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Ask a question about United Nations Population Fund.
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What does the fourth goal focus on improving?
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Flan2021
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squad/v1.1:3.0.0
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zs_opt
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87 Boissons à saveur de fruits (punch, limonade)
Translate this to English?
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87 Frozen fruit drinks (punch, lemonade)
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Flan2021
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wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Write an article based on this "Pick beds that house annuals instead of perennials. Ensure your fabric is permeable. Lay the fabric out in one long piece. Cut out the pieces around barriers. Apply the next piece alongside it. Anchor the edges down. Place mulch on top."
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Weed barrier fabric works best if you reinstall it each year, so pick beds where you'll need to pull out plants and add new ones each year. That way, you can just pull up the barrier fabric with the plants and replace it. You obviously want water and nutrients to get through to your plants, so your fabric needs to be permeable. Check the label to see what it says. If you're not sure about your fabric, try pouring water on it. If it drips through, it's permeable. If it doesn't, it's not. Start by tacking down 1 end of the fabric at the edge of the bed with a stake or pin. Going lengthwise, pull the fabric along the whole length of the bed. Stake the end of the fabric at the other end of the bed, going over any barriers like rocks and plants. Don't worry about it overlapping the edge of the bed. Once you've staked down the fabric, go back and cut out around any barriers, such as plants or rocks. You can use regular scissors. Leave about 6 inches (15 cm) of space all around the plants. Also, cut along the edge of the bed, making the fabric align with the bed. If you're installing it in a bed that doesn't have any plants yet, you'll need to cut out spots where you want the plants to go. If your bed is wider than one piece of fabric, lay a piece next to it. Use the same principles of staking and cutting to install the fabric. Drive in stakes around the edges of the barrier, so that it stays in place. Otherwise, the fabric will come up later, and it will look unsightly in your garden bed. Once you have the fabric barrier in place, you can add mulch on top. You only need enough to cover the fabric. You can use natural mulch or gravel, whatever your preference is. However, keep in mind that organic mulch can break down into soil, creating a space for weeds to grow.
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Flan2021
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gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Question 1: Can digital transactions curb black money and corruption? How?
Question 2: How do I implement mahabharat in my day to day life?
Pick your answer from: * no * yes
Would the answer to these two questions be the same?
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no
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Flan2021
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glue/qqp:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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The Portuguese Restoration War was the name given by nineteenth-century Romantic historians to the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668. The revolution of 1640 ended the 60-year Iberian Union. The period from 1640 to 1668 was marked by periodic skirmishes between Portugal and Spain, as well as short episodes of more serious warfare, much of it occasioned by Spanish and Portuguese entanglements with non-Iberian powers. Spain was involved in the Thirty Years' War until 1648 and the Franco-Spanish War until 1659, while Portugal was involved in the Dutch-Portuguese War until 1663. In the seventeenth century and afterwards, this period of sporadic conflict was simply known, in Portugal and elsewhere, as the Acclamation War. The war established the House of Braganza as Portugal's new ruling dynasty, replacing the House of Habsburg. This ended the so-called Iberian Union.
Which was last, the Portuguese revolution or the Franco-Spanish War?
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Franco-Spanish War
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Flan2021
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drop:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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What is the title of this article:
The 1973–74 season saw the arrival of Johan Cruyff, who was bought for a world record £920,000 from Ajax. Already an established player with Ajax, Cruyff quickly won over the Barcelona fans when he told the European press that he chose Barcelona over Real Madrid because he could not play for a club associated with Francisco Franco. He further endeared himself when he named his son Jordi, after the local Catalan Saint George. Next to champions like Juan Manuel Asensi, Carles Rexach and Hugo Sotil, he helped the club win the 1973–74 season for the first time since 1960, defeating Real Madrid 5–0 at the Bernabéu along the way. He was crowned European Footballer of the Year in 1973 during his first season with Barcelona (his second Ballon d'Or win; he won his first while playing for Ajax in 1971). Cruyff received this prestigious award a third time (the first player to do so) in 1974, while he was still with Barcelona.
Title:
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FC Barcelona
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Flan2021
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squad/v1.1:3.0.0
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zs_opt
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Generate a sentence about this data: Acharya Institute of Technology, state, Karnataka
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The Acharya Institute of Technology is in the state of Karnataka.
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Flan2021
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gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Data: The Cambridge Blue eatType restaurant; The Cambridge Blue food Italian; The Cambridge Blue customer rating 1 out of 5
What would a sentence about this data be like?
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The Cambridge Blue is rated 1 out of 5 for customer satisfaction. It is an Italian restaurant
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Flan2021
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gem/dart:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Tino's family fruit stand is in danger of closing! With a little help from Rikki, the fruit-picking monkey, your job is to fill orders and keep the customers happy.
Please remove spaces between words.
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Tino'sfamilyfruitstandisindangerofclosing!WithalittlehelpfromRikki,thefruit-pickingmonkey,yourjobistofillordersandkeepthecustomershappy.
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Flan2021
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word_segment
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zs_noopt
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Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
When Steve Maxwell graduated from college, he had an engineering degree and a high tech job -- but he couldn't balance his checkbook. "I took one finance class in college but dropped it to go on a ski trip," says the 45-year-old father of three, who lives in Windsor, Colorado. "I actually had to go to my bank and ask them to teach me how to read my statement."
One of the biggest obstacles to making money is not understanding it: Thousands of us avoid investing because we just don't get it. But to make money, you must be financially literate. "It bothered me that I didn't understand this stuff," says Steve, "so I read books and magazines about money management and investing, and I asked every financial whiz I knew to explain things to me."
He and his wife started applying the lessons: They made a point to _ . They never bought on impulse, always negotiated better deals (on their cars,cable bills, furniture) and stayed in their home long after they went for an expensive vacation. They also put 20 percent of their annual salary into investments.
Within ten years, they were millionaires, and people were coming to Steve for advice. "Someone would say, 'I need to refinance my house -- what should I do? 'A lot of times, I wouldn't know the answer, but I'd go to find it and learn something in the process," he says.
In 2003, Steve quit his job to become part owner of a company that holds personal finance seminars for employees of corporations like Wal Mart. He also started going to real estate investment seminars, and it's paid off: He now owns $ 30 million worth of investment properties, including apartment complexes, a shopping mall and a quarry.
"I was an engineer who never thought this life was possible, but all it truly takes is a little self education," says Steve. "You can do anything once you understand the basics."
1. What type of degree did Steve have?
2. Did he have a high-tech job as well?
3. Why did he drop his finance class?
4. How many children does he have?
5. How old is Steve?
6. In what year did Steve quit his job?
7. Is Steve a multi-millionaire?
8. How long did it take him to become a millionaire?
9. Do people ask Steve for advice?
10. How much of his annual salary does he put into Investments?
Numbered answers:
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1. an engineering degree
2. yes
3. to go on a ski trip
4. three
5. 45
6. 2003
7. yes
8. Within ten years
9. yes
10. 20 percent
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Flan2021
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coqa:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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What are the most important words in the following sentence:
image of a beautiful light fixture hanging on the walls
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hang, image, wall
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Flan2021
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gem/common_gen:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Generate an approximately fifteen-word sentence that describes all this data: William Anders, dateOfRetirement, "1969-09-01"; William Anders, selectedByNasa, 1963; William Anders, birthDate, "1933-10-17"; William Anders, occupation, Fighter pilot; William Anders, birthPlace, British Hong Kong; William Anders, mission, Apollo 8.
Sentence:
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In 1963 NASA chose William Anders to become a member of the Apollo 8 crew. Anders was a fighter pilot before that who was born in British Hong Kong on October 17th, 1933 and retired on September 1st, 1969.
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Flan2021
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gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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the property includes other buildings; “konak” was built in 19 th century; the shed that has been restored was built in 1850, and the barn was built in 1883, according to the year written on the barn’s door.
How would the previous sentence be correctly capitalized?
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The property includes other buildings; “Konak” was built in 19 th century; the shed that has been restored was built in 1850, and the barn was built in 1883, according to the year written on the barn’s door.
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Flan2021
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true_case
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zs_opt
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Sentence 1: The wee small voice of conscience.
Sentence 2: The incessant voices of the artillery.
Does voice mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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different meanings
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Flan2021
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super_glue/wic:1.0.2
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zs_noopt
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Choose from the options at the end. Are the following two questions the same?
When will episode 278 of fairy tail come out?
Is there any wizard stronger than Zeref in Fairy Tail?
OPTIONS:
1). no;
2). yes;
The answer is:
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1).
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Flan2021
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glue/qqp:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Write highlights for this article:
An Australian citizen, who has awaited trial from behind the bars of a Russian prison for more than two years, could face a minimum of 15 years in jail for the supply of poppy seeds. Roman Shilov, whose wife and the baby daughter live in Brisbane, was detained by Russian authorities on charges of drug trafficking in July 2012, according to the ABC. He has never met his daughter. The Australian and Russian citizen has been refused bail due to being considered a flight risk, despite the Australian government assuring prosecutors that he would not be issued a passport, a letter from Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has revealed. Roman Shilov, whose wife and the baby daughter he's never had the chance to meet live in Brisbane, was detained by Russian authorities on controversial charges of drug trafficking in July 2012. 'Regrettably, Russian authorities have not accepted this advice and remain committed to having Mr Shilov remain in detention,' Ms Bishop wrote in a letter to the Shilov family's local MP. The letter also noted that the Russian Government was refusing to recognise Mr Shilov's dual nationality which in turn 'seriously limits the ability of the Australian Government to provide consular assistance'. Mr Shilov had returned to Moscow three years before his arrest to assist his father with his spice trade business which supplied up to 20 per cent of the country's poppy seed market at the time, the ABC reported. Poppy seeds are currently classified as narcotics by the Russian government. The Australian and Russian citizen, who has been detained without trial for two and a half years, has now been refused bail due to being considered a flight risk despite the Australian government assuring prosecutors that he would not be issued a passport. One of the charges laid against Shilov and his father by Russia's Federal Drug Control Service is the importation of 47 tonnes of narcotics. The ABC reported that this shipment was made up entirely of poppy seeds and the Service had even admitted that only 0.001 percent of it could be extracted as narcotics. Evgeny Shilov, Mr Shilov's brother who also lives in Brisbane, told the ABC that the minimum 15 year sentence was worrying and expressed concern over his brother's detainment. 'It seems very, very unfair that he's been put away from day one and hasn't been let go,' he said. Evgeny Shilov, Mr Shilov's brother who also lives in Brisbane, told the ABC that the minimum 15 year sentence was a worrying one and expressed concern over his brother's long term detainment. 'I'm still hoping that it's going to get resolved. That's all." The Department of Foreign Affairs told Daily Mail Australia in a statement: 'Where there have been concerns expressed about his [Mr Shilov's] health or welfare in prison, the Department has made representations to Russian authorities. 'Consular officials are also in regular communication with the man's family and his legal advisers about his case.'
Highlights:
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Roman Shilov has been detained by Russian authorities without trial since July 2012. He was charged with drug trafficking while importing poppy seeds as part of his father's spice business. He has been refused bail due to being considered a flight risk. Mr Shilov's brother, wife and baby daughter live in Brisbane.
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Flan2021
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cnn_dailymail:3.4.0
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zs_opt
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Dan Olsen of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to take a one-shot lead after two rounds of the PGA Tour qualifying tournament.
What is a good title for this?
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Dan Olsen leads PGA qualifying school
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Flan2021
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ag_news_subset:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Remove the spaces from the following sentence: About 95 percent of all plants on Earth are of type C3. C4 plants constitute only 1 percent but the C4 crops of sugar cane, corn, sorghum and millet are economically significant.
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About95percentofallplantsonEarthareoftypeC3.C4plantsconstituteonly1percentbuttheC4cropsofsugarcane,corn,sorghumandmilletareeconomicallysignificant.
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Flan2021
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word_segment
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zs_noopt
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Bebé con futuros trabajos How do you say this sentence in English?
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Baby with future jobs
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Flan2021
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para_crawl_enes
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zs_opt
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Sentence: Angola International airport is located at Ícolo e Bengo, Luanda Province, Angola, and has the runway name of 05L/23R.
What data can be extracted from this sentence?
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Angola International Airport, location, Ícolo e Bengo; Ícolo e Bengo, country, Angola; Angola International Airport, runwayName, "05L/23R"; Ícolo e Bengo, isPartOf, Luanda Province
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Flan2021
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gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Generate a sentence that describes the following data: Elliot See, almaMater, University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin, affiliation, University of Texas System; Elliot See, nationality, United States; Elliot See, birthDate, "1927-07-23"; Elliot See, birthPlace, Dallas; University of Texas at Austin, competeIn, Big 12 Conference; Elliot See, status, "Deceased"
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Elliot See was an American who was born in Dallas on July 23, 1927. See attended the University of Texas at Austin, which is affiliated with the University of Texas system. The University of Texas competed in the Big 12 Conference in Austin. Elliot See is dead, but the date of his death was not noted.
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Flan2021
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gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Read this: The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), headed by the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, includes 33 warships and submarines deployed in two fleets: Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) at CFB Esquimalt on the west coast, and Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) at Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard in Halifax on the east coast, as well as one formation: the Naval Reserve Headquarters (NAVRESHQ) at Quebec City, Quebec. The fleet is augmented by various aircraft and supply vessels. The RCN participates in NATO exercises and operations, and ships are deployed all over the world in support of multinational deployments.
Where are the Maritime Forces Atlantic located?
What is the answer? (If it cannot be answered, return "unanswerable")
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Halifax
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Flan2021
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squad/v2.0:3.0.0
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zs_opt
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Sentence 1: It's been a pleasure discussing these issues with you.
Sentence 2: I have liked talked with you.
If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
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yes
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Flan2021
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glue/mnli:2.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Translate the following sentence to German:
In various parts of the world and on a wide range of issues - Lebanon, Congo and the results achieved at long last with our Russian partners on the Siberian overflight issue - the past six months have seen the European Union showing the right mix of political, economic and aid policies.
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Die Europäische Union hat in den vergangenen sechs Monaten in verschiedenen Teilen der Welt und in einer Vielzahl von Fragen den richtigen Mix an politischen, ökonomischen und Hilfsmaßnahmen gefunden. Erwähnt seien in diesem Zusammenhang der Libanon, der Kongo und die Ergebnisse, die endlich mit unseren russischen Partnern zur Frage der Überflugrechte für Sibirien erzielt werden konnten.
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Translate "I would like to raise one final point, that is the letter that the Speaker of the Egyptian Parliament has written to us." to Finnish?
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Haluaisin ottaa esiin vielä yhden asian, kirjeen, jonka Egyptin parlamentin puhemies on kirjoittanut meille.
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Based on the premise "Slim considered, "I guess not.", can we conclude the hypothesis "Slim considered what Red had said, "I guess it isn't."" is true?
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it is not possible to tell
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Flan2021
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glue/mnli:2.0.0
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zs_noopt
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One of the most charming and peaceful Christian sites in Jerusalem, the Church of St. Anne (mother of the Virgin Mary) is actually in the Muslim Quarter, and just inside St. Stephen's Gate at the far end of the Via Dolorose
Does it follow that "There aren't any christian establishments in Jerusalem. "?
OPTIONS:
(A). yes.
(B). it is not possible to tell.
(C). no.
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(C).
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Flan2021
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glue/mnli:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Write an article based on this summary:
Minimize your use of bleach. Use lemon juice as a bleach alternative. Check for iron in your water supply. Install a water filtration system if there is iron in your water.
Article:
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While bleach is a common laundry-whitening agent, it can react with certain kinds of fabrics and create a yellowish discoloration. It is especially important to avoid using bleach on wrinkle-resistant cotton, polyester, or polyester blends. Instead of trying to brighten up your white shirts with chlorine-based bleach, add 1 cup (about .25 liters) of lemon juice to your wash along with your regular detergent. Wash only white clothes with lemon juice, as it can cause colors to fade. If your white shirts are coming out of the wash with yellow or orange stains or discoloration, iron in your water may be the culprit. Get a home water-hardness testing kit at your local home supply store, or contact a certified water testing lab in your area and find out how to get a sample of your water tested for iron. If you live in the US, visit the EPA’s water lab network website to find an accredited lab in your area: https://www.epa.gov/waterlabnetwork. Iron stains are very difficult to remove from clothing, so the best way to protect your white shirts is to treat your water. If your tests indicate that your water is high in iron, you may need to install a home water filter or water softening system designed to treat iron-rich water. If you are not comfortable installing your own water filter or softener, contact a professional plumber. Someone at a certified water testing lab in your area may be able to advise you on the best type of filtration system for your home.
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Flan2021
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gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Looking through the window here in Mérida, outside there, at the foot of Pico Bolivar, everything is still near and clear, warm, essential and identical, simple and easy, level and tangible, only a limited panorama enters our vision. Say this using Spanish.
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Observando a través de la ventana, aquí en Mérida, allá afuera, al pie del Pico Bolívar, todo aun es cercano y claro, cálido, esencial e idéntico, simple y sencillo, llano y tangible, tan sólo un limitado panorama que llega a nuestra vista.
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Flan2021
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para_crawl_enes
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zs_opt
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Is the sentiment of the following sentence positive or negative?
draggy
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negative
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Flan2021
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glue/sst2:2.0.0
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zs_noopt
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I had n't really thought much about meeting Greeks as they have basically blended into the melting pot of America ... But in New York , the thriving community of Greeks was evident . Around me , left and right , were Greek Gods .
What may be true about the Greeks ?
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They had integrated into modern culture .
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Flan2021
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cosmos_qa:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Do the following sentences say the same thing?
On Tuesday, the central bank left interest rates steady, as expected, but also declared that overall risks were weighted toward weakness and warned of deflation risks.
The central bank's policy board left rates steady for now, as widely expected, but surprised the market by declaring that overall risks were weighted toward weakness.
Return your answer on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar".
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4
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Flan2021
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glue/stsb:2.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Write a sentence about the following things:
final, student, study
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The student is lying on a sofa studying for finals.
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Flan2021
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gem/common_gen:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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First question: "Which is better for video editing, MacBook Pro retina 13' or 15'?"
Second question: What should I do one hour a day at school to optimize my school experience? I have an 8 hour school day and my only break is for lunch. What can I do?
Are these two questions asking the same thing?
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no
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Flan2021
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glue/qqp:2.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Write an article based on this summary:
A statue of singer David Bowie will go up in the town where he first performed as Ziggy Stardust following the success of a crowdfunding campaign.
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More than 650 people pledged sums totalling more than the £100,000 goal, 19 hours before the deadline.
The statue will be put up in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where Bowie unveiled his Ziggy character and two albums.
Campaigner David Stopps said it was an exciting moment and raising the cash means "the statue will now happen".
More than 650 people pledged sums, from £10 to £6,000, for the bronze sculpture, enabling it to beat Tuesday's deadline to raise the cash.
Mr Stopps said: "We are very grateful to everybody. It's been a Biblical 40 days. The bottom line now is that the statue will happen."
About 30% of the pledges were from outside the UK.
Adele's record company and 80s musician, Howard Jones were among six donators giving £6,000.
Bowie's booking agent, John Giddings born in nearby Hertfordshire pledged £5,000.
Bowie performed as Ziggy during gigs at the town's Friars music venue in the early 1970s.
Bowie played a gig at the club in September 1971 where he gave the world debut of Hunky Dory.
The statue will be sited under arches in the Market Square which Bowie referenced in Five Years, the opening track of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars album.
The statue is being designed by sculptor, Andrew Sinclair, who has also made commissions for the Queen.
Speakers above the statue will play a Bowie track every hour.
Organisers still have to raise a further £50,000 which they say is "easily possible" through grants and direct donations.
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Flan2021
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huggingface:xsum
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zs_noopt
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Militants claim US official slowed UN hostage deal; official <b>...</b>
KABUL - Taleban-linked militants threatening to kill three UN hostages are accusing the United States of hampering their release, although an Afghan official says a ransom demand is the main stumbling block.
What is this text about?
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World
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Flan2021
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ag_news_subset:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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What is the answer: In the recent London summer Olympics, where was the majority of the Triathlon event(s) held?
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hyde park
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Flan2021
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trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Based on the sentence "A young gentleman is pointing to a sign on a building.", is the sentence "A girl points at the sky." a true sentence?
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no
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Flan2021
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snli:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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By Mike Dawes Imposter: Drunken rugby fan Joshua Goldsworthy almost managed to convince Italian police he was a member of the England team A drunk England rugby fan was given a police escort to the luxury Rome hotel where Stuart Lancaster's team were based for their game against Italy. Joshua Goldsworthy, 20, was arrested for being drunk and disorderly in Rome city centre and then began resisting attempts to get into a police vehicle. Officers became alarmed after he told them he was a key player in the England team and decided to rush him back to the squad's luxury five star hotel.
It appears Goldsworthy was released before the kick off and managed to get in and watch the game as he posted a tweet saying: 'Cracking game great win now a few beers in
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Rome!'
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Flan2021
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super_glue/record:1.0.2
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zs_noopt
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Generate an approximately fifteen-word sentence that describes all this data: 5 WHO_KNOWS_THE_MOST_ABOUT_THE_GUEST_HOST?_PANELISTS Nancy Sorrell and Samia Smith
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Name nancy sorrell and samia smith knows the most about the guest host panels for episode 5
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Flan2021
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gem/dart:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Summarize:
Some people will tell you to wait 3 days before you text someone when you get their number. However, after that much time, they might think you’re not interested. Instead of playing games, text the person as soon as you feel like it. That will show them that you’re already thinking of them, and they may be attracted to your straightforward approach. However, do avoid texting anyone too late at night or too early in the morning. You might wake them up, which they probably won’t appreciate. When you’re talking to your crush, you want them to know how thoughtful and clever you are. Using a lot of abbreviations, acronyms, and internet slang might make you seem unoriginal, and they can make your texts hard to read. Try sticking to regular spelling and correct grammar, instead. Sprinkling a few acronyms into your texts is fine. For instance, “OMG I have to tell you something!” is fine, whereas, “OMG u rnt going 2 believe what I heard” probably isn’t going to win your crush’s heart. Read your texts before you send them to try to catch any typos, as well. When you’re first texting someone you like, don’t weigh them down with all the problems in your life. Instead, keep your texts positive, clever, or funny. That will show your crush that you’re a positive person who’s fun to be around. For instance, you might send your crush jokes, cute stories about your day, or funny memes you come across. Avoid too much sarcasm, since it might not come across the right way in a text. Over time, you can gradually open up to your crush, especially if you see them doing the same thing. When you like someone, it can be tempting to read into every text they send you, looking for any sign of how they feel. However, the best way to know for sure whether your crush likes you is just to spend time talking to them. It will become clear in time, so just relax and have fun, and let things develop naturally. For instance, just because your crush sends you short texts doesn’t necessarily mean they’re mad at you or that they don’t like you. They may just be busy. If you’re constantly sending long blocks of texts and your crush is only sending you back short texts (or not texting you back at all), they’re probably busy, and they might get aggravated if you keep blowing up their phone. You don’t have to send exactly 1 message for every 1 message they send, but do try to keep it to a close ratio. Don’t text the person to ask them why they’re not texting you. That can come across as desperate or pushy. If they’re not answering, give them some space. If your crush is always the one who has to say goodbye first, they might start to feel like you like them more than they like you. Give them a chance to miss you by ending the conversation a little earlier than they expect. If you’re ending the conversation because you have somewhere to go, make sure to mention that so they know you have a busy, well-rounded life! Leave your crush hanging by saying something like, "Oh, remind me tomorrow to tell you about my job interview!"
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Don't feel like you need to wait a certain amount of time before you text. Avoid using a lot of slang in your texts. Keep your texts lighthearted, especially at first. Don't overthink it. Try not to text the other person way more than they text you. Try to be the first one to end the conversation.
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Flan2021
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For the 2011 season -- 12 Cowdenbeath were managed by Jimmy Nicholl , following the resignation of Colin Cameron at the end of the last season .
For the 2011 season -- 12 Cowdenbeath were managed by Colin Cameron , following the resignation of Jimmy Nicholl at the end of the previous season .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
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paws_wiki:1.1.0
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An exception to the usual European qualification system happened in 2005, after Liverpool won the Champions League the year before, but did not finish in a Champions League qualification place in the Premier League that season. UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England five qualifiers. UEFA subsequently ruled that the defending champions qualify for the competition the following year regardless of their domestic league placing. However, for those leagues with four entrants in the Champions League, this meant that if the Champions League winner finished outside the top four in its domestic league, it would qualify at the expense of the fourth-placed team in the league. No association can have more than four entrants in the Champions League. This occurred in 2012, when Chelsea – who had won the Champions League the previous year, but finished sixth in the league – qualified for the Champions League in place of Tottenham Hotspur, who went into the Europa League.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): Which team was denied entry into the Champions League in 2012 due to being bumped out of the running by the defending champion?
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Tottenham Hotspur
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Flan2021
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squad/v2.0:3.0.0
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zs_noopt
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What concepts are described in the following sentence?
"The American, Duncan Rouleau created the character of Baymax who appeared in the film Big Hero 6 which starred Alan Tudyk."
Return the answer as pairs of triples.
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Duncan Rouleau NATIONALITY Americans
Baymax CREATOR Duncan Rouleau
Big Hero 6 (film) STARRING Alan Tudyk
Baymax SERIES Big Hero 6 (film)
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gem/dart:1.1.0
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Write a short summary for this text: pyongyang has yet to inform seoul of any intention to resume talks for an inter-korean summit , which could be dropped after the death of north korean president kim il-sung , officials said sunday .
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pyongyang silent on reviving summit preparations
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Flan2021
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gigaword:1.2.0
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zs_noopt
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Choose how you want this story to end.
John Watson competed in 152 Formula One races over 10 years. He won five times, including the 1981 British Grand Prix for McLaren, and scored 169 career points. After leaving the sport in 1985, Watson has forged a successful media career, and today he writes for MailOnline. Following the fall-out from the Monaco Grand Prix, Watson assesses the fractious relationship beetween Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, and asks whether Mercedes could have handled the situation in a better fashion. If you go back to qualifying, I can understand why Lewis Hamilton was upset because he did not do anything wrong and he got caught up in Nico Rosberg’s incident which, in my opinion, was not pre-meditated. That said, it did work advantageously for Rosberg.
He shouldn’t have done that, and suddenly, all those resentments from
OPTIONS:
- 1981 British Grand Prix build into big issues.
- Formula One build into big issues.
- Hamilton build into big issues.
- John Watson build into big issues.
- Lewis Hamilton build into big issues.
- MailOnline build into big issues.
- McLaren build into big issues.
- Mercedes build into big issues.
- Monaco Grand Prix build into big issues.
- Nico Rosberg build into big issues.
- Niki Lauda build into big issues.
- Rosberg build into big issues.
- Toto Wolff build into big issues.
- Watson build into big issues.
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Nico Rosberg build into big issues.
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super_glue/record:1.0.2
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Question: What three countries sent their Navy to Greece?
Is Following news that combined Ottoman–Egyptian fleets were going to attack the Greek island of Hydra, the allied fleet intercepted the Ottoman–Egyptian fleet at Navarino. a good answer to this question?
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no
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Produce a long descriptive sentence that uses all these words: United States, leader, Barack Obama; A Wizard of Mars, language, English language; English language, spokenIn, Great Britain; United States, ethnicGroup, Asian Americans; A Wizard of Mars, country, United States
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A Wizard of Mars was published in English (language of Great Britain) in the United States. The president of the US was previously Barack Obama and many Asian Americans live there.
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gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0
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Do these questions have the same meaning?
Should Pakistan give Kashmir to India?
Should India apologize to Pakistan and give independence to Kashmir?
A). no
B). yes
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B).
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glue/qqp:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Write a sentence not in English.
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Emme kannata tarkistukseen 13 sisältyvää ehdotusta mustasta laatikosta.
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wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Select from:
*negative
*positiveWould the following phrase be considered positive or negative?
nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot
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positive
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Question: What percentage of the Nicaraguan population are indigenous?
Answer: About 5% of the Nicaraguan population are indigenous.
A single-select problem: Is the question answered in a satisfactory fashion?
Choose from:
(i). yes.
(ii). no.
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Cute film about three lively sisters from Switzerland (often seen running about in matching outfits) who want to get their parents back together (seems mom is still carrying the torch for dad) - so they sail off to New York to stop the dad from marrying a blonde gold-digger he calls "Precious". Dad hasn't seen his daughters in ten years, they (oddly enough) don't seem to mind and think he's wonderful, and meanwhile Precious seems to lead a life mainly run by her overbearing mother (Alice Brady), a woman who just wants to see to it her daughter marries a rich man. The sisters get the idea of pushing Precious into the path of a drunken Hungarian count, tricking the two gold-digging women into thinking he is one of the richest men in Europe. But a case of mistaken identity makes the girls think the count is good-looking Ray Milland, who goes along with the scheme 'cause he has a crush on sister Kay.
This film is enjoyable, light fare. Barbara Read as Kay comes across as sweet and pretty, Ray Milland looks oh so young and handsome here (though, unfortunately, is given little to do), Alice Brady is quite good as the scheming mother - but it is Deanna Durbin, a real charmer and cute as a button playing youngest sister Penny, who pretty much steals the show. With absolutely beautiful vocals, she sings several songs throughout the film, though I actually would have liked to have seen them feature her even more in this. The plot in this film is a bit silly, but nevertheless, I found the film to be entertaining and fun.
Would you say this review is positive or negative?
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positive
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imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0
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Write an article based on this "Former British Olympic discuss thrower Lawrence Okoye has signed for the Arizona Cardinals after being released by NFL rivals San Francisco 49ers."
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Londonder Okoye, 23, who still holds the British discus record, left the 49ers last week after two seasons trying to establish himself.
After franchises finalised their squads over the weekend, Okoye said: "Really excited to join the @AZCardinals.
"Big thank you to everyone that has supported throughout this journey."
Okoye added: "9ers fans have been awesome with me throughout my time there - will always appreciate you no matter where I'm at."
Jack Crawford made the Dallas Cowboys' 53-man roster, but other Britons did not have such good news over the weekend's roster moves.
Former London Warriors defensive end Efe Obada was released by the Cowboys.
Rookie running back Jay Ajayi has been moved to the Miami Dolphins' injured/reserve list because of a chest injury.
Manchester-born offensive tackle Menelik Watson ruptured his Achilles tendon late last month and has also been placed on the Oakland Raiders' injured/reserve list, likely keeping him out of the entire campaign.
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Flan2021
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huggingface:xsum
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zs_noopt
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Answer this question.
What is the ‘Fifth Pillar of Islam’?
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hajj
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Flan2021
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trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0
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How is "But as long as poorer member states grow faster than their richer counterparts, one should not be overly concerned about temporary increases in intra-national disparities.
" said in German?
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Solange die armen Mitgliedsstaaten allerdings schneller wachsen als ihre reichen Gegenstücke, sollte man über vorläufige intranationale Unterschiede nicht allzu besorgt sein.
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wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0
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One can hardly read the news these days without learning that yet another American corporation has announced plans to invert, which is corporate-speak for restructuring as a foreign company to avoid U.S. taxes. It's a trend that has increased exponentially over the past decade with barely a peep from Congress. Now that corporate giants such as Pfizer, Walgreen, Medtronic and Mylan have made bids to invert by merging with foreign companies and will be eligible to claim their headquarters are offshore to avoid U.S. taxes, Congress may finally act. These large corporations have publicly asserted they are moving their headquarters, but they really won't change the way they do business. Medtronic, for example, is buying an Ireland-based company. If the merger goes through, the company has said it will maintain "operational headquarters" in Minneapolis, where the company is currently based. In other words, not much will change except the company will claim to be foreign. (Medtronic officials say the move is not about avoiding taxes and that the firm will still face substantial taxes; the firm does have the right to cancel the deal if Congress changes the law in a way that removes the tax benefits of inversion.) Walgreen, the nation's largest drug retailer, has said it is considering moving its headquarters to Switzerland. Inversions are just another ploy that corporations use to reduce or eliminate their U.S. tax bills. According to the Congressional Research Service, legislation to limit corporate inversions could provide an additional $19.5 billion in revenue over 10 years. Even among corporations that aren't pursing inversions, shifting profits offshore to avoid U.S. taxes is a huge problem. For example, American corporations reported to the IRS that subsidiaries in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands collectively earned profits equal to 16 times the gross domestic product of those countries, according to recent data. It's clearly impossible for companies to earn profits in a country that are exponentially larger than that country's entire economy, further proving companies are using accounting gimmicks to avoid U.S. taxes. American corporations engage in these tricks because they can defer paying U.S. taxes on alleged offshore earnings until they officially bring those profits to the United States, which may never happen. Corporations get a permanent break when they invert because the United States will not tax profits earned outside its borders. Corporate inversions are often followed by earnings stripping, a maneuver that artificially shifts profits into lower-tax or zero-tax countries. A recent exposé explains how the highly profitable manufacturer Ingersoll Rand suddenly began reporting U.S. losses or very small profits each year after inverting to become a Bermuda corporation in 2001. This did not reflect any actual loss of U.S. customers or business. Rather, the corporation accomplished this by loaning $3 billion to its U.S. subsidiary, which then deducted the interest payments on the debt to effectively wipe out its U.S. income for tax purposes. Defenders of corporate inversions often argue the United States' 35% statutory corporate tax rate is too high compared to that of other nations and therefore puts companies at a competitive disadvantage, but most U.S. companies pay nowhere near that rate. Defenders also claim profits earned in the United States will always be taxed here. But the earnings stripping practiced by Ingersoll Rand and other inverted companies suggests this is not true. The ultimate goal of much multinational tax planning is making profits appear to be earned in countries with a zero or low tax rate. Reducing the nation's corporate tax rate cannot address the fact that many corporations are employing various means to avoid U.S. taxes altogether. Companies that have recently sought inversions continue to benefit vastly from public investments. The drugs and devices made by Pfizer and Medtronic, which are often sold by Walgreen, would have far fewer buyers if not for Medicaid, Medicare and other federal health programs. They would not exist without federal investments in research and education and in the infrastructure that makes commerce possible. Taxpayers should be outraged that these companies have no qualms about benefiting immensely from the U.S. economic system without contributing their fair share. But Congress can easily fix this by moving forward with a White House proposal to bar corporations that are obviously American from pretending to be foreign. The plan would sensibly treat newly merged companies as American if they are majority owned by shareholders of the original American company, or if they are managed and controlled inside the United States and have substantial business here. There's much more to be done to reform America's tax code, but we can't afford to wait for lawmakers to settle how to approach that challenge. If Congress waits too long, there won't be much of a corporate tax left to reform.
Summarize the highlights of this article.
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U.S. corporations merge with foreign companies, move their headquarters. McIntyre: Such "inversions" enable firms to greatly lower their U.S. corporate tax bill. He says government can lose billions of tax revenue from such maneuvers. McIntyre: Congress should pass administration proposal to bar inversions.
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Flan2021
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cnn_dailymail:3.4.0
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zs_noopt
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Translate the following sentence to Turkish:
Labus: It is evident that the pressure on our country is increasing for that co-operation to continue in the direction of extradition of the accused.
Turkish:
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Labus: Söz konusu işbirliğinin, savaş suçlularının teslim edilmesi yönünde ilerlemesi için ülkemiz üzerindeki baskının giderek arttığı açık.
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Article:
This is a set of web collections curated by Mark Graham using the Archive-IT service of the Internet Archive. They include web captures of the ISKME.org website as well as captures from sites hosted by IGC.org.These web captures are available to the general public.For more information about this collection please feel free to contact Mark via Send Mail ||||| Tweet with a location
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| The NFL loves nothing more than a hollow branding opportunity. Just look at the self-satisfaction on the face of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when he knelt, uselessly, with his team before the performance of last night’s national anthem. That’s the look of a man who knows he’s taken something that has nothing to do with him and turned it to his own ends.
Unity. That’s the name of the detergent that Roger Goodell, the owners, and the most desperate stooges in the media are going to use to scrub this Trump vs. Sports mess until all that’s left is a shiny, useless bauble. We’re already well on our way. The NFL is literally using this for brand marketing:
Colin Kaepernick took a knee for a specific reason: He was protesting police brutality and the unfair treatment of minorities in this country. And while plenty of chuds were happy to mock it as the vacant posturing of a multi-millionaire with nothing on the line, the fact is that not only was he risking something—his career, as it turned out—but it was part of something broader. Kaepernick has put his time and his money behind causes that seek to make this country a better one for the oppressed. The same is true of other players who have demonstrated before games. Malcolm Jenkins and Anquan Boldin, just to name two, have lobbied for criminal justice reform on Capitol Hill and supported organizations that provide career counseling to low-income minority men. These are actions taken in pursuit of concrete solutions to real problems, and they’re what every pre-game act of protest is meant to draw attention to.
But where does the attention lie now?
For as much as the events of the past weekend were framed as Trump going to war with the NFL, our bum of a president did Roger Goodell and the league a huge favor. All they had to do was release a few limp-dick statements tsk-tsking Trump’s comments for their divisiveness, come up with a few meaningless shows of pseudo-solidarity like we saw in Arizona last night, and poof: Suddenly the anthem protests aren’t about a very specific set of problems plaguing this country, but about “unity,” a cause more hollow than anything 25 branding execs could ever dream up in a conference room. Roger Goodell is on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Colin Kaepernick isn’t.
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The worst irony here may be the way the NFL’s new marketing initiative not only appropriates the protests, but perverts their meaning. Kaepernick’s protest and the ones that followed were divisive, and were meant to be: That was the point, to ask people to choose sides, and to direct their attention to what’s going on in the real world beyond sports. Goodell and the owners, in asking everyone to come together around the cause of the NFL itself, have done what they always do, and made what they’ve touched cheaper and smaller.
It’s been weeks since a coalition of NFL players sent a memo pleading with Goodell to offer real, tangible support for their activism. Included in that memo was a specific list of activities that Goodell could take part in in order to help them achieve their goals of bail reform, increased police transparency, and passage of Clean Slate legislation. Who knows if Goodell has done any of the things he was asked to do in that memo, or if he ever planned on working with the players at all. What’s clear now, though, is that he doesn’t have to if he doesn’t want to.
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All he has to do now is remain united with his players in favor of the NFL and good things like vague civic virtues, and against bad ones like any actual discussion of how to make good on the promises those virtues offer. |||||
What is a summary?
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– Yes, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones kneeled with his team Monday, but he did so before the national anthem played. It was a "useless" gesture, writes Tom Ley at Deadspin, and the look of "self-satisfaction" on Jones' face tells you all you need to know about what's unfolding right now. The NFL, led by Roger Goodell, is cheapening what had been a very real, and necessarily divisive, protest begun by Colin Kaepernick over how police treat African-Americans. Now, the league is going "to scrub this Trump vs. Sports mess until all that's left is a shiny, useless bauble." The media is playing along: Consider that Goodell, not Kaepernick, is on the cover of Sports Illustrated. President Trump actually did the NFL a favor by picking this fight, writes Ley. Goodell had been under pressure to do something in support of protesting players, but now it's unnecessary. Owners tut-tutted at the president, locked arms with players, and suddenly this became all about some vague notion of league unity. "The worst irony here may be the way the NFL's new marketing initiative not only appropriates the protests, but perverts their meaning," writes Ley. The protest by Kaepernick required people to pick a side on a volatile issue. "Goodell and the owners, in asking everyone to come together around the cause of the NFL itself, have done what they always do, and made what they've touched cheaper and smaller." Click for the full column.
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multi_news:1.0.0
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Some of the earliest recorded observations ever made through a telescope, Galileo's drawings on 28 December 1612 and 27 January 1613, contain plotted points that match up with what is now known to be the position of Neptune. On both occasions, Galileo seems to have mistaken Neptune for a fixed star when it appeared close—in conjunction—to Jupiter in the night sky; hence, he is not credited with Neptune's discovery. At his first observation in December 1612, Neptune was almost stationary in the sky because it had just turned retrograde that day. This apparent backward motion is created when Earth's orbit takes it past an outer planet. Because Neptune was only beginning its yearly retrograde cycle, the motion of the planet was far too slight to be detected with Galileo's small telescope. In July 2009, University of Melbourne physicist David Jamieson announced new evidence suggesting that Galileo was at least aware that the 'star' he had observed had moved relative to the fixed stars.
Answer this question, if possible (if impossible, reply "unanswerable"): Who proved that the the star Galileo observed was fixed?
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unanswerable
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Flan2021
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squad/v2.0:3.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Here is an email: Congratulations on your promotion to Manager. Brent Price, Bob Hall, Leslie Reeves, Brenda Herod and I would like to invite you to a luncheon in recognition of your promotion on Tuesday, February 6. We appreciate your contributions to the continuing success of Enron's wholesale services business. We would like the opportunity to help you celebrate your promotion. Please RSVP to Patti Thompson (x39106). Details on time and location will follow.
What is a potential subject line for this email?
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Promotions Luncheon for Managers
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Flan2021
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aeslc:1.0.0
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Comisia poate accepta parţial amendamentele 2 şi 3, referitoare la ilustraţii suplimentare ale uneltelor de pescuit, dacă este necesar şi la anumite prevederi specifice pieţei, în special referitoare la dimensiunea minimă a speciilor, cu scopul de armonizare a măsurilor.
Could you please translate this to English?
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The Commission can partially accept Amendments 2 and 3, relating to additional illustrations of fishing gears, if needed, and to certain specific market provisions, particularly on the minimum size of species, with the aim of harmonising measures.
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0
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Jos postipalvelut avataan yksityisille voittoa tekeville yrityksille, johtaa se ainoastaan siihen, että voittoa tuottavia yrityksiä ilmestyy enemmän.
Which language is this?
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Finnish
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Write a brief sentence.
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There are people with boxed displays.
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Flan2021
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snli:1.1.0
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Can you tell me the answer to who is the highest goal scorer in england premier league??
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Alan Shearer
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Are these paraphrases?
In February 2018 , Tamplin was made under police investigation after `` Gangster threats '' was made by him to Billericay Town footballer Elliot Kebbie .
In February 2018 , Tamplin was under police investigation after alleged `` gangster threats '' were made by him to Billericay Town footballer Elliot Kebbie .
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yes
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Flan2021
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paws_wiki:1.1.0
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Read this: The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), headed by the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, includes 33 warships and submarines deployed in two fleets: Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) at CFB Esquimalt on the west coast, and Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) at Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard in Halifax on the east coast, as well as one formation: the Naval Reserve Headquarters (NAVRESHQ) at Quebec City, Quebec. The fleet is augmented by various aircraft and supply vessels. The RCN participates in NATO exercises and operations, and ships are deployed all over the world in support of multinational deployments.
Where are the Maritime Forces Atlantic located?
What is the answer? (If it cannot be answered, return "unanswerable")
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Halifax
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Flan2021
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squad/v2.0:3.0.0
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For most people, it has become a travel essential. Taking your smartphone or tablet away on holiday keep you in touch with what's going on back home, as well as offering a chance to monitor 'work emails.' But a 'digital detox' revolution is taking place - a chance to embrace the holiday free from modern technology and reminders of home life. The Red Mountain Resort, in Utah, US, is an adventure spa next to Snow Canyon State Park and offers a real 'disconnected' break. Digital Detox Holidays offer the chance to leave your smartphone at home and enjoy all the luxury; pictured is Lake Placid Lodge, in the Adirondacks, US. The temptation to scour work emails on holiday has led to more and more people looking for a digital detox. In an age where it’s becoming increasingly difficult to unplug, a third of Brits say they regret spending too much time on their mobile device while they’re on holiday. Half of all Brits polled admit to checking work e-mails while away and four in 10 say having access to social media is 'very important' to them when they’re abroad. One website showcasing the spots around the world free of Wi-Fi and phone reception, www.digitaldetoxholidays.com have reported a five-fold increase in customers in six months, report The Independent. Their website slogan reads: 'Since you became increasingly addicted to your devices, we have been selecting hotels that are offering detox holidays to help you de-stress.' This spot in Essex, the 'Lifehouse Spa, has a strict tech-free policy in their grounds to enable you to be at peace with the world. Recognized as 'one of the world’s nine amazing yoga retreat destinations,' Via Yoga in Mexico is the escape you’ve been waiting for. The Teton Lodge at Jackson Hole, US is the perfect accommodation for the people who like winter sports and visiting nature parks - you won't even miss your smartphone. From remote beach huts, to garden lodges and mountain lodges, the company aim to find the perfect holiday where the smartphone is reduced to useless. Locations are marketed in the US, the Caribbean, and even a 'Lifehouse Spa' in Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex. Kimpton Monaco residence in Chicago, US Offers a 'black-out' option, with guests surrendering all devices upon check-in. A unique luxury ranch nestled in British Columbia’s picturesque Cariboo region, the Echo Valley Ranch & Spa, Canada offers ultimate serenity. Alison Couper, of Hotels.com, said: ‘Going away on holiday should be a time to take stock and unwind, whether you're lying on a beach in the Seychelles or snowboarding down a mountain in Canada. ‘While smartphones have their plus points while on leave from work, using them to check the weather or view maps, it seems travellers would benefit from switching off their e-mails to disconnect, restoring a little more of the all-important work/life balance.’
What are the important parts of this article?
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Half of Brits admit to checking work e-mails while on holiday, while a third regret spending so much time on them. Rural getaways are becoming more popular in 'digital detox' revolution, many with no signal and no Wi-Fi. Offers a chance to leave smartphones and tablets firmly switched off and enjoy the sights and scenery.
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Colombia’s government and the largest rebel group in the country have reached a deal to end more than 50 years of conflict, the two sides announced Wednesday, paving the way for an end to the longest-running war in the Americas.
For four years, the Colombian government and the rebels have been locked in negotiations. Time and again, they have emerged from the negotiating table to assure a weary public that another impasse had been eliminated, another hurdle cleared.
This time, the two sides declared that a final deal had been clinched.
“Today begins the end of the suffering, the pain and the tragedy of war,” President Juan Manuel Santos said in a nationally televised address after the agreement was announced. “Let’s open the door together to a new stage in our history.”
The agreement, reached in Havana where the talks took place, effectively signifies the end of the last major guerrilla struggle in Latin America. ||||| “It implies a whole different life for us, a different regime,” Alberto Camacho, a FARC commander, told The Guardian. “We have been living in boots for so long.”
It will also be tough for FARC to extricate itself from the cocaine business, which has earned it anywhere between $200 million and $3.5 billion a year.
FARC has never admitted its full involvement in the drugs trade. It began as a political movement, when a group of communist farmers ran to the mountains to protect themselves from the government. In the 1950s, nearly all of Colombia had split into armed political factions, and the government saw the farmers’ Marxist ideology as a threat. The farmers fought back and their action gave birth to FARC and an armed rebellion. At its peak, FARC claimed 20,000 fighters. And it owes its success and survival to the money brought in through kidnapping, extortion, and beginning in the early 1980s, cocaine.
Although growing coca in Colombia is illegal, poor farmers cultivated it because by the time they transported their legal crops and fruits to the markets from their remote towns and villages through the dense forests, the transportations costs eroded any profit margin.
“But with coca,” Jeremy McDermott, co-director of Insight Crime, told me, “the buyer will come to your house.”
Two years ago, McDermott, who lives in Medellin, wrote about FARC’s ties to cocaine in an article titled “The FARC and the Drug Trade: Siamese Twins?” In it, he wrote FARC taxes farmers $50 per kilo of cocaine and criminal organizations $200 per kilo. It charges $100 per kilo to the laboratories that soak the green leaves in kerosene to extract the alkaloids that 1.5 million U.S. cocaine users regularly snort. FARC charges airplanes that transports the drugs from its territory, and has even shipped cocaine itself.
FARC soldiers work in units called fronts, which are its fighting blocs. Each is responsible for itself, but answers to the Secretariat, the rebel group’s governing body. The jungle is vast and the guerrillas use the small towns spread in the countryside as bases of operation. For that reason, and because of the nature of being a rebel group hiding from the Colombian government, FARC’s central command can’t oversee everything. One fear is that after peace, autonomous fronts will stay put in the jungle, having forged their own relationships with mafia and cartels, completely able to oversee the growth, manufacture, and shipment of cocaine.
“That is the ‘FACRIM’ scenario,” McDermott told me.
That term is something McDermott coined based on another armed rebel force that disbanded and turned into fractured criminal groups. They are now collectively called BACRIM, a combination of “bandas criminales,” Spanish for criminal bands. Most of the BACRIM began as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a right-wing group supported by both drug dealers and the Colombian army. For a while, the government found AUC useful. In the 1990s and early 2000s, it hunted and killed FARC members. But the U.S. later labeled it a terrorist organization—like FARC—and by 2006 it had largely demobilized. Some of its fighters remained in the jungle, and these groups now buy cocaine from FARC-controlled growers. ||||| In June, the Colombian government reached a deal with the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to end the 52-year war the latter group had waged against the Colombian state.
Myriad political and logistical challenges remain for that peace deal, but even as the FARC has agreed to lay down its arms, another threat to the country's stability looks set to endure: cocaine, and the people who produce and traffic it.
FARC rebels, based around the country during their campaign against the state, have long funded their operations through taxes on coca, the base product for cocaine, that was produced and shipped through their territory.
The group controls 70% of the coca-growing area in Colombia, and its involvement in the trade is thought to have earned it anything from $200 million to $3.5 billion a year.
FARC leaders already agreed to abandon the trade as a condition of the peace talks and have started a joint crop-replacement program with the government. But the production of the drug has not slacked; in fact, it has increased.
A July report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime found that coca production in Colombia increased 40% between 2014 and 2015, growing from about 170,500 acres to about 237,200 last year. The total acreage under cultivation in 2015 was also double the amount found in 2013. (The US government estimated a 42% increase in 2015, to 393,000 acres.)
The UN estimated potential cocaine production for 2015 at 646 metric tons, an increase of 46% over 2014.
The UN report also found that 81% of cultivation was concentrated in five of Colombia's 23 departments: Cauca, Nariño, Putumayo, Caquetá and Norte de Santander, which are in areas of high FARC activity.
The significant spike in coca production has raised criticism of the Colombian government from several sources.
"There are domestic critics that think that Santos' administration has been giving concessions to the FARC in terms of taking it easy or loosening on its antinarcotics efforts," Anna Szterenfeld, the Economist Intelligence Unit's senior analyst for Colombia, told Business Insider.
"We know that the FARC has been big in coca cultivation for all these years to finance itself. We know that the FARC demanded a cessation of aerial fumigation of coca crops, and last year the Santos [administration] halted aerial fumigation but gave as its rationale the fact that the chemical being used is carcinogenic," Szterenfeld told Business Insider. "But there's skepticism and people think that was sort of a bone that they threw to the FARC. That's reasonable, I think."
Criticism on this point is not limited to Colombians. The US government, on which the Colombian government relies for considerable aid and support, has noted the increase in coca cultivation, attributing it to decreased eradication efforts.
"We have to acknowledge that as the peace process and the negotiations have developed for the last four years, one of the elements of the Colombian government policy that has not been maintained at its previous levels is counternarcotic and eradication efforts," William Brownfield, a former ambassador to Colombia and the US State Department's top antidrug official, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in June.
Brownfield said he backed Colombia's peace efforts, but other elements of the US government will likely take issue with the increased cultivation.
"Remember that Colombia has to be on good terms with the United States," Szterenfeld told Business Insider.
With the Obama administration requesting $450 million to support post-conflict programs in Colombia, it's likely that the "US Congress, and Republicans in particular, are going to say, 'OK, but if we're going to give Colombia more money, we want to see some more efforts on their part to combat this increase in coca crops, etc.'" Szterenfeld added.
"So it creates yet one more challenge for the government of Colombia to deal with."
Ongoing security challenges
Even if the FARC were to totally extricate itself from the coca and cocaine trade (one notorious faction has already said it won't lay down its arms, and others may follow suit), other groups are likely to continue, if not intensify, their production of the drug.
Colombia's current criminal groups (bandas criminales, or BACRIM, as they're known in Spanish) are already involved in the cocaine trade, shipping millions of dollars in product through the country and on to points abroad. With the FARC pulling out of the cocaine racket in some parts of the country, it's likely that these groups will compete with each other and the authorities to fill the void.
According to studies and field research by Insight Crime, BACRIM are already looking to move into areas vacated by the FARC.
Chief among those groups is Los Urabeños, which was formed by leaders of demobilized right-wing paramilitary members and is now considered the only BACRIM with a national reach, often working with Mexican traffickers to move immense amounts of cocaine north from Colombia.
Moreover, some BACRIM elements have mounted attacks against civil-society programs in an attempt to slow or scuttle the ongoing demobilization, as the end of the FARC would mean more law-enforcement focus on the BACRIM, in addition to the heavy security pressure they already face.
"As the FARC move out of some of the areas of the country where they've been dominant ... there is a risk that these existing ... criminal groups do move in," Szterenfeld told Business Insider.
"So it means that for the government, there's still going to be a tremendous need to have a strong security presence in these areas of the country."
'We'll fight whoever comes and touches our plants'
Alongside challenges from recalcitrant FARC units and ambitious criminal groups, the Colombian government will have to contend with farmers and coca growers who are sure to resist switching to legitimate crops.
Some farmers who have gone through with crop-replacement schemes have found that some legitimate crops bring in less than one-third of what coca crops did — an amount below the country's minimum wage.
Moreover, logistical issues have compelled some farmers to either stick with or switch back to coca plants: Some legitimate crops are not viable in parts of Colombia where coca is grown, and some parts of the country are so rugged and remote that bananas or other goods would spoil before they reach the market.
“But with coca,” Jeremy McDermott, codirector of Insight Crime, told The Atlantic, “the buyer will come to your house.”
For those farmers, the government's goal of reducing coca crops clashes with their need to provide for themselves.
"We'll fight whoever comes and touches our plants," Fernando Zapata, a community council leader in a tiny hamlet located in Colombia's north-central Antioquia department, told the Associated Press when it visited the region to document the coca-paste-production process. "We're organized and will fight to the death if necessary. They want to stop us from feeding our families."
The spike in cocaine production seen in recent years may be a near-term one, spurred on by Colombia's reduced eradication efforts and by some farmers encouraged by the FARC to produce more in order secure more government aid when the conflict finally concludes.
But the promise of increased market share for Colombia's many criminal groups, as well as the existential imperative some farmers feel to produce and sell coca, indicate that coca, and cocaine, will not soon disappear from a country emerging from a half-century of war.
"Even if the FARC is demobilized, the problem of violence and crime and drug trafficking in Colombia is not going to go away," Szterenfeld said. ||||| TACUEYO, Colombia (Reuters) - Jose Toconas picks at branches hanging in rows from the roof of his marijuana drying house and smells their spiky flower buds.
View of a marijuana plants growing in the mountains of Tacueyo, Cauca, Colombia, February 10, 2016. REUTERS /Jaime Saldarriaga
In two days he will strip them from their stems, trim the dark green florets into neat little balls and hand them over to dealers working with Marxist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
“This doesn’t make me a drug dealer. I’m a farmer,” says Toconas, 45, who earns about 2 million pesos ($640) a month growing weed at his small mountain farm in Tacueyo, a hamlet in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca province.
“They come to my door, pay me and leave. If coffee or beans paid me more, I’d grow coffee or beans, but they don’t.”
Those simple economics will be one of President Juan Manuel Santos’ biggest problems as he seeks to eliminate illegal drug production with the help of FARC rebels now that the two sides have agreed a peace deal to end half a century of conflict.
Under the peace accord, unveiled by both sides on Wednesday, FARC leaders pledged to work with the government to eradicate coca and marijuana production in areas they have controlled, help farmers switch to legal crops and foster development in long-neglected, poor rural areas.
But that leaves the door open for other trafficking groups to replace the FARC, which have for decades taxed growers and drug dealers, taken a hefty cut of profits from local and overseas sales and at times traded directly with powerful Mexican drug cartels.
Crime gangs and another Marxist rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), are already moving into Cauca and other drug trafficking hot spots where poor growers of marijuana and coca, the raw material for cocaine, sell to the highest bidder.
“I’d rather keep growing,” said Toconas of his marijuana crop. He says he switched out of coca cultivation 10 years ago when the government’s fumigation program made it too risky.
The government says it will move quickly to try to stop other gangs expanding their drug operations.
“In territories left vacant by the FARC we have to fill the space immediately because organized crime will get there quickly,” Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas told Reuters.
Trafficking of cocaine and marijuana has been a scourge in Colombia since the 1980s, when the country’s most famous trafficker Pablo Escobar earned billions and used bombings and assassinations to protect his cocaine empire.
While no one has been able to match the power and wealth that Escobar enjoyed before he was shot dead by police in 1993, the industry remains lucrative.
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The government has stepped up its offensive against gangs in recent months as the Clan del Golfo, formed by former right-wing paramilitaries who were demobilized in a previous peace deal, took advantage of a FARC ceasefire to gain new territory and smuggling routes.
The mountain road from El Palo to Toribio in FARC-dominated Cauca is already daubed with fresh graffiti proclaiming the ELN’s arrival, and residents complain they are hassled by the trafficking gangs.
Like the FARC, the ELN wants to negotiate a peace deal with the government, but many Colombians believe some fighters from both groups will join drug gangs once they give up as rebel fighters.
Today’s most successful crime gangs formed after a 2006 peace accord with paramilitaries failed to absorb thousands into society.
Some FARC fighters already shift their allegiances between the two rebel groups and crime gangs, said Alcibiades Escue, Toribio’s 53-year-old mayor.
“By day they wear the FARC insignia and by nightfall they’ve switched to the ELN,” he said, only half joking.
Many residents here are skeptical.
“Even if peace is signed there won’t be peace,” said Jeymi Orozco, 19, who helps pack marijuana for dealers at her adobe shack on the road to Toribio.
“They will all come, all the gangs. And if the government tries to eradicate coca and marijuana there will be more struggle,” she says of the problems that could arise if their livelihood is removed.
While most marijuana and coca farmers are poor, it is a profitable business higher up the chain and the FARC has earned billions of dollars from it over the years.
The government has promised to provide subsidies to get legal production - of citrus fruits, coffee and beans - started, as well as investment in roads and education.
But the mountains of Cauca - and most areas with illegal crops - are far from the reach of the state.
Dirt roads are often washed away by rain, making it difficult for farmers to make a living selling legal crops. With coca and marijuana, FARC agents come to the farms to collect the goods.
Luz Mari Teteche, 42, earns about 36,000 pesos ($12) daily as a so-called hairdresser, trimming the leaves from marijuana flowers using kitchen scissors and bagging the buds in sacks.
Hidden behind plastic tarpaulins, she works her fingers raw about 12 days a month to feed her family.
“This pays better than coffee and it has more harvests a year than coffee,” she says, reaching for another marijuana ranch from the stack at her feet. “The government will have to give big subsidies for people to stop this work.”
Many question how Colombia will fund crop replacement programs and infrastructure projects given the slowing economy is already facing a massive shortfall in revenue as oil prices slump.
U.S. financial support under the so-called Plan Colombia to combat rebels and drug gangs has also been reduced.
At night here, the lush valleys are ablaze with electric lamps that ensure the marijuana grows quicker, and flashy four-wheel drive pick-ups roll non-stop along dirt tracks, their back ends filled with sacks of marijuana and coca leaves.
“Crime gangs are probably drooling - but they should be worried too,” said Eduardo Diaz, head of the president’s crop substitution program, highlighting the government’s tougher stance on the gangs.
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While Colombia has had patchy success in its fight against illegal drugs - a $10 billion effort by the United States did little to dent coca cultivation - Santos is betting a beefed-up campaign against criminal networks will keep them in disarray long enough to prevent a move on the FARC’s drug business before farmers accept a switch into legal crops.
He recently authorized air raids against crime gangs, a move that was key to combating the FARC.
“Peace won’t bring an end to the criminal activities of today,” said General Jose Mendoza, head of the anti-narcotics police. “We have to keep fighting.” |||||
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– Now that Colombia has ended its 52-year war with rebel group FARC, what happens to Americans who like to party? The New York Times reports FARC controls most of Colombia's cocaine network and in 2006 was said to be responsible for 60% of the cocaine shipped to the US. It's been a very profitable business for FARC, which made between $200 million and $3.5 billion from the cocaine trade every year, according to the Atlantic. But Business Insider reports FARC, which controlled 70% of Colombia's coca-growing areas, agreed to pull out of the drug business and work with the government to transition farmers to legitimate crops as part of the peace agreement. There are a number of possibilities for what happens to Colombia's coca fields now. The government promises to "fill the space immediately" to prevent organized crime from taking them over, Reuters reports. But a battle over coca production between criminal groups looks likely. "Even if peace is signed there won't be peace," a woman who packs marijuana for dealers says. "They will all come, all the gangs." Farmers themselves may also refuse to stop growing coca, despite subsidies from the government. Farmers who switch to growing fruit, beans, or coffee can make less than one-third what they did from growing coca. "Even if the FARC is demobilized, the problem of violence and crime and drug trafficking in Colombia is not going to go away," an expert told Business Insider back in July.
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A 60-year-old woman is under arrest in Missouri in connection with an alleged child abduction case that took place nearly 13 years ago in Florida, authorities said.
Sandy Hatte, who is related to the child's family, is accused of kidnapping an infant back in 2000, according to the Livingston County Sheriff's Office.
"The dad was working, came home from work, and [Hatte] was gone with the baby," Detective Eric Menconi of the Livingston County Sherriff's Office told ABC News. "He hasn't been able to find them since."
Authorities were alerted to the case when a Livingston County school official became suspicious of Hatte when she tried to enroll the now-teenager at school, Menconi said.
"They had some concerns about an individual who had enrolled a child into school and had some concerns if they were the actual parent," he said.
Police investigating the case discovered that the child had been missing for more than a decade, the news release said. Hatte and the teen had only been living in Livingston County for about 30 days, and had lived in a number of other areas before.
Officials took custody of the child at school on Wednesday and the child and father were soon reunited, according to the sheriff's office.
"It was a good reunion," Merconi said. "You could tell within the first three minutes they hit it off pretty well. Since then, I've been on the phone with the dad and from what I'm understanding, it's going pretty well."
Hatte was arrested for on suspicion of child abduction. She was being held on a $25,000 bond at the Davvies-Dekalb Regional Jail in Pattonsburg, Mo.
Authorities have not released the name or gender of the child, the father's name, or the state in which the family currently resides because of safety concerns. There is no information to suggest the child was ever in danger, the sheriff's office statement said.
Investigators confirmed Hatte is not the child's mother, and would only go as far to say that she is related to the family, according to the news release. ||||| (Update) Missouri Woman Charged With Kidnapping Florida Child 13 Years Ago
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By John P Tretbar
A 60-year-old woman is behind bars for an alleged child abduction 13 years ago.
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox says Sandy Hatte is charged with felony child abduction.
She is being held in the Daviess/Dekalb County Regional Jail under $25,000 bond.
Cox says officials at a school district in his county came forward with concerns over a recent school enrollment.
In a followup release, Cox said Hatte was not the mother of the youngster, but is alleged to have portrayed herself as the mother.
“She is related to the victim and the father but she is not a person that had legal rights to the child,” Cox said.
Cox also sought to clarify incorrect information published elsewhere. He would not say which school district was involved, in an effort to protect the identity of the child.
“This happened in one of the school districts in Livingston County,” he said.
“Too many people are jumping to conclusion that it was in the Chillicothe School districts. We have 3 public school districts here, one private school, and Livingston County residents that actually attend school in Carroll and Linn Counties. I/we are not disclosing the school location to protect the juvenile victim and true family.”
Detective Eric Menconi and Captain Sindy Fitzpatrick investigated the case, conducting background investigations and eventually finding the child’s biological father in the southern United States. Officials say the investigation led them to believe the juvenile was abducted about 13 years ago in Florida when the victim was a small child.
Authorities took custody of the child from the school on September 18 and arrested Hatte.
Cox says the woman and child were not in Livingston County for much more than 30 days. He says the evidence strongly suggests the victim and suspect had resided in “other cities, counties, and/or states” but says a definitive time line of the victim’s life and exact locations is not available at this time.
Cox says the family and victim have left his jurisdiction.
Cox offered public thanks to Richard Primm, who provided a room and breakfast for the family’s reunification at the Days Inn of Chillicothe. Cox also thanked Kevin Murry, who offered a reunion dinner at the Golden Corral restaurant. ||||| CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — A was boy found in northern Missouri after being abducted in Florida almost 13 years ago. There are many people to thank for solving this case, including a persistent private eye.
The boy’s paternal grandmother, Sandy Hatte, has been charged with felony child abduction. She is being held on a 25 thousand dollar bond in the Daviess/DeKalb regional jail.
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office said a local school official in Chillicothe had concerns over the boy`s school enrollment, which tipped detectives off to look deeper into the situation, however they also credit a private investigator.
Larry jones, of Black Hawk Investigations, said the boy’s aunt called him in February, asking for help because several agencies told her and her family that the problem was a civil matter.
“I’ve always been a team player and so I considered myself a part of the team, and I was going to do everything I could to have it resolved the way it’s been,” said Jones.
Jones said the family told him the boy’s grandmother just took off with him years ago. The boy is now with his father in Alabama. |||||Summary:
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– A teenage boy who was kidnapped as an infant has been reunited with his father thanks to a school official's suspicion. When Sandy Hatte, 60, tried to enroll the boy at a school in northern Missouri, the official contacted police and discovered the boy had been abducted 13 years ago. Hatte—the boy's paternal grandmother, according to WDAF—has been charged with felony child abduction. Investigators say she had no legal rights to the child but had attempted to portray herself as his mother, the St. Joseph Post reports. One day in 2000, the boy's father "was working, came home from work, and [Hatte] was gone with the baby," a police spokesman tells ABC. "He hasn't been able to find them since." Investigators believe that Hatte and the boy spent the last 13 years moving around different cities, counties, and states, and were homeless at least once over the period. When the boy met his father again, it "was a good reunion," the police spokesman says. "You could tell within the first three minutes they hit it off pretty well. Since then, I've been on the phone with the dad and from what I'm understanding, it's going pretty well." (Click for the story of a 1964 kidnapping that made headlines ... this summer.)
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one u.s. navy service member was killed in a shootout with taliban fighters in the eastern afghan province of logar and another is in insurgent custody , a taliban spokesman and afghan officials said sunday .
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Here is another sentence: The pianist negociated the difficult runs.
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Write an article based on this "Thousands of children in England are missing out on an education, the National Children's Bureau says."
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The charity's research suggests many lose out as they have no school place or are unknown to the authorities.
The findings, based on Freedom of Information requests to councils, show that across 79 authorities 7,701 children on any day are down as missing class.
The Department for Education says the findings are misleading and unhelpful.
The NCB said that if 7,701 young people are missing school every day in the authorities that provided information, this would suggest more than 14,800 children are not in education at any time across the country.
A further analysis, based on detailed Freedom of Information responses from 45 councils, suggests that, on any given day, of those who are missing education, there are an estimated 3,000 youngsters in England whose whereabouts are unknown.
The study claims almost 5,000 children are losing out because they are waiting for a school place.
Other reasons given by local authorities for children being classed as "missing education" included being excluded from school; having special educational needs; being pregnant or a teenage mother; not enrolled in school or moving between schools; or because they have moved or are believed to have moved overseas.
Children are considered to be missing education if they are not on a school roll and not receiving suitable education other than at school, according to government guidance.
The NCB said it was calling for the government to conduct a national review of children missing education.
The charity's chief executive, Dr Hilary Emery, said: "Children who miss out on education are at significant risk of failing academically, and may end up as Neets [not in education, employment or training] in later life because their school life has been disrupted.
"There is also the real possibility that some of these children will suffer physical and emotional harm, particularly if they are taken off the school roll and their whereabouts become unknown.
"Recent high-profile cases of child sexual exploitation have involved children missing from education, and there is also a correlation between missing education and becoming a victim of forced marriage."
Dr Emery said the NCB was calling on the government to conduct a national review of children missing education and to improve the way data is collected both locally and nationally.
"The review should consider how local authorities, schools, social services and their partners can work with children and their families to ensure they and their families receive the best support possible, so they can get back into education."
But a Department for Education spokesman said: "These findings are misleading and unhelpful.
"Missing education is defined as a child not being registered at school when they should be or not being otherwise educated.
"This report inappropriately includes children who have missed one or two days of school, for anything from moving between schools to being sent home for having behavioural problems."
The report wrongly assumed these children were all automatically vulnerable or had slipped off the radar, the spokesman added.
"Local authorities and schools are best placed to keep accurate records of children in education and our recently revised guidance makes clear there is no excuse for them not to meet their responsibilities in this area."
Parents had a legal responsibility to ensure their children were receiving a proper education, he added.
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– Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik won't be a college student after all. The University of Oslo has rejected his application to study in its political science program online from prison, reports the AP. The school says Breivik's "qualifications do not suffice," and it surely didn't help his case that he didn't finish the equivalent of US high school, reports Global Post. Still, it doesn't sound like Breivik will be giving up. "He studied mathematics this summer and will certainly study other material to reach the required level," says his lawyer. Breivik massacred 77 people in Norway two years ago; he's serving a 21-year sentence.
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Norway mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was rejected by Oslo University after applying for a place in its political science department.
The university said the Breivik, 34, lacked the qualifications to study at the institution, as he has not completed high school.
"The conclusion is that he isn't considered sufficiently qualified to start a course in political science," the rector of the university, Ole Petter Ottersen, told Agence France-Presse.
But Breivik's lawyer, Vibeke Hein Baera, said he has been studying in prison to meet the requirements to take courses at the Norwegian university.
"He's collecting points to study at university. He studied mathematics this summer and will certainly study other material to reach the required level," said Hein Baera.
More from GlobalPost: Anders Behring Breivik applies to study politics at Oslo University
Breivik himself has claimed to have spent 16,320 hours studying, something he sees as "an informal education consisting of the equivalent of eight university years (or equivalent to two bachelor degrees and one master degree)."
News of his application to the Oslo institution sparked outrage among staff, some of who said they were opposed to any dealings with Breivik, who is serving a 21-year sentence for killing 77 people.
On July 22, 2011, the convicted murderer set off a bomb in a car near government offices in Oslo, then went on to shoot at people attending a summer camp of the ruling Labor Party's youth wing on a lake island. Over 240 people were also injured in the twin attacks.
Breivik was convicted of terrorism and premeditated murder, and received the maximum sentence for his crimes.
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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2012 file photo, mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, makes a salute after arriving in the court room at a courthouse in Oslo. Breivik, who admitted killing 77 people in Norway... (Associated Press)
The University of Oslo says it has rejected convicted mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's application for admission to its political science program.
University rector Ole Petter Ottersen told The Associated Press in an email Wednesday that the 34-year-old right-wing extremist has been informed "that his qualifications do not suffice for admission to the bachelor program."
Breivik is serving a 21-year prison sentence, which can be extended when it expires, for killing 77 people in bomb and gun massacres two years ago.
His university application stirred a debate in Norway last week over whether someone convicted of such a horrific crime should even be considered for higher education.
Prison officials said they had no reason to deny him the right to study in his cell if admitted by a university. |||||
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Review: Finally, Timon and Pumbaa in their own film...
'The Lion King 1 1/2: Hakuna Matata' is an irreverent new take on a classic tale. Which classic tale, you ask? Why, 'The Lion King' of course!
Yep, if there's one thing that Disney is never short of, it's narcissism.
But that doesn't mean that this isn't a good film. It's basically the events of 'The Lion King' as told from Timon and Pumbaa's perspective. And it's because of this that you'll have to know the story of 'The Lion King' by heart to see where they're coming from.
Anyway, at one level I was watching this and thinking "Oh my god this is so lame..." and on another level I was having a ball. Much of the humour is predictable - I mean, when Pumbaa makes up two beds, a big one for himself and a small one for Timon, within the first nanosecond we all know that Timon is going to take the big one. But that doesn't stop it from being hilarious, which, IMO, is 'Hakuna Matata' in a nutshell. It's not what happens, it's how.
And a note of warning: there are also some fart jokes. Seriously, did you expect anything else in a film where Pumbaa takes centre stage? But as fart jokes go, these are especially good, and should satisfy even the most particular connoisseur.
The returning voice talent is great. I'm kinda surprised that some of the actors were willing to return, what with most of them only having two or three lines (if they're lucky). Whoopi Goldberg is particularly welcome.
The music is also great. From 'Digga Tunnah' at the start to 'That's all I need', an adaption of 'Warthog Rhapsody' (a song that was cut from 'The Lion King' and is frankly much improved in this incarnation), the music leaves me with nothing to complain about whatsoever.
In the end, Timon and Pumbaa are awesome characters, and while it may be argued that 'Hakuna Matata' is simply an excuse to see them in various fun and assorted compromising situations then so be it. It's rare to find characters that you just want to spend time with.
Am I starting to sound creepy?
Either way, 'The Lion King 1 1/2' is great if you've seen 'The Lion King' far too many times. Especially if you are right now thinking "Don't be silly, there's no such thing as seeing 'The Lion King' too many times!"
What is the sentiment of this review?
Options:
[a]. negative.
[b]. positive.
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[b].
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Flan2021
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imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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BOL6:Residentsbyregion,typeofdwelling,tenure,ageandsex(DISCONTINUED)(1981-2006)
Generate a sentence using the above characters:
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BOL6: Residents by region, type of dwelling, tenure, age and sex (DISCONTINUED) (1981-2006)
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Flan2021
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word_segment
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zs_noopt
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Nur 7 der 12 Meisterschafts-Rennen werden zur Gesamtmeisterschaft gewertet.
Which language is this?
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German
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Apartmentinwhichthemajorfeatureisthestunningterrace,tobesharedwithotherguests,withamazingviewsovertheswimmingpoolandcommonareas,andbeyondovertheMediterraneanSea.Theapartmentconsistsofalivingroomandadiningroomofclassicalstylebutwhichdisposesofallmodernamenitiesforyourcomfort.
What's a sentence that uses these characters?
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Apartment in which the major feature is the stunning terrace, to be shared with other guests, with amazing views over the swimming pool and common areas, and beyond over the Mediterranean Sea. The apartment consists of a living room and a dining room of classical style but which disposes of all modern amenities for your comfort.
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Flan2021
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word_segment
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zs_noopt
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In Barry's first season in the NBA with the Warriors, the team improved from 17 to 35 victories. In the All-Star Game one season later, Barry erupted for 38 points as the West team stunned the East squad, which featured Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell and head coach Red Auerbach among other all-time greats. Later that season, Barry and company extended the mighty Philadelphia 76ers to six highly competitive games in the NBA Finals, something that Russell and the Boston Celtics could not do in the Eastern Conference playoffs. That 76ers team is considered to be one of the greatest in basketball history. Nicknamed the "Miami Greyhound" by longtime San Francisco-area broadcaster Bill King because of his slender physical build and remarkable quickness and instincts, the 6'7" Barry won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award after averaging 25.7 points and 10.6 rebounds per game in the 1965-66 season. The following year, he won the 1967 NBA All-Star Game MVP award with a 38-point outburst and led the NBA in scoring with a 35.6 point per game average -- which still ranks as the eighth- highest output in league annals. Teamed with star center Nate Thurmond in San Francisco, Barry helped take the Warriors to the 1967 NBA Finals, which they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in six games. Including a 55-point outburst in Game 3, Barry averaged 40.8 points per game in the series, an NBA Finals record that stood for three decades. Upset that he was not paid incentive monies that he believed due from Warriors owner Franklin Mieuli, Barry jumped to the ABA's Oakland Oaks, who offered him a lucrative contract and the chance to play for Bruce Hale, his then father-in-law. The three-year contract offer from Pat Boone, the singer and team owner, was estimated to be worth $500,000, with Barry saying "the offer Oakland made me was one I simply couldn't turn down" and that it would make him one of basketball's highest-paid players. The courts ordered Barry to sit out the 1967-68 season before he starred in the ABA, upholding the validity of the reserve clause in his contract. He preceded St. Louis Cardinals' outfielder Curt Flood, whose better-known challenge to the reserve clause went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, by two years as the first American major-league professional athlete to bring a court action against it. The ensuing negative publicity cast Barry in a negative light, portraying him as selfish and money-hungry. However, many NBA players at the time were looking at jumping to the ABA for more lucrative contracts. Barry would star in the ABA, twice averaging more than 30 points per game.
Answer this question "How many games did he play in the 1965-66 season?" by extracting the answer from the text above.
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Barry won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award after averaging 25.7 points and 10.6 rebounds per game in the 1965-66 season.
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Flan2021
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quac:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Question 1: How can I view someone's new followers on Instagram?
Question 2: How do I get more followers on Instagram?
Are questions 1 and 2 asking the same thing?
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no
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Flan2021
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glue/qqp:2.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Summarize the following:
Place the tack strips about 0.25 to 0.5 inches (0.64 to 1.27 cm) from the wall in a straight line. Make sure the tacks are pointed toward the wall, not the center of the room. Use 2 nails for each strip, nailing it into the wood below. Some tack strips come with the nails already in place, and you just hit them in. If you need to cut a strip to size, slice through it with a handsaw. On concrete, you may be able to just pound it in the same way if the concrete is soft enough. If not, drill holes where the nails go using a concrete bit of the same size and then pound aluminum nails in. You'll also need tacking strips around things like floor vents. Roll out the padding, starting from one side of the room and moving to the other. Slice it off with a box cutter when you get to the other wall, making sure you have enough on both ends. Cut it just on the inside of the tack strips. Roll out the next set of padding right next to the first. Make sure you're matching up the seams evenly so that you don't have hills and valleys on the floor. Walk across the floor and press staples into place every 2 feet (0.61 m) or so. Also, make sure to staple the padding along the inside edge of the tacking strip to hold it in place against the strip. With concrete, you need to put padding glue down underneath the padding instead. In that case, just lift up one side at a time to apply the glue in an even layer. After you've rolled and cut the whole floor, use a long piece of duct tape down each seam. You may need to use more than 1 strip, but the duct tape will help keep the seams together. Smooth it out with your hands to make sure it won't come up.
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Nail the tack strips into place as needed. Lay out the padding on the floor. Staple the padding into place with a staple gun. Duct tape the seams together.
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Flan2021
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gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Belle terrasse et tr\u00e8s bonne adresse pour f\u00eater la St Patrick !
Choose: was this review given positively or negatively?
Select from: (I) negative (II) positive
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(II)
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Flan2021
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yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0
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zs_opt
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What is the answer: Who designed the Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover?
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peter blake
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Flan2021
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trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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What is the sentiment of the following movie review sentence?
admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .
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positive
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Flan2021
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glue/sst2:2.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Write an article based on this "Get a prescription for antibiotics from your doctor. Ask your doctor for prescription ear drops. Ask your doctor about ear tubes if the ear infection is recurrent. Discuss the possibility of an adenoidectomy to remove swollen adenoids with your doctor."
Article:
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Antibiotics will not help an ear infection that is caused by a virus, so doctors do not always prescribe antibiotics for ear infections. All children under 6 months old will be treated with antibiotics. Tell your doctor about the last time you used antibiotics, as well as what kind. This will help your doctor choose the most effective kind for you. Make sure you or your child take all the doses of the medication on schedule, to ensure the infection does not return. Do not stop taking antibiotics, even if you feel better until you have completed the entire course as prescribed. Stopping antibiotic treatment before you finish the full course can cause any remaining bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics, making the condition much more difficult to treat. Ear drops, such as antipyrine-benzocaine-glycerin (Aurodex), may help relieve the pain of ear infections. A doctor will not prescribe ear drops to people with torn or perforated eardrums. To give drops to a child, first warm up the eardrop solution by placing the bottle in warm water or holding it between your hands for a few minutes. Have your child lie on a flat surface with the infected ear facing up toward you. Use the recommended dosage. Have your child keep his or her head tilted with the infected ear up for about 2 minutes. Because benzocaine is a numbing agent, it’s best if you can have someone else apply the drops to your ear. Avoid touching your ear with the dropper. Benzocaine may cause mild itchiness or redness. It has also been linked to a rare but serious condition that affects your blood’s oxygen levels. Never use more than the recommended dose of benzocaine, and consult your pediatrician to make sure that you give the right dosage to your child. Recurring otitis media may require a procedure called a myringotomy. Recurring means you have had three episodes in the past six months or four episodes in the past year, with at least one occurring in the past six months. An ear infection that does not clear up after treatment is also a candidate for this procedure. Ear tube surgery, or myringotomy, is an outpatient procedure. A surgeon inserts tiny tubes into the eardrum so fluids behind the eardrum can drain easier. The eardrum usually closes up again after the tube falls out or is removed. If you continue to have swollen adenoids, which are masses of tissue located behind the nasal cavity, they may need to be surgically removed.
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Flan2021
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gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Answer this question:
who was the first leader of the universities mission to central africa??
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Charles Mackenzie
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Flan2021
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natural_questions_open:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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How is "The Commission is already working on a substantive updating and review of the current scheme." said in Finnish?
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Komissio laatii parhaillaan nykyisen järjestelyn merkittävää päivitystä ja tarkistusta.
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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What kind of thing would the answer to the question "How many claws has a lobster called a pistol lost ?" be an entity, an abbreviation, a description, a human, a location, or a numeric value?
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numeric
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Flan2021
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trec:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Translate "The authorities in turn are called upon to modernise their business processes and to communicate electronically with each other." to German?
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Die Behörden ihrerseits sollen ihre Geschäftsprozesse modernisieren und untereinander elektronisch verkehren.
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Avizul juridic independent din Anglia a arătat că acuzaţiile împotriva dlui Assange nu ar constitui viol conform dreptului englez.
Translate this to English?
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Independent legal opinion in England has said that the allegations against Mr Assange would not constitute rape under English law.
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Choose your answer from options. Premise: "we were switching from one station to another and in between keeping the radio on" If this premise is true, what does that tell us about whether it entails the hypothesis "The radio was off, we didn't touch it."?
Select from:
*yes
*it is not possible to tell
*no
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no
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Flan2021
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glue/mnli:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Summarize this article:
Your home environment may have a lot of obstacles and conditions the cat either may adapt after several months or years, or not at all. Some obstacles that are typically more difficult to overcome are young children and existing pets, especially dogs. High levels of patience are required and it helps if you are able to provide a dedicated room for the cat the first few months. This helps the cat adjust to new territory and will likely pay off in the end by establishing a warm relationship.
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Help your cat adapt to the new home environment. Provide lots of encouragement for the cat.
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Flan2021
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gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Summarize this article in one sentence.
Roast Reindeer meat, sliced Apple wedges, poached Lingonberry preserves Whole wheat bread slices Butter
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Lightly butter bread slice. Top with Reindeer meat, poached apple slices and preserves.
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Flan2021
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gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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1. The FCC Willimantic ordered the frequency in early 1972 , making 98.3 the only FM in Windham County .
2. In early 1972 , the FCC ordered the frequency to Windham County , making 98.3 the only FM in Willimantic .
Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Choose your answer from: a). no. b). yes....I think the answer is
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a).
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Flan2021
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paws_wiki:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Read this: A "grand", sometimes shortened to simply "G", is a common term for the amount of $1,000. The suffix "K" or "k" (from "kilo-") is also commonly used to denote this amount (such as "$10k" to mean $10,000). However, the $1,000 note is no longer in general use. A "large" or "stack", it is usually a reference to a multiple of $1,000 (such as "fifty large" meaning $50,000). The $100 note is nicknamed "Benjamin", "Benji", "Ben", or "Franklin" (after Benjamin Franklin), "C-note" (C being the Roman numeral for 100), "Century note" or "bill" (e.g. "two bills" being $200). The $50 note is occasionally called a "yardstick" or a "grant" (after President Ulysses S. Grant, pictured on the obverse). The $20 note is referred to as a "double sawbuck", "Jackson" (after Andrew Jackson), or "double eagle". The $10 note is referred to as a "sawbuck", "ten-spot" or "Hamilton" (after Alexander Hamilton). The $5 note as "Lincoln", "fin", "fiver" or "five-spot". The infrequently-used $2 note is sometimes called "deuce", "Tom", or "Jefferson" (after Thomas Jefferson). The $1 note as a "single" or "buck". The dollar has also been, referred to as a "bone" and "bones" in plural (e.g. "twenty bones" is equal to $20). The newer designs, with portraits displayed in the main body of the obverse rather than in cameo insets upon paper color-coded by denomination, are sometimes referred to as "bigface" notes or "Monopoly money".
Now answer this question, if there is an answer (If it cannot be answered, return "unanswerable"): Which note is occasionally called a largestick?
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unanswerable
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Flan2021
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squad/v2.0:3.0.0
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zs_opt
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This question has options. Answer the question about text:
I want to buy quite a few ( and yes , I know , I know I could go to IKEA and buy some and I would then put them together , but IKEA is over an hour away ) , but no one can help me . I want say 20 or so boxes - I am moving the Georgie Love office from a room that will eventually be a nursery to a little corner in one of our living areas . So I want everything packed away nicely and tidy .
What may be the reason why they would need a future nursery ?
Pick from:
[I] They will be fostering children ..
[II] None of the above choices ..
[III] They will be adopting in the future ..
[IV] They will be fostering kittens ..
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[III]
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Flan2021
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cosmos_qa:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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