input: (CNN) -- If Oprah Winfrey were a close friend and you had a secret to tell, she'd be an obvious choice to go to for some relief.

Not necessarily because she wouldn't broadcast it, but because she'd probably hold your hand, ease the tension, listen sympathetically and not make you feel too bad about yourself if the secret's more like a skeleton. You both might even shed a few tears.

In essence, this is the persona that Winfrey has crafted over the years as she's moved from newcomer host on "AM Chicago," to the queen of daytime TV with "The Oprah Winfrey Show," to the current chief executive officer of OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. She's relatable, but still inspiring; candid without being crass; and about as vulnerable as a billionaire media titan can be.

"One of Oprah's major products is redemption," Kathryn Lofton, a professor of religious and American studies at Yale University, told The Globe and Mail. "She sold the experience of confession -- of hearing somebody's darkest story, and offering to them the possibility of relief from its articulation."

As a result, Winfrey has inspired her fair share of televised confessions, from everyday guests to high-profile names. If you need to come clean and find a new path, Winfrey's the one to show you how to do it.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is the latest celebrity to sit down with Winfrey for a "no-holds-barred" two-part chat set to begin airing on her network Thursday night.

In the pre-taped "Oprah's Next Chapter" interview, Armstrong is expected to admit to using performance-enhancing substances during his heralded career -- a sharp about-face after he steadfastly denied doping allegations. Stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from the sport, Armstrong is not only facing a mountainous public relations hurdle, but also possible legal ramifications. 1. Did Oprah interview Armstrong?
2. When?
3. On what channel?
4. Is it known what the show will be about?
5. Anything else?
6. When did that happen to him?
7. What is the name of the teacher referenced in the article?
8. Where does she teach?
9. Did she offer an opinion?
10. What was it?
11. Any reason?
12. Did that lead to any high profile stories being shared? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. yes
2. Thursday night.
3. Her network
4. admitting to steroid use
5. and being striped his titles
6. during his career
7. Kathryn Lofton
8. Yale University
9. yes
10. "One of Oprah's major products is redemption,"
11. "She sold the experience of confession -- of hearing somebody's darkest story,
12. yes

question: Lisa has a pet cat named Whiskers. Whiskers is black with a white spot on her chest. Whiskers also has white paws that look like little white mittens.

Whiskers likes to sleep in the sun on her favorite chair. Whiskers also likes to drink creamy milk.

Lisa is excited because on Saturday, Whiskers turns two years old.

After school on Friday, Lisa rushes to the pet store. She wants to buy Whiskers' birthday presents. Last year, she gave Whiskers a play mouse and a blue feather.

For this birthday, Lisa is going to give Whiskers a red ball of yarn and a bowl with a picture of a cat on the side. The picture is of a black cat. It looks a lot like Whiskers.
1. What's animal does Lisa have?
2. What's its name?
3. What color is it?
4. How old is it?
5. When is its birthday?
6. Did Lisa get a gift for Whiskers?
7. Where from?
8. And what is it?
9. Are they the same as last year's gifts?
10. What did she buy then?
11. What color was the feather?
12. And the ball?
13. How many gifts did she buy in total?
14. How is she feeling about her cat's birthday?
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answer: 1. a cat
2. Whiskers.
3. black
4. One
5. Saturday
6. yes
7. pet store
8. A ball and a bowl
9. No
10. a mouse and a feather
11. blue
12. red
13. Four
14. excited

Question: A historian is a person who researches, studies, and writes about the past, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is concerned with events preceding written history, the individual is an historian of prehistory. Although "historian" can be used to describe amateur and professional historians alike, it is reserved more recently for those who have acquired graduate degrees in the discipline. Some historians, though, are recognized by publications or training and experience. "Historian" became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in Germany and elsewhere.

During the "Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt" trial, it became evident that the court needed to identify what was an "objective historian" in the same vein as the reasonable person, and reminiscent of the standard traditionally used in English law of "the man on the Clapham omnibus". This was necessary so that there would be a legal bench mark to compare and contrast the scholarship of an objective historian against the methods employed by David Irving, as before the "Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt" trial, there was no legal precedent for what constituted an objective historian. 1. when did historian become a professional occupation?
2. where?
3. what trial is mentioned?
4. what did the court need?
5. for what?
6. can historians study pre-history?
7. what are they specifically called?
8. what do you need to have now to regarded as a historian these days?
9. can amateurs be referred to as historians?
10. was there legal precedent before the Irving V Pengquin Books and Lipstadt trial? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. late nineteenth century
2. Germany and elsewhere
3. "Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt"
4. legal precedent
5. constituted an objective historian
6. Yes
7. historian of prehistory
8. graduate degrees
9. Yes
10. No