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Which are best Korean dramas to watch?
Which is your best Korean Drama and why?
Multi-choice problem: Would you say that these questions are the same?
Choose from: (1). no (2). yes | (2). | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to Turkish:
DUI also received the much sought after position of deputy prime minister for EU integration.
Turkish: | DUI, çok arzulanan AB entegrasyonundan sorumlu başbakan yardımcılığı pozisyonunu da aldı. | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
" We 're in a highly competitive industry where few apparel brands own and operate manufacturing facilities in North America , " Levi Strauss Chief Executive Officer Phil Marineau said in a statement .
" We 're in a highly competitive industry where few apparel brands own and operate manufacturing facilities in North America , " said Phil Marineau , the chief executive .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
Choose from: (I) no. (II) yes. | (II) | 5 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Our concern with the budget is not only its failure to acknowledge that, but that it actually worsens the situation by not dealing with unemployment, by not dealing with wage inequities, by not dealing with homelessness, by not dealing with poverty and by not dealing with deplorable living conditions on and off reserves in the country.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "the situation gets worse by dealing with unemployment"?
Available choices: [I] Yes. [II] It's impossible to say. [III] No.
I think the answer is | [III] | 0 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a sentence, and then tell me the concepts included in that sentence. | Sentence:
deforestation at ethnicity in republic the tree comes crashing down
Concepts:
come
crash
tree | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/common_gen:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
The world can be divided into three climate zones. The first climate zone is the polar zone. As it sounds, the polar zone is near earths poles. The polar zone has very long and cold winters. Brrr!!!! Near the equator is the tropical zone. The tropical zone is known for being hot and wet. Between these two zones is the temperate zone. Temperatures there tend to be mild. Its not too hot and not too cold. You might expect places near the equator to be hot and wet. Thats not always the case. Sometimes there are other factors at work. These factors can affect the local climate type or a region. Oceans and mountain ranges can have a major impact. They can greatly influence the climate of an area. Many factors influence an areas climate.
Do you have any questions? | What is the tropical zone known for? | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-choice problem: Which of the following solutions is better for the following goal:
Use alternate to butter when making toast.
Options are:
A). Use 1 cup of banana..
B). Use 1 cup of avocado.. | B). | 6 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What's the most logical way to complete this passage?
Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- Eyewitnesses in the embattled Libyan city of Misrata reported especially intense shelling by Moammar Gadhafi's forces overnight -- the heavy fire picking up at about the same time reports came out that one of the leader's son was killed in a NATO airstrike. "There's been continuous and heavy shelling for three hours straight," said one man, talking to CNN from about three miles from Misrata's city center Sunday. "There have been a lot of explosions." Heavy gun and artillery fire could also be heard early Sunday throughout Benghazi, which is the hub for rebel forces and their transitional government.
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OPTIONS:
- Benghazi remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed."
- CNN remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed."
- Gadhafi remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed."
- Italy remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed."
- Libya remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed."
- Libyan remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed."
- Misrata remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed."
- Moammar Gadhafi remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed."
- NATO remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed."
| NATO remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed." | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Woman with wig, who "dyes" her hair in the middle of the film (=takes of wig) presumably does not see what the audience can see from miles away:
*** begin spoiler alert *** that her hubby is having an affair with her best girlfriend and they both try get rid of her. *** end of spoiler alert ***
And what a spoiler that was: the title already gives it away, doesn't it? Bad acting, bad script: waste of time Oh yeah: in the end, she lives happily ever after....
If you liked this movie, you'll really love "Cannibal women in the Avocado Jungle of Death"....
Choose your answer. What is the sentiment of this review?
(1). negative; (2). positive; | (1). | 0 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Hoosiers is a 1986 sports film written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh in his feature directorial debut. It tells the story of a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. It is loosely based on the Milan High School team that won the 1954 state championship.
See options at the end. Can we conclude that is the film hoosiers based on a true story?
Pick from:
--no;
--yes; | yes | 0 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Article: In some cases, an off track window may be caused by a broken or worn out track. If areas in the track are rusted, apply a few drops of white lithium lubricant to them. If areas in the track are bent, try pressing them into shape using the back of a hammer, wrench, or other firm tool. If the track is rusted or bent to the point of being unusable, you will need to replace the window regulator and, most likely, the window motor. Depending on your car’s make and model, replacement regulators typically cost between $190 and $270, not including a motor. If your window track uses glue to hold the glass in place, touch it to make sure it is still sticky. If the window track is dry, rough, or cracked, squeeze a layer of Automotive Goop or similar automotive adhesive into it. Over time, a bad window motor can cause the glass pane to stop moving, making it appear off track or causing it to fall out of alignment. Check the motor for any clear signs of damage, like dents or holes. If the device seems good, connect voltmeter wires to the motor’s connector terminals. If the voltmeter reads between +12 and -12 volts, the window motor is in good working condition. If the motor seems fine but doesn’t operate correctly, replace the associated fuse in the fuse box. If it still doesn’t work, check the window control switch by connecting an ohmmeter to it and and looking for little to no resistance when the switch is pressed. Depending on your car’s make and model, expect replacement motors to cost between $120 and $240, not including a regulator. In some cases, a stuck or off-track window may have been caused by a loose or faulty wire. Examine each wire inside the door for kinks, tears, and other forms of damage. If they look good, make sure they’re fully connected to the window motor. If the wires are damaged or broken, you will need to replace them or, in some cases, the whole motor. Though not always available, model-specific replacement wires generally run between $15 and $50 dollars.
What is a summary of what this article is about? | Examine the window track for wear. Add adhesive if your window track is dry or rough. Inspect the electric window motor with a voltmeter. Check for bad wire connections. | 7 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Religious freedom is constitutionally provided for in Ireland. Christianity is the predominant religion, and while Ireland remains a predominantly Catholic country, the percentage of the population who identified as Catholic on the census has fallen sharply from 84.2 percent in the 2011 census to 78.3 percent in the most recent 2016 census. Other results from the 2016 census are : 4.2% Protestant, 1.3% as Muslim, and 9.8% as having no religion. According to a Georgetown University study, before 2000 the country had one of the highest rates of regular Mass attendance in the Western world.While daily attendance was 13% in 2006, there was a reduction in weekly attendance from 81% in 1990 to 48% in 2006, although the decline was reported as stabilising. In 2011, it was reported that weekly Mass attendance in Dublin was just 18%, with it being even lower among younger generations.
Ask a question about this article. | Which group in Ireland from the 2016 census is smaller: Catholic or having no religion? | 9 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Best potato salad hands down! I love how this place is so consistent. Try the chicken with rice soup on a cold day!
Choose the sentiment of this review?
Select from the following. (a). negative. (b). positive. | (b). | 1 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Read this: Hunting also has a significant financial impact in the United States, with many companies specialising in hunting equipment or speciality tourism. Many different technologies have been created to assist hunters, even including iPhone applications. Today's hunters come from a broad range of economic, social, and cultural backgrounds. In 2001, over thirteen million hunters averaged eighteen days hunting, and spent over $20.5 billion on their sport.[citation needed] In the US, proceeds from hunting licenses contribute to state game management programs, including preservation of wildlife habitat.
Now answer this question, if there is an answer (If it cannot be answered, return "unanswerable"): What do many companies specialize in apropos to hunting? | equipment or speciality tourism | 8 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Review: Star Trek: Hidden Frontier is a long-running internet only fan film, done completely for the love of the series, and a must watch for fans of Trek. The production quality is extremely high for a fan film, although sometimes you can tell that they're green-screenin' it. This doesn't take away from the overall experience however. The CGI ships are fantastic, as well as the space battle scenes... On the negative side, I could tell in the earlier episodes (and even occasionally in the newer ones) that some of the actors/actresses are not quite comfortable in their roles, but once again, this doesn't take away from the overall experience of new interpretations of Star Trek. The cast and crew have truly come up with something special here, and, as a whole,I would highly recommend this series to fans of The Next Generation and Deep Space 9.
What is the sentiment of this review?
OPTIONS:
1). negative.
2). positive. | 2). | 7 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
As the molecules of water begin to slow down they go into a phase where they are no longer able to easily move past each other. The water is passing through a phase change and will
Select from: (I). remain a mixture.; (II). remain a compound.; (III). become an element.; (IV). become a compound.;The answer is: | (II). | 1 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
Over geologic time, global mean sea level has varied significantly. Which change is most likely responsible for an increase in global mean sea level?
Pick the answer from these options
Select from the following. a). erosion of sediment from a mountain range b). mass extinction of marine organisms c). formation of an ocean trench d). melting of polar ice caps | d). | 6 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
From the following options, what is the question "What are my legal rights in an automobile repossession in California ?" asking about?
Select from:
[a]. description
[b]. entity
[c]. abbreviation
[d]. human
[e]. numeric
[f]. location | [a]. | 5 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The critic consesnsus is: Jeepers Creepers has a promising start. Unfortunately, the tension and suspense quickly deflates into genre cliches as movie goes on.. What reviews supported this critic consensus? | 1. Lazily arbitrary plot twists and sadistic mayhem that, even by slasher-flick standards, is unconscionably off-putting.
2. One Judd Nelson, 164 breaks, and 986 spots short of a USA cable movie.
3. What it lacks in studio-level finesse it more than makes up for with unrelenting imagination and a creepily visceral punch.
4. Salva falls into nearly every cliché of the rural-horror sub-genre.
5. This tripe ... isn't worth your time or our ink.
6. Jeepers Creepers may sputter in the last reel, but it still delivers enough style and scares to warrant a look by horror aficionados.
7. Deserves full marks for the tension, and part marks for not foisting a goofy ending on us, but in between, it fails miserably to hit us with the horror sledgehammer.
8. It's not a very respectable horror film, but it does deliver the goods more often than not.
9. A worthwhile recommendation for fans of the fright genre.
10. ...Alternates between moments of sheer terror and ridiculously cheesy effects... | 8 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
Sentences: 1. Simply grabbing the headlines with shock tactics does not constitute art of the sort that should be receiving either public support or attention .
2. Sometimes artists go too far in a bid to get their message across .
3. It is surely better to support those artists who have chosen to express their ideas and messages in a way that does not rely on simple attention-grabbing horror : it is surely more artistically meritorious to create a work that conveys its message in a way that rewards close attention and careful study , with layers of meaning and technique .
4. It is important to recognise that public displays and funding of art are limited commodities , so every time one piece is chosen for an exhibition , or an artist is given money , this comes at the cost of other possible pieces of art .
What claim can be made from these sentences? | Just shock-tactics, at the cost of better art | 1 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_idebate | zs_opt |
Generate a sentence that describes the following data: Trane, location, Swords, Dublin; Trane, foundingDate, 1913-01-01; Trane, location, Ireland; Trane, foundationPlace, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Trane, numberOfEmployees, 29000; Trane, product, HVAC; Trane, industry, Building materials.
Sentence: | Trane was founded in La Crosse, Wisconsin on 01-01-1913 but has since moved to Swords, Dublin in Ireland. Trane's 29,000 employees are involved in the manufacturing of HVAC building materials. | 5 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
The Northern Transcon, a route operated by the BNSF Railway, traverses the most northerly route of any railroad in the western United States. This route was originally part of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway systems, merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad system in 1970.
Hypothesis: The Northern Transcon includes mexico
Pick your answer from:
(A). Yes;
(B). It's impossible to say;
(C). No; | (C). | 7 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
The jet was carrying 152 tourists from Martinique, returning home after a week in Panama, officials said.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
The plane was returning to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, from Panama.
Options are:
1). yes;
2). no; | 1). | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Question: How does a human body get energy?
Select from:
(1). Sunlight on the skin produces energy.;
(2). Water provides the majority of energy.;
(3). Food and oxygen combine to deliver energy.;
(4). Sleep provides energy stored at night for the next day.;
Answer: | (3). | 1 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Article:
Collet and David Stephan were found guilty for failing to provide the necessities of life for their son Ezekiel. | THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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One week after their sentencing, two Alberta parents have yet to comply with a judge's unusual order.
The two were convicted of failing to provide the necessities of life for their toddler, Ezekiel, who died from viral meningitis in 2012.
Nineteen-month-old Ezekiel Stephen died in 2012 after contracting meningitis. (Photo: PrayersForEzekiel/Facebook)
Last month, David Stephan was sentenced to four months in jail, while his wife Collet faces three months of house arrest.
The judge ordered Collet to "post an unedited accurate copy" of the verdict to both her personal Facebook page, and to one dedicated to documenting the trial from the Stephans' perspective.
They were ordered to take their remaining three children to a doctor once a year. They're also obligated to provide the doctor with a copy of their sentencing.
Anti-medicine advocates
Ezekiel's parents, who treated their son with natural remedies and refused to take him to a doctor, have become prominent faces in the anti-vaccine movement.
Justice Rodney Jerke noted that the discrepancy in time served between the two parents is due to the lack of remorse shown by Ezekiel's father public comments about the case.
The Stephan family and those close to them have documented their trial on social media, mostly on a Facebook page called "Prayers for Ezekiel" and the "Stand 4 Truth" blog.
David and Collette Stephan leave the courthouse in Lethbridge, Alta. on April 26, 2016. (Photo: David Rossiter/The Canadian Press)
The pages post pleas to support the Stephans, both financially and emotionally, amid claims mainstream media corruption and the government manipulated their case.
In a video interview by the producers of an anti-vaccine documentary, David Stephan alleges the ambulance's improper equipment caused their son's death.
Evidence presented at the trial that Ezekiel was already blue by the time emergency responders arrived. Stephan also wrote a letter lashing out at the justice system and posted it to Facebook shortly after a jury found him and his wife guilty.
Critical of the courts
Criminal defence lawyer Adriano Iovinelli said Stephan's decision to post publicly about the case was risky.
"This individual is still before the courts and is criticizing both the Crown prosecutor and essentially the trial process itself, and that never bodes well for someone who is appearing before the courts for sentencing," Iovinelli told CBC News weeks before the sentencing.
However, the social media posts have won the parents an ardent community of thousands of supporters, some of whom attended the parents' last court date in Lethbridge clad in white T-shirts and jeans to show their endorsement of the Stephans.
The Calgary Police Service's counsel said the judge likely made the decision to uphold respect for the law.
“In this scenario, their community is this cyber community that is so anti-first world medicine that (the justice) is suggesting that they need to inform their community that, in fact, they did have a hand in this kid’s death and they have to take responsibility for it," Donna Spaner told The National Post.
As of Tuesday, the "Prayers for Ezekiel" page has yet to post the ruling. Collet Stephan may have posted the ruling privately, but it is not visible to public visitors to her page.
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Also on HuffPost: ||||| The mother convicted in the meningitis death of an Alberta toddler still hasn't posted the June 24 sentencing decision on Facebook, so could be sent to jail, a senior defence lawyer says.
"She's playing with fire on this if she doesn't comply with the posting," said Adriano Iovinelli.
Collet Stephan and her husband, David Stephan, were sentenced in Lethbridge for failing to provide the necessaries of life to their 19-month-old son, Ezekiel, who died of bacterial meningitis.
Jurors heard evidence the parents used naturopathic remedies rather than seeking medical treatment for the boy.
The mother was sentenced to house arrest while her husband was given four months in jail, but Justice Rodney Jerke went a step further.
"Ms. Stephan shall post or cause to be posted an unedited accurate copy of this decision to the [Prayers For Ezekiel Facebook page] and any website or social media sites that she is personally affiliated with," wrote Jerke in his sentencing decision.
So far, the judgment has not been posted to the family's conspiracy-ridden Facebook page, the Meet the Stephans website or the standfortruth.ca fundraiser page.
Ezekiel Stephan of Raymond, Alta., died in March 2012. An autopsy showed he had meningitis. (Stephan family)
Because Jerke's order did not contain a deadline, Collet likely has 90 days — the length of her sentence — to comply.
'Trial by social media'
Several people have posted links to Jerke's decision in the comments section of the Facebook page.
All three sites were active throughout the trial and promoted a host of allegations that the Stephans' case had been mishandled.
The couple and their supporters have alleged schemes involving the prosecution and doctors, the family being targeted by the government, doctored medical reports, a falsified autopsy report and a host of other conspiracy-based misinformation.
It wasn't the first time that the Stephan family has clashed with authorities over medical issues.
David Stephan is vice-president of a nutritional supplements company founded by his father, Truehope Nutritional Support Inc., based in Raymond, Alta.
Health Canada launched an unsuccessful court case in 2004 to try to stop the distribution of the supplement EMPowerplus — a product the company claims can manage mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder — and also issued warnings about it.
In 2006, the company was found not guilty of distributing EMPowerplus without a drug identification number.
It's an era of what Calgary Police Service counsel Donna Spaner calls "trial by social media."
"It is unique," said Spaner of Jerke's order. "I don't think we've seen it in Canada before, but we've also not seen this type of conduct."
The day after the jury convicted the couple, David Stephan posted a highly critical letter to jurors on Facebook, blasting the prosecution and criticizing the way the case was handled.
Ahead of sentencing, the Stephans were called out for letters of support from members of their worldwide anti-vaccine community.
Although more than 500 letters were sent to the family, Jerke refused to admit them as evidence because the majority were from people who did not know the couple.
"Frankly you've never seen that blatant use of social media to condemn a finding of a jury," said Spaner.
'This community has been harmed'
When delivering an in-custody sentence, Jerke noted David Stephan's conduct after he was convicted, and said he had deflected responsibility and demonstrated a complete lack of remorse for his actions, focusing more on how the situation affected him as opposed to his son.
Collet was handed a conditional sentence order (CSO) allowing her to serve her time in the community, under house arrest.
If she does not comply with Jerke's order, Collet could be found in breach of her conditions, her CSO could be collapsed and she could be sentenced to time in custody.
Two of the fundamental principles of sentencing are rehabilitation and repairing harm done to the community, which Spaner says is addressed in Jerke's unique order for his judgment to be posted.
"This community has been harmed by their conduct," said Spaner. "I think putting the appropriate fact scenario into their community is a relevant and meaningful sentence."
The Stephans lived in southern Alberta when Ezekiel died but have since moved to B.C. ||||| CORRECTION: A previous version of this story stated Collet Stephan had been sentenced to three months in jail. In fact, she was sentenced to house arrest while her husband, David, was sentenced to four months in jail.
A father has been sentenced to four months in jail and his wife to three months of house arrest after being found guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their 19-month-old son, who died from bacterial meningitis.
David Stephan, 33, and his wife Collet, 36, were convicted by a Lethbridge jury in April after their trial was told that, rather than seeking medical treatment for the boy, Ezekiel, they used natural remedies and homemade smoothies containing hot pepper, ginger root, horseradish and onion.
Justice Rodney Jerke said the Stephans were caring parents and neither intended to put the boy's life at risk.
But at the same time the judge noted the Stephans made a conscious decision not to see a doctor for well over a day before he was rushed to hospital.
"Any reasonable and prudent person would have taken action," he said, as Collet sobbed quietly.
The prosecution had asked for a sentence in the range of three to 4½ years in prison, while the defence had argued for a suspended or conditional sentence with no time behind bars.
Jerke said the Crown's request was "far too harsh."
Crown prosecutor Lisa Weich said after sentencing one of the goals of the case was to provide Ezekiel with a voice. (CBC)
However, he said Collet was "wilfully blind" to the fact her conduct would put Ezekiel's life at risk of death.
Before handing down the differing sentences for the couple, the judge pointed out that Collet did research and called a nurse about her son's illness.
By contrast, he said, David simply got more nutritional supplements and, instead of calling of 911, called his father.
The judge said David has deflected responsibility and demonstrated a complete lack of remorse for his actions, focusing more on how the situation affected him as opposed to his son.
"[David] loved his son, but to this day refuses to accept his actions played any role in Ezekiel's death," he said.
"David's moral culpability is greater than Collet's."
Conditions include community service
As part of the sentencing — which took about 90 minutes — the judge ordered the Stephans' three other children to see a medical doctor at least once a year and a public health nurse every three months.
Both parents will have to complete 240 hours of community service.
There are exceptions to Collet's house arrest to allow for church and medical appointments.
She was also ordered to post an unedited copy of the sentencing decision to websites and social media accounts she is personally affiliated with.
Outside court after the sentencing, the Crown said it was clear the judge considered submissions carefully.
Prosecutor Lisa Weich said the case was, in part, about providing a voice for Ezekiel.
David Stephan's brother-in-law Eric Sveinson says he is grateful the sentences were not longer. (CBC)
"Nobody could speak for him. He couldn't even speak for himself," Weich said.
"He will not be able to experience any of the highs and lows that people encounter as they grow into adults."
David Stephan's brother-in-law Eric Sveinson said he's thankful the sentences weren't longer.
"He could have been a lot more harsh, and I am so grateful," Sveinson said.
"I think he was lenient in that regard."
Sveinson said he hopes the family can get past the trauma and move forward.
Couple's supporters filled courtroom
Stephans' supporters packed the courtroom for the sentencing, many wearing white in solidarity and some sobbing.
A protester stormed into the courtroom during the sentencing and yelled, "The stewardship of children is the parents' responsibility," but three guards grabbed him and escorted him out.
David addressed the family's supporters before entering.
"Reach into your heart, think deeper about it. Don't accept at face value people that speak words that want you to be hateful to others. I love you for the people that you are," David said.
"I even love those who have hated us."
Family business
David Stephan's family helped start a nutritional supplements company.
Calling the parents' behaviour 'arrogant and selfish,' the Crown had asked the judge to sentence the Alberta couple to three to 4½ years behind bars. (Facebook/CBC) Court heard the couple thought the boy had croup or flu, so they treated him with hot peppers, garlic, onions and horseradish — even though a family friend who was a nurse told them she thought Ezekiel had meningitis.
The trial also heard the little boy was too stiff to sit in his car seat and had to lie on a mattress when Collet Stephan drove him from their rural home to a naturopathic clinic in Lethbridge to pick up an echinacea mixture.
The Stephans never called for medical assistance until Ezekiel stopped breathing. He was rushed to a local hospital but died after being transported to a Calgary hospital.
Small group of protesters
Before court on Friday, a smaller group demonstrated in support of science and mainstream medicine. One man held a sign saying, "Science not Fear, Love not Negligence."
The judge received tearful pleas from both of the Stephans when he asked them if they had anything they would like to say to the court as the sentencing hearing concluded Thursday evening.
David Stephan said it is important for his other children to have a father "who'll help raise them up."
"Looking back at it, had I known that it could possibly end up in this situation I would not have put my child at risk," he told court Thursday in the pre-sentence statements.
"There is nothing I wouldn't give up to bring him back."
Collet Stephan said her only purpose in life is to be a mother.
"My children are everything to me and I'm everything to my children," she said, sobbing. "I am incredibly sorry I did not take him to the hospital. I just loved him so much." |||||Summary: |
– A judge's highly unusual order has added an extra layer of controversy to a contentious child death case in Canada. Last month, David Stephan was sentenced to four months in prison and his wife, Collet Stephan, was sentenced to three months of house arrest for failing to provide the "necessaries of life" for their 19-month-old son. Ezekiel died from bacterial meningitis in 2012 after the Alberta couple ignored advice to seek medical treatment and instead used naturopathic remedies. But Justice Rodney Jerke also ordered Collet Stephan to post unedited copies of the decision to social media accounts and websites associated with the family. There is no sign of the decision on what the CBC describes as the "conspiracy-ridden" Prayers for Ezekiel Facebook page, and lawyers say the mother could still be sent to jail. "She's playing with fire on this if she doesn't comply with the posting," defense lawyer Adriano Iovinelli says. The CBC believes Collet has to comply within 90 days of the June 24 ruling, though the National Post notes no deadline was given and it's unclear whether Collet could comment negatively on the ruling in her post of it. The judge's sentencing decision includes a timeline of events that describes how the Stephans continued to treat Ezekiel with remedies like garlic and horseradish after a nurse—and even a receptionist at a naturopathic clinic—urged them to take the ailing boy to a doctor. The judge also ordered the Stephans to take their three surviving children to a doctor once a year, reports the Huffington Post. The CBC reports that Jerke gave David Stephan—whose family founded a nutritional supplements company—a stiffer sentence because he decided the father has shown a complete lack of remorse. (A court forced this teen to undergo chemo.) | 7 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
We do not want to build a Europe of cities alone.
Translate to Finnish
Finnish: | Emmehän suinkaan halua rakentaa ainoastaan kaupunkien Eurooppaa. | 0 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Here are two sentences:
Moore had no immediate comment Tuesday .
Moore did not have an immediate response Tuesday .
Do they have the same meaning?
Choose from:
I. no
II. yes | II. | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Continue the following story.
Jennifer spilled the beans on everyone while Laura remained silent since
OPT:
[i] Jennifer kept talking.;
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Sen. Bernie Sanders and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appear together at Portsmouth High School on July 12, 2016 in Portsmouth, N.H., where Sanders endorsed Clinton for president. (Photo: Darren McCollester, Getty Images)
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — They spent more than a year trading barbs over both policy and judgement. But Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders worked to put that behind them on Tuesday, standing side-by-side in a high school gym as Sanders endorsed his former rival and told a cheering crowd that Clinton would “make an outstanding president.”
“She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States,” he said.
Clinton said her general-election race against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump will be more enjoyable now that she and the Vermont senator are on the same side. She urged Sanders' supporters to join her campaign and make it their own.
"We are stronger together," she said.
Sanders decision to finally endorse Clinton effectively ended his own own long-shot primary campaign, which defied expectations and tested the notion that Clinton’s claim to the Democratic nomination was inevitable.
No additional joint campaign events have been finalized, and it's unclear what Sanders' role will be moving forward. A Clinton campaign official said Tuesday that more information will be released soon about Sanders' role at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where he'll presumably have a speaking slot.
Following his endorsement of Clinton, Sanders emailed his supporters asking them to sign a pledge to “continue the political revolution.” Rather than asking them directly to back Clinton, he instead urged them to stand with him against Trump and help elect progressive candidates.
In the coming weeks, Sanders wrote, he will announce the creation of successor organizations that will carry on the fight represented by his presidential campaign.
“Our goal will be to advance the progressive agenda that we believe in and to elect like-minded candidates at the federal, state and local levels who are committed to accomplishing our goals,” he wrote.
Though he has known Clinton for 25 years, Sanders has downplayed their friendship, telling NPR last year, “I’m not gonna tell you we are bosom buddies.” On Tuesday in New Hampshire, as Clinton stood behind him nodding her head, he said "it is no secret" that the two disagree on a number of issues.
But he said there was a "significant coming together" on the party's platform, which he described as "by far, the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party."
Sanders told the crowd the next job is to see that same platform implemented by a Democratic House and Senate, and a Clinton White House.
“And I am planning to be in every corner of this country to make certain that happens,” he said.
Clinton noted that the two campaigns worked together on proposals she announced this past week. One would expand access to health care and the other would eliminate college tuition for working families.
She called for action on Sanders' priorities, including raising the minimum wage, combating climate change, regulating Wall Street and reforming the campaign finance system, while reiterating her opposition to the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Over the years, she said she’s gotten to know Sanders as a colleague and friend.
“His reputation for passionate advocacy hasn’t always made him the most popular person in Washington,” she said. “But you know what? That’s generally a sign you’re doing something right.”
Clinton told Sanders supporters they will “always have a seat at the table” when she’s in the White House and asked them to sign up for her campaign.
“We accept $27-dollar donations, too, you know,” she said, a reference to Sanders’ oft-quoted campaign contribution average.
The line drew cheers. But the crowd at Tuesday's event included Sanders supporters — many holding his campaign signs — who seemed unwilling to accept Clinton as their nominee. When New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said "we need to elect Hillary," she was interrupted by shouts of "No!" and chants of "Bernie, Bernie."
“I’m a ‘Bernie or Bust’ person,” said Kathleen West, a farm manager from Gorham, Maine, who said she wanted to hear Clinton speak about her immigration policy and commit to supporting a $15 minimum wage. “I could possibly be swayed, but I want to see her not ride the fence."
Michael Blum, a software architect from Chelmsford, Mass., left the rally in protest. He said Clinton “doesn’t support us” and is only paying “lip service” to Sanders supporters.
“What does she stand for? Only flowery platitudes and ‘I’m not Trump’ – a stark contrast to Bernie and his issue-oriented message,” he wrote in a text.
Trump played off the disappointment felt by Sanders’ supporters, tweeting that he was “somewhat surprised that Bernie Sanders was not true to himself and his supporters. They are not happy that he is selling out!”
In another tweet, he wrote: “Bernie Sanders endorsing Hillary Clinton is like Occupy Wall Street endorsing Goldman Sachs.”
In his email to supporters, Sanders acknowledged that some may be “disappointed” by his decision, but he said he believes their vision for a “transformed America” is best served by defeating Trump and electing Clinton.
“There is no doubt that the election of Donald Trump as president would be a devastating blow to all that we are fighting for,” he wrote. “I cannot in good conscience let that happen.”
Tuesday's rally in the Granite State, where Sanders trounced Clinton in the Feb. 9 primary and received more votes than any other candidate in the contest's history, recalled the moment in 2008 when Clinton and then-senator Barack Obama held their first large rally together in Unity, N.H., after Clinton conceded the Democratic nomination race to Obama.
Sanders will remain a candidate through the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where he said the roll call will show he won almost 1,900 delegates — "far more than almost anyone thought we could win." Sanders' spokesman Michael Briggs noted that Clinton didn't release her delegates until the 2008 convention, where she interrupted the official roll call to move that Obama be selected by acclamation.
The lead-up to Tuesday's event, however, was very different from what happened in 2008. Clinton endorsed Obama shortly after the final 2008 primary. Sanders waited longer, resisting intense pressure to concede the nomination race in order to extract concessions from national Democrats regarding his top policy priorities.
The platform that will be submitted at the party's convention later this month calls for a $15 minimum wage, expanding Social Security, abolishing the death penalty and breaking up large financial institutions — all staples of Sanders' agenda.
Sanders, who declared his White House bid on April 30 last year, passed on opportunities during the campaign to target Clinton's obvious vulnerabilities, such as the scandal involving her use of a private email server when she served as secretary of State.
But at campaign rallies, he targeted her donations from Wall Street and other special interests, and called on her to release transcripts of her paid speeches to Goldman Sachs and other corporations. Ahead of the New York primary, he alleged that Clinton wasn't qualified to be president — a statement he later walked back — after Clinton declined to say whether she thought Sanders was qualified.
Sanders also questioned Clinton's judgment based on her vote in favor of the Iraq War and her affiliation with a super PAC, and he criticized her decision to hold a “high-dollar fundraiser” at a hedge fund that invests in fracking, which he wants to end.
Clinton countered that Sanders wasn’t tough enough on guns, and she cast his policies as unrealistic. She said a widely criticized interview that Sanders gave the New York Daily News raised questions about his judgment, his ability to answer questions about foreign policy, and his understanding of the details involved in one of his core issues — breaking up big banks.
It’s still unclear whether the decision to endorse Clinton will sway Sanders' die-hard supporters — many of whom are young and independent — to support her. But recent polls show most Sanders supporters are ready to back Clinton over Trump.
In the last two days, progressive groups announced their support for Clinton, including Democracy for America, which had endorsed Sanders.
Charles Chamberlain, DFA’s executive director, said in a statement Tuesday, “We're backing Hillary Clinton in the race for President because she gives our country the opportunity to smash one of its last great glass ceilings and will be the partner we need in the White House to realize the agenda that Bernie Sanders's political revolution fought for in the primaries — from tuition-free college to Social Security expansion.”
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Let me begin by thanking the 13 million Americans who voted for me during the Democratic primaries. Let me also thank the people here in New Hampshire who gave us our first big win and a special thanks to the people of Vermont whose support for so many years has sustained me.
Let me also thank the hundreds of thousands of volunteers in every state in our country who worked so hard on our campaign and the millions of our contributors who showed the world that we could run a successful national campaign based on small individual contributions – 2 1/2 million of them.
Together, we have begun a political revolution to transform America and that revolution continues. Together, we continue the fight to create a government which represents all of us, and not just the one percent – a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice.
I am proud of the campaign we ran here in New Hampshire and across the country. Our campaign won the primaries and caucuses in 22 states, and when the roll call at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia is announced it will show that we won almost 1,900 delegates. That is a lot of delegates, far more than almost anyone thought we could win. But it is not enough to win the nomination. Secretary Clinton goes into the convention with 389 more pledged delegates than we have and a lot more super delegates.
Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for that. She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States.
I have come here today not to talk about the past but to focus on the future. That future will be shaped more by what happens on November 8 in voting booths across our nation than by any other event in the world. I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president.
During the last year I had the extraordinary opportunity to speak to more than 1.4 million Americans at rallies in almost every state in this country. I was also able to meet with many thousands of other people at smaller gatherings. And the profound lesson that I have learned from all of that is that this campaign is not really about Hillary Clinton, or Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders, or any other candidate who sought the presidency. This campaign is about the needs of the American people and addressing the very serious crises that we face. And there is no doubt in my mind that, as we head into November, Hillary Clinton is far and away the best candidate to do that.
It is easy to forget where we were seven and a half years ago when President Obama came into office. As a result of the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street, our economy was in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Some 800,000 people a month were losing their jobs, we were running up a record-breaking deficit of $1.4 trillion dollars and the world’s financial system was on the verge of collapse. We have come a long way in the last seven and a half years and I thank President Obama and Vice President Biden for their leadership in pulling us out of that terrible recession. But, I think we can all agree, much, much more needs to be done.
Too many people in America are still being left out, left behind and ignored. In the richest country in the history of the world there is too much poverty, and too much despair.
This election is about the single mom I saw in Nevada who, with tears in her eyes, told me that she was scared to death about the future because she and her young daughter were not making it on the $10.45 cents an hour she was earning. This election is about that woman, and the millions of other workers in this country who are falling further and further behind as they try to survive on totally inadequate wages.
Hillary Clinton understands that we must fix an economy in America that is rigged and that sends almost all new wealth and income to the top one percent. Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in poverty. She believes that we should raise the minimum wage to a living wage. And she wants to create millions of new jobs by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. – our roads, bridges, water systems and wastewater plants.
But her opponent – Donald Trump – well, he has a very different view. He believes that states should have the right to lower the minimum wage or even abolish the concept of the minimum wage altogether. If Donald Trump is elected, we will see no increase in the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour – a starvation wage.
This election is about which candidate will nominate Supreme Court justices who are prepared to overturn the disastrous Citizens United decision which allows billionaires to buy elections and undermine our democracy; about who will appoint new justices on the Supreme Court who will defend a woman’s right to choose, the rights of the LGBT community, workers’ rights, the needs of minorities and immigrants, and the government’s ability to protect the environment.
If you don’t believe this election is important, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump will nominate, and what that means to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country.
This campaign is about moving the United States toward universal health care and reducing the number of people who are uninsured or under-insured. Hillary Clinton wants to see that all Americans have the right to choose a public option in their health care exchange, which will lower the cost of health care. She also believes that anyone 55 years or older should be able to opt in to Medicare and she wants to see millions more Americans gain access to primary health care, dental care, mental health counseling and low-cost prescription drugs through a major expansion of community health centers throughout this country. Hillary is committed to seeing thousands of young doctors, nurses, psychologists, dentists and other medical professionals practice in underserved areas as we follow through on President Obama’s idea of tripling funding for the National Health Service Corps.
In New Hampshire, in Vermont and across the country we have a major epidemic of opiate and heroin addiction. People are dying every day from overdoses. Hillary Clinton understands that if we are serious about addressing this crisis we need major changes in the way we deliver mental health treatment. That’s what expanding community health centers will do and that is what getting medical personnel into the areas we need them most will do.
And What is Donald Trump’s position on health care? No surprise there. Same old, same old Republican contempt for working families. He wants to abolish the Affordable Care Act, throw 20 million people off of the health insurance they currently have and cut Medicaid for lower-income Americans. The last thing we need today in America is a president who doesn’t care about whether millions will lose access to the health care coverage that they desperately need. We need more people with access to quality health care, not fewer.
Hillary Clinton also understands that millions of seniors, disabled vets and others are struggling with the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs. She and I are in agreement that Medicare must negotiate drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry and that we must expand the use of generic medicine. Drug companies should not be making billions in profits while one in five Americans are unable to afford the medicine they need. The greed of the drug companies must end.
This election is about the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality that currently exists, the worst it has been since 1928. Hillary Clinton knows that something is very wrong when the very rich become richer while many others are working longer hours for lower wages. She knows that it is absurd that middle-class Americans are paying an effective tax rate higher than hedge fund millionaires, and that there are corporations in this country making billions in profit while they pay no federal income taxes in a given year because of loopholes their lobbyists created. While Hillary Clinton supports making our tax code fairer, Donald Trump wants to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the very wealthiest people in this country. His reckless economic policies will not only exacerbate income and wealth inequality, they would increase our national debt by trillions of dollars.
This election is about the thousands of young people I have met who have left college deeply in debt, the many others who cannot afford to go to college and the need for this country to have the best educated workforce in the world if we are to compete effectively in a highly competitive global economy. Hillary Clinton believes that we must substantially lower student debt, and that we must make public colleges and universities tuition free for the middle class and working families of this country. This is a major initiative that will revolutionize higher education in this country and improve the lives of millions. Think of what it will mean when every child in this country, regardless of the income of their family, knows that if they study hard and do well in school – yes, they will be able to get a college education and leave school without debt.
This election is about climate change, the greatest environmental crisis facing our planet, and the need to leave this world in a way that is healthy and habitable for our kids and future generations. Hillary Clinton is listening to the scientists who tell us that if we do not act boldly in the very near future there will be more drought, more floods, more acidification of the oceans, more rising sea levels. She understands that we must work with countries around the world in transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels and into energy efficiency and sustainable energy – and that when we do that we can create a whole lot of good paying jobs. Donald Trump: Well, like most Republicans, he chooses to reject science – something no presidential candidate should do. He believes that climate change is a hoax. In fact, he wants to expand the use of fossil fuel. That would be a disaster for our country and our planet.
This election is about the leadership we need to pass comprehensive immigration reform and repair a broken criminal justice system. It’s about making sure that young people in this country are in good schools or at good jobs, not in jail cells. Secretary Clinton understands that we don’t need to have more people in jail than any other country on earth, at an expense of $80 billion a year.
In these stressful times for our country, this election must be about bringing our people together, not dividing us up. While Donald Trump is busy insulting Mexicans, Muslims, women, African Americans and veterans, Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Yes. We become stronger when black and white, Latino, Asian American, Native American – all of us – stand together. Yes. We become stronger when men and women, young and old, gay and straight, native born and immigrant fight to rid this country of all forms of bigotry.
It is no secret that Hillary Clinton and I disagree on a number of issues. That’s what this campaign has been about. That’s what democracy is about. But I am happy to tell you that at the Democratic Platform Committee which ended Sunday night in Orlando, there was a significant coming together between the two campaigns and we produced, by far, the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party. Our job now is to see that platform implemented by a Democratic Senate, a Democratic House and a Hillary Clinton presidency – and I am going to do everything I can to make that happen.
I have known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. I remember her as a great first lady who broke precedent in terms of the role that a first lady was supposed to play as she helped lead the fight for universal health care. I served with her in the United States Senate and know her as a fierce advocate for the rights of children.
Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here today. |||||
A summary of this is? | – With Hillary Clinton enthusiastically nodding and clapping by his side, Bernie Sanders appeared Tuesday at a high school in Portsmouth, NH, and finally offered what many Democrats have been waiting for: an endorsement, USA Today reports. "Secretary Clinton … will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States," he asserted, going on to "make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president." He detailed some of those bullet points (also on his website), including that Clinton is the best candidate to take on an "economy … that is rigged"; appoint Supreme Court justices who will fight for women, minorities, and the LGBT community; address mental health treatment and climate change; and work toward universal health care, among others. Sanders also blasted Donald Trump for his vocal opposition to raising the minimum wage, his eagerness to "abolish the Affordable Care Act," and his decision to "reject science" on climate issues. He also addressed Trump's insults against "Mexicans, Muslims, women, African-Americans, and veterans," noting that Clinton "understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths." "Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her today," he concluded, hugging Clinton before she took the podium to speak. Trump, meanwhile, wasn't as impressed with the endorsement, tweeting Tuesday that he was "surprised that Bernie Sanders was not true to himself and his supporters " and that Sanders, "who has lost most of his leverage, has totally sold out to Crooked Hillary Clinton." | 4 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
– The federal prison in Beaumont, Texas, refused to evacuate its prisoners Thursday despite concerns about the city's supply of power and running water in the wake of Harvey, saying it had enough food and water to weather the storm, the Houston Chronicle reports. But that's not the story its inmates were telling Friday. "Save me Jesus," a 30-year-old man locked up at FCI Beaumont for cocaine and gun possession said in an email. "I never thought nothing like this would happen in prison." The man said inmates hadn't had a warm meal in nearly six days and one inmate passed out Thursday from malnutrition. He said the water shortages have forced inmates at the 1,800-person, low-security facility to use four portable toilets, which are already full. "We are getting two bottles of water a day thus far," says a 50-year-old Beaumont inmate serving time for fraud. "We are getting three brown bags of peanut butter and bologna a day." He calls the situation "obscene." In response to the inmates' complaints, the Federal Bureau of Prisons stated: "There is ample food and bottled water for inmates and staff." The city has already suffered major shortages of clean running water and power due to flooding, and more flooding is expected, CNN reports. A thousand people have been evacuated from the city's shelters, and the city's Baptist Hospital was also evacuated. A number of other prisons in the area have relocated their prisoners. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says flooding "poses an ongoing threat to Beaumont."
Expand this summary. | (CNN) Houston's mayor Saturday ordered nearly 300 people to leave their flooded homes, and another large city scrambled to restore water service as President Donald Trump visited flood victims and relief workers in Texas and Louisiana eight days after Hurricane Harvey struck.
In Houston, Mayor Sylvester Turner said people who had chosen to stay in inundated homes in the western part of the city must depart by 7 a.m. CT Sunday, after which the CenterPoint Energy utility will turn off power to those residences.
Turner said he's ordering the evacuation in part out of concern for the safety of firefighters, who would have trouble responding to emergencies in inundated areas.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump talk with people impacted by Hurricane Harvey in a Houston neighborhood on Saturday.
Public safety personnel will be in the area -- south of Interstate 10 and north of Briar Forest Drive -- to help people depart, he said.
Emergency workers scouted the area Friday to learn how many people had not left their flooded homes. Parts of western Houston have seen sustained flooding in part because the Army Corps of Engineers has intentionally released water from two swollen reservoirs -- and the flooding there won't recede soon, Turner said.
"I have to balance the interest of those who choose to stay" against the safety concerns for emergency personnel, Turner said.
The evacuations represent a tiny snapshot of the massive challenges presented by Harvey, a storm that left at least 50 dead, displaced tens of thousands of people and spurred disaster declarations in dozens of counties.
In Beaumont, a city of 118,000 east of Houston, officials said Saturday they were on the cusp of ending a three-day tap water outage that forced a hospital to evacuate its patients.
The city lost water pressure early Thursday when floodwaters disabled two pumps that send water to a treatment plant. By Saturday evening, workers had installed six temporary pumps, ready to again send water to the plant.
Service will resume soon, once the system is cleaned of mud and debris, but even when it does, people should boil the water they intend to consume until further notice, the city said.
"Be patient with us. We'll continue to work around the clock, night and day, and restore this city," City Manager Kyle Hayes said.
Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Downtown Houston is reflected in the flooded Buffalo Bayou on Wednesday, August 30, five days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. The Category 4 storm came ashore late Friday, August 25, just north of Port Aransas, and has caused historic flooding. Correction: Previous versions of this gallery incorrectly reported that Hurricane Harvey is the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey is actually the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Charley in 2004. Hide Caption 1 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Members of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Louisiana National Guard help rescue elderly people from a flooded assisted living home in Orange, Texas, on August 30. Hide Caption 2 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A baby sits with family belongings at a Gallery Furniture store in Houston being used as a temporary shelter on August 30. Hide Caption 3 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Floodwaters engulf homes in Port Arthur on August 30. Hide Caption 4 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Janice Forse cries at an emergency shelter in Beaumont on August 30. Her home in Beaumont was flooded Wednesday morning. "Even Katrina wasn't this bad," Forse told the Austin American-Statesman. Hide Caption 5 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Tammy Dominguez, left, and her husband, Christopher Dominguez, sleep on cots at the George R. Brown Convention Center, where nearly 10,000 people are taking shelter in Houston, on August 30. Hide Caption 6 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A cat tries to find dry ground around a flooded apartment complex on August 30 in Houston. Hide Caption 7 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Volunteer rescue workers help a woman from her flooded home in Port Arthur on August 30. Hide Caption 8 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas The Florida Air Force Reserve Pararescue team from the 308th Rescue Squadron helps evacuees board a helicopter in Port Arthur on August 30. Hide Caption 9 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Water from the Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods in Houston as floodwaters rise Tuesday, August 29. Hide Caption 10 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Chris Gutierrez, second from right, helps his grandmother, Edelmira Gutierrez, down the stairs of their flooded house and into a waiting firetruck in the Concord Bridge neighborhood of Houston on August 29. Hide Caption 11 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Members of the National Guard rest at a furniture store in Richmond, Texas, on August 29. Hide Caption 12 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Alexis Hernandez holds her daughter Faith at the George R. Brown Convention Center, which is serving as a shelter in Houston. Hide Caption 13 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Evacuees make their way though floodwaters in Houston on August 29. Hide Caption 14 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas President Donald Trump takes part in a briefing on Harvey as he visits Corpus Christi on August 29. In a stop in Austin, Trump spoke of the long-term effort and stiff costs that will be needed to rebuild the region. "Nobody's seen this kind of water," he said. "Probably, there's never been something so expensive in our country's history." While talking about recovery and relief efforts, Trump said, "We want to do it better than ever before." Hide Caption 15 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Civilian rescuers put a boat into a flooded road to search for people in Cypress on August 29. Hide Caption 16 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Volunteers organize items donated for Hurricane Harvey victims in Dallas on August 29. Hide Caption 17 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas An overview of downtown Houston on August 29 shows the scale of the catastrophic flooding. Hide Caption 18 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Matthew Koser searches for important papers and heirlooms inside his grandfather's house in Houston's Bear Creek neighborhood on August 29. The neighborhood flooded after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir. Hide Caption 19 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Shane Johnson removes items from a family home in Rockport, Texas, on August 29. Hide Caption 20 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Airplanes sit at a flooded airport in Houston on August 29. Hide Caption 21 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People set up a shelter for volunteer rescue workers at Fairfield Baptist Church in Cypress, Texas, on August 29. Hide Caption 22 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Shardea Harrison looks at her 3-week-old baby, Sarai, as Dean Mize, right, and Jason Legnon use an airboat to rescue them from their home in Houston on Monday, August 28. Hide Caption 23 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Thousands take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 24 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Rescue boats fill Tidwell Road in Houston as they help flood victims evacuate the area on August 28. Hide Caption 25 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People wait to be rescued from their flooded home in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 26 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A firefighter helps Sara Golden and her daughters Paisley, Poppy and Piper board a Texas Air National Guard C-130 at Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas, on August 28. Hide Caption 27 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People make their way out of a flooded neighborhood in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 28 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Sam Speights removes possessions from his damaged home in Rockport on August 28. Hide Caption 29 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Flood victims wait to unload from the back of a heavy-duty truck after being evacuated from their homes in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 30 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People leave a flooded area of Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 31 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People are rescued in Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 32 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Bridget Brundrett presents an American flag to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott while he was in Rockport on August 28. The flag had been recovered from city hall after flying during the hurricane. Hide Caption 33 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A Coast Guard helicopter hoists a wheelchair on board after lifting a person to safety from a flooded area of Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 34 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Houston flood victims eat and rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center on August 28. Hide Caption 35 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Belinda Penn holds her dogs Winston and Baxter after being rescued from their home in Spring, Texas, on August 28. Hide Caption 36 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A firefighter is wheeled to a waiting ambulance after he became fatigued while fighting an office-building fire in downtown Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 37 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston on August 28. Hide Caption 38 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Julie Martinez, right, hugs her daughter, Gabrielle Jackson, in front of a relative's damaged apartment in Rockport on August 28. Hide Caption 39 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Cattle are stranded in a flooded pasture in La Grange, Texas, on August 28. Hide Caption 40 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision in Spring, Texas, on August 28. Hide Caption 41 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Houston police officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son, Aiden, after rescuing them from floodwaters on Sunday, August 27. Hide Caption 42 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 43 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Residents of Rockport return to their destroyed home on August 27. Hide Caption 44 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas The Buffalo Bayou floods parts of Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 45 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Two men try to beat the current that was pushing them down an overflowing Brays Bayou in Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 46 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Jane Rhodes is rescued by neighbors in Friendswood, Texas, on August 27. Hide Caption 47 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Volunteers at Sacred Heart Catholic Church prepare cots for evacuees in Elgin, Texas, on August 27. Hide Caption 48 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Damage to a home is seen in the Key Allegro neighborhood of Rockport on August 27. Hide Caption 49 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Melani Zurawski cries while inspecting her home in Port Aransas on August 27. Hide Caption 50 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car along Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27. Assisting him here is Richard Wagner of the Harris County Sheriff's Department. Hide Caption 51 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A car is submerged by floodwaters on a freeway near downtown Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 52 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A resident of the Bayou on the Bend apartment complex watches its first floor flood in Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 53 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A city flag, tattered by the effects of Hurricane Harvey, flaps in the wind over the police station in Rockport on August 27. Hide Caption 54 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Lucas Wu lift Ethan Wu into an airboat as they evacuate the Orchard Lakes subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, on August 27. Hide Caption 55 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Damage is seen at a boat storage building in Rockport on August 27. Hide Caption 56 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Water rushes from a large sinkhole along a highway in Rosenberg, Texas, on August 27. Hide Caption 57 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Evacuees wade through a flooded section of Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 58 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Evacuees are loaded onto a truck on an Interstate 610 overpass in Houston on August 27. Hide Caption 59 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A graveyard is flooded in Pearland, Texas, on August 27. Hide Caption 60 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles in Taft, Texas, on Saturday, August 26. Hide Caption 61 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Steve Culver comforts his dog Otis on August 26 as he talks about what he said was the "most terrifying event in his life." Hurricane Harvey destroyed most of his home in Rockport while he and his wife were there. Hide Caption 62 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas People walk through flooded streets in Galveston on August 26. Hide Caption 63 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Aaron Tobias stands in what is left of his Rockport home on August 26. Tobias said he was able to get his wife and kids out before the storm arrived, but he stayed there and rode it out. Hide Caption 64 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Brad Matheney offers help to a man in a wheelchair in Galveston on August 26. Hide Caption 65 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Jessica Campbell hugs Jonathan Fitzgerald after riding out Hurricane Harvey in an apartment in Rockport. Hide Caption 66 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Boats are damaged in Rockport on August 26. Hide Caption 67 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A damaged home in Rockport on August 26. Hide Caption 68 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Donna Raney makes her way out of the wreckage of her home as Daisy Graham assists her in Rockport on August 26. Raney was hiding in the shower after the roof blew off and the walls of her home caved in. Hide Caption 69 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A laundromat's machines are exposed to the elements in Rockport on August 26. Hide Caption 70 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas A semi-truck is overturned on a highway south of Houston on August 26. Hide Caption 71 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas An American flag flies in front of a damaged mobile-home park in Rockport on August 26. Hide Caption 72 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas NASA astronaut Jack Fischer photographed Hurricane Harvey from the International Space Station on Friday, August 25. Hide Caption 73 of 74 Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas Waves pound the shore as Harvey approaches Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 25. Hide Caption 74 of 74
The tap water outage, which prompted city officials to begin distributing bottled water to residents Friday, was just one headache for a community struggling with a severely flooded Neches River.
The river began receding Friday evening but still was about 16 feet above flood stage and 7 feet above record level late Saturday morning.
Trump's second visit to region
Speaking briefly with reporters as he toured a Harvey relief center in Houston's NRG stadium, Trump said, "Really, I think people appreciate what's been done. It's been done really efficiently, really well and that's what we want. I'm very happy with the way it's been going."
He continued, "As tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing, I think, even for the country to watch, even for the world to watch. It's been beautiful. Have a good time everybody, I'm going to be doing a little bit of help over here."
Trump then went to Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he met with Louisiana politicians as well as members of the National Guard and Cajun Navy , a grass-roots group that came together after Hurricane Katrina and has helped Texans in Harvey's aftermath.
"It was an honor to meet him," said Ben Husser, a Cajun Navy member. "I'm glad to know that he cares enough to come down here and spend time with the people in this area that were devastated and were affected by this storm. It means a lot."
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Trump is trying to reassure those in need that federal resources will be there as they begin rebuilding. The administration on Friday asked Congress for $7.85 billion in disaster relief funding as part of an initial request for funds.
Turner, Houston's mayor, said he asked Trump for $100 million to help with debris removal. The President, Turner said, indicated that the vast majority, if not the entire request, will be granted.
Texas' governor has said that more than 440,000 people have registered for emergency assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has approved $79 million to help victims of the storm.
After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, $5.8 billion in individual assistance money was given to nearly 916,000 people affected by those storms.
As the government works to help those affected by Harvey, Hurricane Irma is looming in the Atlantic as a threat to Caribbean islands -- and potentially, by next week, to the United States.
Death toll hits 50
Other statistics only begin to hint at the scope of the punishing deluge and what the months of recovery will entail:
About 27 trillion gallons of rain fell on Texas and Louisiana over six days.
More than 72,000 people have been rescued.
About 10% of the structures in Harris County were flooded, the county says.
While water is receding in many areas, it still was waist-deep Saturday in western Houston's Barker Cypress area. Ryan Short, who along with this family left their apartment ahead of Harvey, returned on a small boat to pick up a few possessions -- including something special for his 2-year-old son, Jacob.
Short re-entered the apartment to find all kinds of belongings floating in knee-high water. Eventually, he found the main thing he was looking for: his son's small bicycle, which he hopes will help the boy cope with being displaced.
"He's got to have his bike," Short said. "He's not having anything to connect with -- it's hard."
Lee Dufrene, of Austin, paddled Short to the apartment. The two connected after Dufrene drove his boat from Austin to help Harvey victims. He said he knows what it's like to be flooded out of a home.
"I was in the flood of Onion Creek in Austin 2013, and I just wanted to come help," he said.
Major damage at schools
The Houston Independent School District is scrambling to recover from the storm.
Harvey and its aftermath caused so much damage that 10,000 to 12,000 students -- out of the district's 218,000 pupils -- will have to move temporarily to new schools, the district said Saturday in a series of tweets.
The hurricane prevented the schools from starting their years as planned on August 28. Superintendent Richard Carranza told CNN's "New Day" on Friday that he intends to have classes start September 11.
But it's possible the opening will have to come later to avoid putting children "in harm's way," the district said Saturday via Twitter.
We're working hard to get schools restored. It's going to take money, manpower, & we ask Houston 4 patience, Board pres @Wandaful1913 says — Houston ISD (@HoustonISD) September 2, 2017
Many of its schools suffered major damage. The district has looked at 245 of its schools so far, and of those, 115 will be deep-cleaned and ready for classes to start September 11, the district's Chief Operating Officer Brian Busby said.
Chemical plant fire
Fires broke out over two days at a chemical plant near Houston that was flooded by Harvey, and authorities said they expect more flames there. Three containers burned since Thursday at the Arkema site in Crosby after Harvey's floodwaters knocked out equipment used to keep the plant's volatile chemicals cool, Harris County Assistant Fire Chief Bob Royall said.
Officials decided to let the remaining six containers catch fire and burn out rather than endanger firefighters, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said in a joint statement. ||||| Inmates inside Beaumont's federal prison share stories of grim conditions following Harvey
Photo: RUTH FREMSON, STF Image 1 of / 52 Caption Close Image 1 of 52 According to messages sent to Chron.com, conditions within a federal prison in Beaumont have deteriorated. Prison officials assert there are adequate supplies of water and food. According to messages sent to Chron.com, conditions within a federal prison in Beaumont have deteriorated. Prison officials assert there are adequate supplies of water and food. Photo: RUTH FREMSON, STF Image 2 of 52 Babies from the Neonatal ICU unit at Beaumont's Baptist Hospital arrive at UTMB in Galveston. Babies from the Neonatal ICU unit at Beaumont's Baptist Hospital arrive at UTMB in Galveston. Photo: Jennifer Reynolds/Galveston Daily News Image 3 of 52 Babies from the Neonatal ICU unit at Beaumont's Baptist Hospital arrive at UTMB in Galveston. Babies from the Neonatal ICU unit at Beaumont's Baptist Hospital arrive at UTMB in Galveston. Photo: Jennifer Reynolds/Galveston Daily News Image 4 of 52 "We managed to catch a boat to Sour Lake, where we heard heartbreaking stories from those who lost everything." Sept. 1, 2017. "We managed to catch a boat to Sour Lake, where we heard heartbreaking stories from those who lost everything." Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Ryan Pelham Image 5 of 52 Spent the day in Sour Lake. It is only accessible by boat. Water is 7 to 8 feet deep on 326. Trucks are still stuck on 326. Street signs are almost under water. Head stones are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Spent the day in Sour Lake. It is only accessible by boat. Water is 7 to 8 feet deep on 326. Trucks are still stuck on 326. Street signs are almost under water. Head stones are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Danny Shapiro Image 6 of 52 Flooding at 14th and Inwood in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding at 14th and Inwood in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 7 of 52 Spent the day in Sour Lake. It is only accessible by boat. Water is 7 to 8 feet deep on 326. Trucks are still stuck on 326. Street signs are almost under water. Head stones are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Spent the day in Sour Lake. It is only accessible by boat. Water is 7 to 8 feet deep on 326. Trucks are still stuck on 326. Street signs are almost under water. Head stones are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Danny Shapiro Image 8 of 52 Spent the day in Sour Lake. It is only accessible by boat. Water is 7 to 8 feet deep on 326. Trucks are still stuck on 326. Street signs are almost under water. Head stones are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Spent the day in Sour Lake. It is only accessible by boat. Water is 7 to 8 feet deep on 326. Trucks are still stuck on 326. Street signs are almost under water. Head stones are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Danny Shapiro Image 9 of 52 Spent the day in Sour Lake. It is only accessible by boat. Water is 7 to 8 feet deep on 326. Trucks are still stuck on 326. Street signs are almost under water. Head stones are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Spent the day in Sour Lake. It is only accessible by boat. Water is 7 to 8 feet deep on 326. Trucks are still stuck on 326. Street signs are almost under water. Head stones are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Danny Shapiro Image 10 of 52 Humane society dogs being taken by Animal Rescue to Tennessee. Sept. 1, 2017 Humane society dogs being taken by Animal Rescue to Tennessee. Sept. 1, 2017 Photo: Kim Brent Image 11 of 52 Evacuees at Montagne Center clearing out as they wait for transportation to Dallas and Lake Charles. Sept. 1, 2017. Evacuees at Montagne Center clearing out as they wait for transportation to Dallas and Lake Charles. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Kim Brent Image 12 of 52 Water distribution at the SETX food bank - two cases per car. Sept. 1, 2017. Water distribution at the SETX food bank - two cases per car. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Kim Brent Image 13 of 52 Women and 4 kids being rescued after car goes in ditch on Carol Street in west Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Women and 4 kids being rescued after car goes in ditch on Carol Street in west Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 14 of 52 Volunteers passing out cases of water at the Southeast Texas Food Bank. Sept. 1, 2017. Volunteers passing out cases of water at the Southeast Texas Food Bank. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Liz Teitz Image 15 of 52 Flooding in Sunset area Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding in Sunset area Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 16 of 52 TxDOT: US 96 northbound at Village Creek Bridge is closed indefinitely due to a partial collapse of the relief bridge. Sept. 1, 2017. TxDOT: US 96 northbound at Village Creek Bridge is closed indefinitely due to a partial collapse of the relief bridge. Sept. 1, 2017. Image 17 of 52 Volunteers at the Silsbee YYAFA loading water for storage at Kirby Gym, for later delivery to water-deprived areas. Sept. 1, 2017 Volunteers at the Silsbee YYAFA loading water for storage at Kirby Gym, for later delivery to water-deprived areas. Sept. 1, 2017 Photo: Tim Collins Image 18 of 52 Westbound US 90 is moving slowly around Nome. Down to one lane. Sept. 1, 2017. Westbound US 90 is moving slowly around Nome. Down to one lane. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Ryan Pelham Image 19 of 52 Flooding on Westbury Road in China. Old Sour Lake Rd. flooded by Moore Rd. Sept. 1, 2017 Flooding on Westbury Road in China. Old Sour Lake Rd. flooded by Moore Rd. Sept. 1, 2017 Photo: Ryan Pelham Image 20 of 52 Nick Lampson: Winnie has water and power, but surrounding areas are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Nick Lampson: Winnie has water and power, but surrounding areas are under water. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Guiseppe Barranco Image 21 of 52 Huge line of cars trying to get to the Southeast Texas Food Bank - up the street, across the overpass, back down the other side of the hwy. Sept. 1, 2017. Huge line of cars trying to get to the Southeast Texas Food Bank - up the street, across the overpass, back down the other side of the hwy. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Liz Teitz Image 22 of 52 We may not have HS football tonight, but we have this at Ford Park. Thank you U.S. Army. Sept. 1, 2017. We may not have HS football tonight, but we have this at Ford Park. Thank you U.S. Army. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Guiseppe Barranco Image 23 of 52 Riverfront Park today is inaccessible. The National Weather Service said the river is creating today. Sept. 1, 2017. Riverfront Park today is inaccessible. The National Weather Service said the river is creating today. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Morgan Gstalter Image 24 of 52 Riverfront Park today is inaccessible. The National Weather Service said the river is creating today. Sept. 1, 2017. Riverfront Park today is inaccessible. The National Weather Service said the river is creating today. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Morgan Gstalter Image 25 of 52 Those looking for water should not go to Ford Park. Army trucks distributing supply from here to various locations around Beaumont. September 1, 2017. Those looking for water should not go to Ford Park. Army trucks distributing supply from here to various locations around Beaumont. September 1, 2017. Photo: Matt Faye Image 26 of 52 Traffic backed up with huge lines on both sides of MLK near Lavaca Street exit to get to the SETX Food Bank. Sept. 1, 2017. Traffic backed up with huge lines on both sides of MLK near Lavaca Street exit to get to the SETX Food Bank. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Kim Brent Image 27 of 52 Flooding remains at an electrical substation on Old Sour Lake Road. North Major area without power while Entergy makes repairs. September 1, 2017. Flooding remains at an electrical substation on Old Sour Lake Road. North Major area without power while Entergy makes repairs. September 1, 2017. Image 28 of 52 This is as far as you can on Old Sour Lake Rd. just past Moore Rd. Sept. 1, 2017. This is as far as you can on Old Sour Lake Rd. just past Moore Rd. Sept. 1, 2017. Image 29 of 52 Rescue boat launching at 14th and Cordrey in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Rescue boat launching at 14th and Cordrey in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 30 of 52 Flooding in Sunset area Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding in Sunset area Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 31 of 52 Flooding in Sunset area Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding in Sunset area Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 32 of 52 Flooding at 14th and Inwood in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding at 14th and Inwood in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 33 of 52 Rescue worker's loading flood victims off Cooper St. in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Rescue worker's loading flood victims off Cooper St. in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 34 of 52 326 heading into Nome is closed. Texas state trooper said Nome is still "an ocean" right now because of flooding. Sept. 1, 2017. 326 heading into Nome is closed. Texas state trooper said Nome is still "an ocean" right now because of flooding. Sept. 1, 2017. Photo: Danny Shapiro Image 35 of 52 Flooding near Vidor. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding near Vidor. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 36 of 52 Flood water draining on the 2200 block of Norwood in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flood water draining on the 2200 block of Norwood in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 37 of 52 Flooding in Vidor. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding in Vidor. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 38 of 52 Flooding in Vidor. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding in Vidor. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 39 of 52 Flooding at 12th and cherry in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding at 12th and cherry in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 40 of 52 A felled tree blocks the road at 3rd and Cypress in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams A felled tree blocks the road at 3rd and Cypress in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 41 of 52 Cars traverse water under Interstate 10 at 16th in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Cars traverse water under Interstate 10 at 16th in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 42 of 52 Trees knocked down power lines on 16th and Locke in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Trees knocked down power lines on 16th and Locke in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 43 of 52 Water flooding and utility poles down on 16th Street in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Water flooding and utility poles down on 16th Street in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 44 of 52 Flooding at 800 block of 1st St St in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Flooding at 800 block of 1st St St in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 45 of 52 Orange police officer H.Devault. Photo provided by Eric Williams Orange police officer H.Devault. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 46 of 52 A truck is stuck in the water at 16th Street and Interstate 10 in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams A truck is stuck in the water at 16th Street and Interstate 10 in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 47 of 52 Hotels flooded along Interstate 10 and 27th St. Photo provided by Eric Williams Hotels flooded along Interstate 10 and 27th St. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 48 of 52 A tree felled on a home on the 2200 block of Crosslane in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams A tree felled on a home on the 2200 block of Crosslane in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 49 of 52 Military personnel evacuate a person near St. Mary School in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Military personnel evacuate a person near St. Mary School in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 50 of 52 Cars flooding at Cecil Atkinson Toyota in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Cars flooding at Cecil Atkinson Toyota in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 51 of 52 Military personnel evacuate a person near St. Mary School in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Military personnel evacuate a person near St. Mary School in Orange. Photo provided by Eric Williams Photo: Eric Williams Image 52 of 52 Inmates inside Beaumont's federal prison share stories of grim conditions following Harvey 1 / 52 Back to Gallery
A federal prison in Beaumont that decided Thursday not to evacuate inmates despite a precarious drinking water situation has come under criticism from the men being held inside.
FCI Beaumont, a federal prison that houses 1,812 low security male inmates, said that although the facility's water source was compromised and had intermittent power, it was "adequately maintained with generator backup power when needed. There is an adequate food and water supply for both inmates and staff," the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a statement Thursday.
Messages from inmates obtained by Chron.com using a prison email system tell a different story.
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One of those inmates is a 30-something-year-old man being held at Beaumont for possession of a large quantity of cocaine and possession of three firearms. His identity, and the name of the other inmate who provided messages to Chron.com, has been confirmed, but withheld because they fear retaliation from guards for speaking out against the prison. The man's girlfriend Andrea Hasberry said one way the prison could retaliate is by moving him to another facility farther away.
The man described a scene where a fellow inmate passed out Thursday night because of malnutrition; inmates haven't had a warm meal in more than five days, he said. Because of the water shortage, four portable toilets were brought in to service the man's building. No chemicals were placed in the toilets, which have already been "topped off" with waste, the man said.
"Save me Jesus," the man said in an email. "I never thought nothing like this would happen in prison."
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This was a similar story from another 50-something-year-old inmate shared with Chron.com. He was found guilty of fraud. Communication with this inmate was facilitated by his daughter Morgan Owen.
"We are getting two bottles of water a day thus far. Which is obscene," the inmate said Friday morning over email. "We are getting three brown bags of peanut butter and bologna a day. ... Keep pounding the social media sites and call Washington, D.C. for the Texas senators, congressman, and attorney general Jeff Sessions who is actually in charge of us. The more information they get the better."
Hasberry has been using Facebook to raise awareness around conditions in the prison. She has also shared photos of her emails to her boyfriend on Facebook as well, which have received dozens of comments.
"Just because a person made a mistake they don't deserve to be treated as a animal," Hasberry told Chron.com Friday afternoon. "Animals are treated better then those men. They evacuated all those animals and made sure they were safe, why can't they make sure those men in those units are safe, fed, healthy with clean clothes and enough amount of water; they are people too."
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When presented with the exact claims brought up by both inmates, the Federal Bureau of Prisons provided Chron.com the following statement Friday afternoon: "[T]he storm impacted the city water supply; however, the FCC (federal correctional complex) has its own reserve of water for emergency situations to adequately operate the FCC. There is ample food and bottled water for inmates and staff."
On Tuesday, rising floodwaters from the Brazos River forced the relocation of an estimated 1,400 convicts from the Jester 3 and Vance prisons in Richmond to the other 100-plus state lockups across Texas.
Owen hopes her father feels some relief very soon.
"My dad has been without running or drinking water today, without AC and with maybe 1300-1500 calories of food all day. That speaks for itself doesn't it?" Owen told Chron.com Friday afternoon. ||||| | 9 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that North Korea should return to nuclear disarmament talks and avoid a path toward further international isolation.
Sentence: North Korea has a stockpile of nuclear weapons.
Choose your answer from:
-yes.
-no.
A: | no | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: Is "Database designers and database administrators interact with the DBMS through dedicated interfaces to build and maintain the applications' databases, and thus need some more knowledge and understanding about how DBMSs operate and the DBMSs' external interfaces and tuning parameters." a good answer to the question "What is a way for programmers to use the DBMS?"
Select from the following. 1. yes. 2. no. | 2. | 2 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Going to work late tmrw. So staying up tonighttttt!
Describe the sentiment embodied by this tweet.
A. negative. B. positive.
I think the answer is | B. | 2 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Premise:
"But the real hope for ending the AIDS epidemic is not expensive drug therapies." Based on this premise, is the hypothesis "Expensive drug therapies are the only solution to the AIDS epidemic." true?
Available choices:
i. yes
ii. it is not possible to tell
iii. no | iii. | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
This is some data: The Golden Curry eatType restaurant; The Golden Curry food English; The Golden Curry customer rating 5 out of 5; The Golden Curry area city centre; The Golden Curry familyFriendly yes; The Golden Curry near Café Rouge.
Generate a detailed description of this data. | The Golden Curry is an English restaurant that is considered family-friendly with a customer rating of 5 out of 5. It can be found near Café Rouge in the city centre area. | 4 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Maya Angelou ( ( listen); born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.
Marguerite Annie Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928, the second child of Bailey Johnson, a doorman and navy dietitian, and Vivian (Baxter) Johnson, a nurse and card dealer. Angelou's older brother, Bailey Jr., nicknamed Marguerite "Maya", derived from "My" or "Mya Sister". When Angelou was three and her brother four, their parents' "calamitous marriage" ended, and their father sent them to Stamps, Arkansas, alone by train, to live with their paternal grandmother, Annie Henderson. In "an astonishing exception" to the harsh economics of African Americans of the time, Angelou's grandmother prospered financially during the Great Depression and World War II because the general store she owned sold needed basic commodities and because "she made wise and honest investments". Four years later, the children's father "came to Stamps without warning" and returned them to their mother's care in St. Louis. At the age of eight, while living with her mother, Angelou was sexually abused and raped by her mother's boyfriend, a man named Freeman. She told her brother, who told the rest of their family. Freeman was found guilty but was jailed for only one day. Four days after his release, he was murdered, probably by Angelou's uncles. Angelou became mute for almost five years, believing, as she stated, "I thought, my voice killed him; I killed that man, because I told his name. And then I thought I would never speak again, because my voice would kill anyone". According to Marcia Ann Gillespie and her colleagues, who wrote a biography about Angelou, it was during this period of silence when Angelou developed her extraordinary memory, her love for books and literature, and her ability to listen and observe the world around her. Shortly after Freeman's murder, Angelou and her brother were sent back to their grandmother. Angelou credits a teacher and friend of her family, Mrs. Bertha Flowers, with helping her speak again. Flowers introduced her to authors such as Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Douglas Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson, authors who would affect her life and career, as well as black female artists like Frances Harper, Anne Spencer, and Jessie Fauset. When Angelou was 14, she and her brother moved in with their mother once again, who had since moved to Oakland, California. During World War II, Angelou attended the California Labor School. Before graduating, she worked as the first black female streetcar conductor in San Francisco. Three weeks after completing school, at the age of 17, she gave birth to her son, Clyde (who later changed his name to Guy Johnson).
Using a quote from the above article, answer the following question: Who was Freeman | At the age of eight, while living with her mother, Angelou was sexually abused and raped by her mother's boyfriend, a man named Freeman. | 1 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
1. Didn't seem quite as good as the first -- at least, in terms of reproducing the atmosphere of the original.
2. If you're a kid, you're going to see it. If you're a parent you may have no choice.
3. The production values are wonderful (due in large part to the work of Animatronic Puppeteers and Jim Henson's Creature Shop) and the script is quick and funny.
4. Today's kids are learning from the Turtles that the world is a sinkhole of radioactive waste, that it's more reassuring to huddle together in sewers than take your chances competing at street level, and that individuality is dangerous. Cowabunga.
5. The second TMNT has enough jokes aimed at adults to make for a relatively painless outing for parents forced to take their kids to see it.
6. This is one of those rare sequels that actually lives up quite nicely to the original.
7. The Turtles return in this underwhelming sequel that generally fares about as well as its predecessor...
8. The plot of Turtles II hinges on toxic waste and that turns out to be a pretty accurate description of the film.
9. This swindle of a sequel is so dim that it looks as if it were lit by candles.
10. The murky lighting, uninteresting human characters and violence of the original have been modified in the more amiable sequel, mostly to good effect.
What is the consensus? | Not only is the movie's juvenile dialogue unbearable for adults, but the turtles' dopey and casual attitude towards physical violence makes them poor kids' role models. | 3 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
How do you say "27 Read the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and the original Hellenic Greek, which is the Greek written and spoken by the Jews. return" in Spanish? | 27 Lea el hebreo y arameo original, y el helénico greco original, el cual es el greco escrito y hablado por los judíos. vuelva | 0 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
Choose from options. Continue the following story.
Jim tried out for the basketball team and was cut at try outs. Jim was upset but at the same time motivated to prove everyone wrong. During the entire off season, Jim worked on his game. He improved his shooting, dribbling, passing, and defense.
OPT: a). Jim made the basketball team the next time.; b). Jim quit playing basketball.; | a). | 7 | Flan2021 | story_cloze/2016:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What's an example of a movie review? | Now, I'm one to watch movies that got poor reviews, and say, "Hmm... this isn't so bad!" I loved The Cable Guy, and thought that My Big Fat Independent Movie was great. Keep in mind, I really didn't start watching this with high hopes, but I figured that maybe... just maybe... it would be bad in a kind of way I could laugh at it. I was wrong. At no point at all during my suffering through this "film" (And I use that term sparingly) was I even close to being mildly entertained. To start, Shaq makes Quentin Tarantino look like Marlon Brando when it comes to acting. I hate rap music, but as far as I could tell, an Amish priest would probably make a better rapper than him. The main character is simply annoying, and not a character that it's easy to like. Quite frankly, I would rather eat a greasy turd out of a Harlequin fetus' bloody sores than watch this again. | 9 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence that is about a restaurant with all the following properties: name = The Punter, eatType = coffee shop, food = Italian, familyFriendly = yes, near = Café Sicilia
Sentence: | The Punter is a kid-friendly Italian coffee shop located near Café Sicilia that was ranked high by customers | 7 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write the next sentence in the following story.
Then, the man cleans again with soap and water the car for the second time. The man cleans with a cloth and rinse with water the rims of the car. after
Choices: A. , the man exit the car and people left.. B. , the man leaves to clean again the car.. C. , the man dry the car manually with a cloth.. D. , the second man cleans using a cloth and the car reinserts itself in shape... The answer should be | C. | 9 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
If "When Tommy dropped his ice cream, Timmy giggled, so father gave him a sympathetic look.", can we conclude that "Father gave Timmy a sympathetic look."
A). no;
B). yes;
I think the answer is | A). | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Anti-poaching measures mean Tanzania's rhino populations have a chance to recover, reports Tira Shubart.
What best summarizes the content of the above article?
Pick your answer from:
a). World;
b). Sports;
c). Business;
d). Science/Tech; | d). | 4 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is an example of a tweet? | @LadyJayEst1985 Good Morning Sunshine | 7 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Although he began his tenure as governor with record high approval ratings (as high as 89% in December 2003), he left office with a record low 23%, only one percent higher than that of Gray Davis's when he was recalled in October 2003.
Q: What was Schwarzenegger's highest approval rating during his stint as governor? | 89% | 7 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Weather in Tyndrum GB Weather Station
Please fix the punctuation. | Weather in Tyndrum, GB (Weather Station) | 3 | Flan2021 | fix_punct | zs_opt |
Translate to Czech:
Oh, you know, Clyde's still winding Dad up.
Czech: | Však víš, Clyde pořád provokuje tátu. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Czech:
Oh... all right.
Czech: | Tak jo. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
– Those who make rape accusations generally do so with anonymity. It's time to grant the same privilege to those being accused, argues attorney Roy Black in Salon. There's no justice in parading someone in public as if he were "nuclear waste" when he hasn't been convicted of anything, writes Black, who successfully defended William Kennedy Smith on rape charges in the 1990s. "We are relentless at public shaming and humiliation," writes Black. "Reputations are smeared, finances eviscerated, careers destroyed; jobs, businesses, friends, wives and children lost forever. All of this regardless of the verdict." The law has changed over the years to make it easier to file rape charges, and thus easier to make ruinous false accusations, he writes. At the very least, it's time to end the double-standard on anonymity. Read the full column. Continue reading
Expand this summary. | When he faced a boisterous New York media gantlet while wearing steel bracelets, accused rapist Dominique Strauss-Kahn joined a long procession of accused miscreants who have taken a reluctant stroll down Weegee’s red carpet.
New York perp walks date to 80 years ago, when Weegee -- the legendary tabloid photographer -- and his peers shot their quarry with boxy Speed Graphic cameras and blinding flashbulbs.
Most accused criminals facing a perp walk in New York have trudged gloomily to their turn with the modern equivalent of 30 seconds in the public stocks. On the other hand, mobster John Gotti managed to transform his march of shame into a perp strut.
Strauss-Kahn seemed more angry than abashed during his walk.
And now that the allegations against the Frenchman have been called into question, sharp criticism of pillorying at the hands of the media has led some to conclude that the old police-media tradition of orchestrated perp walks has run its course.
Ban the walk?
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers says perp walks invite bias against their clients. A Brooklyn city councilman, David Greenfield, has proposed a local law that would ban them.
"Even Mother Teresa dragged out by detectives would look guilty," he says.
Faced with criticism from France, where perp-walk photos are taboo, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg crowed, "If you don’t want to do the perp walk, don’t do the crime."
But the mayor changed his tune last week when the case against Strauss-Kahn teetered, calling his perp walk "outrageous" and a "circus."
A sampling of crime reporters from across the country indicated that few of the nation’s police agencies now coordinate perp walks with the media..
Most that do are clustered around New York City and in Florida. A number of federal agencies also continue to use perp walks -- a link to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, who understood the priceless P.R. value of an image of a cuffed bad guy in the grasp of G-men.
In most cities, perp walks are seen as redundant because mug shots are now quickly distributed to the media. Police often make it difficult for photographers by moving suspects through secure facilities closed to the public and the press.
Even in places where suspects are moved in public, photographers must often stake out a location and hope for the best because the media are not tipped off to the time an accused perpetrator is to be transported.
The NYPD says its policy is to neither impede nor promote photographs of suspects. But by long-standing tradition, New York police notify the media an hour or so before a suspect is to be moved out of a precinct station house for a trip to a borough's central booking facility.
"We have been walking prisoners out of the front doors of station houses for 150 years," New York police commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters last week. "This is how we transport people to court … I don't think the genie's ever going to be put back inside the bottle. That's the way it is."
Ogling the cons
Variations on the perp walk in New York date to the 1830s, when the city’s earliest crime scribes sat outside Police Court in Manhattan and ogled the procession of drunks and cons who were escorted before a judge.
In the early 1900s, it became a popular press recreation to observe accused criminals crossing the so-called Bridge of Sighs between the Tombs and the Criminal Courts Building in lower Manhattan.
But precinct perp walks as we know them today proliferated beginning about 1930, when technological advances in photography ushered in the golden age of photojournalism.
Michael Lipack, who retired recently as a photo editor for the New York Daily News, told me that perp walks were a "way of life" in New York during his 40 years as a photographer.
"That’s how I made my living at the beginning of my career, going from one precinct to the next to shoot perp walks," he said. "Perp walks were not a big deal then. If you were arrested, you knew you had to face the piper coming out."
But Lipack said that even he was surprised by the size of the media scrum at the Strauss-Kahn perp walk, which attracted international attention.
He said it now seems inevitable that the criticism will prompt the NYPD to cut back on orchestrated perp walks.
"They’ll be walking them out back doors unless it’s someone the cops really want you to see, if it makes the cops look good," Lipack said. "It’s gonna be a new ballgame. The press card doesn’t carry much juice anymore."
For what it’s worth, Lipack and other journalists make the case that perp walks can be beneficial to crime suspects, who can disappear forever down criminal justice rabbit holes in other countries.
'Alternative is worse'
As the Chicago Sun-Times said of perp walks in a recent editorial, "The alternative is far worse: a society where government secrets are sanctioned. Suspects are hidden away, courtrooms are closed and, far too often, anything goes.
"The perp walk protects the public and, ironically enough, the suspect."
The Strauss-Kahn mash-up may spell the beginning of their end, but perp walks have survived horrible gaffes in the past.
The marquee example came on Nov. 24, 1963, when nightclub owner Jack Ruby managed to shoot and kill Lee Harvey Oswald, President John F. Kennedy’s accused assassin, during a perp walk in the Dallas police station parking garage.
In 1984, an accused child molester named Jeffrey Doucet was shot and killed during a perp walk through the Baton Rouge, La., airport. The assembled media, which had been alerted to Doucet’s return after his arrest in California, witnessed the killing when the father of the victim -- wearing a disguise -- stepped from a bank of phones and shot Doucet in the head.
Some perp walks have had blatant ulterior motives.
In the 1980s, the publicity-loving Rudolph Giuliani, who was then working as a U.S. attorney in New York, encouraged a broad use of perp walks in federal cases. In mob conspiracies, the arrestees were chained together, a searing graphic of the alleged collusion -- to the dismay of defense attorneys.
Giuliani also helped pioneer the use of perp walks for white-collar criminals, who were accustomed to more genteel treatment.
In 1987, Richard Wigton, an executive at Wall Street’s Kidder, Peabody, was frog-marched out of his 18th-floor office in handcuffs for alleged insider trading. He was in tears as he faced a media phalanx outside.
Giuliani called the arrest "a lesson to people who want to be millionaires in their 30s."
After nearly three years of twisting in the wind, Wigton was cleared when the investigation was trash-canned. But Wigton was ruined. Near the end of his life, in 2006, he described himself as "a victim of Giuliani’s ambition."
The Arizona variation
More recently, a bizarre perp walk in Arizona smelled of politics. Joe Arpaio, the free-wheeling Maricopa County sheriff, has had a running feud with the county board. In 2009, he arrested Supervisor Don Stapley, an old foe, and subjected him to a humiliating perp walk.
"You’ve got to be kidding," Stapley said.
Arpaio was not kidding, but his thin allegations against Stapley were soon thrown out by a judge.
In 1994, William Bratton, then New York’s police commissioner, ordered a perp walk for a group of Harlem cops accused of corruption. They were paraded in their uniforms, and Bratton later dramatically threw their badges in a trash can.
In 1995, Manhattan doorman John Lauro Jr. was arrested after he was caught on a security camera pawing through the underwear drawer and closets of a tenant in his building. WNYW, the Fox television affiliate in New York, asked for a perp walk, so detectives led Lauro from the station house and drove him around the block.
He sued, claiming violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. A lower court agreed that police had staged a perp walk that was "an inherently fictional dramatization" with "no legitimate law enforcement justification." Lauro won no damages because an appeals court ruled that police in this case were protected by "qualified immunity."
But since then, New York police have limited perp walks to instances where suspects are being moved for a legitimate purpose.
Also in 1995, Timothy McVeigh, who was later executed for his role in the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, was subjected to a perp walk nearly three hours before he was officially arrested so the FBI could maximize its network television news exposure, according to the suspect’s attorneys.
That walk also was noteworthy because a dozen federal agents were crammed in beside the suspect, rewarded with TV time for their big collar.
Finally, the most famous story about a perp walk is a myth that will not die.
In the 1940s, bank robber Willie Sutton became a folk hero in New York after he escaped from prison. His arrest in 1952 was front-page news for the Big Apple’s tabloids. This exchange supposedly took place at his Brooklyn perp walk:
Reporter: "Willie, why do you rob banks?"
Sutton: "Because that's where the money is."
But the quote was made up -- a pipe job, as New York scribes used to say.
"I never said it," Sutton revealed in his memoir, written with the respected biographer Ed Linn. "The credit belongs to some enterprising reporter."
But he admitted that he wished he had said it. And he adapted the phrase for the title of his biography: "Where the Money Was."
David J. Krajicek, a veteran police reporter and true crime author, is a contributing editor of the Crime Report. His most recent book is "Murder, American Style: 50 Unforgettable True Stories About Love Gone Wrong." He welcomes comments from readers. ||||| As the Dominique Strauss-Kahn media circus continues, we stopped to consider some of the complaints about U.S. criminal justice bubbling up across the pond. Were charges too hastily filed before Strauss-Kahn was forced to make his perp walk? Has the legal system so far let everyone -- the alleged victim, DSK, and the public -- down? We asked famed trial lawyer Roy Black, possibly best known for his successful defense of William Kennedy Smith on rape charges, for his views, and he offers the bold proposal that follows. We'll be following it with other views as well.
What do David Copperfield, Michael Flatley, the Duke lacrosse team, the four Hofstra students, Rene Angelil (Celine Dion’s manager-husband), Rick Pitino, Kobe Bryant, KBR/Halliburton and Julian Assange have in common? All were accused off rape, and will, in all likelihood, be remembered for that association, regardless of what ultimately happens (Assange's case is ongoing; none of the cases have led to a conviction). It is time for a modest reform in rape jurisprudence; the accused should be granted anonymity unless and until found guilty.
Ray Donovan, Reagan’s treasury secretary, after he was acquitted of trumped-up corruption charges, famously asked: "Where do I go to get my reputation back?" Before Dominique Strauss-Kahn knocks on that door, the short answer is: Nowhere, not possible, it is a permanent stain. President of France? Forget it. Even the French cringe at a man with a damaged reputation representing their country.
Why should we be surprised? We did all we could to make a public spectacle of him. Dragged him off his Paris flight; interrogated him all night to look suitably haggard; paraded him, handcuffed between two beefy cops, through a scrum of tabloid cameras; then plastered the seedy photographs worldwide. He was hounded out of his apartment; shuttled from place to place like nuclear waste; an electronic nanny clamped on his ankle and suffered the ignominy of paying $200,000 a month for his own prison guards.
We are relentless at public shaming and humiliation.
This type of abuse is routinely suffered by lesser-known rape defendants. They are terrorized by the media circus, and turned into carnival freaks. Unruly crowds rally in front of their home. They are followed, spat on, chased through the streets, forced to move, lose their sanity and some even commit suicide to end the abuse. They are the new victims of modern technology: Google, Twitter, Facebook and cable news. The accusation is forever imprinted in cyberspace, only a keystroke away. Reputations are smeared, finances eviscerated, careers destroyed; jobs, businesses, friends, wives and children lost forever. All of this regardless of the verdict.
Does this have to happen? Newsrooms self-regulate to cloak the identity of a rape accuser. Editors understand that the potential harm of naming putative victims outweighs any journalistic reason to publish. But apparently journalist ethics don't extend to the presumptively innocent. We grant the accuser name suppression due to the stigma attached to rape but, after a gradual, and justifiable shift in our collective consciousness, there now is a far greater stigma for men accused of rape. The Supreme Court called rape "highly reprehensible, both in a moral sense and in its almost total contempt for the personal integrity and autonomy of the female victim." It is a powerful and repulsive charge, and the accused should have their identities protected by law.
Critics will assert that democracy demands that all defendants be equal before the law, and there is no reason rape defendants should get a pass. It would create a double standard. So why take that step? Simple -- equality. The person who levels an accusation is sheltered through anonymity. Doesn’t it violate equality to treat the accused differently?
For decades, there has been a unique, growing disparity between the way we treat accused rapists and their accusers. It's grown because of a relentless pressure to manipulate the rules to increase arrests and convictions in rape cases. The protections against false accusations have been whittled away one by one to make it easier to charge and easier to convict, with the unintended consequence of making it easier to make a false accusation.
In order to more easily file criminal charges, these basic protections have been eliminated:
A required corroboration of a rape taking place; now, the accusation alone is sufficient
Evidence of a clear element of force or the threat of force
The classic element of mens rea (guilty mind)
And in pursuit of convictions, rolled back protections have included:
The ability to cross-examine accusers about past conduct. Rape shield laws insulate an accuser's past while creating rules to greatly broaden evidence of the accused's past conduct. (see Fed. Rule Evid. 413 for the most outrageous example.) Even evidence of the accuser’s prior false allegations of rape is inadmissible because it is considered sexual conduct within the meaning of the shield statute.
Intoxication as a defense -- while consent by an allegedly intoxicated victim doesn't matter.
The cautionary jury instruction that rape is a charge easily made but not easily defended.
We need a modest reform to mitigate these changes. This is not a zero-sum game where a benefit to the accused is detrimental to the accuser. There is an obvious benefit to discouraging false charges and denying the ability to use them as blackmail or as a weapon in domestic disputes.
False accusations of rape appear far higher than false accusations of other crimes. One study, conducted over nine years in one Midwest city, found that 41 percent were false; a study of two state universities over three years found 50 percent to be false. Meanwhile, the FBI reports the number of unfounded rape accusations at 8 percent, while the average rate of all unfounded crime reports is at 2 percent. We don’t know the precise figures because rape statistics are unreliable or misleading, and much depends on how police categorize false, unfounded, insufficient evidence, etc., but we know the rate is high.
There are legitimate objections to anonymity. An argument could be made that a grand jury, whose proceedings are private, should offer innocent suspects some protection. But there is a lot of truth in the legal cliché that any prosecutor worth his salt can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. And it certainly appears that the woman who accused DSK convincingly lied under oath at the grand jury about at least part of her story.
It is also against the public’s interest for anonymous trials. As Judge Damon Keith observed: "Democracy dies behind closed doors." The public has a right to know what goes on in its courts. The open administration of justice is fundamental to democracy. An ancient legal maxim commands that justice must not only be done, but must be seen to be done. The press should therefore continue to have access to rape cases. But the identities of the accused should, by law, be granted the same rights as those of the accusers, and their identities should be kept private unless there is a conviction.
The British twice tried this remedy. There were reporting restrictions for both the claimant and defendant in rape cases in the 1976 Sexual Offences Act but this was abolished in 1988. In 2010 they tried again with a modest provision granting anonymity only between arrest and charge but it was abandoned because of vigorous objection from feminists, who worry that women are less likely to accuse if the suspect is not named. I don’t think that is true and there is no evidence of it. In fact, I think there's a more logical case to be made that a reduction in publicity might raise the number or actual rape cases being reported.
And in that scenario, the parties who deserve to benefit, do: The victims, the public and the falsely accused. The bigger question, though, is whether the country even has an elected official with sufficient backbone to suggest this be done. ||||| | 9 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Question: What chemical compound comprises 5% to 15% of the dry weight of bacterial spores?
Is "Dipicolinic acid is a chemical compound that composes 5% to 15% of the dry weight of bacterial spores." the correct answer?
Options are:
A). yes;
B). no; | A). | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Which entity is this text about?
Born in Prague, Czech Republic (then part of the Austro Hungarian empire) Friml showed aptitude for music at an early age. He entered the Prague Conservatory in 1895, where he studied the piano and composition with Antonin Dvorak. Friml was expelled from the conservatory in 1901 for performing without permission.
One of the most popular theatrical forms in the early decades of the 20th century in America was the operetta, and its most famous composer was Irish-born Victor Herbert. It was announced in 1912 that operetta diva Emma Trentini would be starring in a new operetta on Broadway by Herbert with lyricist Otto Harbach entitled The Firefly. Shortly before the writing of the operetta, Trentini appeared in a special performance of Herbert's Naughty Marietta conducted by Herbert himself. When Trentini refused to sing "Italian Street Song" for the encore, an enraged Herbert stormed out of the orchestra pit refusing any further work with Trentini. Arthur Hammerstein, the operetta's sponsor, frantically began to search for another composer. Not finding any other theatre composer who could compose as well as Herbert, Hammerstein settled on the almost unknown Friml because of his classical training. After a month of work, Friml produced the score for what would be his first theatrical success. After tryouts in Syracuse, New York, The Firefly opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 2, 1912 to a warm reception by both the audience and the critics. The production moved to the Casino Theatre after Christmas, where it ran until March 15, 1913, for a total of 120 performances. After The Firefly, Friml produced three more operettas that each had longer runs than The Firefly, although they are not as enduringly successful. These were High Jinks (1913), Katinka (1915) and You're in Love (1917). He also contributed songs to a musical in 1915 entitled The Peasant Girl. Trentini was named as a co-respondent in Friml's divorce from his first wife in 1915, and evidence was introduced that they were having an affair. Another show, Sometime, written with Rida Johnson Young and starring Ed Wynn and Mae West, ran well on Broadway in 1918-1919.
Entity: | Rudolf Friml | 8 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize this article:
Andy Penman, of Great Yarmouth firm Conductor Installation Services, called for work to improve the A47.
Mr Penman, a representative on the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, said dualling the A47 would be "top of the list for all businesses" in the town.
He said some oil firms had moved out partly due to the poor road links.
Group managing director Mr Penman said investment in the A47 and better transport links would also help tourism in the town.
In December the government announced a series of spending plans which included a £300m scheme to upgrade the east-west connection to Norfolk, by making sections of the A47 a dual carriageway and improving its connections to the A1 and A11.
Conservative candidate for Great Yarmouth Brandon Lewis, who won the seat in 2010, praised the government for its work on dualling the A11 and its pledge to dual sections of the A47.
"We are saying the money is committed. Labour are not saying this, they will have a transport commission to look at it," he said.
"The commitment to invest in the road will really attract companies to Great Yarmouth."
Labour candidate Lara Norris said: "Transport and infrastructure are really holding back the local economy and the need to see more jobs is one of my biggest pledges."
She said Labour was committed to "honour" the government A47 spending pledge and would also be reviewing roads policy with a transport commission.
Ms Norris said she had met local transport groups to look at how to remedy the "significant gaps in bus and train links" to Great Yarmouth.
UKIP candidate Alan Grey said the A47 "needs to be dualled - it's 50 years overdue".
He said delays on single lane stretches of the road are "strangling the town, without a doubt".
"It means that we can't attract business. We also need to improve roads across Great Yarmouth and look at a third river crossing," he added.
Harry Webb, Green Party candidate, said: "Our transport policy is about restructuring our transport systems by taking control of trains so everyone benefits. with better and more services."
He said it was vital that bus services were made more reliable.
On the plans to dual the A47, Mr Webb said: "I think it is anything like that is OK to a certain extent but there should be far more public consultation."
Summary: | Poor transport links to Great Yarmouth have driven firms away from the town and are a key election issue, a business leader has told the BBC. | 1 | Flan2021 | huggingface:xsum | zs_opt |
below the royal flush is a straight flush, which are any five sequential cards of the same suit (like the 3-4-5-6-7 of clubs).
Can you repeat this sentence, but capitalize it correctly? | Below the Royal Flush is a Straight Flush, which are any five sequential cards of the same suit (like the 3-4-5-6-7 of clubs). | 5 | Flan2021 | true_case | zs_opt |
What is the most logical next event?
How to get good grades as a teen without burying yourself under books
Prioritize all your work
Take brief notes during class.
Then you can read them over every night before you go to bed.
Remember, reading is not studying.
OPT:
a). It is giving you lots of energy and help you to stay organized. Always keep a book that you like or that really interests you nearby.;
b). Some people assume reading a book over and over helps you to remember things; taking notes and writing bullet points is much more effective. If possible, make flash cards! Pay attention to the teacher during the lesson.;
c). It is you taking notes who needs to study. Because when you read, do not keep the notes for longer than recommended.;
d). It's taking your mind off anything else and studying will help you pick up on new ways of being different. When your teacher tells you to read, do it! Pretend you're deaf and...well, pretending you don't realize what you are talking about.; | b). | 8 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
This is a question with answer options. Goal: When rendering duck fat, what is the best way to cook it?
Which of the following methods is more reasonable for accomplishing this goal?
Possible answers:
(1). Put duck fat in a pot and add vegetable stock over the fat. Simmer on low heat adding water as it evaporates for up to an hour. Remove and drain into jar..
(2). Put duck fat in a pot, pour about 3cm worth of water over the fat. Heat on medium heat. Once boiling drop the heat to low and simmer till yellow and murky.....I think the answer is | (2). | 2 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Question: When had the government been highly centralized?
Is "In the past, the government had been highly centralized." the correct answer?
Possible answers: 1). yes. 2). no. | 1). | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
As of March 2018, the only combat-ready fifth-generation fighters are the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, which entered service with the United States Air Force in 2005; the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, which entered service in 2015 and the Chengdu J-20, which entered service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in September 2017. The Sukhoi Su-57 is slated for delivery to the Russian Air Force in 2019. The HAL AMCA, TAI TFX, Shenyang J-31, and Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin are currently under early stages of development.
Choose your answer: Is the following statement correct based on the text
is the f-35 a fifth generation fighter
Choices:
A). no
B). yes | B). | 7 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What debate topic are the following sentences about?
1. And while they do so the west might as well also pay the cost of these expertise and also provide the necessary skills education and training to overcome these problems .
2. Wafula , Kevin , Africa still lags behind on bioscience capacities , says Scientist , , 2011 ,
3. Many of the areas of adaptation are areas where the west has the relevant expertise ; seasonal forecasting , adjusting farming perhaps by engineering hardier plants , weather insurance etc. .
4. Africa does not have experience or experts in many of the relevant areas , for example Africa lags behind in bioscience , so it makes sense for the west to provide these experts . | This House would, as the developed world, fund African climate adaptation | 6 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_idebate | zs_opt |
Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
A red, white and black intro has a logo and the words and letter w2k15. the video game
Options:
(a). switches to an indoor soccer competition and a home plate game..
(b). begins and there are 3 characters against 1 character and they are wrestling in a rink performing numerous tricks like strangling, hitting, running into the character to make them fall, or picking them up and then slamming them down to the ground while the referee is standing in the corner..
(c). has referring to the opening of the capoeira exhibit..
(d). titles appear and are then taken down from the paddleboard and we see the guys in the water.. | (b). | 4 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
OPT:
1). negative
2). positiveWould the following phrase be considered positive or negative?
committed performances
| 2). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to Romanian:
Mr Vice-President, we thank you not only for the proposal; we also thank you for the fact that you have stayed the course until just before midnight tonight, but we like to work.
Romanian: | Domnule vicepreşedinte, vă mulţumesc nu numai pentru propunere; vă mulţumesc, de asemenea, pentru faptul că, dincolo de orice obstacole, aţi continuat dezbaterile până la miezul nopţii, astăzi, însă dorim să lucrăm. | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize this article in one sentence.
There may be some circumstances where you’ll need to cancel your reservations through the hotel that you’re staying at rather than with Expedia, even if you used Expedia to get the reservation. In this case, find the hotel’s phone number and call them. Speak to a customer service representative and tell them that you’d like to cancel your hotel reservation. Visit https://www.expedia.com/service/ and click "Contact Us." This will bring you to a web form that you can use to ask Expedia a question about your hotel reservation. If you have any issues canceling your reservation, you can use this page to contact them. You can send a direct message to Expedia by visiting them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Expedia. Click the envelope icon to send them a direct message and explain your cancellation situation. If you'd rather use Facebook, you can visit https://www.facebook.com/expedia/. Send them a message through the chat box on the bottom right of the page if you're using Facebook. You need to have an account set up to send a direct message.
Summary: | Directly contact the hotel if you can’t cancel through Expedia. Contact Expedia online to ask questions. Send Expedia a direct message through social media as an alternative. | 3 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Does "The journalists were very cooperative, so the interview lasted for a long time." appear to be an accurate statement based on "The journalists interviewed the stars of the new movie. They were very cooperative, so the interview lasted for a long time."?
Select from the following.
+no.
+yes. | no | 5 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize the following movie reviews:
1. This imbecilic, mean-spirited farce, which sneers at adults, leaves you wondering: where are the Three Stooges when we really need them?
2. This excruciating comedy tests the limits of how many shots to the crotch a movie can show, or an audience can absorb.
3. Like rancid leftovers, this bland, contrived comedy is a toxic turkey, a buddy/family film gone wrong.
4. Old Dogs is beyond saving. The only humane thing to do is to put it down.
5. An often riotously funny slapstick farce that ought to appeal to moviegoers of all ages.
6. A slack, sagging 88 minutes still feels rushed, with what must have been scenes trimmed down to micro-blip montages, and a final scene playing out over the credits; it feels like even the people making Old Dogs wanted to be done with it.
7. Incredibly dull and generic.
8. Clueless-dad comedy is forgettable family fluff.
9. Exactly as funny as you'd expect a movie to be that stars John Travolta and Robin Williams as two bachelors who must suddenly take care of precocious 7-year-old twins, and that was directed by the man who made Wild Hogs.
10. We have reached a point in our moviegoing life where the two most horrifying words a studio can mutter are "Robin" and "Williams."
Summary: | Its cast tries hard, but Old Dogs is a predictable, nearly witless attempt at physical comedy and moral uplift that misses the mark on both counts. | 5 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
Macintosh:
Starting in 2006, Apple's industrial design shifted to favor aluminum, which was used in the construction of the first MacBook Pro. Glass was added in 2008 with the introduction of the unibody MacBook Pro. These materials are billed as environmentally friendly. The iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini lines currently all use aluminum enclosures, and are now made of a single unibody. Chief designer Jonathan Ive continues to guide products towards a minimalist and simple feel, including eliminating of replaceable batteries in notebooks. Multi-touch gestures from the iPhone's interface have been applied to the Mac line in the form of touch pads on notebooks and the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad for desktops.
Please answer a question about this article. If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable". What has Chief Designer Jonathan Ive been able to eliminate in Mac notebooks? | replaceable batteries | 0 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
(options at the end). Does the word "sex" mean the same thing in "We had sex in the back seat." and "(The believers ... those ...) who abstain from sex."?
Choose your answer from:
a). different meanings.
b). the same meaning. | b). | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Anlaşmanın toplam bedeli 37 milyon avro olarak açıklandı.
Could you please translate this to English? | The total price of the deal is 37m euros. | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Still have not returned my cc deposit $200 after 4 days! Pissed! Avoid Hertz if you are trying to speak to a human!
Choose: was this review given positively or negatively?
Select from:
1). negative;
2). positive; | 1). | 2 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Answer by taking a quote from the following article:
Expose is an American Latin freestyle vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Jeanette Jurado, Ann Curless, and Gioia Bruno, the group achieved much of their success between 1984 and 1993, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from its debut album, including the 1988 #1 hit "Seasons Change". In March 2015, Billboard magazine named the group the eighth most-successful girl group of all-time. The group was popular in dance clubs, mainstream Top 40 and adult contemporary charts in the United States.
After a long hiatus, on August 1, 2003, the lineup of Curless, Jurado, and Moneymaker, reunited briefly for a reunion concert at the Mid State Fair in Paso Robles, California. Members of Safe Sax, including music director/guitarist Steve Fansler, were part of the live band Expose used. While there was a desire to do more shows, according to Moneymaker they were unable to gets things active at that time. In 2006, Jurado announced on MySpace they had signed with a major booking agency, and Bruno announced she was back with Expose for the first time in 15 years. Moneymaker has stated she might fill in for any member who may not be available, or to appear with the full lineup on special occasions. On October 21, 2006, Expose kicked off its tour at the American Airlines Arena in Miami for the Freestyle Explosion concert, with the lineup of Curless, Jurado, and Bruno. On November 29, 2006, at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino Northern Lights Theater in Milwaukee, Expose performed a 16-song show with a full band led by Steve Fansler, marking their first full concert together with Bruno since 1990. The group performed sets at freestyle concerts and gay pride events throughout the country. The group continues to perform at special events throughout the United States, including venues such as Epcot and Mohegan Sun's Wolf Den. In 2010, Expose informed fans on Facebook that they are recording a new album. Expose recorded a 2011 version of their hit "Point Of No Return" working with dance producer Giuseppe D. and Chris Cox. The cd single was released on June 20, 2011. The group released a single for Christmas called "I Believe In Christmas (Like It Use To Be)" in December, 2011 co-written by Adam Gorgoni, Jeanette Jurado and Shelly Peiken. Proceeds of the single went to the Wounded Warrior Project. In August 2012, the group independently released the single "Shine On," co-written by Ann Curless. Curless also sings lead vocals on the track.
what was the name of the song that appeared on a movie soundtrack? | 2 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt | |
What is the subject line for this email?
The attached schedule contains a forecast reflecting the delay in meter installations -- which are currently on hold. New schedules of priority meter installs are now being prepared by Murray ONeil's group and will be included in future forecasts. The impact of meter delays lowers load totals by averages of approximately 30 mW. Please call if you have any questions regarding these changes.
Subject Line: | EES CA SCHEDULE for 12/16 and 12/17/01 | 0 | Flan2021 | aeslc:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a text based on "u.s. stocks open lower"
Text: | u.s. stocks fell in early trading friday as bond yields rose . | 9 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence: "I asked Mike if he had seen the Yeti."
Pick from options: would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically?
Available choices:
1). unacceptable.
2). acceptable....I think the answer is | 2). | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/cola:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose how you want this story to end.
A sister who lost her brother in the Afghan War is to wed the soldier who battled to save his life. Rosie-Ann Stone, of Atwick, near Hornsea, East Yorks, was devastated when her sibling, Private Gregg Stone, 20, was shot dead on 3rd June 2012, while on a mission to rescue an Afghan policeman kidnapped by the Taliban. She found comfort in Liam Fisher, 22, also a private in 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, who was a friend of her brothers and tried valiantly to save his life. Brought together by tragedy: Rosie-Ann Stone met fiance Liam Fisher after he tried to save the life of her brother in Afghanistan
'We're not going to be miserable, because the people who'd kick us the most would be
OPTIONS:
- 3rd Battalion and Jennie.'
- Afghan and Jennie.'
- Afghan War and Jennie.'
- Afghanistan and Jennie.'
- Atwick and Jennie.'
- East Yorks and Jennie.'
- Gregg and Jennie.'
- Gregg Stone and Jennie.'
- Hornsea and Jennie.'
- Jennie and Jennie.'
- Liam and Jennie.'
- Liam Fisher and Jennie.'
- Rosie-Ann and Jennie.'
- Rosie-Ann Stone and Jennie.'
- Taliban and Jennie.'
- Yorkshire Regiment and Jennie.'
| Gregg and Jennie.' | 5 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Question: A pharmaceutical company has published the results of a limited experiment investigating the protective value of a chemical compound against high doses of UV rays on skin cells. It was later discovered that the results were not reproducible. What action could the company researchers have taken to avoid publishing erroneous results?
What is the correct answer to the question from the following choices?
Options:
(I). Perform multiple trials..
(II). Use only low levels of radiation..
(III). Use different wavelengths of radiation..
(IV). Look into results of similar experiments before forming a hypothesis.. | (I). | 2 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The friendly cooperation that characterizes civil societies is a pale shadow of the love that inspires great self-sacrifice.
Does it follow that "The nice company is a good example of self love"?
Pick from:
[1]. yes;
[2]. it is not possible to tell;
[3]. no; | [1]. | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
News article: Boehner Sets Austere Tone for Incoming GOP Majority
He’s forsaken Sunday morning TV for thoughtful sit-downs with The New Yorker and “60 Minutes.” He let Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,R-Ky., serve as the front man for the GOP’s contentious tax-cut negotiations with the Obama White House.
And Tuesday night’s glitzy Republican fundraiser at the upscale “W” Hotel in downtown Washington, with country music star LeeAnn Rimes providing the entertainment? Yeah – John Boehner was planning on skipping that, too.
“That’s the style that people want right now,” said Steve Elmendorf, a former chief of staff to House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt. “It’s tough economic times.”
“The voters who voted in the Republican majority don't want to see any celebrations,” agreed Bob Cusack, managing editor of The Hill. “The economy is ailing, and [Republican lawmakers] have got a lot of work to do.”
The austerity of tone being set by the incoming speaker on the eve of his swearing-in ceremony Wednesday is being matched by a frugality in spending. It was Friends of John Boehner, the congressman’s official campaign organization, that chartered the five buses that transported dozens of hometown supporters, including 10 of Boehner’s 11 siblings, from the Wetherington Golf and Country Club, in West Chester, Ohio, to the nation's capital Tuesday.
And among the first bills that will be introduced in the House under Boehner’s speakership will be a measure that cuts congressional spending by 5 percent. Analysts called the move largely symbolic, noting that it would hardly make a dent in the country’s $1 trillion deficit. In his office’s first press release of the new year, Boehner claimed Tuesday the measure, if signed into law by President Obama, will immediately save taxpayers $35 million.
“To reverse Washington’s job-killing spending binge, sacrifices will be required throughout the federal government,” Boehner said in the statement, “and we are starting with ourselves.”
In a hint of how the House GOP leadership may follow up Thursday’s vote, the incoming Majority Leader, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., issued his own statement saying he hopes federal agencies will follow suit, and cut their own budgets. “If not," Cantor added, “we’re happy to do it for them.”
Veterans of Capitol Hill also predicted that Boehner’s low-key, no-frills approach to the shift in power on Capitol Hill will be discernible in the way the House operates under his speakership.
“He has seen how previous speakers ran the House, whether it be Newt Gingrich or Nancy Pelosi, and he's going to be doing it differently,” said Cusack. “He’s not going to be writing bills from the speaker’s office. He’s going to let his committee chairmen go through so-called regular order, move bills through the committee, let the public see it for three days, before it’s voted on. Then it moves to the House….That’s what they’ve promised.”
“[Boehner] was a committee chairman; he was a legislator,” Elmendorf told Fox News. “And I think he's coming in in a way that’s respectful of the institution and the other people in the institution. It's not a ‘I'm in charge of everything’ mode.”
But Elmendorf, who served Dick Gephardt when the Missouri congressman was majority and minority leader in the House, predicted Boehner will eventually face some thorny moments as he pursues his goal of decentralized power.
“The test for him,” said Elmendorf, “is going to be the tension between ‘I'm trying to be a different speaker’ and ‘I'm trying to be an effective speaker.’ And to be an effective speaker, you essentially have to roll over the minority; and sometimes you have to roll over some of your own members.”
What are the most important parts of this news article? | The austerity of tone being set by the incoming speaker on the eve of his swearing-in ceremony Wednesday is being matched by a frugality in spending. | 6 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose from the options at the end. Are the following two questions the same?
What should I do if someone special ignores me?
How do I face ignorance by someone special?
pick from the following.
[a]. no.
[b]. yes.
The answer is: | [a]. | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Trivia question: What was the name of the sister ship to the Titanic, nicknamed The Old Reliable'?
And the answer is? | rms olympic | 8 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence: The musical genre of Abradab is hip hop music which has its stylistic origins in Jazz. Drum and bass is a derivative of Hip hop music.
What structured data could we extract from this sentence? | Abradab, genre, Hip hop music; Hip hop music, stylisticOrigin, Jazz; Hip hop music, derivative, Drum and bass | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
А теперь у вас есть и все эти награды за киллстрики с воздуха, а они попросту не заработают во многих старых уровнях.
Which language is this? | Russian | 9 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a short movie review that has "[II]" sentiment (Select from:
[I] negative;
[II] positive;). | to feel good about | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
The largest gains were seen in prices , new orders , inventories and exports .
Sub-indexes measuring prices , new orders , inventories and exports increased .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
Possible answers: -- no; -- yes; | yes | 5 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
I am pleased to respond to the motion by the member for Skeena. The member has asked that the government ignore years of consultation, negotiation and goodwill and extend the uncertainty even longer by sending the Nisga'a final agreement to a procedure heavy referendum in British Columbia.
Available options: (A). Yes. (B). It's impossible to say. (C). No.
Hypothesis: the government was asked to ignore consultation.
| (A). | 5 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Danışman, "Güney Kosova'da seçimleri durdurmak için güç kullanımı kesinlikle başarılı olacaktır.
Could you please translate this to English? | "Certainly the use of force to stop elections in southern Kosovo would most likely succeed. | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Do these questions have the same meaning?
How should I live happily at home?
How do I live happily with no friends?
Available options: * no. * yes. | no | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to French:
General human rights situation
| Situation générale des droits de l'homme | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
• l’établissement d’un système de transport entièrement canadien allant du lac Supérieur à l’océan Atlantique comme dernier maillon d’un réseau de transport d’est en ouest;
Which language is this? | French | 9 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Jim signaled the barman and gestured toward *his* empty glass
Which option(s) below is/are correct for question: are "the barman" and "his" the same entity?
pick from the following.
a). no
b). yes | a). | 0 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
It's a fine day. The White family get up at seven o'clock. They have breakfast at seven forty. And then they go to the park. They take a basket of food and a carpet . The park is not far from their home, so they ride bikes there. Then they get to the park, it's half past eight. Mr. and Mrs. White are talking with each other. Their son, ted, is playing with a ball. Their daughter, Jenny, is taking photos. After about an hour, Ted and Jenny sit down to relax. At that time, they see a _ eating a pine nut in a big tree. When they see the squirrel eating, they feel hungry . They go to help their parents take the food out of the basket. Ted has a hamburger. Hamburgers are his favorite food. Jenny has an apple. Mr. and Mrs. White have some bread. They have a great time in the park.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Which family went to the park?
2. What is the son's name?
3. and the daughter's?
4. When did the family wake up?
5. When did they eat breakfast?
6. What did they have?
7. Where did they go next?
8. Did they take anything with them?
9. How did they get there?
10. Was it closeby?
11. When did they arrive?
12. Who was taking photos?
13. What was Ted doing?
14. Which animal did they see eating?
15. Who had an apple for lunch?
16. What did Ted have?
17. What about the parents?
18. and the squirrel?
19. How long did the kids play before breaking for lunch?
20. Where was the food stored when they played?
Numbered answers: | 1. The White family
2. Ted
3. Jenny
4. seven o'clock
5. seven forty
6. unknown
7. to the park
8. a basket of food and a carpet
9. they ride bikes there
10. yes
11. half past eight
12. Jenny
13. playing with a ball
14. squirrel
15. Jenny
16. a hamburger
17. They have some bread.
18. a pine nut
19. about an hour
20. in the basket | 5 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a text based on this summary: czech prime minister to visit britain next week
Text: | czech prime minister milos zeman is to visit britain next tuesday to discuss eu enlargement with british leaders and cement bilateral ties , local media reported today . | 8 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Mondego
Translate this to English? | Mondego River | 3 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Officials at Brandeis said this was an " extremely heartrending " time for the campus .
" This is an extremely heartrending time for the entire Brandeis University community .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
pick from the following. [-] no [-] yes | yes | 5 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Clashes erupted in many neighbourhoods as the rebels tried to consolidate their hold on territory they had seized so far and advance in other areas.
The thud of heavy gunfire echoed around parts of the city that has become a critical battleground between the armed opposition and forces loyal to President Assad.
Snipers from both sides exchanged high-calibre shots as the volleys from street battles increased.
But the military's response marked a sharp escalation in this battle.
Helicopter gunships spun through the skies throughout the day, firing bullets and rockets to the ground. Sustained artillery and mortar rounds pounded restive neighbourhoods.
But it was what happened late in the afternoon that underlined the grave risk to the government of losing ground in what is Syria's largest city and its economic capital.
First came an unmistakeable sound that has so far been absent in this conflict - the roar of fighter jets.
What appeared to be Russian-made MiG planes arced through the sky. We watched as they dropped in, bombing and strafing rebel positions.
Dead and wounded civilians and fighters were taken to hospitals and makeshift clinics as the human cost of this conflict continues to grow.
The stakes for both sides here could not be higher and it is now clear that neither side is prepared to give way.
This article was about: | It has been another day of intensive fighting. | 5 | Flan2021 | huggingface:xsum | zs_opt |
Generate a context and a hypothesis. | Context: Miss Ellie (c. 1993 – June 1, 2010), a blind American Chinese Crested hairless dog, was the 2009 winner in the pedigree section of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest. She appeared in shows at the Comedy Barn in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and was featured on the Animal Planet cable show "Dogs 101". Dawn Goehring rescued Miss Ellie at seven years old. Miss Ellie died on June 1, 2010, at age 17.
Hypothesis: Miss Ellie was a kind dog. | 9 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Math problem: Solve 0 = 84*l + 25*l + 178 - 1486 for l.
What is the solution? | 12 | 6 | Flan2021 | math_dataset/algebra__linear_1d:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Hi Kam, Could you send us your updated address? Yahoo says you still live on 4444 Westheimer, which I know is wrong. We would like to send you a wedding invite. Have a happy holiday. Take care, JR
Generate a subject line for this email. | Your Address | 7 | Flan2021 | aeslc:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence 1: To understand thermal phase transitions , it is useful to contrast them with classical phase transitions ( CPT ) ( also referred to as quantum phase transitions ) .
Sentence 2: To understand thermal phase transitions , it is useful to contrast them to classical phase transitions ( CPT ) ( also called quantum phase transitions ) .
Do these two sentences convey the same information?
Options:
[I] no;
[II] yes; | [II] | 4 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
The two bodyguards injured in an attack on a convoy transporting Britain's ambassador in Libya are "safe and in good condition," an embassy representative in Tripoli said Tuesday. The incident took place Monday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. One of the guards is in stable condition. Another had surgery and will leave a hospital Tuesday, the representative said. Ambassador Dominic Asquith, who was not hurt in the attack, is in Tripoli, and the "whole staff is safe and sound," the representative said. The attack occurred near a university, Libya's state news agency LANA reported, citing a spokesman for the Supreme Security Committee in Benghazi. "It was clearly involved in a serious incident, but we cannot confirm if there was an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) attack, but shots were fired," a British Foreign Office spokesman said. Libya's Interior Ministry condemned the attack as a "criminal act that serves the enemies of Libya" and portrays a negative image of the internal security situation. It issued directives to increase security around embassies and foreign missions in Libya. The ministry asked all diplomatic missions in Libya to inform security forces of their movements within Libya so they are provided with security. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report.
Summarize the highlights of this article. | NEW: Libya's Interior Ministry issues a condemnation of the attack, calls for boost in security. The incident took place Monday in Benghazi. The ambassador was not injured in the attack. | 4 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
Q: What function does a community 's water tower serve ?
Which one of the following options would the answer to this be?
Pick your answer from: a). description. b). entity. c). abbreviation. d). human. e). numeric. f). location.
A: | a). | 8 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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