In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

[EX Q]: Giessen , spelled Gießen in German ( -RSB- -RSB- , is a town in the German federal state ( " Bundesland " ) of Hesse , capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen .
[EX A]: Gießen or Giessen is a city in the German state of Hesse .

[EX Q]: The National Lottery Heritage Fund , formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund ( HLF ) , distributes a share of National Lottery funding , supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom .
[EX A]: The Heritage Lottery Fund ( HLF ) is a fund established in the United Kingdom under the National Lottery etc .

[EX Q]: Compared to other stick insects ( order Phasmatodea ) , the genus " Timema " is considered basal ; that is , the earliest " branch " to diverge from the phylogenetic tree that includes all Phasmatodea .
[EX A]:
Compared to other stick insects ( order Phasmatodea ) , the genus " Timema " is basal .