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Disability Benefits | Apply For A Child (Under Age 18) 


To apply for a child... 
You will need to complete an Application for Supplemental Security Income SSI AND a Child Disability Report. The report collects information about the child's disabling condition and how it affects his / her ability to function. At this time , only the Child Disability Report can be completed online. Please contact us by phone or in person to schedule an appointment to complete the SSI application. We will help you in person or by phone. 

Steps to Apply 
REVIEW the Child Disability Starter Kit. This kit answers common questions about applying for Supplemental Security Income SSI benefits for children, and includes a worksheet that will help you gather the information you need. CONTACT Social Security right away to find out whether the income and resources of the parents and the child are within the allowed limits, and to start the SSI application process. FILL OUT the online Child Disability Report. At the end of the report , we will ask you to sign a form that gives the child's doctor permission to give us information about his / her disability. We need this information so that we can make a decision on the child's claim. If you do not want to do this report online or you need help , you can call us toll - free at 1 - 800 - 772 - 1213. If you are deaf or hard - of - hearing , call our toll - free TTY number , 1 - 800 - 325 - 0778. Representatives are available Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. 

user: Hello there, I have several questions regarding disability benefits. Can you help me figure things out?

assistant: Of course. Do you want to apply for a child?

user: Yes, I do.

assistant: In that case you will need to complete an Application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) AND a Child Disability Report. The report collects information about the child's disabling condition and how it affects his/her ability to function. At this time only the Child Disability Report can be completed online.

user: Can I contact you somehow? I could really use some assistance.

assistant: Yes. Please contact us by phone or in person to schedule an appointment to complete the SSI application. We will help you in person or by phone.

user: That'd be great. Do you have a phone number for those hard of hearing? I have some issues with that.

assistant: Sure. Just call our toll-free TTY number, 1-800-325-0778.
Student loan deferment allows you to temporarily stop making payments. 
Find out if a deferment is the best option for your situation. With deferment , you won t have to make a payment. However , you probably won t be making any progress toward forgiveness or paying back your loan. As an alternative , consider income - driven repayment. 

Get Relief With Lower Payments on an Income-Driven Repayment Plan 
If you re having trouble repaying your loans due to circumstances that may continue for an extended period, or if you re unsure when you ll be able to afford to make your monthly loan payments again , a better option might be to consider changing to an income - driven repayment plan. Income - driven repayment plans base your monthly payments on your income and family size. In some cases , your payment could be as low as $0 per month. Income - driven plans can also provide loan forgiveness if your loan isn t paid in full after 20 or 25 years. Always contact your student loan servicer immediately if you re having trouble making your student loan payments. If you re seeking Public Service Loan Forgiveness PSLF or income - driven repayment forgiveness , in most cases deferment will not allow you to make progress toward forgiveness. 

Be Aware That Interest Might Accrue During Deferment 
If you re granted a deferment , you might still be responsible for paying the interest that accrues during the deferment period. The table below shows when you are responsible for paying the interest and when you are not responsible based on loan type. When you are responsible for paying the interest on your loans during a deferment , you can either pay the interest as it accrues , or you can allow it to accrue and be capitalized added to your loan principal balance at the end of the deferment period. If you don t pay the interest on your loan and allow it to be capitalized , the total amount you repay over the life of your loan may be higher. Unpaid interest is capitalized only on Dir

user: I need help with student loan deferment

assistant: I can help you find out if a deferment is the best option for your situation

assistant: Would you like to know about an alternative if that is not for you?

user: not right now

user: can you tell me if I can get deferment for economic reasons?

assistant: Would you like to see if you qualify for an Economic Hardship Deferment?

user: yes

assistant: Are you receiving a means-tested benefit like welfare?
Temporary disability rating after surgery or cast 
Are you recovering from surgery or a disability related to your military service that s left you unable to move? You may be able to get a temporary 100% disability rating and disability compensation or benefits if you have this kind of immobilizing disability. Find out if you can get this benefit. 

Can I get disability benefits from VA? 
You may be able to get disability benefits if you ve had surgery or received other treatment at a VA hospital, approved hospital, or outpatient center for a disability related to your military service called a service - connected disability. If you had surgery , both of these must be true for you : The surgery required a recovery time of at least one month or reports show that the surgery or treatment was for a service - connected disability , and The surgery resulted in severe issues, like : that haven t totally healed Surgical wounds Stumps of recent amputations Being unable to move due to being put in splints or casts to help with healing known as therapeutic immobilizations Being unable to leave your house known as house confinement Being required to use a wheelchair or crutches If you didn t have surgery , this must be true : You had one or more major joints immobilized by a cast. 

Who s covered? 
Veterans 

What kind of disability benefits can I get? 
Health care while you recover Added compensation payments A temporary 100% disability rating 

How do I get these benefits? 
You ll need to file a claim for disability compensation. Find out how to file a claim for disability compensation Recovery time from either a surgery or the immobilization of a joint by a cast without surgery requires a temporary 100% disability rating for a service - connected disability. The temporary 100% rating may continue for 1 to 3 months depending on your unique case. You may be able to get an extension for up to 3 more months if your case is severe. Example : A Veteran had a left knee injury th

user: Hello. I'm a veteran and I was asking myself if there is anyway you can help me to get rated after go under surgery?

assistant: O.k.. We need to ask you first, are you recovering from surgery or a disability related to your military service that makes you unable to move?
Título: French people
Seção: Frankish Kingdom
Background: The French (French: Francais) are an ethnic group and nation who are identified with the country of France. This connection may be legal, historical, or cultural. Historically the French people's heritage is diverse, including populations of Gauls, Ligures, Latins, Franks, Iberians, Alamans and Norsemen. France has long been a patchwork of local customs and regional differences, and while most French people still speak the French language as their mother tongue, languages like Norman, Occitan, Catalan, Auvergnat, Corsican, Basque, French Flemish, Lorraine Franconian, Alsatian and Breton remain spoken in their respective regions.

Conteúdo: With the decline of the Roman Empire in Western Europe, a federation of Germanic peoples entered the picture: the Franks, from which the word "French" derives. The Franks were Germanic pagans who began to settle in northern Gaul as laeti, already during the Roman era. They continued to filter across the Rhine River from present-day Netherlands and Germany between the third to the 7th century. At the beginning, they served in the Roman army and reached high commands. Their language is still spoken as a kind of Dutch (Flemish - Low Frankish) in northern France (Westhoek) and Frankish (Central Franconian) in German speaking Lorraine. Another Germanic people immigrated massively to Alsace: the Alamans, which explains the Alemannic German spoken there. They were competitors of the Franks; that's why, in Renaissance times, it became the French word for "German": Allemand.  By the early 6th century the Franks, led by the Merovingian king Clovis I and his sons, had consolidated their hold on much of modern-day France, the country to which they gave their name. The other major Germanic people to arrive in France (after the Burgundians and the Visigoths) were the Norsemen or Northmen, (which was shortened to Norman in France), Viking raiders from modern Denmark and Norway, who settled with Anglo-Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons from the Danelaw definitely in the northern region known today as Normandy in the 9th and 10th century, and which was given in fiefdom of the kingdom of France by

user: What does the Frankish Kingdom entail?

assistant: a federation of Germanic peoples entered the picture: the Franks, from which the word "French" derives.

user: How far did the Frankish Kingdom spread?

assistant: They continued to filter across the Rhine River from present-day Netherlands and Germany between the third to the 7th century.

user: Were there any people that opposed its spread?

assistant: the Alamans, which explains the Alemannic German spoken there. They were competitors of the Franks;
Título: Joe Walsh
Seção: Early life and education
Background: Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than forty years, he has been a member of five successful rock bands: James Gang, Barnstorm, Eagles, the Party Boys, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. In the 1990s, he was also a member of the short-lived supergroup the Best. Walsh has also experienced success both as a solo artist and prolific session musician, being featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings.

Conteúdo: Joseph Fidler Walsh was born on November 20, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Robert Newton Fidler and grandson of Alden Anderson Fidler and Dora Jay Newton. Walsh's mother was a classically trained pianist of Scottish and German ancestry, and Walsh was adopted by his stepfather at the age of five after his biological father was killed in a plane crash. In the 1950s, it was common practice for Social Security, school registration, and health records for children to take the name of their stepfather, but Walsh's birth father's last name was Fidler, so he took that as his middle name.  Walsh and his family lived in Columbus, Ohio, for a number of years during his youth. When Walsh was twelve years old, his family moved to New York City. Later, Walsh moved to Montclair, New Jersey, and he attended Montclair High School, where he played oboe in the school band.  Inspired by the success of the Beatles, he replaced Bruce Hoffman as the bass player in the locally popular group the Nomads in Montclair, beginning his career as a rock musician. After high school, Walsh attended Kent State University, where he spent time in various bands playing around the Cleveland area, including the Measles. The Measles recorded for Super K Productions' Ohio Express the songs "I Find I Think of You", "And It's True", and "Maybe" (an instrumental version of "And It's True"). Walsh majored in English and minored in music; he was present during the Kent State massacre in 1970. Walsh commented in 2012

user: Where did he go to school?

assistant: he attended Montclair High School,

user: When was he born?

assistant: November 20, 1947

user: Where was he born?

assistant: Wichita, Kansas,

user: Where was he raised?

assistant: Walsh and his family lived in Columbus, Ohio, for a number of years during his youth.

user: DId he sing as a child?

assistant: he played oboe in the school band.

user: what did her parents do for a living?

assistant: Walsh's mother was a classically trained pianist of Scottish and German ancestry,

user: was he is any bands?

assistant: he replaced Bruce Hoffman as the bass player in the locally popular group the Nomads in Montclair, beginning his career as a rock musician.

user: did he attend college?

assistant: Walsh attended Kent State University, where he spent time in various bands playing around the Cleveland area,

user: what bands?

assistant: The Measles recorded for Super K Productions' Ohio Express

user: WHat is notable about his early life?

assistant: Walsh was adopted by his stepfather at the age of five after his biological father was killed in a plane crash.
Título: Steven Spielberg
Seção: Hobbies
Background: Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother, Leah (nee Posner, later Adler; January 12, 1920 - February 21, 2017), was a restaurateur and concert pianist, and his father, Arnold Spielberg (born 1917), was an electrical engineer involved in the development of computers. His family was Orthodox Jewish. Spielberg's paternal grandparents were Jewish Ukrainian immigrants who settled in Cincinnati in the 1900s; his grandmother was from Sudylkiv, while his grandfather was from Kamianets-Podilskyi.

Conteúdo: A collector of film memorabilia, Spielberg purchased a balsa Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane (1941) in 1982. He bought Orson Welles's own directorial copy of the script for the radio broadcast The War of the Worlds (1938) in 1994. Spielberg has purchased Academy Award statuettes being sold on the open market and donated them to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to prevent their further commercial exploitation. His donations include the Oscars that Bette Davis received for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938), and Clark Gable's Oscar for It Happened One Night (1934).  Spielberg is a major collector of the work of American illustrator and painter Norman Rockwell. A collection of 57 Rockwell paintings and drawings owned by Spielberg and fellow Rockwell collector and film director George Lucas were displayed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum July 2, 2010 - January 2, 2011, in an exhibition titled Telling Stories.  Spielberg is an avid film buff, and, when not shooting a picture, he will watch many films in a single weekend. He sees almost every major summer blockbuster in theaters if not preoccupied and enjoys most of them.  Since playing Pong while filming Jaws in 1974, Spielberg has been an avid video gamer. Spielberg played many of LucasArts adventure games, including the first Monkey Island games. He owns a Wii, a PlayStation 3, a PSP and Xbox 360, and enjoys playing first-person shooters such as the Medal of Honor series and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. 

user: What kind of hobbies does he have?

assistant: A collector of film memorabilia, Spielberg purchased a balsa Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane (1941) in 1982.

user: Did he purchase any other film relics?

assistant: He bought Orson Welles's own directorial copy of the script for the radio broadcast The War of the Worlds (1938) in 1994.

user: What other film memorabilia does he own?

assistant: Spielberg has purchased Academy Award statuettes being sold on the open market and donated them to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to prevent their further commercial exploitation.

user: Does he have any other hobbies?

assistant: Since playing Pong while filming Jaws in 1974, Spielberg has been an avid video gamer.

user: Does he have any favorite video games?

assistant: enjoys playing first-person shooters such as the Medal of Honor series and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Register an out-of-state vehicle[1] 


Do I need to register my vehicle in New York State? 
It depends if you aren t a resident of New York , the registration from your state of residence is valid here if you move to New York and become a resident , you must register your vehicle here within 30 days of becoming a resident moving if you are a resident of New York and you get a vehicle from another state which you will be driving on New York State roadways , you must register the vehicle here within 30 days 

What do I need to bring to the DMV? 
Before visiting a DMV office to register your vehicle , please complete the Document Guide to make sure you bring the correct documents with you. The requirements to register an out - of - state vehicle are generally the same as to register and title vehicle [2] in New York. However , there are exceptions. See the questions below. Find your proofs [3 ] 

Can I register if I am currently out of New York? 
Yes. See instructions to register a vehicle when you are out of state [4]. 

The out-of-state title is not in my name. How can I provide proof of ownership? 
It depends whether the vehicle was purchased new or used from a dealer, or from a private owner. For a new vehicle purchased from an out - of - state dealer , provide the Manufacturer s Certificate of Origin MCO the dealer's bill of sale For used vehicle purchased from an out - of - state dealer , provide an out - of - state title certificate or transferrable registration transferred to the dealer that transfers ownership to you the dealer s bill of sale For a vehicle from a private owner , provide the bill of sale either the title certificate or transferable registration that was transferred to you from the previous owner 

There is a lien on my out-of state title certificate. Is that OK? 
Yes. If there is a lien on your out - of - state title certificate , the NYS DMV records the lien on your NYS title record and on your NYS title certificate. To remove the lien , you

user: I'm looking for some guidance on how to register a vehicle from another state.

assistant: Would you like to know if you have to register your vehicle in New York State?

user: Yes.

assistant: This depends on several factors.

user: Well, apparently my car doesn't meet the emissions standards of Cali. What am I supposed to do about that?

assistant: You should read the information about California emissions standards to determine if there is an exemption for your vehicle.

user: Will do. Where can I find information about a lien on my certificate?

assistant: You should see the section explaining how to remove or add a lienholder from a title.

user: And how am I supposed to provide proof of ownership if the out-of-state title is not in my name?

assistant: It depends whether the vehicle was purchased new or used from a dealer, or from a private owner.

assistant: Is it a new vehicle purchased from an out-of-state dealer?

user: Yes, indeed.

assistant: In that case you need to provide us several documents.

user: Random time! Can you suggest a random topic?

assistant: Registration.
Título: Paris Hilton
Seção: 2013-present: Return to music and other projects
Background: Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American television personality and business woman. She is the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels. Born in New York City and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California, Hilton began her modeling career as a teenager when she signed with New York-based modeling development agency Trump Model Management. Her lifestyle and rumored short-lived relationships made her a feature of entertainment news and tabloid magazines, and Hilton was proclaimed "New York's leading It girl" in 2001.

Conteúdo: In January 2013, Hilton appeared in four episodes of the Danish version of Paradise Hotel, for which she was reportedly paid $300,000. She also appeared in two episodes of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, in which her aunts Kyle and Kim Richards play the leads. In April, Hilton opened the 44th Paris Hilton store in Bogota, Colombia. In May, the music video for Rich Gang's song "Tapout", in which Hilton appeared alongside Lil Wayne, Christina Milian and Nicki Minaj, premiered. That same month, it was reported that Hilton had signed with Cash Money Records and planned to release a second album sometime that year featuring collaborations with RedOne, Snoop Dogg and Flo Rida. She told Rolling Stone, "I'm working with so many talented and awesome people for my album and can't wait to share more of the music", describing the album as "very eclectic". The following month, Hilton made a cameo appearance in Sofia Coppola's film The Bling Ring, about the infamous group of teenagers who had robbed homes of celebrities such as Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Orlando Bloom. In addition to appearing in the film, she loaned Coppola her house for two weeks of shooting. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hilton said that Coppola liked her house when she went to a birthday party there. Recalling the house, Coppola said: "It was like we have to get this into the movie. It was so unique. It would be hard to recreate that. She is larger than life and her house is like Paris World."  Duri

user: What happened to Paris in 2013?

assistant: In January 2013, Hilton appeared in four episodes of the Danish version of Paradise Hotel,

user: What role did she play?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: When did she return to music?

assistant: In May,

user: What was the album name?

assistant: the music video for Rich Gang's song "Tapout", in which Hilton appeared

user: Did she do any solo projects?

assistant: During August, Hilton was a DJ at Amnesia's weekly "Foam and Diamonds" parties on Ibiza.

user: How was her performance received?

assistant: The positive reaction from critics and audiences led to her contract's renewal

user: Who did she renew with?

assistant: Amnesia's weekly "Foam and Diamonds" parties on Ibiza.

user: What is she working on these days?

assistant: She became engaged to model and actor Chris Zylka in January 2018.

user: What did she do in 2017?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER
Título: DJ BoBo
Seção: 1992-1996: Career breakthrough
Background: Peter Rene Baumann (born 5 January 1968), better known as DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer and music producer. He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 12 studio albums as well as a few compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format. DJ BoBo has also released as many as 34 singles to date, some of which have charted high, not only in German speaking countries, but also in other European territories. As a dance music producer, his first big success came with the single "Somebody Dance with Me", which borrows its melody from Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me.

Conteúdo: Rene gained immense international popularity when he released his Europe-wide smash hit "Somebody Dance with Me" in November 1992. Employing catchy refrains by Emel Aykanat as well as rap performance by himself, the single shot to number 1 in Switzerland and Sweden, while it landed in the top-5 in numerous other European countries including Germany. "Somebody Dance with Me" was certified Gold in Germany for selling well over 250,000 units. His second hit "Keep on Dancing", which followed the same technique as its predecessor, reached the top-5 both at home and in Germany, and landed in the top-10 in other parts of Europe. The single reached a Gold status in Germany for sales of 250,000 units sold. The long-awaited album, Dance with Me was released in October 1993 and remained in the charts all over Europe for quite some time which was followed by another single, "Take Control", again from his debut album, earning him yet another Gold-award in Germany for sales of over 250,000 units, which also entered the top-20 in numerous countries. While DJ BoBo appeared to have already separated himself from one-hit wonders, he released his next single "Everybody", in the summer of 1994, which climbed as high as No.2 in Germany and was certified Platinum for selling 500,000 units there. "Everybody" differed from the previously released singles in terms of its structure, it diverged from house, leaning towards a mixture of house and hip-hop (hip house) with female vocalists performing the 

user: What led to his breakthrough?

assistant: Rene gained immense international popularity when he released his Europe-wide smash hit "Somebody Dance with Me"
Título: Chris Jericho
Seção: Undisputed WWF Champion (2001-2002)
Background: Christopher Keith Irvine was born on November 9, 1970 in Manhasset, New York. His father, ice hockey player Ted Irvine, had relocated there to play for the New York Rangers. When his father retired, they moved back to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Irvine is of Scottish descent on his father's side.

Conteúdo: In the following months, Jericho became a major force in The Invasion storyline in which WCW and ECW joined forces to overtake the WWF. Jericho remained on the side of the WWF despite previously competing in WCW and ECW. However, Jericho began slow turning into a villain by showing jealousy toward fellow WWF member The Rock. They faced each other in a match at No Mercy for the WCW Championship after Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam in a number one contenders match. Jericho won the WCW Championship when he pinned The Rock after debuting a new finisher, the Breakdown, onto a steel chair, winning his first world title in the process. One night later, the two put their differences aside and won the WWF Tag Team title from the Dudley Boyz.  After they lost the title to Test and Booker T, they continued their feud. On the November 5 episode of Raw, The Rock defeated Jericho to regain the WCW Championship. Following the match, Jericho attacked The Rock with a steel chair. At Survivor Series, Jericho solidified his heel turn by almost costing The Rock, and the WWF, victory in their elimination matchup by attacking The Rock again. At Vengeance, Jericho defeated both The Rock for the WCW Championship (unbranded and only referred to as the World Championship following Survivor Series) and Stone Cold Steve Austin for his first WWF Championship on the same night to become the first wrestler to hold both championships at the same time, which made him the first-ever Undisputed WWF Champion, as 

user: What is the WWF Champion

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What WWF was undisputed

assistant: to become the first wrestler to hold both championships at the same time, which made him the first-ever Undisputed WWF Champion,

user: what 2 championships did he have at the same time

assistant: WWF Championship

user: Which other one

assistant: WCW Championship

user: In what year did it happen

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What was taking place in the year 2001

assistant: Jericho became a major force in The Invasion storyline
Título: REO Speedwagon
Seção: Mainstream success
Background: REO Speedwagon (originally styled as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. Hi Infidelity (1980) contained four US Top 40 hits and is the group's best-selling album, with over ten million copies sold. Over the course of its career, the band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted thirteen Top 40 hits, including the number ones "

Conteúdo: The stage was now set for the height of the band's popularity. On November 21, 1980, REO Speedwagon released Hi Infidelity, which represented a change in sound, going from hard rock to more pop-oriented material. Hi Infidelity spawned four hit singles written by Richrath and Cronin, including the chart-topping "Keep On Loving You" (Cronin), plus "Take It on the Run" (#5) (Richrath), "In Your Letter" (#20) (Richrath), and "Don't Let Him Go" (#24) (Cronin), and remained on the charts for 65 weeks, 32 of which were spent in the top ten, including 15 weeks atop the Billboard 200. Hi Infidelity sold over 10 million copies and set the bar for rock bands across the country.  The band's follow-up album, Good Trouble, was released in 1982. Although it was not as successful as its predecessor, the album performed moderately well commercially, featuring the hit singles "Keep the Fire Burnin'" (U.S. #7), "Sweet Time" (U.S. #26) and the Album Rock chart hit "The Key."  The band came storming back two years later with Wheels Are Turnin', an album that included the #1 hit single "Can't Fight This Feeling" plus three more hits: "I Do' Wanna Know" (U.S. #29), "One Lonely Night" (U.S. #19), and "Live Every Moment" (U.S. #34).  REO Speedwagon toured the US in 1985, including a sold-out concert in Madison, Wisconsin in May. On July 13, on the way to a show in Milwaukee, the band made a stop in Philadelphia to play at the US leg of Live Aid, which broke a record for number of viewers. They perfor

user: What was REO's biggest selling hit?

assistant: the #1 hit single "Can't Fight This Feeling"

user: How many records did it sell?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What record label produced "Can't Fight This Feeling"?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What was the number one single from that album?

assistant: #1 hit single "Can't Fight This Feeling"

user: Did they go on tour after releasing that album?

assistant: REO Speedwagon toured the US in 1985, including a sold-out concert in Madison, Wisconsin in May.

user: Did they have success touring?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER
Título: Christiaan Barnard
Seção: Historical context
Background: Barnard grew up in Beaufort West, Cape Province, Union of South Africa. His father, Adam Barnard, was a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church. One of his four brothers, Abraham, was a "blue baby" who died of a heart problem at the age of three (Barnard would later guess that it was tetralogy of Fallot). The family also experienced the loss of a daughter who was stillborn and who had been the fraternal twin of Barnard's older brother Johannes, who was twelve years older than Chris.

Conteúdo: Following the first successful kidney transplant in 1953, in the United States, Barnard performed the second kidney transplant in South Africa in October 1967, the first being done in Johannesburg the previous year.  On 23 January 1964, James Hardy at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, performed the world's first heart transplant and world's first cardiac xenotransplant by transplanting the heart of a chimpanzee into a desperately ill and dying man. This heart did beat in the patient's chest for approximately 60 to 90 minutes. The patient, Boyd Rush, died without ever regaining consciousness.  Barnard had experimentally transplanted forty-eight hearts into dogs, which was about a fifth the number that Adrian Kantrowitz had performed at Maimonides Medical Center in New York and about a sixth the number Norman Shumway had performed at Stanford University in California. Barnard had no dogs which had survived longer than ten days, unlike Kantrowitz and Shumway who had had dogs survive for more than a year.  With the availability of new breakthroughs introduced by several pioneers, also including Richard Lower at the Medical College of Virginia, several surgical teams were in a position to prepare for a human heart transplant. Barnard had a patient willing to undergo the procedure, but as with other surgeons, he needed a suitable donor.  During the Apartheid era in South Africa, non-white persons and citizens were not given equal opportunities in

user: Tell me about the historical context of Christiaan Barnard.

assistant: Barnard had experimentally transplanted forty-eight hearts into dogs, which was about a fifth the number that Adrian Kantrowitz had performed at Maimonides Medical Center in New York

user: Were the transplants mostly successful?

assistant: Barnard had no dogs which had survived longer than ten days, unlike Kantrowitz and Shumway who had had dogs survive for more than a year.

user: Were these controversial?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: On 23 January 1964, James Hardy at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, performed the world's first heart transplant and world's first cardiac xenotransplant
Título: Jim Jarmusch
Seção: First features and rise to fame: Permanent Vacation and Stranger Than Paradise
Background: Jarmusch was born January 22, 1953, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the middle of three children of middle-class suburbanites. His mother, of German and Irish descent, had been a reviewer of film and theatre for the Akron Beacon Journal before marrying his father, a businessman of Czech and German descent who worked for the B.F. Goodrich Company. She introduced Jarmusch to the world of cinema by leaving him at a local cinema to watch matinee double features such as Attack of the Crab Monsters and Creature From the Black Lagoon while she ran errands. The first adult film he recalls seeing was the 1958 cult classic Thunder Road, the violence and darkness of which left an impression on the seven-year-old Jarmusch.

Conteúdo: Jarmusch's final year university project was completed in 1980 as Permanent Vacation, his first feature film. It had its premiere at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg (formerly known as Filmweek Mannheim) and won the Josef von Sternberg Award. It was made on a shoestring budget of around $12,000 in misdirected scholarship funds and shot by cinematographer Tom DiCillo on 16 mm film. The 75 minute quasi-autobiographical feature follows an adolescent drifter (Chris Parker) as he wanders around downtown Manhattan.  The film was not released theatrically, and did not attract the sort of adulation from critics that greeted his later work. The Washington Post staff writer Hal Hinson would disparagingly comment in an aside during a review of Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989) that in the director's debut, "the only talent he demonstrated was for collecting egregiously untalented actors". The bleak and unrefined Permanent Vacation is nevertheless one of the director's most personal films, and established many of the hallmarks he would exhibit in his later work, including derelict urban settings, chance encounters, and a wry sensibility.  Jarmusch's first major film, Stranger Than Paradise, was produced on a budget of approximately $125,000 and released in 1984 to much critical acclaim. A deadpan comedy recounting a strange journey of three disillusioned youths from New York through Cleveland to Florida, the film broke many conventions of traditional Hollywood filmmaking.

user: Can you tell me a little about the first features and rise to fame? Permanent Vacation and Stranger than Paradise?

assistant: Jarmusch's final year university project was completed in 1980 as Permanent Vacation, his first feature film.

user: How did well did critics like this first feature film?

assistant: did not attract the sort of adulation from critics that greeted his later work.

user: What are some important aspects of this feature film?

assistant: The 75 minute quasi-autobiographical feature follows an adolescent drifter (Chris Parker) as he wanders around downtown Manhattan.

user: Did this film finally attract other critics?

assistant: The Washington Post staff writer Hal Hinson would disparagingly comment in an aside during a review of Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989)
Título: Philip Glass
Seção: 1997-2004: Symphonies, opera, and concertos
Background: Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been described as minimal music, having similar qualities to other "minimalist" composers such as La Monte Young, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley. However, Glass has instead described himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped evolve stylistically.

Conteúdo: In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Glass's lyrical and romantic styles peaked with a variety of projects: operas, theatre and film scores (Martin Scorsese's Kundun, 1997, Godfrey Reggio's Naqoyqatsi, 2002, and Stephen Daldry's The Hours, 2002), a series of five concerts, and three symphonies centered on orchestra-singer and orchestra-chorus interplay. Two symphonies, Symphony No. 5 "Choral" (1999) and Symphony No. 7 "Toltec" (2004), and the song cycle Songs of Milarepa (1997) have a meditative theme. The operatic Symphony No. 6 Plutonian Ode (2002) for soprano and orchestra was commissioned by the Brucknerhaus, Linz, and Carnegie Hall in celebration of Glass's sixty-fifth birthday, and developed from Glass's collaboration with Allen Ginsberg (poet, piano - Ginsberg, Glass), based on his poem of the same name.  Besides writing for the concert hall, Glass continued his ongoing operatic series with adaptions from literary texts: The Marriages of Zones 3, 4 and 5 ([1997] story-libretto by Doris Lessing), In the Penal Colony (2000, after the story by Franz Kafka), and the chamber opera The Sound of a Voice (2003, with David Henry Hwang), which features the Pipa, performed by Wu Man at its premiere. Glass also collaborated again with the co-author of Einstein on the Beach, Robert Wilson, on Monsters of Grace (1998), and created a biographic opera on the life of astronomer Galileo Galilei (2001).  In the early 2000s, Glass started a series of five concerti with the Tirol Concerto fo

user: What operas was Philip a a part of?

assistant: The Marriages of Zones 3, 4 and 5 ([1997] story-libretto by Doris Lessing),

user: What about symphonies?

assistant: Penal Colony (2000, after the story by Franz Kafka

user: What is Philip's most famous work?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: In the early 2000s, Glass started a series of five concerti with the Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

user: Who colaborated with Glass during his carreer?

assistant: the chamber opera The Sound of a Voice (2003, with David Henry Hwang),

user: Did he colaborate with other artists or composers?

assistant: Glass also collaborated again with the co-author of Einstein on the Beach, Robert Wilson,

user: Who else did he colaborate with?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER
Completing a Point and Insurance Reduction Program PIRP course does not remove a violation, conviction, or the number of points from your driving record. Even after you complete the course , most violations, convictions and points will continue to show on your driving record for up to 4 years. Violations and convictions involving drugs or alcohol will remain on your driving record for ten or fifteen years, depending on the violation. If you get 11 points for traffic violations in an 18-month period , your driver license may be suspended. " Point reduction " means the number of points on your driving record used to calculate the number of total points received within 18 months will be reduced by 4 points and may help you avoid a suspension. See About the NY State Point System [1] for more information about how points are calculated. 

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user: Does my record show on my PRIP?

assistant: If it needs to, it will. You can request confirmation at a local branch.

user: I think it does; will it be there?

assistant: Yes, if needed, it will be.
Título: Mao Asada
Seção: 2006-07 season
Background: Mao Asada (Qian Tian  Zhen Yang , Asada Mao, born September 25, 1990) is a former Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2010, 2013), and a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2005-06, 2008-09, 2012-13, 2013-14). She is the only female figure skater who has landed three triple Axel jumps in one competition, which she achieved at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Conteúdo: Asada moved from Japan to the United States in August 2006 to train with Rafael Arutyunyan in Lake Arrowhead, California. There she was able to escape the overcrowding of Japanese rinks and the pressure of the Japanese media.  At her first event, the 2006 Skate America, Asada won the bronze medal behind Miki Ando and Kimmie Meissner. Asada had won the short program, but was fourth in the free skating, finishing with a total score 171.23 points. She was 21.36 points out of first place. Asada won her second event, the 2006 NHK Trophy with 199.52 points, setting the highest combined score in a Ladies' competition under the ISU Judging System and consequently, a world record. Her margin of victory was 20.21 points ahead of silver medalist Fumie Suguri. Asada went into the 2006-07 Grand Prix Final as the reigning champion. She placed second with 172.52 points, 11.68 behind gold medalist Yuna Kim. Asada had won the short program, but placed fourth in the free skating.  Asada won the 2006-07 Japan Championships by 26.11 points ahead of silver medalist Miki Ando. At the 2007 Worlds Championships, Asada was fifth in the short program, 10.03 points behind Yuna Kim, who placed first in that section of the competition with a score of 71.95 points, setting a new world record for the highest short program score. Asada won the free skating with a score of 133.13 points, setting a new world record for the highest free skating score, a record which stood for eight months. During her free skat

user: What is something significant that happened during the 2006-07 season?

assistant: Asada won the 2006-07 Japan Championships by 26.11 points ahead of silver medalist Miki Ando.

user: Did she set any records?

assistant: Asada won the free skating with a score of 133.13 points, setting a new world record for the highest free skating score,

user: Did she place first in any other competitions?

assistant: She won the silver medal at her first Senior World Championships appearance, earning an overall of 194.95 points, 0.64 behind gold medalist

user: What events did she compete in?

assistant: Senior World Championships
Título: Dion DiMucci
Seção: With the Belmonts: 1957-1960
Background: Dion Francis DiMucci (born July 18, 1939), better known mononymously as Dion, is an American singer, songwriter whose work has incorporated elements of doo-wop, rock and R&B styles--and, most recently, straight blues. He was one of the most popular American rock and roll performers of the pre-British Invasion era. He had 39 Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a solo performer, with the Belmonts or with the Del Satins. He is best remembered for the singles "Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer", "Ruby Baby" and "Lovers Who Wander", among his other hits.

Conteúdo: Bob and Gene Schwartz also signed Dion's friends, the Belmonts, (Carlo Mastrangelo, Fred Milano, and Angelo D'Aleo), a vocal group named for nearby Belmont Avenue, and teamed them, with Dion singing lead. The new group's breakthrough came in early 1958, when "I Wonder Why" (on their newly formed "Laurie" label) made No. 22 on the U.S. charts. Dion said of the Belmonts; "I'd give 'em sounds. I'd give 'em parts and stuff. That's what 'I Wonder Why' was about. We kind of invented this percussive rhythmic sound. If you listen to that song, everybody was doing something different. There's four guys, one guy was doing bass, I was singing lead, one guy's going 'ooh wah ooh,' and another guy's doing tenor. It was totally amazing. When I listen to it today, oftentimes I think, 'man, those kids are talented.'"  Their initial hit was followed by "No One Knows" and "Don't Pity Me," which also charted the Billboard Top 100. This success won a place for Dion and the Belmonts on the ill-fated "The Winter Dance Party" tour with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), Frankie Sardo, and other performers. On February 3, 1959, after a concert stop in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly and others decided to charter a flight to the next venue rather than travel on the tour bus. Dion was invited to accompany the group but decided that he did not want to spend $36 for the flight, as it was the same monthly rent his parents paid for his childhood apartment and he couldn't justify the ind

user: Who were The Belmonts?

assistant: ), a vocal group

user: Who were the members?

assistant: Bob and Gene Schwartz
Título: Biffy Clyro
Seção: 2001-2005: Blackened Sky, The Vertigo of Bliss and Infinity Land
Background: Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band that formed in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, composed of Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals). Currently signed to 14th Floor Records, they have released seven studio albums, four of which (Puzzle, Only Revolutions, Opposites and Ellipsis) reached the top five in the UK Albums Chart, with their sixth studio album, Opposites claiming their first UK number-one album. After their first three albums, the band expanded their following significantly in 2007 with the release of their fourth, Puzzle, creating more mainstream songs with simpler rhythms and distancing themselves from the more unusual dissonant style that was present in their previous three albums. Puzzle peaked at number 2 on the official UK album charts on 16 June 2007.

Conteúdo: On 9 April 2001, the previously unreleased "27" was released as a single. On 1 October 2001, a song from thekidswho... was re-recorded and released as a single, "Justboy"; this was repeated again on 4 February 2002, when the song "57" was released. On 11 March, the band's debut album, Blackened Sky, was released to generally positive reviews. It was around this time that the band began touring extensively, including supporting Weezer on 20 March at the Barrowlands in Glasgow. On 15 July, the fourth single from the album, "Joy.Discovery.Invention", was released as a double A-side with a newly recorded song called "Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys" (which would later also appear on their next album The Vertigo of Bliss).  In 2003, the band retreated to the Linford Manor recording studio in Great Linford, Milton Keynes, England, to record the follow-up to Blackened Sky. On 24 March, a new single was released called "The Ideal Height", followed by a further new single "Questions and Answers" on 26 May. The band's second album, The Vertigo of Bliss was released on 16 June, to positive reviews which focused on the more experimental style of the album in comparison to Blackened Sky, as well as the introduction of string sections.  After touring relentlessly for The Vertigo of Bliss, the band retreated to Monnow Valley Studio in Monmouth, Wales to record a follow-up album. As with the previous album, two singles were released before the actual album: "Glitter and Trauma" and

user: What was Blackened Sky?

assistant: the band's debut album, Blackened Sky,

user: When did the album release?

assistant: 2002,

user: Did this album do well?

assistant: was released to generally positive reviews.

user: What happened after their successful album?

assistant: In 2003, the band retreated to the Linford Manor recording studio in Great Linford, Milton Keynes, England, to record the follow-up to Blackened Sky.

user: What did they record?

assistant: The band's second album, The Vertigo of Bliss was released on 16 June,

user: Did the new album do well also?

assistant: The band's second album, The Vertigo of Bliss was released on 16 June, to positive reviews