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Answer the question...the prime minister of great britain during world war 2 was??
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Winston Churchill
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natural_questions_open:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Question with options: can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
In the United States Senate on Tuesday, Senators Byron Dorgan, a Democrat from North Dakota, and Mike Enzi, a Republican from Wyoming, introduced the "Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act" (S.428), a bill that would lift the travel restrictions that have prevented U.S. citizens from visiting Cuba since the early 1960s. The bill is co-sponsored by 20 senators, and the House of Representatives is considering a companion measure, H.R. 874, introduced by Representatives Bill Delahunt and Jeff Flake. The house measure has 121 cosponsors.
Hypothesis: Byron Dorgan was born in Wyoming.
Options are: A). yes; B). no;
A:
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B).
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super_glue/rte:1.0.2
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zs_opt
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@sgsuperone Awesome! I think the second time brought the clown back, but the third time sent him packing again.
Describe the sentiment embodied by this tweet.
Available choices:
- negative
- positive
I think the answer is
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positive
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sentiment140:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Jack pushed Tim down the stairs and he slipped to the ground.
Who is he referring to in this sentence?
A. Jack. B. Tim.
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B.
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Flan2021
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definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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pearl jewelry--pearl bracelet--23.6 inches white fresh water pearl wrapped leather bracelet
How would the previous sentence be correctly capitalized?
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Pearl Jewelry--Pearl Bracelet--23.6 inches white fresh water pearl wrapped leather bracelet
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true_case
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zs_opt
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death in the summer of 1839 brought political chaos and the subsequent battles of succession and the bloody infighting between the factions at court weakened the state. Relationships with neighbouring British territories then broke down, starting the First Anglo-Sikh War; this led to a British official being resident in Lahore and the annexation in 1849 of territory south of the Satluj to British India. After the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849, the Sikh Empire became the last territory to be merged into British India. In Jhelum 35 British soldiers of HM XXIV regiment were killed by the local resistance during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[citation needed]
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): When did Ranjit Singh die?
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summer of 1839
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squad/v2.0:3.0.0
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zs_opt
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1. The best reason to see The Haunting is the sheer sumptuousness of its creepy-crawly set designs.
2. Has an unseen enchantment, so aptly sets spinning like a huge magnificent gyroscope on a string
3. In The Haunting, the moviemakers succeed in something very difficult: creating a haunted house with real personality and terror.
4. All the stops are pulled out to provide a state-of-the-art, slam-bang movie experience.
5. Looking terrified and screaming is really all that's required in David Self's inane script.
6. Director Jan de Bont, known for the razzle he put into the exciting movie Speed and the subsequent dud Twister, proves himself unable to break away from depending on dazzle to substitute for substance.
7. To my surprise, I find myself recommending The Haunting on the basis of its locations, its sets, its art direction, its sound design, and the overall splendor of its visuals.
8. It's all hokum from beginning to end.
9. A flat, draggy exercise in cheesy special effects and grandiose art direction palming itself off as a horror film.
10. More hokey than haunting.
What is a brief summary of the following reviews?
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Sophisticated visual effects fail to offset awkward performances and an uneven script.
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opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes
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zs_opt
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This question has options. How would someone go about accomplishing this goal?
For a quick overnight trip, what should I bring camping?
Select from the following. 1. One change of clothes for every family member; two if very young kids are involved. Towels; one per person. Soap. Roll of toilet paper. Sleeping bag for each person. Padding of some kind to go under the sleeping bags. Tent. Flashlights; one per person, plus battery lantern for inside tent.. 2. One change of clothes for every family member; two if very young kids are involved. Towels; one per person. Soap. No toilet paper. Sleeping bag for each person. Padding of some kind to go under the sleeping bags. Tent. Flashlights; one per person, plus battery lantern for inside tent..
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1.
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piqa:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Translate from English to Spanish:
Protest in front of Cuba Consulate
Spanish:
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Manifestación frente al Consulado de Cuba.
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para_crawl_enes
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zs_opt
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Write the next sentence in the following story.
How to kindly tell your boss that he or she is mistaken
Decide how important the issue is.
Telling your boss they're wrong can have an impact on your relationship. Therefore, you want to make sure the issue is worth discussing before bringing it up.
Select from the following. + For example, you might say " i see how in your company you seem to underestimate your own employees. However, with your determination, we can prevent the problem by bringing an issue up to them. + There are different types of issues that are very important to discuss with your boss. If your boss seems frustrated because you didn't bring the issue up, say so. + If your boss is wrong over something minor, alerting them to this may come off as condescending. How much is the issue really affecting your work life? If you disagree with your boss on something minor, such as policies regarding lunch breaks, it's probably only a minor inconvenience for you and other employers. + In order to implement the proper remedy, talk about the issue in a fair and kind manner. Sometimes you can put it to a better use.. The answer should be
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If your boss is wrong over something minor, alerting them to this may come off as condescending. How much is the issue really affecting your work life? If you disagree with your boss on something minor, such as policies regarding lunch breaks, it's probably only a minor inconvenience for you and other employers.
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hellaswag:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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This is some data: The Golden Curry eatType restaurant; The Golden Curry food Japanese; The Golden Curry customer rating low; The Golden Curry familyFriendly yes.
Generate a detailed description of this data.
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The family friendly Japanese restaurant The Golden Curry has very low customer ratings
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gem/dart:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Question: Blood absorbs oxygen in the
What is the correct answer to the question from the following choices?
Available options: A). heart.; B). lungs.; C). stomach.; D). muscles.;
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B).
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ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Amazon Prime Day breaks records for sales Prime signups xComputer
Could you correct the punctuation please?
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Amazon Prime Day breaks records for sales, Prime signups | xComputer
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fix_punct
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zs_opt
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We could n't even exit the train because of the crowd about 500 people deep ... no kidding . It took us probably 20 minutes to make our way about 5 feet . It became so bad at one point that in order to get us moving , I literally screamed at the top of my lungs EXCUSE ME ! ! ! ! Rest assured it echoed throughout the train station , but the impatient American in me could n't handle it anymore .
Generate a question about the above context.
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How might this person be described in this situation ?
Available choices:
[A]. They are late to their train stop ..
[B]. None of the above choices ..
[C]. They are late to their destination ..
[D]. They are frustrated with the massive train crowds ..
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cosmos_qa:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Sentence 1: a boy swinging on a swing.
Sentence 2: The girl is on a swing.
From 0 to 5 (0="no meaning overlap" and 5="means the same thing"), how similar are the two sentences?
Options: A). 0. B). 1. C). 2. D). 3. E). 4. F). 5.
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C).
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glue/stsb:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Answer by taking a quote from the following article:
Orville Willis Forte IV was born in Alameda County, California. His father, Orville Willis Forte III, is a financial broker, and his mother, Patricia C. (nee Stivers), is an artist and former schoolteacher. He was raised in Moraga, before moving to Lafayette. He went by Billy in his early years until he was teased at school for it also being a girl's name, at which point he decided he would from there on be known as Will.
After Will Ferrell left Saturday Night Live in the following spring, Forte joined the cast, premiering at the beginning of the show's twenty-eighth season in the fall. He was promoted to repertory player after his first year. His early years on the program were characterized by stage fright and an inability to properly interpret sketches that he did not write himself. He had to "re-learn" performing after years as a writer, and later felt his natural tendency to "overthink" things improved his performance. He was particularly uncomfortable portraying President George W. Bush, as he felt he was not the best impressionist and it paled in comparison to Ferrell's impersonation of Bush. His only role was often Bush, leaving him no chance for more "absurd" pieces he favored. He was nearly fired from the program following his third season (2004-05), but after two three-week extensions to decide his fate, he was brought back. Forte estimated it took five seasons for him to feel fully comfortable performing on the show. In 2004, he made his film debut in Around the World in 80 Days. Forte's humor at SNL has been described as bizarre, and he became known for many "10-to-1" sketches: pieces deemed too odd that air at the bottom of the show, preceding its conclusion. Among these were a sketch titled "Potato Chip", in which Forte plays an NASA recruiter that warns a candidate (Jason Sudeikis) not to touch a bowl of potato chips on his desk, or his turn as Jeff Montgomery, a sex offender posing as one for Halloween. He was also well known for his character Tim Calhoun, a politician, and the Falconer. Forte's favorite sketch on the show was one in which he played a motivational coach alongside football star Peyton Manning. He also co-starred with Andy Samberg in the first SNL Digital Short, "Lettuce". He often spent long hours crafting his sketches for the program, passing deadlines, but his pieces were often greeted warmly at table reads. During his time at the show, he costarred in and wrote the 2007 film The Brothers Solomon. The film was originally a pilot for Carsey-Werner, and its creation was an extension of his agreement to terminate his contract to appear on SNL. Forte's best-known character on SNL was MacGruber, a special operations agent who is tasked in each episode with deactivating a ticking bomb but becomes distracted by personal issues. The sketches were based on the television series MacGyver. It was created by writer Jorma Taccone, who pitched the idea relentlessly to Forte. He was initially reluctant to commit to the sketch, deeming it too dumb, but accepted after persuasion from Taccone. The first sketch aired in January 2007, and led to multiple more segments in the following years. In 2009, the sketches were spun off into a series of commercials sponsored by Pepsi premiering during Super Bowl XLIII that featured the actor behind MacGyver, Richard Dean Anderson, as MacGruber's father. The advertisements led the character and sketches to receive a wider level of popularity. Following the success of the advertisements, creator Lorne Michaels approached Forte, Taccone, and writer John Solomon with the idea to produce a MacGruber film. Regarding his experiences on SNL, Forte has remarked:
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
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Context:George got free tickets to the play, but he gave them to Eric , even though *he* was particularly eager to see it.
Is "he" the same as "George"? Possible answers:Choose from:
* no;
* yes;
Answer:
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yes
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super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2
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zs_opt
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Here is some data: John van den Brom, club, İstanbulspor A.Ş..
Write a sentence that describes this data.
Sentence:
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John van den Brom plays for Istanbulspor A.S.
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gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Nous sommes heureux de vous aider à démarrer votre entreprise en ligne, que ce soit avec intégration PayPal tout simplement, ou un panier d'achats complet avec gestion de l'inventaire.
Could you please translate this to English?
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We're happy to help get your online business off the ground, whether you simply need PayPal integration, or a full featured shopping cart with inventory management.
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wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0
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Write some highlights for the following article:
By. Mark Prigg. Researchers have uncovered a hidden world underneath Greenland. Beneath the barren whiteness, researchers say there are a vast series of sculptures the size of skyscrapers. Using ice-penetrating radar, researchers have discovered the ragged blocks of ice as tall as city skyscrapers and as wide as the island of Manhattan at the very bottom of the ice sheet. Using ice penetrating radar, researchers have discovered the ragged blocks of ice as tall as city skyscrapers and as wide as the island of Manhattan at the very bottom of the Greenland ice sheet. The structures cover about a tenth of northern Greenland, the researchers estimate, becoming bigger and more common as the ice sheet narrows into ice streams, or glaciers, headed for the sea. As meltwater at the bottom refreezes over hundreds to thousands of years, the researchers believe it radiates heat into the surrounding ice sheet, making it pick up its pace as the ice becomes softer and flows more easily. The structures formed as water beneath the ice refreezes and warps the surrounding ice upwards. The newly revealed forms may help scientists understand more about how ice sheets behave and how they will respond to a warming climate, the researchers say in Nature Geoscience. 'We see more of these features where the ice sheet starts to go fast,' said the study's lead author, Robin Bell, a geophysicist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. 'We think the refreezing process uplifts, distorts and warms the ice above, making it softer and easier to flow.' The structures cover about a tenth of northern Greenland, the researchers estimate, becoming bigger and more common as the ice sheet narrows into ice streams, or glaciers, headed for the sea. As meltwater at the bottom refreezes over hundreds to thousands of years, the researchers believe it radiates heat into the surrounding ice sheet, making it pick up its pace as the ice becomes softer and flows more easily. After Antarctica, Greenland's ice cap contains the second largest mass. of frozen freshwater in the world. The ice sheet ice sheet covers 660,000 sq miles (1,710,000 square km), or roughly 80 per cent of the surface of Greenland. Currently, melting from Greenland accounts. is thought to account for around 10 per cent of sea level rise. Since the 1970s, and as recently as 1998, researchers flying over the region mistook radar images of these structures for hills. Newer instruments flown during NASA's IceBridge campaign to map ice loss at both poles found the hills to be made of ice instead of rock. The same area, seen from above - showing no signed of the warped ice below. Bell, who had discovered similar ice features at the base of the East Antarctic ice sheet, recognized them immediately. While mapping Antarctica's ice-covered Gamburtsev Mountains in 2008 and 2009, Bell and colleagues discovered extensive melting and refreezing along ridges and steep valley walls of the range. Though researchers had long known that pressure and friction can melt the bottom of ice sheets, no one knew that refreezing water could deform the layer-cake structure above. The topography of West Greenland is shown in this graphic with hidden valleys in blue by previous research into the area. On the right is the bed topography beneath the ice sheet. On the left is the surface topography and ice velocities. In a 2011 study in Science, Bell and colleagues proposed that ice sheets can grow from the bottom up, not just from the top-down accumulation of falling snow.The current study builds on the findings from Antarctica by linking the bottom features to faster ice sheet flow. The researchers looked at Petermann Glacier in the north of Greenland, which made headlines in 2010 when a 100-square mile chunk of ice slipped into the sea. They discovered that Petermann Glacier is sweeping a dozen large features with it toward the coast as it funnels off the ice sheet; one feature sits where satellite data has shown part of the glacier racing twice as fast as nearby ice. The researchers suggest that the refreeze process is influencing the glacier's advance hundreds of miles from where Petermann floats onto the sea. 'Overall, these observations suggest that basal freeze-on is a key control on the large-scale flow of Petermann Glacier, a possibility that has not been explored previously,' writes University of Texas researcher Joseph MacGregor in the same issue of Nature Geoscience. Greenland's glaciers appear to be moving more rapidly toward the sea as climate warms but it remains unclear how the refreeze process will influence this trend, the researchers said. They expected to find bottom features in the ice sheet's interior, as they did in Antarctica, but did not expect to see features at the edges, where lakes form and rivers flow over the surface, they said. Water from those lakes and rivers appears to fall through crevasses and other holes in the ice to reach the base of the ice sheet, where some of it apparently refreezes. Their discovery indicates that refreezing and deformation at the base of the ice sheet may be far more widespread than previously thought. Bell and her colleagues believe that similar features may come to light as other parts of Greenland and Antarctica are studied in closer detail. Flying over northern Greenland during the 2011 Ice Bridge season, Kirsty Tinto, a geophysicist at Lamont-Doherty, sat up straight when the radar images began to reveal a deformed layer-cake structure. 'When you're flying over this flat, white landscape people almost fall asleep it's so boring—layer cake, layer cake, layer cake,' said Tinto, a study coauthor. 'But then suddenly these things appear on the screen. It's very exciting. You get a sense of these invisible processes happening underneath.'
Highlights:
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Giant 'warps' in the ice caused by melting and refreezing. Structures cover a tenth of northern Greenland. Blocks of ice are as tall are as city skyscrapers and as wide as the island of Manhattan.
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cnn_dailymail:3.4.0
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zs_opt
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Sentence: The 11th Mississippi Infantry Monument, located in the United States, falls under the category of Contributing property.
What data can be extracted from this sentence?
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11th Mississippi Infantry Monument, country, "United States"; 11th Mississippi Infantry Monument, category, Contributing property
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gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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You know I don't blog as a special message to anyone, I post for me.
Select your answer from the options. What is the sentiment of this tweet?
Select from the following.
[I] negative
[II] positive...I think the answer is
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[I]
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sentiment140:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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The digestive system is the body system that digests food. It digest food in two ways, mechanically and chemically. Both help in the process of turning food into nutrients. The digestive system also eliminates solid food waste. The major organs of the digestive system include the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and small and large in- testines. These organs all work together to help you gain energy from the food you eat. Digestion starts in the mouth. When food is swallowed, it travels through the esophagus to the stomach. In the stomach, digestion continues and a small amount of absorption of nutrients takes place. Most chemical digestion and nearly all absorption of nutrients take place in the small intestine. This organ consists of three parts: duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The large intestine is the last stop in the digestive system. This is where water is absorbed. The food not digested is released as waste.
Choose from options: Based on the paragraph, does the response "Chemically, and intravenously" correctly answer the question "What are the two ways the digestion system turns food into nutrients?"?
Choose from:
- no.
- yes.
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no
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super_glue/multirc:1.0.2
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zs_opt
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Choose the next sentence.From Gaza City to Tel Aviv, rockets kept flying, people kept dying and fear and anger on both sides kept growing. For all the bloodshed thus far -- including at least 30 killed in Gaza since Wednesday, according to a Palestinian government website, and Israel reporting three deaths in Kiryat Malachi -- there has been little indication the situation will calm any time soon. In fact, fears are rising that the opposite will hold true. Israel's Cabinet on Friday approved the activation of up to 75,000 reservists, prime minister's spokesman Mark Regev said. Also, the Israel Defense Forces reported earlier in the day that it is "mobilizing forces" in preparation for a "possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip."
It also delivered a formal protest to the
OPTIONS:
- Cabinet government.
- Cabinet OKs government.
- Gaza government.
- Gaza City government.
- Gaza Strip government.
- Hamas government.
- Hamas TV government.
- Israel government.
- Israel Defense Forces government.
- Israeli government.
- Kiryat Malachi government.
- Knesset government.
- Mark Regev government.
- Palestinian government.
- Tel Aviv government.
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Israel government.
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super_glue/record:1.0.2
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agriturismo sicily : rent farmhouse in sicily
Repeat this setence, but with the correct capitalization.
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Agriturismo sicily : rent farmhouse in sicily
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true_case
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What country did the Mau Mau Uprising take place in ?
What kind of thing would answer this question?
OPTIONS:
[+] description
[+] entity
[+] abbreviation
[+] human
[+] numeric
[+] location
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location
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trec:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Generate a descriptive sentence about a restaurant using the following words:
name = The Golden Curry, food = Japanese, customer rating = average, familyFriendly = yes
Sentence:
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The Golden Curry is a family friendly place that serves Japanese food and has average customer ratings.
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gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Question: After a heavy rain, a mudslide flows into a pond and mud mixes into the water. Which of the following is most likely to happen?
Choices:
(a). Fish will have more food..
(b). Trees will be able to get more light..
(c). Raccoons will not be able to find food..
(d). Underwater plants will receive less light..
Answer:
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(d).
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ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Write a dialog about anything you want.
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Olivia: I have opened an account in your bank
Paul: Good! So now we can have a joint account without having to visit the bank personally
Olivia: I think so
Paul: Perfect, my lovely wifey
Olivia: Haha, I don't know about that, now we will know what we spend our money on
Paul: what's mine is yours
Olivia: even your smelly socks
Paul: even my socks <3
Olivia: What do you want to do this weekend?
Paul: i was thinking about going sailing
Olivia: Tha is a great idea! Can Tom and Sam come with us?
Paul: Sure, I'll look for a boat
Olivia: I'll call them! <3
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Choose the next sentence.Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Burnley's home clash with Aston Villa... Team news Burnley Burnley welcome back Scott Arfield for Saturday's visit of Aston Villa to Turf Moor. The midfielder missed the win over Stoke with a knock but is fully fit again, while Nathaniel Chalobah also comes back into contention after minor injury. Key defender Michael Duff is a doubt after limping off at the Britannia Stadium with a calf problem. Striker Sam Vokes (knee) and midfielder Matt Taylor (Achilles) remain sidelined.
OPTIONS:
- Achilles have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Aston Villa have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Britannia Stadium have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Burnley have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Key have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Matt Taylor have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Michael Duff have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Nathan Baker have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Nathaniel Chalobah have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Opta have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Philippe Senderos have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Premier League have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Ron Vlaar have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Sam Vokes have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Scott Arfield have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Sportsmail have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Stoke have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Turf Moor have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
- Villa have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
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Aston Villa have scored a league low six goals and hit a league-low 24 shots on target this season.
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super_glue/record:1.0.2
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a bangladeshi author who was nearly killed in february in a knife attack his family blamed on islamist extremists has died of natural causes in germany , german police said friday after his family demanded an investigation .
What is a very short summary of the above text?
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threatened bangladeshi writer found dead in germany foul play ruled out
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gigaword:1.2.0
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zs_opt
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Choices:
A). negative;
B). positive;
Short movie review: an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds
Did the critic thinking positively or negatively of the movie?
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B).
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glue/sst2:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 live-action American adventure film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Edward S. Feldman and Raju Patel, from a story by Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman. It is the second film adaptation by The Walt Disney Company of the Mowgli stories from "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling.
Possible answers: (A). Yes; (B). It's impossible to say; (C). No;
Hypothesis: The Jungle Book is a 1994 thriller film.
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(C).
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anli/r2:0.1.0
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"i ca n't see any other reason for someone wanting to steal the volk . now , i must tell you one more thing , but i do not want you to do anything stupid about it . '' reynold focused his attention on vianez who shrunk back into her chair . `` elder ibis told me last night that elder etl is pushing the idea that tenoch staged the break in and he is the one responsible for taking the _ ..." What is the word in the blank space (_)? The answer is
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volk
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lambada:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Single/multi-select question: Do the following sentences say the same thing?
Top Diplomats Meet in Munich at Critical Time
Top Diplomats Discuss Iran's Nuclear Program
Return your answer on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar".
-0; -1; -2; -3; -4; -5;
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Çarşamba günü yaptıkları ant içme konuşmalarında, üç siyasi de BH'nin AB üyeliği için çalışma sözü vererek, son dört yıldır milliyetçi söylemin siyasi gerginliği artırdığı ülkede diyalog gereğini vurguladı.
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In their inaugural speeches on Wednesday, all three politicians vowed to work for BiH's EU integration, stressing the need for dialogue in the country, where nationalist rhetoric fuelled political tension over the past four years.
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Single/multi-select question: Is it possible to conclude that "A young woman in a black blouse, blue jeans, and sandals is standing behind another young woman who is seated with a red poncho draped around her as the first young lady cuts her hair." if "The woman is wearing clothes."?
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Attributes: name = Browns Cambridge, eatType = coffee shop, food = Japanese, area = riverside, familyFriendly = no, near = Crowne Plaza Hotel. Produce a detailed sentence about this restaurant.
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Browns Cambridge is not a family-friendly, average Japanese coffee shop, located on the riverside near Crowne Plaza Hotel.
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What's an example of a task that requires knowledge of physical objects to perform?
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how to make dulce de leche petits fours
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Yes one is most likely to notice the benefit in the areas of strength and rigidity of the penis and also a reduction in the occurrence of premature ejaculation
Could you correct the punctuation please?
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Yes, one is most likely to notice the benefit in the areas of strength and rigidity of the penis and also a reduction in the occurrence of premature ejaculation.
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Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true. Select from options at the end:
India's steelmaker Tata Steel, of the Tata Group, buys Anglo-Dutch steel giant Corus Group for £6.7 billion ($12 billion), making it the world's fifth largest steel manufacturer. 70-year-old Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata, from one of India's best-known business families, won the race against Benjamin Steinbruch, 52, a famous Brazilian executive who is the chief and main owner of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN). Tata paid investors 608 pence a share, whereas the Brazilians final offer in an auction by the U.K.'s Takeover Panel was 603 pence. The deal triples Tata Steel's capacity to almost 28 million tons a year. Tata: "This is the first step in showing that Indian industry can step outside its shores into an international market place as a global player." Corus, which was created from the merger of British Steel and Hoogovens, currently employs 47,300 people worldwide. Last year the company was the ninth-largest steel maker worldwide. The takeover may start a round of consolidation in the fragmented steel sector.
Hypothesis: Tata group was founded 70 years ago.
OPTIONS:
A). yes.
B). no.
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If "What about the time you cut up tulip bulbs in the hamburgers because you thought they were onions?", is "You thought tulip bulbs were onions?" correct?
pick from the following.
[i] no.
[ii] yes.
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Translate the following sentence to Finnish:
However, I am from a country which has not recognised Kosovo's independence.
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Kotimaani ei kuitenkaan ole tunnustanut Kosovon itsenäisyyttä.
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Article:
New Polio Vaccine Rolled Out In Massive Synchronized Worldwide Switch
Enlarge this image toggle caption Mohammad Sajjad/AP Mohammad Sajjad/AP
Starting today, 155 countries and territories will start switching to a different polio vaccine.
The shift, which is expected to be completed by May 1, is the "largest and fastest globally coordinated rollout of a vaccine into routine immunization programs in history," according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
"We're closer than ever to ending polio worldwide, which is why we are able to move forward with the largest and fastest globally synchronized switch ever," Michel Zaffran, Director of Polio Eradication at the World Health Organization, said in a press release.
According to The New York Times, it's the "first worldwide vaccine change ever attempted."
The progress towards complete eradicating polio shows in the numbers. Last year, 74 cases of wild poliovirus were reported, exclusively in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to the initiative. In 2016, 10 cases have been reported so far — also in those two countries. By comparison, when the initiative started its work in 1988, "more than 350,000 children were paralyzed every year."
As health officials strategize about how to rid the world of the disease, which can cause paralysis, "one important step is to gradually withdraw the oral polio vaccine, starting with the type 2 component," Jackie Fournier-Caruana from the initiative explains.
The old oral vaccine (tOPV) protected against three strains of poliovirus, while the new oral vaccine (bOPV) protects against two of the strains. According to the initiative, the transition is possible "because type 2 wild polio has been eradicated."
It stresses the importance of closely synchronizing this transition globally: "if some countries continue to use tOPV it could increase the risk of the spread of type 2 poliovirus to those no longer using tOPV."
This "massive undertaking" will involve deploying thousands of monitors to make sure tOPV is no longer in use.
The New York Times details the disposal methods during the switch:
"Approved disposal methods include incineration, boiling, autoclaving, bleaching or burying in concrete-sealed containers. Each has drawbacks, like the possibility that glass vials will explode. "Adding to the possibility of confusion, the old and new vials and boxes are almost identical. Warehouse managers are supposed to mark the old vaccine with an "X" and bag it for disposal."
Dr. Walter Orenstein, who is the associated director of the vaccine center at Emory University School of Medicine, tells the Times, "This is going to be hard. ...For a long time, we've driven people to think of vaccine as valuable. Now we're asking them to destroy it."
The initiative says there's a global stockpile of type 2 vaccines, ready to be used in the unlikely case of an outbreak. Type 2 was last detected in the wild in 1999, according to the initiative. ||||| Image copyright SPL Image caption A child is given vaccine in an Afghanistan hospital
More than 150 countries have begun switching to a different polio vaccine - an important milestone towards polio eradication, health campaigners say.
The new vaccine will target the two remaining strains of the virus under a switchover 18 months in the planning.
There were just 74 cases of the paralysing disease in 2015 and there have been 10 so far this year.
All of the cases were in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Africa has been free of polio for more than a year.
Switching the vaccine from one successfully used to fight polio for more than 30 years is a huge logistical exercise.
Thousands of monitors
Thousands of people will monitor the changeover in 155 countries during the next fortnight.
It is taking effect mainly in developing countries, but also in richer ones such as Russia and Mexico.
The new vaccine will still be given as drops in the mouth, so healthcare workers will not need fresh training.
It will no longer include a weakened version of type 2 polio virus, which was eradicated in 1999.
'Rare mutations'
Dr Stephen Cochi, from the US-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC), said: "The current vaccine contains live weakened virus relating to three types of polio.
"But we don't need the type 2 component, as it's not in the world any longer.
"And in very rare cases it can mutate and lead to polio, through what's called circulating vaccine-derived virus.
"So removing type 2 from the vaccine takes away that risk - and ensures we have a vaccine which will work better dose by dose."
What is polio?
Polio, or poliomyelitis, mainly affects children aged under five
It is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours
Initial symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness of the neck and pains in the limbs
One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis. Among those paralysed, 5% to 10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilised
Today, only two countries - Afghanistan and Pakistan - remain polio-endemic, down from more than 125 in 1988
Source: World Health Organisation
The history of polio
Global stockpile
The planning involved in the switchover has included dealing with a global stockpile of 100 million doses of vaccine targeting just type 2, built up as an insurance policy in case of any outbreak.
The World Health Organization denied some media reports that "millions" of doses of the old vaccine would need to be destroyed, by incineration or other approved means.
Image caption Mike Ray, who contracted polio when he was six, said he was "delighted" at the latest news
Its director of polio eradication, Michel Zaffran, said: "Some will need to be destroyed - but this will be a few vials, not trucks full of vaccine.
"This has been carefully planned because of the huge amount of resources, so countries have been using up the old vaccine, to minimise leftover quantities.
"We're closer than ever to ending polio worldwide, which is why we are able to move forward with the largest and fastest globally synchronised vaccine switchover."
Mike Ray, who contracted polio when he was six years old and has been affected for decades afterwards, told BBC Breakfast he was "absolutely delighted" at the latest news.
He said he was "exceedingly lucky" that he had never had calipers and has been able to get around using crutches and walking sticks.
"I'm not happy it's taken this long [to get close to eradicating the disease] because it has affected so many other people but more power to their elbow. [It is] great news."
Polio progress
Image caption By 1988, polio had disappeared from the US, UK, Australia and much of Europe but remained prevalent in more than 125 countries. The same year, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to eradicate the disease completely by the year 2000. |||||Summary:
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– As the world moves "closer than ever to ending polio," more than 150 countries are taking part in what the Global Polio Eradication Initiative calls the "largest and fastest" global rollout of a routine vaccine, NPR reports. The endeavor, which entails swapping out an older oral polio vaccine, began on Sunday, reports the New York Times, and officials hope it wraps up by May 1. Why the switch? The old vaccine protected against three strains of polio (types 1 through 3), which, per the BBC, can cause paralysis (as was the case with FDR). The new vaccine covers two strains (types 1 and 3). Type 2 polio was eradicated in 1999, per the Times. And, as oral polio vaccines are made with live, weakened strains of the virus, the weakened strain can mutate and become dangerous. That has happened most often with type 2 polio. "So removing type 2 from the vaccine takes away that risk," a CDC doctor tells the BBC, "and ensures we have a vaccine which will work better dose by dose." And for the switch to accomplish that, global buy-in is needed. The changeover will be monitored by thousands of people in the 155 participating countries, which include Afghanistan and Pakistan (the only two countries that are still polio-endemic) and more developed countries, such as Russia and Mexico. One potential hiccup, per the Times, is the fact that the new boxes and vials of vaccine are almost identical. According to reports, millions of vials of old vaccine will need to be destroyed by incineration, boiling, or being entombed in concrete and buried, among other methods. However, a WHO official put the number at a "few vials, not trucks full of vaccine." (Refusal to vaccinate is behind the resurgence of measles, study says.)
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Nelson is an American rock band founded by singer/songwriters Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (twin sons of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Nelson). The band achieved success during the early 1990s with their double platinum debut album "After the Rain", which featured the number-one hit "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection".
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Nelson was heard by people."?
Pick your answer from: A. Yes. B. It's impossible to say. C. No.
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Answer a question about this article:
Qutb Shahi architecture of the 16th and early 17th centuries followed classical Persian architecture featuring domes and colossal arches. The oldest surviving Qutb Shahi structure in Hyderabad is the ruins of Golconda fort built in the 16th century. The Charminar, Mecca Masjid, Charkaman and Qutb Shahi tombs are other existing structures of this period. Among these the Charminar has become an icon of the city; located in the centre of old Hyderabad, it is a square structure with sides 20 m (66 ft) long and four grand arches each facing a road. At each corner stands a 56 m (184 ft)-high minaret. Most of the historical bazaars that still exist were constructed on the street north of Charminar towards Golconda fort. The Charminar, Qutb Shahi tombs and Golconda fort are considered to be monuments of national importance in India; in 2010 the Indian government proposed that the sites be listed for UNESCO World Heritage status.:11–18
The government of India proposed that The Charminar become a UNESCO World Heritage site, what other two monuments were suggested for the same status?
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Choose the next sentence.George Zimmerman "didn't do anything unlawful" and was "justified" in shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, according to one of the jurors who acquitted Zimmerman. The woman, known as Juror B37, spoke exclusively to CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." Part 1 of the interview aired Monday, and part 2 aired Tuesday night. Shortly after the interview segment Tuesday, four other jurors released a statement responding to her comments. "We, the undersigned jurors, understand there is a great deal of interest in this case. But we ask you to remember that we are not public officials and we did not invite this type of attention into our lives," they said.
Asked later whether she thought
OPTIONS:
- Anderson Cooper was within his rights, she was unequivocal: "He was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin."
- Anderson Cooper 360 was within his rights, she was unequivocal: "He was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin."
- B37 was within his rights, she was unequivocal: "He was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin."
- CNN was within his rights, she was unequivocal: "He was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin."
- George Zimmerman was within his rights, she was unequivocal: "He was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin."
- Trayvon Martin was within his rights, she was unequivocal: "He was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin."
- Zimmerman was within his rights, she was unequivocal: "He was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin."
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George Zimmerman was within his rights, she was unequivocal: "He was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin."
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Marsha loves playing with her noodle friend. She had it for a long time so it is now a dark brown color. When her mom first made it, it was white. The night she met her noodle friend was spaghetti night. Marsha's favorite dinner was spaghetti, which happened to be every Tuesday night. On one Tuesday, a piece of spaghetti fell on the kitchen floor. To Marsha, it looked like a stick man so she kept him. She named her new noodle friend Joey and took him everywhere she went. Sometimes Joey gets a little dried out so Marsha's mom told her to soak him in water every few days. There were a couple times that the family dog, Mika, has tried to take Joey from Marsha and eat him! So from now on, Marsha takes extra special care to make sure Joey is safe and sound at all times. During the day she keeps him in a plastic bag in her pocket. At night, she puts him under her pillow. She loves Joey and wants to always be friends with him.
Question: "Which day of the week did Marsha meet her noodle friend?"
Answer: "Tuesday"
Is this answer correct?
Choices:
I. no;
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Alexandra told Kelly not to get a tattoo because she would seem unprofessional.
Who is "she"?
Select from:
(a). Alexandra
(b). Kelly
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Translate to Russian:
Siege of Fellin
Russian:
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Осада Феллина
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Paragraph: Plants also detect the daily cycle of light and darkness. Do you know how plants respond to these changes? Some plants open their leaves during the day. It is during these hours the plant can collect sunlight. At night, the plant closes its leaves to prevent water loss. Many plants respond to the change in the length of the day. As days grow shorter, some plants respond by going dormant. Dormant is when a plant suspends its growth. It does this in order to survive. Shorter days signal the coming of winter. Winter in most areas means extreme cold. It is also very dry in the winter months. As winter approaches, some plants respond by their leaves changing color. After the change in color, they fall off. This dormancy period helps trees. It allows them to survive the cold and dry winter. Plants only want to grow when conditions are right.
Question: "Why do plants close their leaves at night?"
Answer: "To prevent water loss"
Based on the paragraph, choose if the answer is correct:
Possible answers:
[-] no;
[-] yes;
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Dialogue:
Gilly: Hi, could you send me that GIF again?
Lars: Lol, ok
Lars:
Gilly: HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Lars: You really love it
Gilly: Yes, it's fantastic
Lars:
Gilly: OH. MY. GOD. LOL!!!
Lars: Even better, right? :D
Gilly: Yes!!! :D
What was going on in that conversation?
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Gilly laughs at the GIF sent by Lars.
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Choose your story that continues the following story.
The shop owner said that Sarah purchased several pieces of furniture unlike Rachel, due to
Available options:
(1). Sarah being rich.;
(2). Rachel being rich.;
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Math problem: Solve -345*b + 264 + 1461 = 0 for b.
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Please answer this question: what linux distribution is considered a cutting-edge distribution?
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Choose from options. Continue the following story.
I went to a bar with some friends of mine. I was broke, but thought I could keep them company. It turns out that they were all broke as well. None of us bought anything, and we talked for hours.
Options:
(i). The bar asked me and my friends to leave after a while.;
(ii). After that we all decided to go to a restaurant.;
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Does "Luke was "it"." appear to be an accurate statement based on "During a game of tag, Ethan chased Luke because he was "it"."?
Options are: A. no. B. yes.
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Add spaces: Andinordertothankalltheuses'supportandalsoasareturn,DLLSuiteintroducedthisFreeDownloadServicetohelpmillionsofPCuserssufferingfromDLLerrorslikeehuihlp.dll.
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And in order to thank all the uses' support and also as a return, DLL Suite introduced this Free Download Service to help millions of PC users suffering from DLL errors like ehuihlp.dll.
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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Freeman 's civil hearing may be , on the surface , about a driver 's license .
Freeman said not having a driver license has been a burden .
Options are:
a). no.
b). yes.
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Write a sentence that about [Alimentum food Japanese; Alimentum priceRange less than £20; Alimentum area riverside; Alimentum familyFriendly yes].
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Alimentum is a family friendly place near the river, which serves Japanese food for less than £20.
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Erica had to decide whether to take her final or go help friends. School was important to her, but her friend was in an emergency. Erica told her professor her situation. The professor said she could make up the final at a later date.
What is the next sentence?
pick from the following. -Erica told her professor that she was being unfair.. -Erica was so grateful that her professor was understanding..
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Erica was so grateful that her professor was understanding.
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Write an article based on this summary:
– The scathing critique of Rolling Stone's campus rape story is out, the story retracted, legal action pending, and ... no heads are rolling? A look around the landscape shows near-universal shock at Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner's decision to not fire reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely and various editors and fact-checkers associated with the story, the magazine's refusal to acknowledge any sort of institutional breakdown in need of correction, and Wenner's shot at alleged rape victim "Jackie." Without further ado: "Um, WHAT?" writes Chris Cillizza for the Washington Post. "The stunning lack of accountability from Rolling Stone" has given the Fourth Estate a serious black eye. "Failing to hold Erdely—or ANYONE—accountable for doing their jobs very poorly is even worse. It suggests that not only did journalism swing and miss but we are acting like we are still at the plate and nothing has happened." "They don’t get it; they just don’t get it," writes Lloyd Grove at the Daily Beast. Out of the entire 13,000-word takedown, "the most incriminating detail is that nobody at the magazine seems to believe that its reporting, editorial, and fact-checking practices are in need of serious reform." "It makes all journalists look bad when there’s a terrible journalistic sin like this one," says CNN's Brian Stelter, per Mediaite. "It hurts the whole profession. And it’s kind of baffling we’re not seeing any disciplinary actions taken." He adds: "I do wonder how Brian Williams feels." "Whatever culture that bred this story is poisonous," writes Leah Finnegan at Gawker. "And for Wenner, a rich, powerful 69-year-old man, to place culpability for his magazine's lapse on a twentysomething pseudonymous woman, well, that tells you everything you need to know, doesn't it?" The fault isn't Jackie's, it's "the empire's leader, Wenner, who should take full responsibility for the article, fire everyone involved, and then fire himself for being a dumb, sexist idiot."
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Following the news that Rolling Stone will not punish any writers or editors over its debunked campus rape story, the general reaction from fellow journalists has been a mix of bafflement and indignation.
CNN’s resident media reporter Brian Stelter shared in that reaction, but also posed an interesting question for perspective: How does NBC News anchor Brian Williams feel about this news? The newsman is currently serving a six-month suspension for a (possibly career-ending) string of public embellishments about his own field reporting.
When asked on this morning’s New Day why publisher Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone brass would avoid punishing anyone when so much is on the line, Stelter suggested the move has a lot to do with “loyalty” and “second chances.”
“The writer of the article [Sabrina Erdely] is going to be invited back to Rolling Stone to write more in the future,” he noted. “I do wonder how Brian Williams feels reading about this.”
Rolling Stone chief Wenner referred to the source of the rape allegations as an “expert fabulist,” essentially shifting the blame off his own writers, editors, and fact-checkers. In NBC’s case, however, Williams was not defended in any such manner — instead being labeled a “fabulist” himself by the media.
Also interesting to note: Rolling Stone has fired writers in the past for much lesser offenses than this one.
Stelter concluded today’s recap: “It makes all journalists look bad when there’s a terrible journalistic sin like this one. It hurts the whole profession. And it’s kind of baffling we’re not seeing any disciplinary actions taken.”
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The Columbia Journalism School ripped apart the UVa rape story—but the magazine’s chief blames a fabulist, not his own editors who got played.
They don’t get it; they just don’t get it.
In the Columbia University Journalism School’s 13,000-word postmortem, filled with incriminating details about Rolling Stone’s now-retracted campus rape investigation, the most incriminating detail is that nobody at the magazine seems to believe that its reporting, editorial, and fact-checking practices are in need of serious reform.
“Rolling Stone’s senior editors are unanimous in the belief that the story’s failure does not require them to change their editorial systems,” reports the highly anticipated, four-month study of how the magazine ended up publishing “A Rape on Campus,” an error-ridden account that focused on a supposedly savage (yet completely unverified) sexual assault at a University of Virginia frat house. The story, originally published Nov. 19, 2014, was recently deleted from the magazine’s website.
The blockbuster narrative, by Rolling Stone contributing editor Sabrina Rubin Erdely and based largely on the first-person account of a UVa junior and alleged rape victim identified only as “Jackie,” predictably provoked a firestorm of outrage when it was published last fall.
Erdely’s story, which suggested an attitude of indifference at best and cover-up at worst by the UVa administration, prompted a different sort of outrage when her reporting—about Jackie’s claims of a gruesome gang rape at Charlottesville’s Phi Kappa Psi House in September 2012—quickly unraveled under scrutiny from The Washington Post, CNN, and other media outlets.
The Columbia J-School study, which is 4,000 words longer than Rolling Stone’s retracted piece and presented in a tone of restrained neutrality, uncovered numerous instances of journalistic malpractice in the preparation of Erdely’s story: failure to contact and interview Jackie’s friends (to whom she claimed to have given contemporaneous accounts of the vicious assault); failure to verify the existence of the supposed fraternity member, allegedly a lifeguard at the same swimming pool where Jackie worked, who she claimed took her on a date to a Phi Kappa Psi frat party and witnessed and cheered on the gang rape; failure to provide fraternity officials with the specifics of Jackie’s account when asking for comment; and, worst of all, failure to verify the existence of and seek interviews with the alleged perpetrators of the felony.
Yet the Columbia J-School study quotes Rolling Stone managing editor Will Dana as stoutly defending the magazine’s procedures: “It’s not like I think we need to overhaul our process, and I don’t think we need to necessarily institute a lot of new ways of doing things. We just have to do what we’ve always done and just make sure we don’t make this mistake again.”
Coco McPherson, the head of the magazine’s fact-checking department, which also comes under severe criticism in the study, likewise told the authors: “I one hundred percent do not think that the policies that we have in place failed. I think decisions were made around those because of the subject matter.”
And in a comment that is bound stir up further controversy for a magazine that has had a festering PR problem since the article was published, Rolling Stone publisher Jann S. Wenner appeared to absolve his staff and blame Jackie in an interview published Sunday by The New York Times.
Wenner “acknowledged the piece’s flaws but said that it represented an isolated and unusual episode and that Ms. Erdely would continue to write for the magazine,” the Times reported. “The problems with the article started with its source, Mr. Wenner said. He described her as ‘a really expert fabulist storyteller’ who managed to manipulate the magazine’s journalism process. When asked to clarify, he said that he was not trying to blame Jackie, ‘but obviously there is something here that is untruthful, and something sits at her doorstep.’”
Wenner’s attempt to assign responsibility for the bogus story to the alleged victim—rather than the journalists on his payroll—echoed Dana’s initial reaction when the story began to collapse.
“In the face of new information, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie’s account, and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced,” Dana wrote in an editor’s note—written “very quickly” and “under a lot of pressure,” according to Dana, and posted on Rolling Stone’s website as the journalistic catastrophe unfolded.
The J-school study reports: “That language deflected blame from the magazine to its subject and it attracted yet more criticism. Dana said he rued his initial wording. ‘I was pretty freaked out,’ he said. ‘I regretted using that phrase pretty quickly.’ Early that evening, he changed course in a series of tweets. ‘That failure is on us—not on her,’ he wrote. A revised editor’s note, using similar language, appeared the next day.”
The study reports that “the most consequential decision Rolling Stone made was to accept that Erdely had not contacted the three friends who spoke with Jackie on the night she said she was raped. That was the reporting path, if taken, that would have almost certainly led the magazine’s editors to change plans.” When they were interviewed by the Post and other outlets, Jackie’s friends contradicted major elements of her account.
The study continues: “Erdely said that as she was preparing to write her first draft, she talked with [her editor Sean] Woods about the three friends. ‘Sean advised me that for now we should just put this aside,’ she said. ‘He actually suggested that I change their names for now.’ Woods said that he intended this decision to be temporary, pending further reporting and review.”
Erdely “relied solely on Jackie’s information and wrote vividly about how the three friends had reacted after finding Jackie shaken and weeping in the first hours of Sept. 29,” the authors write.
Erdely told them: “In retrospect, I wish somebody had pushed me harder” about reaching out to the three for their versions. “I guess maybe I was surprised that nobody said, ‘Why haven’t you called them?’ But nobody did, and I wasn’t going to press that issue.”
The study concludes: “Of course, just because an editor does not ask a reporter to check derogatory information with a subject, that does not absolve the reporter of responsibility.”
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Remaining a mystery in the J-School study—whose authors enjoyed unfettered access to Rolling Stone’s editors, fact checkers, and reporter along with article drafts, notes, and audio recordings of interviews—is how, why, and whether Rolling Stone’s in-house and outside lawyers approved Erdely’s rape story for publication.
The attorneys, whose job is to limit the magazine’s legal exposure by ensuring that stories are solidly reported and factually supported, refused to talk to Coll et al, arguing attorney-client privilege. Editorial staffers likewise refused to discuss the legal advice they were given. The magazine now possibly faces a defamation lawsuit from Phi Kappa Psi, which has announced that it’s exploring its legal options.
The Columbia J-School study concludes that Rolling Stone’s malfeasance amounts to “a story of journalistic failure that was avoidable.” The study continues: “The failure encompassed reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking. The magazine set aside or rationalized as unnecessary essential practices of reporting that, if pursued, would likely have led the magazine’s editors to reconsider publishing Jackie’s narrative so prominently, if at all. The published story glossed over the gaps in the magazine’s reporting by using pseudonyms and by failing to state where important information had come from.”
In a statement timed to the study’s release, Erdely offered her “deepest apologies” to her Rolling Stone readers and colleagues, the UVa community, and “any victims of sexual assault who may feel fearful as a result of my article.” She added: “Reading the Columbia account of the mistakes and misjudgments in my reporting was a brutal and humbling experience.”
With Erdely’s position at the magazine seemingly secure, managing editor Dana, fact checking chief McPherson, and Sean Woods, the article’s principal editor, apparently won’t face any disciplinary action, either. Wenner “has decided not to fire anyone on staff,” CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter reported on Sunday night.
“He believes the missteps were unintentional, not purposefully deceitful.” |||||
The Rolling Stone story in question.
Rolling Stone magazine just plain got it wrong.
That's the conclusion of the massive (and massively long) piece penned by three officials at Columbia University journalism school, a report that details the fact that the story of a gang rape of a woman named "Jackie" at the University of Virginia was, in fact, simply not right.
So, that's bad enough. What's worse is that the errors made by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the article's author, and the rest of the Rolling Stone editorial chain were entirely avoidable and encompassed the sort of basic reporting that every student in journalism school should know. Here's the Columbia trio on what happened:
Rolling Stone's repudiation of the main narrative in "A Rape on Campus" is a story of journalistic failure that was avoidable. The failure encompassed reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking. The magazine set aside or rationalized as unnecessary essential practices of reporting that, if pursued, would likely have led the magazine's editors to reconsider publishing Jackie's narrative so prominently, if at all. The published story glossed over the gaps in the magazine's reporting by using pseudonyms and by failing to state where important information had come from.
Pretty damning stuff, right? Yes. And yet, Rolling Stone has apparently decided that this whole episode was just a blip on the radar and not at all the sort of thing that Erdely, her editor or anyone else should lose their job(s) for. "Sabrina’s done great work for us over the years and we expect that to continue,” Rolling Stone Managing Editor Will Dana told The Washington Post via e-mail.
Um, WHAT?
I am not one to call for other reporters' heads when mistakes are made, as I have made mistakes before and had my head called for. But there are mistakes and then there are MISTAKES. A poorly chosen tweet or, in my case, a poorly conceived and unfunny parody, is one thing. Totally misreporting allegations of a gang rape in a hugely high-profile magazine story is another. One is poor judgement, often in the world of Twitter expressed (and regretted) in a millisecond. What Erdely did is journalistic malpractice, failing to do the basic blocking and tackling of reporting because, frankly, the story she had was just too good to check.
Credibility and its less-often-mentioned-but-no-less-important cousin accountability are all that any journalist has in this business. The practice of journalism broadly imagined is based on lots and lots of individual reporters' credibility that eventually adds up to a reason why we should be trusted to tell you what you want and, more important, need to know.
That's why what Erdely did -- and the stunning lack of accountability from Rolling Stone -- is so problematic for all of us who have dedicated our lives to journalism. Getting the story wrong -- and in such a major way -- obviously erodes our collective credibility. Failing to hold Erdely -- or ANYONE -- accountable for doing their jobs very poorly is even worse. It suggests that not only did journalism swing and miss but we are acting like we are still at the plate and nothing has happened.
Is it any wonder that trust in journalism is down there near Congress levels?
I've always been an ardent defender of journalism from those who insist that we've blown our chance at once again being the authoritative and objective force in society we once were. My argument has always been that, yes, there are a few bad apples, but most people are trying to do their jobs the best way they know how -- honestly and fairly. I still believe that. But, failures like this one by Erdely and Rolling Stone make it much harder for me to make that case even to myself.
Society needs a Fourth Estate that it may not always agree with but that it believes is committed to getting it right and, when it doesn't, taking appropriate action. Rolling Stone did neither of those things with this story. And that's a shame for the rest of us. ||||| With an odd sense of fanfare, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism last night produced a 13,000-word report on Rolling Stone's profoundly flawed account of a gang rape at the University of Virginia, "A Rape on Campus," that was published last November. Their conclusion? Rolling Stone fucked up a lot.
Missing from Columbia's intense vivisection of the article, however, was a sense of responsibility: Whose fault was this crime against journalism, exactly? According to Rolling Stone Publisher Jann Wenner, no one's, really. No one at the magazine, a baby-boomer favorite, will be dismissed for journalistic malpractice, even though Wenner loves to fire people for seemingly innocuous transgressions. Will Dana and Sean Woods, who edited the story, tried to resign in December, but were refused. Sabrina Rubin Erdely, who wrote the article, will continue to write for the magazine. Wenner, quoted in the New York Times today, is blaming the victim.
The problems with the article started with its source, Mr. Wenner said. He described her as “a really expert fabulist storyteller” who managed to manipulate the magazine’s journalism process. When asked to clarify, he said that he was not trying to blame Jackie, “but obviously there is something here that is untruthful, and something sits at her doorstep.”
This is an incredible statement coming from a magazine publisher with 40-odd years of experience and three titles under his belt (Us Weekly produces some great journalism) who is known for his mercurial temper and preference for workplace fastidiousness (apparently he values clean desks over clean journalism). Sure, there have been instances of publications getting hosed by young, manipulative employees (Jayson Blair, Stephen Glass), but blaming a source because you did not investigate her thoroughly enough is astonishingly idiotic.
Here's what happened at Rolling Stone: pathological conflict-avoidance. Every workaround deployed in this story, from not securing the alleged rapist's name before publication to not interviewing the rape victim's friends, was put in place in order to avoid a difficult, uncomfortable situation. Underlying it all is sense of grand interpersonal failures. I'm not going to delve into writing Rolling Stone editorial fanfic, but it's fairly clear that something was awry between the personalities at play here. Whether it was regular workaday pressures—"Ahh, who has time to scrap the main gang-rape anecdote before deadline and get another?"—or something more insidious, whatever culture that bred this story is poisonous. And for Wenner, a rich, powerful 69-year-old man, to place culpability for his magazine's lapse on a twentysomething pseudonymous woman, well, that tells you everything you need to know, doesn't it?
Later in the same Times article, Wenner goes from blaming the article's source to blaming the article's author. A step in the right direction, maybe, but notice here how Wenner paints Erdely as a reckless woman on a mission to bring down the story's editor with her:
Ms. Erdely, Mr. Wenner said, “was willing to go too far in her effort to try and protect a victim of apparently a horrible crime. She dropped her journalistic training, scruples and rules and convinced Sean to do the same. There is this series of falling dominoes.”
"Convinced" is an interesting word choice here. Who was in charge of this story? Certainly not Erdely. Was Woods's editorial judgment neutered by her passion for rape victims, as Wenner indicates? Considering Erdely's side of the story, as depicted in Columbia's report, Woods was neither a careful, rigorous, thoughtful nor attentive editor. The domino fall should have stopped with him, but it did not, because of his failings—whether he did not stand up to Erdely, did not push her enough, or was inexperienced with the subject matter. Instead, he chose to work around the problem at hand, defusing a potential conflict with Erdely and severely damaging the credibility of her story.
Woods's lack of sensitivity and journalistic finesse is apparent in his boneheaded "apology:" "Ultimately, we were too deferential to our rape victim; we honored too many of her requests in our reporting," Woods said in the Columbia report. "We should have been much tougher, and in not doing that, we maybe did her a disservice." Maybe!
In another article in the Times today (today is honorary Rolling Stone Fucked Up day in medialand), Jonathan Mahler, a media reporter, hints that gender might have had something to do with the nuclear fallout of the article.
So what happened with “A Rape on Campus”? It is hard not to wonder if gender was a contributing factor. The magazine’s publisher and managing editor, and the editor of the article, were all men. Did that make them wary, consciously or not, of pushing back against a female writer’s account of a young woman’s rape?
I'll go one step further than Mahler. Yes! Gender definitely had to do with how fucked up this article was. Consider Rolling Stone. A fine magazine, if you're into the Black Crowes, war, and Matt Taibbi. Will Dana and Sean Woods have edited some wonderful dispatches from Baghdad. But as the Columbia report starkly shows, they were clearly entirely out of their wheelhouse when it came to Erdely's report, and instead of, maybe, I don't know, consulting with women, asking women for help, or trying to understand what was at stake, they just barreled on forward like they were still on General McChrystal's plane (it's worth noting that both the head of fact-checking at Rolling Stone and the fact-checker on the story were women, but any higher-level editorial decisions did not fall to them). It brings to mind Grantland's Dr. V disaster—this is what happens when people who think they know everything get too swept up in a story and lose sight of reality. It's very bad.
Rolling Stone's claim that it doesn't need to change anything institutionally is hilariously self-defeating. The ultimate fault of "A Rape on Campus" does not lie with a bad source, a bad journalist or a couple of bad editors. It falls on the empire's leader, Wenner, who should take full responsibility for the article, fire everyone involved, and then fire himself for being a dumb, sexist idiot.
Contact the author at leah@gawker.com. |||||
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John promised Bill to leave, so an hour later *he* left.
Which option(s) below is/are correct for question: are "John" and "he" the same entity?
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Qtractor intends to provide a digital audio workstation software that is powerful enough for the average home user and yet simple enough for the professional user .
Qtractor 's intention is to provide digital audio workstation software powerful enough for the average home user , and yet simple enough for the professional user .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
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B). yes;
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(CNN) -- Horror-meister, Stephen King calls George Pelecanos "perhaps the greatest living American crime writer." His stories are set in Pelecanos' hometown of Washington, D.C., but this is not the side of the U.S. capitol that you see portrayed on TV with white marble monuments, lawyers and lobbyists. Pelecanos is more interested in working families struggling to get by, the racial tensions in its ethnic neighborhoods and the low-lifes on the edges. His crime-writing peers call Pelecanos the "undisputed poet" of Washington's gritty side. The best-selling and award-winning author is out this week with his 17th and latest novel, "The Cut." It's the first in a new series featuring Iraq war veteran and private investigator Spero Lucas. When he's not working for a Washington defense attorney, Lucas recovers stolen property for a 40% cut. Now, a high-profile crime boss hires Lucas to find out who's been stealing from him, and it could turn out to be Lucas' biggest payday or an untimely end. While Pelecanos made his bones in the noir tradition, there's a definite "Western" feel to "The Cut." The new novel takes place in a morally gray and often violent world. It's peppered with pitch-perfect dialogue and captures the sights, sounds and taste of Washington in rich detail. In short, Pelecanos reads like the real deal. Pelecanos knows a thing or two about capturing the authenticity of urban America with an ethnically and socially diverse cast. In addition to his success as a novelist, Pelecanos is a producer and writer for HBO's New Orleans-set, "Treme." He was previously a producer and Emmy-nominated writer on the hit series "The Wire" and the miniseries "The Pacific." Read an excerpt from "The Cut" CNN recently spoke to Pelecanos about his new novel. The following is an edited transcript. CNN: Tell me more about your new character, Spero Lucas.
After reading the above, is "Chef" the correct answer to the question "As a private investigator, who does Spero Lucas work for in Pelecanos newest novel, "The Cut"?"?
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A couple of days ago , my dad called and asked if I was going to a midnight showing of The Dark Knight . I told him that I 'd taken today off , but that , no , I was n't really planning on going to see it until after my wife got off work . Fast forward to yesterday . We got home from work , and my wife says that , if I really wanted to , we could go to the midnight showing .
Q with options: Give answer the following question using evidence from the above passage: Why did n't the narrator go to see the midnight showing a couple of days ago ?
Select from the following.
(a). Because the narrator had taken today off .
(b). None of the above choices .
(c). Because the narrator did n't really want to .
(d). Because his wife was probably too tired after work .
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It should be plain and either square or rectangular. It should not have designs on it. However, it can be stylized--you could have custom envelopes made that are thicker and more durable than normal envelopes. your letter so that it fits into your envelope. Make sure to fold your letter in one try as a letter with many creases and re-creases looks unprofessional. If you are using a rectangular standard envelope, fold your letter into horizontal thirds. If you are using a square envelope, fold your letter in half horizontally and then in half vertically so that is forms a rectangle that can fit into the square envelope. Seal the envelope by licking along the seal line or peeling off the strips covering the sticky part of the seal (depending on what kind of envelope you have bought.) Write your name in the top left corner. Write your street address on the line below your name. Write your town, state, and zip code on the line below your street address. In the lower right third of the envelope, write the name of the person you are sending the letter to. Write the company name on the line below that (if there is a company name). Write the street address on the line below the company name. Write the town, state, and zip code on the line below that. Make sure your stamp is worth the weight of your letter.
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Pick out an envelope. Fold Place the letter into the envelope. Flip the envelope over. Address the envelope. Place a stamp (or stamps) in the top right hand corner.
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Summarize this article in one sentence.
The truck was travelling near the city of Dayton when the driver lost control and hit a roadside barrier.
The driver escaped unhurt, but a female passenger, his fiancee, was injured.
Police said up to 400 piglets were killed but at least 1,500 were rescued, and it is unlikely that all the escapees will be rounded up.
The surviving pigs were taken to a nearby agricultural fairground, where they are now being cared for.
Emergency crews rescued them by forming a human chain and lifting them to safety.
Dean Fox, a fire chief in Xenia in Ohio, spoke to the Dayton Daily News about the animals that had escaped.
"Probably we'll never get a hold of them," he said. "We'll try as hard as we can, but we probably won't retrieve them all."
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A truck carrying 2,200 piglets has overturned in the US state of Ohio, lead to hundreds of the animals escaping into nearby woods.
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Sentence: "The man, a ball kicked."
Would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically?
I. unacceptable.
II. acceptable.
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Choose your answer: Do "study" and "it" point to the same thing in the following sentence?
No one joins Facebook to be sad and lonely. But a new study from the University of Wisconsin psychologist George Lincoln argues that that's exactly how *it* makes us feel.
Pick your answer from:
1). no.
2). yes.
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As a matter of fact, It was about creating an ideal of a galactic human.
Please remove spaces between words.
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Asamatteroffact,Itwasaboutcreatinganidealofagalactichuman.
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Write a question about the following article.
I wish I could wake up , look around and see a familiar face and know it 's only us and fall asleep again . To make someone coffee in the morning . Cook them a nice meal .
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Why is the narrator feeling nostalgic ?
Possible answers:
+ They are thinking of a lost romantic partner ..
+ They are thinking of a lost sister ..
+ They are thinking of a lost family member ..
+ None of the above choices ..
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By. Lizzie Parry. PUBLISHED:. 05:03 EST, 8 January 2014. |. UPDATED:. 05:28 EST, 8 January 2014. Bargain hunters are expected to make a dash for the best holiday deals this weekend,as travel firms gear up for 'Sunshine Saturday'. The stampede for holidays is expected to see thousands booking a break in the sun, as people try to beat the the post-Christmas winter blues, made worse by the relentless stormy weather in recent weeks. Travel firm Thomson told MailOnline it is expecting to see more than one million people visit one of its high street stores or log on to its website over the 24-hour period. Thomson and First Choice are gearing up for Sunshine Saturday this weekend, when they expect thousands to book holidays to beat the winter blues. Mauritius, pictured, is expected to be one of the must-visit destinations. Of these around 35,000 customers are expected to part with their money and secure themselves a well-earned break. It will make Saturday the busiest holiday shopping day of the year, prompted by the stormy weather and widespread flooding. Thomson and fellow operator First Choice said more than half of all bookings are likely to be made on a tablet or mobile phone. Head of marketing, Jeremy Ellis, said: 'With Christmas firmly out of the way many people want a holiday in the sunshine to look forward to. More than half of bookings are expected to be made on tablet computers and mobiles. 'Over the last few years we've seen a trend towards booking holidays earlier and with record bookings over Christmas we're expecting the rush to continue with our busiest day of year this Saturday. 'It's also the perfect time for Brits to take advantage of some of the great January deals available to places like Greece and Croatia or further afield to. Jamaica and Mauritius.' Bookings are expected to peak in store at 2pm and online at around 8.45pm. Short haul breaks in Europe are tipped to be the most popular, with Greece, the Balearics and Croatia likely to be the must-visit destinations. While for those in search of adventures on far flung shores, places like Jamaica, Mexico and Mauritius are expected to top the wish list. The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said: 'Members are reporting strong bookings and we expect this weekend and the next few weeks to be busy.' Thomson and First Choice said they saw record bookings on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with bookings up 10 per cent on last year. A surge of people rushing to treat themselves saw traffic peak between 10am and noon on Christmas Day with more bookings than ever before made on tablet computers or mobiles. Tenerife proved the most popular destination on Christmas Day, with many sun seekers attracted by the regular temperatures of 22C to 28C. The Association of British Travel Agents said it is 'cautiously optimistic' about the holiday market in 2014, predicting people will spend more money than in 2013. Thomson and First Choice predict a million people will visit their stores and log on to their websites on Saturday, hunting for cut-price deals. Of those around 35,000 are expected to snap up a bargain and book a break in the sun. The harbour in Hvar Town, Croatia. The country is tipped to be one of the most popular destinations for 2014. Firm favourite Greece is expected to once again be one of the most attractive short haul options for people booking up their summer holiday. The association's destinations to watch in 2014 include Brazil, where the World Cup will kick off in June, the Caribbean, Greece, Mauritius and Sicily in Italy. Mark Tanzer ABTA Chief Executive said: 'We know that Brits hate to cut back on their holidays and after several years of tough market conditions, we are seeing early signs of more optimism amongst British consumers. 'However, with the squeeze on household budgets continuing, we are expecting that tried and tested destinations and package holidays will continue to perform well in the coming year. 'We are also expecting a range of other overseas destinations to prove popular in 2014, as well as another good year for domestic tourism after the heatwave in the UK in summer 2013.'
Summarize the highlights of this article.
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Thomson and First Choice predict one million people will visit stores and websites this Saturday as bargain hunters aim to beat the winter blues. Relentless stormy weather is driving people to seek solace in the sun. Of those 35,000 are expected to snap up a deal and book a break. Greece, Croatia and the Balearics tipped to be most popular short haul destinations with Jamaica and Mauritius top of the long haul wish list.
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CHAPTER VI.
After the conversation at dinner which we have noticed, the restless and disquieted Coningsby wandered about Paris, vainly seeking in the distraction of a great city some relief from the excitement of his mind. His first resolution was immediately to depart for England; but when, on reflection, he was mindful that, after all, the assertion which had so agitated him might really be without foundation, in spite of many circumstances that to his regardful fancy seemed to accredit it, his firm resolution began to waver.
These were the first pangs of jealousy that Coningsby had ever experienced, and they revealed to him the immensity of the stake which he was hazarding on a most uncertain die.
The next morning he called in the Rue Rivoli, and was informed that the family were not at home. He was returning under the arcades, towards the Rue St. Florentin, when Sidonia passed him in an opposite direction, on horseback, and at a rapid rate. Coningsby, who was not observed by him, could not resist a strange temptation to watch for a moment his progress. He saw him enter the court of the hotel where the Wallinger family were staying. Would he come forth immediately? No. Coningsby stood still and pale. Minute followed minute. Coningsby flattered himself that Sidonia was only speaking to the porter. Then he would fain believe Sidonia was writing a note. Then, crossing the street, he mounted by some steps the terrace of the Tuileries, nearly opposite the Hotel of the Minister of Finance, and watched the house. A quarter of an hour elapsed; Sidonia did not come forth. They were at home to him; only to him. Sick at heart, infinitely wretched, scarcely able to guide his steps, dreading even to meet an acquaintance, and almost feeling that his tongue would refuse the office of conversation, he contrived to reach his grandfather's hotel, and was about to bury himself in his chamber, when on the staircase he met Flora.
Answer the following questions:
1. What was he experiencing or the first time?
2. Who did he not find at their residence the next day?
3. Where was this at?
4. Did he remain there waiting all day?
5. Where was he the night before?
6. What was he looking for?
7. And what was he trying to calm?
8. What had set him off?
9. Who shot past him on his way back the next day?
10. Did the man see him?
11. Where was the jealous man headed when this happened?
12. Did he continue on his journey?
13. Where did he see the man stop?
14. How did the man travel?
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1. jealousy
2. the family
3. in the Rue Rivoli
4. no
5. Paris
6. distraction
7. his mind
8. unknown
9. Sidonia
10. no
11. towards the Rue St. Florentin
12. no
13. the hotel
14. on horseback
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Single/multi-choice problem: Which of the following solutions is better for the following goal:
To attach a frame around a premade table top.
Choose from: -Lay the table top flat, and attach the frame using clamps, then flip them over. Drill evenly spaced holes through the top to the frame. Hammer in the screws to secure the top to the frame.; -Lay the table top flat, and attach the frame using clamps, then flip them over. Drill evenly spaced holes through the top to the frame. Drill in the screws to secure the top to the frame.;
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Dialogue:
James: Amelia said that one of our lecturers in philosophy had an art exhibition (!). It opens tomorrow!
James: I'm talking about this guy who taught us ethics.
James: Amelia recommends it :D
Mia: No way...! :D Professor Evans and art exhibition :D What has happened to this world?
Mia: But you know what? I would actually like to see it! :D
James: ME TOO, of course! :p Can Amelia go with us?
Mia: To the exhibition or to the exhibition and to the cinema? You remember that we have plans for tomorrow...?
James: both
James: yes, I do
Mia: ok
James: Are you mad at me?
James: Babe, the fact that I suggested that we might go out with Amelia doesn't mean that I don't value time that we spend together, just the two of us.
Mia: I know, I said ok.
James: Are you sure you're fine with this?
Mia: Yup. :)
Mia: I just don't know her very well, it's gonna be stressful for me.
James: :) But you know me, don't you?
Mia: Maybe I do :D
James: Really, there's nothing to worry about. Amelia is quite laid-back and likable. ;)
James: Afterwards we can go to my place and hang out, cuddle and so on... :*
Mia: Sounds good :) :*
James: So we're good, right?
Mia: Right. ;)
What is a summary of this dialogue?
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Answer this:
Which of the following describes a reason why companies irradiate some fruits and vegetables before they are sold to the public?
Select from:
A). to improve the flavors by increasing the sugar content.
B). to speed up the ripening of produce picked too early.
C). to partially cook the produce before canning or freezing.
D). to extend the shelf life by killing existing microorganisms.
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Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- The message the brother and sister read aloud is one addressed to a missing father: 9-year-old Najwa and 8-year-old Tirad reciting the words in unison, "Our mother's starting to worry about you."
Their mom, Ensaf Haidar, is indeed worried, but she's also pained. She knows how much her children yearn to see their dad, but she just doesn't know what to tell them.
How can she begin to explain that their dad has languished in a Saudi prison for almost a year? How can she expose her kids to a brutal reality she feels they're not ready to face?
"They're always asking me, 'When is Dad coming home?' " Haidar said. "Telling me, 'Mom, I miss Dad so much.' "
Haidar struggles with the dilemma every day.
"It often feels like the world is against me," she said. "When I see how the children are deprived of their father, this is what bothers me the most."
Her three children, including 5-year-old Myriam, think their father's just delayed by work. But Raif Badawi, 30, has been imprisoned since being arrested in June. He is accused of, among other things, breaking Sharia law and starting a website that infringed on religious values.
According to Haidar, her husband just wanted to encourage discussion about religion in his homeland. But starting a liberal Internet forum in conservative Saudi Arabia can be a dangerous pursuit.
"No one wanted to take his case," said Waleed Abualkhair, Badawi's attorney. "Because they believed that anyone who'd take this kind of case, that means he destroys his (own) reputation. But I don't believe in that. I believe that everyone has his right to have a lawyer. And I believe that Raif is innocent."
1. Who is Badawi's lawyer?
2. Were there a lot of lawyers hoping to get this case?
3. Why not?
4. How many things does his attorney believe?
5. What is one?
6. Does he think his client is guilty?
7. How many children does he have?
8. Where do they think their dad is?
9. How many of the children are less than nine years old?
10. What's the middle child's name?
11. Where is their dad really?
12. Where?
13. For over a year?
14. For how long then?
15. Who is keeping this a secret from the kids?
16. What is her name?
17. What was the father arrested for?
18. What was his purpose of doing that?
19. What law did that break?
20. Is Saudi Arabia known as a liberal country?
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2. No
3. it would destroy his (own) reputation
4. Two
5. everyone has his right to have a lawyer.
6. no
7. Three
8. delayed by work
9. Two
10. Tirad
11. in prison
12. Saudi
13. no
14. almost a year
15. Their mom
16. Ensaf Haidar
17. starting a liberal Internet forum
18. encourage discussion about religion in his homeland.
19. Sharia
20. no
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Which would likely displace a desert?
Available options:
A). sunlight.
B). ant colonies.
C). gale forces.
D). bush men.
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Last family dinner tonight for over a month..
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"By the way, it was the beginning of the pack, so I had to pop all those suckers out. It is a lot of work, especially after a little bit of sangria," he continued. Somerhalder even videotaped himself throwing out the pills.
Somerhalder insisted he did it without Reed's permission, but after having discussed with her and with friends that the couple wanted to have children. He also admitted: "Actually, now thinking about it, I guess I kind of decided [to start a family].” ||||| We've detected that JavaScript is disabled in your browser. Would you like to proceed to legacy Twitter?
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Ian Somerhalder and his wife Nikki Reed were guests on a podcast called Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy Podcast this week. I have no idea who Dr. Berlin is, but both he and his cohost, a midwife named Blyss Young, appear to be quite good at making their guests comfortable, because Somerhalder told an upsetting story about messing with Reed’s birth control pills and didn’t think twice before sharing it!
About two minutes into the episode, Dr. Berlin asks how long Somerhalder and Reed were together before deciding to have kids. The couple proceeds to tell a somewhat (?) charming story about how Somerhalder told friends he would marry Reed after their second night together. (“He told me the story later and I’m like, ‘That’s so presumptuous,’” Reed says.)
Two months later, Somerhalder began asking questions about children. “The truth is,” Reed reveals, “I’ve never met anyone who was more sure of what they wanted...Everything I’ve ever done in my life I’ve felt was at a really accelerated pace. I thought I moved quickly. And this was the first time in my life that I said, ‘I’m gonna move really slow.’”
“I was also 35,” Somerhalder interrupts, eager to explain why he couldn’t move slowly alongside her. “And when you look and you say, this is it. It is not gonna get any better than this. Stop messing around.”
“You know it was interesting,” Reed adds. “I didn’t know if I wanted kids...I love kids and I wasn’t sure I didn’t wanna be a mom, I just didn’t know, you know?”
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This insight into their different opinions about children at the start of their relationship is followed a minute later with a blunt question from Dr. Berlin.
“So when did you really decide to have a kid?” he asks.
“May, I can tell you,” Somerhalder replies. (I assume he means May 2016.)
“Oh yeah, when you threw you all my birth control pills! That was also presumptuous.”
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Ian then explains that he’s been “going to Barcelona” with his two best friends, a straight couple, for “almost 20 years.” Last May, he shares, “we decided we all wanted to have children together. It was just time.” (Listen to the audio to hear how he accentuates “we” in this story.)
I’ll let the rest of their conversation speak for itself:
Somerhalder: But unbeknownst to poor Nikki, she didn’t realize that I was gonna go in her purse and take out her birth control and...by the way, it was the beginning of the pack, so I had to pop all of those suckers out... [...] Young: Nikki! How’d you feel about that? Reed: [laughs] There’s a photo of me, and I look like— Somerhalder: There’s a six-minute video where she’s freaking out. Dr. Berlin: I want that photo. Reed: You know what, I might actually have it. I’m sure I do. Somerhalder: When we’re done, I’ll show you. I have the video. Reed: There’s a video? Why are you always taking a videos of me and I don’t know it? Somerhalder: I was in the video, you nerd! Lindsey took the video with my phone! Reed: Oh, maybe that’s why! Young: You’re a nerd by the way. Reed: I know. I’ll own it. Somerhalder: What’s so cool is there’s this video of me with this handful of these little pills. [Lindsey] is sort of like interviewing Nikki, like, ‘How are you feeling,’ and I went like this, and Lindsey so expertly put it on slow motion, and you just see them...and they slowly go into the toilet. Reed: I’ve never seen this. Was I drunk? Was I coherent?
They appear to think this is cute. Their daughter Bodhi was born in July.
Update: Reed has responded to the feedback she’s received about the interview with some tweets. |||||
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– Cute story from a happily married couple or sign of potential abuse? You be the judge. BuzzFeed reports the internet has some thoughts on a story recently shared by actors Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed on a podcast called Dr. Berlin's Informed Pregnancy. On the podcast, Somerhalder admits that "I kind of decided" it was time for the couple to start a family. That decision apparently took the form of throwing away all of Reed's birth-control pills during a vacation to Spain. Reed, who recently gave birth to the couple's first child, says she wasn't sure at the time if she even wanted children. But Somerhalder says he was anxious to start a family because he was 35 years old. "It was just time," Somerhalder says. "Unbeknownst to poor Nikki, she didn’t realize that I was going to go in her purse and take out her birth control." Somerhalder says there's a six-minute video showing Reed freaking out upon realizing her birth control is gone, Jezebel reports. Reed describes Somerhalder tossing her pills as "presumptuous." Twitter used other words. "Ian Somerhalder is [expletive] disgusting," one user tweeted. "Ian Somerhalder is a real piece of [expletive]. I’ll never forgive compulsive heterosexuality for making me think I was ever attracted to him," tweets another. And some critics say it sounds an awful lot like reproductive coercion, which involves "behavior intended to maintain power and control in a relationship related to reproductive health."
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Available options:
a). Aeration kills anaerobic bacteria.
b). Aeration removes dissolved gases.
c). Aeration oxidizes dissolved metal ions.
d). Aeration removes some solvents and chemicals.
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312Not that I have already obtained or am already made perfect but I press on if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus
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3:12Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
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Translate the following sentence to Romanian:
Representatives of the Kosovo Serbs, however, say they will reject any plan that amounts to turning the crossing points into a state border.
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Reprezentanţii sârbilor kosovari, însă, declară că vor respinge orice plan care reprezintă transformarea punctelor de trecere într-o graniţă de stat.
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Translate "• Only abbreviated CVs (maximum of 3 pages) are required for other applicants." to French?
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• Seuls les CV abrégés (d'au maximum 3 pages) sont requis pour les autres candidats.
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Multi-choice problem: Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
B: Oh, I see. A: um, and I think I'm getting a better caliber of student at the private school, because I think their parents pay more, and I think the kids are a little bit more challenged, because their parents are probably college educated, where at the public school, I don't think as many parents are college educated,
Hypothesis: as many parents are college educated at the public school
Options are:
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+It's impossible to say.
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Here is an article:
Some months ago the following half-page advertisement, outlined by a heavy black border, appeared in CODA, the Poets & Writers newsletter: Arthur A. Cohen joins with his readers in mourning the untimely death of his highly praised novel ACTS OF THEFT 1980 published (but hardly publicized) by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich now available at better remainder stores everywhere No flowers please Contributions to PEN or CODA appreciated
''My main complaint was that Harcourt was the largest publishing house I worked with, yet this book amounted to virtually a semiprivate publication by a major American publisher,'' said Mr. Cohen, the author of 16 previous books with a half-dozen publishers. ''The point of my ad was that a great deal of American book publishing, which prides itself on being efficient and full of good will, is highly pretentious and highly meretricious.''
Helen Yglesias, author of several acclaimed novels, is even more critical. ''Everything about being published is disappointing,'' she said. ''It's just a very bitter experience today for almost everybody.''
Those are strong indictments of an experience that often generates the kind of high hopes that caused F. Scott Fitzgerald, on the day his first novel was accepted for publication, to quit work and run along the street stopping automobiles to tell friends and acquaintances about his good luck. But many novelists today - once they have a publisher - are more likely to run to another publisher. ''Most of my best friends are disgruntled authors,'' said Faith Sale, an editor at G.P. Putnam's, ''If they aren't when they start they will be when they finish.'' An Adversarial Process
The writer's profession has often been marked by grief and frustration, but authors, publishers and editors say that never before has publishing so resembled an adversarial process. As a result of this widespread dissatisfaction, ''For the first time in the history of publishing and book writing there is a strong possibility that a writers union will succeed,'' according to Mrs. Yglesias. She declared herself ready to join, as did Toni Morrison, a book editor and novelist whose ''Song of Solomon'' (1977) won the National Book Critics Circle Award. ''I think a union can help the publisher, the bookseller and the author,'' declared Miss Morrison. This weekend writers from one dozen states are meeting at Princeton to lay plans for a national writers union.
The only publisher who finds merit in the idea is Roger W. Straus, the maverick president of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, the respected independent house that publishes Isaac Bashevis Singer, Tom Wolfe, and Czeslaw Milosz. ''Writers have a very hard time, and if they can form a union to look out for their interests, it can only be a plus,'' he said. Other publishers, however, regard a writers union as impractical, unnecessary and unrealistic. Generally unwilling to speak on the record, they say privately that they are the inevitable scapegoats for problems that are mostly beyond their control - problems of dealing with artistic temperament, with consumers' tastes and with the difficulties inherent in trying to wed business practices to literary judgments. Theirs is a unique industry, they say, which turns out the equivalent of 40,000 new products a year, loses money on 80 percent of them, and earns on average less than half of what it could earn simply by investing in municipal bonds rather than in books.
Publishers still issue many good books each year, many editors still care deeply about writing quality and appearance, and publicity departments work overtime trying to drum up interest in many books on their list.
Nevertheless, disillusionment is said to be more widespread than ever, and critics of the system attribute it largely to the increasing domination of publishing by conglomerates that supposedly are transforming trade-book publishing (the publishing of books sold primarily through bookstores and other retail outlets) into a fastpaced, high-risk operation beset by rising prices and increasing competition for time from electronic games and cable television. The Risk Is Ours, Say Writers
Writers say that it is they who take most of the risk. ''The publisher is selling a whole line, so he risks almost nothing on a single book,'' said Mrs. Yglesias. ''But the author risks everything, and unless he's out there hustling his next book almost immediately, his next meal is in question.'' An American writers congress voted overwhelmingly last year to form a national union for American writers. This Saturday and Sunday delegates from a dozen cities across the nation will meet at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University to lay the groundwork for the establishment of a national writers union next fall.
''We anticipated that organizing would take three to four years because we don't have much money or professional organizers,'' said Jeffrey Weinstein, one of the early union supporters. ''But we've done better than we expected, and so far we have 20 to 100 active members in such cities as New York, Boston, Washington, Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco, Austin and Dallas.'' They hope eventually to link up with such existing local unions of freelance writers in Washington, San Francisco and Los Angeles, but meanwhile they seem determined to avoid the political polarization that doomed similar attempts to unionize writers in the late 1930's. They regard a writers union as a logical extension of existing unions for journalists, actors, screenwriters, photographers and graphic artists, as well as of the writers unions that exist in a dozen foreign countries.
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ANGRY WRITERS TALK OF FORMING A UNION
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Naruto has about 200 more episodes then Code Geass because they finished the story in much fewer episodes.
OPTIONS: i. Naruto. ii. Code Geass.
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Oricât de mică ar fi valoarea;
Could you please translate this to English?
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No matter how trifling the cost;
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The Cameroonian military has claimed it has killed Abubekar Shekau, the leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram - the second time his death has been announced in a week. Cameroonian army officers have claimed they killed the terrorist chief in a fierce battle that ended with them pursuing militants over the border into Nigeria. They released a gruesome photo showing what appeared to be Shekau's dead body. But Nigerian officials dismissed the claim that the said Shekau was killed by Cameroonian soldiers inside Nigeria. Scroll down for video Dead? Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, whose death has been reported twice in four days
OPTIONS:
- Abubakar Shekau has made several incursions into the hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in recent months.
- Abubekar Shekau has made several incursions into the hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in recent months.
- Boko Haram has made several incursions into the hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in recent months.
- Cameroonian has made several incursions into the hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in recent months.
- Islamist has made several incursions into the hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in recent months.
- Nigeria has made several incursions into the hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in recent months.
- Nigerian has made several incursions into the hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in recent months.
- Shekau has made several incursions into the hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in recent months.
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Boko Haram has made several incursions into the hilly jungle region of neighbouring Cameroon in recent months.
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Wowzas ! I'm up so early this morning it's not gud ! xxxx
Describe the sentiment embodied by this tweet.
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– Some 31 bodies have been found in a mass grave in Veracruz, Mexico, thanks in part to some hungry vultures. A local newspaper notes, per the AP, the grave was uncovered Monday on a ranch outside Tres Valles after marines spotted vultures on a dirt road. The BBC reports an anonymous call came from a farm and quotes a military official who says the bodies of 24 men and seven women were found. Officials, who initially noted 28 victims, warned the number could rise as investigators are still excavating the grave in an area known for drug cartel violence and attacks on migrants. Though the victims' identities and cause of deaths haven't been released, the AFP points to gruesome killings. Eleven bodies were decapitated and several were missing hands, feet, ears, and fingers, a state police official said. Those with missing friends or family members have begun arriving at a local morgue to see if their loved ones are among the victims. Some bodies, exhumed over the past two days, had been in the ground more than a month. Veracruz has seen years of fighting between the Zetas drug cartel and its rivals and the AP notes that the bodies of 72 migrants killed by Zetas were discovered in a mass grave in 2010.
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Drug-related violence has left more than 85,000 people dead in Mexico since 2007
The authorities in Mexico have found more than 30 bodies in a mass grave in the eastern state of Veracruz.
There is no word on the cause of deaths and officials have warned that the number of corpses could rise.
The region has seen fierce fighting between rival drug gangs.
Thousands of Central American migrants pass through the state each year, heading to the US. Drug-related violence in Mexico has left more than 85,000 people dead since 2007.
A military official said the grave contained the bodies of 24 men and seven women. Earlier, prosecutors had put the figure at 28 bodies.
The grave was found after an anonymous call at a farm near the border with Oaxaca state.
Marines are guarding the area as investigators try to recover more bodies, and start the process of identifying those already unearthed.
In recent years, Mexican authorities have discovered several mass graves with hundreds of corpses of victims of the drug gangs who fight for control of territories useful to their trade.
The Gulf Cartel and the Zetas gang have been battling over the state of Veracruz.
Some mass graves have also been filled with the bodies of migrants killed after refusing to join the gangs. ||||| 31 Bodies Found in Mexico Mass Grave
Cosamaloapan: The bodies of 31 people, some mutilated, have been exhumed from a mass grave in Veracruz, a stronghold of the Zetas, one of Mexico's most bloodthirsty cartels, a military official said.
The bodies were of 24 men and seven women, the official said, raising a toll of 28 given earlier by prosecutors.
The bodies were found Monday at an abandoned ranch by members of an army patrol.
The motive of the killings is not known.
Some of the victims had been in the grave for more than a month, said Arturo Herrera, a prosecutor in Veracruz.
Eleven of the bodies had been decapitated, several were missing hands or feet and investigators also found ears and fingers, said a state police official who oversaw the exhumations.
Herrera said they have been exhumed over the course of the past two days.
There have been numerous mass graves found all across Mexico since the government in 2006 launched a military offensive against drug cartels.
After President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in December 2012, the government said it had a database of 26,000 missing people, although it has since said that that figure might be revised downward.
The government says another 80,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since 2006.
For NDTV Updates,
Story First Published: ||||| TRES VALLES, Mexico (AP) — At least 28 bodies have been recovered from a mass grave in Veracruz, an eastern Mexican state plagued by attacks on migrants and drug cartel violence, officials said Wednesday.
Francisca Garcia holds a portrait of her missing daughter Wendy Cruz Garcia, as she stands in front of the morgue of Cosamaloapan, Veracruz, Mexico, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. More than two dozen bodies... (Associated Press)
People hold portraits of their missing loved ones in front of the morgue of Cosamaloapan, with the hope of finding and identifying the bodies of their missing, from a mass grave which has been recently... (Associated Press)
The state government said officials found the grave on a ranch outside the town of Tres Valles. It said investigators were still excavating the grave, but did not release any more details. A local newspaper reported that marines found the bodies after spotting vultures on a dirt road.
The area was being guarded by federal and state police forces, while people with missing relatives or friends began arriving at the offices of state authorities in Tres Valles to see if their loved ones were among the victims. Investigators were looking for more bodies on the ranch, which is known as El Diamante.
On Monday, authorities found seven bodies in a grave in the nearby town of Cosamaloapan. Authorities said the victims were all members of one family from Tres Valles.
The Gulf Coast state of Veracruz has suffered years of fighting between the Zetas drug cartel and its rivals. It is also crossed by tens of thousands of Central Americans migrants heading toward the U.S. each year.
Officials have discovered a series of mass graves around Mexico in recent years, several filled with the bodies of migrants slain by the gangs that control profitable migrant-smuggling routes.
One of the largest single mass graves found in Mexico in recent years was discovered in 2010 in Tamaulipas state. It contained the bodies of 72 migrants, whom authorities said were slain by members of the Zetas angry that the victims declined to work for the cartel. |||||
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Possible answers: 1). negative. 2). positive.
TEXT:Can any one help find out the title and artist of the song, that was played at least halfway through the movie. I can't remember what scene was playing. The words in the song are of a ballad. Some of the lyrics go like " It's natures way of telling you somethings wrong." It's natures way of telling it in a song." "It's natures way of forgiving you." Please Help me with this question. Thanks so much! I have been searching the internet for days, I can't get this song out of my mind. So now this will challenge me to find some one out there who may be able to help mer with this matter. I wish I would of been paying attention to the scene, when it was playing.
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Very sad cause i made a good friend cry cause of my unkown band vid.
pick from the following.
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TEXT:To anyone not familiar with c.S. Forrester's book this film should be interesting. It is colorful, well acted and depicts high adventure, but to those of us who know the original stories it is appalling. I could hardly sit through it.
For some reason screen-writers seem compelled to rewrite the stories they are working on. Of course, the spoken word is different from the written word, and there are some episodes that would be difficult to film. But, why do the screen-writers rewrite the story instead of just adapting it? In this case the writers out-did themselves.
Just a few examples: There was no mutiny on the Renown. The officers did take over the ship after the half-insane Captain was driven completely mad when he fell through a hatchway -for reasons implied but never given. There was no court martial. The court of inquiry was conducted in an almost congratulatory atmosphere. Captain Pellew does not appear appear in this part of the Hornblower saga, nor does Col. Ortega's wife. Hornblower, himself, was never in the brig either on the ship or on shore. There are plenty of such manipulations of Forrester's story.
On a purely technical basis, I think the film's repeated use of the flash-back device hurts the continuity of the story.
Why, oh why did screen-writers have to mess up a good story?
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News article: Incomes rise, but for many Mass. families, so does need
Median household income rose slightly in Massachusetts between 2013 and 2014, while the poverty level remained essentially unchanged, according to census data to be released Thursday. But the need among low-income families is growing in many parts of the state, social service agencies say — in some cases exceeding levels seen during the recession.
Many factors contribute to this apparent discrepancy. Housing and heating costs continue to rise in Massachusetts as hourly wages stagnate, putting more families on the margins, even if they are not considered poor by federal standards, according to public policy researchers. In addition, rising household income is not being distributed evenly, with the largest share going to the highest-income households.
“While the economy has improved, it has improved less for the lower-income people we serve,” said Carl Nagy-Koechlin, executive director at South Shore Housing in Kingston, which runs several housing assistance programs. “Whatever improvements there may be with wages and lower unemployment are wiped out or worse by rising housing prices.”
Overall, however, Massachusetts fared better than the country as a whole, according to 2014 American Community Survey data from the Census. The median income rose to $69,160 a year, up 2 percentcq since 2013, while nationwide, the median income ticked up 1 percent.
The state poverty level was at 11.6 percent, about the same rate it was in 2010, compared to 15.5 percent nationally.
Earnings are rising in Massachusetts, but stagnant elsewhere.
In Massachusetts, which adopted a universal health care law in 2006, the percentage of residents without health insurance declined slightly, to 3.3percent in 2014 from 3.7percent the year before, the Census reported. Nationally, the uninsured rate fell to 11.7 percent from 14.5 percent as Medicaid expanded and more people had access to insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
Though the Massachusetts economy has moved in the right direction, with higher employment rates, lower levels of cash assistance, and stable food stamp usage, the state has become less affordable for some people, largely because of rising housing costs, said Mark Melnik, acting director of the Economic & Public Policy Research group at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute.
The federal poverty level is the same for every state — $24,250 for a family of four — and does not accurately capture the numbers of families living on the edge in a high-cost state like Massachusetts, Melnik said: “You might not technically be in poverty, but you’re in need.”
And the need is growing in many communities, including many outside the Boston metropolitan area, according to social service agencies.
The Salvation Army, which has 32 centers across the state offering food and heating assistance, served more than 59,000 families last year, a 58 percent jump since 2009.
In North Adams, the number of meals served at Salvation Army soup kitchens doubled between 2013 and 2014 — possibly a result of people moving there in search of affordable housing, but struggling to find work, said Salvation Army spokesman Drew Forster.
In Athol and Pittsfield, the Salvation Army centers have had significant increases in people visiting food pantries and seeking help paying heating bills. In the past, many of the needy were individuals and elderly on government assistance. But in recent years, more and more families are showing up for meals, said Captain Elliott Higgins, who recently became commanding officer in Pittsfield after overseeing the Athol center for the past five years.
“Positions that are available are minimum wage to $12 an hour,” Higgins said. “If you’ve got two parents, three or four children, that just doesn’t cover the expenses.”
Housing assistance is in great demand across the state, according to antipoverty advocates. In Lowell, 12,000 people are on the waiting list for Section 8 housing subsidies, said Peggy Shepard, grant director at Community Teamwork, which also operates two family homeless shelters. The average wait for a voucher: 10 years.
“The need is ever-growing, unfortunately,” Shepard said.
The numbers of people in need has remained steady on the Cape and Islands, said Frederic Presbrey, president of the Housing Assistance Corporation on Cape Cod, but their situations are more dire: more people struggling with addiction, fewer with the education and skills to succeed in today’s economy.
“They come with us with nothing by way of ability to support themselves,” he said.
Across Boston, the story is similar. The number of people served annually by the antipoverty agency Action for Boston Community Development has grown to a projected 108,000 clients this fiscal year from fewer than 95,000 in 2010. John Drew, ABCD’s chief executive, said the gap between haves and have-nots has become more “startling” over the years, with pockets of intense poverty around the city.
Indeed, the only segment of wage earners in Massachusetts that experienced statistically significant growth in income between 2013 and 2014 were households earning more than $200,000 a year, growing by nearly one percentage point, according to the census data.
“We haven’t changed really any of our real structures that will help alleviate poverty and child poverty,” Drew said. “We’re triaging it, we’re doing our best to make people not fall off the map, we’re doing our best to make sure they don’t freeze in the winter and don’t starve.”
But, he said, “We’re not solving problems.”
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Read this: The apparently sudden appearance of nearly modern flowers in the fossil record initially posed such a problem for the theory of evolution that it was called an "abominable mystery" by Charles Darwin. However, the fossil record has considerably grown since the time of Darwin, and recently discovered angiosperm fossils such as Archaefructus, along with further discoveries of fossil gymnosperms, suggest how angiosperm characteristics may have been acquired in a series of steps. Several groups of extinct gymnosperms, in particular seed ferns, have been proposed as the ancestors of flowering plants, but there is no continuous fossil evidence showing exactly how flowers evolved. Some older fossils, such as the upper Triassic Sanmiguelia, have been suggested. Based on current evidence, some propose that the ancestors of the angiosperms diverged from an unknown group of gymnosperms in the Triassic period (245–202 million years ago). Fossil angiosperm-like pollen from the Middle Triassic (247.2–242.0 Ma) suggests an older date for their origin. A close relationship between angiosperms and gnetophytes, proposed on the basis of morphological evidence, has more recently been disputed on the basis of molecular evidence that suggest gnetophytes are instead more closely related to other gymnosperms.[citation needed]
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The surviving members of The Doors don't have many kind words for the recent pardon of legendary singer Jim Morrison by Florida authorities. Outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist helped pave the way for the pardon earlier this month, clearing Morrison from a 40-year-old indecent exposure arrest and conviction. But Morrison's old bandmates, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger, said the gesture was too little too late. "We don't feel Jim needs to be pardoned for anything," The Doors members said in a statement Wednesday. "The charges against him were largely an opportunity for grandstanding by ambitious politicians -- not to mention an affront to free speech and a massive waste of time and taxpayer dollars." The statements also said: "If the State of Florida and the City of Miami want to make amends for the travesty of Jim Morrison's arrest and prosecution 40 years after the fact, an apology would be more appropriate -- and expunging the whole sorry matter from the record." Morrison had been performing with the band at a typically raucous concert at Miami's Key Auditorium on March 1, 1969, when the incident took place. Reportedly drunk and slurring obscenities at the crowd, he was accused of unzipping his pants and simulating a sex act, a charge he denied. Despite being acquitted of lascivious behavior and drunkenness, Morrison was convicted of indecent exposure and open profanity, and sentenced to six months in jail. He was still appealing the verdict in 1971 when he died in Paris of a heart attack at the age of 27. He would have turned 67 on Wednesday. Doors fans have long appealed for an official pardon for "The Lizard King," petitioning previous Florida governors without success. Many argue that the trial was a sham and that there was no conclusive evidence supporting the exposure charge against Morrison.
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Morrison was accused of shouting obscenities at a crowd and exposing himself. He was pardoned in early December. Florida Gov. Charlie Christ helped to get the pardon for Morrison.
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Answer a question about this article:
While it is undisputed that early humans were hunters, the importance of this for the emergence of the Homo genus from the earlier Australopithecines, including the production of stone tools and eventually the control of fire, are emphasised in the hunting hypothesis and de-emphasised in scenarios that stress omnivory and social interaction, including mating behaviour, as essential in the emergence of human behavioural modernity. With the establishment of language, culture, and religion, hunting became a theme of stories and myths, as well as rituals such as dance and animal sacrifice.
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