents, of course, for anyone under 18). This is also the case for the laws in each state. However, in some major cities, the definition of a firearm within their respected ordinances includes propulsion by spring or compressed air, thus making airsoft subject to applicable laws. For example, airsoft guns within the state of California can only be bought by a person above the age of 18. However, no laws indicate an age requirement to sell airsoft guns. Generally speaking, toy, look-alike, and imitation firearms must have an orange tip during shipping and transportation. | do you have to be 18 to buy airsoft guns? |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2013. Kerry made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and will urge al-Maliki... (Associated Press)
The U.S. has made clear that Iraq shouldn't allow Iran to use its airspace to ship weapons and fighters to Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters Sunday during an unannounced trip to Baghdad.
Following private discussions with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Kerry said the two had a "very spirited discussion" on the subject of Iranian overflights. The U.S. believes the Iranian shipments are aiding Syrian President Bashar Assad and undermining Western-backed opposition groups.
"I made it very clear that for those of us who are engaged in an effort to see President Assad step down ... anything that supports President Assad is problematic," Kerry said.
Kerry also said that U.S. lawmakers and the American people are "increasingly watching what Iraq is doing and wondering how it is a partner."
In the absence of a complete ban on flights, the U.S. would at least like the planes to land and be inspected in Iraq to ensure that they are carrying humanitarian supplies. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton secured a pledge from Iraq to inspect the flights last year, but since then only two aircraft have been checked by Iraqi authorities, according to U.S. officials.
The overflights have long been a source of contention between the U.S. and Iraq and Kerry will tell the Iraqis that allowing them to continue will make the situation in Syria worse and ultimately threaten Iraq's stability.
One senior U.S. official said the sheer number of overflights, which occur "close to daily," along with shipments trucked to Syria from Iran through Iraq, was inconsistent with claims they are only carrying humanitarian supplies. The official said it was in Iraq's interest to prevent the situation in Syria from deteriorating further, particularly as there are fears that al-Qaida-linked extremists may gain a foothold in the country as the Assad regime falters.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to publicly preview Kerry's meetings, said there are clear links between al-Qaida linked extremists operating in Syria and militants who are also carrying out terrorist attacks in Iraqi territory with increasing regularity.
A group of fighters in Syria known as Jabhat al-Nusra, a powerful offshoot of al-Qaida in Iraq that the U.S. has designated a terrorist organization, has claimed responsibility for most of the deadliest suicide bombings against regime and military facilities and, as a result, has gained popularity among some rebels.
Kerry will tell al-Maliki, a Shiite with close ties to Iran, that Iraq cannot be part of the political discussion about Syria's future until it clamps down on the Iranian shipments, the senior official said.
As Iraq approaches provincial elections next month, Kerry will also stress the importance of ensuring that all elements of society feel enfranchised, the official said. A recent decision to delay the polls in Anbar and Nineveh provinces is a "serious setback" to Iraq's democratic institutions and should be revisited, the official said.
In addition to al-Maliki, Kerry saw Iraqi parliament speaker parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a Sunni, whose faction is at odds with Maliki's Shiia. Kerry also spoke by phone with Massoud Barzani, the head of the Kurdish Regional Government based in Irbil to encourage the Kurds not go ahead with unilateral actions - especially involving oil, like a pipeline deal with Turkey.
He will stress the "importance of maintaining the unity of Iraq," say that "separate efforts undercut the unity of the country" and that "the Kurdish republic cannot survive financially without the support of Baghdad," the official said.
Kerry's arrival came just three days after the anniversary of the U.S.-led war that began on March 20, 2003, with an airstrike on Dora Farms in southern Baghdad in a failed attempt to kill Hussein.
The invasion and toppling of Hussein sparked years of bloodshed as Sunni and Shiite militants battled U.S. forces and each other, leaving nearly 4,500 U.S. soldiers and more than 100,000 Iraqis dead.
Violence has ebbed sharply since the peak of Sunni-Shiite fighting that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006 and 2007. But insurgents are still able to stage high-profile attacks, and sectarian and ethnic rivalries remain threats to the country's long-term stability.
Earlier this week, an al-Qaida in Iraq front group claimed responsibility nearly 20 attacks that killed 65 people across the country on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Islamic State of Iraq said it unleashed the car bombs and other explosions to avenge the executions and "massacres" of convicted Sunni inmates held in Iraqi prisons. Its claim came on the 10th anniversary of the start of the war, although it made no reference to the significance of the date.
Kerry arrived in Baghdad from Amman, where he had been accompanying President Barack Obama on his tour of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. His visit to Iraq is the first by a U.S. secretary of state since Clinton went in April 2009. During Obama's first term, the Iraq portfolio was largely delegated to Vice President Joe Biden.
Since Clinton's trip, the American diplomatic presence in Iraq has shrunk dramatically, most significantly since U.S. ended military operations in late 2011, according to officials. A year ago, there were 16,000 State Department employees and contractors in the country. As of Kerry's visit, that number had declined to 10,500 and it will drop to 5,100 by the end of 2013, officials said. ||||| Iraq is helping to shore up the besieged regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by allowing Iranian arms and fighters to cross into Syria from Iraq, Secretary of State John F. Kerry charged Sunday.
During an unannounced trip to Baghdad, Kerry lobbied Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for greater scrutiny of flights that cross Iraq. He appeared to make little headway with Maliki, a Shiite with long-standing ties to Iran and little inclination to do U.S. bidding 10 years after the American invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.
Maliki is a prickly leader whose relations with U.S. officials have grown more strained since the departure of American forces and the re-emergence of widespread sectarian violence in Iraq. Maliki’s consolidation of power worries his U.S. backers. His dealings with Shiite Iran worry them more.
“Iraq’s success will take enormous cooperation,” Kerry said. “It’ll take dialogue, and it’ll take courage. It’ll require the resolve to defend the sovereignty of the country and its airspace. . . .
“We all want to see Iraq succeed. There’s such an enormous investment of our treasure, our people and our money in this initiative.”
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The Obama administration has been unable to persuade Iraq to block overflights from Iran or even to perform regular inspections.
“We had a very spirited discussion,” Kerry said after the meeting with Maliki, “and I made it very clear to the prime minister that the overflights from Iran are, in fact, helping to sustain President Assad and his regime.”
Kerry began the session with Maliki by joking that he had been assured that the Iraqi leader would “do everything that I say.” Maliki had a good-natured reply: “We won’t do it,” he said through an interpreter. Both men smiled.
Iraq says Iranian flights over its territory carry only humanitarian supplies for the civil war in next-door Syria, and the only two known inspections of Iranian aircraft found just those supplies.
The United States says the sheer volume of flights and overland vehicle traffic to Syria through Iraq points to regular arms shipments. A senior U.S. official traveling with Kerry said there are flights nearly every day. The official would not say how the United States is certain that the planes are carrying weapons for Assad, an Iranian ally, but repeatedly asserted that is the case.
“We know” the contents, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview Kerry’s argument to Maliki.
Iraq is not part of a U.S.- and European-led group of nations backing the Syrian rebels in their effort to oust Assad. The leader of the main U.S.-backed Syrian opposition group resigned Sunday amid infighting. Kerry said he was sorry, but not surprised, to see Mouaz al-Khatib leave.
“It’s almost inevitable, in the transition of a group such as the opposition, for these kinds of changes to take place as it evolves,” Kerry said.
Addressing the prospects for talks between Israel and the Palestinians after President Obama’s recent Middle East visit, Kerry was cautious.
“All of us have learned in the course of the last years, through many presidents and many secretaries of state, there has been no more intractable problem,” he said. “And so, expressing optimism when you don’t even have negotiations would be foolhardy. What I have is hope.”
In Iraq, Kerry also pressed Maliki to reconsider a decision to postpone local elections in two Sunni-majority provinces and to share power more equally with Sunnis and Kurds. The secretary also invoked Iraq’s first free election, in 2005, to urge Maliki to revisit the issue.
“No country knows more about voting under difficult circumstances than Iraq,” Kerry said at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy.
Iraq remains badly divided along sectarian lines, with near-daily killings and terrorist attacks attributed to sectarian rivalries. The Shiite-led cabinet last week postponed the elections, scheduled for April 20, for up to six months in Anbar and Nineveh provinces, citing threats to electoral workers.
“It would be disingenuous not to come here and say that there is a great deal of work yet to do. The United States is clear-eyed about the challenges that are still presented here in Iraq,” Kerry said.
Kerry’s visit comes at a low point for American influence. The Obama administration was unable to negotiate a long-term security agreement with the Maliki government, leading to the departure of all U.S. forces and most civilians by late 2011.
The mammoth U.S. Embassy in downtown Baghdad, the largest and most expensive in the world, is downsizing from more than 16,000 employees to about 5,000 this year. Only about 1,000 of those left will be diplomats.
The United States also is dismantling the vestiges of a police training program once envisioned as its signature contribution to postwar Iraq, in an acknowledgment of Iraqis’ lack of interest in a multibillion-dollar investment designed to bolster the country’s troubled judicial system.
Kerry’s trip is the first to Iraq by a U.S. secretary of state since Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled here in 2009, and it comes amid growing criticism from Iraqi officials, who say the United States has not done enough to build a strong postwar relationship with Baghdad.
American officials say that they are committed to building a stronger relationship with Iraq but that the country’s deadlocked politics, security concerns and endemic corruption have hindered U.S. investment.
Overall, Ambassador Stephen Beecroft said in a recent interview, the United States has made significant contributions to Iraq, the many missteps of the war notwithstanding.
“It’s a vastly different place,” Beecroft said, reflecting on the U.S. legacy in Iraq. “It basically took Iraq from a very limited society that had very limited options and opportunities for its people and opened those up to a democratic system that provides much more in the way of freedom and choices and opportunities.”
Many Iraqis have a dimmer view of the situation in their country, citing a stubborn insurgency, rising sectarian tension and a political crisis that has led Sunnis and Kurds to boycott Maliki’s Shiite-run government.
No Kurdish leaders came to Baghdad to meet Kerry.
Ernesto Londoño and Karen DeYoung contributed to this report. |||||
A: | John Kerry dropped in unannounced on Iraq today, the first visit by an American secretary of state in four years, and he used the opportunity to continue prodding Nouri al-Maliki to slow the Iranian weapons that flow through his skies and into the hands of Syria's Bashar al-Assad. “We had a very spirited discussion,” Kerry said, “and I made it very clear to the prime minister that the overflights from Iran are in fact helping to sustain President Assad and his regime.” The US wants Iran's near-daily flights either banned or forced to land in Iraq for inspection, notes the Washington Post. Hillary Clinton last year exacted a promise from Baghdad to inspect the flights; only two have been inspected in the interim. Maliki has proven prickly on the subject, adds the AP, refusing inspections on the grounds that the planes carry humanitarian supplies. Kerry warned that America is eying the aid it sends Baghdad, and "increasingly watching what Iraq is doing and wondering how it is a partner." |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Which of the following is not someone's last name: von Kleist, Leyden or van Musschenbroek?, Context: In October 1745, Ewald Georg von Kleist of Pomerania, Germany, found that charge could be stored by connecting a high-voltage electrostatic generator by a wire to a volume of water in a hand-held glass jar. Von Kleist's hand and the water acted as conductors, and the jar as a dielectric (although details of the mechanism were incorrectly identified at the time). Von Kleist found that touching the wire resulted in a powerful spark, much more painful than that obtained from an electrostatic machine. The following year, the Dutch physicist Pieter van Musschenbroek invented a similar capacitor, which was named the Leyden jar, after the University of Leiden where he worked. He also was impressed by the power of the shock he received, writing, "I would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France."
Output: | Leyden |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: ***Please read the latest update!! I'm overwhelmed by this response. This is unbelievable!!*** You can also: Follow Jessie Grady on Facebook For Updates On the night before Thanksgiving, I witnessed a white woman engage in a 30 minute racist rant (complete with yelling and cursing and repeated references to the fact that employees were African American) against the employees at a Chicago Michaels store - because she did not like that they offered her the option to purchase a re-usable shopping bag for her larger items. I was directly in front of this customer in line, I stopped at the exit to show my 2 year old a Christmas ornament and witnessed first-hand that the Michaels’ employees did nothing to provoke this verbal attack, and in fact treated all customers with professionalism and courtesy. I was so shocked by this unprovoked attack that I captured 17 minutes of it on video on my phone. I am starting this gofundme because I’d like to do something to try to make it up to the employee who was the main target of this racist attack. I’d like to show her that many people are horrified by how this woman treated her, and that we stand with her and appreciate her hard work. She inspired me because despite the hateful words that were being hurled in her direction, she stood in that entranceway calm and unmoving to protect her staff and customers. Her calmness calmed me and I saw a true leader, which in today’s world, is something to be rewarded. All proceeds from this gofundme will be given to this employee, who has three children, to try to make her busy holiday season brighter. In the current climate I believe it’s very important that we go out of our way to treat each other with dignity, kindness and politeness, and that we stand up for each other when we see people being mistreated.***Thank you so much for everyone's kindness and generosity, I want to reiterate that the police were called, bystanders, including myself, were actively involved and the staff handled this flawlessly. There is so much you don't see in this video. Atleast ten customers stood next to the manager and waited for the police. That is what shocked the manager and myself the most, that people actually spoke up. You had to be there to see how the people were united. Thank you so much for helping me with this small gesture to thank this employee. Over 48,000 people have seen this video, if that many people gifted $1 this could be life-changing. I saw a hero and a leader in this manager. I was inspired by her. This incident started over a $1 re-usuable bag, but it's not new for African Americans and other POC. We have to stand up, if you can't speak up, at least be a witness and share your story. ||||| In part of a viral video, an angry customer is seen yelling at a Michaels employee claiming she was discriminated against while checking out at a Chicago store Wednesday. (Video Courtesy: Jessie Grady) (Published Monday, Nov. 28, 2016)
Supporters have rallied around a Michaels store manager after video of an incident at a Chicago location the day before Thanksgiving went viral.
The footage, which had been viewed more than 590,000 times as of Monday afternoon, showed an angry customer yelling at an employee claiming she was discriminated against while checking out Wednesday. By Tuesday morning, more than 2 million people watched the footage. In the video, the white customer is seen calling a black employee at the Lakeview store “an animal” and telling one employee to “shut your face.”
She claims an employee discriminated against her and mumbled that she must have voted for Donald Trump, but the employee is heard in the video denying that claim.
“And I voted for Trump, so there,” she said. “What? You want to kick me out because of that? And look who won. Look who won.”
Specialized Wheelchairs Stolen From Nonprofit's Warehouse
California state assemblyman Matt Dababneh worked to raise money to replace the specialized wheelchairs designed for children and adults with disabilities after they were stolen from a nonprofit's warehouse in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. (Published 3 hours ago)
The woman vows to report the employees to their corporate headquarters and yells at bystanders filming the incident before calling the police. An employee can be heard in the background telling the woman she was not discriminated against, but that the employee asked if she would like to buy a reusable bag.
"When I asked for my things to be bagged, and I don't care about the size of the bag, this other woman makes a big deal about it, coming around," she says in the video. "She's screaming at me from across the store, screaming at me."
Jessie Grady, who witnessed and filmed part of the 30-minute ordeal, posted the footage to social media and started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the employee targeted in the so-called rant.
Grady said the employees “did nothing to provoke this verbal attack and in fact treated all customers with professionalism and courtesy.”
Wild ATM Theft Caught On Camera
Pennsylvania State Police are looking for two bold thieves who stole an ATM machine. Video shows two men entering the area wearing ski masks and tying a rope around the ATM. Moments later the machine is ripped from the floor and smashes the glass on the way out the door. (Published 5 hours ago)
“I was so shocked by this unprovoked attack that I captured 17 minutes of it on video on my phone,” Grady wrote on the GoFundMe page. “I am starting this gofundme [sic] because I’d like to do something to try to make it up to the employee who was the main target of this racist attack. I’d like to show her that many people are horrified by how this woman treated her, and that we stand with her and appreciate her hard work. She inspired me because despite the hateful words that were being hurled in her direction, she stood in that entranceway calm and unmoving to protect her staff and customers.”
As of Monday afternoon, the campaign had raised more than $9,000, well above Grady’s goal of $400.
Both the woman in the video and bystanders called police to report the incident. Police confirmed officers were called to the store Wednesday, but when they arrived, the woman was gone and no police report could be filed.
Michaels said in a statement it does not “tolerate discrimination or racism of any kind against our team members or customers.”
“We regret that our customers and team members were affected by this unfortunate incident and are grateful for the leadership of our store team in working to resolve it without further escalation,” the statement read.
The company also tweeted Monday, “We appreciate the outpouring of support for our Chicago-based team member.” ||||| Tweet with a location
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Student: | An irate customer in a Chicago Michaels store created what NBC Chicago calls a "30-minute ordeal" that has since gone viral. Another customer, Jessie Grady, caught part of the incident on her phone, showing the white customer berating two black employees for what she says was an attempt to strong-arm her into buying a reusable shopping bag and for discriminating against her. She also claims one of the employees accused her under her breath of voting for Donald Trump (a claim the employee can be heard denying in the video). "And I voted for Trump, so there," the customer yells in the video. "What? You want to kick me out because of that? And look who won." She also calls the employee a "liar" and another one "an animal," and her diatribe also covered Grady and her family. Grady was so incensed at what she says was this "unprovoked attack" that she created a GoFundMe page for the worker who took the brunt of the customer's wrath (nearly $30,000 has been raised so far). "I'd like to show her that many people are horrified by how this woman treated her," Grady writes. In a statement, Michaels said it doesn't "tolerate discrimination or racism of any kind" and was "grateful for the leadership of our store team." In a Monday tweet, it also expressed thanks for the "outpouring of support for our Chicago-based team member." The customer in the video left before cops arrived. |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Mr. Speaker, what the member has failed to point out is that the number of jobs in Canada has jumped by 1.2 million since October 1993 because of a healthy economy, because we have put our fiscal house back in order, because we now have active measures to help workers back into the job market, because of 30,000 such jobs, and because of the transitional jobs fund in regions where unemployment was too high.
Hypothesis: tax funded programs have pulled canadas job market out of the gutter | It's impossible to say |
Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to prune arborvitae
Shear in early spring.
Early spring is a good time for heavy pruning because new growth hasn't started yet. When new growth does come in, it will hide the cuts you made in the tree.
Choices: (1). When it does come in, make sure you trim it back until the tree reaches it's maximum number of buds. If possible, remove only the deadhead because not fully exposing it to sunlight can cause it to rot.; (2). The shear process produces new growth and often removes visible roots, making them a bit more resistant to pruning. Shear younger mature arborvitae at three years old.; (3). To shear the plant, go over the whole plant with your pruning shears. Trim the tips off all of the branches to create a more even shape.; (4). Since the pruning time is usually split between december and march, pruning too early will startle or even kill a healthy tree and remove most of its foliage. If you can't prune after april, this is a good time to take a pruning before christmas so as not to sneak in.; | (3). |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
PETA wants to build a 5-foot tombstone where lobsters may have died after a crash on Route 1 in Brunswick, Maine, in August 2018. (PETA)
BRUNSWICK, Maine (WGME) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals want to build a 5-foot tombstone where lobsters may have died after a crash on Route 1 in Brunswick, Maine, last week.
According to the Brunswick Police Department several of the crustaceans that a Cozy Harbor Seafood truck was carrying got crushed as a result of the rollover.
"It was something I've never seen before," said Detective William Moir of the Brunswick Police Department. "Some lobsters were loose on the ground from being spilled over so we went to work to save the ones we could."
The organization sent a letter to the Maine Department of Transportation asking if it could create the roadside memorial where the lobsters lost their lives.
"Countless sensitive crustaceans experienced an agonizing death when this truck rolled over and their bodies came crashing down onto the highway," PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said.
"PETA hopes to pay tribute to these individuals who didn't want to die with a memorial urging people to help prevent future suffering by keeping lobsters and all other animals off their plates."
Some Mainers say lobster's belong on their dinner table and they don't agree with a memorial.
"It just seems a little extreme to me," said Timothy Smith. "I am all for animal rights but I just don't understand putting up a tombstone for some lobsters I'm sorry, haha."
"I'm not cruel to animals but that goes way to far and a monument on the highway? We don't even put monuments up for people who die, added Janie Roy. "What's the difference between them falling on the road and dying or being thrown in boil hot water and we eat them every single day either way they're dead lobsters."
WGME reached out to the Maine DOT for a comment in regards to PETA's request, WGME has not heard back. ||||| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) asked Maine officials on Wednesday for permission to build a large grave to mark the site of a truck crash that resulted in thousands of lobsters spilling out onto a highway.
PETA hopes to memorialize the “countless sensitive crustaceans” who were killed during the Aug. 22 crash in Brunswick, the animal rights group said.
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Police said 7,000 pounds of live lobsters were destroyed and it’s suspected it was more than 4,500 lobsters that died, according to the Portland Press Herald.
The grave would “remind everyone that the best way to prevent such tragedies is to go vegan,” the animal rights group said.
A mockup of the gravestone shows a lobster with the words, “In Memory of the Lobsters Who Suffered and Died at This Spot.”
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Maine’s Department of Transportation is reviewing the group’s request, spokesman Ted Talbot told the Herald. He said temporary signs can be no larger than 4 feet by 8 feet and could be in public for up to 12 weeks. PETA hopes to erect a 5-foot memorial for the lobsters. It would be located on Route 1 in Brunswick.
It's unclear how much the gravestone would cost.
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PETA sparked controversy last week when the group erected a billboard in Maryland encouraging people to “go vegan” and stop eating crabs.
PETA said the sign was put up as “part of a nationwide campaign to encourage diners to leave crabs and other sea animals off dinner plates and in their aquatic homes.” |||||
Output: | If you stopped eating crabs at PETA's request, you'll probably love the animal rights group's latest idea. PETA has asked Maine officials for permission to build a 5-foot tombstone in Brunswick to honor an estimated 4,500 lobsters killed when a truck overturned on a highway last week, reports Fox News. The Maine Department of Transportation is reviewing the request, which includes a mock-up of the tombstone for "sensitive crustaceans." "In Memory of the Lobsters Who Suffered and Died at This Spot," it reads, followed by "Try Vegan." Locals aren't exactly on board. "We don't even put monuments up for people who die," one tells WGME. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: Which category contains a 2 year old tree?, Context: To accurately map the Amazon's biomass and subsequent carbon related emissions, the classification of tree growth stages within different parts of the forest is crucial. In 2006 Tatiana Kuplich organized the trees of the Amazon into four categories: (1) mature forest, (2) regenerating forest [less than three years], (3) regenerating forest [between three and five years of regrowth], and (4) regenerating forest [eleven to eighteen years of continued development]. The researcher used a combination of Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and Thematic Mapper (TM) to accurately place the different portions of the Amazon into one of the four classifications.
A: 2
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Q: what is the last area in asia mentioned?, Context: In 1952, the United States elected a new president, and on 29 November 1952, the president-elect, Dwight D. Eisenhower, went to Korea to learn what might end the Korean War. With the United Nations' acceptance of India's proposed Korean War armistice, the KPA, the PVA, and the UN Command ceased fire with the battle line approximately at the 38th parallel. Upon agreeing to the armistice, the belligerents established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which has since been patrolled by the KPA and ROKA, United States, and Joint UN Commands.
A: Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
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Q: How many people have put the ball past the goalie ten squared times?, Context: The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-four players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 14 different players from 10 different clubs have won or shared the top scorers title. Thierry Henry won his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively. Ryan Giggs of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league.
A: | Twenty-four
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Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to calculate pulse pressure
Take your blood pressure.
Taking a traditional blood pressure measurement with a blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, and analog sphygmomanometer can take some practice and requires instruction and experience. Some people visit automated machines at their local pharmacy in order to get their blood pressure taken.
pick from the following. [-] During the basic procedure, you will move your arms from right to left and back again with 10-12 inches (25.4 cm) of space between each move that makes the cuff measured. These adjustments will give you an accurate reading of your blood pressure.; [-] These machines only perform the recommended number of readings on a regular basis. Other electronic devices such as a cell phone, computer, and tablets take your blood pressure in exchange.; [-] Some automated machines have a webcam slot where you can record your results. In addition, the machine will write down the amount of energy that you are spending creating blood pressure readings, time between uses, and information based on your age and height.; [-] It can be quite difficult to take your own blood pressure if you are using the traditional method. If possible, get a someone to help and take your blood pressure for you.; | It can be quite difficult to take your own blood pressure if you are using the traditional method. If possible, get a someone to help and take your blood pressure for you. |
Definition: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: In the article, "the latter" refers to what?, Context: Three other efforts to improve regulation of international pesticide trade are the United Nations London Guidelines for the Exchange of Information on Chemicals in International Trade and the United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission.[citation needed] The former seeks to implement procedures for ensuring that prior informed consent exists between countries buying and selling pesticides, while the latter seeks to create uniform standards for maximum levels of pesticide residues among participating countries. Both initiatives operate on a voluntary basis.
Output: | the United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission |
IN: What happens next?
Four adults are sitting at a table in a kitchen. a man
OPTIONS:
- drinks a cup of coffee.
- uses a fork to scrape butter out of the ice outside, he first drizzles the ice off of the knife.
- comes in and starts scrubbing the inside and outside and wiping it off.
- picks up a cake pan with a spatula and puts ingredients inside.
OUT: drinks a cup of coffee.
IN: What happens next?
How to live life
Nurture the relationships in your life.
It can be easy to take the people we love for granted. Yes, friends and family are what get us through the tough times, but they are also there for the good times as well--the problem is that we don't always notice.
OPTIONS:
- Our favorite memories are those shared with our loved ones--but it's important to remember that these memories are temporary. Spend time with your family and friends.
- Show them in little ways that you care. Bring flowers for your mom when it's not her birthday.
- Good relationships are not just for people in our lives. Sometimes they are wonderful and golden threads that bring us together and turn us to how we really are.
- Ignoring the good' times' will only keep you busy. Point out that things or people we encounter often have a big impact on our relationships.
OUT: Show them in little ways that you care. Bring flowers for your mom when it's not her birthday.
IN: What happens next?
How to do the pretzel stretch
Do some split kicks.
Split kicks will help to warm up your muscles and loosen up your hamstrings. Focusing on one side at a time, kick your leg up into the air straight in front of you and moving in towards your face.
OPTIONS:
- Continue to kick your leg in this motion for about one minute and then switch to the other side. Kick to the side for t-kicks.
- You can do three, five, or ten split kicks or do them in a row. Try holding two or three pretzels.
- Start with your right leg up first, then switch legs and kick your right leg up, then kick your left leg up behind you. This will stretch out your hamstrings and improve your balance.
- As you do this, switch sides as required. Keep moving straight up and left for 30-60 seconds, then switch sides and repeat the exercise on the other side.
OUT: | Continue to kick your leg in this motion for about one minute and then switch to the other side. Kick to the side for t-kicks. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
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Question: what race is mentioned first?, Context: NASCAR (headquartered in Daytona Beach) begins all three of its major auto racing series in Florida at Daytona International Speedway in February, featuring the Daytona 500, and ends all three Series in November at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Daytona also has the Coke Zero 400 NASCAR race weekend around Independence Day in July. The 24 Hours of Daytona is one of the world's most prestigious endurance auto races. The Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and Grand Prix of Miami have held IndyCar races as well.
Answer: Daytona 500
Question: What is the second distance given in the text in km, Context: The most dense rail network in Europe of 5,063 km (3,146 mi) carries over 350 million passengers annually. In 2007, each Swiss citizen travelled on average 2,258 km (1,403 mi) by rail, which makes them the keenest rail users. The network is administered mainly by the Federal Railways, except in Graubünden, where the 366 km (227 mi) narrow gauge railway is operated by the Rhaetian Railways and includes some World Heritage lines. The building of new railway base tunnels through the Alps is under way to reduce the time of travel between north and south through the AlpTransit project.
Answer: 2,258 km
Question: Who did the men work for?, Context: His primary duty was planning for the next war, which proved most difficult in the midst of the Great Depression. He then was posted as chief military aide to General MacArthur, Army Chief of Staff. In 1932, he participated in the clearing of the Bonus March encampment in Washington, D.C. Although he was against the actions taken against the veterans and strongly advised MacArthur against taking a public role in it, he later wrote the Army's official incident report, endorsing MacArthur's conduct.
Answer: | Army
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Teacher:In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: 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>7
Student: | No |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Problem:Mechanical energy is a combination of the energy of motion or position. This type of energy describes objects that are moving or could move. A moving ball can have energy from motion. An arrow can also have the energy of motion. Both are types of mechanical energy. Can you think of some other examples? Where does the energy of motion come from? It comes from the energy created by position. This energy is stored energy. This means it is not moving yet, but it has the potential to move. How can you store energy? The arrow gains energy from the drawn bow. As the arrow is released, the bow releases its stored energy and puts the arrow into motion. Can you think of some other ways to store energy using position? <sep>What type of energy do a moving arrow or ball have?<sep>Motion
Solution: | No |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
See one example below:
Problem: 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
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Problem: The inhabited history of the Las Vegas Valley stretches to 23,000 b.c. , when much of the area was covered by a prehistoric lake. During this period, the indigenous people lived in caves, hunting the mammals that gathered at the shoreline. The landscape of the valley changed dramatically over the next 200 centuries. The glaciers feeding the lake melted away and the lake evaporated. Fossils tell an obscure story of man's slow and sporadic development. Around 3000 b.c. , native Archaic Indians began to develop a lasting hunting and gathering culture. By this time, the valley was in much the same geographic state as it exists in today, with one exception — the presence of artesian springs that bubbled to the surface in several areas. These springs fed a network of streams draining through the Las Vegas Wash to the Colorado River. The areas surrounding the springs were desert oases: sprawling collections of grasses, trees, and wildlife. Many springs lay in areas that would eventually become the center of the modern Las Vegas metropolis. For about 4000 years, the Archaics thrived in a culture that included many signs of early civilization. Signs of even more advancement appeared halfway through the first millennium a.d. , when the Anasazi Indians inhabited the valley. Far more progressive than the Archaics, the Anasazi utilized such formal agricultural techniques as irrigation to assist their harvest. This permitted the Anasazi to achieve a benchmark of advanced society — the ability to live in permanent shelters year-round without need to follow wildlife. Mysteriously, the Anasazi vanished from the valley around a.d. <sep>Which group that inhabited the Valley were the most advanced?<sep>The native Archaic Indians
Solution: | No |
Hugh Donald McCutcheon {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 13 October 1969), a native of Christchurch, New Zealand, is the former head coach of the US men's national volleyball team, the former head coach of the US women's national volleyball team, and the current head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's volleyball team.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Hugh Donald McCutcheon never coached a US volleyball team.
OPTIONS: *Yes; *It's impossible to say; *No; | No |
An indoor track is shown as a male begins running with a pole vault but he isn't successful in his jump. Another person then comes behind the camera and begins talking. the athlete
then does his jump several more times but he isn't successful.
A man is shown talking to the camera while walking slowly onto the field with a group of players. Various players are shown one on one with several shots of stadium and cities are shown. the athletes
prepare themselves for the match and are shown playing out on the field.
How to use surfy browser
Open the play store (android) or windows store (windows phone).
Search for surfy browser.
Tap surfy browser in the search results.
Tap install (android) or get (windows phone). When the installation is complete, an icon for surfy browser will appear on the home screen.
How to sex a hamster
Wait for the right time to inspect the hamster.
To determine sex, you are going to have to look at your hamster's hind end and underside. Your best bet is to wait until the hamster is alert and relaxed to examine it.
| Grabbing a sleeping or stressed hamster is a good way to get bitten. Try giving your hamster a treat and some attention. |
instruction:
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
question:
Which console had a larger selection of video games?, Context: The rivalry between Nintendo and Sega resulted in what has been described as one of the most notable console wars in video game history, in which Sega positioned the Genesis as the "cool" console, with more mature titles aimed at older gamers, and edgy advertisements that occasionally attacked the competition. Nintendo however, scored an early public relations advantage by securing the first console conversion of Capcom's arcade classic Street Fighter II for SNES, which took over a year to make the transition to Genesis. Despite the Genesis's head start, much larger library of games, and lower price point, the Genesis only represented an estimated 60% of the American 16-bit console market in June 1992, and neither console could maintain a definitive lead for several years. Donkey Kong Country is said to have helped establish the SNES's market prominence in the latter years of the 16-bit generation, and for a time, maintain against the PlayStation and Saturn. According to Nintendo, the company had sold more than 20 million SNES units in the U.S. According to a 2014 Wedbush Securities report based on NPD sales data, the SNES ultimately outsold the Genesis in the U.S. market.
answer:
Genesis
question:
what is the fourth word in the first paragraph?, Context: Representatives of the Polish government officially took over the civilian administration of the southern part of East Prussia on 23 May 1945. Subsequently Polish expatriates from Polish lands annexed by the Soviet Union as well as Ukrainians and Lemkos from southern Poland, expelled in Operation Vistula in 1947, were settled in the southern part of East Prussia, now the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. In 1950 the Olsztyn Voivodeship counted 689,000 inhabitants, 22.6% of them coming from areas annexed by the Soviet Union, 10% Ukrainians, and 18.5% of them pre-war inhabitants. The remaining pre-war population was treated as Germanized Poles and a policy of re-Polonization was pursued throughout the country Most of these "Autochthones" chose to emigrate to West Germany from the 1950s through 1970s (between 1970 and 1988 55,227 persons from Warmia and Masuria moved to Western Germany). Local toponyms were Polonised by the Polish Commission for the Determination of Place Names.
answer:
Polish
question:
Small pneumatic __ can hold only one person., Context: A residential elevator is often permitted to be of lower cost and complexity than full commercial elevators. They may have unique design characteristics suited for home furnishings, such as hinged wooden shaft-access doors rather than the typical metal sliding doors of commercial elevators. Construction may be less robust than in commercial designs with shorter maintenance periods, but safety systems such as locks on shaft access doors, fall arrestors, and emergency phones must still be present in the event of malfunction.
answer:
| elevators
|
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]: 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>Mrs Smith
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: The letterhead on correspondence still bears the Bexar County Legal Aid name, even though the organization is no longer. Texas Rural Legal Aid - known for its fearless and sometimes controversial advocacy of the poorest of the poor - last week took over four other corporations serving the legal needs of the indigent in Southwest Texas, including the one in Bexar County. The new 68-county legal aid organization has yet to be named and stretches from El Paso to Corpus Christi, Harlingen to Austin. The leader for the super-sized law firm has big plans. "I'm more interested in looking at what we as advocates can do to address the serious problems of poverty than the number of cases we close," said David Hall, the TRLA executive director. In the Rio Grande Valley, Hall's attorneys set up separate groups to assist small-business owners and residents with low-interest loans and legal representation. They also operate a legal arm that assists migrant workers from Texas to Kentucky. Now, Hall said, he wants to make services to the poor more efficient by working with law students who will handle less complicated legal matters, allowing licensed attorneys to take more "high impact" cases to court. "What we need to do is handle cases as efficiently as we can, leveraging the amount of time of the lawyer that goes in there and maximizing the number of people that they can help at one time," Hall said. His plan is to place the 110 attorneys on staff in teams working on specialized legal issues. He wants to expand the law clinic it already has with St. Mary's University Law School to involve students at the University of Texas Law School. The law students at St. Mary's interview potential clients, assist them with filling out legal documents and answer the telephones for the legal hotline, freeing up TRLA lawyers to handle the complicated cases, Hall said. By the end of September, Hall said all the attorneys working with the poor in the 68county area will be placed on the same computer network so they can pass cases to the best available attorneys. Last year, board members on the former Legal Aid of Central Texas and Bexar County Legal Aid resisted the merger, saying that the mergers were done illegally and without the input of board members. They also argued that Hall's litigious style hampered their ability to garner funds from Congress. TRLA generated controversy in 1996, when its attorneys challenged the rights of 800 military personnel to vote in Val Verde County elections by absentee ballot after a former Ku Klux Klan member won a county commissioner post. Brendan Gill, the former executive director of the Bexar County group, said he has since come to see the merger as a positive move for South Texas. "I always knew there were good points to merging, just as I knew that there were bad points," Gill said. <sep>What are the functions of Hall's firms in the Rio Grand Valley?<sep>Addressing the serious problems of poverty
[EX A]: No
[EX Q]: On December 4, as news came in about the discoveries in Jordan, National Security Council (NSC) Counterterrorism Coordinator Richard Clarke wrote Berger, "If George's [Tenet's] story about a planned series of UBL attacks at the Millennium is true, we will need to make some decisions NOW." He told us he held several conversations with President Clinton during the crisis. He suggested threatening reprisals against the Taliban in Afghanistan in the event of any attacks on U.S. interests, anywhere, by Bin Laden. He further proposed to Berger that a strike be made during the last week of 1999 against al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan-a proposal not adopted. Warned by the CIA that the disrupted Jordanian plot was probably part of a larger series of attacks intended for the millennium, some possibly involving chemical weapons, the Principals Committee met on the night of December 8 and decided to task Clarke's Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) to develop plans to deter and disrupt al Qaeda plots. Michael Sheehan, the State Department member of the CSG, communicated warnings to the Taliban that they would be held responsible for future al Qaeda attacks." Mike was not diplomatic," Clarke reported to Berger. With virtually no evidence of a Taliban response, a new approach was made to Pakistan. 13 General Anthony Zinni, the commander of Central Command (CENTCOM), was designated as the President's special envoy and sent to ask General Musharraf to "take whatever action you deem necessary to resolve the Bin Laden problem at the earliest possible time." But Zinni came back emptyhanded. As Ambassador William Milam reported from Islamabad, Musharraf was "unwilling to take the political heat at home." The CIA worked hard with foreign security services to detain or at least keep an eye on suspected Bin Laden associates. Tenet spoke to 20 of his foreign counterparts. Disruption and arrest operations were mounted against terrorists in eight countries. In mid-December, President Clinton signed a Memorandum of Notification (MON) giving the CIA broader authority to use foreign proxies to detain Bin Laden lieutenants, without having to transfer them to U.S. custody. The authority was to capture, not kill, though lethal force might be used if necessary.16Tenet would later send a message to all CIA personnel overseas, saying, "The threat could not be more real. <sep>What did Clark have several conversations with Clinton about?<sep>Warnings of the taliban
[EX A]: | No
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
As he nears a presidential decision, Gov. Christie's approval rating at home has fallen to 30 percent in a new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll.
As he nears a presidential decision, Gov. Christie’s approval rating at home has fallen to 30 percent in a new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll. The poll, released Tuesday, found 55 percent of New Jersey registered voters disapproved of Christie. The ratings represent a drop since April, when 36 percent of voters approved and 50 percent disapproved. Another gap grew on the question of whether voters like both the Republican governor and his policies. While 24 percent said they did, 39 percent disliked both, the widest gulf the poll has recorded. In February, 29 percent liked both Christie and his policies, and 35 percent disliked both. Forty-two percent of voters said they liked Christie less than when he took office in 2010, while 13 percent liked him more. The poll found 41 percent of voters unchanged in their opinion.
“The good news is that none of his potential presidential opponents have emerged with a decisive lead yet,” said Krista Jenkins, professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson and director of PublicMind. “The bad news is that he is the governor in a state where a sizable majority give a thumbs down to his leadership.”
Jenkins noted the ratings found broad dissatisfaction with New Jersey’s leadership. The poll found 24 percent of voters approved of the state Legislature, and 44 percent disapproved.
Christie's approval rating, which peaked in the 70s in the PublicMind poll following Hurricane Sandy in late 2012, dropped in the wake of the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal in January 2014. It stayed in the 40s in the PublicMind poll before sliding into the 30s earlier this year.
The governor's predecessor, Democrat Jon Corzine, left office in January 2010 with a 33 percent approval rating in the PublicMind poll and 58 percent disapproval.
The poll released Tuesday of 792 self-identified registered voters was conducted June 15-21 and has a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points. ||||| In anticipation, Christie has been furiously hopscotching the country in recent weeks. | Getty 2016 Chris Christie to announce 2016 bid as early as next week
Chris Christie is in the final stages of preparing his 2016 presidential bid, with a formal announcement possible as soon as next week, according to several sources familiar with the discussions.
The New Jersey governor’s planning has intensified in recent days. On Monday, his campaign-in-waiting announced that he’d hired two additional staffers in New Hampshire, a state seen as critical to his White House hopes. Earlier this month, Maria Comella, a longtime Christie aide, departed the governor’s official office to take a senior position at his political action committee.
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A Christie spokeswoman, Samantha Smith, declined to comment. The governor’s aides have previously said that he isn’t likely to launch his presidential campaign until the New Jersey legislature finalizes the state budget — expected to be around the end of June.
The announcement will mark the latest chapter in a tumultuous political career. After defeating a Democratic incumbent in 2009, Christie established himself as the GOP’s foremost rising star — a swaggering, tell-it-like-it-is pol who seemed to be the antidote for a party that was struggling to win over voters in blue states. In the years since, however, Christie’s national prospects have been damaged — especially by the revelations that his top aides concocted a plan to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge in an act of political retribution against a local mayor who refused to endorse the governor’s 2013 reelection bid.
Christie’s once-stratospheric poll numbers — both nationally and in his home state — have since plummeted. A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released on Tuesday showed Christie with just a 30 percent approval rating in New Jersey, while a Suffolk University poll showed him winning the support of only 5 percent of likely voters in New Hampshire.
But Christie’s aides insist there’s room for him in the 2016 field. With former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush struggling to distance himself from the rest of the pack, they say, the lane for an establishment candidate remains open. Aides to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is also contemplating a run, have put forward a similar argument for his potential candidacy.
The hope, Christie’s team says, is that his authentic political brand will shine through, both on the debate stage — Republicans are preparing to hold their first primary debate in August — and in New Hampshire. The state has a history of breaking for moderate, independent-minded Republican candidates, and Christie has been a frequent visitor there. Those familiar with his early planning for a 2016 bid say he’s prepared to make it the cornerstone of his electoral strategy.
In anticipation of his announcement, Christie has been hopscotching the country in recent weeks, attending Republican cattle calls in Oklahoma City, Utah and Washington, D.C., where he delivered fiery speeches castigating a Republican rival, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, over national security.
“If you want to know how little [senators] know, watch what Rand Paul’s done the last two weeks,” Christie told Republican donors at a conference in Deer Valley, Utah, hosted by Mitt Romney, referring to Paul’s opposition to the PATRIOT Act. “Because, I will tell you, he’s made America weaker and more vulnerable, and he’s done it for his own personal and political gain, and he’s done it to raise money.”
Christie has also delivered speeches in early primary states in which he’s detailed his policy proposals on issues like entitlements, taxes and electronic surveillance.
In addition to building a campaign apparatus, Christie has also hired for a super PAC, America Leads, that will be supporting his candidacy. The group recently announced that it had brought on Gene Ulm, a veteran Republican pollster, and Mike Leavitt, a mail consultant.
While Christie won’t be nearly as heavily funded as Bush — whose super PAC is believed to have brought in around $100 million so far — the New Jersey governor has a team of donors that includes Home Depot CEO Ken Langone and hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller. Both are expected to write big checks. (“I am going to work my ass off to make sure that Chris Christie never needs money,” Langone told POLITICO in January.)
Earlier this month, Christie dropped another hint that he was nearing a run. While campaigning in New Hampshire, the governor said that his family — one of the last major hurdles to his entering the race — was on board.
“This is about me now,” he said.
Follow @politico ||||| A new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll shows that there are still people left in New Jersey who liked Governor Chris Christie — though they are an increasingly endangered species. Only 30 percent of voters think he is doing a good job — a 6 percent drop from April. Twenty-four percent of voters like both Christie and his policies.
Christie seems to be moving quickly through the stages of grieving for his dying popularity. He is past the denial he showcased last month, when he insisted that New Jersey residents didn't want him to run for president because they were afraid he would leave them, and appears to have moved on to bargaining by trying to find the missing 70 percent of Christie fans in states that are not New Jersey. Christie, who has not announced a presidential bid just yet, is hiring more staffers in New Hampshire, a state that almost has the same name as New Jersey, and he took a trip to Iowa earlier this month.
However, recent polls have Christie with the support of only 4 percent of Iowa Republicans, and 5 percent of New Hampshire Republicans. Time to keep searching for fans, Christie. They must be somewhere out there ... ||||| | Chris Christie is getting ready to leap into the already crowded pool of the GOP's 2016 hopefuls, insiders say. Sources tell Politico that the NJ governor is in the final stages of preparation and plans to finally confirm the long-rumored bid with an announcement next week. Christie has been making speeches across the country in recent weeks and has dropped major hints at a bid, including saying his family is finally on board, Politico notes. But while supporters say there's still plenty of room for a GOP establishment-friendly candidate, Christie has been on the scene too long to be seen as a fresh face or a rising star—especially in light of the long-running bridge closure saga. Christie's biggest problem may be his lack of popularity even in New Jersey, where a poll released yesterday put his popularity rating at 30%, down around 40 points from its peak in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. "The good news is that none of his potential presidential opponents have emerged with a decisive lead yet," pollster Krista Jenkins at Fairleigh Dickinson University tells the Inquirer. "The bad news is that he is the governor in a state where a sizable majority give a thumbs down to his leadership." Other recent polls gave Christie 4% support among Republicans in Iowa and 5% in New Hampshire, where he recently hired more staffers, New York magazine reports. (Darth Vader is still better-liked than all the candidates on offer.) |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: Earth processes have not changed over time. The way things happen now is the same way things happened in the past. Mountains grow and mountains slowly wear away. The same process is at work the same as it was billions of years ago. As the environment changes, living creatures adapt. They change over time. Some organisms may not be able to adapt. They become extinct. Becoming extinct means they die out completely. Some geologists study the history of the Earth. They want to learn about Earths past. They use clues from rocks and fossils. They use these clues to make sense of events. The goal is to place things in the order they happened. They also want to know how long it took for those events to happen. <sep>What happens when some organisms are not able to adapt and what does it mean for them?<sep>Extinction
A: | Yes |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
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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Q: In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of more than 121 countries, most of them being sunshine countries, which lie either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The primary objective of the alliance is to work for efficient exploitation of solar energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. This initiative was first proposed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a speech in November 2015 at Wembley Stadium, in which he referred to sunshine countries as Suryaputra ('Sons of the Sun'). The alliance is a treaty-based inter-governmental organization. Countries that do not fall within the Tropics can join the alliance and enjoy all benefits as other members, with the exception of voting rights.
A: | the idea for international solar alliance was proposed by which country |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: Plessy argued that the state law which required East Louisiana Railroad to segregate trains had denied him his rights under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution .
A: | The State of Louisiana " , Plessy 's lawyers argued that the state law which required East Louisiana Railroad to segregate trains had denied him his rights under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution , which provided for equal treatment under the law . |
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See one example below:
Problem: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Solution: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Problem: The European Commission runs the day-to-day running of the EU and writes laws , like a government .
Solution: | The European Commission acts both as the EU 's executive arm , responsible for the day-to-day running of the EU , and also the legislative initiator , with the sole power to propose laws for debate . |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to run a beverage cart
Determine if you need to go to the storage room or area for items that are used up in the usual refrigerators.
Always restock the fridge with beer.
Fill the cart's insulated compartments with a layer of ice.
Choices:
-This decreases sugar and can save you money in the long run. The ice will prevent spills when for an extended use, in turn keeping the bottom clean and cooler.;
-Transfer items from the freezer to the cart. Insert the plastic container into the food freezer; fill its room temperature as much as possible.;
-Load the sodas, waters, sports drinks, and juices into one cooler, lining them up in an attractive way so they look appealing. Count and record the number of each item as you load them to save time and keep track of the inventory.;
-That way, your stock will be frozen overnight. Write the title " beverage cart " below the manufacturer's logo.; | Load the sodas, waters, sports drinks, and juices into one cooler, lining them up in an attractive way so they look appealing. Count and record the number of each item as you load them to save time and keep track of the inventory. |
[Q]: Kenichi Hagiwara (萩原健一; "Hagiwara Ken'ichi", born 26 July 1950 in Omiya, Saitama, Japan), also known as Sho-Ken, was the lead singer of The Tempters , the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s. A teen idol with a legion of loyal fans, Hagiwara was known for his good looks and arrogance, which appealed to both young male and female Japanese fans. Kenichi Hagiwara was the most popular idol of the 1960's Japan pop scene. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
Problem: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Gottschalk: The Union Ives: The Things Our Fathers Loved; Charlie Rutlage; The Indians; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; The Circus Band Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues Ellington: Clarinet Lament Gershwin: An American in Paris, for 2 pianos Listen Saturday February 4 at 7 p.m.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "There are only two instruments listed in this text."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Q: the model is wearing sunglasses and a navy coat
My top pick from the collections yesterday was Boy Band of Outsiders's navy double-breasted coat—a perfectly modern take on the men's navy blazer. The model's bleach blond hair and aviator sunglasses were chic and her undone look created a cool contrast to the classic style. —Cindy Weber-Cleary YOUR FASHION WEEK FIX DAILY • Visit instyle.com/fashionweek for the news and photos of the chicest stars, top trends and hottest parties. • Follow us on Twitter for instant updates from the front row.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
That's right. That's the important hurdle, and we'd like to jump that first, but the other ones, Justice, you're right, in 1831 and in 1909 Congress extended terms in a way that is inconsistent with the strongest form of the test that we have advanced. Those extensions, however, were never challenged in any court and certainly not considered by this Court.
Congress has somebody in it named carl OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: The minister of health is a male.
Context: If her reference is to Premier Clark, I assume Premier Clark has by now spoken to his minister of health with whom I spoke yesterday and has been reminded that the British Columbia government was at the table, part of the discussions, part of the agreement, and stands solidly with the rest of the governments of the country behind this agreement.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: disputes can be resolved by arbitration
Context: Often buried in the fine print is language saying you must resolve any dispute through arbitration, with the arbitrator sometimes selected and paid by the very same company that wronged you. More important, you and any other victims injured in the same way are also prevented from pooling your resources together to file a class action.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: | Yes |
Teacher: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution: Russian Revolution
Reason: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Now, solve this instance: How wide an area does Dominion service?, Context: Electricity in the Richmond Metro area is provided by Dominion Virginia Power. The company, based in Richmond, is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, serving retail energy customers in nine states. Electricity is provided in the Richmond area primarily by the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station and Surry Nuclear Generating Station, as well as a coal-fired station in Chester, Virginia. These three plants provide a total of 4,453 megawatts of power. Several other natural gas plants provide extra power during times of peak demand. These include facilities in Chester, and Surry, and two plants in Richmond (Gravel Neck and Darbytown).
Student: | nine states |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:The House of Representatives elects the Speaker of the House on the first day of every new Congress and in the event of the death, resignation or removal from the Chair of an incumbent Speaker. The Clerk of the House of Representatives requests nominations: there are normally two, one from each major party (each party having previously met to decide on its nominee). The Clerk then calls the roll of the Representatives, each Representative indicating the surname of the candidate the Representative is supporting. Representatives are not restricted to voting for one of the nominated candidates and may vote for any person, even for someone who is not a member of the House at all. They may also abstain by voting ``present''.
Solution: | can the president of the united states fire the speaker of the house? |
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: Driver crashes, starts wildfire in Idaho -- after escaping Colorado wildfire
Krista McCann thought she'd escape the Waldo Canyon wildfire in Colorado Springs by driving to visit her family in Ontario, Ore. She ended up starting a wildfire in Idaho after wrecking her Subaru near Boise.
ONTARIO, Ore. - Idaho State Police say a Subaru was passing a Jeep when the Subaru's driver had a mechanical problem, lost control, clipped the Jeep and went off the interstate.
Bureau of Land Mangement says the accident sparked a wildfire which would burn a total of about 2,000 acres. They declared that fire controlled Wednesday night.
But the chain reaction of events didn't end there. The driver of the Subaru that started a wildfire on Interstate 84 tells KTVB how it all happened.
Krista McCann was living in the Colorado Springs, Colorado area when she evacuated due to the Waldo Canyon Fire.
On her drive to Ontario to surprise her dad, she didn't make it past milemarker 66 on I-84 when her car started a wildfire.
"This is everything I own now," said McCann as she showed us the few possessions from inside her purse.
At the age of 19, she's escaped two fires.
McCann lived in the same house in Colorado Springs since she was nine. When the Waldo Canyon fire neared her neighborhood, she decided to leave.
"I was afraid that something might happen, or the wind might change in Colorado and my house would be in danger again."
She loaded up her car with all the things she hoped to save from the Colorado wildfires, like her mom's wedding dress.
"I just couldn't go straight anymore and I ended up clipping the car next to me."
McCann said she lost control of her car, and drove off the road. She grabbed her purse as her car burned. Everything she owned went up in flames.
"The adrenaline was going through me for a while, but after that started to fade it hit me pretty hard," said McCann.
After running from the wildfire in Colorado Springs, she watched her car start a wildfire off the interstate.
"I know I got out and i saw that the field was on fire and at that point I was just...I was pretty devastated. I didn't want to do anything like that," she said.
McCann said she is glad no one was hurt. Now she is looking to the future.
"This is a chance to start completely over. I have nothing. So I'll start with a new wardrobe and a new car, and a new state of mind. And I'll just move forward."
McCann wants to move to a new city and create something beautiful. She says has auto insurance, and is working things out with the driver of the other car. ||||| Thirty-seven homes that were evacuated during Colorado's Waldo Canyon Fire were burglarized, and authorities are offering up to $50,000 for information on the culprits.
Colorado Springs police spokeswoman Barbara Miller on Wednesday said 28 vehicles, many packed with evacuee's belongings, also were broken into after residents fled the fire reported June 23.
An anonymous donor provided the reward money.
Officials this week declared the 29-square-mile Waldo Canyon Fire completely encircled. Officials say smoke may still be visible as areas inside the perimeter of the fire continue to burn.
The fire killed two people and destroyed nearly 350 houses when it burned into northwest Colorado Springs. The cause is still under investigation. |||||
A: | Bad day? Tell it to 19-year-old Krista McCann. She was feeling a little edgy about the wildfire still smoldering near her place in Colorado Springs and decided to pack up the car and head to her dad's home in Oregon. On the way, she clipped another car, went off the interstate, and set off a 2,000-acre blaze in Idaho, reports KTVB7. On the bright side, she and the other driver are fine, and the Idaho fire is out. "I know I got out and I saw that the field was on fire and at that point I was just ... I was pretty devastated," she says. "I didn't want to do anything like that." |
Following the assassination attempt in 1981, Reagan said he felt God had spared him for a purpose, and he intended to devote the rest of his life in dedication to his God and to that purpose.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Reagan said he didn't even believe in God. | No |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
The Portobello Film Festival is an independent international film festival based in London, which annually premiers over 700 new films, including features, shorts, documentaries, music films and animation. Additionally, workshops and talks with top film directors (such as Stephen Frears and John Maybury) are also featured. Admission to the three-week-long festival is free of charge.
Sentence: The festival takes place in London within a single calendar month. | It's impossible to say |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Problem:There once was a guy named Kevin and girl named Erin. They really liked spending time together. One day, Kevin traveled from his home in the United States of America to Erin's house in England. They then thought to take a sudden trip around the world. They first traveled by plane around Europe, where they saw many different people and sights. They then took a boat to Africa and Asia, where they went on a trip through the mountains. Later in the month, they traveled to China by train and were allowed to see how different life was over there. Next they took another plane to Australia, where they had a lot of fun seeing kangaroos and a different type of English speaking people. After spending a week in Australia, Kevin and Erin took a really long plane ride to North America, where they drove across the land. They saw everything from the mountains to forests. They even got to visit the beach! Because they had so much fun, Kevin returned home with Erin to England where they hung out and spent the next few days and months talking about all of the neat things they saw and did on their trip. <sep>Who decided to go on a world trip?<sep>Kevin and Eric
Solution: | No |
Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: The side of Malaquez's parcel gave way to reveal a greenmunk caught in a sheen of solid air. Bits of leaf mold flew from under his feet as he ran to greet a friend or a bringer of food. Tasha oohed in awe. I said, "Frodo's been visiting you, eh?" Malaquez said, "Your pet?" "Hardly. He lives around here somewhere. I suppose he was attracted to the commotion up the hill." "Ah," Malaquez said. "Why 'Frodo'?" Tasha said, "A little fellow with big, furry feet. What else could he be called?" She handed the sculpture to me. I almost dropped it; I expected it to weigh no more than a holo. "Heavy," I said, as if he might not have known. He laughed. "My last piece was of four old Undersiders crouched around a trash fire. Be glad someone didn't toss that to you." He spoke of his art with the enthusiasm of a seven-year-old. "Um, I should wait to importune you, but..." <sep>Is the sculpture heavy?<sep>Not at all
Output: | No |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
They again collide into each other and begin wrestling. The man in black sumo shorts throws the other man out of the ring. they
Pick from: [-] continue to fight outside on the grass.. [-] stop battling, and the man in the blue sumo shorts walks away.. [-] resume fighting and the man in black sumo shorts wins the match.. [-] bow and the loser exits the ring.. | bow and the loser exits the ring. |
question: Complete the next sentence:
Two reporters sit at a desk. A man shovels snow outside. Several people are interviewed around. the man
answer: then stands against the shovel.
question: Complete the next sentence:
How to wear flats in winter
Go for flats made of leather.
To ensure your flats can withstand the wet snow and damp weather of winter, go for flats made of leather. Canvas and cotton flats will get wet easily and make your feet cold.
answer: Leather flats will protect your feet from the cold and make it easier for you to walk around snowy or slushy areas in winter. Another benefit of leather flats is that you can wipe them off with a cloth to keep them clean and free of snow or slush.
question: Complete the next sentence:
A man is working out on a machine. he
answer: | stands up and talks to the camera. |
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: A batter who reaches first base safely as the result of a fielder's choice is not credited with a hit or a time on base; however, his turn at the plate is recorded as an at bat and plate appearance. Therefore, a player's batting average and on-base percentage decrease as a result of reaching first base via fielder's choice.
A: | is a fielder's choice counted as an at bat? |
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: Johnnie had a set of small volumes of English verse, extensively annotated by his own hand, which Stoddard had brought to her early in their acquaintance, leaving it with her more as a gift than as a loan. She kept these little books after all the others had gone back. She had read and reread them--cullings from Chaucer, from Spenser, from the Elizabethan lyrists, the border balladry, fierce, tender, oh, so human--till she knew pages of them by heart, and their vocabulary influenced her own, their imagery tinged all her leisure thoughts. It seemed to her, whenever she debated returning them, that she could not bear it. She would get them out and sit with one of them open in her hands, not reading, but staring at the pages with unseeing eyes, passing her fingers over it, as one strokes a beloved hand, or turning through each book only to find the pencilled words in the margins. She would be giving up part of herself when she took these back. Yet it had to be done, and one miserable morning she made them all into a neat package, intending to carry them to the mill and place them on Stoddard's desk thus early, when nobody would be in the office. Then the children came in; Deanie was half sick; and in the distress of getting the ailing child comfortably into her own bed, Johnnie forgot the books. Taking them in at noon, she met Stoddard himself. <sep>What did Johnnie do that made her feel like she was giving up part of herself?<sep>Lost the books
A: | No |
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Karim Mostafa Benzema (born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the France national team as a striker. He has been described as an "immensely talented striker" who is "strong and powerful" and "a potent finisher from inside the box".
Hypothesis: Karim Mostafa Benzema will change teams in 2020
****
Answer:
It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
How to have a good time on a field trip<br>Play road games. If you're not allowed to bring electronic devices on your field trip, you can pass the time with road trip games that don't require any accessories to play. Depending on the game, you'll probably need at least one other person to play.
Hypothesis: road games have been thought up by bulma
****
Answer:
It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Skateboarding<br>Billy wanted to buy a skateboard. He had never done it before, but was excited to try. He went to the local skate shop and bought one. He began riding it everyday. Billy got pretty good after a while and loved to skateboard.
Hypothesis: Skateboarding is Billy's favorite thing to do everyday.
****
Answer:
| It's impossible to say |
Problem: The Blood Cell is a BBC Books original novel written by James Goss and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald. The book was released on 11 September 2014 along with "Silhouette" and "The Crawling Terror".
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The Blood Cell is in the genre sci-fi."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Problem: One feature of the summary trial reform that was discussed at length in committee was the requirement to provide commanding officers with more comprehensive training in their military justice duties and responsibilities and to have them certified as qualified to conduct summary trials.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "More comprehensive training was discussed "? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Problem: How to do a backbend against a wall<br>Find a good, clear spot. Find a wall space that is clear of any obstructions such as furniture, plants or sharp objects. It should have nothing that could injure you near it.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Old people need to do backbend exercises"? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: PHOENIX - The focus of the Jodi Arias trial is now turning to the jurors. Some have come forward to explain their positions, while others are trying to stay anonymous, like juror 17, who has become the focus of Internet chatter.
ABC15 is not releasing her name, but a little bit of investigating revealed that she may have links to the criminal justice system in Maricopa County.
Her first husband has a lengthy criminal past, according to court documents.
Court records show in 1998, before he married juror 17, he was charged with murder and drive-by shooting. In 2000, those charges were dropped. However, on the same day they were dropped, he pleaded guilty in a separate burglary case. He served a minimal sentence on that charge.
It was only uncovered that Juan Martinez was the prosecutor in both cases. Martinez was the lead prosecutor in the Jodi Arias trial.
Juror 17 and her husband married in 2001.
In 2008, the husband was arrested for a burglary that ended in a police chase with shots fired. He was convicted and is now serving more than 25 years in prison.
In 2010, documents show that the couple filed for divorce.
Before trials, attorneys from the prosecution and the defense ask potential jury members a lot of questions, including where they work, if they know anyone involved in the case, or have any potential knowledge of the case already.
On Thursday, a judge declared a mistrial in the Arias case because the jury could not reach a unanimous decision on whether or not to sentence her to death. The deadlock meant that Arias would be sentenced to life in prison.
Quickly after that announcement, many took to social media to express their frustration or satisfaction with the result. The most heated came from those who were looking for a death penalty verdict.
Jurors who spoke to the media revealed that they had voted 11 to 1 in favor of the death penalty. Who was the lone holdout? Apparently it was juror 17. Somehow, personal information and threats were posted online for all to see. Authorities were called in to protect this juror’s home.
These new details about her ex-husband’s criminal past, and Juan Martinez’s court involvement, bring up a new question: Did Martinez know about it?
Other jurors told the media that they felt juror 17 had her mind made up, admitted to seeing a Lifetime movie about Arias’ first trial, and refused to equally deliberate. Does this account for juror misconduct? Could this potentially have changed the outcome?
A spokesperson for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office would not comment, but said they are investigating the reported threats.
ABC15 has reached out to Arias’ defense team, but has not heard back.
Former criminal defense attorney Scott Halverson said that past would create concerns during the jury selection process.
He said attorneys sometimes have to do their own research regarding potential jurors. If they see a connection, they can have that potential juror removed.
"You only have so many strikes," he said. "Sometimes you may have to live with it but you are always trying to make sure you don't have jurors with a bias like that."
If it is determined a juror lied on a questionnaire and it can be proven, there is a chance they could be found in contempt. There is nothing at this point indicating proof that anyone lied about anything. ||||| PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities were providing security Friday for the sole juror who voted to spare the life of convicted murderer Jodi Arias.
Murder victim Travis Alexander's sister Tanisha Sorenson, center right, leaves the court house after the Jodi Arias sentencing retrial in Phoenix on Thursday, March 5, 2015. Arias was spared the death... (Associated Press)
Tanisha Sorenson, sister of murder victim Travis Alexander, leaves the court house, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Phoenix. A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the Jodi Arias sentencing retrial after... (Associated Press)
Murder victim Travis Alexander's sister Tanisha Sorenson leaves the court house after the Jodi Arias sentencing retrial in Phoenix on Thursday, March 5, 2015. Arias was spared the death penalty on Thursday... (Associated Press)
Jodi Arias, right, reacts as the jury leaves the courtroom after announcing the verdict in the sentencing phase of her retrial, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias... (Associated Press)
Convicted murderer Jodi Arias, center, watches jury enter courtroom before hearing their verdict Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was spared the death penalty... (Associated Press)
Jodi Arias, right, listens during her sentencing retrial, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was spared the death penalty on Thursday after a jury for a second... (Associated Press)
Tanisha Sorenson, sister of murder victim Travis Alexander, sobs as she hears the jury verdict in the Jodi Arias sentencing phase retrial, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Maricopa County Superior Court in... (Associated Press)
Tanisha Sorenson, sister of murder victim Travis Alexander, cries as she leaves the courthouse with family and friends, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Phoenix. A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the... (Associated Press)
No threats had been reported against any of the 12 jurors, authorities said. However, the lone holdout on the death penalty had requested the security after her name was posted on social media.
Prosecutors also said they're examining whether the holdout disclosed that her husband had been prosecuted by the same county attorney who headed the case against Arias.
The 2013 trial of Arias became a global sensation with its revelations about her sexual relationship with the victim and that she had slit his throat so deeply that he was nearly decapitated.
She was convicted of murder but that jury deadlocked on her punishment.
Prosecutors say Arias killed Alexander as revenge because he wanted to date other women and was planning a trip to Mexico with his latest love interest.
The name of the holdout juror in the sentencing retrial was leaked through a Twitter account that also posted sympathetic comments about Arias' victim Travis Alexander. The juror could not be reached for comment.
Meanwhile, a pro-Arias website published names of 11 people it said were the jurors who voted to sentence Arias to death for the 2008 killing.
A mistrial was declared Thursday and a judge will sentence Arias on April 13 to life in prison or life with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
Arizona law prohibits the public release of juror names. It's unknown how the identities were leaked, but information appeared online after jurors who favored the death penalty expressed frustrations over the holdout.
Juror Emily Cova said she was relieved to hear that authorities were looking into the leak.
"I was a little nervous last night. But I'm feeling better now," said Cova, who agreed to be named.
Aaron Nash, a spokesman for the clerk of Maricopa County Superior Court, said no member of the clerk's staff reported being approached by anyone seeking the names of jurors.
"The office's primary concerns are the safety and privacy of these individuals who responded to this difficult and lengthy call to public service," Nash said in a statement.
Most of the jurors discussed their deliberations with the media on Thursday. However, the holdout hasn't publicly commented.
Her phone wasn't in service. She didn't return emails seeking comment. And no one answered the door when a reporter knocked on the door to her home Friday.
Officials at Maricopa County Superior Court didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.
Arias will remain in the Estrella Jail in west Phoenix as she testifies in a civil case. Further information on the matter wasn't immediately available.
Once her testimony is complete, Arias will be sent to prison.
She'll begin her sentence in a 12-by-7 foot cell in a maximum-security unit at the Perryville prison for women, located 30 miles west of downtown Phoenix. If prison officials deem her behavior good over time, she could be moved to a medium security unit. |||||
Output: | The woman responsible for keeping Jodi Arias alive is officially known as juror No. 17, but authorities say that her identity has been revealed online. As a result, police are protecting her for the time being, reports the AP. Her 11 fellow jurors all voted in favor of the death penalty for Arias, convicted in the brutal murder of her boyfriend, but the woman refused to budge from her preference for a life sentence. The hung jury means that Arias won't get the death penalty. Court records show that the holdout juror is a Hispanic woman in her 30s who grew up with domestic violence and was abused by her ex-husband, reports azcentral. "Clearly this is a person with a strong personality, perhaps a person with an agenda," says the president of a jury-consulting company. Two other notable developments: One juror says the holdout claimed to have seen a Lifetime movie about the case, which prompted other jurors to ask the judge to remove her. That never happened. The woman's ex-husband is a convicted felon, and the lead prosecutor in the Arias case, Juan Martinez, handled two previous cases against him, reports ABC15. It's not clear whether the juror disclosed that connection. |
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: A combination photo shows five Chinese military officers who the U.S. has accused of cyber espionage. Top row: Sun Kailiang (L), Huang Zhenyu (R), bottom row L-R: Wen Xinyu, Wang Dong and Gu Chunhui in FBI released photos.
BEIJING Chinese state media labeled the United States a "mincing rascal" and "high-level hooligan" on Wednesday in response to Washington charging five Chinese military officers with hacking U.S. companies to steal trade secrets.
The indictment on Monday was the first criminal hacking charge the U.S. has filed against specific foreign officials, and follows a rise in public criticism and private confrontation between the world's two biggest economies over cyber espionage.
As a first response, China suspended a Sino-U.S. working group on cyber issues. In an editorial, the Global Times, an influential tabloid run by the People's Daily, the official newspaper of China's Communist Party, said this was the "right move, but we should take further actions."
"We should encourage organizations and individuals whose rights have been infringed to stand up and sue Washington," the newspaper said. "Regarding the issue of network security, the U.S. is such a mincing rascal that we must stop developing any illusions about it."
The Chinese-language version of the Global Times called the United States a "high-level hooligan".
Washington's legal approach against China is "high-handed and hypocritical," the People's Daily said, citing media reports that the U.S. National Security Administration (NSA) spied on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
"Suspending the operations of a bilateral group on cyber affairs is a reasonable start, but more countermeasures should be prepared in case Washington obstinately sticks to the wrong track," state news agency Xinhua said in a commentary on Tuesday. "Otherwise, it should take full responsibility for the consequences of the farce that features itself as a robber playing cop."
CANCELLED APPEARANCE
On Wednesday, a senior Chinese internet security official cancelled an appearance at an American Chamber of Commerce event where he had been due to speak on "the current global deficit of trust on cybersecurity". An organizer, who declined to be named, said Du Yuejin backed out of the event in Beijing "due to the sensitivity of the political environment, in particular related to the U.S. indictment."
In an editorial, the official English-language China Daily newspaper said the U.S. indictment was "ill-advised, if not downright stupid."
The cyber spying charges are likely to further sour ties between China and the United States, already under strain from a range of issues, including human rights, trade disputes and China's growing military assertiveness in contested seas.
But, despite the colorful rhetoric, they are unlikely to permanently undermine a deeply entrenched relationship, said Duncan Clark, chairman of Beijing-based tech advisory BDA.
"Bringing it into the public eye, as the FBI has done with these posters, will affect the theatre in the U.S. and China for the way in which we look at these relations," he told Reuters, referring to the "Wanted" posters of the five Chinese charged.
"But cyber attacks are only one element in a much broader economic relationship between the two countries. I think it would be unlikely that this one case would completely unravel over a decade of (China's) WTO membership and a very deeply entrenched relationship between the two countries."
While China is unlikely to hand over the five officers charged, the indictment would prevent them from travelling to the U.S. or any country with an extradition agreement with the United States.
(Additional reporting by Megha Rajagopalan and Maxim Duncan; Editing by Ian Geoghegan) ||||| In each of these cases, American officials insist, when speaking off the record, that the United States was never acting on behalf of specific American companies. But the government does not deny it routinely spies to advance American economic advantage, which is part of its broad definition of how it protects American national security. In short, the officials say, while the N.S.A. cannot spy on Airbus and give the results to Boeing, it is free to spy on European or Asian trade negotiators and use the results to help American trade officials — and, by extension, the American industries and workers they are trying to bolster.
Now, every one of the examples of N.S.A. spying on corporations around the world is becoming Exhibit A in China’s argument that by indicting five members of the People’s Liberation Army, the Obama administration is giving new meaning to capitalistic hypocrisy. In the Chinese view, the United States has designed its own system of rules about what constitutes “legal” spying and what is illegal.
That definition, the Chinese contend, is intended to benefit an American economy built around the sanctity of intellectual property belonging to private firms. And, in their mind, it is also designed to give the N.S.A. the broadest possible rights to intercept phone calls or email messages of state-owned companies from China to Saudi Arabia, or even private firms that are involved in activities the United States considers vital to its national security, with no regard to local laws. The N.S.A. says it observes American law around the globe, but admits that local laws are no obstacle to its operations.
“China demands that the U.S. give it a clear explanation of its cybertheft, bugging and monitoring activities, and immediately stop such activity,” the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a statement released on Tuesday. It was part of a broad Chinese effort to equate what China’s Unit 61398 does — the cyberwar operation named in the indictment of five unit members that was announced Monday — with what the N.S.A. does.
Petrobras is a case in point. In the American view, Brazilian energy policy is made inside the state-run company, which is indistinguishable from the government. Thus, under the same rationale that the United States intercepted the phone calls of the country’s president, Dilma Rousseff, it had the authority, as a collector of foreign intelligence, to delve inside the company. Ms. Rousseff, denouncing the N.S.A. at the United Nations last September, said that the agency’s activities amounted to “a breach of international law and an affront” to Brazil’s sovereignty. |||||
A: | China's media is crying hypocrisy over US allegations that its military spied on American companies, pointing out that the US isn't exactly a stranger to espionage. The Global Times decried the US a "mincing rascal" and a "high-level hooligan," that had "severely infringed" on the human rights of the five officials it's charging, Reuters and Bloomberg report. The People's Daily called the move "high-handed and hypocritical," while Xinhua called it a "farce" in which the US is "a robber playing cop." As the New York Times points out today, the NSA collects data from a host of foreign companies, including Brazil's Petrobras, China Telecom, and Huawei, a Chinese maker of Internet equipment. It's also spied on the EU's antitrust commissioner. US officials tell the Times that the NSA never spies to benefit specific American companies, but that it does spy to advance US economic interests in general. China thinks the US distinctions between legal and illegal spying are contrived and self-serving, and has suspended a US-Sino cooperation group on cyber issues in retaliation for the indictments. |
The sale was made to pay Yukos' US$ 27.5 billion tax bill, Yuganskneftegaz was originally sold for US$9.4 billion to a little known company Baikalfinansgroup which was later bought by the Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Rosneft later sold Yuganskneftegaz
Select from the following. a. Yes b. It's impossible to say c. No | b. |
The source added that the investigation proved that the bases of the genocide crime "were completed with a series of illegal arrests followed in some cases with assassinations or cases of disappearances and were preceded, according to information attached to the file, by cases of torture."
Can we infer the following?
There were some people who were falsely arrested. | Yes |
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 Darwin think about Wallace's theory, Context: Darwin was hard at work on his "big book" on Natural Selection, when on 18 June 1858 he received a parcel from Wallace, who stayed on the Maluku Islands (Ternate and Gilolo). It enclosed twenty pages describing an evolutionary mechanism, a response to Darwin's recent encouragement, with a request to send it on to Lyell if Darwin thought it worthwhile. The mechanism was similar to Darwin's own theory. Darwin wrote to Lyell that "your words have come true with a vengeance, ... forestalled" and he would "of course, at once write and offer to send [it] to any journal" that Wallace chose, adding that "all my originality, whatever it may amount to, will be smashed". Lyell and Hooker agreed that a joint publication putting together Wallace's pages with extracts from Darwin's 1844 Essay and his 1857 letter to Gray should be presented at the Linnean Society, and on 1 July 1858, the papers entitled On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection, by Wallace and Darwin respectively, were read out but drew little reaction. While Darwin considered Wallace's idea to be identical to his concept of natural selection, historians have pointed out differences. Darwin described natural selection as being analogous to the artificial selection practised by animal breeders, and emphasised competition between individuals; Wallace drew no comparison to selective breeding, and focused on ecological pressures that kept different varieties adapted to local conditions. Some historians have suggested that Wallace was actually discussing group selection rather than selection acting on individual variation.
Example Output: On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties
Example Input: What kind of a audio device is talked about in this scenario?, Context: In lossy audio compression, methods of psychoacoustics are used to remove non-audible (or less audible) components of the audio signal. Compression of human speech is often performed with even more specialized techniques; speech coding, or voice coding, is sometimes distinguished as a separate discipline from audio compression. Different audio and speech compression standards are listed under audio coding formats. Voice compression is used in internet telephony, for example, audio compression is used for CD ripping and is decoded by the audio players.
Example Output: internet telephony, for example, audio compression is used for CD ripping and is decoded by the audio players
Example Input: What major event happened before the Methodist talks?, Context: The Lutherans were the first Protestant Church offering a dialogue to the Catholic Church in September 1964 in Reykjavík, Iceland. It resulted in joint study groups of several issues. The dialogue with the Methodist Church began October 1965, after its representatives officially applauded remarkable changes, friendship and cooperation of the past five years. The Reformed Churches entered four years later into a dialogue with the Catholic Church. The President of the Lutheran World Federation and member of the central committee of the World Council of Churches Fredrik A. Schiotz stated during the 450th anniversary of the Reformation, that earlier commemorations were viewed almost as a triumph. Reformation should be celebrated as a thanksgiving to God, his truth and his renewed life. He welcomed the announcement of Pope Paul VI to celebrate the 1900th anniversary of the death of the Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul, and promised the participation and cooperation in the festivities.
Example Output: | first Protestant Church offering a dialogue to the Catholic Church
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Seafair is officially underway in Seattle! The Ballard Locks celebrated its 100th year over the weekend! The Bremerton Fast Ferry begins service this morning, making the trip from Bremerton to Seattle about 30 minutes! And the Mariners shut out Oakland 4-0! Listen here!
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
The Mariners won their game on the day this text was recorded.
Pick from:
- Yes.
- It's impossible to say.
- No. | Yes |
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.
Mylan said on Monday the auto-injector EpiPen's pretax profits were 60 percent higher than it told Congress, according to Dow Jones.
Without a tax-related reduction, the pharmaceutical company's profits on the EpiPen two-pack would be about $160, higher than the $100 figure the company gave Congress. The company said any lack of clarity was not intentional.
On Monday, Mylan also submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission an analysis of the profitability of the EpiPen in the United States.
"Tax is typically included in a standard profitability analysis and the information provided to Congress has made clear that tax was part of the EpiPen Auto-Injector profitability analysis. In fact, Mylan has provided Congress with a detailed analysis of EpiPen Auto-Injector profitability," Mylan said in a statement.
The company added, "It also is important to note that use of a statutory tax rate for the jurisdiction being analyzed (in this instance, the U.S.) is standard. Just as we did not use a blended global tax rate, we also did not allocate corporate expenses associated with running the business, which would have further reduced its profitability. We believe it is most appropriate, and conservative, to focus entirely on EpiPen(r) Auto-Injector specific costs and associated taxes."
Shares of Mylan dropped more than 1 percent in intraday trading Monday after the news.
Last week, Mylan CEO Heather Bresch testified before a congressional committee about steep price increases on the lifesaving anti-allergic-reaction drug.
House members asked Bresch to provide more evidence for the company's claim that its profits were just $100 for a two-pack of the injectors, despite a $608 list price, according to Dow Jones.
In August, Mylan was scrutinized after consumers saw a five-fold price increase for the EpiPen since 2008.
Mylan's chief told CNBC she was "frustrated" with EpiPen's high prices and said the real problem is with the overall health care system. In response, the company announced plans to increase access to its leading product and offered a generic version at half the price.
This story is developing. Please check back for further updates. ||||| Mylan NV on Monday clarified the profit it said it made from its lifesaving EpiPen drug, days after House members badgered the company’s CEO to justify the device’s steep price increases.
Testifying before a congressional committee last week, CEO Heather Bresch said Mylan’s profit was $100 for a two-pack of the injectors, despite a $608 list price.
But... |||||
| If you thought it seemed just a bit bananas that Mylan makes only $100 profit per EpiPen two-pack, which it sells for $608, you weren't alone. CEO Heather Bresch testified to that fact in front of the House Government Oversight Committee last Wednesday, as one disbelieving congressman flat-out asked, "Is that the truth?" Not precisely, reports the Wall Street Journal. Mylan tells the paper (and told the committee on Monday via more detailed financials) Bresch's figure was a post-tax one, meaning the profit is actually 60% higher at $160. The pharmaceutical company says the statutory US tax rate of 37.5% was slapped on, though neither Bresch nor a poster she had brought with her detailing per-pack revenue mentioned taxes. A heath-care analyst who spoke to the Journal puts Mylan's 2015 overall tax rate at 7.4%, and its US tax rate at basically zero. How a USC law and business professor reacted to the news in comments to the Los Angeles Times: "It is intellectually dishonest to include tax provisions for US taxes that aren't due, and that the company does not in fact anticipate ever having to pay." Mylan defended its math in a statement, per CNBC, that says "tax is typically included in a standard profitability analysis" and that "just as we did not use a blended global tax rate, we also did not allocate corporate expenses associated with running the business, which would have further reduced its profitability." It called its approach the "most appropriate, and conservative" one. |
Doug McConnell is a television journalist who has focused on environmental issues, with programs on the air continuously since 1982. He has created, produced and hosted many series, special programs, and news projects for local, national and international distribution. His broadcast awards include multiple Emmys, an Iris, and a Gabriel.
Can we infer the following?
Dough McConnell is 50 years old | It's impossible to say |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to use audacity to record vinyl
Get your phonograph or record player.
Assemble your collection of records and make sure that your record player is in good functioning condition.
Use a cable to connect your record player to the computer with audacity installed on it.
Options:
*In order to record from vinyl, you'll need to make sure you have accurately connected your record player as an incoming audio stream into the microphone jack of your computer. Use hardware adapters to secure your cable connection..
*Return the cable to the computer via audacity as you normally would. Get your records and home theater software..
*Download audacity software that will automatically verify your writable records and music files. Install audacity on your computer..
*On a computer, open audacity and search for " audacity " in a search engine. Once the result is displayed, select " record.. | In order to record from vinyl, you'll need to make sure you have accurately connected your record player as an incoming audio stream into the microphone jack of your computer. Use hardware adapters to secure your cable connection. |
Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: This photo provided on Thursday, June 21, 2018, by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation shows a venomous timber rattlesnake inside a car's engine compartment and curled up on a... (Associated Press)
This photo provided on Thursday, June 21, 2018, by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation shows a venomous timber rattlesnake inside a car's engine compartment and curled up on a... (Associated Press)
HANCOCK, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man trying to jump-start his car was greeted by an unusual sound coming from his engine — the rattle of a venomous timber rattlesnake.
The man says the snake slithered across the engine block and curled up on the battery as he opened the hood of the car earlier this month in rural Hancock, on the Pennsylvania border about 115 miles northwest of New York City. State environmental conservation police officers were called out to remove the reptile.
Lt. Nate Ver Hague untangled the snake's tail from the engine as Officer Mark Vencak carefully pulled it from the vehicle.
They released it nearby, next to several large boulders, which state wildlife experts described as "a much more snake-appropriate habitat." ||||| HANCOCK, N.Y. (WBNG) – A man was met with a strange surprise in Hancock when he opened the hood of his vehicle last week, according to the New York State Department of Conservation.
On June 11, NYSDEC officials responded to a complaint of a rattlesnake resting on an engine block in the town of Hancock.
A man told investigators he opened the hood of his vehicle to jump start it when he heard what said was the distinctive rattle of a snake.
He reported seeing a rattlesnake resting on the center of the engine block, before the creature slithered over to the battery and curled up.
NYSDEC officers confirm the animal was a timber rattlesnake, which the NYSDEC notes is the largest venomous snake in New York.
Officers removed the snake from the engine and released it nearby.
Learn more: Timber Rattlesnake Fact Sheet |||||
Output: | An upstate New York man trying to jump-start his car was greeted by an unusual sound coming from his engine—the rattle of a venomous timber rattlesnake, reports WBNG. The man says the snake slithered across the engine block and curled up on the battery as he opened the hood of the car earlier this month in rural Hancock, on the Pennsylvania border about 115 miles northwest of New York City. State environmental conservation police officers were called out to remove the reptile, reports the AP. Lt. Nate Ver Hague untangled the snake's tail from the engine as Officer Mark Vencak carefully pulled it from the vehicle. They released it nearby, next to several large boulders, which state wildlife experts described as "a much more snake-appropriate habitat." |
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:
After reviewing the circumstances surrounding the incident, Warren Police Commissioner Jere Green said he conferred with the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office and decided investigators would not pursue a warrant against the dad, Jesse Thomas Greer, 22.
Police officials considered whether to charge Greer with one count of leaving a child below the age of 6 unattended in a vehicle causing unreasonably risk of harm or injury. That offense is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail and a $500 fine.
“Clearly the message was sent this was a critical lack of judgment,” by the father, Green said. “Anyone listening to the 911 tape would agree … that this father was in complete horror, terror, panic of what he did, causing him to lose his daughter.
“I know this is an emotionally charged issue because the safety of the child was at issue,” the city’s top police administrator told The Macomb Daily. “I reviewed it based on facts — not ‘what ifs’,” he said.
Warren police also referred the matter to Child Protective Services.
With little Aubrey Ann Williams, 3 months old, in a car seat, Greer, who resides in the city, stopped at Metro Gas on Nine Mile at Hoover Road at 6:50 p.m. Monday on his way to pick up his girlfriend at work. He said he left the 1995 GMC Suburban’s engine running and the doors unlocked when he walked into the gas station to prepay $5 for gasoline.
Moments later, he heard the “clunk” of a door closing and saw an unknown man behind the wheel starting to drive away. Greer raced outside, and frantically chased the SUV on foot. He unsuccessfully asked a woman who just pulled into the gas station if she would follow the thief.
The taillights became smaller in the darkness as the driver fled west and Greer ran into the roadway.
In a 4-minute 911 call, Greer described the theft and feared for his daughter, begging police to find her. 1
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See Full Story The father of an infant girl left alone in a vehicle moments before it was stolen outside a Warren gas station won’t face criminal charges, police said Wednesday.After reviewing the circumstances surrounding the incident, Warren Police Commissioner Jere Green said he conferred with the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office and decided investigators would not pursue a warrant against the dad, Jesse Thomas Greer, 22.Police officials considered whether to charge Greer with one count of leaving a child below the age of 6 unattended in a vehicle causing unreasonably risk of harm or injury. That offense is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail and a $500 fine.“Clearly the message was sent this was a critical lack of judgment,” by the father, Green said. “Anyone listening to the 911 tape would agree … that this father was in complete horror, terror, panic of what he did, causing him to lose his daughter.“I know this is an emotionally charged issue because the safety of the child was at issue,” the city’s top police administrator told The Macomb Daily. “I reviewed it based on facts — not ‘what ifs’,” he said.Warren police also referred the matter to Child Protective Services.With little Aubrey Ann Williams, 3 months old, in a car seat, Greer, who resides in the city, stopped at Metro Gas on Nine Mile at Hoover Road at 6:50 p.m. Monday on his way to pick up his girlfriend at work. He said he left the 1995 GMC Suburban’s engine running and the doors unlocked when he walked into the gas station to prepay $5 for gasoline.Moments later, he heard the “clunk” of a door closing and saw an unknown man behind the wheel starting to drive away. Greer raced outside, and frantically chased the SUV on foot. He unsuccessfully asked a woman who just pulled into the gas station if she would follow the thief.The taillights became smaller in the darkness as the driver fled west and Greer ran into the roadway.In a 4-minute 911 call, Greer described the theft and feared for his daughter, begging police to find her. Continued...
Aubrey remained asleep in the vehicle and was unharmed.
“We got lucky,” Greer said in an interview at his home Wednesday, still visibly shaken by the incident involving his only child.
“I made the biggest mistake of my life and it almost cost me my child,” he said. “It was definitely devastating; something I don’t ever want to relive again.”
He thanked Warren police for their rapid response and finding his daughter safe.
With contrition, Greer hopes that acknowledging poor judgment will help another young parent think twice about leaving a child unattended in a vehicle.
Tears welled in the eyes of Aubrey’s godfather, Ken Normandin, as he listened to a recording of his friend’s terror-filled call to police.
“I wish I’d been there. He asked me to go with him,” Normandin said.
Robin Greer believes a guardian angel was looking over her granddaughter and also is thankful her son was not injured.
“It’s a godsend that he’s OK and she’s OK,” she added. 1
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See Full Story Before the end of Greer’s pleas to a police dispatcher, a Warren police patrol unit in the area spotted the Suburban parked on nearby Marmon Avenue, about three blocks south of Nine Mile. The vehicle was still running but the driver had fled.Aubrey remained asleep in the vehicle and was unharmed.“We got lucky,” Greer said in an interview at his home Wednesday, still visibly shaken by the incident involving his only child.“I made the biggest mistake of my life and it almost cost me my child,” he said. “It was definitely devastating; something I don’t ever want to relive again.”He thanked Warren police for their rapid response and finding his daughter safe.With contrition, Greer hopes that acknowledging poor judgment will help another young parent think twice about leaving a child unattended in a vehicle.Tears welled in the eyes of Aubrey’s godfather, Ken Normandin, as he listened to a recording of his friend’s terror-filled call to police.“I wish I’d been there. He asked me to go with him,” Normandin said.Robin Greer believes a guardian angel was looking over her granddaughter and also is thankful her son was not injured.“It’s a godsend that he’s OK and she’s OK,” she added. Continued...
Warren detectives theorize the thief abandoned the SUV upon noticing the child in the back seat. A Michigan State Police K9 team attempted to track the culprit’s scent.
Police have made no arrests but described the thief as a thin black man in his early 20s, approximately 6 feet, 5 inches tall, between 135 and 155 pounds, with a small goatee and wearing a black knitted hat. Green said he has assigned two additional detectives to the case Wednesday to follow new clues.
“The evidence we recovered today indicates more than one person was involved, and we have some good investigative leads we will follow up on,” the commissioner said. He refused to elaborate. 1
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See Full Story Child Protective Services workers visited Greer’s home in Warren and then told the family that the agency would not pursue neglect charges.Warren detectives theorize the thief abandoned the SUV upon noticing the child in the back seat. A Michigan State Police K9 team attempted to track the culprit’s scent.Police have made no arrests but described the thief as a thin black man in his early 20s, approximately 6 feet, 5 inches tall, between 135 and 155 pounds, with a small goatee and wearing a black knitted hat. Green said he has assigned two additional detectives to the case Wednesday to follow new clues.“The evidence we recovered today indicates more than one person was involved, and we have some good investigative leads we will follow up on,” the commissioner said. He refused to elaborate. ||||| An 18-month old girl has been found after being kidnapped in Bensenville. (18-month old safe after abduction)
Police say they have found an 18-month-old girl who was left in a running car that was stolen from a parking lot in Bensenville early Thursday morning.
The car was found hours later abandoned about a mile away, and Kimberly Delgado was still strapped in her car seat in the back of the black Buick, police said. She appeared safe and unharmed, but checked as precaution.
"She was still bundled up," Bensenville Police chief Frank Kosman said.
The mother was reunited with the girl while paramedics checked the toddler in an ambulance where the car was found, he said.
"She was very happy," Kosman said. "She was crying and hugging the child."
An Amber Alert was issued after the mother left Kimberly in the car while she went into an apartment building at 940 W. Irving Park Road in Bensenville around 12:40 a.m., police said. "A subject walked out the foyer and walked directly to her car parked directly in front of the foyer. . .and drove away," Kosman said.
Kosman said he had no reason to believe the man knew the child was inside, and they continued to search for him. He does not live in the apartment building but police believes he knows people who do. "We have good leads," he said.
The Buick was found parked in a driveway in the 1100 block of Argyle Avenue in Bensenville about 6:45 a.m. after a neighborhood resident saw the unfamiliar car parked there, police said.
Police described him as Hispanic, 5-foot-4, 35 to 40 years old, heavy build, black hair and no facial hair, with a dark complexion and wearing a red sweater.
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Solution: | If you want your car to get stolen, your best bet is probably to leave it unlocked and running in a parking lot after midnight. If you want your child to get stolen, well, try leaving her in the aforementioned running vehicle. Odds are that 18-month-old Kimberly Delgado's mother wasn't shooting for either outcome, but the end result was an Amber Alert after the mother emerged from an apartment building she was visiting to find her car and daughter gone, the Chicago Tribune reports. Both were found a mile away a few hours later, unharmed. The whole incident isn't as uncommon as you might think. Police in Michigan today announced that they wouldn't be filing charges against Jesse Greer, who left his baby girl in a running SUV, which was subsequently stolen. The girl and car were soon found, but police considered charging Greer with leaving a child under age 6 in an unattended vehicle, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail, the Advisor & Source reports. |
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:Vol. 48, No. 35
January 31, 2019
-- Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities, delivers the homily at the annual National Prayer Vigil for Life the night before the March for Life.
-- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York addresses students at Georgetown University in Washington during the annual Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life.
-- In a pastoral reflection released on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore discusses repentance, healing and action as paths along the journey to racial justice in the U.S.
-- Pope Francis writes a letter for the 25th anniversary of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Go to Origins ||||| VATICAN CITY (AP) — A sweeping Vatican investigation of Roman Catholic sisters in the United States that began five years ago amid criticism they had become secular and overly feminist ended up mostly praising nuns for their contributions to the church, a sign of the shift in tone under Pope Francis.
Brazilian Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life reacts during a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 16,... (Associated Press)
Sister Sharon Holland reacts during a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. The Vatican went out of its way Tuesday to mend fences with American religious sisters, thanking them for... (Associated Press)
Mother Agnes Mary Donovan reacts during a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. The Vatican went out of its way Tuesday to mend fences with American religious sisters, thanking them... (Associated Press)
Mother Mary Clare Millea reacts during a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. The Vatican went out of its way Tuesday to mend fences with American religious sisters, thanking them... (Associated Press)
The report released Tuesday praised the sisters, thanked them for their selfless work caring for the poor and promised to value their "feminine genius" more, while gently suggesting ways to survive amid a steep drop in their numbers.
Given the criticism of American religious life that prompted the Vatican under Pope Benedict XVI to launch the investigation in 2008, the final report was most remarkable for what it didn't say.
There was no critique of the nuns, no demands that they shift their focus from social justice issues to emphasize Catholic teaching on abortion, no condemnation that a feminist, secular mentality had taken hold in their ranks.
Rather, while offering a sobering assessment of the difficult state of American congregations, the report praised the sisters' dedication and reaffirmed their calling in a reflection of the pastoral and encouraging tone characteristic of the first Jesuit pope.
It was a radically different message, in both tone and content, from that of another Vatican office investigating an umbrella group of their leaders.
That investigation, conducted by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, resulted in a Vatican takeover of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in 2012. The doctrine office determined that the LCWR, which represents the leaders of 80 percent of U.S. sisters, took positions that undermined church teaching and promoted "radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith."
The Vatican's congregation for religious orders has long sought to distinguish its broad investigation into the quality of life of American sisters from the more narrow doctrinal assessment carried out by the orthodoxy office, and its report Tuesday made clear that two very different messages are coming from the Holy See.
Both investigations were initiated within months of one another in in 2008 and resulted in tremendous feelings of betrayal and insult from the sisters, some of whom refused to cooperate fully.
The probes also prompted an outpouring of support from rank and file Catholics who viewed the investigations as a crackdown by a misogynistic, heavy-handed, all-male Vatican hierarchy against the underpaid, underappreciated women who do the lion's share of the church's work running Catholic hospitals, schools and services for the poor.
Theological conservatives have long complained that in the years after the revolutionizing reforms of the 1960s Second Vatican Council, women's congregations in the U.S. became secular and political while abandoning traditional prayer life and faith. The nuns insisted that prayer and Christ were central to their work.
Tuesday's overwhelmingly positive report was cheered by the sisters themselves, dozens of whom swarmed the Vatican news conference announcing the results in a rare moment of women outnumbering men at the Vatican.
Sister Sharon Holland, who currently heads the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, acknowledged that the investigation was initially met with apprehension and distrust, particularly among elderly sisters who "felt that their whole lives had been judged and found wanting."
But she said the results showed that the Vatican had listened and heard what the sisters had to say.
"There is an encouraging and realistic tone in this report," she told the news conference. "Challenges are understood, but it is not a document of blame, or of simplistic solutions. One can read the text and feel appreciated and trusted to carry on."
Asked if the change in tone from the start of the process to the end was a reflection of Francis' leadership, Holland said "I'm willing to give him all sorts of credit."
"I don't know how to assess entirely his influence in all of this, but he's been a great encouragement and hope to a lot of us," she said.
The report outlined the bleak reality facing American women's congregations today: The current number of 50,000 U.S. sisters represents a fraction of the 125,000 in the mid-1960s, though the report noted that that high was an atypical spike in the history of the U.S. church.
The average age of U.S. nuns today is mid-to-late 70s. They are facing dwindling finances to care for their sisters as they age and haven't had much success in finding new vocations. The report asked the sisters — gently — to make sure their training programs reflect church teaching and ensure their members pray and focus on Christ.
It stressed appreciation for their work and expressed hope that they take "this present moment as an opportunity to transform uncertainty and hesitancy into collaborative trust" with the church hierarchy.
It noted that many sisters complained that their work often went unrecognized by priests and requested improved dialogue with bishops to clarify their role in the church and give them greater voice in decisions that affect them or in areas where they have experience.
The report noted that Francis, who has pledged to bring more women into decision-making positions in the church, has recently asked the Vatican to update a key document outlining the relationship between bishops and religious orders — male and female — amid tensions that sometimes exist.
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Solution: | A Vatican investigation of American nuns that many sisters feared would be highly critical ended up being "generally appreciative" instead, reports the New York Times. But it still laid out some stark numbers: The US now has about 50,000 Catholic nuns, down from the peak of 125,000 in the 1960s, and their median age is mid- to late 70s. The Vatican launched the investigation, formally called an "apostolic visitation," in 2008 under Pope Benedict, and most figured it would end up criticizing US nuns for becoming too political or for straying from church doctrine. But as the AP writes, "There was no critique of the nuns, no demands that they shift their focus from social justice issues to emphasize Catholic teaching on abortion, no condemnation that a feminist, secular mentality had taken hold in their ranks." Instead, it praised them for "selflessly" serving the poor and asked the nuns themselves to assess their own challenges amid declining numbers, reports the Catholic News Service. The Vatican also promised to value their "feminine genius" more. (Maybe the supportive tone is a reflection of Pope Francis, who thinks that a smart nun once saved his life.) |
Definition: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Where does the United Methodist Church have more educational affiliates, in the US or overseas?, Context: Throughout its history, the United Methodist Church has placed great emphasis on the importance of education. As such, the United Methodist Church established and is affiliated with around one hundred colleges and universities in the United States, including Syracuse University, Boston University, Emory University, Duke University, Drew University, University of Denver, University of Evansville, and Southern Methodist University. Most are members of the International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities. The church operates three hundred sixty schools and institutions overseas.
Output: | overseas |
How to make your own liquor cabinet
Decide what you want your liquor cabinet to look like.
Despite the name " cabinet, " the place where you store your drink ingredients can be open, closed or in a larger structure, like a bar. A small liquor cabinet can simply be a kitchen cabinet, and a large bar can be purchased or specially made.
OPTIONS:
- If you're thirsty or tired of an empty liquor cabinet, consider making your own. If the wine comes from fermented grapes, your liquor cabinet will look much nicer and richer.
- Consider where you want to store the liquor. If you have children, you may want to choose a cabinet that is up high or one that locks.
- Your choice will be based on your personal taste, and as an independent contractor, you want to feel that you have a place to store things. Identify the size you want your liquor cabinet to be.
- If you're going to venture out in the wilderness, making a liquor cabinet featuring a refrigerator is a good idea. Pick a location that meets your needs.
Consider where you want to store the liquor. If you have children, you may want to choose a cabinet that is up high or one that locks.
The same man flips across the mat again, this time not wearing a shirt. The man is talking to the camera. a woman with a blue bow in hair
OPTIONS:
- walks across the screen behind the man and begins talking to another woman who exits the screen.
- is taking a break in a library.
- is in front of the man and another woman wearing a white bathrobe is in front of a mirror trimming her hair.
- is doing gymnastics on a essentially non-impressive bar.
walks across the screen behind the man and begins talking to another woman who exits the screen.
How to hang a silk poster
Measure the width of your silk and buy poster frames to fit your poster.
Grab a ruler, and place it next the top edge of your poster to find its width. Then, purchase a poster hanger that is the same size or 2-4 in (5.1-10.2 cm) longer than your silk poster.
OPTIONS:
- If you decide to use a poster hanger, make sure that it is short enough to accommodate the poster. Make sure the paper that you will be hanging is no longer attached to the fabric.
- The measurements will be easily adjusted later, so take a ruler and figure it out. Buy a drum to put the assembly in, and test the dimensions by holding the end of the drum and seeing how the plywood looks under the drum.
- Poster hangers are designed to be slightly longer than the size of your poster. You can purchase a poster hanger with either a string to hang from the wall or a clip to slide into the back of your top hanger.
- As you measure, remember to keep your = width the same, and your = height equal to these marks. Lay the poster hanger face-down over your poster.
Poster hangers are designed to be slightly longer than the size of your poster. You can purchase a poster hanger with either a string to hang from the wall or a clip to slide into the back of your top hanger.
How to send money from india
Visit a bank.
Many banks will allow you to visit a branch and fill out an application to remit money abroad. You may be limited in the methods of remittance you can use with this method.
OPTIONS:
- The application will tell you about the bank you are visiting and the closest branch that accepts foreign funds. Expect to pay a $600 fee.
- You do not need to save your original money and you can use any other funds or accounts in india that are set up with that bank. Many banks have consignment or temporary deposit accounts.
- For instance, you may only be able to apply for a wire transfer or foreign currency demand draft (fcdd). You may also be required to be an account holder at the particular bank.
- Different banks are more likely to accept money overseas. You cannot apply for credit cards online, but india offers free online banking services.
| For instance, you may only be able to apply for a wire transfer or foreign currency demand draft (fcdd). You may also be required to be an account holder at the particular bank. |
Problem: How to prevent a dog from defecating in its crate<br>Make sure the crate is the right size. Oftentimes, dogs will defecate in their crate if it's too big. If the crate is large enough that your dog can comfortably poop in a corner he might choose to go in his crate rather than wait to be let out.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "you have to get the crate to be the right size"?
A: Yes
Problem: Judge, if I may, there are some things here that we can agree with, but there are others that we can't. And this is why, in our opinion, Judge. You know, if our clients are believed, the reporters did talk to them but took misrepresentative statements so that they left things out to put them in a false light and in so doing have created articles that, if they were admitted for the truth of the matter asserted, would be misrepresentative.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "My clients are innocent"?
A: It's impossible to say
Problem: How to get free itunes codes<br>Enter to win an itunes gift card. Many websites and other companies offer chances to win a free itunes gift card if you either sign up for a newsletter, take a survey, write a review, become a " follower, " and so on. [substeps] Beware that some of these offers may be scams, and that the likelihood of winning may be very slim.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Some swindlers will offer you a free itunes gift card but your chances of winning are slim to none."?
A: | Yes |
A man and woman are talking to a camera on exercises. The girl talks about equipment and how to use it. she
prepares the equipment and helps the man perform the exercise.
He plays a riff as he moves his legs rhythmically. He continues playing the guitar as the camera focuses on his hands and the guitar only. he
plays several different tunes one after the other as he strums the guitar with his pick.
How to pass ap psychology
Make a rough outline as you read a textbook chapter.
Ap coursework is fast-paced, so do all of your reading when it's assigned or you might fall behind. Keep your notebook handy when you do your assigned reading.
Write down the chapter's main idea, key definitions, and summaries of each section. If there's anything that confuses you, write down questions to ask in class.
How to sell fast when house flipping
Market yourself.
When flipping a house, even if you've got a great buy, if people do not know about your house they aren't going to make an offer on it. There are a number of different ways you can really get your name and property out into the public eye.
| You can advertise using ads in the newspaper, online listings or craigslist. You might even consider using mls or " multiple listing service ". |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
See one example below:
Problem: Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem: The frequency of nocturnal emissions is highly variable. Some reported that it is due to being sexually inactive for a period of 1--2 weeks, with no engagement in either intercourse or masturbation. Some males have experienced large numbers of nocturnal emissions as teenagers, while others have never experienced one. In the U.S., 83% of men experience nocturnal emissions at some time in their life. For males who have experienced nocturnal emissions the mean frequency ranges from 0.36 times per week (about once every three weeks) for single 15-year-old males to 0.18 times per week (about once every five-and-a-half weeks) for 40-year-old single males. For married males the mean ranges from 0.23 times per week (about once per month) for 19-year-old married males to 0.15 times per week (about once every two months) for 50-year-old married males. In some parts of the world nocturnal emissions are more common. For example, in Indonesia surveys have shown that 97% of men experience nocturnal emissions by the age of 24.
Solution: | is it normal to have wet dreams at 17? |
Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What was made with the National Security Act of 1947?, Context: The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed, and is the largest and one of the world's most technologically advanced air forces. The USAF articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Special Operations, Air Superiority, Global Integrated ISR, Space Superiority, Command and Control, Cyberspace Superiority, Personnel Recovery, Global Precision Attack, Building Partnerships, Rapid Global Mobility and Agile Combat Support.
A: | USAF |
Putting the Cat Down<br>My daughter's friend in middle and high school lives in CA. She used to live in MA. She came by to visit last week. Her mom had to put their 17-year old cat down. She posted a tribute on FB.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
The friend saw us last week.
Select from the following.
(I). Yes.
(II). It's impossible to say.
(III). No. | (I). |
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]: How did the pope respond to the request?, Context: Neither John nor the rebel barons seriously attempted to implement the peace accord. The rebel barons suspected that the proposed baronial council would be unacceptable to John and that he would challenge the legality of the charter; they packed the baronial council with their own hardliners and refused to demobilise their forces or surrender London as agreed. Despite his promises to the contrary, John appealed to Innocent for help, observing that the charter compromised the pope's rights under the 1213 agreement that had appointed him John's feudal lord. Innocent obliged; he declared the charter "not only shameful and demeaning, but illegal and unjust" and excommunicated the rebel barons. The failure of the agreement led rapidly to the First Barons' War.
[EX A]: obliged
[EX Q]: When did Turing begin his work?, Context: Early computing machines had fixed programs. Changing its function required the re-wiring and re-structuring of the machine. With the proposal of the stored-program computer this changed. A stored-program computer includes by design an instruction set and can store in memory a set of instructions (a program) that details the computation. The theoretical basis for the stored-program computer was laid by Alan Turing in his 1936 paper. In 1945 Turing joined the National Physical Laboratory and began work on developing an electronic stored-program digital computer. His 1945 report ‘Proposed Electronic Calculator’ was the first specification for such a device. John von Neumann at the University of Pennsylvania, also circulated his First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC in 1945.
[EX A]: 1936
[EX Q]: A councilman is around for?, Context: Richmond city government consists of a city council with representatives from nine districts serving in a legislative and oversight capacity, as well as a popularly elected, at-large mayor serving as head of the executive branch. Citizens in each of the nine districts elect one council representative each to serve a four-year term. Beginning with the November 2008 election Council terms was lengthened to 4 years. The city council elects from among its members one member to serve as Council President and one to serve as Council Vice President. The city council meets at City Hall, located at 900 E. Broad St., 2nd Floor, on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, except August.
[EX A]: | 4 years
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Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What magazine was stated to have the first party bias, Context: As at most other universities, Notre Dame's students run a number of news media outlets. The nine student-run outlets include three newspapers, both a radio and television station, and several magazines and journals. Begun as a one-page journal in September 1876, the Scholastic magazine is issued twice monthly and claims to be the oldest continuous collegiate publication in the United States. The other magazine, The Juggler, is released twice a year and focuses on student literature and artwork. The Dome yearbook is published annually. The newspapers have varying publication interests, with The Observer published daily and mainly reporting university and other news, and staffed by students from both Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College. Unlike Scholastic and The Dome, The Observer is an independent publication and does not have a faculty advisor or any editorial oversight from the University. In 1987, when some students believed that The Observer began to show a conservative bias, a liberal newspaper, Common Sense was published. Likewise, in 2003, when other students believed that the paper showed a liberal bias, the conservative paper Irish Rover went into production. Neither paper is published as often as The Observer; however, all three are distributed to all students. Finally, in Spring 2008 an undergraduate journal for political science research, Beyond Politics, made its debut.
A: | The Observer |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: (CNN) -- The U.S. space shuttle program retired in 2011, leaving American astronauts to hitchhike into orbit. But after three long years, NASA's successor is almost ready to make an entrance. Orion, the agency's newest manned spaceship, is being prepared for its first mission in December. In future missions, it will journey into deep space -- to Mars and beyond -- farther than humans have ever gone before. Orion comes loaded with superlatives. It boasts the largest heat shield ever built and a computer 400 times faster than the ones on the space shuttles. It will be launched into space on the most powerful rocket NASA has ever made. No astronauts will be aboard the December flight, which will test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions. Final work on the spacecraft is under way at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion came one step closer to completion this month with the stacking of the crew module atop the service module. "Now that we're getting so close to launch, the spacecraft completion work is visible every day," Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer said in a statement. A 3,600-mile journey When complete, the Orion capsule will resemble a fencing foil, with a tall spire shooting up from a rounded base. At the top will sit a launch abort system, with downward-facing thrusters that would save the crew from a jarring crash in the event of a rocket malfunction. The bottom portion, the service module, will perform various functions such as in-space propulsion and cargo storage. Nestled between the two will be the crew module, capable of supporting human life from launch until recovery. Attached to the service module will be a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. For the first time since the space shuttle's debut launch in 1981, the crew compartment will ride on the tip of the rocket rather than hanging onto its side, evoking the configuration of the famous Apollo or Gemini missions. <sep>What does the abort system include?<sep>Cushioning for the crew
A: | No |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Ex Input:
Fax ( short for facsimile ) , or telecopying , is the transmission of scanned printed material ( both text and images ) , to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device .
Ex Output:
Fax ( short for facsimile ) , sometimes called telecopying or telefax ( the latter short for telefacsimile ) , is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material ( both text and images ) , normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device .
Ex Input:
A common example of behavior viewed as promiscuous is a one-night stand .
Ex Output:
A common example of behavior viewed as promiscuous by many cultures is the one-night stand , and its frequency is used by researchers as a marker for promiscuity .
Ex Input:
A card game is any game played with playing cards .
Ex Output:
| A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played , be they traditional or game-specific .
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Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
The 337 Squadron (Norwegian: "337-skvadronen" ) is a maritime helicopter unit of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF). Based at Bardufoss Air Station, the squadron operates eight NHIndustries NH90. The helicopters are used by the Norwegian Coast Guard and serve on the "Nordkapp"-class, the "Barentshav"-class and on NoCGV "Svalbard".
Sentence: The 337 Squadron is a unit of the Royal Norwegian Air Force who employs thousands of people.
Output: It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Kohl participated in the late stage of WWII as a teenage soldier. He joined the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) in 1947.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Kohl participated in the late stage of WWII as a teenage soldier, later he became a fighter pilot.
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Answer:
It's impossible to say
[Q]: From March 4, 1993, when the damage control operation began, through the orchestrated in-house investigation, through the conceiving, conspiring, conniving and sanctioning of lies and misinformation, through the tampering with documents and the destruction of evidence, to the successful campaign to shut down the Somalia inquiry, people in high places for whom we are ultimately responsible have evaded accountability, escaped responsibility and eluded the efforts of properly constituted civilian authority - Parliament, government, a Royal Commission - to establish the truth. there was no Somalian enquiry. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: No
Problem: Speaking of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was chased by armed officers into the station and shot five times at close range, his cousin, Alex Pereira, hinted today that his family would sue Scotland Yard over the killing.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Jean committed suicide by hanging."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: She became a dentist before going to college
College<br>Miranda wanted to be a dentist. She applied for a college in her city. Miranda was accepted into college. She studied very hard. Miranda is a dentist now.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: Airlines outside of the U.S where also included in the lawsuit
American Airlines has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a lawsuit that says it and other major U.S. airlines colluded to drive up the price of airfares. In settling the case, American denied any wrongdoing. The company, in a statement, said fighting the case in court would be costly. Earlier this year, Southwest Airlines also reached a settlement in the case, agreeing to pay $15 million. Southwest also denied any wrongdoing. The lawsuit alleges that major U.S. airlines colluded to limit capacity in order to increase ticket prices.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
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Question: What does Thapar decry as helping to put too much focus on certain aspects of Indian history?, Context: Romila Thapar notes that the division into Hindu-Muslim-British periods of Indian history gives too much weight to "ruling dynasties and foreign invasions", neglecting the social-economic history which often showed a strong continuity. The division into Ancient-Medieval-Modern periods overlooks the fact that the Muslim conquests occurred gradually during which time many things came and went off, while the south was never completely conquered. According to Thapar, a periodisation could also be based on "significant social and economic changes", which are not strictly related to a change of ruling powers.[note 1]
Answer: division into Hindu-Muslim-British periods
Question: In a duel-input USB cable, what are both cables used for?, Context: Some USB devices require more power than is permitted by the specifications for a single port. This is common for external hard and optical disc drives, and generally for devices with motors or lamps. Such devices can use an external power supply, which is allowed by the standard, or use a dual-input USB cable, one input of which is used for power and data transfer, the other solely for power, which makes the device a non-standard USB device. Some USB ports and external hubs can, in practice, supply more power to USB devices than required by the specification but a standard-compliant device may not depend on this.
Answer: power
Question: The study of knowledge is also referred to as?, Context: In 2004, philosopher and psychologist Michel ter Hark (Groningen, The Netherlands) published a book, called Popper, Otto Selz and the rise of evolutionary epistemology, in which he claimed that Popper took some of his ideas from his tutor, the German psychologist Otto Selz. Selz never published his ideas, partly because of the rise of Nazism, which forced him to quit his work in 1933, and the prohibition of referring to Selz' work. Popper, the historian of ideas and his scholarship, is criticised in some academic quarters for his rejection of Plato, Hegel and Marx.
Answer: | epistemology
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Q: Musical artists Tarek Abdelqader, Antoine Martinneau, and Brianna Lane are just three of the musicians that comprise the 2019 Cedar Commissions artists.
The 2019 Cedar Commissions artists have each received $4,500 to create over 30 minutes of new music, drawing from their lives and experiences to create bold new works. Over the course of six months, they have been composing, exploring new ideas, and assembling musicians to bring their work to fruition on February 1st and 2nd. On night one, the artists Tarek Abdelqader, Antoine Martinneau, and Brianna Lane will perform their work.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Zebra<br>Jessica and Eric were dating. They went to the zoo for a date. Jessica loved the zebras the most. They took many pictures with the zebras. They had fun at the zoo as well as viewing the pictures later.
Jessica and Eric loved dating. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: The man prayed even after being told to stop
Context: Prayer<br>The man said a prayer out loud. Praying in the school was prohibited. He was asked to stop praying. He refused to stop. He was asked to leave the school until he could follow the rules.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: Yes
Context:
LIFESTYLE The Royal Family Never Uses These 'Common' Words We Canadian non-royals use words like "living room" or "couch" regularly. But the Royal Family have their own terms for many commonly used words, according to Kate Fox, author of "Watching the English: The Hidden Rules Of English Behavior."
Hypothesis: Kate Fox has never authored a book with "English" in the title. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
No
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Live At Leeds (1970) is The Who's first live album, and indeed is their only live album that was released while the band was still recording and performing regularly.
Sentence: A lot of albums got lost in a fire
Output: It's impossible to say
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Disappointment<br>Anna went to Washington DC to protest the election. She believes neither candidate is a potential president. She also thinks the government is corrupt. She plans to move to England one day soon. She feels she would be happier there.
Sentence: Anna wants to leave America.
Output: | Yes |
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