dgand84/projgand huggingface dataset:
Título: Jessi Colter
Seção: Return to music: 2006-present
Background: Miriam Johnson was born in 1943 in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in a strict Pentecostal home. Her mother was a Pentecostal preacher and her father was a race-car driver. At age 11, Colter became the pianist at her church. After graduating from Mesa High, Ariz. in 1961, she began singing in local clubs in Phoenix.

Conteúdo: In 2006, Colter returned to recording with a new studio album released on the Shout! Factory label, Out of the Ashes. "Out of the Ashes" was Colter's first studio album in over 20 years. The album was produced by Don Was and reflected on Jennings' death. Jennings had an unused vocal, "Out of the Rain," which was featured on the track.  The album was given many positive reviews, including Allmusic, which gave the album four out of five stars in 2006. Out of the Ashes was her first album since 1981 to chart on the Top Country Albums chart, peaking at No. 61. In 2007 Colter recorded a duet version of her 1975 hit "I'm Not Lisa" with Deana Carter on her 2007 album, The Chain.  In 2017, Colter and Jan Howard provided guest vocals to a track appearing on Written In Song, an album by Jeannie Seely. The song, called "We're Still Hangin' In There Ain't We Jessi", references how Seely and Colter are seemingly two of the only women in country music who managed to have a successful marriage.  Colter's first album in eleven years, The Psalms was released on March 24 via Legacy Recordings. The album consisted of Colter's favourite Book of Psalms passages put to music and was produced by Lenny Kaye, who recalled an evening when he, Colter, Jennings and Patti Smith were having dinner together in 1995 when Colter began to sing passages of the Bible. Kaye stated that he was "transfixed" and kept the evening in his mind until he convinced Colter to record those renditions in 2007, with the albu

user: In what way did Colter return to music?

assistant: Colter returned to recording with a new studio album released on the Shout! Factory label, Out of the Ashes.

user: What type of music was the album?

assistant: Country Albums

user: Were there any singles off the album?

assistant: "We're Still Hangin' In There Ain't We Jessi",

user: Did the album or singles top any charts?

assistant: Out of the Ashes was her first album since 1981 to chart on the Top Country Albums chart, peaking at No. 61.

user: Did she have another album after Out of the Ashes?

assistant: Colter's first album in eleven years, The Psalms was released on March 24 via Legacy Recordings.

user: And how was that one received?

assistant: gave the album four out of five stars in 2006.
Título: Tom Petty
Seção: 1988-1991: Traveling Wilburys and solo career
Background: Petty was born October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, Florida, the first of two sons of Kitty (nee Avery), a local tax office worker, and Earl Petty, who worked in a grocery store. He had a brother, Bruce, who was seven years younger. His interest in rock and roll music began at age ten when he met Elvis Presley. In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working on the set of Presley's film Follow That Dream, in nearby Ocala, and invited Petty to watch the shoot.

Conteúdo: In 1988, Petty joined George Harrison's group, the Traveling Wilburys, which also included Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. The band's first song, "Handle with Care", was intended as a B-side of one of Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. A second Wilburys album, mischievously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990. The album was named Vol. 3 as a response to a series of bootlegged studio sessions being sold as Travelling Wilburys Vol. 2. Petty incorporated Traveling Wilburys songs into his live shows, consistently playing "Handle with Care" in shows from 2003 to 2006, and for his 2008 tour adding "surprises" such as "End of the Line" to the set list.  In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down a Dream". It was nominally his first solo album, although several Heartbreakers and other well-known musicians participated: Mike Campbell co-produced the album with Petty and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, and backing musicians included Campbell, Lynne, and fellow Wilburys Roy Orbison and George Harrison (Ringo Starr appears on drums in the video for "I Won't Back Down", but they were actually performed by Phil Jones).  Petty and the Heartbreakers reformed in 1991 and released Into the Great Wide Open, which was co-produced by Lynne and incl

user: When did Petty join the Traveling Wilburys

assistant: In 1988,
Título: Alaska Natives
Seção: ANCSA and since (1971 to present)
Background: Alaska Natives are indigenous peoples of Alaska, United States: Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures. They are often defined by their language groups. Many Alaska Natives are enrolled in federally recognized Alaska Native tribal entities, who in turn belong to 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations, who administer land and financial claims. Ancestors of the Alaska Natives are known to have migrated into the area thousands of years ago, in at least two different waves.

Conteúdo: In 1971 the United States Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), which settled land and financial claims for lands and resources which the peoples had lost to European Americans. It provided for the establishment of 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations to administer those claims. Similar to the separately defined status of the Canadian Inuit and First Nations in Canada, which are recognized as distinct peoples, in the United States, Alaska Natives are in some respects treated separately by the government from other Native Americans in the United States. This is in part related to their interactions with the US government in a different historic period than indigenous peoples in the colonies and early federal period.  Europeans and Americans did not have sustained encounters with the Alaska Natives until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when many were attracted to the region in gold rushes. The Alaska Natives were not allotted individual title in severalty to land under the Dawes Act of 1887 but were instead treated under the Alaska Native Allotment Act of 1906.  It was repealed in 1971, following ANSCA, at which time reservations were ended. Another characteristic difference is that Alaska Native tribal governments do not have the power to collect taxes for business transacted on tribal land, per the United States Supreme Court decision in Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (1998). Except for the Tsimshian, Alas

user: What is the ANSCA?

assistant: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA),
Título: The Drew Carey Show
Seção: Seasons 2-7 (1996-2002)
Background: The Drew Carey Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004, and was set in Cleveland, Ohio, and revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionalized version of the actor. The show was created by Carey, who had both stand-up comedy and writing experience, and Bruce Helford, who was once a writer for Roseanne. It was the first television show to have an episode simulcast on the Internet. Produced by Mohawk Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, it debuted on September 13, 1995, and ranked among the Top 30 programs for four seasons before sliding in popularity.

Conteúdo: "Moon Over Parma" was phased out during the second season by "Five O'Clock World" sung by The Vogues. This season introduced openings that paid homage to music videos which included the cast dancing and singing around the various sets of the show. In the third season, yet another change was made to "Cleveland Rocks", a cover of an Ian Hunter song performed by The Presidents of the United States of America. This change lasted until the second "wave" of the show ended, with the finale of Season 7.  The man who took over Mr. Bell's job after his firing was Nigel Wick, who served as a foil for both Drew and Mimi in the workplace. During this period, Drew and Mr. Wick also periodically took the top management job away from each other. This would usually result in Drew ending up back at his old job as Assistant Director of Personnel and Mr. Wick would miraculously retain his job as manager. By the end of Season 7, they were both Co-Managers before Winfred-Louder was closed down (albeit after undergoing drastic changes to stay in business).  Kate and Oswald became closer and eventually became romantically involved and almost married during the third season, but Kate stood Oswald up at the altar. Kate and Drew also became romantically involved and were on the verge of getting married, but they called it off when they realized they didn't feel the same about the prospect of children. Drew's cross-dressing brother Steve was introduced during this period. He eventually fell in love with

user: what was special about seasons 2-7

assistant: Moon Over Parma" was phased out during the second season by "Five O'Clock World" sung by The Vogues.

user: how did the audience respond to that

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: did those seasons have high ratings

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: what was interesting about those seasons?

assistant: During this period the show also had frequent "event" episodes. Recurring themes were "What's Wrong With This Episode?",
Título: John Fahey (musician)
Seção: Paintings
Background: John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 - February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitive Guitar, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of the music and its minimalist style. Fahey borrowed from the folk and blues traditions in American roots music, having compiled many forgotten early recordings in these genres. He would later incorporate classical, Portuguese, Brazilian, and Indian music into his oeuvre.

Conteúdo: During the later years of his life, Fahey painted a series of abstract paintings. Many of these were exhibited from July 10 - September 12, 2010, at The East Village, New York, presented by John Andrew and Audio Visual Arts (AVA). The exhibit featured 55 paintings, ranging in size from 6.75" by 9" to 22" by 29". The "sale sheet" for the exhibit listed prices from $750 for smaller works to $3,000 for the large paintings. The paintings were either framed or unframed.  Audio Visual Arts describes Fahey's paintings as follows:  Pulling inspiration from the 'French Primitive', untutored painters, Fahey often referred to his music as 'American Primitive. The same alluring, raw, roots, mysterious, power, grit, obscure, industrial, ambient, epic, and tranquilizing aesthetics that one finds in Faheys music and his writings are equally present in his paintings. The 90s proved to be a decade of regeneration for Fahey. Though he struggled with certain health problems, he was brimming with experimentation. Collaborating with noise artists and improvisational performers of the alternative movement, Fahey began to channel a new outlet for experimentation which included his return to painting; a hobby he abandoned when he took up the guitar. Fahey's works are evocative of action painters and abstract expressionists. He painted on found poster board and discarded spiral notebook paper. His painting studio floated from motel bed to motel bed and eventually ended up on the bed of his rental hom

user: what was special about the paintings?

assistant: Fahey painted a series of abstract paintings. Many of these were exhibited from July 10 - September 12, 2010,

user: what types of paintings did he do?

assistant: Pulling inspiration from the 'French Primitive', untutored painters, Fahey often referred to his music as 'American Primitive.

user: wbat was the painting of?

assistant: The same alluring, raw, roots, mysterious, power, grit, obscure, industrial, ambient, epic, and tranquilizing

user: what types of paint did he use?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: were his paitnings popular?

assistant: sale sheet" for the exhibit listed prices from $750 for smaller works to $3,000 for the large paintings.
Título: James Buchanan
Seção: Covode Committee
Background: James Buchanan Jr. was born in a log cabin in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania (now Buchanan's Birthplace State Park), in Franklin County, on April 23, 1791, to James Buchanan, Sr. (1761-1821), a businessman, merchant, and farmer, and Elizabeth Speer, an educated woman (1767-1833). His parents were both of Ulster Scottish descent, the father having emigrated from Milford, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783. One of eleven siblings, Buchanan was the oldest child in the family to survive infancy.

Conteúdo: In March 1860, the House created the Covode Committee to investigate the administration for evidence of offenses, some impeachable, such as bribery and extortion of representatives in exchange for their votes. The committee, with three Republicans and two Democrats, was accused by Buchanan's supporters of being nakedly partisan; they also charged its chairman, Republican Rep. John Covode, with acting on a personal grudge (since the president had vetoed a bill that was fashioned as a land grant for new agricultural colleges, but was designed to benefit Covode's railroad company). However, the Democratic committee members, as well as Democratic witnesses, were equally enthusiastic in their pursuit of Buchanan, and as pointed in their condemnations, as the Republicans.  The committee was unable to establish grounds for impeaching Buchanan; however, the majority report issued on June 17 exposed corruption and abuse of power among members of his cabinet, as well as allegations (if not impeachable evidence) from the Republican members of the Committee, that Buchanan had attempted to bribe members of Congress in connection with the Lecompton constitution. (The Democratic report, issued separately the same day, pointed out that evidence was scarce, but did not refute the allegations; one of the Democratic members, Rep. James Robinson, stated publicly that he agreed with the Republican report even though he did not sign it.)  Buchanan claimed to have "passed triumphantly through this 

user: What was the covode committee?

assistant: the House created the Covode Committee to investigate the administration for evidence of offenses, some impeachable, such as bribery and extortion
Título: Scott W. Rothstein
Seção: Law partner murder
Background: Scott W. Rothstein (born June 10, 1962) is a disbarred lawyer and the former managing shareholder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm. He was accused of funding his philanthropy, political contributions, law firm salaries, and an extravagant lifestyle with a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, one of the largest such in history. On December 1, 2009, Rothstein turned himself in to authorities and was subsequently arrested on charges related to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Although his arraignment plea was not guilty, Rothstein cooperated with the Government and reversed his plea to guilty of five federal crimes on January 27, 2010.

Conteúdo: Debra Villegas, who handles his money, is the law firm's chief operating officer. She is co-owner with Rothstein in a home at 2307 Castilla Isle, as of May 2009. According to records, Rothstein originally purchased the property in September 2007, for $1.75 million, and sold it for $10 to a shell corporation in September 2009.  In 2005, the year the Ponzi scheme allegedly began, Villegas earned $80,000 a year. In 2007, her salary had increased to $145,000. Villegas received two Swiss watches -- a Rolex and a Breitling -- from her "employer". Rothstein paid off her couch and a bedroom set and held title to her two Honda water scooters. Villegas was living in a $475,000 Weston home that Rothstein signed over to her in July 2009 for $100 and "love and affection," according to the deed. Villegas registered a 2009 $100,000 Maserati GranTurismo at the home in January, 2009. In November 2009, Federal prosecutors seized the home, alleging that it was among Rothstein's ill-gotten assets.  Villegas' estranged husband, Tony Villegas, was charged on circumstantial evidence in the March 2008 murder in Plantation, Florida of Melissa Britt Lewis, a partner in Rothstein's firm. Although early news reports wondered at whether the evidence was substantial, according to New Times, "Nine days later, forensic testing revealed that Tony's DNA had been found on Melissa's suit jacket - the same jacket she wore on the day she died."  Police sealed the arrest affidavit. As a result of the homicide and 

user: who is scott?

assistant: Rothstein has a team of "executive protection specialists" to guard the firm and his family, his teen-aged daughter.

user: what happened with swindle pitch?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER
Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance 
Learn about the Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance DEA program. If you re the child or spouse of a Veteran or service member who has died, is captured or missing, or has disabilities , you may be able to get help paying for school or job training through the DEA program also called Chapter 35. Find out if you re eligible for this benefit. 

Am I eligible for education benefits through the DEA program? 
You may be able to get these benefits if both you and the Veteran or service member meet certain eligibility requirements. One of the descriptions below must be true. The Veteran or service member : Is permanently and totally disabled due to a service - connected disability , or Died while on active duty or as a result of a service - connected disability , or Is missing in action or was captured in the line of duty by a hostile force , or Was forcibly detained held or interned in the line of duty by a foreign entity , or Is in the hospital or getting outpatient treatment for a service - connected permanent and total disability and is likely to be discharged for that disability effective December 23 , 2006 

If you re the child of a Veteran or service member 
You can get benefits if you re between the ages of 18 and 26, except in certain cases. You may be married or unmarried. If you re over 18 years old and using DEA , you can t get Dependency and Indemnity Compensation DIC from us. Learn about DIC If you join the military , you can t use this benefit while on active duty. And if you want to use this benefit after you leave the service , you can t have a dishonorable discharge. Military service can extend your eligibility , but this increase doesn t usually go past your 31st birthday. 

If you re the spouse of a Veteran or service member 
Your benefits start on the date we conclude that you qualify or on the date of the Veteran s death, and last for 10 years. If we rated the Veteran as permanently and tot

user: Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance

assistant: Learn about the Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance DEA program .

user: If you re the child or spouse of a Veteran or service member who has died , is captured or missing , or has disabilities

assistant: you may be able to get help paying for school or job training through the DEA program also called Chapter 35 .

user: If you re the spouse of a Veteran or service member

assistant: your benefits end 20 years from the date of death . You can get DIC payments from us and use DEA benefits .

user: Am I eligible for education benefits through the DEA program?

assistant: You may be able to get these benefits if both you and the Veteran or service member meet certain eligibility requirements

assistant: One of the descriptions below must be true

user: ok show me the descriptions

assistant: Is permanently and totally disabled due to a service - connected disability
Título: Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
Seção: Outcome
Background: Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, later called simply Rehab with Dr. Drew, is a reality television show that aired on the cable network VH1 in which many of the episodes chronicle a group of well-known people as they are treated for alcohol and drug addiction by Dr. Drew Pinsky and his staff at the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California. The first five seasons of the series, on which Pinsky also serves as executive producer, cast celebrities struggling with addiction, with the first season premiering on January 10, 2008, and the fifth airing in 2011. The sixth season, which filmed in early 2012, featured non-celebrities as treatment subjects, and the series name shortened to Rehab with Dr. Drew. Season 6 premiered on September 16, 2012.

Conteúdo: Sierra, Binzer, and Carey agreed to enter a transitional sober living home in the season finale. All three, as well as Laurer and Foxworth, would eventually relapse; some re-entered treatment. VH1 aired a reunion special detailing the patients' lives since filming. Although Conaway was able to maintain sobriety from alcohol and cocaine, he continued to abuse analgesics for his back pain, and would re-enter treatment in the show's second season. Binzer also appeared in several episodes of the second season for his relapses, as well as the Sober House spin-off series. Laurer was hospitalized in December 2008 and was reportedly going back to rehab. She later was found dead in her house on April 20, 2016.  Nielsen and Rodriguez have reportedly maintained their sobriety. Pinsky has said on numerous occasions that Nielsen has quit drinking and also gave up smoking. Nielsen has also appeared on his radio shows to talk about her sobriety. In 2009, she appeared as a panel speaker to another group at the Pasadena Recovery Center, in which she anticipated the upcoming two-year mark of her sobriety that July, as seen in a third-season episode of the series, which aired in February 2010. Sierra has tested "clean and sober" for a year and a half following a court-ordered year of treatment at the Pasadena Recovery Center, She also appeared with Nielsen in the aforementioned third-season episode, marking her 18 months of sobriety.  The status of Baldwin's sobriety is unknown. As of May 2009,

user: What was the outcome of celebrity rehab

assistant: Sierra, Binzer, and Carey agreed to enter a transitional sober living home in the season finale. All three, as well as Laurer and Foxworth, would eventually relapse;

user: What happened to the people who releasped

assistant: Carey relapsed and returned to porn, starring in and directing a parody film called Celebrity Pornhab with Dr. Screw,
Título: Tippi Hedren
Seção: Discovery (1961)
Background: Hedren was born on January 19, 1930, in New Ulm, Minnesota, to Bernard Carl and Dorothea Henrietta (nee Eckhardt) Hedren. For much of her career, Hedren's year of birth was reported as 1935. In 2004, however, she acknowledged that she was actually born in 1930 (which is consistent with the birth registration index at the Minnesota Historical Society). Her paternal grandparents were Swedish immigrants, while her maternal ancestry is German and Norwegian.

Conteúdo: On October 13, 1961, she received a call from an agent who told her a producer was interested in working with her. When she was told it was Alfred Hitchcock who, while he was watching The Today Show, saw her in a commercial for a diet drink called Sego, she agreed to sign a seven-year contract. During their first meeting, the two talked about everything except the role he was considering her for. Hedren was convinced for several weeks it was for his television series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Hitchcock later said, "I was not primarily concerned with how she looked in person. Most important was her appearance on the screen, and I liked that immediately. She has a touch of that high-style, lady-like quality which was once well-represented in films by actresses like Irene Dunne, Grace Kelly, Claudette Colbert, and others but which is now quite rare."  Hitchcock put Hedren through an extensive color screen test that lasted two days and cost $25,000, doing scenes from his previous films, such as Rebecca, Notorious and To Catch a Thief with actor Martin Balsam. According to Balsam, Hedren was very nervous but studied every line, did every move she was asked to, and tried to do everything right. Hitchcock asked costume designer Edith Head to design clothes for Hedren's private life and he personally advised her about wine and food. He also insisted for publicity purposes that her name should be printed only in single quotes, 'Tippi'. The press mostly ignored this directive from th

user: What is Discovery?

assistant: On October 13, 1961, she received a call from an agent who told her a producer was interested in working with her. When she was told it was Alfred Hitchcock

user: What was the movie about?

assistant: Hitchcock put Hedren through an extensive color screen test that lasted two days and cost $25,000, doing scenes from his previous films,

user: Was the movie popular

assistant: was asked by Hitchcock to play the leading role in his upcoming film The Birds.

user: What was her role in Discovery

assistant: It never occurred to me that I would be given a leading role in a major motion picture. I had great big tears in my eyes

user: Was this her first big role?

assistant: Alfred Hitchcock who, while he was watching The Today Show, saw her in a commercial for a diet drink called Sego, she agreed to sign a seven-year contract.

user: Did she work for Hitchcock after this

assistant: Hedren was invited to lunch with Hitchcock, his wife, Alma, and Lew Wasserman, head of Universal, at one of Hitchcock's favorite restaurants,

user: What other movies did she do after this

assistant: The Birds.
Título: Michelle Pfeiffer
Seção: 1994-1999: Period of successes and failures
Background: Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California, the second of four children of Richard Pfeiffer, an air-conditioning contractor, and Donna (nee Taverna), a housewife. She has one elder brother, Rick (born 1955), and two younger sisters, Dedee Pfeiffer (born 1964), a television and film actress, and Lori Pfeiffer (born 1965). Her parents were both originally from North Dakota. Her paternal grandfather was of German ancestry and her paternal grandmother was of English, Welsh, French, Irish, and Dutch descent, while her maternal grandfather was of Swiss-German descent and her maternal grandmother of Swedish ancestry.

Conteúdo: Pfeiffer's subsequent career choices have met with varying degrees of success. After The Age of Innocence, she played the role of Laura Alden opposite Jack Nicholson in Wolf (1994), a horror film that garnered a mixed critical reception. The New York Times wrote: "Ms. Pfeiffer's role is underwritten, but her performance is expert enough to make even diffidence compelling". The movie grossed US$65 million (equivalent to $107.3 million) at the domestic box office and US$131 million worldwide (equivalent to $216.3 million). Her next role was that of high school teacher and former US Marine LouAnne Johnson in the surprise box office hit Dangerous Minds (1995), which was co-produced under Pfeiffer's film production company Via Rosa Productions. She appeared as her character in the music video for the soundtrack's lead single, "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio (featuring L.V.), which was used by the producer Jerry Bruckheimer for television advertising. A 60-second version was aired on music channels, while a 30-second cut was aired in the rest of the networks. The song won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance, and the video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video.  In 1996, she turned down the Golden Globe Award-winning role of Eva Peron in the biopic Evita, which went to Madonna. Pfeiffer then portrayed Sally Atwater in the romantic drama Up Close & Personal (1996) opposite Robert Redford. The film's screenplay, co-written by husband and wife team John Gregor

user: What were some of her successes?

assistant: After The Age of Innocence, she played the role of Laura Alden opposite Jack Nicholson in Wolf (

user: When did she play that role in the Age of Innocence?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What were some of her other triumphs during this period?

assistant: Her next role was that of high school teacher and former US Marine LouAnne Johnson in the surprise box office hit Dangerous Minds

user: When did Dangerous Minds come out?

assistant: 1995

user: What was one of her failures?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER
VA help to avoid mortgage foreclosure 
If you fall far behind on your mortgage payments , your mortgage servicer the company that handles collecting the money for your lender can take your house to cover the money owed. This process is called foreclosure. Find out how our VA loan technicians can help you avoid foreclosure and keep your house. 

Can I get VA financial counseling to help avoid foreclosure? 
If you re a Veteran or the surviving spouse of a Veteran , we ll provide financial counseling even if your loan isn t a VA direct or VA - backed loan. If you have a VA direct or VA - backed loan , you can contact us anytime to request that we assign a VA Loan Technician to your loan. Our technicians can offer you financial counseling and help you deal with your servicer or work with you directly in the case of a VA direct loan. If you have a VA direct or VA - backed loan and it s 61 days past due , we ll automatically assign a VA Loan Technician to your loan. 

What should I do if I m having trouble paying my mortgage? 
If you re late with a mortgage payment, or think you might be late with your next payment , contact your loan servicer right away. The sooner you contact them , the sooner they can help you find a solution. If you re nervous about contacting your servicer, or if you d like our help and advice , please contact a VA Loan Technician at 1 - 877 - 827 - 3702. 

How can I avoid foreclosure? 
There are 6 general ways you can try to avoid a foreclosure : Repayment plan : If you ve missed a few mortgage payments , this plan lets you go back to making your regular payments, with an added amount each month to cover the ones you ve missed. Special forbearance : This plan gives you some extra time to repay the missed mortgage payments. Loan modification : Sometimes you need a fresh start. This plan lets you add the missed mortgage payments and any related legal costs to your total loan balance. You and your servicer then come up with a new mortgage payment sch

user: how does the VA help to avoid mortgage foreclosure

assistant: Are you behind on your mortgage payments?
If you withdrew from school and the school didn t make a required return of loan funds to the loan servicer, you might be eligible for a discharge of your federal student loans. 
Learn more about the unpaid refund discharge to see whether you might qualify. If you withdrew from school after receiving a loan made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Direct Loan Program or Federal Family Education Loan FFEL Program , the school may have been required under federal regulations to return some or all of the loan money to your loan servicer. If the school didn t make a required return of the loan funds after you withdrew , you might be eligible for a discharge of the portion of your loan that the school failed to return. 

How do I apply for unpaid refund discharge? 
If the school that you attended is still open , you should contact that school and attempt to resolve the issue with the school before applying for an unpaid refund discharge. If the school that you attended has closed , you should first determine if you may be eligible for a closed school discharge instead. Contact your loan servicer for more information. Find out who your loan servicer is by logging in to My Federal Student Aid. If you re ready to apply for the unpaid refund discharge , you must complete the Loan Discharge Application: Unpaid Refund and send the completed form to your loan servicer. 

How much of my loan will be discharged if I m approved for a loan discharge? 
Only the portion of your loan that your school should have returned will be discharged. Contact your loan servicer for more information. 

I m a parent who received a Direct PLUS Loan to help pay for my child s education. Can my loan be discharged due to unpaid refund? 
Yes , if your child withdrew from school but the school didn t make a required return of your parent PLUS loan funds , the amount of the loan that the school should have returned will be discharged. Contact your loan servicer for more information. 

user: Can I get a discharge of my student loan?

assistant: You could if you are eligible due to an unpaid refund by your school after you withdraw from school.
What is a Co-Signer? 
A co - signer is the spouse of an applicant who initiated an Income - Driven Repayment Plan Request. As a co - signer you are not obligated to repay this loan by signing a borrower's IDR application. The IDR applicant should have provided you with a Reference Number / Co - sign Code. If you do not have the Reference Number / Co - sign Code , contact the IDR applicant. An e - mail containing the Reference Number / Co - sign Code was sent to him or her. The IDR applicant can also access the Reference Number / Co - sign Code by logging in to StudentAid.gov and clicking on the appropriate link. Directions to access the Reference Number / Co - sign Code If the applicant completed an Income - Driven Repayment Plan Request that was not part of a Direct Consolidation Loan Application , he or she will click on " Income - Driven Repayment Plan Requests " under " My Loan Documents " to locate and provide you with the Reference Number you need. If the applicant completed an Income - Driven Repayment Plan Request as part of a Direct Consolidation Loan Application , he or she will click on " Direct Consolidation Loan Applications " under " My Loan Documents " to locate and provide you with the Co - sign Code you need. Co - sign Income - Driven Repayment IDR Plan Request LOG IN TO START 

Who should complete this? 
Spouse of an applicant who initiated an Income - Driven Repayment Plan Request. 

How long will it take? 
The entire Co - Sign process must be completed in a single session. Most people complete the Co - Sign process in 10 minutes. 

What do I need? 
You must be logged in with your own unique FSA ID in order to Co - Sign the applicant's IDR Request. Verified FSA ID Reference Number/Co-Sign Code The IDR applicant's SSN Financial Information Note: only if you file income taxes separately from your spouse 

user: Can you explain what a co-signer is?

assistant: Yes, with the income-driven repayment plan the co-signer is the spouse of the applicant.

assistant: Do you know that the co-signer is not obligated to repay the loan by signing a borrowers IDR application?

user: Yes, I understand that I am not obligated to pay back the loan as a co-signer on the borrower's IDR application.

user: What about the reference number/co-sign code?

assistant: The IDR applicant should have given you the reference number/co-sign code.

user: Who should complete the co-signer part of the IDR plan request?

assistant: If you are the spouse of the applicant who initiated the IDR Plan Request then you should complete it.

user: What if I do not have the reference number or co-sign code?

assistant: Then you should contact the IDR applicant because an email was sent to them containing the reference number or co-sign code.

user: I do not know where the reference number or co-sign code is, how can i get it?

assistant: Just ask your spouse because an email was sent to him or her and the IDR applicant can also access the number by logging in to StudentAid.gov.
Título: Red Faber
Seção: Early career
Background: Faber was born on a farm near Cascade, Iowa, on September 6, 1888. He was of Luxembourgish ancestry. While Faber was a child, his father managed a tavern and later ran the Hotel Faber in Cascade. His father became one of the wealthiest citizens in Cascade.

Conteúdo: Faber started well in the minor leagues. He pitched 15 games for Dubuque in 1909 and returned to the team in 1910, registering an 18-19 win-loss record and a 2.37 earned run average (ERA) in 44 games. He threw a perfect game for the Dubs against the Davenport Prodigals in September of that season.  He also spent time with minor league clubs in Pueblo and Des Moines. He broke into the major leagues in 1914, starting 19 games and relieving in another 21; he posted a 2.68 ERA while winning 10 games and saving a league-leading four games. Through the 1910s, he would vary between starting and relieving for a team which enjoyed a wealth of pitching talent. In his 1915 season, he won 24 games to tie for second in the American League behind Walter Johnson, and he led the league with 50 appearances. In one game that season, he pitched a three-hitter with only 67 pitches.  In 1917 he had a record of 16-13, and at one point started - and won - three games in two days. He saved his best work for the World Series against the New York Giants. After winning Game 2 in Chicago but losing Game 4 on the road, he came into Game 5 (at home) in relief and picked up the win as the Sox came back from a 5-2 deficit in the seventh inning to win 8-5. Faber came back two days later to go the distance in the clinching Game 6 at the Polo Grounds, picking up his third win of the Series by a 4-2 score. As a consequence, he holds the all-time American League record for pitching decisions in a single World Se

user: When did Red's career start?

assistant: minor leagues.

user: When did he start in thge minor leagues?

assistant: 1909

user: Did he ever make it to the major leagues?

assistant: returned to the team in 1910, registering an 18-19 win-loss record

user: What teams did he play for?

assistant: 15 games for Dubuque

user: Was his early career a success?

assistant: He threw a perfect game for the Dubs against the Davenport Prodigals in September of that season.
Título: Ken Norton
Seção: Norton vs. Ali I, II
Background: Norton was an outstanding athlete at Jacksonville High School. He was selected to the all-state team Football team on defense as a senior in 1960. His track coach entered him in eight events, and Norton placed first in seven of them. As a result, the "Ken Norton Rule", which limits participation of an athlete to a maximum of four track and field events, was instituted in Illinois high school sports.

Conteúdo: 'Name' opponents were elusive in Norton's early career. His first big break came with a clear win over respected contender Henry Clark. This helped get him his world recognition break when Ali agreed to a match. Joe Frazier, who'd sparred with Norton, presciently said of Ali, "He'll have plenty of trouble!" Though both were top boxers in the mid 1970s, Norton and Frazier never fought each other, in part because they shared the same trainer, Eddie Futch, and also that they were friends.  For the first match, on March 31, 1973, Muhammad Ali entered the ring at the San Diego Sports Arena wearing a robe given to him by Elvis Presley as a 5-1 favorite versus Ken Norton, then rated a number 6 world contender in a bout televised by ABC's Wide World of Sports. Norton won a 12-round split decision over Ali in his adopted hometown of San Diego to win the NABF heavyweight title. In this bout, Norton broke Ali's jaw (he maintains in round eleven, though Angelo Dundee said it was earlier), leading to only the second defeat for "The Greatest" in his career. (Ali's only previous loss was to Joe Frazier, and Ali would later go on to defeat George Foreman to regain the heavyweight title in 1974.)  Almost six months later at The Forum in Inglewood, California, on September 10, 1973, Ali avenged the Norton loss but only after he got the return by a split decision. Norton weighed in at 205 lbs (5 pounds lighter than his first match with Ali) and boxing scribes discussed that his preparation was 

user: Is Ali referring to Mohammed Ali?

assistant: Ali,

user: When did he first fight Ali?

assistant: March 31, 1973,

user: Did Norton win?

assistant: Norton won a 12-round

user: What did Ali say in regards to Norton?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: When did he fight Ali again?

assistant: 1974.
Título: Bill Monroe
Seção: Folk revival
Background: Monroe was born on his family's farm near Rosine, Kentucky, the youngest of eight children of James Buchanan "Buck" and Malissa (Vandiver) Monroe. His mother and her brother, Pendleton "Pen" Vandiver, were both musically talented, and Monroe and his family grew up playing and singing at home. Bill was of Scottish heritage. Because his older brothers Birch and Charlie already played the fiddle and guitar, Bill Monroe was resigned to playing the less desirable mandolin.

Conteúdo: Monroe's fortunes began to improve during the "folk revival" of the early 1960s. Many college students and other young people were beginning to discover Monroe, associating his style more with traditional folk music than with the country-and-western genre with which it had previously been identified.  The word "bluegrass" first appeared around this time to describe the sound of Monroe and similar artists such as Flatt and Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, Reno and Smiley, Jim and Jesse, and the Osborne Brothers. While Flatt and Scruggs immediately recognized the potential for a lucrative new audience in cities and on college campuses in the North, Monroe was slower to respond. Under the influence of Ralph Rinzler, a young musician and folklorist from New Jersey who briefly became Monroe's manager in 1963, Monroe gradually expanded his geographic reach beyond the traditional southern country music circuit.  Rinzler was also responsible for a lengthy profile and interview in the influential folk music magazine Sing Out! that first publicly referred to Monroe as the "father" of bluegrass. Accordingly, at the first bluegrass festival organized by Carlton Haney at Roanoke, Virginia in 1965, Bill Monroe was the central figure.  The growing national popularity of Monroe's music during the 1960s was also apparent in the increasingly diverse background of musicians recruited into his band. Non-southerners who served as Blue Grass Boys during this period included banjo player Bill Keith a

user: What happened during the folk revival?

assistant: Monroe's fortunes began to improve during the "folk revival"

user: What was folk revival?

assistant: The word "bluegrass" first appeared around this time to describe the sound of Monroe and similar artists

user: Did they gain a bigger fanbase ?

assistant: Monroe gradually expanded his geographic reach beyond the traditional southern country music circuit.
Título: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Seção: Religion and name
Background: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

Conteúdo: At age 24 in 1971, he converted to Islam and became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which means "the noble one, servant of the Almighty." He was named by Hamaas Abdul Khaalis. Abdul-Jabbar purchased and donated 7700 16th Street NW, a house in Washington, D.C. for Khaalis to use as the Hanafi Madh-Hab Center. Eventually, Kareem "found that [he] disagreed with some of Hamaas' teachings about the Quran, and [they] parted ways."  Speaking about the thinking behind his change of name when he converted to Islam he stated that he was "latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Muslims. My family was brought to America by a French planter named Alcindor, who came here from Trinidad in the 18th century. My people were Yoruba, and their culture survived slavery...  My father found out about that when I was a kid, and it gave me all I needed to know that, hey, I was somebody, even if nobody else knew about it. When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. And that's a terrible burden on black people, because they don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted."  In 1998, Abdul-Jabbar reached a settlement after suing Miami Dolphins running back Karim Abdul-Jabbar (now Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, born Sharmon Shah) because he felt Karim was sponging off the name he made famous by having the Abdul-Jabbar moniker and number 33 on his Dolphins jerse

user: Did he change religions at some point?

assistant: converted to Islam

user: Did he change his name at the same time?

assistant: converted to Islam and became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which means "the noble one, servant of the Almighty.

user: What was his religion prior to that?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Why did he convert to islam?

assistant: "latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Muslims.
Título: Yellow Magic Orchestra
Seção: 1976-1978: Early years and formation
Background: Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) is a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals). The group is considered influential and innovative in the field of popular electronic music. They were pioneers in their use of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines, computers, and digital recording technology in popular music, and effectively anticipated the "electropop boom" of the 1980s while exploring subversive sociopolitical themes throughout their career. YMO was initially conceived by Hosono as a one-off exploration of computerized exotica and parody of Western conceptions of the orient.

Conteúdo: Prior to the group's formation, Sakamoto had been experimenting with electronic music equipment at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, which he entered in 1970, including synthesizers such as the Buchla, Moog, and ARP. Hosono, following the break-up of his band Happy End in 1972, became involved in the recording of several early electronic rock records, including Yosui Inoue's folk pop rock album Kori no Sekai (1973) and Osamu Kitajima's progressive psychedelic rock album Benzaiten (1974), both of which utilized synthesizers, electric guitars, electric bass, and in the latter, electronic drums and rhythm machines. Also around the same time, the band's future "fourth member" Hideki Matsutake was the assistant for the internationally successful electronic musician Isao Tomita. Much of the methods and techniques developed by both Tomita and Matsutake during the early 1970s would later be employed by Yellow Magic Orchestra.  Sakamoto first worked with Hosono as a member of his live band in 1976, while Yukihiro Takahashi recruited Sakamoto to produce his debut solo recording in 1977 following the split of the Sadistic Mika Band. Hosono invited both to work on his exotica-flavoured album Paraiso, which included electronic songs produced using various electronic equipment. The band was named "Harry Hosono and the Yellow Magic Band" as a satire of Japan's obsession with black magic at the time, and in late 1977 they began recording Paraiso, which was released in 197

user: what happened in 1976?

assistant: Sakamoto first worked with Hosono as a member of his live band in 1976,

user: what band was that?

assistant: The band was named "Harry Hosono and the Yellow Magic Band" as a satire of Japan's obsession with black magic

user: what were some singles?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: when did they first form?

assistant: July 1978. The band was initially conceived as a one-off studio project by Hosono,

user: what changed that?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: who was a part of the band?

assistant: Hosono, Sakamoto and Takahashi eventually collaborated again to form the Yellow Magic Orchestra