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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Jeter says Stanton didn't want to be part of rebuilding
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"MIAMI (AP) — Derek Jeter says that when his ownership group took over the Miami Marlins in October, he thought Giancarlo Stanton would be with the team in 2018.\nJeter says the Marlins traded Stanton because the National League MVP didn't want to be part of the franchise's rebuilding and instead wanted to move on.\nJeter says the deal with his former team, the New York Yankees, was the best one available to the Marlins, giving them much-needed financial flexibility while helping a weak farm system.\nThe Marlins' new CEO made his comments Monday shortly before Stanton held a news conference at baseball's winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, to discuss a trade being celebrated in New York but panned by beleaguered Miami fans.\n___\nMore AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Police witness: Kim Jong Nam met American before his murder
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"SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — A police witness said Monday that the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader met with an unidentified Korean American man on a Malaysian resort island four days before he was murdered, as the trial of two women accused of killing him resumed.\nIndonesia's Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnam's Doan Thi Huong, 29, are accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam's face in a crowded airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur last Feb. 13. They pleaded not guilty to murder charges when their trial began Oct. 2. The two are the only suspects in custody, though prosecutors have said four North Koreans who fled the country were also involved.\nChief police investigating officer Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz told the court Monday that Kim flew from Macau to Kuala Lumpur last Feb. 6 and went to the northern island of Langkawi two days later. He said Kim met with the Korean American at a Langkawi hotel the next day, but he didn't know the man's identity and it wasn't related to the $138,000 in cash found in Kim's backpack when he was murdered.\nWah Azirul was responding to questions from Gooi Soon Seng, Aisyah's lawyer, who asked him to confirm a report by the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun that Kim had met in Langkawi with a U.S. intelligence agent who was based in Bangkok.\n\"Until now, the identity of the man is not known,\" Wan Azirul told the court. He said he could not remember the hotel name or whether the room was registered under Kim or the man, prompting a lashing from Gooi for his \"severe lapse of memory.\"\nWan Azirul said an analysis of Kim's laptop showed it was last used on Feb. 9. He said Kim returned to Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 12, a day before he was killed while waiting for a flight back to Macau.\nThe trial is to resume Tuesday.\nGooi has told reporters that Kim's killing was likely a political assassination because of involvement by the North Korean Embassy. A police witness has testified that a car used to take the North Korean suspects to the airport on the day of the murder belonged to the embassy. The court also heard that an embassy official met the suspects before they fled and facilitated their check-in at the airport.\nIf they are convicted, the two women could face the death penalty, but not if they lacked intent to kill. Defense lawyers say the women believed they were playing a prank for a hidden-camera TV show. Prosecutors contend the women knew they were handling poison.\nKim, the eldest son in the family that has ruled North Korea since its founding, had been living abroad for years after falling out of favor. It is thought he could have been seen as a threat to the rule of his half brother, Kim Jong Un. Malaysian officials have never officially accused North Korea of involvement in Kim's death and have made it clear they don't want the trial politicized."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Tours to eliminate 2-shot scorecard error for reviews
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"Players no longer will be penalized two shots for an incorrect scorecard if they were not aware of a rules violation when they signed their card.\nThe USGA and R&A also will no longer respond to most TV viewers' calls during the tournament.\nThe changes are part of a local rule effective Jan. 1.\nRescinding the scorecard penalty, famously applied to Lexi Thompson at the LPGA Tour's first major last April, is part of a broader standard for using video.\nThompson had a three-shot lead in the final round of the ANA Inspiration when a TV viewer noticed she had improperly replaced her golf ball on the green during the third round. She was penalized two shots for the infraction. Because that would have made her score two shots higher, she received an additional two-shot penalty for the scorecard error.\nThat became a four-shot penalty in the final hour of the tournament. Thompson rallied, but eventually lost to So Yeon Ryu in the first hole of a playoff.\nLeaders from all major tours and organizations began meeting later that month.\nThe USGA and R&A are leading a group of top officials who are modernizing the Rules of Golf. The proposal currently is under public review and expected to be effective in 2019. The two-shot scorecard error would have been eliminated under the proposed rules.\nThe USGA and R&A also said only video from the telecast — not smart phones or other video from fans — can be used as evidence of a violation. It also said it would make it tougher for fans to call in if they think they see a violation on TV.\nThe change also means each tournament will assign one or more officials to monitor the video broadcast and help identify any violations or rules issues that might arise.\nThe PGA Tour has done this from time to time, but found that it often loses the use of a rules official on the course as he sits in a room watching TV for a violation that is rare over the course of the year.\nAccording to the video review protocol for tournaments on TV, officials will not monitor or review any calls from views at home. That doesn't eliminate TV viewers from noticing violations — such as the incorrect drop by Tiger Woods at the 2013 Masters — but tournament officials will not have a method for fans to call, email or text.\nIn the case of the Masters, the viewer was a former rules expert who knew who to call at the course."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Porn star stirs intrigue on alleged Trump affair
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"NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and allegations of an affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels (all times local):\n12:24 p.m.\nAdult film star Stormy Daniels, who allegedly had a sexual relationship with Donald Trump in 2006, has cancelled an upcoming television appearance on ABC's \"The View\" after fanning intrigue about her public denial of the affair.\nDuring a Tuesday appearance on ABC's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!,\" Daniels cast doubt on whether she had signed or authorized a statement issued hours earlier denying that she had ever had an affair with Trump.\n\"That doesn't look like my signature, does it?,\" Daniels said on the show.\nOn Wednesday morning, both her lawyer Keith Davidson and her publicist Gina Rodriguez said that, despite her comments on Kimmel's show, Daniels had authorized and signed the statement in their presence.\nDaniels has not denied reports that she was paid by Trump's personal attorney to keep the affair quiet during the presidential campaign.\nAnyone looking for further clarification from Daniels may have to wait: on Wednesday, The View confirmed that she had pulled out of a planned Thursday appearance on the show.\n____\n2:00 a.m.\nAn adult film star who previously alleged an extramarital affair with Donald Trump now says in a statement the affair never happened.\nA lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels confirmed his client's statement Tuesday. Daniels' real name is Stephanie Clifford.\nClifford has been on a publicity tour in recent weeks amid news of the alleged 2006 tryst with the president. She is scheduled to appear Tuesday on ABC's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\" Her publicist hasn't answered questions about the statement.\nClifford has sought to tell her story before, in 2011 and again during the 2016 presidential campaign.\nThe Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that Trump's personal lawyer brokered a $130,000 payment to Clifford in October 2016 to keep her from publicly discussing it.\nTrump's lawyer has denied any affair."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Hong Kong approves ban on local ivory trading by 2021
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"HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers have given final approval to a government proposal banning local ivory trading in the Chinese territory by 2021.\nLawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of amending the existing law to outlaw sales of ivory in Hong Kong, which researchers say is the world's biggest retail ivory market.\nThe proposal also includes significantly stiffer penalties for wildlife smuggling to deter black market sales.\nUnder the new law, the maximum sentence will increase to a 10 million Hong Kong dollar ($1.3 million) fine or 10 years in prison, up from the current two years.\nWildlife activists applauded the move, even as Hong Kong moves more slowly than Beijing. Mainland China banned ivory sales at the start of the year after shutting all carving factories and shops last March."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Teacher apologizes for Hillary Clinton spelling in letter
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"SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania teacher has apologized for intentionally misspelling Hillary Clinton's name to emphasize the word \"liar\" in a sixth-grade student's letter.\nShannon Reinard tells The Daily Item her 11-year-old stepdaughter, Mary, asked Shikellamy Middle School teacher Benjamin Attinger for help writing the letter to the former presidential candidate. She wrote the letter and Attinger addressed it Hiliar Rodham Clinton.\nHer stepmom noticed the misspelling and in a voicemail the teacher said it was \"kind of a joke.\"\nThe Reinard family met with the teacher and school officials on Tuesday.\nShannon Reinard says the teacher apologized to the student.\n___\nInformation from: The Daily Item, http://www.dailyitem.com"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Macron parties at Fela Kuti's New Afrika Shrine in Nigeria
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"LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has shaken up a two-day visit to Nigeria with a stop at the New Afrika Shrine, a concert hall founded by the late music legend Fela Kuti.\nMacron also held talks with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on security in Africa's vast Sahel region as the extremist threat grows from groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State organization.\nMacron's visit to Africa's most populous nation ends Wednesday.\nHis visit to the New Afrika Shrine was for a launch event for the 2020 Season of African Cultures in France.\nMacron also is inaugurating an Alliance Francaise cultural center in Lagos and meeting young Nigerian entrepreneurs."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Iran's foreign minister tells AP that Iran will 'most likely' abandon nuclear deal if Trump pulls US out
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Iran's foreign minister tells AP that Iran will 'most likely' abandon nuclear deal if Trump pulls US out."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about 35 service points, 26 sets in a row at Wimbledon for Federer
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"LONDON (AP) — As Roger Federer was winning 35 consecutive service points at Wimbledon on Wednesday — yes, 35 in a row — a Centre Court spectator cheered him on while wearing a red shirt with white lettering that said, \"PeRFect.\"\nThe Swiss great comes pretty close to living up to that at times.\nFederer moved into the third round at the All England Club as he chases his record-extending ninth championship there, using close-to-impeccable serving to beat 73rd-ranked Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.\nThe 36-year-old Federer compiled 48 winners and just 11 unforced errors. He won 40 of 43 first-serve points, never faced a break chance, and delivered 16 aces.\n\"Sometimes your serve matches up better against certain players,\" he said. \"There's no doubt about that.\"\nTalk about an understatement.\nAt 4-3, 40-30, Federer hit a 118 mph ace to hold and start his roll that included the last five points he served in the first set, all 20 in the second, and then the first 10 of the third. By then, it was so dominant that one television announcer was moved to jokingly exclaim, \"Come on, double-fault!\"\nFederer did not oblige, but moments later, he did lose a point he served at 4-1, 30-love, when Lacko smacked a down-the-line backhand passing winner.\n\"I think (what's) important when you want to serve well is your point-for-point mentality, saying, maybe, 'The first point is as important as a break point,' so the concentration is the same,\" Federer explained. \"Trying to remember all the things you've done throughout the entire match — what has worked, what hasn't worked.\"\nVery little did not work on this day, and he's allowed his two opponents to collect a total of 17 games through six sets.\nVery little hasn't worked for him over the years at Wimbledon, even now that he's in his mid-30s.\nWednesday's result increased Federer's streak to 26 straight sets at Wimbledon, equaling his second-best run, which came in 2003-04. His best was a 34-streak sequence from 2005-06.\nA year ago, Federer became the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1976 to win the title at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament without ceding a single set.\nSo what, Federer was asked, makes him so successful on grass ?\n\"I don't know. I don't know,\" he began, before offering quite a list for someone who doesn't know.\n\"Maybe it's that it helps my slice. That maybe the footwork on grass comes easier to me than for other guys. I'm not sure. Then because I have a decent speed on the serve, and I can serve kick and slice. Maybe also the grass helps me just a little bit to get a few more free points than what it would on some other surfaces.\"\n___\nFollow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich\n___\nMore AP tennis coverage: https://www.apnews.com/tag/apf-Tennis"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about CyberLink Launches the World’s First AI Style Video Editing Plugin for Windows PC
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"TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), today announces the release of the CyberLink AI Style Plugin. The plugin works with CyberLink’s award-winning video editing software, PowerDirector 16, using artificial intelligence and deep learning to recreate artistic styles from the world’s most renowned artists, such as Van Gogh and Monet, and transform any original video into the artist’s style by using the strokes and color tones of a specific work of art.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005080/en/\n(Graphic: Business Wire)\nCyberLink’s AI Style Plugin is the world’s first video editing tool for PC that automatically transforms any footage into a live painting emulating the style of a famous artist. This unique solution runs locally on an edge computing environment and doesn’t need a fast internet connection to a cloud-based server. The plugin runs locally on systems with nVidia graphic cards supporting CUDA 3.0 or newer versions (e.g., nVidia GTX 650/ GT 640M). The tool can process full-length videos and output up to 4K cinematic resolution.\n“Through the power of artificial intelligence and deep learning, we have been able to train our AI engine to possess an almost human-like understanding of the artistic process,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. “With the CyberLink AI Style Plugin we’ve leveraged this research to deliver a quality, cutting-edge product for our PowerDirector users, helping them expand their creative horizons to places that were once unimaginable.”\nRecently, the film “ Loving Vincent ” became the first fully painted feature-length film. Its creators took a traditional approach to transferring Van Gogh’s style to video, taking 125 full-time professionally trained oil painters to produce close to 65,000 original paintings over six years, which merged to make the film. The entire process came at a cost of $5.5 million. With CyberLink’s AI Style Plugin and Style Packs, PowerDirector users can recreate the pioneering style found in “Loving Vincent” for a fraction of the cost, time and effort.\nWhile regular video editing filters simply overlay a general style on top of a clip, CyberLink’s AI Style Plugin uses deep learning to produce work that demonstrates a much greater understanding of the thought processes behind how the human artists create their masterpieces – right down to brush strokes and color tones. Signature works can be found in Style Packs dedicated to specific artists and artistic styles. The first release concentrates on 10 popular pieces each by Van Gogh and Impressionist painters Monet and Manet.\nAvailability The CyberLink AI Style Plugin is available today from the CyberLink Online Store with the purchase of either the Van Gogh or Impressionist AI Style Pack – Vol. 1 AI Style Packs.\nRequirements The CyberLink AI Style Plugin is supported in PowerDirector 16 (requires the latest update), users can get the free update patch from CyberLink Software Update Center. The plugin runs on nVidia CUDA 3.0 graphic cards (e.g., GTX 650/ GT 640M or above), check CyberLink FAQ for detailed system requirements.\nAbout CyberLink CyberLink (5203.TW) is a world leader in multimedia software design. Since 1996, CyberLink has transformed how people enjoy and create media on PCs, mobile devices and in the Cloud. The company’s award-winning products are sold to all major PC manufacturers as well as millions of customers worldwide. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, CyberLink also runs regional operations through offices in the US, Japan, Europe and Asia-Pacific territories. Further information about CyberLink can be found at cyberlink.com.\nAll companies and product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and are the sole property of their respective owners. Copyright © 2018 CyberLink Corp. All rights reserved.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005080/en/\nCONTACT: CyberLink\nCorporate:\nSteven Lien, +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 2468\npress@cyberlink.com\nor\nCyberLink Japan:\nHiroyuki Imazawa, +81-3-5875-6650\ncontact_pr_jpn@cyberlink.com\nor\nCyberLink USA:\nSarah Geist, +1-646-571-0120\ncontact_pr@cyberlink.com\nor\nGermany:\nVolker Maxisch, +31-43-306-0797\ncontact_pr_deu@cyberlink.com\nor\nFrance:\nLaëtitia D’Urso, +33-(0)1 79 30 90 39\ncontact_pr_fr@cyberlink.com\nor\nUnited Kingdom:\nVolker Maxisch, +31-43-306-0797\ncontact_pr_deu@cyberlink.com\nKEYWORD: ASIA PACIFIC TAIWAN\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ONLINE RETAIL HARDWARE INTERNET SOFTWARE BLOGGING SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA RETAIL COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING PUBLIC RELATIONS/INVESTOR RELATIONS\nSOURCE: CyberLink Corp.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 09:00 AM/DISC: 04/24/2018 09:01 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005080/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about National Hockey League
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"All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 50 34 13 3 71 176 128 Boston 48 29 11 8 66 157 119 Washington 49 29 15 5 63 150 138 Toronto 51 28 18 5 61 162 146 Pittsburgh 52 28 21 3 59 156 155 New Jersey 49 25 16 8 58 147 147 Columbus 50 27 19 4 58 133 140 Philadelphia 49 24 17 8 56 141 141 N.Y. Rangers 50 25 20 5 55 153 151 N.Y. Islanders 51 25 21 5 55 173 184 Carolina 50 23 19 8 54 139 155 Florida 48 20 22 6 46 136 159 Detroit 48 19 21 8 46 126 146 Montreal 50 20 24 6 46 130 159 Ottawa 48 15 24 9 39 125 168 Buffalo 50 14 27 9 37 115 166 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 48 32 12 4 68 164 128 Winnipeg 51 30 13 8 68 167 137 Nashville 48 29 12 7 65 146 125 St. Louis 52 31 18 3 65 151 131 Dallas 51 28 19 4 60 155 137 San Jose 49 26 16 7 59 145 138 Los Angeles 50 27 18 5 59 142 121 Minnesota 50 27 18 5 59 147 142 Anaheim 51 25 17 9 59 144 142 Calgary 49 25 16 8 58 137 135 Colorado 48 27 18 3 57 157 139 Chicago 50 24 19 7 55 148 137 Edmonton 49 22 24 3 47 135 157 Vancouver 49 19 24 6 44 127 159 Arizona 50 12 29 9 33 118 172\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nMonday's Games No games scheduled\nTuesday's Games\nMinnesota 3, Columbus 2, SO\nPittsburgh 5, San Jose 2\nFlorida 4, N.Y. Islanders 1\nAnaheim 3, Boston 1\nCarolina 2, Ottawa 1\nNew Jersey 3, Buffalo 1\nWinnipeg 3, Tampa Bay 1\nSt. Louis 3, Montreal 1\nChicago 2, Nashville 1\nLos Angeles 3, Dallas 0\nVegas at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nWednesday's Games\nN.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.\nSan Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nToronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nMontreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSt. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nAnaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nDallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.\nChicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nFriday's Games\nWashington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nDetroit at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSan Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about BC-US--Silver, US
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"New York (AP) — Silver futures trading on the NY Merc Wednesday:\n(5,000 troy oz.; cents per troy oz.)"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about QuirkLogic to Showcase Quilla™ Real-Time Ideation Solution at InfoComm 2018
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"CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2018--QuirkLogic, the company helping organizations to drive innovation by connecting people and content, will showcase the latest version of Quilla™, the leading real-time ideation solution designed to support the creative process, June 6-8 during InfoComm 2018.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006078/en/\nQuirkLogic will Showcase Quilla™, the leading real-time ideation solution leveraging writing and technology designed to support the creative process, next week at InfoComm 2018. (Photo: Business Wire).\nReal-time ideation leverages writing and technology to optimize employees’ ideas and talents without slowing down the focus, creativity and momentum that fosters innovation. By allowing a team’s collective ideas to be captured instantly in digital format and be made available, globally, for immediate refinement and development, they can be converted into value to expand market leadership.\n“Today’s companies are not bound by the walls of an office. Real-time ideation happens everywhere, and employees need tools that can provide them with the flexibility to connect and collaborate no matter their location through whatever smart devices they are using,” said Nashir Samanani, CEO of QuirkLogic. “Quilla helps teams to share content no matter their location so they can focus on ideas, not technology hurdles, and achieve actionable results.”\nQuilla is a portable, lightweight digital writing solution that combines the largest battery-operated interactive screen and the familiar writing experience of pen and paper. With Quilla™, no longer are your company’s best ideas anchored to a wall, chained to a wire or captured on personal smartphones. Quilla is always on and ready to use so it can move effortlessly with you – no matter when or where a great idea strikes. The best ideas aren’t bound to a conference room, that’s why Quilla is designed to follow the conversation, even outdoors in bright sunlight. Just grab a Quilla, pick up the pen and write or sketch.\nMore than a digital writing device, Quilla enables teams in multiple locations to create and collaborate in new ways, formulating, capturing and sharing content-rich ideas in real-time, speeding time to innovation. This uninterrupted creativity helps companies to develop faster product launches, hold more efficient meetings and brainstorms, cultivate more unique and creative designs and better engage clients and partners.\nTo schedule a demo of Quilla in the QuirkLogic booth (N1668) during InfoComm, please contact us.\nAbout QuirkLogic, Inc.\nFounded in 2013, QuirkLogic™ helps teams to drive innovation by connecting people and content to facilitate collaborative, real-time ideation and effective solutions to your most challenging problems. The company’s flagship product, Quilla, is the leading real-time ideation solution designed to support the creative process. The solution consists of the world’s largest mobile digital writing devices linked to a proprietary and secure cloud-based collaboration and storage platform. Companies in various market segments including design, architecture, construction, technology, healthcare and education have turned to QuirkLogic to modernize how they work together to brainstorm, strategize, organize, and develop their creative thinking, all of which is the genesis for corporate strategy and innovation.\nFor more information, visit www.quirklogic.com; also follow QuirkLogic on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006078/en/\nCONTACT: MSLGroup for QuirkLogic\nJennifer Asaro, 781-684-0770\nquirklogic@mslgroup.com\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CANADA NEVADA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY INTERNET NETWORKS SOFTWARE OTHER TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL MEDIA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTING COMMUNICATIONS\nSOURCE: QuirkLogic, Inc.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 05/30/2018 12:11 PM/DISC: 05/30/2018 12:11 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006078/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about 'Firefall' phenomenon wows visitors to Yosemite's El Capitan
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"YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Mother Nature is again putting on a show at California's Yosemite National Park, where every February the setting sun draws a narrow sliver of light on a waterfall to make it glow like a cascade of molten lava.\nThe phenomenon known as \"firefall\" draws scores of photographers to a spot near Horsetail Fall, which flows down the granite face of the park's famed rock formation, El Capitan.\nCapturing the sight is a challenge. Horsetail Fall only flows in the winter or spring, when there is enough rain and snow. The sun lights up the fall for only about two minutes at dusk for a few days in February.\nSome photographers have had success this year as pictures of the glowing falls are showing up on social media."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Russia's Putin lands in Egypt in sign of growing ties
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"CAIRO (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Cairo for talks with his Egyptian counterpart on their two countries' rapidly expanding ties.\nEgyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who has visited Russia three times since 2014, gave Putin an official reception at Cairo's airport Monday. It's the Russian president's second visit to Egypt since 2015.\nPutin stopped earlier in the day at a Russian military air base in Syria.\nSince taking office in 2014, el-Sissi has bought billions of dollars' worth of Russian weapons, including fighter jets and assault helicopters.\nRussia and Egypt are also negotiating the construction by a Russian company of Egypt's first nuclear reactor.\nLast month, Russia approved a draft agreement with Egypt to allow Russian warplanes to use Egyptian military bases — a sign of Russia's growing Mideast footprint."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about India says economy poised to grow by 7-7.5 percent
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"NEW DELHI (AP) — India estimates that its economy will grow by 7 to 7.5 percent in the fiscal year that starts April 1, making it the fastest-growing major economy in the world once again, the government said Monday.\nThe projection was contained in the annual Economic Survey submitted to Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The survey is a report on the economy ahead of the annual budget, which is to be announced Feb. 1.\n\"A series of major reforms undertaken over the past year\" is expected to also ensure that the economy grew by about 6.75 percent during the current fiscal year, it said.\nThe survey said the reforms will be strengthened in the coming fiscal year.\nThe government said growth in exports, attributed to an overall improvement in the global economy, and the liberalization of foreign investment rules in India were responsible for an acceleration of growth toward the end of the current fiscal year after a sharp dip in the first half of the year.\nThe slowdown was blamed on the sudden cancellation of 86 percent of India's currency at the end of 2016 and the chaotic implementation of a single goods and services tax last year.\nThe finance ministry added in a statement that there are still worries about the coming fiscal year, especially the possibility of an increase in prices of crude oil in the global market. India relies on oil imports for the bulk of its needs.\nBut the statement added that with the world economy likely to see a boost in 2018, India's overall economic performance would also see an improvement, especially with a likely increase in investment and a more stable response to the new tax system."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Officials ask court to send Kennedy cousin back to prison
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"HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials are asking the state's highest court to revoke Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's bail and send him back to prison.\nThe chief state's attorney's office filed the request Monday with the state Supreme Court.\nSkakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, was convicted in 2002 in the death of Martha Moxley in their wealthy Greenwich neighborhood in 1975, when they were both teenagers. He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, but another judge granted him a new trial in 2013, citing mistakes by his lawyer.\nThe state Supreme Court reinstated the conviction in December 2016. Skakel's lawyers asked the court to reconsider, a request that remains pending.\nSkakel posted $1.2 million bail after the new trial was granted, and has remained free since."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Cape Town to set up disaster operations HQ for water crisis
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"JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's police and military will help secure water collection sites in drought-stricken Cape Town if authorities must turn off most taps on what they call \"Day Zero,\" a date currently projected to fall in the first half of April, the city said Sunday.\nHospitals, key economic and industrial areas and densely populated areas with a higher risk of disease would be exempt from a water cut-off, said municipal authorities, who plan to open a disaster operations center on Monday to prepare for a possible closure of taps in a city known internationally for its natural beauty and tourist attractions.\nSouth Africa's second-biggest city ramped up contingency plans as the water crisis hurt tourism and politicians bickered over alleged failures to offset a looming disaster blamed on explosive population growth over the last two decades and several years of drought that scientists say was possibly exacerbated by man-made global warming.\nCape Town's roughly 4 million residents can avoid \"Day Zero,\" slated for April 12, by each using no more than 50 liters (13.2 gallons) daily until adequate rainfall fills up depleted reservoirs and additional supply from aquifers, desalination and recycling schemes is activated, according to the city.\nSecurity forces would guard 200 water collection points where residents can pick up 25 liters (6.6 gallons) daily if the tap cut-off occurs, authorities said. Providers of bottled water are being encouraged to increase supply so people have the option of buying water, and water tankers would deliver to homes for the elderly and other care facilities.\n\"This crisis will demand a whole of society approach, where we all pull together to get through this,\" the city said in a statement that acknowledged \"panic\" among residents fretting over the possible difficulties ahead.\nThis weekend, Cape Town's water and sanitation department said it was investigating reports that some retailers might be illegally selling municipal tap water after people were seen lining up with empty bottles at two malls. Some residents are supplementing water supply by collecting from natural springs in the city.\nCape Town is run by the opposition Democratic Alliance party, which says the national government of the ruling African National Congress party has failed to deliver water to all municipalities as required by law. On Sunday, the ANC's provincial branch said the \"Day Zero\" warning was an opposition gimmick to drum up a sense of \"gloom and doom\" and suggested its own solutions, including reductions in production by brewers and soft drink companies.\n\"We need water, not sugary and alcoholic drinks,\" the party said.\nMeanwhile, tourism is taking a hit. Agencies have received cancellations from domestic and international travelers, said Cape Town Tourism CEO Enver Duminy, according to the African News Agency. He did not provide data on cancellations.\nOne visitor to Cape Town this weekend was Olympic great Usain Bolt, who attended a horse racing event. He was asked about the city's crisis at a news conference.\n\"Don't waste water,\" the Jamaican said. In the Caribbean, he said, \"we have this issue sometimes.\"\n___\nFollow Christopher Torchia on Twitter at www.twitter.com/torchiachris"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Sister-in-law says producing Houston doc hit close to home
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Whitney Houston's mother had no clue about allegations that her son and superstar daughter were molested as children until the making of the new documentary \"Whitney,\" says the film's executive producer.\nPatricia Houston, the sister-in-law of Whitney, is responsible for getting the film, out Friday, to screen. Directed by Kevin Macdonald, \"Whitney\" paints an intimate portrait of the Grammy-winning pop queen and movie star through interviews with her brothers, her mother, friends, and behind-the-scenes footage. Houston's regal image over the decades was eroded by erratic behavior due to her drug use; she died in 2012, on the eve of the Grammys, after being discovered unresponsive in a hotel bathtub. She was 48.\nIt's the second documentary on Houston: \"Whitney: Can I Be Me\" was released earlier this year.\nPatricia Houston, wife of Gary Garland-Houston, said it was difficult making \"Whitney\" because it hit so close to home — and because she was the one who had to tell Cissy Houston not only that there were abuse allegations, but they would be in the film.\n\"It was deeply a revelation for her. You think about her, and it being a bit overbearing for her to hear — and her kids not telling her. That's pretty tough to have to deal with,\" said Houston.\nDee Dee Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston and sister to Dionne Warwick, was the alleged abuser. The alleged incidents took place when Gary and Whitney were between the ages of 7 and 9 and Cissy was touring. Warwick, who was 18 years older than Whitney Houston, died in 2008.\nThe documentary suggests that the sexual abuse endured by the children was a significant contributor to their struggles with drugs as adults.\n\"I don't think you can explain anyone's life from one particular event that's happened to them. But I think that it's certainly fair to say that it's maybe, in my opinion, the major contributor to Whitney's unhappiness,\" MacDonald said. \"That and the fact that she never talked about it, and that nobody in the family talked about this and clearly it happened as you'd learned in the film.\"\nMacDonald says the secrets in Houston's life took their toll on the Grammy-winning singer. He cites a clip in the film shot in the mid-2000s that shows her in conflict.\n\"I think there's an amazing piece of home movie footage in the film, which was from the early 2000s where Whitney is sort of really looking despairing. ... she's talking to herself, really going, 'Nippy calling Whitney. Whitney calling Nippy.' And Nippy was her sort of nickname that everybody close to her knew her as Nippy. And Nippy was the real her, as it were, the intimate her. Whitney was the persona,\" Macdonald said.\n\"I think what you see in that home movie clip is this confusion that she has. I think it got progressively worse as she got older. The confusion between what's the real me, and what's not the real me. And obviously, the drugs didn't help with that,\" Macdonald said."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Retiring US rep says he didn't face charges
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"PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the announcement by U.S. Rep. Bob Brady 's announcement he won't seek re-election (all times local):\n1:45 p.m.\nU.S. Rep. Bob Brady of Philadelphia says he decided to retire so he could spend more time with his family, not because of the corruption case dogging him.\nThe FBI has said it believes Brady's campaign unlawfully concealed a $90,000 payment to get a primary opponent to quit the race in 2012.\nThree people have already pleaded guilty in the case but Brady has not been charged. The congressman said Wednesday his lawyers told him he would not face charges because of the statute of limitations.\nHe said, \"I did nothing wrong.\"\nBrady has served in Congress for two decades and has been Philadelphia's Democratic Party boss going back 30 years.\nHe said it's time \"to come back home.\"\n__\n12:50 a.m.\nU.S. Rep. Bob Brady of Philadelphia won't seek another term in Congress, giving up the seat he's held for two decades.\nBrady and his lawyer revealed the news to reporters and Democratic Party ward leaders in Philadelphia on Wednesday.\nThe 72-year-old Brady was facing a potentially stiff primary challenge from former city official Nina Ahmad. His decision comes after the FBI investigated a payment his campaign made to a primary opponent in 2012.\nCourt documents made public in November showed the FBI believed Brady unlawfully concealed the $90,000 payment to get the primary opponent to quit the race. Brady has denied any wrongdong.\nLast month, a political consultant for Brady pleaded guilty to lying about the payment."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about 1st Source Elects Two Women Leaders to Board of Directors
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"SOUTH BEND, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--1st Source Corporation announces the election to its Board and to the 1st Source Bank Board of Melody Birmingham-Byrd, President of Duke Energy Indiana, and Lisa W. Hershman, Deputy Chief Management Officer, U.S. Department of Defense. Together, these new leaders bring years of experience and insight in business and operational management, engineering and talent development to 1st Source Corporation and 1st Source Bank. Both women have operational and financial experience in their respective areas of expertise. “We are pleased to add these two new Board Members who bring us greater diversity of thought and experience in operations, change management, energy production and distribution, and public outreach. Their backgrounds and experience will blend well with our already strong Board,” stated Chris Murphy, Chairman of 1st Source Bank.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005980/en/\nMelody Birmingham-Byrd, President of Duke Energy Indiana, elected to Board of Directors for 1st Source Corporation. (Photo: Business Wire)\nMelody Birmingham-Byrd has 24 years of leadership and managerial experience in the electric power generation and automotive manufacturing industries. She is experienced in managing construction, maintenance, operations, engineering, resource and project management as well as regulatory affairs, government relations and community affairs. Ms. Birmingham-Byrd currently serves on multiple boards of directors and advisory boards including the Indiana Electric Association, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Special Olympics Indiana, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, The American Association of Blacks in Energy and the United Way of Indiana. She also serves on the Financial Research Institute advisory board of The Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, University of Missouri. She has a B.S. in Organizational Leadership and Supervision from Purdue University, an M.B.A. from Strayer University, an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Saint Mary of the Woods College and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. “I am honored to join the board of directors of 1st Source Bank, an institution that has remained committed to its customers and communities for over 150 years. I look forward to helping the board and company leadership continue to build on its legacy and advance its mission,” Birmingham-Byrd commented.\nLisa W. Hershman has 31 years of leadership and management experience in consulting, turnarounds, business process management, operational management and engineering. On April 3, 2018 she was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense. She brings expertise in process management, innovation and redesign, managing mergers and acquisitions, and leadership training and education. Ms. Hershman currently serves on the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and previously served as the Chair of Avnet Inc.’s Executive Women’s Forum, National Secretary of the Business and Professional Women’s Organization, and as Commissioner on the Indiana Commission for Women. She has been a board member for the Center of Interactive Learning and Collaboration, the Consortium for Advanced Management International, and The Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series. She also served on the Advisory Council for the Entrepreneurship Center of Miller College of Business at Ball State University. She has a B.S. in Industrial Distribution (Engineering and Management) from Clarkson University, an Executive Certificate in Innovation through IMD/MIT, and an Executive Certificate in Finance from Cornell University. “I am pleased to be joining the Board of a company so committed to the success of the communities it serves and ensuring that its people and the company are part of the social and economic fabric of each of its Indiana and Michigan communities,” Hershman added.\nMr. Murphy went on to say, “1st Source is pleased to have these strong leaders join its board of directors and know they will help the company deliver on its mission to help our clients achieve security, build wealth, and realize their dreams, giving them straight talk and sound advice keeping their best interests in mind for the long term.”\nBoth directors are being elected to terms that end April 2021 and will be subject to reelection at that time.\n1st Source Corporation, parent company of 1st Source Bank, has assets of $6.05 billion and is the largest locally controlled financial institution headquartered in the northern Indiana-southwestern Michigan area. The Corporation includes 79 banking centers, 23 1st Source Bank Specialty Finance Group locations nationwide, eight Wealth Advisory Services locations and ten 1st Source Insurance offices. For more than 150 years, 1st Source has been committed to our mission of helping our clients achieve security, build wealth and realize their dreams. For more information, visit www.1stsource.com.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005980/en/\nCONTACT: 1st Source Corporation\nSara Jenning, 574-235-2128\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA ILLINOIS INDIANA MICHIGAN\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY UTILITIES OTHER ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BANKING FINANCE INSURANCE DEFENSE OTHER DEFENSE\nSOURCE: 1st Source Corporation\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 11:45 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 11:45 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005980/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Argentina freezes government salaries to cut spending
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"BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Mauricio Macri said Monday that government employees in Argentina won't receive pay raises this year as part of a string of measures aimed at cutting spending.\nMacri also announced the elimination of 1,000 \"political positions\" and the firing of family members appointed as advisers by government ministers. The measure is expected to save the government about $75 million.\nMacri came into office in December 2015 promising to revive Argentina's economy and fight entrenched corruption. Although he is credited with ending a longstanding dispute that returned Argentina to global credit markets after more than 14 years, he has struggled to attract badly needed foreign investment.\nAt home, the government's austerity move comes just as Argentines are facing increases in fuel, utilities and transportation costs that have harmed Macri's popularity ratings. His government also faced violent protests in December over a pension overhaul bill that was ultimately approved by Congress.\n\"If Argentines chip in, all of us who are part of politics must make twice the effort and lead by example,\" Macri said at the presidential palace after returning from Europe, where he met with potential investors.\nThe pay freeze and other moves are expected to have a limited impact on the annual budget. But Macri said he hopes it can be followed by mayors and governors to reduce Argentina's high deficit."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about NYPD: Responding to report of Times Square area explosion
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"NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department says it is responding to a report of an explosion near Times Square.\nThe response is centered in the area of the Port Authority bus terminal.\nIt's led to delays along some of the subway lines that pass beneath the bus terminal.\nSome passengers have been evacuated as a precaution.\nThere were no immediate reports of injuries."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about WORLD SPORTS at 1330 GMT
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"TOP STORY:\nSOC--LIVERPOOL-ROMA\nLIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool and Roma started the Champions League as outsiders. Now they meet in the semifinals, with the first leg at Anfield. By Steve Douglas. UPCOMING: 600 words by 2100, GMT.\nNEW/DEVELOPING:\nOLY--TOKYO 2020-INSPECTORS\nTOKYO — The head of an IOC inspection team urged organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be more direct answering questions about progress and planning on Tuesday. The advice from John Coates, which followed a two-day inspection tour, came a week after several sports federations openly criticized Tokyo's preparations. The games are just over two years away. By Stephen Wade. SENT: 550 words, photos.\nTEN--BARCELONA OPEN\nBARCELONA, Spain — David Goffin faces Marcel Granollers in the second round of the Barcelona Open. UPCOMING: 200 words by 1900 GMT.\nBBO--BABE RUTH-60TH HR BAT\nNEW YORK — As part of its collection of Babe Ruth items, the Baseball Hall of Fame says it has the bat the slugger used to hit his then-record 60th home run in 1927. A private collector also claims to own the bat, and he's selling it at auction. PSA/DNA, one of the leading sports memorabilia authenticators, supports his assertion. By Vin A. Cherwoo. SENT: 820 words, photos.\nFOOTBALL:\nSOC--BAYERN-REAL MADRID-HISTORY\nMADRID — They are two of the biggest clubs in the world, both with enough trophies to fill a warehouse. They are Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. On Wednesday, the giants of European soccer will meet yet again in the Champions League semifinals. The first leg is in Munich. By Tales Azzoni. SENT: 610 words, photos.\nSOC--SALZBURG'S SUCCESS\nVIENNA — Although the desired breakthrough in the Champions League has yet to happen, Salzburg is finally enjoying the European success it has been targeting for more than a decade. The Austrian club is in the semifinals of the Europa League, the only team from outside the top five leagues still in the race for a European cup this season. By Eric Willemsen. SENT: 730 words, photos.\nOther Stories:\n— BBO--BASEBALL CAPSULES — Skaggs shuts down Astros; Angels win 2-0 after call reversed. SENT: 1,480 words, photos.\n— BKN--NBA PLAYOFF CAPSULES — Rockets use 50-point 3rd quarter to blow out Timberwolves. SENT: 320 words, photos.\n— HKN--NHL PLAYOFF CAPSULES — Capitals beat Blue Jackets in Game 6 to advance to 2nd round. SENT: 310 words, photos.\nYOUR QUERIES: Questions and story requests are welcome. Contact your local AP bureau or the AP International Sports Desk in London by telephone at +44 207 427 4224 or email lonsports@ap.org."
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I am asking in the domain of entertainment. Tell me about Fate of young immigrants divides Dems on last-minute budget
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats stand divided over whether to fight now or later about the fate of some 800,000 immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children.\nHouse Democrats want the issue resolved in the broad spending bill. Some Senate Democrats would rather deal with the issue next year, ahead of President Donald Trump's March deadline.\nThe fate of these \"Dreamers\" is among the trickiest issues to resolve as Washington seeks to avert a Christmas government shutdown.\nFor Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez, there is no more important issue in the year-end budget showdown.\nBut at the top of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's list of political concerns are the re-election bids of 10 Senate Democrats in states Trump won. They want nothing to do with shutting down the government over immigration."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about 77 immigrants found in truck near California-Mexico border
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"BOULEVARD, Calif. (AP) — Seventy-seven people who entered the United States illegally were found packed inside a sweltering truck near the Mexico border, and the driver was charged with transporting people for financial gain, authorities said.\nFive children were among those found Monday evening in the cargo area of a brown truck painted to resemble a United Parcel Service vehicle, authorities said.\nThe California Highway Patrol pulled the truck over because it had no tags and was weaving on Old Highway 80 in Boulevard, a tiny desert community in San Diego County about five miles from the border.\nA U.S. Border Patrol agent passing by on patrol stopped and asked the CHP officer if he would like assistance, the Union-Tribune said, citing a criminal complaint.\nWhen the agent approached, he saw the truck was riding low. The agent \"could smell body odor mixed with a distinct type of pungent soap which is commonly used in Mexico,\" according to the criminal complaint filed Tuesday.\nThe records say the driver gave permission for the agent to open the truck.\nInside, he saw people sweating and standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the hot cargo area, the complaint said, noting they were from Mexico and some acknowledged they had entered the U.S. illegally.\nThe driver, Shawn Lee Seiler, said he was a U.S. citizen, \"stated that he is an alien smuggler\" and expected to be paid $100 per immigrant, according to the complaint.\nSeiler had been told he would be carrying 50 people in the truck to San Diego and was surprised to learn there were 77, the documents state.\nSeiler and two men who previously had been deported to Mexico were charged Tuesday in San Diego federal court with transporting of \"certain aliens\" for financial gain. The two men also were charged with being deportees who were in the country illegally.\nMessages left for Seiler's court-appointed attorney, Nancy Bryn Rosenfeld, were not immediately returned Wednesday.\nA similar scene greeted authorities last week in Texas when Border Patrol agents found 76 immigrants, including 13 children, lying on the floor or crouched against the walls in a tractor-trailer rig.\nThe immigrants from Mexico and Central America were found when the semitrailer rig was stopped at a border checkpoint about 35 miles north of Laredo.\nSmuggling organizations \"view these individuals as mere commodities without regard for their safety,\" Gabriel Acosta, assistant chief patrol agent for the Laredo Border Patrol sector, said Monday.\n___\nInformation from: The San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.utsandiego.com"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves
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"BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (AP) — The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir could only recognize his friends by the colors of their shorts.\nKadir and 14 others, all Rohingya Muslims, had been choosing players for the soccer-like game of chinlone when the gunfire began. By the time the soldiers stopped shooting at the Myanmar village of Gu Dar Pyin, only Kadir and two teammates were still alive.\nDays later, Kadir found six of his friends lying among the bodies in two graves.\nThey are among more than five mass graves, all previously unreported, that have been confirmed by The Associated Press through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos. The Myanmar government regularly claims massacres like Gu Dar Pyin never happened, and has acknowledged only one mass grave containing 10 \"terrorists\" in the village of Inn Din. The AP's findings, however, suggest not only the military's slaughter of civilians but the presence of many more graves with many more people.\nThe graves are the newest piece of evidence for what looks increasingly like a genocide in Myanmar's western Rakhine state against the Rohingya, a long-persecuted ethnic Muslim minority in the predominantly Buddhist country. Repeated calls Wednesday and Thursday to Myanmar's military communications office were unanswered. Htun Naing, a local security police officer in Buthidaung township, where the village is located, said he \"hasn't heard of such mass graves.\"\nMyanmar has cut off access to Gu Dar Pyin, so it's unclear just how many people died, but satellite images obtained by the AP from DigitalGlobe show a village decimated. Community leaders have compiled a list of 75 dead so far, and villagers estimate the toll could be as high as 400, based on testimony from relatives and the bodies they've seen in the graves and strewn about the area.\nAlmost every villager interviewed by the AP saw three large mass graves at Gu Dar Pyin's northern entrance, near the main road, where witnesses say soldiers herded and killed most of the Rohingya. A handful of witnesses confirmed two other big graves near a hillside cemetery, and smaller graves scattered around the village.\nIn the videos obtained by the AP, dating to 13 days after the killing began, blue-green puddles of acid sludge surround corpses without heads and torsos that jut out from the earth, skeletal hands seeming to claw at the ground.\nSurvivors said soldiers planned the Aug. 27 attack, and tried to hide what they had done. They came to the slaughter armed not only with rifles, knives, rocket launchers and grenades, but also with shovels to dig pits and acid to burn away faces and hands so that the bodies could not be recognized.\nAfter more than 200 soldiers swept into Gu Dar Pyin around noon, Mohammad Sha, 37, a shop owner and farmer, hid in a grove of coconut trees near a river with more than 100 others. They watched as the military searched Muslim homes and dozens of Buddhist neighbors, their faces partly covered with scarves, loaded the possessions they found into about 10 pushcarts. Then the soldiers burned down the homes, shooting anyone who couldn't flee, Sha said.\nMohammad Younus, 25, was crawling on his hands and knees after being shot twice when his brother carried him to some underbrush, where Younus lay for seven hours. At one point, he saw three trucks stop and begin loading dead bodies before heading off toward the cemetery.\nBuddhist villagers then moved through Gu Dar Pyin in a sort of mopping-up operation, using knives to cut the throats of the injured, survivors said, and pitching the young and the elderly into fires.\nThousands of people from the area hid deep in the jungle, stranded without food except for the leaves and trees they tried to eat. From about 10 miles away another group of villagers watched from a mountain as Gu Dar Pyin burned, the flames and smoke snaking up into the sky.\nIn the days and weeks after the attack, villagers braved the soldiers to try to find whatever was left of their loved ones. Dozens of bodies littered the paths and compounds of the wrecked homes; they filled latrine pits. The survivors soon learned that taller, darker green patches of rice shoots in the paddies marked the spots where the dead had fallen.\nBloated bodies began to rise to the surface of the rain-saturated graves.\n\"There were so many bodies in so many different places,\" said Mohammad Lalmia, 20, a farmer whose family owned a pond that became the largest of the mass graves. \"They couldn't hide all the death.\"\nEleven days after the attack, Lalmia was fleeing soldiers patrolling near the mosque when he discovered a human hand sticking out of a cleared patch of earth. Lalmia counted about 10 bodies on the grave's surface and estimated it held at least another 10.\nLalmia and other villagers also saw another large grave in the area, and smaller graves containing as many as 10 bodies scattered about the village.\nOn Sept. 9, villager Mohammad Karim, 26, captured three videos of mass graves time-stamped between 10:12 a.m. and 10:14 a.m., when soldiers chased him away, he said. In the Bangladesh refugee camps, nearly two dozen other Rohingya from Gu Dar Pyin confirmed that the videos showed mass graves in the north of the village.\nAbout 15 days after the massacre, Rohima Khatu, 45, searched for her husband in the graves at Gu Dar Pyin's northern entrance, trying to identify him by his clothes.\n\"There were dead bodies everywhere, bones and body parts, all decomposing, so I couldn't tell which one was my husband,\" Khatu said. \"I was weeping while I was there. I was crying loudly, 'Where did you go? Where did you go?'\"\n\"I have lost everything.\"\n___\nFoster Klug has covered Asia for the AP since 2005. Follow on www.twitter.com/apklug"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Earnings drive gains for US stocks in morning trading
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"Stocks moved higher in morning trading Wednesday after several big U.S. companies reported strong quarterly results. Technology companies accounted for much of the market's gain, outweighing losses in health care and other sectors. Oil prices headed lower. The market was coming off a two-day losing streak and its biggest drop since August.\nKEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,830 as of 10:43 a.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 185 points, or 0.7 percent, to 24,262. The Nasdaq added 34 points, or 0.5 percent, to 7,436. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks picked up 6 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,589.\nTHE FED SPEAKS: Investors were awaiting the Federal Reserve's latest policy statement, which was due out Wednesday afternoon. The statement follows a two-day meeting of the central bank's policymakers, including Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who is stepping down when her term expires at the end of this week. The Fed has signaled it could raise its benchmark interest rate three times this year, but analysts don't expect the first hike to be announced before the Fed's March meeting.\nTECH SURGE: Technology companies posted solid gains, recouping some of their losses from a day earlier. Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices added 72 cents, or 5.6 percent, to $13.59, while Electronic Arts rose $11.58, or 9.8 percent, to $130.28.\nHIGH FLYER: Boeing climbed 5.8 percent after the aerospace giant's latest quarterly earnings topped Wall Street's expectations. The stock, which has been the biggest gainer in the Dow over the past year, added $19.75 to $357.46.\nENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude fell 14 cents to $64.36 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, declined 16 cents to $68.36 in London.\nBOND YIELDS: Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.73 percent from 2.72 percent late Tuesday.\nCURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 108.94 yen from 108.78 yen on Tuesday. The euro strengthened to $1.2454 from $1.2404.\nMARKETS OVERSEAS: Germany's DAX was flat, while France's CAC 40 gained 0.1 percent. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.4 percent. In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell 0.8 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.9 percent. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 added 0.3 percent."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to create health care company "free from profit-making incentives "
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to create health care company \"free from profit-making incentives \"."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Trump's SOTU guests include welder, parents of gang victims
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's guests for his State of the Union speech Tuesday include an Ohio welder who will benefit from his tax overhaul plan and the parents of two Long Island teenagers who were believed to be killed by MS-13 gang members.\nAmong his other guests are rescuers who battled wildfires in California and flooding in Texas, as well as a Marine who re-enlisted after losing his legs and going blind from a roadside bomb.\nThe guests will be seated in the box of first lady Melania Trump. Many have been selected to amplify the speech's theme, which White House officials have said is \"building a safe, strong and proud America.\"\nThe president's address to Congress last year took an emotional turn when he introduced the widow of a Navy SEAL killed in a raid in Yemen.\nThe full list of attendees, according to the White House:\n— Corey Adams, a welder in Dayton, Ohio, who plans to invest his extra savings from the tax overhaul plan into his daughters' education fund.\n— Elizabeth Alvarado and Robert Mickens, the parents of Nisa Mickens, and Evelyn Rodriguez and Freddy Cuevas, the parents of Kayla Cuevas. Nisa and Kayla's 2016 slayings were attributed to the MS-13 gang.\n— Retired Cpl. Matthew Bradford, who stepped on a roadside bomb in 2007 while deployed in Iraq. He was blinded and lost his legs. After surgery, he re-enlisted in the Marine Corps, becoming the first blind, double amputee to do so.\n— Jon Bridgers, founder of the Cajun Navy, a nonprofit rescue and recovery group that provided aid to people in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey.\n— David Dahlberg, a Southern California firefighter who saved 62 children and staff members from a wildfire that had encircled their camp.\n— Officer Ryan Holets, a policeman in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who with his wife adopted a baby from parents who suffered from opioid addiction.\n— Ashlee Leppert, a Coast Guard technician who rescued dozens of people during last year's storms.\n— Celestino \"CJ\" Martinez, a supervisory special agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit whose investigations have led to more than 100 arrests of MS-13 gang members.\n— Staff Sgt. Justin Peck, a soldier credited with saving the life of Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy after a roadside bomb exploded in Syria in November.\n— Preston Sharp, who launched the Flag and Flower Challenge to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers.\n— Steve Staub and Sandy Keplinger, the owners of a Dayton, Ohio, manufacturing company that gave their employees a larger-than-expected Christmas bonus after the GOP tax law was enacted."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Poles protest the forced retirements of judges under new law
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"WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Anti-government protesters are rallying in front of Poland's Supreme Court in Warsaw to show support for the rule of law and for the court's president, who is being forced to retire under a new judicial overhaul.\nThe crowd chanted \"Judges are not removable!\" and \"Constitution!\" on Wednesday as the court's First President Malgorzata Gersdorf showed up for work, saying that according to the constitution, her six-year term runs through 2020.\nGersdorf thanked the crowd and said she was acting to protect Poland's rule of law.\nProtests started this week after the right-wing ruling party mandated a new lower retirement age for Poland's Supreme Court justices. The law, which took effect Tuesday, is forcing the chief justice and as many as one-third of the court's 72 sitting judges to step down."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about BC-US--Coffee, US
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"New York (AP) — Coffee futures trading on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Tuesday:\n(37,500 lbs.; cents per lb.)"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Israeli defense chief: Lebanon will pay for Iranian meddling
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"TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's defense minister says that should war erupt again with Lebanon that country will \"pay the full price\" for Iran's entrenchment.\nAvidgor Lieberman says Wednesday that Hezbollah guerrillas have sacrificed Lebanon's national interests by subjugating fully to Iran. He says, as a result, all of Lebanon will be fair game in a future war.\nSpeaking to the Institute for National Security Studies' annual conference, Lieberman says the Lebanese army will be targeted and \"if citizen of Tel Aviv are forced to sit in shelters, all of Beirut will too.\"\nIsrael and Hezbollah fought a fierce, monthlong war in 2006.\nIsrael has recently been warning of Iran's increasing efforts to turn Lebanon into \"one giant missile site.\" Israel's chief military spokesman this week said it was \"prepared for all the scenarios.\""
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Second Philippine mayor assassinated in two days
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"TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—A Philippine mayor in Nueva Ecija Province had been shot dead at close range in Cabanatuan, located north of Manila, by a gunman who rode a motorcycle, becoming the second mayor to have fallen victim to assassination in two days, Philippine police said on Tuesday, according to media reports.\nLocal police chief Adrian Gabriel said that when Ferdinand Bote and his driver were leaving a government office in a SUV, the gunman approached the vehicle and shot him dead, the reports said.\nBote, 57, was mayor of General Tinio, which is located about 140 kilometers north of the Philippine capital. He became the 12th elected local official murdered since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office two years ago, according to the reports.\nPolice said in their initial report that Bote was shot multiple times by a handgun and that the driver, who was not injured, had got away, according to the reports. Police found at least 18 shells at the crime scene.\nHarry Roque, a spokesperson for Duterte, said the Philippine government will get to the bottom of the latest crime, the reports said.\nAt around 8:30 a.m. on July 2. Antonio Halili, mayor of Tanauan, located about 65 kilometers south of Manila, was shot dead by a sniper while attending a flag raising ceremony on the square in front of the city hall, according to the reports."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Expanded Conference Glance
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"All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 50 34 13 3 71 176 128 17-5-1 17-8-2 9-3-1 Boston 48 29 11 8 66 157 119 16-6-4 13-5-4 10-1-2 Washington 50 30 15 5 65 155 141 19-7-1 11-8-4 9-4-3 Toronto 52 29 18 5 63 167 146 14-8-2 15-10-3 6-4-1 Pittsburgh 52 28 21 3 59 156 155 18-7-1 10-14-2 10-4-0 New Jersey 49 25 16 8 58 147 147 13-8-3 12-8-5 5-6-1 Columbus 50 27 19 4 58 133 140 16-8-1 11-11-3 8-5-2 Philadelphia 50 24 18 8 56 144 146 13-9-4 11-9-4 5-3-4 N.Y. Rangers 50 25 20 5 55 153 151 17-8-3 8-12-2 7-6-3 N.Y. Islanders 52 25 22 5 55 173 189 13-8-3 12-14-2 7-7-1 Carolina 50 23 19 8 54 139 155 11-7-4 12-12-4 6-5-3 Florida 48 20 22 6 46 136 159 11-8-3 9-14-3 6-4-1 Detroit 48 19 21 8 46 126 146 10-10-7 9-11-1 6-9-2 Montreal 50 20 24 6 46 130 159 12-10-5 8-14-1 9-6-2 Ottawa 48 15 24 9 39 125 168 9-11-5 6-13-4 5-8-3 Buffalo 50 14 27 9 37 115 166 6-13-3 8-14-6 3-5-2 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Vegas 49 33 12 4 70 168 130 19-3-2 14-9-2 12-1-1 Winnipeg 51 30 13 8 68 167 137 18-3-1 12-10-7 7-5-2 Nashville 48 29 12 7 65 146 125 16-5-3 13-7-4 10-4-2 St. Louis 52 31 18 3 65 151 131 18-10-0 13-8-3 7-4-1 Dallas 51 28 19 4 60 155 137 17-8-1 11-11-3 7-10-0 San Jose 49 26 16 7 59 145 138 14-7-3 12-9-4 12-2-3 Los Angeles 50 27 18 5 59 142 121 12-9-3 15-9-2 6-9-3 Minnesota 50 27 18 5 59 147 142 17-4-4 10-14-1 8-8-0 Anaheim 51 25 17 9 59 144 142 14-9-3 11-8-6 8-5-5 Colorado 49 27 18 4 58 160 143 18-7-1 9-11-3 7-6-1 Calgary 50 25 17 8 58 139 139 12-12-3 13-5-5 8-6-3 Chicago 50 24 19 7 55 148 137 12-10-3 12-9-4 6-7-2 Edmonton 49 22 24 3 47 135 157 11-13-1 11-11-2 10-2-0 Vancouver 50 20 24 6 46 131 162 9-13-3 11-11-3 5-9-1 Arizona 50 12 29 9 33 118 172 6-15-3 6-14-6 1-7-5\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nTuesday's Games\nMinnesota 3, Columbus 2, SO\nPittsburgh 5, San Jose 2\nFlorida 4, N.Y. Islanders 1\nAnaheim 3, Boston 1\nCarolina 2, Ottawa 1\nNew Jersey 3, Buffalo 1\nWinnipeg 3, Tampa Bay 1\nSt. Louis 3, Montreal 1\nChicago 2, Nashville 1\nLos Angeles 3, Dallas 0\nVegas 4, Calgary 2\nVancouver 4, Colorado 3, OT\nWednesday's Games\nToronto 5, N.Y. Islanders 0\nWashington 5, Philadelphia 3\nSan Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nToronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nMontreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSt. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nAnaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nDallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.\nChicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nFriday's Games\nWashington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nDetroit at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSan Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.\nSaturday's Games\nOttawa at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.\nAnaheim at Montreal, 1 p.m.\nDetroit at Florida, 7 p.m.\nPittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nSt. Louis at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nColumbus at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.\nColorado at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.\nToronto at Boston, 7 p.m.\nN.Y. Rangers at Nashville, 8 p.m.\nMinnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nChicago at Calgary, 10 p.m.\nArizona at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about A-Rod: Yankees' "breathtaking" offense could break records
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"TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez thinks the New York Yankees' \"breathtaking\" offense could break records this season.\nRodriguez arrived at spring training Monday and had high praise for a lineup led by Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius. A-Rod is a team special adviser who has worked with a number of New York's younger players.\n\"Happy to be back and see so much talent,\" Rodriguez said Monday night. \"It's breathtaking.\"\nThe Yankees added Stanton, the NL MVP after hitting 59 homers and driving in 132 last season, in a December trade with Miami. Judge had 52 homers and 114 RBIs in winning the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year Award. Sanchez added 33 homers, and Gregorius went deep 25 times.\n\"I can't remember a time to see that type of lineup one-through-nine,\" Rodriguez said.\nRodriguez and Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner worked out a deal during the offseason to keep the former slugger involved with the team.\n\"Love to spend the rest of my life as a Yankee,\" Rodriguez said."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Survey: US companies added healthy 234,000 jobs in January
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses continued to hire at a healthy pace in January, a sign the economy is off to a solid start for the year.\nPayroll processor ADP said Wednesday that companies added 234,000 jobs, led by big gains in services firms, such as hotels, restaurants, retail, education and health.\nJob gains at that pace are easily enough to drive down the already-low unemployment rate over time. The rate has remained at 4.1 percent for the past three months. Businesses are optimistic about the economy, particularly after the President Donald Trump's tax overhaul was approved last month.\nStill, ADP's data and government figures frequently diverge. In December, ADP's report showed employers added 242,000 jobs. But government data indicated just 148,000 jobs were added."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Bradley Cooper teases "A Star is Born" at CinemaCon
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"LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bradley Cooper has unveiled the first trailer for his directorial debut \"A Star is Born\" for CinemaCon attendees Tuesday evening to hearty applause.\nCooper stars in his remake of \"A Star Is Born\" alongside Lady Gaga as a burgeoning singer. He says his co-star is a revelation in the film.\nCooper told the audience of theater owners and exhibitors that he knows that this movie is a big swing, but says you can't control what moves you.\n\"A Star is Born\" is three years in the making, and features live-singing on real stages at festivals like Glastonbury and Coachella.\nIt hits theaters on Oct. 5."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about The Latest: Judge rejects mistrial bid in Copperfield trial
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"LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on civil trial involving Las Vegas Strip headliner David Copperfield and a British tourist who claims he was seriously hurt in a fall while taking part in a signature Copperfield illusion in 2013 (all times local):\n12:30 p.m.\nA judge in Las Vegas has rejected a call by David Copperfield's attorney for a mistrial based on the amount of media coverage that a civil negligence lawsuit involving the world-famous illusionist is getting.\nAttorney Elaine Fresch complained Tuesday about interviews involving plaintiff Gavin Cox's attorney, Benedict Morelli.\nFresch noted that one interview aired on CBS-TV just hours before proceedings resumed.\nUnder questioning by Nevada state court Judge Mark Denton, three jurors said they turned off broadcasts when they saw references to the case on the news during a five-day break in the civil trial.\nThe judge allowed the trial to resume.\nCopperfield is on the stand answering questions from Morelli about whether Copperfield knew of anyone besides Cox who was injured taking part in the magician's audience-volunteer illusion over nearly 20 years he has performed it.\n____\n9 a.m.\nLas Vegas Strip headliner David Copperfield is due to return to the witness stand in a lawsuit by a British tourist who claims he was seriously hurt in a fall while taking part in one of Copperfield's signature illusions in 2013.\nThe magician resumes testimony Tuesday after last week revealing secrets behind a trick that appears to make volunteer audience members vanish onstage and appear a few moments later in the back of the theater.\nPlaintiff Gavin Cox of Kent, England, alleges he fell after being hurried by stagehands through an MGM Grand hotel alleyway coated with a powdery residue near a trailer-sized trash bin.\nCopperfield's lawyers lost pretrial bids to close proceedings to the public to avoid revealing performance secrets\nCox and his wife are seeking unspecified damages."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about 3 murdered Mexican film students caught in gang turf battle
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"MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three vanished film students whose case had become emblematic of Mexico's 30,000 missing people were killed after being caught unaware in the midst of a drug gang turf battle.\nProsecutors in the western state of Jalisco said late Monday the three were abducted by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel because they were filming a school project at a house used by the rival Nueva Plaza gang. The students were using the residence on the outskirts of the city of Guadalajara because it belonged to one of their aunts.\n\"Without knowing it, the students were in a very dangerous place which was being watched by hit men from the New Generation cartel,\" the prosecutor's office said. The aunt was implicated in a human trafficking case involving prostitution at massage parlors in the city of Guadalajara.\nThe students' fate horrified Mexico: Prosecutors said they were killed and their bodies dissolved in acid.\n\"Words can't describe the dimension of this madness,\" Oscar-winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro wrote on Twitter. \"Three students are killed and dissolved in acid. The 'why' is unthinkable, the 'how' is terrifying.\"\nProsecutors said the New Generation cartel lookouts who were watching the house mistook the students for rival gang members and abducted them on a road after they left the house.\nProsecutors said the gang took the students to a safe house and interrogated them. The gang beat one student so badly he died, leading them to kill the other two.\nThey then took them to another house, where prosecutors found jugs and tubs of sulfuric acid.\nTraces of blood and the DNA of two of the students were found at the houses.\nInvestigators also found fake detectives' credentials at the houses; the killers apparently posed as detectives when they pulled the students over.\nOne gang leader had already been arrested at the aunt's house in 2015 and police had received reports of armed men hanging out at the property in 2017."
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2596
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Amish leader wants hair-cutting convictions overturned
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"CLEVELAND (AP) — The leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio convicted in hair- and beard-cutting attacks is pushing to get his convictions overturned using arguments already rejected in court.\nAn attorney for 72-year-old Samuel Mullet Sr. says Mullet's previous lawyer made mistakes during trial and in prior appeals.\nIn a Monday court filing, prosecutors say there were no errors that amounted to Mullet's rights to due process being violated, and a judge should reject his request.\nDefense attorneys say the 2011 hair- and beard-cutting attacks stemmed from family disputes. Prosecutors say the motive was religious, as hair and beards have spiritual significance in the Amish faith.\nMullet is serving an 11-year sentence. Of the 16 Amish community members convicted in the case, only Mullet remains imprisoned."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Goodwin Relocates Growing Silicon Valley Office to Downtown Redwood City
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"REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--Global 50 law firm Goodwin announced today that it has relocated its Silicon Valley office from Menlo Park to 601 Marshall Street in downtown Redwood City. The move aligns with the continued expansion of the firm’s corporate and litigation practices in the Silicon Valley and the Bay Area.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005513/en/\nRibbon-cutting ceremony at Goodwin's new 601 Marshall Street office in downtown Redwood City. Left to Right: Goodwin's Chief Operating Officer Michael Caplan, Chair of the Business Law Department Mark Macenka, Redwood City Council Member Janet Borgens, Goodwin's Silicon Valley Office Chair Lynda Galligan, Chairman David Hashmall, Partner and Real Estate Counsel Alexander Randall, Chief Administrative Officer Michelle Duerr-Condia, Redwood City Council Member Shelly Masur, Goodwin's Chair of the Litigation Department Jeffrey Simes (Photo: Business Wire)\n“Goodwin’s Silicon Valley office has grown to more than 100 lawyers and staff since launching just over ten years ago,” said Goodwin’s Chairman David Hashmall. “We have been fortunate to attract some of the brightest and most sought-after talent who represent many of today’s most innovative companies. In the process, Goodwin has become a household name in the Valley. Our beautiful office in Redwood City is both a testament to what we have accomplished so far and – with its modern, centrally-located space – a fitting home for our continued growth.”\nAs the anchor tenant, Goodwin occupies floors six through eight of the brand new, pre-certified LEED Platinum building at 601 Marshall Street. The office spans 75,000 square feet, including a 2,700 square foot outdoor terrace.\n“We have designed our space in Redwood City with Goodwin’s culture of collaboration top of mind,” said Lynda Galligan, Chair of Goodwin’s Silicon Valley office. “The new office is open, bright and welcoming, and it reflects perfectly who we are as a firm. Moving to downtown Redwood City also seemed like an obvious choice for us. Here, we can be more connected to the Silicon Valley community, our clients and the technology industry than ever before, as we continue to grow our key corporate and litigation practices.”\nGoodwin’s Silicon Valley office represents venture capital and private equity firms, entrepreneurs and companies at all stages of growth across a wide range of market sectors in the technology and life sciences industries. The office offers litigation counsel and representation for companies faced with government investigations and enforcement proceedings, securities litigation and shareholder disputes, patent litigation, trade secret litigation, as well as trademark and technology licensing disputes. The office also provides experienced white collar defense.\nThe firm’s Silicon Valley address is as follows: 601 Marshall Street, Redwood City, CA 94063. The office’s phone and fax numbers remain unchanged.\nThe move follows last year’s relocation of Goodwin’s London, Paris and Frankfurt offices to new, expanded spaces.\nAbout Goodwin\nAt Goodwin, we use law to achieve unprecedented results for our clients. Our 1,000 plus lawyers across the United States, Europe, and Asia excel at complex transactions, high-stakes litigations and world-class advisory services in the financial, life sciences, private equity, real estate, and technology industries. We partner with our clients to practice law with integrity, ingenuity, agility and ambition. To learn more, visit us at www.goodwinlaw.com and follow us on Twitter at @goodwinlaw and on LinkedIn.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005513/en/\nCONTACT: Goodwin\nKonstantin Shishkin, +1-212-459-7176\nkshishkin@goodwinlaw.com\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEGAL\nSOURCE: Goodwin\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 12:30 PM/DISC: 04/24/2018 12:30 PM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005513/en"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about DC police say 2 arrests made in Turkish embassy melee case
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say two men have been arrested for their role in a violent altercation outside the Turkish ambassador's residence during a visit to Washington by Turkey's president last month.\nThe Metropolitan Police Department said in a brief statement that Sinan Narin had been arrested in Virginia on an aggravated assault charge.\nIt said Eyup Yildirim had been arrested in New Jersey on charges of assault with significant bodily injury and aggravated assault.\nThe department released no further details about the suspects but said additional information would be available Wednesday.\nU.S. officials had strongly criticized the Turkish government after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security forces pushed past police and violently broke up a protest outside the residence on May 16."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Barty, Gavrilova to lead Australia vs Ukraine in Fed Cup
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"CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Ashleigh Barty and Daria Gavrilova will lead Australia in its Fed Cup match against Ukraine, while Ukraine's top-ranked player Elina Svitolina will not be competing.\nTennis Australia said Thursday that No. 16 Barty and No. 25 Gavrilova will be joined by Casey Dellacqua and Destanee Aiava for the World Group II first-round match in Canberra on Feb. 10-11.\nAustralia captain Alicia Molik said \"this is one of the strongest Fed Cup teams we've had in many years.\"\nUkraine prevented Australia from reaching the eight-nation World Group in February of last year, winning 3-1 in Kharkiv. The Canberra winner will play off against one of the four losers in the World Group first round for a place in the final eight.\nSvitolina, a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open who is ranked No. 3, is not making the trip to Canberra.\nThe Fed Cup said on its website that Marta Kostyuk, a 15-year-old qualifier who made the third round at the Australian Open, will lead Ukraine, joined by Lyudmyla Kichenok, Nadiia Kichenok, Dasha Lopatetskaya and captain Mikhail Filima."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Trump reaches 45.6 million viewers for speech
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"NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump reached an audience of 45.6 million people for his first State of the Union address, not enough to give him bragging rights over his predecessor.\nThe Nielsen company said former President Barack Obama drew 48 million people for his first State of the Union in 2010.\nTrump's audience was down from the 47.7 million people who watched his address to the joint session of Congress last February.\nFox News Channel earned the top spot among the individual networks, with 11.5 million viewers during the speech. It was the first time that Fox News, home of Trump-friendly opinion hosts like Sean Hannity, beat all of the networks for the State of the Union, although Fox also was the network of choice for Trump's address to Congress last February.\nNBC (7.1 million) and CBS (7 million) fought for second place. The Fox broadcast network had 3.6 million, CNN had 3.1 million and MSNBC had 2.7 million, Nielsen said."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Sun beats Liberty 96-76 for 1st series win since 2014
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"UNCASVILLE, Connecticut (AP) — Courtney Williams scored 22 points and Jonquel Jones had 19 points and 12 rebounds as Connecticut beat the New York Liberty 96-76 on Wednesday night for the Sun's first win in the series since 2014.\nJones has four double-doubles in her last five games, averaging 17 points and 14.8 rebounds during the span.\nConnecticut raced out to a 24-12 lead and never trailed. Williams scored 15 points in the first half as the Sun built a 45-32 lead and Rachel Banham's back-to-back 3-pointers to open the fourth quarter made it 80-56.\nAlyssa Thomas scored 18 points, and Jasmine Thomas added 14 points and a season-high eight assists for Connecticut (4-5).\nTina Charles picked up her second foul with 4:46 left in the first quarter, had seven points at halftime, and finished with 17 for New York (6-4). Shavonte Zellous scored 16 points, including eight of the Liberty's first 13.\nConnecticut is in fourth place in the WNBA's Eastern Conference, 2 ½ games behind leading Washington.\nOn Thursday, Indiana is hosting Atlanta and Los Angeles is at home to San Antonio.\n___\nThe AP WNBA Power Poll can be found online at: http://collegebasketball.ap.org/ap-wnba-power-poll-week-5"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Taiwan News Weekly Roundup - February 02
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"TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - Top stories on Taiwan News this week included: 7-Eleven Taiwan opens first unmanned X-store, Two Filipino suspects arrested for theft at 2017 Taipei jewelry fair, Massive inferno erupts at CPC refinery in Taoyuan, Super blue red moon appears over Taiwan, Cold wave kills 53 in Taiwan."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Daimler fires manager connected to monkey testing
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"FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Automaker Daimler says it has fired an executive who represented it at an industry-backed organization that commissioned diesel exhaust tests involving monkeys.\nA statement from Daimler AG on Wednesday did not identify by name the executive, citing privacy concerns. It said the executive sat on the top management board of the now-dissolved EUGT entity.\nVolkswagen on Tuesday suspended its head of external relations, who said he knew about the experiments but did not inform the company's then-CEO, Martin Winterkorn.\nThe tests carried about by a lab in New Mexico involved exposing monkeys to diluted exhaust gases from a Volkswagen diesel in an attempt to measure the success of diesel technology in lowering harmful emissions. The New York Times has reported the car was rigged to lower emissions during testing."
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2605
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about 2017 AP All-America Teams
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"The Associated Press All-America teams.\nFIRST TEAM\nOFFENSE\nQuarterback — Baker Mayfield, senior, Oklahoma.\nRunning backs — Bryce Love, junior, Stanford; Rashaad Penny, senior, San Diego State.\nTackles — Orlando Brown, junior, Oklahoma; Mike McGlinchey, senior, Notre Dame.\nGuards — Quenton Nelson, senior, Notre Dame; Braden Smith, senior, Auburn.\nCenter — Billy Price, senior, Ohio State.\nTight end — Mark Andrews, junior, Oklahoma.\nReceivers — James Washington, senior, Oklahoma State; Anthony Miller, senior, Memphis.\nAll-purpose player — Saquon Barkley, junior, Penn State.\nKicker — Matt Gay, junior, Utah.\nDEFENSE\nEnds — Bradley Chubb, senior, North Carolina State; Clelin Ferrell, sophomore, Clemson.\nTackles — Hercules Mata'afa, junior, Washington State; Maurice Hurst, senior, Michigan.\nLinebackers — Roquan Smith, junior, Georgia; Josey Jewell, senior, Iowa; T.J. Edwards, junior, Wisconsin.\nCornerbacks — Josh Jackson, junior, Iowa; Denzel Ward, junior, Ohio State.\nSafeties — Minkah Fitzpatrick, junior, Alabama; DeShon Elliott, junior, Texas.\nPunter — Michael Dickson, junior, Texas.\n___\nSECOND TEAM\nOFFENSE\nQuarterback — Lamar Jackson, junior, Louisville.\nRunning backs — Jonathan Taylor, freshman, Wisconsin; Kerryon Johnson, junior, Auburn.\nTackles — Mitch Hyatt, junior, Clemson; Isaiah Wynn, senior, Georgia.\nGuards — Cody O'Connell, senior, Washington State; Will Hernandez, senior, UTEP.\nCenter — Bradley Bozeman, senior, Alabama.\nTight end — Troy Fumagalli, senior, Wisconsin.\nReceivers — David Sills V, junior, West Virginia; Michael Gallup, senior, Colorado State.\nAll-purpose player — Dante Pettis, senior, Washington.\nKicker — Daniel Carlson, senior, Auburn.\nDEFENSE\nEnds — Sutton Smith, sophomore, Northern Illinois; Nick Bosa, sophomore, Ohio State.\nTackles — Ed Oliver, sophomore, Houston; Christian Wilkins, junior, Clemson.\nLinebackers — Malik Jefferson, junior, Texas; Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, senior, Oklahoma; Dorian O'Daniel, senior, Clemson.\nCornerbacks — Jalen Davis, senior, Utah State; Carlton Davis, junior, Auburn.\nSafeties — Derwin James, junior, Florida State; Justin Reid, junior, Stanford.\nPunter — Johnny Townsend, senior, Florida.\n____\nTHIRD TEAM\nOFFENSE\nQuarterback — Mason Rudolph, senior, Oklahoma State.\nRunning backs — Ronald Jones II, junior, Southern California; Devin Singletary, sophomore, Florida Atlantic.\nTackles — David Edwards, sophomore, Wisconsin; Jonah Williams, sophomore, Alabama.\nGuards — Beau Benzschawel, junior, Wisconsin; Tyrone Crowder, senior, Clemson.\nCenter — Frank Ragnow, senior, Arkansas.\nTight end — Jaylen Samuels, senior, North Carolina State.\nReceivers — Steve Ishmael, senior, Syracuse; A.J. Brown, sophomore, Mississippi.\nAll-purpose player — D.J. Reed, junior, Kansas State.\nKicker — Eddy Piniero, junior, Florida.\nDEFENSE\nEnds — Austin Bryant, junior, Clemson; Mat Boesen, senior, TCU.\nTackles — Vita Vea, junior, Washington; Harrison Phillips, senior, Stanford.\nLinebackers — Micah Kiser, senior, Virginia; Tremaine Edmunds, junior, Virginia Tech; Devin Bush, sophomore, Michigan.\nCornerbacks — Andraez Williams, redshirt freshman, LSU; Jack Jones, sophomore, Southern California.\nSafeties — Armani Watts, senior, Texas A&M; Quin Blanding, senior, Virginia.\nPunter — Mitch Wisnowsky, junior, Utah.\n___\nVoters: Bob Asmussen, Champaign (Illinois) News-Gazette; Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman; Matt Brown, Sports on Earth; Pat Caputo, The Oakland (Michigan) Press; Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News; Robert Cessna, Bryan-College Station (Texas) Eagle; Rece Davis, ESPN; Pat Dooley, Gainesville (Florida) Sun; Dave Foster, Fox 17 WZTV, Nashville, Tennessee; Scott Hamilton, WCOG-AM, Greensboro, North Carolina; Eric Hansen, The South Bend (Indiana) Tribune; Brian Howell, Buffszone.com, Boulder, Colorado; Rob Long, WJZ-FM The Fan, Baltimore; Tony Parks, 1280 AM/97.5 FM KZNS, Salt Lake City; Soren Petro, 810 WHB, Kansas City, Missouri; Keith Sargeant, NJ.com/Star Ledger, Newark, New Jersey; Jon Wilner, San Jose (California) Mercury News.\n___\nFollow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP\n___\nMore AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_Top25"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Girl sings Taiwan national anthem at U.S. baseball game
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"TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A 14-year-old girl moved the public at a baseball game in the U.S. state of North Carolina by performing Taiwan’s national anthem in the original Chinese language, reports said Wednesday.\nThe reason for the performance was a visit by the Taiwan baseball team to Little League team the Durham Bulls’ arena on June 30 as part of the International Friendship Series, the North State Journal reported.\nEven though Kylie Robinson had to perform the song a capella, she said she lived in Taiwan from 2013 to 2015. “At school, we had to sing it every week, at weekly assembly. So it’s kind of in my brain,” the North State Journal quoted her as saying.\nThe invitation was based on her singing the Star Spangled Banner at the same baseball stadium in front of 5,000 fans at a game between the Durham Bulls and the Charlotte Knights on June 12.\nSince she had experience singing the U.S. anthem, organizers thought the teenager would be the right person to try out the Taiwanese song as well. Robinson not only lived in Taiwan, she also still takes Mandarin-language classes in North Carolina, the North State Journal reported.\nThe audience, including even people who don’t understand a word of Mandarin Chinese, were touched by her performance, the report said."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Catalan chief denies he's giving up after phone message leak
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"MADRID (AP) — Fugitive Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont denies he is giving up the fight following the publication of text messages in which he reportedly said the Spanish government has won the battle in Catalonia.\nIn a tweet Wednesday, Puigdemont said he was \"human and there are times that I also doubt.\" But he added that he was president \"and I won't cower or step back,\" adding \"We continue!\"\nHe was apparently reacting to a Spanish television channel's publication of images showing private phone messages he allegedly sent Tuesday to a fellow fugitive lawmaker, saying the battle is over and that he has been sacrificed by his allies.\nOn Tuesday, the Catalan parliament postponed indefinitely a session in which Puigdemont was to due to be re-elected president of the region."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Devils go from last to playoffs, with more needed next year
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"NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — It would be easy to say the New Jersey Devils are back after ending a six-year playoff drought.\nJohn Hynes' team went from last in the Eastern Conference in 2016-17 to the postseason in less in the year, riding a career year by left wing Taylor Hall and outstanding first seasons by No. 1 overall draft pick Nico Hischier and Will Butcher. This was a team that made it tough on opponents almost every time it stepped on the ice.\nThe standings said it all. New Jersey went from 28 wins and 70 points to 44 wins and 97 points.\nStill, it was only good enough to outlast the hard-charging Florida Panthers in the closing weeks of the regular season and get the No. 8 seed.\nThe Devils discovered that playoffs were another level. They were eliminated by Tampa Bay, the top seed in the Eastern Conference, in five games.\n\"Of course, we're disappointed,\" veteran center Travis Zajac said Tuesday as the Devils cleaned out their lockers. \"But we accomplished a lot as a team. This is just the beginning. I like how we come together as a team. We faced a lot of adversity, but we survived. Because the league is so close and it's going to be that way again next year, we have to continue to get better.\"\nThe Devils have ridden a roller-coaster in Hynes' first three seasons as coach. They exceeded expectations in his first year, plummeted two years ago and then stunned the league in getting back to the playoffs.\n\"You have no idea of how good I feel about what we did this year,\" said captain Andy Greene, who like Zajac was with the Devils when they reached the Stanley Cup Final in 2012. \"We were a lot better. The way we competed every game down the stretch. We were fighting for each other. We were picked last in the division and last in the conference. We took that to heart. It's all part of the process. You don't go from the bottom to the top unless you work hard.\"\nHall carried the Devils this season, scoring points in 26 straight games in which he played. He finished with 39 goals and 54 assists. His 93 points were 41 more than the next closest player on the team, Hischier (20 goals, 32 assists).\n\"I knew he was a really good hockey player, but it was nothing like what I saw this year,\" said forward Marcus Johansson, who was limited to 29 games by concussions. \"He was unbelievable day in and day out.\"\nIf Hall can match next season and young players like Hischier, Butcher, Myles Wood, Blake Coleman and Jesper Bratt improve and the work ethic remains the same, the Devils can easily make it back to the playoffs next season.\nHere's some things to watch next season:\nGOOD GOALTENDING: The Devils have two starters. Backup Keith Kinkaid had 16 wins in the final two months to secure the playoff berth. Cory Schneider, who lost the starting job after groin and hip injuries in January, was outstanding in the playoffs after taking over for Kinkaid in the second game.\nFREE AGENCY: General manager Ray Shero has three big decisions with unrestricted free agents: forwards Patrick Maroon and Michael Grabner and defenseman John Moore. Maroon, who like Grabner was acquired in a deal near the trading deadline, played better and provided a net-front presence. Moore might be let go to create space for youngsters Mirco Mueller and Steven Santini.\nBlake Coleman and Stefan Noesen, who were the wings on the checking line with Zajac, are restricted free agents along with Wood, who had 19 goals. Expect them back along with Santini, another restricted free agent.\nHISCHIER: The 19-year-old can play. He's not in the same class as Connor McDavid or Austin Matthews. Still, he does all the little things and he will score more if he starts hitting the net.\nDEFENSE: For the second straight year the Devils gave up 244 goals. That's too many. Sami Vatanen, who was acquired from Anaheim, helped the defense and was Greene's partner on the top pair. The defense needs a star and Shero may go after the Capitals' John Carlson.\n___\nAssociated Press freelancer Jim Hague contributed to this report.\n___\nMore NHL hockey: https://apnews.com/tag/NHLhockey"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Fugitive Catalan chief seeks parliament protection for vote
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"MADRID (AP) — Catalonia's fugitive ex-president, Carles Puigdemont, asked the region's parliament on Monday to guarantee his right to attend a session this week in which he hopes to be re-elected government leader, without being arrested.\nSpain's Constitutional Court ruled Saturday that Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium following an illegal declaration of independence last October, must be present in parliament to be chosen as the region's chief in Tuesday's session. But a Spanish judge has ordered Puigdemont's arrest on possible rebellion and sedition charges if he re-enters Spain.\nThe Constitutional Court also said Puigdemont must get court permission to attend the session. Initially, Puigdemont was expected to seek that, but his lawyer said Monday this was unlikely. The lawyer did not rule out Puigdemont's attendance.\nThe Constitutional Court ruled the session would not be valid if Puigdemont attends without the permit.\nShould the Catalan parliament governing board approve Puigdemont's request and encourage his attendance without the permit it would set the chamber on course for further clashes with Spain's government and courts.\nPuigdemont is just one of more than a dozen lawmakers and civic group leaders already under investigation for rebellion and sedition relating to an independence push that brought Spain's worst political crisis in decades to a head.\nThe slim majority regained by separatist lawmakers headed by Puigdemont in Dec. 21 elections has kept the crisis very much alive.\nIn Tuesday's session, the parliament speaker has two choices. He can ignore the court and allow a vote with Puigdemont present in person, if he turns up, or by video conference, which has been banned by the tribunal.\nAlternatively, he can seek another candidate but that would likely outrage the thousands of pro-independence supporters promising to rally outside the chamber.\nPolls regularly show most Catalans want the right to decide the region's future, but are evenly divided over splitting from Spain."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Police: 4 dead in road accident in southern Netherlands
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"THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say four people have been killed in a collision between a minibus and a truck in the southern town of Helmond.\nPolice in the East Branbant region say in a tweet that four people travelling in the minibus were killed in the accident Monday in the town 125 kilometers (78 miles) southeast of Amsterdam. The driver of the truck was seriously injured.\nThe cause of the accident and further details were not immediately available."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Stepped up violence alternately claimed by IS and Taliban
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"ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group and the Taliban are competing to take credit for a horrific spike in violence in Afghanistan over the last month, and analysts say both insurgent groups are growing in strength as security forces wither under their relentless attacks and a feuding government struggles to win over citizens.\nStill, the two insurgent groups embrace different agendas and are at war with each other as well as the Afghan government, analysts say.\nRecent large-scale attacks, which have included both suicide bombings and small arms fire, have left nearly 200 people dead and hundreds more wounded. Insurgents have targeted seemingly heavily secure areas in the heart of the Afghan capital, including an Afghan military academy on Monday and a hotel, owned by the government and frequented by foreigners, earlier this month. Using an ambulance to hide their deadly cargo, insurgents slipped passed checkpoints in Kabul's heavily fortified center on Saturday to kill more than 100 people. They also targeted an international aid organization in eastern Jalalabad and a Shiite cultural center in Kabul.\nAfghan Security Forces seem powerless against the onslaught.\nInsurgents share the same goal of delegitimizing the governments they are fighting against, said Andrew Wilder, vice president of Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace. However, in Afghanistan the similarity between IS and the Taliban ends there. Beyond toppling the Afghan government, the Islamic State affiliate and the Taliban have divergent goals, and where the Taliban are seen as possible negotiation partners in a search for peace, the IS is not.\nThe two groups have occasionally clashed on the battlefield.\n\"The Taliban and IS are clearly competitors in the Afghan arena,\" said Thomas Ruttig, whose Afghan Analysts network has deep knowledge of the country and has conducted nationwide studies into a myriad of issues confounding the country, including the IS and Taliban.\n\"The Taliban I see as 'national Islamists' while the IS is 'Internationalist,'\" he said, dismissing reports of collaboration between the two insurgent groups, attributing them to rumors and bickering in northern Afghanistan within the Taliban.\nRuttig said Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan recently flew the IS flag after the Taliban leadership ordered them to hand over their tax collection revenue to the governing Taliban shura or council. A major source of revenue for the Taliban is the tax or tolls they charge local residents for safe passage or to move legal as well as illegal commodities to market.\n\"The groups in the north are a separate phenomenon. There, Taliban commanders have switched to use IS insignia, but the trigger was conflict over transferring taxes to the central leadership,\" said Ruttig.\nBrian Glyn Williams, author of \"Counter Jihad, The American Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria,\" buttressed reports of the enmity that characterizes the Taliban/IS relationship, saying, \"their relationship is more defined by open warfare.\"\nWhile loosely constructed, the Taliban since the death of its supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar several years ago are mostly comprised of ethnic Pashtuns and Arab speaking nationals with ties to al-Qaida.\nThe strongest fighting force within the Taliban is the Haqqani network, which has been blamed for the most audacious attacks in Kabul. The Haqqani network has historical ties to Pakistan's powerful ISI spy agency and both the United States and Afghanistan accuse Pakistan of providing sanctuary for Taliban fighters, a claim Islamabad denies. Pakistan in turn has blamed some of the most horrific attacks in Pakistan on IS affiliate insurgents in Afghanistan, accusing Kabul of allowing them space to plot their attacks.\nMeanwhile, the IS affiliate known as IS in Khorasan Province, named for the ancient region that once included Afghanistan, parts of Iran and Central Asia, is a toxic mix of disgruntled Taliban, ferocious Pakistani Taliban, who have sworn allegiance to IS against Pakistan, as well as Uzbeks, mostly from the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan terror group.\nThe success of the U.S. and its allies in driving Islamic State fighters out of Iraq and Syria has pushed many toward Afghanistan, said Williams. Bolstering their ranks, he said, is Afghanistan's own Uzbek population living in northern Afghanistan, who have been drifting toward the IS affiliate as a protracted feud between President Ashraf Ghani and his vice president and Uzbek warlord, Rashid Dostum deepens.\nDostum has been living in Turkey since last year when he and his bodyguards were accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Ahmad Eshchi, a former ally turned enemy. Ghani prevented Dostum's return to Afghanistan, refusing to allow his plane to land in northern Mazar-e-Sharif. Dostum's absence as a strongman for Afghanistan's Uzbeks has prompted many to join IS, said Williams.\nHe said as many as 3,000 Afghan Uzbeks may have joined the IS affiliate already believed to have several thousand Uzbeks from central Asia.\nThe role of Afghanistan's neighbors further muddies the insurgent landscape, say those familiar with the region.\nPakistan, widely blamed for the Taliban's longevity as a fighting force, is aided by both Russia and Iran, who fear an IS stronghold in Afghanistan.\n\"Pakistan has a deep interest in ensuring that the Taliban doesn't partner with (the Islamic State group),\" said Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Asia Program at the U.S.-based Wilson Center. \"There's good reason to believe that Russia and also Iran have provided levels of support to the Taliban.\"\n\"The last thing Russia and Iran want are a resurgent (IS) in their broader backyard,\" he said."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Rolls-Royce Introduces New MTU Onsite Energy Diesel Generator Sets for North American Market
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"MANKATO, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--Rolls-Royce recently introduced the next-generation Series 2000 MTU Onsite Energy diesel generator set product line for the North American market (60Hz). With a power output range from 615 kWe to 1250 kWe it expands the company’s high-power range product portfolio and makes it the most inclusive factory line up in the industry. These new diesel generator sets are already available.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006115/en/\nRolls-Royce recently introduced the next-generation Series 2000 MTU Onsite Energy diesel generator set product line for the North American market (60Hz). The new systems with a power output range from 615 to 1.250 kWe offer up to three circuit breakers mounted and wired from the factory, a 74.7dBA sound level, and a 190mph wind rating all in one package. (Photo: Business Wire)\nThe new systems, DS750, DS800, DS1000 and DS1250, offer up to three circuit breakers mounted and wired from the factory, a 74.7dBA sound level, and a 190mph wind rating all in one package, making them more complete, reliable and cost-effective than other products on the market. Additional features of the generator sets include:\nHigher power density per square foot, achieving 1250 kWe with an MTU 16V2000 engine providing more power from a smaller footprint 190mph steel and aluminium wind-rated enclosures Best-in-class factory sound enclosure for L3\nThe modular controls cockpit features a brand-new backend concept for mounting and wiring circuit breakers and controls along with a full line of SER circuit breaker solutions. The new generator sets are both IBC and OSHPD certified.\n“The new Series 2000 diesel generator sets provide customers the best-in-class reliability and cost-efficiency that they have come to expect from MTU Onsite Energy products,” said Kevin McKinney, senior sales manager at MTU Onsite Energy. “No other OEM offers the quantity of optional accessories, breakers, sound attenuation level and wind rating all in one package, with or without IBC/OSHPD Certification. By providing these options pre-engineered and validated from the factory, we can inherently improve quality, reliability and provide a more cost-effective solution.”\nMTU Onsite Energy is part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems, a world-leader in diesel and gas-based power and propulsion systems for a wide variety of applications.\nFor more information on MTU Onsite Energy, please visit: www.mtuonsiteenergy.com.\nAbout Rolls-Royce Holdings plc\nRolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs. Rolls-Royce Power Systems is headquartered in Friedrichshafen in southern Germany and employs around 10,000 people. The product portfolio includes MTU-brand high-speed engines and propulsion systems for ships, power generation, heavy land, rail and defence vehicles and for the oil and gas industry. Under the MTU Onsite Energy brand, the company markets diesel gensets for emergency, base load and peak load applications as well as cogeneration plants using gas engines for the combined generation of heat and power. Bergen medium-speed engines power ships and power generation applications. L’Orange completes the portfolio with fuel injection systems for large engines. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers. Annual underlying revenue was $21 billion in 2017, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at $109.6 billion at the end of December 2017. In 2017, Rolls-Royce invested $2.8 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centers, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research. Rolls-Royce employs almost 50,000 people in 50 countries. More than 16,500 of these are engineers. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2016 we recruited 274 graduates and 327 apprentices through our worldwide training programs.\n*Based on an exchange rate of $1.40.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006115/en/\nCONTACT: Jennifer Riley | MTU America\nPhone: +1 248 560 8488\nE-mail:jennifer.riley@mtu-online.com\nor\nAshleigh Artist | Stratacomm\nPhone: +1 248 213 7341\nE-mail:aartist@stratacomm.net\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CANADA MINNESOTA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY OIL/GAS UTILITIES TECHNOLOGY OTHER TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING OTHER MANUFACTURING\nSOURCE: Rolls-Royce Holdings plc\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 11:22 AM/DISC: 04/24/2018 11:22 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424006115/en"
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about AP PHOTOS: Fascinating! Fancy hats take stage at horse show
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"DEVON, Pa. (AP) — It's a top equestrian event, but all eyes are on the hats, not the horses.\nWomen and girls showed off their fanciest headwear Wednesday on Ladies Day at the Devon Horse Show in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The event was first held in 1896 and lasts for 11 days. It's known as one of the nation's last old-fashioned horse shows.\nThe show made headlines after a horse bolted Tuesday evening, jumped a fence and fled into the crowd.\nBut by the next day, feathers, feathers bows, ribbons and chiffon were the story.\n___\nThis gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Jacqueline Larma in Philadelphia.\n___\nVisit the AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com\nVisit AP Images online: http://www.apimages.com"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Major League Soccer
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"All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Atlanta United FC 8 3 2 26 27 17 Columbus 7 3 4 25 18 10 New York City FC 7 3 3 24 26 19 New York 7 3 1 22 26 12 Orlando City 6 5 1 19 22 20 New England 5 4 4 19 22 19 Philadelphia 5 5 3 18 15 16 Chicago 4 7 2 14 18 24 Toronto FC 3 7 1 10 14 20 Montreal 3 10 0 9 14 29 D.C. United 2 5 3 9 14 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Sporting Kansas City 7 2 4 25 24 13 FC Dallas 6 1 5 23 20 13 Los Angeles FC 6 3 3 21 24 19 Portland 6 3 2 20 19 17 Real Salt Lake 6 6 1 19 17 26 Houston 5 4 3 18 27 20 Vancouver 4 5 5 17 19 27 LA Galaxy 5 7 1 16 18 22 Minnesota United 5 7 1 16 16 22 San Jose 2 7 3 9 18 23 Seattle 2 6 2 8 7 12 Colorado 2 7 2 8 13 20\nNOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.\n___\nWednesday, May 30\nAtlanta United FC 1, New England 1, tie\nPhiladelphia 3, Chicago 1\nReal Salt Lake 2, Houston 1\nFC Dallas 3, LA Galaxy 2\nFriday, June 1\nVancouver at Colorado, 9 p.m.\nSaturday, June 2\nLA Galaxy at Portland, 5 p.m.\nHouston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.\nNew York at New England, 7:30 p.m.\nOrlando City at New York City FC, 7:30 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at Atlanta United FC, 7:30 p.m.\nToronto FC at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.\nLos Angeles FC at FC Dallas, 8 p.m.\nSan Jose at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nSeattle at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.\nSunday, June 3\nMinnesota United at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.\nFriday, June 8\nToronto FC at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.\nSaturday, June 9\nAtlanta United FC at New York City FC, 12:30 p.m.\nNew York at Columbus, 5 p.m.\nOrlando City at Vancouver, 7 p.m.\nMontreal at FC Dallas, 8 p.m.\nNew England at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nColorado at Houston, 9 p.m.\nD.C. United at Seattle, 10 p.m.\nLos Angeles FC at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.\nReal Salt Lake at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.\nSporting Kansas City at Portland, 10:30 p.m."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about No penalty: Small businesses let sports fans enjoy big games
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of workers at small businesses will be distracted in the coming months by a series of big sporting events: the Super Bowl, Olympics, NCAA basketball and World Cup soccer.\nSome company owners realize that trying to eliminate sports talk or forbidding staffers to watch games is demoralizing and also difficult to achieve. So as long as there isn't too much Monday morning quarterbacking or time spent in front of the office TV, bosses will go easy on fans.\nSome companies are even more understanding; it's OK there for staffers to watch games in break rooms, and some owners even run office pools without cash prizes. One owner says he'll encourage his crew to stop work during the final minutes of televised NCAA games."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about Get Started: 5 tips for last-minute business tax filers
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"NEW YORK (AP) — AVOIDING LAST-MINUTE TAX MISTAKES\nBusiness owners can find it a tall order to complete their tax returns while also running their companies. When an owner is distracted, or not paying close attention to IRS rules, that's when mistakes happen. Some of the common ones to avoid:\n—If you're a freelancer or independent contractor, make sure you have all the 1099 forms you need from people or companies you've worked for. If you file your return and you're missing any of your 1099s, you'll be hearing from the IRS. The government cross-checks the 1099 copies it gets with the amount of income you report, and if there's a discrepancy, the IRS will want to know why.\n—If your business is a partnership, be sure the income and deductions reported to the IRS on your firm's Schedule K-1, Partner's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc., matches what you report on your Form 1040. If you find an error on the K-1, make sure the form is corrected before you file your return.\n—If you're deducting the cost of business meals and entertainment, you can claim only half the amount you spent.\n—If you want to take a deduction for a home office, you must have been using the office exclusively and regularly as your principal place of business. If the office is a desk in the corner of your family room, it's not likely to pass muster with the IRS.\n—If you drive your car for business and personal use, make sure you get as big a deduction as the law allows. The IRS gives you two choices; the first is a standard deduction of 53.5 cents per mile the car was driven for business. The second alternative is a portion of expenses like gas, insurance, lease payments and maintenance that is prorated to the amount the car was used for business. You should calculate your costs using both methods to be sure you get the biggest deduction allowable.\nSTARTING A BUSINESS ON A TIGHT BUDGET\nMany people who want to start a company say they can't, because they don't have enough startup funds. SCORE, the organization that gives free counseling to small businesses, is sponsoring an online seminar on how to launch a company on a tight budget. It will be held Tuesday, March 27, at 1 p.m. Eastern time. You can learn more and register at http://bit.ly/2pr3H5p .\n_____\nFollow Joyce Rosenberg at www.twitter.com/JoyceMRosenberg . Her work can be found here: https://apnews.com/search/joyce%20rosenberg"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about China's Xi Jinping strikes nationalistic tone in closing address to parliament session that lifted term limits on rule
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"BEIJING (AP) — China's Xi Jinping strikes nationalistic tone in closing address to parliament session that lifted term limits on rule."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Prosecutors drop pursuit of 1 charge in Kansas bomb plot
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"WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are dropping one of the charges against a man accused of plotting to bomb an apartment complex housing Somali immigrants in western Kansas.\nCurtis Allen is among three men charged in the case. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted prosecutors' request on Tuesday to end their appeal of a federal judge's order that dismissed a firearms charge against Allen.\nThe judge tossed the gun charge last year after the 10th Circuit ruled in an unrelated case that a person convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery under a city ordinance could legally carry a gun.\nAllen and co-defendants Patrick Stein and Gavin Wright still face charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy against civil rights. Wright also is accused of lying to the FBI.\nTrial begins March 19."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare promotes WHO's World No Tobacco Day
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"TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Today, May 31 is World No Tobacco Day, a yearly awareness day established by the World Health Organization (WHO) that highlights the risks associated with tobacco use.\nThe Health Promotion Administration (HPA) of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) held a press conference promoting the World No Tobacco Day and discussed the adverse affects of tobacco.\nDeputy Director Yu Li-hui (游麗惠) said that according to WHO, more than 7 million people die each year because of tobacco, whether from direct inhalation or second-hand smoke. About 900,000 non-smokers are dying due to breathing in second-hand smoke.\nThe theme for this year is “Tobacco and heart disease,” which focuses on the connection between tobacco and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including stroke, heart attack, coronary heart disease, and peripheral vascular disease. WHO also provides information about how to reduce risks, assistance with smoking cessation, and suggests measures which governments and the public can take to decrease the negative effects of smoking tobacco.\nAccording to the MOHW, in 2015, there were 420 million people worldwide suffering from CVD, which is the leading cause of death. Tobacco contributes about 17 percent to all CVD and heart disease-related deaths; tobacco is second only to high blood pressure in causing CVD. Out of the 1 billion smokers worldwide, about 80 percent are of low- and middle-income families and countries, in which the tobacco-related diseases and deaths have the greatest impact.\nLin Chün-li (林俊立), president of the Taiwan Society of Cardiology, reveals that many people think that smoking a little will not affect their health. According to MOHW, a study shows smoking as little as one cigarette a day increases the chances of a heart attack by nearly 50% (48% for men and 57% for women), and the chances of a stroke increases by more than 20% (25% for men and 31% of women); however, from the moment one quits smoking, CVD risks are immediately reduced by 36%.\nYeh Hung-i (葉鸿毅), president of the Taiwan Society of Lipids and Arteriosclerosis, emphasized that there is absolutely no so-called \"safe smoking amount.” He pointed out that smokers often think that smoking a cigarette a day, or smoking “a little bit,” will not hurt the body, however, it is a grave mistake.\nDoctors have said that the harmful substances in the cigarettes will cause the heart and blood vessels to be in an oxygen-deficient state for a long time, which also leads to inflammation.\nYeh also illustrated how human blood vessels are like a rubber tube. At first, the wall was very clean and flexible. However, as soon as one starts smoking, dirt would build up on the inner walls of the vessels, making them lose their elasticity and durability as time goes by. If they become cracked, it can be life threatening.\nYeh emphasized that about 15 percent of adults in Taiwan are habitual smokers. Even more frightening is that up to 60 percent of patients who have been treated for CVD have continued smoking.\nIn addition, many electronic cigarettes in recent years have claimed to have a smoking cessation effect, which is a big myth for those trying to quit smoking. Yeh stressed that the biggest problem with electronic cigarettes is that no one knows what has been added to the tobacco.\nSome reports have pointed out that electronic cigarettes are often the first step leading to the use of tobacco products and drugs by youngsters. For those wanting to quit smoking, it is suggested to use smoking cessation patches and chewing gums for the best results.\nTaiwan's toll-free quit smoking consultation hotline: 0800-63-63-63. There are more than 4,000 smoking cessation service contract agencies throughout Taiwan, to inquire, call: 02-2351-0120. Also contact your primary care physician, or consult with the local health bureaus to learn more about smoking cessation counseling or services."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Simone Biles waiting to hear from USOC about sexual abuse
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Simone Biles says she's met the new president of USA Gymnastics but hasn't heard from the U.S. Olympic Committee regarding the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.\nThe four-time gold medalist at the Rio Olympics is among those who say they were sexually abused by Nassar, a former team doctor for the governing body for American gymnastics.\nBiles says USA Gymnastics President Kerry Perry flew to meet her in Texas, where she's training for the 2020 Tokyo Games. She says the USOC hasn't reached out.\nBiles said Wednesday there's \"still a lot of work that needs to be done, like independent investigations. So they can ensure this never happens in any sport again.\"\nNassar already has been sentenced to 60 years in prison on child pornography charges and 40 to 175 years for abusing young women and girls while working at Michigan State University. He's also facing sentencing for molesting gymnasts at an elite club in Lansing, Michigan."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Moody’s Seeks to Open Doors to a Better Future
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"NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) today launched a global approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) focused on empowering people around the world with the information, resources and confidence they need to create a better future — for themselves, their communities and the environment. At the core of Moody's global CSR focus is Reshape Tomorrow, a financial empowerment initiative to help people succeed in growing a small business.\n“By connecting people around the world to knowledge, opportunity and tools to pursue their goals, we can help open doors to a better future,” said Raymond McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Moody’s. “Our CSR strategy builds on Moody’s unique business strengths to make a lasting difference in people’s lives by helping them overcome barriers that limit success in the evolving global economy.”\nThrough Reshape Tomorrow, Moody’s will partner with organizations around the world to give small-business owners access to vital information about the credit process and help them connect to sources of financing.\n“Small businesses are a significant force in economic growth, yet many entrepreneurs struggle to access credit or loans because they aren’t familiar with how the financial realm operates,” said Arlene Isaacs-Lowe, Global Head of CSR at Moody’s. “Our vision for Reshape Tomorrow is to help people all over the world — especially women and untapped groups — gain the tools and financial knowledge they need to build a more prosperous future for themselves and their communities.”\nMoody’s is seeking proposals from nonprofits to help provide Reshape Tomorrow programs and resources in business development, financial empowerment and other areas. Organizations can submit a proposal by May 31, 2018 to be considered for philanthropic grants and non-financial support, including Moody’s employee volunteers and other capacity-building assistance. To learn more, or to submit a proposal, visit https://csr.moodys.io.\nIn addition to empowering people with financial knowledge through the Reshape Tomorrow initiative, Moody’s global CSR approach has two other focal points:\nActivating an environmentally sustainable future. Moody’s strives to make a positive difference by helping markets better assess the value of environmental sustainability. For example, Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) is taking a more systematic approach to incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into its credit analysis to create more transparent and measurable links between sustainability and creditworthiness. Through its Green Bond Assessments, MIS provides information about the relative effectiveness of bond issuers’ administration, management and reporting for environmentally beneficial projects, ranging from energy-efficient building construction to municipal wastewater reduction systems. Also, MIS regularly presents its views on ESG credit considerations to environmental policymakers, standards bodies and regulatory officials. In addition, Moody’s and its employees continually take steps to reduce the company’s adverse impact on the planet. Moody’s has adopted a company-wide Environmental & Sustainability Policy that sets the goal of reducing the environmental impact of its operations by using natural resources more efficiently. More than half of Moody’s global office space is in LEED-certified green buildings. Moody’s has also established procurement policies and a Vendor Code of Conduct reflecting its environmental values, and created an employee-led Environmental Task Force. As a participant in the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Moody’s helped develop recommendations for companies to voluntarily disclose climate-related financial risks and opportunities to encourage standardized reporting and transparency. Moody’s CEO and CFO signed statements of support for the TCFD recommendations, which Moody’s has implemented. Helping young people reach their potential. Moody’s works with schools and nonprofits around the world to help prepare young people for successful careers in finance, technology and economics. The company helps create and expand mentorship initiatives, skills-development programs, internships, and other educational opportunities for students.\nMoody’s CSR approach reflects the company’s deep commitment to integrity, diversity and inclusion, and strengthening local communities. Moody’s employees play an integral role in driving the company’s CSR progress through contributions including volunteer and giving programs and pro bono expertise. The Moody’s Foundation also provides grant support for many of our partnerships and initiatives. Details can be found at https://csr.moodys.io.\nABOUT MOODY’S CORPORATION\nMoody's is an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets. Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) is the parent company of Moody's Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and Moody's Analytics, which offers leading-edge software, advisory services and research for credit and economic analysis and financial risk management. The corporation, which reported revenue of $4.2 billion in 2017, employs approximately 11,900 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 41 countries. Further information is available at www.moodys.com.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005241/en/\nCONTACT: Moody’s Corporation\nSTEPHEN MAIRE, +1 212-553-7424\nGlobal Head of Investor Relations and Communications\nstephen.maire@moodys.com\nor\nMICHAEL ADLER, +1 212-553-4667\nSenior Vice President\nCorporate Communications\nmichael.adler@moodys.com\nKEYWORD: UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES EUROPE NORTH AMERICA CANADA NEW YORK\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY DATA MANAGEMENT INTERNET NETWORKS SOFTWARE SMALL BUSINESS PHILANTHROPY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BANKING FINANCE OTHER PHILANTHROPY\nSOURCE: Moody’s Corporation Investor Relations\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/24/2018 08:00 AM/DISC: 04/24/2018 08:01 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005241/en"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Charges: Turkish businessman exported US goods to Iran
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"MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal prosecutors allege a Turkish businessman helped illegally route Wisconsin-made outboard engines and boat generators to the Iranian navy.\nForty-year-old Resit Tavan of Istanbul appeared in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee Monday. Tavan was arrested in Romania in June on an international warrant.\nTavan, his Turkish company and a manager there are accused of conspiring to defraud the U.S. and to smuggle American-made products to Iran.\nThe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the indictment alleges they failed to obtain the special licenses needed to get around trade embargoes against Iran in place since 1995. Instead, the defendants allegedly negotiated the export of the engines and generators to Turkey, then re-exported them to Iran.\nTavan's attorney, Nejla Lane, told The Associated Press her client pleaded not guilty and will fight the charges."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Aide: Pence won't hesitate to criticize NKorea at Olympics
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide says Vice President Mike Pence won't hesitate to criticize North Korea when he attends next month's Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.\nPence's deputy chief of staff, Jarrod Agen, said Tuesday: \"No matter the circumstances or occasion, the Vice President will not hesitate to speak out against North Korea when they are being dishonest or deceptive in their practices and provocations against freedom.\"\nThe statement came in response to one by the ambassador for North Korea's mission to the United Nations. Pak Song Il told the Washington Post on Monday that Pence's visit \"only shows how weak their motives are and how shameful their ways of thinking are.\"\nAides to Pence have cast his visit as an attempt to ensure the North doesn't \"hijack the messaging\" at the games."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Taiwan health insurance shows deficit
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"TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – As the health insurance system showed a deficit last year, citizens will probably have to pay 21.32 percent or NT$126 (US$4.29) more per year beginning in 2021, the Central News Agency reported Saturday.\nFollowing legal amendments dating back to 2013, the Bureau of National Health Insurance (健保署) under the Ministry of Health and Welfare has to present a report once every five years about the financial condition of the health insurance system. The measure was designed to make sure that the system did not grow out of control over a span of 25 years, CNA reported.\nWith premiums falling and other measures coming into effect, extra income soon fell from NT$72.8 billion (US$2.48 billion) in 2013 to NT$7 billion (US$238 million) in 2016, according to the government report.\nWhile income fell, the amount of medical services covered by the insurance system rose dramatically, resulting in a deficit of NT$11 billion (US$374 million) for 2017.\nIf no corrective measures are taken, that deficit could balloon to NT$99.4 billion (US$3.38 billion) in 2021, officials said.\nThe 21.32 percent increase proposed for 2021 would still have to be followed by a rise of 6.34 percent in 2024, and of 13.06 percent every three years after that, the government support suggested. Another way out could be an annual increase of 3.77 percent."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about BC-AS--Asian News Digest, AS
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"ASIA:\nMALAYSIA-NORTH KOREA — Malaysian police arrest a woman in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother at a Kuala Lumpur airport. Police said the woman was carrying Vietnamese travel documents. By Eileen Ng. SENT: 1,050 words, photos. With MALAYSIA-NORTH KOREA-THE LATEST.\nNKOREA-LEADERS' HIDDEN LIVES — The killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother could be the best cloak-and-dagger thriller North Koreans will never get to hear. And if they did, they'd likely need some plot explainers — few know Kim Jong Un even had a half-brother. While no country in the world has a cult of personality surrounding its leaders as intensive as North Korea's, the narrative is carefully groomed and highly selective, leaving even some of the most basic details unknown to the general public. Predictably enough, the existence of an elder half-brother — and particularly a somewhat rebellious, free-wheeling one — has never been part of the North's official leader narrative. By Eric Talmadge. SENT: 770 words, photos.\nMALAYSIA-NORTH KOREA-UNANSWERED QUESTIONS — It looks like a perfectly staged assassination, straight out of the pages of a spy novel: Kim Jong Nam, the estranged, exiled half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, falls ill at a Malaysian airport, complains of being sprayed with some sort of chemical, and drops dead. But, as with many things about the motives of cloistered North Korea, the unknowns currently far outweigh the certainties. By Foster Klug. SENT: 700 words, photos.\nNKOREA-KIM'S BROTHER-WHY NOW — Intelligence officials believe North Korean agents assassinated leader Kim Jong Un's exiled half brother, but if the whodunit seems settled, a very big question still looms: Why now? By Foster Klug and Kim Tong-hyung. UPCOMING: 870 words by 1300 GMT, photos.\nMALAYSIA-NORTH KOREA-RULING FAMILY — A failed attempt to sneak into Japan to visit Disneyland in 2001 may have doomed the leadership dreams of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's elder brother, who was assassinated this week in an airport in Malaysia. By Hyung-jin Kim. SENT: 760 words, photos.\nNORTH KOREA-ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS — The killing of the North Korean leader's outcast half brother could be the latest addition to a long list of high-profile assassinations or attempts in which the country is suspected of targeting estranged relatives of the Kim clan, turncoats and South Korean public figures. By Kim Tong-hyung. SENT: 570 words, photos.\nINDONESIA-JAKARTA ELECTION — Unofficial counts indicate the acrimonious election for the Indonesian capital's governor will head to a second round in April with the incumbent, a minority Christian, failing to secure the 50 percent needed for an outright win. By Stephen Wright and Niniek Karmini. SENT: 650 words, photos.\nCHINA-TRUMP TRADEMARKS —The government of China awarded U.S. President Donald Trump valuable rights to his own name this week, in the form of a 10-year trademark for construction services. Critics say Trump's global intellectual property interests could be used by foreign states as leverage over the president and may violate the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution, which bars public servants from accepting anything of value from foreign governments unless explicitly approved by Congress. By Erika Kinetz. SENT: 400 words, photos.\nCHINA-XINJIANG ATTACK — Eight people are killed in China's far western Xinjiang region, including three knife-wielding assailants, in the latest outbreak of violence in the volatile territory, authorities say. SENT: 370 words.\nCHINA-POLLUTION PROTEST — The government of an oil city near China's border with Russia says it is suspending an aluminum plant project following street protests by some residents over pollution fears, in the latest sign of rising environmental consciousness among some Chinese. SENT: 280 words.\nCHINA-CORRUPTION — The former Communist Party chief of the major northern Chinese province of Hebei is sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption charges, as President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign continues to claim high-profile targets. SENT: 270 words, photos.\nINDIA-SATELLITES — India's space agency says it successfully launched a record 104 nano satellites into orbit aboard a single rocket. SENT: 230 words, photos.\nNEW ZEALAND-WILDFIRES — Hundreds of people in New Zealand's second-largest city are evacuated from their homes as wildfires burn down several houses and threaten to encroach further into some suburbs. A helicopter pilot who was a decorated soldier died in a crash while fighting the blaze. By Nick Perry. SENT: 350 words, photos.\nAFGHANISTAN — Taliban insurgents attack a village in northern Faryab province, killing five members of the local police force, an official says. SENT: 200 words.\nPAKISTAN — A Taliban suicide bombing targeted the administrative headquarters of a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, killing three policemen and two passers-by, according to officials. By Riaz Khan and Asif Shahzad. SENT: 580 words, photos.\nAUSTRALIA-REFUGEES — Sri Lankan asylum seekers held on Pacific island camps who could potentially find new lives in the United States are free to return home without fear of persecution, Sri Lanka's prime minister says. By Rod McGuirk. SENT: 710 words, photos.\nCAMBODIA-THAILAND-BRITON SLAIN — A British man suspected of involvement in the gangland-style slaying of another Briton in the Thai resort town of Pattaya has been arrested, Cambodian authorities say. By Sopheng Cheang. SENT: 320 words.\nBUSINESS AND FINANCE:\nFINANCIAL MARKETS — Global stock markets are mostly higher after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank could raise interest rates as soon as next month. By Joe McDonald. SENT: 530 words, photos.\nJAPAN-SOFTBANK — The $3.3 billion acquisition by SoftBank Group Corp., the Japanese telecommunications, internet and solar energy giant, of Fortress Investment Group marks tycoon Masayoshi Son's latest step in building an investment empire. By Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 420 words, photos.\nJAPAN-TOYOTA — Toyota has revamped its Prius plug-in hybrid with a longer cruising range and quicker charging, including from a regular home plug, hoping it will sell better than the first model from five years ago that officials acknowledged had flopped. By Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 510 words, photos.\nPHILIPPINES-AIRPORTS — Philippine officials say the government is considering adding airports to serve the capital Manila and nearby areas, including a sprawling airport city complex that could handle 100 million passengers a year. Manila's congested international airport once was dubbed the world's worst airport in surveys by travel website The Guide to Sleeping in Airports. SENT: 240 words.\nMONGOLIA-MINING POLITICS — Mongolian lawmakers tell the government to revoke a private company's purchase of a stake in a major copper mine, a move the president warned could scare away investors at a time when the economy is already struggling. By Grace Brown. SENT: 730 words, photos.\n___\nHOW TO REACH US:\nThe editor in charge at the AP Asia-Pacific Desk in Bangkok is David Thurber. Questions and story requests are welcome. The news desk can be reached at (66) 2632-6911 or by email at asia@ap.org. The Asia Photo Desk can be reached at (81-3) 6215-8941. Between 1600 GMT and 0000 GMT, please refer queries to the North America Desk in New York at (1) 212-621-1650.\nExpanded AP content can be obtained from http://www.apexchange.com. For access to AP Exchange and other technical issues, contact apcustomersupport@ap.org or call (1) 877-836-9477."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about White House: Mideast peace may not be 2 -state solution
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that peace between the Israelis and Palestinians may not come in the form of a two-state solution — a dramatic shift from former President Barack Obama, who said he saw no alternative.\nSpeaking to reporters ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a senior White House official said Trump is eager to begin facilitating a peace deal between the two side and hoping to bring them together soon.\nBut the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to preview the visit, said it will be up to the Israelis and Palestinians to determine what peace will entail.\nThe official said peace is the goal, regardless of whether it comes in the form of a two-state solution. He says the administration will work as a facilitator, but is not going to dictate what the terms of peace are going to be.\nDuring his final White House news conference, Obama warned that the moment for a two-state solution \"may be passing\" and said the \"status quo is unsustainable.\"\nNetanyahu is scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House Wednesday, after which he'll head to Capitol Hill for meetings with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.\nTrump takes pride in his deal-making skills and said during his campaign that he'd love the challenge of negotiating a Mideast agreement. At one point Trump pointed to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as the best man for the job.\nThe official said the Trump and Netanyahu are likely to discuss peace as well as expanded Israeli settlements, Iran and Trump's campaign pledge to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem."
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I am asking in the domain of business. Tell me about MOFA denies knowledge of reported plan to lift Japanese food ban
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"Taipei, Feb. 2 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Friday it has no knowledge of the government's reported plan to lift a ban on food imports from five Japanese prefectures and has not been asked to start negotiations with Japan on the issue.\nThe United Evening News reported Friday that Taiwan's government is ready to remove the ban under strong pressure from Japan and plans to do so around the Lunar New Year holiday, which begins on Feb. 15.\nTaiwan hopes that lifting the ban would improve its chances of joining negotiations on the Comprehensive and Progress Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTTP) led by Japan, according to the report.\nMOFA spokesman Andrew Lee (李憲章) said that although his ministry is not responsible for food safety issues, it \"will adopt a consistent policy with other government agencies in handling the issue.\"\nLee said Taiwan will deal with the issue by following the examples of the United States and European Union in partially lifting their bans on food imports from five areas in Japan and will ensure that such imports are fully safe.\nTaiwan has banned imports of food from the Japanese prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma and Chiba since 2011 over fears those areas were contaminated by radioactive fallout from the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March that year.\nAfter having been rebuffed by heavy opposition when it tried to promote lifting the ban in late 2016, Taiwan's government has started floating the idea again in recent days.\nHealth and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said on Jan. 29 that it was time to reassess Taiwan's policy on Japanese food imports, and he suggested that the government follow the United States in adopting risk-based restrictions in place of the current ban based on regions.\nEarlier Friday, the Executive Yuan would not confirm the report, saying that no timetable for lifting the ban has been set.\nIt indicated that the health of Taiwan's people would be the top priority when discussing whether Taiwan should re-open its doors to food imports from the five Japanese prefectures."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about AP sources: US won't give more Syrians protected status
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expected to extend protections for nearly 7,000 Syrian citizens living in the U.S. for another 18 months. But it won't let more applicants from Syria enter the program.\nTwo U.S. officials familiar with the administration's plan say that \"Temporary Protected Status\" for Syrians will be renewed Wednesday. But they say the Homeland Security Department won't re-designate Syria as having conditions preventing citizens from returning safely.\nThat means Syrians already receiving the protections can stay, but more can't apply once the current program expires in March.\nThe officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the decision publicly.\nThe expected decision follows a contentious debate within the Trump administration about whether to cut off the program."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about National Hockey League
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"All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 49 34 12 3 71 175 125 Boston 47 29 10 8 66 156 116 Washington 49 29 15 5 63 150 138 Toronto 51 28 18 5 61 162 146 New Jersey 49 25 16 8 58 147 147 Columbus 49 27 19 3 57 131 137 Pittsburgh 51 27 21 3 57 151 153 Philadelphia 49 24 17 8 56 141 141 N.Y. Rangers 50 25 20 5 55 153 151 N.Y. Islanders 51 25 21 5 55 173 184 Carolina 50 23 19 8 54 139 155 Florida 48 20 22 6 46 136 159 Detroit 48 19 21 8 46 126 146 Montreal 49 20 23 6 46 129 156 Ottawa 48 15 24 9 39 125 168 Buffalo 50 14 27 9 37 115 166 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 48 32 12 4 68 164 128 Winnipeg 50 29 13 8 66 164 136 Nashville 47 29 11 7 65 145 123 St. Louis 51 30 18 3 63 148 130 Dallas 50 28 18 4 60 155 134 San Jose 48 26 15 7 59 143 133 Calgary 49 25 16 8 58 137 135 Colorado 48 27 18 3 57 157 139 Los Angeles 49 26 18 5 57 139 121 Minnesota 49 26 18 5 57 144 140 Anaheim 50 24 17 9 57 141 141 Chicago 49 23 19 7 53 146 136 Edmonton 49 22 24 3 47 135 157 Vancouver 49 19 24 6 44 127 159 Arizona 50 12 29 9 33 118 172\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nMonday's Games No games scheduled\nTuesday's Games\nFlorida 4, N.Y. Islanders 1\nCarolina 2, Ottawa 1\nNew Jersey 3, Buffalo 1\nMinnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nSan Jose at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nAnaheim at Boston, 7 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nMontreal at St. Louis, 8 p.m.\nChicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.\nVegas at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nWednesday's Games\nN.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.\nSan Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nToronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nMontreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSt. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nAnaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.\nPhiladelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nLos Angeles at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nDallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.\nColorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.\nChicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nFriday's Games\nWashington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.\nDetroit at Carolina, 7 p.m.\nSan Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nVegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Southern Baptists reconsider condemning 'alt-right' movement
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"PHOENIX (AP) — A national meeting of Southern Baptists will consider condemning the political movement known as the \"alt-right\" amid an uproar over the denomination's commitment to confronting prejudice.\nLeaders of the faith group initially refused to take up a proposal that they repudiate the political group that emerged dramatically during the U.S. presidential election, mixing racism, white nationalism and populism. Barrett Duke, a Southern Baptist leader who led a committee that decided which resolutions should be considered for a vote, said the resolution as originally written contained inflammatory and broad language \"potentially implicating\" conservatives who do not support the \"alt-right\" movement.\nBut the decision caused a backlash online and at the gathering in Phoenix from Southern Baptists and other Christians, especially African-American evangelicals. The denomination has been striving to overcome its founding in the 19th century in defense of slaveholders. Thabiti Anyabwile, a black Southern Baptist pastor, tweeted that \"any 'church' that cannot denounce white supremacy without hesitancy and equivocation is a dead, Jesus denying assembly. No 2 ways about it\".\nSouthern Baptist leaders responded late Tuesday night with a dramatic call for attendees to return to the assembly hall, then announced they would take up the proposal after all on Wednesday. It was a highly unusual move for the denomination's tightly choreographed conventions, underscoring the sensitivity of the issue and the alarm among leaders that their initial rejection of the proposal would be viewed as an unwillingness to fight racism. In encouraging the meeting to reconsider, Steve Gaines, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said he wanted to send the message that \"we love everybody on this planet.\"\nThe initial proposed resolution came from a prominent black Southern Baptist pastor, the Rev. Dwight McKissic, who had submitted the suggested statement to Duke's committee before this week's gathering. When the proposal was not presented Tuesday, McKissic made a direct, unsuccessful plea for reconsideration from the floor of the Phoenix meeting. He called the \"alt-right\" a symptom of \"social disease,\" ''deceptive\" and \"antithetical to what we believe.\" His resolution condemned Christians who attempted to use biblical teachings to justify white supremacy.\nThe new resolution that will be debated Wednesday states racism and white supremacy endure \"in various white supremacist movements, sometimes known as 'white nationalism' or 'alt-right.'\" Southern Baptists \"decry every form of racism, including alt-right white supremacy as antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ\" and \"denounce and repudiate white supremacy and every form of racial and ethnic hatred as of the devil,\" the proposed new resolution states.\nThe Southern Baptist Convention, based in Nashville, has 15.2 million members and is the largest Protestant group in the country. Leaders have repeatedly condemned racism in formal resolutions from past meetings and built new relationships with black Baptists.\nBilly Levengood, a 32-year-old convention attendee from Oxford, Pennsylvania, said he will vote for the resolution, in part to help the denomination move beyond its origins. \"We can't undo the slavery aspect, but we can do all we can to engage every person,\" Levengood said. \"The Gospel is true for all of them.\"\nBut Daniel Brady, 66, a lifelong Southern Baptist from Flagstaff, said he would examine the language more closely before deciding his vote. He said he would support a less specific condemnation of racism, contending media sometimes categorize people as part of the \"alt-right\" based solely on whether they backed President Donald Trump. \"We're always going to be called racists, as Southern Baptists,\" he said.\nEd Stetzer, a Southern Baptist speaker and executive director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College in Illinois, said the committee in charge of resolutions should have revised the initial proposal and brought it to a vote.\n\"Southern Baptists need to speak to this issue,\" Stetzer wrote Wednesday in the evangelical magazine Christianity Today. He pointed to the denomination's history in the civil rights movement. \"Too many Southern Baptists were on the wrong side of the fire hoses in Birmingham. They need to get on the correct side of the rising tide of racism,\" Stetzer wrote.\n____\nWang reported from Phoenix. AP Religion Writer Zoll reported from New York."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Memorial ceremony marks fall of Singapore to Japanese troops
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"SINGAPORE (AP) — It was 75 years ago that Singapore, the island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula that had been a key strategic outpost of Britain's colonial empire, fell to invading Japanese troops. The events live on in history books more than in memories. But for Margaret Menz, who lost her brother there, the passage of years has not dulled the pain.\nMenz was among hundreds of people who attended a commemoration ceremony Wednesday at Singapore's Kranji War Cemetery, which holds more than 4,400 white gravestones of soldiers from countries such as Britain, Australia and New Zealand.\nWorld War II veterans, their family members and officials said prayers, observed a period of silence and laid wreaths in memory of lives lost."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Lyon risks season ban by UEFA for fan racism, disorder
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"NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Europa League final host Lyon is at risk of a one-season ban from UEFA competitions after more fan disorder.\nUEFA says it has charged Lyon for incidents including \"racist behavior\" and \"crowd disturbances\" at a Europa League home game against CSKA Moscow on Thursday. Lyon was eliminated from the competition and lost the chance to reach the final at home.\nThe French club could be barred from Europe when UEFA makes a judgment on the case.\nLast April, UEFA put Lyon on two-year probation after fan disorder delayed a Europa League quarterfinal match against Besiktas.\nLyon is currently fourth in France, competing with third-place Marseille to play in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League or the group stage of the Europa League."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Kevin Love to return for Cavaliers against Milwaukee
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"CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will return Monday after missing six weeks because of a broken left hand.\nCleveland was 11-9 without Love, who was injured on Jan. 30. He's averaging 17.9 points and 9.4 rebounds in 48 games.\nAssociate head coach Larry Drew said Love's minutes will be restricted in Cleveland's game against Milwaukee. Drew is running the team while coach Tyronn Lue takes a leave of absence to address health issues that have included chest pains and a loss of sleep.\nThe Cavaliers are third in the Eastern Conference despite dealing with several injuries. Larry Nance Jr. (sore right hamstring), Rodney Hood (strained lower back), Cedi Osman (strained left hip flexor) and Tristan Thompson (sprained right ankle) were ruled out of Monday's game.\nKyle Korver has returned to the team after missing Saturday's game because of a family emergency. He's also been dealing with a sore right foot and was a game-time decision Monday."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Man charged with marrying 6 women to evade immigration laws
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"WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been charged with accepting money to marry six women to help them evade immigration laws.\nFederal prosecutors allege 57-year-old Peter Hicks, of Worcester, married the women from sub-Saharan African nations who were in the U.S. illegally between 2003 and 2013 and filed for immigration benefits for four of them.\nAuthorities also allege that on at least one occasion, he was still married to one woman at the time of his marriage to another.\nHe is also alleged to have recruited others to enter into fraudulent marriages.\nHicks was released following an initial appearance in federal court in Worcester on Tuesday. He faces a maximum of five years in prison if convicted.\nHis federal public defender did not return a call for comment."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about How the AP-NORC poll on Trump and Russia was conducted
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"The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll on Donald Trump and Russia was conducted by NORC on June 8-11. It is based on online and telephone interviews of 1,068 adults who are members of NORC's nationally representative AmeriSpeak panel.\nThe original sample was drawn from respondents selected randomly from NORC's National Frame based on address-based sampling and recruited by mail, email, telephone and face-to-face interviews.\nNORC interviews participants over the phone if they don't have internet access. With a probability basis and coverage of people who can't access the internet, surveys using AmeriSpeak are nationally representative.\nInterviews were conducted in English and Spanish.\nAs is done routinely in surveys, results were weighted, or adjusted, to ensure that responses accurately reflect the population's makeup by factors such as age, sex, race, education, region and phone use.\nNo more than 1 time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than plus or minus 4.q percentage points from the answers that would be obtained if all adults in the U.S. were polled.\nThere are other sources of potential error in polls, including the wording and order of questions.\nThe questions and results are available at http://www.apnorc.org/"
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Trial begins for Syrian man accused of supplying bomb parts
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"PHOENIX (AP) — A trial began Tuesday in the case of a Syrian man accused of supplying a component of improvised bombs used in the Iraq War, with a prosecutor saying the man had sympathized with a group that wanted to use violence to drive a wedge between Iraqis and Americans.\nAhmed Alahmedalabdaloklah (AL-ah-med-AL-ab-dahl-OK'-lah) is accused of making circuit boards used to remotely detonate roadside bombs in Iraq for the 1920 Revolution Brigades.\nThe trial is being staged in Phoenix because authorities said a part for improvised explosive devices was made by a company headquartered in Arizona.\nProsecutor Joseph Kaster told jurors in opening statements that Alahmedalabdaloklah embraced the group's objectives to force American troops to abandon Iraq. \"He shared their violent objectives,\" Kaster said.\nThe case against the 40-year-old Alahmedalabdaloklah arose out of a raid a decade ago at a Baghdad apartment where soldiers discovered a large cache of bomb-making materials, though no explosives were found. Prosecutors say Alahmedalabdaloklah's fingerprints were found on several items in the apartment.\nAuthorities said in court records that several witnesses have tied him to the production of IED components, including one person who said Alahmedalabdaloklah, after fleeing Iraq and moving to China, found a factory in China to make the circuit boards.\nAlahmedalabdaloklah has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, conspiracy to destroy U.S. government property with an explosive, possession of a destructive device in furtherance of a violent crime, conspiracy to commit \"extraterritorial murder\" of a U.S. citizen and providing support to terrorists. If convicted, he could face up to life in prison.\nDefense attorney Jami Johnson said her client never expressed any sentiments against Americans in 12 years of his emails that were reviewed by investigators. \"Twelve years — and not one single anti-American statement,\" Johnson told jurors.\nJohnson said her client, who was brought to Iraq as a refugee when he was a child, operated a legitimate electronics shop in Baghdad and moved to China when security in Iraq deteriorated.\nJohnson said Alahmedalabdaloklah set up an electronics business in China that sold products in Iraq and elsewhere but never sent any components used in a bomb.\nShe said her client's fingerprints were found on his photos and documents inside the Baghdad apartment, but none of the electronics contained his prints or DNA.\nAlahmedalabdaloklah was arrested in May 2011 after flying to Turkey from China. He was jailed for three years in Turkey before being extradited to the United States in August 2014.\nProsecutors have said in court papers that 1920 Revolution Brigades claimed responsibility for 230 attacks in Iraq against American soldiers from 2005 to 2010.\nThe 1920 Revolution Brigades was active against U.S. forces in Sunni-dominated parts of Iraq until it switched sides in 2007 to fight against al-Qaida. The group derived its name from the 1920 revolution in which Iraqis revolted against a British occupation.\n___\nFollow Jacques Billeaud at www.twitter.com/jacquesbilleaud. His work can be found at https://www.apnews.com/search/jacques%20billeaud."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Charges added against mom of boy left in Mexican warehouse
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"EL PASO, Texas (AP) — West Texas police have added new charges against the mother of a 4-year-old boy found in February in an abandoned warehouse in Mexico.\nRuby Esmeralda Gonzalez already had been charged with child abandonment and endangerment. Now, police have added charges of intentional injury to a child and filing a false report against the 25-year-old El Paso woman.\nGonzalez initially reported her son had been kidnapped. Investigators now believe Gonzalez took the boy, identified as American, to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Feb. 22. They say she left him at an old warehouse and then she returned home. Mexican officials who found the boy say he speaks and understands English.\nOnline records don't list an attorney for Gonzalez, whose bond amounts total $120,000.\nThe child remains in Mexican social services custody."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Easy entry into Oregon's legal pot market means huge surplus
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"PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When Oregon lawmakers created the state's legal marijuana program, they had one goal in mind above all else: to convince illicit pot growers to leave the black market.\nThat meant low barriers to entry that also targeted long-standing medical marijuana growers, whose product is not taxed. As a result, weed production boomed — with a bitter consequence.\nNow, marijuana prices here are in freefall, and the craft cannabis farmers who put Oregon on the map decades before broad legalization say they are in peril of losing their now-legal businesses as the market adjusts.\nOregon regulators on Wednesday announced they will stop processing new applications for marijuana licenses in two weeks to address a severe backlog and ask state lawmakers to take up the issue next year.\nExperts say the dizzying evolution of Oregon's marijuana industry may well be a cautionary tale for California, where a similar regulatory structure could mean an oversupply on a much larger scale.\n\"For the way the program is set up, the state just wants to get as many people in as possible, and they make no bones about it,\" Hilary Bricken, a Los Angeles-based attorney specializing in marijuana business law, said of California. \"Most of these companies will fail as a result of oversaturation.\"\nOregon has nearly 1 million pounds (453,600 kilograms) of marijuana flower — commonly called bud — in its inventory, a staggering amount for a state with about 4 million people. Producers told The Associated Press wholesale prices fell more than 50 percent in the past year; a study by the state's Office of Economic Analysis found the retail cost of a gram of marijuana fell from $14 in 2015 to $7 in 2017.\nThe oversupply can be traced largely to state lawmakers' and regulators' earliest decisions to shape the industry.\nThey were acutely aware of Oregon's entrenched history of providing top-drawer pot to the black market nationwide, as well as a concentration of small farmers who had years of cultivation experience in the legal, but largely unregulated, medical pot program.\nGetting those growers into the system was critical if a legitimate industry was to flourish, said Sen. Ginny Burdick, a Portland Democrat who co-chaired a committee created to implement the voter-approved legalization measure.\nLawmakers decided not to cap licenses; to allow businesses to apply for multiple licenses; and to implement relatively inexpensive licensing fees.\nThe Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which issues licenses, announced Wednesday it will put aside applications for new licenses received after June 15 until a backlog of pending applications is cleared out. The decision comes after U.S. Attorney Billy Williams challenged state officials to address Oregon's oversupply problem.\n\"In my view, and frankly in the view of those in the industry that I've heard from, it's a failing of the state for not stepping back and taking a look at where this industry is at following legalization,\" Williams told the AP in a phone interview.\nBut those in the industry supported the initial decisions that led to the oversupply, Burdick said.\n\"We really tried to focus on policies that would rein in the medical industry and snuff out the black market as much as possible,\" Burdick said.\nLawmakers also quickly backtracked on a rule requiring marijuana businesses have a majority ownership by someone with Oregon residency after entrepreneurs complained it was hard to secure startup money. That change opened the door to out-of-state companies with deep pockets that could begin consolidating the industry.\nThe state has granted 1,001 producer licenses and has another 950 in process as of last week. State officials worry if they cut off licensing entirely or turn away those already in the application process, they'll get sued or encourage illegal trade.\nSome of the same parameters are taking shape in California, equally known for black-market pot from its Emerald Triangle region.\nThe rules now in effect there place caps only on certain, medium-sized growing licenses. In some cases, companies have acquired dozens of growing licenses, which can be operated on the same or adjoining parcels. The growers association is suing to block those rules, fearing they will open the way for vast farms that will drive out smaller cultivators.\nBeau Whitney, senior economist at national cannabis analytics firm New Frontier Data, said he's seeing California prices fall.\nIn contrast, Washington knew oversupply could draw federal attention and was more conservative about licensing. As the market matured, its regulators eased growing limits, but the state never experienced an oversupply crisis.\nColorado has no caps on licenses, but strict rules designed to limit oversupply allow the state to curtail a growers' farm size based on past crop yields, existing inventory, sales deals and other factors.\nIn Oregon, cannabis retail chains are emerging to take advantage of the shake-up.\nA company called Nectar has 13 stores around the state — with three more on tap — and says on its website it is buying up for-sale dispensaries too. Canada-based Golden Leaf Holdings bought the successful Oregon startup Chalice and has six stores around Portland, with another slated to open.\nWilliam Simpson, Chalice's founder and Golden Leaf Holdings CEO, is expanding into Northern California, Nevada and Canada. Simpson welcomes criticism that he's dumbing down cannabis the same way Starbucks brought coffee to a mass market.\n\"If you take Chalice like Starbucks, it's a known quantity, it's a brand that people know and trust,\" he said.\nAmy Margolis, executive director of the Oregon Cannabis Association, says that capping licenses would only spur even more consolidation in the long-term. The state is currently working on a study that should provide data and more insight into what lies ahead.\n\"I don't think that everything in this state is motivated by struggle and failure,\" she said. \"I'm very interested to see ... how this market settles itself and (in) being able to do that from a little less of a reactionary place.\"\nFor now, Oregon's smaller marijuana businesses are trying to stay afloat.\nA newly formed group will launch an ad campaign this fall to tell Oregonians why they should pay more for mom-and-pop cannabis. Adam Smith, who founded the Oregon Craft Cannabis Alliance, believes 70 percent of Oregon's small growers and retailers will go out of business if consumers don't respond.\n\"We could turn around in three to four years and realize that 10 to 12 major companies own a majority of the Oregon industry and that none of it is really based here anymore,\" he said. \"The Oregon brand is really all about authenticity. It's about people with their hands in the dirt, making something they love as well as they can. How do we save that?\"\n___\nAssociated Press writers Gene Johnson in Seattle, Michael R. Blood in Los Angeles and Kathleen Foody in Denver contributed to this report.\n___\nFlaccus is a member of the AP's marijuana beat team. Follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/gflaccus. Follow complete AP marijuana coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/LegalMarijuana"
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Pakistani group appeals for ailing convict in Indonesia
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"ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani rights group has appealed on Indonesia to free on humanitarian grounds a terminally ill Pakistani convict on death row.\nThe Justice Project Pakistan, which opposes capital punishment, said in a statement Thursday that 54-year-old Zulfiqar Ali could soon die after his health deteriorated while in a Jakarta prison hospital.\nThere was no immediate response from Indonesia.\nAli was arrested in November 2004 and later convicted on drug smuggling charges which carry the death sentence in Indonesia. The rights group claims his trial was unfair and that he was wrongfully convicted.\nSarah Belal, executive director at Justice Project Pakistan, said they cannot save Ali's life but are trying to help him \"die a free man.\"\nPakistani President Mamnoon Hussain has asked Indonesia President Joko \"Jokowi\" Widodo to pardon Ali."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Janka picked in biggest Switzerland team for Winter Olympics
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"BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Carlo Janka has been named in Switzerland's biggest ever Winter Olympic team despite not starting a World Cup ski race since tearing the ACL in his right knee in October.\nThe 31-year-old Janka opted against surgery to give him a chance of competing at next month's Pyeongchang Games.\nThe Swiss Olympic committee announced a 171-athlete team — eight more than for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.\nTeam manager Ralph Stoeckli says its target is 11 medals, which would match Switzerland's tally in Sochi. Of those 11 medals four years ago, six were gold.\nJanka took gold in giant slalom at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. He also won on the new Olympic course in 2016, when a World Cup super-G was held as a test event."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Review: Van Morrison in relaxed groove with jazzy reworkings
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"Van Morrison has come up with a simple, and surprisingly effective, way to combat possible writer's block — recycle old songs and standards with a brand new approach.\nHe's tried it before with \"Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue\" in 2015 and is at it again in \"You're Driving Me Crazy.\"\nThis time he's teamed with Joey DeFrancesco in a supremely relaxed, jazzy workout notable for its easy, almost effortless swing.\nThis is Morrison when he's not trying too hard, not looking for new ways to express the emotions captured so brilliantly in his earlier work, simply enjoying the chance to team up with a superb organist and trumpeter to revisit some of his older songs mixed in with a few classics.\nThey shine on a number of standards, including Cole Porter's \"Miss Otis Regrets,\" which Morrison personalizes with some distinctive mumbling. By now his vocal tics are so familiar that listeners can feel him trying to find, and stretch out, a moment of bliss.\nHe reaches all the way back to \"Astral Weeks\" for an updated \"The Way Young Lovers Do,\" one of the most evocative pieces from that landmark album. The composition stands the test of the time, and Morrison's vocal performance meets the challenge, even if he's decades past the coming-of-age drama depicted in that song.\nHe's taking a number of songs originally performed in more of a rock style and put them in a jazz context. The joy he finds is clear from the opening moments, and there are several occasions when the sometimes grumpy Morrison laughs with pure delight.\nTaking away the pressure of coming up with new masterworks to match \"Into the Mystic\" and \"Moondance\" seems to have liberated Morrison. And, lest ye forget, this man can sing."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about A look at the teams in the Six Nations
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"ENGLAND\nCOACH: Eddie Jones\n2017 SIX NATIONS: Champion\nBEST SIX NATIONS RESULT: Champion 2000, '01, '03, '11, '16, '17\nOUTLOOK: A master of mind games, Eddie Jones is trying his best to downplay expectations on his team. Just this month, he has called England \"underdogs,\" said the team had \"no hope\" of winning the tournament, and spoke of the \"doom and gloom\" swirling around English rugby because of injuries, a \"muddling autumn series,\" and the poor performance by the country's clubs in European competition. Nice try, Eddie. Ireland is expected to be the only realistic challenger as England bids for a third straight title outright, which has never been achieved in the 135-year history of the tournament. True, England has a long list of injuries and suspensions — among those sidelined for varying lengths are No. 8s Billy Vunipola and Nathan Hughes, winger Elliot Daly and prop Joe Marler — but so has most of its rivals, and England has a bigger depth of talent to draw upon. There are also young, talented players coming through, like flanker Sam Underhill and flyhalf Marcus Smith. Before what could be a final-day title showdown with Ireland at Twickenham, the biggest tests facing Jones' side might come against Scotland at Murrayfield (Round 3) and France in Paris (Round 4).\nEYES ON: Owen Farrell. One thing's for certain, Farrell won't be carrying the drinks during the Six Nations. The flyhalf was surely one of the most overqualified water boys ever as he sat out England's win over Argentina in November while Jones managed the workload of players who had been on the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand. He also sat out the win over Samoa two weeks later. Over the next two months, he'll be England's eyes, brains, and points-gatherer on the field, having gradually become the team's most important player. He was on the five-man shortlist for world player of 2017 and is among the best kickers in the game. With 613 points from 53 caps, Farrell — at age 26 — is more than halfway toward England great Jonny Wilkinson's record 1,179 points for the country.\nQUOTE: \"Without a doubt, the attrition rate is an advantage we have. We have got the most money, we have got the most players, and we have got the most depth, so we should win.\" Coach Eddie Jones.\nODDS: 10-11\n___\nFRANCE\nCOACH: Jacques Brunel\n2017 SIX NATIONS: 3rd\nBEST SIX NATIONS RESULT: Champion 2002, '04, '06, '07, '10.\nOUTLOOK: Coach Guy Noves was sacked in late December by federation president Bernard Laporte, who is himself embroiled in an alleged conflict of interest scandal that threatens his position at the top of a shaky tree. It's hardly an ideal buildup, and so France's Six Nations drought — stretching back to 2010 — does not remotely look like ending this year. Laporte hand-picked Jacques Brunel, who was the forwards coach when Laporte led France from 2001-07. During that period, France won the Six Nations four times, including the Grand Slam in 2004. But while that team was packed with flair and brazen self-belief, this one is gritty, obdurate, and lacks enough skill and composure to put top teams under pressure. Brunel improved Italy as its coach from 2012-16, securing wins against France and Ireland in 2013. But restoring France among European rugby's elite seems a much taller order. He's assisted by former test flanker Julien Bonnaire, and freshened the squad with 10 players under the age of 23. He also summoned scrumhalf Morgan Parra, who has 66 caps and was a mainstay during the 2010 Grand Slam and run to the 2011 Rugby World Cup final. Parra will miss the opener against Ireland because of knee pains. Yet his recall, while doubtless beneficial in terms of his quality, sums up the fact France never seems to know whether it's rebuilding or experimenting.\nEYES ON: Matthieu Jalibert. The 19-year-old flyhalf is poised to make his international debut against Ireland. Jalibert will be expected to also do the kicking duty, adding to the pressure on his young shoulders considering he's played just 15 games for Bordeaux-Begles in the French Top 14. Jalibert, however, is considered mature for his age. He says his role model is England and Lions No. 10 Owen Farrell. He could pit his wits against Farrell — whom he describes as a cunning \"poker player\" — when the French meet the English on March 10 in Paris.\nQUOTE: \"The first match against Ireland will launch us into either a positive or a negative spiral.\" New flyhalf Mathieu Jalibert.\nODDS: 20-1\n___\nIRELAND\nCOACH: Joe Schmidt\n2017 SIX NATIONS: 2nd\nBEST SIX NATIONS RESULT: Champion 2009, '14, '15\nOUTLOOK: Runner-up for a second straight year. Ireland should take care of a shambolic France in the opener, despite their poor history in Paris in the fixture. Then the Irish have a straight home run of Italy, Wales, and Scotland. They lost to the latter two on the road last year, but Dublin's another story. Ireland hasn't lost at home in the championship in nearly five years. Which makes the venue of the last match, Twickenham, key. The last four matches between Ireland and England have gone to the home side, and there's no reason to doubt any different this time. The good news for Joe Schmidt is he has less walking wounded than Eddie Jones, for now. Like England, Ireland swept its November tests, including the result of the month: Ireland 38, South Africa 3. The Springboks were coming off a face-saving, one-point loss to New Zealand and feeling spry, but they were smashed by the Irish. The conductors, naturally, were halves Conor Murray and Jonathan Sexton. Murray would pop up outside Sexton, and Sexton would double round his 12; both of them with the aim of changing the point of attack and/or keeping it alive. Their nous and class endures, and ensures the Six Nations title is within Ireland's grasp.\nEYES ON: Jordan Larmour. The 20-year-old fullback-wing has been the talk of the Irish season, actually starting in the offseason when he made his first senior appearance for Leinster. Even though he's still listed as a club academy player and not in the senior team, he's almost become undroppable, highlighted by an 80-meter counterattack try against Munster in December, when he stepped three defenders and zoomed home. Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster says Larmour's footwork, pace, composure on the big occasions, good attitude and hard work in practice remind him of Jack Nowell. First summoned by Schmidt in 2016, Larmour has yet to be capped, but it's only a matter of when. For this squad he was picked ahead of Simon Zebo, Darren Sweetnam and Tiernan O'Halloran, and will likely back up fullback Rob Kearney and new wing sensation Jacob Stockdale. Kearney quips: \"He's a flat out winger ... if only.\"\nQUOTE: \"Every year, I look at (the Six Nations) and go, 'Wow, we've progressed a bit, worked hard, and we are where we are and it's not a bad place to be.' Then I look at our opponents and I go, 'Wow, they look good. Wow, they look allright.' That's the nature of it.\" Coach Joe Schmidt.\nODDS: 13-8\n___\nITALY\nCOACH: Conor O'Shea\n2017 SIX NATIONS: Last\nBEST SIX NATIONS RESULT: 4th 2007, '13\nOUTLOOK: Italy has finished bottom of the table 12 out of 18 times, and there is little to suggest this year will be any different. Under Conor O'Shea, Italy has four wins in his 17 matches in charge. It has lost its last 12 Six Nations matches. However, Italy is beginning to sort out its problems with consistency and fitness, and the target is to play to the best of its ability and be a banana skin for someone. It's best chance is at home, first up against England, and closing with Scotland. Italy is young and inexperienced, with 14 of the 31 players for its opening two matches never having played in the tournament, but hooker Oliviero Fabiani believes that just makes them hungrier. \"There's a lot of competition inside the group,\" Fabiani says. \"It's really nice and motivating to fight for a place with players like Leonardo Ghiraldini, who has the most number of Italy caps in my position. It's a healthy battle ... inevitably it raises our level.\"\nEYES ON: Ian McKinley. The Ireland-born flyhalf's remarkable story could reach another milestone if he makes his Six Nations debut, seven years after retiring after losing the sight in one eye. \"He was judged for selection on who is best for the job, not because Ian has a good story. He is the best to play, but to think of where he has come from is amazing,\" O'Shea says. During a club game in 2010, a teammate accidentally stood on McKinley's left eye and perforated the eyeball. He retired the following year after losing sight in the eye. But McKinley returned to playing rugby in 2014 using specially manufactured goggles, and played for Viadana and Zebre before joining Benetton in 2016. Having qualified for Italy on residency grounds, he scored a late penalty on his international debut to help the Azzurri beat Fiji 19-10. He made further appearances from the bench against Argentina and South Africa. \"This is no good luck story,\" O'Shea says. \"It might be something to go on about at the end of his career but for now he is fighting to be Italy's No. 10.\"\nQUOTE: \"We're not in a position to talk about winning the tournament, so our objective is to perform as well as we can in every single game. Fight in every single match.\" Italy captain Sergio Parisse.\nODDS: 500-1\n___\nSCOTLAND\nCOACH: Gregor Townsend\n2017 SIX NATIONS: 4th\nBEST SIX NATIONS RESULT: 3rd 2001, '06, '13\nOUTLOOK: It started at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The Scots lost in the quarterfinals, earned the world's admiration and sympathy, and expectations ballooned. The improvement was sustained in the Six Nations of 2016 and 2017 even though they finished fourth both years. Their bubble was popped each time by the English, who know how to be ruthless. This year marks 10 since the Scots last beat their bogeymen, and the streak is not expected to end in Round 3, even at Murrayfield. For all of the hype around the Scots, they barely broke par in last year's championship: They won at home but lost away, scored their most tries since the last Five Nations in 1999, but conceded the usual dozen, too. The November tests went the same way: They just held off Samoa, came back and fell short against a New Zealand side limited to 14 men in the fourth quarter, and beat Australia, which was leading just before halftime when Sekope Kepu was sent off. Nobody does false dawns better than Scotland, but belief is high, and Wales is vulnerable enough to be plucked in Cardiff for the first time in 16 years. Expectations have been bolstered by the recalls of the fit-again Stuart Hogg, Greig Laidlaw, Mark Bennett, Duncan Taylor and David Denton. None of Scotland's dangerous backs will shine, however, if the depleted front row can't hold its own.\nEYES ON: The front row. There are doubts about how well the Scots will scrum and not give away penalties when they go to Wales without their top three tightheads, three looseheads, and three hookers. The injury crisis has forced Townsend to reach out to tighthead Jon Welsh, last seen in a Scotland jersey conceding the wrongfully given penalty which Australia kicked to win their 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal. He's sure to start because his backups, Murray McCallum and D'Arcy Rae, are uncapped and untested. On the loosehead, Jamie Bhatti could make his first start after a debut in November, and Stuart McInally's backup hooker will likely be Scott Lawson, who was last capped in 2014. Expect Scottish put-ins to come out fast.\nQUOTE: \"There's definitely something special brewing here.\" Scotland back Byron McGuigan.\nODDS: 8-1\n___\nWALES\nCOACH: Warren Gatland\n2017 SIX NATIONS: 5th\nBEST SIX NATIONS RESULT: Champion 2005, '08, '12, '13\nOUTLOOK: Crippled by an injury crisis that has robbed the team of most of its stars, Wales has been written off. Six players who toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions — Sam Warburton, Taulupe Faletau, Rhys Webb, Dan Biggar, Jonathan Davies, Liam Williams — will be missing for the opening game at home to improving Scotland. Reserve flyhalf Rhys Priestland, flanker Dan Lydiate and lock Jake Ball are also out. Then there's the back-to-back matches at England and Ireland, which could leave the Welsh out of title contention by the end of Round 3. Warren Gatland isn't bemoaning his luck, though, instead using the situation as an opportunity. The November internationals, featuring losses to Australia and New Zealand and wins over Georgia and South Africa, marked a fresh start for the Welsh, who departed from the hard-running \"Warrenball\" approach by picking playmakers at flyhalf and inside center to deliver more expansive attacking play. It may require more time for Wales to get used to this style, especially given the injury situation. A second straight fifth-place finish would not be a surprise.\nEYES ON: Rhys Patchell. Injuries to flyhalves Biggar (shoulder) and Priestland (hamstring) have landed Wales in a hole at No. 10, a position of much fascination in a country that produced greats Barry John and Phil Bennett. The answer could be Patchell, who should be given the nod over Gareth Anscombe to start the tournament as the pivot. Patchell has been playing No. 10 for a Scarlets side that has just become the first Welsh team to reach the quarterfinals of the European Champions Cup since 2012, although he showed his versatility by switching — and starring — at fullback in group-ending wins over Bath and Toulon. The 24-year-old Patchell has made only four more test appearances since his debut against Japan in 2013, with his only home cap in December against South Africa.\nQUOTE: \"We'll win the tournament.\" Coach Warren Gatland.\nODDS: 20-1\n___\nAP Sports writers Steve Douglas in Manchester, Jerome Pugmire in Paris, Daniella Matar in Milan, and Foster Niumata in London contributed."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Police: Bomb kills Hezbollah operative in southern Lebanon
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"BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese police officials say an operative with Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group was killed when a bomb he was holding went off in his home in the country's south.\nThe officials say it isn't clear what the operative, identified as Bilal Hassan, was doing with the bomb and now it got onto his home.\nInitial reports were conflicting. Lebanon's private Al-Jadeed TV says Hassan was actually holding a grenade cartridge for a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher.\nThe state-run National News Agency said a \"strange object\" exploded in his house on the edge of the southern port-city of Sidon.\nThe officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.\nThey said Hezbollah members inspected Hassan's house after the blast and were later followed by policemen who opened an investigation in the case."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Yemeni tribal officials say Islamic militants have attacked a checkpoint in southern Yemen, killing 12 troops
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"SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni tribal officials say Islamic militants have attacked a checkpoint in southern Yemen, killing 12 troops."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Parents of transgender students appeal to Trump on bathrooms
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"WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of parents across the country have called on President Donald Trump to embrace Obama-era protections for transgender students that call for letting them use school bathrooms in accordance with their gender identity.\nIn a letter sent to the president by the Human Rights Campaign late Tuesday, more than 780 parents stressed that \"all students deserve equal access to a safe, welcoming school and a high quality education no matter who they are.\"\nThe call follows a decision by the Trump administration last week to abandon a defense of the guidelines issued by the Obama administration. A court issued an injunction against those guidelines last summer in response to a lawsuit filed by 13 states. President Barack Obama appealed the injunction, but the Trump administration decided to back off from the appeal.\nParents of transgender students say that revoking the right of students to use school bathrooms according to their gender identity amounts to discrimination and it creates a hostile learning environment for transgender students. \"These policies are wrong, they hurt our children, and they violate the principle of equal education,\" the letter said.\nConservative activists firmly oppose the idea, saying it endangers the privacy and safety of other students.\nNewly confirmed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has not voiced a position on the bathrooms controversy other than to say that she is against discrimination and will support all students.\nDuring the election campaign Trump said that transgender students can use the bathroom they like."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about 2 Dallas police officers wounded in shooting outside store
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"DALLAS (AP) — Two Dallas police officers have been critically wounded in a shooting outside a hardware store.\nThe shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday outside a Home Depot in northern Dallas.\nThe Dallas Police Department tweeted about the shooting, giving the conditions of the officers. But it did not immediately provide other details.\nThe department tweeted that a civilian was also shot. That person's condition wasn't immediately known.\nAerial video showed police using a helicopter and trained dogs to search for a suspect in a wooded area next to the store parking lot."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Asian shares mixed as some recover from earlier slump
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"TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Tuesday as some indexes recouped earlier losses set off by an overnight decline on Wall Street. Investors are awaiting the first Federal Reserve meeting under the new chairman, Jerome Powell, and anticipating the first rate increase of the year.\nKEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.5 percent to finish at 21,380.97. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.4 percent to 5,936.40, while South Korea's Kospi inched up 0.2 percent to 2,479.81. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was virtually unchanged at 31,524.83, while the Shanghai Composite edged 0.3 percent higher to 3,289.80.\nFACEBOOK DROP: The technology rout on Wall Street on Monday was set off by Facebook's worst loss in four years. The social media giant's plunge followed reports that Cambridge Analytica, a data mining firm working for President Donald Trump's campaign, improperly obtained data on 50 million Facebook users without their permission. Legislators in the U.S. and Europe criticized Facebook, and investors are wondering if companies like Facebook and Alphabet will face tighter regulation.\nWALL STREET: The S&P 500 index sank 1.4 percent to 2,712.92. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.3 percent to 24,610.91. The Nasdaq composite gave up 1.8 percent to 7,344.24 and the Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks declined 1 percent to 1,570.56.\nFEDERAL RESERVE: The U.S. Federal Reserve's first meeting under Jerome Powell's leadership ends later this week, likely with an announcement that the Fed will resume modest interest rate hikes. A healthy U.S. job market and a relatively steady economy have given the Fed the confidence to think the economy can withstand further increases. And the financial markets have been edgy for weeks.\nENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude rose 55 cents to $62.68 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 28 cents on Monday. Brent crude, used to price international oils, also gained 55 cents to $62.60 per barrel in London.\nCURRENCIES: The dollar recovered to 106.27 yen from 105.92 late Monday. The euro rose to $1.2341 from $1.2267.\n___\nAP Markets Writer Marley Jay, who contributed to this report, can be reached at http://twitter.com/MarleyJayAP\nHis work can be found at https://apnews.com/search/marley%20jay\nFollow Yuri Kageyama on Twitter at https://twitter.com/yurikageyama\nHer work can be found at https://www.apnews.com/search/yuri%20kageyama"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about States join battle to protect Great Lakes from Asian carp
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"TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says an interstate partnership is being established to help strengthen defenses against invasive Asian carp in a Chicago-area waterway.\nThe initiative would help pay costs of upgrading the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Illinois, a key choke point between the carp-infested Illinois River and Lake Michigan.\nA plan drafted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would spend $275 million on measures to block the carps' path, including an electric fish barrier, noisemakers and vessel cleansing devices.\nSnyder says the interstate partnership would temporarily cover most of the costs of operating and maintaining the system — about $8 million a year.\nHe says Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and the Canadian province of Ontario are taking part, while other Great Lakes states are invited to join."
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Fingerprints lead to arrest in 1986 California killing
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"ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the stabbing death of a 75-year-old retiree more than three decades ago in Southern California.\nPolice in Escondido say technology led to new analysis of fingerprints from the apartment where Richard Finney was stabbed 31 times in 1986.\nThe San Diego Union-Tribune reported Monday that Nathan Eugene Mathis faces a charge of murder and an allegation that he used a knife in the attack. The 62-year-old retired security guard pleaded not guilty last week.\nInvestigators haven't named a possible motive or said whether the defendant and the victim knew each other.\nGina Turi Curry, Finney's granddaughter, tells the newspaper she burst into tears when police informed her of the arrest.\n___\nInformation from: The San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.utsandiego.com"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Plan ahead to enjoy winter-limited deciduous cypresses turning colors in Taipei’s Nankang
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"TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—As the calendar moves into late autumn, the leaves of deciduous cypresses at Lishan Farmers Square (麗山農民廣場) in Taipei’s Nangang (南港）District are changing colors. As the foliage has not yet totally turned red, members of the public are advised to plan ahead to visit the place in two or three weeks to catch its peak color.\nAccording to the Development Association of Jiuru Community, where the deciduous cypresses are located, the trees will achieve peak color in two or three weeks.\nThe deciduous cypresses surrounding Lishan Farmers Square in Jiuru Community are beautiful in form and the leaves are delicate and soft like feathers. When the Northeast Monsoon arrives, the leaves turn from green to yellow, yellow to orange, and orange to red. The changes in the colors are dazzling, according to Taipei’s Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO).\nChen Jian-fan (陳建帆), the chief of the GEO Slope Conservation Section, recommended visitors to Lishan Farmers Square also visit the nearby Sifen River, where fish has been protected for many years. He said it is a pleasure to take a slow walk on a riverbank trail along the river, stroll on the heart-shaped river-crossing stepping stones in the river, and listen to the running water while enjoying the deciduous cypresses. In addition, the local community also holds the Bamboo Shoot Festival at Lishan Farmers Square every summer.\nIf you wish to visit Jiuru Community, you may go by car or take the MRT Blue Line to Kunyang Station (昆陽站) or Brown Line to Taipei Zoo Station (動物園站); then take Bus S12, alight at Lishan Bridge （麗山橋） Stop and walk along Section 4 of Yanjiuyuan Road （研究院路） until reaching Lishan Farmers Square (Lishan Park).\nTo inquire about the foliage of deciduous cypresses at Lishan Farmers Square, please call Jiuru Community Development Association at (02) 2651-6600.\nA map of Sifen River (photo courtesy of GEO)\nHeart-shaped stepping stones in Sifen River (photo courtesy of GEO)\nLishan Farmers Square (photo courtesy of GEO)\n(photo courtesy of GEO)\nWinter-limited deciduous cypress leaves are turning from green to yellow, yellow to orange, and orange to red (photo courtesy of GEO)"
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I am asking in the domain of sports. Tell me about Auction of boxing champ's home canceled
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"WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — The scheduled auction of the Rhode Island home of five-time world boxing champion Vinny Paz has been canceled.\nThe auction of the Warwick home was scheduled for Wednesday but the website of Sullivan & Sullivan Auctioneers says it has been canceled. No reason was given. The auction was announced earlier this month following a foreclosure.\nThe 55-year-old Paz's three-bedroom house has been subject to liens from both the Internal Revenue Service and the Rhode Island Department of Taxation.\nPaz was arrested twice earlier this year. He was charged with assaulting a friend in February. He pleaded no contest in March to assaulting his girlfriend.\nPaz is known for his comeback after he broke his neck in a car crash. His story was dramatized in the 2016 film \"Bleed for This.\""
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Expanded Conference Glance
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"All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 29 21 6 2 44 110 74 13-2-1 8-4-1 5-2-0 Toronto 31 20 10 1 41 106 88 10-5-0 10-5-1 5-1-1 Columbus 30 19 10 1 39 86 73 11-5-0 8-5-1 6-4-0 N.Y. Islanders 30 17 10 3 37 108 100 9-1-2 8-9-1 5-3-1 Washington 31 18 12 1 37 95 91 12-5-0 6-7-1 5-3-0 New Jersey 29 16 9 4 36 89 91 6-5-2 10-4-2 2-3-0 Pittsburgh 32 16 13 3 35 94 104 10-5-1 6-8-2 4-2-0 N.Y. Rangers 29 16 11 2 34 98 87 12-5-2 4-6-0 5-4-2 Boston 27 14 9 4 32 78 75 9-4-2 5-5-2 1-1-2 Montreal 31 13 14 4 30 85 99 8-7-3 5-7-1 8-1-1 Carolina 28 11 10 7 29 78 88 6-4-3 5-6-4 2-3-2 Philadelphia 29 11 11 7 29 83 86 4-6-4 7-5-3 1-0-3 Detroit 29 11 13 5 27 80 97 5-6-4 6-7-1 3-7-0 Florida 29 11 14 4 26 88 104 6-6-3 5-8-1 3-3-1 Ottawa 28 9 12 7 25 77 98 4-5-5 5-7-2 2-2-1 Buffalo 30 7 17 6 20 64 102 3-9-1 4-8-5 2-4-2 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div St. Louis 31 21 8 2 44 104 78 11-5-0 10-3-2 5-1-1 Los Angeles 31 20 8 3 43 97 68 10-5-2 10-3-1 3-3-2 Nashville 29 18 7 4 40 95 84 11-2-2 7-5-2 8-1-1 Vegas 29 19 9 1 39 103 91 11-2-0 8-7-1 9-1-0 Winnipeg 30 17 8 5 39 102 86 10-2-1 7-6-4 5-1-1 San Jose 29 16 10 3 35 79 69 9-6-2 7-4-1 4-1-2 Calgary 30 16 12 2 34 88 94 8-8-0 8-4-2 5-3-0 Minnesota 29 15 11 3 33 87 87 8-3-2 7-8-1 4-5-0 Dallas 30 16 13 1 33 89 89 10-4-0 6-9-1 4-8-0 Chicago 30 14 11 5 33 90 82 8-5-2 6-6-3 2-5-2 Vancouver 30 14 12 4 32 81 85 5-6-3 9-6-1 3-5-0 Anaheim 30 12 11 7 31 80 89 7-7-3 5-4-4 3-2-4 Colorado 29 14 13 2 30 92 95 8-5-1 6-8-1 4-5-1 Edmonton 30 12 16 2 26 86 99 5-9-0 7-7-2 4-1-0 Arizona 33 7 21 5 19 75 114 3-8-1 4-13-4 1-5-3\nNOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.\nSunday's Games\nChicago 3, Arizona 1\nSt. Louis 3, Buffalo 2, OT\nToronto 1, Edmonton 0\nMinnesota 4, San Jose 3, OT\nMonday's Games\nColorado 2, Pittsburgh 1\nN.Y. Islanders 3, Washington 1\nDallas at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.\nFlorida at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.\nVancouver at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nCarolina at Anaheim, 10 p.m.\nTuesday's Games\nEdmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nOttawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m.\nToronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.\nColorado at Washington, 7 p.m.\nLos Angeles at New Jersey, 7 p.m.\nCalgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m.\nTampa Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m.\nFlorida at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.\nCarolina at Vegas, 10 p.m.\nWednesday's Games\nDallas at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.\nN.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7 p.m.\nBoston at Detroit, 8 p.m.\nNashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m.\nThursday's Games\nBuffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.\nWashington at Boston, 7 p.m.\nN.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m.\nNew Jersey at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.\nChicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.\nAnaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m.\nToronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m.\nFlorida at Colorado, 9 p.m.\nTampa Bay at Arizona, 9 p.m.\nNashville at Edmonton, 9 p.m.\nSan Jose at Calgary, 9 p.m.\nPittsburgh at Vegas, 10 p.m."
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I am asking in the domain of politics. Tell me about Magnitude 6.1 quake rattles Afghanistan and Pakistan
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"ISLAMABAD (AP) — A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake rattled Pakistan and Afghanistan, including the capital cities of both countries, on Wednesday, killing a young girl and injuring five others, officials said.\nThe U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake's center was in northeast Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) south of Jarm in the Hindu Kush region, with a depth of 191.2 kilometers (119 miles).\nTV footage showed Pakistanis fleeing offices schools in panic in Islamabad and elsewhere in the country.\nAt least one girl was killed and five others injured when roofs collapsed on mud-brick homes in the village of Lasbela in Pakistan's Baluchistan province, said local government official Izat Nazir Baluch. He said authorities were still trying to assess damages in Baluchistan.\nThe quake was felt in the Afghan capital Kabul and the Pakistan capital Islamabad. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in Afghanistan.\nThe earthquake also was felt in the Indian capital New Delhi and the Indian Kashmir region. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to buildings there.\nA magnitude-7.6 quake in 2005 killed thousands of people in Pakistan and Kashmir.\n___\nAssociated Press writer Rahim Faiez in Kabul, Afghanistan contributed."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Ask Brianna: You know you're a financial adult when .
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"\"Ask Brianna\" is a column from NerdWallet for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out. I'm here to help you manage your money, find a job and pay off student loans — all the real-world stuff no one taught us how to do in college. Send your questions about postgrad life to askbrianna@nerdwallet.com.\nAsk 10 people for their definition of \"adulthood\" and you'll get 10 different answers. Maybe it's getting that first full-time job, buying a house or doing taxes without help — concrete moments that signal maturity and independence.\nBut financial adulthood, or managing money responsibly, isn't tied to an age or a milestone like starting your first \"real job.\" I knew I was a financial adult when I paid for a plane ticket with money I had saved in a \"Fun Stuff\" account. I've never been more excited to Venmo someone (my sister, who booked our tickets) directly from my bank rather than rely on my credit card.\nYou're a financial adult when you save regularly, spend mindfully, face reality and know when to ask for help. If you're graduating from college this spring, build these habits now.\nSAVE PROACTIVELY\nSaving even a little bit every month is the single most adult financial move you can make.\nMoney is a way to get what you want: security and freedom. When you save a portion of the income left over after covering your fixed expenses, you're preparing proactively for the future.\nIf the idea of sending this money to an \"emergency fund\" makes you completely tune out, just think of it as cash that's there when you need it. You'll be covered if you lose a job, but you'll also have options if you decide to make a lifestyle change, like moving to a new place.\nSPEND THOUGHTFULLY\nGetting a full-time job with a $50,000 salary after being a college student who ate pizza four times a week can be a shock. But hit the pause button before you make a big purchase, says Therese Nicklas, a certified financial planner in Rockland, Massachusetts. Make sure it will truly bring you joy, and that spending isn't a way to get your mind off something else or compete with friends.\nTake a look at your take-home salary and follow the 50/30/20 rule. That's half your pay for necessities like shelter, 20 percent for saving and debt payoff, and 30 percent for your wants. The adult part? Giving up your wants if your necessities or debts demand it.\n\"You can have all the things you want, just not all at the same time,\" says Kailie Abascal, a certified financial planner in Vancouver, Washington.\nNEVER FLINCH FROM REALITY\nFinancial adults don't cower at the sight of their bank account balance, even if it's smaller than they'd like. Frankly assessing your personal financial picture will make it easier to manage.\nIf you have student loans, figure out what you'll have to pay toward them after graduation. Use a student loan calculator to see your monthly payment, and budget around that. Create an online account with your student loan servicer and look up your interest rates. Know that if you put your payments on hold — to go to grad school, or if you're unemployed — interest will accrue and your balance will grow, unless you have subsidized federal loans.\nIf you save for retirement in an employer-sponsored account, find out the vesting schedule, or the amount of time you must work there before any money your employer contributes becomes yours, Abascal says. You'll have a clearer understanding of how much you've really saved if you end up leaving after a year or two.\nKNOW WHEN TO ASK FOR HELP\nNo one expects you to figure everything out right now. Your income, expenses and goals will change many times in your life.\nBut you should feel empowered to get advice, from the right sources, when you need it. Even your parents may not be the best resource if, for instance, you earn more than they do and they haven't had experience handling the salary you're getting, Nicklas says.\nHave the courage to talk to human resources at work if you don't understand your 401(k) investment options. Consider asking a certified financial planner for a free 30-minute consultation so you can set personalized saving and spending goals. There are few things more adult than admitting what you don't know without judging yourself for it.\n___________________________\nThis column was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. Brianna McGurran is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: bmcgurran@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @briannamcscribe.\nRELATED LINKS\nNerdwallet: Student loan calculator\nhttps://nerd.me/calculate-student-loans"
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about Protesters hurl trash on Ecuador ex-president's vehicle
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"QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Protesters have hurled trash on a vehicle used by former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa as he campaigns against a referendum that could prevent him from seeking re-election.\nCorrea's silver SUV was left covered in plastic plates, cups and mud in Wednesday's incident in the city of Quininde. The ex-head of state was trapped for almost three hours inside the building of a radio station where he was giving an interview as police controlled the protesters.\nOn Twitter Correa decried the incident as, \"A shame for the country!\"\nCorrea has been campaigning throughout Ecuador against a referendum being pushed by President Lenin Moreno, his one-time ally and now enemy.\nThe referendum includes one question that would make it impossible for Correa, who was president for a decade, to run again."
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I am asking in the domain of tech. Tell me about EY Announces Dawn Zier, CEO of Nutrisystem, Inc., Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award Finalist in Greater Philadelphia
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"FORT WASHINGTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--EY has announced that Dawn Zier, CEO of Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI ), a leading provider of weight management products and services including Nutrisystem® and South Beach Diet® brands, is a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award in the Greater Philadelphia Region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Zier was selected as a finalist by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Perelman Theater Plaza.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005123/en/\nEY has announced that Dawn Zier, CEO of Nutrisystem, Inc., is a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award in the Greater Philadelphia Region. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“It’s an honor to be recognized for breaking the mold and building a market-leading business across multiple brands,” Zier said. “Working with an incredibly dedicated team, we’re not just transforming the industry, we’re transforming lives. We’re inspired to be bold because we’re all about helping people make bold changes that affect their health and well-being. There’s never been a more exciting time to be innovating in the weight loss and wellness space.\"\nNow in its 32nd year, the program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 145 cities and more than 60 countries throughout the world.\nRegional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National competition. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced at the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 10, 2018. The awards are the culminating event of the Strategic Growth Forum ®, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.\nSponsors\nFounded and produced by EY, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are nationally sponsored in the US by SAP America, Merrill Corporation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In Greater Philadelphia, sponsors also include PNC Bank, Pine Hill Group, Murray Devine & Company, SolomonEdwardsGroup, Ballard Spahr LLP, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Pepper Hamilton LLP and Simkiss & Block.\nAbout Nutrisystem, Inc.\nNutrisystem, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTRI ) is a leader in the weight-loss industry, having helped millions of people lose weight over the course of more than 45 years. The Company’s multi-brand approach to weight loss includes multiple plans for 2018. For more information, go to NutrisystemNews.com and Newsroom.SouthBeachDiet.com.\nAbout Entrepreneur Of The Year ®\nEntrepreneur Of The Year ®, founded by EY, is the world’s most prestigious business awards program for entrepreneurs, chosen from an independent panel of judges including entrepreneurs and prominent leaders from business, finance, and the local community. The program makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global awards program of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 145 cities and more than 60 countries. ey.com/eoy\nAbout EY’s Growth Markets Network\nEY’s worldwide Growth Markets Network is dedicated to serving the changing needs of high-growth companies. For more than 30 years, we’ve helped many of the world’s most dynamic and ambitious companies grow into market leaders. Whether working with international mid-cap companies or early stage, venture-backed businesses, our professionals draw upon their extensive experience, insight and global resources to help your business succeed. For more information, please visit us at ey.com/sgm or follow news on Twitter @EY_Growth.\nAbout EY\nEY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.\nEY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com.\nThis news release has been issued by Ernst & Young LLP, a member of the global EY organization that provides services to clients in the US.\nFor more information, please visit ey.com.\nView source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005123/en/\nCONTACT: Nutrisystem, Inc.\nRobin McConnell Shallow, 215-346-8068\nSenior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Public Relations\nrshallow@nutrisystem.com\nKEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA PENNSYLVANIA\nINDUSTRY KEYWORD: HEALTH FITNESS & NUTRITION RETAIL FOOD/BEVERAGE GENERAL HEALTH\nSOURCE: Nutrisystem, Inc.\nCopyright Business Wire 2018.\nPUB: 04/23/2018 09:01 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 09:01 AM\nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005123/en"
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