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3j4q2z4uty3e158m8phjbr54yulwqp | CHAPTER XIX. THE KNIGHT AND THE DRAGON
A telegram had been received in the morning, which kept Valetta and Fergus on the qui vive all day. Valetta was an unspeakable worry to the patient Miss Vincent, and Fergus arranged his fossils and minerals.
Both children flew out to meet their father at the gate, but words failed them as he came into the house, greeted the aunts, and sat down with Fergus on his knee, and Valetta encircled by his arm.
'Yes, Lilias is quite well, very busy and happy---with her first instalment of children.'
'I am so thankful that you are come,' said Adeline. 'Jane ventured to augur that you would, but I thought it too much to hope for.'
'There was no alternative,' said Sir Jasper.
'I infer that you halted at Avoncester.'
'I did so; I saw the poor boy.'
'What a comfort for his sister!'
'Poor fellow! Mine was the first friendly face he had seen, and he was almost overcome by it'---and the strong face quivered with emotion at the recollection of the boy's gratitude.
'He is a nice fellow,' said Jane. 'I am glad you have seen him, for neither Mr. White nor Rotherwood can believe that he is not utterly foolish, if not worse.'
'A boy may do foolish things without being a fool,' said Sir Jasper. 'Not that this one is such another as his father. I wish he were.'
'I suppose he has more of the student scholarly nature.'
'Yes. The enlistment, which was the making of his father, was a sort of moral suicide in him. I got him to tell me all about it, and I find that the idea of the inquest, and of having to mention you, you monkey, drove him frantic, and the dismissal completed the business.' | ['Where were they all day?', 'What held them there?', 'When did it arrive?', 'Was anyone distracted by something?', 'Whom?', 'How did Miss Vincent feel?', 'Is someone a new parent?', 'Do they have a lot of spare time?', 'Who was met at the gate?', 'How many kids were there?', 'Was someone acting in an ignorant way?', 'Who was it?', 'Did Jane think he was mean?', 'How did she feel about him?', 'Who had seen him?', 'Was someone putting something in order?', 'Who?', 'What was he organizing?', 'Who let him sit on their knee?', 'Was he holding anyone else?', 'Whom?'] | {'answers': ['on the qui vive', 'A telegram', 'in the morning', 'yes', 'Fergus', 'worried', 'yes', 'yes', 'their father', 'Two', 'yes', 'the poor boy', 'no', 'She thought he was a nice fellow', 'Sir Jasper', 'yes', 'Fergus', 'his fossils and minerals', 'his father', 'yes', 'Valetta'], 'answers_start': [118, 43, 72, 176, 209, 154, 453, 156, 284, 99, 1386, 785, 1022, 1022, 851, 204, 209, 225, 284, 378, 420], 'answers_end': [133, 53, 86, 251, 215, 175, 539, 251, 296, 117, 1651, 797, 1041, 1041, 896, 251, 215, 249, 414, 450, 427]} |
3oxv7eaxleqo0pnejwsj0pdg0yq633 | Mr White works in an office. He's very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he's always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after dinner. She doesn't stop talking until she falls asleep . But it's usually too late and Mr White has to get up early in the morning when she is still sleeping. One day Mr White felt terrible and couldn't go to work. He decided to go to see a doctor. Mrs White went to the hospital with him. Before her husband said what was the matter with him, the woman told the doctor all. The doctor wrote out a prescription . When Mrs White took the medicine to the doctor's room, the doctor said to her, "The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you. " "For me?" the woman said in surprise. "I'm fine. I don't need any medicine!" "I don't think so, madam," said the doctor. "They are sleeping pills. Your husband will be all right soon if you take them. " | ['Who is Mr. White married to?', 'is she a quiet person?', 'where does he work?', 'is it a slow office?', 'does he get enough rest?', 'what does he want to do when he gets home?', 'does his wife let him?', "where did he go the day he didn't go to work?", 'who went with him?', 'Did Mr. White have a chance to speak?', 'why not?', 'Who did she tell?', 'How did the doctor respond?', 'was it just for Mr. White?', 'Who were the pills for?', 'did this make sense to her?', 'Does she feel like she needs the medicine?', 'what kind of pills are they?', 'did the doctor think they will help the husband?'] | {'answers': ['Mrs. White', 'No.', 'In an office.', 'No.', 'Never.', 'Sleep early.', 'No.', 'To see a doctor.', 'Mrs. White', 'No', 'Mrs. White told all.', 'The doctor', 'He wrote a prescription .', 'No.', 'Mrs. White', 'No.', 'No', 'Sleeping pills.', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [668, 184, 0, 29, 29, 81, 257, 465, 499, 540, 594, 594, 625, 718, 790, 815, 853, 936, 962], 'answers_end': [677, 242, 28, 43, 80, 179, 306, 497, 539, 624, 624, 623, 662, 814, 815, 891, 891, 961, 1014]} |
3h7z272lx77dqzv84yvs2byevqrlpo | CHAPTER VII
AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
"Say, fellows, did you ever hear this song?"
It was Ned Lowe who spoke. He sat in one of the rooms belonging to the Rovers. On his knee rested a mandolin which he had been strumming furiously for the past ten minutes.
"Sure we've heard it, Ned!" cried Andy. "What is it?"
"For gracious sake, Ned! why don't you let up?" cried Fred, who was in the next room trying his best to study. "How in the world is a fellow going to do an example in algebra with you singing about good times on the old plantation?"
"That is right, Ned. Why don't you sing about good times in the classroom when Asa Lemm is there?"
"Gee Christopher! what's the use of your throwing cold water on this camp meeting?" came from Walt Baxter, who sat on the edge of the bed munching an apple.
"Really, it's a shame the way you young gentlemen attempt to choke off Ned's efforts to please this congregation!" exclaimed Spouter Powell, who sat in an easy chair with his feet resting on the edge of a chiffonier. "Now, when a man's soul is overflowing with harmony, and beautiful thoughts are coursing through his cranium, and he is doing his utmost to bring pleasure----"
"Wow! Spouter is at it again! Somebody choke him off!" cried Randy, and catching up a pillow, he threw it at the head of the cadet who loved to make long speeches.
"Say, fellows, why won't some of you let me get a word in edgeways?" came from Dan Soppinger, who stood with his back against the door leading to the hall. "I've been wanting to ask you a question for the last ten minutes. Who of you can tell me the names of the fifth, tenth, and fifteenth presidents of our country?" | ['Who asks a question?', 'Where?', 'Whose?', 'What is he holding?', 'Who is with him?', 'Who else is nearby?', 'Is he happy?', 'Who else is there?', 'What is he doing?', 'Who speaks next?', 'What is he doing?', 'How?', 'What does the next friend do?', 'What did he do with it?'] | {'answers': ['Ned Lowe', 'in one of the rooms', 'Rovers', 'a mandolin', 'Andy', 'Fred', '"For gracious sake, Ned! why don\'t you let up?" cried Fred', 'Walt Baxter', 'munching an apple', 'Spouter Powell', 'sat in a chair', 'with his feet resting on the edge of a chiffonier', 'catches up a pillow', 'he threw it at the head of the cadet'], 'answers_start': [92, 119, 133, 163, 294, 370, 316, 746, 790, 936, 956, 977, 1262, 1284], 'answers_end': [100, 138, 162, 193, 298, 400, 374, 757, 807, 950, 976, 1026, 1282, 1320]} |
30lsnf239uvf8rmwhxn3eiyt4lai28 | (CNN) -- Three radio DJs in Kenya are going six days without food while broadcasting non-stop to promote peaceful voting in a country that was nearly torn apart after its last election five years ago.
Ghetto Radio presenters Mbusii, Solloo and Essie have been locked inside a "glass house" in central Nairobi since Wednesday, as part of the station's annual Serious Request Kenya event.
This year's theme is "Vote4Peace Vote4Kenya," ahead of the East African country's elections on March 4 2013. The vote will be the first since ethnic violence engulfed the country after disputed elections in December 2007, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and 350,000 displaced, according to the Kenya Red Cross.
Read related: Can tech revolutionize African elections?
Three days into the challenge, DJ Solloo is in good spirits -- despite the lack of food.
"I'm a bit hungry," he laughingly admits, "but we have to do this -- it's a pretty good feeling."
Solloo, whose real name is Solomon Njoroge, says Kenya cannot afford a return to post-election violence. Last time around, he says, he was a victim of the bloody unrest that swept his town of Eldoret, one of the fighting hotspots in Kenya's Rift Valley province.
Solloo says that back then he had to spend more than two weeks with limited food supplies while camping at a police station for safety.
"This country cannot afford to go back to that time," says Solloo from the glass house, a few moments before going on air. "I decided to come here because we have to push for this message to be a part of every Kenyan. It has to be every Kenyan's initiative to know that peace is more than just the absence of war." | ["What are the 3 DJ's doing?", 'Why?', 'In what country?', 'What almost happened?', 'How many years ago?', 'What station do they represent?', 'What are their names?', 'Are they locked up?', 'In what?', 'Since when?', 'What is the theme of the event?', 'When is voting set for?', 'How many times have they voted since the violence?', 'What date was that?', 'How many people died?', 'Why did Solloo say he is doing this?', 'What is his actual name?', 'How was he feeling on day 3?', 'Was he hungry?', 'What was he a victim of?'] | {'answers': ['going six days without food', 'to promote peaceful voting', 'in Kenya', 'the country was nearly torn apart', 'five years ago.', 'Ghetto Radio', 'Mbusii, Solloo and Essie', 'yes', 'a "glass house"', 'Wednesday', 'Vote4Peace Vote4Kenya', 'March 4 2013', 'This vote will be the first', 'December 2007', '1,000 people', 'to push for this message to be a part of every Kenyan', 'Solomon Njoroge', 'he was in good spirits', 'a bit hungry', 'the bloody unrest'], 'answers_start': [37, 94, 24, 125, 185, 203, 227, 257, 276, 317, 413, 486, 500, 598, 631, 1522, 984, 809, 862, 1104], 'answers_end': [65, 120, 33, 160, 201, 215, 251, 327, 291, 326, 434, 498, 526, 611, 643, 1576, 999, 825, 874, 1125]} |
3xcc1odxdlb9t9r09v7dosxn7mlqra | François Hollande, the newly-inaugurated President of France, may be as notable for what he has not done as for what he has.
He has never held national elective office despite being at the center of French politics for more than a decade, and he has never been married despite a three-decade relationship and four children with Ségolène Royale, another of the country's top Socialist politicians.
Hollande led the Socialist Party for 11 years and was leader when Royale ran unsuccessfully for president against Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007.
Hollande and Royale split up a month before that election, and he is now seeing journalist Valérie Trierweiler, who appeared, smiling with him, as he celebrated his victory Sunday.
He immediately spooked markets, and Germany, France's key ally in the European Union, with his victory speech.
"Austerity can no longer be something that is inevitable," he said, apparently undercutting the belt-tightening that his predecessor and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have urged on European countries beset by debt.
Hollande emerged as his party's candidate for president after the downfall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was once considered the Socialist favorite to defeat Sarkozy.
But Strauss-Kahn was arrested in May 2011 after a New York hotel maid alleged that he tried to rape her. Charges against the former IMF chief were later dropped in the United States, but he has been warned he could be investigated in France over accusations he participated in a prostitution ring.
But Hollande was not an accidental candidate despite the way he has come to power, one commentator said. | ['Who is the Newly inaugurated President of France?', 'What is he notable for not doing?', 'how long has he lead the Socialist party?', 'What did he do the the Markets in Germany?', 'What did he say that undercut what his predicessor and the German Chancellor whated the EU countries to do?', "Who's downfall lead to him emerging as his party's canidate?", 'Who unsuccessfully ran for president against Nicolas Sarkozy?', 'How long has Hollande been the center of French Politics?', 'Would he be considered an Accidental Canidate?', 'Who appeared with him celebrating his victor?'] | {'answers': ['François Hollande', 'He has never held national elective office', 'for 11 years', 'He immediately spooked them with his victory speech', '"Austerity can no longer be something that is inevitable,', 'Dominique Strauss-Kahn', 'Ségolène Royale', 'for more than a decade', 'no', 'Valérie Trierweiler'], 'answers_start': [0, 127, 434, 725, 838, 1135, 330, 216, 1531, 633], 'answers_end': [17, 169, 446, 747, 895, 1157, 345, 239, 1571, 652]} |
32svav9l3f9pnrzh999vguf2xtr3aq | Bristol () is a city and county in South West England with a population of 454,200 in 2017. The district has the 10th-largest population in England, while the Bristol metropolitan area is the 12th-largest in the United Kingdom. The city borders North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, with the cities of Bath and Gloucester to the south-east and north-east, respectively.
Iron Age hill forts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon, and around the beginning of the 11th century the settlement was known as Brycgstow (Old English "the place at the bridge"). Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373, when it became a county of itself. From the 13th to the 18th century, Bristol was among the top three English cities after London in tax receipts. Bristol was surpassed by the rapid rise of Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool in the Industrial Revolution.
Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration to the New World. On a ship out of Bristol in 1497 John Cabot, a Venetian, became the first European since the Vikings to land on mainland North America. In 1499 William Weston, a Bristol merchant, was the first Englishman to lead an exploration to North America. At the height of the Bristol slave trade, from 1700 to 1807, more than 2,000 slave ships carried an estimated 500,000 people from Africa to slavery in the Americas. The Port of Bristol has since moved from Bristol Harbour in the city centre to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Dock. | ['What is the main subject?', 'What was it a starting place for?', 'And where were they headed in those days?', 'In what country is it located?', 'What part of that country?', 'Is it a State?', 'What is one thing it is?', 'And another?', 'Who arrived in 1497?', 'In what type of vehicle?', 'What was his ethnicity?', 'Who was the first English merchant in North America?', 'What was the population in 2017?', 'Making it what ranking in the England?', 'How does the metro area rank in the UK?', 'How many cities border it?', 'Please name one.', 'And another.', 'Can you please name another one?', 'And the last?'] | {'answers': ['Bristol', 'early voyages', 'the New World', 'England', 'South West', 'No', 'a city', "it's a county as well", 'John Cabot', 'on a ship', 'Venetian', 'William Weston', '454,200', 'the 10th-largest population', 'the 12th-largest', 'Four', 'Bath', 'North Somerset', 'South Gloucestershire', 'Gloucester'], 'answers_start': [0, 976, 976, 2, 34, 0, 1, 10, 976, 1056, 1089, 1200, 58, 92, 185, 229, 226, 226, 228, 227], 'answers_end': [8, 1054, 1056, 53, 54, 374, 33, 32, 1602, 1163, 1112, 1235, 93, 147, 228, 371, 373, 373, 375, 372]} |
38sksku7r1xl9d84r358tex2ahrilf | Eco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the United States.
Eco City Farms in Edmonston,Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a workingclass community. People do not have very much money, and they have limited access to fresh food in markets.
Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable. "I like coming out here," he says, "You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more."
Margaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. "Growing food in a community brings people together," she continues, "Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have an ecofriendly community." she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost made from food waste.
Eco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green houses use a geothermal system.
Vegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.
"I like eating the vegetables," says fiveyearold Owen Moss. | ['Who started Eco City Farms?', 'Does she think people can learn to live better there?', "Where does the farm get it's electricity?", 'How long is the growing season at the farm?', "Which neighbor's go weekly in winter?", 'How do they get there?', 'Does Owen like veggies?', 'What city is the farm in?', 'Is that in Vermont?', 'Where?', "What's it near?", 'What kind of place is it?', 'Do people have much money in the community?', 'Do they attract volunteers?', 'Like who?', 'Does she have kids?', 'How many?', 'Do they attend public school?', 'Where do they get their education?', "What's Marcy's son's name?"] | {'answers': ['Margaret Morgan', 'yes', 'from the sun', 'all year', 'Chris Moss and her three children', 'bicycling', 'Yres', 'Edmonston', 'No', 'Maryland', 'shopping centers, car repair shops and homes.', 'a place where people can learn to live healthier lives', 'no', 'yes', 'Marcy Clark', 'yes', 'four', 'no', 'at home', 'Alston Clark'], 'answers_start': [737, 777, 1338, 1449, 1508, 1542, 1596, 106, 116, 117, 143, 796, 235, 362, 411, 528, 439, 424, 454, 536], 'answers_end': [752, 851, 1351, 1458, 1541, 1546, 1625, 116, 125, 125, 188, 851, 267, 386, 421, 548, 444, 461, 461, 549]} |
32z9zlut1lktj30hyd3flj0h45aoht | CHAPTER I
ANDY AND HIS UNCLE
"What be you a-goin' to do today, Andy?"
"I'm going to try my luck over to the Storburgh camp, Uncle Si. I hardly think Mr. Storburgh will have an opening for me, but it won't hurt to ask him."
"Did you try Sam Hickley, as I told you to?" continued Josiah Graham, as he settled himself more comfortably before the open fireplace of the cabin.
"Yes, but he said he had all the men he wanted." Andy Graham gave something of a sigh. "Seems to me there are more lumbermen in this part of Maine than there is lumber."
"Humph! I guess you ain't tried very hard to git work," grumbled the old man, drawing up his bootless feet on the rungs of his chair, and spreading out his hands to the generous blaze before him. "Did you see them Plover brothers?"
"No, but Chet Greene did, day before yesterday, and they told him they were laying men off instead of taking 'em on."
"Humph! I guess thet Chet Greene don't want to work. He'd rather fool his time away in the woods, huntin' and fishin'."
"Chet is willing enough to work if he can get anything to do. And hunting pays, sometimes. Last week he got a fine deer and one of the rich hunters from Boston paid him a good price for it."
"Humph! Thet ain't as good as a stiddy, payin' job. I don't want you to be a-lazin' your time away in the woods,--I want you to grow up stiddy an' useful. Besides, we got to have money, if we want to live." | ["Who is Andy's Uncle?", 'What is Andy trying to find?', 'Who will he talk to today?', "Does he believe he'll be successful?", 'What state is he in?', 'Who else did he talk to about a job?', "What is his uncle's full name?", "Who didn't have any openings?", 'In what field?', 'Who else did his uncle want him to talk to?', 'Had he?', 'Who had?', 'When?', 'Were they hiring?', 'What did his uncle think Chet liked to do?', 'Did he think that was a good way to make a living?', 'Had Chet made some money doing it?', 'What did he sell?', 'Where?', 'For how much?'] | {'answers': ['Si', 'a job', 'Mr. Storburgh', 'No', 'Maine', 'Chet Greene', 'Josiah Graham', 'Sam Hickley', 'lumber', 'Plover brothers', 'No', 'Chet Greene', 'day before yesterday', 'No', 'huntin and fishin', 'no', 'yes', 'deer', 'Boston', 'good price'], 'answers_start': [130, 139, 139, 140, 523, 789, 286, 232, 482, 751, 789, 797, 813, 854, 961, 1231, 1190, 1139, 1183, 1189], 'answers_end': [138, 196, 227, 196, 528, 903, 299, 273, 506, 783, 791, 812, 834, 903, 1024, 1273, 1218, 1149, 1189, 1211]} |
3hl8hngx4516yk551ywxl8tftpn9fa | (CNN) -- A California bounty hunter says he will sue Casey Anthony and her defense attorney Jose Baez for misleading him when he helped search for her young daughter Caylee.
Leonard Padilla said he is seeking $200,000.
Padilla said Anthony's attorney allowed him to fly to Florida in 2008 and help search for Anthony's then-missing 2-year-old daughter.
Anthony left jail Sunday after being acquitted of murder charges in connection with the death of her daughter.
Padilla says when he heard Baez's opening statement during Anthony's murder trial he felt conned.
"It turns out she knew where the child was all along," Padilla said. "They misled me, and it is definitely fraud."
At one point during the highly-publicized search for Caylee, Padilla offered a $25,000 reward for the girl's return.
He also says he spent $50,000 to bond out Anthony when she was initially jailed. He said he also brought in people to help provide security.
He said he talked to Anthony on many occasions during that time and that she never said she knew where Caylee was.
"She told me the babysitter stole the baby," Padilla said. "They were both feeding us that line. And now we know it was never true. We lost a lot of money."
Padilla says it may take a few weeks to get his lawsuit together.
Johnny Griffin, a California legal expert, told CNN affiliate KCRA that Padilla's lawsuit may have legal merit. But he may need to do some work to prove his case, Griffin said. | ["What was Padilla's Mission in Florida?", 'What was he acquitted for?', 'Who died?', 'Did he eventually got released?', 'Who make the opening murder trial?', 'How did Padilla feel about it?', 'Did they ever search for the girl?', "What was Padilla's contribution to the search?", 'Did he offer some money for the finder?', 'How much did he offer?'] | {'answers': ["to search for Anthony's then missing 2 year old daughter", 'murder charges', "Anthony's 2 year old daughter Caylee", 'Yes', 'Jose Baez', 'he felt conned', 'unknown', 'He flew to Florida and helped in the search.', 'Yes', 'a $25,000 reward'], 'answers_start': [302, 396, 151, 359, 498, 554, -1, 223, 749, 766], 'answers_end': [358, 470, 173, 471, 570, 568, -1, 358, 806, 782]} |
3dip6yhapcsee1mz1v6d3ud4xjr8e5 | CHAPTER II
JIM'S GUESTS
After breakfast next morning Jim and his friends went out on the terrace. The tide was full and the woods across the bay looked like islands. A line of white surf marked the edge of the marsh, which ran back, broken by winding creeks, to the foot of the rising ground. Sometimes a gleam of sunshine touched the lonely flats and they flashed into luminous green, silver, and yellow. Then the color faded and the light moving on forced up for a few moments the rugged blue hills against their misty background. The landscape had not the sharp distinctness common in Canada; it was dim and marked by an elusive charm.
Jim began to think about Evelyn. She was somehow like the country. Her charm was strong but not obtrusive. One could not, so to speak, realize Evelyn at a glance; she was marked by subtle refinements and delicacies that one rather felt than saw. Her English reserve was fascinating, because it hinted at the reward one might get if one could break it down. Carrie, too, was thinking about Evelyn, Mrs. Winter was sewing, and Jake occupied himself by cleaning an old pipe.
"It's some time since we broke camp on the telegraph line," Carrie remarked. "Do you find having nothing to do comes easy, Jim?"
"I don't expect to be idle long. It's prudent to consider before you begin to move."
Carrie felt that Jim was getting English. He had, of course, been to McGill, but since they reached the Old Country he was dropping his Western colloquialisms. She thought it significant that he did so unconsciously. | ['Where did Jim go?', 'Was he alone?', 'Who was with him?', 'Who were they thinking of?', 'When were they on the terrace?', 'What country were they in?', 'Where were the woods?', 'What did they look like?', 'Who was cleaning something?', 'What was he cleaning?'] | {'answers': ['out on the terrace', 'no', 'his friends', 'Evelyn.', 'After breakfast next morning', 'the Old Country', 'across the bay', 'islands.', 'Jake', 'an old pipe.'], 'answers_start': [28, 28, 27, 645, 28, 1379, 102, 102, 1069, 1070], 'answers_end': [102, 102, 99, 677, 102, 1554, 169, 169, 1117, 1117]} |
3vhhr074h3hoktr88c1b2p7tw44l7h | (CNN) -- Reactions to Miley Cyrus at the VMAs: People are still having them!
Earlier this week, we heard what both Britney Spears and Paula Patton had to say about the performance. (Spoiler alert: They think she's just being Miley.) But while both those stars were shrugging their shoulders, another music legend was sharpening her claws.
"I'm not old-fashioned," Cher told USA Today in an interview published Tuesday. "She could have come out naked, and if she'd just rocked the house, I would have said, 'You go, girl.' It just wasn't done well. She can't dance, her body looked like hell, the song wasn't great, one cheek was hanging out. And, chick, don't stick out your tongue if it's coated."
EW: Paula Patton reacts to Miley Cyrus' VMAs performance
Ouch! It's one thing to slam Miley's choice of outfit or sexually-charged behavior; it's quite another to question the girl's talent itself. And coming from someone who knows a thing or two about rockin' it while wearing revealing outfits — not to mention clearly visible buttocks — that comment is harsher still.
EW: Britney Spears defends Miley Cyrus on 'GMA', plus 4 other things we learned
Evidently, Cyrus is taking Cher's burn in stride. She hasn't responded to Cher's words on social media, choosing instead to keep touting the phenomenal success of "Wrecking Ball," her latest single. ("#1 on Billboard. #1 on iTunes. #1 on Spotify. #1 on Streaming. #1 on Digital songs. #1 most added to pop radio. #1 on VEVO," according to Miley.) | ['Earlier this week we heard whose opioion?', 'what did they both agree on?', 'both stars were?', 'what performance were they reacting to?', 'how did Paula Patton react?', 'Cher told USA what?', "how did Cher describe Miley's body?", 'Cher told USA what about her dance', 'How does Brittany Spears feel about the performance', 'what show did Britney Spears defends Miley on'] | {'answers': ['both Britney Spears and Paula Patton', "she's just being Miley", 'shrugging their shoulders', 'Miley Cyrus at the VMAs', 'Ouch', "It just wasn't done well", 'looked like hell', "She can't dance", 'defended Miley', 'GMA'], 'answers_start': [116, 210, 267, 21, 764, 526, 577, 551, 1099, 1123], 'answers_end': [148, 232, 292, 45, 768, 550, 594, 567, 1113, 1126]} |
32q90qcq1sly92o0ak3gtzmvtw5keb | CHAPTER XX
Nancy and Godfrey walked home under the starlight in silence. When they entered the oaken parlour, Godfrey threw himself into his chair, while Nancy laid down her bonnet and shawl, and stood on the hearth near her husband, unwilling to leave him even for a few minutes, and yet fearing to utter any word lest it might jar on his feeling. At last Godfrey turned his head towards her, and their eyes met, dwelling in that meeting without any movement on either side. That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger--not to be interfered with by speech or action which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose.
But presently he put out his hand, and as Nancy placed hers within it, he drew her towards him, and said--
"That's ended!"
She bent to kiss him, and then said, as she stood by his side, "Yes, I'm afraid we must give up the hope of having her for a daughter. It wouldn't be right to want to force her to come to us against her will. We can't alter her bringing up and what's come of it."
"No," said Godfrey, with a keen decisiveness of tone, in contrast with his usually careless and unemphatic speech--"there's debts we can't pay like money debts, by paying extra for the years that have slipped by. While I've been putting off and putting off, the trees have been growing--it's too late now. Marner was in the right in what he said about a man's turning away a blessing from his door: it falls to somebody else. I wanted to pass for childless once, Nancy--I shall pass for childless now against my wish." | ['What was Nancy wearing?', 'Who said, "That\'s ended!"', "What is their prospective daughter's name?", 'Who cautioned against letting good fortunes go?', 'Who else?', 'Was it daytime?', 'Were they eager to talk?', 'What did they do instead?', "Did Godfrey's opinion on something change?", 'What?'] | {'answers': ['a bonnet and shawl', 'Godfrey', 'unknown', 'Godfrey', 'Marner', 'no', 'no', 'held hands', 'yes', 'being childless'], 'answers_start': [156, 737, -1, 1130, 1436, 38, 283, 737, 1343, 1555], 'answers_end': [192, 862, -1, 1647, 1527, 62, 350, 841, 1646, 1648]} |
32utubmz7gweia6szxfxu0rr6xvvb4 | CHAPTER XV
There was a deal of cursing and groaning as the men at the bottom of the ladder crawled to their feet.
“Somebody strike a light, my thumb’s out of joint,” said one of the men, Parsons, a swarthy, saturnine man, boat-steerer in Standish’s boat, in which Harrison was puller.
“You’ll find it knockin’ about by the bitts,” Leach said, sitting down on the edge of the bunk in which I was concealed.
There was a fumbling and a scratching of matches, and the sea-lamp flared up, dim and smoky, and in its weird light bare-legged men moved about nursing their bruises and caring for their hurts. Oofty-Oofty laid hold of Parsons’s thumb, pulling it out stoutly and snapping it back into place. I noticed at the same time that the Kanaka’s knuckles were laid open clear across and to the bone. He exhibited them, exposing beautiful white teeth in a grin as he did so, and explaining that the wounds had come from striking Wolf Larsen in the mouth.
“So it was you, was it, you black beggar?” belligerently demanded one Kelly, an Irish-American and a longshoreman, making his first trip to sea, and boat-puller for Kerfoot.
As he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty. The Kanaka leaped backward to his bunk, to return with a second leap, flourishing a long knife.
“Aw, go lay down, you make me tired,” Leach interfered. He was evidently, for all of his youth and inexperience, cock of the forecastle. “G’wan, you Kelly. You leave Oofty alone. How in hell did he know it was you in the dark?” | ['how was the sea lamp desctibed ?', 'who were caring for thier hurts ?', 'what color is the begger ?', 'who called him that ?', 'where is she from ?', 'what did Oofty-Oofty do to the thumb ?', 'what were the crawling men do a deal of ?', 'were they on the top of the ladder ?', 'where were they ?', 'Parsons is described as what ?', 'what was going on with the matches', 'what happened to the Kanaka’s knuckles ?'] | {'answers': ['dim and smoky,', 'bare-legged men', 'black', 'Kelly', 'America', 'pulled it out stoutly and snapped it back into place.', 'cursing and groaning', 'no', 'at the bottom of the ladder', 'a swarthy, saturnine man,', 'fumbling and scratching', 'they were laid open clear across and to the bone'], 'answers_start': [491, 530, 989, 1030, 1040, 649, 33, 72, 65, 200, 426, 760], 'answers_end': [506, 545, 994, 1036, 1055, 705, 53, 116, 93, 225, 451, 803]} |
39l1g8wvwqrtt3mhdqg25tmztym311 | ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network) and the Hearst Corporation (which owns a 20% minority share) The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his brother Scott and Ed Egan.
ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices in Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles. John Skipper currently serves as president of ESPN, a position he has held since January 1, 2012. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been much criticism of ESPN, which includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. , ESPN is available to approximately 94,396,000 paid television households (81.1% of households with at least one television set) in the United States. Nielsen has reported a much lower number in 2017, below 90,000,000 subscribers, losing more than 10,000 a day. In addition to the flagship channel and its seven related channels in the United States, ESPN broadcasts in more than 200 countries, operating regional channels in Australia, Brazil, Latin America and the United Kingdom, and owning a 20% interest in The Sports Network (TSN) as well as its five sister networks in Canada. | ['What station is this about?', 'Where does it mainly run from?', 'Anywhere else?', 'How many other places?', 'And they are?', 'Is the name an anagram?', 'What does it stand for?', 'How many companies own it?', 'Between whom?', 'Who controls the least?', 'Does the station have a sparkling reputation?', 'What are the problems?', 'Anything else?', 'How many homes can use it?', 'Does it keep growing quickly?', 'Is it in more than one country?', 'How many?', 'When was it created?', 'By how many people?', 'And they are?'] | {'answers': ['ESPN', 'Bristol', 'yes', 'Five', 'Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles', 'yes', 'Entertainment and Sports Programming Network', 'one joint venture', 'The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Corporation', 'Hearst Corporation', 'no', 'accusations of biased coverage', 'conflict of interest', 'approximately 94,396,000', 'no', 'yes', 'more than 200 countries', '1979', 'Three', 'Bill Rasmussen along with his brother Scott and Ed Egan'], 'answers_start': [0, 459, 518, 518, 518, 32, 32, 157, 191, 252, 733, 787, 819, 925, 1133, 1254, 1273, 332, 340, 340], 'answers_end': [4, 466, 575, 575, 575, 76, 76, 165, 271, 271, 770, 817, 839, 949, 1163, 1296, 1296, 336, 395, 395]} |
30budkltxdvvrj3x3xzara3dv0ge5d | I have a friend who is a princess of the piggies. No, really! She lives in a piggy castle and has piggy gowns and piggy balls and a piggy carriage, though no piggy crown. She loves being a princess, but sometimes it gets boring. There's only so much fun to be had walking around a castle. She likes to cook too. So sometimes, she goes to the kitchen. She has a lot of fun in the kitchen making new foods. She likes to pretend she's a cook! Someday she wants to be a piggy princess cook! One of her favorite things to cook is pea soup. She loves soup, and pea soup most of all, even if tomato is pretty good too. She doesn't like vegetable or chicken soup at all. She grows her own peas, mushes them up in the soup, and then stirs it all up with a spoon. She also cooks it on the stove. She loves to cook, and I love to eat. We're best friends! | ['Why does she have all those piggy things?', 'Why does being a princess get boring?', 'what does she do then', 'why', 'how does she feel about that', 'what is her favorite food', 'what kind'] | {'answers': ['she is a princess of the piggies', 'she runs out of things to do', 'goes to the kitchen', 'to make new food', "she thinks it's fun", 'soup', 'pea'], 'answers_start': [7, 229, 326, 351, 351, 535, 535], 'answers_end': [48, 288, 349, 404, 404, 549, 611]} |
3h8dhmccw9bthwa0epswnh4at9mkde | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Japanese: ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス, Hepburn: Zeruda no Densetsu: Towairaito Purinsesu?) is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii home video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in the The Legend of Zelda series. Originally planned for release on the GameCube in November 2005, Twilight Princess was delayed by Nintendo to allow its developers to refine the game, add more content, and port it to the Wii. The Wii version was released alongside the console in North America in November 2006, and in Japan, Europe, and Australia the following month. The GameCube version was released worldwide in December 2006.[b]
The story focuses on series protagonist Link, who tries to prevent Hyrule from being engulfed by a corrupted parallel dimension known as the Twilight Realm. To do so, he takes the form of both a Hylian and a wolf, and is assisted by a mysterious creature named Midna. The game takes place hundreds of years after Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, in an alternate timeline from The Wind Waker. | ['Who is the main character of the Legend of Zelda series?', 'How many previous games had there been in the series?', 'Which systems was Twilight Princess made for?', 'What was the original publish date?', 'Why was it pushed back?', 'when was it finally available for GameCube?', 'Was it available everywhere at that time?', 'What is the Twilight Realm?', 'How is it a threat?', 'How does he try to fight it?', 'Does it occur before or after Ocarina of Time?', 'Who helps him?', 'Is this in the same timeline as Wind Waker?'] | {'answers': ['Link', '12', 'GameCube and Wii', 'November 2005,', 's to refine the game, add more content, and port it to the Wii.', 'December 2006.', 'yes', 'parallel dimension', 'trit could engulf Hyrule', 'takes the form of both a Hylian and a wolf', 'after', 'Midna.', 'no'], 'answers_start': [708, 237, 121, 304, 370, 641, 640, 804, 757, 865, 976, 929, 1055], 'answers_end': [752, 303, 236, 369, 498, 706, 706, 864, 865, 974, 1037, 975, 1101]} |
345lhzdedxs920dffeqmgvrw4wku3u | Easter Island is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called "moai", created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
Polynesian people most likely settled on Easter Island sometime between 700 and 1100 CE, and created a thriving and industrious culture as evidenced by the island's numerous enormous stone "moai" and other artefacts. However, human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation led to gradual deforestation and extinction of natural resources which severely weakened the Rapa Nui civilization. By the time of European arrival in 1722, the island's population had dropped to 2,000–3,000 from an estimated high of approximately 15,000 just a century earlier. European diseases and Peruvian slave raiding in the 1860s further reduced the Rapa Nui population, to a low of only 111 inhabitants in 1877.
Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The nearest inhabited land (around 50 residents in 2013) is Pitcairn Island, away; the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea, on the island of Mangareva, away; the nearest continental point lies in central Chile, away. | ['what is the article about?', 'what ocean is it on?', 'what was the population in 1877?', 'when did the Europeans arrive?', 'what is the nearest inhabitated land to it?', 'how many peopole did it have?', 'as of?', 'when did polynesians settle on Easter island?', 'what are moai?', 'how many does it have?', 'when was it name a world heritage?', 'by who?', 'what led to gradual deforestation?', 'who created the moai?', 'what was the population when Europeans arrived?', 'is this an American island?', 'then what?', 'what is the nearest town with a high population?', 'how many people?', 'on what island?'] | {'answers': ['Easter Island', 'the Pacific Ocean', '111', '1722', 'Pitcairn Island', '50', '2013', 'sometime between 700 and 1100 CE', 'monumental statues', '887', 'In 1995', 'UNESCO', 'human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation', 'the early Rapa Nui people', '2,000–3,000', 'no', 'It is Chilean.', 'Rikitea', 'over 500', 'Mangareva'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 1075, 811, 1174, 1209, 1209, 380, 181, 170, 254, 263, 606, 208, 796, 0, 0, 1257, 1274, 1304], 'answers_end': [13, 67, 1098, 835, 1250, 1221, 1229, 467, 214, 199, 311, 311, 708, 252, 887, 33, 33, 1311, 1300, 1340]} |
3awetudc92s5e2p864wh1t80pqozi4 | Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. She really was blue-blood from the beginning with her father, a wealthy English banker, and her mother, a Dutch baroness . After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she went to a private girls school. In World War II she fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation, and Audrey suffered from depression and malnutrition. After the liberation she headed to America to try her luck there.
Audrey gained immediate prominence in the US with her role in Roman Holiday in 1953. This film turned out to be a smashing success as she won an Oscar as Best Actress. This gained her enormous popularity and more roles. Roman Holiday was followed by another similarly wonderful performance in the 1957 classic Funny Face. Sabrina, in 1954, for which she received another Academy nomination, and Love in the Afternoon, in 1957, also garnered rave reviews . One of Audrey's most radiant roles was in the fine production of My Fair Lady, in 1964. Her co-star Rex Harrison once was asked to identify his favorite leading lady. Without hesitation, he replied, "Audrey Hepburn in MY FAIR LADY". After a couple of other movies, she gained another nomination in 1967's Wait Until Dark.
By the end of the sixties, after her divorce from actor Mel Ferrer, Audrey decided to retire while she was on top. Later she married Dr. Andrea Dotti. From time to time, she would appear on the silver screen. In 1988, Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF(United Nations Children's Fund)fund helping children in Latin America and Africa, a position she retained until 1993. She was named to People's magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Her last film was Always in 1989. Audrey Hepburn died on January 20, 1993 in Tolochnaz, Switzerland. She had made a total of 31 high quality movies. Her elegance and style will always be remembered in film history as evidenced by her being named to Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time". | ['Where did Audrey go after her parents divorced?', 'Where after that?', 'What movie gained her prominence?', 'What Oscar did she win?', 'Which movie is considered her most radiant role?', 'Who did she divorce?', 'She was a special ambassador to what?', 'What happened in 1989?', 'What was it?', 'Where did she die?', 'How many movies did she make?'] | {'answers': ['Loondon', 'America', 'Roman Holiday', 'Best Actress', 'My Fair Lady', 'Mel Ferrer,', "United Nations UNICEF(United Nations Children's Fund)f", 'She made her last film.', 'Always', 'Tolochnaz, Switzerland', '31'], 'answers_start': [184, 412, 481, 566, 937, 1288, 1470, 1749, 1748, 1783, 1850], 'answers_end': [291, 479, 564, 647, 1017, 1329, 1575, 1890, 1790, 1848, 1896]} |
3lpw2n6lkt2cgf0jtxefvspgiwju50 | .British people are famous for drinking tea. But brother and sister, Sarah and Bobby Green, became young millionaires when they opened a chain of American-style coffee shops in the UK. Having the idea: It started when Sarah took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening, in a Thai restaurant, Sarah told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London. Bobby suggested they started their own coffee shop. Sarah fell in love with the idea. Doing the Research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee. "It was terrible, and I knew there was a gap in the market." In 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in central London. Making it work: The first year was very difficult. British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like latte and macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up. Today, there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has PS30 million a year. Advice for others: Sarah has now written a best-selling book about their experience, calledAnyone Can Do It ! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She says, "If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream." | ['Do Brits like tea?', 'Has Sarah written a book?', "What's it titled?", 'Did it sell well or poorly?', 'What do you need to do to follow your dream?', "Did Sarah right about her and her brother's experience or some other people's?", 'Does following your dream take energy?', 'What type of shops did she and her brother open?', 'Were they British style?', 'What type, then?', 'Where were they opened?', "What's Sarah's brother's name?", 'Have they been successful with their business?', 'How much money have they made?', 'Are they young or old?', 'Where had Sarah visited Bobby?', 'During the week?', 'What type of restaurant were they eating in?', 'Is the coffee in London at random train stations any good?'] | {'answers': ['Yes', 'Yes', 'Anyone Can Do It !', 'Well', 'Get out and follow it', "About her and her brother's", 'Yes', 'Coffee shops', 'No', 'American-style', 'in the UK', 'Bobby', 'Yes', 'Millions', 'Young', 'New York', 'No', 'thai', 'No'], 'answers_start': [0, 1110, 1109, 1109, 1284, 1109, 1274, 117, 118, 91, 79, 0, 44, 0, 43, 202, 184, 283, 488], 'answers_end': [43, 1175, 1200, 1201, 1355, 1201, 1355, 185, 184, 183, 184, 91, 186, 184, 117, 282, 266, 346, 651]} |
3x87c8jfv6bluordok7ie22jsncsq5 | My cat's name is Buggleton. She is black and white with big green eyes and very long whiskers, like a bug.
When I woke up this morning, my cat was not inside the house. She is allowed outside, and we have a cat door in the kitchen so she can come and go as she pleases. She comes home at night, sleeps in her special box, and is here for breakfast before going outside for new adventures. We can lock the cat door so she can't go outside when we go on vacation. If we go on vacation for more than a few days, my mom comes over to check on her and feed her.
So it was very weird to wake up and see that she was not home for her morning food! My husband and neighbor and I called for her, but she did not come. Guess where she was? Trapped in the garage overnight! | ["What is your cat's name?", 'Male or female?', 'What color are her eyes?', 'Do you let her go outside?', 'Where is the cat door?', 'Where does she sleep at night?', 'Do you ever lock the kitty door?', 'Who looks after your cat when you go away?', 'Is is strange for Buggleton to not be home for breakfast?', 'Who helped you look for her?', 'Did she appear when you said her name?', 'Where did you find her?', 'How long had she been stuck there?'] | {'answers': ['Buggleton', 'female', 'green', 'yes', 'in the kitchen', 'her special box', 'when we go on vacation', 'my mom', 'yes', 'my husband and neighbor', 'no', 'in the garage', 'overnight'], 'answers_start': [0, 27, 28, 170, 195, 273, 390, 463, 561, 645, 645, 733, 734], 'answers_end': [28, 51, 71, 194, 232, 322, 463, 544, 644, 690, 712, 755, 766]} |
340ugxu9dy1te9fyzowszqjfvievux | CHAPTER XXIV.
Next day, sure enough, the cablegram didn't come. This was an immense disaster; for Tracy couldn't go into the presence without that ticket, although it wasn't going to possess any value as evidence. But if the failure of the cablegram on that first day may be called an immense disaster, where is the dictionary that can turn out a phrase sizeable enough to describe the tenth day's failure? Of course every day that the cablegram didn't come made Tracy all of twenty-four hours' more ashamed of himself than he was the day before, and made Sally fully twenty-four hours more certain than ever that he not only hadn't any father anywhere, but hadn't even a confederate--and so it followed that he was a double-dyed humbug and couldn't be otherwise.
These were hard days for Barrow and the art firm. All these had their hands full, trying to comfort Tracy. Barrow's task was particularly hard, because he was made a confidant in full, and therefore had to humor Tracy's delusion that he had a father, and that the father was an earl, and that he was going to send a cablegram. Barrow early gave up the idea of trying to convince Tracy that he hadn't any father, because this had such a bad effect on the patient, and worked up his temper to such an alarming degree. He had tried, as an experiment, letting Tracy think he had a father; the result was so good that he went further, with proper caution, and tried letting him think his father was an earl; this wrought so well, that he grew bold, and tried letting him think he had two fathers, if he wanted to, but he didn't want to, so Barrow withdrew one of them and substituted letting him think he was going to get a cablegram--which Barrow judged he wouldn't, and was right; but Barrow worked the cablegram daily for all it was worth, and it was the one thing that kept Tracy alive; that was Barrow's opinion. | ['What has not arrived?', 'Who is this bad news for?', 'Was it one day late?', 'Did it ever come?', 'What is the cablegram?', 'How does Tracy feel about himself?', 'What family member is Tracy missing?', 'Who is convinced of that?', 'What does she call him?', 'Who is trying to make him feel better?', 'Does Tracy think he has a father?', 'Who does he think his father is?', 'What does he think his father is going to do?', 'What makes Tracy mad?', 'How many fathers did he try to tell him he had?', "How'd that go?", 'What did he replace the second father with?', 'What does Barrow think it does for Tracy?'] | {'answers': ['the cablegram', 'Tracy', 'no', 'no', 'a ticket', 'ashamed', 'a father', 'Sally', 'a double-dyed humbug', 'Barrow and the art firm', 'yes', 'an earl', 'send a cablegram.', 'telling Tracy he had no father', 'two', "he didn't believe it", 'a cablegram', 'keeps him alive'], 'answers_start': [16, 66, 375, 1665, 100, 460, 553, 553, 690, 768, 980, 980, 1060, 1127, 1516, 1522, 1603, 1810], 'answers_end': [64, 155, 407, 1744, 155, 533, 654, 654, 738, 873, 1017, 1050, 1094, 1284, 1558, 1598, 1696, 1881]} |
36zn444ytrytfyb14vl0lv1w5wqoig | CHAPTER XIII
BAXTER DAWES
SOON after Paul had been to the theatre with Clara, he was drinking in the Punch Bowl with some friends of his when Dawes came in. Clara's husband was growing stout; his eyelids were getting slack over his brown eyes; he was losing his healthy firmness of flesh. He was very evidently on the downward track. Having quarrelled with his sister, he had gone into cheap lodgings. His mistress had left him for a man who would marry her. He had been in prison one night for fighting when he was drunk, and there was a shady betting episode in which he was concerned.
Paul and he were confirmed enemies, and yet there was between them that peculiar feeling of intimacy, as if they were secretly near to each other, which sometimes exists between two people, although they never speak to one another. Paul often thought of Baxter Dawes, often wanted to get at him and be friends with him. He knew that Dawes often thought about him, and that the man was drawn to him by some bond or other. And yet the two never looked at each other save in hostility.
Since he was a superior employee at Jordan's, it was the thing for Paul to offer Dawes a drink.
"What'll you have?" he asked of him.
"Nowt wi' a bleeder like you!" replied the man.
Paul turned away with a slight disdainful movement of the shoulders, very irritating.
"The aristocracy," he continued, "is really a military institution. Take Germany, now. She's got thousands of aristocrats whose only means of existence is the army. They're deadly poor, and life's deadly slow. So they hope for a war. They look for war as a chance of getting on. Till there's a war they are idle good-for-nothings. When there's a war, they are leaders and commanders. There you are, then--they WANT war!" | ['Who was drinking in the Punch Bowl?', 'Where had he been before?', 'Was he with anyone at the theatre?', 'Did anyone meet him at the Punch Bowl?', 'And who is Dawes?', 'Did he have a wife?', 'Did Paul offer him a drink?', 'Were Paul and Dawes friends?', 'Did they think of each other often?', 'Where was Dawes staying?', 'Did he go to jail?', 'What for?', 'Was he sober during the fight?', 'Where did Paul work?', 'What did he compare to a military institution?', 'What country did he use as an example for his argument?', 'Does he think they wish for war?', 'Why?', 'Are they wealthy?', 'What do they do when there is no war?'] | {'answers': ['Paul', 'the theatre', 'Clara', 'Dawes', "Clara's husband", 'no', 'yes', 'no', 'yes', 'cheap lodgings', 'yes', 'fighting', 'no', "Jordan's", 'The aristocracy', 'Germany', 'yes', 'as a chance of getting on', 'no', 'they are idle good-for-nothings'], 'answers_start': [41, 58, 75, 146, 161, 406, 1177, 594, 826, 390, 463, 499, 508, 1115, 1355, 1427, 1564, 1606, 1519, 1633], 'answers_end': [45, 69, 80, 151, 176, 461, 1215, 628, 1014, 404, 592, 508, 525, 1123, 1370, 1434, 1631, 1684, 1538, 1683]} |
3k9fobbf2hjdnejvoji0ymtjvcxln1 | CHAPTER XXVI.
A THIRD PARTY IS SO OBJECTIONABLE.
Hugh Stanbury went in search of Trevelyan immediately on his return to London, and found his friend at his rooms in Lincoln's Inn.
"I have executed my commission," said Hugh, endeavouring to speak of what he had done in a cheery voice.
"I am much obliged to you, Stanbury; very much;--but I do not know that I need trouble you to tell me anything about it."
"And why not?"
"I have learned it all from that--man."
"What man?"
"From Bozzle. He has come back, and has been with me, and has learned everything."
"Look here, Trevelyan;--when you asked me to go down to Devonshire, you promised me that there should be nothing more about Bozzle. I expect you to put that rascal, and all that he has told you, out of your head altogether. You are bound to do so for my sake, and you will be very wise to do so for your own."
"I was obliged to see him when he came."
"Yes, and to pay him, I do not doubt. But that is all done, and should be forgotten."
"I can't forget it. Is it true or untrue that he found that man down there? Is it true or untrue that my wife received Colonel Osborne at your mother's house? Is it true or untrue that Colonel Osborne went down there with the express object of seeing her? Is it true or untrue that they had corresponded? It is nonsense to bid me to forget all this. You might as well ask me to forget that I had desired her neither to write to him, nor to see him." | ['Who did Hugh Stanbury go in search for?', 'Did he immediately go in search on his return to London?', 'Where did he find him?', 'What did Hugh say to him after seeing him?', 'Who were they talking about?', 'Did he come back with him?', 'And did he learn everything too?', 'Where was Hugh asked to go by Trevelyan?', 'And was he promised that there would be nothing about Bozzle?', 'Who said that he had to meet Bozzle?'] | {'answers': ['Trevelyan', 'Yes', "At his rooms in Lincoln's Inn.", '"I have executed my commission', 'Bozzle', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Devonshire', 'Yes', 'Trevelyan'], 'answers_start': [53, 67, 132, 186, 491, 504, 522, 599, 643, 887], 'answers_end': [131, 132, 185, 229, 522, 544, 574, 642, 707, 928]} |
378xpawrucd4duh0ucgik0hrf8jail | Yesterday, Emily and Evelyn went to the zoo with their mom. They left the house right after breakfast so that they would be there when the zoo opened. Once inside, they raced to see the monkeys swinging around their cages. There were even two baby monkeys! The girls also enjoyed feeding birds in the walk-in bird cage. The birds were very interested in picking seeds from the popsicle stick that Emily held out to them. Next, it was time to stop for ice cream. Each girl chose a small cup of soft ice cream. Emily chose a swirl of chocolate and vanilla and Evelyn had chocolate. Ice cream at the zoo was the perfect treat on a hot summer day. The best part of the girls' visit was the giraffe area. They walked past rhinos and tortoises to get to the giraffe area which was on a raised deck. The giraffes stretched their necks up to the deck to eat leaves and hay that were placed there for them. Emily and Evelyn bought special crackers to feed to the giraffes. Emily liked that she could pet the giraffes when they reached out to grab the crackers with their long tongues. Evelyn liked to watch the giraffes, but did not want to feed one herself. After feeding the giraffes, the girls left the zoo, hot and tired and ready to return soon! | ['Who went to the zoo?', 'When did they go?', 'Did they go after lunch?', 'What animal did they check out first?', 'Where were they?', 'Where did they go next?', 'Holding what?'] | {'answers': ['Emily, Evelyn, and their mom', 'Yesterday', 'no', 'the monkeys', 'their cages', 'the walk-in bird cage', 'the popsicle stick'], 'answers_start': [11, 0, 60, 182, 210, 297, 373], 'answers_end': [59, 9, 101, 193, 221, 318, 391]} |
3018q3zvoiqh6tkjkzarysii36ear6 | Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic Records earned a reputation as one of the most important American recording labels, specializing in jazz, R&B and soul recordings by African-American musicians including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding, a position greatly enhanced by its distribution deal with Stax Records. In 1967, Atlantic Records became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music with releases by bands such as Led Zeppelin and Yes.
In 2004, Atlantic Records and its sister label Elektra Records merged into Atlantic Records Group. Craig Kallman is currently the chairman of Atlantic Records. Ahmet Ertegün served as founding chairman until his death on December 14, 2006, at age 83.
Artists currently signed to Atlantic Records include Missy Elliott, Coldplay, David Guetta, Bruno Mars, Melanie Martinez, Kelly Clarkson, Charli XCX, Charlie Puth, Kodak Black, Death Cab for Cutie, Ed Sheeran, Flo Rida, Halestorm, In This Moment, James Blunt, Janelle Monáe, Jason Mraz, Marina and the Diamonds, Paramore, Portugal. The Man, Sia, Simple Plan, Shinedown, Skrillex, Weezer, Lil Uzi Vert, K. Michelle, Kehlani, Joyner Lucas, Bhad Bhabie, and Wiz Khalifa. | ['What was created in 1947?', 'Also known as?', 'By who?', 'What genre do they specialize in?', 'By who?', 'Who is one of the famous artists/', 'Who bought them in the sixties?', 'What music did they venture into?', 'What other record studio merged with them?', 'With who?'] | {'answers': ['the Atlantic Recording Corporation', 'Atlantic Records', 'Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.', 'jazz, R&B and soul', 'African-American musicians', 'Aretha Franklin', 'Warner Bros.-Seven Arts', 'rock and pop music', 'Atlantic Records', 'Elektra Records'], 'answers_start': [0, 30, 100, 291, 326, 367, 538, 657, 754, 771], 'answers_end': [123, 65, 159, 325, 366, 392, 623, 689, 842, 807]} |
3l4pim1gqtgi2bim05o71e0p6syry4 | Guan Moye, better known as Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. He has been referred to by Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine, TIME, as "one of the most famous and widely pirated of all Chinese writers". He is best known to Western readers for Red Sorghum Clan , which was later adapted for the film, Red Sorghum. In 2012, Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Mo Yan was born in Gaomi County, Shandong Province. He was 11 years old when the Cultural Revolution started, at which time he left school to work as a farmer. At the age of 18, he began to work at a factory. During this period, his access to literature was largely limited to novels. At the close of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, Mo joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and began writing. During this period, the works of Chinese literature, as well as translations of foreign authors such as William Faulkner, made an impact on his works. In 1984, he received a literary award from the PLA Magazine, and at the same year he began attending the Military Art Academy, where he first used the pen name of Mo Yan. "Mo Yan" means "don't speak" in Chinese. He explained that the name came from a warning from his father and mother about not saying what he thought when he was outside. It also related to the subject matter of his writings. Mo's first novel was Falling Rain on a Spring Night, published in 1981. Several of his novels were translated into English by Howard Goldblatt, professor of East Asian languages and literature, at the University of Notre Dame. He published his first novella , A Transparent Radish, in 1984, and released Red Sorghum Clan in 1986, making him a nationally recognized novelist. Five years later, he obtained a Master's degree in literature from Beijing Normal University. | ['what prize did Mo receive?', 'what else were they awarded?', 'what else is Mo Yan known as?', 'where are they from?', 'how old was he when the cultural revolution started?', 'what foreign author made an impact on him?', 'what county was Mo born?', 'what province is that in?', 'what year did the cultural revolution start?', 'when did it end?', 'what does his name mean?', 'when did he get the PLA Magazine award?', 'who translated his novels into English?', 'when did his first novel get published?', 'what university was Goldblatt a professor at?', 'what dept?', "what was the name of Mo's first novel", 'and the name of his first novella?', 'when was that published?', "did he eventually get a Master's degree?"] | {'answers': ['a literary award from the PLA Magazine', 'the Nobel Prize in Literature', 'Guan Moye', 'China', '11 years old', 'William Faulkner', 'Gaomi County', 'Shandong Province', 'unknown', '1976', '"don\'t speak"', 'In 1984', 'Howard Goldblatt', 'in 1984', 'the University of Notre Dame', 'East Asian languages and literature', 'Falling Rain on a Spring Night', 'A Transparent Radish', 'in 1984', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [959, 358, 0, 40, 448, 891, 408, 422, -1, 717, 1124, 938, 1459, 1615, 1530, 1490, 1354, 1593, 1615, 1726], 'answers_end': [997, 387, 9, 47, 460, 907, 420, 439, -1, 721, 1137, 945, 1475, 1622, 1558, 1525, 1384, 1613, 1622, 1755]} |
30zx6p7vf8vb3262zf83qjdthxtj29 | Bum rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate would be $ 50,000 a month when my new media company started. So, I began looking around for individuals who would be my first investors. "Angel money" it was called. But when I reviewed my list of acquaintances to find those who might be able to help, I found the number got small.
With no other choices, I began meeting with the venture-capital companies. But I was warned they took a huge share of your company for the money they put in. And if you struggled, they could drop you cold.
As I was searching for "angel money", I started to build a team who trusted me even though I didn't have money for paychecks yet.
Bill Becker was an expert in computer programming and image processing at a very famous Media Lab at M. I.T. With his arrival, my company suddenly had a major technology "guy" in-house.
Katherine Henderson, a filmmaker and a former real-estate dealer, joined us as our director of market research. Steve White came on as operating officer. He had worked for the developer of a home-finance software, Quicken. We grabbed him.
We had some really good people, but we still didn't have enough money. One night, my neighbor, Louise Johnson, came for a visit. She and I were only nodding acquaintances, but her boys and ours were constant companions. She ran a very good business at the time.
Louise was brilliant and missed nothing. She had been watching my progress closely. She knew I was dying for money and I had prospects but could offer no guarantees of success.
She told me that her attorney had talked to mine and the terms had been agreed upon. She handed me an envelope. Inside was a check for $ 500,000.
I almost fell down. I heard her voice as if from heaven.
"I have confidence in your plan," she said. "You' 11 do well. You're going to work hard for it, but it' s satisfying when you build your own company."
Who would have thought I'd find an angel so close to home? There were no words sufficient for the moment. We just said good night. She left and I just stood there, completely humbled and completely committed. | ['What is early investment money called?', "How much did the author's new enterprise cost per month?", 'What term is used to define that?', 'Did they have a lot of friends willing to assist?', 'Who else did the author look to for assistance?', 'What is one disadvantage to bringing them aboard?', 'What is another?', 'Where was Bill Becker working?', 'Was he in an unknown lab?', 'What was nice about Becker joining the group?', 'Who else came on?', 'Anybody else?', 'Which of them had software development experience?', 'Which software?', 'What did Katherine Henderson do before?', 'Was the owner of the company able to pay all these people right away?', 'Why did they join then?', 'Who came to the rescue?', 'Who was that?', 'How much did she contribute?'] | {'answers': ['Angel money', '$ 50,000', 'Bum rate', 'Yes', 'venture-capital companies', 'they took a huge share of your company', 'if you struggled, they could drop you cold.', 'M. I.T.', 'No', 'they had a major technology "guy" in-house.', 'Katherine Henderson', 'Steve White', 'Steve White', 'Quicken', 'a filmmaker and a former real-estate dealer,', 'no', 'They trusted him', 'his neighbor', 'Louise Johnson', '$ 500,000.'], 'answers_start': [212, 83, 0, 604, 406, 450, 519, 799, 769, 844, 886, 997, 998, 1100, 906, 657, 634, 1209, 1222, 1704], 'answers_end': [223, 91, 12, 695, 431, 488, 564, 806, 795, 884, 905, 1009, 1010, 1107, 951, 697, 645, 1220, 1236, 1715]} |
3zpbjo59kp12f69s84pzapoi118hdf | Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in India, predominantly in the state of Kerala. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and was designated as a Classical Language in India in 2013. It was developed to the current form mainly by the influence of the poet Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan in the 16th century. Malayalam has official language status in the state of Kerala and in the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry. It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages and is spoken by some 38 million people. Malayalam is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; with significant speakers in the Nilgiris, Kanyakumari and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu, and Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka. Malayalam serves as a link language on certain islands, including the Mahl-dominated Minicoy Island.
The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of dispute among scholars. One view holds that Malayalam and Modern Tamil are offshoots of Middle Tamil and separated from it sometime after . A second view argues for the development of the two languages out of 'Proto-Dravidian' in the prehistoric era.
The earliest script used to write Malayalam was the Vatteluttu alphabet, and later the Kolezhuttu, which derived from it. The current Malayalam script is based on the Vatteluttu script, which was extended with Grantha script letters to adopt Indo-Aryan loanwords. With a total of 52 letters, the Malayalam script has the largest number of letters among the Indian language orthographies. The oldest literary work in Malayalam, distinct from the Tamil tradition, is dated from between the 9th and 11th centuries. The first travelogue in any Indian language is the Malayalam "Varthamanappusthakam", written by Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar in 1785. | ['Is the origin of Malayalam clear?', 'What was the earliest writing?', 'Was there another script after that?', 'What was that?', 'How many letters does the current one contain?', 'How many views on origin are given?', 'What is Malayalam?', 'Where is it used?', 'Is it spoken mostly in one place?', 'where?', 'How many languages are in India?', 'When was it classified as a classical language?', 'How many speak it?', 'What group of languages does it fall under?', 'Does it ever serve as a link language?'] | {'answers': ['no', 'the Vatteluttu alphabet', 'yes', 'the Kolezhuttu', '52 letters', 'Two', 'a Dravidian language', 'in India', 'yes', 'the state of Kerala', '22', 'in 2013', '38 million people', 'the Dravidian family', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [843, 1140, 1213, 1213, 1404, 1027, 0, 0, 51, 51, 89, 146, 488, 440, 750], 'answers_end': [894, 1211, 1237, 1237, 1430, 1041, 33, 50, 87, 87, 137, 197, 527, 487, 775]} |
3irik4hm3akcdpjxcp3ktsha7pxc6u | Navassa Island (; ; also "La Navasse") is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea. The island is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute and is claimed as an unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States, which administers it through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Haiti which claimed sovereignty over Navassa since 1801 through its constitution, as the basis of its objection over the later 1850s' U.S. claim.
Navassa Island is about in area. It is located west of Haiti's southwest peninsula, south of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and about one-quarter of the way from mainland Haiti to Jamaica in the Jamaica Channel.
Navassa reaches an elevation of at Dunning Hill south of the lighthouse, Navassa Island Light. This location is from the southwestern coast or east of Lulu Bay.
The terrain of Navassa Island consists mostly of exposed coral and limestone, the island being ringed by vertical white cliffs high, but with enough grassland to support goat herds. The island is covered in a forest of just four tree species: short-leaf fig ("Ficus populnea" var. "brevifolia"), pigeon plum ("Coccoloba diversifolia"), mastic ("Sideroxylon foetidissimum"), and poisonwood ("Metopium brownei").
Navassa Island's topography, ecology, and modern history are similar to that of Mona Island, a small limestone island located in the Mona Passage between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, which were once centers of guano mining, and are nature reserves for the United States. Transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island but the island is otherwise uninhabited. It has no ports or harbors, only offshore anchorages, and its only natural resource is guano; economic activity consists of subsistence fishing and commercial trawling activities. | ['Where is Navassa Island?', 'Who owns it?', 'Does anyone live there?', 'What is the terrain like?', 'Does it have a forest?', 'What are the indigenous trees?', 'Is the island similar to any others?', 'Which?', 'Where is that located?', 'Where is the Mona Passage?'] | {'answers': ['Caribbean Sea', 'United States and Haiti', 'no', 'mostly coral and limeston', 'Yes', 'short-leaf fig ("Ficus populnea" var. "brevifolia"), pigeon plum ("Coccoloba diversifolia"), mastic ("Sideroxylon foetidissimum"), and poisonwood ("Metopium brownei").', 'Yes', 'Mona', 'the Mona Passage', 'between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic'], 'answers_start': [77, 151, 0, 875, 1018, 1079, 1249, 1329, 1378, 1395], 'answers_end': [90, 302, 92, 911, 1248, 1246, 1530, 1333, 1394, 1441]} |
3vnl7uk1xfjpizejz41ec8uro3ztfi | A teddy bear from Cumbria is launching into space to raise cash for charity .
Terence, an experienced traveller who has been to Iraq, will be the guest of honour on aviation legend Burt Rutan's Spaceship One when it flies above Earth. The mission takes off from California on September 29, and on his return the cuddly toy will be auctioned off in aid of the North Air Ambulance Appeal .
Spaceship One is the world's first private spacecraft, and is competing for a prestigious space travel prize. Chief executive of the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), Graham Pickering, said "flying officer" Terence had been handed over to the RAF six months ago and staff had been receiving postcards from him ever since.
He said, "Terence was a fundraising idea that really took off. We have received pictures of him in a U2 craft, trying parachuting and even looking drunk and disorderly. When the RAF finally discharge him he will be a very rare bear indeed--we just hope he does not burn up on re-entry to Earth."
GNAAS, which needs charitable donations of more than PS2m a year, has three air ambulances .
Peter Bond, spokesman for the Royal Astronomical Society, said Terence's safety was not guaranteed. He said, "This is a new and experimental craft and this will only be the second time it has flown. During its first voyage it developed technical problems but hopefully they have now been resolved."
Since May, Terence has spent time with members of 100 Squadron based at RAF Leeming in Basra, Iraq, and at air shows with performing fighter planes.
Spaceship One will fly 100km (62 miles) above the Earth's surface, just breaking through the planet's atmosphere.
If it repeats the feat inside two weeks, it will claim the $10m Ansari X-Prize set up to encourage the private space flight business. | ['Who will be the honorary guest on the spaceship?', "What's the vessel's name?", 'Is it public or private?', 'Is it in a contest?', 'What toy is he taking to space?', "Where's it from?", "What's he going to do with it upon getting back to Earth?", "Who'll get the cash from it?", 'Who speaks for the Royal Astronomical Society?', 'Does he promise Terence will survive?', 'How many times has that ship been in the air?', 'Did the first trip go well?', 'Why not?', 'Is it an old craft?', 'Who has Terence been hanging out with since May?', 'Where are they based?', "Isn't that in Iraq?", 'Whereabouts there?', 'How high with Spaceship One go above our planet?', "What's the amount of the prize they're trying to win?"] | {'answers': ['Terence', 'Spaceship One', 'private', 'yes', 'A teddy bear', 'Cumbria', 'it will be auctioned off', 'the North Air Ambulance Appeal .', 'Peter Bond', 'no', 'once', 'no', 'it developed technical problems', 'no', 'with members of 100 Squadron', 'at RAF Leeming', 'yes', 'in Basra', '100km (62 miles)', '$10m'], 'answers_start': [80, 183, 392, 1687, 0, 0, 296, 332, 1118, 1118, 1269, 1317, 1317, 1227, 1419, 1469, 1491, 1503, 1570, 1741], 'answers_end': [209, 209, 445, 1764, 49, 25, 346, 391, 1174, 1216, 1315, 1372, 1372, 1264, 1481, 1502, 1517, 1517, 1635, 1764]} |
3yoh7bii097fbdam5asqt3ahtqbkvi | CHAPTER XVII. THE BALCONY AT IMANO'S
At six o'clock that evening, Tavernake rang up the Milan Court and inquired for Elizabeth. There was a moment or two's delay and then he heard her reply. Even over the telephone wires, even though he stood, cramped and uncomfortable, in that stuffy little telephone booth, he felt the quick start of pleasure, the thrill of something different in life, which came to him always at the sound of her voice, at the slightest suggestion of her presence.
"Well, my friend, what fortune?" she asked him.
"None," he answered. "I have done my best. Beatrice will not listen to me."
"She will not come and see me?"
"She will not."
Elizabeth was silent for a moment. When she spoke again, there was a change in her tone.
"You have failed, then."
"I did everything that could be done," Tavernake insisted eagerly. "I am quite sure that nothing anybody could say would move Beatrice. She is very decided indeed."
"I have another idea," Elizabeth remarked, after a brief pause. "She will not come to me; very well, I must go to her. You must take me there."
"I cannot do that," Tavernake answered.
"Why not?"
"Beatrice has refused absolutely to permit me to tell you or any one else of her whereabouts," he declared. "Without her permission I cannot do it."
"Do you mean that?" she asked.
"Of course," he answered uncomfortably.
There was another silence. When she spoke again, her voice had changed for the second time. Tavernake felt his heart sink as he listened. | ['Who did Tavernake look for?', 'Where did he look for her?', 'At what time?', 'Did he call her over the phone?', 'From where?', 'Was he happy to hear her?', 'Did he always enjoy her presence?', 'Who they were talking about?', 'Did she agreed to him?', 'About what?', "Who Beatrice didn't want to see?", 'Was she firm about her decision?', 'Who was disappointed about it?', 'And Elizabeth too?', 'Did Tavernake try hard to convince Bearice?', 'Did Elizabeth want to go to her instead?', 'Did she want him to bring her there?', 'Who knew where Beatrice was?', 'Did he have her permission to tell it to others?', 'Did Elizabeth think he would be firm about his conviction at the end?'] | {'answers': ['Elizabeth', 'Milan', "moment or two's delay", 'yes', 'booth', 'yes', 'yes', 'Beatrice', 'no', 'ou must take me there', 'Elizabeth', 'yes', 'Tavernake', 'yes', 'yes', 'yes', 'no', 'Tavernake', 'no', 'no'], 'answers_start': [119, 90, 142, 288, 305, 451, 451, 584, 763, 1076, 979, 925, 1475, 1309, 1158, 1058, 1103, 1122, 1238, 1308], 'answers_end': [128, 95, 163, 310, 310, 488, 488, 593, 788, 1097, 989, 955, 1485, 1326, 1189, 1097, 1119, 1132, 1249, 1339]} |
3fius151dv2rruo8qo8pvafezq9ggh | (CNN) -- When David Green, 22, graduated from Western Washington University in December, he applied for dozens of jobs, from fast food to secretarial positions -- sending out more than 50 resumes and scoring only two interviews in the process.
The organization Reach to Teach has seen a 100 percent increase in applications to teach English in Asia.
"It was horrible. I couldn't find anything," said Green, a history and social studies major.
With few employment options in his hometown of Bellingham, Washington, Green applied to teach English in a South Korean middle school through Reach to Teach, an organization that assists college graduates with finding teaching positions in Asia. Green, who counts trips to Canada as his only experience abroad, will be leaving for Seoul on March 20 for one year.
"I am scared. I've only had one major breakdown so far, ... but I'm really excited about being on my own ... somewhere completely new where I know absolutely no one," he said.
Like Green, many recent college graduates are searching for alternatives to jumping into the job market in the face of the recession. An increasing number of young Americans are searching out paid positions teaching English in countries like South Korea, Japan, China and Spain as a means to expand their horizons and weather the economic doldrums.
Mitch Gordon, director of school relations for Reach to Teach, said his organization has seen more than a 100 percent increase in applications in the last six months, with 3,784 applicants compared to 1,488 during the same six-month period last year. The application system doesn't track U.S. applicants separately, but Gordon estimates more than 70 percent are from the United States. | ['What is the main organization featured in this article?', 'What do they do?', 'Where at?', 'Who decided to use this resource?', 'How old is he?', 'Where did he attend school?', 'Did he get a position using Reach to Teach?', 'Where?', 'What country is that in?', 'Is he happy?', 'Is David the only person having trouble finding a job?', 'Why are they having trouble?', 'Where are young people looking for jobs?', 'Who is in charge of the outreach program we are talking about?', 'Have the applications increased for work?', 'By how much?', 'In how much of a time span?', 'Are all the applicants American?', 'About how many are from the United States?', 'How many resumes did David send out?', 'How many face to faces did he get from there?', 'Given that he is a college grad, did he apply for some jobs he was overqualified to do?', 'What ones?', 'When does he leave for Seoul?', 'How long will he be gone?'] | {'answers': ['Reach to Teach', 'Assists college graduates with finding teaching positions.', 'Asia', 'David Green', '22', 'Western Washington University', 'Yes.', 'Seoul', 'South Korea', 'Yes.', 'No.', 'Because of the recession.', 'South Korea, Japan, China, and Spain', 'Mitch Gordon', 'Yes.', '100%', '6 months', 'No.', 'More than 70 percent.', '50', 'Two', 'Yes', 'Fast food', 'On March 20th.', '1 year.'], 'answers_start': [250, 591, 657, 520, 14, 31, 519, 768, 556, 875, 1004, 1010, 1151, 1343, 1431, 1448, 1450, 1594, 1663, 164, 200, 89, 88, 760, 779], 'answers_end': [277, 693, 693, 605, 29, 76, 605, 813, 605, 921, 1095, 1125, 1269, 1404, 1509, 1486, 1508, 1729, 1729, 195, 244, 135, 134, 812, 812]} |
3018q3zvoiqh6tkjkzarysii2x8arh | CHAPTER XIX GOOD MONEY FOR BAD
At luncheon Josie appeared at the table, fresh as ever, and Mary Louise began to relate to her and to her grandfather the occurrences of the morning. When she came to tell how Sol Jerrems had declared the money counterfeit, Josie suddenly sprang up and swung her napkin around her head, shouting gleefully:
"Glory hallelujah! I've got him. I've trapped Old Swallowtail at last."
They looked at her in amazement.
"What do you mean?" asked Mary Louise.
Josie sobered instantly.
"Forgive me," she said; "I'm ashamed of myself. Go on with the story. What became of that counterfeit bill?"
"Mr. Jerrems has it yet. He is keeping it to show to a commercial traveler, who is to visit his store to-morrow. If the man declares the money is good, then Ingua may buy her things."
"We won't bother the commercial traveler," said Josie, in a tone of relief. "I'm going straight down to the store to redeem that bill. I want it in my possession."
Colonel Hathaway regarded her gravely.
"I think our female detective, having said so much and having exhibited such remarkable elation, must now explain her discoveries to us more fully," said he.
"I'd rather not, just yet," protested Josie. "But what have I said in my madness, and what did my words imply?"
"From the little I know of this case," replied the Colonel, "I must judge that you believe Mr. Cragg to be a counterfeiter, and that his mysterious business is--to counterfeit. In this out-of-the-way place," he continued, thoughtfully, "such a venture might be carried on for a long time without detection. Yet there is one thing that to me forbids this theory." | ['What did Josie call Mr. Cragg?', 'Who told the story about the money?', 'Was the money declared good?', "Who said it wasn't?", 'Was Josie sad about this?', 'How do you know?', 'Was she sitting still when she shouted?', 'What did she wave in the air?', 'Was she proud of herself for being so happy?', 'How did she feel?', 'Who has the money now?', 'Does Mr. Jerrems own a bar?', 'Does he own a store?', 'Who is going to show the money too?', 'When?', 'Does Josie agree with the plan?', 'Does she want the money herself?', "What is her grandfather's name?", 'What does he call his grand daughter?', 'Does he agree with her theory?'] | {'answers': ['Old Swallowtail', 'Josie', 'No.', 'Sol Jerrems', 'No.', 'She shouted gleefully.', 'No', 'Her napkin', 'No', 'ashamed', 'Mr. Jerrems', 'No.', 'Yes.', 'A commercial traveler', 'tomorrow', 'No.', 'Yes.', 'Colonel Hathaway', 'our female detective', 'No'], 'answers_start': [375, 33, 209, 209, 257, 320, 258, 285, 519, 544, 589, 631, 722, 655, 706, 892, 951, 982, 1032, 1604], 'answers_end': [403, 255, 255, 255, 339, 338, 341, 318, 566, 565, 653, 731, 731, 704, 741, 949, 978, 1011, 1052, 1658]} |
3atpcq38j8aq3uw5yu2l6obf5idyat | People usually hate mice, but people almost all over the world like one mouse-- the famous Mickey Mouse. About eighty years ago, most films had no sounds. A man called Walt Disney made a cartoon mouse. The cartoon mouse could talk in these films. He made his mouse become a good friend of both young people and old people. Children liked to see their lovely friend, because he brought happiness to them. Mickey is a clean mouse right from the beginning. Maybe this is why people love Mickey Mouse very much. In his early life, Mickey did some wrong things. People were very angry. They wrote to Disney and said they didn't want Mickey to do the wrong things. Because there were some things that Mickey could not do. Disney made a new animal called Donald Duck. He also made a dog, Pluto. This dog does some foolish and wrong things wherever he goes. Now, our Mickey Mouse is more interesting as well. He is known as a star of beauty and wisdom . He has friends in almost every country. | ['Which mouse is popular?', 'Who created him?', 'Could the mouse speak?', 'Who is he a friend to?', 'anyone else?', 'anyone else?', 'Did he create other characters?', 'how many?', 'Do people normally like mice?', 'Was Mickey always nice?'] | {'answers': ['Mickey Mouse.', 'Walt Disney', 'Yes', 'Children', 'young people', 'old people', 'Yes', 'two', 'No', 'No'], 'answers_start': [37, 168, 202, 323, 274, 265, 716, 730, 0, 527], 'answers_end': [104, 200, 230, 364, 321, 321, 760, 786, 24, 555]} |
3ga6afukooo4xe7vffjnxg26ase3h6 | CHAPTER V
THE BOYS AND A BULL
"Wonder what Sam wants?" said Dave, as the shouting continued. "I guess I'll have to go and see."
He ran over the rocks in the direction of the cries, and soon came in sight of his chum.
"Hurry up!" cried Sam. "I want you!"
"What is it, Sam?" questioned Dave.
"We are going to have trouble."
"What, have Jasniff and those others come here?"
"No, but maybe it's just as bad, Dave. Just look toward the autos."
Dave did as requested, and his face became a study. He was half inclined to laugh, yet, having been brought up in the country, he well knew the seriousness of the situation.
The two automobiles stood side by side, about three yards apart. Between them was a big and angry-looking bull, tramping the ground and snorting viciously. The bull had a chain around his neck, and to the end of this was a small-sized tree stump, which the animal had evidently pulled from the ground in his endeavor to get away from his pasture. The tree stump had become entangled in the wheel of one of the automobiles, and the bull was giving vicious jerks, first one way and then another, causing the machine to "slew around" in an alarming fashion.
"Sam, we'll have to get him out of there!" cried Dave. "If we don't he may break that wheel--or do worse."
"I'm afraid he'll run off with the car!" gasped Sam. He was almost out of breath from running and calling. | ['Who did Dave run to?', 'What did he run on?', 'Are Sam and Dave friends?', 'Why does Sam want him to come over?', 'How many autos are there?', 'Are they parked head to head?', 'What distance is between them?', "What's between them?", 'Is it in a good mood?', 'What is around it?', 'Around what part of its body?', 'And on the other end of the chain?', 'Was it still planted?', 'What was the tree stump stuck in?', 'Did the bull mind?', 'How did the bull try to free itself?', 'What did the car do when it did that?', 'What is Dave afraid of?', 'And Sam?', 'Is Sam panting?'] | {'answers': ['Sam', 'The rocks', 'Yes', 'To look toward the autos', 'Two', 'No', 'About three yards', 'A bull', 'No', 'A chain', 'His neck', 'A small-sized tree stump', 'No', 'The wheel of one of the automobiles', 'Yes', 'With vicious jerks', '"slew around" in an alarming fashion', "That he'll break that wheel", "That he'll run off with the car", 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [134, 134, 134, 426, 633, 633, 633, 698, 697, 789, 789, 831, 853, 980, 979, 1056, 1126, 1245, 1299, 1299], 'answers_end': [261, 156, 222, 452, 671, 671, 696, 743, 743, 825, 825, 878, 933, 1054, 1093, 1093, 1186, 1297, 1350, 1405]} |
37c0gnlmhf3mihpbclyvdyzsspj6dy | Chapter XLVIII
Another Meeting in the Wood
THE next day, at evening, two men were walking from opposite points towards the same scene, drawn thither by a common memory. The scene was the Grove by Donnithorne Chase: you know who the men were.
The old squire's funeral had taken place that morning, the will had been read, and now in the first breathing-space, Arthur Donnithorne had come out for a lonely walk, that he might look fixedly at the new future before him and confirm himself in a sad resolution. He thought he could do that best in the Grove.
Adam too had come from Stontion on Monday evening, and to-day he had not left home, except to go to the family at the Hall Farm and tell them everything that Mr. Irwine had left untold. He had agreed with the Poysers that he would follow them to their new neighbourhood, wherever that might be, for he meant to give up the management of the woods, and, as soon as it was practicable, he would wind up his business with Jonathan Burge and settle with his mother and Seth in a home within reach of the friends to whom he felt bound by a mutual sorrow.
"Seth and me are sure to find work," he said. "A man that's got our trade at his finger-ends is at home everywhere; and we must make a new start. My mother won't stand in the way, for she's told me, since I came home, she'd made up her mind to being buried in another parish, if I wished it, and if I'd be more comfortable elsewhere. It's wonderful how quiet she's been ever since I came back. It seems as if the very greatness o' the trouble had quieted and calmed her. We shall all be better in a new country, though there's some I shall be loath to leave behind. But I won't part from you and yours, if I can help it, Mr. Poyser. Trouble's made us kin." | ['Who will find work?', 'How many were walking from opposite points?', 'What was common in them?', 'Who came to Stontion on Monday?', 'What time of the day?', 'Did he go out?', 'Was there exception to that?', 'What was that?', 'Did someone have leave his story unfinished?', 'Who was that?', 'Did someone completed it?', 'Who?', 'When did the funeral take place?', 'Whose funeral?', 'Did the deceased have a will?'] | {'answers': ['Seth', 'two', 'a memory', 'Adam', 'evening', 'no', 'yes', 'to go to the family at the Hall Farm', 'yes', 'Mr. Irwine', 'yes', 'Adam', 'that morning', "The old squire's", 'yes'], 'answers_start': [1115, 73, 139, 562, 594, 623, 645, 646, 715, 720, 693, 562, 265, 248, 271], 'answers_end': [1119, 137, 171, 611, 611, 644, 690, 689, 746, 746, 747, 674, 301, 272, 326]} |
3on104kxqkw7c0loasa68o4z3cg4wd | (CNN) -- The mother of an 11-year-old boy who hanged himself after allegedly being bullied at a Georgia school says her daughter also has been a victim of taunting.
Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo, who Friday asked the White House for help in a campaign to end school bullying, said her daughter, 12, was also recently harassed by a boy who kept referring to her dead brother.
The boy was disciplined but still taunted the girl before he was suspended and his mother withdrew him from a middle school, she said.
Since then, the boy's mom has failed to meet with her, Bermudez said. "I guess she doesn't care."
The mother, who wrote a letter to President Barack Obama about bullying, held a news conference Friday to ask for help.
Jaheem Herrera was found dead in his closet in April.
"Til this day, I live with that memory of seeing my son hanging in the closet; my daughters are so hurt too," Bermudez wrote in the letter.
Bermudez told CNN that Jaheem, a fifth-grader, had been complaining about bullying at Dunaire Elementary School in DeKalb County. Bermudez said that at the time, she did not know that the bullying had gotten so bad. Friday, she indicated Jaheem once passed out after boys put him in a sleeper hold at the school.
Administrators and others won't take responsibility for this and other incidents at the school, she said.
"I feel like I failed him," Bermudez said of Jaheem. "I can't get justice. A year has passed, and they keep denying it." | ['When was Jaheem found dead?', 'How old was he?', 'What grade?', 'Where did he go to school?', 'What sort of bullying did he suffer?', 'How long ago did this happen?', 'Is the mother attempting to get the government involved?', 'Did school faculty admit fault?', "What is the mother's name?", 'Does she have other offspring?', "What's her name?", 'What happened to her?', 'By whom?'] | {'answers': ['in April', '11', 'fifth', 'Dunaire Elementary School', 'boys put him in a sleeper hold', 'A year ago', 'yes', 'no', 'Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo', 'yes', 'unknown', 'she was taunted', 'a boy'], 'answers_start': [737, 9, 958, 991, 1202, 1432, 167, 1411, 167, 111, -1, 119, 309], 'answers_end': [790, 41, 980, 1063, 1248, 1450, 229, 1479, 294, 128, -1, 163, 376]} |
3wqq9fus6aug7yafr44n2m7jvvi8bs | New York (CNN) -- A self-described "ex-madam" who claims she supplied fellow city comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer with escorts several years ago is facing charges of illegally distributing prescription drugs, authorities said.
Kristin Davis, 38, was arrested on Monday night and charged with selling Adderall, Xanax and other drugs. She's also accused of orchestrating the sale of approximately 180 oxycodone pills for cash.
The candidate was released Tuesday on $100,000 bail, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for September 5. Prosecutors said she will have strict pretrial supervision.
"Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in this country, resulting in more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined, and this office has a zero tolerance policy towards anyone who helps to spread this plague at any level," Preet Bharara, Manhattan U.S. Attorney, said in a statement.
Spitzer, Weiner and why New York is talking about sex
Davis is charged with four counts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance. She faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each count, if convicted.
Prosecutors allege that from 2009 through 2011 Davis bought ecstasy pills, Adderall pills and Xanax pills from an FBI cooperating witness at least once a month, paying hundreds of dollars for each purchase. She told the witness she provided these drugs to people at house parties, authorities say.
An attorney for Davis was could not be immediately reached for comment.
Davis' campaign manager, Andrew Miller, said he was aware of the arrest but couldn't provide any information. | ['Who is an ex-madam?', 'How old is she?', 'What was she charged with?', 'Which kind of drugs?', 'Such as?', 'When was she arrested?', 'Has she been released?', 'When?', 'Did she have to pay bail to be released?', 'How much was it?', 'Who is Davis campaign manager?', 'Who did she claim she provided with escorts years ago?', 'Who is he?', 'Who did Davis buy ecstasy pills from?', 'How many counts of the drugs charges is she facing?', 'What is the max sentence for each count?', 'How often did the witness say Davis bought the pills?', 'How much did she pay?', 'What did she say she did with them?', 'Who is Preet Bharara?'] | {'answers': ['Kristin Davis', '38', 'Selling drugs', 'Prescription', 'Adderall, Xanax,and others', 'Monday', 'Yes', 'Tuesday', 'Yes', '$100,000', 'Andrew Miller', 'Eliot Spitzer', 'A fellow city comptroller candidate', 'An FBI cooperating witness', 'Four', '20 years', 'At least once a month', 'Hundreds of dollars for each purchase', 'Provided them to people at house parties', 'A Manhattan U.S. Attorney,'], 'answers_start': [16, 233, 233, 0, 233, 233, 433, 433, 433, 433, 1545, 0, 17, 1171, 973, 1088, 1171, 1171, 1378, 854], 'answers_end': [264, 251, 430, 231, 430, 431, 600, 600, 484, 485, 1583, 231, 230, 1308, 1087, 1169, 1330, 1469, 1469, 893]} |
3hvvdcpgtesviqve4ut21t17t9htyw | Known during development as Xbox Next, Xenon, Xbox 2, Xbox FS or NextBox, the Xbox 360 was conceived in early 2003. In February 2003, planning for the Xenon software platform began, and was headed by Microsoft's Vice President J Allard. That month, Microsoft held an event for 400 developers in Bellevue, Washington to recruit support for the system. Also that month, Peter Moore, former president of Sega of America, joined Microsoft. On August 12, 2003, ATI signed on to produce the graphic processing unit for the new console, a deal which was publicly announced two days later. Before the launch of the Xbox 360, several Alpha development kits were spotted using Apple's Power Mac G5 hardware. This was because the system's PowerPC 970 processor running the same PowerPC architecture that the Xbox 360 would eventually run under IBM's Xenon processor. The cores of the Xenon processor were developed using a slightly modified version of the PlayStation 3's Cell Processor PPE architecture. According to David Shippy and Mickie Phipps, the IBM employees were "hiding" their work from Sony and Toshiba, IBM's partners in developing the Cell Processor. Jeff Minter created the music visualization program Neon which is included with the Xbox 360. | ['when was the xbox 360 created?', 'what did they call it before completion?', 'when did planning begin?', 'what was the software called?', 'who was the president?', 'what about the vice president?', 'where was an event held?', 'why?', 'who else joined microsoft?', 'from where?', 'what was his title there?', 'who was going to do graphics?', 'when was that agreed?', 'how were the processors made?', 'what was it?', 'what would it eventually run on?', 'why?', 'who were they hiding the project from?', 'why?', 'who said this?'] | {'answers': ['early 2003', 'Xbox Next, Xenon, Xbox 2, Xbox FS or NextBox', 'February 2003', 'Xenon', 'unknown', 'J Allard', 'Bellevue, Washington', 'to recruit support for the system', 'Peter Moore', 'Sega of America', 'president', 'ATI', 'August 12, 2003', "using a slightly modified version of the PlayStation 3's Cell Processor", 'PPE architecture', "IBM's Xenon processor.", 'unknown', 'Sony and Toshiba', "they were IBM's partners in developing the Cell Processor", 'David Shippy and Mickie Phipps'], 'answers_start': [104, 28, 118, 150, -1, 227, 294, 316, 368, 401, 388, 456, 439, 904, 976, 833, -1, 1087, 1104, 1006], 'answers_end': [114, 72, 132, 156, -1, 235, 315, 349, 379, 416, 398, 459, 454, 975, 992, 855, -1, 1103, 1152, 1037]} |
32m8bpygatm5nlu3gc8sgmsue6rgi5 | (CNN) -- After months of speculation, one of Formula One's worst kept secrets has finally been confirmed.
Fernando Alonso, the double world champion who recently left Ferrari, will rejoin McLaren for the 2015 season, which gets underway in March.
The Spaniard, who won back-to-back world titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006, joins the British team after ending his four-year association with Ferrari.
He will be partnered by Jenson Button, whose services were retained above Kevin Magnussen, who stays on as a test and reserve driver.
Between them, Alonso and Button have won three world titles, 47 grands prix and achieved 147 podium finishes from a combined 500 races.
Now 33, Alonso will be expected to boost McLaren's fortunes after a season which saw it struggle to match the pace set by the all-conquering Mercedes team.
"Over the past year I have received several offers, some of them really tempting given the current performance of some of the teams that showed interest," he said in a statement.
"But, more than a year ago, McLaren-Honda contacted me and asked me to take part, in a very active way, in the return of their partnership -- a partnership that dominated the Formula 1 scene for so long."
Between 1988 and 1992, McLaren and Honda won 44 grands prix out of 80, with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost winning all but one of the 16 races in one season.
"I still remember, as a kid, the posters in my wardrobe, my toy cars in which I dreamed I would one day emulate Ayrton, and the kart that my father built for my older sister, and that I ended up falling in love with," Alonso added. | ['Who ended their partnership with Ferrari?', 'How long was he with Ferrari?', 'Which team will he join?', 'For which season?', 'When does it begin?', 'What country is he from?', 'Who will be his partner?', 'How many races have they finished, combined?', 'And how many top three finishes from those?', 'How old is Alonso?', 'Has he dreamt of racing since he was a child?', 'Did he have several offers from other teams?', 'When did McLaren-Honda contact him with an offer?', 'Does McLaren-Honda have a winning track record?', 'How many Grand Prix races has the team won?', 'Out of how many?', 'In how many years?', "Which two drivers won the majority of their season's races?", 'How many did they lose?', 'Who will be on the team as a test and reserve driver?'] | {'answers': ['Fernando Alonso', 'four years', 'McLaren', '2015', 'March', 'Spain', 'Jenson Button', '500', '147', '33', 'yes', 'yes', 'more than a year ago', 'yes', '44', '80', 'four', 'Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost', 'only one', 'Kevin Magnussen'], 'answers_start': [108, 370, 178, 198, 219, 251, 408, 660, 624, 682, 1386, 840, 1021, 1228, 1269, 1288, 1236, 1304, 1341, 482], 'answers_end': [405, 406, 197, 217, 248, 263, 445, 678, 652, 689, 1618, 1018, 1103, 1384, 1297, 1297, 1249, 1333, 1352, 541]} |
3u0srxb7cd5oqce8t3fwky2i253nrd | A cappella [a kapˈpɛlla] (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It contrasts with cantata, which is accompanied singing. The term "a cappella" was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style. In the 19th century a renewed interest in Renaissance polyphony coupled with an ignorance of the fact that vocal parts were often doubled by instrumentalists led to the term coming to mean unaccompanied vocal music. The term is also used, albeit rarely, as a synonym for alla breve.
A cappella music was originally used in religious music, especially church music as well as anasheed and zemirot. Gregorian chant is an example of a cappella singing, as is the majority of secular vocal music from the Renaissance. The madrigal, up until its development in the early Baroque into an instrumentally-accompanied form, is also usually in a cappella form. Jewish and Christian music were originally a cappella,[citation needed] and this practice has continued in both of these religions as well as in Islam. | ['What is Gregorian chant an example of?', 'What does that mean?', 'What does it mean in Italian?', 'Is the madrigal a cappella?', 'When did someone add instruments?', 'Was most music from the Renaissance a cappella?', 'Do religions use it?', 'How many?', 'Which ones?', 'Is there another one?', 'Is it used as a synonym?', 'What is a synonym for alla breve?', 'How often is it used that way?', 'What is accompanied singing called?', 'Did a cappella always mean unaccompanied singing?', 'Did it have something to do with Polyphony?', 'what kind?', 'Is this different from Baroque concertato', "When did a cappella get it's current meaning?", 'Was this due to some kind of ignorance?'] | {'answers': ['of a cappella singing,', 'singing without instrumental accompaniment,', '"in the manner of the chapel"', 'Usually', 'in the early Baroque', 'the majority of secular vocal music was', 'yes', 'Three', 'Jewish and Christian', 'Islam', 'unknown', 'A cappella', 'rarely', 'cantata', 'no', 'Yes', 'Renaissance', 'yes', 'In the 19th century', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [777, 69, 25, 894, 893, 830, 1031, 1031, 1029, 1031, -1, 594, 594, 198, 255, 255, 255, 255, 378, 443], 'answers_end': [830, 149, 67, 1029, 996, 894, 1182, 1182, 1182, 1182, -1, 661, 661, 255, 378, 348, 377, 377, 661, 661]} |
3570y55xzpjrdl98kuuv2ami4j2gyc | Dennis Sinar, 51, a doctor from New York, is quick to explain why he took a year-long break from his job. "I was pretty burned out after practicing medicine for 26 years. I needed a recharge." So he took a "gap year", from July 2011 to June 2012, to explore things like ancient buildings, and traditional Eastern medicine, in locations including Alaska, Nepal and Romania.
"Taking a break from work is an excellent way for adults to go into a new career or refresh an old one," said Holly Bull, president of Princeton, N, J. "In recent years, mid-career breaks have been gaining more interest," she said. A report on adult gap years published this year by a market research company also described the potential American market for gap years as a "sleeping giant."
"A gap year is a challenge for the older individual to step out of a comfort zone and take a risk. I enjoyed that side most." said Dr. Sinar, who kept a daily blog about his experience. His time studying Eastern medicine "assured the reasons I went into health care," said Dr. Sinar, who returned to practice medicine at his old job, although he works fewer days. "I use those experiences to provide my patients with more care," he added. "And I listen better than I did before."
George Garritan, chairman of the Department of Leadership and Human Capital Management at New York University, certainly agrees with Dr. Sinar. He said a gap-year experience could be worthwhile for employees and companies. For employees, investing in themselves and improving skill sets is a move that will benefit throughout their career. He added that returning employees feel refreshed and have given more thought to their career. For companies, offering unpaid leaves makes good sense for attracting and keeping talented employees. | ['Where is Dennis Senar from?'] | {'answers': ['New York'], 'answers_start': [0], 'answers_end': [40]} |
3s3amizx3u5byyycmcbyzyr2o4mcda | Technology is creating big changes in the music industry. Music lovers listen to and buy music on the Internet. They can watch live concerts of favorite artists online. And music makers, as well as music industry officials, use social media to reach an increase public interest.
Nick Sherwin is the founder of the band called Suburban Skies. He says today's technology permits a band to control its own future. He said, "Social media is a wonderful thing. You can make use of it to reach the public." Sherwin says the Internet and social media have created possibilities for musicians. He says the new way to success is to give visitors more than one type of experience. "The most important thing is the content. You have to have songs and videos to show the audience. But I think it is extremely important to do shows, to build your brand, and to make you well known, " Sherwin said.
Music industry officials discussed the future of the business during an international conference in Los Angeles, California. They said musicians are choosing to perform live across the country, following the drop in CD sales in the Unites States. Rob Light is head of music with a creative artists agency. He said, "Most of the income for artists is now coming from the live marketplace."
Along with the popularity of live music there has been a big increase in the number of music festivals. These events are advertised on social media. Pasquale Rotella leads Insomniac, a company that produces electronic dance music festivals in several countries. "Someone could make it in their bedroom and put it out there. People can gain fans online without anyone's help. That has completely helped the growth of dance music. " said Rotella.
Bob Pittman leads the radio organization -- Clear Channel Communication. He says music lovers are still listening to the radio, although there are new ways of finding music. He says 70 percent of Americans say they discover new music from what they hear on the radio. But Rob Light says radio will soon be a thing of the past. However, Nick Sherwin is not worried. He just wants to reach everyone who likes his style of music with the help of the Internet. | ['Where music is widely available these days?', 'Who is Nick Sherwin?', 'Which one?', 'According to him what tech permits today?', 'What is his opinion about social media?', 'What one can do with it?', 'Did it open possibilities?', 'For whom?', 'What is his suggestion about giving experience?', 'What two things one must have?', 'What he thought very crucial?', 'Are the officials meeting somewhere?', 'Where?', 'In which city?', 'What is their main topic?', 'Did CD sales drop?', 'What the musicians doing then?', 'What festivals are on the rise?', 'Who is Bob Pittman?', 'According to him what percentage get new music from radio?'] | {'answers': ['on the Internet.', 'the founder of the band', 'Suburban Skies', 'a band to control its own future', 'It is a wonderful thing', 'use it to reach the public.', 'Yes', 'for musicians.', 'to give visitors more than one type of experience', 'to have songs and videos to show the audience', 'the content.', 'Yes', 'international conference', 'in Los Angeles, California.', 'musicians are choosing to perform live', 'Yes', 'performing live', 'music', 'leads the radio organization -- Clear Channel Communication.', '70 percent'], 'answers_start': [58, 281, 281, 344, 423, 458, 503, 503, 588, 674, 673, 889, 961, 985, 1014, 1092, 1205, 1335, 1727, 1901], 'answers_end': [111, 342, 342, 411, 456, 501, 587, 587, 671, 769, 715, 1013, 1012, 1013, 1135, 1113, 1275, 1384, 1799, 1994]} |
3qemnnsb2xz5mh3gvv3njczons87dn | It's summer movie time again. Check out our list of four films.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Release Date: November 4
Story: It's the summer before Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A dangerous murderer, Sirius Black, has escaped from the Wizards' Prison. And he was ordered to kill Harry Potter.
Around the World in 80 Days
Release Date: November 16
Story: This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout ( Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan), a Chinese thief who seeks refuge with a strange London adventurer, Phileas Fogg. Passepartout uses his martial art skills to defend Fogg from danger as he travels around the world in 80 days.
Spider-Man 2
Release Date: November 30
Story: Peter Parker is still coming to accept his dual identity as the crime superhero Spider-Man. He wants to reveal his secret identity to Mary Jane, meanwhile, his Aunt May is in trouble. This is Dr Otto Octavius who has appeared to bring her a lot of troubles.
King Arthur
Release Date: November 7
Story: King Arthur is presented as a clever ruler who manages to unite all the knights in Britain. Under the guidance of Merlin and the beautiful, brave Guinevere, Arthur will struggle to realize his dreams. | ['What time is it?', 'How many movies?', 'Do any have a name', 'Like what?', 'When does it come out?', 'Are there notable characters?', 'Who?', 'Any others?', 'Like?', 'Who is he?', 'What are the other movies?', 'Is it based off anything?', 'on who?', 'What does he do?'] | {'answers': ['Summer movie time.', 'Four.', 'Yes.', 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', 'November 4', 'Yes.', 'Harry Potter', 'Yes.', 'Sirius Black', 'A dangerous murderer.', 'Around the World in 80 Days', 'The classic novel.', 'Passepartout .', 'Seeks refuge with Phileas Fogg.'], 'answers_start': [0, 44, 66, 66, 109, 166, 166, 261, 261, 237, 356, 421, 467, 543], 'answers_end': [22, 64, 107, 107, 135, 191, 178, 288, 286, 274, 384, 466, 491, 604]} |
3peijlry6ttya29yu3cb5z1xw2jwx8 | When I was in primary school, sometimes I would meet a girl of the same age as me. Lisa was never active, but she was always very sweet and nice. In the 5th grade she came to my class.
She was absent a lot , and one day I had the courage to ask why. She told me she was sick, and she explained she wore a wig because her medicine made her lose her hair. We left it at that. Anytime Lisa came to class--seldom--I would hang around with her on the playground.
I received much ridicule from my friends for this because they thought I was ignoring them for Lisa. My family education taught me to be nice, and I felt Lisa's needs were much more important than others I knew.
It had been months since Lisa was in our class, and one day our teacher was crying. She explained Lisa died the day before and would no longer be our classmate. She told us Lisa had fought a battle with cancer for years.
I was shocked. Lisa never spoke of her illness as if it could kill her. Well, all these years I have kept Lisa in my mind and heart. When I go through the important events in my life, I think of Lisa.
I've had a strong wish recently to find her mother and father. I'd like to tell them that though they never met me, their daughter had a sweet effect on my life. I have no idea what her parents' first names are. I write to your column and hope you can point me in the right direction.
Lisa was such a lovely girl. Maybe her parents would be comforted by the fact that after all these years they are not the only ones who remember her. | ["Who came to the author's class in fifth grade?", 'Why was she losing her hair?', 'Why was the teacher crying?', 'Were their friends accepting of the attention they were showing Lisa?', 'Why was Lisa sick?', 'How long did Lisa miss class before the teacher learned she died?', 'Who is the author searching for?', "Did Lisa have a positive effect on the author's life?", 'How did he feel when he learned that Lisa died?', 'What did Lisa wear because of her hair loss?'] | {'answers': ['Lisa', 'her medicine', 'Lisa died', 'No', 'She had cancer', 'months', "Lisa's mother and father.", 'Yes', 'shocked', 'a wig'], 'answers_start': [83, 319, 728, 462, 837, 676, 1102, 1218, 899, 296], 'answers_end': [183, 355, 836, 561, 897, 722, 1164, 1263, 913, 354]} |
37trt2x24qr5rf6yi81ercgxbb1jbm | New York (CNN) -- A woman suspected of snatching an infant from a New York hospital in 1987 told investigators she was frustrated with her inability to give birth, according to court papers filed Monday.
Ann "Annugetta" Pettway has been charged with one count of kidnapping in the abduction of Carlina Renae White, who has since reunited with her biological mother. According to court documents filed in the case Monday, Pettway admitted to taking the girl from a Harlem hospital after suffering several miscarriages.
Pettway, 49, made an initial appearance in federal court Monday afternoon to face the single kidnapping count. She did not speak or enter a plea during the five-minute hearing. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein ordered her held until a February 7 bail hearing.
She was dressed in a blue jail uniform and did not look around as she was escorted into the courtroom. In their second-row seats, White's parents leaned forward for a better view of the woman accused of taking their daughter from them more than 23 years ago.
During an interview with federal investigators Sunday, Pettway allegedly expressed remorse that she "caused a lot of pain," court papers state. After the hearing, defense attorney Robert Baum said he believed Pettway did express remorse but would not say whether he would challenge her statement to investigators before reading the charging documents.
"A lot of facts here have yet to come out," Baum told reporters. He added, "She's hopeful that the ending of this tragedy for everyone will shed new light on her role." | ['who made a appearance in court ?', 'what age is she ?', 'was she dressed in a red jail suit ?', 'what color was it ?', 'was was she charged with ?', 'of who ?', 'how long ago ?', 'who was the judge ?', 'who was her lawyer ?', 'when was the bail hearing ?', 'did it last 60 minutes ?', 'how long was it ?', 'who talked with interviewers ?', 'what day ?', 'with who ?', 'have all the facts came out ?', 'why was she frustrated ?', 'where is the hospital located ?', "was White's parents in court ?", 'did ann ever lose a baby ?'] | {'answers': ['Pettway', '49', 'Blue', 'Blue', 'kidnapping', 'Carlina Renae White,', 'More than 23 years ago.', 'Gabriel Gorenstein', 'Robert Baum', 'February 7', 'No', '5 minutes', 'Baum', 'Monday', "White's parents", 'No', 'She could not give birth', 'New York', 'Yes', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [522, 522, 787, 787, 522, 206, 989, 699, 1192, 735, 633, 677, 1402, 522, 899, 1402, 111, 66, 869, 482], 'answers_end': [579, 533, 826, 825, 632, 316, 1046, 734, 1239, 785, 698, 698, 1467, 596, 932, 1444, 163, 83, 933, 520]} |
3ts1ar6uqqe2k1hcm1yd7c29zch7f5 | CHAPTER XII
Vivian read the note over a thousand times. He could not retire to rest. He called Essper George, and gave him all necessary directions for the morning. About three o'clock Vivian lay down on a sofa, and slept for a few hours. He started often in his short and feverish slumber. His dreams were unceasing and inexplicable. At first von Sohnspeer was their natural hero; but soon the scene shifted. Vivian was at Ems, walking under the well-remembered lime-trees, and with the Baroness. Suddenly, although it was mid-day, the Sun became large, blood-red, and fell out of the heavens; his companion screamed, a man rushed forward with a drawn sword. It was the idiot Crown Prince of Reisenburg. Vivian tried to oppose him, but without success. The infuriated ruffian sheathed his weapon in the heart of the Baroness. Vivian shrieked, and fell upon her body, and, to his horror, found himself embracing the cold corpse of Violet Fane!
Vivian and Essper mounted their horses about seven o'clock. At eight they had reached a small inn near the Forest Councillor's house, where Vivian was to remain until Essper had watched the entrance of the Minister. It was a few minutes past nine when Essper returned with the joyful intelligence that Owlface and his master had been seen to enter the Courtyard. Vivian immediately mounted Max, and telling Essper to keep a sharp watch, he set spurs to his horse.
"Now, Max, my good steed, each minute is golden; serve thy master well!" He patted the horse's neck, the animal's erected ears proved how well it understood its master's wishes; and taking advantage of the loose bridle, which was confidently allowed it, the horse sprang rather than galloped to the Minister's residence. Nearly an hour, however, was lost in gaining the private road, for Vivian, after the caution in the Baroness's letter, did not dare the high road. | ['How many people got on their steeds?', 'At what time?', 'Where were they going?', 'Next to what?', 'What time did they get there?', 'Who was staying there?', 'Who did Essper see that made him happy?', 'Where did he see them?', "What is Vivian's horse named?", 'What does he relate to riches?', 'Was the animal responsive?', 'Why did it take a long time to travel?', 'Why take that one?', 'How many times did he look over a letter?', 'Was it easy to sleep?', 'When did he finally settle down?', 'He went to bed?', 'Where then?', 'What kind of dreaming did he do?', 'What happened to the sun in his dream?'] | {'answers': ['two', "about seven o'clock", 'a small inn', "the Forest Councillor's house", 'eight', 'Vivian', 'Owlface and his master', 'the Courtyard', 'Max', 'each minute', 'yes', 'they were on the private road', "because of the caution in the Baroness's letter", 'a thousand times', 'No', "About three o'clock", 'no', 'on a sofa', 'unceasing and inexplicable', 'it became large, blood-red, and fell out of the heavens'], 'answers_start': [948, 966, 1033, 1033, 1008, 1082, 1200, 1250, 1311, 1440, 1540, 1760, 1810, 14, 58, 167, 186, 187, 293, 535], 'answers_end': [986, 1006, 1080, 1080, 1045, 1108, 1286, 1309, 1341, 1461, 1590, 1796, 1852, 56, 85, 212, 212, 212, 335, 595]} |
34yb12fsqyorj4ku1r6k8fzbu2dgmw | Mei Qiyue, 13, of Chongqing, leaves her dorm early every morning and doesn't return until late at night. She feels stressed in the dorm. "My roommates look down on me. When I say something, they never agree with me. Sometimes, they even laugh at me together," said Mei. "The dorm is like hell. I want to leave the moment I walk in." Mei is not alone. Many middle school students lave such problems. Plans, opinions and other small differences can create conflict . "Most teenagers are the only child in the family where they are the 'King' or 'Queen'. They can't stand other kids' different ideas, so conflicts between them come out in the dorm," said Sun Yunxiao, a professor in Beijing. According to Sun, roommate relations are important in schools, and students should be serious about them. He suggests that students should be patient, sincere and cooperative in dealing with their roommates. Zou Ming, 14, of Shanxi, and his roommates didn't clean their dorm for a long time during their first semester. "Later, we began to hate each other because nobody would clean," said Zou. "One day, we had a dorm meeting. At the meeting we discussed the problem seriously and decided each other of us would clean for a week." After the meeting, they cleaned the dorm for the first time together, and the boys have become good friends. "I think we should take care of the dorm like our family and our roommates like our brothers," said Zou. "Only in this way can we have a happy dorm like and make lifelong friends." | ['How old is Mei?', 'What city does she live in?', 'Does she live in a big house?', 'Where does she live?', 'Is she alone in her room?', 'Does she enjoy living in the dorm?', 'How does she feel there?', 'Do most students there have siblings?', 'What suggestions does Sun Yunxiao make?', 'What problems did Zou Ming and his roommates have?', 'How did that make them feel?', 'Did they address the problem?', 'Where did they talk about it?', 'What decision did they make?', 'What did they do together afterward?', 'Do they get along now?', 'How does Zou say they can have a happy dorm?', 'How old is Zou Ming?', "What is Sun Yunxiao's job?", 'In which city?'] | {'answers': ['13', 'Chongqing', 'no', 'in a dorm', 'no', 'no', 'stressed', 'no', 'tudents should be patient, sincere and cooperative', 'nobody would clean', 'angry at each other', 'yes', 'a meeting', 'each of them would clean for a week', 'take care of the dorm', 'yes', 'treat roommates like our brothers', '14', 'professor', 'Beijing'], 'answers_start': [10, 18, 131, 124, 138, 283, 115, 465, 813, 1053, 1029, 1222, 1116, 1179, 1348, 1492, 1395, 906, 667, 680], 'answers_end': [13, 27, 135, 135, 150, 293, 124, 514, 863, 1071, 1045, 1280, 1131, 1218, 1370, 1510, 1422, 909, 676, 687]} |
33cid57104t6jaql60ylp8vdr6dl3f | CHAPTER XXX
MRS. TOM ROVER-- CONCLUSION
"And you got back all the bonds, Dick? How, splendid!"
It was Dora who uttered the words, shortly after the arrival at the Outlook Hotel of the three Rovers. Dick had had the japanned box under his arm, and now held it up in triumph.
"Yes, we've got them all back, and those that don't go to the bank as collateral security for a loan are going to a safe deposit box," answered Dick. "I won't take any more chances with an office safe."
"Especially not that office safe," put in Sam, pointedly.
"And what are you going to do with Jesse Pelter?" questioned Nellie.
"We are going to put him where he belongs-- in prison," answered Tom. And it may be as well to state here that in due course of time Jesse Pelter and his partner in crime, Grimes, alias Haywood, were tried and sentenced to long terms in prison. At this trial it was brought to light that Barton Pelter had known about the hole in the back of the safe, but had had absolutely nothing to do with the taking of the bonds. Jesse Pelter was very bitter against his nephew for exposing him, but the Rovers told the young man that he had done exactly right, and he said that he thought so, too. As soon as the trial was over Barton Pelter returned to the Middle West, where he did fairly well as a traveling salesman for the cracker company. | ['What kind of box did Dick have?', 'What was in it most likely?', 'What was one of the things Dick was going to do with them?', 'Where would the rest go?', 'How many Rovers are mentioned?', 'Where were they?', 'Who was talking with them?', "What is Pelter's first name?", 'Is he a criminal?', 'Does he have a buddy?', 'Who?', 'Has Grimes used another name', 'Which name was that?', 'Was Grimes a criminal too?', 'Is Barton Pelter related to Jesse?', 'How?', 'Where did he come from?'] | {'answers': ['a japanned box', 'bonds', 'some would go to the bank', 'to a safe deposit box', 'three', 'the Outlook Hotel', 'Dora', 'Jesse', 'yes', 'yes', 'Grimes', 'yes', 'Haywood', 'yes', 'yes', "He's Jesse's nephew", 'the Middle West'], 'answers_start': [204, 45, 317, 383, 186, 154, 108, 582, 643, 768, 768, 790, 790, 768, 1038, 1037, 1236], 'answers_end': [233, 75, 348, 414, 202, 202, 134, 594, 671, 796, 796, 811, 811, 796, 1084, 1084, 1277]} |
338jkrmm26z4hz6gouyxkogcgyphar | The Legion of Honour, full name, National Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte.
The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland") and its seat is the next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the River Seine in Paris.
The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and " (Grand Cross).
In the French Revolution, all of the French orders of chivalry were abolished, and replaced with Weapons of Honour. It was the wish of Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul, to create a reward to commend civilians and soldiers and from this wish was instituted a "", a body of men that was not an order of chivalry, for Napoleon believed France wanted a recognition of merit rather than a new system of nobility. The however did use the organization of old French orders of chivalry for example the "Ordre de Saint-Louis". The badges of the legion also bear a resemblance to the , which also used a red ribbon.
Napoleon originally created this to ensure political loyalty. The organization would be used as a facade to give political favours, gifts, and concessions. The was loosely patterned after a Roman legion, with legionaries, officers, commanders, regional "cohorts" and a grand council. The highest rank was not a grand cross but a " (grand eagle), a rank that wore all the insignia common to grand crosses. The members were paid, the highest of them extremely generously: | ['Who established the legion of honour?', 'In what year?', 'What is the legion of honour?', 'Give me its full name?', 'How many degrees of distinction is the order divided?', 'Name them?', "What's the order's motto?", "What was Napoleon's wish?", 'Why did he create this order?', 'Was Napoleon the first consul?'] | {'answers': ['Napoléon Bonaparte.', '1802', 'highest French order of merit for military and civil merits', 'National Order of the Legion of Honour', 'five', '(Knight), \' (Officer), \' (Commander), \' (Grand Officer) and " (Grand Cross).', 'Honour and Fatherland', 'to establish an order of chivalry', 'reward to commend civilians and soldiers', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [144, 159, 83, 33, 333, 401, 214, 597, 665, 480], 'answers_end': [188, 163, 142, 71, 479, 478, 235, 890, 705, 1091]} |
39kfrkbfinvf5yq68d737jvkv6voyb | Musa teaches English at Chunmiao Primary School in Wuhan. He had never heard of China's idol of selflessness before he arrived in the country, but this unusual young man from Nigeria is carrying on the good work of China's hero soldier.
Musa's week begins with a crowded two-hour bus ride for a flag-raising ceremony at Chunmiao Primary School with old classrooms for the children of migrant workers on the outside parts of Wuhan.An hour later, he steps in front of a room full of expectant students, some of whom recently organized a dance exhibition for their foreign teacher.
The dance showed the spirit of Lei Feng (1940-1962), a soldier who was idolized across China for his selflessness. It was especially meaningful to Musa because the students call him "foreign Lei Feng".
"I know Lei Feng, he is a good man. Everyone should learn from Lei Feng," he says.
Born to a family of diplomats in 1985, he is the second of nine children and the eldest son. Musa was expected to become a diplomat like his father, who worked in Canada from 2007.In 2008, Musa was picked by Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to study in China for a master's degree in sociology . With the hope of joining the foreign service, he then went on to study for a doctor's degree in international relations at Central China Normal University. | ['Who is the article about?', 'Where does he live?', 'What country?', 'Is he from there?', 'Where is he from?', 'What is his occupation?', 'Of what?', 'Where?', 'How does his week start?', 'For what?', 'Who is Lei Feng?', 'Is he admired in China?', 'Why?', 'What year was he born?', 'Died?', "What was Musa's nickname?", 'Who called him that?', 'When was Musa born?', 'Does he have siblings?', 'How many?'] | {'answers': ['Musa', 'Wuhan', 'China', 'no', 'Nigeria', 'teacher', 'English', 'Chunmiao Primary School', 'two-hour bus ride', 'flag-raising ceremony', 'soldier', 'yes', 'his selflessness', '1940', '1962', '"foreign Lei Feng"', 'his students', '1985', 'yes', 'Eight'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 58, 160, 160, 0, 0, 0, 239, 239, 614, 614, 614, 614, 614, 742, 743, 872, 911, 911], 'answers_end': [56, 56, 85, 182, 182, 56, 56, 56, 290, 319, 675, 696, 696, 634, 634, 783, 783, 909, 963, 944]} |
39gxdjn2otevgc8lwlvn3y1qxelv8p | (Entertainment Weekly) -- In the movies, "the suburbs" are never just a place. They're a state of mind, a mythology we all know in our bones.
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio share a happy moment in "Revolutionary Road."
The myth goes something like this: The suburbs are comfortable, maybe even beautiful, but their serenity is rooted in a friendly American conformity, so that the people who live there have to repress their true selves, which will emerge when they drink too much and have affairs, or rage at each other for their dishonesty, which was all caused in the first place by ... the suburbs.
The best thing about "Revolutionary Road," a cool-blooded and disquieting adaptation of Richard Yates' 1961 novel about a powerfully unhappy Connecticut couple, is that it doesn't end with that rote vision of bourgeois anomie. It only begins there.
Frank and April Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) are about 30, with two kids, and both believe they can evade the traps of the existence they've chosen. The year is 1955, and Frank has a New York job that bores him, marketing business machines. He takes solace in feeling superior to his work, and also in his midday martinis and occasional dip into the secretarial pool. April, meanwhile, wanted to be an actress, and still feels she's meant for higher things. Watch DiCaprio and Winslet talk about their reunion »
Moved to reach for something more, April comes up with a plan: She and Frank will sell their home and move to Paris, where she'll work as a government secretary and he will ... find himself. (It's like a '60s fantasy a decade ahead of time.) "Revolutionary Road" was directed by Sam Mendes, who made the glibly scathing "American Beauty," only here he wants us to share not just Frank and April's misery but the frail reveries that hold them together. | ['What movie is the article about?', 'Who is the director?', 'Is this his first directing job?', 'What else has he done?', 'Is the movie an original screenplay?', 'Was it a book?', 'Who wrote the novel?', 'What year?', 'What is it about?', 'Who stars in the movie?', 'Why are they unhappy?', 'What do they do?', 'What characters do DiCaprio and Winslet play?', 'Do they have kids?', 'How many?', 'Does Frank Wheeler work?', 'What does he do?', 'What does April Wheeler do?', 'What do they decide to do?', 'What will that do?'] | {'answers': ['Revolutionary Road', 'Sam Mendes', 'No', 'American Beauty', 'No', 'Yes', 'Richard Yates', '1961', 'a powerfully unhappy Connecticut couple', 'Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio', 'people who live in the suburbs have to repress their true selves', 'drink too much and have affairs', 'Frank and April Wheeler', 'Yes', 'two', 'Yes', 'marketing business machines', 'wanted to be an actress', 'She and Frank will sell their home and move to Paris', "she'll work as a government secretary and he will ... find himself."], 'answers_start': [204, 1673, 1689, 1715, 687, 701, 701, 716, 733, 144, 388, 474, 864, 944, 944, 1051, 1092, 1266, 1457, 1517], 'answers_end': [222, 1683, 1732, 1730, 697, 726, 714, 720, 772, 178, 444, 505, 887, 952, 947, 1075, 1119, 1289, 1509, 1584]} |
3483fv8beejzf7rvfweehf8ovre62v | Willie Stewart still remembers his first day of kayaking through the grand Canyon. He was getting bounced around in the roughest white water he had ever seen. There was nothing the river threw at him.
There he was in a 40-pound boat, with only a few months of training and one arm. Tied to his left shoulder was a prosthetic limb that he'd had for just about a week. The plan was to paddle for 20 days over 227 miles of the roughest white water in the United States. It was one of the most remarkable adventures that the Grand Canyon had ever seen.
It started with a casual phone call in the spring of 2005. A good friend, Mike Crenshaw, finally got a permit from the National Park Service to lead a private party of 16 boaters down the Colorado River that coming August. He had a slot open for Willie, "Was he interested ?"
"It was the chance of a lifetime," Stewart said. He had been waiting years for this trip to happen. "How could I refuse ?"
But before they set off, Stewart had a couple of things to take care of. He had to get a white-water kayak, learn how to use it, and get an arm.
For most of his life, the _ 45-year-old man has lived with only his right arm. He lost his left arm in a horrible accident when he was 18.Stewart was doing a summer construction job inprefix = st1 /Washington,D.C.The trailing end of rope he was carrying got twisted in an industrial fan. Before he could react, the fan reeled in the rope tight and cut his arm just above the elbow.
He became a bitter young man, angry at the unfairness of what had happened ,and often got into fights. In time, he learned to channel his rage into sports. He joined a rugby team, established a reputation as a fearless player and eventually was elected captain. His days of rage long gone, he found peace and purpose in his life. | ['Who got a permit to lead a party of boaters down the Colorado River?', 'Who had only one arm?', 'How old was he when he lost it?', 'What kind of job was he doing at the time?', 'What got twisted in a fan?', 'Were there 15 boaters in the party going down the Colorado?', 'Where was Stewart kayaking on his first day?', 'How much did the boat weigh?', 'How many days were they supposed to paddle for?', 'Over how many miles?', 'When was the phone call about the trip made?', 'Of what year?', 'Did Stewart have anything tied over his shoulder?', 'What?', 'How long had he had it?', 'How old was he?', 'Was he mad about what happened to him?', 'How did he act out?', 'What positive thing did he learn to do with his anger?', 'What did he join?'] | {'answers': ['Mike Crenshaw', 'Willie Stewart', '18', 'construction', 'rope', 'No', 'through the grand Canyon', '40lbs', '20', '227', 'In the Spring', '2005', 'Yes', 'a prosthetic limb', 'for just about a week', '45', 'Yes', 'often got into fights', 'to channel into sports', 'a rugby team'], 'answers_start': [612, 1182, 1180, 1241, 1315, 612, 0, 203, 368, 369, 553, 553, 284, 283, 333, 1122, 1487, 1487, 1590, 1643], 'answers_end': [717, 1248, 1248, 1294, 1392, 826, 158, 234, 469, 469, 610, 610, 370, 369, 368, 1147, 1562, 1589, 1643, 1667]} |
3r8yzbnq9hizbq7l0h97jb6n679q7n | Famous centenarians still active in arts, science are in no mood to retire. "Those who stand still, die," is one of Oliveira's favorite phrases. He knows from experience what it means, as the Portuguese film director has reached the age of 102 and is still active in his profession. Every year, Oliveira shoots a film and is currently working on his next project. "You have to work, work, work in order to forget that death is not far away," he said. When asked about his age, Oliveira said with some humility: "It's down to mother nature. It gave to me what it took from others."
Being both mentally and physically fit in old age is partly a matter of luck, but it also has something to do with character. Not every white-haired person is wise and social skills, openness and the ability to train the brain are essential for senior citizens.
Along with the architect Oscar Niemeyer (103), Nobel laureate Montalcini (101) and director Kurt Maetzig (100), Oliveira is one of those people of whom it would be very wrong to think as members of a listless elderly generation.
Another master in his profession is the architect Oscar Niemeyer. The 103-year-old Brazilian is best known for his futuristic-looking buildings in Brasilia, but he also speaks out on behalf of the poor. "The role of the architect is to struggle for a better world where we can develop a form of architecture that serves everyone and not just a privileged few," said Niemeyer recently. He spends almost every day working in his office in Copacabana, and even when he falls ill he keeps working on ideas: After a gallbladder operation he composed a samba tune in the clinic.
Another man who could sing a song about age is 107-year-old Heesters. The Dutch-born opera singer spent most of his life performing in Germany, where he still works. Recently Heesters said: "I want to be at least 108-years-old." He also plans to keep performing. " _ " Heesters has not given up trying to add to his tally of awards and is looking for a "good stage role".
Italian scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who is 101-year-old and is still active in medical science, has described the force that keeps driving her on: "Progress is created through imperfection." In 1986 she and her lab colleague were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work on nerve growth factor. She's convinced that humans grow on challenges.
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3efe17qcrc58hvsa5uko5oai10hsha | The dinosaur wants to have a pet goldfish. He is reading a book called, "How to Take Care of Your Pet Goldfish" because he wants to learn how to take care of a goldfish.
After he finishes reading the book, he goes to the pet store. The pet store is not in Detroit, St. Louis, or Pakistan. The pet store is in a town called Oceanside. It takes the dinosaur an hour to walk to the store. The store is very big, so that the dinosaur can fit inside.
A worker from the store walks up to the dinosaur and asks, "How can I help you?"
"I'm looking to buy a pet goldfish," the dinosaur said.
"Are you sure?" the worker asked, "We have rainbow fish, red fish, and blue fish. The rainbow fish makes for a great pet."
"No, thank you," the dinosaur said, "Goldfish are my favorite."
And so the worker put a goldfish in a bag of water for the dinosaur.
"Why did you put the goldfish in a bag of water?" the dinosaur asked.
"Fish always love to have something to swim in," the worker answered, "Enjoy your goldfish!"
And so the dinosaur walked home, his new best buddy in hand. | ['What did the dino want to have?', 'What is he reading?', 'WHy is he reading this one?'] | {'answers': ['A Goldfish', '"How to Take Care of Your Pet Goldfish"', 'he wants to learn how to take care of a goldfish'], 'answers_start': [0, 43, 120], 'answers_end': [41, 111, 168]} |
36nemu28xfdngqaugwa2uilzpy8mwn | Humans have sewn by hand for thousands of years. It was said that the first thread was made from animal muscle and sinew . And the earliest needles were made from bones. Since those early days, many people have been involved in the process of developing a machine that could do the same thing more quickly and with greater efficiency.
Charles Wiesenthal, who was born in Germany, designed and received a patent on a double-pointed needle that eliminated the need to turn the needle around with each stitch in England in 1755. Other inventors of that time tried to develop a functional sewing machine, but each design had at least one serious imperfection.
Frenchman Barthelemy Thimonnier finally engineered a machine that really worked. However, he was nearly killed by a group of angry tailors when they burned down his garment factory. They feared that they would lose their jobs to the machine.
American inventor Elias Howe, born on July 9, 1819, was awarded a patent for a method of sewing that used thread from two different sources. Howe's machine had a needle with an eye at the point, and it used the two threads to make a special stitch called a lockstitch. However, Howe faced difficulty in finding buyers for his machines in America. In frustration, he traveled to England to try to sell his invention there. When he finally returned home, he found that dozens of manufacturers were adapting his discovery for use in their own sewing machines.
Isaac Singer, another American inventor, was also a manufacturer who made improvements to the design of sewing machines. He invented an up-and-down-motion mechanism that replaced the side-to-side machines. He also developed a foot treadle to power his machine. This improvement left the sewer's hands free. Undoubtedly, it was a huge improvement of the hand-cranked machine of the past. Soon the Singer sewing machine achieved more fame than the others for it was more practical. It could be adapted to home use and it could be bought on hire-purchase. The Singer sewing machine became the first home appliance, and the Singer company became one of the first American multinationals.
However, Singer used the same method to create a lockstitch that Howe had already patented. As a result, Howe accused him of patent infringement . Of course, Elias Howe won the court case, and Singer was ordered to pay Howe royalties . In the end, Howe became a millionaire, not by manufacturing the sewing machine, but by receiving royalty payments for his invention. | ["What was Isaac Singer's occupation?", 'What product did he improve upon?', 'And who was Elias Howe?', 'When was his birthdate?', 'What do these two men have in common regarding their nationality?', 'Was sewing a new or old practice?', 'For how long has it been happening?', 'And how did they do it?', 'What was different about what these inventors were creating?', 'Who ended up in a legal battle?', 'What was the reason?'] | {'answers': ['inventor', 'sewing machines', 'an inventor', 'July 9, 1819', 'Both are from America', 'old', 'thousands of years', 'used bones', 'tried to make a sewing machine', 'Singer and Howe', 'Singer used the same method to create a lockstitch that Howe had already patented'], 'answers_start': [1463, 1463, 904, 922, 904, 0, 0, 123, 528, 2149, 2158], 'answers_end': [1502, 1582, 932, 954, 932, 47, 47, 168, 601, 2239, 2239]} |
3snvl38ci4sjc44metxl3bms8isck6 | (CNN) -- Politicians make gaffes almost daily. Some they can overcome. Some are fodder for late-night comedians. Some are deadly to their campaigns. Republican congressman Todd Akin's recent gaffe was so toxic, he may not only have killed his campaign, he may be the political equivalent of a zombie who also infects the Romney/Ryan ticket with his deadly virus.
The American public is smarter than most political campaigns give us credit for. We may not be geniuses -- me included -- but we intuitively grasp when a politician has merely slipped up or when he or she has revealed something much more significant.
The first type of political gaffes are just that: mistakes. For example, when then-presidential candidate Barack Obama said he had campaigned in "57 states." Or when Rep. Michele Bachmann suggested that the American Revolution had started in New Hampshire.
These kinds of comments are generally overcome. The only time they're potentially fatal is if they occur with such frequency that they begin to define the politician. Note to Joe Biden: You are really getting close to achieving that feat.
Then there are the gaffes that are not gaffes at all. These reveal the candidate's views on an issue or a character flaw that we had not previously seen.
Rep. Todd Akin's notorious remark Sunday clearly falls into the second category.
Akin assessing candidacy with conservatives in Florida
His statement that a woman being raped could magically shut off her reproductive system and avoid becoming pregnant was so outrageous that even Mitt Romney quickly denounced him. (Surprising, because Romney failed to condemn Rush Limbaugh's despicable comments regarding Sandra Fluke, the law student whom Limbaugh called a "slut" on his radio show after she appeared before Congress to discuss contraception.) Akin's statement also brought national attention to his radical position that a woman who becomes pregnant from rape should be required to carry the baby to term. | ['Who said something outrageous?', 'What did he say?', 'To what end?', 'Who distanced themselves from the comment?', 'Why was this unexpected?', 'What was that about?', 'On what media?', "What did Akin's mistake bring to light?", 'Is he the fist person to make a public mistake?', 'Who else?', 'What did he say?', 'How many kinds of mistakes are there?'] | {'answers': ['Todd Akin', 'A woman being raped could magically shut off her reproductive system', 'To avoid becoming pregnant', 'Mitt Romney', "He failed to condemn Rush Limbaugh's despicable comments", 'He called her a "slut"', 'Radio', 'His position that a woman who becomes pregnant from rape should be required to carry the baby to term.', 'No', 'Barrack Obama', 'He had campaigned in "57 states."', 'Two'], 'answers_start': [1274, 1414, 1414, 1414, 1594, 1594, 1594, 1825, 696, 714, 723, 491], 'answers_end': [1354, 1529, 1530, 1592, 1697, 1822, 1762, 1987, 773, 773, 775, 615]} |
3fijly1b6u4rq7lcinsu7ytuz9vpf8 | CHAPTER III
ON THE PLAINS
The purchase of a buffalo robe, blankets, boots, and a Colt's revolver occupied but a short time, but the rifle was a much more difficult matter.
"You can always rely upon a Colt," the miner said, "but rifles are different things; and as your life may often depend upon your shooting-iron carrying straight, you have got to be mighty careful about it. A gun that has got the name of being a good weapon will fetch four times as much as a new one."
Denver was but a small place; there was no regular gunsmith's shop, but rifles and pistols were sold at almost every store in the town. In this quest Jerry was assisted by Pete Hoskings, who knew of several men who would be ready to dispose of their rifles. Some of these weapons were taken out into the country and tried at marks by the two men. They made what seemed to Tom wonderful shooting, but did not satisfy Hoskings.
"I should like the youngster to have a first-rate piece," he said, "and I mean to get him one if I can. There are two of these would do if we can't get a better, but if there is a first-rate one to be had in this township I will have it." Suddenly he exclaimed, "I must have gone off my head, and be going downright foolish! Why, I know the very weapon. You remember Billy the scout?"
"In course I do, everyone knew him. I heard he had gone down just before I got back here." | ['What is a colt?', 'What is different from a revolver?', 'According to who?', 'Is a Colt reliable?', 'Are there any gun shops in Denver?', 'Where are guns sold?', 'Who is buying a gun?', 'Who is helping him?', 'Did Pete take him to stores to try out the guns?', 'Where did they go to try them out?', 'Was Pete pleased with them?', 'Why kind of gun did he want for his son?', 'Had he been forgetting something?', 'What?', 'Who could he get it from?', 'What city were they in?', 'Did he remember Billy?', 'Did a lot of people know him?', 'Where is he?'] | {'answers': ['a revolver', 'rifles', 'the miner', 'yes', "there was no regular gunsmith's shop there", 'at almost every store in town', 'Jerry', 'Pete Hoskings', 'Pete knew several men who who would be ready to dispose of their rifles', 'out in the country', 'no', 'a first-rate piece', 'yes', 'where he could get the weapon', 'Billy the scout?', 'Denver', 'yes', 'yes', 'unknown'], 'answers_start': [78, 229, 212, 179, 512, 550, 618, 631, 632, 740, 878, 911, 1170, 1235, 1264, 482, 1297, 1298, -1], 'answers_end': [100, 261, 227, 210, 549, 616, 668, 668, 738, 827, 907, 965, 1295, 1295, 1294, 510, 1387, 1331, -1]} |
388u7oumf71l5gm1sxdy9m65umfr0d | CHAPTER XXXII
It was the eve of the reopening of Parliament. Maraton, who had been absent from London--no one knew where--during the last six weeks, had suddenly reappeared. Once more he had invited the committee of the Labour Party to meet at his house. His invitation was accepted, but it was obvious that this time their attitude towards the man who welcomed them was one of declared and pronounced hostility. Graveling was there, with sullen, evil face. He made no attempt to shake hands with Maraton, and he sat at the table provided for them with folded arms and dour, uncompromising aspect. Dale came late and he, too, greeted Maraton with bluff unfriendliness. Borden's attitude was non-committal. Weavel shook hands, but his frown and manner were portentous. Culvain, the diplomat of the party, was quiet and reserved. David Ross alone had never lost his attitude of unwavering fidelity. He sat at Maraton's left hand, his head a little drooped, his eyes almost hidden beneath his shaggy grey eyebrows, his lower lip protuberant. He had, somehow, the air of a guarding dog, ready to spring into bitter words if his master were touched.
"Gentlemen," Maraton began, when at last they were all assembled, "I have asked you, the committee who were appointed to meet me on my arrival England, to meet me once more here on the eve of the reopening of Parliament."
There was a grim silence. No one spoke. Their general attitude was one of suspicious waiting.
"You all know," Maraton went on, "with what ideas I first came to England. I found, however, that circumstances here were in many respects different from anything I had imagined. You all know that I modified my plans. I decided to adopt a middle course." | ['Who had been gone from London?', 'Did people know his whereabouts?', 'How long was he gone?', 'Did he show back up?', 'What was reopening the next day?', 'Who arrived tardy to the event?', 'Was he friendly with Maraton?', 'Who was considered to be the ambassador of the gathering?', 'Who sat to the left of Maraton?', 'Did he have red eyebrows?', 'What color were they?'] | {'answers': ['Maraton', 'no', 'six weeks', 'yes', 'Parliament', 'Dale', 'no', 'no', 'David Ross', 'no', 'grey'], 'answers_start': [63, 105, 140, 151, 1358, 600, 655, 770, 830, 999, 999], 'answers_end': [70, 122, 149, 174, 1368, 604, 669, 791, 840, 1012, 1003]} |
3wyp994k17rpgsk28hl9qj9ta676ya | For many years,machines have been doing work that people once did,including some dit- ficutt jobs. Search and rescue operations in dangerous environments are often seen as the first areas that will employ high technology robots. But there is another area where they may soon take jobs traditionally held by human beings: the restaurant industry.
Teams from around the world competed in early June at the DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals in California. A team from South Korea and its robot,called DRC-Hubo,won the first place in the competition. The second and third place winners were from the United States. The robots were required to drive a vehicle,climb up steps and do mechanical work. Such activities are easy for humans to perform,but more difficult for machines. Not all of the competitor were successful. The failures showed how difficult it is to design effective walking
machines.
Akihiro Suzuki works at Yaskawa Electric,a company that develops robots. He says robots cannot do everything a human can,but they are able to work without becoming tired. He says robots cannot taste food,change heating levels or seasonings to get the best flavor .But he says if a food can be easily prepared,a robot can repeat the same movement to reproduce the same meal.
One Japanese woman who saw the robots working wanted to bring them home. Masayo Mori says she would like to have a husband who could work like a robot. Suzumo Machinery showed its sushi maker robot. It performs the often difficult work of wrapping the popular Japanese food. Hiroshi Monden is an official with the company. He says people all over the world now eat sushi,but there are not enough skilled workers to prepare it. He says his machine can help anyone make sushi. | ['Where does Akihiro Suzuki work?', 'And what do they do?', 'Are having machines that can do what humans do a new occurrence?', 'How long has it been that way?', 'Are there any new fields where this is beginning to happen?', 'What is an example?', 'Are there any other examples?', 'Does Suzuki think that robots are better in every way?', 'What are some of the advantages he lists?', 'And a disadvantage?', 'Does this prevent them from being able to be used for cooking?', 'If the recipe was easy, would they be able to do it?'] | {'answers': ['Yaskawa Electric', 'develops robots', 'no', 'For many years', 'yes', 'he restaurant industry', 'drive a vehicle', 'no', 'work without becoming tired', 'cannot taste food', 'yes', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [922, 954, 0, 0, 321, 322, 638, 971, 1040, 1084, 1207, 1701], 'answers_end': [938, 969, 66, 14, 346, 344, 653, 1018, 1067, 1101, 1270, 1747]} |
3ph3vy7djlxnfx9dvl0w2kh83ucwzj | It is not easy to be a vet .You never know when you will be called upon to take care of a sick animal. You also do not always know that kind of animal you will be asked to take care of or what you must do to help the sick animal. Once, when some children were playing with a dog, they threw a ball into its mouth. The ball got stuck in the dog's throat and the dog could not breathe. The dog would die if they did not remove the ball quickly. The dog's owner took the dog to a vet called Robert Smith. Mr. Smith put his hands on the dog's neck. He could feel the ball. He was not sure what to do. He pressed a little harder. The dog opened its mouth and the ball came flying out! No one was more surprised than Mr. Smith. Another vet, peter Brown. Worked with sea animals. One day, he was called upon to take care of a dolphin. The dolphin had something in its mouth that had to be taken out, but it did not want to open its mouth. Nineteen men had to hold the strong and slippery dolphin so that the vet could open its mouth. | ['Is it easy to be a vet?', 'Do you always know what kind of animal you will be asked to take care of?', 'What animal did Peter Brown take care of?', 'Which vet attended to a canine?', 'What object did kids toss with a canine?', 'What happened to the ball?', 'What did it cause to happen to the dog?', 'Was it in danger?', 'Did it get brought to the vet?', 'Where did he place his hands?', 'Was he able to dislodge the ball?', 'Who was most surprised?', 'How many men held the dolphin?'] | {'answers': ['no', 'no', 'a dolphin', 'Robert Smith', 'a ball', 'It got stuck.', "It couldn't breathe.", 'yes', 'yes', "on the dog's neck", 'yes', 'Robert Smith', 'Nineteen men.'], 'answers_start': [6, 102, 814, 476, 280, 314, 356, 384, 444, 516, 633, 678, 931], 'answers_end': [27, 182, 827, 501, 312, 382, 383, 409, 482, 544, 680, 721, 1026]} |
3v26sbztbder9sei68k31obql9nzza | (RollingStone) -- Just one week after being released from prison, Lil Wayne has already finished a new song and is ready to put it out.
"We're trying to put it out, like, tomorrow," Cortez Bryant, Wayne's manager, told Rolling Stone. "We got a crazy song. If not tomorrow, definitely next week."
Photos: Lil Wayne returns to the stage with Drake
After spending a few days celebrating, visiting with family and joining Drake onstage in Las Vegas, Wayne settled into Miami's Hit Factory studio early Tuesday. Mack Maine, president of Wayne's Young Money label, tweeted, "It's official Wayne laid his 1st verse!!!! Torture!!!!"
Timeline: The criminal history of Lil Wayne
Videographer/DJ Scoob Doo, who was at the session, told MTV News, "Wayne picked up right where he left off with a 15-hour recording session of nonstop work." He also tweeted a competition, offering a prize to anyone who could guess how many songs Wayne recorded during the session.
Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone.
| ['Which artist is the story about?', 'What did he do?', 'Is it ready for release?', "What's special about that?", 'When will the song be released?', 'For sure?', "What happens if it's not released tomorrow?", 'What did Lil Wayne do after getting out of jail?', 'anything else?', 'He did perform?', 'Alone?', 'Who did he perform with?', 'Where?', 'When did he start recording the new song?', 'Where?', 'What city is the studio in?', 'How long was he recording for?', 'Who reported on the session?', "What is Maine's job?", "What's the name of the label?", "What's Scoob Doo do?"] | {'answers': ['Lil Wayne', 'he finished a new song', 'Yes', 'He was just released from prison', 'Tomorrow', 'No', 'It will be released next week', 'celebrating', 'visiting with family', 'Yes', 'No', 'Drake', 'Las Vegas', 'Tuesday', 'Hit Factory studio', 'Miami', '15 hours', 'Mack Maine and Scoob Doo', "president of Wayne's label", 'Young Money', 'Videographer and DJ'], 'answers_start': [19, 66, 66, 18, 138, 258, 258, 352, 352, 416, 416, 424, 416, 452, 458, 471, 746, 513, 513, 538, 679], 'answers_end': [136, 107, 136, 136, 197, 298, 298, 512, 411, 438, 437, 450, 450, 511, 511, 497, 818, 785, 563, 563, 704]} |
3ywrv122cszv3xjlrvli7cz7kcz8ub | Limit the use of private cars, improve public transport and encourage the use of bicycles to control traffic congestion during the 2008 Olympics, experts from foreign countries advised Beijing on Friday. Professor Nigel Wilson, of the civil and environmental engineering department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he was "supportive to the limiting of private cars during the Olympic Games", saying that in foreign countries, the method is also adopted during big events, but he was unsure about the approach. The government planned to keep an average of more than one million cars off the roads to improve traffic flow during the Olympics, said Liu Xiaoming, deputy director of the Beijing Traffic Committee, at the China Planning Network First Urban Transportation Congress. Sharing Wilson's view, Dr. Yoshitsugu Hayashi, dean of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies of Nagoya University, believed the reduction in car use should be achieved not by banning, but through _ . "Drivers who don't use their private cars could be given points," he said, "and the points could be exchanged for goods from online shopping." Wetzel stressed limiting the use of company cars. "Governmental officials should also be encouraged to use public transportation or ride bicycles," he said, adding that he himself is a bicycle-rider in London. Matthew Martimo, director of Traffic Engineering with Citilabs, said the bicycle was China's advantage. "Limiting private cars is an idea worth trying but it is just a temporary solution," he said. "The real cause of congestion is high density of people in Beijing and many have cars." Beijing, with a population of 15 million, is home to more than three million automobiles, and the number is rising by 1,000 a day. Professor Wilson said the Olympic Games was a great opportunity for Beijing to think about traffic problems and develop transportation, adding that the city had already been making public transport more efficient. Beijing has promised to stretch its 114-kilometer city railway to 200 kilometers before the opening of the Olympic Games. "We are looking forward to borrowing Beijing's experiences and drawing from its lessons in preparation for the 2012 Olympics," said Wetzel. | ['how many cars did they want to keep off the road during the Olympics?', 'How were they going to achieve that?', 'what were they encouraging people to use?', 'which olympics were these?', 'who advised Beijing?', 'where was he from?', 'which department?', 'where else is that method used?', 'during what time?', 'Did they think cars should be banned?', 'what did they propose instead?', 'what can they use points for?', 'what is the real cause of traffic problems?', 'Do most of them have cars?', 'how many people live there?', 'how many of them have vehicles?', 'what were they going to do with the railway?', 'what was it before expansion?', 'what would they expand it to?', 'when?'] | {'answers': ['one million', "Drivers who don't use their private cars could be given points", 'public transportation or ride bicycles', 'the 2008 Olympics', 'Professor Nigel Wilson', 'Massachusetts Institute of Technology', 'environmental engineering', 'foreign countries', 'big events', 'no', 'drivers who comply given points', 'goods from online shopping', 'high density of people in Beijing', 'yes', '15 million', 'three million', 'expand it', '114-kilometer', '200 kilometers', 'before the opening of the Olympic Games'], 'answers_start': [580, 1000, 1249, 126, 204, 285, 245, 422, 475, 914, 1050, 1113, 1583, 1582, 1668, 1701, 1983, 2019, 2049, 2064], 'answers_end': [591, 1062, 1287, 144, 226, 322, 270, 439, 485, 1063, 1062, 1139, 1616, 1636, 1678, 1714, 2104, 2032, 2064, 2103]} |
3mhw492ww0da11apqm568g2livsvmk | CHAPTER XXIV
THE HANEYS RETURN TO THE PEAKS
The forces that really move most men are the small, concrete, individual experiences of life. The death of a child is of more account to its parents than the fall of a republic. Napoleon did not forget Josephine in his Italian campaigns, and Grant, inflexible commander of a half-million men, never failed, even in the Wilderness, to remember the plain little woman whose fireside fortunes were so closely interwoven with his epoch-making wars.
As Ben Fordyce lost interest in the question of labor and capital and the political struggles of the state (because they were of less account than his own combat with the powers of darkness), so Bertha had little thought of the abstract, the sociologic, in her uneasiness--the strife was individual, the problems personal--and at last, weary of question, of doubt, she yielded once more to the protecting power which lay in Haney's gold and permitted herself to enjoy its use, its command of men. There was something like intoxication in this sense of supremacy, this freedom from ceaseless calculation, and to rise above the doubt in which she had been plunged was like suddenly acquiring wings.
She accepted any chance to penetrate the city's life, determined to secure all that she could of its light and luxury, and in return intrusted Lucius with plans for luncheons and dinners, which he carried out with lavish hand.
Mart seconded all her resolutions with hearty voice. "There's nothing too good for the Haneys!" he repeatedly chuckled. | ["Fordyce's first name?", 'what did he lose interest in?', 'and?', 'why?', "Bertha didn't think about what?", 'or the?', "wghat's distracting her?", 'what was individual?', 'what really moves people?', "what's of more acount?", 'who is it important to?', 'more important than?', 'what Emperor is mentioned?', 'who did he not forget?', 'during what?', 'what other military general is mentioned', 'how many men did he have?', 'what type of war was he involved in?', 'who did he remember', 'what sort of fortune?'] | {'answers': ['Ben', 'labor and capital a', 'the political struggles of the state', 'because they were of less account than his own combat with the powers of darkness', 'abstract', 'the sociologic,', 'personal problems', 'the strife', 'small, concrete, individual experiences of life.', 'The death of a child', 'its parents', 'the fall of a republic', '. Napoleon', 'josephine', 'his Italian campaigns', 'Grant', 'a half-million men,', 'epoch-making', 'a plain little woman', 'fireside'], 'answers_start': [495, 496, 495, 603, 687, 734, 793, 768, 48, 142, 143, 143, 224, 224, 226, 290, 296, 444, 290, 393], 'answers_end': [509, 602, 601, 684, 767, 748, 830, 794, 141, 181, 196, 224, 263, 260, 284, 339, 341, 487, 413, 436]} |
3gdtjdapvubcqpecituwg2id6mnm8f | CHAPTER III.
ON A LUMBER RAFT.
"You think you saw Arnold Baxter?" demanded Tom.
"Yes, I saw Arnold Baxter, just as plain as day."
"Sam, you must be--"
"No, I am not dreaming. It was Arnold Baxter, true enough. As soon as he saw I had spotted him he drew out of sight."
"But we thought he was dead--buried under that landslide out in Colorado."
"We didn't find his body, and he isn't dead. Why, I would never make a mistake in that rascal's face, never," and Sam shook his head to emphasize his words.
"Was Dan with him?"
"I didn't see the son."
"If it was really Arnold Baxter we ought to let the authorities know at once, so that they can arrest him for getting out of prison on that bogus pardon."
"Yes, and we ought to let father know, too, for you may be sure Baxter will do all he can to get square with us for keeping the Eclipse mining claim out of his grasp."
"He can't do anything about that claim now. Our claim is established by law, and he is nothing but an escaped jailbird. But I agree he may give us lots of trouble in other directions. I presume he would like to see us all hung for the way we got ahead of him and his tools."
"If the steamer wasn't so far off we might hail her," continued Sam, but this was now out of the question.
Both lads were very much disturbed, and with good reason. Arnold Baxter had been an enemy to Mr. Rover for years, and this meant a good deal when the desperate character of the man was taken into consideration. He was a well-educated fellow, but cruel and unprincipled to the last degree, and one who would hesitate at nothing in order to accomplish his purpose. | ["Who was Rover's enemy?", 'Who was believed to be dead?', 'How did he die?', 'How did they believe he died?', 'Where?', 'Who was his child?', 'Was he seen?', 'What did he escape from?', 'What did they keep from him?', 'Who was disturbed?', 'Was this reasonable?', 'Was he smart?', 'Who saw the man presumed dead?', 'Was it a dream?', 'Who was not dreaming?', 'What was bogus?', 'Who should be notified right away?', 'And which relative?', 'What type of claim was it?', "Why was Sam's head shook?"] | {'answers': ['Arnold Baxter', 'Arnold Baxter', "He didn't", 'Buried under a landslide', 'In Colorado', 'Dan', 'No', 'Prison', 'The Eclipse mining claim', 'Both lads.', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Sam', 'unknown', 'Sam claimed he was not dreaming.', 'The pardon that got Arnold out of jail.', 'The authorities', 'Their father', 'Eclipse mining claim', 'To emphasize his words.'], 'answers_start': [1336, 282, 359, 310, 283, 517, 540, 643, 845, 1278, 1278, 1489, 86, -1, 162, 651, 566, 723, 850, 472], 'answers_end': [1390, 308, 401, 353, 353, 563, 560, 718, 870, 1312, 1334, 1518, 158, -1, 184, 717, 641, 759, 870, 515]} |
3cfjtt4sxtqmusj2n94ya9f1f3bi77 | Rason, North Korea (CNN) -- As the sole Western journalist covering a unique bicycle race in North Korea last month, I was provided with a personal guide, a car with a driver and the promise that I was free to take any photographs I wanted. As a journalist, it seemed like an incredible opportunity to document a small snapshot of what North Korea was really like.
However, the promise turned out not to be completely true.
At the border, before going back to China, a group of security guards confiscated my camera and erased all images they thought were inappropriate, or did not portray the country in a favorable light.
The North Korea I wasn't meant to see
But with the help of a computer expert in Hong Kong, I managed to get all the pictures back.
Officially, I only had two restrictions to obey during my trip: No photos of the military or military facilities and all shots of portraits of Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong-Il had to show their entire figures. And I was under no circumstances allowed to walk off alone.
My guide, Ko Chang Ho, was surprisingly friendly and talkative. Contrary to the propaganda machine I was expecting, the 42-year-old father of two talked at length about his days as an English student in Pyongyang and his interest in international literature. His favorite author was William Shakespeare; the last book he read was Sir Walter Scott's classic novel, "Ivanhoe."
We also talked about why the outside world has such a negative view of North Korea; something he was very sad about. He loved his country and I chose my words carefully. | ['What is the job of the person in article?', 'What happened at border?', 'Did they do anything?', 'Why?', 'Did he get all the images back?', 'How?', 'Where at?', 'Did the person have any rules to follow on his trip?', 'What were they?', 'Anything else?', 'Who was his guide?', 'How old was he?'] | {'answers': ['Journalist', 'a group of security guards confiscated my camera', 'Erased all images', 'They thought were inappropriate or did not portray country in favorable light', 'Yes', 'Help of a computer expert', 'Hong Kong', 'Yes', 'No photos of the military or military facilities and all shots of portraits of Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong-Il had to show their entire figures', 'Could not walk off alone.', 'Ko Chang Ho', '42.'], 'answers_start': [28, 471, 522, 541, 670, 684, 701, 765, 814, 976, 1040, 1158], 'answers_end': [84, 519, 541, 629, 763, 763, 721, 829, 976, 1038, 1102, 1285]} |
3tui152zzbnl04sjb1syi1fa3rh1ql | Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné (), was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who formalised the modern system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature. He is known by the epithet "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin as (after 1761 Carolus a Linné).
Linnaeus was born in the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University, and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published a first edition of his " in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden, where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect and classify animals, plants, and minerals, and published several volumes. At the time of his death, he was one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe.
The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau sent him the message: "Tell him I know no greater man on earth." The German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote: "With the exception of Shakespeare and Spinoza, I know no one among the no longer living who has influenced me more strongly." Swedish author August Strindberg wrote: "Linnaeus was in reality a poet who happened to become a naturalist". Among other compliments, Linnaeus has been called " (Prince of Botanists), "The Pliny of the North," and "The Second Adam". He is also considered as one of the founders of modern ecology. | ['Who is this about?', 'When did he live?', 'What was his occupation?', 'What has he been called?', 'What else?', 'He formalize what?', 'which is called what?', 'Where is he from?', 'What part?', 'Where did he study?', 'Did he teach there also?', 'What did Strindberg say of him?', 'Was he well known when he died?', 'When did he live abroad?', 'Where did he publish his first edition?', 'When did he start giving lectures?'] | {'answers': ['Carl Linnaeus', '23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778', 'botanist, physician, and zoologist,', 'father of modern taxonomy', 'Carolus a Linné', 'modern system of naming organisms', 'binomial nomenclature', 'Sweden', 'Småland, in southern Sweden', 'Uppsala University,', 'Yes', 'Linnaeus was in reality a poet who happened to become a naturalist', 'Yes', 'between 1735 and 1738', 'Netherlands', '1730'], 'answers_start': [0, 17, 118, 265, 378, 172, 214, 458, 438, 511, 535, 1422, 1016, 598, 689, 576], 'answers_end': [13, 46, 153, 290, 393, 206, 235, 465, 465, 530, 572, 1488, 1097, 619, 700, 580]} |
3tui152zzbnl04sjb1syi1fa3sx1q3 | Chapter 6
A Duel
D'Arnot was asleep when Tarzan entered their apartments after leaving Rokoff's. Tarzan did not disturb him, but the following morning he narrated the happenings of the previous evening, omitting not a single detail.
"What a fool I have been," he concluded. "De Coude and his wife were both my friends. How have I returned their friendship? Barely did I escape murdering the count. I have cast a stigma on the name of a good woman. It is very probable that I have broken up a happy home."
"Do you love Olga de Coude?" asked D'Arnot.
"Were I not positive that she does not love me I could not answer your question, Paul; but without disloyalty to her I tell you that I do not love her, nor does she love me. For an instant we were the victims of a sudden madness--it was not love--and it would have left us, unharmed, as suddenly as it had come upon us even though De Coude had not returned. As you know, I have had little experience of women. Olga de Coude is very beautiful; that, and the dim light and the seductive surroundings, and the appeal of the defenseless for protection, might have been resisted by a more civilized man, but my civilization is not even skin deep--it does not go deeper than my clothes.
"Paris is no place for me. I will but continue to stumble into more and more serious pitfalls. The man-made restrictions are irksome. I feel always that I am a prisoner. I cannot endure it, my friend, and so I think that I shall go back to my own jungle, and lead the life that God intended that I should lead when He put me there." | ['Who was sleeping?', 'Who came in?', 'Did he wake him up?', 'Where had he come from?', 'Does he believe the city is a good space for him?', 'How does he feel about the things made by men there?', 'Does he feel free?', "What's he going to do about it?", 'Who does he believe wants this of him?', 'When does he tell his story?', 'Was he vague or detailed?', 'Did he betray anyone?', 'Who?', 'Had they been close?', 'Did he soil her good name?', 'Did he say it was love or impulse that caused it?', 'How much is he familiar with females?', 'Did he find her attractive?', 'What was the lighting like when it happened?', 'How civil does he consider himself?'] | {'answers': ["D'Arnot was", 'Tarzan', 'No', "Rokoff's", 'No', 'restrictions are irksome', 'No', 'go back to his own jungle', 'God', 'the following morning', 'Detailed', 'Yes', 'De Coude and his wife', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'a sudden madness', 'had little experience', 'Olga de Coude is very beautiful', 'dim', 'His civilization is not even skin deep'], 'answers_start': [21, 45, 101, 91, 1243, 1350, 1375, 1471, 1520, 133, 206, 281, 281, 303, 411, 771, 936, 969, 1016, 1165], 'answers_end': [33, 51, 127, 99, 1268, 1374, 1410, 1495, 1523, 154, 235, 302, 302, 323, 452, 787, 958, 1000, 1019, 1199]} |
3ejplajkemgpliu743ns4qivf016zq | Millie thought she would like to stop eating meat, but she didn't know if she could do it. Once, when she was younger, she had tried to go without eating meat, but before the first day was over, her stomach had felt a little empty. "Hmm," she had thought. "Maybe it's not good for me to stop eating meat. Maybe that's why I feel so hungry."
But, now, she wondered if there was anything she could do so she wouldn't feel so hungry, even if she did stop eating meat.
She went to the library, and there, she saw a magazine. Below the title, the cover said, "Learn to live on vegetables!" She read in the magazine that it was good to change her meal plan slowly. If she really felt hungry for a little meat, the magazine said, it was okay to have some, and then go back to eating her veggies.
She also read that beans could give her body a lot of the same things meat could, but that eating things like rice and noodles would help the beans do a better job of building her body and giving it energy. That way, she would feel better, instead of feeling so hungry!
Millie wasn't sure if it would work this time, but the magazine's tips made her want to give it another try! | ['what did she want to stop eating?', 'had she ever tried to stop before?', 'and when was that?', 'what happened the first day she tried to quit?', 'where did she go to get more info about it?', 'What did the cover of the mag say?', 'how did the article suggest she accomplish her goal?', 'what did she read was a good replacement for meat?', 'and what would help them do a better job?', 'did she want to try again?'] | {'answers': ['meat', 'yes', 'when she was younger', 'her stomach had felt a little empty', 'the library', 'Learn to live on vegetables!', 'slowly', 'beans', 'rice and noodles', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [45, 97, 97, 195, 481, 559, 634, 814, 905, 1118], 'answers_end': [49, 158, 117, 230, 492, 587, 661, 819, 921, 1174]} |
3cfvk00fwll5gtd3p2wjwb7x10r6lo | CHAPTER XXV
AN ARRANT KNAVE
In the street below, not far from the house which he had just quitted, Stoutenburg came on Nicolaes and Jan ensconced in the dark against a wall. Beresteyn quickly explained to his friend the reason of his presence here.
"I came with Jan," he said, "because I wished to speak with you without delay."
"Come as far as the cathedral then," said Stoutenburg curtly. "I feel that in this vervloekte street the walls and windows are full of ears and prying eyes. Jan," he added, turning to the other man, "you must remain here and on no account lose sight of that rascal when he leaves this house. Follow him in and out of Haarlem, and if you do not see me again to-night, join me at Ryswyk as soon as you can, and come there prepared with full knowledge of his plans."
Leaving Jan in observation the two men made their way now in the direction of the Groote Markt. It was still very cold, even though there was a slight suspicion in the air of a coming change in the weather: a scent as of the south wind blowing from over the estuaries, while the snow beneath the feet had lost something of its crispness and purity. The thaw had not yet set in, but it was coquetting with the frost, challenging it to a passage of arms, wherein either combatant might completely succumb.
As Stoutenburg had surmised the porch of the cathedral was lonely and deserted, even the beggars had all gone home for the night. A tiny lamp fixed into the panelling of the wall flickered dimly in the draught. Stoutenburg sat down on the wooden bench--dark and polished with age, which ran alongside one of the walls, and with a brusque and febrile gesture drew his friend down beside him. | ['Who did Stoutenburg run into?', 'Where?', 'Where was the dark? Close to something?', 'Was there anyone with him?', 'Who?', 'Why did he come with Jan?', 'Did they have their talk there, in the dark?', 'Where did they go?', 'Did they make it without incident?', 'Was it crowded?', 'Why not?', 'So all the lights were off?', 'Was it bright?', 'Did they sit on a bench, or did they stand?', 'Was it cold outside?', 'Was it just as cold in the church?', 'Why did they go to the church, then?', 'Did Jan go with them?', 'What did she do instead?', 'Why?'] | {'answers': ['Nicolaes', 'In the dark', 'against a wall', 'Yes', 'Jan', 'To speak with Stoutenburg without delay', 'No', 'To the cathedral', 'Yes', 'No', 'Everyone had gone home', 'No', 'No', 'They sat', 'Yes', 'unknown', 'Stoutenberg thinks talking in the streets unwise', 'No', 'Stayed to watch the house', 'To follow him, should he leave'], 'answers_start': [102, 102, 149, 32, 50, 258, 337, 338, 1309, 1310, 1310, 1309, 1437, 1518, 803, -1, 399, 400, 337, 563], 'answers_end': [178, 253, 176, 253, 141, 334, 371, 396, 1439, 1388, 1438, 1700, 1504, 1696, 925, -1, 507, 588, 801, 721]} |
33lkr6a5kekyskkbs5mtn6qxnvw1t9 | (CNN) -- The roommate of the Rutgers University freshman who killed himself after his sexual encounter with another man was broadcast online was indicted Wednesday on privacy and bias charges, the prosecutor of Middlesex County in New Jersey announced.
A grand jury indicted Dharun Ravi, 19, on 15 counts including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, tampering with physical evidence, witness tampering, and hindering apprehension or prosecution.
Ravi's attorney could not be immediately reached for comment.
The indictment alleged that Ravi secretly viewed and streamed online the encounter between his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man in September of last year. Authorities said Ravi allegedly secretly placed a camera in the room and accessed it remotely.
Ravi "then provided others an opportunity to view the encounter," Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan said in a statement.
Two days later, Ravi attempted to view a second encounter between Clementi and the same male, alerting others on Twitter of the planned meeting, the statement said.
Ravi is accused of then deleting the tweet and replacing it with a false tweet in order to mislead the investigation, according to the statement.
Clementi's body was recovered from the Hudson River on September 30, more than a week after he jumped from the George Washington Bridge, which spans the Hudson River separating New York from New Jersey. He was 18.
Molly Wei, 19, was also charged with two counts of invasion of privacy in relation to the case, prosecutors said.
"The grand jury indictment spells out cold and calculated acts against our son Tyler by his former college roommate," Clementi's family said in a statement Wednesday. "We are eager to have the process move forward for justice in this case and to reinforce the standards of acceptable conduct in our society." | ['Who was indicted?', 'By who?', 'Where?', 'What school did he attend?', 'Who was his roommate?', 'What happened to him?', 'Did he die?', 'Where did they find him?', 'When?', 'How long was he there?', 'How old was he?'] | {'answers': ['Dharun Ravi', 'A grand jury', 'Middlesex County in New Jersey', 'Rutgers University', 'Tyler Clementi', 'jumped from the George Washington Bridge', 'yes', 'the Hudson River', 'September 30', 'more than a week', '18'], 'answers_start': [276, 255, 211, 29, 624, 1322, 1238, 1262, 1283, 1297, 1438], 'answers_end': [288, 268, 241, 47, 637, 1363, 1257, 1279, 1295, 1313, 1440]} |
3rrcefrb7mcfoxndf1ealaret5db47 | Having just quit a highly moneymaking job with tech giant Microsoft in the United States,where he'd made millions working as a program manager, _
What Awuah wanted was to create a university in his native Ghana.a state-of-the-art education centre that would help educate the country's next generation of leaders.Awuah moved with his family,back to Ghana.There,he invested his own money and with the help of other donors he founded Ashesi University.
"Africa needs to have a renaissance ," says Awuah as he explained what drove him to
take the risky decision."The world needs to change in this way and I strongly believe that people like me need to be part of the solution;I need to be really actively involved in helping to drive this change in Africa''
Located about an hour's drive from the capital Accra,Ashesi,which appropriately translates to "beginning," is the first Ghanaian university to combine technical majors with a liberal arts approach.Its campus,set on 100 acres in a town called Berekuso,was designed to be inspiring for the more than 500 young Ghanaians studying there.
"So when I look at universities I see Africa fast--forward 30 years.When this 20-year-old is now in his or her 50s,that person is going to be a leader."
Today Ashesi,which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year,offers degrees in business,
information systems and computer science.There are plans to offer engineering and economics majors in the near future.The school's graduation rate is between 70%and 90%,according to Awuah.
In our last freshman class,50% of the students paid full tuition ,25%were on full
scholarships and 25%on partial scholarships ,"he said."The reason why variety is so important is that the most important conversation on campus is a conversation about the good society--what is the good society we would like to see in Africa? That conversation is a lot more interesting if you have variety in the classroom,"adds Awuah. . | ['What did Awuah want to create?'] | {'answers': ['a university'], 'answers_start': [173], 'answers_end': [192]} |
3ywrv122cszv3xjlrvli7cz7kfiu8m | (CNN) -- A Michigan teenager pleaded guilty Monday in the mob beating of a 54-year-old grandfather after he inadvertently struck a child with his truck in April, according to a news release from the Wayne County Prosecutor's office.
Bruce Wimbush, 18, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm, according to the news release.
Wimbush admitted in court Monday that he punched the driver, Steven Utash, in the jaw and was among a "large group of people" that attacked the man in April. The teen told Judge James Callahan that after seeing Utash hit a child, he "got emotional" and his anger took over, according to CNN affiliate WDIV.
"I have a little brother and when I saw the kid, all I could see at the time was my little brother," Wimbush said, according to WDIV.
The charge was reduced by prosecutors from assault with intent to murder with the agreement that Wimbush will testify in future proceedings related to the assault, the release said.
Three other adult suspects are charged with attempted murder in the attack while a fourth, a juvenile, is charged with assault and ethnic intimidation. They are scheduled to appear in court this week, according to the prosecutor's office.
Wimbush will be sentenced on July 7 and faces up to 10 years in prison, according to the prosecutor's office.
Utash, the driver, was hospitalized in a coma after the attack. He returned home in May after spending more than six weeks in a hospital and rehabilitation center, according to a "Help Steven Utash" Facebook page post. | ['Who is the Michigan Teen?', 'How old is he?', 'What did he plead guilty to?', 'WHo did he attack?', 'Was Wimbush alone?', 'How many others were charged?', 'When will Wimbush be sentenced?', 'How many years does he face?', 'Why did wimbush attack the 54 year old?', 'What is the victims name?', 'Was he ok right after?', 'what happened to him?', 'how long before he was able to leave?'] | {'answers': ['Bruce Wimbush', ', 18', 'to assault', 'a 54-year-old grandfather', 'no', 'Three', 'on July 7', 'up to 10 years', 'he struck a child with his truck', 'Utash', 'no', 'he was hospitalized in a coma', 'six weeks'], 'answers_start': [235, 235, 254, 54, 436, 979, 1220, 1260, 99, 1332, 1350, 1332, 1396], 'answers_end': [252, 252, 315, 98, 474, 1018, 1256, 1290, 160, 1349, 1394, 1394, 1468]} |
3g0wwmr1uvkoebz8goqwf8sd5haqnj | CHAPTER XVIII.
HOW EARL GODWIN'S WIDOW CAME TO ST. OMER.
It would be vain to attempt even a sketch of the reports which came to Flanders from England during the next two years, or of the conversation which ensued thereon between Baldwin and his courtiers, or Hereward and Torfrida. Two reports out of three were doubtless false, and two conversations out of three founded on those false reports.
It is best, therefore, to interrupt the thread of the story, by some small sketch of the state of England after the battle of Hastings; that so we may, at least, guess at the tenor of Hereward and Torfrida's counsels.
William had, as yet, conquered little more than the South of England: hardly, indeed, all that; for Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and the neighboring parts, which had belonged to Sweyn, Harold's brother, were still insecure; and the noble old city of Exeter, confident in her Roman walls, did not yield till two years after, in A.D. 1068.
North of his conquered territory, Mercia stretched almost across England, from Chester to the Wash, governed by Edwin and Morcar, the two fair grandsons of Leofric, the great earl, and sons of Alfgar. Edwin called himself Earl of Mercia, and held the Danish burghs. On the extreme northwest, the Roman city of Chester was his; while on the extreme southeast (as Domesday book testifies), Morcar held large lands round Bourne, and throughout the south of Lincolnshire, besides calling himself the Earl of Northumbria. The young men seemed the darlings of the half-Danish northmen. Chester, Coventry, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Stamford, a chain of fortified towns stretching across England, were at their command; Blethyn, Prince of North Wales, was their nephew. | ['What were most of the conversations based on?', 'between who?', 'What had William accomplished?', 'what areas were included in that?', 'Where was Mercia in relation to his land?', 'from where?', 'who ruled this area?', 'who was their father?', 'Which section belonged to Edwin?', 'what did he like to be referred to as?', 'Did Chester belong to him?', 'what did his brother call himself?', 'what was his land?', 'Who was their nephew?', 'Was he royalty?', 'what was his title?', 'what event took place in A.D. 1068', 'when did they?', 'where?', "who were Baldwin's courtiers?"] | {'answers': ['false reports.', 'Baldwin and his courtiers, or Hereward and Torfrida', 'conquered little more than the South of England', 'or Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and the neighboring parts', 'Mercia stretched almost across England', 'Chester to the Wash', 'Edwin and Morcar', 'Alfgar', 'Danish burghs', 'Earl of Mercia', 'yes', 'Earl of Northumbria', 'ound Bourne, and throughout the south of Lincolnshire', 'Blethyn', 'yes', 'Prince of North Wales', 'Roman walls, did not yield', 'two years after', 'Exeter', 'Hereward and Torfrida'], 'answers_start': [385, 233, 643, 719, 998, 1043, 1076, 1157, 1215, 1186, 1038, 1460, 1377, 1680, 1689, 1689, 899, 931, 874, 263], 'answers_end': [400, 284, 690, 778, 1036, 1062, 1092, 1163, 1228, 1200, 1094, 1479, 1430, 1687, 1711, 1710, 925, 946, 880, 284]} |
3x65qveqi0nuwam4zt9mibz7weblcn | Little Tony was riding his bicycle all around the party. After all grandma gave him it right now. What fun would it be for Tony if he couldn't show off his new bike? He rode it up and down the hills and through the people at the party. It was his party. Everyone knew that it was his party. He was turning 8, 8 candles on the cake and the number 8 frosted on, the number 8 on his birthday hat. The big 8. It was much better than his last birthday. He didn't like being 7. He loved riding his bike closer and closer to people and things. Until he ran right into the big table with his birthday cake. All 8 candles flew all over the ground of the lawn. Tony was upset, and so was daddy at the big huge mess he made. He could have been more careful daddy said, and looked where he was going. He was right, Tony was being too crazy. But it was his party, so he kept riding, with more care this time. He rode his bike up and down. Faster and faster. Until Tony's birthday finally was over, long after it began. | ['Little Tony was at a party riding what?', 'When did he get it?', 'And from whom?', 'Did He make a mess?', 'what hit the floor?', 'why this many?'] | {'answers': ['bicycle', 'now', 'grandma', 'ran right into', '8 candles', 'Because he was turning 8'], 'answers_start': [27, 93, 67, 546, 603, 291], 'answers_end': [34, 96, 74, 560, 612, 307]} |
3fe7txl1linsppafu5scnkpfvsm2qk | Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create English words to reflect novel phenomenon in society.
"Gelivable", combining pinyin of Chinese characters Geili (giving strength) with the English suffix for adjectives, literally means "giving power" or "cool". Similarly, "Hengelivable" means "very cool", and "ungelivable" means "dull, not cool at al". "Antizen" referred to the group of college graduates who, earning a poor salary and living in small rented apartments, are like the tiny and laborious ants.
David Tool, a professor with the Beijing International Studies University said it's very interesting to combine Chinese with English to create new words. "English is no longer mysterious to the Chinese people. They can use the language in a flexible way according to their own experiences," he said. Chinese words and expressions were created, as well, by netizens. One example was "Suan Ni Hen". This three-character expression, which originally meant "you win" with the first character carrying the same pronunciation as garlic in Chinese, is used to satirize high garlic and food prices this winter.
Chinese people use the character "bei" before a verb to show a passive voice, and it is used by netizens to show the helplessness in front of false conclusions and fake media reports. For instance, "zisha" means "suicide" while "beizisha" means "be officially presumed to have committed suicide", and xiaokang means "fairly comfortable life" while "beixiaokang" means "be said to be living a fairly comfortable life".
Wu Zhongmin, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, saw the phenomenon of word creation as a natural response of young people to social issues. "Cyber language is more vivid and it shortens people's distances," he said. | ['what is the language called', 'who is it popular with', 'what do they do with the language', 'who is a professor', 'where', 'what does he say about english', 'what word is used for poor school grads', 'what goes before a verb', 'what means one killing his/her self', 'what word means you are doing well in life', 'what phrase used to mean "you win"', 'who else was a professor', 'where', 'how does he describe the language', 'what word means very cool', 'what means dull', 'what two languages combine to form this one'] | {'answers': ['Cyber language', 'Chinese netizens', 'create English words to reflect novel phenomenon in society.', 'David Tool', 'Beijing International Studies University', '"English is no longer mysterious to the Chinese people. They can use the language in a flexible way according to their own experiences"', 'unknown', '"bei"', '"zisha"', 'xiaokang', '"Suan Ni Hen"', 'Wu Zhongmin', 'Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China', '"Cyber language is more vivid and it shortens people\'s distances,"', '"Hengelivable"', '"ungelivable"', 'Chinese characters with the English suffix'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 0, 527, 527, 527, -1, 1132, 1316, 1432, 893, 1552, 1552, 1747, 285, 323, 117], 'answers_end': [116, 115, 115, 601, 600, 816, -1, 1208, 1354, 1473, 989, 1653, 1653, 1822, 318, 350, 216]} |
3wr9xg3t63bsmlkn2k2ug85iamf74o | CHAPTER LXXX.
SHOWING HOW AFFAIRS SETTLED THEMSELVES AT NONINGSBY.
We must now go back to Noningsby for one concluding chapter, and then our work will be completed. "You are not to go away from Noningsby when the trial is over, you know. Mamma said that I had better tell you so." It was thus that Madeline had spoken to Felix Graham as he was going out to the judge's carriage on the last morning of the celebrated great Orley Farm case, and as she did so she twisted one of her little fingers into one of his buttonholes. This she did with a prettiness of familiarity, and the assumption of a right to give him orders and hold him to obedience, which was almost intoxicating in its sweetness. And why should she not be familiar with him? Why should she not hold him to obedience by his buttonhole? Was he not her own? Had she not chosen him and taken him up to the exclusion of all other such choosings and takings?
"I shall not go till you send me," he said, putting up his hand as though to protect his coat, and just touching her fingers as he did so.
"Mamma says it will be stupid for you in the mornings, but it will not be worse for you than for Augustus. He stays till after Easter."
"And I shall stay till after Whitsuntide unless I am turned out."
"Oh! but you will be turned out. I am not going to make myself answerable for any improper amount of idleness. Papa says you have got all the law courts to reform." | ['What did Madeline tell Felix he must not do?', 'Who told her to say this?', "What is Felix's surname?", 'What did Madeline put her finger in?', 'Did Felix feel like he was hers?', 'What did she seem to have the right to do?', 'What did he pretend to do with his hand?', 'What did he do at the same time?', 'Who remains until after a holiday?', 'What holiday?'] | {'answers': ['He was not to go away from Noningsby.', 'Mamma', 'Graham', 'one of his buttonholes', 'yes', 'hold him to obedience by his buttonhole', 'protect his coat', 'touching her fingers as he did so', 'Augustus', 'Easter'], 'answers_start': [71, 242, 302, 473, 804, 744, 968, 968, 1064, 1162], 'answers_end': [922, 282, 337, 526, 822, 802, 1017, 1061, 1201, 1199]} |
32utubmz7gweia6szxfxu0rr6m1vbo | The modern English word green comes from the Middle English and Anglo-Saxon word grene, from the same Germanic root as the words "grass" and "grow". It is the color of living grass and leaves and as a result is the color most associated with springtime, growth and nature. By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize and convert sunlight into chemical energy. Many creatures have adapted to their green environments by taking on a green hue themselves as camouflage. Several minerals have a green color, including the emerald, which is colored green by its chromium content.
In surveys made in Europe and the United States, green is the color most commonly associated with nature, life, health, youth, spring, hope and envy. In Europe and the U.S. green is sometimes associated with death (green has several seemingly contrary associations), sickness, or the devil, but in China its associations are very positive, as the symbol of fertility and happiness. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, when the color of clothing showed the owner's social status, green was worn by merchants, bankers and the gentry, while red was the color of the nobility. The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci wears green, showing she is not from a noble family; the benches in the British House of Commons are green, while those in the House of Lords are red. Green is also the traditional color of safety and permission; a green light means go ahead, a green card permits permanent residence in the United States. It is the most important color in Islam. It was the color of the banner of Muhammad, and is found in the flags of nearly all Islamic countries, and represents the lush vegetation of Paradise. It is also often associated with the culture of Gaelic Ireland, and is a color of the flag of Ireland. Because of its association with nature, it is the color of the environmental movement. Political groups advocating environmental protection and social justice describe themselves as part of the Green movement, some naming themselves Green parties. This has led to similar campaigns in advertising, as companies have sold green, or environmentally friendly, products. | ['What makes the emerald green?', 'Where does most green come from in nature?', 'Is that a chemical?', 'What uses that?', 'to make what?', 'out of what?', 'How?', 'Where does the word green originate?', 'Where is that from?', 'What kind of root does it come from?', 'What other words use that root?', 'What is associated with this color?', 'Does anyone ever think of green with death?', 'Where?', 'How often?', 'What color does Mona LIsa have on?', 'What does this symbolize?', 'Is there a famous green card?', 'What does it grant someone?', 'Where?'] | {'answers': ['chromium', 'chlorophyll', 'yes', 'plants', 'chemical energy.', 'sunlight', 'photosynthesize it', 'the word grene', 'Middle English and Anglo-Saxon', 'Germanic', '"grass" and "grow"', 'springtime, growth and nature', 'yes', 'In Europe and the U.S', 'sometimes', 'green', 'that she is not from a noble family', 'yes', 'permanent residence', 'the United States'], 'answers_start': [581, 273, 272, 338, 361, 360, 361, 0, 0, 88, 94, 226, 796, 793, 823, 1217, 1265, 1495, 1495, 1495], 'answers_end': [640, 337, 351, 383, 426, 425, 426, 86, 86, 115, 147, 271, 858, 858, 858, 1263, 1303, 1556, 1556, 1556]} |
3yoh7bii097fbdam5asqt3ahtr1kva | Criminal Law is the body of law that relates to crime. It proscribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people. Most criminal law is established by statute, which is to say that the laws are enacted by a legislature. It includes the punishment of people who violate these laws. Criminal law varies according to jurisdiction, and differs from civil law, where emphasis is more on dispute resolution and victim compensation than on punishment.
The first civilizations generally did not distinguish between civil law and criminal law. The first written codes of law were designed by the Sumerians. Around 2100–2050 BC Ur-Nammu, the Neo-Sumerian king of Ur, enacted the oldest written legal code whose text has been discovered: the "Code of Ur-Nammu" although an earlier code of Urukagina of Lagash ( 2380–2360 BC ) is also known to have existed. Another important early code was the Code Hammurabi, which formed the core of Babylonian law. Only fragments of the early criminal laws of Ancient Greece have survived, e.g. those of Solon and Draco.
In Roman law, Gaius's "Commentaries on the Twelve Tables" also conflated the civil and criminal aspects, treating theft ("furtum") as a tort. Assault and violent robbery were analogized to trespass as to property. Breach of such laws created an obligation of law or "vinculum juris" discharged by payment of monetary compensation or damages. The criminal law of imperial Rome is collected in Books 47–48 of the Digest. After the revival of Roman law in the 12th century, sixth-century Roman classifications and jurisprudence provided the foundations of the distinction between criminal and civil law in European law from then until the present time. | ['Name a couple of things that crime endangers?', 'How is most of it started?', 'What does that mean?', 'Does it cover punishment?', 'In civil law what corresponds to criminal laws punishment?', 'Have people always seen a difference between civil law and criminal law?', 'Who put the first laws into code?', 'When was the Code of Ur-Nammu put into effect?', 'By whom?', 'What was he?', 'Which country used the Code of Hammurabi?', 'Do we have anything left from', 'Did Rome draw a line between civil and criminal law?', 'What was furtum?', 'They treated it as what?'] | {'answers': ['the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people', "it's established by statute", 'that the laws are enacted by a legislature', 'yes', 'dispute resolution and victim compensation', 'no', 'the Sumerians', 'Around 2100–2050 BC', 'the king of Ur', 'the Neo-Sumerian king', 'Babylonia', 'Only fragments of the early criminal laws of Ancient Greece', 'yes', 'theft', 'as a tort'], 'answers_start': [125, 199, 243, 307, 439, 531, 621, 684, 691, 714, 974, 1026, 1619, 1240, 1265], 'answers_end': [197, 242, 302, 363, 528, 619, 682, 713, 779, 741, 1024, 1085, 1783, 1262, 1274]} |
3os46crslfz8cypx36ypjk5zsu86ve | 16:9 (1.7:1) (16:9 = 4:3) is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2010 it has become the most common aspect ratio for televisions and computer monitors, and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television. This has replaced the old .
Dr. Kerns H. Powers, a member of the SMPTE Working Group on High-Definition Electronic Production, first proposed the 16:9 (1.7:1) aspect ratio at a time when nobody was creating 16:9 videos. The popular choices in 1980 were: 1.3:1 (based on television standard's ratio at the time), 1.6:1 (the European "flat" ratio), 1.85:1 (the American "flat" ratio), 2.20:1 (the ratio of 70 mm films and Panavision) and 2.39:1 (the CinemaScope ratio for anamorphic widescreen films).
Powers cut out rectangles with equal areas, shaped to match each of the popular aspect ratios. When overlapped with their center points aligned, he found that all of those aspect ratio rectangles fit within an outer rectangle with an aspect ratio of 1.7:1 and all of them also covered a smaller common inner rectangle with the same aspect ratio 1.7:1. The value found by Powers is exactly the geometric mean of the extreme aspect ratios, 4:3 (1.3:1) and 2.35:1 (or 64:27, see also for more information), √ ≈ 1.770 which is coincidentally close to 16:9 (1.7:1). Applying the same geometric mean technique to 16:9 and 4:3 yields the aspect ratio, which is likewise used as a compromise between these ratios. | ['What is the most common aspect ratio for TVs?', 'Is this the international standard?', 'For which types of TV?', 'And?', 'Anything else?', 'Who proposed this ratio?', 'Is he a doctor?', 'Was he a member of any professional organizations at the time?', 'Which one?', 'What decade did he make this proposal?', 'Were there other choices then?', 'Was that considered standard?', 'What about in Europe?', 'Was that considered flat?', 'Did America have a flat ratio?', 'What was it?', 'What was used for 70mm movies?', 'Was that used for anything else?', 'What?', 'Did Powers use rectangles with different areas?'] | {'answers': ['16:9 = 4:3) is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2010 it has become the most common aspect ratio for televisions and computer monitors', 'yes', 'HDTV', 'Full HD', 'non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television', 'Kerns H. Powers', 'yes', 'yes', 'SMPTE Working Group on High-Definition Electronic Production', '1980s', '1.3:1', 'yes', '1.6:1', 'yes', 'yes', '1.85:1', '2.20:1', 'yes', 'Panavision', 'no'], 'answers_start': [14, 183, 197, 235, 243, 338, 334, 355, 371, 527, 526, 566, 618, 624, 653, 653, 686, 722, 726, 815], 'answers_end': [178, 233, 234, 242, 302, 456, 355, 432, 431, 554, 565, 615, 623, 650, 686, 659, 696, 736, 736, 850]} |
3p4rdnwnd56fenk4oitvdzka6zdjij | CHAPTER LXIX.
HOW THE MOORS MADE VARIOUS ENTERPRISES AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS.
"While the pious king Ferdinand," observes Fray Antonio Agapida, "was humbling himself before the cross and devoutly praying for the destruction of his enemies, that fierce pagan, El Zagal, depending merely on arm of flesh and sword of steel, pursued his diabolical outrages upon the Christians." No sooner was the invading army disbanded than he sallied forth from his stronghold, and carried fire and sword into all those parts which had submitted to the Spanish yoke. The castle of Nixar, being carelessly guarded, was taken by surprise and its garrison put to the sword. The old warrior raged with sanguinary fury about the whole frontier, attacking convoys, slaying, wounding, and making prisoners, and coming by surprise upon the Christians wherever they were off their guard.
Carlos de Biedma, alcayde of the fortress of Culla, confiding in the strength of its walls and towers and in its difficult situation, being built on the summit of a lofty hill and surrounded by precipices, ventured to absent himself from his post. He was engaged to be married to a fair and noble lady of Baeza, and repaired to that city to celebrate his nuptials, escorted by a brilliant array of the best horsemen of his garrison. Apprised of his absence, the vigilant El Zagal suddenly appeared before Culla with a powerful force, stormed the town sword in hand, fought the Christians from street to street, and drove them with great slaughter to the citadel. Here a veteran captain, by the name of Juan de Avalos, a gray-headed warrior scarred in many a battle, assumed the command and made an obstinate defence. Neither the multitude of the enemy nor the vehemence of their attacks, though led on by the terrible El Zagal himself, had power to shake the fortitude of this doughty old soldier. | ['Where does the fortress of Culla sit?', 'What was encircling it?', 'Who was planning to get married?', 'To who?', 'From where?', 'Who guarded Carlos?', "Who found out he wasn't at Culla?", 'What did he do?', 'Who did he battle?', 'Where did he chase them to?', 'Did he kill many to get them there?', 'Who took over leadership there?', 'Was he a young guy?', 'What was his experience level?', 'Had he been in many confrontations like that one?', 'Could anyone sway him?', 'Who was praying for the downfall of those who were against him?', 'Who simultaneously was carrying out attacks?', 'Which castle did he take due to lax security?', 'What happened to the garrison there?'] | {'answers': ['On the summit of a lofty hill.', 'Precipices.', 'Carlos de Biedma.', 'A fair and noble lady.', 'Baeza.', 'The best horsemen of his garrison.', 'El Zagal.', 'Stormed the town.', 'Christians.', 'The citadel.', 'Yes.', 'Juan de Avalos.', 'No.', 'A veteran captain.', 'Yes.', 'No.', 'Ferdinand.', 'El Zagal.', 'The castle of Nixar.', 'Put to the sword.'], 'answers_start': [898, 1045, 1114, 1114, 1114, 1231, 1298, 1400, 1400, 1477, 1481, 1529, 1528, 1528, 1584, 1753, 87, 260, 551, 621], 'answers_end': [1041, 1070, 1143, 1177, 1178, 1298, 1362, 1475, 1476, 1527, 1527, 1652, 1606, 1552, 1632, 1863, 241, 376, 620, 656]} |
3te3o857308s1qpf7khcsazkrjfr2b | Operation Barbarossa (German: "Unternehmen Barbarossa") was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, starting Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.
The operation stemmed from Nazi Germany's ideological aims to conquer the western Soviet Union so that it could be repopulated by Germans, to use Slavs as a slave-labour force for the Axis war-effort, and to seize the oil reserves of the Caucasus and the agricultural resources of Soviet territories.
In the two years leading up to the invasion, Germany and the Soviet Union signed political and economic pacts for strategic purposes. Nevertheless, the German High Command began planning an invasion of the Soviet Union in July 1940 (under the codename Operation Otto), which Adolf Hitler authorized on 18 December 1940. Over the course of the operation, about four million Axis personnel, the largest invasion force in the history of warfare, invaded the western Soviet Union along a front. In addition to troops, the Wehrmacht employed some 600,000 motor vehicles, and between 600,000 and 700,000 horses for non-combat operations. The offensive marked an escalation of the war, both geographically and in the formation of the Allied coalition.
Operationally, German forces achieved major victories and occupied some of the most important economic areas of the Soviet Union, mainly in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and inflicted, as well as sustained, heavy casualties. Despite these Axis successes, the German offensive stalled in the Battle of Moscow and subsequently the Soviet winter counteroffensive pushed German troops back. The Red Army absorbed the Wehrmacht's strongest blows and forced the unprepared Germans into a war of attrition. The Wehrmacht would never again mount a simultaneous offensive along the entire strategic Soviet–Axis front. The failure of the operation drove Hitler to demand further operations of increasingly limited scope inside the Soviet Union, such as Case Blue in 1942 and Operation Citadel in 1943 — all of which eventually failed. | ['What is the main subject here?', 'When did it start?', 'What was one country that signed a pact two years prior?', 'And the other?', 'Which country broke the pact?', 'What organization plotted against them?', 'Which German organization plotted against their foe?', 'What were they going to do?', 'What was the name of that operation?', 'Was the Nazi leader for or against this?', 'When did he give consent to carry on?'] | {'answers': ['Operation Barbarossa', 'In 1941', 'Germany', 'the Soviet Union', 'The Germans', 'unknown', 'the German High Command', 'Invade the Soviet Union', 'Operation Otto', 'Yes', 'The operation'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 474, 475, 519, -1, 622, 645, 708, 743, 740], 'answers_end': [24, 169, 606, 606, 649, -1, 743, 705, 741, 793, 793]} |
3txmy6ucaeo5n72hryhizxy16etqc0 | CHAPTER XV
SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY
"Dan Baxter!"
The cry came simultaneously from several of the crowd.
"I think Dick is right," said Songbird. "I thought it must be Dan, but I wasn't sure, for I didn't expect to see him here."
"He and that Sack Todd must have become friends," put in Tom. "I would like to know what Dan is doing out here."
"He is certainly up to no good," answered Dick. "I must say this adds to the mystery, doesn't it, boys?"
"That's what it does," chimed in Sam. "I wish we could catch Baxter and bring him to justice."
"Or reform him," came from Dick.
"Reform him, Dick!" cried Tom. "That would be mighty uphill work."
"It isn't in him," added Fred. "He is tee-totally bad."
"I used to think that of Dan's father, but Arnold Baxter has reformed--and he wants his son to do likewise."
"Well, that isn't here or there," said Tom after a pause. "What are we to do just now?"
"Let us push on to town first," answered Songbird. "After that, we can rearrange our plans if we wish."
This was considered good advice, and once again they urged their steeds along. Coming to a high point in the trail, they made out Caville a mile distant, and rode into the town about noon.
It was not much of a place, and the single hotel afforded only the slimmest of accommodations. But they had to be satisfied, and so made the best of it. | ['Who was everyone surprised to see?', 'Who was first to recognize him?', 'Is everyone happy to see him?', 'What do they think he is doing there?', 'Who do they suspect is buddies with him?', "Do they know what Dan's purpose there is?", 'Was Songbird sure that it was Dan when he first saw him?', 'What does Dick want to do with Dan?', 'What does Sam want to do?', 'Who does Tom agree with?', 'What about Fred?', "Why does Fred think he can't be reformed?", 'Who is Arnold?', 'Was he bad person at one point?', 'Has he given up on Dan?'] | {'answers': ['Dan Baxter', 'Dick', 'No', 'up to no good', 'Sack Todd', 'no', "wasn't sure", 'reform him', 'bring him to justice."', 'Sam', 'Sam', 'He is tee-totally bad', "Dan's father,", 'Yes he has reformed', 'he wants his son to do likewise."'], 'answers_start': [39, 119, 353, 369, 250, 497, 184, 559, 531, 492, 492, 692, 743, 775, 793], 'answers_end': [49, 124, 382, 382, 259, 554, 195, 570, 554, 495, 495, 713, 756, 787, 827]} |
3o6cyiuled16tyf3py1ols2t2rtwul | Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Helsinki has a population of , an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over 1.4 million, making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is some north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities.
The Helsinki metropolitan area includes the urban core of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, and surrounding commuter towns. It is the world's northernmost metro area of over one million people, and the city is the northernmost capital of an EU member state. The Helsinki metropolitan area is the third largest metropolitan area in the Nordic countries after Stockholm and Copenhagen, and the City of Helsinki is the third largest after Stockholm and Oslo. Helsinki is Finland's major political, educational, financial, cultural, and research center as well as one of northern Europe's major cities. Approximately 75% of foreign companies that operate in Finland have settled in the Helsinki region. The nearby municipality of Vantaa is the location of Helsinki Airport, with frequent service to various destinations in Europe and Asia. | ['what is the most populous municipality in Finland?', 'how many people live there?', 'what percent of the foreign companies that operate in Finland are in Helsinki?', 'what towns are a part of the metropolitan area?', 'is Helsinki the capital of Finland?', 'what region is it in?', 'is it near a body of water?', 'which one?', 'where is Uusimaa located within Finland?', 'how many countries neighbor it?', 'is it east of Russia?', 'which city is it east of?', 'who is to the North?', 'what country is that in?', 'and what country is Stockholm in?', 'how does the Helsinki metro area rank in size within Nordic countries?', 'which cities are larger?'] | {'answers': ['Helsinki', '1.4 million in the metropolitan area', '75%', 'Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, and surrounding commuter towns', 'yes', 'Uusimaa', 'yes', 'Gulf of Finland', 'southern Finland', 'at least 3', 'no', 'Stockholm', 'Tallinn', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'third', 'Stockholm and Copenhagen'], 'answers_start': [143, 199, 1098, 553, 0, 52, 106, 106, 53, 317, 393, 361, 316, 344, 370, 757, 757], 'answers_end': [290, 248, 1160, 621, 51, 104, 141, 141, 104, 425, 425, 387, 360, 360, 387, 850, 881]} |
3y4w8q93lzk7x74cdt63pqfr86idvf | CHAPTER XI
BORROWDEAN SHOWS HIS "HAND"
"To be plain with you," Borrowdean remarked, "Mannering's defection would be irremediable. He alone unites Redford, myself, and--well, to put it crudely, let us say the Imperialistic Liberal Party with Manningham and the old-fashioned Whigs who prefer the ruts. There is no other leader possible. Redford and I talked till daylight this morning. Now, can nothing be done with Mannering?"
"To be plain with you, too, then, Sir Leslie," Berenice answered, "I do not think that anything can be done with him. In his present frame of mind I should say that he is better left alone. He has worked himself up into a thoroughly sentimental and nervous state. For the moment he has lost his sense of balance."
Borrowdean nodded.
"Desperate necessity," he said, "sometimes justifies desperate measures. We need Mannering, the country and our cause need him. If argument will not prevail there is one last alternative left to us. It may not be such an alternative as we should choose, but beggars must not be choosers. I think that you will know what I mean."
"I have no idea," Berenice answered.
"You are aware," he continued, "that there is in Mannering's past history an episode, the publication of which would entail somewhat serious consequences to him."
"Well?"
It was a most eloquent monosyllable, but Borrowdean had gone too far to retreat.
"I propose that we make use of it," he said. "Mannering's attitude is rankly foolish, or I would not suggest such a thing. But I hold that we are entitled, under the circumstances, to make use of any means whatever to bring him to his senses." | ['What chapter is this?', 'Who is going to show his hand?', "What would Mannering's defection be?", 'Who does he alone unite?', 'Who has no idea?', "Who's he plain with?", 'Does Berenice think anything can be done with him?', 'Why would he be better left alone?', 'Did he retain his sense of balance?', 'How many other leaders are possible?', 'Are the Whigs very modern?', "Does Mannering have some dark stuff in his past that he doesn't want to get out?", 'Who had gone too far to retreat?', "What is Mannering's attitude?", "Does Borrowdean think it's ok to blackmail Mannering?", 'What sometimes justifies desperate measures?', 'What must beggars not also be?', 'Does the country need Mannering?', 'What about our cause?'] | {'answers': ['CHAPTER XI', 'BORROWDEAN', 'irremediable', 'Redford, myself, and the Imperialistic Liberal Party with Manningham and the old-fashioned Whigs', 'Berenice', 'Sir Leslie', 'No', 'In his present frame, he has worked himself up into a thoroughly sentimental and nervous state', 'No', 'one', 'no', 'Yes', 'Borrowdean', 'rankly foolish', 'Yes', 'Desperate necessity', 'choosers', 'Yes', 'our cause need him'], 'answers_start': [0, 13, 89, 134, 1101, 434, 500, 550, 697, 898, 260, 1172, 1352, 1444, 1521, 771, 1024, 843, 843], 'answers_end': [11, 40, 132, 283, 1139, 477, 549, 695, 747, 967, 283, 1303, 1396, 1482, 1641, 842, 1056, 896, 896]} |
3qiyre09y3h0x7frv90he7k5x3y1nb | I'm Tony. My best friends are Frank and Cindy. We often do many things together. Frank lives next to my home and we are in the same class. He is thirteen years old and tall and of medium build. He has curly hair and blue eyes. He's good-looking and very clever. He's good at math and often helps me with my homework. He likes wearing black pants and yellow T-shirts. Cindy doesn't go to my school. She's eleven years old. She is thin and of medium height. She has curly blonde hair and her eyes are brown. She is good-looking, too, but a little bit shy. She is good at playing the guitar. Her favorite subject at school is music. She often teaches Frank and me to play the guitar after class. The three of us have great fun together, and we help each other and sometimes play video games at my house. | ['How old is Cindy?', 'What is she good at?', "What's her favorite subject?", 'Does she go to the same school?', 'Is she the same age as Frank?', 'What feature do they have in common?', 'What is Frank good at?', 'Does he go to the same school as Tony?', 'Is he in the same class?', 'Where does he live?', 'Is he older than Cindy?', 'By how much?', 'Where do they play video games?', 'Which friend is a little bit shy?', 'Who does she teach guitar to?', 'When?', 'Who gets help with their homework?', 'From whom?', 'What does Frank like to wear?'] | {'answers': ['11', 'playing the guitar.', 'music', 'no', 'no', 'they are good-looking', 'math', 'yes', 'yes', "next to Tony's home", 'yes', '2 years', "at Tony's house.", 'Cindy', 'Frank', 'after class', 'Tony', 'Frank', 'black pants and yellow T-shirts.'], 'answers_start': [367, 554, 589, 367, 138, 506, 262, 81, 113, 81, 139, 139, 761, 505, 630, 630, 262, 262, 317], 'answers_end': [420, 589, 629, 397, 163, 525, 279, 137, 137, 108, 420, 420, 800, 552, 654, 691, 315, 316, 366]} |
3mx2nq3yc9u4xjuey2p2fzokbzkx5k | (CNN) -- North Korea twice came back from behind to hold Greece 2-2 in a friendly between two sides heading to the World Cup next month, while fellow finalists Paraguay lost 2-1 to the Republic of Ireland.
In a match played at a neutral venue in Altach, Austria, Costas Katsouranis gave Greece the lead in the second minute with a close-range finish.
The Koreans leveled when Jong Tae-se beat two players and fired a shot past goalkeeper Michalis Sifakis.
Angelos Charisteas came off the bench to put the Greeks 2-1 in front shortly after half-time but, three minutes later, Jong raced down the right flank, cut inside and slammed home his second.
Greece substitute goalkeeper Alexandros Tzorvas had to be at his sharpest to keep out a powerful shot from Cha Jong-hyok that could have won the game for the Asian side.
In Dublin, first-half goals from Kevin Doyle and Liam Lawrence helped Ireland to victory over the South Americans.
Wolves striker Doyle bundled the opener after Paraguay forward Roque Santa Cruz had headed against his own bar.
Lawrence smashed home the second in the 39th minute following a chest down from Doyle.
Lucas Barrios pulled a goal back on his Paraguay debut but Giovanni Trapattoni's men held on for victory.
The Paraguayans are in the same group as defending champions Italy, New Zealand and Slovakia at the World Cup.
Elsewhere, there were disappointing results for two of the African qualifiers as Cameroon drew 0-0 with Georgia and Nigeria tied 0-0 with Saudi Arabia. | ['Who did North Korea play?', 'Did North Korea win?', 'Was North Korea ahead in the match?', 'What was the score?', 'Where did they play?', 'Who was the Greek goaltender?', 'Did Jong Tae-se score a goal?', 'How many?', "Who scored Greece's first goal?", 'How many minutes in?', 'Did he score both their goals?', 'Who got the other one?', 'Who did the Republic of Ireland play?', 'Who won?', 'Was it a blow out?', 'How many goals did Ireland score?', 'When did both goals happen?', 'Where was that match played?', 'What big tournament is next month?', 'Who is in the same group with Paraguay?'] | {'answers': ['Greece', 'They tied', 'No', '2-2', 'Altach, Austria', 'Michalis Sifakis', 'yes', 'Two', 'Costas Katsouranis', 'minute 2', 'No', 'Angelos Charisteas', 'Paraguay', 'Ireland', 'No', 'Two', 'first-half', 'Ireland', 'World Cup', 'Italy, New Zealand, Slovakia'], 'answers_start': [57, 52, 9, 64, 248, 442, 421, 641, 265, 300, 462, 462, 159, 160, 169, 160, 829, 828, 111, 1256], 'answers_end': [64, 56, 36, 67, 263, 458, 441, 652, 304, 325, 530, 521, 206, 173, 177, 206, 943, 837, 135, 1348]} |
3pzdlqmm0tlovo0wpnrh3f0yrfgc2o | Washington (CNN)Potential Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson is apologizing after being accused of plagiarism -- even as the author of one of the books Carson is accused of lifting material from is rushing to his defense.
"I attempted to appropriately cite and acknowledge all sources in America the Beautiful, but inadvertently missed some. I apologize, and I am working with my editors to rectify the situation," Carson said in a statement his representative, Armstrong Williams, provided to CNN.
BuzzFeed News broke the story earlier this week that Carson had lifted material from a number of books and online sources for his 2012 book "America the Beautiful."
Among those sources is SocialismSucks.net, a site whose founder acknowledged to BuzzFeed that Carson had taken some of his comments. Other sources included "The Five Thousand Year Leap" by W. Cleon Skousen, a Liberty Institute press release, CBS News and author William Federer's book "America's God and Country."
Carson, a neurosurgeon who's said he'll make a decision on a 2016 bid by this spring, is the latest GOP presidential contender to be hit with plagiarism charges. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) faced similar accusations about his own book in 2013.
The plagiarism charges have "blindsided" Carson, a source close to the neurosurgeon reportedly told the National Review Online.
"Alongside the author, we too take these matters very seriously. We have been in contact with the author and agent and will work with them to review the given information. We will respond as appropriate," a spokesperson for HarperCollins Christian publishing, which published Carson's book, told BuzzFeed. | ['What was Ben Carson apologizing for?', 'What did it say he was trying to site sources for?', 'Who broke the storey?', 'Did any of the authors of the books he was accused of plagerizing rush to his defence?', 'What Kentucky senetor faces similar charges in 2013?', 'What was Carsons Occupation before politics?', 'Where there any other places that he was accused of plagerizing?', 'Can you name one?', 'What was the name of the representative that gave CNN Carsons statement?', 'What U.S office did Carson want to run for?'] | {'answers': ['Plagiarism', 'America the Beautiful', 'BuzzFeed News', 'Yes', 'Rand Paul', 'Neurosurgeon', 'Yes', 'SocialismSucks.net', 'Armstrong Williams', 'President'], 'answers_start': [69, 233, 511, 121, 1156, 994, 678, 701, 425, 37], 'answers_end': [117, 319, 541, 229, 1233, 1016, 990, 719, 490, 68]} |
3tpwus5f891a74y337gormgnudfcwr | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Two of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, who had been reported captured over the weekend, were free early Tuesday as forces loyal to the embattled Libyan leader battled rebels trying to consolidate their hold on Tripoli.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi showed up at the Rixos Hotel, one of the remaining strongholds of pro-Gadhafi forces, in a convoy of armored Land Cruisers. In a brief interview with CNN's Matthew Chance, he said his father and several of his sisters were safe in Tripoli, and that loyal troops had "broken the back" of the rebels who moved into the capital over the weekend.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, who is wanted on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, had been reported captured on Sunday along with two of his brothers. Another of those siblings, Mohammed Gadhafi, was reported to have escaped Monday, according to the Libyan ambassador to the United States.
There was no immediate explanation from the National Transitional Council, the rebel leadership that had announced their capture Sunday.
The younger Gadhafi said news of his arrest had been a trick by the rebels, and that he had been traveling around Tripoli in his armored convoy the entire time. He said that government forces had lured the rebels into a trap in the capital, and that Gadhafi loyalists "have broken the spines of those rats and those gangsters."
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC's chief prosecutor, had said Sunday that he would seek Saif al-Islam Gadhafi's extradition following his capture. Asked about the warrant for his arrest, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi told reporters, "To hell with the ICC." | ['what is Saif al-Islam wanted for?', 'who brought the charges?', 'where?', "Were Gadhafi's sons free?", 'True of False: the younger Gadhafi said his arrest had been a trick by rebels', 'where were the rebels battling Moammar?', 'what country is that in?', 'Did the National Transitional Council have an explanation?', "how many of Moammar's sons were mentioned in the article?", 'what are there names?', 'when did Mohammed escape?', 'according to who?', 'who interviewed Saif al-Islam?', 'at what hotel?', 'which news agency did the reporter work for?', 'who is the chief prosecutor at the ICC?', 'did he want to extradite Saif al-Islam?'] | {'answers': ['war crimes charges', 'International Criminal Court', 'in The Hague', 'yes', 'yes', 'Tripoli', 'Libya', 'no', 'Two', 'Saif al-Islam and Mohammed Gadhafi', 'Monday', 'Libyan ambassador to the United States', 'reporters', 'at Rixos Hotel', 'CNN', 'Luis Moreno-Ocampo', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [644, 670, 699, 109, 1117, 226, 161, 933, 24, 809, 856, 881, 1601, 276, 409, 1392, 1470], 'answers_end': [662, 698, 711, 113, 1122, 233, 166, 935, 27, 825, 862, 919, 1610, 287, 412, 1410, 1510]} |
34qn5it0tzrfnb75to7yi5b04xg80d | At a day care center in Taxes, children were playing outside. One of the children was Jessica McClure. She was 18 months old. Jessica's mother, who worked at the day care center, was watching the children. Suddenly Jessica fell and disappeared. Jessica's mother cried and ran to her. A well was in the yard of the center. The well was only eight inches across, and a rock always covered it. But children had moved the rock. When Jessica fell, and she fell right into the well. Jessica's mother reached inside the well, but she couldn't feel Jessica. She ran to the phone and called 911 for help. Men from the fire apartment arrived. They discovered that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well. For the next hour, the men talked and planned Jessica's rescue . Then they told Jessica's parents their plan. "We can't go into the well. " they said "It's too narrow. So, we're going to drill a hole next to the well. Then we 'll drill a tunnel across Jessica. Then we'll bring her up through the hole. " The man began to drill the hole on a Wednesday morning. "We'll reach Jessica in a few hours ", they thought. The men were wrong. They had to drill through the solid rock. Two days later, on Friday morning, they were still drilling,. And Jessica McClure was still in the well. During her days in the well, Jessica sometimes called her mother. Sometimes she slept, sometimes she cried, and sometimes she sang. All over the world people waited for the news of Jessica. They read about her in the newspapers and watched her rescue on TV. Everyone worried about the little girl in the well. At 8 P. M. on Friday, the men finally reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. Jessica was dirty, hungry, thirsty and tired. Her foot and forehead was badly injured. But Jessica was alive. A doctor at the hospital said, "Jessica was lucky she was young. She's not going to remember this very well. " Maybe Jessica will not remember her days in the well. But her parents, her rescuers, ans many other people around the world will not forget them. After Jessica's rescue, one of the rescuers made a metal cover for the well. On the cover he wrote, "To Jessica, with love from all of us. " | ['Who fell?', 'Where was she?', 'What did she fall into?', 'How long was she in there?', 'Why did it take so long?', 'Who called ?', 'Why did they have to dig?', 'How far down was she?', 'How old was she?', 'What did one of the rescuers make?', 'What did it say?', 'Was a lot of people watching the rescue?', 'Was it just local news?'] | {'answers': ['Jessica McClure.', 'At a day care center.', 'A well.', 'Two days.', 'They had to drill through the solid rock.', 'Jessica.', 'It was too narrow.for them to go in.', 'About 20 feet down.', '18 months old.', 'A metal cover for the well.', '"To Jessica, with love from all of us. "', 'Yes.', 'No.'], 'answers_start': [206, 0, 322, 1174, 1132, 1309, 809, 654, 102, 2068, 2133, 1411, 1411], 'answers_end': [244, 20, 390, 1209, 1174, 1344, 866, 697, 126, 2120, 2184, 1537, 1468]} |
3b3wtrp3db2mxqttd3hq1pzqklo92w | The high school years are a key period. The things we learn during this time really shape our lives. Liu Changrning, principal of Beijing No. 4 High School made 18 suggestions for students just starting high school on how to get the best out of high school. Here are ten of them. 1) Read 50 books. But choose them from ten different fields. 2) Help a person. Look for a classmate, an elderly person, in fact anyone who could benefit from your help. You'll find you benefit too! 3) Research. Research a particular area, such as science, history or art. 4) Make a foreign friend. Try to be friend someone from a foreign country. It's an ideal way to learn about a foreign country. 5) Publish an article. Whether it appears in a newspaper, your school magazine or in your own blog, an article will be something to look back on in pride in later years. 6) Take up a new sport. Choose one you've never played before. If you find you like it, you'll have a hobby for life. 7) Join a club. Working hard in a club or other activities will give you a life outside of your studies. 8) Find a part-time job. Try and do the job for at least a month. 9) Find a person to learn from. Choose someone with unusual experience or special talent. Try to learn all you can from him or her. 10) Learn to cook four Chinese dishes. Learning how to cook is not only a practical skill but a way of building a bridge to other people. | ['What is the story about?', 'What about them?', 'Why is that?', 'Who thinks that?', 'Who is Liu?', 'What else did he say?', 'What is one of his suggestions?', 'Any kind?', 'What else did he say?', 'What will that do for you?', 'What is another idea of his?', 'What kind of area>', 'Does he have any other ideas?', 'What for example?', 'How will that benefit you?', 'What else should a student do?', 'Where should it be published?', 'What about non scholastic hobbies?', 'What else?', 'Why is that important?'] | {'answers': ['high school years', 'they are a key period.', 'they shape lives', 'Liu Changrning', 'principal of Beijing No. 4 High School', 'how to get the best out of high school.', 'Read 50 books.', 'choose from ten different fields', 'Help a person.', 'benefit students', 'Research a particular area', 'science, history or art.', 'yes', 'Make a foreign friend', "it's a way to learn about a foreign country.", 'Publish an article', 'in a newspaper, school magazine or blog', 'a new sport.', 'Join a club', 'it will give you a life outside of your studies.'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 40, 101, 101, 101, 258, 301, 341, 450, 490, 503, 552, 552, 628, 682, 702, 848, 967, 983], 'answers_end': [38, 39, 99, 214, 155, 257, 297, 339, 358, 477, 551, 551, 579, 626, 678, 699, 777, 872, 1076, 1071]} |
3wyp994k17rpgsk28hl9qj9t90n6yd | London, England (CNN) -- Former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic will not be extradited to Serbia, a British court ruled Tuesday, setting him free.
Ganic called the extradition request "a textbook example of abuse," accusing the Serbian government of trying to "undermine the judiciary in this country."
The extradition request was politically motivated, Justice Timothy Workman found in throwing it out.
"No striking or substantial new evidence" was brought against him, the judge ruled.
Ganic, who was arrested at England's Heathrow Airport in March at Serbia's request, is wanted in Serbia for conspiracy to murder in breach of the Geneva Conventions, a spokesman at Britain's Foreign Office said.
Ganic's lawyer, Stephen Gentle, denied that he had any role in the 1992 killings in question. In April, Gentle said that "the extradition request is politically motivated. It is legally flawed, and he has nothing to hide."
Ganic was the vice president of Bosnia during the civil war there between 1992 and 1995 and was twice president of the Bosnian-Croat Federation in the years following the 1995 Dayton peace agreement. Many independent commentators at the time regarded Ganic as a relative moderate in the wartime Bosnian leadership.
Though Bosnian, Ganic was born in Serbia and speaks with a recognizable Serbian accent. He holds dual nationality in the former Yugoslav republics.
He is leaving London for Sarajevo on Wednesday, he said.
CNN's Andrew Carey contributed to this report.
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3yhh42uu5bfa2irondg2nax6nid0lu | CHAPTER XXIII
ON THE EAST SIDE
If Royce began to cry there must have been something radically wrong with him," declared Tom. "Dora, do you think he had been drinking? Sometimes when men drink they break down and cry, you know."
"I don't know anything about that, Tom; but I do know that he acted the strangest. I asked him if he was working, and he said no-- that he had been unable to get a job of any kind. Then I questioned him about why he had left Hope, and he said it was because he could not get along with some of the hired help and with Miss Harrow."
"Say!" cried Sam. "Did he say anything about that four-hundred-dollar diamond ring that was missing?"
"Why, no, Sam. I didn't mention it, and he didn't say anything about it either. Perhaps he didn't know it was missing."
"Oh, he must know about it," broke in Tom. "It was talked about all over the place."
"Well, what happened next?" questioned Dick.
"I talked to him for awhile, and I found out that he was out of work and also out of money. I felt sorry for him, and I offered to lend him ten dollars," answered Dora. "I hope you don't think I did wrong," she went on, anxiously.
"You meant well, Dora, I'm sure of that," was Dick's quick reply, "but whether the money will do this fellow Royce any good or not, is a question. If he is a drinking man, he'll drink it up very quickly and that will be the end of it." | ['Was someone missing something?', 'What was it?', 'Who asked about it?', 'Whom did he ask?', 'What did Tom think?', 'Who should have?', 'Who spoke with him for a bit?', 'Did anyone comlement her?', 'Whom?', 'Who was unemployed?', 'How much did someone offer to let him borrow?', 'Why?', 'Who was it that offered?', 'Did they think it would help him?', "How did they know something wasn't right with him?", 'Was the missing jewelry a big secret?', 'Why not?', 'Did Royce say anything about it?', 'Did anyone suggest why he may have been upset?', 'What reason was suggested?'] | {'answers': ['yes', 'four-hundred-dollar diamond ring', 'Sam', 'unknown', 'that he must know about it', 'Royce', 'Dora', 'yes', 'Dick', 'Royce', 'ten dollars', 'She felt sorry for him', 'Dora', 'no', 'He was crying', 'no', 'It was talked about all over the place', 'no', 'yes', 'he had been drinknig'], 'answers_start': [612, 618, 568, -1, 795, 38, 316, 1162, 1162, 370, 1059, 1020, 1045, 1307, 35, 837, 837, 712, 171, 181], 'answers_end': [667, 650, 670, -1, 835, 43, 328, 1225, 1225, 413, 1079, 1040, 1095, 1394, 112, 878, 876, 751, 229, 219]} |
3ga6afukooo4xe7vffjnxg26aop3h9 | CHAPTER VIII
CAPTIVE
When Goork and his people saw that I had no token they commenced to taunt me.
"You do not come from Kolk, but from the Sly One!" they cried. "He has sent you from the island to spy upon us. Go away, or we will set upon you and kill you."
I explained that all my belongings had been stolen from me, and that the robber must have taken the token too; but they didn't believe me. As proof that I was one of Hooja's people, they pointed to my weapons, which they said were ornamented like those of the is-land clan. Further, they said that no good man went in company with a jalok--and that by this line of reason-ing I certainly was a bad man.
I saw that they were not naturally a war-like tribe, for they preferred that I leave in peace rather than force them to attack me, whereas the Sarians would have killed a suspicious stranger first and inquired into his purposes later.
I think Raja sensed their antagonism, for he kept tugging at his leash and growling ominously. They were a bit in awe of him, and kept at a safe distance. It was evident that they could not comprehend why it was that this savage brute did not turn upon me and rend me.
I wasted a long time there trying to persuade Goork to accept me at my own valuation, but he was too canny. The best he would do was to give us food, which he did, and direct me as to the safest portion of the is-land upon which to attempt a landing, though even as he told me I am sure that he thought my request for information but a blind to deceive him as to my true knowledge of the insular stronghold. | ['Did the narrator have a token?', 'Who taunted him about it?', 'Who do they think sent the narrator?', 'To do what?', 'Who must have taken the token?', 'Did Goork believe this?', 'What did Goork and his people take for proof?', 'They thought he was one of whose people?', 'Was the narrator in company of something...or somone?', 'Did that mean he was a good man?', 'What would the Sarians have done first with a stranger?', 'Who has a leash on?', 'Is Raja the jalok?', 'What was Raja doing that was ominous?', 'Did he spend a lot of time trying to convince Goork?', 'Did Goork end up believing him?', 'Why not?', 'Can you name one thing Goork did for them?', 'And another?', 'Were Goork and his people naturally war-like?'] | {'answers': ['no', 'Goork and his people', 'the Sly One', 'spying', 'robber', 'no', 'weapons', "Hooja's people", 'jalok', 'no', 'killed', 'Raja', 'yes', 'he kept tugging at his leash and growling ominously', 'yes', 'no', 'he was too canny', 'food', 'direction', 'no'], 'answers_start': [66, 30, 142, 204, 340, 387, 468, 433, 599, 565, 833, 917, 1144, 951, 1191, 1180, 1270, 1324, 1348, 688], 'answers_end': [75, 50, 153, 215, 346, 404, 475, 447, 605, 576, 840, 921, 1164, 1002, 1200, 1201, 1286, 1328, 1355, 717]} |
3qavnhz3em463vp6ffdvcg9jxi2lac | The Paralympic Games is a major international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power (e.g. paraplegia and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida), impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency (e.g. amputation or dysmelia), leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
The Paralympics has grown from a small gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948 to become one of the largest international sporting events by the early 21st century. Paralympians strive for equal treatment with non-disabled Olympic athletes, but there is a large funding gap between Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
The Paralympic Games are organized in parallel with the Olympic Games, while the IOC-recognized Special Olympics World Games include athletes with intellectual disabilities, and the Deaflympics include deaf athletes.
Given the wide variety of disabilities that Paralympic athletes have, there are several categories in which the athletes compete. The allowable disabilities are broken down into ten eligible impairment types. The categories are impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. These categories are further broken down into classifications, which vary from sport to sport. | ['What event is held following the Olympic Games?', 'How many seasons are the games held?', 'Which are?', 'When did they begin?', 'Who were the first to participate?', 'What are two types of disabilities that athletes may have?', 'What event do those with hearing loss participate in?', 'And those who have limited comprehension abilities?', 'Does everyone in Paralympics compete in the same category?', 'How many are there?', 'What are they divided by?', 'Who provides oversight of all Paralympic games?', 'Do athletes in the paralympics have as much financial backing as athletes in the Olympics?', 'Are the events organized simultaneously?', 'Where were the Summer Olympics in 1988?', 'What tradition began following the Olympics that year?', 'Was the first Paralympics game a huge event?'] | {'answers': ['Paralympic Games', 'Two', 'Winter and Summer', '1948', 'British World War II veterans', 'impaired muscle power and impaired passive range of movement,', 'the Deaflympics', 'Special Olympics World Games', 'no', '10', 'impairment types.', 'the International Paralympic Committee', 'no', 'no', 'Seoul, South Korea', 'the Winter and Summer Paralympic Games', 'no'], 'answers_start': [537, 435, 434, 691, 691, 1447, 1193, 1088, 1308, 1395, 1411, 606, 942, 538, 492, 435, 722], 'answers_end': [605, 479, 462, 780, 772, 1524, 1236, 1191, 1366, 1445, 1446, 690, 1017, 604, 536, 479, 780]} |
3qy5dc2mxrk4ict8z9roh4gt7e2ful | In monotheism and henotheism, God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith. The concept of God as described by theologians commonly includes the attributes of omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), omnipresence (present everywhere), omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence. God is also usually defined as a non-corporeal being without any human biological gender, but the concept of God actively (as opposed to receptively) creating the universe has caused some religions to give "Him" the metaphorical name of "Father". Because God is conceived as not being a corporeal being, God cannot(some say should not) be portrayed in a literal visual image; some religious groups use a man (sometimes old and bearded) to symbolize God because of His deed of creating man's mind in the image of His own.
In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe, while in deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe. Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one God or in the oneness of God. In pantheism, God is the universe itself. In atheism, God is not believed to exist, while God is deemed unknown or unknowable within the context of agnosticism. God has also been conceived as being incorporeal (immaterial), a personal being, the source of all moral obligation, and the "greatest conceivable existent". Many notable philosophers have developed arguments for and against the existence of God. | ['What does teh concept of God described as?', 'How would theologians descibe it?', 'anything else?', 'which means?', 'and what else is used to describe it?', 'which means?', 'What means perfect goodness?', 'Does God have a gender?', 'What do most think of God as?', 'Do religions believe God to me a male?', 'What do many groups show him looking like?', 'Do they refer to him as brother?', 'What then?', 'What did God create?', 'In deism they believe what?', 'What about Monotheism?', 'Does God exsist in pantheism?', 'How about atheism?', 'Dophilosophers agree on the exisitence of God?', 'What is another word for present everywhere?'] | {'answers': ['the Supreme Being and principal object of faith', 'omniscience', 'omnipotence', 'unlimited power', 'omnipresence', 'present everywhere', 'omnibenevolence', 'no', 'non-corporeal being', 'no', 'man (sometimes old and bearded', 'no', 'Father', 'the universe', 'God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe', 'the existence of one God', 'Yes', 'no', 'No', 'omnipresence'], 'answers_start': [53, 184, 219, 232, 249, 264, 285, 430, 409, 447, 781, 613, 615, 947, 977, 1066, 1115, 1171, 1435, 250], 'answers_end': [100, 196, 230, 247, 263, 282, 300, 466, 429, 464, 811, 622, 621, 959, 1035, 1089, 1156, 1273, 1522, 263]} |
34pgfrqonobxfi49dzxaeqtikyijw8 | Defying warnings from the international community, North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Friday, but it broke apart before escaping the earth's atmosphere and fell into the sea, officials said.
"It flew about a minute, and it flew into the ocean," said Noriyuki Shikata, a spokesman for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
He added that Japanese authorities "have not identified any negative impacts, so far," though he said the international ramifications could be significant. "This is something that we think is a regrettable development," he said.
Joseph Cirincione, president of the global security foundation The Ploughshares Fund, told CNN that the launch's apparent failure "shows the weakness of the North Korea missile program" and suggests that the threat from North Korea has been "exaggerated."
"It's a humiliation," he told CNN. "I wouldn't want to be a North Korean rocket scientist today."
In an unusual admission of failure, the North Korean state media announced that the rocket had not managed to put an observation satellite into orbit, which Pyongyang had insisted was the purpose of the launch.
In the past, North Korea has insisted that failed launches have been successful.
"Scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure," the official Korean Central News Agency said in a report, which was also read out in a news broadcast on state-run television.
The United States, South Korea and other countries see the launch as a cover for a ballistic missile test.
"Our government strongly criticizes their action," said South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Sung Hwan. "They have ignored the starvation of their people and spent money on missiles. It is very unfortunate." | ['Who sees the South Korean launch as a cover for a ballistic test?', 'Who is the president of the global security foundation?', 'Who launched a long-range rocket Friday?', 'Did it succeed?', 'What happened to it?', 'Who is Noriuki Shikata?', 'What was the reason for the launch according to Pyongyang?', 'Who strongly criticized the launch?', 'What has North Korea said about failed past launches?', 'Who is the South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs?', 'What did he say has been ignored?', 'Who said that scientists, techs and experts are looking at the cause of the failure?', 'What did Joseph Cirincione say to CNN about being a North Korean rocket scientist?', 'What was North Korea defying from the international community?', 'And what did Japanese authorities identify about the impact?', 'Who made an unusual admission of failure?', 'Is the name of the global security foundation, The Ploughshares Fund?'] | {'answers': ['The United States, South Korea and other countries', 'Joseph Cirincione', 'North Korea', 'No', 'It broke up and fell to the sea', 'A spokesman for the Japanese Prime Minister', 'To put an observation satellite into orbit.', 'South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Sung Hwan', 'Insisted launches have been successful.', 'Kim Sung Hwan', 'The starvation of their people', 'The official Korean Central News Agency', 'It shows the weakness of the North Korea missile program', 'Warnings', 'Any negative impacts', 'North Korean', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [1436, 568, 50, 202, 103, 261, 1036, 1545, 1139, 1602, 1658, 1222, 568, 0, 338, 926, 568], 'answers_end': [1541, 630, 101, 254, 182, 335, 1137, 1655, 1220, 1655, 1707, 1434, 753, 101, 421, 1005, 652]} |
3kyqyyshyv7c7nvfchkpuyljdnzdoc | The University of Wisconsin–Madison (also known as University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, or regionally as UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded when Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848, UW–Madison is the official state university of Wisconsin, and the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It was the first public university established in Wisconsin and remains the oldest and largest public university in the state. It became a land-grant institution in 1866. The main campus includes four National Historic Landmarks.
UW–Madison is organized into 20 schools and colleges, which enrolled 29,536 undergraduate and 13,802 graduate students, and granted 6,902 bachelor's, 2,134 master's and 1,506 doctorate degrees in 2014–2015. The University employs over 21,600 faculty and staff. Its comprehensive academic program offers 136 undergraduate majors, along with 148 master's degree programs and 120 doctoral programs.
The UW is one of America's Public Ivy universities, which refers to top public universities in the United States capable of providing a collegiate experience comparable with the Ivy League. UW–Madison is also categorized as a Doctoral University with the Highest Research Activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. In 2012, it had research expenditures of more than $1.1 billion, the third highest among universities in the country. Wisconsin is a founding member of the Association of American Universities. | ['What kind of university is UW?', "What's another name it's known by?", 'And another?', 'And another?', 'Was it the first public university established in Wisconsin?', 'When?', 'How many National Historic Landmarks are on the main campus', 'How many schools and colleges does it have?', 'How many undergraduate majors are there?', 'Is it an American Public Ivy university?', 'Capable of?', 'How is categorized by the Carnegie Classification?', 'What were its research expenditures in 2012?', 'How many on the faculty and staff?', 'How many doctorate degrees in 2014-15?', "And how many master's then?", 'Is it a land-grant institution?', 'When did it become that?', 'is it the largest public university in the state?', 'Is it the oldest?'] | {'answers': ['a public research university', 'University of Wisconsin', 'UW', 'UW–Madison', 'yes', '1848', 'Four', '20', '136', 'yes', 'providing a collegiate experience comparable with the Ivy League', 'as a Doctoral University with the Highest Research Activity', 'more than $1.1 billion', 'over 21,600', '1,506', "2,134 master's", 'yes', 'in 1866', 'yes', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [141, 0, 1, 0, 380, 209, 552, 613, 909, 1011, 1124, 1200, 1360, 824, 782, 763, 508, 511, 445, 445], 'answers_end': [170, 74, 89, 118, 440, 258, 610, 665, 940, 1061, 1199, 1322, 1423, 872, 818, 818, 542, 550, 507, 506]} |
3b1nlc6ugzwx47h7t7ycpjt6z94gpc | Chapter XXIII
Dinner-Time
WHEN Adam heard that he was to dine upstairs with the large tenants, he felt rather uncomfortable at the idea of being exalted in this way above his mother and Seth, who were to dine in the cloisters below. But Mr. Mills, the butler, assured him that Captain Donnithorne had given particular orders about it, and would be very angry if Adam was not there.
Adam nodded and went up to Seth, who was standing a few yards off. "Seth, lad," he said, "the captain has sent to say I'm to dine upstairs--he wishes it particular, Mr. Mills says, so I suppose it 'ud be behaving ill for me not to go. But I don't like sitting up above thee and mother, as if I was better than my own flesh and blood. Thee't not take it unkind, I hope?"
"Nay, nay, lad," said Seth, "thy honour's our honour; and if thee get'st respect, thee'st won it by thy own deserts. The further I see thee above me, the better, so long as thee feel'st like a brother to me. It's because o' thy being appointed over the woods, and it's nothing but what's right. That's a place o' trust, and thee't above a common workman now."
"Aye," said Adam, "but nobody knows a word about it yet. I haven't given notice to Mr. Burge about leaving him, and I don't like to tell anybody else about it before he knows, for he'll be a good bit hurt, I doubt. People 'ull be wondering to see me there, and they'll like enough be guessing the reason and asking questions, for there's been so much talk up and down about my having the place, this last three weeks." | ['Where was Adam to dine?', 'with who?', 'Were they friends?', 'Did he want to go?', 'why not?', 'Where did he want to go?', 'with who?', 'Who told him to go upstairs?', 'Does he plan on going?', 'What did he discuss with Seth?', 'Is Adam of higher status?', 'How does Seth feel about this?'] | {'answers': ['upstairs', 'the large tenants', 'yes', 'no', 'he felt uncomfortable', 'in the cloisters below', 'with his mother and Seth', 'Captain Donnithorne', 'yes', 'dining upstairs', 'yes', 'The further he is above him, the better, so long as he feels like a brother to him'], 'answers_start': [66, 79, 479, 98, 99, 213, 175, 281, 568, 478, 789, 877], 'answers_end': [75, 97, 551, 128, 127, 235, 194, 300, 621, 526, 875, 967]} |
3txmy6ucaeo5n72hryhizxy16e8qcf | CHAPTER XX
A MOMENT OF PERIL
"This is the life!"
"That's right, Tom. This kind of touring suits me to death," returned Sam Rover.
"Tom, how many miles an hour are you making?" broke in his wife. "Remember what you promised me--that you would keep within the limit of the law."
"And that is just what I am doing, Nellie," he answered. "But it's mighty hard to do it, believe me, when you are at the wheel of such a fine auto as this. Why, I could send her ahead twice as fast if I wanted to!"
"Don't you dare!" burst out Grace, who sat in the tonneau beside her sister. "If you do I'll make you let Sam drive."
"He's got to let me drive anyway after dinner," said the youngest Rover boy. "That's the arrangement."
It was the second day of the tour, and Valley Brook Farm, and in fact the whole central portion of New York State, had been left far behind. The weather had turned out perfect, and so far they had encountered very little in the way of bad roads. Once they had had to make a detour of two miles on account of a new bridge being built, but otherwise they had forged straight ahead.
Tom and his wife, with Grace and Sam, occupied the first automobile, the remaining space in the roomy tonneau being taken up by various suitcases and other baggage. Behind this car came the one driven by Dick Rover. Beside him was his wife, with Mrs. Stanhope and Mrs. Laning behind them. Some distance to the rear was the third machine, a brand-new runabout, containing Chester Waltham and his sister Ada. Waltham had at first wished to take the lead, but had then dropped behind, stating he did not wish to get the others to follow him on any wrong road. | ['Who was driving?', 'How many people was he with?', 'Did he make any promises?', 'What was it?', 'Who did he promise that to?', 'Did he keep it?', 'Was it hard?', 'Why?', 'How was the weather?', 'Any problems on the trip?', 'Were they travelling with any other cars?', 'Who took the front position initially?', 'Did he change his mind?', 'Why?', 'Did the construction cause a delay?', 'For how long?', 'What else was in the car?'] | {'answers': ['Sam Rover', 'Three', 'yes', 'keep within the limit of the law.', 'his wife', 'yes', 'yes', 'when you are at the wheel of such a fine auto as this', 'perfect', 'no', 'yes', 'Waltham', 'yes', 'he did not wish to get the others to follow him on any wrong road.', 'yes', 'two miles', 'various suitcases and other baggage'], 'answers_start': [125, 1111, 204, 203, 193, 287, 345, 308, 870, 870, 1111, 1518, 1518, 1601, 975, 975, 1239], 'answers_end': [134, 1147, 283, 283, 201, 328, 365, 441, 904, 1109, 1448, 1562, 1667, 1668, 1061, 1022, 1274]} |