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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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Forecasters are saying today should be the hottest of the week, with a high that could hit 101 degrees. Winds should be calm throughout the morning but this afternoon a 5 to 8 mph breeze should develop out of the south-southeast. Overnight lows should be in the mid-60s. The National Weather Service is predicting the high temperature will step back to about 97 degrees. For the rest of the week, the highs are expected to linger in the 90s under clear skies, and the lows are supposed to stay in the 60s. For additional weather information visit www.chicoer.com/weather.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
They said today would be the coldest day of the week | No |
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How to paint cast iron
Remove any rust on the cast iron.
You may be able to use a wire brush to scrub off the rust. A sandblaster or rust-removing chemical products can also be used if you need to take off a lot of rust and are not worried about possible damage to the cast iron. | Wear proper safety equipment if working with a power tool or chemical to remove the rust. This may include gloves, goggles and a respirator. |
Nausikaa Lake is a lake in geographic Lee Township in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District, in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The lake is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and the nearest community is Sesekinika, 5 km to the east. It is named for Nausicaa, a greek princess in Homer's "Odyssey"
The lake in Canada inspires many people to come back OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Well, because, like I said, my husband had been a teacher at the school, and he had sort of been directed by the high school principal to attend the meeting in support of the different things that were happening. There were other textbooks that were being adopted and controversies over them, and, you know, it was sort of a rallying thing, I suppose. And I went along because I live in the district, I pay taxes in the district, my children attend school in the district. I'm an educator, and I was curious about what was happening.
school contains an o OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
A New Job<br>Sara had recently ran away from home and needed some type of work. She figured nannying would be under the table. She quickly found someone looking for a nanny. She ended up loving her new job a ton. Unfortunately, her boss found out that she was a runaway and fired her.
Sara used to live with her dad OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
Mastermind or Master Mind is a code-breaking game for two players. The modern game with pegs was invented in 1970 by Mordecai Meirowitz, an Israeli postmaster and telecommunications expert. It resembles an earlier pencil and paper game called Bulls and Cows that may date back a century or more.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Mastermind is not a code-breaking game.
Available choices:
[+] Yes;
[+] It's impossible to say;
[+] No; | 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".
The next evening, she arrived with a stack of glistening stopboxes containing sushi, sashimi, oysters in their shells, and Terran vegetables fresh plucked from their hydroponic beds. Wondering about the reason for her extravagance, I asked how work had gone that day. "Emil came in. He's taking Dream's End." "Emil?" "You've no memory left, old one. Emil Malaquez." You did that to test my affections." "What?" "Calling him by his first name. I did that in a comedy once.'Nights with Karl and Groucho.' It was before your time." "The critics liked it." "I'm glad." A moment later: "That's not why I called him 'Emil'." "No. We lunched together. He's nice." <sep>What does the older speaker say the "critics liked?"<sep>Emil Malaquez | No |
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 service was Robert Kyncl promoting to labels?, Context: In May 2014, prior to the launch of YouTube's subscription-based Music Key service, the independent music trade organization Worldwide Independent Network alleged that YouTube was using non-negotiable contracts with independent labels that were "undervalued" in comparison to other streaming services, and that YouTube would block all music content from labels who do not reach a deal to be included on the paid service. In a statement to the Financial Times in June 2014, Robert Kyncl confirmed that YouTube would block the content of labels who do not negotiate deals to be included in the paid service "to ensure that all content on the platform is governed by its new contractual terms." Stating that 90% of labels had reached deals, he went on to say that "while we wish that we had [a] 100% success rate, we understand that is not likely an achievable goal and therefore it is our responsibility to our users and the industry to launch the enhanced music experience." The Financial Times later reported that YouTube had reached an aggregate deal with Merlin Network—a trade group representing over 20,000 independent labels, for their inclusion in the service. However, YouTube itself has not confirmed the deal.
Solution: | YouTube's subscription-based Music Key |
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 does she do outside of show business?, Context: Madonna Louise Ciccone (/tʃɪˈkoʊni/; Italian: [tʃikˈkoːne]; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Madonna is known for reinventing both her music and image, and for maintaining her autonomy within the recording industry. Music critics have acclaimed her musical productions, which have generated some controversy. Often referred to as the "Queen of Pop", she is often cited as an influence by other artists.
SOLUTION: businesswoman
PROBLEM: For what reason would it be easy to burn a chair?, Context: Wood has always been used extensively for furniture, such as chairs and beds. It is also used for tool handles and cutlery, such as chopsticks, toothpicks, and other utensils, like the wooden spoon.
SOLUTION: Wood
PROBLEM: Who are more likely to get diseases, people of wealth or people who live in poverty?, Context: Diseases of poverty directly correlate with a country's economic performance and wealth distribution: Half of Kenyans live below the poverty level. Preventable diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, pneumonia, diarrhoea and malnutrition are the biggest burden, major child-killers, and responsible for much morbidity; weak policies, corruption, inadequate health workers, weak management and poor leadership in the public health sector are largely to blame. According to 2009 estimates, HIV prevalence is about 6.3% of the adult population. However, the 2011 UNAIDS Report suggests that the HIV epidemic may be improving in Kenya, as HIV prevalence is declining among young people (ages 15–24) and pregnant women. Kenya had an estimated 15 million cases of malaria in 2006.
SOLUTION: | poverty
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How to make dental health fun for your kids
Incorporate fun activities when kids brush their teeth.
Kids will be more motivated to complete their brushing and flossing if they find it enjoyable. You can turn tooth brushing into a game-for example, brush with your kids and see who can build up bubbles with the toothpaste. | You can also make brushing more fun for your kids by playing a song in the background while they brush their teeth. It could be their favorite tune from a kid's show or a cartoon. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
What a time of it Dawson's Landing was having! All its life it had been asleep, but now it hardly got a chance for a nod, so swiftly did big events and crashing surprises come along in one another's wake: Friday morning, first glimpse of Real Nobility, also grand reception at Aunt Patsy Cooper's, also great robber raid; Friday evening, dramatic kicking of the heir of the chief citizen in presence of four hundred people; Saturday morning, emergence as practicing lawyer of the long-submerged Pudd'nhead Wilson; Saturday night, duel between chief citizen and titled stranger. The people took more pride in the duel than in all the other events put together, perhaps. It was a glory to their town to have such a thing happen there. In their eyes the principals had reached the summit of human honor. Everybody paid homage to their names; their praises were in all mouths. Even the duelists' subordinates came in for a handsome share of the public approbation: wherefore Pudd'nhead Wilson was suddenly become a man of consequence. When asked to run for the mayoralty Saturday night, he was risking defeat, but Sunday morning found him a made man and his success assured. <sep>Whose names and praises were in everyone's mouths?<sep>Aunt Patsy Cooper's
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In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example Input: Suppose there are 2 more newborns, then which number will be increased, 65%, 15.1% or 19.9%?, Context: As of 2000[update], children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 15.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.9%.
Example Output: 15.1%
Example Input: Which paper uses the name of the people living in the state?, Context: The Oklahoman is Oklahoma City's major daily newspaper and is the most widely circulated in the state. NewsOK.com is the Oklahoman's online presence. Oklahoma Gazette is Oklahoma City's independent newsweekly, featuring such staples as local commentary, feature stories, restaurant reviews and movie listings and music and entertainment. The Journal Record is the city's daily business newspaper and okcBIZ is a monthly publication that covers business news affecting those who live and work in Central Oklahoma.
Example Output: The Oklahoman
Example Input: Sub-Saharan Africa skipped the __ Age., Context: Upper Palaeolithic deposits, including bones of Homo sapiens, have been found in local caves, and artefacts dating from the Bronze Age to the Middle Iron Age have been found at Mount Batten showing that it was one of the main trading ports of the country at that time. An unidentified settlement named 'TAMARI OSTIA' (mouth/estuaries of the Tamar) is listed in Ptolemy's Geographia and is presumed to be located in the area of the modern city.
Example Output: | Bronze
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IN: What happens next?
How to use wrist wraps
Find the thumb loop.
The wrist wraps will look like pieces of sturdy fabric, each of which is about 18 inches (46 cm) long. One of the ends will have a thumb loop: a looped piece of string sticking upwards from the wrist wrap.
OUT: Find this end, and hold the wrist wrap with the thumb loop pointing upwards. You can start with either hand, since the process of putting on a wrist wrap will be the same for both hands.
IN: What happens next?
She steps closer and tries again, hitting it this time. She backs up as a dog comes into the picture. She keeps swinging at missing. she
OUT: stops for moment, takes a hard swing and hits it.
IN: What happens next?
How to live an old fashioned lifestyle (teens )
Store or put aside your electronics.
You don't have to throw them out to not use them. Putting aside electronics is an essential to living old fashioned.
OUT: | It helps keep you focused on other things such as housework, nature, and hobbies. Store them in a cool, dry, place where they will be safe from harm and will not tempt you to use them. |
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 term did the UK used to use to describe a period of time during someone's school aged years?, Context: Colloquially, the term university may be used to describe a phase in one's life: "When I was at university..." (in the United States and Ireland, college is often used instead: "When I was in college..."). In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Spain and the German-speaking countries university is often contracted to uni. In Ghana, New Zealand and in South Africa it is sometimes called "varsity" (although this has become uncommon in New Zealand in recent years). "Varsity" was also common usage in the UK in the 19th century.[citation needed] "Varsity" is still in common usage in Scotland.
SOLUTION: Varsity
PROBLEM: Who was the victor?, Context: By August, the KPA had pushed back the ROK Army and the Eighth United States Army to the vicinity of Pusan in southeast Korea. In their southward advance, the KPA purged the Republic of Korea's intelligentsia by killing civil servants and intellectuals. On 20 August, General MacArthur warned North Korean leader Kim Il-sung that he was responsible for the KPA's atrocities. By September, the UN Command controlled the Pusan perimeter, enclosing about 10% of Korea, in a line partially defined by the Nakdong River.
SOLUTION: North Korean leader Kim Il-sung
PROBLEM: What structures made up the base ofr Kamakura soldiers?, Context: The Taira and the Minamoto clashed again in 1180, beginning the Gempei War, which ended in 1185. Samurai fought at the naval battle of Dan-no-ura, at the Shimonoseki Strait which separates Honshu and Kyushu in 1185. The victorious Minamoto no Yoritomo established the superiority of the samurai over the aristocracy. In 1190 he visited Kyoto and in 1192 became Sei'i-taishōgun, establishing the Kamakura Shogunate, or Kamakura Bakufu. Instead of ruling from Kyoto, he set up the Shogunate in Kamakura, near his base of power. "Bakufu" means "tent government", taken from the encampments the soldiers would live in, in accordance with the Bakufu's status as a military government.
SOLUTION: | tent
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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.
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." |
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How to make easy no bake cheesecake
Cream softened cream cheese manually by hand or with a mixer.
Add whipped topping and sugar.
Mix well. | Pour mixture into the graham cracker crust. Chill in the refrigerator for an hour. |
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".
Let me give you an example: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
The answer to this example can be: No
Here is why: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
OK. solve this:
What if you could drain all of Earths oceans? What would it look like? You might be really surprised. You see that the surface has two main features. It has continents and ocean basins. Continents are large land areas. These are the areas that are mostly above sea level. Ocean basins extend from the edges of continents. They include the ocean floor and Earths deep ocean trenches. You will also notice the ocean floor is not flat. It too has many Continents are much older than ocean basins. Some rocks on the continents are billions of years old. Ocean basins may only be millions of years old. Because the continents are so old, a lot has happened to them! As we view the land around us, we see landforms. Landforms are physical features on Earths surface. These features change over time, but how? There are actually two types of forces at work. <sep>What Earth features are mostly above sea level?<sep>Terrain
Answer: | No |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to detect and prevent bloating and torsion in dogs
Look for dry-vomiting.
One of the more common symptoms of bloating and torsion, when your dog's stomach turn or twist up to 360 degrees, is an attempt to vomit with no results. This can often sound and look like a dry-heave or sound more like a deep repeated cough.
Options:
- If your dog has at any time stopped vomiting, it may be an effort to purge. If you can feel the urge to vomit, keep track of how long.
- This symptom can then be attributed to a small blockage in the stomach. You can determine the cause of the blockage by looking for pockets of fluid stuck to your dog's intestines.
- Vomiting with no results might also produce mucus or foam. Unless your dog is vomiting up more solid food they may be bloated or distended.
- Get your dog's teeth cleaned once a day. Once a dog has begun to stop vomiting, especially a dog with frequent bloating and torsion, see your vet about a regular treatment regimen. | Vomiting with no results might also produce mucus or foam. Unless your dog is vomiting up more solid food they may be bloated or distended. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Consider Input: Despite what improvements were there still civil issues?, Context: Between 1346 and 1354, Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen toppled the Sakya and founded the Phagmodrupa Dynasty. The following 80 years saw the founding of the Gelug school (also known as Yellow Hats) by the disciples of Je Tsongkhapa, and the founding of the important Ganden, Drepung and Sera monasteries near Lhasa. However, internal strife within the dynasty and the strong localism of the various fiefs and political-religious factions led to a long series of internal conflicts. The minister family Rinpungpa, based in Tsang (West Central Tibet), dominated politics after 1435. In 1565 they were overthrown by the Tsangpa Dynasty of Shigatse which expanded its power in different directions of Tibet in the following decades and favoured the Karma Kagyu sect.
Output: founding of the Gelug school (also known as Yellow Hats) by the disciples of Je Tsongkhapa, and the founding of the important Ganden, Drepung and Sera monasteries near Lhasa
Input: Consider Input: Why was Bell so inspired to do research on hearing and speech?, Context: Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876.[N 4] Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.[N 5]
Output: Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf
Input: Consider Input: Why would someone living in Melbourne be unable, for example, to take a five-hour-long shower?, Context: Melbourne's air quality is generally good and has improved significantly since the 1980s. Like many urban environments, the city faces significant environmental issues, many of them relating to the city's large urban footprint and urban sprawl and the demand for infrastructure and services. One such issue is water usage, drought and low rainfall. Drought in Victoria, low rainfalls and high temperatures deplete Melbourne water supplies and climate change may have a long-term impact on the water supplies of Melbourne. In response to low water supplies and low rainfall due to drought, the government implemented water restrictions and a range of other options including: water recycling schemes for the city, incentives for household water tanks, greywater systems, water consumption awareness initiatives, and other water saving and reuse initiatives; also, in June 2007, the Bracks Government announced that a $3.1 billion Wonthaggi desalination plant would be built on Victoria's south-east coast, capable of treating 150 billion litres of water per year, as well as a 70 km (43 mi) pipeline from the Goulburn area in Victoria's north to Melbourne and a new water pipeline linking Melbourne and Geelong. Both projects are being conducted under controversial Public-Private Partnerships and a multitude of independent reports have found that neither project is required to supply water to the city and that Sustainable Water Management is the best solution. In the meantime, the drought must be weathered.
| Output: water restrictions
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Last month, native bird trappers have snared and caught the Luzon Buttonquail (Turnix worcesteri or Worcester's buttonquail) in Dalton Pass, a cold and wind-swept bird passageway in the Caraballo Mountains, in Nueva Vizcaya, located between Cordillera Central and Sierra Madre mountain ranges, in Northern Luzon. The rare species, previously known to birders only through drawings based on dead museum specimens collected several decades ago, was identified in a documentary filmed in the Philippines called Bye-Bye Birdie."
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Multiple species have been found | It's impossible to say |
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[Q]: How many secessionist states did not have a military governor?, Context: In 1864, Andrew Johnson (a War Democrat from Tennessee) was elected Vice President under Abraham Lincoln. He became President after Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Under Johnson's lenient re-admission policy, Tennessee was the first of the seceding states to have its elected members readmitted to the U.S. Congress, on July 24, 1866. Because Tennessee had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, it was the only one of the formerly secessionist states that did not have a military governor during the Reconstruction period.
[A]: one
[Q]: In what year did the second presidential debate occur at Washington University Athletic Complex?, Context: Washington University has been selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates to host more presidential and vice-presidential debates than any other institution in history. United States presidential election debates were held at the Washington University Athletic Complex in 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2016. A presidential debate was planned to occur in 1996, but owing to scheduling difficulties between the candidates, the debate was canceled. The university hosted the only 2008 vice presidential debate, between Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden, on October 2, 2008, also at the Washington University Athletic Complex.
[A]: 2000
[Q]: What does food security affect?, Context: Nutritional anthropology is a synthetic concept that deals with the interplay between economic systems, nutritional status and food security, and how changes in the former affect the latter. If economic and environmental changes in a community affect access to food, food security, and dietary health, then this interplay between culture and biology is in turn connected to broader historical and economic trends associated with globalization. Nutritional status affects overall health status, work performance potential, and the overall potential for economic development (either in terms of human development or traditional western models) for any given group of people.
[A]: | human
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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? |
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Ice streams are found?, Context: Glacial bodies larger than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) are called ice sheets or continental glaciers. Several kilometers deep, they obscure the underlying topography. Only nunataks protrude from their surfaces. The only extant ice sheets are the two that cover most of Antarctica and Greenland. They contain vast quantities of fresh water, enough that if both melted, global sea levels would rise by over 70 m (230 ft). Portions of an ice sheet or cap that extend into water are called ice shelves; they tend to be thin with limited slopes and reduced velocities. Narrow, fast-moving sections of an ice sheet are called ice streams. In Antarctica, many ice streams drain into large ice shelves. Some drain directly into the sea, often with an ice tongue, like Mertz Glacier.
Output: | Antarctica |
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To protect its seagoing interests and trade routes, Portugal established strategic garrisons in Goa (India), Malacca (East Indies), and Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. Portuguese explorers then embarked upon Macau (now Macao), the Congo, and various other parts of Africa, including the Sudan. The Portuguese policy was to avoid armed strife and to develop a trade empire, rather than to conquer nations. To this end it succeeded with relatively few blood-soaked episodes in its colonial history. Adventures abroad, however, proved disastrous during the second half of the 16th century. In 1557 the 14-year-old boy-king Sebastião ascended the throne, the beginning of a calamitous reign that was to end at the battle of Alcacer-Quiber (Morocco) in pursuit of a vain crusade. Sebastião's untimely demise, alongside some 18,000 ill-prepared, badly led followers, set the stage for a crisis of succession. For many years afterwards, legends and rumors bizarrely insisted that the king was still alive, and imposters turned up from time to time claiming the throne; those who were plausible enough to be deemed a threat were summarily executed. In fact, the only rightful claimant to the crown was the elderly Prince Henry. But after two years of alternating between the throne and his sickbed, he died, heirless. Surveying the situation and smelling an opportunity, Spain occupied the power vacuum, and Portugal's neighbor and long-time antagonist became its master. Spanish rule dictated Portugal's inadvertent involvement in Spain's ongoing wars. In 1587 a squadron of British ships commanded by Francis Drake attacked the Algarve (now a "legitimate target" as Spanish territory) and sacked Sagres, thus depriving the world of the relics of Henry the Navigator. Nine years later Faro was torched. The 1386 Treaty of Windsor, by which Britain and Portugal had pledged eternal friendship, seemed a distant memory. Portugal's empire was gradually eroded, and many of its trading posts (with the notable exception of Brazil) were picked off by the British and Dutch. Finally, after 60 years of Spanish rule, Portuguese noblemen (aided by the French, then at war with Spain) organized a palace coup and restored independence. The Great Disaster Portugal's greatest misfortune struck on All Saint's Day, 1 November 1755. <sep>What happened during Sebastião's reign as king?<sep>Nothing
Output: | No |
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As noted above, the 9/11 plotters spent somewhere between $400,000 and $500,000 to plan and conduct their attack. The available evidence indicates that the 19 operatives were funded by al Qaeda, either through wire transfers or cash provided by KSM, which they carried into the United States or deposited in foreign accounts and accessed from this country. Our investigation has uncovered no credible evidence that any person in the United States gave the hijackers substantial financial assistance. Similarly, we have seen no evidence that any foreign government-or foreign government official-supplied any funding. We have found no evidence that the Hamburg cell members (Atta, Shehhi, Jarrah, and Binalshibh) received funds from al Qaeda before late 1999. It appears they supported themselves. KSM, Binalshibh, and another plot facilitator, Mustafa al Hawsawi, each received money, in some cases perhaps as much as $10,000, to perform their roles in the plot. After the Hamburg recruits joined the 9/11 conspiracy, al Qaeda began giving them money. Our knowledge of the funding during this period, before the operatives entered the United States, remains murky. According to KSM, the Hamburg cell members each received $5,000 to pay for their return to Germany from Afghanistan after they had been selected to join the plot, and they received additional funds for travel from Germany to the United States. Financial transactions of the plotters are discussed in more detail in chapter 7. Requirements for a Successful Attack As some of the core operatives prepared to leave for the United States, al Qaeda's leaders could have reflected on what they needed to be able to do in order to organize and conduct a complex international terrorist operation to inflict catastrophic harm. We believe such a list of requirements would have included leaders able to evaluate, approve, and supervise the planning and direction of the operation; communications sufficient to enable planning and direction of the operatives and those who would be helping them; a personnel system that could recruit candidates, vet them, indoctrinate them, and give them necessary training; an intelligence effort to gather required information and form assessments of enemy strengths and weaknesses; the ability to move people; and the ability to raise and move the necessary money. The information we have presented about the development of the planes operation shows how, by the spring and summer of 2000, al Qaeda was able to meet these requirements. By late May 2000, two operatives assigned to the planes operation were already in the United States. Three of the four Hamburg cell members would soon arrive. <sep>How many operatives were there in the United States already and who were they waiting on?<sep>Two, Hamberg cell members | Yes |
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Breathing is the process of moving air into and out of the lungs. The process depends on a muscle called the diaphragm. This is a large, sheet-like muscle below the lungs. Inhaling, or breathing in, occurs when the diaphragm muscle tightens. This increases the size of the chest. This too decreases air pressure inside the lungs. This action allows air and gases to enter the lungs. Exhaling, or breathing out, occurs when the diaphragm muscle relaxes. This decreases the size of the chest. This increases air pressure inside the lungs. This action allows for air to leave the lungs. When you inhale, air enters the respiratory system through your nose and ends up in your lungs, where gas exchange with the blood takes place. What happens to the air along the way? In the nose, mucus and hairs trap any dust or other particles in the air. The air is also warmed and moistened. Next, air passes through a passageway that is connected to the windpipe. The air then finds its way to the lungs. In the chest, the windpipe splits so that air enters both the right and left lung. <sep>What happens to the air pressure inside your lungs when you inhale?<sep>Increases
| No |
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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. |
How to feel drunk without drinking<br>Hit the gym or the local park. Exercise is one of the most well-known ways to experience a drunk-like feeling without imbibing in alcohol. Getting a regular cardio session in releases your body's endorphins, seratonin, and dopamine, which are chemicals in your brain.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Your body has no dopamine."? | No |
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What program is available to those in Brent?, Context: About 20% of pupils at Eton receive financial support, through a range of bursaries and scholarships. The recent Head Master, Tony Little, said that Eton is developing plans to allow any boy to attend the school whatever his parents' income and, in 2011, said that around 250 boys received "significant" financial help from the school. In early 2014, this figure had risen to 263 pupils receiving the equivalent of around 60% of school fee assistance, whilst a further 63 received their education free of charge. Little said that, in the short term, he wanted to ensure that around 320 pupils per year receive bursaries, and that 70 were educated free of charge, with the intention that the number of pupils receiving financial assistance would continue to increase. These comparatively new developments will run alongside long-established courses that Eton has provided for pupils from state schools, most of them in the summer holidays (July and August). Launched in 1982, the Universities Summer School is an intensive residential course open to boys and girls throughout the UK who attend state schools, are at the end of their first year in the Sixth Form, and are about to begin their final year of schooling. The Brent-Eton Summer School, started in 1994, offers 40-50 young people from the London Borough of Brent, an area of inner-city deprivation, an intensive one-week residential course, free of charge, designed to help bridge the gap between GCSE and A-level. In 2008, Eton helped found the Eton, Slough, Windsor and Hounslow Independent and State School Partnership (ISSP), with six local state schools. The ISSP's aims are "to raise pupil achievement, improve pupil self-esteem, raise pupil aspirations and improve professional practice across the schools". Eton also runs a number of choral and English language courses during the summer months.
Output: | Brent-Eton Summer School |
[Q]: How entrenched is the term 'Fake News' in our everyday lives? So much that it's being added to the next print edition of the Collins Dictionary. John Q. Public now uses the phrase 'Fake news' so much that the Collins Dictionary has named it the "Word of the Year" (yes, I realize it's actually two words, not one). According to the latest numbers, usage of the phrase is up by 365% since 2016 - and that's not fake news. Sign Up for the Our Newsletter Enter your email to receive the latest news and information directly to your inbox! Name * First Last Email * usage increased by 10%
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[Q]: How to assemble & install an advantage glideaway bike carrier<br>Locate the receiver tube assembly (the heavy sub assembly wrapped in the brown corrugated insert) and the upright (the t-shaped component). These two parts make up the base components for the rack. Place the upright in position perpendicular to the receiver tube assembly. The receiver tube assembly might have customs duties if shipped international.
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[Q]: Last week, saw the fall of the Dutch right wing coalition government, made up of the Christian-democrats (CDA) led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the right wing liberal party (VVD) and the so-called left-liberal D66. holland has 6 political parties
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[Q]: How to finish wood<br>Sand down the wood. Wood will have flaws like scratches and dents. Whether marks have come from the machines at the mills, or it has become scratched or gouged during handling, or from wear and tear. Wood can be scratched while being handled.
[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".
Ex Input:
What if you could drain all of Earths oceans? What would it look like? You might be really surprised. You see that the surface has two main features. It has continents and ocean basins. Continents are large land areas. These are the areas that are mostly above sea level. Ocean basins extend from the edges of continents. They include the ocean floor and Earths deep ocean trenches. You will also notice the ocean floor is not flat. It too has many Continents are much older than ocean basins. Some rocks on the continents are billions of years old. Ocean basins may only be millions of years old. Because the continents are so old, a lot has happened to them! As we view the land around us, we see landforms. Landforms are physical features on Earths surface. These features change over time, but how? There are actually two types of forces at work. <sep>What are the characteristics of continents?<sep>Billion years old
Ex Output:
No
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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>Did Ben have a job?<sep>Yes, in a hospital
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You might want to know how cold it is. You may need to know how fast the wind is blowing. Maybe it rained last night? Do you know how much? Does it feel humid to you? You have heard all these questions before. To answer these questions, we need data. That data comes from special tools. These tools collect data about the weather. You can see some of the common tools listed below: A thermometer measures temperature. An anemometer measures wind speed. A rain gauge measures the amount of rain. A hygrometer measures humidity. A wind vane shows wind direction. A snow gauge measures the amount of snow. <sep>What can data tell us?<sep>Data can tell us how cold it is and how fast the wind is blowing
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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." |
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What do you need in addition to the LaserDisc in order to experience surround sound?, Context: Only one 5.1 surround sound option exists on a given LaserDisc (either Dolby Digital or DTS), so if surround sound is desired, the disc must be matched to the capabilities of the playback equipment (LD Player and Receiver/Decoder) by the purchaser. A fully capable LaserDisc playback system includes a newer LaserDisc player that is capable of playing digital tracks, has a digital optical output for digital PCM and DTS audio, is aware of AC-3 audio tracks, and has an AC-3 coaxial output; an external or internal AC-3 RF demodulator and AC-3 decoder; and a DTS decoder. Many 1990s A/V receivers combine the AC-3 decoder and DTS decoder logic, but an integrated AC-3 demodulator is rare both in LaserDisc players and in later A/V receivers. | playback equipment |
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. |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Alaska Airlines is pulling two non-stop flights for Albuquerque International Sunport while adding two non-stop flights to El Paso. The airline announced last week it was ending its non-stop services from Albuquerque to San Francisco and Orange County because of a lack of demand. The Sunport says flights on the airline to Portland, Seattle and San Diego will remain. Meanwhile, Alaska Airlines says it will add direct daily flights from El Paso to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and San Diego International Airport.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "There are flights by Alaska Airlines."? | Yes |
Select from options: Continue writing the next sentence.
How to hold and use kayak paddle
Know the structure of the kayak paddle.
Unlike a canoe paddle, a kayak paddle has 2 blades attached to the shaft of the paddle. The shaft is the part of the paddle that you hold and the blades are the part that you use to pull yourself and the kayak through the water.
Possible answers:
[1]. Hold the paddle with two hands on the paddle (about 40 cm apart). Have your paddle face the right direction.;
[2]. The blade is the part used to pull the kayak out of the water. The kayak paddle was originally introduced in the 1990's by dr.;
[3]. One paddle is not very strong and the other is only weak. To get more flexibility in either paddle, look online to find kayak paddles designed for you.;
[4]. When used properly, a kayak paddle can propel you along in the exact same way as a ski paddle. The shaft is held upside down, so it is visible from the very top of the paddle, rather than the top or bottom.;
Answer: | [1]. |
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. |
Part 1. Definition
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Part 2. 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.
Answer: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Part 3. Exercise
Which, between neutrophils and macrophages, are found in the bloodstream?, Context: Neutrophils and macrophages are phagocytes that travel throughout the body in pursuit of invading pathogens. Neutrophils are normally found in the bloodstream and are the most abundant type of phagocyte, normally representing 50% to 60% of the total circulating leukocytes. During the acute phase of inflammation, particularly as a result of bacterial infection, neutrophils migrate toward the site of inflammation in a process called chemotaxis, and are usually the first cells to arrive at the scene of infection. Macrophages are versatile cells that reside within tissues and produce a wide array of chemicals including enzymes, complement proteins, and regulatory factors such as interleukin 1. Macrophages also act as scavengers, ridding the body of worn-out cells and other debris, and as antigen-presenting cells that activate the adaptive immune system.
Answer: | Neutrophils |
What happens next?
A couple of men are fighting inside a gym. They are using boxing gloves and equipment. one man
Choices:
[-] knocks the other one out and they continue fighting..
[-] is kicking and punching as the other blocks..
[-] does a punch and knocks the other man in on the ground..
[-] kicks an opponent while the other boxer blocks.. | is kicking and punching as the other blocks. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Where do guinea fowl like to stay?, Context: Guinea fowl originated in southern Africa, and the species most often kept as poultry is the helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris). It is a medium-sized grey or speckled bird with a small naked head with colourful wattles and a knob on top, and was domesticated by the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Guinea fowl are hardy, sociable birds that subsist mainly on insects, but also consume grasses and seeds. They will keep a vegetable garden clear of pests and will eat the ticks that carry Lyme disease. They happily roost in trees and give a loud vocal warning of the approach of predators. Their flesh and eggs can be eaten in the same way as chickens, young birds being ready for the table at the age of about four months.
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How to treat psoriasis with phototherapy
Try uvb phototherapy.
There are two different types of ultraviolet b (uvb) phototherapy, home and clinical. Uvb phototherapy is undergone when the light penetrates the skin, which slows down the growth of the skin cells.
OPTIONS:
- Uvb phototherapy is much like home therapy. But there are a few modifications that you need to make.
- The uvb phototherapy process destroys the water and damaged light cells that contaminate the skin, producing melanin and other melancolors. After repeated phototherapy it can delay or interfere with the development of the psoriasis.
- Uvb phototherapy is more frequently used on those prone to psoriasis than it is for humans. Uvb phototherapy does not " shrink " the skin, but it is less likely to damage and degrade your natural psoriasis cells.
- Whether it is done at home or in a clinic, uvb phototherapy is given for specified periods of time and on a regular schedule. The specific time periods and your schedule for this treatment depend on how extensive your psoriasis is and the specific areas of your body that are affected.
Whether it is done at home or in a clinic, uvb phototherapy is given for specified periods of time and on a regular schedule. The specific time periods and your schedule for this treatment depend on how extensive your psoriasis is and the specific areas of your body that are affected.
How to build massive arms
Prioritize compound movements.
Get most of your work in the gym done through major compound lifts. These include the bench press, pull ups, rows, dips, etc.
OPTIONS:
- All of these will help you do a lot more than you could ever do on your own. Thinking of compound movements as extensions of an extended range of motion, as an additional way to help is by using adalimusal planks.
- , which are all part of compound work. Lay on a mat on your back and lift one arm.
- Focus on using a compound in the right spot when building your arms. Don't do anything else except complete your workout at that spot.
- Compound movements target multiple muscle groups at once, rather than isolating a single muscle. They also help you become stronger, which will increase the amount of specialized arm training you can perform.
Compound movements target multiple muscle groups at once, rather than isolating a single muscle. They also help you become stronger, which will increase the amount of specialized arm training you can perform.
How to write a book proposal
Pick an appropriate project.
Generally, books that are published on proposal only are nonfiction books, textbooks, and children's books. Usually, poetry collections, novels, and collections of stories are not submitted in proposal form, because those forms are more about the aesthetics and execution than the topic.
OPTIONS:
- Presses regularly look for projects to invest in that address topics or issues that they're interested in. Pick a subject area in which you have credibility.
- The author will probably not recommend writing for a nonfiction book, but he may recommend a certain kind of work if you aren't already well-versed in the field. Consider an assignment for story-writing.
- Graphic novels and series were never published on proposal paper, and many books do not respond to query query questions due to copyright abuse. This is part of why so many books are classified as nonfiction.
- However, literature collections, fiction collections, and films are. Other examples are : Children's books by j.r.r.
Presses regularly look for projects to invest in that address topics or issues that they're interested in. Pick a subject area in which you have credibility.
How to understand why your boyfriend acts differently when he is with his mates
Voice your concerns.
If you're upset when he and his mates ignore you or goof off, let him know. Wait until you're alone to avoid embarrassing him.
OPTIONS:
- Find something to say if needed to quell your feelings. Try saying, " it bothers me when you and his mates don't like each other.
- Ask him, " did i annoy you during my absence? If so, what should i do about it? " and then assess what was wrong and try to address it. You're likely to be upset at nothing in particular because of his mood.
- Say exactly what's on your mind in a calm, rational manner. Keep the conversation in the first person as much as possible.
- Give him as much time as you think will help him get over his other mates. He will appreciate you being there for him and may appreciate you helping him rebuild his relationship with his mates.
| Say exactly what's on your mind in a calm, rational manner. Keep the conversation in the first person as much as possible. |
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: Storms have lots of?, Context: The Scooter is another storm, a white cloud group farther south than the Great Dark Spot. This nickname first arose during the months leading up to the Voyager 2 encounter in 1989, when they were observed moving at speeds faster than the Great Dark Spot (and images acquired later would subsequently reveal the presence of clouds moving even faster than those that had initially been detected by Voyager 2). The Small Dark Spot is a southern cyclonic storm, the second-most-intense storm observed during the 1989 encounter. It was initially completely dark, but as Voyager 2 approached the planet, a bright core developed and can be seen in most of the highest-resolution images.
Answer: clouds
Question: What did Kerry later run for?, Context: The junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Paul Tsongas, announced in 1984 that he would be stepping down for health reasons. Kerry ran, and as in his 1982 race for Lieutenant Governor, he did not receive the endorsement of the party regulars at the state Democratic convention. Congressman James Shannon, a favorite of House Speaker Tip O'Neill, was the early favorite to win the nomination, and he "won broad establishment support and led in early polling." Again as in 1982, however, Kerry prevailed in a close primary.
Answer: Senator
Question: What kind of year round weather is in Northern Negev?, Context: Temperatures in Israel vary widely, especially during the winter. Coastal areas, such as those of Tel Aviv and Haifa, have a typical Mediterranean climate with cool, rainy winters and long, hot summers. The area of Beersheba and the Northern Negev has a semi-arid climate with hot summers, cool winters and fewer rainy days than the Mediterranean climate. The Southern Negev and the Arava areas have desert climate with very hot and dry summers, and mild winters with few days of rain. The highest temperature in the continent of Asia (54.0 °C or 129.2 °F) was recorded in 1942 at Tirat Zvi kibbutz in the northern Jordan river valley.
Answer: | hot summers, cool winters and fewer rainy days than the Mediterranean climate
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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".
The earliest signs of people on Jamaica are the remains of the Arawak, an AmerIndian society that originated on the north coast of South America. Arawak peoples migrated to various Caribbean islands, arriving in Jamaica by the beginning of the eighth century. They were peaceful and lived by "slash-and-burn" farming. For meat, they bred pigs and ate iguana, both native to the island. They were highly skilled in such manual activities as thatching and weaving. In fact, the hammock was an AmerIndian invention that remains with us today; it is an object which, more than any other, evokes an image of a warm sunny day on a tropical isle. The Arawak left a legacy of paintings in places such as Runaway Caves near Discovery Bay, and shards of pottery found at their settlements near Nueva Sevilla and Spanish Town have added a little to our knowledge about them. Over 200 Arawak sites have been identified, and it is said that when the Spanish arrived in Jamaica there were approximately 100,000 Arawak living on the island. They called Jamaica "Xaymaca" ("land of wood and water"). Columbus and the Arrival of Europeans Columbus first arrived in Jamaica on 5 May 1494 at Discovery Bay, where there is now a small park in his honor. He stayed for only a few days but returned in 1502, landing here when the ships of his fleet became unserviceable; he waited at St. Ann's Bay for help to arrive from Cuba. After the death of Columbus in 1505, Jamaica became the property of his son Diego, who dispatched Don Juan de Esquivel to the island as Governor. Esquivel arrived in 1510 and created a base called Nueva Sevilla near St. Ann's Bay, from which he hoped to colonize the rest of the island. The Spanish immediately began subjugating the Arawak population, many of whom died under the yoke of oppression and of diseases carried by the Europeans. A number of them committed suicide rather than live the life created for them by the Spanish. The site of Nueva Sevilla proved to be unhealthy and mosquito-ridden, and in 1534 the Spanish founded Villa de la Vega, today known as Spanish Town. Pig breeding was the main occupation of these early settlers, but they also planted sugar cane and other crops that required large numbers of laborers. The number of Arawak had already fallen dramatically, so the Spanish began to import slaves from Africa to work the land; the first Africans arrived in 1517. <sep>What was the response to Spanish oppression by a large number of Arawak people?<sep>Suicide
Output: | Yes |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
You might want to know how cold it is. You may need to know how fast the wind is blowing. Maybe it rained last night? Do you know how much? Does it feel humid to you? You have heard all these questions before. To answer these questions, we need data. That data comes from special tools. These tools collect data about the weather. You can see some of the common tools listed below: A thermometer measures temperature. An anemometer measures wind speed. A rain gauge measures the amount of rain. A hygrometer measures humidity. A wind vane shows wind direction. A snow gauge measures the amount of snow. <sep>What are some common tools?<sep>Micrometer
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
--------
Question: Dylan and Jez are two orphans who meet in their twenties and vow to achieve their shared childhood dream of living in a stately home . In pursuit of this dream they spend their days living in a disused gas holder , spending as little money as possible and conning the upper classes out of their riches . During one of their biggest cons , their lives are touched by Georgie , who needs money to save the Down's syndrome foundation that her brother attends . When a con goes wrong , the two find themselves in gaol to be released only after their entire fortune is rendered useless because of a recall of 50 notes . It is down to an elaborate plan involving Dylan , Jez and Georgie , to break them out of gaol in order to save their dream . The film , in essence , is part Ealing comedy , part underdog farce with a sequence of madcap adventures set against a striking soundtrack by contemporary Britpop artists . Unlike straight rom-coms or mainstream comedies of the period Shooting Fish contained a generous blending of fact and fantasy . <sep>Why were they conning the rich and living in a disused gas holder?<sep>Live in stable upper class
Answer: No
Question: Tokugawa Takes All: When Hideyoshi died in 1598, he hoped to have his five-year-old son continue his "dynasty," initially under the tutelage of five regents. But one of the regents was Ieyasu Tokugawa, who had been biding his time at Edo for 12 years, nurturing dynastic ambitions of his own. Of the cunning, ruthless triumvirate that came out on top at the end of the country's century of civil war, Tokugawa was without doubt the most patient, the most prudent — and most treacherous. He moved quickly to eliminate his strongest rivals, crushing them in 1600 at the great Battle of Sekigahara (near modern Nagoya). During its subsequent two and a half centuries of rule from the new capital established at Edo, the Tokugawa organized a tightly controlled coalition of some 260 daimyo in strategic strongholds throughout the country. The allegiance of this highly privileged and prestigious group was ensured by cementing their ethical principles in the code of bushido, "The way of the warrior": loyalty to one's master, defense of one's status and honor, and fulfillment of all obligations. Loyalty was further enforced by holding the vassals' wives and children hostage in Edo. All roads into Edo, the most famous being the Tokaido Highway, had checkpoints for guns coming in and for wives going out. One of the most effective ways of keeping a tight rein on the country was to cut it off from the outside world, to keep Japan Japanese. At first, Ieyasu Tokugawa was eager to promote foreign trade. He wanted silk and encouraged the Dutch and British as good, nonproselytizing Protestants just interested in trade. But he didn't like the Portuguese and Spanish Catholic missionaries, who he felt were undermining traditional Japanese values. He banned their activities in 1612 and two years later ordered the expulsion of all missionaries and unrepentant Japanese converts. Executions and torture followed. Converts were forced to renounce their faith by trampling crucifixes and effigies of Jesus and Mary. The Catholic Church has counted 3,125 martyrs in Japan from 1597 (beginning under Hideyoshi) to 1660. In 1635 the Japanese were forbidden, on pain of death, to attempt to travel abroad, and Japanese citizens already overseas were prevented from returning, in case they brought back subversive Christian doctrines. Western books were banned, as were Chinese books that mentioned Christianity. <sep>Contrast Tokugawa's attitude toward the British and Dutch traders and the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries.<sep>He wanted to encourage non religious traders to promote foreign trade, but religious missionaries he believed were undermining Japanese values
Answer: Yes
Question: Once upon a time I had a dog named Toodles. He was black and white and had long floppy ears. He also had very short legs, but really big paws. Every Saturday we would go to the park and play Toodles' favorite game. Toodles loved playing fetch. One Saturday, Toodles ran over to the pond because he saw ducks swimming there. He ran all around the pond, barking at the ducks. The ducks ignored him, and kept swimming. Toodles wasn't having it! He jumped into the pond and started swimming toward the ducks, chasing around his new playmates. One of the ducks, braver than the others, poked Toodles with his beak - and then bit him right on one of his floppy ears! Toodles barked and ran out of the pond because the duck hurt his ear. Soaking wet, he ran toward where I was eating a sandwich on the grass and curled right up in my lap so I could make him feel better. After that, whenever he would see a duck, Toodles would run the other way. <sep>What did the duck do that caused Toodles' ear to hurt?<sep>Poked his ear and bit it
Answer: | Yes
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Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
How to kill cigarette beetles<br>Give your home a thorough cleaning and vacuuming. Any spilled food has the potential to become a food source for cigarette beetles. The most effective way to eliminate them long-term is to remove these food sources.
Select from:
1). Yes.
2). It's impossible to say.
3). No.
Hypothesis: Cigarette beetles are called that because they smell of tobacco.
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How to make cheesy pasta
Fill a large pot with 4 quarts (3.8 liters) of water.
You will make enough pasta to feed 4 to 6 people. If this is too much for you, you can cut the recipe in half.
You can also store any leftovers in the fridge. Cheesy pasta will last about a week.
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.
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.
The blue sumo guy pushes the red sumo guy to the ground and lies on him, the referee calls the blue sumo the winner, people cheer, and other people kick at the red sumo guy stuck on the ground. everyone
walks out of the gym and leave the red sumo guy on the ground then an outro appears with a subscribe button on it, and two smaller screen withs other clickable videos.
How to identify a dalmatian
Look at the markings.
The best way to identify a dalmatian is by looking at the dog's markings. Dalmatians are white dogs that have round black or reddish brown spots.
| Ideally the spots should be distributed across the entire body and there should be no large patches. Spots are usually smaller on the head, legs, and tail. |
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]: What makes one species provide us with a bunch of different meal options?, Context: Interspecific crop diversity is, in part, responsible for offering variety in what we eat. Intraspecific diversity, the variety of alleles within a single species, also offers us choice in our diets. If a crop fails in a monoculture, we rely on agricultural diversity to replant the land with something new. If a wheat crop is destroyed by a pest we may plant a hardier variety of wheat the next year, relying on intraspecific diversity. We may forgo wheat production in that area and plant a different species altogether, relying on interspecific diversity. Even an agricultural society which primarily grows monocultures, relies on biodiversity at some point.
[EX A]: the variety of alleles
[EX Q]: Who ruled Bithynia before Bas?, Context: The Bithynians were a Thracian people living in northwest Anatolia. After Alexander's conquests the region of Bithynia came under the rule of the native king Bas, who defeated Calas, a general of Alexander the Great, and maintained the independence of Bithynia. His son, Zipoetes I of Bithynia maintained this autonomy against Lysimachus and Seleucus I, and assumed the title of king (basileus) in 297 BCE. His son and successor, Nicomedes I, founded Nicomedia, which soon rose to great prosperity, and during his long reign (c. 278 – c. 255 BCE), as well as those of his successors, the kingdom of Bithynia held a considerable place among the minor monarchies of Anatolia. Nicomedes also invited the Celtic Galatians into Anatolia as mercenaries, and they later turned on his son Prusias I, who defeated them in battle. Their last king, Nicomedes IV, was unable to maintain himself against Mithridates VI of Pontus, and, after being restored to his throne by the Roman Senate, he bequeathed his kingdom by will to the Roman republic (74 BCE).
[EX A]: Calas
[EX Q]: What book did Abubacer include a theory that was an experiment?, Context: In the 12th century CE the Andalusian Muslim philosopher and novelist Abu Bakr Ibn Tufail (known as "Abubacer" or "Ebn Tophail" in the West) included the theory of tabula rasa as a thought experiment in his Arabic philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdhan in which he depicted the development of the mind of a feral child "from a tabula rasa to that of an adult, in complete isolation from society" on a desert island, through experience alone. The Latin translation of his philosophical novel, entitled Philosophus Autodidactus, published by Edward Pococke the Younger in 1671, had an influence on John Locke's formulation of tabula rasa in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
[EX A]: | Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example Input: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN) -- President Barack Obama, in a bid to create jobs and boost economic growth, called on Congress on Monday to pass a $50 billion plan to renew the country's transportation infrastructure. His address was the first of two speeches the president is scheduled to make this week to frame his administration's ongoing response to the recession, less than two months ahead of midterm elections in which Democratic majorities in the House and Senate are in jeopardy. "Today, I am announcing a new plan for rebuilding and modernizing America's roads, and rails and runways for the long term," said Obama, who spoke on Labor Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- a state with competitive gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races. "We used to have the best infrastructure in the world. We can have it again," he said to loud cheers from a crowd of union workers. The proposal envisions -- over a six year period -- rebuilding 150,000 miles of roads, 4,000 miles of rail and 150 miles of airport runways. It also would include modernizing the nation's air traffic control system in an effort to reduce delays and travel time. "This will not only create jobs immediately. It's also going to make our economy hum over the long haul," said the president. Obama hopes to work with Congress to enact an up-front investment of $50 billion -- an amount a White House statement said would represent a significant chunk of new spending on infrastructure. The investment would then be paired with what the administration called a framework to improve transportation spending. The long-term plan would include the establishment of an Infrastructure Bank, which would leverage federal dollars and focus on projects that could deliver the the biggest bang for the buck, Obama said. The president stressed the need for Democrats and Republicans to work together on the transportation initiative, which would need to be approved by Congress. <sep>On behalf of his administration, what is the overt cause and what is the implied cause of why President Obama gave a speech about spending $50 billion on renewing the country's transportation infrastructure?<sep>Overt: To bid to create jobs and boost economic growth. Implied: Because midterm elections are coming up
Example Output: Yes
Example Input: Charlie Y. Reader is a 35-year-old theatrical agent in New York , living a seemingly idyllic life as a bachelor . Numerous women ( among them Poppy , Helen , and Jessica come and go , cleaning and cooking for him . Charlie 's best friend since kindergarten , Joe McCall , who has a wife named Ethel and children in Indianapolis , comes to New York for a stay at Charlie 's apartment , claiming that the excitement is gone from his 11-year marriage and that he wants to leave his wife . Joe envies and is amazed by Charlie 's parade of girlfriends , while Charlie professes admiration for Joe 's married life and family . At an audition , Charlie meets singer-actress Julie Gillis . She has her life planned to a tight schedule , determined to marry and retire from performing to a life of child-rearing by 22 . Although at first she wards off Charlie 's advances , she comes to see him as the ideal man for her plans . Julie demands that Charlie stop seeing other women . Charlie balks , but he begins to fall in love with her . Joe starts keeping company with Sylvia Crewes , a sophisticated classical musician and a typically neglected lover of Charlie 's . Sylvia is approaching 33 and desires marriage as much as the younger Julie does . One day , annoyed by Julie and possibly jealous of Joe 's attentions , Charlie blurts out a proposal of marriage to Sylvia . She is thrilled , only to discover the morning after their engagement party that he has proposed to Julie as well . Joe confesses his love to Sylvia and asks her to marry him . <sep>Who proposes to Sylvia first?<sep>Joe
Example Output: No
Example Input: Rivers flowing over gentle slopes move more slowly. They move much more slowly than a mountain stream. These slow moving streams create different types of features than mountain streams. Slow moving water erodes the sides of their channels more than the bottom. Also, large curves in the stream form. These curves are called meanders. Meanders are caused by erosion and deposition. Remember, faster moving water causes erosion more quickly. Slower moving water erodes material more slowly. If water is moving slowly enough, the sediment being carried may settle out. This settling out, or dropping off, of sediment is deposition. The curves are called meanders because they slowly wander over the land. As meanders erode from side to side, they create a floodplain. This is a broad, flat area on both sides of a river. Eventually, a meander may become cut off from the rest of the river. This forms an oxbow lake. <sep>Will water flowing over gentle slopes erode more of the sides of their channels or the bottom?<sep>The bottom
Example Output: | 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.) |
Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: In October 1933 Einstein returned to the U.S. and took up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study (in Princeton, New Jersey), noted for having become a refuge for scientists fleeing Nazi Germany. At the time, most American universities, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale, had minimal or no Jewish faculty or students, as a result of their Jewish quota which lasted until the late 1940s. Einstein was still undecided on his future. He had offers from several European universities, including Oxford where he stayed for three short periods between May 1931 and June 1933, however in 1935 he arrived at the decision to remain permanently in the United States and apply for citizenship. Einstein's affiliation with the Institute for Advanced Study would last until his death in 1955. He was one of the four first selected (two of the others being John von Neumann and Kurt Godel) at the new Institute, where he soon developed a close friendship with Godel. The two would take long walks together discussing their work. Bruria Kaufman, his assistant, later became a physicist. During this period, Einstein tried to develop a unified field theory and to refute the accepted interpretation of quantum physics, both unsuccessfully. <sep>Who did Einstein take long walks with?<sep>John von Neumann
Output: | No |
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: After more than a year of effort, attorneys with Northwest Justice Project earlier this week told 25 families in a mobile home park here that they can keep their homes and no longer need to fear eviction. The East Wenatchee City Council has entered into an Interlocal Agreement with the Wenatchee Housing Authority authorizing the Authority to purchase and maintain the Mobile Park Plaza mobile home park. Located just north of the Wenatchee Valley Mall, the park had been threatened with closure for more than a year. "We cannot say enough about how relieved we are that this is over," said Manuel Luna, one of the residents of Mobile Park Plaza. "We were afraid that no solution would be found, and that our families would have no place to go. We are very grateful for the help of our attorneys. Without them, we would not have saved our homes. We are also thankful for the help of the Housing Authority, the City Council and Mayor Steve Lacy." Formerly owned by local businessman Dan Jennings, Mobile Park Plaza had been home to 45 low-income families, many of them Latino farm workers. In October 2000 Jennings gave the park residents notice of his intent to close the park effective November 30, 2001. While some park residents decided to move, others, including 25 families, organized an informal association to relocate or save their homes. Unable to afford private legal counsel, the families asked for help from legal services attorneys at the Northwest Justice Project and Columbia Legal Services. In the succeeding months, these attorneys worked with representatives of the Greater Wenatchee Housing Authority, the state Office of Community Development, Chelan County, the City of East Wenatchee, state legislators, Jennings and others to secure funding and find a solution. "There seemed to be a never-ending set of obstacles," said Patrick Pleas, an attorney with Northwest Justice Project. "Mr. Jennings had financial considerations, the City had growth and economic development considerations, and the State and Housing Authority had their own concerns. Thankfully, hard work and good will from all parties allowed us to find a solution that works for everyone." Northwest Justice Project and Columbia Legal Services are non-profit organizations that provide civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families throughout Washington state. Members of the state's Access to Justice Network, these organizations work with thousands of volunteer attorneys to ensure that justice is available to those who face critical legal problems and can't afford private legal counsel. <sep>What park had been threatened with closure for more than a year?<sep>Mobile Park Plaza
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Alien Planet starts out with an interstellar spacecraft named Von Braun , leaving Earth's orbit . Traveling at 20 % the speed of light , it reaches Darwin IV in 42 years . Upon reaching orbit , it deploys the Darwin Reconnaissance Orbiter , Which looks for potential landing sites for the probes . The first probe , Balboa , explodes along with its lifting body transport during entry , because one of its wings failed to unfold . Two backup probes , Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton , successfully land on the planet , and learn much about its bizarre indigenous lifeforms , including an apparently sapient species . The robotic probes sent out to research on Darwin IV are called Horus Probes . Each Horus probe consists of an { { convert } } long inflatable , hydrogen-filled balloon , Which is covered with solar receptors , a computer ` brain ' , a ` head ' covered with sensors , and several smaller robots that can be sent to places too dangerous for the probes themselves . The probes have a limited degree of artificial intelligence , very similar to the ` processing power ' of a 4-year-old . All the real thinking is done by a supercomputer in the orbiting Von Braun . The probes are programmed with different personalities ; Ike is more cautious , while Leo is the risk-taker . The two probes are also equipped with a holographic message that will be projected to any sentient life found on Darwin . After the two probes inflate their gas-bags , they encounter a voracious Arrowtongue and watch it pursue a Gyrosprinter . <sep>What speed does the interstellar spacecraft Von Braun travel at?<sep>10 % of the speed of light
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: Nine families displaced by a fire at Alamo Hills Apartments in March filed lawsuits Wednesday against the apartment complex. They allege that the complex could have done more to protect belongings they were forced to abandon in the aftermath of the blaze. Bernard Dempsey Jr., an attorney with Western Michigan Legal Services, the group that represents the tenants, said Alamo Hills gave the displaced families very limited opportunity to remove belongings. "They were given three days to get their stuff out, and if they couldn't get moved out in three days, their stuff was discarded," Dempsey said. "Alamo Hills just threw it out." Others, he said, lost possessions to looters after the March 23 blaze, which left 78 people temporarily homeless. According to the lawsuit, the tenants were prohibited from entering their apartments to retrieve possessions and were promised that the complex would provide security. A spokesperson for PM One, the company that manages Alamo Hills, could not be reached for comment. Nine separate suits were filed in 8th District Court, which handles civil claims of less than $25,000. "We're asking for the reimbursement of the value of their property and a small amount for stress -- $3,000 on top of their out-of-pocket expenses for their lost stuff," Dempsey said. "They're not looking to get rich off this. A lot of this is simply because they were treated so badly." Dempsey said most of the tenants who filed suits still live at the apartment complex, although many are trying to find homes elsewhere. "The new apartments (they were provided) were not in very good shape. That's actually one of the claims," he said. <sep>Which attorney said "Alamo Hills just threw it out" after the fire at Alamo Hills Apartments?<sep>Spokesperson for PM
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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 . |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
See one example below:
Problem: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Solution: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Problem: 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 . |
Choose your answer from:
A). Check the fabric care tag to see what the garment is made of and what instructions say. If the tag says " dry clean only, " then take the shirt to the cleaners instead of washing it.
B). To be sure that your garment is dry clean, look it over. If it has any stains or stains, change the garment before washing.
C). If you're washing rayon, look inside the shirt for a wrinkled or stiff line. If the material is wrinkled, it's extremely dry and you don't want to wash it.
D). If the fabric treatment tag says " dry cleaned, " read the outside to determine what type of stain the garment will be. If it says " air dried, " you can dry it first.Choose from options above and answer: What most naturally follows?
How to wash a rayon shirt
Check the fabric care tag.
Some rayon fabrics have been treated, which allows them to be hand-washed. However, untreated, or viscose, rayon should not get wet, so it needs to be dry cleaned.
Answer: | A). |
How to grow bell peppers<br>Consider growing bell peppers from seed. While a number of garden centers sell specimens ready for transplanting, bell peppers are relatively easy to grow from seed. Although green, red, yellow, and orange are the most common colors, gardeners also have the option of growing dark brown and purple pepper varieties.
Bell peppers colored purple or dark brown can also be grown. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
input hypothesis: The unidentified man had hurt one of his family members.
Context: Police went to a local parking lot to investigate a report of a man asleep behind the wheel of a running vehicle. Their investigation led to an allegation that the man had assaulted his partner on Sept. 4. The man, 53, was arrested charged with domestic assault and care or control while impaired by alcohol. His name was not released to protect the woman's identity.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: Yes
Context:
This high tech park will encourage the creation or relocation of research-based companies, provide attractive employment opportunities in the high tech sector for co-op students and graduates and produce long term financial benefits that will help the university to enhance the quality and relevance of its programs.
Hypothesis: This high tech park will not encourage relevance of university programs. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
No
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Die Hochzeit des Camacho ("Comacho's Wedding") is a Singspiel in two acts by Felix Mendelssohn, to a libretto probably written largely by Friedrich Voigt, based on an episode in Cervantes's "Don Quixote". The opera is listed as Mendelssohn's op. 10. It was written between 1824 and 1825, and first performed publicly at the Berlin Schauspielhaus on 29 April 1827.
Sentence: The opera is listed as Mendelssohn's op. 101.
Output: No
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
JinSoul (also known as Kim Lip & JinSoul) is the seventh single album from South Korean girl group Loona's pre-debut project. It was released digitally on June 26 and physically on June 28, 2017 by Blockberry Creative and distributed by CJ E&M. It officially introduces member JinSoul and contains two tracks, JinSoul's solo "Singing in the Rain" and a duet with Kim Lip called "Love Letter".
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Loona's is a South Korean pop group that has been at the top of the charts for three years.
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Answer:
It's impossible to say
PERFECTION in this SERENE & PRIVATE estate home in exclusive gated Cameron Estates. Discriminating buyers will appreciate the extensive tasteful updates throughout the home including kitchen and master suite and stunning architectural details throughout the home. Luxury meets nature with extended outdoor living onto new decks overlooking pool, majestic oaks, rock outcroppings and cleared meadows. 2 new HVAC's, roof, gutters & garage doors. Bonus Rm over garage. See attached list of updates!
Cameron Estate is exclusive & metal gated. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
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:
What suggests the entire country plays sports at New Delhi?, Context: Major sporting venues in New Delhi include the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ambedkar Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex, Dhyan Chand National Stadium and Siri Fort Sports Complex.
answer:
National Stadium
question:
Who, between Phillip Jackson and Vincent Harris, did NOT design the Gurkha Monument?, Context: The headquarters of the MoD are in Whitehall and are now known as Main Building. This structure is neoclassical in style and was originally built between 1938 and 1959 to designs by Vincent Harris to house the Air Ministry and the Board of Trade. The northern entrance in Horse Guards Avenue is flanked by two monumental statues, Earth and Water, by Charles Wheeler. Opposite stands the Gurkha Monument, sculpted by Philip Jackson and unveiled in 1997 by Queen Elizabeth II. Within it is the Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial, and nearby are memorials to the Fleet Air Arm and RAF (to its east, facing the riverside). A major refurbishment of the building was completed under a PFI contract by Skanska in 2004.
answer:
Vincent Harris
question:
What was a development of the period?, Context: By the late Eastern Han period, an early form of semi-cursive script appeared, developing out of a cursively written form of neo-clerical script[c] and simple cursive. This semi-cursive script was traditionally attributed to Liu Desheng c. 147–188 AD,[d] although such attributions refer to early masters of a script rather than to their actual inventors, since the scripts generally evolved into being over time. Qiu gives examples of early semi-cursive script, showing that it had popular origins rather than being purely Liu’s invention.
answer:
| an early form of semi-cursive script appeared, developing out of a cursively written form of neo-clerical script[c] and simple cursive
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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." |
I don't think so. I think what we need to do is convince people who live in the lands they live in to build the nations. Maybe I'm missing something here. I mean, we're going to have kind of a nation building core from America? Absolutely not. Our military is meant to fight and win war.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
America wins most wars it fights. | It's impossible to say |
press releases Gambian journalists living in fear under reign of terror On 15 December 2008, Reporters Without Borders expressed its disgust at the obstruction and bad faith of Gambian authorities, who have allowed continuing impunity for (vs: the killers of Deyda Hydara, co-founder of the privately-owned daily "The Point", four years after his murder on 16 December 2004. your opinion your opinion Be the first giving your opinion
Can we infer the following?
Gambian journalists have lived in fear for a number of years. | 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: Gravity is a force, but not like other forces you may know. Gravity is a bit special. You know that a force is a push or pull. If you push a ball, it starts to roll. If you lift a book, it moves upward. Now, imagine you drop a ball. It falls to the ground. Can you see the force pulling it down? That is what makes gravity really cool. It is invisible. Invisible means you cannot see it. But wait, it has even more surprises. Gravity holds planets in place around the Sun. Gravity keeps the Moon from flying off into space. Gravity exerts a force on objects that are not even touching. In fact, gravity can act over very large distances. However, the force does get weaker the farther apart the objects are. <sep>What is gravity in charge of?<sep>Keeping the sun from burning out
A: | 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:Callimaco is taken by the beauty of Lucrezia , but she is the loyal wife of Nicia , a rich and foolish lawyer . Callimaco hires the service of a shady ` fixer ' named Ligurio to aid in his quest to sleep with her . Lgurio informs Callimaco that Nicia and Lucrezia are anxious to have a child . With the fixer's help , . Callimaco masquerades as a doctor and convinces Nicia that the best way for Lucrezia to conceive a child is by her taking a potion made from the Mandrake Root . He lies and warns Nicia that the first man to sleep with Lucrezia after she has taken the potion will die within eight days . Together they devise a plan to kidnap a stranger to sleep with Lucrezia and draw out the poison . Callimaco then disguises himself and arranges to be the one who is kidnapped . Lucrezia is an honorable woman and does not at first agree to meet with the stranger . Nicia gets both Lucrezia's mother , a woman of ill repute , and her confessor Brother Timoteo , a priest of low morals , to aid in convincing Lucrezia of the necessity of the plan . After finally sleeping with Lucrezia , Callimaco confesses everything . Lucrezia gives thought to the duplicity of her husband , her mother , and her confessor , and decides that she now wants Callimaco as a lover forever . Callimaco gets what he had desired and everyone else continues to believe that each had outwitted the others . <sep>What is the role of Callimaco in this play?<sep>Hero
Solution: | Yes |
What happens next?
A video game for wwe professional wrestling starts, showing a three on one match. the player controlling roman reigns
Pick from:
a). calls the referee, and several scenes stop.;
b). wins the match by blow job.;
c). hits a big move on his opponent, and his team comes in for a big coordinated attack.;
d). begins to hit the ball and hits it over the net with the family mallet.; | c). |
IN: What happens next?
How to cast
Reel in the line until your bait or lure is six to 12 inches (15 to 30 centimeters) from the rod tip.
If you have a sinker or bobber attached to the line, it should be six to 12 inches from the rod tip instead.
Grip the rod behind the reel with your thumb resting over the button at the back of the reel.
OUT: Most spincasting rods have a recessed seat and a trigger-like projection for you to wrap your index finger around. Most fishermen cast spincasting gear with the same hand they reel the line in with.
IN: What happens next?
How to bake roman officers' bread
Mix the dough ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Mix by hand, using a wire whisk.
Start to make the fermentation liquid.
OUT: Use a resealable glass/container with a volume of 350 ml (about 1 1/2 cups). Add lukewarm water to a separate bowl.
IN: What happens next?
A man throwing the frisbee to his dog and the dog catches. one owner
OUT: | does a hand stand a throws the frisbee to his dog, who is able to catch. |
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? |
Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: The highest point of a wave is the crest. The lowest point is the trough. The vertical distance between a crest and a trough is the height of the wave. Wave height is also called amplitude. The horizontal distance between two crests is the wavelength. Both amplitude and wavelength are measures of wave size. The size of an ocean wave depends on how fast, over how great a distance, and how long the wind blows. The greater each of these factors is, the bigger a wave will be. Some of the biggest waves occur with hurricanes. A hurricane is a storm that forms over the ocean. Its winds may blow more than 150 miles per hour! The winds also travel over long distances and may last for many days. <sep>What do we know about wind from the paragraph?<sep>Winds may blow more than 150 miles per hour! Sent 12: The winds also travel over long distances and may last for many days
Output: | Yes |
How to ride the disneyland (california) monorail<br>Research the locations the monorail can be boarded from. The monorail has two stops, downtown disney (across from the lego store, near rainforest cafe) and tomorrowland station (inside the disneyland park, between the finding nemo submarine voyage and autopia's tracks). Prepare to complete a bag check.
The monorail saves tons of man hours of time spent by maintenance by park staff.
A: It's impossible to say
Sleepy<br>My little cousin came to visit this morning. She took one look up at me and said she didn't remember me being tall. Then she said maybe she was just little. She asked if I was sleepy, and I said yes. She laid down beside me to take a nap.
Only one of them is sleepy.
A: No
Those are the thoughts of BBC Sport pundit Danny Murphy. United got back to winning ways yesterday when they beat Tottenham 1-0 at Old Trafford. Anthony Martial proved to be the difference between the two sides, and United remain second in the table. Mourinho was criticised for his negative tactics a fortnight ago when the Red Devils were held to a goalless draw at Anfield. In general, the Portuguese tactician has been questioned over the way he sets up his sides against the top teams.
Mouinho is a fan favorite despite his tactics.
A: | It's impossible to say |
Q: Mike Thomas finished first and won the gold
Reported by Lauren Neidigh. MEN'S 200 FLY: Georgia's Pace Clark set the pace ahead of teammate Chase Kalisz through the front half, but Kalisz made his move on the 3rd 50. The 2 swimmers were in a dead heat down the stretch, but Kalisz was able to get his hand to the wall faster at the finish, winning in 1:56.60 to Clark's 1:56.75. Texas' Jack Conger used his back half speed to run down Cal's Mike Thomas (1:58.54), catching him on the last 50 and taking bronze with his 1:58.45.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: Most Canadian citizens agree with the member of the liberal party mentioned.
The Liberal member who just spoke is not going to support this bill and it really puzzles me why a member of the government, not just a member of the House, would stand up in this place, look the Canadian public in the eye by way of the television camera and say ``I will not support your having access to information about how we spend your tax dollars''.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Q: Grassano has bought a house in Paris.
Sept 4 (Reuters) - J.P. Morgan Asset Management, a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co, said it appointed Pietro Grassano the new country head for France. Based in Paris, Grassano started in his new role on Sept. 1, J.P. Morgan Asset Management said in a statement. Grassano, who has been with the company since 2002, was previously the head of sales for Italy, covering wholesale and retail distribution. He has earlier worked at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Q: John found that metal devices gave off a certain chemical as they decayed.
Measure<br>John wanted to know how dogs could find electronic devices. He set up a test to measure the chemicals off-gassed by plastic. John used a sensitive device that could detect odors. He found plastic devices gave off a certain chemical as they decayed. John published his research in an esteemed science journal.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | No |
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. |
How to make a shower caddy garden<br>Gather suitable pots for your shower caddy garden. You'll need pots that can fit in your shower caddy. If you have a caddy with multiple tiers, you can use each of these to hold plants.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "People are interested in shower caddy gardens."?
pick from the following.
(A). Yes
(B). It's impossible to say
(C). No
I think the answer is | (B). |
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Police in Virginia Beach have arrested a man on several child pornography charges. Derrick Smith faces charges of possession and reproduction of child porn. 10 On Your Side is working to learn more about this story. Stay with WAVY.com for updates.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
The man is tall. | 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.
[Q]: What type of ammunition would not have been common in 1940?, Context: Until the 1950s guns firing ballistic munitions were the standard weapon; guided missiles then became dominant, except at the very shortest ranges. However, the type of shell or warhead and its fuzing and, with missiles the guidance arrangement, were and are varied. Targets are not always easy to destroy; nonetheless, damaged aircraft may be forced to abort their mission and, even if they manage to return and land in friendly territory, may be out of action for days or permanently. Ignoring small arms and smaller machine-guns, ground-based air defence guns have varied in calibre from 20 mm to at least 150 mm.
[A]: guided missiles
[Q]: What was special about Deja Vu?, Context: The feminism and female empowerment themes on Beyoncé's second solo album B'Day were inspired by her role in Dreamgirls and by singer Josephine Baker. Beyoncé paid homage to Baker by performing "Déjà Vu" at the 2006 Fashion Rocks concert wearing Baker's trademark mini-hula skirt embellished with fake bananas. Beyoncé's third solo album I Am... Sasha Fierce was inspired by Jay Z and especially by Etta James, whose "boldness" inspired Beyoncé to explore other musical genres and styles. Her fourth solo album, 4, was inspired by Fela Kuti, 1990s R&B, Earth, Wind & Fire, DeBarge, Lionel Richie, Teena Marie with additional influences by The Jackson 5, New Edition, Adele, Florence and the Machine, and Prince.
[A]: paid homage to Baker
[Q]: Why are reversal ratings important?, Context: For maximum life, capacitors usually need to be able to handle the maximum amount of reversal that a system will experience. An AC circuit will experience 100% voltage reversal, while under-damped DC circuits will experience less than 100%. Reversal creates excess electric fields in the dielectric, causes excess heating of both the dielectric and the conductors, and can dramatically shorten the life expectancy of the capacitor. Reversal ratings will often affect the design considerations for the capacitor, from the choice of dielectric materials and voltage ratings to the types of internal connections used.
[A]: | affect the design considerations for the capacitor
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Ritual Spirit is an EP by British trip hop group Massive Attack, released on 28 January 2016. It features trip hop artist Tricky for the first time since the release of "Protection" in 1994, and also features Scottish hip-hop group Young Fathers, London rapper Roots Manuva and singer Azekel.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Ritual Spirit has been covered by megadeth
Select from: (a). Yes; (b). It's impossible to say; (c). No; | (b). |
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. |
How to read topographic maps<br>Use the thicker contour lines to determine the elevation. Contour lines represent paths or segments of the earth. Topographic maps are covered in contour lines.
Can we infer the following?
Topographic maps exclusively have contour lines. | It's impossible to say |
What happens next?
How to connect a keyboard to galaxy tab 2
Power on the keyboard and put it into pairing mode.
The process for this varies from keyboard to keyboard, but generally you'll need to turn it on. Some keyboards will also require you to press a " connect " button.
Choose your answer from:
A). Open the settings app on your samsung galaxy tab. Tap the " bluetooth " slider to toggle it on.;
B). Once you're in pairing mode, you will be asked if you want to charge your device prior to using it. Put the speech read " if you're already charged up " on it.;
C). Press the " t " button to turn it on. When it comes to pairing keys, it will depend on your computer's keyboard model.;
D). If the keyboard goes into pairing mode, " connect " will appear under the level " se " or " verify ", while other keyboards will look for it in averse mode. Wait until after the keyboard is compatible with the device to successfully connect it to your device.; | A). |
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.) |
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: Shorter race Fredricks won a medal for?, Context: Inline hockey was first played in 1995 and has also become more and more popular in the last years. The Women's inline hockey National Team participated in the 2008 FIRS World Championships. Namibia is the home for one of the toughest footraces in the world, the Namibian ultra marathon. The most famous athlete from Namibia is Frankie Fredericks, sprinter (100 and 200 m). He won four Olympic silver medals (1992, 1996) and also has medals from several World Athletics Championships. He is also known for humanitarian activities in Namibia and beyond.
Output: | 100 |
IN: What happens next?
How to set up moto x
Insert the micro sim.
Open the slide tray on the left side of the phone, and place your sim into the tray.
Slide the tray back in when you're finished.
OPTIONS:
- If the model doesn't have a slide, press it three times to slide the tray back on, and remove it once it's completely in place. Insert the sim tray into the android version.
- Hold the power button and wait for a slight vibration to occur, signaling that the phone is powering on. You will be taken to a bunch of setup and welcome screens, so make sure to read through them carefully.
- After you've inserted your sim, press the return button on the keypad. Turn your phone off and connect it to a power source.
- Since this sim is larger than the micro sim tray, it should not be locked in. Keep sliding it back and forth until it's sealed.
OUT: Hold the power button and wait for a slight vibration to occur, signaling that the phone is powering on. You will be taken to a bunch of setup and welcome screens, so make sure to read through them carefully.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to skip class in a high school with campus security
Figure out which class you want to skip.
You probably have a pretty good idea of where campus security guards normally sit stationary. You should also know where on campus is secluded.
OPTIONS:
- You need to figure out which class to skip and where to go during the period, and what to do afterwards. Get a good place to hang out where you're unlikely to be caught.
- Lay out at least a mile between both you and security if you want to skip class without having to sneak around. Use the same route you would use right in middle school if it were in a different school district.
- Look for classes in the shopping district nearest you. The places where the hallways are most populated will have a good idea of where your class will be located.
- In the afternoon at night, if your school has parks and community centers in place, you won't be tempted to skip class on campus. In the afternoon at night, if the school has pools, there's a good chance you'll get caught before class is over.
A: You need to figure out which class to skip and where to go during the period, and what to do afterwards. Get a good place to hang out where you're unlikely to be caught.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to update nod32
Launch the eset nod32 antivirus program on your windows computer.
Click on " update " within the left toolbar on nod32.
Click on " check for updates.
OPTIONS:
- The program will search for any available updates. Click on " install " below the field labeled " product update.
- The button will appear to the right of the nod32 keyword search box. Click on " auto-start ".
- Nod32 will open on the main menu, showing the " updates " notification box. You will find the eset antivirus program listed in this list.
- " Confirm the update by typing " windows ". If you have the requested updates, click " next ".
OUT: The program will search for any available updates. Click on " install " below the field labeled " product update.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to impress your dance teacher
Introduce yourself.
When you begin taking a new dance class, make a point of introducing yourself to the instructor. Not only is this polite, but it sets you apart from other students and creates a rapport with the teacher.
OPTIONS:
- This helps you to put things in perspective, and it shows that the teacher enjoys your technical skills and expertise. Initially, introduce yourself to the instructor.
- Make sure to introduce yourself at a moment that is convenient to the instructor (i.e. not right when they are trying to start the class, or when they are busy with another student).
- Don't make your introduction brief. If you go too long without introducing yourself, you will end up yelling over every word of it.
- This can further build upon your strengths as a dancer and it opens up more opportunities for you to advance in the business world. Make sure your introduction is formal, not like a formal speech on the street, or like you're delivering your opening lines directly to the class.
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Answer:
Make sure to introduce yourself at a moment that is convenient to the instructor (i.e. not right when they are trying to start the class, or when they are busy with another student).
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A man is seen pouring water out into a measuring cup followed by pouring it into a large container and repeating several more times. the man
OPTIONS:
- then grabs ice and pours it out onto a plate and swirling it around for a few minutes.
- continues pouring the liquid through a cloth and measures it again.
- then pours the liquid into a object and eats there food while speaking to the camera and moving the food all around.
- then puts lemonade mixture into the large container and stirs it around.
A: then puts lemonade mixture into the large container and stirs it around.
A bicycle is shown in a room leaning up against a brown table. a person
OPTIONS:
- then walks into the room and starts to take pieces off of the bicycle.
- inserts tires onto the sides of a bicycle.
- has painted the front and back wheel of the bicycle with a pink paint brush.
- pushes a cable along the wheels of the bike.
| then walks into the room and starts to take pieces off of the bicycle. |
Healthier Life<br>Maddie wanted to lead a healthier life. She began to exercise, and she especially enjoyed running. At first, Maddie could only run for a few minutes at a time. With practice, she was able to finish a 5k race with a good time. Maddie then felt strong and healthy, accomplishing her goal.
Maddie wanted to lead a healthier life for herself
A: It's impossible to say
INSIGHT-Investors rush to develop rental housing as Chinese home prices surge HONG KONG, May 5 China's sky-high apartment prices and its footloose generation of millennials are fuelling demand for rental apartments, driving investment by foreign private equity funds and Chinese real estate developers.
Home prices have increased all across China due to footloose millennials.
A: It's impossible to say
He also referred to the "illegal" arrest on 31 May of Mexican Professor Maria Eugenia Ochoa Garcia, whom the Salvadoran government accused of having connections with the Salvadoran guerrillas.
Maria Garcia was from Mexico
A: | Yes |
A large group of people are seen standing in a ring speaking to one another. two men
then begin fighting one another while people watch on the sides.
How to overcome exam tension
Get enough sleep to keep you energized for your exam.
Not sleeping right can affect your mood, leading to an excess of stress. In the weeks leading up to the exam, make sleep a priority.
Strive for solid nights of high-quality sleep. If you're still in high school, aim for 8.5 to 10 hours of sleep a night.
As he begins to cook, he grabs the ingredients and puts them in to the pan and starts to cook. the chef
then adds spaghetti in a pot and stirs the sauce until he test the noodles.
How to use conversations in google inbox
Tap a conversation to open it.
A conversation, or " thread ", is a collection of emails based on the subject. When you send out an email, any replies you get from any of the recipients are grouped together in one conversation.
| Likewise, if you reply to an email that you receive, a new conversation is created. A conversation is like a forum thread, where all relevant replies are kept in one location. |
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? |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What event paved the way for more modern accomodations?, Context: A traveller in the early Middle Ages could obtain overnight accommodation in monasteries, but later a demand for hostelries grew with the popularity of pilgrimages and travel. The Hostellers of London were granted guild status in 1446 and in 1514 the guild became the Worshipful Company of Innholders.
| a demand for hostelries grew |
Until They Sail is a 1957 American black-and-white CinemaScope drama film directed by Robert Wise. The screenplay by Robert Anderson, based on a story by James A. Michener included in his 1951 anthology "Return to Paradise", focuses on four New Zealand sisters and their relationships with U.S. Marines during World War II.
Can we infer the following?
Until They Sail has an ending
OPTIONS:
(1). Yes.
(2). It's impossible to say.
(3). No.
The answer is: | (1). |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Who was responsible for Universal before Junior?, Context: "Junior" Laemmle persuaded his father to bring Universal up to date. He bought and built theaters, converted the studio to sound production, and made several forays into high-quality production. His early efforts included the critically mauled part-talkie version of Edna Ferber's novel Show Boat (1929), the lavish musical Broadway (1929) which included Technicolor sequences; and the first all-color musical feature (for Universal), King of Jazz (1930). The more serious All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), won its year's Best Picture Oscar.
his father
Americans born in the country south of the United States are call what kind of Americans?, Context: According to a study by Dr. Paul Brest, Hispanics or "Latinos" include immigrants who are descendants of immigrants from the countries comprising Central and South America. In 1991, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans made up 80% of the Latino population in the United States. Latinos are disadvantaged compared to White Americans and are more likely to live in poverty. They are the least well educated major ethnic group and suffered a 3% drop in high school completion rate while African Americans experienced a 12% increase between 1975-1990. In 1990, they constituted 9% of the population, but only received 3.1% of the bachelors's degrees awarded. At times when it is favorable to lawmakers, Latinos were considered "white" by the Jim Crow laws during the Reconstruction. In other cases, according to Paul Brest, Latinos have been classified as an inferior race and a threat to white purity. Latinos have encountered considerable discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, and education. Brest finds that stereotypes continue to be largely negative and many perceive Latinos as "lazy, unproductive, and on the dole." Furthermore, native-born Latino-Americans and recent immigrants are seen as identical since outsiders tend not to differentiate between Latino groups.
Mexican
What is Compass-M1 like, Context: Compass-M1 is an experimental satellite launched for signal testing and validation and for the frequency filing on 14 April 2007. The role of Compass-M1 for Compass is similar to the role of the GIOVE satellites for the Galileo system. The orbit of Compass-M1 is nearly circular, has an altitude of 21,150 km and an inclination of 55.5 degrees.
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: Oxygen is often a product of?, Context: Singlet oxygen is a name given to several higher-energy species of molecular O2 in which all the electron spins are paired. It is much more reactive towards common organic molecules than is molecular oxygen per se. In nature, singlet oxygen is commonly formed from water during photosynthesis, using the energy of sunlight. It is also produced in the troposphere by the photolysis of ozone by light of short wavelength, and by the immune system as a source of active oxygen. Carotenoids in photosynthetic organisms (and possibly also in animals) play a major role in absorbing energy from singlet oxygen and converting it to the unexcited ground state before it can cause harm to tissues.
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
We drove about a great deal--the country at the back of Deauville, going away from the sea, is lovely--very like England--charming narrow roads with high banks and hedges on each side--big trees with spreading branches meeting overhead--stretches of green fields with cows grazing placidly and horses and colts gambolling about. It is a great grazing and breeding country. There are many haras (breeding stables) in the neighbourhood, and the big Norman posters are much in demand. I have friends who never take their horses to the country. They hire for the season a pair of strong Norman horses that go all day up and down hill at the same regular pace and who get over a vast amount of country. We stopped once or twice when we were a large party, two or three carriages, and had tea at one of the numerous farmhouses that were scattered about. Boiling water was a difficulty--milk, cider, good bread and butter, cheese we could always find--sometimes a galette, but a kettle and boiling water were entirely out of their habits. They used to boil the water in a large black pot, and take it out with a big spoon. However, it amused us, and the water really did boil. <sep>Describe why the foods eaten in Deauville are fresh.<sep>Milk, cider, good bread and butter and cheese are available at farmhouses | Yes |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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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 .
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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 .
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A common example of behavior viewed as promiscuous is a one-night stand .
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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 .
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A card game is any game played with playing cards .
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| 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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Bashar Mounzer Rahal (Bulgarian: Башар Мунзер Рахал , Arabic: بشار رحال ) is a Bulgarian actor of Lebanese descent, known for his role in the TV show "It Can't Be" equivalent of "Saturday Night Live". Most recently he can be seen alongside John Cusack, Hilary Duff and Academy Award Winners Ben Kingsley, Marisa Tomei and Joan Cusack in the movie "War, Inc.".
Rahal also appeared on Saturday Night Live. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Chris Fox, CTV Toronto A man was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition after a stabbing near the Rogers Centre overnight. Police say that they were called to the Lower Simcoe Street and Bremner Boulevard area at around 2:40 a.m. for reports of a fight. Once on scene officers located a 20-year-old man with stab wounds. Police say that the man was able to provide a good description of the culprit and as a result, officers were able to arrest someone nearby. The victim was treated on scene before being rushed to hospital, according to police.
The victim didn't receive any medical attention until he made it to the hospital. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
TWO men have been seriously injured in a car crash in Brisbane's east overnight. Police say the single-car crash occurred on Wright St at Carindale about 8.20pm. It's believed the accident occurred when the driver of the Subaru ute lost control over the car and it left the road, hitting a tree. A 27-year-old man was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition. A 28-year-old male passenger also suffered serious injuries. The Forensic Crash Unit are continuing to investigate the crash. If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444.
The Subaru crashed into a 27-year-old man who was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | No |
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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Glass that has been covered with ash or soot on one one side to obscure light is called?, Context: Historically, pubs have been socially and culturally distinct from cafés, bars and German beer halls. Most pubs offer a range of beers, wines, spirits, and soft drinks and snacks. Traditionally the windows of town pubs were of smoked or frosted glass to obscure the clientele from the street but from the 1990s onwards, there has been a move towards clear glass, in keeping with brighter interiors.
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smoked
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Which happened closer to 2000, Pope Saint John XXIII was canonized or reigned as Pope?, Context: Pope Saint John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII) born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,[a] Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo dʒuˈzɛppe roŋˈkalli]; 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) reigned as Pope from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963 and was canonized on 27 April 2014. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the fourth of fourteen children born to a family of sharecroppers who lived in a village in Lombardy. He was ordained to the priesthood on 10 August 1904 and served in a number of posts, including papal nuncio in France and a delegate to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. In a consistory on 12 January 1953 Pope Pius XII made Roncalli a cardinal as the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca in addition to naming him as the Patriarch of Venice.
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was canonized
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What type of house is the German Bundesrat?, Context: Alternatively, or in addition to this practice, the members of an upper house may be indirectly elected by the government or legislature of the component states, as occurred in the United States prior to 1913, or be actual members or delegates of the state governments, as, for example, is the case in the German Bundesrat and in the Council of the European Union. The lower house of a federal legislature is usually directly elected, with apportionment in proportion to population, although states may sometimes still be guaranteed a certain minimum number of seats.
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The Bakun Hydroelectric Project (BHEP) comprises the construction of a 2,400MW hydroelectric dam, the transmission of its electricity, and the building of related infrastructure including access roads.
The dam was very large. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
"The aftershocks were less in the past two months, but it seems to be starting again. We are really worried about the fate of these islands," Smriti Kana Saha of Ranjat village in the Middle Andaman Island told Reuters by phone.
The seismic activities got worse recently. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Anna the Photographer<br>Anna really wanted to be a photographer. She had an artistic eye and took decent photos. She knew she needed to improve her skills, though. Anna enrolled in a photography class. After saving up for a nice camera, she booked her first photo shoot.
It can be said that Anna has a passion for art. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | Yes |
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