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Collection of models and datasets used for ACL 2024 paper, SMART - Submodular Data Mixture Strategy for Instruciton Tuning
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Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
See one example below:
Problem: Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem: Russia has participated in 4 FIFA World Cups since its independence in December 1991. The Russian Federation played their first international match against Mexico on 16 August 1992 winning 2-0. Their first participation in a World Cup was the United States of America in 1994 and they achieved 18th place. In 1946 the Soviet Union was accepted by FIFA and played their first World Cup in Sweden 1958. The Soviet Union represented 15 Socialist republics and various football federations, and the majority of players came from the Dynamo Kyiv team of the Ukrainian SSR. The Soviet Union national football team played in 7 World Cups. Their best performance was reaching 4th place in England 1966. However Soviet football was dissolved in 1991 when Belarus, Russia and Ukraine declared independence under the Belavezha Accords. The CIS national football team (Commonwealth of Independent States) was formed with other independent nations in 1992 but did not participate in any World Cups.
Solution: | have russia ever been in the world cup final? |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: What places in america are ranked higher than Miami?, Context: Since 2001, Miami has been undergoing a large building boom with more than 50 skyscrapers rising over 400 feet (122 m) built or currently under construction in the city. Miami's skyline is ranked third-most impressive in the U.S., behind New York City and Chicago, and 19th in the world according to the Almanac of Architecture and Design. The city currently has the eight tallest (as well as thirteen of the fourteen tallest) skyscrapers in the state of Florida, with the tallest being the 789-foot (240 m) Four Seasons Hotel & Tower.
Output: | New York City |
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 input: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Example output: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Example explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Q: The Punjabi people ( , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ also Panjabi people ) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from South Asia ( Pakistan and India ) .
A: | The Punjabis ( Punjabi : , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ) or Punjabi people are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region in South Asia , specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent , presently divided between Punjab , India and Punjab , Pakistan . |
Q: 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".
Tim had always a red bike. His birthday party was coming up and he hoped that his parents would finally get him the bike. When his friends came over for the party, Tim was very worried that he wouldn't get the bike. He looked at all the presents and none of them seemed big enough to have a bike in them. Tim was sad. When it was time to open the presents he opened them one at a time. The first present was not a bike. The second present was not a bike. The third present was the biggest one. Tim knew if the bike was going to be in any of the presents it was going to be in this box. Tim opened it and there was no bike inside. Just as Tim tried not to look too upset, his Dad brought in the biggest present of them all. His Dad had been hiding the present all along. Tim opened it and his new bike was inside the box. Tim put the bike together with his Dad's help. <sep>Why was Tim excited for his birthday?<sep>Wanted Bike
A: | Yes |
input hypothesis: The government chose to set less than two traditions aside.
Context: Instead of taking this advantage it will soon need in international negotiation, that is the experience of harmonizing two great traditions, the civil law and the common law, the government chose to set one of these traditions aside, the French one, to bury it, and forget about it.
true or false: Yes
input hypothesis: It's pretty hard to put together furniture
Context: How to attach table legs<br>Shop around for table legs. You should have a number of choices at your closest home improvement store. This method is best for attaching legs to an already finished piece of furniture.
true or false: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: The book by Gore is over 1000 pages long.
Context: The book you mentioned that Vice President Gore wrote, he also called for taxing -- big energy taxes in order to clean up the environment. And now that the energy prices are high, I guess he's not advocating those big energy taxes right now. I believe we ought to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund to -- with half the money going to states so states can make the right decisions for environmental quality.
true or false: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: Saint Louis University School of Medicine (SLUSOM) is a private, American Medical School within Saint Louis University. It has an excellent reputation. Many famous surgeons trained there.
Context: Saint Louis University School of Medicine (SLUSOM) is a private, American Medical School within Saint Louis University. Located in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis University School of Medicine was established in 1836 and has the distinction of awarding the first M.D. degree west of the Mississippi River.
true or false: | It's impossible to say |
Q: FT Belvoir Chapter is part of AFCEA.
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Amtower Off Center's audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower’s guests are Katie Helwig, director of Small Business Programs at AFCEA, and Eric Strauss, director of Business Development for Connected Logistics and a member of the leadership committee at the FT Belvoir Chapter of AFCEA. The discussion focused on relationships, networking and AFCEA. Topics included:
A: Yes
Q: Larkin at Sixty was released after the year 2000
Larkin at Sixty (1982) is a collection of original essays and poems published to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the English poet Philip Larkin. It was edited and introduced by Anthony Thwaite and published by Larkin's publishers, Faber and Faber. A poetic dramatisation of the launch of the book was written by Russell Davies.
A: No
Q: The speaker mentions 4 different steps they are prepared to take.
In support of international efforts, we are prepared to take the following steps today: to put a halt to any export credit through the Export Development Corporation; to put on hold any negotiations with the Yugoslav airlines for landing rights; to put on hold any discussions on bilateral efforts; and to consider what kind of support we might provide on a humanitarian basis.
A: Yes
Q: Prussia is a city in China.
Karl Abraham Freiherr von Zedlitz und Leipe (born January 4, 1731 in Schwarzwaldau in Silesia; died March 18, 1793, on his estate in Silesia Kapsdorf) was a Prussian minister of education who was instrumental in establishing mandatory education in Prussia, which served as a model for the public education system in the United States.
A: | It's impossible to say |
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".
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Question: Do all plants live on the land? Some plants do live in the water. To do this, they have evolved special traits. Plants that live in water are called aquatic plants. Living in water has certain benefits. There is certainly plenty of water! The plant does not need special traits to absorb, transport, or conserve water. They do not need a large root system. They do not need a strong stem to hold up the plant. The plant uses the water for support. Dont think water plants have it easy, though. They also face challenges. Living in water isnt that easy. They do need some special traits to survive. It is tough for the plant to reproduce. Pollination by wind or animals cant happen under water. Sunlight cannot reach very far beneath the waters surface. Some aquatic plants have floating flowers and leaves. <sep>How is an aquatic plant held up?<sep>Roots
Answer: No
Question: Paul put the despised watch away And laid out before him his array Of stones and metals, and when the morning Struck the stones to their best adorning, He chose the brightest, and this new watch Was so light and thin it seemed to catch The sunlight's nothingness, and its gleam. Topazes ran in a foamy stream Over the cover, the hands were studded With garnets, and seemed red roses, budded. The face was of crystal, and engraved Upon it the figures flashed and waved With zircons, and beryls, and amethysts. It took a week to make, and his trysts At night with the Shadow were his alone. Paul swore not to speak till his task was done. The night that the jewel was worthy to give. Paul watched the long hours of daylight live To the faintest streak; then lit his light, And sharp against the wall's pure white The outline of the Shadow started Into form. His burning-hearted Words so long imprisoned swelled To tumbling speech. Like one compelled, He told the lady all his love, And holding out the watch above His head, he knelt, imploring some Littlest sign. The Shadow was dumb. <sep>What were the hands of the watch studded with?<sep>Topazes
Answer: No
Question: Right after the Pentagon was hit, NEADS learned of another possible hijacked aircraft. It was an aircraft that in fact had not been hijacked at all. After the second World Trade Center crash, Boston Center managers recognized that both aircraft were transcontinental 767 jetliners that had departed Logan Airport. Remembering the "we have some planes" remark, Boston Center guessed that Delta 1989 might also be hijacked. Boston Center called NEADS at 9:41 and identified Delta 1989, a 767 jet that had left Logan Airport for Las Vegas, as a possible hijack. NEADS warned the FAA's Cleveland Center to watch Delta 1989. The Command Center and FAA headquarters watched it too. During the course of the morning, there were multiple erroneous reports of hijacked aircraft. The report of American 11 heading south was the first; Delta 1989 was the second. NEADS never lost track of Delta 1989, and even ordered fighter aircraft from Ohio and Michigan to intercept it. The flight never turned off its transponder. NEADS soon learned that the aircraft was not hijacked, and tracked Delta 1989 as it reversed course over Toledo, headed east, and landed in Cleveland. But another aircraft was heading toward Washington, an aircraft about which NORAD had heard nothing: United 93. United Airlines Flight 93 FAA Awareness. At 9:27, after having been in the air for 45 minutes, United 93 acknowledged a transmission from the Cleveland Center controller. This was the last normal contact the FAA had with the flight. Less than a minute later, the Cleveland controller and the pilots of aircraft in the vicinity heard "a radio transmission of unintelligible sounds of possible screaming or a struggle from an unknown origin." The controller responded, seconds later: "Somebody call Cleveland?"This was followed by a second radio transmission, with sounds of screaming. <sep>Which flight did NEADS think was hijacked right after the Pentagon was hit?<sep>American 17
Answer: | No
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Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: We present a novel approach to enhance avalanche companion rescue using wearable sensing technologies. The time to find and extricate victims is most crucial: once buried by an avalanche, survival chances drop dramatically already after the first 15 minutes.
Hypothesis: gps is not used in this application
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: How to check out cuts, scratches and abrasions<br>After getting a cut, scratch, or abrasion, your skin may start bleeding. This happens because the injury breaks or tears the tiny blood vessels that live right under the skin's surface. Your body wants to stop the bleeding, so the platelets in your blood come to the rescue.
Hypothesis: Platelets dont stop bleeding.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: How to avoid stomach pain when taking antibiotics<br>Follow your doctor's instructions exactly. When your doctor writes you a prescription for antibiotics, she will give you specific instructions regarding how to take the medication. Following these instructions exactly can help to reduce your chances of developing stomach pain, as your doctor will most likely give you tips on how to avoid this unpleasant side effect.
Hypothesis: Antibiotics never give people stomach pain.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: | Context: How to prepare lemon rice<br>Combine water, broth, lemon juice, and butter in a medium saucepan. Turn on the heat and bring to a boil on your stove top. Stir in rice, basil, and lemon peel.
Hypothesis: Build for 30 minutes before adding rice, basil, and lemon peel. |
Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to make strawberry syrup
Heat the sugar and water on the stove over medium heat in a medium-sized saucepan.
Fill a medium-sized saucepan with 1 cup (240 milliliters) of water and 1 cup (225 grams) of sugar. Place the saucepan on the stove, and turn the heat up to medium. | Don't get impatient and turn the heat to high. If you heat the sugar water too fast, the sugar will caramelize. |
Q: 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".
Before the mysterious disappearance of one of its passenger jets this month, Malaysia wasn't a country used to finding itself dominating headlines around the world. Some of its Southeast Asian neighbors, including Indonesia and the Philippines, have suffered devastating natural disasters in recent years and are all too familiar with the media frenzy that accompanies a major crisis. But Malaysia has largely managed to stay out of the international spotlight since its independence from British colonial rule more than half a century ago. "It is one of these countries, because of its geography, that doesn't have earthquakes," said Ernest Bower, senior adviser for Southeast Asia studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It doesn't have tsunamis. It hasn't been tested with a disaster like this." The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has thrust the government into the dazzling glare of worldwide attention. And it hasn't emerged with very good grades. "I think on a stress test, they're failing," Bower told CNN's Jake Tapper, pointing to the government's coordination of different agencies and communication with other countries. China among critics Criticism and complaints have come from other countries involved in the search for the missing plane, including China and Vietnam, and from the relatives of passengers. Malaysian officials have created confusion by issuing contradictory statements on key aspects of the investigation. The majority of the people on board the plane were Chinese, and Beijing has increasingly voiced its displeasure with the search, especially after Malaysia announced over the weekend that evidence suggested the plane had been deliberately flown west into the Indian Ocean, away from its last confirmed location over the South China Sea. "The new information means the intensive search in the South China Sea for the whole past week was worthless and would never bear fruit," said a commentary published by China's state-run news agency Xinhua. "Even worse, the golden time for saving possible survivors, if any, was generously wasted." <sep>Why are Chinese and Vietnamese officials critical of the Malaysian response?<sep>Because Malaysia stated that the plane may have been flown into the Indian Ocean
A: | Yes |
A woman is shown in images, and so is a man. the woman
is in the bathroom cutting the man's hair.
How to deal with your divorced parents fighting
Let your parents know you wish to remain neutral.
Sometimes parents will try to drag their children into the fight in the midst of an argument. They may not realize it, but this is incredibly unfair and can actually be damaging to the children.
If your parents try to involve you in their fight, let them know that you love them both and want to remain neutral. You can say something like, " i love you both, and this fight is between you two.
How to bow hunt
Start with a compound bow.
This type of bow is much easier to use than the traditional longbow and recurve bow, which makes it perfect for a beginner. You'll gain skill with it much faster and, with a little practice, be shooting this bow quite well in a couple of weeks.
Compound bows are more accurate than traditional bows, and also have better distance and velocity. As a beginner, buy a used bow.
The men play against one another while taking breaks to get a drink and speak with team mates. the people
| shake hands with one another and hug friends and family. |
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9 (also referred to as The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume 3: The Fire Book) is a live album by John Zorn featuring a solo performance at Tonic in September 2003 that was part of his month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series. It is a continuation of his solo work documented on "The Classic Guide to Strategy Volumes 1 & 2".
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "50th Birthday celebration will have another volume"? | It's impossible to say |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
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Question: On October 7, 2015, Fox renewed the series for the seventh and eighth production cycles. The eighth season premiered on October 1, 2017. On March 27, 2018, Fox renewed the series for a ninth season, which will premiere on September 30, 2018. A film adaptation based on the animated television series is in the works and is scheduled for a July 17, 2020 release.
Answer: do they still make new episodes of bob's burgers?
Question: Since the enactment of Colorado Amendment 64 in November 2012, adults aged 21 or older can grow up to six marijuana plants (with no more than half being mature flowering plants) privately in a locked space, legally possess all marijuana from the plants they grow (as long as it stays where it was grown), legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana while traveling, and give as a gift up to one ounce to other citizens 21 years of age or older. Any adult in Colorado's territory may possess up to one ounce of marijuana at any time, regardless of whether they are an in-state resident or an out-of-state visitor, as of 2016. Retail concentrate/edible limits are as follows: 8g of retail concentrate will be equal to 1oz of flower, and therefore 800mg of THC in the form of retail edibles will be equal to 1oz of retail flower. Consumption is permitted in a manner similar to alcohol, with equivalent offenses prescribed for driving. Consumption in public was recently passed in Denver under Ordinance 300 with a vote of 53% for legal public consumption, and a 46% vote against. Within 60 days the new rules will be written and should be similar to current public alcohol consumption rules and regulations. Amendment 64 also provides for licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail stores. Visitors and tourists in Colorado can use and purchase marijuana, but face prosecution if found in possession in any adjacent state. Denver airport has banned all possession of marijuana but admits it has not charged a single person with possession nor has the airport seized any marijuana since the ban went into effect.
Answer: is weed legal in the whole state of colorado?
Question: A United Kingdom is a 2016 British biographical romantic drama film directed by Amma Asante and written by Guy Hibbert, based on the true-life romance between Sir Seretse Khama and his wife Ruth Williams Khama. David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike portray Seretse and Ruth, respectively.
Answer: | is the movie a united kingdom a true story?
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Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
Prosecutors say they've found a second victim in the case of an El Cajon teen who was kidnapped to be forced into prostitution. Four suspects are already facing charges of human trafficking, robbery, sexual battery and pimping in this case. Prosecutors say they will file the new charges against the four later Wednesday.
Hypothesis: The suspects are younger than the prosecutors.
Choose from: 1). Yes; 2). It's impossible to say; 3). No; | 2). |
. a man in a yellow and green kayak
OPTIONS:
- shows a times displayed yard using an oar.
- removes his paddle and jumps in the water with his board.
- is standing in the water, he is pumping with his feet and the small ball in his hand.
- kayaks the rough waters of a river.
kayaks the rough waters of a river.
How to build a milk carton birdhouse
Wash the carton well.
Milk left inside the carton can mix with birdseed and go moldy. Ensure that the container is properly dry before proceeding.
OPTIONS:
- Add 1 ½ inch (1.3 cm) thick potting mix to the container. Mix the potting mix with your hands or a spoon.
- Use a sieve to remove soap scum. Use a heavy object to gently dislodge the scum.
- Cut out a rectangular piece of ground wood. The lumber should be at least three feet (eight inches) wide and 12 inches deep enough to accommodate the holding posts.
- Paint the entire milk carton with primer. When it dries, draw a design of your choosing on the milk carton with the pencil.
Paint the entire milk carton with primer. When it dries, draw a design of your choosing on the milk carton with the pencil.
How to get to know a girl at school you don't know
Start saying hello regularly.
One benefit of being in school together is that you will most likely see the girl on a regular basis. The best way to initiate a relationship is to start saying hello when you see her.
OPTIONS:
- This will say more to her than " hi. " having a daily conversation introduces you to her, and shows you that this person is thinking of you, not just you.
- Make eye contact with the girl when you're around her or stand near her and give her your number if she extends a hand to say hello. Just having her number can help signal to the girl that you find her attractive and that you are interested in her.
- It's best to be positive and to use the introduction as a chance to forge a bond. Approach a girl when she's in your class or have lunch with her, if she's an acquaintance or relative of yours.
- Get in the habit of being friendly and greeting her when you see her. It's impossible to get to know someone if you never talk to them.
Get in the habit of being friendly and greeting her when you see her. It's impossible to get to know someone if you never talk to them.
How to play free willy at the lake
Choose the " willy ".
This is a person who is rooting for no team, but whose goal it is to make it to shore (the shore or other goal is where they become " free ").
There should only be one willy.
OPTIONS:
- No person can join two willy at a time (a member who is not a member of any team). These willy have rules, and want to get on top of everything.
- Wait until willy is out of sight to start attacking willy in any way. Willy is 3 bars as per their age, and wants to be around it for a long time.
- Willy would involve casting a standard net such as a canoe or a bicycle. By asking willy for the willy then you can ensure willy will lure the other willy.
- But if there is an uneven number of players, a second willy could be added to change the game a bit (both willys must make it to shore for the guardians to lose). The willy starts deep enough for people to swim around him/her.
| But if there is an uneven number of players, a second willy could be added to change the game a bit (both willys must make it to shore for the guardians to lose). The willy starts deep enough for people to swim around him/her. |
instruction:
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
question:
On October 20, 1977 -- three days after the release of the band's fifth studio album Street Survivors -- a chartered plane on which the members and crew were travelling crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi. Six people died in the accident, including band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines; many of the other passengers onboard were seriously injured, including Wilkeson who was left in a critical condition and reportedly declared dead three times. The group disbanded after the crash. In 1978, a collection of previously unreleased recordings from 1971 and 1972 was released as Skynyrd's First and... Last. The following year, the surviving members (with the exception of Wilkeson) reunited at Volunteer Jam for a performance of ``Free Bird'' with Charlie Daniels and his band.
answer:
are any of the original members of lynyrd skynyrd alive?
question:
The Olde English Bulldogge is a recently created American dog breed. In the 1970s David Leavitt created a true-breeding lineage as a re-creation of the healthier working bulldog from early nineteenth century England. Using a breeding scheme developed for cattle, Leavitt crossed English bulldogs, American Bulldogs, American Pit Bull Terriers and Bull Mastiffs. The result was an athletic breed that looks similar to the bulldogs of 1820 but also has a friendly temperament.
answer:
do olde english bulldogs have pitbull in them?
question:
Goalkeepers are normally allowed to handle the ball within their own penalty area, and once they have control of the ball in their hands opposition players may not challenge them for it. However the back-pass rule prohibits goalkeepers from handling the ball after it has been deliberately kicked to them by a team-mate, or after receiving it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate. Back-passes with parts of the body other than the foot, such as headers, are not prohibited. Despite the popular name ``back-pass rule'', there is no requirement in the laws that the kick or throw-in must be backwards; handling by the goalkeeper is forbidden regardless of the direction the ball travels.
answer:
| can goalie pick up ball from throw in?
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Q: 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".
IBM opened a sprawling and sophisticated semiconductor factory here on Wednesday that cost more than $2.5 billion to build and equip, the largest single capital investment the company has ever made. The factory, which opens as the computer chip business is in a slump, is a costly and risky move for IBM. But it is also an expression of confidence by the company that it can remain a technology leader in the highly competitive global semiconductor industry, and a commitment that the best place to execute that strategy is in upstate New York. IBM is an exception among computer makers in that it still invests heavily in research to advance the design, manufacture and materials used in semiconductor chips. It is spending more than $500 million a year on semiconductor research and development. The factory will produce a wide range of specialized semiconductors used in everything from the largest mainframe computers to cell phones and video-game consoles. The new plant is part of IBM's push to gain a strong lead in chip-making beyond the personal computer business, where Intel and East Asian chip producers hold the advantage. "The core of our strategy is to lead in technology and attack the high-performance segments of the market," said John Kelly, senior vice president in charge of IBM's technology group. An advantage to having the semiconductor fabricating factory here, Kelly explained, was that it was very close to its research laboratories in nearby Westchester County, N.Y. To stay ahead in advanced chip technology, he said, moving innovations out of the labs and into the factory as fast as possible is crucial. "What we call the lab-to-fab time should be as close to zero as possible," Kelly said. "If our strategy were anything but to be on the leading edge, we'd have put the plant in Asia." The new factory, which will begin normal production early next year, will employ about 1,000 people. <sep>What does IBM's senior vice president in charge of their technology group, John Kelly, feel that the location of the new plant is so important?<sep>There will be a reduced cost
A: | No |
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? Solve this instance: From 1921 to 1944 , Tuva was a separate country called Tannu-Tuva .
Student: | From 1921 to 1944 , Tuva constituted a sovereign , independent nation under the name of Tannu Tuva , officially , the Tuvan People 's Republic , or the People 's Republic of Tannu Tuva . |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to donate to people in need
Gather information.
If you already know which organization you would like to donate to, you simply need to phone the office and ask them about their donation procedure. However, if you're like many people, you may be unsure of which organization you would like to offer your resources to. | Your first step is to start gathering information about your many options. First, spend some time learning about different types of donations. |
Teacher: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".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: The film starts with a brief pre-title clip from presenter Greg Palast s aborted interview with Florida Director of Elections Clayton Roberts , who walks out . Palast introduces George W. Bush with particular reference to his popular image as a war hero cemented in the public mind by his landing on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln for the 2003 Mission Accomplished Speech . However Palast alleges that Bush used his father s influence to gain a draft-dodging placement with the Texas Air National Guard Which he subsequently failed to serve . Palast picks up the story with Bush s 2000 US Presidential Election campaign where he claims Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris used their influence to purge and discount the ballots of predominantly Gore-supporting black voters through the fake felons list compiled by private company DBT/ChoicePoint for US$ 4 million . Palast goes on to examine the corporate donors to Bush s election campaign , such as Enron CEO Ken Lay , who as members of Bush s pioneer network contributed huge sums through family and friends , and who he claims subsequently profited from the Bush presidency with senior government appointments , no-bid contracts , executive orders and deregulation . Palast outlines what he refers to as the Bush-cycle , where Bush family members use money to gain political office and then use the office to gain even more money , dating back to Senator Prescott Bush who funded the family s entry into the oil business , citing the example of Bush s Harken Energy winning a contract to drill in the Persian Gulf thanks he alleges to Bush Snr s presidency . <sep>Who are the financial providers contributing to Bush's campaign, claimed by Palast?<sep>The Clintons
Student: | No |
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
Comparison , in grammar , is a property of adjectives and adverbs .
Answer: | Comparison is a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages , whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected or modified to indicate the relative degree of the property defined by the adjective or adverb . |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill against prostitution and sex trafficking that bans buying sex, not selling it. Customers will face fines and be made to attend awareness classes on the harms of the sex trade.
The legislation, which passed 64-12 in the parliament's lower house, the National Assembly, makes French law one of the toughest against sex buyers in Europe.
Prostitution in itself is legal in France — though brothels, pimping and the sale of sex by minors are illegal.
The new measure does away with a 2003 law that banned passive soliciting by sex workers on the street and thus put the legal onus on prostitutes.
This new bill focuses the punishment on the client, introducing a 1,500-euro ($1,700) fine that would rise to 3,750 euros for a sex buyer's second offense.
The convicted client will be obliged to attend classes highlighting the dangers associated with prostitution. The measure will also make it easier for foreign prostitutes — many currently illegally in France — to acquire a temporary residence permit if they enter a process to get out of the prostitution business.
Supporters of the bill argue that it will help fight trafficking networks.
"The most important aspect of this law is to accompany prostitutes, give them identity papers because we know that 85 percent of prostitutes here are victims of trafficking," Maud Olivier, a lawmaker with the governing Socialists and a sponsor of the legislation, told The Associated Press.
Olivier said that many of the sex workers who arrive in France have their passports confiscated by pimps.
"We will provide them with documents on the condition they commit to leave prostitution behind," she added.
But opponents fear that cracking down will push prostitutes to hide, leaving them even more at the mercy of pimps and violent clients.
France's parliament started debating the bill in 2013, but the final vote was delayed due to sharp divisions between the lower parliamentary chamber and the Senate.
Written by a group of lawmakers from both right and left and backed by the Socialist government, the legislation has been inspired by Sweden, which passed a similar measure in 1999. Norway and Iceland also followed the Swedish model.
Other countries such as Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, where brothels are legal, are interested in the French experience.
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Masha Macpherson and Alex Turnbull in Paris contributed to this report. ||||| Image copyright AP Image caption It is estimated there are between 30,000 and 40,000 sex workers in France
French MPs have passed a law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to €3,750 (£3,027, $4,274) for those buying sexual acts.
Those convicted would also have to attend classes to learn about the conditions faced by prostitutes.
It has taken more than two years to pass the controversial legislation because of differences between the two houses of parliament over the issue.
Some sex workers protested against the law during the final debate.
The demonstrators outside parliament in Paris, numbering about 60, carried banners and placards one of which read: "Don't liberate me, I'll take care of myself".
Members of the Strass sex workers' union say the law will affect the livelihoods of France's sex workers, estimated to number between 30,000 and 40,000.
Sweden was the first country to criminalise those who pay for sex rather than the prostitutes, introducing the law in 1999. Other countries have since adopted the so-called "Nordic model": Norway in 2008, Iceland in 2009, and Northern Ireland in 2014. Earlier this year, the European parliament approved a resolution calling for the law to be adopted throughout the continent.
But many advocacy groups warn the model makes sex work more dangerous.
Catherine Stephens, an activist with the UK-based International Union of Sex Workers, and a sex worker herself, says criminalisation makes those in the industry "much more likely to have to accept clients who are obscuring their identity, which benefits people who want to perpetrate violence".
Ms Stephens told the BBC that criminalising those who wish to purchase sex makes them less likely to report concerns about a sex worker's wellbeing.
"We have had cases where clients have helped people escape from situations of coercion ... Criminalising the client actively works against that, discouraging them from coming forward. We need to create a situation in which it is easy to report harm, violence and coercion. Blanket criminalisation of premises, brothels, or clients absolutely works against that."
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Supporters of the law have said it will help fight trafficking networks
Amnesty International says that laws against buying sex "mean that sex workers have to take more risks to protect buyers from detection by the police". The charity says sex workers have reported being asked to visit customers' homes to help them avoid police, instead of meeting them in safer environments.
Supporters of the law argue that it increases safety. Anne-Cecile Mailfert, the president of the Women's Foundation in France, which provides support to women's rights organisations, says sex workers are better able to seek police protection if they need it.
She told the BBC: "We are giving to the prostituted person a new tool to defend themselves and protect themselves. If they don't want to do that then actually they just don't have to call the police. But if anything happens, if the client is violent, if anything wrong happens, then now they have the law on their side."
The legislation will also make it easier for foreign prostitutes to get a temporary residence permit in France if they agree to find jobs outside prostitution, says Socialist MP Maud Olivier, who sponsored the legislation.
He told the Associated Press: "The most important aspect of this law is to accompany prostitutes and give them identity papers, because we know that 85% of prostitutes here are victims of trafficking."
The law was passed in the final vote on the bill in the lower house of parliament by 64 to 12 with 11 abstentions. It supersedes legislation from 2003 that penalised sex workers for soliciting.
Prostitution itself is not a crime in France, but pimping, human trafficking, brothels and buying sex from a minor are all already against the law. ||||| PARIS — After a debate lasting nearly two and a half years, France’s Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to discourage prostitution by penalizing those who pay for sex, following the example of Sweden and Norway.
The National Assembly, France’s lower house of Parliament, voted 64 to 12 for the bill, with the vast majority of the 577 Assembly members not voting. Parliament can approve legislation without a quorum.
The French Socialist government, which had backed the bill, hailed the new law as a victory.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls posted a message on Twitter saying the vote was “a major advance” for the rights of women.
The minister for women’s rights, Laurence Rossignol, told the National Assembly before the vote that prostitution was “violence done to women” and that the new measure would send a message to those who work as prostitutes that “the state, the Parliament and society finally recognizes fully the violence of the system of prostitution.” |||||
A: | France just made it illegal to pay for sex, despite selling it remaining legal, the New York Times reports. According to the BBC, the law passed Wednesday creates punishments including fines up to $4,300 and classes about the horrors of prostitution for anyone caught buying sex. Supporters of the law, which overturns a 2003 law that put legal responsibility on the sex seller, say it will make sex workers safer, and France's prime minister calls it a victory for women's rights. One women's rights activist says sex workers can now call the police for help without fear of punishment. The AP reports the law will also let foreign sex workers in France get temporary resident papers if they leave prostitution. One lawmaker says 85% of prostitutes in France are the victims of human trafficking. But sex workers protested against the law during its final debate. In addition to the new law potentially making it harder for them to make a living, many sex workers and advocates say it actually puts them in danger. One opponent says the law will make johns hide their identities, which makes it easier for them to hurt sex workers. Others say sex workers will now be asked to meet johns in private at their homes instead of a safer place. Opponents claim it will also stop johns from seeking help when they fear a sex worker is being harmed. There are an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 sex workers in France, where prostitution remains legal. A number of other European countries have introduced similar laws since 1999, but France's law includes some of the toughest penalties for buying sex in Europe. |
UnidosNow hosted Noche Latina on the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe rooftop Oct. 23, all to help Latino scholars and their families. The nonprofit's mission is to empower the Hispanic and Latino community to achieve their American dream, and put more children in higher education. The night started with dinner, socializing and a photo booth, followed by remarks from the Executive Director Luz Corcuera and Board Chairman Kelly Kirschner. For the rest of the might, guests were encouraged to participate in Latin dance lessons.
UnidosNow has been viewed by earl OPTIONS:
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Binge drinking among young women is on the rise, bringing with it a number of health consequences, including fetal alcohol syndrome.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a positive outcome from binge drinking OPTIONS:
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Molly could swim like a duck , and quite covered herself with glory by diving off the pier .<br>Jack undertook to teach Boo , who was a promising pupil , being so plump that he could not sink if he tried .<br>Jill was soon through , and lay on the sand enjoying the antics of the bathers till she was so faint with laughter she was glad to hear the dinner-horn and do the honors of the Willows to Molly , whose room was next hers .
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
[EX Q]: A later case may result in a majority opinion adopting a particular rule of law formerly advocated in dissent .
[EX A]: In some cases , a previous dissent is used to spur a change in the law , and a later case may result in a majority opinion adopting a particular understanding of the law formerly advocated in dissent .
[EX Q]: It must be given before they are interrogated , in accordance with the " Miranda " ruling .
[EX A]: The Miranda warning ( often shortened to " Miranda " , or " Mirandizing " a suspect ) is the name of the formal warning that is required to be given by law enforcement in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody ( or in a custodial situation ) before they are interrogated , in accordance with the " Miranda " ruling .
[EX Q]: Sally Lowenthal ( born February 25 , 1935 ) , better known as Sally Jessy Raphael , is an American former talk show host .
[EX A]: | Sally Lowenthal ( born February 25 , 1935 ) , better known as Sally Jessy Raphael , is an American former talk show host known for her talk show program " Sally " ( originally titled " The Sally Jessy Raphael Show " ) .
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
My parents, Kelly and Kelley, said that it was that time of year to take a family vacation. We've been to big ride parks that have hotels with large pools. This year my parents wanted to do something different. They wanted to take us all to Elk River Castle. After lots of planning we hit the road for our trip. My Brother Kelsey and I enjoyed the long car ride there. Once we arrive, the castle looked much bigger than we had imagined. There was so much to see and so much to do. There was a swimming pool, movie theater and an elevator to take us from floor to floor. What a magical place! I was so excited because we had the whole place to our family! We spent our vacation playing around the huge castle and finding small mysterious places. There was even a tiny room in the back of one of the closets. My brother, Kelsey, and I played hide and go seek for hours, watched movies and swam until the sun went down. It was sad when our vacation finally came to an end but we made some amazing memories. We'll never forget our trip to Elk River Castle! <sep>Even though the narrator's parents wanted to plan a different-than-normal family vacation, name at least one thing that was the same as past vacations.<sep>A long car ride
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The Bush administration did not develop new diplomatic initiatives on al Qaeda with the Saudi government before 9/11. Vice President Cheney called Crown Prince Abdullah on July 5, 2001, to seek Saudi help in preventing threatened attacks on American facilities in the Kingdom. Secretary of State Powell met with the crown prince twice before 9/11. They discussed topics like Iraq, not al Qaeda.U.S.-Saudi relations in the summer of 2001 were marked by sometimes heated disagreements about ongoing Israeli- Palestinian violence, not about Bin Laden. The confirmation of the Pentagon's new leadership was a lengthy process. Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz was confirmed in March 2001 and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith in July. Though the new officials were briefed about terrorism and some of the earlier planning, including that for Operation Infinite Resolve, they were focused, as Secretary Rumsfeld told us, on creating a twenty-first-century military. At the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Shelton did not recall much interest by the new administration in military options against al Qaeda in Afghanistan. He could not recall any specific guidance on the topic from the secretary. Brian Sheridan-the outgoing assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict (SOLIC), the key counterterrorism policy office in the Pentagon-never briefed Rumsfeld. He departed on January 20; he had not been replaced by 9/11. Rumsfeld noted to us his own interest in terrorism, which came up often in his regular meetings with Tenet. He thought that the Defense Department, before 9/11, was not organized adequately or prepared to deal with new threats like terrorism. But his time was consumed with getting new officials in place and working on the foundation documents of a new defense policy, the quadrennial defense review, the defense planning guidance, and the existing contingency plans. He did not recall any particular counterterrorism issue that engaged his attention before 9/11, other than the development of the Predator unmanned aircraft system. The commander of Central Command, General Franks, told us that he did not regard the existing plans as serious. To him a real military plan to address al Qaeda would need to go all the way, following through the details of a full campaign (including the political-military issues of where operations would be based) and securing the rights to fly over neighboring countries. The draft presidential directive circulated in June 2001 began its discussion of the military by reiterating the Defense Department's lead role in protecting its forces abroad. <sep>Who wanted to secure the rights to fly over neighboring countries<sep>Bush
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{ { plot } } In 1964 , in the peak of Beatlemania , a reluctant John Lennon is persuaded by manager Brian Epstein to meet Freddie Lennon , the father who abandoned him seventeen years earlier , with the press in attendance . When they meet , John accuses his father of abandoning him , but his father says that `` he left it up to John . '' John and Brian quickly leave the meeting . The movie then jumps to 1967 , after Brian Epstein has died . The Beatles are giving a press conference about their new film, Magical Mystery Tour . John is skeptical about the film , but Paul ( ( ( Andrew Scott convinces him to go through with the idea . John then invites his father to his mansion to live with him . Freddie Lennon arrives and meets his grandson , Julian . Sitting with his wife , John reads the criticism of Magical Mystery Tour , while comparing his wife to Brigitte Bardot , whom he says he will meet after he returns from India . John finds a letter addressed to him , with the word `` Breathe '' written on it . Later , after finding his father in a neighbor's house , Freddie reveals that he has a 19 year old girlfriend named Pauline , with whom he wants to live . Lennon accuses his father of leaving him again , and then leaves , after telling his father that he wo n't live with him anymore . After meeting Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , the Beatles quickly return to London , and in a press conference they say they made a mistake when they trusted Maharishi . The journalists are curious about the Beatles new business -- Apple Records . <sep>Who does John feel abandoned him?<sep>Freddie Lennon
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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
Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish .
Answer: | Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae and the only currently recognized species in its genus . |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
You may be wondering, how can a glacier get so big? Why does it move? These are both good questions. In the winter months, precipitation falls as snow. This solid form of water builds up on the ground as long as the temperatures stay cold enough. As the temperature rises, the snow starts to melt. The frozen water changes state back into a liquid state. Nearer the poles, summer does not last very long. If the summer is long enough and warm enough, all the snow may melt. This is what typically happens now. The earth was a little cooler 12,000 years ago. As a result, during the summer months, that amount of snow did not melt. It may have only been an inch or so of snow that melted. The following winter, snow fell on top of this left-over snow. This next winters snowfall had a head start. Year after year, the snow that did not melt became thicker and thicker. Inch by inch the snow started to build up. Over many years, layer upon layer of snow compacted and turned to ice. <sep>How do glaciers form?<sep>Layer upon layer of snow compacted and turned to ice
Yes
Breathing is the process of moving air into and out of the lungs. The process depends on a muscle called the diaphragm. This is a large, sheet-like muscle below the lungs. Inhaling, or breathing in, occurs when the diaphragm muscle tightens. This increases the size of the chest. This too decreases air pressure inside the lungs. This action allows air and gases to enter the lungs. Exhaling, or breathing out, occurs when the diaphragm muscle relaxes. This decreases the size of the chest. This increases air pressure inside the lungs. This action allows for air to leave the lungs. When you inhale, air enters the respiratory system through your nose and ends up in your lungs, where gas exchange with the blood takes place. What happens to the air along the way? In the nose, mucus and hairs trap any dust or other particles in the air. The air is also warmed and moistened. Next, air passes through a passageway that is connected to the windpipe. The air then finds its way to the lungs. In the chest, the windpipe splits so that air enters both the right and left lung. <sep>What is happening when your chest increases in size while breathing?<sep>Blows air and gases to enter the lungs
Yes
What causes a change in motion? The application of a force. Any time an object changes motion, a force has been applied. In what ways can this happen? Force can cause an object at rest to start moving. Forces can cause objects to speed up or slow down. Forces can cause a moving object to stop. Forces can also cause a change in direction. In short, forces cause changes in motion. The moving object may change its speed, its direction, or both. We know that changes in motion require a force. We know that the size of the force determines the change in motion. How much an objects motion changes when a force is applied depends on two things. It depends on the strength of the force. It also depends on the objects mass. Think about some simple tasks you may regularly do. You may pick up a baseball. This requires only a very small force. <sep>What factors cause changes in motion of a moving object?<sep>The object's speed, direction, or both speed and direction
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IN: What happens next?
Four adults are sitting at a table in a kitchen. a man
OUT: drinks a cup of coffee.
IN: What happens next?
How to live life
Nurture the relationships in your life.
It can be easy to take the people we love for granted. Yes, friends and family are what get us through the tough times, but they are also there for the good times as well--the problem is that we don't always notice.
OUT: Show them in little ways that you care. Bring flowers for your mom when it's not her birthday.
IN: What happens next?
How to do the pretzel stretch
Do some split kicks.
Split kicks will help to warm up your muscles and loosen up your hamstrings. Focusing on one side at a time, kick your leg up into the air straight in front of you and moving in towards your face.
OUT: | Continue to kick your leg in this motion for about one minute and then switch to the other side. Kick to the side for t-kicks. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Add a location to your Tweets
When you tweet with a location, Twitter stores that location. You can switch location on/off before each Tweet and always have the option to delete your location history. Learn more ||||| Nick Saban is consistently ahead of the curve and should be used to blowback from critics that ofttimes include his peers, but apparently the Alabama head coach had heard enough about one particular issue.
Over the past month or so, it’s come to light that Saban had used some of his former players, including recent NFLers Trent Richardson and Blake Sims, as stand-ins on his scout team during practices. The usage of former players is permissible up to a certain point; specifically, NCAA Bylaw 14.2.1.6, which falls under the heading of practice requirement exceptions, states that “[a] former student at the certifying institution [e.g., former student-athlete] may participate in an organized practice session on an occasional basis, provided the institution does not publicize the participation of the former student at any time before the practice session.”
Saban’s counterparts in the SEC seemingly have no problem with the practice. One former SEC head coach, Ohio State’s Urban Meyer, was openly intrigued when informed about what Saban was doing and that the NCAA allows it.
There have been critics of Saban’s usage of former Tide players, chief among them Brian Kelly. “I think it’s absolutely ludicrous. Doesn’t sound like college football to me,” the Notre Dame head coach said late last week.
I don’t know if Kelly’s criticism was Saban’s tipping point, but the coach used his radio show Thursday night to express his frustrations over being criticized for something that’s well within the rules.
“Now everybody is complaining that we did it and they want to change the rule,” Saban said by way of al.com. “We didn’t break any rules. If they want to change the rule, they can change the rule. I don’t care what rules they change if it’s the same for everybody. I just wish people would quit complaining about what we do — that’s allowed by the rules — and why don’t they just do it. I hear this all the time. I hear this all the time.”
Like there was with those ‘ridiculous‘ satellite camps — remember those practices that were completely legal but Saban and others railed against? — expect there to be at least some discussion at multiple levels of the NCAA in the coming months regarding this issue. And perhaps, ultimately, some changes — as was eventually the case with satellite camps. ||||| Following prospects from high school to the pros lets our scouts see how players grow and get better. Here's how some top NFL prospects look then and now.
1 Related ||||| Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. |||||
| Steve Sarkisian has yet to coach a single football game at USC, but the new head coach is having a seriously awful preseason. Just after a star player fabricated a hero tale about himself, Trojans senior Anthony Brown has quit the team and taken to social media to call Sarkisian a "racist," reports NBC Sports. "It was like a slave master talking to his slave," Brown tells TMZ of a meeting with the coach. "Couldn't play for a racist man!!!!!!!!!!! #FightOn," Brown posted to Facebook, with similar comments appearing on Instagram and Twitter. The posts were later deleted, reports ESPN. A "shocked" Sarkisian says Brown's claims are "ridiculous," reports Scout.com. He says Brown got injured in training camp, and the team moved him from cornerback to running back at his request. "I wanted him to come back and play and he chose not to," Sarkisian says. The coach is getting support from at least one member of his team. "Coach Sark is a great person/Coach! Please disregard comments that have been made by someone," player Antwaun Woods tweeted yesterday. |
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Cara was feeling a little uneasy.
Working Out<br>Cara was a bit nervous today. She was going to the gym for the first time. She had just gotten her membership and was going to use it. Cara walked in ready to exercise. She got on a treadmill and began running. | Yes |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
The prevalence of sexual harassment has taken center stage in the wake of recently reported harassment and assault allegations involving well-known celebrities, politicians, and media figures. Yet with shocking, headline-worthy stories emerging almost daily, sexual harassment should not be mistaken as a problem limited to elite circles.
The actual data tell a different story about sexual harassment claims—in which they occur on a daily basis and across all industries. The vast majority of these claims occur out of the glare of the spotlight, where public scrutiny and attention is rare. Many women grapple with gender biases and power imbalances within their workplaces, making them targets for harassment or other forms of discrimination. Women of color, in particular, often must confront the combined impact of racial, ethnic, and gender prejudice that can result in degrading stereotypes about their sexual mores or availability and increase their risk of being harassed. Furthermore, women—particularly women of color—are more likely to work lower-wage jobs, where power imbalances are often more pronounced and where fears of reprisals or losing their jobs can deter victims from coming forward.
This column analyzes new, unpublished data on sexual harassment charges in the private sector filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over the past decade. The analysis shows the breadth of sexual harassment charges affecting both women and men in every industry and in every corner of the workforce. Specifically, the findings reveal:
More than one-quarter of sexual harassment charges were filed in industries with large numbers of service-sector workers, including many low-wage jobs that are often occupied by women.
Nearly three-quarters of sexual harassment charges include an allegation of retaliation either upon being filed or later on in an investigation, suggesting that many victims face retribution when they come forward.
Understanding the pervasiveness of sexual harassment is critical in order to identify and deploy effective strategies to combat discriminatory practices—such as the use of gender-based stereotypes or the exclusion of women from high-level positions—that can enable harassment to take root. Understanding of the scope of the problem is essential in order to target enforcement resources where they are most needed and for maximum impact.
Sexual harassment occurs across all industries
Individuals alleging sexual harassment can file a charge with the EEOC—the federal agency responsible for enforcing critical employment discrimination laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Most sexual harassment charges are filed under Title VII, which prohibits discrimination in employment based on factors such as sex, race, or national origin. Nearly one-third of the more than 90,000 charges filed with the EEOC in fiscal year 2016 involved a claim of some form of harassment—almost half of which involved sex-based harassment.
The number of private-sector sexual harassment charges filed with the EEOC each year offers useful insight into industry differences and from where claims arise. Based on an analysis of unpublished data from fiscal years 2005 through 2015, the EEOC received more than 85,000 charges alleging sexual harassment. Of these charges, nearly half—48.3 percent—include a designation indicating the specific industry in which the charges occurred. This industry-specific sample provides a representative snapshot of the differences in sexual harassment charges across industries over the 10-year period. (see Figure 1)
The largest number of claims were found in the accommodation and food services industry, followed by retail trade, manufacturing, and health care industries. (see Figure 2)
Accommodation and food services
The accommodation and food services industry—including full-service restaurants, fast-food restaurants, coffee shops, recreational facilities, inns, hotels, and other hospitality establishments—accounted for 14.2 percent of the sexual harassment claims filed. Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that women represent the majority of workers in the accommodation and food services industry, often in lower-paying jobs such as food servers and preparers.
The data on sexual harassment claims are bolstered by other research documenting long-standing concerns regarding its prevalence within this industry. For instance, a recent survey of fast-food workers found that two-thirds of female workers and more than half of male workers had experienced sexual harassment from restaurant management; nearly 80 percent of women and 70 percent of men reported sexual harassment from co-workers; and nearly 80 percent of women and 55 percent of men experienced some form of sexual harassment from customers. In addition, a Hart Research Associates survey found that 40 percent of women working in the fast-food industry had experienced some form of sexual harassment.
Retail trade
The retail trade industry, which accounted for 13.4 percent of the EEOC’s sexual harassment claims, includes businesses that engage in a variety of consumer sales such as department stores, grocery stores, florists, gas stations, drug stores, gift shops, office supply stores, and other retail establishments. Similar to in the food services industry, many of the jobs in retail trade—such as cashiers and sales clerks—are low-paying and occupied predominantly by women. Overall, more than one-quarter of sexual harassment claims arose in these two industries—both of which contain large numbers of service-sector jobs.
Manufacturing
In contrast to accommodations and food services and retail trade, women represent a much smaller percentage of the workforce in the manufacturing industry. Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that women represent just under 30 percent of workers in the manufacturing industry. Because many manufacturing jobs—such as machinists and craft workers—have long been male-dominated, women who enter the field may lack power or be seen as outsiders, thus making them targets for harassment.
Health care and social assistance
The health care and social assistance industry includes a range of jobs—from registered nurses to medical assistants to child care workers—many of which are predominantly occupied by women. Some of these jobs are also low-paying, which can add to the economic stress of workers who rely on their jobs to make ends meet. For instance, the overwhelming majority of home health aides are women—at 89 percent—and more than half are people of color. These workers, who typically provide in-home care for low wages, often work in individualized settings where they can become isolated and vulnerable to exploitation.
Most charges are filed by women
Over the EEOC’s 10-year time period, women reported the vast majority of sexual harassment charges at 80 percent—more than 68,000 charges. Clearly, women continue to confront much of the alleged harassment that occurs in the workplace. The data show, however, that men experience workplace sexual harassment as well. These data reinforce the need for both employers and employees to undertake comprehensive education and training in order to convey the pervasiveness of sexual harassment that occurs, regardless of gender.
The majority of charges filed include allegations of retaliation
Additional unpublished data on sexual harassment charges from fiscal years 2016 and 2017 reveal that allegations of sexual harassment are often coupled with allegations of retaliation. (see Table 1) For example, in FY 2016, approximately 72 percent of sexual harassment charges filed included a charge of retaliation. Similarly, in FY 2017, retaliation allegations were included in 71 percent of sexual harassment charges.
These data suggest that sexual harassment complainants are often targeted for retribution or other adverse conduct, perhaps due to efforts at intimidation or to dissuade them from complaining. This suggests the need for greater attention to the implementation strategies of sexual harassment policies in the workplace as well as for stronger disciplinary or accountability measures specifically aimed at retaliatory conduct.
Conclusion
Sexual harassment is a persistent problem in the workplace and one that affects people across industries and at every level. To combat it, it is essential to have a clear understanding of where problems are most likely to occur as well as to undertake robust measures to target discriminatory practices. This includes creating a sound infrastructure to counter workplace sexual harassment, starting with enforcing strong leadership from the top; communicating clear policies; conducting comprehensive training with supervisors and staff; establishing an internal reporting mechanism that operates with integrity; and imposing strong disciplinary measures when appropriate. It also requires vigorous efforts to combat retaliation and improve enforcement through measures such as collecting more extensive data on trends across industries. Most importantly, it is crucial to devote special resources that root out harassment—especially in lower-wage occupations, where significant power imbalances can often inhibit workers’ ability to speak out against their harassers. Reducing the pervasiveness of sexual harassment in the workplace requires intentional and concrete action at every level and across every industry.
Jocelyn Frye is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. ||||| (CNN) Thousands of unionized hotel and casino workers in Las Vegas are ready to go on strike for the first time in more than three decades.
About 25,000 members of the Culinary Union voted Tuesday to authorize a citywide strike in Las Vegas unless they reach a contract deal with their employers by June 1, union spokeswoman Bethany Khan said.
The contracts of 50,000 workers, including bartenders, guest room attendants, cocktail servers, porters and cooks at 34 casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown Las Vegas are set to expire May 31.
The workers eligible for the strike are about half of the hospitality employee population in the city, Khan said.
Workers are looking to protect their jobs, health care and benefits, according to Khan. Union officials are also negotiating for stronger contracts that will give workers greater protections when it comes to sexual harassment and immigration.
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| Stanley Cup fans headed for Las Vegas might want to bring along some box lunches and extra sheets. The Culinary Union, which is the largest labor union in Las Vegas, has voted to strike as early as June 1 if major resorts fail to agree on a new five-year contract. Their current contract is set to expire May 31, reports CNN. The union represents 50,000 bartenders, servers, cooks, and housekeepers at nearly three dozen resorts. MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment operate more than half of the properties that would be affected by a strike, reports the Las Vegas Sun. The union is asking for higher wages, worker protections against the growing reliance on technology at resorts, and stronger protections against sexual harassment. Hotel and food workers are particularly vulnerable to sexual harassment, one union official told the Washington Post. They file three times more harassment complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission than employees in higher-paying fields, according to an analysis by the Center for American Progress. “We want casinos to enforce zero tolerance of harassment by guests and high-rollers and VIP clientele,” says one union communications official. The last Culinary Union strike in Las Vegas occurred in 1984 when about 15,000 workers walked off their jobs. It lasted two months and cost an estimated $75 million in wages and benefits. The outcome of strike negotiations is of particular interest to Las Vegas-bound fans of the fledgling Vegas Golden Knights. The Knights are slated to play in the Stanley Cup Finals in early June—quite an accomplishment for a team in its first year, notes the Sun. |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Ex Input:
Spain's Golden Age: Under Ferdinand and Isabella, Spain underwent a dramatic transformation. In 1492 the royal pair presided over the final conquest over the Moors and discovery of the New World, including the great wealth that feat brought to Spain. Spain flourished during a Golden Age, a century of Spanish economic and political supremacy in international affairs, accompanied by marvels of art and literature. Ferdinand and Isabella were consummate Spaniards, committed to the expansion of the crown. By contrast, their grandson, who assumed the throne in 1516, was born in Flanders in 1500, and Charles I could barely express himself in Spanish. The first of the Habsburgs, he packed his retinue with Burgundian and Flemish nobles. Soon after his arrival in Spain, the young man inherited the title of Holy Roman Emperor, as Charles V. The responsibilities of the crown kept him busy away from the royal residences of Toledo, Segovia, Valladolid, and Madrid. While the monarch was away on one of his many business trips, his increasingly dissatisfied subjects protested violently. A revolt of the comuneros, or townsmen, broke out in a number of Spanish cities, including Madrid. The rebels occupied the alcázar, which had by then been converted to a royal palace. The insurrection was quashed and its leaders executed, but the king got the message. He tried thereafter to pay more attention to his Spanish constituency. <sep>Who were the grandparents of the individual that assumed the throne in 1516?<sep>Donnie and marie
Ex Output:
No
Ex Input:
Relying on an animal to come by is risky. A flower may have to wait a long time for the right animals to come by. What if one never passes close enough to the flower? Hoping the wind will blow is also risky for a plant. What if the wind does not blow? What if the blowing pollen does not land on another flower? The wind could even blow the pollen over the ocean where it is wasted. Giving free nectar is costly. It is not a good use of the plants energy. A plant uses a lot of energy to produce nectar. Some animals may just drink the nectar. They may not carry off any pollen in return. To improve their chances, plants evolved special traits. For example, they developed ways to hide their nectar. Only certain animals were able to get at the plants hidden nectar. These specific animals might be more likely to visit only flowers of the same species. This was also a benefit for some animals. Animals also evolved special traits to get to the nectar. <sep>What do some plants provide that entices animals to visit them?<sep>Photosynthesis
Ex Output:
No
Ex Input:
Albanian was proved to be an Indo-European language in 1854 by the German philologist Franz Bopp. The Albanian language comprises its own branch of the Indo-European language family. Some scholars believe that Albanian derives from Illyrian while others claim that it derives from Daco-Thracian. (Illyrian and Daco-Thracian, however, might have been closely related languages; see Thraco-Illyrian.) Establishing longer relations, Albanian is often compared to Balto-Slavic on the one hand and Germanic on the other, both of which share a number of isoglosses with Albanian. Moreover, Albanian has undergone a vowel shift in which stressed, long o has fallen to a, much like in the former and opposite the latter. Likewise, Albanian has taken the old relative jos and innovatively used it exclusively to qualify adjectives, much in the way Balto-Slavic has used this word to provide the definite ending of adjectives. The cultural renaissance was first of all expressed through the development of the Albanian language in the area of church texts and publications, mainly of the Catholic region in the North, but also of the Orthodox in the South. The Protestant reforms invigorated hopes for the development of the local language and literary tradition when cleric Gjon Buzuku brought into the Albanian language the Catholic liturgy, trying to do for the Albanian language what Luther did for German. <sep>What are some reasons for uses of the Albanian language?<sep>Old relative jos
Ex Output:
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Teacher: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: Russian Revolution
Reason: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Now, solve this instance: How did the Dalit Buddhist movement become?, Context: A number of modern movements or tendencies in Buddhism emerged during the second half of the 20th Century, including the Dalit Buddhist movement (also sometimes called 'neo-Buddhism'), Engaged Buddhism, and the further development of various Western Buddhist traditions.
Student: | modern movements or tendencies in Buddhism |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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: 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.
Output: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
New input case for you: Mal de debarquement (or mal de débarquement) syndrome (MdDS, or common name disembarkment syndrome) is a neurological condition usually occurring after a cruise, aircraft flight, or other sustained motion event. The phrase ``mal de débarquement'' is French and translates to ``illness of disembarkation''. MdDS is typically diagnosed by a neurologist or an ear nose & throat specialist when a person reports a persistent rocking, swaying, or bobbing feeling (though they are not necessarily rocking). This usually follows a cruise or other motion experience. Because most vestibular testing proves to be negative, doctors may be baffled as they attempt to diagnose the syndrome. A major diagnostic indicator is that most patients feel better while driving or riding in a car, i.e.: while in passive motion. MdDS is unexplained by structural brain or inner ear pathology and most often corresponds with a motion trigger, although it can occur spontaneously. This differs from the very common condition of ``land sickness'' that most people feel for a short time after a motion event such as a boat cruise, aircraft ride, or even a treadmill routine which may only last minutes to a few hours. The syndrome has recently received increased attention due to the number of people presenting with the condition and more scientific research has commenced to determine what triggers MdDS and how to cure it.
Output: | is it normal to have motion sickness after a cruise? |
Teacher: 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".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Solution: No
Reason: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Now, solve this instance: The Earth is tilted 23 1/2 on its axis. This means that as the Earth rotates, one hemisphere has longer days with shorter nights. At the same time the other hemisphere has shorter days and longer nights. For example, in the Northern hemisphere summer begins on June 21. On this date, the North Pole is pointed directly toward the Sun. This is the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The South Pole is pointed The hemisphere that is tilted away from the Sun is cooler because it receives fewer direct rays. As Earth orbits the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere goes from winter to spring, then summer and fall. The Southern Hemisphere does the opposite from summer to fall to winter to spring. When it is winter in the Northern hemisphere, it is summer in the Southern hemisphere, and vice versa. What does this mean for you? If you live in North America, July 1 is usually a very warm day. If you traveled to Southern Australia, you would need a heavy coat. At the equator, the seasons never change. As a result, the average daily temperatures remain the same. There is no summer and winter as we know them. <sep>What does the Earth's tilt mean?<sep>It means the earth is flat.
Student: | No |
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: In business, net income (total comprehensive income, net earnings, net profit, informally, bottom line) is an entity's income minus cost of goods sold, expenses and taxes for an accounting period. It is computed as the residual of all revenues and gains over all expenses and losses for the period, and has also been defined as the net increase in shareholders' equity that results from a company's operations. In the context of the presentation of financial statements, the IFRS Foundation defines net income as synonymous with profit and loss.
A: | is net earning the same as net income? |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: What is the acronym for The National Historical Publications and Records Commission?, Context: The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)—the agency's grant-making arm—awards funds to state and local governments, public and private archives, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit organizations to preserve and publish historical records. Since 1964, the NHPRC has awarded some 4,500 grants.
Output: | NHPRC |
Teacher:You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced (bɛʁˈliːnɐ ˈmaʊ̯ɐ) ( listen)) was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from virtually all of surrounding East Germany and East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989. Its demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and finished in 1992. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the ``death strip'') that contained anti-vehicle trenches, ``fakir beds'' and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the ``will of the people'' in building a socialist state in East Germany.
Student: | did the berlin wall go all around west berlin? |
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.
A businessman and former chairman of a major Egyptian bank charged with sexually abusing a housekeeper at a luxury Manhattan hotel is being held on $25,000 bail and has been ordered to hand over his passport because he is considered a flight risk.
Egyptian businessman Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar waits to be arraigned at Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. The former chairman of one of Egypt's major banks was arrested on charges... (Associated Press)
Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar is arraigned at Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. The former chairman of one of Egypt's major banks was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a maid... (Associated Press)
Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar is arraigned at Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. The former chairman of one of Egypt's major banks was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a maid... (Associated Press)
Map locates The Pierre where an Egyptian businessman is accused of sexually abusing a hotel maid, also locates Sofitel Hotel where Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of attempted rape (Associated Press)
A man walks in front of The Pierre hotel Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria, was arrested on Monday and is accused of sexually... (Associated Press)
FILE - A Nov. 27, 1968 file photo shows the Exterior of the Pierre Hotel at 61st and 5th Avenue in New York. Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria and durrently an... (Associated Press)
In this photo taken Thursday, July 15, 2010, Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, Chairman of the Egyptian state-run salt production company El-Mex Salines Co., and former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria,... (Associated Press)
Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar is arraigned at Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. The former chairman of one of Egypt's major banks was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a maid... (Associated Press)
Traffic passes in front of The Pierre hotel Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria, was arrested on Monday and is accused of sexually... (Associated Press)
Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar is arraigned at Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. The former chairman of one of Egypt's major banks was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a maid... (Associated Press)
In this photo taken July 15, 2010, Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, chairman of the Egyptian state-run salt production company El-Mex Salines Co., and former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria, is seen... (Associated Press)
A man walks in to The Pierre hotel Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria, was arrested on Monday and is accused of sexually abusing... (Associated Press)
Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar is arraigned at Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. The former chairman of one of Egypt's major banks was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a maid... (Associated Press)
Egyptian businessman Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar is arraigned at Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in New York. The former chairman of one of Egypt's major banks was arrested on charges of... (Associated Press)
In this frame grab from video released by WABC-TV7 via APTN, Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, center, former chairman of the Bank of Alexandria, one of Egypt's major banks, is escorted Monday, May 30, 2011,... (Associated Press)
Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, wearing glasses and a suit, was arraigned just before midnight on Tuesday in Manhattan. Authorities say the businessman, who is in his 70s, attacked a maid at The Pierre hotel, near Central Park and Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side.
He was arraigned on two counts of sexual abuse and forcible touching.
His lawyer, Liz Beal, told the court that her client "adamantly denies the charges against him."
"He realizes these are very, very serious charges, and he denies them. He wants to fight this case," said Beal, a Legal Aid attorney who said she was representing Omar at his first court appearance and that he would seek private counsel.
Beal said Omar expected to post bail as quickly as possible.
Prosecutors called the prominent businessman an obvious flight risk. Judge Gerald Lebovits ordered Omar to surrender his travel documents.
Omar's arrest came little more than two weeks after then-International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged with sexually assaulting a maid at a different Manhattan hotel. Strauss-Kahn, who has since resigned from his IMF post, denies the allegations. He is under house arrest as he awaits trial.
In Omar's case, authorities say the maid was called to his room Sunday evening to drop off tissues. District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said that when the victim entered the room, the defendant grabbed her in a bear hug and kissed her on the lips and neck and told her repeatedly that he liked her, before grabbing her breasts.
The prosecutor said the maid tried to get away, but that he grabbed her in a second bear hug, grinding his groin against her leg. She broke away again, and the prosecutor said the defendant then squeezed her buttocks.
The maid told her superiors that she was assaulted that night, but they said it was best to wait until the following morning to report it to the security director, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The director called police Monday morning.
Officers canvassed the hotel room and the area around the hotel but didn't locate Omar. They returned about two hours later and found him in the lobby of The Pierre, where they arrested him at about 11 a.m., the official said, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that The Pierre will supply panic buttons for all of the hotel's room attendants.
Pierre spokeswoman Nora Walsh told the newspaper the alarms will be made available as soon as a system can be put in place.
Omar chairs the board of the El-Mex Salines Co., a state-run salt production company, where he has worked since 2009, according to his attorney. She said he also had been a professor for seven years at the University of Alexandria. His biography on his company's site says he's a former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria, of the Egyptian American Bank and of the Federation of Egyptian Banks.
The defense attorney said Omar had come to New York to receive an award from the salt industry on behalf of his company and had planned to travel to Boston to sign a contract related to the award.
His attorney said he had been married for 48 years and has two adult children and grandchildren. She said he is 72; police previously said he was 74.
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said detectives found the complainant to be credible. He refused to comment on the nature of the attack and would not say whether Omar had made any statements to officials when he was arrested. ||||| The supervisor of a housekeeper at the Pierre hotel was suspended on Tuesday after she failed to report to the police the housekeeper’s complaint that she was sexually assaulted by a prominent Egyptian businessman, causing a 15-hour delay in the investigation.
The suspension came as the Pierre and the Sofitel New York, where a sexual assault involving another international figure was alleged to have occurred, made new commitments to improve safety measures for their workers.
The Egyptian businessman, Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar, was arraigned just before midnight on Tuesday on charges that he sexually abused a 44-year-old housekeeper who brought tissues to his room at his request. Once she was inside the room, Mr. Omar grabbed her breasts, the police said. At the arraignment, the prosecutor, Nicole Blumberg, offered more details. She said Mr. Omar grabbed the victim several times, kissed her on the neck and lips, and “grinded his groin against her legs.”
The judge set bail for Mr. Omar at $25,000 cash or a $50,000 bond.
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Liz Beal, a lawyer who represented Mr. Omar at the arraignment, said she he expected him to post the bail on Wednesday. She said he “adamantly denies the charges.”
The new allegations have eerie parallels to the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, who was arrested and charged with an attack at the Sofitel a little more than two weeks ago.
The arrests have prompted the hotel industry to consider new safety rules and training. Both the Pierre and the Sofitel said on Tuesday that they would purchase panic buttons that hotel workers would carry to rooms with them. If pushed, the buttons would immediately alert hotel security.
The attack at the Pierre occurred about 6 p.m. Sunday in Room 1027, the police said. The police were called on Monday morning, and investigators found Mr. Omar, 74, in the lobby of the hotel, according to a law enforcement official.
“Experienced N.Y.P.D. detectives have found the complainant to be credible, and that has not changed,” said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman.
Immediately after the attack, the housekeeper went to her supervisor, said John Turchiano, a spokesman for the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council. The supervisor recorded the complaint in a log book, but did not notify law enforcement, he said. The following day, a manager saw the note in the log book and called the police, Mr. Turchiano said.
The police charged Mr. Omar with sexual abuse, unlawful imprisonment, forcible touching and harassment.
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In response to inquiries about the delay in calling the police, a spokeswoman for the Pierre released a statement saying, “A procedure for swift reporting is in place, and we are investigating the situation right now for an answer to this question.”
Mr. Omar is chairman of the board of the El-Mex Salines Company, a salt-production business based in Alexandria, Egypt, that claims on its Web site to be the largest of its kind in the Middle East.
In 2000, Mr. Omar was elected chairman of the Egyptian Bank Federation, according to an article in Business Today.
Both Mr. Omar and Mr. Strauss-Kahn are wealthy and powerful and were staying in luxurious hotels. Their cases have raised larger questions about the safety of housekeepers who are in rooms by themselves. Mr. Strauss-Kahn was accused of trying to rape a housekeeper who came to clean his suite and then forcing her to perform oral sex.
After Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s arrest, Assemblyman Rory I. Lancman and other legislators proposed a bill that would require hotels to provide the panic buttons to workers who regularly enter rooms. The devices come with about a $20-a-month monitoring fee, Mr. Lancman said.
The Pierre had already convened new training sessions for its room attendants before the alleged attack Sunday, the hotel said in a statement. The hotel encourages its staff members to leave a room if they feel uncomfortable or unsafe, according to the statement.
The union contract for hotel workers expires in a year, Mr. Turchiano said, and safety issues will be front and center in the negotiations.
“We want our members to be safe,” he said of the union, which has 29,000 members in about 200 hotels citywide.
Mr. Turchiano said he had not yet seen a rise in the willingness of hotel workers to come forward with sexual assault allegations as a result of these high-profile cases. “Our members,” he said, “I think they know that we will always back them up.” |||||
Output: | We'll call them DSK buttons: Maids at two ritzy Manhattan hotels will soon carry panic buttons so they can alert others when they're in danger, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move comes after a second high-profile assault case, this one involving 74-year-old Egyptian business executive Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar. He is being held on $25,000 bail and had to hand over his passport, notes AP. The Pierre hotel also has suspended the maid's supervisor for not immediately reporting the Omar incident, reports the New York Times. "Let everybody in the world traveling to New York know that when they stay in a hotel room, the person cleaning that room is armed with a button that they can immediately press if you're stupid enough to get inappropriate," says the president of the New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council. The union hopes to make panic buttons mandatory at all hotels in the city. Click to read about Dominique Strauss-Kahn's likely legal strategy of blame-the-maid. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
[EX Q]: National identity cards are issued to their citizens by the governments of all European Union member states except Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and also by Liechtenstein and Switzerland (the latter not formally part of the EEA). Citizens holding a national identity card, which states EEA or Swiss citizenship, can not only use it as an identity document within their home country, but also as a travel document to exercise the right of free movement in the EEA and Switzerland. Identity cards that do not state EEA or Swiss citizenship, including national identity cards issued to residents who are not citizens, are not valid as a travel document within the EEA and Switzerland.
[EX A]: can you travel in eu with id card?
[EX Q]: Devil May Cry 5 is an upcoming action-adventure hack and slash video game developed and published by Capcom. It is a continuation of the mainline series which began with Devil May Cry in 2001, to its most recent entry Devil May Cry 4, which was released in 2008.
[EX A]: is devil may cry 5 after devil may cry 2?
[EX Q]: In geometry, parallel lines are lines in a plane which do not meet; that is, two lines in a plane that do not intersect or touch each other at any point are said to be parallel. By extension, a line and a plane, or two planes, in three-dimensional Euclidean space that do not share a point are said to be parallel. However, two lines in three-dimensional space which do not meet must be in a common plane to be considered parallel; otherwise they are called skew lines. Parallel planes are planes in the same three-dimensional space that never meet.
[EX A]: | can a plane be parallel to a line?
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: What fact makes the idea of the movement possible?, Context: During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal probably crossed the Alps with an army numbering 38,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry, and 37 war elephants. This was one of the most celebrated achievements of any military force in ancient warfare, although no evidence exists of the actual crossing or the place of crossing. The Romans, however, had built roads along the mountain passes, which continued to be used through the medieval period to cross the mountains and Roman road markers can still be found on the mountain passes.
A: | The Romans, however, had built roads along the mountain passes |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Which of the following is not someone's last name: von Kleist, Leyden or van Musschenbroek?, Context: In October 1745, Ewald Georg von Kleist of Pomerania, Germany, found that charge could be stored by connecting a high-voltage electrostatic generator by a wire to a volume of water in a hand-held glass jar. Von Kleist's hand and the water acted as conductors, and the jar as a dielectric (although details of the mechanism were incorrectly identified at the time). Von Kleist found that touching the wire resulted in a powerful spark, much more painful than that obtained from an electrostatic machine. The following year, the Dutch physicist Pieter van Musschenbroek invented a similar capacitor, which was named the Leyden jar, after the University of Leiden where he worked. He also was impressed by the power of the shock he received, writing, "I would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France."
Output: | Leyden |
Definition: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter sun (December, January, February) rises in the southeast, transits the celestial meridian at a low angle in the south (more than 43° above the southern horizon in the tropics), and then sets in the southwest. It is on the south (equator) side of the house all day long. A vertical window facing south (equator side) is effective for capturing solar thermal energy. For comparison, the winter sun in the Southern Hemisphere (June, July, August) rises in the northeast, peaks out at a low angle in the north (more than halfway up from the horizon in the tropics), and then sets in the northwest. There, the north-facing window would let in plenty of solar thermal energy to the house.
Output: | does the sun rise in the west in the northern hemisphere? |
Definition: 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.
Input: The Austrian school year for primary and secondary schools is split into two terms, the first one starts on the first Monday in September in the states of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland and on the second Monday of September in Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Most schools have holidays between the national holiday on October 26 and All Souls Day on November 2, but those are unofficial holidays not observed by all schools in Austria. Christmas holidays start on December 24 and end on the first weekday after January 6. The first term ends in Vienna and Lower Austria on the first Friday of February, in Burgenland, Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg on the second Friday of February and in Upper Austria and Styria on the third Friday of February.
Output: | when does the school year start in austria |
Instructions: 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.
Input: 'Video Killed the Radio Star' is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1978. It was first recorded by Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) for their album English Garden, and later by British group the Buggles, consisting of Horn and Downes. The track was recorded and mixed in 1979, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979 by Island Records, and included on their first album The Age of Plastic. The backing track was recorded at Virgin's Town House in West London, and mixing and vocal recording would later take place at Sarm East Studios.
Output: | who sang the original video killed the radio star |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
"ISIL presents a serious threat to Iran as it does to every other state in the region," Harf said, using a common acronym for Islamic State. "It is not a secret that we have had discussions with Iran about the counter-ISIL efforts in Iraq on the margins of our P5+1 talks on the nuclear issue. ... But we are not and will not coordinate militarily." ||||| Foreign ministers from more than 30 countries, including Persian Gulf Arab states, are in Paris to discuss broad political, security and humanitarian aspects of tackling the Islamic State. (Reuters)
Foreign ministers from more than 30 countries, including Persian Gulf Arab states, are in Paris to discuss broad political, security and humanitarian aspects of tackling the Islamic State. (Reuters)
Iran on Monday spurned an American request for cooperation in the fight against Islamic State militants, but the United States said the door remains open to a rare opportunity to make common cause with its principal adversary in the Middle East.
Iran’s rebuff came as world powers meeting in the French capital agreed to use “any means necessary” to combat the militant force surging in Iraq and Syria.
Diplomats from 26 nations and several international organizations began dividing responsibilities for what U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry said will be an expanded international military, diplomatic and law enforcement assault on the group.
“It’s not the Iraq war of 2003,” Kerry told reporters Monday. “We’re not building a military coalition for an invasion. We’re building a military coalition, together with all the other pieces, for a transformation.”
The sudden rise of the Islamic State has not only rearranged old rivalries and alliances but also eclipsed Syria’s civil war and Iraq’s sectarian fragmentation as the most pressing threat in the Middle East.
Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at an international conference in Paris to determine a response to the growing threat posed by the Islamic State. (Brendan Smialowski/AP)
The notion that the United States might find its concerns shared by foes Iran and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is startling, as is the emerging partnership between Saudi Arabia, the spiritual center of Sunni Islam, and Shiite-led Iraq.
Kerry noted Monday that the support building for Iraq as it confronts the militants would have been unthinkable only a few months ago.
As the Paris talks opened — without representatives from Iran or Syria — French fighter jets flew a reconnaissance mission over Iraq.
France is alone in publicly offering to join the United States in flying bombing missions against Islamic State targets in Iraq, but Arab states have signaled willingness behind the scenes.
The goal is to back up Iraqi ground forces trying to reverse the militant gains in western and northern Iraq. A statement from the diplomats in Paris made no mention of Syria, where the militants have carved out a haven in the midst of the country’s war.
In a show of support for Iraq’s new leadership, the conference participants pledged to expunge the militants from territory seized in Iraq “by any means necessary, including appropriate military assistance.”
Iran played spoiler. Its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, tweeted his disdain for the international effort and revealed a back-channel U.S. offer of unspecified cooperation against the militants. Khamenei said Iran rejected the U.S. request because of Washington’s “evil intentions,” the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Many Iraqis say they are hopeful about a one-day conference aimed at attacking the threat from Islamic State militants. (Reuters)
The Reuters news agency quoted Khamenei as telling Iran’s state television that the U.S. request was “hollow and self-serving,” echoing Iran’s claims that Western nations are seeking to expand their influence in the region as part of the campaign against the Islamic State.
The United States did not deny the outreach to Iran and said discussions with Tehran will continue — underscoring Iran’s influence in the region as well as the political complexities of bringing the Shiite powerhouse into the emerging international alliance against the Islamic State.
“I’m just going to hold open the possibility always of having a discussion that had the possibility of being constructive,” Kerry said, without providing substantive details about the U.S. request. “I’m not going to get into a back-and-forth.”
By going public with the U.S. offer Monday, Iran appeared to close off the possibility of cooperation against the militants for now.
However, Iran has sent its allied Shiite militias in Iraq to fight with Western-backed Kurds against the Islamic State. Iran’s Shiite theocracy considers the Sunni militants a challenge to Iraq’s majority Shiites — whose political parties have close ties to Tehran — and a destabilizing force against Assad, Iran’s other main regional ally.
Although details of the U.S.-Iranian discussion remain vague, it appears to have been an offer of behind-the-scenes cooperation rather than a public partnership.
Any public cooperation with Iran would doom the emerging alliance between Iraq and Sunni Arab states in the Persian Gulf region and elsewhere that had feuded with Nouri al-Maliki, the former Iraqi prime minister. The Sunni states regard Iran with deep suspicion and considered Maliki, a Shiite partisan with strong ties to Tehran, as a pawn of Iran.
France had wanted to invite Iran to the talks, but the United States resisted the move.
The United States is trying to stitch together a diverse alliance against the Islamic State and overcome reluctance among many states to intervene in any way in the Syrian conflict, now in its fourth year. Nearly 200,000 people have died in the Syrian fighting, according to the United Nations.
Kerry said Monday that Saudi King Abdullah had told him that if Iran attended Monday’s session, the Saudis would boycott. The United Arab Emirates had drawn the same line, Kerry said.
As the international efforts gathered steam, the leader of a key Iran-linked militia in Iraq pledged Monday to pull back from any area where U.S. forces intervene, including with possible aerial attacks.
Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said his forces would pull out of any area where the United States launches attacks, “whether by land or sea, directly or indirectly.” His forces waged fierce battles against U.S. troops in the years after the American-led 2003 invasion.
Opening the Paris conference, French President François Hollande said the threat from global militancy requires a coordinated and international response. France is among the European nations deeply alarmed by the flow of radicalized young men who have traveled from Europe to fight in Syria and who could seek to return home.
The meeting came at the end of Kerry’s week-long tour of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey. The trip sought to frame the division of labor for a wider assault on the Islamic State, with the U.S. military and Iraqi forces playing the central roles.
On Sunday, U.S. officials said Arab states have volunteered to launch airstrikes alongside U.S. planes. But they stressed that such an expansion was still under discussion and subject to review by Iraq.
Officials from the region said the volunteers included Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and others whose leaders had been waiting to hear from the administration that it has a viable plan and is prepared to follow through with it.
The United Arab Emirates and Qatar conducted strikes during the 2011 air campaign in Libya. Qatar’s role is not entirely clear now, though it is helping train Syrian rebels, as is Jordan.
Saudi Arabia is also expected to participate in expanded training of the rebels fighting the Islamic State and Assad. The Saudis have been pressing the United States to accede to Syrian rebels’ long-standing requests for surface-to-air antiaircraft weapons, which could be a game-changer for the chronically underequipped opposition forces, but the Obama administration has refused.
The U.S. decision to confront the militants, first in Iraq and eventually in Syria, also benefits Assad, although U.S. officials insist they will act only in their own interests.
Kerry ruled out coordination with Syria.
Brian Murphy in Washington and Loveday Morris in Baghdad contributed to this report. ||||| Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks live on television after casting his ballot in the Iranian presidential election in Tehran June 12, 2009.
DUBAI Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday he had vetoed a U.S. invitation to cooperate in fighting Islamic State, but Washington insisted it would not coordinate militarily with Iran against the militants.
“The American ambassador in Iraq asked our ambassador (in Iraq) for a session to discuss coordinating a fight against Daesh (Islamic State),” said Khamenei, in quotes carried on state news agency IRNA.
“Our ambassador in Iraq reflected this to us, which was welcomed by some (Iranian) officials, but I was opposed. I saw no point in cooperating with a country whose hands are dirty and intentions murky."
He said it was Iran’s choice not to work with the country the Islamic Republic has traditionally called the Great Satan, having also refused similar overtures to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputy Abbas Araqchi.
Khamenei rejected recent comments by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Washington was opposed to any Iranian role in a international coalition against Islamic State.
“Now they (the U.S) are lying, in saying that it is them who excluded us from their coalition, while it was Iran that refused to participate in this collation to begin with,” said Khamenei, 75, who left hospital on Monday following prostate surgery.
In Paris, a conference opened on Monday to discuss how to curb the jihadist movement that has seized a third of Iraq and Syria. Iran was not represented.
Khamenei questioned U.S. resolve in fighting Islamic State, which has captured tracts of land in Syria and Iraq and has become the most potent opposition to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, an ally of Iran's.
"American officials' comments on forming an anti-Islamic State (alliance) are blank, hollow and self-serving, and contradictions in their behaviors and statements attest to this fact," said Khamenei.
Khamenei said Washington wanted in Iraq what it had in Pakistan -- "a playground where they can enter freely and bomb at will".
"The Americans should keep in mind that if they go ahead with such a thing, then the same problems that they faced in Iraq in the past 10 years will come back," he said, referring to years of conflict between U.S. forces and an array of armed Iraqi groups.
(Reporting by Mehrdad Balali; writing by Matt Smith; editing by William Maclean and Andrew Roche) |||||
| Iran wants the world to know that the United States came knocking—and it didn't answer the door. Though it was previously reported that John Kerry had barred the country from joining a coalition formed to combat the self-proclaimed Islamic State, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today said that it was Iran who turned America down. "They are lying," he said, per Reuters. As for how it went down, Khamenei says the American ambassador in Iraq asked the Iranian ambassador in Iraq "for a session to discuss coordinating a fight against" ISIS. And while some Iranian officials were receptive to the idea, "I was opposed," Khamenei said. "I saw no point in cooperating with a country whose hands are dirty and intentions murky." Further, Khamenei said Kerry "personally" made a request for cooperation to Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, reports the Los Angeles Times. The Washington Post reports that the US did not deny making the appeal, but notes that details remain murky, and that the offer appears to have been one intending to establish "behind-the-scenes cooperation rather than [a] public partnership." A rep for the State Department did make clear that the US has no intention of coordinating militarily with Iran. |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
The Colorado Department of Corrections on Wednesday said James Holmes, sentenced to life in prison for murdering 12 people and wounding dozens of others, has been transferred to federal prison.
“The State sought to place the inmate in the Federal System several months ago, but placement required finding space at a facility that could provide appropriate security,” the department said in a news release. “That space recently became available and the move to the Federal prison was secured.”
Late Wednesday, the federal Bureau of Prisons had not announced where Holmes was transferred. Early Thursday morning, Holmes’ location was updated to USP Allenwood, a high-security federal prison in Pennsylvania, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate tracker.
Holmes, who is serving 12 consecutive life sentences plus more than 3,000 years extra, was transferred out of state in January 2016, a few months after he was attacked at a maximum-security prison in Colorado in an incident that also injured a guard.
Holmes was sentenced in August 2015 for the Aurora theater shooting.
Holmes was housed at the Colorado State Penitentiary, where he was assaulted on Oct. 8, 2015. After moving Holmes out of state, Colorado prison officials refused to disclose where he was being held, causing public controversy and deep concern for survivors and their families.
In June 2016, after two hours of debate, the Department of Public Safety’s Victims Rights Act Subcommittee split 3-3 over whether the Colorado corrections was breaking the law by refusing to tell theater shooting victims of Holmes’ location. The deadlock kept the secretive location at status quo.
At that point, state prison officials would say only that Holmes had been moved to an out-of-state prison to protect his and correctional officers’ safety.
Theresa Hoover, mother of Alexander “AJ” Boik, an 18-year-old murdered by Holmes, at the subcommittee meeting referred to the non-disclosure as “unconscionable.”
“I don’t think it’s right,” she said at the time. “I don’t think it’s fair for the victims not to know.”
Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler, the lead prosecutor in the Aurora theater shooting case, said Wednesday night that he hopes Holmes will be back in Colorado.
“My great hope is he’ll be moved to Colorado in federal custody,” Brauchler said. “He can serve out the remainder of his life under Colorado skies, where he committed his crimes.”
Brauchler doesn’t want to see Holmes serve his sentence in California, where the inmate’s family lives.
“I’m pleased that after all these many, many months of obfuscation by the state government here that these family victims are finally going to get the peace of mind, knowing that the guy who murdered their loved ones, they’ll know where he is,” Brauchler said.
Brauchler said he’d like to now know where Holmes has been since he dropped off the radar screen.
“There is no longer any reason for the Department of Corrections to not disclose where he was,” Brauchler said. “I’d like to know what the conditions were.” ||||| DENVER – Federal authorities have revealed that the Aurora theater shooter is being held at a federal prison in Pennsylvania.
James Holmes is housed in a high-security facility in Allenwood. There are 825 other inmates there, all of whom are male.
Families of shooting victims were supposed to be notified of Holmes' new location by midnight. They've been fighting to learn his location since he was moved out of Colorado last year.
“The State sought to place the inmate in the Federal System several months ago, but placement required finding space at a facility that could provide appropriate security,” said Mark Fairbairn, a spokesman for the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Fairbairn added the move was made after the high-security facility in Allenwood recently became available and "the move to the Federal prison was secured."
George Brauchler, the District Attorney for the 18th Judicial District — who announced in April he was running for the governorship in 2018 — said in a tweet he was disappointed that "victims and public have to rely on Feds to provide information hidden by CDOC and @GovofCO (Governor John Hickenlooper)."
But he wasn't the only one to react to the news.
Tom Sullivan, the father of one of the victims in the theater shooting, told Denver7's Jackie Crea knowing where the shooter is housed will give families a small sense of relief.
"This is the person that keeps you up at night. This is what wakes you out of a sleep from remembering the sights, the sounds, the smells from that," Sullivan said. "This would give those parents... spouses, the ability to tell that loved one, 'this is where he is.'"
The gunman was transferred to an out-of-state prison at the beginning of 2016, but officials did not say where or why he was transferred.
At the time, a Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman said the move was part of an agreement with another prison to exchange inmates, which can happen for a variety of reasons. Revealing the location would thwart the purpose of the agreement, the spokeswoman said.
But the Denver Post found out the transfer was the result of an assault from another inmate as they were both passing in a hallway at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City.
The newspaper said they learned of the attack from a letter claiming to be written by the alleged attacker, 27-year-old Mark Daniels. In the letter, Daniels said the assault happened on Oct. 8, 2015.
Victims of the Aurora Theater Shooting filed a complaint with the Crime Victim Services Advisory Board in June 2016 over the Department of Correction's secrecy with the location of the shooter.
A committee ruled in April 2017 prisons should have done more to inform the victims' families of the theater gunman's secretive move to an out-of-state prison.
The shooter was housed in the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, where he was heavily supervised. Then he was moved to the San Carlos Correctional Facility in Pueblo, where he had more contact with other inmates.
The theater shooter is serving life sentences for murdering 12 people and injuring 70 others at the Century 16 theater. |||||
A: | Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is being held at a high-security federal prison in Pennsylvania, the Colorado Department of Corrections has announced following a nearly two-year effort by victims and family members to get the information. Months after Holmes was assaulted in October 2015, he was moved from Colorado State Penitentiary to San Carlos Correctional Facility, then to an unnamed facility out of state. On Wednesday, officials revealed Holmes was "recently" moved to a federal facility with "appropriate security" when a spot opened up. That facility is USP Allenwood, where he's kept with 825 other male inmates, reports the Denver Channel. "I'm pleased that after all these many, many months of obfuscation by the state government here that these family victims are finally going to get the peace of mind, knowing [the location of] the guy who murdered their loved ones," Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler, who was lead prosecutor in the shooting case, tells the Denver Post. But he's still curious to know where Holmes has been, and what kind of conditions he's experienced, since the recent move to USP Allenwood was allowed to take place. He's also holding out hope that Holmes will be back in Colorado before long so he can serve his 12 consecutive life sentences near the spot where he killed 12 people and injured 70. |
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.
Problem:A cycle often begins where people with BPD feels emotional pain and acts impulsively to relieve that pain .
Solution: | A cycle often begins in which people with BPD feel emotional pain , engage in impulsive behavior to relieve that pain , feel shame and guilt over their actions , feel emotional pain from the shame and guilt , and then experience stronger urges to engage in impulsive behavior to relieve the new pain . |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example Input: Jake was walking to the park to play baseball with his friends. He loved being outside on sunny days, and now that school was over for the year, he was playing baseball every day. The more he played, the better he got. Only Frank was better than he was. He liked playing third base, but he often played in the field. He was carrying his favorite mitt that his Grandfather had bought him. His Grandfather had taught him to catch. He loved spending time with him when he was younger, but he had moved last year. Now he only saw his Grandfather in the summer. Jake was really excited to show him his skills when he came to their next game. He could throw really fast now. He was sure his Grandfather would want to sit in the front to watch him. He knew he would jump up and down. Jake happily ran the rest of the way to the park thinking about how much fun he was going to have playing baseball this year. <sep>Did jake walk to the park everyday to play baseball with his friends during school days?<sep>No
Example Output: No
Example Input: In remarks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony here on Wednesday, Gov. George E. Pataki said he expected the facility to generate thousands more jobs in the Hudson Valley area for contractors and suppliers catering to the factory. He praised IBM for being "a critical partner in our economic development efforts" in New York state. In a brief speech, Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM's chief executive, emphasized that it was important to make long-term investments despite the current slump in the technology business. "To play to win in technology, you innovate and you lead," he said. But manufacturing technology products is a costly and cyclical business. In June, IBM announced that it was taking a charge of more than $2 billion against earnings. The largest single reasons for the charge were the cost of getting out of the business of manufacturing hard disks for storage, which it sold to Hitachi, and closing down some of its older semiconductor operations. But Kelly said the demand for advanced chips, like those produced at IBM's facility in Burlington, Vt., is strong. "I need more capacity in that end of the market," he said, "and this is factory is critical to meeting that growing demand." If IBM has miscalculated the demand, it will suffer badly as both the high operating costs and depreciation on the huge capital investment for the East Fishkill factory drag down earnings. But industry analysts said the plant should be insulated from a falloff in one or a few segments of the semiconductor market. <sep>Who asked for more capacity in that end of the market?<sep>Samuel J. Palmisano
Example Output: No
Example Input: In 2415 , after a virus in 2011 wiped out 99 % of the Earth's population , all of the survivors inhabit Bregna , a walled city-state , Which is ruled by a congress of scientists . Although Bregna is idyllic , people are routinely disappearing and everyone is suffering from bad dreams . on Flux is a member of the ` Monicans ' , an underground rebel organization who communicate through telepathy-enabling technology and are led by The Handler . After a mission to destroy a surveillance station , on comes home to find her sister Una has been killed for being mistaken for a Monican . When on is sent on a mission to kill the government's leader , Trevor Goodchild , she discovers that both she and the Monicans are being manipulated by council members in a secret coup . This discovery causes on to question the origins of everyone in Bregna ; and in particular , her own personal connection to Trevor . It turns out that everyone in Bregna is actually a clone , grown from recycled DNA . With the dead constantly being reborn into new individuals and still bearing partial memories of their previous lives , there has been an increase in the troubling dreams . Recycling and cloning became necessary since the original viral antidote made humans infertile . Trevor's ongoing experiments , as with all his clone ancestors , has been trying to reverse the infertility . on learns that she is a clone of the original Trevor's wife , Katherine and is the first Katherine clone in over 400 years . One of Trevor's experiments , Una , was successful as she became pregnant . <sep>What is the name of the walled city-state where all human survivors resided and what problems did the inhabitants face in the city?<sep>Bregna- they have deformed young
Example Output: | No
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Teacher: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.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: In 2004, Valance returned to acting, this time in the United States, appearing in episodes of the television series CSI: Miami and Entourage. In 2005, she appeared in an episode of CSI: NY. In 2005 Valance returned to music, albeit briefly, when she appeared on Har Mar Superstar's album The Handler singing on the tracks, 'DUI', 'Back the Camel Up' and 'Body Request'. She appeared in Prison Break in 2006 as Nika Volek, a role which she continued to portray in the show's second season. Also in 2006, Valance appeared in the National Lampoon comedy Pledge This!, alongside American socialite Paris Hilton. The same year, she starred in DOA: Dead or Alive, an adaptation of the popular video game Dead or Alive, where she played Christie. In 2007 she appeared in the TV series Shark and Moonlight. In 2008 she had a role in the film Taken alongside Liam Neeson, and appeared in an episode of The CW series Valentine.
Student: | who is the singer at the end of taken |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
See one example below:
Problem: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: The other term used alongside former, that refers to the second or last item mentioned in a topic or sentence is called?, Context: The example Leibniz uses involves two proposed universes situated in absolute space. The only discernible difference between them is that the latter is positioned five feet to the left of the first. The example is only possible if such a thing as absolute space exists. Such a situation, however, is not possible, according to Leibniz, for if it were, a universe's position in absolute space would have no sufficient reason, as it might very well have been anywhere else. Therefore, it contradicts the principle of sufficient reason, and there could exist two distinct universes that were in all ways indiscernible, thus contradicting the identity of indiscernibles.
Solution: | latter |
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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.
question:
Which judge on American Idol was on more seasons, Keith Urban or Jennifer Lopez?, Context: Fox announced on May 11, 2015 that the fifteenth season would be the final season of American Idol; as such, the season is expected to have an additional focus on the program's alumni. Ryan Seacrest returns as host, with Harry Connick Jr., Keith Urban, and Jennifer Lopez all returning for their respective third, fourth, and fifth seasons as judges.
answer:
Jennifer Lopez
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What numeral standard was used in the Super Bowl 4 logo?, Context: On June 4, 2014, the NFL announced that the practice of branding Super Bowl games with Roman numerals, a practice established at Super Bowl V, would be temporarily suspended, and that the game would be named using Arabic numerals as Super Bowl 50 as opposed to Super Bowl L. The use of Roman numerals will be reinstated for Super Bowl LI. Jaime Weston, the league's vice president of brand and creative, explained that a primary reason for the change was the difficulty of designing an aesthetically pleasing logo with the letter "L" using the standardized logo template introduced at Super Bowl XLV. The logo also deviates from the template by featuring large numerals, colored in gold, behind the Vince Lombardi Trophy, instead of underneath and in silver as in the standard logo.
answer:
Arabic
question:
The economy did what?, Context: The Ottoman economic mind was closely related to the basic concepts of state and society in the Middle East in which the ultimate goal of a state was consolidation and extension of the ruler's power, and the way to reach it was to get rich resources of revenues by making the productive classes prosperous. The ultimate aim was to increase the state revenues without damaging the prosperity of subjects to prevent the emergence of social disorder and to keep the traditional organization of the society intact.
answer:
| increase the state revenues without damaging the prosperity of subjects to prevent the emergence of social disorder and to keep the traditional organization of the society intact
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You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Let me give you an example: 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.
The answer to this example can be: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Here is why: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
OK. solve this:
Thirteen Reasons Why has received recognition and awards from several young adult literary associations, and the paperback edition reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list in July 2011. A screenplay was written, based on the original release of the book, that became the basis of the dramatic television series 13 Reasons Why released through Netflix on March 31, 2017. The screenplay contains several deviations from the book, including, but not limited to, name changes, plot elements, and character personalities.
Answer: | is thirteen reasons why based on a book? |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: What was the rated thrust in the final stage?, Context: The three-stage Saturn V was designed to send a fully fueled CSM and LM to the Moon. It was 33 feet (10.1 m) in diameter and stood 363 feet (110.6 m) tall with its 96,800-pound (43,900 kg) lunar payload. Its capability grew to 103,600 pounds (47,000 kg) for the later advanced lunar landings. The S-IC first stage burned RP-1/LOX for a rated thrust of 7,500,000 pounds-force (33,400 kN), which was upgraded to 7,610,000 pounds-force (33,900 kN). The second and third stages burned liquid hydrogen, and the third stage was a modified version of the S-IVB, with thrust increased to 230,000 lbf (1,020 kN) and capability to restart the engine for translunar injection after reaching a parking orbit.
Student: | 230,000 lbf |
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 Input:
A collusion is a secret agreement between two or more people or groups , usually to create unlawful advantages over other groups .
Ex Output:
A secret agreement between two or more parties to limit open competition by deceiving , misleading , or defrauding others of their legal rights , or to obtain an objective forbidden by law typically by defrauding or gaining an unfair market advantage is an example of collusion .
Ex Input:
Vacheron Constantin is one of the oldest watchmakers .
Ex Output:
Vacheron Constantin is one of the oldest watch manufacturers in the world with an uninterrupted watchmaking history since its founding .
Ex Input:
Hino Motors , Ltd . ( 日野自動車 , " Hino Jido ̄ sha " , ) , or just Hino , is a manufacturer of diesel trucks , buses , and other vehicles based in Tokyo , Japan .
Ex Output:
| Hino Motors , Ltd . ( 日野自動車株式会社 , " Hino Jido ̄ sha " ) , commonly known as simply Hino , is a Japanese manufacturer of commercial vehicles and diesel engines ( including those for trucks , buses and other vehicles ) headquartered in Hino-shi , Tokyo .
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said on Sunday that the attention on Clint Eastwood's bizarre address Thursday at the Republican National Convention was a commentary of the vacuousness of Mitt Romney's own speech.
Indeed, Emanuel, now the mayor of Chicago, said Romney's remarks were "vacuous."
"The fact is, coming out of the convention, they didn't want a debate about Clint Eastwood. They wanted it about Mitt Romney's ideas... The reason they're [talking about Eastwood] is that Mitt Romney's speech was so devoid and vacuous of any ideas," Emanuel said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "That moment in time is a commentary on Romney's speech."
Further, Emanuel noted there were no memorable lines from the speech.
There was no "'read my lips,' or 'for those who work hard and play by the rules,' as Bill Clinton said in '92. Anything that said here's my philosophy, a 'compassionate conservative' philosophy, there was nothing there. So the space post-convention is about Clint Eastwood or the fact that Paul Ryan's speech was factually challenged," Emanuel said.
Romney's campaign wasn't buying the criticism.
“Today," said spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg, "President Obama’s own surrogates admitted that we are not better off than we were four years ago. As the Chief of Staff in an administration whose failed policies have now left 23 million Americans struggling for work, Rahm Emanuel has no credibility when it comes to discussing the state of our economy or the state of our country.”
Read more about: Rahm Emanuel, Mitt Romney, Chicago Mayor, Republican National Convention 2012 ||||| Seeking to downplay comparisons between President Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 election campaigns, Obama senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs said Sunday that the enthusiasm of the last campaign should not be expected.
"Nobody is sitting up here saying this is 2008," Gibbs said on CNN's "State of the Union," when asked about dwindling enthusiasm among Latinos and other key constituencies, as well as close "horse-race" numbers.
"What has happened since the election in 2008 and right now, again, is this huge economic calamity caused by a series of bad decisions that were made before the president ever got there," he added.
Gibbs continued to say that he thought that the race between Obama and Romney would be "close."
"This election was always going to be close, because we live in a closely divided country I remind people all of the time that just four years ago everyone was talking about the president's landslide, and he got 53 percent of the vote," Gibbs said. "Let's understand that we live in a very closely divided electorate, and we have for quite some time and this election was quite frankly always going to be close, but it is an important fundamental choice about where we go from here."
Read more about: Robert Gibbs ||||| Axelrod says GOP convention in Tampa was a 'terrible failure'
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Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod called the Republican convention a "terrible failure" on Sunday and said the event had failed to help Mitt Romney in the polls.
Speaking on Fox News, Axelrod said he "saw no movement" for Romney in the polls during the GOP convention. "I don't really see any bounce," he said.
Axelrod added that the GOP's "snarky attacks and bromides for the base" in Tampa had put Democrats in a strong position to begin their own convention this week in Charlotte, N.C.
"I think the race is exactly where it was before they walked in [to Tampa], and now it's our turn," he said.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll out Saturday found that President Obama has reclaimed a narrow lead from Romney, who enjoyed a two-point advantage for a short period last week.
But on Sunday, a different poll showed Romney with the expected convention bounce. Conservative polling outlet Rasmussen found the GOP nominee with a four-point lead over Obama, who he trailed by two points before the convention. The poll showed Romney leading the president with 48 percent support to 44.
Axelrod said that GOP convention was short on details about the party's plans to reform Medicare and cut taxes.
"They can talk about being bold, they can talk about facing up to these problems, but they don't do it," he said of Republicans. "All Mitt Romney does is talk about Barack Obama."
The senior campaign strategist also sought to paint the GOP as a party that is weakened by internal divisions and unhappy with its nominee.
"We don't have the problems the other party has," he said. "We're not divided. We don't have to worry about what people are saying on the side."
Echoing the rest of Obama's team, Axelrod downplayed expectations and predicted that the race with Romney would be close.
"We have a lead in this race, it's a slight lead," Axelrod said. "We have slight leads in battleground states. We expected a close race, and we're going to have a close race."
This story was updated at 12:21 p.m. ||||| Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich slammed GOP strategist Karl Rove on Sunday for joking about Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin's murder.
"Karl Rove said some terrible things...for which he has apologized, which should remind us, people make mistakes," the unsuccessful presidential contender said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "In the age of Gabby Giffords, it is not a joke to say that a member of Congress ought to get murdered."
Gingrich said that Rove's mistake should prompt sympathy for Todd Akin, who made controversial comments about rape and abortion, since everyone makes missteps.
"Todd Akin was a choice for people in Missouri, and Todd Akin has publicly apologized," Gingrich said.
Read more about: Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Todd Aikin ||||| Self-deportation for illegal immigrants. No rape or incest exception for abortions.
With stances such as these, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told Chris Wallace of "Fox News Sunday," the Republican Party espouses "a platform from another century, maybe even two."
(Also on POLITICO: Democrats pan Republicans for perceived fibbing)
Added Villaraigosa, who's also serving as chairman of the Democratic National Convention: "It looks like the platform of 1812."
Regarding the Republicans plans for the economy, "Reagan would be turning in his grave" to hear some of the proposals coming from party leaders, particularly as it pertains to budget cuts.
Read more about: Republican Party, Jobs, Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace, Antonio Villaraigosa, James Madison ||||| President Barack Obama's surrogates were intent on Sunday on painting Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as a pair of pinocchios.
Summing up the Republican National Convention, Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter told CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer that "it was a week of personal attacks, empty platitudes" where "lying is a virtue."
So, are Democrats saying Republicans are a "bunch of liars," Schieffer asked.
"I didn't say that," Cutter replied. "I heard a lot of things that weren't true this week."
Earlier on ABC's "This Week," Obama White House adviser David Plouffe argued that the Romney-Ryan ticket's health care policy proposals are “built on a foundation of absolute lies."
Read more about: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, David Plouffe, Paul Ryan, Face The Nation, Bob Schieffer, Stephanie Cutter |||||
A: | As the Republicans came off their convention week with very little bounce, Democrats descended on the Sunday talk shows today to drum up their own soiree in Charlotte, which kicks off Tuesday. "I think the race is exactly where it was before they walked in [to Tampa], and now it's our turn," David Axelrod told Fox News, according to the Hill. "We have a lead in this race, it's a slight lead. We expected a close race, and we're going to have a close race." Other familiar Democrat themes today included lies and liars, notes Politico, with Obama 2012 deputy Stephanie Cutter telling CBS that the RNC amounted to "a week of personal attacks, empty platitudes" in which "lying was a virtue. I heard a lot of things that weren't true this week." Elsewhere on your pre-DNC Sunday dial, as per Politico: Rahm Emanuel on Mitt Romney's RNC speech: "Coming out of the convention, they didn't want a debate about Clint Eastwood. They wanted it about Mitt Romney's ideas. The reason they're (talking about Eastwood) is that Mitt Romney's speech was so devoid and vacuous of any ideas." Robert Gibbs on the enthusiasm gap this time around: "Nobody is sitting up here saying this is 2008. What has happened since the election in 2008 and right now, again, is this huge economic calamity caused by a series of bad decisions that were made before the president ever got there." Antonio Villaraigosa on the GOP platform: "It looks like the platform of 1812. Reagan would be turning in his grave." Newt Gingrich on Karl Rove's joke about murdering Todd Akin: "Rove said some terrible things ... for which he has apologized, which should remind us, people make mistakes. In the age of Gabby Giffords, it is not a joke to say that a member of Congress ought to get murdered." |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
[Q]: What was the enrollment rate for girls in 1998, Context: Education is compulsory from the age of 7 to 13. The enrollment of boys is higher than that of girls. In 1998, the gross primary enrollment rate was 53.5%, with higher enrollment ratio for males (67.7%) compared to females (40%).
[A]: 40%
[Q]: how many seats does the theatre located on First Hill have?, Context: The 5th Avenue Theatre, built in 1926, stages Broadway-style musical shows featuring both local talent and international stars. Seattle has "around 100" theatrical production companies and over two dozen live theatre venues, many of them associated with fringe theatre; Seattle is probably second only to New York for number of equity theaters (28 Seattle theater companies have some sort of Actors' Equity contract). In addition, the 900-seat Romanesque Revival Town Hall on First Hill hosts numerous cultural events, especially lectures and recitals.
[A]: 900
[Q]: What happened about 355 years after Thuringia became a landgraviate?, Context: Thuringia became a landgraviate in 1130 AD. After the extinction of the reigning Ludowingian line of counts and landgraves in 1247 and the War of the Thuringian Succession (1247–1264), the western half became independent under the name of "Hesse", never to become a part of Thuringia again. Most of the remaining Thuringia came under the rule of the Wettin dynasty of the nearby Margraviate of Meissen, the nucleus of the later Electorate and Kingdom of Saxony. With the division of the house of Wettin in 1485, Thuringia went to the senior Ernestine branch of the family, which subsequently subdivided the area into a number of smaller states, according to the Saxon tradition of dividing inheritance amongst male heirs. These were the "Saxon duchies", consisting, among others, of the states of Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Eisenach, Saxe-Jena, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg, and Saxe-Gotha; Thuringia became merely a geographical concept.
[A]: | the division of the house of Wettin
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Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Which candidates won 1% of the Democratic votes in the Presidential primary in 2008 in the Bronx?, Context: In the Presidential primary elections of February 5, 2008, Sen. Clinton won 61.2% of the Bronx's 148,636 Democratic votes against 37.8% for Barack Obama and 1.0% for the other four candidates combined (John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Bill Richardson and Joe Biden). On the same day, John McCain won 54.4% of the borough's 5,643 Republican votes, Mitt Romney 20.8%, Mike Huckabee 8.2%, Ron Paul 7.4%, Rudy Giuliani 5.6%, and the other candidates (Fred Thompson, Duncan Hunter and Alan Keyes) 3.6% between them.
Output: | John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Bill Richardson and Joe Biden |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Are ur Saturdays hectic like this!!! To do list located at search warrant in Cooby. #MurdochLPT3 ||||| Yes, the to do list was authentic, I don't think any of us here could make it up if we tried! # nosenseofhumour ||||| Some people have really stressful lives. So much so, they need to keep a list of what needs to be done each day.
This gets even more important if you like a toke of weed between dying your hair and eating your lunch.
Police in Murdoch, Western Australia, have posted a pot smoker's "to do" list on Twitter, saying it was located as they searched a property in Cooby on April 30. The list gives some insight into the mind of a stoner.
Are ur Saturdays hectic like this!!! To do list located at search warrant in Cooby. #MurdochLPT3 pic.twitter.com/KdpMbdEYMq — Murdoch Police (@MurdochPol) April 30, 2015
People were quick to respond, saying this list is proof that pot-smoking Australians are harmless creatures and the cops should let them just keep on puffing.
@MurdochPol This is proof stoners are dangerous, he should definitely be arrested! — Brndn (@Brandon0612) April 30, 2015
@MurdochPol At least you don't have to worry about that criminal mastermind anymore. — Texture (@iamtexture) April 30, 2015
@MurdochPol This is proof we need to legalise marijuana. If this is the MO of the average pot smoker we're all VERRRRRY safe !!! Awesome !!! — Boy from Oz (@boyfmoz) May 1, 2015
Police in Australia also use Facebook better than most regular citizens, and the latest example is no exception.
BONUS: Colorado's Farm-to-Table Marijuana ||||| POLICE have uncovered possibly one of the best insights into the mind of a pot smoker—a hilarious hand-written plan for their day.
Officers in Murdoch, Western Australia, uncovered the list as they raided a Perth home looking for clues about a suspected burglary.
It’s not clear if the officers found any evidence to press charges during the raid but did find a detailed plan of the resident’s intentions to get stoned.
Are ur Saturdays hectic like this!!! To do list located at search warrant in Cooby. #MurdochLPT3 pic.twitter.com/KdpMbdEYMq — Murdoch Police (@MurdochPol) April 30, 2015
The list, called “Things to do Saturday”, included such things as ‘go to bus stop’ and ‘go get lunch (chips and gravy).’
The tweet captioned ‘Are ur Saturdays hectic like this!!!!” prompted a swift response on social media.
“At least being stoned at home is less of a social nuisance than going out and getting trashed,” one Twitter user wrote.
“This is proof stoners are dangerous, he should definitely be arrested,” another added.
Murdoch Police came under fire from some local residents.
“No wonder our homes keep getting broken into. The Murdoch police are too busy embarrassing drug addicts on social media. Grow up.” ||||| Welcome to the Murdoch Police. If you need police assistance call 131444, if it’s an emergency call 000. Twitter is not monitored 24/7.
Murdoch, Western Australia |||||
A: | Police officers are people, too. And like us, they share their hilarious finds on Twitter. Take this example: Police in Murdoch, Western Australia, were executing a search warrant on a house in Perth, relating to a burglary investigation, when they uncovered a rather amusing to-do list, News.com.au reports. It described an individual's busy Saturday laid out with helpful reminders like "go to bus stop" and "go get lunch (chips and gravy)," per Mashable. The last two entries on the 10-item list, adding fuel to the idea that marijuana causes memory problems, were "go home and get a stick" and then "chop up and get stoned"—because, you know, sometimes you forget. Police tweeted a photo of the list, with the caption, "Are ur Saturdays hectic like this!!!" They followed that up with, "Yes, the to do list was authentic, I don't think any of us here could make it up if we tried! #nosenseofhumour." The witty replies flooded in. "At least he had realistic personal goals which he probably achieved," one user quipped. But not all social media users were as amused. "No wonder our homes keep getting broken into. The Murdoch police are too busy embarrassing drug addicts on social media. Grow up," another added, per News.com.au. (The list-writer joins a long tradition of misguided potheads.) |
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.
Q: Indonesia 's sea-lane position helped international trade .
A: | The country 's strategic sea-lane position fostered inter-island and international trade ; trade has since fundamentally shaped Indonesian history . |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: What is a prerequisite for weight to play a factor in conductivity?, Context: While inert gas reduces filament evaporation, it also conducts heat from the filament, thereby cooling the filament and reducing efficiency. At constant pressure and temperature, the thermal conductivity of a gas depends upon the molecular weight of the gas and the cross sectional area of the gas molecules. Higher molecular weight gasses have lower thermal conductivity, because both the molecular weight is higher and also the cross sectional area is higher. Xenon gas improves efficiency because of its high molecular weight, but is also more expensive, so its use is limited to smaller lamps.
A: constant pressure and temperature
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Q: Waves contain?, Context: As an electro-magnetic wave travels through the different parts of the antenna system (radio, feed line, antenna, free space) it may encounter differences in impedance (E/H, V/I, etc.). At each interface, depending on the impedance match, some fraction of the wave's energy will reflect back to the source, forming a standing wave in the feed line. The ratio of maximum power to minimum power in the wave can be measured and is called the standing wave ratio (SWR). A SWR of 1:1 is ideal. A SWR of 1.5:1 is considered to be marginally acceptable in low power applications where power loss is more critical, although an SWR as high as 6:1 may still be usable with the right equipment. Minimizing impedance differences at each interface (impedance matching) will reduce SWR and maximize power transfer through each part of the antenna system.
A: power
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Q: What did Zhuo's distaste of the emperor make him do?, Context: General Dong Zhuo (d. 192 AD) found the young emperor and his brother wandering in the countryside. He escorted them safely back to the capital and was made Minister of Works, taking control of Luoyang and forcing Yuan Shao to flee. After Dong Zhuo demoted Emperor Shao and promoted his brother Liu Xie as Emperor Xian, Yuan Shao led a coalition of former officials and officers against Dong, who burned Luoyang to the ground and resettled the court at Chang'an in May 191 AD. Dong Zhuo later poisoned Emperor Shao.
A: | demoted Emperor Shao
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TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
PROBLEM: What isn't good enough?, Context: A third type of solution to the problem of the direction of time, although much less represented, argues that the laws are not time-reversal symmetric. For example, certain processes in quantum mechanics, relating to the weak nuclear force, are not time-reversible, keeping in mind that when dealing with quantum mechanics time-reversibility comprises a more complex definition. But this type of solution is insufficient because 1) the time-asymmetric phenomena in quantum mechanics are too few to account for the uniformity of macroscopic time-asymmetry and 2) it relies on the assumption that quantum mechanics is the final or correct description of physical processes.[citation needed]
SOLUTION: A third type of solution to the problem of the direction of time, although much less represented, argues that the laws are not time-reversal symmetric
PROBLEM: When did the Gallaeci religion cease to be the main religion in Galicia?, Context: Christianity is the most widely practised religion in Galicia, as it has been since its introduction in Late Antiquity, although it lived alongside the old Gallaeci religion for a few centuries. Today about 73% of Galicians identify themselves as Christians. The largest form of Christianity practised in the present day is Catholicism, though only 20% of the population described themselves as active members. The Catholic Church in Galicia has had its primatial seat in Santiago de Compostela since the 12th century.
SOLUTION: Late Antiquity
PROBLEM: What makes the wove paper special?, Context: All paper produced by paper machines as the Fourdrinier Machine are wove paper, i.e. the wire mesh that transports the web leaves a pattern that has the same density along the paper grain and across the grain. Textured finishes, watermarks and wire patterns imitating hand-made laid paper can be created by the use of appropriate rollers in the later stages of the machine.
SOLUTION: | the same density along the paper grain and across the grain
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Q: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
The idea that Earth is a magnet is far from new. It was first proposed in 1600 by a British physician named William Gilbert. Knowing it acts like a magnet is one thing. Knowing why it acts like a magnet is more difficult. In fact, finding out why is a fairly recent discovery. To find out why required new technology. It was the seismograph that made it possible to learn why the Earth acted like a magnet. Seismograph are used to study earthquakes. By studying earthquake waves they were able to learn about Earths interior. They discovered that Earth has an inner and outer core. The outer core consists of liquid metals, mainly iron and nickel. Scientists think that Earths magnetic field is generated here. It is caused by the motion of this liquid metal. The liquid metal moves as Earth spins on its axis. <sep>What do we know and don't about the Earth and magnets?<sep>By studying earthquake waves they were able to learn about Earths interior
A: | No |
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to grow your fingernails
Wash your hands with a gentle soap.
Using a harsh soap may make your nails brittle.
Pat your hands using a towel.
OPTIONS:
- You could also rub baking soda to make them into little balls and then brown them if necessary. This is not necessary for your nails, but could make them grow.
- This will hold off the growing process. Gently arrange your cuticles in order.
- Give each hand a chance to dry before moving onto your next step. Take a fine-bristled brush or a soft cloth.
- Fill a plastic bowl with enough white vinegar to cover your nails. Soak your nails (one hand at a time) in the vinegar for 4-5 minutes, while your other hand holds the bowl steady.
A: Fill a plastic bowl with enough white vinegar to cover your nails. Soak your nails (one hand at a time) in the vinegar for 4-5 minutes, while your other hand holds the bowl steady.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to scuff up new shoes
Take the laces off.
This way you won't damage the laces and you'll get better access to some of the shoe's hidden surfaces. Specifically, you'll get better access to the tongue if you're wanting to scuff it.
OPTIONS:
- Scuff up your footwear with sandpaper. Sandpaper will grind into the leather, scratching the surface without causing any real damage.
- Fold one-third of the lace in half and pinch one-fourth from the end. Repeat this process with both ends of the lace, about one-third from the end, folding them together.
- If you don't already have a tongue scraper tool, use it in this step. Dig around in the shoe for a shoe godder.
- Turn the shoe right-side-up, keeping the toe facing up. Then, place the laces over the tongue's blunt edge.
OUT: Scuff up your footwear with sandpaper. Sandpaper will grind into the leather, scratching the surface without causing any real damage.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
Vincanitv comes up on the screen. The instructor is talking. The instructor is sitting on the floor introducing the move. a shot of the move
OPTIONS:
- shows a guy with his arms up on uneven bars.
- is in a white screen.
- is shown as the woman shows her moves.
- is shown, then the instructor shows how to do it.
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Answer:
is shown, then the instructor shows how to do it.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to forward mail
Consider the ownership and responsibility of the package.
In the majority of cases, forwarding a single piece of mail is a very simple procedure. Postal services are used to rerouting mail as a way to accommodate changes of address and other changes of location.
OPTIONS:
- Other delivery methods, like e-mail, modem, and cvs, refer to the ownership of the package and the responsibility of receiving it. If a package is defective, the recipient will be responsible for the cost of the replacement.
- If the package belongs to someone else, it is considered courteous to ship it along to the intended recipient. If the package is addressed to you and you still wish to forward it however, you may be required to pay for a new set of stamps before it's valid for shipment.
- They are the most reliable way to move relevant items to the appropriate location. If you want to forward mail, you may only want to consider doing so if you are overseas or have moved to the continent very often.
- The services typically use double-sided tape to' record' and' forward to' the post office box. Address an address (e.g., " voisoco/sosoco " or " dadwell-tacouthawk ") to the post office box.
A: If the package belongs to someone else, it is considered courteous to ship it along to the intended recipient. If the package is addressed to you and you still wish to forward it however, you may be required to pay for a new set of stamps before it's valid for shipment.
Smooth, but suspenseful music is playing throughout the whole video as people shoot pool balls into the holes by themselves. not everyone
OPTIONS:
- is winning the game because many shoot pool into the holes by themselves and have good luck.
- hits the shot but more people follow their lead and hit the balls through the holes it being hard to score because of the crowd.
- is participating, some people are just watching and others are walking around for some other reasons.
- can pull the pin but some have tried and they get stuck or hit by balls.
is participating, some people are just watching and others are walking around for some other reasons.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to get a cell phone plan without a credit check
Choose a main account holder.
You can join someone else's plan in two ways: by using a family plan or signing up as an authorized user. Fortunately, only the main account holder needs to pass a credit check, so your credit score won't matter.
OPTIONS:
- Choose someone with strong credit to open the account. You can check your credit score by using a free service such as credit.com.
- You might accidentally lose your social security number in the event your credit score is incorrect. Accordingly, it is always better to talk to an authorized user before exchanging your information.
- If you use a family plan, then your personal money will be covered by your chosen account holder. Their income, assets, equity, and living expenses will also be covered.
- Use government website to determine the different account holders. Although you will have a limited amount of access, the main account holder has the independence and power to be the most successful..
Next sentence: | Choose someone with strong credit to open the account. You can check your credit score by using a free service such as credit.com. |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: Consider Input: The second major point on which the principals had agreed on March 10 was the need to crack down on terrorist organizations and curtail their fund-raising. The embassy bombings of 1998 had focused attention on al Qaeda's finances. One result had been the creation of an NSC-led interagency committee on terrorist financing. On its recommendation, the President had designated Bin Laden and al Qaeda as subject to sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. This gave theTreasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) the ability to search for and freeze any Bin Laden or al Qaeda assets that reached the U.S. financial system. But since OFAC had little information to go on, few funds were frozen. In July 1999, the President applied the same designation to the Taliban for harboring Bin Laden. Here, OFAC had more success. It blocked more than $34 million in Taliban assets held in U.S. banks. Another $215 million in gold and $2 million in demand deposits, all belonging to the Afghan central bank and held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, were also frozen. After October 1999, when the State Department formally designated al Qaeda a "foreign terrorist organization," it became the duty of U.S. banks to block its transactions and seize its funds. Neither this designation nor UN sanctions had much additional practical effect; the sanctions were easily circumvented, and there were no multilateral mechanisms to ensure that other countries' financial systems were not used as conduits for terrorist funding. Attacking the funds of an institution, even the Taliban, was easier than finding and seizing the funds of a clandestine worldwide organization like al Qaeda. Although the CIA's Bin Laden unit had originally been inspired by the idea of studying terrorist financial links, few personnel assigned to it had any experience in financial investigations. Any terrorist-financing intelligence appeared to have been collected collaterally, as a consequence of gathering other intelligence. This attitude may have stemmed in large part from the chief of this unit, who did not believe that simply following the money from point A to point B revealed much about the terrorists' plans and intentions. As a result, the CIA placed little emphasis on terrorist financing. Nevertheless, the CIA obtained a general understanding of how al Qaeda raised money. <sep>Why did the OFAC have little information about the financing of al Qaeda?<sep>Al Qaeda was a clandestine worldwide organization
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Alien Planet starts out with an interstellar spacecraft named Von Braun , leaving Earth's orbit . Traveling at 20 % the speed of light , it reaches Darwin IV in 42 years . Upon reaching orbit , it deploys the Darwin Reconnaissance Orbiter , Which looks for potential landing sites for the probes . The first probe , Balboa , explodes along with its lifting body transport during entry , because one of its wings failed to unfold . Two backup probes , Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton , successfully land on the planet , and learn much about its bizarre indigenous lifeforms , including an apparently sapient species . The robotic probes sent out to research on Darwin IV are called Horus Probes . Each Horus probe consists of an { { convert } } long inflatable , hydrogen-filled balloon , Which is covered with solar receptors , a computer ` brain ' , a ` head ' covered with sensors , and several smaller robots that can be sent to places too dangerous for the probes themselves . The probes have a limited degree of artificial intelligence , very similar to the ` processing power ' of a 4-year-old . All the real thinking is done by a supercomputer in the orbiting Von Braun . The probes are programmed with different personalities ; Ike is more cautious , while Leo is the risk-taker . The two probes are also equipped with a holographic message that will be projected to any sentient life found on Darwin . After the two probes inflate their gas-bags , they encounter a voracious Arrowtongue and watch it pursue a Gyrosprinter . <sep>What speed does the interstellar spacecraft Von Braun travel at?<sep>10 % of the speed of light
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: Chinese Influences: The Japanese were forced out of the Korean peninsula in the sixth century, but not before the Koreans had bequeathed to the Yamato court copies of the sacred images and scriptures of Chinese Buddhism. Just as Christianity introduced Mediterranean culture into northern Europe, so Buddhism brought Chinese culture into Japanese society. Throughout the seventh and eighth centuries numerous Japanese monks, scholars, and artists made the perilous trip west across the Sea of Japan to study Chinese religion, history, music, literature, and painting — later to be brought back for further development in Japan. An outstanding figure of this time was Prince Shotoku, who in 604 developed the "Seventeen-Article Constitution," outlining a code of human conduct and the ideals of state as a basic law for the nation. He also established relations with the Sui dynasty in China. Through him, the Japanese imperial court developed Chinese patterns of centralized government, with its formal bureaucracy of eight court ranks. The Chinese calendar was used to calculate the year of Japan's foundation by counting back the 1,260 years of the Chinese cosmological cycle. Thus, 660 b.c. is still the official date celebrated nationwide. At this early stage in its history Japan was already (for the most part) only nominally ruled by the emperor. De facto power was exercised by the militarily and economically strongest family. The Sogas had promoted Buddhism as an imperially sanctioned counterweight to the native Shinto religion, along with the new Chinese customs, to weaken the influence of their more conservative rivals. But they in turn were ousted in a.d. 645 by Nakatomi Kamatari, founder of the great Fujiwara clan, which was to rule Japanese affairs for hundreds of years and provide prominent advisers to the emperor even up to the 19th century. <sep>Which Japanese figure established relations with the Sui dynasty?<sep>The Prince of Japan
| Output: Yes
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Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: Lisa Ek (born 15 September 1982) is a Swedish former football midfielder who last played for Fiorentina. She has also played for AIK Fotboll, Hammarby IF, FC Rosengård and Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of the Damallsvenskan. The 2011-12 season marked her Champions League debut.
Hypothesis: 2014 marked her league debut.
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: Hair<br>A man wanted a new hairstyle. He decided to do some research online. He found what he wanted. He printed a picture out for the hairdresser. He got his new haircut.
Hypothesis: The man brought a celebrity's photo to the hairdresser
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: In 1990, there was a vast coalition put together to run Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait. The international community, the international world said this is the right thing to do, but when it came time to authorize the use of force on the Senate floor, my opponent voted against the use of force.
Hypothesis: Saddam Hussein has talked to ashley
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: | Context: Robert Alexander Crookston Laidlaw {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (8 September 1885 – 12 March 1971) was a New Zealand business man who founded the Farmers Trading Company, one of the largest department store chains in New Zealand. He was also a Christian writer and philanthropist and a well-known lay preacher in the Open Brethren movement.
Hypothesis: Robert Alexander Crookston Laidlaw died and left his company to his son |
instruction:
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.
question:
The Great Slave Lake (French: Grand lac des Esclaves) is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at 614 metres (336 fathoms; 2,014 ft), and the tenth-largest lake in the world. It is 469 km (291 mi) long and 20 to 203 km (12 to 126 mi) wide. It covers an area of 27,200 km (10,502 sq mi) in the southern part of the territory. Its given volume ranges from 1,070 km (260 cu mi) to 1,580 km (380 cu mi) and up to 2,088 km (501 cu mi) making it the 10th or 12th largest.
answer:
where is the great slave lake located on a map
question:
Red blood cells (RBCs), also called erythrocytes, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen (O) to the body tissues -- via blood flow through the circulatory system. RBCs take up oxygen in the lungs, or gills of fish, and release it into tissues while squeezing through the body's capillaries.
answer:
where do you find red blood cells in the body
question:
Bumblebee is a fictional character from the Transformers franchise. In most incarnations, Bumblebee is a small, yellow (with black stripes) Autobot with most of his alternative vehicle modes inspired by several generations of the Chevrolet American muscle cars (with the live-action film versions being very real Camaros: the original vehicle mode was based on a classic European Type 1 Volkswagen Beetle). The characters and related events are described, below, using in-universe tone. He is named after a genus of bee which inspired his paint scheme.
answer:
| what type of car is bumblebee in transformers 1
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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.
[Q]: What was the main job for one of the individuals who was one of the final Apollo astronauts to go to the moon?, 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]: geologist
[Q]: how many seats does the theatre located on First Hill have?, Context: The 5th Avenue Theatre, built in 1926, stages Broadway-style musical shows featuring both local talent and international stars. Seattle has "around 100" theatrical production companies and over two dozen live theatre venues, many of them associated with fringe theatre; Seattle is probably second only to New York for number of equity theaters (28 Seattle theater companies have some sort of Actors' Equity contract). In addition, the 900-seat Romanesque Revival Town Hall on First Hill hosts numerous cultural events, especially lectures and recitals.
[A]: 900
[Q]: What is the historian's issue?, Context: Romila Thapar notes that the division into Hindu-Muslim-British periods of Indian history gives too much weight to "ruling dynasties and foreign invasions", neglecting the social-economic history which often showed a strong continuity. The division into Ancient-Medieval-Modern periods overlooks the fact that the Muslim conquests occurred gradually during which time many things came and went off, while the south was never completely conquered. According to Thapar, a periodisation could also be based on "significant social and economic changes", which are not strictly related to a change of ruling powers.[note 1]
[A]: | the division into Hindu-Muslim-British periods of Indian history gives too much weight to "ruling dynasties and foreign invasions", neglecting the social-economic history which often showed a strong continuity
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
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Question: Static electricity is like a teeter-totter. What happens if a teeter-totter is balanced? Correct! It does not move. What about when its not balanced? Yes, it will now begin to move. Charges move when they are not balanced. Charges can build up by friction. Maybe you rub your feet on a wool mat or carpet. Rubber soled shoes readily gain charges. The wool carpet easily gives up charges. The two items become unbalanced. One item has a positive charge. The other has a negative charge. The difference in charge is called static electricity. Just like the teeter-totter, something is going to move. Positive charges build up on the mat. Negative charges build up on you. <sep>When static electricity is balanced like a teeter-totter, what happens?<sep>"It does not move."
Answer: Yes
Question: Have you ever seen an egg? Some animals do not have live births. Instead, they lay eggs. The eggs contain the embryo. The embryo matures in the egg. With time, it will hatch. Some animals hatch and do not need care from their parents. They are ready to live on their own. Other animals will still need the care of their parents. Sea turtles break out of their shells. They immediately walk to the ocean. They do this with no help from an adult. Birds stay in the nest for many weeks. They are cared for by their parents. They leave the nest when they are strong enough to fly. Some animals give birth to live offspring. Animals like horses, cows, and whales give live birth. Their offspring are born looking like mini adults. <sep>What happens to baby birds?<sep>They stay in their nests for weeks, being cared for by their parents until they are strong enough to fly
Answer: Yes
Question: Alexander II's death caused a great setback for the reform movement. One of his last ideas was to draft plans for an elected parliament, or Duma, which were completed the day before he died but not yet released to the Russian people. In a matter of 48 hours, Alexander II planned to release his plan for the duma to the Russian people. Had he lived, Russia might have followed a path to constitutional monarchy instead of the long road of oppression that defined his successor's reign. The first action Alexander III took after his father's death was to tear up those plans. A Duma would not come into fruition until 1905, when Alexander II's grandson, Nicholas II, commissioned the Duma following extreme pressure on the monarchy as a result of the Russian Revolution of 1905. The assassination triggered major suppression of civil liberties in Russia, and police brutality burst back in full force after experiencing some restraint under the reign of Alexander II, whose death was witnessed first-hand by his son, Alexander III, and his grandson, Nicholas II, both future emperors who vowed not to have the same fate befall them. Both of them used the Okhrana to arrest protestors and uproot suspected rebel groups, creating further suppression of personal freedom for the Russian people. A series of anti-Jewish pogroms and antisemitic legislation, the May Laws, were yet another result. Finally, the tsar's assassination also inspired anarchists to advocate "'propaganda by deed'--the use of a spectacular act of violence to incite revolution." With construction starting in 1883, the Church of the Savior on Blood was built on the site of Alexander's assassination and dedicated in his memory. <sep>What was Alexander III's reaction to his father's death?<sep>Alexander III ripped up his father's plans for the Duma after his death. He also witnessed his assassination, and swore to not befall the same fate as a ruler
Answer: | Yes
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You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
One example: 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 here: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Now, solve this: The Giuseppe Meazza Stadium (Italian pronunciation: (dʒuˈzɛppe meˈattsa)), commonly known as San Siro, is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, which is the home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. It has a seating capacity of 80,018, making it one of the largest stadiums in Europe, and the largest in Italy.
Solution: | do ac milan and inter milan share the same stadium? |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. 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.
This is a list of television series originally broadcast on , and produced solely by , Disney Channel .
| This is a list of television series originally broadcast on , and produced at least partially by , Disney Channel ( formerly " The Disney Channel " ) , a family-oriented American basic cable channel and former premium channel , owned by The Walt Disney Company . |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled his date with pop sensation Justin Bieber over the singer's refusal to meet with children living in communities affected by Gaza rocket fire, Channel Two reported on Tuesday.
The prime minister was scheduled to host the young singer at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, before Bieber's Thursday night concert.
Taking advantage of the PR opportunity presented by the meeting with Bieber, Netanyahu's advisers invited a group of children from communities near the Gaza border to attend.
The children had disembarked from a school bus just before it was hit by a Hamas rocket last Thursday, critically wounded a teen and moderately wounding the bus driver.
Bieber reportedly refused to meet the children, which led Netanyahu to cancel the meeting.
Upon arriving in Israel on Monday, the singer was met by throngs of tween girls who mobbed his Tel Aviv hotel.
Some 200 young fans gathered at Tel Aviv's Sheraton Hotel Monday morning, staying there for hours in the hope of catching sight of the phenom. Bieber is scheduled to give a concert in Tel Aviv on Thursday night.
"We arrived especially on a flight from Eilat," said Yaakov Melamed, father of a 12-year old girl - one of about 200 groupies in the hotel's lobby on Monday. "We are following him everywhere," said Adi, 14, from Ganei Tikva. "I will go with him to Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, and I've been waiting here since eight in the morning," she said. ||||| Tweet with a location
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A: | Bieber fever strikes again, this time leading to a breakdown in talks between the Bieb and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. An excited Justin Bieber arrived in Israel Monday, only to quickly find his emotional journey to the Holy Land ruined ... by paparazzi. ("Take pictures of me eating but not in a place of prayer, ridiculous," he tweeted.) Things went downhill from there, coming to a head yesterday when it was revealed that his meeting with Netanyahu had been called off, the New York Times reports. Haaretz, citing local media, claimed that the prime minister called the meeting off because mean Bieber refused to meet with kids living in communities near Gaza that have been under rocket fire recently. But a Bieber rep insists the meeting was called off for purely logistical reasons; both sides seem to agree that the meeting had never actually been finalized. In fact, Bieber's rep says, "Justin welcomes the chance to meet with kids facing difficult circumstances, regardless of their background, and in fact, he had already invited children" from that particular area to his concert in Israel tomorrow. |
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