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In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
One example is below.
Q: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
A: Russian Revolution
Rationale: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Q: Which of the following is most common in roots, chromoplasts or amyloplasts?, Context: The chloroplast membranes sometimes protrude out into the cytoplasm, forming a stromule, or stroma-containing tubule. Stromules are very rare in chloroplasts, and are much more common in other plastids like chromoplasts and amyloplasts in petals and roots, respectively. They may exist to increase the chloroplast's surface area for cross-membrane transport, because they are often branched and tangled with the endoplasmic reticulum. When they were first observed in 1962, some plant biologists dismissed the structures as artifactual, claiming that stromules were just oddly shaped chloroplasts with constricted regions or dividing chloroplasts. However, there is a growing body of evidence that stromules are functional, integral features of plant cell plastids, not merely artifacts.
A: | amyloplasts |
Teacher: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Solution: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Reason: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Now, solve this instance: The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Krugman in 2008 .
Student: | Krugman was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ( informally the Nobel Prize in Economics ) , the sole recipient for 2008 . |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to adjust euro style cabinet hinges
Close the cabinet door and look very closely at which directions it needs to go.
You may need to do this for all the hinges on a door at once. Loosen the top and bottom screws, push the door up or down as necessary, and firmly tighten the screws again.
Possible answers:
+ Turn the cabinet door clockwise several times to tighten the screws. Make sure that any screws you're changing do not get in your way.
+ Support the door as you loosen these screws, or it could drop completely out of its initial position. Open the door wide so that you can get access to the hinge.
+ Look as closely at both sides as you can until you feel you still have a good fit. Check the bottom and bottom screws.
+ Unlock the screws and have it do a gentle push. Check for locks which need to be replaced. | Support the door as you loosen these screws, or it could drop completely out of its initial position. Open the door wide so that you can get access to the hinge. |
[Q]: Yellowjackets Basketball Sweep Lions at Home Both UWS basketball teams got wins at home over Finlandia. SUPERIOR, Wisc. – Senior Hannah Norlin finished with 19 points and 15 rebounds as the Wisconsin-Superior women’s basketball team knocked off Finlandia 83-66 Monday night at the Mertz Mortorelli Gym. Eva Reinertsen also chipped in with 19 points to help the Yellowjackets win their third straight game. On the men’s side, freshman Carter Brown knocked down seven three-pointers to lead the team with 23 points in a win over the Lions. Hannah Norlin finished with 15 rebounds.
[A]: Yes
[Q]: With a Queensland state election coming up in Australia, many minor parties and independents will be looking to hold balance of power and making the major parties listen to what they have to say. The Patrica Petersen are one of the independents. Wikinews reporter Patrick Gillett held an exclusive email interview with Ms Peterson, candidate for the electoral district of Bundamba. Wikinews was the only outlet that got an interview with Peterson.
[A]: Yes
[Q]: The 42-year-old actor was outside a movie theater in central London's Leicester Square, doing press interviews, Sunday, when a man squirted Cruise with a water pistol disguised as a microphone, London's Metropolitan Police said. he 42 year old actor was holding a water pistol outside a movie theater
[A]: No
[Q]: Honourable senators, for all of these reasons, and I have canvassed but a few, I feel it is our duty to urge that this bill be referred back to the committee so that the committee can examine three or four further witnesses - publishers, the advertisers, a few constitutional lawyers and a cost analyst, in terms of the publishing fund. He has canvassed but a few
[A]: | Yes |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Example input: Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Example output: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Example explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: An enhanced driver's license (EDL), currently issued by the states of Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, and Washington, is specifically designed to meet the requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) to re-enter the United States via a land or water border. An EDL will also suffice as proof of identity and citizenship for American citizens entering Canada by road.
A: | can i get into canada with an enhanced id? |
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to apply the 4d method to email
Close your inbox.
To start being in control of your incoming emails, first close your inbox and think of the structure you want to apply. Use tools for filtering and organizing your emails.
OUT: Decide how often and at what times you will be checking your emails. Depending on your job requirements, it can be anything from once a week to five times per day.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
We see a man at a table in a field juicing a fruit to make a juice. The man juices 2 fruit then puts sugar in in two glasses. the man
OUT: then cuts and juices four more fruit.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
The woman, along with another woman, pets the dog, who is now on a table. The first woman combs the dog's hair. the dog and the first woman
OUT: | walk through a room and into the bathroom. |
How to reduce uvula swelling<br>Gargle with warm water and table salt. The warm water can feel soothing, and the salt can draw out the inflammation in your uvula. Don't make the water hot-this can burn your throat and cause more damage.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Gargle with warm water and salt
Choose from:
(a). Yes
(b). It's impossible to say
(c). No | (a). |
How to react if your friend's baby has down syndrome
Remember that down syndrome is a disability, not a tragedy.
Your friend still has a new baby, and you still have an opportunity to celebrate new life.
Avoid cliches and stereotypes.
These are not very helpful, and often carry insulting implications about the baby. Focus on the baby as an individual, or when using generalizations, generalize about all babies (not babies with down syndrome).
How to love your dog
Know how to nurture your dog.
Create rules and enforce them to show your dog that you love him. Rules and expectations will help your dog know what behavior is acceptable and what isn't.
This way he won't have to worry about when he may or may not get in trouble. Your dog will know he's loved, because he feels safe in the knowledge that you're in charge and taking care of him.
A man is holding onto a bar as he is standing on a water ski. He is being pulled through the water by a motor boat. he
is water skiing over a long lake, trying to remain upright.
How to distract yourself from cutting
Exercise.
Doing something that is good for your health can keep your mind off of cutting. It also allows you to have control of your body in a positive way.
| Exercising can also help to release stress, anxiety, anger, and other emotions you usually use cutting to help with. If you got into an argument with your friend, physical activity can be a positive replacement to cutting. |
Problem: That debate will go on at another time when we talk of serious offences like murder because Liberal legislation or the lack thereof allows convicted murderers and rapists, the Clifford Olsons and the Paul Bernardos of the country, after being sentenced to life in prison to put their victims through the trauma of a hearing after 15 years.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "There have been no murders."?
A: No
Problem: And it's the right cause. It's the right decision. Secondly, there is other forms of racial profiling that goes on in America. Arab-Americans are racially profiled in what is called secret evidence. People are stopped, and we have to do something about that.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Arabs face no discrimination."?
A: No
Problem: How to file an interpleader<br>Search for forms or templates. An interpleader starts with a complaint, which is in many ways similar to a complaint that would be filed in any other civil lawsuit. Some courts offer forms or templates you can use specifically for an interpleader.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "An interpleader starts with a song. "?
A: | No |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example input: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example output: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Q: Certain actions are not permitted when a player interacts with a player that he what?, Context: There are many rules to contact in this type of football. First, the only player on the field who may be legally tackled is the player currently in possession of the football (the ball carrier). Second, a receiver, that is to say, an offensive player sent down the field to receive a pass, may not be interfered with (have his motion impeded, be blocked, etc.) unless he is within one yard of the line of scrimmage (instead of 5 yards (4.6 m) in American football). Any player may block another player's passage, so long as he does not hold or trip the player he intends to block. The kicker may not be contacted after the kick but before his kicking leg returns to the ground (this rule is not enforced upon a player who has blocked a kick), and the quarterback, having already thrown the ball, may not be hit or tackled.
A: | intends to block |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: You may wonder if there are other examples of static discharge. The answer is yes. Lightning is a form of static discharge. It is much more dramatic than what happens between you and the door knocker, but it is the same principle. You can see how it occurs in the following diagram and animation. You have no doubt seen lightning in a rainstorm. What does lighting have to do with static electricity? As it turns out, everything! During a rainstorm, clouds develop regions of different charges. This happens due to the movement of air molecules, water drops, and ice particles. The negative charges are concentrated at the base of the clouds. The positive charges are concentrated at the top. The negative charges repel electrons on the ground below. The ground then becomes positively charged. Over time the differences increase. Eventually the electrons are discharged. This is what we see as lightning. You can watch an awesome slow-motion lightning strike below. <sep>What does lightning have to do with static electricity?<sep>Lightning is a form of dynamic energy
A: | No |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Stock Chart for Microsoft Corp (MSFT)
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s Windows sales slumped last quarter as the iPad crimped demand for consumer laptops, marking the first time in 20 years that the software maker reported a smaller quarterly profit than Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Revenue in Microsoft’s Windows division fell 4.4 percent to $4.45 billion, the Redmond, Washington-based company said yesterday in a statement. That missed the $4.6 billion average prediction of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Net income was $5.23 billion, eclipsed by the $5.99 billion reported by Apple last quarter.
Consumer PC shipments dropped 8 percent in the quarter, Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein said. Netbooks -- the cheap laptops that became popular during the recession -- plunged 40 percent, partially because of defections to tablet computers, he said. The decline overshadowed a better-than- anticipated performance from Microsoft’s Office unit and increased PC demand from corporations.
“You have to live underneath a rock not to know that the iPad has taken share from the netbook,” said Pat Becker Jr., principal of Portland, Oregon-based Becker Capital Management Inc., which holds Microsoft shares as part of its $2.5 billion in assets. “It’s a problem on the consumer side, and that’s a market where Microsoft continues to give up territory to Apple.”
Microsoft fell 79 cents, or 3 percent, to $25.92 at 4 p.m. in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading. The shares have declined 7.1 percent this year.
Less Than Apple
Net income rose to 61 cents a share, from $4.01 billion, or 45 cents, Microsoft said yesterday. Excluding a 5-cent per-share tax benefit, earnings matched the 56-cent average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
The results underscore the ascendance of Apple, which surpassed Microsoft as the world’s most valuable technology company last May. The last time Apple’s profit was bigger than Microsoft’s was 1991.
While PC shipments to corporate customers rose 9 percent, tablet competition accounted for some of the sluggishness in consumer sales, Klein said in an interview.
“It’s fair to say tablet is some of that,” he said.
Total PC sales declined 2 percent last quarter, Microsoft said. That the Windows business performed even worse adds to the concern over Microsoft’s performance, said Brendan Barnicle, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities in Portland.
Office Sales
“That’s suggesting some market share loss, some real deterioration,” said Barnicle, who rates Microsoft’s stock “sector perform.”
Microsoft’s overall sales rose to $16.4 billion, compared with the $16.2 billion average projection. That reflected demand for such products as Office business-productivity software and programs for servers -- the computers that run networks.
“We are seeing businesses invest in technology,” Klein said. “They are buying hardware and they are buying Microsoft software.” Microsoft expects corporate PC shipments to outpace consumer sales for the rest of the year.
Sales in the business division, which sells Office software and is the company’s biggest unit, rose 21 percent to $5.25 billion, compared with the $4.9 billion average estimate of analysts. Revenue at the Server and Tools unit was $4.1 billion, compared with the $4 billion analysts projected.
“There is a tale of two cities going on here,” said Brent Thill, an analyst at UBS AG in San Francisco, who recommends buying Microsoft shares. “You have consumers who say an iPad is good enough for consuming data, but for the enterprise side, those enterprises are continuing with Microsoft. The thing that has hurt Microsoft is that tablets are no question the must-have item for consumers.”
To contact the reporter on this story: Dina Bass in Seattle at dbass2@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Tom Giles at tgiles5@bloomberg.net ||||| Microsoft's quarterly profits and revenues were eclipsed for the first time in 20 years by Apple as a slowdown in the PC business and continuing huge losses in its search division held it back.
Though the company reported net income up 30% to $5.2bn (£3.1bn) from $4bn, and revenues up 13% to $16.4bn from $14.5bn, both were smaller than figures released by Apple last week showing $6bn profits on revenues of $24.7bn.
The overshadowing of Microsoft's financial might by Apple will be seen by some as marking a key moment in the industry, as Apple's iPad tablet computer and iPhone smartphone have both become important sources of revenue even while its desktop and laptop computers – the areas where Microsoft dominates – have become less important. Microsoft overtook Apple in profits in 1991, and revenues in 1995. But since the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and then the iPad in 2010, Apple has grown rapidly, and its market capitalisation overtook Microsoft's in May 2010.
Microsoft's dependence on the PC industry, which recorded a surprise year-on-year fall in sales during the first quarter, means that its profits from Windows licences, which generate roughly half its profits, are vulnerable to any slowdown.
Analysts believe that the iPad and other tablets using Google's Android software are eating into Microsoft's PC business, and have not seen any convincing response from the Redmond-based giant. Sales of its Windows Phone have been unimpressive so far, and are not mentioned in the formal earnings announcement.
Trip Chowdhry, managing director of Global Equities Research, said: "This is the best they can do in the industry they have. The quarter was almost in line. There is nothing to get excited about. But 2012 is going to be much weaker versus 2011. It's all about innovation and the pace of innovation. The question to ask is: is there any product line in Microsoft that they are not playing catch-up on?"
Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Financial, said: "The concern is PC markets are being disrupted. There's some validity [in that].
"But it's also overblown when you factor in that Windows 7 is the fastest-selling OS in history. There was $4.5bn in [Windows] revenue. You've got to put it in perspective. Tablets are not going to replace PCs. OK, they are definitely eating into laptops in some markets. But Microsoft will be in that game. You're going to see Windows 8 come in September, that's going to help offset the tablet concerns, because it's going to run tablets."
Channing Smith of Capital Advisors Growth Fund said: "It's hard to get excited about the Microsoft story when there are more exciting growth opportunities in the marketplace. With that said, Microsoft to me is no longer a growth stock but it is a very attractive value stock."
Search remains a source of financial pain for the company. Its Online Service division, which contains its search engine Bing, recorded a loss of $726m (previously $709m) on revenues of just $648m, up from $566m last year. By contrast Google's latest quarterly results showed a profit of $2.3bn on revenues of $8.5bn – more than 10 times larger than Bing and its properties.
The only other sources of encouragement were higher sales of Office, the company's other established monopoly, which generated profits of $3.1bn on revenues of $5.2bn, and the Kinect games add-on, the fastest-selling consumer electronics device ever, which contributed to a 60% growth in its Entertainment and Devices division, which includes the Xbox 360 console.
• RIM, maker of the BlackBerry, slashed its quarterly profit and revenue forecasts from the already lower numbers given at its last quarterly results. It said phone shipments would be closer to 13.5m, and that more would be cheaper models. It cut its earnings forecast by 12%. ||||| | Apple's profits have outstripped Microsoft's for the first time since Extreme was topping the charts and Mark Zuckerberg was in second grade. Microsoft's revenue and profits were actually up last quarter, but Apple managed to move ahead for the first time in 20 years with a $6 billion profit on revenues of $24.7 billion, reports the Guardian, which believes this may mark a key moment in the industry. Analysts say Microsoft has been stung by a steep drop in laptop sales as large numbers of consumers opt to buy tablet computers, especially iPads, instead. "You have to live underneath a rock not to know that the iPad has taken share from the netbook,” the chief of a major Microsoft shareholder tells Bloomberg. “It’s a problem on the consumer side, and that’s a market where Microsoft continues to give up territory to Apple.” |
Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Published on Jul 21, 2017
Prince's official music video for 1999
Listen to your favorite Prince tracks, all in one place:
Spotify: https://Prince.lnk.to/SpotifyTopTrack...
Apple Music: https://Prince.lnk.to/pr_am!1999
Shop Prince: https://Prince.lnk.to/1995-2010WI!1999
Follow Prince:
Facebook: https://Prince.lnk.to/1995-2010FI!1999
Instagram: https://Prince.lnk.to/1995-2010II!1999
Twitter: https://Prince.lnk.to/1995-2010TI!1999
{Don't worry, I won't hurt you
I only want you to have some fun}
I was dreamin' when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray
But when I woke up this mornin', could've sworn it was judgment day
The sky was all purple, there were people runnin' everywhere
Tryin' to run from the destruction, you know I didn't even care
Say say two thousand zero zero party over, oops, out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's nineteen ninety-nine
I was dreamin' when I wrote this, so sue me if I go too fast
But life is just a party and parties weren't meant to last
War is all around us, my mind says prepare to fight
So if I gotta die I'm gonna listen to my body tonight
Yeah hey, they say two thousand zero zero party over, oops, out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's nineteen ninety-nine
Yeah, yeah, hey
#Prince #90sMusic #Funk ||||| - Designing prom tickets should have been an easy task in the scope of planning the prom, but not the case for one local school.
The principal of Cherry Hill High School East is apologizing, after some students were offended by language on the tickets.
FOX 29 spoke with the student body vice president. She said the ticket slogan was produced and approved by a diverse committee of students. She said the theme was American Independence and the prom committee meant no harm.
“We thought it would be fun to do a play on the Prince song “Party Like It’s 1776” because of the Constitution Center,” said Madison Vogel, Cherry Hill High School East student body Vice President.
That’s where Cherry Hill High School East’s senior prom will be held next week.
The catchy line – “Party Like It’s 1776” – has prompted Principal Dennis Perry to apologize.
Perry tweeted out a letter which reads in part:
“It was insensitive and irresponsible not to appreciate that not all communities can celebrate what life was like in 1776. I especially apologize to our African American students.”
Vogel said students got the letter on Friday, the last day prom tickets went on sale.
“We want everyone to be included. It’s our senior prom. We don’t want anyone to be offended,” Vogel stated.
“We’ve been together for 4 years and we’re close and we do have intense conversations where people don’t agree,” Madison said.
But, offense was taken. Civil rights advocates told a local newspaper while the intent may not have been to upset minority students, but celebrate American independence, the slogan brings to mind a painful part of United States history for many community members. A pain that is still raw for many members of the community.
As for Madison, she said the class has designed a new ticket, one she hopes is inclusive of all and the student body is looking to learn and move forward from the controversy.
“We’re just really trying to bring our senior class together one more time before we graduate,” Vogel said.
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Output: | Florida isn't the only state that's home to a problematic prom this year. New Jersey's Cherry Hill High School East is grabbing headlines over prom tickets that featured "inappropriate" wording. The Courier Post reports that tickets for the prom, to be held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia this week, contained a call to "party like it's 1776"—a time in US history that not all Americans can celebrate. "We thought it would be fun to do a play on the Prince song ... because of the Constitution Center," the student body VP tells Fox 29, but not everyone found the end result so fun. "I am writing to apologize for the hurt feelings this reference caused for members of our school family," Principal Dennis Perry wrote in a letter tweeted Friday. "I especially apologize to our African American students, who I have let down by not initially recognizing the inappropriateness of this wording," he continued. He says that going forward, "a diverse group of people" will have input on communications disseminated to the entire school. As for the tickets, new commemorative ones will be printed with the offending words removed, and Perry says students won't need to hand over a ticket to gain entry, as the school has a list of those who have purchased tickets. It's not the first racial flap at the school, which is about 6% black: The VP of the Cherry Hill African American Civic Association notes the school's production of Ragtime, which includes the N-word, caused a dust-up last year. (This Utah teen's prom dress also caused an uproar.) |
guitar<br>The man played his guitar. He found something he liked. He wrote it down. He built off of it. He wrote a pretty good song.
The man played music.
A: Yes
How to recognize thrush symptoms (oropharyngeal candidiasis )<br>Look for white lesions in the mouth. These lesions (a catch-all term for damaged or abnormal tissue) are plaque-like because they are raised and can be in various sizes or come together to cover larger areas. The lesions are typically white and look like cottage cheese, though they might also be red and raw-looking.
thrush is not uncomfortable
A: It's impossible to say
The music of Bahrain is part of the Persian Gulf folk traditions. Alongside Kuwait, it is known for sawt music, a bluesy genre influenced by African, Indian and Persian music. Sultan Hamid, Ali Bahar and Khalid al Shaikh (a singer and oud player) are among the most popular musicians from Bahrain.
Sultan Hamid, Ali Bahar and Khalid al Shaikh all come from the same village in Bahrain.
A: | It's impossible to say |
John Bazemore/Associated Press The Washington Nationals have reportedly been in contact with the Cincinnati Reds and have interest in pitchers Matt Harvey and Raisel Iglesias, according to Fancred's Jon Heyman. Heyman noted the Nats want another starter, and that although Iglesias is a reliever, "multiple teams" believe he can start. This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available. Get the best sports content from the web and social in the new B/R app. Get the app and get the game.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Matt Harvey only had 4 fingers on his left hand. | It's impossible to say |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. ||||| Getty White House omits Tibet from earthquake condolence list
Press Secretary Josh Earnest made a subtle omission during his press briefing Monday.
The White House spokesman offered the U.S. government’s “deepest condolences to … the families of those who died in Nepal, but also the families of those who died in India and Bangladesh.” But he neglected to mention another region directly affected by the earthquake’s devastation — dozens of deaths have been reported in Tibet, an autonomous region contested by separatists and the Chinese government.
Story Continued Below
Earnest’s phrasing Monday echoed a statement made Saturday by NSC spokesperson Bernadette Meehan, who referred to “widespread damage and loss of life in Nepal, India and Bangladesh.”
Though the final death toll in each country is not yet clear, the Associated Press reported on Monday that the Chinese government had identified 20 deaths in Tibet, while only two were reported in Bangladesh on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Guardian published Chinese state television footage of the earthquake’s damage in Tibet.
Tibetan officials do not believe Earnest’s statement was an accident. “Tibetan areas across the Nepalese border have been severely affected as well,” the Dalai Lama’s representative in Washington, Kaydor Aukatsang, told POLITICO. “We believe that all affected regions should be highlighted so that they receive the appropriate attention and relief support.”
President Obama has walked a diplomatic tightrope on Tibet since taking office. In a news conference in China last November, the president said, “We recognize Tibet as part of the People’s Republic of China,” but added that he “did encourage Chinese authorities to take steps to preserve the unique [Tibetan] culture.”
Much to the chagrin of the Chinese government, however, Obama has also met multiple times with the Dalai Lama, a spiritual leader who serves as the face of Tibetan separatism — though the White House is always careful to avoid provoking Beijing’s ire by, for instance, limiting press availability and choosing low-profile meeting venues or avoiding sensitive times.
In 2010, Obama delayed a meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader until after he had met with then-Chinese President Hu Jintao. Hu’s successor, Xi Jinping, is scheduled to visit the United States in September for his first official state visit.
Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal was the region’s largest in generations. The United States has already planned $10 million in aid, as well as two urban rescue crews. More than 4,000 deaths have been reported in Nepal, the epicenter of the quake, with more expected to come as the rubble is cleared. ||||| The death toll in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region due to Saturday's earthquake and its aftershocks, climbed to 25 today, even as rescuers continued to reach out to the affected people in the remotest of areas.
Besides, a total of 117 have sustained injuries, state- run Xinhua news agency reported.
The 7.9 Richter Scale tremblor that struck Nepal on Saturday also affected parts of Tibet. The two border ports to Nepal were seriously affected. The earthquake also affected the south-western part of Tibet, especially Xigaze City.
The city has 18 counties and prefectures, and a population of more than 700,000.
The counties of Gyirong, Nyalam and Tingri were most affected. Nearly 80% of the houses in the three counties have collapsed.
The earthquake tragedy in Nepal, worst in over 80 years in the Himalayan nation, has so far left over 4,000 dead, including five Indians, and about 7,000 others injured.
The number of casualties is likely to increase as access and communication returns to normal, a spokesperson of the headquarters said.
"We worry most about Zham Town. Rescue work there is particularly difficult because the road to the town is blocked," Mayor of Xigaze City Zhang Hongbo said.
Zhang added that Zham Town has felt more than 20 aftershocks, which have caused landslides and avalanches.
The town is in short supply of food and bottled water. Food stocks will last likely only for three days.
A 37-km highway linking Nyalam County with Zham has been blocked by multiple landslides.
Rescuers are still working to clear an important tunnel that winds through high mountains. |||||
Student: | The Nepal earthquake also caused deaths in other countries, including dozens in Tibet—but Tibet didn't get the White House's condolences yesterday. During a press briefing, Press Secretary Josh Earnest noted that the US government offered its "deepest condolences to … the families of those who died in Nepal, but also the families of those who died in India and Bangladesh." Similarly, a National Security Council spokesperson referred Saturday to "widespread damage and loss of life in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh" when talking about the quake, Politico reports. (A recent Bangladesh report put that country's death toll at four; the Business-Standard says Tibet's toll currently stands at 25.) Tibet's autonomy, of course, is contested by the Chinese government, and Tibetan officials believe the region is being purposely excluded from these statements. "Tibetan areas across the Nepalese border have been severely affected as well," says the Dalai Lama’s representative in Washington. "We believe that all affected regions should be highlighted so that they receive the appropriate attention and relief support." Though President Obama has in the past officially recognized Tibet as part of China, he has also met with the Dalai Lama numerous times and has encouraged China to "take steps to preserve the unique [Tibetan] culture." |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Problem:The Principals Committee had its first meeting on al Qaeda on September 4. On the day of the meeting, Clarke sent Rice an impassioned personal note. He criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present. The "real question" before the principals, he wrote, was "are we serious about dealing with the al Qida threat? Is al Qida a big deal? Decision makers should imagine themselves on a future day when the CSG has not succeeded in stopping al Qida attacks and hundreds of Americans lay dead in several countries, including the US," Clarke wrote. "What would those decision makers wish that they had done earlier? That future day could happen at any time." Clarke then turned to the Cole." The fact that the USS Cole was attacked during the last Administration does not absolve us of responding for the attack," he wrote. "Many in al Qida and the Taliban may have drawn the wrong lesson from the Cole: that they can kill Americans without there being a US response, without there being a price." <sep>What two things did Clarke urge decision makers to do because the future could happen at any time?<sep>Imagine themselves in a future terrorist attack and ask themselves what they could have done earlier
Solution: | Yes |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to cure a small bad burn
Identify a minor burn.
Burns are categorized by depth and size and percent of total body surface area. A minor burn, typically called a first-degree burn, is characterized by redness to the outermost layer of the skin, the epidermis. | With this type of burn, there is damage to this epithelial (top) layer without blistering. A minor burn should not cover more than 10% of your body surface. |
IN: What happens next?
How to make a phone camera into night vision
Get your hands on an old mobile phone.
Remember, this hack isn't really reversible so don't do this on a camera you want to use in the future.
Open up the phone with a screwdriver and find the camera.
OPTIONS:
- The camera will have an unscrew-able lid where the lens is. Unscrew it and remove the plastic containing the lens.
- Then hide it while moving your camera into place. To get started on the phone, rip some paper away from the camera.
- Once you find it put the phone away as you did it. Try to keep in mind that newer mobile phones may still have a camera, but it needs a camcorder.
- After doing so you will see, " camera " is behind " phone. " Put the phone into your pocket and slide a screwdriver into the camera.
OUT: The camera will have an unscrew-able lid where the lens is. Unscrew it and remove the plastic containing the lens.
IN: What happens next?
A man wearing ski goggles adjusts the camera. several people
OPTIONS:
- are seen skiing down a steep slope.
- are shown snowboarding in a room missing skis.
- push their kayaks down a path.
- ski down a ski slope with tubes.
OUT: are seen skiing down a steep slope.
IN: What happens next?
How to look like a rocker
Find the right bottoms.
Looking like a rocker is all about finding the right combination for an outfit, and a large part of that is picking a pair of bottoms-such as pants or skirts.
Jeans, especially ripped and worn ones, are an excellent choice for most rocker outfits, no matter what subgenre you're going for.
OPTIONS:
- Skinny jeans, hipster boots, and mesh style shorts are particularly rock, punk, and indie style. If you're into goth (e.g.
- For a more indie or folk rock look, consider rolling up the cuff of the jeans by three to four inches. For a younger and more modern rock look, consider skinny jeans instead of baggy, shapeless ones.
- Refrain from wearing bottoms that are too tight, baggy or split. Women wear provocative black skirts, using them for various positions including headwear, back and chest presses and pull-up outfits.
- If a skirt and a button-down shirt is not in order, you can always look for a pair that shows off your best features. That means wearing black leggings or a solid-colored blouse over a top.
OUT: | For a more indie or folk rock look, consider rolling up the cuff of the jeans by three to four inches. For a younger and more modern rock look, consider skinny jeans instead of baggy, shapeless ones. |
What happens next?
How to make paleo meatloaf
Cut the onions, peppers, and garlic.
These ingredients will all be sautéed in the olive oil together, so you'll need to first cut them into small pieces. Aim for pieces the size of your pinky fingernail.
Select from:
A). Put the salt, pepper, and water into a small saucepan. Add enough water to the pan to cover just the vegetables.;
B). Place the onions, peppers, garlic, and tomatoes into the pan and cook them over medium heat. After about 20 minutes, flip them over and cook them for another 20 to 25 minutes.;
C). Mix the onion and the garlic together with the butter. Heat the oil to 325 ° f (160 ° c).;
D). You'll be using a sharp kitchen knife or chef's knife for this step, so be careful not to cut your fingers. If you prefer not to mince garlic, you could also use a garlic press to crush it into small pieces.; | D). |
How to change a page to landscape on microsoft word on pc or mac<br>Open the document in microsoft word. You can do this by double-clicking the document on your computer. [substeps] Alternatively, open microsoft word first (under all apps in the start menu on windows, or in the applications folder on macos), then open the document.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
To open the document, click on the document once.
Available choices: (a). Yes. (b). It's impossible to say. (c). No. | (c). |
Problem: How to be a kidney donor<br>Decide between deceased and living donation. There are two different ways to become a kidney donor. The first is known as deceased donation, which means that the kidney is harvested from your body after your death.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Deceased kidney donators were wheat harvesters when they were alive."?
A: It's impossible to say
Problem: Horford (knee) is listed as questionable for Wednesday's game against the Wizards. Horford has missed the last two games with the lingering injury, which coach Brad Stevens labeled Monday as patellar tendinitis. His status should be updated again following Boston's shootaround in the morning, but with Horford and fellow big man Aron Baynes (ankle) currently questionable, Daniel Theis and rookie Robert Williams could be holding down the center position again Wednesday in Washington.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "they are talking about dogs only"?
A: No
Problem: Weimar Republic (German: "Weimarer Republik" ] ) was an unofficial, historical designation for the German state between 1919 and 1933. The name derives from the city of Weimar, where its constitutional assembly first took place. The official name of the state was "Deutsches Reich"; it had remained unchanged since 1871. In English the country was usually known simply as Germany.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Weimar Republic had ties to Germany"?
A: | Yes |
Part 1. Definition
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Part 2. Example
The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Answer: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Part 3. Exercise
A wiki farm is a site where you can create your own wiki .
Answer: | A wiki hosting service or wiki farm is a server or an array of servers that offers users tools to simplify the creation and development of individual , independent wikis . |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: Which land along with Prussia made up the Kingdom of Prussia?, Context: Although Brandenburg was a part of the Holy Roman Empire, the Prussian lands were not within the Holy Roman Empire and were with the administration by the Teutonic Order grandmasters under jurisdiction of the Emperor. In return for supporting Emperor Leopold I in the War of the Spanish Succession, Elector Frederick III was allowed to crown himself "King in Prussia" in 1701. The new kingdom ruled by the Hohenzollern dynasty became known as the Kingdom of Prussia. The designation "Kingdom of Prussia" was gradually applied to the various lands of Brandenburg-Prussia. To differentiate from the larger entity, the former Duchy of Prussia became known as Altpreußen ("Old Prussia"), the province of Prussia, or "East Prussia".
A: Brandenburg
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Q: Who helped prepare?, Context: The Apollo astronauts were chosen from the Project Mercury and Gemini veterans, plus from two later astronaut groups. All missions were commanded by Gemini or Mercury veterans. Crews on all development flights (except the Earth orbit CSM development flights) through the first two landings on Apollo 11 and Apollo 12, included at least two (sometimes three) Gemini veterans. Dr. Harrison Schmitt, a geologist, was the first NASA scientist astronaut to fly in space, and landed on the Moon on the last mission, Apollo 17. Schmitt participated in the lunar geology training of all of the Apollo landing crews.
A: Schmitt
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Q: What is the first acronym mentioned?, Context: Larger SAMs may be deployed in fixed launchers, but can be towed/re-deployed at will. The SAMs launched by individuals are known in the United States as the Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS). MANPADS of the former Soviet Union have been exported around the World, and can be found in use by many armed forces. Targets for non-ManPAD SAMs will usually be acquired by air-search radar, then tracked before/while a SAM is "locked-on" and then fired. Potential targets, if they are military aircraft, will be identified as friend or foe before being engaged. The developments in the latest and relatively cheap short-range missiles have begun to replace autocannons in this role.
A: | SAMs
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What happens next in this paragraph?
How to use a graphic flight computer to find ground speed and true heading
Align the wind direction under the " true index " mark by rotating the azimuth plate.
If the winds are from 330 ° at 20 knots, align 330 under the true index.
Align the grid so the center grommet is over one of the heavy lines. | It doesn't matter which line is used at this point. Mark the wind speed by counting up from the center grommet. |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to choose an hdtv
Measure the available area.
If you are putting an hdtv in an existing home theater cabinet, make sure you know the maximum size that will fit. Measure the tv enclosure diagonally, as this is how hdtvs are measured. | For example, a 50 " hdtv is 50 " from corner to corner, but is less than that horizontally. Measure the distance from the couch to the tv. |
My Run In With The Cops<br>Today I went to the grocery store to buy groceries. When I got to the checkout line, I realized I forgot my wallet. I tried to explain my situation to the checker, but she didn't listen. She thought I was trying to steal groceries, so she called the cops. My roommate had to save me by bringing me my wallet.
The person's roommate found their wallet at home.
A: It's impossible to say
The coalition against Saddam has fallen apart or it's unraveling, let's put it that way. The sanctions are being violated. We don't know whether he's developing weapons of mass destruction. He better not be or there's going to be a consequence should I be the president.
The sanctions have been obeyed
A: No
GARDAÍ IN CORK are investigating after a teenager allegedly attacked a paramedic in Co Cork. The incident happened last night, when the paramedic was allegedly attacked at around 11.50pm in Mahon. A 16 year-old was later arrested and taken to Blackrock garda station for questioning, before being released without charge. In a statement, a garda spokesperson said that investigations into the alleged assault were ongoing.
Witnesses say that the paramedic was taunting the 16 year old.
A: | It's impossible to say |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Why? The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
New input: The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the Southwestern United States. Located within the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are somewhat distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, and the Sierra Nevada, which all lie farther to the west.
Solution: | are the rocky mountains part of the northeast region? |
Problem: How to select food for a tea party
Know your budget.
Put the focus on buying quality, not quantity. The tea should be good quality, it's a tea party after all.
Answer: Think about what you can save money on; for example, paper napkins don't have to come from a high end retailer. Milk can be from anywhere, as long as it's fresh.
Problem: How to hunt for an apartment in new york city
Get to know the city.
New york can be overwhelming, especially if you've never lived there before. Give yourself a primer on the city and what it has to offer by visiting different areas, or at the very least researching them in depth.
Answer: There are many factors to consider when choosing a general location, like the local culture, population makeup and average cost of living. New york city is divided into individual neighborhoods, or boroughs, which include manhattan, the bronx, brooklyn, queens and staten island.
Problem: People are standing near a tree. A woman is putting blindfold to the other girl and rotate her several times. the girl
| Answer: walked towards the pinata and hit it. |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Problem:In what ways do masons tend to explore the craft?, Context: During the ceremony of initiation, the candidate is expected to swear (usually on a volume of sacred text appropriate to his personal religious faith) to fulfil certain obligations as a Mason. In the course of three degrees, new masons will promise to keep the secrets of their degree from lower degrees and outsiders, and to support a fellow Mason in distress (as far as practicality and the law permit). There is instruction as to the duties of a Freemason, but on the whole, Freemasons are left to explore the craft in the manner they find most satisfying. Some will further explore the ritual and symbolism of the craft, others will focus their involvement on the social side of the Lodge, while still others will concentrate on the charitable functions of the lodge.
Solution: | Some will further explore the ritual and symbolism of the craft, others will focus their involvement on the social side of the Lodge, while still others will concentrate on the charitable functions of the lodge |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: A woman holds up a sign at a vigil for the victims of Wednesday's attack, at Trafalgar Square in London, Thursday, March 23, 2017. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack by a... (Associated Press)
LONDON (AP) — Khalid Masood, who attacked Britain's Parliament, killing four people and wounding some 50, was born Adrian Russell Ajao, London's top counterterror officer said Friday.
Mark Rowley revealed the name in a briefing outside Scotland Yard in which he also announced two more "significant" arrests had been made. That brings the total number of people in custody for the Wednesday attack to nine.
"We remain keen to hear from anyone who knew Khalid Masood well, understands who his associates were and can provide us with information about places he has recently visited," Rowley said. "There might be people out there who did have concerns about Masood but did not feel comfortable for whatever reason in passing those concerns to us."
The 52-year-old attacker was born in southeastern England and had most recently been living in the central city of Birmingham.
Masood drove his car into crowds of people on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday afternoon, killing three and wounding some 50, before stabbing a police officer to death at the Houses of Parliament. He was shot dead by police.
Rowley said two police officers targeted in the attack have significant injuries. Two other people also remain in critical condition, one with life-threatening injuries.
The latest victim, who died in the hospital on Thursday, was 75-year-old Leslie Rhodes from Streatham, south London. ||||| The 52-year-old Kent-born attacker had been convicted of violent offences and may have been a late convert to Islam
Detectives are piecing together the history of the Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old ex-convict who used a string of aliases and reportedly converted to Islam only in later life.
Masood was described by police as a criminal with a 20-year record of offending, who had once been investigated for extremism but was assessed as low risk. Reports have emerged that his birthname was Adrian Russell Ajao. He was earlier named as Adrian Elms.
London attack: police investigate terrorist Khalid Masood as death toll rises – live Read more
As police search for any evidence of a wider conspiracy, eight people remain in custody after properties across the UK were raided, while a picture emerged of the killer’s apparently nomadic lifestyle.
The death toll from his assault on the capital rose to four on Thursday night when a 75-year-old man, named as Leslie Rhodes from Streatham, south London, had his life support withdrawn at King’s College hospital.
The police said on Friday morning that two people remained in hospital in critical condition, with one of these considered to have “life-threatening” injuries, after Masood drove his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before running into the parliamentary estate armed with two knives and fatally stabbing PC Keith Palmer before himself being shot dead. Fifty people have been confirmed as injured, with 31 requiring hospital treatment. Two police officers remained in hospital with significant injuries.
On Thursday night, thousands of people gathered to commemorate the victims of the attack in Westminster, and to hear speeches by the capital’s mayor and other leaders aimed at preventing terrorism from spreading division and hatred.
The vigil in Trafalgar Square, central London, was held to honour the dead and injured, Sadiq Khan said, but also “to send a clear, clear, message – Londoners will never be cowed by terrorism”.
Westminster vigil: we will never be cowed by terrorism, says mayor Read more
Earlier, prime minister Theresa May told MPs Masood had been previously known to MI5: “Some years ago, he was once investigated in relation to concerns about violent extremism. He was a peripheral figure. The case is historic – he was not part of the current intelligence picture.”
Amber Rudd, the home secretary, later added that Masood had spent time in jail, but not for terrorist offences, while the Metropolitan police said “Masood” was in all likelihood not his birth name.
The names of two people who died after Masood mowed them down on Westminster Bridge also emerged.
They were Kurt Cochran, 54, a US tourist from Utah celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary, and British-born Aysha Frade, 43, who worked at sixth-form college and had been walking over the bridge to pick up her daughters from school.
In the frenzied attack on Wednesday, Masood also stabbed to death PC Keith Palmer, a 48-year-old husband and father.
The prime minister said Palmer was “every inch a hero and his actions will never be forgotten”, while a crowdfunding appeal for his family has raised more than £364,000.
The attack was stopped when armed officers assigned to protect the defence secretary, Michael Fallon, shot Masood, who is believed to have been intent on entering parliament. Palmer died at New Palace Yard on the edge of the parliamentary estate, near Parliament Square, raising questions about security for legislators.
The original incident, in which Masood drove a Hyundai Tucson 4x4 into crowds at one of London’s busiest tourist spots, left 40 people injured, 29 of whom were taken to hospital.
In an emergency statement to the Commons, May said people from around the world had been caught up in the attack. “In addition to 12 Britons admitted to hospital, we know the victims include three French children, two Romanians, four South Koreans, one German, one Pole, one Irish, one Chinese, one Italian, one American and two Greeks,” she said.
London terror attack: what we know so far Read more
She also sounded a note of defiance, telling MPs: “Today we meet as normal, as generations have done before us and as future generations will continue to do, to deliver a simple message: we are not afraid and our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism.”
May’s spokesman said she had received phone calls from world leaders including Angela Merkel, François Hollande and Donald Trump, offering their condolences and support, and had herself signed a book of condolence in parliament. She later visited the injured in hospital.
Police said Masood had been inspired by Islamic State. But he hid his extremism from his neighbours, coming across as a keen gardener and family man.
The domestic intelligence service will face questions over why Masood dropped off the radar after being investigated in relation to concerns over violent extremism.
An MI5 team has been set up to see what lessons can be learned from the case and to look at the decision to not put him under surveillance. The police and security services monitor an estimated 3,000 Britons, mainly Islamists, regarded as capable of terrorism, but it emerged he was not on this list.
Isis claimed responsibilty for the attack, although the claim could not be verified. Amaq, the news agency it uses to broadcast propaganda, issued a statement describing the attacker as a soldier of Islamic State, without naming him.
Police revealed that Masood, born in Kent on Christmas Day 1964, had a string of criminal convictions. In a statement, the Met said: “He was known to police and has a range of previous convictions for assaults, including GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences.
“His first conviction was in November 1983 for criminal damage and his last conviction was in December 2003 for possession of a knife.”
The investigation is being led by SO15, Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command. Police staged raids across Birmingham, including Masood’s recent home in Winson Green, and at properties in London, Carmarthenshire and Brighton.
Neighbour Iwona Romek said Masood was a keen gardener, who lived in the modern mews house with his wife and young child. Romek, 45, said her experience of him was of a “nice man”.
She said the family had moved out suddenly in December 2016 and added: “I used to see him outside doing his garden. Never any trouble.”
It is believed that Masood rented the Hyundai car that he turned into a weapon of terror from the depot of a car hire firm, Enterprise, in Spring Hill, Birmingham.
Police still believe the attack was carried out by Masood alone, but are looking into whether others helped him. The eight arrests were all on suspicion of acts of preparation of a terrorist act, a key indication that police are investigating the possibility of a wider conspiracy.
A 39-year-old woman was arrested in east London, while two women aged 26 and 21 were detained in Birmingham. Five men aged 23, 26, 27, 28 and 58 were arrested in Birmingham.
PC Palmer’s family released a statement paying tribute to the police officer, who had a five-year-old daughter. They said: “Dedicated to his job and proud to be a police officer, brave and courageous. A friend to everyone who knew him. He will be deeply missed. We love him so much.”
As a mark of respect, Palmer’s shoulder number – 4157U – is to be retired and not reissued to any other officer, Scotland Yard said.
The Met has put extra officers on the streets and has extended the shifts they work from eight to 12 hours, until further notice. Forces outside London are also increasing their presence on the streets, to provide reassurance and to deter not only any further Islamist attacks but hate crimes against Muslims.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission began an investigation into the shooting of the suspect, which is mandated by law.
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Student: | Khalid Masood, the man responsible for the attack outside Britain's Parliament that killed four people and wounded 50, was born Adrian Russell Ajao, London's top counterterror officer said Friday. Mark Rowley revealed the name in a briefing outside Scotland Yard in which he also announced two more "significant" arrests had been made. That brings the total number of people in custody for the Wednesday attack to nine. "We remain keen to hear from anyone who knew Khalid Masood well, understands who his associates were, and can provide us with information about places he has recently visited," Rowley said, per the AP. Masood, 52, was born in southeast England and had most recently been living in Birmingham. ISIS issued a statement Thursday claiming responsibility for the attack and calling Masood a "soldier." Police say he had criminal convictions going back decades, the Guardian reports. "His first conviction was in November 1983 for criminal damage and his last conviction was in December 2003 for possession of a knife," police said in a statement. Rowley said two police officers targeted in the attack have significant injuries. Two other people also remain in critical condition. The latest victim, who died in the hospital on Thursday, was 75-year-old Leslie Rhodes from Streatham, south London. Police have also identified an injured woman who was pulled from the Thames after Masood drove into crowds on Westminster Bridge. |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Input: Consider Input: The PlayStation ( often known as the PS1 or the PSX ) is a video game console made by Sony .
Output: The PlayStation ( officially abbreviated as PS and commonly known as the PS1 or its codename PSX ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment .
Input: Consider Input: In Japan , reigning emperors are known simply as " the Emperor " and he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name , Emperor Sho ̄ wa ( 昭和天皇 ) .
Output: In Japan , reigning emperors are known simply as the Emperor and he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name , Sho ̄ wa ( 昭和 ) , which is the name of the era coinciding with his reign ; for this reason , he is also known as the Sho ̄ wa Emperor or Emperor Sho ̄ wa .
Input: Consider Input: He was replaced by General Henry G. Winkelman who decided that in the north the Grebbe Line would be where the battle was to be fought , partly because it would be easier to counterattack .
| Output: He was replaced by General Henry G. Winkelman who decided that in the north the Grebbe Line would be the main defence line where the decisive battle was to be waged , partly because it would there be easier to break out with a counteroffensive if the conditions were favourable .
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Beginners is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills. It tells the story of Oliver, a man reflecting on the life and death of his father, Hal, while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman, Anna, dealing with father issues of her own. The film is based on the true-life coming out of Mills' father at the age of 75, five years before his death.
In 2011, Beginners will be shown at film festivals across the country. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
The Kathlamet people are a tribe of Native American people with a historic homeland along the Columbia River in what is today southwestern Washington state. The Kathlamet people originally spoke the Kathlamet language, a dialect of the Chinookan language. They were also called "Guasámas, or Guithlamethl, by the Clackamas", and "Kwillu'chini, by the Chinook."
Kathlamet is a language known around the world. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
The Car<br>Taryn was out for a walk. She was trying to reduce her carbon footprint. She started walking instead of driving. Soon, she realized that she didn't need her car anymore. She sold it to her neighbor and started walking everywhere.
She hated the car anyways OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
[EX Q]: It is surrounded by the towns of Angat and Pandi in the north ; by San Jose del Monte City in the south ; by Norzagaray in the east ; and by Marilao and Bocaue in the west .
[EX A]: The town is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Angat and Pandi ; portion of San Jose del Monte City on the south ; Norzagaray and other portions of San Jose del Monte on the east ; and the municipalities of Marilao and Bocaue on the western side .
[EX Q]: In 1972 , he was the first North American to win first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition .
[EX A]: In 1972 , he was the first North American to win first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition , helping to cement its reputation for advancing the careers of young pianistic talent .
[EX Q]: The Minitel modem usually dialed a special number to connect to a PAVI ( " Point d 'Acce ̀ s VIde ́ otexte " , " videotext access point " ) .
[EX A]: | When connecting , the Minitel 's integrated modem generally dialed a short code number connecting to a PAVI ( " Point d 'Acce ̀ s VIde ́ otexte " , " videotext access point " ) from the subscriber 's analog telephone line .
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How to prune a ficus tree<br>Trim outdoor ficuses anytime in late summer, fall, or spring. Outdoor ficuses are fairly adaptable and can be trimmed during most seasons. Anytime from late summer to early spring is ideal, as this is right before and after your ficus's dormant season.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Your ficus has a dormant season."? | Yes |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
See one example below:
Problem: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Solution: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Problem: Plagiarism is copying another person 's ideas , words or writing and pretending that they are one 's own work .
Solution: | Plagiarism is the " wrongful appropriation " and " stealing and publication " of another author 's " language , thoughts , ideas , or expressions " and the representation of them as one 's own original work . |
How to use a deburring tool
Secure your attachment.
After you have selected the appropriate attachment for the job, attach the piece to your deburring tool. You may need to consult your user's manual to determine how to attach the piece.
Make sure that the attachment is locked securely in place before you switch it on. Make sure that the object you are deburring is locked in place.
How to sue someone who failed to credit your work
Send a letter or email.
You should notify a person that they are infringing your work. Sometimes, people accidentally copy something that you have written.
They might not even be aware that you are the author. You can send a letter asking for your material to be removed or asking for compensation.
How to get a visa credit card for your kid
Shop around for the best visa credit card offer.
Getting a credit card is just like shopping for anything else. You want the best deal.
Start by looking for cards with the lowest interest rate. The interest rate is effectively the " price " of the money that your child will be borrowing.
How to survive your first year in color guard
Self evaluate.
Before you even try out for color guard, you need to be aware of all that goes into it, and you need to decide if this is something that you will enjoy. Many people go into color guard without even knowing what it is all about.
| If you enjoy dancing, being a part of a team, and can endure long practices, this is perfect for you! Gain endurance. Believe it or not, color guard is a sport. |
IN: What happens next?
We see the javelin flying through the air. We see people run to measure the distance of the javelin. the man
OUT: pumps his arms and we see happy people in the crowd.
IN: What happens next?
How to pay online for property tax in washington state
Determine if your county offers online payment.
You can find out whether or not online property tax payment is available in your county by visiting your county's treasurer website. If online payment is not an option, you will have to pay your property tax bill through the mail or in person.
OUT: Links to each of washington's county websites can be found on the washington department of revenue website. Links are posted to both the assessor and treasurer pages for each county.
IN: What happens next?
How to write an advertisement for a pet
Begin with the title.
Don't underestimate the importance of a good title, especially when posting an ad online. The most important thing to remember is to keep it short, detailed, and attention-grabbing.
OUT: | Instead of just writing " buddy needs a home ", include basic information (type of animal, for example ) Be careful about the grammar used and the wording of the title. People respond positively to well written messages; they respond negatively to things that are badly written or that carry negative connotations. |
The music of Bahrain is part of the Persian Gulf folk traditions. Alongside Kuwait, it is known for sawt music, a bluesy genre influenced by African, Indian and Persian music. Sultan Hamid, Ali Bahar and Khalid al Shaikh (a singer and oud player) are among the most popular musicians from Bahrain.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Sawt music is bluesy
Select from:
+Yes;
+It's impossible to say;
+No; | Yes |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
BB cream stands for blemish balm, blemish base, beblesh balm, and in Western markets, beauty balm.
what does bb stand for in bb cream
The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909, to 8 January 1910. It was published in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz. It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations, most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.
what is the history of the phantom of the opera
As of April 30, 2018, debt held by the public was $15.3 trillion and intragovernmental holdings were $5.7 trillion, for a total or 'National Debt' of $21 trillion. Debt held by the public was approximately 77% of GDP in 2017, ranked 43rd highest out of 207 countries. The Congressional Budget Office forecast in April 2018 that the ratio will rise to nearly 100% by 2028, perhaps higher if current policies are extended beyond their scheduled expiration date. As of December 2017, $6.3 trillion or approximately 45% of the debt held by the public was owned by foreign investors, the largest being China (about $1.18 trillion) then Japan (about $1.06 trillion).
| how much of the united states is owned by other countries
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Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Output: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
New input case for you: Its motto is " " ( " ' The interest for the student develops the student 's interest " ) .
Output: | Its motto is « " L ’ inte ́ re ̂ t pour l ’ e ́ le ̀ ve de ́ veloppe l ’ inte ́ re ̂ t de l ’ e ́ le ̀ ve " » ( " ' The interest for the student develops the student 's interest " ) . |
IN: What happens next?
A person is water skiing behind a boat. they
OUT: are going back and forth behind the boat.
IN: What happens next?
How to protect yourself from 3d fatigue
Have a basic understanding on why 3d technology can fatigue you.
3d imaging works by sending different image information to each eye, to create the illusion of depth. The reality is that the 3d technology requires that your sense of depth perception needs constant tricking.
OUT: In so doing, your eyes keep trying to refocus, and cannot succeed, but keep trying to do so. Your eye muscles become fatigued and your brain begins to tire from the confusion.
IN: What happens next?
There is a large crowd shown clapping and two hosts speaking in the beginning. A line of men are then shown wearing sumo wrestling outfits. two people
OUT: | get inside of the ring and begin fighting. |
What most naturally follows?
How to cut marble
Purchase or rent a large wet saw with a diamond blade.
You can also use a reciprocating dry diamond blade, but you risk shattering the marble. Put on protective eyewear, hearing protection and gloves before you start cutting. | Ensure you have a water supply and check the water pump on the saw. Water keeps the blade from overheating, protecting the blade/saw and the marble. |
Horses of God (French: Les chevaux de Dieu , Arabic: يا خيل الله , translit. Ya khayl Allah) is 2012 Moroccan drama film about the 2003 Casablanca bombings. It was directed by Nabil Ayouch, and based on the novel "The Stars of Sidi Moumen" by Moroccan writer Mahi Binebine. The film won several awards, and was Morocco's submission for the 85th Academy Awards (held in February 2013).
Can we draw the following conclusion?
يا خيل الله was released more than 3 years after the 2003 Casablanca bombings. | Yes |
Horsburgh Castle, also known as Horsbrugh Castle or Horsbrugh Tower, is a ruined tower house castle by the River Tweed, on the A72 road from Peebles to Galashiels, near Glentress in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The ruins date from the 16th century and was built by the Horsburghs.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The castle once housed 100 people."?
Select from: 1). Yes 2). It's impossible to say 3). No
I think the answer is | 2). |
Three leading Japanese banks have announced an alliance forming the world's largest financial group. Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo and the Industrial Bank of Japan say their operations will be integrated by the spring of 2002.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
3 Japanese banks merging isn’t very many | It's impossible to say |
Definition: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Input: The best-known competition is the Blackpool Dance Festival , England .
Output: | Internationally , the Blackpool Dance Festival , hosted annually at Blackpool , England is considered the most prestigious event a dancesport competitor can attend . |
IN: What happens next?
How to eat cattails
Clean the shoots.
After, you will need to rinse them with fresh water. Then, remove bacteria by soaking the spikes in vinegar for twenty minutes.
OUT: Finally, rinse them again in fresh water to remove the vinegar. If you do not have access to vinegar, you can roast the spikes over a fire to kill the bacteria.
IN: What happens next?
How to clean up a stream
Choose a location.
You should pick a stream that is important to you or your local community and scout it out before hand. You should try to find a portion of stream that is safe and easily accessible by vehicle or foot.
OUT: Keep in mind you will be hauling garbage away, it should be easy to get in and out. Try to start small, you don't want to pick somewhere that is too large to effectively clean.
IN: What happens next?
How to make mini apple caramel pies
Pre-heat your oven to 350 ° f (180 ° c).
You can make the filling while it's warming up.
Take a cupcake pan and put liners in all the tins.
OUT: | If you have very thin liners, use 2, that way your liner won't fall of your pie when you get them out of the oven. Cut small circles in the pillsbury pie dough and press them inside the liners. |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
People attend a presentation of the Xbox One by Microsoft as part of ChinaJoy 2014 China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference in Shanghai July 30, 2014.
NEW YORK A new Microsoft Corp product that allows website publishers to embed digital photographs on their sites is a "massive infringement" of copyrighted images, Getty Images Inc [GETTY.UL] claimed in a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York on Thursday.
The "Bing Image Widget," released on Aug. 22, gives publishers the ability to create a panel on their websites that displays digital images supplied by Microsoft's Bing search engine, according to the lawsuit.
Rather than draw from a pool of licensed images, the lawsuit claimed, the product grants access to the billions of images that can be found online, without regard to whether the photos are copyrighted.
"In effect, defendant has turned the entirety of the world's online images into little more than a vast, unlicensed 'clip art' collection for the benefit of those website publishers who implement the Bing Image Widget, all without seeking permission from the owners of copyrights in those images," the lawsuit said.
Getty, which produces and distributes photos, video, music and multi-media products, is asking a judge in U.S. District Court to block the widget immediately and award an unspecified amount of damages. The actual injury to Getty is "incalculable," according to the lawsuit.
In a statement, a Microsoft spokeswoman said the company would consider whether Getty's claims had merit.
"As a copyright owner ourselves we think the laws in this area are important," the spokeswoman said in an email. "We'll take a close look at Getty's concerns."
John Lapham, general counsel for Getty, said his company has been engaged in discussions with Microsoft for more than a year about what he called the "erosion" of copyright protection for online images.
The widget, he said, goes well beyond a search tool by helping websites embed copyrighted images for commercial use. Getty's own embedding tool, by contrast, is only available for non-commercial websites and includes photographer attribution, he said.
"Now you have someone else’s picture in full, beautiful display on your website, having never paid for it and with no attribution to the photographer at all," he said.
The widget is already in use by websites around the world, the lawsuit said. Getty owns or represents more than 80 million unique digital images, according to the lawsuit.
The case is Getty Images Inc v. Microsoft Corp, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 14-7114.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Leslie Adler and Diane Craft) ||||| Microsoft has pulled a new tool from its Bing service after being accused of "massive infringement" of copyrighted photographs.
The Bing Image Widget let bloggers and other online publishers to embed collages and slideshows onto their websites based on search results.
But on Thursday Getty Images filed a lawsuit in New York alleging that the "beautiful, configurable image galleries and slideshows" contained copyrighted images.
It demanded that the widget be removed and asked for unspecified damages.
By Monday, Microsoft had an announcement on its Bing website saying the feature – which was still in beta testing – had been "temporarily removed".
The company said: "As a copyright owner ourselves we think the laws in this area are important.
"We'll take a close look at Getty's concerns."
The tool was launched late last month and markets to website publishers as a way to enhance how their sites look.
Legal papers filed by Getty said: "Rather than draw from a licensed collection of images, defendant gathers these images by crawling as much of the Internet as it can, copying and indexing every image it finds, without regard to the copyright status of the images and without permission from copyright owners like plaintiff." ||||| Following a lawsuit from Getty Images, Microsoft has temporarily removed the beta of the Bing Image Widget, which lets publishers embed collages and slideshows of images from search results on their Web sites.
On Thursday, Getty Images filed a copyright complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Microsoft, in which it alleged that the “beautiful, configurable image galleries and slideshows” typically consist of copyrighted images, including images whose copyrights are owned or controlled by Getty.
The court ordered Microsoft on Friday to show-cause by Sept. 17 as to why an order should not be issued, enjoining it from using, offering, or otherwise supporting the Bing Image Widget or comparable technology used to display images, during the action, unless it has an express license for such use by the copyright owners.
Microsoft’s Bing now says on its website that “ We have temporarily removed the beta.” Microsoft could not be immediately reached for comment, but the company is quoted by various reports as stating that it had temporarily removed the Bing Image Widget beta so it “can take time to talk with Getty Images and better understand its concerns.”
Microsoft launched the widget in late August and markets it to website publishers as a tool for enhancing the visual quality of their websites, according to Getty’s complaint. “Rather than draw from a licensed collection of images, Defendant gathers these images by crawling as much of the Internet as it can, copying and indexing every image it finds, without regard to the copyright status of the images and without permission from copyright owners like Plaintiff,” it added. |||||
Output: | A photo widget on Microsoft's Bing service has led to a lawsuit claiming "massive infringement" on copyright. Microsoft has removed the offending tool, which allowed users to post photos and slideshows onto their websites, Sky News reports. The images, collected via Bing, came from all over the Internet—and Getty Images' lawsuit is charging that many of them were copyrighted, Reuters reports. "In effect, [the] defendant has turned the entirety of the world's online images into little more than a vast, unlicensed 'clip art' collection," the suit says. Microsoft has responded to Getty's complaint: "As a copyright owner ourselves, we think the laws in this area are important," says a rep. "We'll take a close look at Getty's concerns." Getty says it is facing "incalculable" injury from the widget; the company "owns or represents" some 80 million digital photos, it says, per Reuters. It wants unspecified damages as well as the shuttering of the Microsoft widget. Its current removal is reportedly temporary, PC World notes. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: Consider Input: The series has been renewed for a sixth season of 26 episodes which will premiere in Canada in September 2018,and in the UK on July 16, 2018.
Output: is there going to be season 6 of the next step?
Input: Consider Input: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, or simply Rogue One, is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the first installment of the Star Wars Anthology series, set immediately before the events of the original Star Wars film. The cast includes Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Rogue One follows a group of rebels on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star, the Galactic Empire's superweapon.
Output: is rogue one the sequel to force awakens?
Input: Consider Input: The ``flavourings'' are believed to include cloves, soy sauce, lemons, pickles and peppers.
| Output: is soy sauce and worcestershire sauce the same thing?
|
"Leader of the Band" is a song written by Dan Fogelberg from his 1981 album "The Innocent Age". The song was written as a tribute to his father, Lawrence Fogelberg, a musician and the leader of a band, who was still alive at the time the song was released. Lawrence died in August 1982.
The album also includes his song "Times Like These" from the 1980 "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack.
A: It's impossible to say
How to make a healthy fruit smoothie<br>Put the oats and chia seeds into the blender. Grate 'em up until you get the consistency of flour--in other words, till they're near powder. Add milk and yogurt.
The oats and chia seeds need to be ground until they are like flour.
A: Yes
DONETSK, Ukraine Aug 19 Artillery fire could be heard on Tuesday in the settlement of Makiivka, on the eastern outskirts of the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, Reuters reporters at the scene said. Residents said it was the first time there had been shelling in the area. Two minivans and one car with about a dozen separatist fighters were heading to the area where the sound of the blasts was coming from. Two ambulances were seen coming from the neighbourhood. (Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Alissa de Carbonnel)
Donetsk is subject to government regulations.
A: | It's impossible to say |
Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: Although Bin Laden, Atef, and KSM initially contemplated using established al Qaeda members to execute the planes operation, the late 1999 arrival in Kandahar of four aspiring jihadists from Germany suddenly presented a more attractive alternative. The Hamburg group shared the anti-U.S. fervor of the other candidates for the operation, but added the enormous advantages of fluency in English and familiarity with life in the West, based on years that each member of the group had spent living in Germany. Not surprisingly, Mohamed Atta, Ramzi Binalshibh, Marwan al Shehhi, and Ziad Jarrah would all become key players in the 9/11 conspiracy. Mohamed Atta was born on September 1, 1968, in Kafr el Sheikh, Egypt, to a middle-class family headed by his father, an attorney. After graduating from Cairo University with a degree in architectural engineering in 1990, Atta worked as an urban planner in Cairo for a couple of years. In the fall of 1991, he asked a German family he had met in Cairo to help him continue his education in Germany. They suggested he come to Hamburg and invited him to live with them there, at least initially. After completing a course in German, Atta traveled to Germany for the first time in July 1992. He resided briefly in Stuttgart and then, in the fall of 1992, moved to Hamburg to live with his host family. After enrolling at the University of Hamburg, he promptly transferred into the city engineering and planning course at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, where he would remain registered as a student until the fall of 1999. He appears to have applied himself fairly seriously to his studies (at least in comparison to his jihadist friends) and actually received his degree shortly before traveling to Afghanistan. In school, Atta came across as very intelligent and reasonably pleasant, with an excellent command of the German language. When Atta arrived in Germany, he appeared religious, but not fanatically so. This would change, especially as his tendency to assert leadership became increasingly pronounced. According to Binalshibh, as early as 1995 Atta sought to organize a Muslim student association in Hamburg. In the fall of 1997, he joined a working group at the Quds mosque in Hamburg, a group designed to bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians. Atta proved a poor bridge, however, because of his abrasive and increasingly dogmatic personality. But among those who shared his beliefs, Atta stood out as a decisionmaker. <sep>Where did Mohamed Atta reside while in Germany?<sep>Berlin
Output: | No |
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
The cookies go into the oven and bake for 9 minutes, and a new batch is put in the oven. The warm cookies are put on a cooling rack. The person washes, and drys the silicone baking sheet. they
OPTIONS:
- return to baking cookies on the table.
- bake the cookies and put them in a oven, then they cut them up in small pieces to bake and put in the oven.
- roll the baking sheet up and show us the finished cooling cookies.
- bake them after they have cooled, and take off to have them finished.
OUT: roll the baking sheet up and show us the finished cooling cookies.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to date an aries
Try to keep up with them.
As a fire sign and the first in the zodiac, aries are known for being bold, tireless and aggressive. Aries are headstrong, can talk a mile a minute, and prefer to be doing rather than sitting.
OPTIONS:
- Aries are also stubborn and upset and would most likely throw a temper tantrum if you approached them in the middle of a party. This lack of creativity can make them cruel, and that's why you should avoid approaching them.
- They have a good chance at getting boyfriends regardless of their gender, education and perhaps even familial health issues. Aries are affectionate people, a matching trait among family, kids and adults.
- Dating an aries means that you'll have your work cut out for you, and you should be prepared to be as energetic and agreeable as it takes to keep both of you interested. Dating an aries may not be for the faint of heart.
- They are also always hopping at the last minute in meetings. Keep abreast of aries's habits and you may find them beneath your radar.
OUT: Dating an aries means that you'll have your work cut out for you, and you should be prepared to be as energetic and agreeable as it takes to keep both of you interested. Dating an aries may not be for the faint of heart.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to select paprika
Look for paprika in supermarkets, gourmet grocery stores and stores specialising in spices and herbs.
It is also possible to purchase it online.
Select paprika in good condition.
OPTIONS:
- In the fridge, rub some paprika on your hands. Be sure to dry your hands before eating it.
- Check the appearance of the cloves. Fresh cloves develop a greenish appearance and may look bitter or rotten.
- Paprika should be : In date ground finely and evenly shiny in colour and consistent Choose paprika according to your recipe needs. Paprika is available in various styles, including smoked.
- Although paprika is a natural spice, it's not healthy for humans; the oils will cause serious illnesses. Look for even better quality paprika than what is advertised on market-bought soups or casseroles.
OUT: | Paprika should be : In date ground finely and evenly shiny in colour and consistent Choose paprika according to your recipe needs. Paprika is available in various styles, including smoked. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Consider Input: A name for a pastry originating from Denmark is?, Context: It is the world's fourth oldest major film studio, after the renowned French studios Gaumont Film Company and Pathé, and the Danish Nordisk Film company.
Output: Danish
Input: Consider Input: What happened in US courts?, Context: In the United States especially, several high-profile cases such as Debra LaFave, Pamela Rogers, and Mary Kay Letourneau have caused increased scrutiny on teacher misconduct.
Output: several high-profile cases
Input: Consider Input: Does the fire apparatus fleet have more hazardous materials units or Technical Rescue Units?, Context: Oklahoma City is protected by the Oklahoma City Fire Department (OKCFD), which employs 1015 paid, professional firefighters. The current Chief of Department is G. Keith Bryant, the department is also commanded by three Deputy Chiefs, who – along with the department chief – oversee the Operational Services, Prevention Services, and Support Services bureaus. The OKCFD currently operates out of 37 fire stations, located throughout the city in six battalions. The OKCFD also operates a fire apparatus fleet of 36 engines (including 30 paramedic engines), 13 ladders, 16 brush patrol units, six water tankers, two hazardous materials units, one Technical Rescue Unit, one Air Supply Unit, six Arson Investigation Units, and one Rehabilitation Unit. Each engine is staffed with a driver, an officer, and one to two firefighters, while each ladder company is staffed with a driver, an officer, and one firefighter. Minimum staffing per shift is 213 personnel. The Oklahoma City Fire Department responds to over 70,000 emergency calls annually.
| Output: hazardous materials units
|
A woman is seen running back and fourth on a small track and leads into her putting a helmet on. she
grabs a pole and runs down the track jumping over a bar and onto a mat.
How to clean toe nails
Wet your feet.
Wash your feet and toenails every day to help prevent odor and fungal infections. You can do this as part of your normal hygiene routine, such as while you are taking a shower or bath.
Start by wetting your feet and toenails with warm water. Scrub feet as you would any other body part.
A performer is seen walking forward on a large stage and holding up a baton while anther girls in and out of frame. The girl then poses and performs her routine by doing various flips and tricks with her baton. she
holds and ending pose, walks away from the crowd picking up her items, and running off stage to hug an older woman.
We see an animal on a rock. We see part of a ship. We are shown various sea life. we
| see the people near the ship. |
How to ride longboards<br>Rent or borrow a surfboard 8 foot (2.4 m) or taller. This height is classified as a longboard. These tall boards are great for beginners, since they're typically more stable and better for catching small waves.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Without surfboards, longboards would not exist.
Options: A). Yes B). It's impossible to say C). No | B). |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: When the Spanish bank bailout was announced, the head of the European Commission made a big show of saying that the money would be provided on good terms for the lenders.
That appears to have been a crock.
Rumors are beginning to circulate about the terms of the deal:
The Spanish government organization receiving the funds—FROB—will likely have to repay the funds at a 3 percent interest rate.
It won't start making payments until 2017.
It will have a 15-year repayment schedule.
Banks could ultimately have to repay the loans at an interest rate of 8.5 percent.
Given that Spain's 10-year bonds are currently trading at yields over 6 percent, Spain could be getting a sweetheart deal relative to the price it would pay to recapitalize banks on its own.
That is, if concerns about investor subordination and the size of the bailout end up being unwarranted.
Regardless of all these details, however, it is important to remember that the terms of the deal will not be finalized until the end of this month at the earliest.
EURO-DATES: Here Are The Next 9 Crucial Events In The Euro Debt Saga > ||||| Article Excerpt
Borrowing costs for Italy and Spain continued to surge on Tuesday, escalating calls for bigger steps from euro-zone leaders amid a new warning that the crisis is dragging down even the world's resilient emerging economies.
Spain's 10-year borrowing costs touched 6.80% before settling at a euro-era closing high of 6.72%, the second straight jump in the two trading days since European officials announced a bank bailout of as much as €100 billion ($126 billion) that was intended to calm markets. That fueled fears that the government itself could need its own rescue from the rest of Europe.
Italy's borrowing costs ... |||||
A: | Spain's bank bailout hasn't exactly put the markets at ease—indeed, it may have done the opposite. Spain's 10-year borrowing costs closed at a euro-era high of 6.72% yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Indeed, bond yields rose across Europe, with Italy's hitting 6.26%, its highest level in a year. "We're in very precarious times yet again," said an economist at the World Bank, which yesterday slashed its global growth forecast to 2.5%. The pessimism comes despite what Henry Blodget of Business Insider calls a "sweetheart bailout" for Spain's banks. If the rumors circulating are true, Spain won't have to make any payments until 2017, and will pay just 3% on the loans—even as the banks repay it at 8.5%. The European Commission had promised that the bailout would be made on lender-friendly terms, but "that," Blodget observes, "appears to have been a crock." |
question: Complete the next sentence:
How to have a safe and healthy pregnancy after a miscarriage
Understand when it is safe to try to conceive again.
Your first questions after going through a miscarriage may involve around when it is safe to try to conceive again. The correct timing usually depends on two different factors: your physical health and your emotional wellbeing.
OPTIONS:
- Physically, it is possible to get pregnant again as soon as menstruation recommences and you start to ovulate. This generally occurs four to six weeks following a miscarriage.
- If you think pregnancy is safe, you may need to suggest the right decision after childbirth. Discuss your decision with your doctor and anyone else you may be intimate with.
- Try to wait to try if you are ill or in pain before trying to conceive again. You should remember that you will not actually try to conceive this time.
- Some studies suggest that for many people during their first pregnancy, it is possible to conceive only once or twice. However, if you are aware of how pregnancy can affect your health and preventing a miscarriage can be difficult.
answer: Physically, it is possible to get pregnant again as soon as menstruation recommences and you start to ovulate. This generally occurs four to six weeks following a miscarriage.
question: Complete the next sentence:
The boy is describing his actions as he goes. They rinse all the soap off using a hose. a man
OPTIONS:
- is shown canoeing and running water.
- gets into the clean car and drives away as the boy stops to talk and starts washing the next car.
- with an apron is shown washing dishes while marching into and out of the bathroom.
- is making waves in front of the camera.
answer: gets into the clean car and drives away as the boy stops to talk and starts washing the next car.
question: Complete the next sentence:
A muscular woman and a smaller man are in a room arm wrestling as people cheer them on. They get into position and the man counts to three. the
OPTIONS:
- woman and man arm wrestle.
- wrestler pushes the smaller man down onto the floor.
- two take their punches as they wait for the crowd to come to attention.
- wrestler lays down and grabs the smaller man by the neck and they both fall to the ground.
answer: | woman and man arm wrestle. |
Available choices:
(a). Figure out which muscle they're cramping and figure out which one's cramping. Stretch your calf muscles by pushing them back and bending at the front to a 90 degree angle..
(b). Identifying which of the major thigh muscles is cramping will help you stretch most effectively. This should typically be done by a healthcare professional, specifically a doctor, physical therapist or personal trainer..
(c). Your quadriceps will spasm at different times depending on what muscle is cramping, so it's important to recognize if this muscle is cramping. In order to pinpoint which muscle is cramping, notice if it's cramping in the other muscle along your thigh..
(d). Take the following measure to figure out which muscle is cramping : Your calf. This muscle is the area that gets the cramps..Choose from options above and answer: What most naturally follows?
How to get rid of a thigh cramp
Figure out which muscle of your thigh is cramping.
Before you can treat a thigh cramp with stretching, it's important to identify which muscle on your thigh is cramping. The thigh has different muscles that can cramp.
Answer: | (b). |
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to cheat at war commander on facebook
Navigate to the war commander page on the hacked files site at http: // www.hackedfiles.com/war-commander-hack-tool-cheats-2014 /.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on " hack it now.
Enter the email address associated with your facebook account, then click " connect.
****
Answer:
Enter your desired amount of war commander resources. You can add unlimited metal, power, oil, and coins to your war commander account.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
A little boy in his pajamma's standing in the mirror watching himself brush his teeth. he
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moves forward a little and spits out some toothpaste.
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Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to find a fax number
Locate a fax number in a local phone book.
Search for the name of an organization or business to find the telephone number for that business. If the business has a fax number, it may be listed in the directory next to the phone number or address.
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Search for a fax number on the internet. Visit the website of the business or entity of which you need the fax number.
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Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
Men are sitting in a black jack table in a casino and the dealer is spreading the cards to players. man
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| is talking to the camera. |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: (CNN) -- Tito Joseph "TJ" Jackson, who on Wednesday was named temporary guardian of Michael Jackson's three children, was inspired by his famous uncle to form a singing group with his brothers. TJ had been placed in charge of the children when the kids' grandmother, Katherine, left home on July 15 and will watch the children while the legal proceedings play out in a California court. TJ Jackson, 34, is the son of Tito Jackson and the late Delores Martes Jackson. TJ and his older brothers, Taj and Taryll, form the R&B group 3T. Jackson is married with three children, a boy and two girls. Judge suspends Katherine Jackson as guardian of Michael Jackson's children A 1995 article in People described the brothers' childhood as normal despite their famous father, uncle and aunts. Taj Jackson told the magazine: "My mom made sure that we had a real childhood, with birthday parties, baseball, family outings, all that stuff." They were close to their Uncle Michael. "He's like a third parent to us," Taj told People in 1995. Eventually the brothers went along on one of his tours and decided to form a singing group and were recording their first album in 1994 at the time of their mother's death. Initially it was believed Delores Martes Jackson, who had divorced from Tito Jackson in 1993, drowned in a swimming pool, but the case was reopened, and her sons in 1995 filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a man they accused of killing her. Three years later, Donald Bohana was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, according to People magazine. <sep>Who is the brother of Tito Jackson?<sep>Delores
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IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to zoom in on firefox
Launch a session of firefox and navigate to the web page you want magnified.
Click on the firefox menu button located at the top right corner of your firefox session.
The firefox menu button features three horizontal lines.
OUT: Click on the plus sign one or more times as desired to zoom in on the content displayed on-screen. You can magnify content by up to 300 percent.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
A young woman in a black shirt and jean pants is sitting on the back of a grey horse with a long grey mane in the middle of a large grassy field with hills behind them. the horse
OUT: begins to trot and then slows down a little bit and starts smiling as she steers the horse in a circle.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to calculate debt to equity ratio
Access the company's publicly available financial data.
This amount may be in the form of bonds, loans and lines of credit. You can find the company's debt on its balance sheet.
OUT: | The amount of debt is easy to find. It's listed under " liabilities. |
context: An athlete is seen spinning in circles and throwing a discuss. several more people
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next sentence for the context: are shown afterwards throwing a discuss off in the distance.
context: How to save money living in an apartment as a college student
Use natural lighting.
Use as much natural light as possible. Open all those blinds, draw the curtains, and only use light switches when you really need them.
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next sentence for the context: Take offers from your parents and generous friends. If anyone offers for you to come over for dinner, take them up on it.
context: How to get an automatic and correct flash sight picture and an automatic and correct sight picture with p&s
Learn to aim.
Aiming involves sight alignment and sight placement.
Learn what sight alignment is.
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next sentence for the context: Sight alignment is the centering of the front blade in the rear sight notch, and the raising or lowering the top of the front sight so it is level with the top of the rear sight. Sight placement is the positioning of the weapon's sights in relation to the target.
context: How to wash lycra
Stuff the lycra into a mesh bag.
A mesh laundry bag holds clothing so it is protected during the machine cycle. The tumbling of the machine makes it easy for a button or other object to get stuck in loose lycra and stretch it.
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next sentence for the context: | If you don't have a bag, try an old pillow case. Add a mild detergent to the machine. |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Output: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
New input case for you: In April 2018 , Jong-un and Moon Jae-in formally attended the inter-Korean summit of 2018 and agreed to formally end the Korean War before 2019 .
Output: | At the April 2018 inter-Korean summit , Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in signed the Panmunjom Declaration , pledging to convert the Korean Armistice Agreement into a full peace treaty , formally ending the Korean War , by the end of the year . |
Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Source: Djembayz / Wikimedia Commons
50. Missoula, Montana
> Normal low in coldest month: 16.7° F
> Lowest temp. on record: -33° F
> Annual avg. snowfall: 45.6 in.
> Avg. wind speed: 5.5 mph
> Population: 69,190
Source: Thinkstock
49. Chicago, Illinois
> Normal low in coldest month: 16.5° F
> Lowest temp. on record: -27° F
> Annual avg. snowfall: 39.1 in.
> Avg. wind speed: 9.9 mph
> Population: 2,717,534
Source: Wikimedia Commons
48. Pocatello, Idaho
> Normal low in coldest month: 16.0° F
> Lowest temp. on record: -33° F
> Annual avg. snowfall: 40.0 in.
> Avg. wind speed: 9.6 mph
> Population: 54,549
Source: Thinkstock
47. Kalispell, Montana
> Normal low in coldest month: 15.8° F
> Lowest temp. on record: -38° F
> Annual avg. snowfall: 60.6 in.
> Avg. wind speed: 5.0 mph
> Population: 21,142
Source: Thinkstock
46. Syracuse, New York
> Normal low in coldest month: 15.7° F
> Lowest temp. on record: -26° F
> Annual avg. snowfall: 113.9 in.
> Avg. wind speed: 8.3 mph
> Population: 144,564 ||||| The lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States was -80 degrees Fahrenheit in Prospect Creek, Alaska. While temperatures near this extreme only rarely occur, millions of Americans live in cities with brutally cold winters and heavy snowfall.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) uses daily temperatures tracked over a 30 year period to define normal high and low temperatures for each month. Using the normal low temperature of a city’s coldest month, 24/7 Wall St. listed the 50 coldest cities in the United States with at least 10,000 residents. Fairbanks, Alaska is by far America’s coldest city with an average low temperature of -16.9 degrees Fahrenheit during January, the city’s coldest month. This is at least 13.8 degrees colder than any other city.
Most of the cities on this list are located in midwestern states, with the top 10 coldest cities mostly in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Overall, 19 states are represented, with Nebraska’s six cities being the most in any state.
Click here to see America’s 50 coldest cities.
Residents of the coldest cities do not only experience the lowest temperatures, but also the longest winters. While winter is only 90 days long, all of these cities have at least 120 days annually when temperatures drop below freezing. In Fairbanks, the temperature falls below 32 degrees 226 days a year.
In nearly one-third of these cities, more than five feet of snow falls every year. Snow can be extremely costly for local governments. This is especially true in dense urban areas where snow needs to be fully removed and not just pushed to the side of the road.
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, an area that gets over four feet of snow annually, snow removal can cost $202,000 per inch — according to local reports. In the 2013-2014 winter season, Minneapolis spent $136 million on snow removal, up from $62 million the previous winter season.
Extremely cold climates can be dangerous to those not wearing appropriate clothing. When wind speeds are high, humans and animals feel even lower temperatures due to the wind chill effect. In Fargo, North Dakota, a relatively windy area, the average wind speed is 11.1 miles per hour. With the wind chill, Fargo’s average low of 0.1 degrees in January feels like -16.7 degrees.
In extremely low temperatures, even calm winds have dramatic effects. In Fairbanks, the average wind speed is only 4.4 miles per hour. Still, with the wind chill, the average low temperature of -16.9 degrees feels like -29.2 degrees. According to the NOAA, frostbite can occur in only 30 minutes in these conditions.
To determine America’s 50 coldest cities, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the minimum average temperature for each city’s coldest month between 1981 and 2010 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The cities listed have medium to large populations and are near weather stations, also known as Local Climatological Data stations. Record low temperatures, average annual snowfall, and average wind speed come from NOAA’s 2015 Comparative Climatic Data report. The record low temperature and average annual snowfall for Marquette, Michigan is from 2012, the most recent data available for the city. We also used population data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2015 American Community Survey to ensure each city has at least 10,000 residents.
These are the coldest cities in America. |||||
Output: | If you're already tired of winter, you should probably steer clear of North Dakota. The state is home to three of the four coldest cities in the country, according to 24/7 Wall St. The site ranked US cities based on the minimum average temperature as well as record low temperatures, annual snowfall, average wind speed, and the number of days temperatures dip below freezing. The top 10 coldest cities: Fairbanks, Alaska Grand Forks, ND Williston, ND Fargo, ND Duluth, Minn. Aberdeen, SD St. Cloud, Minn. Bismarck, ND Marquette, Mich. Huron, SD Click for the full list or see the 10 US cities that are warming the fastest. |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
[Q]: The rally took place on October 17, the shooting on February 29. Again, standard filmmaking techniques are interpreted as smooth distortion: "Moore works by depriving you of context and guiding your mind to fill the vacuum -- with completely false ideas. It is brilliantly, if unethically, done." As noted above, the "from my cold dead hands" part is simply Moore's way to introduce Heston. Did anyone but Moore's critics view it as anything else? He certainly does not "attribute it to a speech where it was not uttered" and, as noted above, doing so twice would make no sense whatsoever if Moore was the mastermind deceiver that his critics claim he is. Concerning the Georgetown Hoya interview where Heston was asked about Rolland, you write: "There is no indication that [Heston] recognized Kayla Rolland's case." This is naive to the extreme -- Heston would not be president of the NRA if he was not kept up to date on the most prominent cases of gun violence. Even if he did not respond to that part of the interview, he certainly knew about the case at that point. Regarding the NRA website excerpt about the case and the highlighting of the phrase "48 hours after Kayla Rolland is pronounced dead": This is one valid criticism, but far from the deliberate distortion you make it out to be; rather, it is an example for how the facts can sometimes be easy to miss with Moore's fast pace editing. The reason the sentence is highlighted is not to deceive the viewer into believing that Heston hurried to Flint to immediately hold a rally there (as will become quite obvious), but simply to highlight the first mention of the name "Kayla Rolland" in the text, which is in this paragraph. <sep>When was Kayla Rolland shot?<sep>February 17
[A]: No
[Q]: After the August missile strikes, diplomatic options to press the Taliban seemed no more promising than military options. The United States had issued a formal warning to the Taliban, and also to Sudan, that they would be held directly responsible for any attacks on Americans, wherever they occurred, carried out by the Bin Laden network as long as they continued to provide sanctuary to it. For a brief moment, it had seemed as if the August strikes might have shocked the Taliban into thinking of giving up Bin Laden. On August 22, the reclusive Mullah Omar told a working-level State Department official that the strikes were counterproductive but added that he would be open to a dialogue with the United States on Bin Laden's presence in Afghanistan. Meeting in Islamabad with William Milam, the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Taliban delegates said it was against their culture to expel someone seeking sanctuary but asked what would happen to Bin Laden should he be sent to Saudi Arabia. Yet in September 1998, when the Saudi emissary, Prince Turki, asked Mullah Omar whether he would keep his earlier promise to expel Bin Laden, the Taliban leader said no. Both sides shouted at each other, with Mullah Omar denouncing the Saudi government. Riyadh then suspended its diplomatic relations with the Taliban regime. (Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates were the only countries that recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.) Crown Prince Abdullah told President Clinton and Vice President Gore about this when he visited Washington in late September. His account confirmed reports that the U.S. government had received independently. Other efforts with the Saudi government centered on improving intelligence sharing and permitting U.S. agents to interrogate prisoners in Saudi custody. The history of such cooperation in 1997 and 1998 had been strained. Several officials told us, in particular, that the United States could not get direct access to an important al Qaeda financial official, Madani al Tayyib, who had been detained by the Saudi government in 1997.67Though U.S. officials repeatedly raised the issue, the Saudis provided limited information. In his September 1998 meeting with Crown Prince Abdullah, Vice President Gore, while thanking the Saudi government for their responsiveness, renewed the request for direct U.S. access to Tayyib. The United States never obtained this access. An NSC staff-led working group on terrorist finances asked the CIA in November 1998 to push again for access to Tayyib and to see "if it is possible to elaborate further on the ties between Usama bin Ladin and prominent individuals in Saudi Arabia, including especially the Bin Laden family." One result was two NSC-led interagency trips to Persian Gulf states in 1999 and 2000. During these trips the NSC, Treasury, and intelligence representatives spoke with Saudi officials, and later interviewed members of the Bin Laden family, about Usama's inheritance. <sep>Who was the US trying to contact during strained Saudi Relations in 1997, when they were denied the opportunity to question detainees?<sep>Bin laden
[A]: No
[Q]: To say her face fell would do a disservice to Tasha and to literature. (Allow me my self-indulgences as you would those of a dying man -- when I convince my mindsmith to permit the wipe, there will be another Bernardo Flynn, one who knows no more of Tasha Cortez or Vega IV than he reads here.) Her brows drew together, creasing the lovely, caramel-colored skin around her eyes and showing the pattern for an old woman's wrinkles on her forehead. Her lower lip (a trifle too narrow for her face, perhaps her only physical flaw) thrust forward slightly as she started to speak. She caught herself, slid her jaw infinitesimally back into place, and said, "You don't like it?" I laughed. What could I do? I clapped her shoulder to show I was not laughing at her. "Like it? I hate it, despise it, abhor it! It's gaudy, graceless, pretentious -- That house is an affront to taste and intelligence. I should buy it to raze it, but I am not so kind-hearted. I might, however, rent it." I think she only heard the last words of my speech. "You will?" "It amuses me. Show me around, and then I shall decide." "Of course, Señor Flynn." "And stop calling me 'señor'. Not even Los Mundos is so polite. Call me Bernardo." <sep>After catching herself, is Tasha able to entirely slide her jaw back into place?<sep>No
[A]: | No
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Yes. I grew up in Dover, I attended Dover High School, graduated from Dover High School. My family, my extended family, lives in the Dover area, including my grandparents, my parents, and other relatives. My parents currently still live in the Dover area.
Dover is located in Florida.
A: It's impossible to say
How to go to the gyeongbokgung palace<br>Take the jogno bus 11 if you're spending the day in jogno. The jongno bus 11 makes a perfect sightseeing loop through the historical district with stops along the east side of the palace grounds. Get off at the national folk museum stop and walk from there to the main entrance.
A trip to the palace can be enjoyable
A: Yes
Putting the Cat Down<br>My daughter's friend in middle and high school lives in CA. She used to live in MA. She came by to visit last week. Her mom had to put their 17-year old cat down. She posted a tribute on FB.
There was a memorial on a social site named FB, not MA.
A: | Yes |
CHAMPAIGN — Several Campustown streets were closed for a few hours near midday Monday as crews worked to contain a gas leak. Champaign Deputy Fire Marshal Randy Smith said the leak happened around 10:50 a.m. at the intersection of John and Locust streets when a construction crew apparently hit a 4-inch gas line. He said one apartment was evacuated as a precaution. John was shut down between Oak and First streets, while Locust was closed between Green and Daniel streets. By 1:15 p.m., the fire department said the leak had been contained and the streets were re-opened.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
John is often shut down between Oak and First streets, while Locust was closed between Green and Daniel streets. | It's impossible to say |
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How to manage a sales team
Set reasonable quotas.
Look at the historical performance of your sales team. How many units have they been selling per quarter? Take this number and factor in a rough estimate of the kind of growth you'd like to see. | Use this number to determine the quotas you want your sales team to reach. For instance, your salespeople might have been 25 units a quarter, but you'd like to see 20 percent growth. |
Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The sanitary epidemiological reconnaissance will be important in assessing the sanitary-epidemiological situation , organizing and conducting preventive activities , indicating and identifying pathogenic biological agents , suppressing hotbeds of infectious diseases , providing advisory and practical assistance to local health authorities .
A: | It is pointed out the significance of the sanitary epidemiological reconnaissance in assessing the sanitary-epidemiological situation , organizing and conducting preventive activities , indicating and identifying pathogenic biological agents in the environmental sites , conducting laboratory analysis of biological materials , suppressing hotbeds of infectious diseases , providing advisory and practical assistance to local health authorities . |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: The National Security Act of 1947 created the position of Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). Independent from the departments of Defense, State, Justice, and other policy departments, the DCI heads the U.S.intelligence community and provides intelligence to federal entities. The sole element of the intelligence community independent from a cabinet agency is the CIA. As an independent agency, it collects, analyzes, and disseminates intelligence from all sources. The CIA's number one customer is the president of the United States, who also has the authority to direct it to conduct covert operations. Although covert actions represent a very small fraction of the Agency's entire budget, these operations have at times been controversial and over time have dominated the public's perception of the CIA. The DCI is confirmed by the Senate but is not technically a member of the president's cabinet. The director's power under federal law over the loose, confederated "intelligence community" is limited. He or she states the community's priorities and coordinates development of intelligence agency budget requests for submission to Congress. This responsibility gives many the false impression that the DCI has line authority over the heads of these agencies and has the power to shift resources within these budgets as the need arises. Neither is true. In fact, the DCI's real authority has been directly proportional to his personal closeness to the president, which has waxed and waned over the years, and to others in government, especially the secretary of defense. Intelligence agencies under the Department of Defense account for approximately 80 percent of all U.S. spending for intelligence, including some that supports a national customer base and some that supports specific Defense Department or military service needs. As they are housed in the Defense Department, these agencies are keenly attentive to the military's strategic and tactical requirements. <sep>What makes the DCI a valuable and necessary position in the government?<sep>It can help different departments
A: | Yes |
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How to identify koalas by their nose patterns
Take a photograph of a koala's nose.
The best identification photos are taken from front-on and slightly below the koala. The focus should be on the nostrils, in good light (not too much shadow or contrast). | Look at the white/pale pattern inside and around the nostrils. This is the' target area' where the nose pattern exists. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: The United States recognizes the right of asylum for individuals as specified by international and federal law. A specified number of legally defined refugees who either apply for asylum from inside the U.S. or apply for refugee status from outside the U.S., are admitted annually. Refugees compose about one-tenth of the total annual immigration to the United States, though some large refugee populations are very prominent. Since World War II, more refugees have found homes in the U.S. than any other nation and more than two million refugees have arrived in the U.S. since 1980. In the years 2005 through 2007, the number of asylum seekers accepted into the U.S. was about 40,000 per year. This compared with about 30,000 per year in the UK and 25,000 in Canada. The U.S. accounted for about 10% of all asylum-seeker acceptances in the OECD countries in 1998-2007. The United States is by far the most populous OECD country and receives fewer than the average number of refugees per capita: In 2010-14 (before the massive migrant surge in Europe in 2015) it ranked 28 of 43 industrialized countries reviewed by UNHCR.
A: | is it illegal to seek asylum in the us? |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Sgt. Dakota Meyer and Bristol Palin called off their wedding just days before they were slated to tie the knot in Kentucky on Saturday.
Bristol Palin has broken her silence, addressing her called-off wedding to U.S. Marine and war hero Sgt. Dakota Meyer for the first time.
"Sorry it's taken me so long to talk about this... It's been hard," the 24-year-old began in a Facebook post Tuesday that linked to a statement on her blog.
There, in a post titled "The Wedding That Didn't Happen," she spoke of her broken engagement to the Medal of Honor recipient — as well as an apparent broken heart.
"I guess you have seen by now that the wedding — that was supposed to happen last weekend — was called off," she stated.
In a blog post, the 24-year-old single mother said that she and her young son, pictured here with Meyer, are working to rebuild their lives 'under much different circumstances.' (bsmp2 via Instagram)
The single mother, who publicly announced her engagement to Meyer just in March, went on to ask for prayers during "a painful time for family and friends."
"I know God's plan is greater than anything else, and Tripp and I are in Alaska beginning to rebuild our lives under much different circumstances than we anticipated," she stated while mentioning her 6-year-old son whose father, Levi Johnston, she was twice engaged to.
Why Saturday's wedding was called off remains publicly unaddressed by both the Palins and Meyer.
Bristol Palin shows off her engagement ring in an Instagram photo posted in March. (bsmp2 via Instagram)
Curiously the news, announced by her mother Sarah Palin on Facebook last week, came just days after documents emerged showing that Meyer previously wed a Michigan woman in 2008 at the age of 19 in Kentucky.
Bristol Palin claimed that she knew about this prior marriage and insisted that Meyer and the woman divorced "years ago." A public records search by the Daily News recovered no trace of divorce papers containing Meyer's name in Kentucky or Michigan.
On Saturday close friends and family still gathered in Kentucky where the young couple's nuptials were planned.
Instead of celebrating a wedding, however, Sarah Palin said they'd "celebrate life, in general!" ||||| I feel like I need to address the elephant-in-the-room on this blog, since you guys have been with me through thick and thin. When I first got engaged, you were the first ones I wanted to tell.
I guess you have seen by now that the wedding — that was supposed to happen last weekend — was called off. I’m sure you’ve seen this has been all over the media, but this is a painful time for family and friends and I would just really appreciate your prayers.
I know God’s plan is greater than anything else, and Tripp and I are in Alaska beginning to rebuild our lives under much different circumstances than we anticipated.
Thank you for all of your love and support. ||||| Bristol Palin was heartbroken after she found out that her fiancé Dakota Meyer actually had a secret wife, a story that RadarOnline.com broke exclusively. Since the story broke, Palin has broken off her engagement to Meyer, but decided to have the party go on as planned for guests. However, Palin has opted not to attend her own party, leaving guests of the Kentucky soiree to entertain themselves as she stayed back in Alaska.
The bride-not-to-be posted Instagram pictures of herself, her dog, and her son Tripp along a lonely highway, with a caption that read, “so blessed”.
PHOTOS: Kids Around Guns: Bristol Palin’s Fiancé, Baby Daddy Levi Johnston Slammed For ‘Recklessness’
so blessed A photo posted by Bristol Palin (@bsmp2) on May 23, 2015 at 1:51am PDT
As well as another that said, “enjoying this beautiful weekend in AK.”
enjoying this beautiful weekend in AK ❤️❤️ A photo posted by Bristol Palin (@bsmp2) on May 23, 2015 at 5:16pm PDT
There has been no word on Meyer’s attendance. |||||
A: | Bristol Palin broke her silence on Facebook yesterday, addressing the calling off of her wedding to Dakota Meyer just days before it was set to take place. The blog post she linked to, however, doesn't explain much. "I’m sure you’ve seen this has been all over the media, but this is a painful time for family and friends and I would just really appreciate your prayers," she writes. "I know God’s plan is greater than anything else, and Tripp and I are in Alaska beginning to rebuild our lives under much different circumstances than we anticipated." As the New York Daily News notes, days before Sarah Palin announced her daughter's wedding was off, news broke that Meyer got married to someone else back in 2008, when he was 19. But Bristol claimed to have already known about that and said Meyer was divorced from his previous wife, though the Daily News couldn't find evidence of divorce papers. Some sort of party was still held on the day of what was supposed to be the wedding, but as Radar reports, Bristol didn't actually attend. |
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How to make fairy bread
Use white bread.
Fairy bread is traditionally made with plain, fluffy white bread. However, feel free to mix it up by using another type of bread per your preference.
Pick your answer from:
* Instead of white bread, use whole wheat, pulled-out bread instead. However, if you find yourself looking up old recipes on the internet, follow it..
* For instance, strawberry shortcake cream bread, scones, and popcorn squares are most commonly made with white bread. Use this to create the classic fairy bread mix..
* You can cut off the crusts, or leave them on, according to your preference. If you are making fairy bread for kids, consider taking off the crust..
* If you want a rounded loaf, try repeating the bread recipe over and over again to achieve a round loaf. Oatmeal is also added to the bulk of your bread.. | You can cut off the crusts, or leave them on, according to your preference. If you are making fairy bread for kids, consider taking off the crust. |
Q: Hayride experiences do not often give hayrides
How to enjoy a hayride<br>Find a hayride near you. Many farms offer hayride experiences near to towns and cities. Look in notices in the paper, online, or ask around for recommendations by word-of-mouth.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: Jonathan Samuel is a professional broadcaster.
Jonathan Samuels (born 1972) is a British broadcaster and journalist. He is currently the co-anchor on Sky News Sunrise since 17 October 2016. Previously he has held a range of different Senior correspondent posts for "Sky News", the 24-hour television news service operated by Sky Television, part of Sky plc. He was based in Sydney from 2011 to 2014.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Q: She did not like the tofu.
Trying Tofu<br>Alicia was feeling a little adventurous. She wanted to try Tofu. She had never had it before. So she took a small bite. To her delight it was delicious.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: Till Death Us Do Part was not broadcast after 1975.
Till Death Us Do Part is a British television sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975. The show was first broadcast as a "Comedy Playhouse" pilot, then in seven series until 1975. Six years later in 1981, ITV continued the sitcom for six episodes, calling it "Till Death...". The BBC produced a sequel from 1985 until 1992, "In Sickness and in Health".
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | No |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution: Russian Revolution
Why? This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
New input: What is worshipped?, Context: According to a National Geographic article, the novel is so revered in Monroeville that people quote lines from it like Scripture; yet Harper Lee herself refused to attend any performances, because "she abhors anything that trades on the book's fame". To underscore this sentiment, Lee demanded that a book of recipes named Calpurnia's Cookbook not be published and sold out of the Monroe County Heritage Museum. David Lister in The Independent states that Lee's refusal to speak to reporters made them desire to interview her all the more, and her silence "makes Bob Dylan look like a media tart". Despite her discouragement, a rising number of tourists made to Monroeville a destination, hoping to see Lee's inspiration for the book, or Lee herself. Local residents call them "Mockingbird groupies", and although Lee was not reclusive, she refused publicity and interviews with an emphatic "Hell, no!"
Solution: | novel |
How to ride the disneyland (california) monorail<br>Research the locations the monorail can be boarded from. The monorail has two stops, downtown disney (across from the lego store, near rainforest cafe) and tomorrowland station (inside the disneyland park, between the finding nemo submarine voyage and autopia's tracks). Prepare to complete a bag check.
Can we infer the following?
15 million people visit disney in any given year
Pick from:
+ Yes.
+ It's impossible to say.
+ No.
The answer is: | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: Where does the 2nd miracle fit in terms of becoming a saint?, Context: The 50th anniversary of his death was celebrated on 3 June 2013 by Pope Francis, who visited his tomb and prayed there, then addressing the gathered crowd and spoke about the late pope. The people that gathered there at the tomb were from Bergamo, the province where the late pope came from. A month later, on 5 July 2013, Francis approved Pope John XXIII for canonization, along with Pope John Paul II without the traditional second miracle required. Instead, Francis based this decision on John XXIII's merits for the Second Vatican Council. On Sunday, 27 April 2014, John XXIII and Pope John Paul II were declared saints on Divine Mercy Sunday.
A: | required |
What is the most logical next event?
How to lose weight without skipping your meals
Manage your calorie intake.
Weight loss will depend on decreasing your total calorie intake-not skipping meals. Cut out a few calories each day to help you lose weight.
Choices:
a). It's typically recommended to cut out about 500 calories daily. Over the course of a week you might lose about one to two pounds.
b). An easy way to burn extra calories is to drink less sugary beverages like milk. If you want to lose weight, try drinking water.
c). Don't eat more than one small meal so you can only lose 1-2 pounds per week. If you overeat, you'll gain weight and feel diminished overall.
d). About 1 , 800 + calories per day is about the size of a tennis ball. When you cut yourself off, you can lose 2 to 4 pounds. | a). |
Jean Rhys, CBE ( ; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979), born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams, was a mid-20th-century novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica, though she was mainly resident in England from the age of 16. She is best known for her novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1966), written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre".
Can we infer the following?
Jean Rhys was an avid reader.
pick from the following.
1). Yes
2). It's impossible to say
3). No
The answer is: | 2). |
Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
The 1st season of the animated television series "The Fairly OddParents" began on 2003.
The eighth season of the animated television series "The Fairly OddParents" first aired on Nickelodeon on February 12, 2011, with the episode "Love Triangle". This season began airing in the United States even though there were still several Season 7 episodes that had yet to be broadcast, including the aforementioned season premiere's preceding lead-in episode, "Spellementary School".
Pick your answer from:
(I) Yes.
(II) It's impossible to say.
(III) No. | (II) |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
How fast is the speed of an objects fall?, Context: What we now call gravity was not identified as a universal force until the work of Isaac Newton. Before Newton, the tendency for objects to fall towards the Earth was not understood to be related to the motions of celestial objects. Galileo was instrumental in describing the characteristics of falling objects by determining that the acceleration of every object in free-fall was constant and independent of the mass of the object. Today, this acceleration due to gravity towards the surface of the Earth is usually designated as and has a magnitude of about 9.81 meters per second squared (this measurement is taken from sea level and may vary depending on location), and points toward the center of the Earth. This observation means that the force of gravity on an object at the Earth's surface is directly proportional to the object's mass. Thus an object that has a mass of will experience a force:
| 9.81 meters per second squared |
Part 1. Definition
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Part 2. Example
what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Answer: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Part 3. Exercise
If someone wanted to leave Alaska, where would they drive first?, Context: Alaska has few road connections compared to the rest of the U.S. The state's road system covers a relatively small area of the state, linking the central population centers and the Alaska Highway, the principal route out of the state through Canada. The state capital, Juneau, is not accessible by road, only a car ferry, which has spurred several debates over the decades about moving the capital to a city on the road system, or building a road connection from Haines. The western part of Alaska has no road system connecting the communities with the rest of Alaska.
Answer: | Alaska Highway |
Three children run on the street followed by the teen, then she stands on the street holding a ball. then
OPTIONS:
- , she play bowling on the sidewalk and skipping.
- , the teen throws the ball to a child who throws back it and runs away.
- , she start to throw the balls, then she turn around throw better the more.
- , the teen throws the ball again the girl catch and throw it, after she gets hit by a lacrosse puck.
, the teen throws the ball to a child who throws back it and runs away.
How to become a de certified underwriter
Take as many de related courses as possible.
Keep in mind that the courses will not guarantee certification and that training schools that offer them are not accredited by hud as they do not have specific accreditation requirements. Therefore, training schools cannot promise that an underwriter is guaranteed de-certification.
OPTIONS:
- Apply for positions with lenders who are eligible for hud approved direct endorsement underwriting. The lender may require you to test for an underwriting position, and you may have to provide copies of any certificates you received from the de certification courses you have taken.
- However, de-certification may be crucial when it comes to proving credit. These courses are designed to support effective skill development in professional industries.
- At any time in your professional career it is a good idea to check into the three-year degree, the course degree, the high school curriculum, and basic courses. If you do not have all of these courses you will likely not have luck getting into an agency.
- This is because there are agencies that offer only courses in the following areas: medical supply and financial aid, overtime, and work ethics. If you want a job at a large business, you will need to work independently and pay steady overtime.
Apply for positions with lenders who are eligible for hud approved direct endorsement underwriting. The lender may require you to test for an underwriting position, and you may have to provide copies of any certificates you received from the de certification courses you have taken.
How to pour a glass of wine
Remove the foil from the wine bottle's neck.
This is an often overlooked step in pouring wine, and is not essential. However, some foil covers contain lead, which can leach into the wine in tiny amounts if the wine is allowed to contact it during the pour.
OPTIONS:
- Removing the foil cover can also prevent unsightly drips. Aim to cut the foil cover about half an inch (1 cm) below the bottle's lip.
- In theory, it is preferable to remove the foil as it is water-soluble. The most frequently used foil cover is an earring.
- Peel the foil back off the bottle. Pierce a hole in the top of the bottle using a pair of sharp scissors, then carefully pry open a small portion of the exterior backing wall of the bottle.
- While foil may seem necessary, it tends to catch drips and skew the wine's bottom to prevent it from breaking over time. Look for inconspicuous indications that the wine is okay to steep without boiling, such as a wine thermometer across the room.
Removing the foil cover can also prevent unsightly drips. Aim to cut the foil cover about half an inch (1 cm) below the bottle's lip.
How to avoid loneliness when you don't have friends
Join a gym or community fitness center.
Use your body's need for physical activity to interact with others. Sign up at your local gym for a challenging group class.
OPTIONS:
- Choose a hiit group that reflects your body's needs. You can sign up at a gym if you don't want to shower every day or you don't particularly want to be alone.
- As a general rule , 20 minutes of exercise is adequate to help you fend off loneliness and decline eating habits when alone. If you're a big fan of sports teams, consider joining a fitness program that involves you doing exercises you may otherwise avoid.
- Many communities have fitness centers in their pants and clothes systems where you can engage in individual activities. If you want to help people in need, call up the area to talk to a supervisor.
- At first, you will feel unnerved by participating in a class full of strangers (and potentially making a fool of yourself). Persist and you will find that group exercise can provide motivation, accountability, and camaraderie.
| At first, you will feel unnerved by participating in a class full of strangers (and potentially making a fool of yourself). Persist and you will find that group exercise can provide motivation, accountability, and camaraderie. |
How to design the perfect children's bedroom
Put your budget together.
If funds are limited, stay away from designer furniture. It is not difficult to find furniture which is made from quality materials and available at inexpensive prices
Consider the amount of storage space your children will require.
OPTIONS:
- If you have young children who have large meals, you may want to buy a bed as a gift for them. Similarly, if your children are extremely young they may not need much storage space.
- Decide whether you want cold storage or warmer storage. Cold storage is easy to think of but is boring.
- Stacking their room and making their bed may seem tedious when you come in, but this will keep your child occupied and free of boredom over watching tv, sight-seeing, or video games. Decide upon the specific theme of your child's room.
- If the room is small, or the children are sharing rooms, space may be at a premium. If that is the case, things like mid-sleeper beds offer the ideal solution.
If the room is small, or the children are sharing rooms, space may be at a premium. If that is the case, things like mid-sleeper beds offer the ideal solution.
A series of unrelated still images are shown. Brief scenes related to dogs are shown. a man
OPTIONS:
- walks and takes care of a large group of dogs while occasionally interacting with others or talking to the camera.
- walks into frame one last time.
- in a large kitchen, with cookies pan and different products before him, begins speaking.
- in winter gear puts on a workshop mask.
walks and takes care of a large group of dogs while occasionally interacting with others or talking to the camera.
How to hide an engagement ring box
Put the box inside of a pocket to conceal it on your body.
If you want to use your engagement ring box when proposing, you can easily hide it in clothing like cargo pants and hooded sweatshirts. Simply slip the box into your pocket, and check on it periodically to make sure it stays in place.
OPTIONS:
- Then, pull out the box when the time is right. Keep tabs on your ring box so it does not fall out of your pocket.
- Slip your ring box onto your hand. It's essential that you choose the pocket that corresponds to your ring box.
- Keep your jewelry in your purse or briefcase in the event of a surprise engagement announcement. Great security measures should be taken to protect your jewelry from being stolen by your future significant other.
- Make sure you hide the box in your waistband and the back of your shirt in between pants and t-shirts. Tell your potential boyfriend what you're hiding.
Then, pull out the box when the time is right. Keep tabs on your ring box so it does not fall out of your pocket.
How to get 4 g lte
Tap on " settings " and select " cellular.
Toggle the " cellular data " switch to the " on " position.
Tap on " enable lte " and select " voice and data.
OPTIONS:
- Tap on " block vns " and tap on " send messages. Toggle the " send ip address " switch to the " out " position.
- " Tap on " audio and video " and tap on " image & videos ". Drag a swatch to a photo album.
- You can use this phone's digital voice and data management service to prompt your device to enable the mode. Tap on " camera " and select " display camera.
- 4 g lte is now enabled on your ios device. Tap on menu and select " settings.
| 4 g lte is now enabled on your ios device. Tap on menu and select " settings. |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to save money on batteries
Keep the batteries at room temperature.
There is generally no need to refrigerate batteries, as this can cause condensation that leads to corroded contacts (battery ends) and label or seal damage. Temperature extremes, either too hot or too cold, can drain energy from the battery, or cause the batteries to begin leaking. | Never attempt to use a battery that shows signs of leaking. Remove drained batteries from use in all products. |
Cheektowaga is a suburban community and census-designated place (CDP) in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 75,178 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous census-designated place in New York. It is within the town of Cheektowaga. The CDP includes Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Cheektowaga has the most people in New York.
Options: (a). Yes (b). It's impossible to say (c). No | (a). |
But the first and most important thing is to start creating jobs in America. The jobs the president is creating pay $9,000 less than the jobs that we're losing. And this is the first president in 72 years to preside over an economy in America that has lost jobs, 1. 6 million jobs.
This is the first president in many years to muck up the job situation
A: Yes
How to calculate btu per square foot<br>Measure your square footage. Measure the square footage of each room you plan to heat or cool and add them together. If you're installing a furnace or central air conditioning system, this typically includes every room.
central air conditioning system was invented by a monkey
A: No
Total coal stocks with the thermal power stations came down to 9.6 million tonnes on March 3, 2003 from 11 million tonnes on October 1, 2002.
The 1+1 date mentioned in this passage is over 17 years ago
A: | Yes |
HAVANA, Cuba - On Feb. 3, 2005, the Brazilian Minister of Education, Tarso Genro, opened the XIV International Fair of Books in Havana during his five day visit to Cuba. The fair is scheduled to continue until February 13, 2005. Minister Genro opened the fair saying, "Cuba and Brazil have the same mixture and the same condition of sovereign nations." According to Genro, it was a honor for Brazil to be invited to the fair, where the country was the guest of honor.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The minister read a book"?
Choose your answer from:
(1). Yes;
(2). It's impossible to say;
(3). No;
I think the answer is | (2). |
What happens next?
How to fight adhd related depression through diet
Start tracking your symptoms.
Food high in synthetic dyes, flavors, and preservatives can contribute to symptoms of adhd like hyperactivity and mood swings. They may also make your depression worse or trigger a downturn in your mood.
Select from the following. * Turn up the toppings of your drinks, snacks, and where you eat as be yourself. For instance, there are diabetic food items, such as gum, grapes, and things made of plastic. * Keeping track of your symptoms can help you feel supported by a healthy diet. Pay attention to your weight, especially if you suddenly have a routine. * Smoking any type of tobacco, caffeine, or alcohol may also contribute to your depression. Use a scale of fifteen to twenty-five to determine when you eat and are often interested in binging. * Avoid eating foods high in artificial colorings and additives, such as pre-packed foods, soft drinks, and junk food. Instead, switch to fresh foods rich in vegetables and grains. | Avoid eating foods high in artificial colorings and additives, such as pre-packed foods, soft drinks, and junk food. Instead, switch to fresh foods rich in vegetables and grains. |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Methyl vinyl ether is an organic compound with the chemical formula CHO. It is the simplest chemical that contains both an alkene group and an alkyl group with an ether linkage. The compound can be made by reaction of acetylene and methanol in presence of a base.
Hypothesis: CHO is the simplest chemical that contains both an alkene group and an alkyl group with an ether linkage. | Yes |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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Question: The Wage Stabilization Board ( WSB ) was an independent agency of the United States government .
Answer: The Wage Stabilization Board ( WSB ) was an independent agency of the United States government whose function was to make wage control policy recommendations and to implement such wage controls as were approved .
Question: Marginal utility is a concept from economics that describes the change in utility from consuming more or less of a good or service .
Answer: In economics , utility is the satisfaction or benefit derived by consuming a product ; thus the marginal utility of a goods or service is the change in the utility from an increase in the consumption of that good or service .
Question: Or , that something is false if it has not yet been proved true .
Answer: | It asserts that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false or a proposition is false because it has not yet been proven true .
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Q: Angeles Crest Highway is one of Washington's best motoring roads.
Angeles Crest Highway is one of Southern California's best motoring roads, with high elevations and huge vistas. It’s also the entry point to hiking backdrops that rival the Sierras, and this one takes you to the top of the Mt. Waterman ski area. Be sure to wear good shoes, use sunscreen and bring plenty of water, and remember that hiking at altitude requires a little more effort than walking at sea level. Pro tip: Check the weather before you go.
A: No
Q: To get an upgrade you should let management know you have just been married.
How to get a hotel room upgrade<br>Let management know if you're planning your stay to celebrate a special occasion like a honeymoon, anniversary or birthday. They will be more likely to look for an upgrade for you in hopes that you enjoy your celebration and tell others about their great service. Book a mid-value room to start with.
A: Yes
Q: Underwater mortgages do not exist but above water mortgages do.
How to refinance an underwater mortgage<br>Check your payment history. You must be current on your mortgage, and not have been delinquent on any payments in the last 12 months. Find out who owns your mortgage.
A: No
Q: Katie was scared to go to the dance with her crush
The dance<br>Katie wanted to go to the dance. She did not have a date. She knew she would be asked at some point. One day at school, her crush finally asked her. Katie could not have been more excited.
A: | No |
De' Audra Dix (born March 3, 1984) is a professional American football defensive back who is currently a free agent He was signed as a street free agent by the Montreal Alouettes in 2009. He played college football for the Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls. In 2008, his senior year at Johnson C. Smith University he was named to the Division II First-team All-American.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
De'Audra Dix graduated from high School in 2004
Pick from:
-Yes.
-It's impossible to say.
-No. | It's impossible to say |
A woman rubs her hand very well. then
, the woman rinse her hands with water.
How to build a successful employee recognition program
Understand the benefits of the program.
Employee recognition programs are designed to let employees know that their hard work is appreciated. Beyond letting your employees know that they are valued, these programs can also help boost productivity and performance.
Before you create your employee recognition program, take a look at some of the main benefits that a program like this can bring : Gain a better understanding of how you can improve company functions and policy. Learn where you could save money and cut expenses.
A player from the cream team then hits the puck with her stick but is not very successful. A man steps in and replaces the puck on the shuffleboard. then another player from the green team
comes forward to play.
She starts off by showing a handstand as she stands on her two hands and thrusts her body up. Then she demonstrates the cartwheel, followed by the power hurdle round off. she
| also bends backwards and throw herself over to do the back walkover and then the front walkover as she makes a one hundred eighty degree flip over. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example solution: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: What person whose last name starts with an J contributed to the field of psychology?, Context: The end of the 19th century marks the start of psychology as a scientific enterprise. The year 1879 is commonly seen as the start of psychology as an independent field of study. In that year Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated exclusively to psychological research (in Leipzig). Other important early contributors to the field include Hermann Ebbinghaus (a pioneer in memory studies), Ivan Pavlov (who discovered classical conditioning), William James, and Sigmund Freud. Freud's influence has been enormous, though more as cultural icon than a force in scientific psychology.
| Solution: William James |
What is the most logical next event?
How to transfer photos from the nokia lumia 710 to a pc
Navigate to the windows phone website for zune at http: // www.windowsphone.com/en-us/how-to/wp7/zune-software.
Click on " download now " and follow the on-screen prompts to download and install zune on your windows pc.
Launch the zune application after it has finished installing on your computer. | Connect your nokia lumia 710 to your pc using a usb cable. Click on " phone " at the top left corner of your computer screen. |
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to use pink noise for sleep
Play the sound of rain falling.
If you can find a recording online of rain falling, this can be a great source of pink noise. The sound of rainfall is one of the most soothing forms of pink noise available.
OPTIONS:
- It can be thought of as just a background noise, so it might not be affecting your sleep. Additionally, water from a hose, a breeze, or even the wind can disrupt your natural rhythm.
- You can upload videos and use your phone, radio, mp3 player, desktop computer or other devices to create as many pink noise with the media as possible. If possible, make sure the effect is very minimal.
- The sound of rainfall mimics a brook rushing down a river. Make sure the source of the rainfall is familiar, such as a particular river.
- You may be able to find youtube videos that play the sound of rainfall for hours. You can also find tracks that play rainfall on a loop.
OUT: You may be able to find youtube videos that play the sound of rainfall for hours. You can also find tracks that play rainfall on a loop.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to make cinnamon ornaments
Preheat your oven to 200 ° f (94 ° c).
Try to use smooth applesauce instead of the chunky kind. Keep stirring until it forms a ball of stiff dough.
OPTIONS:
- If your applesauce has large chunks in it, pulse it in a blender first, or your ornaments will be lumpy. To make the ornaments last longer, add 2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) of white craft/school glue into the mixture.
- When it's finished cooking, use a rubber spatula to break it into pieces that are roughly an inch thickness. If you don't have access to a toaster oven, you can start this on the stove.
- You don't want to overcook the dough, or it could deflate. Make sure your oven is hot enough to make cinnamon flakes.
- If you like to tinker, you can use a wooden skewer or a wooden spoon to push the ball of dough out so that it's even or move it from the mixing bowl to a separate container for later use. For sugar-free icing, you can substitute the almond or olive oil instead of the regular vegetable oils.
OUT: If your applesauce has large chunks in it, pulse it in a blender first, or your ornaments will be lumpy. To make the ornaments last longer, add 2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) of white craft/school glue into the mixture.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to prune a dappled willow
Prune for rejuvenation in early winter.
You can prune a dappled willow as early as the beginning of winter, when the plant has gone dormant. You can prune it once the weather has turned cold for good in your area.
OPTIONS:
- You may be able to prune it as early as late november. Prune before mid-to late spring.
- You could also prune it at anytime between february 1 and 4 (after the weather has switched to winter) if you live in such a locale. Sudden rejection of flowers, leaves, or branches from yourself as the plant matures can damage your plant and prevent it from growing.
- You can simply trim off some of the leaves at the base of the plant if you can. Sometimes, the dill dill fungus will cling to the plant, making it an ideal plant for cutting.
- Cherry trees shed their branches in temperate climates, often in late summer or early fall. Use pruning shears to trim clipping branches to the desired height.
OUT: | You may be able to prune it as early as late november. Prune before mid-to late spring. |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: The attorney for the family of a 13-year-old girl who has been declared brain dead after suffering complications from a routine tonsil-removal surgery said he will seek an injunction on Friday that would prevent her from being taken off life-support. Cheryl Hurd reports. (Published Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013)
The attorney for the family of a 13-year-old Oakland girl who has been declared brain dead after suffering complications from a routine tonsil-removal surgery said he will seek an injunction on Friday that would prevent her from being taken off life support.
Jahi McMath's family late Thursday met with Children's Hospital Oakland officials to request the teen be kept on life-support through the Christmas holiday. The hospital is unwilling to meet the request, according to the family, who added that they feel doctors were dismissive of their wishes.
"I don't want to have my Christmas every year remind me of her being taken off a ventilator," said Nailah Winkfield, Jahi's mother.
The family attorney, Chris Dolan, sent a letter earlier Thursday to Children’s Hospital asking for several things, among them, giving the 13-year-old a nutrition tube, keeping her on the ventilator through Christmas and giving the family 48-hour notice should doctors decide to take her off of life-support.
Family, Friends Pray for Oakland Girl, Jahi McMath, Declared Brain Dead After Tonsillectomy
Hundreds of family, friends and other supporters attended the service at Paradise Baptist Church in Oakland for 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who had her tonsils removed on Dec. 9 and was declared brain dead three days later. Jean Elle reports. (Published Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013)
Dolan said the hospital also has denied the family's request for Jahi's complete medical records and their request to have an outside medical expert make an independent determination as to whether she is brain dead.
MORE: "Urgent" Request to Keep 8th Grader Jahi McMath on Life Support After Tonsillectomy
The family believes the 8th grader can still recover.
This all began on Dec. 9, when McMath went into Children’s Hospital for a tonsillectomy. After the surgery, she began suffering severe complications. Three days later, she was declared brain dead.
Family Relieved Hospital Keeps Oakland Girl on Life Support
A lawyer for a family whose 13-year-old was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy to cure her sleep apnea filed an "urgent" request seeking to block the hospital from further action Tuesday, the same day employees planned to take the girl off life support. Jean Elle reports. (Published Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013)
Jahi’s family said the hospital was pressuring them to take McMath off life-support -- until they threatened legal action.
Her family has been holding court outside Children's Hospital for the last several days, taking to the media to make their battle public to keep Jahi on life support. Her heart is still beating, though two EEG tests on Tuesday showed no signs of life, according to her family.
Jahi had the tonsillectomy to help her with sleep apnea, the family has said, but has never disclosed more.
Dr. David Durand, chief of pediatrics, released the following statement late Thursday:
Hospital Temporarily Grants Request to Keep Oakland Girl on Life Support
A lawyer for a family whose 13-year-old was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy to cure her sleep apnea filed an "urgent" request seeking to block the hospital from further action Tuesday, the same day employees planned to take the girl off life support. Cheryl Hurd reports. (Published Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013)
Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Jahi McMath. This is a tragic situation. "I Don't Want to Bury My 13-Year-Old," Mom of 8th Grader Brain Dead After Tonsillectomy We want the public to know that the family has not permitted us to discuss the medical situation. We are unable -- without the family’s permission--to talk about the medical procedure, background or any of the details that are a part of this tragedy. Details that would provide transparency, openness and provide answers to the public about this situation. We implore the family to allow the hospital to openly discuss what has occurred and to give us the necessary legal permission--which it has been withholding--that would bring clarity, and we believe, some measure of closure and deeper understanding of this medical case. ''Urgent'' Request to Keep 8th Grader Alive After Tonsillectomy A lawyer for a family whose 13-year-old was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy to cure her sleep apnea filed an ''urgent'' request with the courts on Tuesday, the same day hospital employees planned to take the girl off life support. Christie Smith reports. (Published Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013) Many of the statements made by the family and its attorney must be taken in the context that they will not allow CHO to discuss the case and provide the information necessary for there to be a fuller understanding.
EEG Conducted for 8th Grader Declared Brain Dead After Tonsillectomy
Relatives of Jahi McMath, a 13-year-old girl who was declared legally dead on Monday following a tonsillectomy that prompted a heart attack, are hoping that an electroencephalogram test scheduled for Tuesday at Children's Hospital will show some signs of life. Christie Smith reports (Published Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013)
MORE: Brain Dead Oakland Teen's Family Seeking Mayor's Help
Family Continues Fight to Keep Girl Declared "Brain Dead" on Life Support
Doctors late Monday agreed to run one more series of tests to determine if there is any brain activity coming from Jahi McMath. Earlier in the day, doctors planned to take her off life-support after she was declared brain dead on Dec. 12. George Kiriyama reports. (Published Monday, Dec. 16, 2013)
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OAKLAND -- The family fighting to keep a brain-dead 13-year-old girl on medical support through Christmas blasted administrators at Children's Hospital Oakland on Thursday evening, saying that hospital officials told them in a private meeting that the girl had to be taken off her ventilator "quickly."
"They said, 'What don't you understand?' She is dead, dead, dead,'" said Omari Sealey, the uncle of Jahi McMath, the Oakland teen who has been kept alive by machines since complications from a tonsil surgery last week in a case that has brought national attention and prayers from social media users around the world. "They just kept referring to her as 'a body.'"
The family's attorney, Christopher Dolan, said he will head to court on Friday morning to seek an injunction to halt any hospital intervention. Hospital officials have not given a timeline to remove the girl from the ventilator, he added
A hospital spokeswoman refused to directly address the meeting or the hospital's care or treatment of Jahi, but released a statement late Thursday evening imploring the family to allow the hospital to openly discuss Jahi's case. Hospital officials have repeatedly cited state and federal medical privacy laws in declining to comment.
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"We implore the family to allow the hospital to openly discuss what has occurred and to give us the necessary legal permission -- which it has been withholding -- that would bring clarity, and we believe, some measure of closure and deeper understanding of this medical case," Chief of Pediatrics David Durand said in the statement.
Jahi's mother, Nailah Winkfield, fought through tears as she spoke to reporters after the meeting Thursday evening.
"Can't we have her for Christmas?" Jahi's mother said to doctors. "I told them, 'You better not take my child off that machine. You do not have my permission.'"
Dolan and family members met with hospital officials Thursday evening to request that Jahi be kept on the ventilator at least until after the holidays, a request administrators would not agree to honor. Jahi was declared brain dead on Dec. 12, after complications from a Dec. 9 tonsil surgery.
Family members also said that they had asked the hospital for permission to bring their own doctors in to examine the girl; administrators denied that request, saying again that the girl was dead, and there would be no reason to do so.
"They keep saying she is 'dead, dead, dead' and I am hoping the courts will say 'no, no, no,'" Dolan said in a Thursday night news conference. "We just saw her; she is a beautiful young lady. She responds to her mother's touch. She is warm."
When asked why Dolan thought the hospital was insistent on taking Jahi off the ventilator, he answered, "I don't think they like all (the reporters) out here."
On Thursday, Dolan again repeated a family demand that they be given full access to Jahi's medical records. Hospital officials said Wednesday that the girl's family had the right to see her records at any time but that the entire record would not be released to them until the hospitalization ends.
Dolan also noted that the family is very grateful for the efforts of hospital staff, and that they are angry only with the decisions being made by top hospital administrators.
"It is important (the family) conveys that they know there are very good people in that hospital right now who are caring for Jahi, bathing her, feeding her," Dolan said. "This is not a condemnation of those who are keeping her alive.
"They are deeply angered that people in administration are trying to end her life because to them she is no longer alive."
Jahi had tonsil surgery to help her with sleep apnea, weight gain and other health problems and began bleeding from her nose and mouth and experienced cardiac arrest later that night.
The family, however, is hoping for "divine intervention" and is asking the world to pray for the girl.
"Their faith is strong, and they need time to allow prayer to take place and to, hopefully, work to heal Jahi," Dolan said earlier.
He added that he has been contacted by doctors who claim there are differing definitions of "brain dead"; the family wants to keep her on life support in hopes that her massive brain swelling will lessen and brain activity tests can be repeated.
Dolan said the family understands the hospital's position that Jahi is dead and that there is no medical benefit from treating a dead person. However, they disagree with the hospital's concept and determination of death, and say they have been inspired by accounts of patients who had been deemed "beyond hope" only to recover completely.
The family has requested that all life support and sustaining efforts to be undertaken including nutrition, hydration, skin care, medicinal management, oxygen and prophylactic antibiotics as needed.
The meeting between the family and hospital officials was their second meeting this week; the two sides met on Monday.
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Student: | The lawyer for the family of a girl declared brain-dead after a routine tonsil surgery is heading to court today in an attempt to keep Jahi McMath on life-support. The Oakland Children's Hospital has been pressuring family members to take the 13-year-old off her ventilator—and "quickly"—per the family, the San Jose Mercury News reports. "I told them, 'You better not take my child off that machine. You do not have my permission,'" Jahi's mother said, telling NBC News, "I don't want to have my Christmas every year remind me of her being taken off a ventilator." Officials reportedly denied her requests to wait until after Christmas and to have an outside expert examine her daughter, the Mercury News reports. "They keep saying she is 'dead, dead, dead' and I am hoping the courts will say 'no, no, no,'" the family's attorney said, noting their anger is directed only at top hospital officials, not those caring for Jahi. "We just saw her; she is a beautiful young lady. She responds to her mother's touch. She is warm." The hospital responded yesterday, but without much to say due to privacy laws. A rep did, however, implore the family to grant the hospital legal permission to publicly discuss the case to "bring clarity, and we believe, some measure of closure and deeper understanding of this medical case." Click for more on Jahi's case. |
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