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Question: What is the most important defense against the spread of unwanted organisms?
Is "Frequent hand washing remains the most important defense against the spread of unwanted organisms." the correct answer?
Pick your answer from:
--yes
--no | yes | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | La 1re séance de la formation République centrafricaine de la Commission de consolidation de la paix aura lieu le mercredi 2 juillet 2008 de 11 à 13 heures dans la salle de conférence 1. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Context: Joe went to the junkyard to find treasures. He dug through a stack of old clothes. At the bottom was a vintage shirt with a rock band on it. Joe put the shirt on to try it out.
Now do a next sentence writing task.
Select from:
(1). Joe was happy the shirt fit.;
(2). Joe hated rock music afterwards.; | (1). | 4 | Flan2021 | story_cloze/2016:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer. Bush and Kerry Focus Campaigns on 11 Key States
Both campaigns have laid out plans for a barrage of visits and television advertisements in these key battlegrounds over the next 10 days.
Which topic is this article about?
Options:
(1). World;
(2). Sports;
(3). Business;
(4). Science/Tech; | (1). | 1 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize this article:
Hotel owners reacted angrily after Mally Boatman made the comments during a debate at an East Riding Council planning meeting for a new Premier Inn.
He said: "I wasn't happy with what I was seeing, so I said I'd prefer to ... drive home rather than stay."
Mayor of Bridlington Liam Dealtry said he was "attacking them for no reason".
Mr Boatman's remarks came as the authority's planning committee gave the green light on plans for an £8m Premier Inn despite more than 500 objections.
Bob Hillery, a guesthouse owner and president of the Bridlington Tourism Association, said: "I'm disgusted. I really can't believe that any councillor belonging to any authority would make such disparaging remarks that are blatantly untrue."
Speaking on BBC Look North, Mr Dealtry demanded the councillor give "a proper public apology not a back-handed one".
He said to Mr Boatman: "We've got four-star Silver award hotels - the Park View Hotel, we've got The Expanse, The Monarch Hotel, we've got The Royal Hotel - just to name a few. These are really top of the range hotels and you're attacking them for no reason."
"You've only stayed in a couple."
Mr Boatman replied: "Of course, I'm not going to stay in them all... but I think one of them I stayed in was one that you mentioned."
He added: "If I've upset anyone then I apologise for that.
"But I'm not going to retract the comment because it was a personal opinion and it was a justification for the Premier Inn to come to Bridlington, which is going to attract more people to visit the town."
The 82-bed Premier Inn is to be based on the site of the Beaconsfield car park and will be the first to be built in the seaside town since The Expanse opened in North Marine Drive in 1937.
Summary: | A Goole councillor has stood by a claim he would rather drive 45 miles to his home than stay at a hotel in Bridlington. | 1 | Flan2021 | huggingface:xsum | zs_opt |
Here is some data about a restaurant: name = The Golden Curry, eatType = restaurant, food = Fast food, priceRange = cheap, familyFriendly = yes, near = The Bakers. Write a sentence that includes the above data about a restaurant | The Golden Curry is a cheap, family friendly, fast food restaurant near The Bakers. | 4 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: William enforced a mandatory choir practice for Ryan since he is struggling with his singing abilities.
Tell me who he is.
Possible answers:
(a). William;
(b). Ryan; | (b). | 3 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a sentence, and then tell me the concepts included in that sentence. | Sentence:
sapphires are known and revered the world over for their beauty and mystery .
Concepts:
know
sapphire
world | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/common_gen:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Answer this question: A change in the density of air can result in a breeze. Which diagram best shows a series of energy transfers that begins with the Sun and results in a breeze?
Possible answers: [i] radiation -> conduction -> breeze; [ii] radiation -> conduction -> convection -> breeze; [iii] convection -> radiation -> breeze; [iv] convection -> conduction -> radiation -> breeze;. Answer: | [ii] | 9 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
TEXT: i said as i struggled to comprehend his words . howie looked around , then finally grabbed a baseball-sized rock that lay near him and held it where i could see . `` this rock is about the size of a baseball , yet it 's a lot heaver than a baseball . the reason why is because the molecules that make up this rock are packed a lot closer together than the molecules that make up a | baseball | 4 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Objective: How do I drain the potatoes?
Which of the following solutions is more sound in terms of naive physics reasoning?
Select from the following. i. With your bare hands, gently tip over pot with hot water over stove until all water has been drained out.; ii. Using gloves, gently tip over pot with hot water over stove until all water has been drained out.; | ii. | 3 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
I confess--Emma, in my opinion, is the single greatest novel ever written. It is as close to perfection as any mortal creation can be. Jane Austen reaches the pinnacle of her art here.
Unfortunately, this is at best a palimpsest.
Comparison to the Gwyneth Paltrow version is inevitable--that version is far more faithful to the witty spirit of the book and far more enjoyable to watch.
There are some good elements here--Kate Berkinsale (having previously played Flora Poste in Cold Comfort Farm, clearly Emma's smarter spiritual twin) is a wonderful Emma. Raymond Coulthard makes an appropriately decorative Frank Churchill. The production is handsome, but the interiors are far too dark.
However, there are several major problems. The first is Mark Strong--first of all, he doesn't look right for Mr. Knightley. This is perhaps because he plays the role like a censorious Victorian parson. It's badly out of tune.
The second problem is one of length. Simply put, the film is much too short--to get the right kind of feel, it would need to be twice as long.
Finally, and most significantly, there is the quality of the adaptation. Austen is an adapter's dream--all the dialogue is there already. It only needs to be pruned down and arranged properly. Andrew Davies seems to think otherwise. First, this is a rather gloomy film, and the last thing Emma should be is gloomy. More significantly, Davies has seen fit to rewrite the ending as some sort of bucolic feast. What planet, or minor work of Thomas Hardy, is this come from? It is utterly out of the style and spirit of the novel. And I believe that it is hugely presumptuous to try to make improvements upon--perfection.
Watch the Paltrow version, or watch Kate in Cold Comfort Farm.
Did this review think positively or negatively of the movie (see options below)?
(1). negative
(2). positive...I think the answer is | (1). | 4 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Can we conclude that "That's exactly how the study makes us feel." if the statement "No one joins Facebook to be sad and lonely. But a new study from the University of Wisconsin psychologist George Lincoln argues that that's exactly how it makes us feel." is true?
Options are:
+no
+yes | no | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Article: The Ministry of Defence is one of the United Kingdom's largest landowners, owning 227,300 hectares of land and foreshore (either freehold or leasehold) at April 2014, which was valued at "about £20 billion". The MoD also has "rights of access" to a further 222,000 hectares. In total, this is about 1.8% of the UK land mass. The total annual cost to support the defence estate is "in excess of £3.3 billion".
Now answer this question: Who is one of the largest landowners in the UK? | The Ministry of Defence | 6 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
sen. edward kennedy , who has brain cancer , has returned home after being taken to a hospital by ambulance because he had suffered a seizure , his staff says .
Summarize the aforementioned text in a single phrase. | kennedy home after brief hospital visit | 6 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence: "John deposited some money in the bank on Friday."
Would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically?
Available choices:
(1). unacceptable.
(2). acceptable. | (2). | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/cola:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Turkish:
Most other countries, the United States for example, would benefit from a chamber like this, but it's a question of what's practical," said Paul Prettitore, an OSCE legal adviser for human rights institutions.
Turkish: | Başka birçok ülke, örneğin ABD, bu gibi bir mahkemeden fayda sağlardı. Fakat burada önemli olan işin pratik olup olmadığı." | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Here is a single or multi-choice question: What bread company used to feature stickers of the Cisco Kid on the ends of their packages ?
Would the answer to this question be an entity, an abbreviation, a description, a human, a location, or a numeric value?
(1). description.
(2). entity.
(3). abbreviation.
(4). human.
(5). numeric.
(6). location. | (4). | 7 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a descriptive sentence about a restaurant using the following words:
name = The Cambridge Blue, eatType = pub, food = French, priceRange = £20-25, near = Café Brazil
Sentence: | The Cambridge Blue offers French food in a pub atmosphere. It has a great price range. All meals are priced between £20-25. You can find it by Café Brazil. | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence that is about a restaurant with all the following properties: name = Cocum, eatType = coffee shop, food = Japanese, priceRange = high, customer rating = 3 out of 5, familyFriendly = no
Sentence: | There is a Japanese coffee shop named Cocum. It is not child friendly. It has a customer rating of 3 out of 5. The price range is high. | 7 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Romanian:
Just look at the football players," said Mario Lazic of Zagreb, a retired teacher who also likes skiing himself.
Romanian: | Uitaţi-vă numai la fotbalişti", a spus Mario Lazic, un profesor pensionar din Zagreb, căruia îi place de asemenea să schieze. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Tasfiye edilmiş fabrikada hala 250 ton patlayıcı bulunuyor ve bunlar Bosna'nın orta kesimindeki kasaba ve çevresine potansiyel tehdit oluşturuyor.
Translate to English
English: | The defunct factory still contains 250 tonnes of explosives, which pose a potential threat to the central Bosnian town and its surroundings. | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence 1: Christy Nockels was born in Oklahoma as a pastor and piano teacher , but grew up in Fort Worth , Texas .
Sentence 2: Christy Nockels was born in Oklahoma to a pastor and a piano teacher , but grew up in Fort Worth , Texas .
Do these two sentences convey the same information?
Choices:
(1). no;
(2). yes; | (2). | 4 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
The Sea Hornet is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Gerald Drayson Adams. The film stars Rod Cameron, Adele Mara, Lorna Gray, Chill Wills, Jim Davis and Richard Jaeckel. The film was released on November 6, 1951, by Republic Pictures.
Sentence: The Sea Hornet is a 1953 British adventure film
Pick from: -Yes; -It's impossible to say; -No; | No | 6 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a context and a hypothesis. | Context: In reaction to the ongoing uncertainty, the E.U. enlargement commissioner warned the Turkish Army about interfering: "It is important that the military leaves the remit of democracy to the democratically-elected government and this is the test case if the Turkish armed forces respect democratic secularism and the democratic arrangement of civil-military relations," commissioner Olli Rehn said. Erdogan and Gül support Turkey's efforts to join the European Union.
Hypothesis: Turks want Gül to be President. | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
His faith was all the support he needed.
They developed a scheme of mutual support.
Choose your answer: Does the word "support" mean the same thing in the above two sentences?
Select from:
* different meanings;
* the same meaning; | different meanings | 0 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Is the premise "A woman on the bus is reading the newspaper." true if "The man read the magazine."?
Select from the following. A. yes. B. it is not possible to tell. C. no. | C. | 8 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Me and Michelle are going to have a lot of fun being roomies ! lol , probably too much fun . It already started four days ago as we went to a party and I ended up in her couch throwing up the vodka and eight beers i had . lol , good times .
Available options:
(A). A convent.
(B). None of the above choices ..
(C). College.
(D). A ski resort.
Q: Where might the people in question be ? | (C). | 1 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
See context followed by options. Is "Susan" the same as "she" in this sentence?
Jane knocked on Susan 's door but *she* did not answer.
Pick from:
--no
--yes | yes | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
How similar are these two sentences, on a scale from 0-5 (0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar")?
a group of old men walking down the street
A couple walking down the street.
Available choices: [-] 0; [-] 1; [-] 2; [-] 3; [-] 4; [-] 5; | 2 | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Possible tweet sentiments: OPTIONS:
1). negative
2). positive
Write a tweet that is 2).. | @nadiaparry glad it went well for u | 6 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer?
A new organism is discovered. It is multicellular, autotrophic, and does not move on its own. In which kingdoms could the organism belong?
Choices: --Fungi and Plants; --Protists and Plants; --Animals and Fungi; --Protists and Animals; | Protists and Plants | 4 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What type of thing is the question "What is the gestation period for human pregnancies ?" asking about?
Available choices: a). description; b). entity; c). abbreviation; d). human; e). numeric; f). location;
Answer: | e). | 0 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Tweet: High School Graduation time.
Predict the sentiment of this tweet.
Possible answers:
1). negative.
2). positive. | 2). | 3 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The treat is when you order a basket of breads and you have several organic jams coming to your table like raspberry , chocolate , marmalade , vanilla , white chocolate and so on . Last Wednesday , I felt like having a large cheese board for my meal . I was however disappointed by the portion of the platter .
Options: [I] None of the above choices .; [II] They did n't like the options or size .; [III] They do n't like jam .; [IV] They do n't eat organics .;
Answer the following question: Why did the narrator not like the platter ?
| [II] | 2 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Russian:
In response to Branden Robinson's questioning , Richard Stallman explained that the GNU Project won't endorse Debian, because non-free packages are distributed on our servers.
Russian: | В ответ на вопрос Брэндена Робинсона (Branden Robinson) Ричард Столлмен (Richard Stallman) объяснил , что проект GNU не одобряет политику Debian, поскольку на наших серверах распространяются несвободные пакеты. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to reduce sugar at breakfast
Check the amount of sugar.
The nutritional label on prepackaged food products you purchase will list the total amount of sugar per serving in that product. Keep the serving size in mind as it may be less (or more) than you typically consume.
Possible answers:
(1). For instance, a small piece of bread at lunch may include 200 mg of sugar per serving, while a bigger, heavier piece of cooked brown rice may contain less. If you would like to reduce your sugar intake, check your nutritional label carefully.;
(2). Generally, you shouldn't get more than 5 percent of your calories from sugar. For the average adult, this works out to about 30 g of sugar a day, maximum.;
(3). There are some foods that are naturally higher in sugar than others. Dairy and fruit are the ones most women consume more at breakfast than other foods.;
(4). Milk, whole milk, and skim milk are consistently low in amounts or too much per serving. In general, about one tablespoon of sugar per bowl of cereals or crackers equals 15 calories.; | (2). | 4 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Choose to add a shortcut if you wish and click on Finish
Please fix the punctuation. | Choose to add a shortcut if you wish and click on “Finish”. | 3 | Flan2021 | fix_punct | zs_opt |
Note the options at the end. Select the topic that this about:
Bill Gerstenmaier, manager of NASA #39;s International Space Station Program, will update media on the status of Station activities in a teleconference at 4 pm EDT Friday.
Pick from: *World; *Sports; *Business; *Science/Tech; | Science/Tech | 7 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-select question: Do the following sentences say the same thing?
Headlines in major Iranian newspapers on Sept 30
Headlines in major Iranian newspapers on Nov 21
Return your answer on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar".
Possible answers: 1). 0 2). 1 3). 2 4). 3 5). 4 6). 5 | 4). | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a dialog with this premise "Ray and Joy miss each other.". | Ray: missing you 😘
Joy: me too 😘
Ray:
Joy: bby ❤️ | 9 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a dialog based on this summary:
Cathie and Natalie will talk about their weekend plans tomorrow.. | Cathie: i'm back in the town!
Cathie: let's go jogging or for a walk today!
Natalie: I can't today, what about the weekend?
Cathie: I'm not sure if I'm here for the weekend.
Cathie: I might be out of town again...
Natalie: today i really can't but let's talk 2morrow about the weekend, ok?
Cathie: ok...
Cathie: it's been so long!
Natalie: I know...
Natalie: I hope to see u this weekend;-)
Natalie: need to get back to work now | 8 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Please check if these have the same meaning. pick from the following.
1). no;
2). yes;
Suffolk county cricket teams were the teams that represented the first official county of Suffolk before the historic formation of Suffolk County Cricket Club in 1864 .
Suffolk County Cricket Teams were the teams that represented the historic county of Suffolk before the first official formation of Suffolk County Cricket - Club 1864 . | 1). | 9 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Our sun and other stars release light energy. At least this is what we see. Our Sun and stars also emit more than just light. Scientists call the type of energy that our Sun and stars release electromagnetic energy. This form of energy travels through space. Electromagnetic energy includes the light we see. It also includes much more. Many of these things we know about, but dont always think about. Electromagnetic energy includes radio waves, microwaves, and X rays. We now have devices in our homes and offices that release these same forms of energy. We use electromagnetic energy to make our lives better.
What question would one ask from this paragraph? | Our sun and stars release light energy but they also release what other kind of energy? | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
How to make sprinkle encrusted chocolate<br>Set up the double boiler for use. Put out the silicone chocolate molds in readiness for adding the sprinkles and melted chocolate. Arrange them on a cookie sheet or similar, for ease of keeping together.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Glass dishes are not good choices for keeping chocolate together. "?
Available choices:
(A). Yes
(B). It's impossible to say
(C). No
I think the answer is | (B). | 0 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
I just took a test in school today. What question was I asked? | Which of the following actions is most likely part of a test to find the hardness of a mineral sample? | 9 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Use evidence from the fact that carnivores only eat animals to answer the following question. Choose from options. "Which would a carnivore eat?"
Choices: a). fiddleheads b). ramps c). dulse d). blobfish | d). | 4 | Flan2021 | openbookqa:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
is this you? then contact the placement officer, or european/international office in your institution.
This is all lower case. Can you fix that? | Is this you? Then contact the placement officer, or European/International office in your institution. | 6 | Flan2021 | true_case | zs_opt |
1. Jean-François Ríchet, the director of the new Assault, is working from a script, by James DeMonaco, that creates a handful of zingy one-note lowlifes but that hasn't updated the isolated-precinct premise in a timely or thoughtful way.
2. The premise may be outlandish, the action unrealistic and sometimes silly and the characters formulaic. But the movie rips and roars.
3. For one thing, it's silly. For another, it's not always silly enough to be diverting.
4. Strong performances and a couple of new twists.
5. What starts out as a slightly above average action movie sinks to a merely mediocre one as the eye rolls and head shakes build.
6. Give Assault on Precinct 13 points for originality, if nothing else. It's the only thriller in which corrupt cops chase their victims through the woods of downtown Detroit.
7. Though Richet stretches believability near the end, action-movie fans should assault theaters for an entertaining stay at Precinct 13.
8. A movie whose greatest intent seems to be indulging in as much brutality as the MPAA will allow.
9. Jean-François Richet - by the way, could there possibly be a first name that's more French than "Jean-François?" - pounds out the tense tale with vigor and finesse.
10. ...[a] disjointed but jolting jailhouse shoot-'em-up showcase...a frenetic and formulaic action-drama guaranteed to get the adrenaline pumping.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus? | This remake has been praised by some as an expertly made B-movie, and dismissed by others as formulaic. | 2 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
Here is a premise: "Two army veterans holding a sign with two young boys."
Here is a hypothesis: "There are army people and boys."
.Does the premise tell us whether the hypothesis is true?
Possible answers:
[+] yes
[+] it is not possible to tell
[+] no | yes | 6 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Add punctuation to the following sentence: Demolition incl conversion of traffic was completed in 27 hours
| Demolition incl. conversion of traffic was completed in 27 hours | 7 | Flan2021 | fix_punct | zs_opt |
OPT:
+ He ate his sandwich..
+ Bill started work on his carpentry project..
Write a story that ends with: He ate his sandwich. | Bill wanted a sandwich. He got up and went into his kitchen. He gathered the materials for a sandwich. He made a sandwich. He ate his sandwich. | 8 | Flan2021 | story_cloze/2016:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
"middle east "
How would the sentiment of this sentence be perceived --
Select from:
(a). negative.
(b). positive.
Answer: | (a). | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Background: Holmes was the fourth of twelve children born to John and Flossie Holmes. After the family moved to Easton in 1954, Holmes' father went to Connecticut. He worked as a gardener there until his death in 1970. He visited his family every three weeks. "
Context: Holmes signed to fight Gerrie Coetzee, the WBA Champion, on June 15, 1984 at Caesar's Palace. The fight was being promoted by JPD Inc., but it was canceled when Caesar's Palace said the promoters failed to meet the financial conditions of the contract. Holmes was promised $13 million and Coetzee was promised $8 million. Even after cutting the purses dramatically, they still couldn't come up with enough financial backing to stage the fight. Don King then planned to promote the fight, but Holmes lost a lawsuit filed by Virginia attorney Richard Hirschfeld, who said he had a contract with Holmes that gave him right of first refusal on a Holmes-Coetzee bout. Holmes then decided to move on and fight someone else. On November 9, 1984, after a year out of the ring, Holmes made his first defense of the IBF title, stopping James "Bonecrusher" Smith on a cut in the twelfth round. In the first half of 1985, Holmes stopped David Bey in ten rounds for his 19th title defense. His next against Carl "The Truth" Williams was unexpectedly tough. The younger, quicker Williams was able to out-jab the aging champion, who was left with a badly swollen eye by the end of the bout. Holmes emerged with a close, and disputed, fifteen-round unanimous decision. On September 21, 1985, Holmes stepped in the ring looking to equal Rocky Marciano's 49-0 career record and to make his twentieth successful title defense. His opponent was looking to make history as well. After winning the undisputed championship at light heavyweight, Michael Spinks decided to move up in weight and try to become the second fighter after Bob Fitzsimmons to win titles at both light heavyweight and heavyweight. An elder statesman who had tried for these latter honors, Archie Moore, predicted an easy win for Holmes: "I'm afraid Larry will chew him up. Michael may be faster than Larry, but you can only go so fast." Despite the assessment, it indeed would be Spinks whose historical destiny would be fulfilled, albeit controversially, as he defeated Holmes via unanimous decision to become the first reigning light heavyweight champion to win the heavyweight title. After the fight, a bitter Holmes said, "Rocky Marciano couldn't carry my jockstrap." Holmes had a rematch with Spinks on April 19, 1986. Spinks retained the title with a disputed fifteen-round split decision. The judges scored the fight: Judge Joe Cortez 144-141 (Holmes), Judge Frank Brunette 141-144 (Spinks) and Judge Jerry Roth 142-144 (Spinks.) In a post-fight interview with HBO, Holmes said, "the judges, the referees and promoters can kiss me where the sun don't shine--and because we're on HBO, that's my big black behind." On November 6, 1986, three days after his 37th birthday, Holmes announced his retirement.
Question: When did he become champion. Whats the answer? | 5 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt | |
Albrecht Durer (/'dU@r@r, 'djU@r@r/; German: ['albRect 'dy:Ra]; 21 May 1471 - 6 April 1528) was a painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Durer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 he was patronized by emperor Maximilian I. His vast body of work includes engravings, his preferred technique in his later prints, altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, watercolours and books. The woodcuts, such as the Apocalypse series (1498), retain a more Gothic flavour than the rest of his work. His well-known engravings include the Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514) and Melencolia I (1514), which has been the subject of extensive analysis and interpretation. His watercolours also mark him as one of the first European landscape artists, while his ambitious woodcuts revolutionized the potential of that medium. Durer's introduction of classical motifs into Northern art, through his knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists, has secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance. This is reinforced by his theoretical treatises, which involve principles of mathematics, perspective and ideal proportions.
After reading the above, is "Watercolours" the correct answer to the question "What three specific types of work earned Durer a good reputation?"?
Choose from:
+ no.
+ yes. | yes | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Il trionfo dell'onore ("The Triumph of Honour") is an operatic 'commedia' in three acts by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti, with a libretto by . It was first performed at the Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples on 26 November 1718. It is Scarlatti's only known comic opera.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Il trionfo dell'onore is an italian commedy
Choose from: (1). Yes. (2). It's impossible to say. (3). No. | (1). | 1 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Is door used to mean the same thing in the next two sentences (see options)?
Education is the door to success.
We closed the door to Haitian immigrants.
pick from the following. a. different meanings b. the same meaning | b. | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Write the answer: What is the better known trade name of the drug fluoxetine? | prozac | 2 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Mike Hoffman (born September 20, 1980) is an American former professional ice hockey player. After leaving the University of Connecticut in 2003, he began his first pro season playing with the Worcester IceCats in the AHL and the Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL. He signed a professional contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2005, but he has never played in the National Hockey League.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Mike Hoffman played more then one season with the Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL."?
Choices:
A). Yes;
B). It's impossible to say;
C). No;
I think the answer is | B). | 0 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
The tenants were evicted from the apartment. What is the cause?
Available options:
- They neglected to pay their rent.
- They got along with their landlord. | They neglected to pay their rent. | 0 | Flan2021 | super_glue/copa:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Please check if these have the same meaning. Options are:
1). no.
2). yes.
In 1946 , she left the Pacific and steamed over the Suez Canal to Norfolk , Virginia .
She left the Pacific in 1946 , and steamed via the Suez Canal to Norfolk , Virginia . | 2). | 9 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
It is a very usual thing for a person to have a good friend. My good friend is Diana. She is a rich and proud girl. She often thinks that she is too good for anyone. One day after school, I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me. She gave me a cake, I got it. We talked and joked. From then on, I began to spend more time with Vivien than Diana. However, I also began to feel a little uneasy. After a few days, I went to see Diana with some snacks and at that time Vivien came and sat with me. She gave me a sandwich. She also gave one to Diana, but Diana didn't get it. She walked away. I was angry with Diana for being so rude. "Never mind," Vivien said , " I'm used to it." After school, I tried to catch up with Diana. When we walked home, I tried to correct her attitude , but she would not listen to me. She said, "Go and join your 'dear' Vivien. I know you make new friends and forget the old ones." For the next few weeks, we did not talk to each other. Then, one day, Diana came to Vivien and me, saying, "I'm really sorry about what I did. I'm a spoiled girl, but I also need good friends just like you. Would you please forgive me? Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled. From then on, Diana, Vivien and I are best friends.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who is this person's good friend
2. Who is her new friend?
3. How does Diana feel about herself?
4. What did Vivien give the story teller?
5. What was she doing when Vivien gave it to her?
6. Who was she waiting on?
7. Who approached who at first?
8. How did she feel after spending so much time with vivien?
9. What did she take to Diana?
10. Why was she mad at Diana?
Numbered answers: | 1. Diana
2. Vivien
3. proud
4. cake
5. talked and joked
6. Diana
7. Vivien came up to me
8. uneasy.
9. sandwich
10. for being so rude | 0 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | "Orice declaraţie care se referă la întreprinderea unor acţiuni unilaterale de către Kosovo este în contradicţie cu Principiile Grupului de Contact. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write highlights for this article:
When Oculus, makers of a virtual-reality headset many view as the future of video gaming, agreed in March to a $2 billion buyout by Facebook, they weren't tempted by the success of "FarmVille" or "Candy Crush." Instead, they eyed the 1.2 billion people who use Facebook every month, with dreams of dropping most of them together into a new, virtual world. "With Oculus ... if you're putting on this pair of glasses and you're going to be face-to-face communicating with people and you're going to be jumping in and out of this new set of virtual worlds, this was going to be the largest MMO (massively multiuser online community) ever made," Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe said Monday at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York. "This is going to be an MMO where we want to put a billion people in virtual reality, and a billion-person virtual-world MMO is going to require a bigger network than exists today. Why not start with Facebook and their infrastructure and their team and talent that they've built up?" Designed by a team with strong roots in the video-gaming world, the Oculus Rift is a headset that provides a 360-degree field of vision, allowing wearers to view, and react to, their surroundings in a realistic manner. Created by 20-year-old Palmer Luckey, Oculus first turned heads in 2012 when it went to Kickstarter in hopes of making enough money to continue development and ended up raking in nearly $2.5 million. Gaming legend John Carmack, the lead programmer of pioneering games such as "Doom" and "Quake," has since come on board, and the headset has been hailed by many, including CNN and Time, as one of the top inventions in recent years. But when Oculus sold to Facebook, many in the gaming community were surprised. If they were going to sell, why not to Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo, the gaming world's major players? Iribe said it was all about escaping limitations. "We're very committed to gaming. But do we want to be Game Boy or do we want to be iPhone or Android?" he said, referring to Nintendo's now-defunct handheld gaming device. "I think Game Boy was an awesome platform, but I think you'll see handheld game devices largely disrupted by the mobile market and mobile devices." Since developer kits began shipping in spring 2013, Oculus has continued to add to the roster of companies hoping to create content for its system. The process heated up even more in the wake of the Facebook deal, Iribe said, when some of the gaming world's top names jumped in, seemingly reassured that investing time in development would pay off in the long run. But he says it would be a mistake to limit Oculus to gaming. "We started off with a big focus on gaming, which we still have -- we're all former game developers," he said. "Then, looking at where vision and VR is going to go in the next 10 years, it's going to be a lot about face-to-face communication and social. "A number of people ... have said this is going to be the most social platform of all time." Thus far, Facebook seems satisfied to bring Oculus into the family and then largely allow it to continue doing its own thing. That's the model Facebook has employed with Instagram and WhatsApp, other successful startups it snapped up in recent years. Facebook's $19 billion move you might not notice. Iribe said many within Oculus were leery of being taken over by anyone, and that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg specifically mentioned Instagram and WhatsApp as examples of how the relationship would work. "You can use any part of Facebook, or not; it's up to you guys," Iribe said he was told. "You now just have one of the biggest networks in the world behind you." He also teased a mind-blowing new generation of virtual reality coming in the future from Oculus that will challenge our perception of what's real and what's not. "This avatar you're looking at, your brain will be convinced it's a person, because it is," he said. "It's just the virtual representation of a person ... (but) you'll be there going, 'I know that's you. It doesn't quite look like you -- you're a cartoon or you've changed your hair -- but I can tell it's you.' And your brain will be convinced."
Highlights: | Oculus CEO: We want a virtual-reality world with 1 billion people in it. Brendan Iribe says Facebook deal was attractive because of network's size. He says gaming is still important, but VR will transform social. Iribe was speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York. | 0 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
Add spaces between the words in the following text: CarryouttheseeasystepsforaccidentallydeletedpicturerecoveryfromNikonCoolpixS3300:
| Carry out these easy steps for accidentally deleted picture recovery from Nikon Coolpix S3300 : | 6 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Write the following list of characters into a correctly formed sentence: Forcompaniesthatwanttoordermorethan100piecescanhaveitsownthemepackarecompiledinconsultation.
| For companies that want to order more than 100 pieces can have its own theme pack are compiled in consultation. | 7 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
The second major point on which the principals had agreed on March 10 was the need to crack down on terrorist organizations and curtail their fund-raising. The embassy bombings of 1998 had focused attention on al Qaeda's finances. One result had been the creation of an NSC-led interagency committee on terrorist financing. On its recommendation, the President had designated Bin Laden and al Qaeda as subject to sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. This gave theTreasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) the ability to search for and freeze any Bin Laden or al Qaeda assets that reached the U.S. financial system. But since OFAC had little information to go on, few funds were frozen. In July 1999, the President applied the same designation to the Taliban for harboring Bin Laden. Here, OFAC had more success. It blocked more than $34 million in Taliban assets held in U.S. banks. Another $215 million in gold and $2 million in demand deposits, all belonging to the Afghan central bank and held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, were also frozen. After October 1999, when the State Department formally designated al Qaeda a "foreign terrorist organization," it became the duty of U.S. banks to block its transactions and seize its funds. Neither this designation nor UN sanctions had much additional practical effect; the sanctions were easily circumvented, and there were no multilateral mechanisms to ensure that other countries' financial systems were not used as conduits for terrorist funding. Attacking the funds of an institution, even the Taliban, was easier than finding and seizing the funds of a clandestine worldwide organization like al Qaeda. Although the CIA's Bin Laden unit had originally been inspired by the idea of studying terrorist financial links, few personnel assigned to it had any experience in financial investigations. Any terrorist-financing intelligence appeared to have been collected collaterally, as a consequence of gathering other intelligence. This attitude may have stemmed in large part from the chief of this unit, who did not believe that simply following the money from point A to point B revealed much about the terrorists' plans and intentions. As a result, the CIA placed little emphasis on terrorist financing. Nevertheless, the CIA obtained a general understanding of how al Qaeda raised money.
Question: "Who recommended that the President designate Bin Laden and al Qaeda as subject to sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act?"
Response: "The principals"
Choose your answer from:
*no.
*yes.
Does the response correctly answer the question?
| no | 0 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to check out a girl without her noticing
Shift your gaze around.
Staring makes it obvious that you're checking a girl out. Instead of keeping your eyes on her, pretend like you're looking around the room naturally.
Available options:
(1). This is much easier to do in class and is a good thing. This can also be the case in a relationship, so if she notices you focused on something else, she's probably not into it..
(2). As you're moving your head and eyes around, sneak looks at the girl that you want to check out. For instance if you notice her at a sporting event, you can pretend to watch the game but steal looks at her instead..
(3). This technique works well for two reasons : It's to keep your eyes from wandering over the girl. You get to focus your total gaze on someone else..
(4). This way, you'll know she's watching you and can't get away from you. When you do stare, it means that you are thinking about her and that you've observed her without her noticing.. | (2). | 5 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize this article:
Bobbi Kristina Foul Play Criminal Investigation Underway Boyfriend Targeted
Bobbi Kristina -- Foul Play Criminal Investigation Underway ... Boyfriend Targeted
EXCLUSIVE
There is an active criminal investigation underway in Georgia in the Bobbi Kristina case ... it centers on possible foul play and the target is her boyfriend ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell us ... Bobbi Kristina had certain injuries that have piqued their interest. We do not know the nature of the injuries. Multiple sources tell TMZ there is a history of violence between Bobbi Kristina and boyfriend Nick Gordon.
We're told police are looking into a possible altercation more than an hour before Bobbi Kristina was found submerged in a bathtub.
We're told Max Lomas -- the friend who discovered Bobbi Kristina in the tub -- arrived at around 9 AM last Saturday. He says he hung out with Nick but did not see Bobbi Kristina. He was told she was in the bedroom. Nick wandered away and Max says he didn't pay attention to his whereabouts.
The cable guy showed sometime after 10 AM and Max says he let him in -- Nick was nowhere to be seen. The cable guy said he needed access to the bedroom so Max let him in and discovered Bobbi Kristina in the tub. He screamed for Nick, who ran in and administered CPR.
We're told Max claims Nick allegedly cleaned up the home and removed blood stains.
Cops interviewed both Max and Nick and they want to debrief Max again, but our law enforcement sources say Max's lawyer insisted on immunity before he spoke again. We're told as of Friday morning Max hadn't gotten immunity or talked to cops.
Our sources say Nick Gordon has also lawyered up. We could not reach Nick for comment. ||||| Atlanta (CNN) As Bobbi Kristina Brown remains hospitalized, her father's attorney said "we are currently investigating the events that led to (her) hospitalization."
Attorney Christopher Brown also said Tuesday that the 21-year-old daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown "is not and has never been married to Nick Gordon," contrary to some reports.
Bobbi Kristina Brown was found facedown in a bathtub over the weekend. Her family has been tight-lipped about her condition, but her R&B singer father issued a statement through his lawyer Tuesday night.
"We continue to request privacy in this matter. Please allow for our family to deal with this matter and give Bobbi Kristina the love and support she needs at this time," Bobby Brown said in the statement.
After she was discovered unresponsive in her home in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell, Brown was rushed to a hospital, where doctors placed her in a medically induced coma. As of late Monday, she remained on a ventilator in the intensive care unit, a source close to the family said.
On Tuesday, she was moved to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital, sources close to the family said.
The status of her brain function won't be known until sedatives are reduced, the source told CNN.
"Bobbi Kristina is fighting for her life and is surrounded by immediate family. As her father already stated, we are asking you to honor our request for privacy during this difficult time," the Houston family said, thanking her supporters.
The source close to the family told CNN that Brown's eyes opened and closed a few times Monday, but that doctors told family members not to read too much into that movement.
Doctors were trying to reduce the sedatives to check Brown's brain function but decided to keep her in the coma for now, the source said.
The source added that Brown had seizures Monday.
It was not immediately clear what medical significance these reported events have in Brown's case.
She "was not breathing" when Nick Gordon and a friend, who's been identified as Maxwell Lomas, found her Saturday morning inside her townhouse in the Atlanta suburb.
They called 911 and performed CPR until emergency crews arrived and took over, police spokeswoman Lisa Holland said.
The spokeswoman said when Brown was found, she was "unresponsive, meaning not breathing, no heartbeat."
In scanner traffic, emergency services could be heard describing an "ECHO-level response" -- urgent and life-threatening -- with "possible cardiac arrest."
"Twenty-one-year-old female in the bathtub, facedown. PD's (police department's) en route."
On Monday, a source close to the family told CNN that Brown was in "really bad shape."
Everyone is "hoping for the best, preparing for the worst" and "praying for a miracle," the source said.
Police call it a medical incident
Nobody knows what caused Brown's unresponsiveness, Holland said, but police consider it a medical incident at this time. She said investigators had found nothing to indicate it was drug- or alcohol-related. The incident report referenced a drowning.
Police had been to Brown's residence recently. Somebody reported a fight there on January 23, but nobody answered the door and officers found no evidence of an altercation, Holland said.
Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon attend the GRAMMY Gift Lounge during the 56th Grammy Awards on January 25, 2014, in Los Angeles.
Almost three years ago, Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel near Los Angeles, hours before she was to attend a pre-Grammy Awards party.
A coroner ruled her February 11, 2012, death an accidental drowning , with heart disease and cocaine use listed as contributing factors.
Brown is her only child.
"She encourages me and inspires me," Houston once said of her daughter. "When I look at her eyes and I see myself, I go, 'OK. I can do this. I can do this.' "
Daughter of acclaimed singer, R&B standout
Brown was born in 1993 during Houston's marriage to R&B singer Bobby Brown, which ended in divorce in 2007.
The daughter of music royalty became a public figure during the mid-2000s reality show "Being Bobby Brown," in which she frequently appeared alongside her parents and often had a front-row seat to their marital fireworks.
Mother and daughter performed together on national TV in 2009, when the two sang "My Love Is Your Love" in Central Park on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Given the pair's close relationship, it's no surprise that Houston's death was a major blow.
Days after her mother's body was found, a grieving Bobbi Kristina -- then 18 -- was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center because she was "overwhelmed," family friend Kim Burrell said.
"She loves hard," Burrell said then of Bobbi Kristina. "She's going to be OK, and we're going to see to it."
Leaning toward show business
After Houston's death, Bobbi Kristina talked of pursuing a career in acting and music, just like her mother.
In 2012, she reportedly lobbied for a role in a planned biopic of her mother's life. Lifetime's "Whitney," which was directed by actress Angela Bassett, debuted in January 2015, but the Houston family was not involved.
Brown did make her acting debut in 2012 on Tyler Perry's show "For Better or Worse." Her performance in the small role won praise from Perry.
"She did a fantastic job," he said at the time. "And that kid has such a future. She's such an actor. "
Even before her mother's death, videos of Brown singing surfaced on YouTube and were quickly criticized by fans who felt her talent did not live up to Houston's.
The caption read: "This picture may be inappropriate but I want to make a connection with you all. Don't worry this picture isn't recent just hear me out. Do you know what I feel? I feel strange I can't feel any pain anymore. I don't take any drugs as of recently. Things just happened. But then there is some situation that force me to do things and the impact I'll feel pain. I did and I do. I was hurt."
Brown later denied that she posted the photo and tweeted that it was done by someone attempting to tarnish her image.
I've never posted any photo of me doing anything ! This is someone trying to tarnish and make a horrible name for MYSELf. People are insane — Bobbi Kristina H.G. (@REALbkBrown) July 15, 2014
Relationship with a man taken in by Houston
Brown appeared on episodes of Lifetime's brief reality show "The Houstons: On Our Own," which followed her life after Houston's death.
One of the show's story lines revolved around Brown's relationship with Nick Gordon, who had lived with Houston and her daughter since he was 12 years old.
Brown reportedly got engaged to Gordon , and in January 2014, she tweeted out a picture of wedding rings along with the words, #HappilyMarried• SO#Inlove." However, Bobby Brown attorney Christopher Brown said Bobbi Kristina was never married to Gordon.
"(Houston) made me promise several times to look after Krissy ... and, Mom, I will never, ever, ever break that promise," Gordon told the entertainment show "Extra " afterward, saying Houston "just treated me like she gave birth to me."
Bobbi Kristina Brown is seen in a photo she posted to Instagram around 2 a.m. ET on Saturday, January 31.
It was unclear whether Gordon and Lomas came into the home Saturday morning to find Brown in the bathtub or if they had been in another part of the house overnight, said Holland, the police spokeswoman.
The whereabouts of another man who was in the house when Brown was found, Maxwell Lomas, are also unclear. But in response to several media outlets reporting Lomas' lengthy rap sheet, attorney Philip Holloway issued a statement Tuesday saying his client is a cooperative witness and Lomas' most recent arrest in January has nothing to do with Brown's hospitalization.
Holloway also told CNN Wednesday that his client was the one who actually found Brown and called 911. Holloway's comments came after he met with Roswell police for two hours; his client was not at the meeting, he said.
On January 15, Lomas was booked on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of alprazolam (aka Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug) and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of or the attempt to commit a felony, according to Fulton County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan.
CNN has also learned from Fulton and Dawson county authorities that Lomas was arrested at least three times in 2011 and 2012 and charged with a host of crimes, including battery and alcohol, weapons, drug and probation violations. Holloway did not mention the previous arrests in his statement.
"Mr. Lomas' widely reported recent arrest is completely unrelated to the incidents that occurred at Ms. Brown's residence and there is absolutely no relationship between the events. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges," it said. "Mr. Lomas has not been accused of anything in connection with Bobbi Kristina Brown's injuries."
Police obtained a search warrant to look through Brown's house, but that's standard procedure, Holland said.
Concern for Brown came from many in the entertainment world.
"Poor thing," Warren wrote. "Almost 3 yrs to the day her mom passed and the same thing almost happened to her." |||||
Summary: | – Bobbi Kristina Brown's case is tragic, but accidental—right? Law enforcement officers in Georgia aren't so sure, TMZ reports. Sources say a criminal investigation is focusing on Brown's boyfriend Nick Gordon and the pair's reportedly violent relationship. More specifically, authorities are looking into injuries sustained by Brown and a possible argument between them an hour before Brown was found unresponsive in a bathtub. Sources say Brown's friend Max Lomas hung out with Gordon last Saturday, and thought nothing of it when Gordon wandered off for a while. Soon after, Lomas found Brown in the tub and Gordon "ran in and administered CPR," says TMZ. "We're told Max claims Nick allegedly cleaned up the home and removed blood stains." Police have reportedly interviewed Gordon and Lomas, but Lomas wants immunity before consenting to another interview sought by investigators. And Nick Gordon is said to have "lawyered up." Two days ago, CNN reported that father Bobby Brown's lawyer said, "We are currently investigating the events that led to (her) hospitalization." What's more, police had responded to report of a fight at Brown's residence on Jan. 23, but nobody answered the door and police saw no signs of an altercation. Police told CNN that Brown's case was considered a medical incident, and no evidence of drugs or alcohol were on the scene. At this point, who knows whether this is related to a brawl that broke out between family members. | 0 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Bradley triumphs at Firestone as Furyk fades
Generate a new sentence that is, on a scale from 0 to 5, a (A). in textual similarity to the above sentence. | Bahrain court upholds sentences against uprising leaders | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize this article:
The Constitution prohibits excluding someone from a jury based on sexual orientation, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, the latest in a string of decisions granting gays and lesbians more legal protections.
A lawyer is allowed to strike someone from a jury for nearly any reason as long as it isn't tied to the person's sex or race. In a series of rulings in the 1980s and 1990s, the Supreme Court said that striking jurors on... ||||| In a decision giving sweeping new legal protections to gays and lesbians, a federal appeals court on Tuesday found it as unconstitutional to exclude jurors based on sexual orientation as it is to keep women and minorities off juries.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that sexual orientation deserves the strongest anti-discrimination protections in civil rights law, siding with gay rights advocates who argued that gays and lesbians are entitled to the same equal treatment in jury trials as they are in the military, voting and marriage.
The groundbreaking decision underscored the growing importance of recent rulings in gay marriage battles, relying heavily on the Supreme Court's decision last year striking down a federal ban on same-sex marriage benefits. The 9th Circuit also cited high-court precedents forbidding bias in jury selection based on gender and race.
Bumping prospective jurors from a trial based on sexual orientation continues a "deplorable tradition of treating gays and lesbians as undeserving of participation in our nation's most cherished rites and rituals," wrote 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt in the three-judge panel's unanimous ruling. These biases "deprive individuals of the opportunity to participate in perfecting democracy and guarding our ideals of justice on account of a characteristic that has nothing to do with their fitness to serve."
The decision came in a high-stakes showdown between Abbott Laboratories and SmithKline Beecham, rival pharmaceutical giants that squared off in a 2011 federal antitrust trial in Oakland. The issue arose during jury selection, when SmithKline's legal team suggested Abbott deliberately removed a juror who was gay because the trial involved a claim that Abbott dramatically jacked up the price of a crucial HIV treatment drug.
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Abbott's drug pricing provoked a furor in the gay community. The company denied ill motives in removing the juror, but the case created a major test of whether a pivotal 1986 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Batson v. Kentucky, barring the exclusion of jurors based on race, applies to gays and lesbians.
The Abbott case also gave lawyers an opportunity to test the scope of the Supreme Court's ruling last June invalidating the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The 9th Circuit invited the two sides to present arguments on how the marriage ruling applied to the jury issue, and a dozen gay rights organizations jumped into the legal fray to side with SmithKline.
Gay rights advocates argue that equal treatment in jury service is akin to seeking the same rights in the military, voting and marriage. Abbott's lawyers argued that Supreme Court precedents do not apply to sexual orientation in jury selection and had urged the 9th Circuit to avoid the issue in the antitrust case.
But the 9th Circuit took the issue head-on, perhaps putting the case in a position for eventual Supreme Court review. The panel was decidedly liberal: Reinhardt was joined by other members of the court's liberal wing, Judge Mary Schroeder, a Carter appointee, and Marsha Berzon, a Clinton appointee.
Legal experts, however, say the Supreme Court may be reluctant to consider this ruling, which could leave a lasting impact in Western states on other cases involving discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Vikram Amar, a UC Davis law professor, said the new legal protection could be particularly important in challenges to bans on gay marriage in other states within the 9th Circuit, such as Nevada, which is defending its law in the same court. California's gay marriage ban already has been invalidated.
"Today's ruling will make it exceedingly difficult for states to justify laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation," said David Codell, litigation director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Meanwhile, as a result of Tuesday's ruling, the 9th Circuit ordered a new trial in the antitrust feud. A federal jury reached a mixed verdict in the first trial over Abbott and SmithKline's dispute over licensing agreements and pricing for an Abbott drug called Norvir.
SmithKline said in a statement it was pleased with the ruling, calling it "well reasoned." An Abbott spokeswoman said the company is reviewing its legal options. The company, which has spun off the division that produces the HIV drug, can ask the 9th Circuit to rehear the case with an 11-judge panel.
Howard Mintz covers legal affairs. Contact him at 408-286-0236 or follow him at Twitter.com/hmintz. |||||
Summary: | – Another big step forward for gay rights: A federal appeals court has ruled that keeping gays and lesbians off juries because of their sexual orientation is just as unconstitutional as excluding women or minorities, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The ruling came in connection with a legal battle between pharmaceutical giants Abbott Laboratories and GlaxoSmithKline, in which GSK argued that Abbott's lawyers deliberately removed a gay juror because the case involved pricing of HIV drugs. "Gays and lesbians have been systematically excluded from the most important institutions of self-governance," one judge wrote for a unanimous three-judge panel. "Strikes exercised on the basis of sexual orientation continue this deplorable tradition of treating gays and lesbians as undeserving of participation in our nation's most cherished rites and rituals." For its decision, the San Francisco court relied partly on last year's landmark Supreme Court ruling that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, notes the Wall Street Journal. | 0 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate an approximately fifteen-word sentence that describes all this data: Big Hero 6 (film), starring, Ryan Potter.
Sentence: | Big Hero 6 stars Ryan Potter. | 7 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Context: Ben is the coach of the basketball team and he held try outs today. He has to cut this one kid because he is not good enough. He feels bad because he knows the kid will be disappointed. He gives the kid advice and things to work on for next season.
Now do a next sentence writing task.
OPTIONS:
[A]. The kid practiced all year and next year he made the team.;
[B]. The kid is very proud of himself.; | [A]. | 4 | Flan2021 | story_cloze/2016:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?
1. Universities , like companies , should therefore have to compete for the best academic talent and there should be a level playing field in this competition rather than setting quotas or giving a leg up for students whether it is for the poor or for those native to the country where the university is located .
2. It seems unreasonable that universities should not treat them in the same way as a company would .
3. This is simply the logical conclusion of that .
4. Universities work on an international basis already with different specialisms , costs and reputations in international marketplace .
5. The state no longer has so great a duty of care .
6. Once people leave compulsory education the relationship they have with the state changes dramatically .
7. In doing so they are in an open competition .
8. Their option , other than going to university , would normally be to get a job . | Just as with applying for a job, a studentship should go to the best candidate based on academic ability | 5 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_idebate | zs_opt |
Write a positive yelp review (Available choices:
-negative.
-positive.). | Gotta give it to this McDonalds. Their drive through line can get pretty long but the service is always fast. | 7 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-select question: Is it possible to conclude that "A man hanging off a lamp post during winter." if "A man hanging off a lamp post."?
pick from the following.
A). yes;
B). it is not possible to tell;
C). no;...I think the answer is | A). | 7 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
If "I put the cake away in the refrigerator. It has a lot of leftovers in it.", is "The cake has a lot of leftovers in it." correct?
Pick from:
1). no
2). yes
Answer: | 1). | 2 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Q: What day of the week sees the most fatal car accidents ?
Which one of the following options would the answer to this be?
OPT:
(I) description;
(II) entity;
(III) abbreviation;
(IV) human;
(V) numeric;
(VI) location;
A: | (V) | 8 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
I just took a test in school today. What question was I asked? | During an ice age, enormous ice sheets called glaciers increase in size on Earth's surface, resulting in decreased ocean depths. Due to global cooling, the water cycle is disrupted between which two stages to cause an increase in glacier size? | 9 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Which adaptation will warn predators not to eat an animal? Options:
A). bright colors;
B). bulging eyes;
C). geometric shapes;
D). poisonous secretions;
| A). | 6 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
On a scale from 0-5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar", how similar is the sentence "The volatile mix could drag the session beyond the four days allotted by Bush, said Senate President Jim King." to the sentence "The Senate might support capping noneconomic damages beyond the $250,000 Gov. Jeb Bush proposes, said Senate President Jim King."?
OPT:
1). 0.
2). 1.
3). 2.
4). 3.
5). 4.
6). 5. | 4). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write an article using the following points:
Competitors on US's GBBO lack British 'stiff upper lip' says Hollywood. US contestants' tears when criticised surprised GBBO judge. Hollywood also admitted he had a tough time understanding their accents.
Article: | By. Alisdair Glennie. PUBLISHED:. 19:43 EST, 13 May 2013. |. UPDATED:. 02:07 EST, 14 May 2013. Seeing as the worst-case scenario is a soggy bottom, it is no surprise The Great British Bake Off avoids the tantrums of other reality TV shows. But it appears American contestants are finding the gentle cooking competition a bit harder to handle. Judge Paul Hollywood said bakers on the other side of the Atlantic are so sensitive that they burst into tears every time he criticises their cakes. Tantrums and tears: Paul Hollywood was surprised that his harsh criticisms of competitors' cakes brought them to tears on the new US version of Great British Bake Off. The 47-year-old has joined a new US version of the hit BBC2 show - renamed The Great American Baking Competition - to air on CBS later this month. His British co-star Mary Berry has been replaced by American chef Marcela Valladolid, while US comedian Jeff Foxworthy takes the place of hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. Speaking at the TV Bafta Awards on Sunday, Mr Hollywood praised British contestants for having a ‘stiff upper lip’ and admitted he was surprised to discover how thin-skinned their American counterparts were. He said: ‘It’s exactly the same show. Same tent, same set up, same stations, same people. Except they are bigger. They are very emotional, and of course I’m not the right person to put up with that. Within the first week, all of them were crying. ‘I said “I’m so sorry, but I’m only saying your cake doesn’t look good.” And then they just burst into tears. It’s all a bit much. But in Britain it’s all stiff upper lip. And then you get crying later.’ UK pride: Hollywood, pictured on last year's Great British Bake Off with Mary Berry, said contestants in America lacked the 'stiff upper lip' of the Brits. Clooney of Cakes: Ahead of stint as a judge on The Great American Baking Competition - the US's GBBO - suitably named Hollywood is being promoted as 'the George Clooney of baking' Mr Hollywood – who also presents his own one-man baking show Bread – has signed a five year deal with CBS but will continue to judge the UK version of Bake Off, currently filming its fourth series. For the benefit of American viewers unfamiliar with his fame in the UK, CBS dubbed Paul Hollywood ‘the George Clooney of baking’ in its promotional material. The series will begin on May 29. The programme’s successful format has been licensed to 11 countries – including the US, America and France – by BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s commercial arm. Mr Hollywood admitted he had trouble understanding the American contestants, and said they were less skilled in the kitchen than the British. Successful bake: Paul Hollywood with presenters Mel Geidroyc and Sue Perkins, and fellow judge Mary Berry on the red carpet at Sunday's Baftas. He said: ‘We filmed it in Georgia. I had to adjust to the accents. You know the twang. I had to tune in because we had people from the deep south, from Boston, LA, California, New York. I had to tune in to all of them, but in the end I got it. ‘And they got it as well. They certainly got the rough end of my tongue a few times. They sat back too much. I am judging a product, not a person. It is not personal for me. ‘It may be the first time they have heard criticism of their bakes. They have to take it, because it is the only way you get better and better and better.’ ‘At one point a contestant pulled me to one side and said “I think you’re wrong.” I said: “It’s fine if you think I’m wrong. Unfortunately for you, I’m the judge.” He just looked at me and just said “English.”’ He added: ‘To be honest, the bakers over here are much better. But we are filming series four now here so the fact is things will only get better in America. You are going to attract a more qualified baker. ‘I just hope the Americans like it. I can see a UK vs US version in the future. I’ll judge it.’ | 7 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
Write a short summary for this text: the palestinians friday urged arab leaders who will meet in egypt to adopt a `` firm '' position against israel 's tactics in the occupied territories , especially with the extreme right leanings of its new government .
Summary: | palestinians urge arabs to take firm stand against israel | 0 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Mike Austreng , editor of the weekly Cold Spring Record , said he saw one wounded student taken from the school by helicopter .
Mike Austreng , the editor of the weekly Cold Spring Record , said he saw one wounded person airlifted from the school and another taken away by ambulance .
Choose from:
+no
+yes | no | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: What is "What 's a water funnel ?" asking about?
Choose from:
+ description.
+ entity.
+ abbreviation.
+ human.
+ numeric.
+ location.
Answer: | description | 4 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer this question.
Of which aluminium oxide mineral are ruby and sapphire among the coloured varieties? | corundum | 4 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Here is some data about a restaurant: name = Fitzbillies, eatType = coffee shop, food = Italian, priceRange = high, customer rating = average, area = city centre, familyFriendly = yes. Write a sentence that includes the above data about a restaurant | Fitzbillies is a child friendly coffee shop serving high price Italian food in the city centre with an average customer rating. | 4 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-select question: If "A man dons proper safety gear before welding.", can we conclude "the man is welding screws"?
pick from the following. (i). yes; (ii). it is not possible to tell; (iii). no; | (ii). | 1 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Use the following highlights to write an article:
Properties on streets with innuendo-laden names were found to be around one fifth or £84,000 cheaper on average than other homes situated nearby. Minge Lane in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, was found to have the most embarrassment value. Forty per cent said that a street name which some people might find embarrassing would not put them off living there themselves. Rude-sounding name streets on average 22 per cent cheaper.
Article: | By. Daily Mail Reporter. PUBLISHED:. 22:22 EST, 24 February 2014. |. UPDATED:. 09:28 EST, 25 February 2014. Streets with rude-sounding names like Crotch Crescent, Turkey Cock Lane, Bell End and The Knob could turn out to be a haven for property hunters looking to snap up a bargain, as many will not want to live on a suggestive-sounding street. The study for website NeedaProperty.com looked for evidence of what impact living in a street with a cheeky name could have on the value of your home. Properties on streets with innuendo-laden names were found to be around one fifth or £84,000 cheaper on average than other homes situated nearby. A semi-detached house in Slag Lane, Lowton, Lancashire goes for a song at £112,620 - 26 per cent cheaper than nearby roads. Minge Lane in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, was found to have the most embarrassment value. Researchers asked 2,000 people to vote for the street name that they would be most embarrassed to have as their address from a long list and the top 15 were used for the study. Minge Lane in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, was found to have the most embarrassment value, picking up almost one third (31 per cent) of the vote. Slag Lane in Lowton, Lancashire, followed closely behind, being selected by just over one quarter (26 per cent) of people. But two-fifths (40 per cent) of all those surveyed said that a street name which some people might find embarrassing would not put them off living there themselves. Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, Blake Harrison and James Buckley, stars of The Inbetweeners, find Cock-A-Dobby in Sandhurst. Properties on streets with innuendo-laden names were found to be around one fifth or £84,000 cheaper on average than other homes situated nearby. Residents of Fanny Hands Lane in Ludford, Lincolnshire - another of the streets that made the list - said they were not oblivious of its amusing name but did not think it made the houses any cheaper. Retired Annie Gray, 60, who moved to Ludford from Croydon, south London, 12 years ago, said the road name was one of the reasons she and her husband decided to buy their bungalow. 'It was one of the factors because it’s so unusual and always get a giggle,' she said. 'If you’re ever ordering anything and tell people your address, as soon as you say ‘Fanny’, they know exactly where you mean.' She continued: 'I would think it’s actually the other way round in terms of house prices. 'Magna Mile is just a main road, it’s not a village, and if you think about it logically where would you prefer to live - on a little side street like this one or a main road with busy traffic? 'It certainly didn’t seem to make a difference when we were looking to buy here.' Streets with rude-sounding names like Fanny Hands Lane, Crotch Crescent, Turkey Cock Lane, Bell End and The Knob could turn out to be a haven for property hunters looking to snap up a bargain, research suggests. The road name has attracted media attention in the past, Mrs Gray said, and the metal sign had been pilfered on a couple of occasions. The lane acquired its name after Frances Hands, the niece of a local farmer, lived on the street, Mrs Gray said. Janette Hill, 72, who also lives in the street, said she had been told the lane had been named after a woman called Fanny used to sit at the top of the road knitting. Ms Hill moved from the south of the country to the Ludford road in 2007 and said the cheapness of the property attracted her and her partner, but added it did not seem any less expensive than others in the area. Asked if she was bothered by the potentially embarrassing street name, she said: 'We just didn’t take any notice. 'You get people stopping at the top and taking pictures of the road sign but it doesn’t bother me.' NeedaProperty.com commissioned a statistician to compare property prices in the 15 rude-sounding streets with homes situated on all other streets within a one quarter of a mile radius, using Land Registry sales figures. Property prices on 11 out of the 15 streets were found to be 'significantly cheaper' than local values typically. Across all the streets looked at, those with rude-sounding names were 22 per cent or £84,000 less expensive on average. Scott Green, CEO of NeedaProperty.com, said: 'It seems there are bargains to be had for those who don’t mind a bit of innuendo.' Here are the top 10 streets in order. of those which people voted as having the most embarrassing names, with. the percentage of people who voted each name as embarrassing followed by. the price of a property on the street and an example of the price of a. similar property nearby:. 1. Minge Lane, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, 31%, Detached house - £253,389, Detached house in Longfield - £325,000. 2. Slag Lane, Lowton, Lancashire, 26%, Semi-detached house - £112,620, Semi-detached house in Fieldfare Close - £141,297. 3. Fanny Hands Lane, Ludford, Lincolnshire, 24.9%, Detached house, £157,200, Detached house in Magna Mile, £236,987. 4. Bell End, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, 22.5%, Semi-detached house, £126,409, Semi-detached house in Uplands Avenue, £187,027. 5. Crotch Crescent, Marston, Oxfordshire, 19.6%, Terraced house, £238,250, Terraced house in Ouseley Close, £280,500. 6. The Knob, Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire, 17%, Semi-detached house, £245,000, Semi-detached house in Glebe Rise, £249,000. 7. Turkey Cock Lane, Stanway, Essex, 10.8%, Terraced house, £177,527, Terraced house in London Road, £166,840. 8. Cockshoot Close, Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, 10.1%, Semi-detached house, £286,536, Semi-detached house in Longore, £304,794. 9. Cumming Street, Islington, London, 8.9%, Flat, £292,768, Flat in Britannia Street, £358,419. 10. Cock A-Dobby, Sandhurst, Berkshire, 6.5%, Detached house, £456,481, Detached house in Longdown Road, £615,000. | 8 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
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Generate a subject line for this email. | Pittsburg Deal | 7 | Flan2021 | aeslc:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Freida Selena Pinto (born 18 October 1984) is an Indian actress who has appeared mainly in American and British films. She was born and raised in Mumbai, India, and decided when she was young that she would become an actress. As a student at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, she took part in amateur plays. After graduation, she briefly worked as a model and then as a television presenter.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Freida Selena Pinto knows how to speak French
OPT: (i) Yes. (ii) It's impossible to say. (iii) No. | (ii) | 1 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Is go used to mean the same thing in the next two sentences (see options)?
This chair has got to go.
The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect.
Options are: A). different meanings B). the same meaning | A). | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Generate an approximately fifteen-word sentence that describes all this data: The Eagle eatType restaurant; The Eagle customer rating 5 out of 5
| There is a sushi restaurant The Eagle with a 5 star rating. | 2 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write an article based on this "Look for the lesson. Take control of the things you have power over. Reach out for social support. Change your language."
Article: | You can glide more easily through life's bad situations when you use them as teachable moments for yourself. There is something you can learn from virtually every circumstance you encounter. This allows you to constructively cope with negative situations. You find the lesson and apply what you learned to the future. When you face a problem, think of it as a challenge that is strengthening you for later circumstances. Ask yourself, "what can I learn about this situation?" You can confidently leave this situation knowing that you will make a wiser, more-informed decision down the road. People automatically feel better about negative circumstances in their lives when things are under their control. True enough, we have very little control over a lot of things in our lives, the weather and the price of gas, to name a few. But, we should concentrate our energies on those things we can control to boost our outlook on life. To demonstrate, researchers found that optimism was much greater in subjects for events in which they had a fair amount of control, such as being the driver in a car accident or getting skin cancer, as opposed to those in which they had very little control like being the passenger in a car accident or having to wear a hearing aid. No matter what you are facing, you can find comfort in the knowledge that some other human being has been there, too. Whether you are dealing with financial troubles, a bad break up or recovering from a health problem--there's someone out there who understands your struggle. Connecting with such individuals can help you feel less alone. You can always turn to friends or family members during difficult life situations. However, don't hesitate to reach out further to religious leaders or counselors. You can even connect with people going through similar experiences as you on Meetups or online forums. Most people don't think about what the words they say actually mean. We just say them and invite gray clouds over our heads. Research shows that a single negative word generates stress-producing chemicals in the brain. Here are some words you can toss from your vocabulary to promote optimism. Drop "have to" for "get to" - "I get to work out in the gym today." Swap "problems" for "situation" - "We have a situation that we need to discuss." Trade in "mistakes" for "valuable lessons" - We all learned from your valuable lesson. Change "bad" to "unwise" - "The choice I made today was unwise." | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Generate short a sentence that can be linguistically classified as 2. (Available choices: 1. unacceptable. 2. acceptable.) | John received the parcel. | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/cola:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
They will normally do anything to avoid the water. However, not only has this cat learned how to swim, it seems to have perfected the doggy paddle. This hilarious video shows a cat in Russia walking into the water and taking a dip with its owner. It has since become an internet sensation after the video was uploaded to YouTube and went viral. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO. Taking a dip: The cat tentatively steps into the water ready for the swim ahead. Moggy paddle: It launches itself into the water, seemingly unafraid of the water. Far from being afraid of the water, the cat voluntarily walks into it. The footage shows the black and white moggie taking tentative steps from the shore into the water. Encouraged by its owner, it starts to paddle, its tail trailing behind it on the water's surface. It is then joined by the woman, who swims alongside her pet cat as the pair make their way toward some rocks. The moggie shows no signs of distress throughout the short clip and seems relaxed after its dip. Little is known about the cat, except that the footage was filmed in Russia. Swimming buddies: The cat is joined by its owner and the pair swim alongside each other. Feline fine: The cat seems relaxed after its dip as it dries off in the sun. NOW WATCH THE VIDEO.
Here is a summary of the highlights for this article: | Video of cat taking a dip with its owner goes viral on YouTube. | 6 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
On a scale from 0-5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar", how similar is the sentence "A group of people sitting at a restaurant table." to the sentence "Group of people sitting at table of restaurant."?
Pick from: I. 0. II. 1. III. 2. IV. 3. V. 4. VI. 5. | VI. | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
The 18th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10, 2013 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of 2012 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Sam Rubin. The nominees were announced on December 11, 2012.
Sentence: The 18th Critics' Choice Awards was hosted by comedian
Pick your answer from:
1). Yes
2). It's impossible to say
3). No | 2). | 6 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Here is a premise: My car was towed.
What is the cause?
Select from the following. 1. I parked illegally.; 2. I jumped the battery.; | 1. | 1 | Flan2021 | super_glue/copa:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
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Getty Drudge: 'Hillary Clinton’s brain in a jar' could get elected
The American people are "sick" and "willing to be made over in the image of corporations," Matt Drudge said in a rare interview with InfoWars' Alex Jones published Tuesday evening. Not only that, but the powers that be could "put Hillary Clinton’s brain in a jar in the Oval Office and she would be elected."
The media needs to wake up and do its job before that happens, he said.
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"If your calling is media, fine, if your calling is sports, whatever it is, but you've got to be the greatest you can be now, now, before this country is so completely altered and we're left with Hillary's brain in the Oval Office in a jar, 'cause that's what we're getting," Drudge said.
At the start of the segment, Jones said Drudge had surprised the Austin, Texas-based show with his appearance but only his voice is present throughout the 46-minute video, standing behind the camera holding a microphone. Drudge tore into Clinton at parts of the interview, calling her "old" and "sick" and only a contender because the media are making her so.
"They're making her a contender with these propped-up 'Saturday Night Live' things. It's like a head on a stick," he said. "She is not a viable, vibrant leader for this country of 300-including the illegals-380 million Americans. So the media is trying to put us asleep. You're not letting them, Alex."
Drudge also decried a "cover-up" on "seeing Hillary's lovers" and a variety of "so many issues that are suppressed on a daily basis."
“Where I’ve had a lot of success is I’m getting people from both sides of the aisle. They’ve always said, ‘Oh, he’s a right-wing gossip monger,’ mainly because of Lewinsky and those years–which, by the way, are back," he said.
On the Democratic candidacy of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who turned 74 in September, Drudge wondered aloud if Democrats could "find anybody under the age of 70."
"What is this oldness in a vibrant country that needs to go forward to a new century?" he asked.
Drudge also talked about the success of his website in sharing and spreading stories with a greater reach than Facebook or other social-media platforms, which he called "bogus."
"It's just a lot of gnats, a lot of confusion. The reality of the situation is life on Earth has not changed. We need facts, we need events, we need specifics on things. Not all this confusion. It’s almost, they’ve made the Internet over in their image, these corporations," he remarked, "and I think they’re failing."
Drudge also hinted that because of forthcoming court rulings on copyright, his site's days might be numbered.
He recounted an exchange with an unnamed Supreme Court justice who he says told him, "Matt, it's over for you. They’ve got the votes now to enforce copyright law. You’re out of there. They’re gonna make it so ... you can’t even use headlines."
"Wait until these copyright laws work their way up, and the Supreme Court decides you cannot have a website with news headlines linking across the board. Then that will end for me," Drudge said.
"Fine, I’ve had a hell of a run," he continued. "It’s 20 years next year or 20 years about now. Hell of a run. I couldn’t have gone any farther. I feel completely — I have gone as far out of the galaxy as I can on this. I still wanna stay out here. But I have gone pretty damn far for what one individual can do in this culture. But I’m talking about the future.
"So I don’t know why they’ve been successful in pushing everybody into these little ghettos of these Facebooks and these tweets and these Instagrams — these instas. This is ghetto. This is corporate. They’re taking your energy. They’re taking your energy and you’re getting nothing in return. Nothing," Drudge said. "Ultimately, it’s boring, and the kids are always off to something new. Except for the something new is owned by the same freakin' company or financed by the same banking system.” ||||| Matt Drudge, one of the most influential people in the news business, gave a rare interview — to a self-identified libertarian radio host — on Tuesday.
The reclusive founder of the Drudge Report spoke with Infowars' Alex Jones on Jones' namesake radio show. And for a full 45 minutes, the two addressed a wide range of topics while Drudge sat off-camera.
Among other things, they talked about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the broader 2016 presidential race, the corporatization of the media landscape, world-government conspiracies, and the future of humanity.
Some of the highlights are below.
Hillary Clinton
Drudge, who busted open the Lewinsky scandal, apparently thinks there's a media cover-up of another Clinton sex scandal.
"They've always said, 'Oh, he's a right-wing gossip-monger,'" Drudge said of his critics. "Mainly because of Lewinsky and those years — which by the way, are back. Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers? Excuse me, why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers? Where's the cover-up on this?"
He also argued that Clinton was not physically healthy:
You've got to be the greatest you can be now — now! — before this country is so completely altered and we're left with Hillary's brain in the Oval Office in a jar. Because that's what we're getting: She's old and she's sick. She's not a contender. They're making her a contender with these propped-up 'Saturday Night Light' things. It's like a head on a stick.
But he predicted she would still win:
How sick are the American people right now? I've been saying they could put Hillary Clinton's brain in a jar in the Oval Office and she'd be elected. People are really sick. I think you know this deep in your soul, and this is why you get demoralized here on this very set. People are sick.
While he warned about the future Clinton administration:
Hillary Clinton with the NSA? Good luck if you dissent. Good luck if you dissent. [Edward] Snowden, I'll switch places with you: You can come over here and rot in hell, because that's what it's going to be.
The 2016 race
Drudge name-checked a few other presidential candidates throughout the discussion, including real-estate mogul Donald Trump, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont):
Trump comes along, says a few things — just a few things! — and soars to the top of the list. That's profound. Imagine if we actually had a good selection of candidates who were saying a lot. And I know Cruz and Rand and all the rest ... Where it's going to end up, I don't know. I'm very pessimistic — I'm very pessimistic — on this race because I'm just not sure it's not going to end up with the dreaded brain in the jar in the Oval Office once known as Hillary Clinton.
He further complained that the Democrats weren't offering any top-tier candidates who were relatively young:
Can the Democrats find anybody under the age of 70? What is this oldness in a vibrant country that needs to go forward to a new century? So I don't know. I'm hoping for surprises. I'm hoping for some jolts. We'll have to see.
Social media
Drudge was clearly not a fan of Twitter and Facebook:
I'm not on Facebook. I don't do the socials. I've got that little Twitter thing — even that's kind of disgusting. ... I'm just warning this country that yes, don't get into this false sense that you are an individual when you're on Facebook. No, you're not. You're a pawn in their scheme.
He also slammed "meaningless" tweets as a distraction from more important news events:
In the beginning, they were dismissing the internet. They were pooh-poohing it … Now they make it over in their image. Now it's these endless, monotonous tweets. Meaningless — meaningless! — to me. It's just a lot of gnats, a lot of confusion. When the reality of the situation is life on earth has not changed. We need facts. We need events. We need specifics on things. Not all this confusion.
Corporate influence over the media
One of the most consistent themes of the interview was Drudge's dystopian view of the media landscape:
Drudge [Report], to me, when I look at it right now is a correction to this groupthink. There's no difference from any of these websites. You go up and down — we talk about this — what's the difference between the websites? Between a Slate or a Salon or a BuzzFeed or a HuffPo — what is the difference? There isn't any! And this is travesty. It's almost like a weird conglomerate of groupthink that has developed in a dynamic era that should be vibrating.
Drudge claimed to have talked to a Supreme Court justice who said the high court had the votes to rule against news aggregators like him:
They're getting ready for these decisions to come. You thought Obamacare was shocking? You thought some of these other decisions were shocking? Wait until these copyright laws work their way up and the Supreme Court decides you cannot have a website with news headlines linking across the board. Then that will end for me. Fine, I've had a hell of a run.
The future of humanity
Jones directly asked Drudge whether, in his heart, he felt that humanity was going to "make it the next 100 years." Drudge answered affirmatively but then mused about what natural disasters or the government could do to prevent that:
Of course — unless Mother Nature decides. I'm a big fan of letting Mother Nature decide some of this too. We can't control a lot of this. There is a law to the universe. There just is. There's just a law to the universe. We could have the San Andreas [Fault] rip tonight … Will we survive? I'm sure we will. Will we be not allowed to speak as we are today? Well, we'll have it documented that we were allowed to speak that way once.
So I don't know. Am I optimistic? For myself, personally, yes I'm strong. There's not much they can do. They could laser beam me, they could drone me, they can plutonium me, they could do whatever they wanted. But spiritually, I'm set.
Watch below: ||||| Conservative media entrepreneur Matt Drudge gave a very rare public interview on Tuesday in which he lashed out at Hillary Clinton, mainstream media and the uniformity of American culture in the digital age.
The exchange provided a glimpse into the mind of one of the most influential yet reclusive figures in American political media today.
In a rambling, wide-ranging discussion with Alex Jones, a radio show host and conspiracy theorist, Drudge admonished "the sickness of the American people," who he said were forfeiting individual thought and becoming slaves to Internet companies.
Blind to the realities of the current political situation, Drudge said voters were now likely to install "Hillary's brain in the Oval Office in a jar."
The founder of the Drudge Report also called Clinton "old and sick," and blamed the media for covering up stories about extramarital affairs.
"Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers?" Drudge asked Jones. "Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers?"
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The nearly 45-minute rant oscillated wildly between familiar critiques of the establishment and paranoid conspiracy theories with little basis in reality. At one point, Drudge suggested that the Obama administration came up with the name "ISIS" -- for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria -- because it sounded like the last name of Rep. Darrell Issa, the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Drudge also refused to appear on camera for Jones' live stream, his disembodied voice issuing pronouncements, Wizard-of-Oz like, from beyond the void.
"You're playing in Google's Hell pit!" Drudge said of people who used various digital and social media services, instead of creating their own individual platforms on the Internet. "The Internet is what you make of it."
Drudge has wielded immense influence over American political media for two decades. In 1995, he launched The Drudge Report, a simple webpage that aggregates the day's news under sensational headlines, often fueling conservatives' worst fears about the left, the media and, at times, the decline of American civilization.
The Drudge Report's obituary has been written many times by members of the mainstream media, and yet Drudge Report always reasserts its influence. The site draws more than 2 million unique viewers a day and remains the No. 1 site for referrals to political news sites. Getting "Drudged" -- that is, having your story linked to by Drudge Report -- remains one of the most coveted goals for media organizations seeking web traffic.
But Drudge's influence goes beyond that: Politico, which recently named Drudge one of the top 50 most influential figures in American politics, notes that Drudge "helps to write the narrative" of each presidential campaign -- which is why his critiques and conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton are so notable.
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Summary: | – For all his influence in the media biz, Matt Drudge himself is downright invisible. But the creator of the Drudge Report gave a rare interview to radio host Alex Jones Tuesday in which he offered up his views on topics ranging from Hillary Clinton to social media. (Drudge remained off-camera in the show's webcam, but you can hear him here.) Some snippets, from CNNMoney, Politico, and Business Insider: Clinton: Referring to his own critics, he said, "They've always said, 'Oh, he's a right-wing gossip-monger.' Mainly because of (Monica) Lewinsky and those years—which by the way, are back. Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers? Excuse me, why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers? Where's the cover-up on this?" He also said that "she's old and she's sick." Clinton, II: "I've been saying they could put Hillary Clinton's brain in a jar in the Oval Office and she'd be elected. People are really sick." 2016 race: "Trump comes along, says a few things—just a few things!—and soars to the top of the list. That's profound. Imagine if we actually had a good selection of candidates who were saying a lot. ... Where it's going to end up, I don't know. I'm very pessimistic—I'm very pessimistic—on this race because I'm just not sure it's not going to end up with the dreaded brain in the jar in the Oval Office once known as Hillary Clinton." Facebook: "I'm not on Facebook. I don't do the socials. I've got that little Twitter thing—even that's kind of disgusting. ... I'm just warning this country that yes, don't get into this false sense that you are an individual when you're on Facebook. No, you're not. You're a pawn in their scheme." Twitter: "Now it's these endless, monotonous tweets. Meaningless—meaningless!—to me. It's just a lot of gnats, a lot of confusion. When the reality of the situation is life on Earth has not changed. We need facts. We need events. We need specifics on things. Not all this confusion." | 1 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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