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Options are: (A). negative; (B). positive;Would the following phrase be considered positive or negative?
you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises
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Translate to Romanian:
The aim is the step-by-step liberalisation of trade between the EU and the partner regions or individual states.
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Scopul este liberalizarea progresivă a comerţului dintre UE şi regiunile partenere sau statele individuale.
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Does the following review have a positive or negative opinion of the movie?
somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .
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Fullerite is a man-made allotrope of which chemical element?
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Choose your answer.Select from the following. 1. no. 2. yes..
In the middle of the outdoor concert, the rain started falling, but *it* continued until 10.
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What sentence would provide a factual answer to this question: "Which of these could be a reason why the stars seem to be in a different place at dusk than at dawn?"
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the Earth rotating on its axis causes stars to appear to move across the sky at night
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This is some data: ACM Transactions on Information Systems ISSN_NUMBER "1558-2868".
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The ISSN number of ACM Transactions on Information Systems is 1558-2868.
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" I am responsible for the approval process in my agency , " he said in Friday 's statement .
Second , I am responsible for the approval process in my agency .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
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Summarize this article:
Start with the news, as you'll have clear speakers who are looking right at the camera every single time. If you have partial hearing, turn the volume up and listen along -- you'll be able to attach the "sounds" to the lip motions. If you are completely deaf, turn the closed captions on and use them to guide your lip reading. The whole time focusing on what your lips look like when they make different sounds/words. Slow down and try out tricky syllables or related sounds (like p, b, and m) to get used to the combination of word and visual. By saying the words out loud as you read, you help internalize the syllable for future lip reading. Unfortunately, most conversations don't take place in a television studio. To improve your daily lipreading skills, start with your friends. Let them know you're working on lipreading, and that they can help by speaking clearly, slowly, and looking straight at you. As you get better, ask them to speed up to normal conversational pace. Offered in most cities and towns, these are casual, supportive communities to practice in. Frequently you'll work together on difficult syllables and tricks, then break into conversation groups to get some practice in. Look online for lipreading classes to grow and develop your skills. The best way how to learn to lipread in public is to start lipreading in public. You may feel nervous, but just remember that very, very few people are going to get angry, upset, or otherwise negative when they find out you're lip reading. Communication is a two-way street -- and people will be willing and happy to help you learn and repeat sentences you've missed.
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Watch TV and focus on how people's lips move when they talk. Stare at yourself in the mirror, say the alphabet, talk out song lyrics, recite something. Ask your friends to help you practice by talking clearly, slowly, and head on. Consider taking a lipreading class. Be confident in your skills and push yourself to have conversations.
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A power generator tips in front of Texas' CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, as Hurricane Harvey hits Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Courtney Sacco /Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP) (Associated Press)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local):
8:25 a.m.
President Donald Trump says he will be traveling to Texas "as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption" in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Trump tweeted that the "focus must be life and safety."
At least two people are dead and more than a dozen injured due to the storm that has battered the region, including the cities of Corpus Christi and Houston.
Trump has been complimenting the response to the storm on his Twitter feed, commending "Great coordination between agencies at all levels of government."
Trump adds that: "Many people are now saying that this is the worst storm/hurricane they have ever seen. Good news is that we have great talent on the ground."
The storm could linger for days in the region and could unload as much as 40 inches of rain on cities including Houston.
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8:15 a.m.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it's received more than 300 requests for urban search and rescue in the Houston area.
The Coast Guard has five helicopters working the emergency calls and is asking for additional helicopters from New Orleans to help.
Officials are advising people in dire straits to get to the roofs of their homes and mark them somehow to be seen from the air. They're suggesting people wave sheets or towels.
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7:45 a.m.
Flooding in some parts of the county that includes the city of Houston is so bad that residents are being urged to seek refuge on their roofs.
Harris County Flood Control District official Jeff Lindner says people inundated by rising waters shouldn't crawl into attics of their homes but should get on top of them.
He says rainfall of more than 4 inches per hour has sent water higher than in recent Houston floods side and are exceeding levels seen in Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001.
Lindner says areas south of the city appear hard-hit and some flooding is reported in downtown Houston and in the Texas Medical Center, which was devastated in Allison.
He calls Harvey "a different animal" from Allison and a "historic situation."
He says he's most amazed that he's getting reports "of water into second-story of apartments and homes." Considering Houston's flat terrain, "it's very rare to get that depth of water."
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6:20 a.m.
Authorities say rescue attempts continue in Houston for those stranded inside flooded homes and submerged vehicles in the wake of Harvey.
The Houston Chronicle reports that hundreds of calls have been fielded for water rescues as of early Sunday, including Houston police officials who evacuated two apartment complexes and rescued more than 50 children.
Meanwhile, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Sunday continued urging residents via Twitter to "shelter in place" and stay off rain-swollen roadways.
Gonzalez actively used Twitter overnight to field assistance for those trapped inside water-soaked homes, attics and vehicles. Those appealing for assistance or being steered to help via Gonzalez's Twitter feed included a person suffering "cardiac-arrest," and a woman who posted: "I have 2 children with me and the water is swallowing us up. Please send help."
Gonzalez at one point appealed for calm and patience, saying officials were "trying to make it to everyone as best we can."
Turner's official Twitter account said "911 services at capacity. If u can shelter in place do so, a few inches in your home is not imminent danger. Only call if in imminent danger."
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4:03 a.m.
The National Hurricane Center says Harvey continues to cause "catastrophic flooding in southeastern Texas."
The hurricane center says in its 4 a.m. Sunday update that the tropical storm has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72.42 kph) and remains stationary about 45 miles (72.42 kilometers) northwest of Victoria, Texas.
A storm surge warning and a tropical storm warning also are both in effect for Port O'Connor to Sargent. The hurricane center says a storm surge warning means there is a danger of life-threatening inundation from rising water moving inland from the coastline.
The center says Harvey is likely to weaken to a tropical depression later Sunday. Harvey made landfall Friday night as a Category 4 hurricane.
Meanwhile, the National Weather Service says a Flash Flood Emergency over west and central Harris County, where Houston is located, as well as for eastern Fort Bend and northern Brazoria counties remains in effect until 6:15 a.m. Sunday, calling it a "Particularly Dangerous Situation."
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2:11 a.m.
Jersey Village, Texas, officials are recommending that people who live along the White Oak Bayou, about 17 miles northwest of Houston, consider whether they need to evacuate their homes.
Jersey Village City Manager Austin Bleess says the city issued a notice to residents about 1:30 a.m. saying the bayou looked like it would be out of its banks before long. He says city officials worried that streets may soon become impassable and wanted those residents to have time to make arrangements.
"Certainly if people can stay in their homes, they can do that," Bleess said. "It's quite possible that the streets could get impassable so we wanted to get that recommendation out."
Bleess says the city is in the process of opening a storm shelter at the Champion Forest Baptist Church, Jersey Village chapter.
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1:20 a.m.
The National Hurricane Center says Harvey continues to weaken at a slow pace as it produces torrential rains across parts of Southeast Texas.
In its early Sunday update, the hurricane center said the tropical storm has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72.42 kph) and it is practically stationary about 45 miles (72.42 kilometers) northwest of Victoria, Texas.
The airport in Austin, about 165 miles (265.53 kilometers) west of Houston, reported sustained winds of 38 mph.
The center says Harvey is likely to weaken to a tropical depression later Sunday. Harvey made landfall Friday night as a Category 4 hurricane.
Meanwhile, the National Weather Service extended a Flash Flood Emergency over west and central Harris County, where Houston is located, as well as for eastern Fort Bend and northern Brazoria counties until 6:15 a.m. Sunday, calling it a "Particularly Dangerous Situation."
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12:30 a.m.
At least two people have died as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to dump rain on Southeast Texas.
The Harris County medical examiner's office confirmed the death of one person late Saturday in Harris County, but the office did not identify the cause of death.
Gary Norman, a spokesman for the Houston emergency operations center, says the woman appeared to have gotten out of her vehicle in high water. She was found by neighbors about 30 yards away from the vehicle. Norman says she was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor who was in the area.
Earlier Saturday, Aransas County Judge C.H. "Burt" Mills Jr. said the storm left one person dead in the county.
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"We are getting calls from across the country and right here in our hometown, and the generosity of people who understand this disaster is truly amazing," Mayor Turner said. "Together we can make a difference to those who will need extensive help to get back on their feet once this storm is over."
Earlier Sunday, Abbott said the state activated 3,000 National Guard and State Guard members as a result of the storm damage. He also said 500 vehicles and 14 aircraft had been put into service.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says another 1,000 National Guard members will be sent to Houston on Monday as flooding from Harvey continues to ravage the area. The governor announced the move late Sunday on his personal Twitter account.
Meanwhile, officials in Fort Bend County, Houston's southwestern suburbs, late Sunday issued widespread mandatory evacuation orders along the Brazos River levee districts. County officials were preparing for the river to reach major flood stages late Sunday. County Judge Robert Herbert said at a news conference that National Weather Service officials were predicting that the water could rise to 59 feet, three feet above 2016 records and what Herbert called an "800-year flood level." Herbert said that amount of water would top the levees and carries a threat of levee failure.
Thousands of homes could be affected by the releases, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU-TV reports .
Harris and Fort Bend county officials said Sunday that residents around certain areas should be prepared for the influx of water that was scheduled to happen at Addicks around 2 a.m. local time Monday and a day later at Barker. Officials warned residents they should pack their cars Sunday night and wait for daylight Monday to leave.
Residents living around the Addicks and Barker reservoirs designed to help prevent flooding in downtown Houston, were warned Sunday that a controlled release from both reservoirs would cause additional street flooding and could spill into homes. Rising water levels and continuing rain was putting pressure on the dams that could cause a failure without the release.
he American Red Cross was expanding the shelter by the hour. Volunteers initially set out around 1,300 cots and quickly assembled more in anticipation of other evacuees arriving through the night. They have enough space and cots to house 5,000 people.
Hundreds of people affected by devastating flooding in Houston have flocked to a downtown showcase convention center-turned-emergency shelter. Many arrived Sunday carrying little more than what was in their pockets. Most are preparing for a stay of several days, as water rises inside their homes and roads remain impassable.
Some 269,000 homes and businesses were in the dark in Southest Texas early Monday due to Harvey, utilities reported.
Smith says the city's 911 emergency response system has been challenged by sharply increased call volumes since the tropical storm made landfall late Friday.
Public Information Officer Keith Smith also says Sunday that rescue efforts continue and now are focused on those who feel trapped inside a home or building.
Houston officials continue to urge people to shelter in place and stay off flooded roadways as Harvey continues to batter the nation's fourth-largest city.
The center says people in the upper Texas coast and in southwestern Louisiana should continue to monitor Harvey's progress.
The hurricane center says Harvey's center was expected to drift off the middle Texas coast Monday and meander offshore through Tuesday before beginning "a slow northeastward motion."
That means it remains virtually stalled near the coast and continues to drop heavy rain on the Houston and Galveston areas. In the past 48 hours, numerous spots in the region have measured more than 25 inches of rain.
The National Hurricane Center said in its 4 a.m. CDT update that the tropical storm still has sustained winds of up to 40 mph and is centered 20 miles east of Victoria, Texas, about 120 miles southwest of Houston. It continues to creep to the southeast at 3 mph.
Harvey continues to head back toward the Gulf of Mexico at a slow pace.
Edwards said life-saving efforts such as search and rescue and shelters will be needed, especially in southwest Louisiana where forecasters say 10 to 20 inches of rain could fall.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said he sent a letter to the White House requesting the initial disaster declaration for five parishes in southwest Louisiana, and could add more areas to the request later.
Louisiana's governor is asking President Trump for a federal emergency declaration for Louisiana since forecasters expect Harvey to cause significant damage in the state.
Those in need of assistance should visit www.disasaterassistance.gov if they have internet access or call 1-800-621-FEMA.
Long encouraged Americans who want to help storm victims to go to the website www.NVOAD.org to connect with National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, which is coordinating donations and volunteers.
According to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service, the storm is expected to dump another 15 to 20 inches of additional rainfall on the region before it's over.
Duke said she will accompany President Trump as he visits Houston on Tuesday.
For now, she urged local residents to avoid calling 911 unless they were in need of urgent, immediate medical assistance.
Duke said emergency officials are currently focused on rescue efforts and plan to move into recovery mode later this week.
"We are not out of the woods yet," said Elaine Duke, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. "Harvey is still a dangerous and historic storm."
"All disasters begin and end at the local level," he added. "All evacuation decisions are made at the local level in Texas."
When it comes to the emergency response and evacuations, Long said he believes local, state and federal agencies thus far have operated with the "best information that they had at the time." More widespread evacuations would have been "difficult" given the time frame, putting people at risk of becoming trapped in long lines of vehicles trying to escape rising floodwaters, which would have been worse than the shelter-in-place scenario playing out now.
Calling Harvey a "landmark event," Long said "you could not dream this forecast up."
In a Monday morning briefing, FEMA Administrator Brock Long said officials are expecting 30,000 people in emergency shelters. As many as 50 counties are feeling the impact of the storm.
The statement said the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA would coordinate disaster relief efforts "to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the parishes of Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vermillion."
A statement from the White House Monday said President Donald Trump has declared an emergency in Louisiana, authorizing federal assistance for Harvey relief efforts in the state.
Follow along below for live updates on the storm. All times are Eastern unless otherwise noted.
The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Brock Long, predicted that the aftermath of the storm would require FEMA's involvement for years. "This disaster's going to be a landmark event," Long said.
"The breadth and intensity of this rainfall is beyond anything experienced before," the National Weather Service said in a statement.
As the water rose, the National Weather Service issued another ominous forecast: Before the storm is gone, some parts of Houston and its suburbs could get as much as 50 inches of rain. That would be the highest amount ever recorded in Texas.
Judging from federal disaster declarations, the storm has so far affected about a quarter of the Texas population, or 6.8 million people in 18 counties. It was blamed for at least two deaths.
Rescuers had to give top priority to life-and-death situations, leaving many affected families to fend for themselves. And several hospitals in the Houston area were evacuated due to the rising waters.
Volunteers joined emergency teams to pull people from their homes or from the water, which was high enough in places to gush into second floors. The flooding from Harvey, which made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane and has lingered dropping heavy rain as a tropical storm, was so widespread that authorities had trouble pinpointing the worst areas. They urged people to get on top of their houses to avoid becoming trapped in attics and to wave sheets or towels to draw attention to their location.
The incessant rain covered much of Houston in gray-green floodwaters and turned streets into rivers navigable only by boat. In a rescue effort that recalled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, helicopters landed near flooded freeways, airboats buzzed across submerged neighborhoods and high-water vehicles plowed through water-logged intersections. Some people managed with kayaks or canoes or swam.
"We are not out of the woods yet," Elaine Duke, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said at a Monday morning briefing. "Harvey is still a dangerous and historic storm."
The National Weather Service says flooding isn't expected to peak until Wednesday or Thursday.
HOUSTON -- The remnants of Hurricane Harvey continued dumping historic levels of rainfall on the Houston area Monday morning as devastating floods swamped the nation's fourth-largest city. Rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.
About 300,000 customers were without power statewide. Gov. Greg Abbott said it would probably be several days before electricity is restored.
One person was killed in Aransas County when in a fire at home during the storm, county Judge C.H. "Burt" Mills Jr. said. A second person died in flooding in Harris County, where Houston is located.
Harvey continues to cause "catastrophic flooding in southeastern Texas," the National Hurricane Center says.
The National Weather Service said catastrophic flooding in the Houston metropolitan area "is expected to worsen and could become historic in association with Harvey."
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REQUESTED: IF HIGHEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME BECOMES DANGEROUS...GET ON THE ROOF. #houwx #glswx #txwx #Harvey pic.twitter.com/rG3dsdQUxu
The National Weather Service Houston/Galveston said Emergency Management officials are requesting that people get on the roof of their home if the highest floor becomes dangerous.
In Houston, authorities were pleading with people not to leave their homes as a flood emergency was declared.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has received more than 300 requests for urban search and rescue in the Houston area amid flooding from Harvey. The Coast Guard has five helicopters working the emergency calls and is asking for additional helicopters from New Orleans to help.
Great coordination between agencies at all levels of government. Continuing rains and flash floods are being dealt with. Thousands rescued.
"Great coordination between agencies at all levels of government," he tweeted Sunday morning. "Continuing rains and flash floods are being dealt with. Thousands rescued."
Mr. Trump has sent a flurry of tweets about the powerful storm, and has complimented the government's response to it so far.
I will be going to Texas as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption. The focus must be life and safety.
President Donald Trump said in a tweet he will travel to Texas "as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption." He added: "The focus must be life and safety."
"We're very appreciative of our fellow states as well as what the federal government has done," Abbott said. "I gotta tell you the Trump administration has provided us everything that we need ."
Abbott also applauded the efforts of the Trump administration.
"And so we are working on as many water rescues as we possibly can and trying to find ways to get people out of harm's way," Abbott said on "Face the Nation" Sunday, as catastrophic flooding hit Houston.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said "our first and foremost focus at this particular time is saving lives."
Houston Assistant Police Chief Larry Satterwhite said there has been an increase in calls from residents with flooded homes in the city's northeast, southeast and southwest sections.
Pena said his agency has made more than 250 water rescues, all of them people in vehicles, during a three-hour period overnight.
Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena said that since midnight his agency has responded to more than 2,500 emergency calls and another 1,000 calls were waiting to be serviced.
All commercial operations at Hobby Airport have ceased until further notice. No flights in/out and roadways in/out are closed.
Commercial operations have ceased at both George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) in Houston until further notice "due to severe weather," an alert said Sunday. "No inbound or outbound flights from either airport at this time. For flight details, rescheduling and waivers, please contact your air carrier."
This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced. Follow orders from officials to ensure safety. #Harvey pic.twitter.com/IjpWLey1h8
"This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced," the National Weather Service tweeted Sunday. "Follow orders from officials to ensure safety."
Rainfall totals since Thursday evening have reached about 25 inches in south Houston. In Dayton, located 38 miles northeast of Houston, rainfall has already reached 27 inches.
The NWS says in a statement that "the breadth and intensity of this rainfall is beyond anything experienced before and is resulting in catastrophic flooding."
"We're in kind of unprecedented territory with this storm," Burke said.
NWS meteorologist Patrick Burke said rainfall totals will end up around 40 inches or more for Houston on average, but some isolated spots will see 50 inches or more.
The National Weather Service said some parts of Houston and areas just west of the city could get 50 inches of rain as Tropical Storm Harvey stalls over the state. It would be the highest ever recorded in Texas.
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Louisiana and Texas until 2 AM CDT pic.twitter.com/U07kpmb05G
The agency has also been tweeting a series of tornado warnings for locations in Texas, including Humble, Moonshine Hill and Kingwood, among other areas.
The National Weather Service in Houston issued a tornado watch for parts of Texas and Louisiana. It said the watch is valid until 2 a.m. CT Monday. The alert warned of possible tornadoes, marble-sized hail and isolated winds up to 60 mph.
Do you have a HIGH WATER VEHICLE or BOAT and helping rescue in your community? Call us to coordinate: 713-881-3100. Ask for Fire Marshal. pic.twitter.com/D3SfSYWgxr
"Do you have a HIGH WATER VEHICLE or BOAT and helping rescue in your community? Call us to coordinate: 713-881-3100. Ask for Fire Marshal," officials wrote on Twitter.
Harris County officials are asking the public to volunteer high-water vehicles and boats to help rescue efforts in the area.
Regional distribution centers would be set up Monday for food distribution purposes in Rockport, Port Aransas, Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Portland.
Abbott said that helicopters and additional resources have been provided by Nebraska, Tennessee, Utah, California, Missouri, Ohio, Arizona and New York, in addition to the federal government.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a news conference Sunday that 3,000 national and state guard members were activated as a result of Tropical Storm Harvey. He said there are now 250 highway closures across the state.
Been sleeping after being up all nite but here's some more perspective on #HoustonFlooding problem. This is near galleria. #khou11 #Harvey pic.twitter.com/JyhRWnLVdf
Videos posted online Sunday showed flooding that resulted from Harvey after it dumped massive amounts of rain on southeast Texas.
Houston needs our prayers! Our TV station is evacuated. Headed back out in the field to help us get back on the air #Harvey #KHOU11 🙏 pic.twitter.com/roq8Q6xlZN
Rainfall totals climbed by the hour. Since Thursday, South Houston had received nearly 25 inches and the suburbs of Santa Fe and Dayton got 27 inches.
Staff at CBS affiliate KHOU-TV, broadcasting live coverage of the floods, had to evacuate after water started to gush into the building. The anchors and news operations at the station moved first to a second floor before finally abandoning the station.
"We are coordinating logistics with state and local officials, and once details are finalized, we will let you know. We continue to keep all of those affected in our thoughts and prayers," Sanders said in a statement.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump will travel to Texas on Tuesday.
It warned that flying drones without authorization may violate federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. "Allow first responders to save lives and property without interference," the FAA said in a statement.
#Harvey Info: The #FAA does not want you to fly #drones in the aftermath of #Harvey . Allow 1st responders to work. https://t.co/rN9b6GgxhX pic.twitter.com/DFOq1R1Hio
"The FAA warns unauthorized drone operators that they may be subject to significant fines if they interfere with emergency response operations," the FAA said in a statement .
The Federal Aviation Administration is asking people not to fly drones over areas affected by Tropical Storm Harvey.
Rosenberg police did not immediately provide additional details on the sinkhole, other than urging drivers to avoid the area.
Water could be seen filling the sinkhole as pieces of highway asphalt hung from the edge of the damaged roadway.
The 3900 block of FM 762 (in front of 24 HR fitness) has just collapsed. There is a massive sinkhole in the roadway. AVOID THE AREA! #Harvey pic.twitter.com/BJreUS1D9C
Rosenberg police on Sunday tweeted a photo of the gaping hole that spread across more than half of a two-lane highway -- Farm-to-Market 762.
Police say a sinkhole has opened on a Texas highway about 25 miles southwest of Houston as Tropical Storm Harvey dumps more rain on the region.
McLeod says the evacuations won't start until the water recedes from around the facility and will likely take several days. The hospital is part of the Texas Medical Center, and has 350 patients.
McLeod says the flooding resulted in only a small amount of water in the basement and did not affect the hospital's power supply. But shutting down the kitchen leaves the hospital with a limited supply of dry food for patients.
Bryan McLeod, a spokesman for Harris Health System, said Sunday that minor flooding in the basement of Ben Taub Hospital and a busted sewer pipe forced officials to close the kitchen.
The evacuation of Houston's main public hospital hasn't begun yet because it is surrounded by waist-deep water as a result of Tropical Storm Harvey.
"Many in our HISD family will be dealing with the task of cleaning up the damage Harvey left behind. As a result, all HISD schools and district administrative offices will be closed all week."
The Houston Independent School District announced Sunday that all schools will be closed from Monday, August 28 through Friday, September 1, due to damage from Tropical Storm Harvey. The district said in a statement that schools and offices are expected to reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
The State has requested we prepare to open our Mega Shelter to receive coastal guests. The City plans to open it by Tuesday morning.
The city opened a third smaller shelter about 4:30 p.m. Sunday. About 415 evacuees are staying at the two other shelters, where they will remain for the time being.
The city, Red Cross, Dallas County, Parkland Hospital, the Salvation Army, Children's Hospital and other volunteer groups are coordinating the logistics of getting the shelter ready.
City Office of Emergency Management Director Rocky Vaz says the state made a formal request to open the convention center, which should be ready by early Tuesday morning.
Officials say the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center will open to evacuees on Tuesday morning. Dallas has three shelters currently open for evacuees, but the convention center will serve as a "mega shelter."
Dallas officials say they'll open the city's convention center to about 5,000 people who are fleeing the southern part of the state.
The city of Houston opened the convention center Sunday to people fleeing the flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey.
Asked if he wishes he'd have evacuated, Cain laughed and walked away. He said: "That's a no-brainer, brother."
William Cain says the water outside their home was in some spots several feet high. He says, "I live in a lake where there was once dry land." Water had started to come into their apartment, and they had already lost power.
She suffers from congestive heart failure - when the heart's pumping power is weaker than normal - and other illnesses. Her son, William, and 9-year-old grandson were waiting for her inside. Both were barefoot as well.
Patricia Cain entered the George R. Brown Convention Center barefoot and carrying two oxygen tanks. The first was empty. The second was given to her by the Houston Fire Department after the U.S. Coast Guard rescued her from her home.
The NFL's Houston Texans flew to Dallas after their preseason game Saturday in New Orleans instead of returning home and have said they'll stay there until conditions improve enough for them to come back to Houston. They'll practice at the suburban practice facility of the Cowboys on Monday and said they will provide details on their schedule for the rest of the week later.
The Rangers had been scheduled to head to Houston after playing Oakland to await the start of a three-game series with the Astros beginning Tuesday. Instead, they'll return to Dallas to await word on its status. The Astros are in Anaheim and also will fly to Dallas while a decision is made on when and where the series will be played.
The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers won't travel to Houston as planned after their games Sunday in California because of torrential floodwaters that have engulfed the city.
Thank you to all the first responders and people helping each other out. That's what we do as Americans. Here's one way you can help now. https://t.co/iGfE8rAoAu
Former President Barack Obama thanked first responders in Houston as the city was slammed with flood water Sunday. Mr. Obama tweeted a link to the American Red Cross, saying, "Here's one way you can help now."
"We were airlifting grandmothers and grandfathers," David Popoff of Dickinson County Emergency Management told The Daily News, who showed him the viral image. "These people have been evacuated."
Eighteen people were rescued, including 15 seniors, from the La Vita Bella living facility, a city official told The Galveston County Daily News .
Residents of a nursing home in Dickinson, Texas, were evacuated Sunday after a viral image showed them sitting in waist-deep flood waters .
Henry is appealing for volunteers to help staff rescue shelters and see to the needs of the 2,000 to 10,000 people that have sheltered in them. He says he appealed for state and federal help mid-morning Sunday, adding "we have gotten some help, but we still need more."
Henry says about 90 percent of the county's rescue calls have come from Dickinson. An appeal had been made through social media for assistance by private boat owners and their vessels, and 25 to 35 owners responded.
The area hardest-hit by floods has been Dickinson, a low-lying city of about 20,000 residents along Dickinson Bayou, where crews had to lead to safety 19 residents and five staff members from an assisted-living center flooded with waist-deep water.
Galveston County Judge Mark Henry said Sunday that about 22 inches of rain has fallen on the coastal county so far with another 10 to 15 inches still expected.
A Galveston County official says Harvey has caused unprecedented flooding and 800 to 1,200 residents have had to be rescued.
Zetterstrom says the dams will impound water for one to three months as water is gradually released. He adds that some neighborhoods on the fringes of the reservoir are likely to see some floods.
Zetterstrom says the water contained by the dams is "unparalleled in the dams' history." The waters are rising about 4 inches per hour.
Downtown Houston is 17 miles downstream from the dams, which were built during the 1940s in response to a 1935 flood that inundated much of downtown area.
Col. Lars Zetterstrom is commander of the Galveston District of the Corps of Engineers. He says water will be released from the Barker Reservoir and Addicks Reservoir very slowly on Monday morning to prevent uncontrollable flooding of downtown Houston and the Houston Ship Channel.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to begin releasing water into Buffalo Bayou from two flood-control dams on the western outskirts of the city.
"The decision that we made was a smart one. It was in the best interest of Houstonians. It was the right decision in terms of their safety... absolutely no regrets. We did what was the right thing to do," Turner said.
The mayor also defended his decision not to order an evacuation.
In addition, 35 boats and 93 dump trucks were being used by the city for high water rescues.
Turner said 22 aircrafts were working to help identify people stranded on roofs. Sixteen of those aircrafts are from U.S. Coast Guard.
Turner said that so far only one fatality has been confirmed -- a woman who died Saturday evening after getting out of her car when it drove into a flooded street.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said that as of 5 p.m. on Sunday, Houston police and fire departments had received nearly 6,000 calls for rescues and had rescued more than 1,000 people. Many of these rescues were of people trapped on their roofs or in their attics.
On Sunday, videos emerged showing dramatic rescues by the coast guard. A number of rescues by boat took place, but Morgan reports there are still many people unaccounted for.
CBS News' DeMarco Morgan is in Dickinson, Texas, where he met one family who was rescued by boat. They live in a two-story home and one of the homeowners said the water level was up to her chest. She said all the furniture was just floating on the first floor as the family took refuge in the second story.
More video from the U.S. Coast Guard has been released showing rescues from their helicopter. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Houston rescued five people from floodwaters in a southeastern Houston neighborhood Sunday:
Dramatic video from @USCG shows some of the many rescue efforts underway in Texas https://t.co/WZP2arvuWh pic.twitter.com/Ex1D23BzvK
The clip shows a Coast Guard member airlifting various people (including a dog) into one of their aircraft.
The United States Coast Guard posted video online that showed various rescues Sunday from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
The Coast Guard says they assess each call of distress and that those in medical need take priority, according to Adm. Karl Schultz during a late Sunday press update.
They say that rescues have been done from bridges, rooftops, attics and they will continue to respond to calls.
Officials from the Coast Guard said that 19 helicopters have been deployed, 250 people have been rescued.
Officials say to call 911 if there is an immediate threat or 311 if you need help relocating from your home, but not in immediate danger.
If you see this do not share, KENS-TV writes. The number belongs to an insurance group and not the National Guard. If you are in danger and call this number you will not be rescued.
The station adds that the post reads, "The National Guard is being deployed to our Texas area. If you find yourself in a state of emergency. Call 1-800-527-3907. Please copy, paste or share!!!!!!!!!"
Despicable! Please share this story so no one affected by #Harvey who needs help/support/rescue is taken in by this scam https://t.co/c50wbWVGJn
A scam targeting victims of Tropical Storm Harvey posted on various social media sites has gone viral, CBS affiliate KENS-TV reports .
The hurricane center says Harvey's center was expected to drift off the middle Texas coast on Monday and meander offshore through Tuesday before beginning "a slow northeastward motion."
That means it remains virtually stalled near the coast and continues to drop heavy rain on the Houston and Galveston areas. In the past 48 hours, numerous spots in the region have measured more than 25 inches of rainfall.
In its 10 p.m. CDT advisory, the National Hurricane Center reports the storm still has sustained winds of up to 40 mph and is centered 20 miles east of Victoria, Texas, about 120 miles southwest of Houston. It continues to creep to the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Tropical Storm Harvey continues to head back toward the Gulf of Mexico at a slow pace.
3:35 a.m.: Houston rainfall totals eclipse 500-year rain level mark
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted that the rainfall totals in three hours had eclipsed the 500-year rain level mark.
Rainfall totals over the last 3 hours have eclipsed the 500 year rain level mark. #Harvey — Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) August 27, 2017
Harris County Flood Control District meteorologist Jeff Linder tweeted there have been calls of people climbing into their attics due to floodwaters. According to Linder, 13-14 inches of rain fell in three hours.
Calls to HCFCD of people climbing into their attics. Flooding in SE Harris County is equal to or greater than TS Allison #houwx — Jeff Lindner (@JeffLindner1) August 27, 2017
Life threatening flash flooding across the Harris County. 13-14 inches in 3 hrs — Jeff Lindner (@JeffLindner1) August 27, 2017
The National Weather Service said Houston is in a catastrophic, life-threatening flash flood emergency. The flash flood emergency will last until 7 a.m.
1:50 a.m.: Fatality is confirmed from flooding in Houston
A motorist died Saturday after being stranded in the floodwaters from Harvey, County Judge Ed Emmett told CBS affiliate KHOU.
KHOU reports the woman tried to get out of her car but didn't make it. A neighbor found her body.
Cars sit abandoned at a flooded gas station after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas Gulf coast and brought heavy rain to the region, in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 26, 2017. NICK OXFORD / REUTERS
Several major Houston roadways are underwater.
Houston mayor Sylvester Turner said the streets are "treacherous."
11:35 p.m.: Flash flood emergency declared in Houston's Harris County
A flash flood emergency is in effect for Harris County, meaning life-threatening flooding is possible, CBS affiliate KHOU reports.
"We're seeing just incredible rainfall rights right now in the heart of Houston," said Jeff Lindner with the Harris County Flood Control District.
The Harris County Sheriff's office tweeted that a man had been rescued from his car in three feet of rushing water.
HCSO deputies rescued one male driver in 3 feet of rushing water in west Harris County — Saums Rd. & Park View Dr. pic.twitter.com/i51U6jcT42 — HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) August 27, 2017
Most areas have seen more than 2 inches in the last hour, according to KHOU.
They've had more than 4 inches in the last hour in the Meyerland area and there is a threat of water in homes there, Lindner said.
The Houston Office of Emergency Management tweeted that the Red Cross shelter is closing due to high water. The METRO Houston has suspended all bus and rail service.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office is also reporting tornado sightings in Stafford, Missouri City and near US 90 and the Texas Parkway.
Tornados have already caused damage in Cypress, Sienna Plantation, Katy, Richmond and Atascocita.
9:40 p.m.: Coast Guard launches helicopter rescue
The Coast Guard said Saturday that it was responding to a call of seven distressed people in Aransas Pass, Texas.
The Coast Guard said it received the call at about 7 p.m. central time of seven people, one of which is reportedly on oxygen and had run out, in need of assistance.
The Coast Guard said its Air Station Corpus Christi aircrews rescued in total 20 people and a dog after they received reports from watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi Saturday morning and afternoon.
7:50 p.m.: "Biggest concern" is the 20-30 inches of rain, Texas Gov. says
More than a foot-and-a-half of rain fell in just 24 hours in Victoria, Texas -- and by the time the storm is over, the city could get in only days the amount of rain it sees in one year, CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Rain from Harvey not nearly finished
"Our biggest concern is the possibility of between 20 and 30 inches of rain in areas ranging from Corpus Christi over to Houston," said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. "Because of the flooding, one of the top focal points that we are concerned about is ongoing rescue and recovery."
Angela and Mario Manzano are checking on the home they recently purchased.
"It's devastating because like I said, we're barely purchasing the home, we're still paying it off, to lose it now, it's going to be hard," Angela said.
Their home is in a low-lying area prone to flooding.
"If it was just the two of us, it would be different, but having our kids, that why we took, we just took the most important things -- our important documents and pictures that can't be replaced and that stuff," Angela said.
7:30 p.m.: Inside Rockport, the city in the eye of Harvey
Inside the city directly hit by Harvey
Ferocious winds and floodwater have left this quaint city on the gulf a disaster zone, CBS News' David Begnaud reports. Parts of the high school were torn to shreds. Harvey showed no mercy on the local First Baptist church. Some homes have collapsed into the water.
"We went upstairs and looked out the window and down the road here it was a sheer wall of water, like 100 mph it was crazy," said Tim Freiburger. His garage was lifted up and jammed against the side of the house.
"It was insane all you could do was just feel stuff pounding the house," he said.
Residents of this senior living complex were stranded when portions of its roof torn away and emergency workers were unable to respond at the height of the storm.
Nearly every police car in town has been damaged, but still officers were out Saturday, banging on doors, making sure no one was trapped.
When the hurricane made landfall here late Friday night, the city was under a mandatory evacuation.
"I'll take a while to get it all straightened backup," said Randy Bonnett, who has been through Texas hurricanes before but he says he will not forget Harvey.
"You got three hours of hell and then an hour lull and then three hours hell," Bonnett said.
7:10 p.m.: Millions in danger of potentially catastrophic flooding
Harvey churns over southeast Texas
Harvey is still going and it's not going anywhere for awhile, CBS News' DeMarco Morgan reports. There are over 1,000 people assigned to search and rescue operations. Near Corpus Christi on Saturday, the Coast Guard rescued 17 people whose vessels were in distress. The governor of Texas has issued a disaster declaration for 50 counties. Saturday morning, Galveston got pounded.
With the storm stalling out, now millions are in danger of potentially catastrophic flooding. More than three feet of rain could fall in some places.
"We are just getting into this so people need to understand that the longevity of this is gonna go thru the weekend and even into the early part of next week," said Jeff Linder with the Harris County Flood Control in Houston.
Nearly 300,000 power outages have been reported and Corpus Christi is under a boil water order. Incredibly, no fatalities have been reported yet. In Rockport, where the storm took a direct hit, ten people were injured when the roof of a senior housing complex collapsed, according to local media reports. Hundreds of people were evacuated from a hotel there last night.
5:34 p.m.: White House releases photos of President Trump on teleconference call earlier Saturday
The White House said President Trump was briefed on the response to Harvey at Camp David, where he's spending the weekend.
President Trump hosts a teleconference on Hurricane Harvey, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead
President Trump hosts a teleconference on Hurricane Harvey, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead
4:11 p.m.: Coast Guard rescues 17 people
Coast Guard rescues 17 in Texas
The Coast Guard says it has rescued 15 people onboard vessels near Port Aransas, Texas. Two Coast Guard helicopters were dispatched to help the ships earlier Saturday after receiving distress calls.
The Coast Guard said in a release that seven people were rescued from the tugboat Sabine; four people from the Signet Enterprise; and four from the vessel Sandy Point.
A man and a woman were also rescued in Houston, along with their dog. Read the full story here.
3:47 p.m.: President Trump thanks volunteers
THANK YOU to all of the great volunteers helping out with #HurricaneHarvey relief in Texas! https://t.co/Ds95oSgo8f — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017
3:31 p.m.: Harvey shuts down one-fifth of U.S. oil production
About one-third of the America's refining capacity reside in low-lying areas on the coast from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Lake Charles, Louisiana, the Associated Press reports.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said Friday that workers were evacuated from 86 of 737 manned oil production platforms where oil and gas are pumped from the Gulf of Mexico.
The agency estimated that approximately 21.55 percent of oil production had been shut down along with 23.24 percent of natural gas production.
The AP reports, citing FlightAware, that nearly 1,200 flights were cancelled on Friday and Saturday, and an additional 485 flights for Sunday were cancelled.
2:27 p.m. President Trump receives update from cabinet officials
President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence met with cabinet members and senior administration officials via video teleconference Saturday about the hurricane, according to a White House readout of the meeting. Mr. Trump expressed that all departments and agencies involved should stay focused on saving lives, the White House said.
Mr. Trump, who had been receiving updates from his chief of staff John Kelly Friday night and Saturday morning, directed his team to support the governors of Texas and Louisiana. Mr. Trump on Friday night signed a disaster declaration for the state of Texas at Gov. Greg Abbott's request. The declaration frees up federal resources to alleviate affected localities.
2:18 p.m.: Texas governor: No confirmation of fatalities; 338,000 without power
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he could not confirm any fatalities from now-Tropical Storm Harvey. He says 338,000 customers are without power and service might not be restored for several days.
Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference about Hurricane Harvey at the State Operations Center in Austin, Texas, on Fri., Aug. 25, 2017. AP
2:15 p.m.: Hotel taxes suspended for evacuees
Evacuees from areas affected by Harvey as well as first responders will be able to stay in hotels tax-free, Abbott says. He said he has waived the state's surcharge in a proclamation.
Abbott said about 1,500 evacuees are currently staying at Texas state park facilities. Nearly 1,500 more are staying in 21 Red Cross shelters and 42 more shelters are standing by to accept more evacuees. More than 200 buses have been deployed to transport residents, Abbott said.
2:13 p.m. 1,000 people involved in search and rescue operations
Abbott says 1,000 workers are focused on search and rescue operations, which he said "will be one of the foremost tasks that we take in the coming days."
Search and rescue "will be one of the foremost tasks that we take in the coming days," Gov. Abbott says https://t.co/8YHzAJZ5CQ pic.twitter.com/xh7822hmG8 — CBS News (@CBSNews) August 26, 2017
2:10 p.m.: 1,800 service members to assist in recovery in Texas
Abbott says 1,300 Texas service members are already assisting in recovery and search and rescue efforts, with another 500 to be activated soon.
2:06 p.m.: Abbott says state concerned about 20 to 30 more inches of rain
"Turn around. Don't drown," the governor said. He says flooding is still a major concern.
"Now that the hurricane has come on shore our primary concern remains dramatic flooding," Abbott said. Abbott said about 20 inches of rain has already fallen in Corpus Christi and about 16 inches in Houston.
2:05 p.m.: Texas governor gives update on Harvey
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is providing an update on Harvey from Austin, Texas. You can watch on CBSN at the top of this post.
1:50 p.m. Harvey downgraded to tropical storm
Harvey is now a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) says in its latest release.
Winds have slowed to 70 mph, down from a peak of 130 mph when Harvey made landfall late Friday. The storm is now located 45 miles north-northwest of Victoria, Texas, and moving at 2 mph.
But Texas isn't out of the woods yet. The NHC adds that an "extremely serious flooding event is unfolding" as the storm continues to drench the area in rain. Some areas have seen rainfall of up to 3 inches per hour at times. The threat of storm surge continues to threaten low-lying areas, as well.
1:39 p.m.: Texas attorney general warns against price gouging
Texas attorney general says Harvey is "probably the biggest storm in [Texas] history"
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined CBSN to discuss Harvey, and warned potential price gougers from taking advantage of residents as flooding continues.
"Under Texas law, you're not allowed to massively increase your prices by more than 10 percent, [that's] the approximate number, when there's some type of crisis or catastrophe," Paxton said. "There's significant fines for that, up to $20,000 per incident. If you're doing that to somebody over 65, it could be up to $250,000."
Paxton said his office has received over 200 calls about potential price gouging. He said investigators have looked into instances of alleged price gougers charging nearly $100 for a case of water.
12:45 p.m.: Texas evacuates prisoners threatened by flooding
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Saturday three prisons would be evacuated in Brazoria County, just south of Houston, as rainfall from Hurricane Harvey slams the area.
In a news release, the department said approximately 4,500 inmates will be evacuated beginning Saturday morning.
"These evacuated offenders will not be available for visits at the designated receiving units, but will have the ability to use the offender telephone system," the statement said. "Additional food and water has been delivered to the prisons receiving the displaced inmates."11:59 a.m.: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warns of "ongoing danger" from flooding.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the state's response to Hurricane Harvey
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday said ongoing flooding in the wake of Harvey poses the greatest danger in the days ahead, as rescue efforts are already underway in the southeast part of the state.
The Republican governor told CBSN that the hurricane, which made landfall late Friday night as a Category 4 storm but has since been downgraded to Category 1, has caused "great devastation." As it moves slowly and unleashes devastating amounts of rain on the Texas coastline, Abbott says flooding is the greatest concern. Read the full story here.
11:32 a.m.: Mayor of Rockport, Texas, details "widespread damage"
Rockport, Texas, suffers "widespread damage" from Harvey, mayor says
The mayor of Rockport, Texas, says the town has suffered "widespread damage" from Hurricane Harvey as the storm continues to dump rain across southeast Texas. Mayor Charlie Wax joined CBSN to discuss the situation in Rockport, one of the towns hardest hit by the storm.
"Our high school is damaged. One of our learning centers is also damaged. We have businesses that are destroyed, we have homes that have been destroyed, and at the very least lives are disrupted," Wax said.
The mayor said, as of Saturday morning, there were no confirmation of any deaths, but said it was likely because the response teams haven't been able to survey the town completely.
He also warned residents to "stay in place," adding that it wasn't safe to return home.
"Stay in place, protect yourself. If you did evacuate, do not even attempt to go back," he said. "Stay away, let the first responders do their job."
10:55 a.m.: Harvey expected to weaken to tropical storm this afternoon
Catastrophic flooding predicted over the coming days
The National Hurricane Center says Harvey remains a Category 1 hurricane as wind speeds remain at 75 mph. The threat for serious flooding will continue for several days as the storm continues to move slowly over inland Texas.
In its latest advisory, the NHC says "torrential rains will continue for a few more days." The center says Harvey should become a tropical storm sometime Saturday afternoon.
Harvey made landfall late Friday night as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 130 mph. It has slowed overnight but will continue to pull in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, and could still move back out over water.
10:28 a.m.: NASA animation of satellite data shows rainfall upon making land
@NASA's GPM satellite analyzed Hurricane Harvey's rainfall as it made landfall in Texas: https://t.co/OGW4LLZvd5 pic.twitter.com/eWF3cHVL1N — CBS News (@CBSNews) August 26, 2017
10:25 a.m.: Houston airport lifts ground stop on incoming flights
Flights are beginning to land again at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport following an earlier ground stop on incoming flights. The airport said 225 flights have been canceled so far.
IB ground stop has been lifted, and aircraft are now beginning to land. Get the latest at https://t.co/9gZJSkXIjn #fly2houston — Houston Bush Airport (@iah) August 26, 2017
10:11 a.m.: Coast Guard responds to mayday calls
The Coast Guard says it is responding to tugboats in distress near Port Aransas, Texas.
In a statement, the Coast Guard says its Corpus Christi sector received mayday calls from the boats Belle Chase, Sandy Point and Sabine Pass near the Lydia Ann Channel. It has dispatched two MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews to the scene.
10:05 a.m.: Wind speeds slow to 75 mph
The National Hurricane Center says in an advisory that sustained wind speeds have decreased slightly to 75 mph. The storm remains a Category 1 hurricane.
Harvey's center is now about 25 miles west of Victoria, Texas, moving at 6 mph.
9:20 a.m.: More than 16 inches of rain have fallen in Victoria, Texas
Hurricane Harvey slams the Gulf Coast
CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez joined CBSN from Victoria, Texas, with an update from the heart of the storm. Speaking from his hotel as Harvey's eyewall whipped palm trees in the background, Bojorquez reports Victoria has received more than 16 inches of rain in the past 24 hours.
His hotel began swaying in the wind early Saturday morning. The roof of a car dealership behind the hotel began flapping in the heavy winds, indicating the likelihood of extensive structural damage as Harvey swirls over Texas.
"The big concern is not only all this wind, but of course all of this rain," Bojorquez reports. "They're not expecting just inches of rain here. They are expecting to get up to 2.5 feet. And so the major flooding that will happen as a result of this hurricane is something that they will deal with for days to come here."
9:12 a.m.: Michio Kaku says "agony has just begun"
Michio Kaku on Hurricane Harvey: "Agony has just begun"
CBS News science contributor Michio Kaku joined "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to discuss the science behind Harvey and why it will continue to cause damage for days.
"First of all, if it lingers over the land, it could cause massive flooding. And then, watch out," he said. "If it goes back into the Gulf, it could get reenergized and create a second, even a third landfall. And so the agony has just begun with this hurricane of the decade."
8:55 a.m.: Power outages now affect more than 255,000 customers in Texas
More than a quarter-million customers are without power in Texas early Saturday after Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Utilities are reporting outages affecting more than 255,000 customers.
AEP reported more than 192,000 customers without power as of early Saturday. CenterPoint Energy reported nearly 58,000 customers without power.
Outages were also reported by Austin Energy, CPS, Entergy and Oncor. Read the full story here.
8:35 a.m.: Latest forecast as Harvey settles over Texas
Hurricane Harvey forecast: Weakening winds, days of rain to come
Texans are facing days of rain as Hurricane Harvey settles in. Meteorologist Megan Glaros joined "CBS This Morning: Saturday" with the latest forecast at the top of the hour.
The system continues to weaken in terms of wind speed, but it continues to pull in moisture from warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Winds have decreased to 80 mph and the storm continues to move at a sluggish 6 mph, which will continue for the next few days.
In Victoria, Texas, more than 16 inches of rain has fallen. McFaddin and Austwell have received just under 12 inches, and Edna and Sugar Land about 9 inches. Total rainfall could total more than 40 inches in places over the coming days.
7:25 a.m.: President Trump says he is "closely monitoring" storm, FEMA director doing "great job"
Closely monitoring #HurricaneHarvey from Camp David. We are leaving nothing to chance. City, State and Federal Govs. working great together! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017
You are doing a great job - the world is watching! Be safe. https://t.co/PJLdxy3hD9 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017
6:15 a.m.: Category 1, with maximum winds near 90 mph
Hurricane Harvey became a Category 1 storm with top wind speeds near 90 mph, the National Hurricane Center reported. Tide gauges near Port Lavaca, Texas, recorded water levels more than 6.5 feet higher than normal.
Craig "Cajun" Uggen, 57, nearly floods his truck as Hurricane Harvey comes ashore in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Fri., Aug. 25, 2017. Minutes later, high winds blew off the camper carrying all of his belongings. Reuters
5 a.m.: From Category 3 to Category 2
The National Hurricane Center downgraded Hurricane Harvey to a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph. Harvey is likely to become a tropical storm later today as it moves further inland, predicted NHC forecasters who also warned of "catastrophic flooding over the next few days due to heavy rainfall."
4:30 a.m.: Emergency crews in limbo
Many emergency crews were unable to make rescues early Saturday because of Harvey's strong winds. Melissa Munguia, the deputy emergency management coordinator in Nueces County, which includes Corpus Christi, said early Saturday that it could be several more hours before crews could fully assess the damage in coastal communities.
Corpus Christi, Texas. Reuters
3:40 a.m.: More than 211,000 homes and businesses lose power
More than 211,000 customers were without power on the Texas Gulf Coast due to effects from Hurricane Harvey, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas reported. The storm was downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane early Saturday morning, as Harvey's maximum sustained winds decreased to nearly 125 mph. Additional weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours while the center of Harvey is over southeastern Texas.
2:30 a.m.: Homeowner shoots intruder, cops say
A homeowner shot an alleged intruder in Corpus Christi just as Hurricane Harvey was making landfall late Friday night, Corpus Christi police said. Read the full story here on CBSNews.com.
The victim was taken to a local hospital, and was coherent when police arrived on scene, Corpus Christi police tweeted. According to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the victim was shot in the head.
Update on shooting @ 7100 Ficus Ct. homeowner shot intruder. Victim @ Hosp. with gunshot wound was coherent when medics took him. PIO Pace — Corpus Christi PD (@CorpusChristiPD) August 26, 2017
1:45 a.m.: "Boil water," Corpus Christi residents told
In Corpus Christi, the major city closest to the center of the storm, wind whipped palm trees and stinging sheets of horizontal rain slapped against hotels and office buildings along the city's seawall as the storm made landfall. Boats bobbed violently in the marina. It was too dark to tell whether any boats had broken their moorings.
City officials notified residents to "boil their water prior to consumption (e.g., washing hands/face, brushing teeth, drinking, etc)" to kill all potentially harmful bacteria and other microbes. "Water for drinking, cooking and ice making should be boiled and cooled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes. The water should be brought to a vigorous rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes."
1:15 a.m.: Early details emerge from Rockport
Rockport, Texas, a coastal city of about 10,000 people some 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, was directly in the path of Harvey when it came ashore. The city had peak wind surges of more than 125 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
Volunteer Fire Department Chief Steve Sims said there were about 15 firefighters at the city's fire station waiting for conditions to improve enough for their vehicles to safely respond to pleas for help. "There's nothing we can do at this moment. We are anxious to get out there and make assessments, but we're hunkered down for now," Sims said, according to an Associated Press report.
Fire Department spokeswoman Gillian Cox told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that the roof of Rockport's high school has partially caved in. But Cox says social media posts that the school has "disappeared" are inaccurate.
Rockport City Manager Kevin Carruth told the newspaper that the courthouse also sustained major damage. Carruth said a cargo trailer was halfway in the building.
Earlier Friday, Rockport Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Rios offered ominous advice, telling a local TV station that those who chose to stay put "should make some type of preparation to mark their arm with a Sharpie pen," implying doing so would make it easier for rescuers to identify them.
When I reported people in Rockport, TX were being told to write their social security # on their arms, people tweeted me it was ridiculous. https://t.co/BkVhUJsGz6 — David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) August 26, 2017
12:30 a.m.: Facebook activates "Safety Check" feature
Facebook has activated its Safety Check feature for Hurricane Harvey, allowing Facebook users to inform friends and family of their whereabouts during the weather emergency.
Facebook users can also find the feature on their smartphone apps. As CBSNews.com sibling site CNET explains: "Safety Check is now integrated into the mobile apps, meaning you can manually notify friends of your status as well as follow crises worldwide and even offer support. The only trick is finding it. When Facebook does a server-side activation, you'll usually see a notification right at the top of the app. But if you want to access the feature yourself, it requires a bit of menu-diving."
Here's a primer from CNET on how to find the feature on Android devices and iPhones.
12:00 a.m.: Roof collapses at senior housing complex
Several residents are trapped inside a senior housing complex in Rockport, Texas, where a roof collapsed, a city manager confirmed to CBS News.
City manager in Rockport, TX tells CBS News people trapped inside of senior housing complex where roof collapsed; rescuers unable to get in — David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) August 26, 2017
A couple is trapped in a mobile home in Rockport after a tree fell on it, according to Rockport City Manager Kevin Carruth.
More than 32,000 homes and businesses have lost power in Corpus Christi, CBS affiliate KZTV reports. The city of Corpus Christi has issued a precautionary water boil advisory.
The City of Corpus Christi.. yeah, I'd say we lost some power. #hurricaneharvey 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/CAO8hy3oCl — Marisol Gonzalez (@MarisolKZTV) August 26, 2017
Large shipping boats in Port Aransas have broken away from their moorings, leading to significant damage, KZTV reports.
Storm surges up to 13 feet are predicted in some places with up to 40 inches of rain over several days. The National Weather Service warns some residents may not be able to return to their homes for weeks or months.
Friday
11:05 p.m.: Harvey makes landfall
The eye of Harvey made landfall just after 11 p.m. between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds, the National Weather Service said.
#Harvey made landfall at 10 PM CDT as a category 4 hurricane near Rockport, Texas, with max winds of 130 mph and min pressure of 938 mb. pic.twitter.com/98y5wpKmBw — NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) August 26, 2017
9:51 p.m.: President Trump signs disaster proclamation
President Trump tweeted shortly before 10 p.m. that he had signed a disaster proclamation, which Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said earlier Friday he had requested. The disaster proclamation will allow federal funds to flow into state and local relief efforts.
According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm is expected to make landfall "very soon."
Eye of Category 4 #Harvey almost onshore in Texas. Hurricane force winds reported at many observing stations. Landfall expected very soon. pic.twitter.com/JZ4tE1Bvbx — NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) August 26, 2017
8:20 p.m.: Evacuees seek refuge in San Antonio
Hundreds of evacuees seeking shelter from Hurricane Harvey arrived in San Antonio on Friday, CBS affiliate KENS-TV reports.
Two shelters opened their doors Friday morning, and city officials announced they would make room for at least 6,000 evacuees.
"I get deep anxiety when it comes to stuff like this," Justine Vela of Corpus Christi told the station. Vela packed up her four children and left for San Antonio.
"My kids don't kinda know what's going on because they are little," she said. "I'm trying to keep them calm and safe. This is the best place for us to be right now."
7:45 p.m.: Trump prepares to face first major natural disaster as president
Trump prepares for first major natural disaster as president
Hurricane Harvey will be the first major natural disaster of President Trump's administration. The White House is saying FEMA has changed since the organization's dismal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, CBS News' chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reports.
The failures of Katrina haunt emergency planners to this day, so much so, White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert felt compelled to say "now is not the time to lose faith in your government institutions."
"All the mayors and governors saw what happened at Katrina and they're not gonna let that happen," says David Paulison, who headed FEMA after Katrina and until 2009. He says that Katrina changed management procedures.
"Before we waited for the local community to become overwhelmed before the state stepped in, and waited for the state to become overwhelmed before the federal government stepped in," Paulison tells Garrett.
7:40 p.m.: FEMA urges residents to follow future orders
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials are encouraging residents and visitors in Hurricane Harvey's path to follow directions from local and state officials.
"I encourage residents who will be affected to follow directions from their local officials," Administrator Brock Long said in a statement. "Know your threats, heed the warnings, and if you're in the path of the storm, ensure your family is prepared for possible prolonged disruptions to normal services."
The agency has set up bases near Seguin, Texas, and areas closer to the storm's path to store supplies including more than 96,000 liters of water, 306,000 meals and 4,500 tarps and blankets, the Associated Press reports. State and local officials will be responsible for distributing the materials as needed.
7:20 p.m.: 20-30 inches of rain expected in Victoria, Texas
Hurricane Harvey could dump feet of rain in Texas
Victoria, Texas, is about 20 miles from the coast, but the distance is not expected to shield it from the worst impacts of Hurricane Harvey. Aside from winds up to 105 miles per hour, the biggest threat is the rain, CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Victoria is in the bull's eye of Hurricane Harvey's rain, with 20-30 inches expected over the next 72 hours. that's a year's worth of rain for this city.
The flooding is expected to be worse than Victoria's 1998 disaster.
"We've never seen a forecast for that kind of localized rain, and I've been working hurricanes and emergencies here for several years. It's the most dangerous forecast we've ever seen," said O.C. Garza the Victoria Office of Emergency Management.
7:15 p.m.: Corpus Christi police stop responding to emergency calls
Millions flee for safety ahead of Hurricane Harvey
Corpus Christi police are not responding to calls for emergency service because of the current weather conditions. If you live in the area and you want to get out, the free bus rides are over and the city has discontinued the service, CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports.
The National Weather Service says winds could leave homes uninhabitable for weeks or even months. Storm surge could reach 12 feet -- that's strong enough to wash away vehicles, Begnaud reports.
Fears of a power outage forced the sickest babies at a children's hospital to be moved out of the hurricane's path. Others are heeding the warnings and evacuating on their own.
7:02 p.m.: Hurricane Harvey upgraded to Category 4 storm
The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Hurricane Harvey to a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and is moving northwest at a speed of 8 miles an hour. The storm is about 45 miles outside of Corpus Christi.
NEW: #Harvey continues to intensify and is now a category 4 #hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/7CkJkuafTb — NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) August 25, 2017
6:09 p.m.: Houston officials resist calls for evacuation
Houston is bracing for dozens of inches of rain, but officials are urging residents to stay put.
Judge Ed Emmett, Harris County's top official, said "no mass evacuations" would be called because the hurricane would not "directly" hit the area.
"Always say run from water, hide from wind, we mean storm surge, not rain. [It's] not the kind of water we would ask people to evacuation from," Emmett said.
Mayor Sylvester Turner also urged residents to stay off roads and in their homes. Turner said there might be "greater danger" in having residents who don't need to be evacuated onto roads that could possibly flood, the Associated Press reports.
6:13 p.m.: NWS issues "EXTREME WIND WARNING"
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a warning for southwestern Calhoun County in south Texas, urging residents to "TAKE COVER NOW!"
"Widespread destructive winds of 115 to 145 mph will spread across Calhoun County, Aransas County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Refugio County, producing swaths of tornado-like damage," the advisory says. "TAKE COVER NOW! Treat these imminent extreme winds as if a tornado was approaching and move immediately to the safe room in your shelter. Take action now to protect your life!"
5:08 p.m.: Wind speeds reach 125 mph, officials warn of "catastrophic flooding"
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says in an update that Harvey now has wind speeds of 125 mph. It's now about 60 miles southeast of Corpus Christi.
The NHC also says some areas of Texas could get 40 inches of rain and cause "catastrophic flooding." The storm surge is expected to be between 6 to 12 feet along parts of the coast.
5:06 p.m.: Feds won't question families about immigration status at shelters
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a joint statement Friday saying they won't question the immigration status of families arriving to hurricane shelters in Texas and Louisiana.
The agencies said their "highest priorities are to promote life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area, the maintenance of public order, the prevention of the loss of property to the extent possible, and the speedy recovery of the region."
The joint statement said that routine "non-criminal immigration enforcement operations" would not be conducted at evacuation sites or assistance centers such as shelters or food banks.
It also warned that immigration laws would not be suspended, and the agencies would "be vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm."
5:03 p.m.: President Trump arrives at Camp David
The president has arrived at Camp David, where he will be monitoring the storm over the weekend:
Just arrived at Camp David where I am closely watching the path and doings of Hurricane Harvey, as it strengthens to a Category 3. BE SAFE! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2017
4:50 p.m.: National Weather Service director: "The impacts will be extreme"
National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini issued a warning to Louisiana and Texas residents on Friday, calling the impact of Hurricane Harvey "extreme" and "devastating."
"Catastrophic inland flooding due to incredible rainfall amounts and damaging wind will also be associated with this storm," Uccellini said in a statement Friday. "The flooding will be catastrophic and life threatening. The economic impact will likely be devastating."
4:46 p.m.: NASA posts photos of storm from space
NASA posted new photos of Harvey from the International Space Station taken by astronaut Jack Fischer:
.@Astro2fish orbited over Hurricane #Harvey2017 and photographed the storm bearing down on the Texas coast. pic.twitter.com/eBzNc7NlMZ — Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) August 25, 2017
4:38 p.m.: Coast Guard rescues 12
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has rescued 12 people from the storm near Corpus Christi.
Breaking News: @USCG Air Station Corpus Christi rescued 12 as #HurricaneHarvey nears. Updates to follow soon at https://t.co/AJyH7tl8P9. pic.twitter.com/WRA8KzFQdy — USCG Heartland (@USCGHeartland) August 25, 2017
4:30 p.m.: Corpus Christi mayor: "You can't force people to leave"
Corpus Christi Mayor Joe McComb told CBSN that he hadn't issued a mandatory evacuation order citywide because "you can't force people to leave and send police out there and drag them out."
He added, "you can highly recommend it, and we've done that, and say they need to get out of low-lying areas."
McComb said he'd received a positive response of residents who were seeking higher grounds. "Many people have gone to San Antonio and points beyond," he said Friday.
4:15 p.m.: Tornado threats in Louisiana and Texas
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for for parts of Louisiana and Texas lasting until 3:00 a.m. on Saturday.
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Louisiana and Texas until 2 AM CDT pic.twitter.com/WjHxXSSDFt — NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) August 25, 2017
4:00 p.m.: Vice President Pence halts travel
Vice President Mike Pence will remain in Washington D.C. during the storm, his spokesman Marc Lotter announced on Twitter. Pence will coordinate with President Trump as he visits Camp David with first lady Melania Trump on Friday.
The White House said Marine One landed at Camp David at 3:46 p.m. on Friday, according to the pool report.
Due to #HurricaneHarvey, @VP Pence will remain in DC this wknd, coordinating with @POTUS Trump at Camp David, monitoring storm & response. — Marc Lotter (@VPPressSec) August 25, 2017
3:18 p.m.: President Trump tweets about Harvey
President Trump addressed the threat of Hurricane Harvey on Friday, urging residents to follow the advice of local and state officials.
I encourage everyone in the path of #HurricaneHarvey to heed the advice & orders of their local and state officials. https://t.co/N6uEWCZUrv — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2017
3:15 p.m.: Texas governor requests disaster declaration
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott held an afternoon news conference warning residents that Harvey is going to be a "very major disaster." Abbott said Friday that he's asked President Trump for a federal disaster declaration.
Abbott warned residents in coastal areas to evacuate their homes, even if local officials hadn't issued an official warning.
"Even if an evacuation order has not been issued by your local official," Abbott said, "if you are in areas between Corpus Christi and Houston, and maybe even some other areas, especially low lying areas, you need to strongly consider evacuating."
He added, "You don't want to put yourself in a situation where you could be subject to a search and rescue."
3:00 p.m.: Hurricane Harvey reaches Category 3
Harvey became a Category 3 hurricane Friday afternoon, with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. ||||| Houston (CNN) Harvey is no longer a hurricane, but life-threatening flooding continued in and around Houston on Sunday night as citizens with boats assisted authorities in search and rescue efforts.
Flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey is overburdening resources in the country's fourth-largest city, prompting authorities to call on volunteers with watercraft for help in rescuing those trapped in homes and buildings.
An immediate respite from Harvey's wrath seems unlikely to come. The National Weather Service calls the flooding "unprecedented," and warns things may become more dire if a forecasted record-breaking 50 inches of rain does fall on parts of Texas in coming days. In anticipation of a worsening situation, Dallas is turning its main convention center into a "mega-shelter" that can host 5,000 evacuees.
The rainfall threatens to exacerbate an already dangerous situation, as Harvey's rains have left many east Texas rivers and bayous swollen to their banks or beyond.
"The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before," the weather service said. "Catastrophic flooding is now underway and expected to continue for days."
The storm killed two people in Texas, authorities said, and the death toll will likely rise. More than 1,000 people were rescued overnight, and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner warned that some 911 calls are going unanswered as operators "give preference to life-threatening calls."
From 10pm Sat to 1pm Sun., Houston 911 received over 56,000 calls. During an average day, they usually handle about 8,000. #harvey — Houston OEM (@HoustonOEM) August 27, 2017
Here are the latest developments:
A woman who drove her vehicle into high water in Houston was killed, and fire killed a man in Rockport.
Several states and the US military are sending emergency workers and equipment to Texas. In Harris County, though, authorities are having issues mobilizing those resources. "We've requested boats, all the things that would normally happen in a well-planned response to an event like this, but they can't get here," Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said.
Dallas announced its plans to open a "mega-shelter" capable of accommodating 5,000 evacuees at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. County officials, charitable groups and local hospitals are working to open the shelter by Tuesday morning.
While Turner warned the rain could exacerbate flooding for "four to five days," Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Brock Long said he expects his agency "is going to be there for years."
The Houston Independent School District has canceled school for the week.
Houston's George Bush Intercontinental and William P. Hobby airports are closed until further notice, officials said. Corpus Christi International reopened at 4 p.m. Sunday, officials said. Jack Brooks Regional Airport in Beaumont, Ellington Airport in Houston, Mustang Beach Airport in Port Aransas and McCampbell-Porter Airport in Aransas Pass are also temporarily closed, the Federal Aviation Administration says.
Ben Taub Hospital, which houses a Level I trauma center, is being evacuated after flooding in the basement "disrupted the power source," Emmet said.
316,000 customers have lost electricity, Gov. Greg Abbott said.
The Red Cross is serving about 130,000 meals a day, the governor said.
President Donald Trump will travel to Texas on Tuesday, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.
Trapped
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Among those stranded by the storm is Ify Echetebu, 30, who spoke to CNN from her aunt's house in Dickinson, not far from Galveston Bay. Along with her fiancé, grandparents, a friend and several teenagers, Echetebu is trapped on the second floor of the house as floodwaters creep up the staircase. She can see the rooftops of submerged cars in driveways, she said.
On the first floor, the water is up to her waist, she said. Emergency services know she and 10 others are holed up in the home, she said, but because emergencies take priority, she doesn't expect to be rescued until tomorrow, Echetebu said.
The severity of the situation just hit me. I'm overcome with grief due to how helpless I feel in all of this. This is truly devestating. #PrayForTexas #PrayForGalvestonCounty #TropicalStormHarvey #HurricaneHarvey A post shared by Lotenné I. E. (@1whitenigerian) on Aug 27, 2017 at 7:42am PDT
"We're nervous to stay here, but we are sleeping in shifts," she said. "Now we're having to deal with sewage in the water, river water, bayou water, water moccasins, snakes, gators."
Not far away, a rescue operation saved 20 to 25 residents of La Vita Bella assisted-living facility in Dickinson.
"They were up to their waist," Galveston County Commissioner Ken Clark said. "If they were in a wheelchair, they could have been up to their neck."
Residents of a nursing home in Dickinson, Texas, were rescued Sunday.
After a record 22 inches fell on the county in one day, rescuers set out before dawn Sunday to save those who braved the storm. Officials quickly realized they did not have enough boats for the rescue operations and asked private boat owners to help, said County Judge Mark Henry, responsible for disaster response in the county.
As of Sunday evening, between 800 and 1,200 people had been rescued from their homes in Galveston County, Henry said.
As authorities warned people not to take shelter in attics, unless they have axes handy to break through their roofs, several residents provided CNN with their accounts of riding out the storm.
"We are still stranded in our home with little kids and the water keeps rising," Houston resident Janet Castillo said Sunday morning. "We have (tried calling several numbers), but their lines are all busy or they don't answer."
We are going on fumes & our hearts ache for community we serve, but we will not stop! We are leveraging more assets with every passing hour. — Chief Art Acevedo (@ArtAcevedo) August 27, 2017
Jake Lewis of New Braunfels, Texas, said he woke up to ankle-deep water in the Houston hotel where he is staying.
"We have nowhere to go," he said. "I have a 2016 Chevy Silverado and the water is up to the door panels. The water keeps rising."
One of two confirmed fatalities happened in Houston when a woman drove her vehicle into high water and couldn't make it across, city police said. She got out of her vehicle, was overtaken by floodwaters and drowned.
Many roads impassable
Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Downtown Houston is reflected in the flooded Buffalo Bayou on Wednesday, August 30, five days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. The Category 4 storm came ashore late Friday, August 25, just north of Port Aransas, and has caused historic flooding. Correction: Previous versions of this gallery incorrectly reported that Hurricane Harvey is the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey is actually the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Charley in 2004. Hide Caption 1 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Members of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Louisiana National Guard help rescue elderly people from a flooded assisted living home in Orange, Texas, on August 30. Hide Caption 2 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A baby sits with family belongings at a Gallery Furniture store in Houston being used as a temporary shelter on August 30. Hide Caption 3 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Floodwaters engulf homes in Port Arthur on August 30. Hide Caption 4 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Janice Forse cries at an emergency shelter in Beaumont on August 30. Her home in Beaumont was flooded Wednesday morning. "Even Katrina wasn't this bad," Forse told the Austin American-Statesman. Hide Caption 5 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Tammy Dominguez, left, and her husband, Christopher Dominguez, sleep on cots at the George R. Brown Convention Center, where nearly 10,000 people are taking shelter in Houston, on August 30. Hide Caption 6 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A cat tries to find dry ground around a flooded apartment complex on August 30 in Houston. Hide Caption 7 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Volunteer rescue workers help a woman from her flooded home in Port Arthur on August 30. Hide Caption 8 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas The Florida Air Force Reserve Pararescue team from the 308th Rescue Squadron helps evacuees board a helicopter in Port Arthur on August 30. Hide Caption 9 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Water from the Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods in Houston as floodwaters rise Tuesday, August 29. Hide Caption 10 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Chris Gutierrez, second from right, helps his grandmother, Edelmira Gutierrez, down the stairs of their flooded house and into a waiting firetruck in the Concord Bridge neighborhood of Houston on August 29. Hide Caption 11 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Members of the National Guard rest at a furniture store in Richmond, Texas, on August 29. Hide Caption 12 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Alexis Hernandez holds her daughter Faith at the George R. Brown Convention Center, which is serving as a shelter in Houston. Hide Caption 13 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Evacuees make their way though floodwaters in Houston on August 29. Hide Caption 14 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas President Donald Trump takes part in a briefing on Harvey as he visits Corpus Christi on August 29. In a stop in Austin, Trump spoke of the long-term effort and stiff costs that will be needed to rebuild the region. "Nobody's seen this kind of water," he said. "Probably, there's never been something so expensive in our country's history." While talking about recovery and relief efforts, Trump said, "We want to do it better than ever before." Hide Caption 15 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Civilian rescuers put a boat into a flooded road to search for people in Cypress on August 29. Hide Caption 16 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Volunteers organize items donated for Hurricane Harvey victims in Dallas on August 29. Hide Caption 17 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas An overview of downtown Houston on August 29 shows the scale of the catastrophic flooding. Hide Caption 18 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Matthew Koser searches for important papers and heirlooms inside his grandfather's house in Houston's Bear Creek neighborhood on August 29. The neighborhood flooded after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir. Hide Caption 19 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Shane Johnson removes items from a family home in Rockport, Texas, on August 29. Hide Caption 20 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Airplanes sit at a flooded airport in Houston on August 29. Hide Caption 21 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People set up a shelter for volunteer rescue workers at Fairfield Baptist Church in Cypress, Texas, on August 29. Hide Caption 22 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Shardea Harrison looks at her 3-week-old baby, Sarai, as Dean Mize, right, and Jason Legnon use an airboat to rescue them from their home in Houston on Monday, August 28. Hide Caption 23 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Thousands take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 24 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Rescue boats fill Tidwell Road in Houston as they help flood victims evacuate the area on August 28. Hide Caption 25 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People wait to be rescued from their flooded home in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 26 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A firefighter helps Sara Golden and her daughters Paisley, Poppy and Piper board a Texas Air National Guard C-130 at Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas, on August 28. Hide Caption 27 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People make their way out of a flooded neighborhood in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 28 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Sam Speights removes possessions from his damaged home in Rockport on August 28. Hide Caption 29 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Flood victims wait to unload from the back of a heavy-duty truck after being evacuated from their homes in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 30 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People leave a flooded area of Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 31 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People are rescued in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 32 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Bridget Brundrett presents an American flag to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott while he was in Rockport on August 28. The flag had been recovered from city hall after flying during the hurricane. Hide Caption 33 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A Coast Guard helicopter hoists a wheelchair on board after lifting a person to safety from a flooded area of Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 34 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Houston flood victims eat and rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center on August 28. Hide Caption 35 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Belinda Penn holds her dogs Winston and Baxter after being rescued from their home in Spring, Texas, on August 28. Hide Caption 36 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A firefighter is wheeled to a waiting ambulance after he became fatigued while fighting an office-building fire in downtown Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 37 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 38 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Julie Martinez, right, hugs her daughter, Gabrielle Jackson, in front of a relative's damaged apartment in Rockport on August 28. Hide Caption 39 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Cattle are stranded in a flooded pasture in La Grange, Texas, on August 28. Hide Caption 40 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision in Spring, Texas, on August 28. Hide Caption 41 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Houston police officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son, Aiden, after rescuing them from floodwaters on Sunday, August 27. Hide Caption 42 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 43 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Residents of Rockport return to their destroyed home on August 27. Hide Caption 44 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas The Buffalo Bayou floods parts of Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 45 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Two men try to beat the current that was pushing them down an overflowing Brays Bayou in Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 46 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Jane Rhodes is rescued by neighbors in Friendswood, Texas, on August 27. Hide Caption 47 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Volunteers at Sacred Heart Catholic Church prepare cots for evacuees in Elgin, Texas, on August 27. Hide Caption 48 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Damage to a home is seen in the Key Allegro neighborhood of Rockport on August 27. Hide Caption 49 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Melani Zurawski cries while inspecting her home in Port Aransas on August 27. Hide Caption 50 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car along Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27. Assisting him here is Richard Wagner of the Harris County Sheriff's Department. Hide Caption 51 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A car is submerged by floodwaters on a freeway near downtown Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 52 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A resident of the Bayou on the Bend apartment complex watches its first floor flood in Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 53 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A city flag, tattered by the effects of Hurricane Harvey, flaps in the wind over the police station in Rockport on August 27. Hide Caption 54 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Lucas Wu lift Ethan Wu into an airboat as they evacuate the Orchard Lakes subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, on August 27. 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In a Sunday news conference, Abbott said, "We want to stress when there is heavy rainfall and flooding, the importance of staying off the road. If you drive into water, you're taking your life into your own hands."
Portions of major highways, including Interstates 10, 45 and 610, were submerged and unnavigable. Houston resident Dion Laurent said the White Oak Bayou flooded I-10 and I-45.
White Oak Bayou flooding I-10 and I-45 #Harvey from Quitman St. Bridge A post shared by dion laurent (@dionrlaurent) on Aug 27, 2017 at 11:57am PDT
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he understands the compulsion to find safer ground, but urged people to think twice before venturing out into high water and to consider unforeseen dangers, such as manhole covers being lifted from their holes.
Lt. Craig Cummings of the Texas Department of Public Safety said attempts to drive to safety may be futile anyway, as it took him two and a half hours to drive 20 miles in Houston on Sunday.
"There's 60 barricaded locations as of midnight. Most thoroughfares are impassable. Several hundred structures are flooded, and we are expecting that number to rise," he said.
In Brazoria County, south of Houston, officials set up an evacuation route for all residents living west of State Highway 288 and south of State Highway 6, ordering them to "LEAVE NOW!" under a mandatory evacuation order. Those in need of shelter can take refuge in the Bell County Expo Center in Belton, officials said.
The 911 dispatchers in the nation's fourth-most populous city have received 2,000 requests for rescue, Mayor Turner said. Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said his department had responded to 2,500 calls and have about 1,000 more waiting to be serviced.
Gonzalez tweeted that many high-water rescues were performed overnight in Houston, some involving children or residents with medical issues, including one person suffering from cardiac arrest. Stranded residents were saved from vehicles on the highway. Airboats were employed in some instances, he said.
We need help!! My house is flooded and my dad has heart disease my mom diabetic — Juanita Arreguin (@JuanitaArregui4) August 27, 2017
People are taking to social media to announce their locations and ask for help.
One person, whose mom is diabetic and dad has heart disease, tweeted, "We need help!! My house is flooded."
24 inches of rain in 24 hours
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Harvey blasted ashore as a Category 4 hurricane just north of Corpus Christi. It brought with it 132-mph winds but was quickly downgraded to a tropical storm. Still, it continued to spawn tornadoes and lightning.
A flash flood emergency was declared for sections of Houston, where more than 24 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, the National Weather Service said.
The weather service said maximum sustained winds Sunday would be near 45 mph. While Harvey could become a tropical depression by Sunday night, residents are warned to remain vigilant.
The slow-moving storm is expected to drop 15 to 25 inches of rain over the Texas coast through Thursday. Isolated storms could drop up to 50 inches of rain, the weather service said.
"What is unique in Harvey is that as the storm moved inland, a large high pressure built in to the north and, basically, the steering currents, which guide Harvey, collapsed," said CNN senior meterologist Dave Hennen. "This has caused the extremely slow movement of the storm, moving only around 60 miles, less than 2 miles per hour. This has allowed the bands of storms to move over the same areas over and over."
The weather service says rainfall of this magnitude "will cause catastrophic and life-threatening flooding."
Some residents are comparing Harvey to Allison, a storm that struck the Texas coast in 2001 and killed 23 people.
"Allison was bad -- really, really bad," Houston resident Pat Napolio said, "but if (the water) creeps up anymore, Harvey will surpass (Allison)."
Rockport hit hard
A damaged home sits amid floodwaters Saturday after Hurricane Harvey slammed Rockport, Texas.
Another fatality was reported in the battered coastal city of Rockport. A person died in a house fire during the storm, Aransas County Judge Burt Mills said Saturday.
Warnings of tornadoes, torrential downpours and potentially historic flooding means extra bad news for broad swaths of southeast Texas, already littered with uprooted trees, toppled signs, flagpoles snapped like toothpicks and homes missing rooftops and patches of brick walls.
Hurricane Harvey took the walls off many Rockport homes.
Additional fatalities were feared in Rockport, where an estimated 5,000 residents rode out the storm, Aransas County Sheriff Bill Mills said.
Brock Long, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said that Harvey would leave areas "uninhabitable for weeks or months," echoing language last heard ahead of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
"FEMA is going to be there for years," Long said. ||||| Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said flooding in Houston from Tropical Storm Harvey may be the worst the city has ever seen.
“Houston is an area that is prone to flood at least once a year,” Abbott told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” Sunday, “but this is one of the worst, if not the worst that Houston has suffered.”
Harvey, which hit the Texas coast Friday night as a Category 4 hurricane with 130 mph winds and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, has so far left at least two people dead. The storm is lingering over the Houston area, causing severe flooding that is expected to grow worse over the next few days, with a total of up to about three feet in rain possible through Wednesday.
Abbott said he appreciates the federal government's help in responding to Harvey.
“We could not be more appreciative of what the federal government has done, from the president on down,” Abbott, a Republican, told Stephanopoulos.
President Trump granted Governor Abbott’s request for a disaster proclamation on Friday, activating response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for relief to the state.
“FEMA has been very active, involved, and engaged in this whole process long before the hurricane even hit ground,” said Abbott. “Because of their assistance it means that Texas will be able to begin the rebuilding process very swiftly.”
Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman via AP
Asked by Stephanopoulos if it makes sense for the president to visit Texas this week, or if it will divert resources from the relief effort, Abbott said, “it depends on where he goes.”
“We are already involved in the cleanup process in Corpus Christi, if the president were to visit there it wouldn’t hinder any efforts. We’ll just have to wait and see where the storm goes, understanding that this entire storm has been very unpredictable in its movement, and I couldn’t tell you right now where it will be in two days,” he said.
The president tweeted Sunday morning that he will visit Texas once he can do so without disrupting emergency response efforts.
I will be going to Texas as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption. The focus must be life and safety. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2017
The White House point man on the storm, Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert echoed the president’s tweet in a separate interview on “This Week” Sunday saying that Trump “doesn't want to get in the way” of relief efforts.
“We’ll go where we can without getting in the way of the operators,” said Bossert. “We certainly won’t go in a place where we would prevent lifesaving activities from taking place. The president wants to go to show support. He doesn’t want to go to get in the way.” ||||| A daily crawl of more than 200,000 home pages of news sites, including the pages linked from those home pages. Site list provided by The GDELT Project
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– As "catastrophic" flooding batters Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, President Trump says he will be traveling to Texas "as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption" in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, reports the AP. Trump tweeted that the "focus must be life and safety." Trump has been complimenting the response to the storm on his Twitter feed, commending "Great coordination between agencies at all levels of government." Trump adds that: "Many people are now saying that this is the worst storm/hurricane they have ever seen. Good news is that we have great talent on the ground." As much as 40 inches of rain could hit cities including Houston. Other developments: The National Weather Service is advising residents to not leave their homes, but if the highest floor becomes dangerous, to get on the roof and call 911, reports CBS News. More than 1,000 people have been rescued so far, reports CNN. "We could not be more appreciative of what the federal government has done, from the president on down," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells ABC News of the response. "FEMA has been very active, involved, and engaged in this whole process long before the hurricane even hit ground. Because of their assistance it means that Texas will be able to begin the rebuilding process very swiftly." "Houston is an area that is prone to flood at least once a year, but this is one of the worst, if not the worst that Houston has suffered," Abbott says.
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Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos, August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She was expelled at the age of eleven for what Rolling Stone described as "musical insubordination.
In May 2008, Amos announced that, due to creative and financial disagreements with Epic Records, she had negotiated an end to her contract with the record label, and would be operating independently of major record labels on future work. In September of the same year, Amos released a live album and DVD, Live at Montreux 1991/1992, through Eagle Rock Entertainment, of two performances she gave at the Montreux Jazz Festival very early on in her career while promoting her debut solo album, Little Earthquakes. By December, after a chance encounter with chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, Doug Morris, Amos signed a "joint venture" deal with Universal Republic Records. Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Amos's tenth solo studio album and her first album released through Universal Republic, was released in May 2009 to mostly positive reviews. The album debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, making it Amos's seventh album to do so. Abnormally Attracted to Sin, admitted Amos, is a "personal album", not a conceptual one, with the album exploring themes of power, boundaries, and the subjective view of sin. Continuing her distribution deal with Universal Republic, Amos released Midwinter Graces, her first seasonal album, in November of the same year. The album features reworked versions of traditional carols, as well as original songs written by Amos. During her contract with the label, Amos recorded vocals for two songs for David Byrne's collaboration album with Fatboy Slim, titled Here Lies Love, which was released in April 2010. In July of the same year, the DVD Tori Amos- Live from the Artists Den was released exclusively through Barnes & Noble. After a brief tour from June to September 2010, Amos released the highly exclusive live album From Russia With Love in December the same year, recorded live in Moscow on September 3, 2010. The limited edition set included a signature edition Lomography Diana F+ camera, along with 2 lenses, a roll of film and 1 of 5 photographs taken of Tori during her time in Moscow. The set was released exclusively through toriamos.com and only 2000 copies were produced.
Why did Amos leave Epic and sign with Universal Republic?
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How is "I welcome this new development and, in particular, the European Parliament's contribution to stimulating the development of small businesses in difficult economic times." said in German?
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Ich begrüße diese neue Entwicklung und insbesondere den Beitrag des Europäischen Parlaments zu der Förderung der Entwicklung von Kleinunternehmen in wirtschaftlich schwierigen Zeiten.
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Traits are transferred from generation to generation through the
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Choose your answer from:
* sperm only
* egg only
* sperm and the egg
* testes
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sperm and the egg
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I have inherited a not so wonderful gene from my father , along with the ' we do n't know what eye color you have , so just call it hazel gene ' , and that is the mole gene . The mole gene blesses you with really cute beauty marks when you are born and in the first few years of life . And then you get some larger beauty marks that are n't so beautiful . These are moles .
Based on the preceding passage, choose your answer for question Why are larger beauty marks no beautiful ?
Select from:
i. Moles bite if they grow up .
ii. None of the above choices .
iii. They are too pretty .
iv. They are larger or odd moles .
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Write a question about the following article: Coming off their bye week, the Ravens flew to Heinz Field for a Monday Night divisional duel with the throwback-clad Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Baltimore fell behind early as Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 17-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller and a 15-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes. In the second quarter, the Ravens continued to struggle as Roethlisberger completed a 30-yard TD pass to WR Nate Washington, a 35-yard TD pass to Holmes, and 7-yard TD pass to Washington. Afterwards, Baltimore got its only score of the game as RB Willis McGahee got a 33-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Pittsburgh increased its lead with kicker Jeff Reed nailing a 22-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Steelers' defense continued to shut down any hope of a comeback. The Ravens offense committed four turnovers and 11 penalties, and was held to a franchise-worst 104 total yards. QB Steve McNair had a dismal night, as he completed 13 out of 22 passes for only 63 yards and an interception.
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From what yard lines did Santonio Holmes score a touchdown in the first two quarters?
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"Madonna fired her trainer because she couldn't stand her boyfriend." is a true sentence.
Does this mean that "The trainer couldn't stand her boyfriend."?
Select from the following.
+ no.
+ yes.
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no
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Multi-choice problem: does word "stay" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?
To stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
I had to stay at home and watch the children.
Choose from:
[A]. different meanings
[B]. the same meaning
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[A].
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Translate the following sentence to Finnish:
The European Union must show political restraint here and coordinate any action it takes with the United States.
Finnish:
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Euroopan unionin täytyy esiintyä tässä poliittisesti varovasti ja joka tapauksessa koordinoida mahdollista esiintymistään Yhdysvaltojen kanssa.
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Here are two sentences:
State Sen. Vi Simpson , former state and national Democratic chairman Joe Andrew are seeking the Democratic nomination .
Leading Democratic candidates are former state and national Democratic Chairman Joe Andrew and State Sen. Vi Simpson , Ellettsville .
Choose your answer: are the two sentences saying the same thing?
Pick from:
a). no.
b). yes.
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Paragraph: Life for the partners of Cates, Katalinic & Lund holds little of the glamour one might expect from a career in law. Instead of lunches at Lut��ce, they caucus at the Palace Diner in Queens. Wooing clients means passing out fliers on street corners, not securing box seats at Madison Square Garden. To make ends meet, one partner stacks pipe and cleans the yard at a plumbing warehouse. Another handles urine samples in a hospital lab. A sign of failure, of a feeble economy, perhaps? Hardly. They are heeding the call of a growing pool of law schools, which are for the first time pointing graduates in a new direction and teaching them how to get there. Forget the lure of large firms, the security of a government post. Here is how to grapple "in the service of justice," as many of the schools put it, instead. Convinced that corporate largess and government programs barely dent the nation's legal needs, the law schools are urging graduates to buck tradition, pass up big salaries and ignore mushrooming student debt to join tiny neighborhood practices or simply start their own, all with an eye toward charging no more than their clients can afford. This is not pro bono legal work; it is "low bono," a term the schools coined to define the atypical kind of law career they are training students for. While its practitioners do charge for their services, they are also dead set on turning no one away - or at least as few as possible. "When you go into this kind of social justice law, it's really brutal and you're almost guaranteed to struggle for a couple of years before there's a light at the end of the tunnel," said Fred Rooney, director of the Community Legal Resource Network at City University of New York School of Law, from which the lawyers of the newly formed Cates, Katalinic & Lund graduated last May. "But if our graduates don't do it, the millions of people who cannot access justice in this country will continue to soar." The movement, primly called the consortium, started four years ago by CUNY, Northeastern University, the University of Maryland and St. Mary's Law School in Texas. (St. Mary's later dropped out.) Since then, it has drawn seven additional law schools to its ranks: the University of Michigan, Rutgers and Syracuse Law Schools, New York Law School, University of New Mexico School of Law, Thomas M. Cooley Law School and Touro Law School. It has elicited at least initial interest from 19 more.
Question: "What kind of legal work do recent graduates of City University of New York School of Law tend to find, which pays very little?"
Answer: "Large firm"
Based on the paragraph, choose if the answer is correct:
Options are:
1). no
2). yes
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It wasn't lunch time or anything, but how can you just drive right on by a Carolina's if you've ever tasted their food? :-) SO, I was out running errands and got vacuumed right off the street into this place at 10 in the morning. Actually, 10 AM on a Wednesday is a good time to come here, when the line of people waiting to order isn't all the way through the building! I got right up to the counter almost immediately and ordered my "usual" for a Carolina's: #2 Combo ($5.65) plus a shredded beef hard taco ($2). Here's how it all was this time: * The atmosphere? This Carolina's is a raggety dump! * The service, after ordering? Slow! (10 or 15 minutes!) * The food? OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD!! (That's one thing, isn't it?) * The value? Good. In fact, prices haven't increased in the 3 1/2 years since my first visit. SO, I still love this place. Now if you need a little nicer dining room, go to their Peoria location. If you need a MUCH NICER dining room, go to the one up on Cactus west of the 51. Also, don't let anyone tell you that Chef So-and-So at this or that Carolina's is the only one who knows what he is doing. The food is exactly the same at all 3 locations... TERRIFIC! :-)) Closed Sundays & Holidays. Free Wi-Fi.
Is this review positive or negative?
Choose your answer from:
A). negative.
B). positive.
Answer:
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What is the solution?
Solve -13044*m = -10024*m - 187240 for m.
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62
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Pete: Did you let the cat out?!!!
Jane: Yes. Why?
Pete: You weren't supposed to let him out. He's injured and under house arrest. That's is not good enough. I thought that you're responsible! Grrrr!
What was that dialogue about, in two sentences or less?
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Jane let the cat out. Pete is very angry.
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Here is a question about this article: In antiquity, the ancestors of the Somali people were an important link in the Horn of Africa connecting the region's commerce with the rest of the ancient world. Somali sailors and merchants were the main suppliers of frankincense, myrrh and spices, items which were considered valuable luxuries by the Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Mycenaeans and Babylonians.
What is the answer to this question: Along with myrrh and spices, what important luxury did ancient Somali merchants provide?
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frankincense
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In these two sentences (1) Can I buy you a drink? (2) I asked for a hot drink., does the word drink mean the same thing?
Select from:
(I). different meanings;
(II). the same meaning;.... A:
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(II).
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Translate the following sentence to Finnish:
I will vote for the adoption of the report, as it is necessary to complete the process of closing and decommissioning the Ignalina, Bohunice a Kozloduj plants, with the appropriate funding from the EU.
Finnish:
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Äänestän mietinnön puolesta, sillä Ignalinan, Bohunicen ja Kozlodujin voimalaitosten sulkeminen ja käytöstä poistaminen on välttämätöntä viedä päätökseen EU:n sopivalla rahoituksella.
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Write a positive tweet. Possible tweet types: Select from the following.
* negative.
* positive.
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Just finished jammin out to Portuguese music
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Here are some keywords about a restaurant:
name = The Phoenix, food = Chinese, customer rating = 1 out of 5, area = riverside. Write a sentence that describes the following attributes of a restaurant.
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The Phoenix is located in the Riverside area. They serve Chinese food and have a customer rating of one out of five stars.
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Choose your answer: is the following review positive or negative?
For a second breakfast stop, my mother decided to sleep in (conserve capacity) while my aunt and I trekked to Beauty's, the 1942 bruncheonette on the corner of Mont Royal West and St. Urbain. Perhaps not as famous as St. Viateur or Schwartz's, fans and the local media still place the small diner on the same "Best of" and "Iconic" lists and unlike the former, original owner Hymie Sckolnick is still involved as he approaches his tenth decade of life. With an opening hour of 7am, and after a near-ticket with a local police officer targeting people for taking left-turns on a nearby street we arrived at Beauty's perhaps fifteen minutes after opening and after looking at the myriad articles posted in the small entry way entered to find only a few locals sitting at the bar. Greeted promptly by one of three servers we were led to a booth where menus were provided, coffee was ordered, and we were left to make our choices from a number of deli classics and a few Montreal specialties such as the "Mish-Mash." Sitting and browsing the menu as well as the space, Beauty's is pretty much exactly what you'd expect from an old-school Jewish diner - kosher meats, a small selection of baked goods, and breakfast staples like pancakes, challah French toast, bagels, cream cheese, and lox in a room full of small booths and a long counter where short-order cooks quickly and quietly put together breakfast plates while chatting with the clientele while friendly waitresses performed their duties expediently. Orders placed and by now working on my second cup of thin but well flavored 'joe as my aunt sipped on a large glass of fresh squeezed orange juice it would not be long before our first item arrived - a small order of house made "Pouding Au Riz" for $4 plus a 40ml serving of pure maple syrup for $2.50. Realizing, of course, that profit margins at a place like Beauty's are not that high and setting aside my general distaste for paying extra for a condiment I will say that the rice pudding itself was unremarkable in most ways - a bit too thick, a bit too congealed, and not enough of the golden raisins to balance the lack of vanilla or sweetness. Adding a bit of the syrup helped, but I also had to conserve for my main course. Moving next to the aforementioned mains, pancakes for my aunt and French Toast for myself - specifically Apple Cinnamon pancakes and Challah French toast and the former once again proving the point that my aunt simply cannot and should not ever order pancakes as each disc was pleasantly golden but far too dense and largely lacking any semblance of apple or cinnamon flavor aside from the few small chunks of apples mixed into the batter. Not one to fancy syrup but instead opting for powdered sugar or sugar on her cakes I think my aunt had anticipated cooked apples served overtop but instead was left high and (quite literally) dry for $7.50. For my part, particularly with the addition of the overpriced syrup (which they did not even provide me in the special "Beauty's" glass bottle,) I have to admit that the $7.50 Challah French Toast was the star of the morning with the dense eggy bread nicely saturated with vanilla tinged custard and seared to a golden tan. Slightly crisp on the exterior and just a bit 'wet' in the middle there was nothing fancy about the toast - just a good rendition of a classic making me wonder if perhaps Beauty's is the sort of place where one should just stick to the script and order eggs and bacon...an answer I'll probably never know as I'd be very hard pressed to return.
Pick your answer from:
(i). negative
(ii). positive
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Generate a descriptive sentence about a restaurant using the following words:
name = Fitzbillies, eatType = restaurant, food = English, priceRange = cheap, near = The Six Bells
Sentence:
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Fitzbillies restaurant near The Six Bells sells cheap English food.
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Choose your answer: Chase will have a cyber monday sale for credit users since they want to entice users to continue using their cards.
Tell me who they is.
[I] Chase.
[II] credit users.
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[I]
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Jeffrey Orlando Hunter (born April 12, 1966) is a former American football defensive lineman. In a career lasting almost a decade, he played five seasons for four different teams in the National Football League, as well as in the Canadian Football League and the World League of American Football. Hunter played college football at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Jeffrey Orlando Hunter has billions of fans."?
Choose from:
(i). Yes;
(ii). It's impossible to say;
(iii). No;
I think the answer is
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Patti will send you on Monday a draft of a memo regarding publishing the DPR during the holidays. Please review it and make sure that the commitments we are making can be met by London. Let me know if anything needs to be changed or if there is further clarification needed in the notes, keeping in mind that with the audience on the memo that I want it to be short and easy. Your comments/suggestions are welcomed and needed before I send this out later next week. Thanks. --sally
Write a subject line for this email.
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DPR Holiday Schedule
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Coming off their win over the Saints, the Falcons stayed at home for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Broncos FB Peyton Hillis got a 7-yard TD run. The Falcons would answer with kicker Jason Elam (a former Bronco) getting a 46-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Atlanta took the lead as Elam made a 36-yard field goal, while RB Michael Turner got a 9-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Denver retook the lead as Hillis got a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos increased their lead as kicker Matt Prater nailed a 20-yard field goal. The Falcons tried to rally as Turner got a 28-yard field goal, yet Denver replied with quarterback Jay Cutler competing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham. From there on out, the Broncos' defense stopped any other possible comeback attempt. With their first home loss of the year, Atlanta fell to 6-4. This was the first of only two home losses suffered by Matt Ryan in the NFL through 12/27/2010. The second was to the New Orleans Saints on December 27, 2010, the final Monday Night Football game of the 2010 season.
How many yards was the longest field goal in the game?
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Here is some data: Dead Man's Plack LOCATION England; England ETHNIC_GROUPS British Arabs; England CAPITAL London; Dead Man's Plack DEDICATED_TO Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia; Dead Man's Plack MATERIAL Rock (geology).
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The British Arabs are one of the ethnic groups to be found in England, where the capital city is London. Also located in the country is Dead Man's Plack, a stone formation dedicated to Aethelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia.
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Use a portable air monitor to test the air outside and make sure that the levels are normal before venturing there. You also need to make sure that any fires or flooding caused by the comet have subsided. Acid rain is also a potential result from massive fires putting pyrotoxins into the air, which would make going outside deadly. Have a reason to go outside, like being out of food or supplies, or hearing about other groups of people who survived and wanting to join them. Whatever the comet did not destroy can be salvaged for use, like food, batteries, water, or anything else you’d find useful from abandoned stores and houses. Make sure that you are not stealing from anyone and that the goods have been abandoned by their previous owners to avoid confrontations. There is a chance that the location you try to scavenge in has already been sorted through, depending on the length of time you’ve been hiding out. If you’ve managed to survive the comet impact, there’s a good likelihood that others have as well. Hunger breeds violence and people will want to your steal supplies in order to survive. Always try to resolve things peacefully, not violently. There may be other groups willing to share resources as long as you share yours. Always approach people cautiously, but not in a hostile manner. Non-perishable and canned food won’t sustain you forever, so you will have to get used to hunting and gathering your own food. Designate different people based on their strengths to search for food. Moving near the equator will be warmer and if the dirt is fertile, this will allow you to begin to grow food for consumption. Having more people in your group will allow you to search for food more effectively. Moving near a large body of water will allow you to fish. Use survival guides to determine what foliage is good to eat and what is poisonous. A popular vote is a direct democracy and would work so that everyone had a voice in matters that affect the group. While having a final decision maker or leader is conventionally how smaller groups tend to act, having everyone’s voice be heard will hopefully ensure less fighting in your group. As your group gets larger, the governance system becomes more critical. Make sure to hold everyone to the same standards.
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Make sure the environment is safe before going out into the world. Scavenge for additional supplies and food. Prepare to defend yourself from desperate survivors. Move to a fertile place near the equator and plant vegetable seeds. Create a governance system for your new society.
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Translate "Metallic constructions in El Porvenir" to Spanish.
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Construcciones metálicas en Yoro
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Question: A corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of what group of people?
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Read this and answer the question. If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable".
In America, Episcopalian Dennis Bennett is sometimes cited as one of the charismatic movement's seminal influence. In the United Kingdom, Colin Urquhart, Michael Harper, David Watson and others were in the vanguard of similar developments. The Massey conference in New Zealand, 1964 was attended by several Anglicans, including the Rev. Ray Muller, who went on to invite Bennett to New Zealand in 1966, and played a leading role in developing and promoting the Life in the Spirit seminars. Other Charismatic movement leaders in New Zealand include Bill Subritzky.
When was the Massey conference held?
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1964
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Profiling is effective and necessary:
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.
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1. Passenger profiling has a record of success in Israel .
2. It was only later luck which meant that he was caught instead of succeeding in his attack , all on the basis of the absence of security profiling fully eight years after the 9/11 attacks .
3. A travelers appearance , behavior , itinerary and passport are factors to consider in effective profiling .
4. Brigitte Gabriel , founder and president of ACT !
5. Police officers and security camera operators can be trained to recognize signs of nervous or apprehensive behavior that passengers might exhibit .
6. We need to take a lesson from the Israelis .
7. for America , said in December of 2009 : `` We 're not talking only about profiling Muslims .
8. Someone who is about to carry on a terrorist attack acts nervous , acts suspicious -LSB- under such scrutiny -RSB- . ''
9. When you go through security checkpoints in Tel Aviv airport , you have very highly trained screeners .
10. Together , these actions are extremely suspicious and it would have been correct , justified and indeed prudent for airport security to have investigated him on the basis that he met the profile of a possible terrorist .
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1. It can be found in many more places ; advertisers target children in schools , online with content such as product-branded games and also via product placement to name but a few examples .
2. What must be remembered is advertising is sometimes much more subtle than commercial breaks on television .
3. They lack the complete toolset to view advertising critically and advertisers take advantage of this , disregarding any negative effects it may have on children and society more generally .
4. Advertising towards children can not be considered ethical as children have not yet fully developed their mental cognition .
5. Trying to get children to become `` cradle-to-grave '' customers is highly unethical .
6. In a consultation by the Royal College of Nursing , regarding product placement , it is stated that `` children are already susceptible to advertising messages and may not have the media literacy required to recognize adverts which take place during programming '' What this amounts to then is manipulation of children who are vulnerable to such messages .
7. These types of advertising are much harder for children to be critical of as they are less overt ; with product placement even often evading the direct attention of adult viewers .
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(CNN)At the 1994 U.S. Open, John McEnroe said he would commentate on his head if Jan Siemerink won a fourth-set tiebreak after falling behind 6-0 to fellow Dutchman Richard Krajicek.
Guess what? It happened.
Siemerink claimed the next eight points and McEnroe did as he promised in a later match at the season's final major.
No commentators were believed to have said something similar when Stan Wawrinka trailed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 5-0 and 6-2 in a fourth-set tiebreak Monday at the Australian Open -- and lucky for them.
Just like Siemerink, Wawrinka did the almost unthinkable and pulled off a great escape.
The defending champion at the year's opening grand slam saved five set points in the tiebreak to close out the encounter against the Spaniard 7-6 (2) 6-4 4-6 7-6 (8) and advance to the quarterfinals.
"Losing 5-0 was a bad start to the tiebreak," Wawrinka, upset by Garcia-Lopez at the 2014 French Open, told reporters. "At 6-2 I knew it was close to come back because I had the wind with me.
"I had to focus on every point. I knew if I was going to come back (to) 6-5, (he) was going to get nervous. Just focused point after point."
Wawrinka is flying the Swiss flag after Roger Federer's surprising loss to Andreas Seppi in the third round and the world No. 4 will have to maintain, or increase, his level if he is to continue his winning streak at Melbourne Park.
Wawrinka's quarterfinal opponent, Kei Nishikori, beat the 29-year-old in the last eight in September en route to making the final at the U.S. Open.
1. what did Wawrinka pull off?
2. who else pulled off a comeback?
3. at what event?
4. what did mcenroe say he would do if Siemerink won?
5. what flag did Wawrinka fly?
6. did he win his match?
7. in what year?
8. did mcenroe follow through on his promise?
9. who was wawrinka's quarterfinal opponent
10. who beat wawrinka?
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1. 5-0 and 6-2 in a fourth-set tiebreak
2. Siemerink
3. U.S. Open
4. Commentate on his head if
5. Swiss flag
6. Yes
7. 2014
8. Yes
9. Garcia-Lopez
10. Kei Nishikori
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Premise: The man caught his shirtsleeve on the rungs of the fence.
What is the effect?
Pick your answer from:
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+The sleeve ripped..
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The Star Wars film series itself has never rebooted, however due to the works set after the original trilogy contradicting and deviating from Lucas own view of the Star Wars story a decision was made to discard the EU works from the franchise canon. Lucas decided to cease creative involvement after selling Lucasfilm (the production company of Star Wars) along with the Star Wars franchise itself to The Walt Disney Company in October 2012, and with a sequel trilogy of films and other works in development in order for new films to have creative freedom and prevent them from being beholden by the EU works. Because of Lucas views and the upcoming films needing such creative freedom, the decision was made to rebrand all the EU works as Star Wars Legends and discard them from canon. The only two EU works that remained within the Star Wars franchise canon were the 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated film and Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated TV series. With few exceptions, most of the non-film works works produced after April 2014 are part of the official canon as defined by Lucasfilm.
Answer this question, making sure that the answer is supported by the text: is star wars the clone wars tv show canon?
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In 1769 the Spanish took 22 Wayuus captive, in order to put them to work building the fortifications of Cartagena. The reaction of the Wayuus was unexpected. On 2 May 1769, at El Rincón, near Riohacha, they set their village afire, burning the church and two Spaniards who had taken refuge in it. They also captured the priest. The Spanish immediately dispatched an expedition from El Rincón to capture the Wayuus. At the head of this force was José Antonio de Sierra, a mestizo who had also headed the party that had taken the 22 Guajiro captives. The Guajiros recognized him and forced his party to take refuge in the house of the curate, which they then set afire. Sierra and eight of his men were killed. This success was soon known in other Guajiro areas, and more men joined the revolt. According to Messía, at the peak there were 20,000 Wayuus under arms. Many had firearms acquired from English and Dutch smugglers, sometimes even from the Spanish. This enabled the rebels to take nearly all the settlements of the region, which they burned. According to the authorities, more than 100 Spaniards were killed and many others taken prisoner. Many cattle were also taken by the rebels. The Spaniards took refuge in Riohacha and sent urgent messages to Maracaibo, Valledupar, Santa Marta and Cartagena, the latter responding by sending 100 troops. The rebels themselves were not unified. Sierra's relatives among the Indians took up arms against the rebels to avenge his death. A battle between the two groups of Wayuus was fought at La Soledad. That and the arrival of the Spanish reinforcements caused the rebellion to fade away, but not before the Guajiro had regained much territory.
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Hot skills: Oracle Application Server offers an alternative to IBM <b>...</b>
Oracle Application Server 10g is an application platform suite that offers full support for J2EE, high-speed caching, rapid application development, enterprise portals, identity management, business intelligence, application and business integration
Multi-choice problem: What is this text about?
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[A]. World
[B]. Sports
[C]. Business
[D]. Science/Tech
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Consequently, the Commission will abstain from establishing mandatory ecodesign requirements for imaging equipment placed on the EU market as long as the voluntary agreement and any subsequent versions concluded under the proposed voluntary scheme will, in the opinion of the Commission, meet their objectives and the general principles defined in the Ecodesign Directive.
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Z tohoto důvodu Komise nepřistoupí ke stanovení povinných požadavků na ekodesign zobrazovacích zařízení uvedených na trh EU, budou-li dobrovolná dohoda a její případné následné verze uzavřené v rámci navrhovaného dobrovolného systému podle názoru Komise splňovat cíle a obecné zásady vymezené ve směrnici o ekodesignu.
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How is "Contrary to the neighboring Baka Voda, where there are not enough sidewalks for pedestrians nor the traffic is forbidden in the center - at least during the season, Brela can be pronounced, without hesitation, as a paradise for pedestrians." said in German?
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In dem Nachbarort Baška Voda gibt es wenige Fusswege, während der Saison ist der Verkehr sehr dicht. Brela ist aber ein Fussgängerparadies.
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Amanda Garcia's peaceful life in Saltillo, Mexico, was shaken this past March when she witnessed a military convoy heading at full speed and against traffic on one of the city's important avenues. The lawyer had taken an alternate route to get home sooner and be with her 7-year-old son. It had been a difficult day in Saltillo, the capital of Coahuila state: Seven people had been killed and four police officers were injured in a series of firefights that caused alarm throughout the city, the state attorney general's office said. A few yards from reaching her home, she was stopped at a military checkpoint. "When I parked I saw at least six soldiers in front of my car, getting out of their vehicle and aiming at me, asking me to get out. One came close to my door and I heard a sound I had never heard before, apparently of a weapon when you take the safety off. Few times in my life had I felt so scared," she said. After an inspection, the soldiers told Amanda that they were looking for a vehicle similar to hers and that she was free to return home. "Usually, the presence of the army does not make me nervous at all, to the contrary. But that day, I really thought they were going to shoot at me," she said. "I've never seen the city so empty." Two days later, a soldier died and another was injured in a confrontation with suspected drug traffickers, after four cartel roadblocks were reported in various parts of the city, according to the attorney general's office. Saltillo, with some 700,000 residents, is a colonial city that until recently was known for its auto industry -- General Motors, Chrysler and Freightliner have plants there -- and construction. However, the situation has changed progressively until the city has reached notoriety for other reasons. According to a report from intelligence company Stratfor, the Gulf and Sinaloa cartels formed the New Federation, an alliance combating the Zetas cartel, and launched an offensive to control the trafficking routes in Mexico's northeast. "There were pacts here, and now those pacts are broken and a battle has begun between various criminal groups for this territory. This is evident," said Raul Vera, the Catholic bishop of Saltillo. The Coahuila attorney general's office declined to let any of its officials be interviewed to give their version of escalating violence in the region. "This was something that has been coming for a while, not only the dispute for control of the territory for the routes, but also for control of the population, through terror, (and) control of the economy," said Blanca Martinez, director of the Fray Juan de Larios Human Rights Center. In the four years of Felipe Calderon's term so far, more than 34,612 drug-related killings have been recorded in Mexico, of which 659 happened in northern Coahuila, according to the federal government. Of these, a little more than 3% occurred in Saltillo. Like neighboring states Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, all on the U.S. border, Coahuila has seen peaks in violence associated with the capture or killing of important trafficking leaders who had influence in the region. "The people in the city are afraid. It can be felt in the streets, homes, with friends. All the conversations are about security now," said Jorge Muniz, a young graphic designer who lives in the city. The day after the confrontation between security forces and the presumed drug traffickers, a rumor surged on social media that there would be a curfew in Saltillo, something that was denied by Gov. Jorge Torres Lopez. "Even then the city took its precautions and that false curfew turned into a real curfew," Muniz said. "The city was deserted from five in the afternoon. There were few people in the streets, and after seven at night, it looked like a ghost town, shops closed, with little traffic." He added, "I think this is just the beginning of the violent acts. Other nearby cities, like Monterrey, the capital of Nuevo Leon, also started like this and now are cities where they live a climate of strong violence." Another indicator of the growing insecurity in Saltillo and the rest of Coahuila is the increase in the number of disappearances in the past two years, the majority believed to be linked to organized crime. From 2007 to January 2011, the Fray Juan de Larios Human Rights Center, in coordination with United for Our Disappeared of Coahuila, documented 118 disappearances, of which 91 presumably were related to organized crime, according to a report by the organization. The report indicates that the average age of the victims is 30, the majority are men, and five of them were minors at the time of their disappearance. Five others were women. Only one out of the 118 cases has evidence that the objective of the disappearance was kidnapping. There was never a request for ransom from the others. Another characteristic of the disappearances in Coahuila is that they happen in groups. Only 17 of the victims disappeared individually, and in 23 cases it is alleged that there was involvement by police or the military, the organizations reported. The state attorney general's office declined to comment on the disappearances. Saltillo could be considered a refuge for the Zetas, the U.S. consul in Monterrey, Bruce Williamson, said in February 2010 in a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks. The cable is full of doubt about the effectiveness of the Mexican military in the fight against organized crime. In another cable from 2009, the consul writes that the security model implemented in Coahuila by then-Gov. Humberto Moreira was inadequate, and described them as "baby steps."
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Firefights have been recorded in Saltillo, Mexico. Two cartels have united to fight a third in the area, an intelligence firm says. More than 100 disappearances have been reported in recent years.
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Write an article based on this "Ministers must provide more funding to protect injured war veterans from spending compensation on social care costs, local authority leaders say."
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The Local Government Association (LGA) says an "unfair anomaly" means veterans are treated differently depending on when they were injured.
Compensation paid to those injured on or before 5 April 2005 is usually taken into account when councils do means tests to decide social care payments.
But those injured later are protected.
Social care in the UK is means tested, meaning people with money may have to pay some or all of the costs of their care.
Military personnel injured in service on or before 5 April 2005 receive the War Disablement Pension.
Money from this is taken into account in means tests - meaning veterans can be forced to use it to pay for care.
Those injured after this date receive money from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. This cannot be taken into account in the means tests.
Keith Clarke injured his spine falling through a hatch while fighting a fire on a Royal Navy submarine 15 years ago.
As his injury happened before the 2005 rule change, Norfolk County Council was allowed to take his compensation into account when assessing his means.
And last year it said he should pay £100 a week towards his care.
But Mr Clarke, who needs carers twice a day, successfully appealed and no longer has to use "most of his military compensation" to cover care costs.
The Royal British Legion estimates that about 4,000 people injured before the rule change could be paying extra due to the situation.
The LGA, which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, said the government should provide extra funding to "ensure all of our brave veterans are treated fairly".
LGA chairman Gary Porter said: "Some councils have looked at ways to subsidise the cost for veterans faced with having to hand over their weekly pension to fund care costs.
"However, pressures on council budgets and a social care funding gap growing at around £700m a year means this is something many are finding increasingly impossible to keep up."
"Additional funding is now needed so councils can provide the full, fair support and care that any of our service men and women who were injured whilst selflessly serving their country rightly deserve."
Matthew Seward, of the Royal British Legion, said the current situation was a "clear breach of the Armed Forces Covenant" - the agreement that sets out the UK's duty of care to military personnel.
The Legion's Insult to Injury campaign aims to ensure veterans' compensation is not "treated as normal income".
The government said it was "committed to working with local authorities to explain the needs of the armed forces and to help them tailor their support accordingly".
A spokesman added: "We encourage all local authorities to honour their Covenant commitments to ensure the armed forces community get the support they rightly deserve."
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@natalieeie it is in mine too.
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Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969. The band have sold over 50 million copies of their albums to date. They are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band struggled with indifferent record production, repeated changes of drummer, and lack of major commercial success or attention until 1980, when they adopted a more simplified sound on the album British Steel, which helped shoot them to rock superstar status.
Judas Priest were formed in 1969 in industrial West Bromwich, in the Black Country, by vocalist Al Atkins and bassist Brian "Bruno" Stapenhill, with John Perry on guitar and John "Fezza" Partridge on drums. Perry soon died in a road accident, and amongst the replacements the band auditioned were future Judas Priest guitarist Kenny "K. K." Downing; at the time, they turned him down in favour of 17-year-old multi-instrumentalist Ernest Chataway, who had played with Birmingham band Black Sabbath when they were still called Earth. Stapenhill came up with the name Judas Priest from Bob Dylan's song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" on the album John Wesley Harding. No member of that early lineup lasted long enough to play on the band's recordings, though several songs co-written by Atkins appeared on their first two albums. The band gained a three-album recording contract with the label Immediate in late 1969 after a gig in Walsall, but the label went out of business before an album could be recorded, and the band split in 1970. Late in the year, Atkins found a heavy rock band rehearsing without a singer called Freight, made up of K. K. Downing on guitar, his childhood friend Ian "Skull" Hill on bass, and drummer John Ellis. He joined them, and they took on Atkins' defunct band's name. Their first gig was on 6 March 1971. Ellis quit later that year and was replaced with Alan Moore. Early shows included Hendrix and Quatermass covers, and in 1972 the set list included the originals "Never Satisfied", "Winter", and the show-closer "Caviar and Meths". Moore left and was replaced with Christopher Louis "Congo" Campbell, and the band joined Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi's management agency Iommi Management Agency. Atkins continued to write material for the band--including "Whiskey Woman", which became the base for the Judas Priest staple "Victim of Changes"--but as finances were tight and he had a family to support, he played his last gigs with the band in December 1972. Campbell left soon afterwards, and the band enlisted two members of the band Hiroshima: drummer John Hinch and vocalist Rob Halford, the brother of Hill's girlfriend. Judas Priest made their first tour of continental Europe in early 1974 and returned to England that April to sign a recording deal with the label Gull. Gull suggested adding a fifth member to fill out the band's sound; they took on as a second lead guitarist Glenn Tipton, whose group The Flying Hat Band were also managed by Iommi's agency.
How did the members know each other?
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A dog is jumping into a swimming pool after a duck.
Generate a new sentence that is, on a scale from 0 to 5, a 4). in textual similarity to the above sentence.
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A dog jumping into a swimming pool.
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Here is a premise:
My own bet is that by 2004--a year in which Dyson places many of her predictions--books like hers will seem like artifacts from a more gullible age.
Here is a hypothesis:
To Dyson by 2004 books like hers will seem naive.
Here are the options: Options: 1). yes. 2). it is not possible to tell. 3). no.
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in recent weeks , switzerland 's battered banking icon ubs has turned to an advertising campaign in a bid to retain swiss clients , whose confidence has been hit by a string of colossal losses .
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ubs seeks second chance after record losses
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Write the next sentence.
Benjamin was better at shooting the gun than Randy because
Select from:
-Benjamin went to the shooting range every week.
-Randy went to the shooting range every week.
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Benjamin went to the shooting range every week.
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Summarize this article in one sentence.
Decide who is going to do what once you start the event. Delegate people to retrieve and set up the equipment, someone to organize the goods and volunteers once they arrive, and someone to keep track of the money. Invite your friends that will contribute and try hard. Make sure you have an adult around so if you need any help, they'll be there to help. If you live in a suburb, consider moving the sale to the corner of your street, or to the front of the neighborhood. Move your set up to the reasonable area. Design attention-grabbing and colorful media with the date, time, place and cause being supported. Design and share posters online or put paper ones up in well frequented areas. If you are selling at a school, have your bake sale announced over an intercom, in the daily notice or school paper, or whatever is available. Advertise your organization through your clothes. If you are raising funds for your scout troop, for instance, wear your uniform. Bake sales are a good opportunity to bake a variety of goodies. A bake sale needs baked items, which ideally will be homemade. Have all your baking volunteers bake the goods the day before the sale, to ensure maximum freshness. You could bake the items yourself and this is usually the cheapest way. Divide the baking between many members, if possible. Alternatively, buy them from a local bakery or shop. This is particularly effective if people don't usually have access to such goods, such as at a high school. It also is easier for people who can't cook, or don't have the time. A lot of people like to have a bit of liquid to wash down sugary treats, and it is an additional chance for you or your group to earn a bit of extra money. Coffee, tea, iced tea, lemonade, water, and soda are all good options. However, use common sense: hot coffee probably will not sell well on a hot summer day.
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Coordinate the work. Decide on an area you'd like to sell at. Publicize the event. Make the goods. Get drinks to sell as well.
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Write a sentence that is about a restaurant with all the following properties: name = Strada, eatType = restaurant, food = Indian, priceRange = high, customer rating = average, familyFriendly = yes, near = Rainbow Vegetarian Café
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Strada is an Indian restaurant near the Rainbow Vegetarian Café. It has an average customer rating, is kid friendly, but is pretty expensive.
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Is the premise "A shaggy dog dusted with snow licks its nose." true if "A dog attempts to lick snow off it's nose."?
Possible answers: A. yes. B. it is not possible to tell. C. no.
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Data: name = The Phoenix, food = Italian, priceRange = moderate, customer rating = 3 out of 5, area = riverside. What is a sentence that describe this data?
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The Phoenix has a moderate price range and serves Italian food. It is in riverside and the customer rating is 3 out of 5.
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Translate the following sentence to Czech:
She advised her to get rid of her digital camera and use an old one, for more interesting results.
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Doporučila jí, aby zapomněla na digitální fotoaparát a použila starší, kvůli mnohem zajímavějším výsledkům.
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Translate from Spanish to English:
Para una estancia más larga buscaría un apartamento con un mini lavadora / secadora..., pero lo que tuvimos fue perfecto para nuestras 5 noches.
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For a longer stay I may look for an apt with mini washer/dryer... but what we had was perfect for our 5 nights.
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Sentence: John van den Brom has been manager of AZ Alkmaar and plays for both R.S.C. Anderlecht and De Graafschap.
What data can be extracted from this sentence?
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AZ Alkmaar, manager, John van den Brom; John van den Brom, club, R.S.C. Anderlecht; John van den Brom, club, De Graafschap
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– The words “ugly” and “new low” are being tossed around a lot in reports of last night’s Kentucky Senate debate, in which Rand Paul and Jack Conway sparred over a new Conway ad bashing Paul for his alleged “Aqua Buddha” shenanigans. (Background available here and here.) Paul accused Conway of attacking his religious beliefs. Conway said the ad wasn't about religion, to howls from the crowd. “Values matter,” he protested. “When is it ever a good idea to tie up a woman and ask her to kneel before Aqua Buddha?” “Jack, have you no decency? Have you no shame?” Paul replied. “You demean the state of Kentucky. You embarrass yourself.” At the end of the debate, Paul said he was too offended to shake hands with Conway. “Don’t make up stuff about me from college that you think you’ve read on the Internet blogs,” he said. He also at one point told Conway to “Run a race like a man … instead of calling me names.” Conway replied by accusing Paul of flip-flopping. “You told me to be a man. … Have the guts to stay by your positions.” For a smattering of the incredulous reports, click here, here or here.
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The Kentucky Senate fight reached a new low Sunday night, with Republican Rand Paul calling Democrat Jack Conway a “disgrace” and refusing to shake his hand at a debate in Louisville.
Much of the debate centered around a new Conway ad attacking Paul over a GQ story alleging Paul, while in college, belonged to a group that tied up a woman and forced her to bow down to “Aqua Buddha.”
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Paul has denied the story, based on anonymous sources, but that hasn’t stopped Conway from referencing it on the campaign trail and in the new ad.
During the debate, Conway said Paul “tied a woman up and asked her to worship a false idol.”
"Values matter," Conway said. "Why did he freely join a group known for mocking or making fun of people of faith? And secondly, when is it ever a good idea to tie up a woman and ask her to kneel before a false idol called Aqua Buddha?"
In response, Paul asked, “Jack, have you no decency? Have you no shame?”
“You demean the state of Kentucky. You embarrass yourself,” Paul said, announcing he wouldn’t shake hands with his opponent.
"You know how we know when you're lying? Your lips are moving,” the Republican said. “You're accusing me of crimes. Do you know nothing about the process? You're going to stand there and accuse me of a crime from 30 years ago from some anonymous source? How ridiculous are you? You embarrass this race.”
Paul contended that the story was out of bounds, and questioned its credibility. “Don't make up stuff about me from college that you think you've read on the Internet blogs,” the Republican said. “Grow up.”
“It wasn't from the Internet blog,” the Democrat declared. "It was on CBS News, it's been in POLITICO, the Lexington Herald-Leader."
Conway later refused to answer whether he thought Paul was a “good Christian” after one of the moderators asked.
A CN2/Braun Research poll recently showed Paul up only 3 percentage points, 43 percent to 40 percent, but a Rasmussen survey showed the Republican leading by 11 percentage points. ||||| (CNN) -- An ugly Senate campaign in Kentucky grew even uglier Sunday as Democrat Jack Conway and Republican Rand Paul faced off in a debate that devolved into a name-calling session rather than a give-and-take on the issues facing the state's voters.
The debate at the University of Louisville came a day after Conway, the state attorney general, released a television ad questioning Paul's values.
"Why was Rand Paul a member of a secret society that called the Holy Bible 'a hoax,' that was banned for mocking Christianity and Christ?" the ad's announcer says. "Why did Rand Paul once tie up a woman, tell her to bow down before a false idol, and say his god was 'Aqua Buddha?'"
The ad, which is running statewide, is based on reports that Paul was a member of a secret society while a student at Baylor University. GQ Magazine and The Washington Post quoted an anonymous woman as making the claims in August.
The ad was an oft-repeated topic of debate from the start Sunday night as the Tea Party-backed Paul gave his opening statement.
"I'm disheartened that my opponent has chosen to attack my religious beliefs," he said. "We have serious problems in our country ... and he has descended into the gutter to attack my personal religious beliefs. ... Jack, you should be ashamed of yourself. You should apologize. Have you no decency? Have you no shame?"
It was a familiar refrain as Conway pressed Paul to explain his alleged involvement in the group while Paul shot back with such quips as, "You know how we tell when you're lying? When your lips are moving."
Despite the controversy, there was some talk of the issues at stake in next month's elections -- the economy, health care, job creation, illegal immigration and the war in Afghanistan -- though the candidates stuck to general positions on most subjects, perhaps because of the debate's format that allowed the candidates little time to answer.
On the government bailout, Paul said he believes it was a "mistake." "I believe our problem is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. The priority needs to be given to balancing the budget."
On illegal immigration, Conway said there aren't enough agents to curtail the problem. "I want to work on a system that's tough, sensible and fair."
On health care, Conway declared that "We need to fix the health care law," while Paul said he would "get rid of the whole thing and start over."
But the debate's agenda remained the same for both candidates: Conway attacking his opponent's positions on cutting government programs and Paul accusing Conway of making up those positions.
"It's hard to argue with him because he makes up my positions and then I have to debate made-up positions," Paul said.
At one point, Paul threw up his hands and said, "I give up. How do you argue with somebody who has no logic and makes no logical sense? ... It is absolutely absurd. To have a conversation with you, you demean the state of Kentucky and you embarrass yourself."
Paul wasn't the only one dishing out barbs, however. Conway told Paul, "You don't have the guts to stand by your positions."
The debate ended much the same way as it began: "When this debate ends, you'll notice that I will not be shaking his hand tonight," Paul said in his closing statement. "I will not be shaking hands with someone who attacks my religion." ||||| Kentucky Senate candidates Rand Paul and Jack Conway may have taken debating to a whole new level in Louisville last night, and it was not a step up.
Conway, who is the state's Democratic attorney general, is running a new ad in which he questions the Tea Party favorite's alleged involvement, as a student at Baylor University, in a prank in which a woman anonymously quoted in GQ magazine says Paul tied her up and tried to get her to worship the "Aqua Buddha."
Right out of the gate last night, Paul pretended that this was an attack on him as a Christian: "Those who stoop to the level of attacking a man's religious beliefs to gain higher office, I believe that they should remember that it does not profit a man to gain the world if he loses his soul in the process," Paul lectured his opponent, quoting from Scripture.
"Jack, you should be ashamed of yourself," said the self-described "pro-life Christian," who may or may not have turned the other cheek, but who did refuse to shake Conway's hand after the debate. "Have you no decency? Have you no shame?" "Jack, you should be ashamed of yourself," said the self-described "pro-life Christian," who may or may not have turned the other cheek, but who did refuse to shake Conway's hand after the debate. "Have you no decency? Have you no shame?"
Apparently not. Not to be outdone, Conway also behaved as though the relevant question really did involve the Bowling Green eye doctor's spiritual life; instead of noting that men raised other than by wolves don't for any reason tie up women who aren't in on the plan, the Moses of Frankfort tried to cast the incident as evidence that Paul worships false gods: "Why did he freely join a group known for mocking, for making fun of people with faith?" Conway asked during the debate. "When is it ever a good idea to tie up a woman and ask her to kneel before a false idol, your god, which you call Aqua Buddha?"
As he has done before, Paul also got in on the trend Matt Lewis wrote about the other day, of (mostly all-female) Republican candidates questioning their opponents' manhood. He also called Conway a schooled liar and asked him, "How ridiculous are you?"
"You know how we tell you're lying?" Paul asked rhetorically. "It's when your lips are moving. You're accusing me of crimes. . . . You are going to stand over there and accuse me of a crime from 30 years ago from some anonymous source. How ridiculous are you? You embarrass this race. . . . Run a race like a man . . . instead of calling me names."
"Rand, here is the thing,'' Conway said later in the debate. "You don't have the guts to stand by your positions. You told me to be a man. . . . Have the guts to stay by your positions."
Positions, did somebody say?
There was some talk of that, and health care reform did come up; as in earlier matchups, Paul said the current law is unconstitutional and he asked why Conway wasn't suing the federal government over what he called "Obamacare."
"I'm not going to waste the resources of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on Tea Party politics," Conway answered.
The "Aqua Buddha" incident was first reported in August in a CQ profile of Paul that said he belonged to a secret group called the "NoZe Brotherhood," which reportedly considered the Bible "a hoax." The story said he and another member "paid a visit to a female student who was one of Paul's teammates on the Baylor swim team. According to this woman, who requested anonymity because of her current job as a clinical psychologist, "he and Randy came to my house, they knocked on my door, and then they blindfolded me, tied me up, and put me in their car. They took me to their apartment and tried to force me to take bong hits. They'd been smoking pot." After the woman refused to smoke with them, Paul and his friend put her back in their car and drove to the countryside outside of Waco, where they stopped near a creek. "They told me their god was 'Aqua Buddha' and that I needed to bow down and worship him," the woman recalled. "They blindfolded me and made me bow down to 'Aqua Buddha' in the creek. I had to say, 'I worship you Aqua Buddha, I worship you.' At Baylor, there were people actively going around trying to save you and we had to go to chapel, so worshiping idols was a big no-no."
Update: Paul said Monday that he hasn't yet decided whether to debate Conway once more, as scheduled. And he, too, has a new ad out, which asserts that Paul "keeps Christ in his heart." It asks, "What kind of man would bear false witness just to win an election?" before cutting to a black-and-white photo of Conway. "This one would,'' the ad says.
Click here to follow Melinda Henneberger on Twitter. Paul has denied that any such thing ever occurred, and called the story "ridiculous." He is currently running just ahead of Conway in the polls.Paul said Monday that he hasn't yet decided whether to debate Conway once more, as scheduled. And he, too, has a new ad out, which asserts that Paul "keeps Christ in his heart." It asks, "What kind of man would bear false witness just to win an election?" before cutting to a black-and-white photo of Conway. "This one would,'' the ad says.
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How is "I don't usually hold with foreign food. . . . . .but this Elvish stuff, it's not bad." said in Czech?
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Obvykle cizí jídlo v lásce nemám... ...ale tohle elfí není špatné.
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What debate topic are the following sentences about?
1. Not surprisingly these multi-national companies increasingly opt for English as their corporate language regardless of where the company originally comes from , for example Japanese based Rakuten is to make English its company language from 2012 .
2. The world is becoming increasingly more and more globalised and a common language of communication is necessary to help this continue .
3. Countries are more interdependent than ever and with the advances that we have seen in technology in the last few decades , communication is instantaneous .
4. For us to be able to effectively communicate , especially within fields such as international trade and economics , as well as diplomacy , a common working language is key .
5. McDonalds for example have almost thirty three thousand branches in almost every country in the world within such big global companies communication is essential .
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This House believes in a global language
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Question: Which is a unit of measure for length?
OPTIONS:
-- meters;
-- degrees;
-- milliliters;
-- atmospheres;
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meters
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Translate the following sentence to Russian:
Excellent Quality pictures and wallpapers of Aishwarya Rai.
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Информационный портал "ZONE5.RU" - Новости кино, музыки, техники, каталоги фильмов, актеров и актрис, фотогалереи, трейлеры, ссылки Актерские работы Список формируется в алфавитном порядке по нашей базе данных ...Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya [ 1997 ] ... Ashi Kapoor 1 23rd March 1931: Shaheed [ 2002 ] ... Special Appearance (song) 2 Bhopal Movie [ 2007 ] ... Jasmine Singh 3 Jodha-Akbar [ 2007 ] ... Jodha Bhai 4 Mamagaru [ 1991 ] ... Rani 5 Ravoyi Chandamama [ 1999 ] ... Special Appearance (Song) 6 Азарт любви [ 2000 ] Josh ... Shirley 7 Байкеры 2 [ 2006 ] Dhoom 2 8 Банти и Бабли [ 2005 ] Bunty Aur Babli ... Special Appearance (song) 9 Вернуть сына [ 2002 ] Shakti: The Power ... Dream Girl 10 Влюбленные [ 2000 ] Mohabbatein ... Megha 11 Возвращение домой [ 1999 ] Aa Ab Laut Chalen ... Pooja Walia 12 Вызов [ 2006 ] Provoked ... Kiranjit Ahluwalia 13 Голос сердца [ 2000 ] Sanam Tere Hain Hum ... Special Appearance 14 Гуру [ 2006 ] Guru 15 Девдас [ 2002 ] Devdas ... Parvati ('Paro') 16 Джим МакМанус Jim McManus 17 Долг превыше всего [ 2004 ] Khakee ... Mahalaxshmi 18 Дорогая Умрао [ 2006 ] Umrao Jaan ... Umrao Jaan 19 Дуэт [ 1997 ] Iruvar ... Pushpa/Kalpana 20 Единственная [ 2002 ] Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam ... Special Appearence 21 Игра страсти [ 2003 ] Chokher Bali ... Binodini 22 Лед на душе [ 2003 ] Kuch Naa Kaho ... Namrata Shrivastav 23 Мое сердце для тебя [ 2000 ] Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai ... Preeti Virat 24 Музыка сердца [ 1999 ] Taal ... Mansi 25 Мятежник [ 2007 ] The Rebel ... Rani Laxmibai 26 Навеки твоя [ 1999 ] Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam ... Nandini 27 Нас не догонят [ 2002 ] Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin ... Komal Rastogi 28 Постер Невеста и предрассудки [ 2004 ] Bride & Prejudice ... Lalita Bakshi 29 Невинная ложь [ 1998 ] Jeans ... Madhumitha/Vaishnavi 30 Несколько слов о любви [ 2000 ] Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke ... Sahiba Gareval 31 Ну что, влюбился [ 2004 ] Kyun...!
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Write the answer: Which Australian tennis player twice partnered Britain’s John Lloyd to win the mixed doubles at Wimbledon/
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wendy turnbull
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Planet Express was bought out by Mom's Friendly Delivery Service so they can eliminate the competition.
Who is "they"?
Possible answers: a). Planet Express. b). Mom's Friendly Delivery Service.
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b).
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Choose your answer. Microsoft commits to XML docs for long term
Responding to a European Union request, Microsoft said the license for its Office-related XML document formats will be royalty-free forever.
Which topic is this article about?
pick from the following. 1). World; 2). Sports; 3). Business; 4). Science/Tech;
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was assigned to the General Staff in Washington, where he served until June 1942 with responsibility for creating the major war plans to defeat Japan and Germany. He was appointed Deputy Chief in charge of Pacific Defenses under the Chief of War Plans Division (WPD), General Leonard T. Gerow, and then succeeded Gerow as Chief of the War Plans Division. Next, he was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff in charge of the new Operations Division (which replaced WPD) under Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, who spotted talent and promoted accordingly.
Q: What was Eisenhower's title in the Operations Division?
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Translate the following sentence to Russian:
During one day in St Petersburg I visited three different organisations with long experience in working with street children.
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За день пребывания в Санкт-Петербурге я посетил три разные организации с большим опытом работы детьми улицы.
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Here are some keywords about a restaurant:
name = Cotto, food = Fast food, customer rating = average, familyFriendly = yes, near = Ranch. Write a sentence that describes the following attributes of a restaurant.
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Yes, there is a children-friendly Fast food place called Cotto, it's got an average customer rating, it's near Ranch.
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Answer this:
The population of which of the following 26 organisms would most likely decline if small animals like rats, rabbits, and snakes were eliminated from an ecosystem?
[A]. earthworms.
[B]. grasses.
[C]. hawks.
[D]. mushrooms.
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[C].
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Write some highlights for the following article:
The culprit who sparked a murder scare after leaving 'a trail of blood' along a jetty that was visible on Google Maps was today revealed to be a wet dog called Rama. The 'blood' seen in the image was in fact a trail of water left by the dog after it went for a swim. Rama's hounding down has ended days of guesswork as to whether a crime scene had been captured by aerial photos. The mystery aerial shot: This image showing what appeared to be a grisly crime scene in a park in the city of Almere, Netherlands, sparked days of speculation as to what it could really be. The satellite shot from Google maps had sparked online speculation that a vicious crime may have taken place and gone undetected in the Dutch city of Almere. First posted on Reddit, it shows what looks like a trail of blood apparently leading on to a waterside jetty jutting into a lake in Beatrixpark, in the heart of the city. At the end of the trail it appears as though two people are standing over a dead body, preparing to throw it into the water. But investigations carried out by fans of the popular social news site revealed that the 'crime scene' was in fact nothing of the sort. Eagle-eyed internet sleuths used a little-known technique to zoom right into the image to reveal that it was in fact a soggy dog which had left what looked like the bloody trail. And now the dog's owner has come forward to tell of her surprise when she realised the picture, which went viral online, in fact showed her and a friend out playing catch with her dog, Rama. 'When I saw the picture I realised, "it's my dog". He loves the water,' she told The Sun. 'He jumps off the end of the jetty, swims around to the bridge and runs down to the edge again. 'It's hilarious that everyone thought it was murder. But it's great he's now world famous.' Detailed analysis: Once one Reddit user revealed how fellow laptop sleuths could zoom in more closely to the image posted by ncav, they began annotating the image to attempt to prove the wet dog theory. Even more detailed analysis: Another Reddit user posted this image which attempted to explain what was going on in the ambiguous-looking scene in even greater detail. The city of Almere where the bizarre Google Maps image was captured is Holland's newest city and. home to more than 193,000 people. The first homes were only completed in 1976. The. image was originally posted on April 12 by a Reddit user named ncav,. with the caption: 'A murder near my house on Google Maps, link in. comments.' Inside the comments attached to the post, the user added that he and his friend had told the police about the apparent crime. Further commenters then sought to debunk the murder hypothesis. The investigation really took off when Redditor xythrowawayy shared a little-known trick which allowed fellow users to zoom in further than anyone had previously managed. It. involved grabbing the URL usually used to share the map via email or. social media and changing the number at the very end of the link from 22. to 23. 'If Google Maps has imagery at that higher zoom level, it will show it to you,' added xythrowawayy. New builds: The city of Almere where the Google Maps image was captured is the Netherlands' newest city and home to more than 193,000 people. The first homes were only completed in 1976. But it was Bennyboy1337 who was the first to work out that what the image shows is in fact a dog which has left a wet trail along the jetty's wooden deck, and not a body surrounded by blood. 'Looks like a dog got out of the water and shook itself dry, then walked off the dock while dripping water, the wet wood looks much darker in colour,' wrote Bennyboy1337. 'You can clearly see where the dog shook, walked off the deck, then walked back to his owner on a separate lighter coloured path on the bottom.' Two users on the site then annotated the zoomed-in image to point out more details that appeared to confirm the wet-dog theory. A third then zoomed out a little to point out that there were other people walking right past the supposed bloody crime scene, while another used Google Maps distance measuring tool to estimate that the 'body' is just 3.5ft long. 'This is either a dog or a midget murder,' quipped Penguinpoop4.
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Image posted to Reddit last week sparked online murder investigation. But sharp-eyed internet sleuths zoomed in to reveal the truth. Rama's owner says: 'It's hilarious that everyone thought it was murder'
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Dairy Queen eyes massive Mass. expansion
In the world of frozen desserts, the choice never gets any easier: ice cream or soft-serve?
And soft-serve lovers in Massachusetts may rejoice, because Dairy Queen, the brand with the homespun image, is expanding in the Boston market — and beyond.
The company, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said it will add 60 franchises to its repertoire of 33 in Massachusetts over the next five years, part of a US expansion effort that will build dozens of new “quick-service restaurants” in a state that loves its dairy.
“We go where the consumers want our products,” said Jim Kerr, a vice president at International Dairy Queen, based in Minneapolis. “I think it’s safe to say, there’s going to be a blizzard of Dairy Queens there.”
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought the Dairy Queen chain in 1998.
The “Blizzard,” of course, is Dairy Queen’s trademarked combination of crushed candy whipped with soft-serve, so beloved in Massachusetts that Dairy Queen celebrated the concoction’s 20th anniversary in Springfield by making one that weighed 8,225-pounds.
New England is a region of ice cream lovers, the birthplace of brands such as Friendly’s, Brigham’s, and Ben and Jerry’s. New Englanders are reputed to eat more ice cream than people in other regions, although dairy industry trade groups don’t have statistics to back that up.
The International Dairy Foods Association, a trade group in Washington, said the average American consumes almost 22 pounds of ice cream per year. The top selling flavor: vanilla.
Soft-serve is not technically ice cream because it is made with less than 10 percent milk fat, according to the dairy association.
The ice cream chain opened its first location in Manhattan two years ago.
Dairy Queen has not finalized its new sites in Massachusetts, but the chain is targeting properties in Stoughton, Peabody, Burlington, Billerica, Plymouth, Worcester, and Amherst, Kerr said.
New locations are also being sought in Vermont, the only state without a Dairy Queen.
The first Dairy Queen opened in LaJoliet, Ill., in 1940. Today, there are more than 6,700 Dairy Queens in 27 countries. Berkshire Hathaway bought the chain in 1998.
The company said franchise owners usually invest about $1 million to $2 million into their stores. Nicky Pirperis, who owns two Dairy Queen locations in Milford and West Boylston, said she paid about $30,000 to buy a franchise and spent more than $1 million just to build her store in West Boylston.
She said she plans to help her two children in their 30s to buy another location but would not disclose where they were looking.
This new store, like her other locations, would sell burgers, chicken sandwiches, and other fast-food eats as well as soft-serve, a concept that Dairy Queen calls “grill and chill.”
Pirperis said the most difficult thing as a franchise owner is teaching new employees the correct technique for manipulating a cone so the soft-serve ends up with the famously curled flourish at the top.
“Drop, stop, curl. Drop, stop, curl, this is what I tell the new employees,” said Pirperis. “The hardest part is making the [soft-serve] cones.”
This Dairy Queen restaurant in Moorhead, Minn., first opened in 1949.
What is a short summary of the above article?
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The company said it will add 60 more franchises to its 33 in Massachusetts over the next five years
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Does the following review have a positive or negative opinion of the movie?
helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats
Choose your answer from: [+] negative [+] positive
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positive
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glue/sst2:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Soon after arriving and being settled in a guest room, I found a quiet place where I could pray, and repeated to the Lord that I did not want to come here, but that I wanted His best.
Translate to Russian
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Я много молился о том, что я должен был делать после окончания Библейской школы, но Господь ждал до тех пор, пока я не сделал активный шаг к служению Ему, а затем Он сказал относительно того места, в котором я должен был быть.Вскоре, после прибытия, я нашел тихое место, где я мог молиться и повторять Господу, что не хочу быть здесь, но желаю
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Late on the next Sunday afternoon Gifford had gone for a country walk which he had arranged to bring him round in time for the evening service at the little village church of Wynford standing just outside the park boundary. His way took him by well-remembered field-paths which, although towards the end of his walk darkness had set in, he had no difficulty in tracing. The last field he crossed brought him to a by-road joining the highway which ran through Wynford, the junction being about a quarter of a mile from the church. As he neared the stile which admitted to the road he saw, on the other side of the hedge and showing just above it, the head of a man. At the sound of his footsteps the man quickly turned, and, as for a moment the fitful moonlight caught his face, Gifford was sure he recognized Gervase Henshaw. But he took no notice and kept on his way to the stile, which he crossed and gained the road. As he did so he glanced back. A horse and trap was waiting there with Henshaw in it. He was now bending down, probably with the object of concealing his identity, and had moved on a few paces farther down the road.
Question: "Where did Gifford see Henshaw?"
Answer: "The stile"
Is this answer to the question correct?
Options are:
+ no.
+ yes.
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yes
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peyton manning 's quest to cap a record-setting season with a super bowl victory takes him to foxboro on sunday , where his indianapolis colts succumbed in last season 's playoffs to eventual super bowl champs new england .
Summarize the aforementioned text in a single phrase.
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manning seeks to end string of setbacks against patriots
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The Pittsburgh Steelers 17-13 win over the Atlanta Falcons was a tale of two halves. Pittsburgh came out of the gate slowly, showing lackluster effort on both sides of the football, especially when facing the Falcons’ top players. But in the second half things picked up and thanks to some really great individual effort were able to pull off the win. Here are four takeaways from the win.
Can we infer the following?
The pittsburgh steelers had a 6 point lead over the falcons.
Choices:
I. Yes
II. It's impossible to say
III. No
The answer is:
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II.
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anli/r3:0.1.0
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What debate topic are the following sentences about?
1. Heathrow is closer to London than its rivals Gatwick and Stansted and has better transport links through the Piccadilly line and Heathrow Express .
2. This demonstrates that the demand for Heathrows services from the local area is real and pronounced .
3. A new airport could potentially be closer , but finding space within the M25 for a large airport without attracting the same kind of opposition that expanding Heathrow has would be next to impossible Leunig , Tim , A bigger and quieter Heathrow is the answer to our aviation capacity problem , , 5 October 2012 ,
4. Heathrow is well located for the people that will pick up the bill funding its expansion .
5. Flying is critical for business .
6. According to the Civil Aviation Authority 25 % of business passengers start their journey within 30 minutes of Heathrow , far more than any other airport .
7. People need to be able to get to their homes and work easily from the airport otherwise it is impractical .
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This House would build a third Heathrow runway to maintain its position as a hub airport
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The host served dinner to his guests.
What is the effect of the preceding sentence?
Pick your answer from: 1. His guests were gracious.; 2. His guests went hungry.;
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1.
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super_glue/copa:1.0.2
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zs_opt
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Which characteristic would be most important for a plant to have to become a pioneer plant on a recovering beach?
Available choices:
(a). ability to grow very large.
(b). long roots to find water.
(c). resistant to disturbances.
(d). big leaves to catch sunlight.
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(c).
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Who is they referring to in the following sentence?
The NBA will most likely have a lockout this year due to players rejecting their latest compromise, because they wanted better terms to be presented to them.
Select from: (i). The NBA (ii). players
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(ii).
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zs_opt
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Translate the following sentence to Finnish:
It is just such weapons of mass destruction that the UN inspectors have not been allowed to search for.
Finnish:
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Aseet, joita YK:n tarkastajien ei ole annettu etsiä, ovat siis tällaisiin tarkoituksiin käytettäviä joukkotuhoaseita.
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Write a sentence in Spanish.
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Consecuencia de ello, se plantea una regulación funcional, que no incide tanto en la tipificación de los acuerdos de cesión de obligaciones, como en su eficacia respecto del tercero no contratante.
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A Song to Remember is a 1945 Columbia Pictures Technicolor biographical film which tells a fictionalised life story of Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin. Directed by Charles Vidor, the film starred Cornel Wilde (as Chopin), Merle Oberon (as George Sand), Paul Muni (as Józef Elsner), Stephen Bekassy (as Franz Liszt), and Nina Foch.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "A Song to Remember won zero awards"?
pick from the following. a. Yes. b. It's impossible to say. c. No.
I think the answer is
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u.s ambassador to sierra leone john hirsch said today that the international community will not accept the continued presence of the -lrb- military -rrb- government in freetown and does not recognize it in any way .
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Context: How to address envelopes to canada<br>Print the name of the recipient. Write the name on the middle front portion of the envelope and be sure to leave plenty of space above and below this line. You can include honorific titles like mr. or mrs., but it is not required.
Hypothesis: You must need to write the tile along with the names to the receiver of any letter in Canada
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Rare whisky makes record price at auction
A RARE whisky has become the most expensive single malt ever sold after fetching £46,850 at auction.
Only 11 bottles of the 55-year-old whisky, which honours Janet Sheed Roberts, the granddaughter of Glenfiddich distillery founder William Grant, have been released.
Mrs Roberts celebrated her 110th birthday in August 2011 and is the oldest living person inScotland.
The prestigious whisky auction – held at Bonhams in Edinburgh– garnered interest from around the world, with the final auction price of £46,850 breaking the world record for the most expensive single malt Scotch whisky sold at auction.
The previous record sale was for £29,400.
All proceeds from this auction were donated to international charity WaterAid.
Peter Gordon, Glenfiddich chairman and great-nephew of Janet Roberts, commented; “We’re thrilled the sale of this very special whisky raised such a significant amount of money for WaterAid. The Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve is one of the rarest and most precious whiskies we have ever made.
“It’s a truly remarkable liquid, which would be impossible to make without the purity of Robbie Dhu spring water. It seems fitting to use our most special whisky to raise money for such a special charity.”
Martin Green, of Bonhams Edinburgh, said: “This is the most valuable whisky we have ever auctioned here inEdinburghand we’re thrilled to have helped raised such a significant amount of money for WaterAid.
“The Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve is certainly worth every penny it raised at auction – the whisky is of the highest standard, as is the outstanding craftsmanship which has gone into producing the stunning packaging. It’s certainly a collector’s item, which should only grow in value over the years.” ||||| Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- A bottle of Glenfiddich malt whisky produced to honor the oldest living Scot sold at auction today in Edinburgh for 46,850 pounds ($72,632), a European record.
The 55-year-old Scotch, sold by Bonhams in the Scottish capital today, was one of 15 bottles of Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve, according to the auction catalog. The whisky, which was put into casks in 1955 and bottled last month, had a guide price of between 30,000 and 35,000 pounds with all proceeds from the sale going to Water Aid.
“It’s not often a whisky of this stature comes up at auction,” Martin Green, the whisky specialist at Bonhams, said before the sale. “The rarity and quality of the liquid, the exquisite bespoke packaging and the story behind its creation makes this a collectible that’s hard to value.”
Janet Sheed Roberts is Scotland’s oldest living person, at 110 years old. She lives next to the Glenfiddich distillery in the Scottish Highlands and is part of the Grant family that founded the whisky producer, according to Bonhams. Various whiskies have been sold previously to mark her recent birthdays.
A bottle from the Glenfiddich distillery, with whisky matured for 64 years, sold for 25,200 pounds at Bonhams in Edinburgh on June 16, 2010. That price compared at the time with a world record of 29,400 pounds for a bottle of Scotch set in Glasgow in 2007. It was since surpassed in a sale in New York. The prices include the auctioneer’s fee.
The Glenfiddich sold today in Edinburgh was bought by an unidentified Internet bidder. Offers started at 22,000 pounds and the hammer price was 38,000 pounds.
--Editors: Tim Farrand, Peter Woodifield
To contact the writer on the story: Rodney Jefferson at r.jefferson@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mark Beech at mbeech@bloomberg.net. ||||| Malt whisky breaks world record at Edinburgh auction
A Bonham's auctioneer inspects the bottle of Glenfiddich whisky
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A bottle of whisky auctioned to celebrate the life of Scotland's oldest person has broken a world record by being sold for more than £45,000.
The 55-year-old Glenfiddich single malt was put on sale to honour Janet Sheed Roberts, granddaughter of Glenfiddich distillery founder William Grant.
In August she marked her 110th birthday at her home in the Scottish Highlands.
So much of the whisky has evaporated or soaked into the barrel there was only enough left to fill 15 bottles.
Eleven of these, one to celebrate each decade of Janet Sheed Roberts' life, are to be sold at auctions across the world over the coming 12 months to raise money for charity.
The proceeds of the bottle auctioned by Bonhams in Edinburgh will go to support Water Aid.
Ms Roberts was born in the last year of Queen Victoria's reign on 13 August 1901.
She still lives around the corner from the Glenfiddich distillery in Dufftown.
Janet Sheed Roberts, 110, is the granddaughter of William Grant, Glenfiddich distillery founder
The whisky bottle features an aquamarine Cloisonne medallion monogrammed in gold by Barnard & Westwood, the Royal Warrant-holding printers.
It was sold in a leather box which is to replicate Ms Roberts' travel trunk, complete with a Scottish deer horn toggle.
The previous world record for a sale of a bottle of single malt whisky at auction was £29,700.
The latest bottle was expected to fetch £30,000 but sold for £46,850
It went to a private collector from the UK, via a bid made over the internet, at Bonham's Sale of Whisky in Edinburgh.
Bonhams head of whisky, Martin Green, said: "It's a great privilege to have sold a bottle with such a distinguished pedigree and for such a good cause. We area all delighted."
Peter Gordon, the chairman of Glenfiddich and the great-nephew of Ms Roberts, said: "My great-aunt has witnessed great change at the Glenfiddich distillery over the past 110 years, so it seems fitting to honour her remarkable life in this way."
In November 2010 a 64-year-old single malt sold for almost £300,000 at auction in New York, but the price included a special decanter. |||||
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– A 55-year-old bottle of Scotch has sold for the princely sum of $72,630 at auction, reports Bloomberg. The price makes the bottle of Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve the most expense single malt whisky ever sold, notes Deadline. What's with the weird name? The whisky honors the oldest living Scot, 110-year-old Janet Sheed Roberts, who is the granddaughter of the founder of the Glenfiddich distillery, adds the BBC. “It’s not often a whisky of this stature comes up at auction,” says a specialist at the Bonhams auction house in Edinburgh. “The rarity and quality of the liquid, the exquisite bespoke packaging and the story behind its creation makes this a collectible that’s hard to value.” Eleven more bottles will be sold at auction over the next year, with the proceeds going to international charity Water Aid.
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She really has done superb work on this proposal and has shown both vision and great attention to detail.
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Sie hat an diesem Vorschlag wirklich hervorragende Arbeit geleistet und hat sowohl Weitblick als auch große Aufmerksamkeit für Details gezeigt.
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Incidentally, I would add that the new Member States can only lose out here.
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In Kazakhstan Russian is not a state language, but according to article 7 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan its usage enjoys equal status to that of the Kazakh language in state and local administration. According to estimates from Demoskop Weekly, in 2004 there were 4,200,000 native speakers of Russian in the country, and 10 million active speakers. 63% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 46% used it as the main language with family, friends or at work. According to a 2001 estimate from the World Factbook, 95% of the population can speak Russian. Large Russian-speaking communities still exist in northern Kazakhstan, and ethnic Russians comprise 25.6% of Kazakhstan's population. The 2009 census reported that 10,309,500 people, or 84.8% of the population aged 15 and above, could read and write well in Russian, as well as understand the spoken language.
How many people in Kazakhstan were able to read the World Factbook in 2004?
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The Buggles were an English new wave band formed in London, England in 1977 by singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoffrey Downes. They are best known for their 1979 debut single "Video Killed the Radio Star" that topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in 15 other countries. The duo released their first album, The Age of Plastic, in January 1980 with "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its lead single. Soon after the album's release, Horn and Downes joined the progressive rock band
Downes claimed the group's name derived as a pun on the rock band the Beatles, saying: "It was originally called the Bugs ... studio insects--imaginary creatures who lived in recording studios creating havoc. Then somebody said as a joke that the Bugs would never be as big as The Beatles. So we changed it to the Buggles." Horn later spoke of its name: "I know the name's awful, but at the time it was the era of the great punk thing. I'd got fed up of producing people who were generally idiots but called themselves all sorts of clever names like the Unwanted, the Unwashed, the Unheard ... when it came to choosing our name I thought I'd pick the most disgusting name possible. In retrospect I have frequently regretted calling myself Buggles, but in those days I never really thought much about packaging or selling myself, all that really concerned me was the record." Horn began his career producing jingles and punk rock groups. Downes was a keyboardist in She's French and graduated from Leeds College of Music in 1975, after which he moved to London for keyboard work. The two first met in 1976 at auditions for Tina Charles' backing band and worked with her producer, Biddu, whose backing tracks had an influence on their early work as the Buggles. Horn met musician Bruce Woolley while playing the bass guitar in the house band at the Hammersmith Odeon. Both expressed an interest in Kraftwerk and Daniel Miller, leading them to read Crash by J.G. Ballard. Said Horn, ""We had this idea that at some future point there'd be a record label that didn't really have any artists--just a computer in the basement and some mad Vincent Price-like figure making the records ... One of the groups this computer would make would be the Buggles, which was obviously a corruption of the Beatles, who would just be this inconsequential bunch of people with a hit song that the computer had written ... and would never be seen." In 1977, Horn, Downes and Woolley got together and began recording a selection of demos in a small room above a stonemason shop in Wimbledon, south west London, including "Video Killed the Radio Star", "Clean, Clean" and "On TV". Though unsure on what they wished to do with them, Downes remembered that "we knew even then ... there was some distant goal that had to be reached", and proceeded to re-record the songs at a 16-track recording studio in north London. Initial searches for the right record label to record and release an album failed, but Horn, having begun a relationship with Jill Sinclair, a co-founder of Sarm East Studios, managed to secure plans for a potential deal. However, the demo of "Video Killed the Radio Star" caught the attention of producer Chris Blackwell of Island Records and, on the day Horn and Downes were due to sign with Sarm East, Blackwell offered them a more lucrative deal, which they accepted. Downes claimed Island rejected them three times before a final deal was agreed upon.
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As part of a multi-mission campaign, NASA's Curiosity rover is observing Martian moon transits, the first of which involved the moon Phobos grazing the sun's disk. The event was observed on Martian day, or sol, 37 (September 13, 2012) using Curiosity's Mast Camera, or Mastcam, equipped with special filters for directly observing the sun
Photos of several partial solar eclipses on Mars snapped recently by NASA's Curiosity rover may help scientists better understand the Red Planet's interior structure and composition, researchers say.
The 1-ton Curiosity rover captured Mars' tiny moon Phobos taking a nibble out of the sun's disk last Thursday (Sept. 13). Several days later, it watched additional partial eclipses caused by Phobos and Deimos, the Red Planet's other minuscule satellite (though images from these last two celestial events are not available yet).
Scientists will use these photos to nail down the orbits of Phobos and Deimos precisely, and to determine how much they have changed over the last few years, researchers said. This information, in turn, could yield key insights about the interior of Mars, which remains largely mysterious.
"We can't go inside Mars, but we can use these to tell how much Mars is deformed when the moons go by," Curiosity science team co-investigator Mark Lemmon, of Texas A&M University, told reporters today (Sept. 19). "So we measure the transits very precisely, we get information on Mars' interior structure." [7 Biggest Mysteries of Mars]
Phobos is just 14 miles (22 kilometers) wide on average, and Deimos is even smaller. Many scientists think both satellites are asteroids that were captured by the Red Planet's gravity long ago.
Neither moon will be in its current orbit forever. Deimos, which whips around Mars every 30 hours or so, is speeding up, while Phobos is slowing down in its eight-hour orbit. Scientists think Mars' gravity will probably destroy Phobos, perhaps in the next 10 to 15 million years or so.
"It will work its way in at some point and get so close that tidal forces from Mars will very likely break it up before it does start grazing the atmosphere and come down," Lemmon said. "So Mars may briefly have a ring system."
This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 43rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Sept. 19, 2012). By Sol 43, Curiosity had driven at total of about 950 feet (290 meters). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
The Curiosity team has been doing more than just skywatching since landing the $2.5 billion robot inside Mars' huge Gale Crater on Aug. 5. Researchers have thoroughly vetted Curiosity and its 10 science instruments, which are designed to help the rover determine if the Gale area could ever have supported microbial life.
Curiosity has also hit the road recently, traveling a total of about 950 feet (290 meters) from its landing site so far, researchers said today. The rover now sits about 660 feet (200 m) from its first major science destination, a site called Glenelg where three different types of Martian terrain come together.
But Curiosity will spend the next several days more or less stationary, gearing up to perform its first contact science operations on a pyramidal rock that mission scientists have named "Jake Matijevic," after a rover team member who died shortly after Curiosity landed.
The rover will investigate the 16-inch-high (25 centimeters) rock with its Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer, which measures elemental composition, and its Mars Hand Lens Imager close-up camera. Both APXS and MAHLI sit at the end of Curiosity's 7-foot-long (2.1 m) robotic arm.
Curiosity will also zap "Jake Matijevic" with the laser on its ChemCam instrument, which reads rock composition from the vaporized bits, scientists said.
While researchers are looking forward to reaching Glenelg, Curiosity's ultimate destination is the base of Mount Sharp, the 3.4-mile-high (5.5 km) mountain rising from Gale Crater's center. Mars-orbiting spacecraft have spotted signs that Mount Sharp's foothills were exposed to liquid water long ago.
Mount Sharp's interesting deposits lie about 6 miles (10 km) away. Curiosity — which is currently covering about 100 feet (30 m) on a big driving day but should eventually kick that up to 330 feet (100 m) or so — could be ready to head toward Mount Sharp around the end of the year, rover scientists have said.
Follow SPACE.com senior writer Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwallor SPACE.com @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebookand Google+.
No planet is more steeped in myth and misconception than Mars. This quiz will reveal how much you really know about some of the goofiest claims about the red planet. Start the Quiz 0 of 10 questions complete ||||| On Mars, a partial eclipse of the sun isn't quite as rare as on Earth. So NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is snapping hundreds of pictures of the spectacle for the folks back home to ooh and aah over.
This Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 photo provided by NASA shows a rock about 8 feet (2.5 meters) in front of the Curiosity rover on Mars. The rock is about 10 inches (25 centimeters) tall and 16 inches (40... (Associated Press)
In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 photo made available by NASA, the Martian moon Phobos grazes the sun's disk as seen by the Curiosity rover. Mars has two moons moving fast around the red planet, making... (Associated Press)
Two moons zip around the red planet and they're closer and faster than our lumbering moon, so eclipses are more common. Scientists say there's even somewhat of an eclipse season on Mars, and it's that time of year when those Martian moons take turns taking bites of the sun.
Curiosity turned its cameras skyward to watch the action in three different eclipses, starting last week and continuing Wednesday, when a moon partially slipped between Mars and the sun.
The rover has been beaming back a stream of photos of the Martian landscape since landing near the equator last month.
Texas A&M University scientist Mark Lemmon said the eclipse pictures will help scientists track the fate of the larger Martian moon, Phobos, which is slowing down in its orbit around Mars. In 10 to 15 million years, Phobos will get so close to Mars it will break up and crash into the planet.
These moons aren't mere curiosity factors. They get so close to Mars that "they change Mars' shape ever so slightly" with their pull, Lemmon said.
Past rovers have taken pictures of solar eclipses from Mars, but not with such good cameras that take high resolution photos and so many shots that it produces a movie of sorts, Lemmon said.
And now that Curiosity has gazed skyward, it's time for the Mini Cooper-sized spacecraft to focus on the ground. On Friday, Curiosity will test its first rock with a laser and other chemical testing kits on the end of its robotic arm.
Its first target is a pyramid-shaped dark rock, about 10 inches tall and 16 inches wide at the base. Two of the arm's chemical-sniffing devices will snuggle up against the rock _ named for Jake Matijevic, a Mars rover engineer who died recently _ so scientists can figure out what it is made of.
"It's just a cool looking rock sitting out there on the plains," said Mars Science Laboratory scientist John Grotzinger. But it's not that unusual and seems similar to rocks past rovers have tested before. That makes it a good start for the rover's testing equipment.
It's the type of rock that is scattered all over Mars probably blown out of a crater when it was hit by an asteroid or something, Grotzinger said.
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Seth Borenstein can be followed at http://twitter.com/borenbears |||||Summary:
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– NASA's Mars Rover has been busy snapping photos of partial eclipses of the sun. The phenomenon isn't all that unusual on the planet, explains AP, but because Curiosity just happened to be in the neighborhood, it couldn't resist. The images should help scientists get a better sense of the track of the two Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, says Space.com. And that in turn, might shed light on the planet itself. "We can't go inside Mars, but we can use these to tell how much Mars is deformed when the moons go by," says one scientist. "So we measure the transits very precisely, we get information on Mars' interior structure." Next up: Curiosity will turn its attention back to the ground and perform several tests on a rock to try to figure out its composition.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto (Ban Ben Long Yi , Sakamoto Ryuichi, born January 17, 1952) (Japanese pronunciation: [sakamoto rjW:itci]) is a Japanese musician, singer, composer, record producer, activist, writer, actor and dancer, based in Tokyo and New York. He began his career while at university in the 1970s, as a session musician, producer, and arranger.
Sakamoto's production credits represent a prolific career in this role. In 1983, he produced Mari Iijima's debut album Rose, the same year that the Yellow Magic Orchestra was disbanded. Sakamoto subsequently worked with artists such as Thomas Dolby; Aztec Camera, on the Dreamland (1993) album; and Imai Miki, co-producing her 1994 album A Place In The Sun. Roddy Frame, who worked with Sakamoto as a member of Aztec Camera, explained in a 1993 interview preceding the release of Dreamland that he had had to wait a lengthy period of time before he was able to work with Sakamoto, who wrote two soundtracks, a solo album and the music for the opening ceremony at the Barcelona Olympics, prior to working with Frame over four weeks in a New York studio. Frame said that he was impressed by the work of YMO and the Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence soundtrack, explaining: "That's where you realise that the atmosphere around his compositions is actually in the writing - it's got nothing to do with synthesisers." Frame's decision to ask Sakamoto was finalized after he saw his performance at the Japan Festival that was held in London, United Kingdom. Of his experience recording with Sakamoto, Frame said: He's got this reputation as a boffin, a professor of music who sits in front of a computer screen. But he's more intuitive than that, and he's always trying to corrupt what he knows. Halfway through the day in the studio, he will stop and play some hip hop or some house for 10 minutes, and then go back to what he was doing. He's always trying to trip himself up like that, and to discover new things. Just before we worked together he'd been out in Borneo, I think, with a DAT machine, looking for new sounds.
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