vania-janet/multiturn-rag-retrieval-data huggingface dataset:
Jenny Lind
After Lind had been with García for a year , the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer , an early and faithful admirer of her talent , arranged an audition for her at the Opéra in Paris , but she was rejected . The biographer Francis Rogers concludes that Lind strongly resented the rebuff : when she became an international star , she always refused invitations to sing at the Paris Opéra . Lind returned to the Royal Swedish Opera , greatly improved as a singer by García 's training . She toured Denmark where , in 1843 , Hans Christian Andersen met and fell in love with her . Although the two became good friends , she did not reciprocate his romantic feelings . She is believed to have inspired three of his fairy tales : `` Beneath the Pillar '' , `` The Angel '' and `` The Nightingale '' . He wrote , `` No book or personality whatever has exerted a more ennobling influence on me , as a poet , than Jenny Lind . For me she opened the sanctuary of art . '' The biographer Carol Rosen believes that after Lind rejected Andersen as a suitor , he portrayed her as The Snow Queen with a heart of ice .
Upper Deck Company
At the beginning of the 1992 -- 93 NHL season , Upper Deck made Patrick Roy a spokesperson . Roy was an ideal choice as he was a hockey card collector , and his collection amounted to over 150,000 cards . An ad campaign was launched and it had an adverse effect on Patrick Roy 's season . Upper Deck had a slogan called `` Trade Roy '' , and it was posted on billboards throughout the city of Montreal . A Journal de Montreal poll , published on January 13 , 1993 , indicated that 57 % of fans favoured trading Patrick Roy . Before the trading deadline , Canadiens General Manager Serge Savard insisted that he would consider a trade for Roy . The Canadiens ended the season by winning only 8 of their last 19 games .
List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters
In the 2012 TV series , Pizza Face ( voiced by John DiMaggio ) was introduced as Antonio , an Italian pizza chef who ran Antonio 's Pizza until he ingested mutagen thinking that it would be a good pizza topping , mutating himself into a huge mutant pepperoni and mushroom pizza with arms , a mouth , eyes made of pepperoni ( resembling Pizza the Hut from the movie Spaceballs ) . He has control over pizzas around him . The pizzas have a mind of their own and desire to be consumed which will cause the person who ate them to fall into a zombie - like state `` to serve their delicious master '' . He first appeared in the episode `` Pizza Face , '' where Michelangelo went to Antonio 's Pizza after his free Antonio 's pizza attacked him when he refused to eat it . Mikey found Pizza Face 's victims and was attacked by them . Upon returning to the lair , he found his fellow Turtles and Splinter affected as he fought off Pizza Face 's pizzas , interrogating one of them to find out who he works for . The pizza told Michelangelo about Pizza Face 's origin and plans to feed off them . After putting the pizza into the freezer with Ice Cream Kitty , Michelangelo infiltrated Antonio 's Pizza restaurant where Pizza Face was starting to make the humans into calzones for him to feed off of . Michelangelo confronted Pizza Face ( who actually liked being called that ) and fought the pizza - controlled Turtles until he was trapped in Pizza Face 's cheese . Upon eating his way out of the cheese , he fought his way past Pizza Face 's victims was swallowed up by Pizza Face only to eat his way out . Michelangelo threatened Pizza Face to free his victims or else . Pizza Face did what Michelangelo wanted as every one he brainwashed was freed . Even though it seemed like a nightmare to Michelangelo , it turned out that Pizza Face 's slice had survived and was hiding in one of the pizza boxes .
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Casey Jones -- A vigilante who wears a hockey mask to protect his identity , Casey Jones has become one of the Turtles ' closest allies , as well as a love interest to April . Casey first encountered the Turtles after having a fight with Raphael . He fights crime with an assortment of sporting goods he carries in a golf bag , such as baseball bats , golf clubs , and hockey sticks . The Shredder -- A villainous ninjutsu master called Oroku Saki , he is the leader of the Foot Clan , an evil ninja clan . In every incarnation of the TMNT franchise , he has been the archenemy of Splinter and the Turtles . The Shredder prefers to use his armor instead of weapons in some versions . Foot Soldiers / Ninjas -- The ninjas of the Foot Clan , working for the Shredder . Karai -- A female high - rank member of the Foot Clan , she has appeared in several different TMNT comics , cartoons , and films , as well as in multiple video games . In some incarnations of the character , she is closely related to Shredder as his adopted daughter or biological granddaughter . In most works , she shares an ambiguous rivalry with Leonardo , which occasionally even borders on romantic interest .
A Song of Ice and Fire
Since Martin drew on historical sources to build the Ice and Fire world , Damien G. Walter of The Guardian saw a strong resemblance between Westeros and England in the period of the Wars of the Roses . The Atlantic 's Adam Serwer regarded A Song of Ice and Fire as `` more a story of politics than one of heroism , a story about humanity wrestling with its baser obsessions than fulfilling its glorious potential '' , where the emergent power struggle stems from the feudal system 's repression and not from the fight between good and evil . Martin not only wanted to reflect the frictions of the medieval class structures in the novels , but also explore the consequences of the leaders ' decisions , as general goodness does not automatically make competent leaders and vice versa .
Curling
The hacks are fixed 12 feet ( 3.7 m ) behind each button ; a hack gives the thrower something to push against when making the throw . On indoor rinks , there are usually two fixed hacks , rubber - lined holes , one on each side of the centre line , with the inside edge no more than 3 inches ( 76 mm ) from the centre line and the front edge on the hack line . A single moveable hack may also be used .
Ghostface (Scream)
Ghostface has been parodied and referenced numerous times in media following his appearance in the Scream series of slasher films , most prominently in the parody film Scary Movie ( 2000 ) where a killer dressed as Ghostface commits a series of murders and is later revealed to be several people as in Scream . In the parody film Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth ( 2000 ) , a killer wearing a Jason Voorhees - style hockey mask is set on fire , his mask melting to resemble that of Ghostface . The film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ( 2001 ) features Ghostface , as Shannen Doherty and Craven provide cameos as themselves making the then non-existent Scream 4 , but Doherty objects when Ghostface turns out to be played by the orangutan , Suzann .
Nosebleed
The utility of local cooling of the head and neck is controversial . Some state that applying ice to the nose or forehead is not useful . Others feel that it may promote vasoconstriction of the nasal blood vessels and thus be useful .
List of My Little Pony (1986) characters
Magic Star Female Yellow Green Pink and green magic wand tied with a pink ribbon 1985 My Little Pony : The Movie ( First ) My Little Pony ( TV series ) ( Second ) Ellen Gerstell ( Movie ) Jeannie Elias ( Series ) Magic Star is an earth pony who is always fascinated with magic and collects lucky charms . There are times where she seems to take on a leadership role . She is also good jumper . According to backyard stories , Magic Star has magic wand that makes wishes come true . Posey Female Light Yellow Pink Six pink tulips with green stems 1985 Escape From Catrina ( First Appearance ) My Little Pony ( TV series ) ( Second Appearance ) Nancy Cartwright Posey is the gardener of Paradise Estates . Posey is very motherly to all the baby ponies and tends to the Paradise Estate 's garden . She loves flowers and other pretty things and is always willing to help those in need although used to judge others by appearance . According to Lauren Faust , Posey is the inspiration for the Friendship is Magic incarnation of Fluttershy . Scoops Female White Purple Eleven pink ice cream sundaes in purple cups 1986 My Little Pony ( TV series ) Ellen Gerstell Scoops is an Earth Pony and an Ice Cream Shop owner . She is the owner of the Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe on where she serves ice cream and sundaes to everyone in Ponyland . Shady / Baby Shady Female Dark Pink Neon Yellow Five pairs of sunglasses ( Shady ) / Three pairs of sunglasses ( Baby Shady ) 1986 My Little Pony : The Movie ( Debut ) My Little Pony ( TV series ) ( Regular appearance ) Jill Wayne ( As Shady ) Katie Leigh ( As Baby Shady ) Shady is an Earth Pony who is always timid and somewhat doubting herself of her actions . She even thinks she brings bad luck but it is just her imagination . She also likes wearing her sunglasses in sunny days . Her daughter is Baby Shady , who has an opposite personality ( she sometimes teases other babies but likes cheering them up as well ) as her mother 's but sort of naive .
Ice Cold in Alex
Captain Anson ( John Mills ) is the officer commanding a British RASC Motor Ambulance Company . During the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War when it is apparent that Tobruk is about to be besieged by the German Afrika Korps , Anson and most of his unit are ordered to evacuate to Alexandria . During the evacuation , Anson who is suffering from battle fatigue and alcoholism , MSM Tom Pugh ( Harry Andrews ) , and two nurses , Diana Murdoch ( Sylvia Syms ) and Denise Norton ( Diane Clare ) become separated and in an Austin K2 / Y ambulance , nicknamed ' Katy ' , decide to drive across the desert back to British lines .
Upper Deck Company
The NHL Biography of a Season cards was a 30 - card set capturing the greatest moments of the 2008 - 09 NHL Season . The cards were available through Upper Deck Certified Diamond Dealers . A collector had to redeem 5 wrappers of 2008 / 2009 Upper Deck hockey cards at a participating hobby store and receive an exclusive Upper Deck Biography of a Season card . One new card was available every week throughout the NHL season . The first four cards were :
Galactik Football
The storyline jumps forward 15 years . Aarch and his friend Clamp , a robotic technician , arrive back on Akillian for the first time since the game . Aarch aims to create a new Akillian Galactik Football team capable of winning the Cup , and selects a group of talented teenagers for his team : D'Jok , Sinedd , Micro-Ice , Mei , Thran , Ahito , Rocket , and Tia . However , Rocket 's father and Aarch 's brother does not want him on the team , and agree only to let him play on the condition that the newly named Snow Kids win a match against the incumbent Akillian team , the Red Tigers , who are coached by Aarch 's estranged old friend and team - mate , Artegor Nexus . During her tryout , Tia reveals that she has the power of the long - lost Breath of Akillian .
Across the River and into the Trees
Hemingway started as a journalist and writer of short stories , and Baker suggests that he thus learned how to `` get the most from the least , how to prune language , how to multiply intensities , and how to tell nothing but the truth in a way that allowed for telling more than the truth '' . The style is known as the Iceberg Theory because in Hemingway 's writing the hard facts float above water ; the supporting structure , complete with symbolism , operates out - of - sight . The concept of the iceberg theory is sometimes referred to as the `` theory of omission . '' Hemingway believed that a writer could describe one thing , while an entirely different thing occurs below the surface . Baker calls Across the River and into the Trees a `` lyric - poetical novel '' in which each scene has an underlying truth presented via symbolism . According to Meyers , an example of omission is that Renata , like other heroines in Hemingway 's fiction , suffers a major `` shock '' -- the murder of her father and the subsequent loss of her home -- to which Hemingway alludes only briefly . Hemingway 's pared down narrative forces the reader to solve connections -- as Stoltzfus has written : `` Hemingway walks the reader to the bridge that he or she must cross alone without the narrator 's help . ''
A Song of Ice and Fire
George R.R. Martin believes the most profound influences to be the ones experienced in childhood . Having read H.P. Lovecraft , Robert E. Howard , Robert A. Heinlein , Eric Frank Russell , Andre Norton , Isaac Asimov , Fritz Leiber , and Mervyn Peake in his youth , Martin never categorized these authors ' literature into science fiction , fantasy , or horror and will write from any genre as a result . Martin classified A Song of Ice and Fire as `` epic fantasy '' , and specifically named Tad Williams as very influential for the writing of the series . One of his favorite authors is Jack Vance , although Martin considered the series not particularly Vancean . ``
A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire spawned an industry of spin - off products . Fantasy Flight Games released a collectible card game , a board game , and two collections of artwork inspired by the Ice and Fire series . Various roleplaying game products were released by Guardians of Order and Green Ronin . Dynamite Entertainment adapted A Game of Thrones into a same - titled monthly comic in 2011 . Several video games are available or in production , including A Game of Thrones : Genesis ( 2011 ) and Game of Thrones ( 2012 ) by Cyanide ; both received mediocre ratings from critics . A social network game titled Game of Thrones Ascent ( 2013 ) by Disruptor Beam allows players to live the life of a noble during the series ' period setting . Random House released an official map book called The Lands of Ice and Fire , which includes old and new maps of the Ice and Fire world . The companion book The World of Ice & Fire by Martin and the Westeros.org owners Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson was published in October 2014 . Other licensed products include full - sized weapon reproductions , a range of collectable figures , Westeros coinage reproductions , and a large number of gift and collectible items based on the HBO television series . The popularity of the HBO series has made its version of the Iron Throne an icon of the entire media franchise .
Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is unique among North American major league sports halls of fame in that officials have generally been excluded from the Hall ; only one , 1966 inductee Hugh `` Shorty '' Ray , has been enshrined . The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum , Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Hockey Hall of Fame have each inducted game officials as members . In part to rectify the lack of officials and other off - field contributors , the Hall of Fame added a `` Contributors '' committee beginning with the class of 2015 , which will nominate officials , general managers , owners and other positions that have historically been overlooked by the committee at large .
Heartland (Canadian TV series)
Amy 's rival in `` The Ring of Fire '' . Following a clinic they did together , he kisses her . Later , Ty confronts him about it and hits him twice . One for running Mrs. Bell off the road and one for kissing Amy . While getting ice for the bruises , Chase and Soraya become friends . He is later invited to Amy and Soraya 's graduation party as Soraya 's date . There he kisses Soraya and they begin dating . In `` Leap of Faith '' , he asks Amy to come along with him and Soraya to a movie . He tells Amy when she arrives that Soraya had to study . After the movie it is shown that he still likes Amy . During `` The River '' , Soraya ends the relationship .
A Song of Ice and Fire
Upon its release in October 2005 in the UK and November 2005 in the US , A Feast for Crows went straight to the top of The New York Times bestseller list . Among the positive reviewers was Lev Grossman of Time , who dubbed Martin `` the American Tolkien '' . However , fans and critics alike were disappointed with the story split that left the fates of several popular characters unresolved after A Storm of Swords ' cliffhanger ending . With A Dance with Dragons said to be half - finished , Martin mentioned in the epilogue of A Feast for Crows that the next volume would be released by the next year . However , planned release dates were repeatedly pushed back . Meanwhile , HBO acquired the rights to turn Ice and Fire into a dramatic series in 2007 and aired the first of ten episodes covering A Game of Thrones in April 2011 .
Game of Thrones
In January 2006 , David Benioff had a phone conversation with George R.R. Martin 's literary agent about the books he represented , and became interested in A Song of Ice and Fire as he had been a fan of fantasy fiction when young but had not read the books before . The literary agent then sent the first four books of A Song of Ice and Fire to Benioff . Benioff read a few hundred pages of the first novel , A Game of Thrones , shared his enthusiasm with D.B. Weiss and suggested that they adapt Martin 's novels into a television series ; Weiss finished the first novel in `` maybe 36 hours '' . They pitched the series to HBO after a five - hour meeting with Martin ( a veteran screenwriter ) in a restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard . According to Benioff , they won Martin over with their answer to his question , `` Who is Jon Snow 's mother ? '' I
Logos and uniforms of the Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers have made only a few changes to their jerseys over the years . Originally , the team had vertically - striped jerseys that resembled prison uniforms at the time , with some variations having the city of Pittsburgh crest on the front , a la NHL uniforms . The team would later wear these uniforms as throwbacks in 1994 . A horizontally - striped uniform with the uniform numbers placed on rectangular panels also appeared in the 1933 season ; this design was worn as a throwback from 2012 until 2016 .
Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex British film poster Directed by J. Lee Thompson Produced by W.A. Whittaker Written by Christopher Landon ( novel & screenplay ) T.J. Morrison Starring John Mills Sylvia Syms Anthony Quayle Harry Andrews Music by Leighton Lucas Cinematography Gilbert Taylor Edited by Richard Best Production company Associated British Picture Corporation Distributed by Associated British - Pathé ( United Kingdom ) 20th Century Fox ( United States ) Release date 24 June 1958 ( UK ) 22 March 1961 ( US ) Running time 130 minutes ( uncut ) , 76 minutes ( US 1961 Theatrical Version ) Country United Kingdom Language English
A Song of Ice and Fire
Martin is firm about ending the series with the seventh novel `` until I decide not to be firm '' . With his stated goal of telling the story from beginning to end , he will not truncate the story to fit into an arbitrary number of volumes . He knows the ending in broad strokes as well as the future of the main characters , and will finish the series with bittersweet elements where not everyone will live happily ever after . Martin hopes to write an ending similar to The Lord of the Rings that he felt gave the story a satisfying depth and resonance . On the other hand , Martin noted the challenge to avoid a situation like the finale of the TV series Lost , which left some fans disappointed by deviating too far from their own theories and desires . In 2015 , Martin said that he was not writing A Dream of Spring together with The Winds of Winter , and in early 2016 , he said he did not believe A Dream of Spring would be published before the last season of the HBO show .
A Song of Ice and Fire
Martin set the Ice and Fire story in a secondary world inspired by Tolkien 's writing . Unlike Tolkien , who created entire languages , mythologies , and histories for Middle - earth long before writing The Lord of the Rings , Martin usually starts with a rough sketch of an imaginary world that he improvises into a workable fictional setting along the way . He described his writing as coming from a subconscious level in `` almost a daydreaming process '' , and his stories , which have a mythic rather than a scientific core , draw from emotion instead of rationality . Martin employs maps and a cast list topping 60 pages in the fourth volume , but keeps most information in his mind . His imagined backstory remains subject to change until published , and only the novels count as canon . Martin does not intend to publish his private notes after the series is finished .
The Skin of Our Teeth
While the Antrobus family remains constant throughout the play , the three acts do not form a continuous narrative . The first act takes place during an impending ice age , in the second act the family circumstances have changed as George becomes president of the Fraternal Order of Mammals ( apparent references to Sodom and Gomorrah but also to the Roaring Twenties ) , and the end of the world approaches a second time ; the third act opens with Maggie and Gladys emerging from a bunker at the end of a seven - year - long war .
List of Olympic Games scandals and controversies
The Iranian National Olympic Committee filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport ( CAS ) against the International Weightlifting Federation ( IWF ) , and the IWF 's website was hacked by protestors . The CAS dismissed the appeal due to a lack of evidence that the disqualification was made or applied in bad faith . Nine Australian athletes had their passports seized by Brazilian police and were fined R $10,000 ( US $3,000 ) after it was revealed they had falsified their credentials in order to watch a basketball game between Serbia and Australia . While Olympians have free access to all events , where they are seated in a section reserved for them , the nine athletes falsified their credentials in order to gain free access to seats reserved for paying customers . The athletes in question are Ashlee Ankudinoff ( cycling ) , Melissa Hoskins ( cycling ) , Ed Jenkins ( rugby ) , Alec Potts ( archery ) , Ryan Tyack ( archery ) , Olympia Aldersey ( rowing ) , Fiona Albert ( rowing ) , Lucy Stephan ( rowing ) and Simon Orchard ( field hockey ) . Another cyclist , Matthew Glaetzer , was not accused of a crime but was held as a witness . During the second bronze medal match between Uzbekistan 's Ikhtiyor Navruzov and Mongolia 's Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran in the 65 kg freestyle wrestling , Mandakhnaran held a lead of 7 - 6 near the end of the match and began celebrating before the it had concluded . In response , Ikhtiyor was awarded a penalty point for Mandakhnaran `` failing to engage '' during the end of the match , which resulted in Ikhtiyor winning the bronze due . The Mongolian coaches protested the point , which could not be challenged , by stripping in front of the judges on the mat , resulting in a shoe being sent into the judges ' table . Ikhtiyor was awarded a second penalty point as the coaches were escorted away from the mat , leading to the final score being 7 - 8 . Controversy surrounded the new judging system in boxing ; the new system had five judges who judge each bout , and a computer would randomly select three whose scores were counted .
Magnetic field
In recent research , materials known as spin ices can simulate monopoles , but do not contain actual monopoles .
pH
Solution of this quadratic equation gives the hydrogen ion concentration and hence p ( H ) or , more loosely , pH . This procedure is illustrated in an ICE table which can also be used to calculate the pH when some additional ( strong ) acid or alkaline has been added to the system , that is , when C ≠ C .