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Manco Inca hoped to use the disagreement between Almagro and Pizarro to his advantage and attempted the recapture of Cuzco starting in Feb. 1536. The siege of Cuzco was waged until the following spring, and during that time Manco's armies managed to wipe out four relief columns sent from Lima, but was ultimately unsuccessful in its goal of routing the Spaniards from the city. The Inca leadership did not have the full support of all its subject peoples and furthermore, the degrading state of Inca morale coupled with the superior Spanish siege weapons soon made Manco Inca realize his hope of recapturing Cuzco was failing. Manco Inca eventually withdrew to Tambo.:239-247 After the Spanish regained control of Cuzco, Manco Inca and his armies retreated to the fortress at Ollantaytambo where he, for a time, successfully launched attacks against Pizarro based at Cuzco and even managed to defeat the Spanish in an open battle.:247-249 When it became clear that defeat was imminent, Manco Inca retreated further to the mountainous region:259 of Vilcabamba and established the small Neo-Inca State, where Manco Inca and his successors continued to hold some power for several more decades. His son, Túpac Amaru, was the last Inca. After deadly confrontations, he was murdered by the Spanish in 1572. In total, the conquest took about forty years to complete. Many Inca attempts to regain the empire had occurred, but none had been successful. Thus the Spanish conquest was achieved through relentless force, and deception, aided by factors like smallpox and a great communication and cultural divide. The Spaniards destroyed much of the Incan culture and introduced the Spanish culture to the native population.
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Following two consecutive wins at Giants Stadium, the Bears were to finish a three-game road trip at Gillette Stadium against the New England Patriots. Similar to the week nine confrontation with the Miami Dolphins, turnovers contributed to the Bears' 17-13 loss against the Patriots. The opening two quarters were a story of turnovers in a Rex Grossman interception by Asante Samuel, a Benjamin Watson catch knocked into the hands of Charles Tillman, a blocked Bears field goal attempt, and fumbles by Laurence Maroney and Grossman. The third quarter saw a bizarre sequence of turnovers - first fumbles by both Watson and Reche Caldwell on the same play, followed by another Samuel interception of Grossman, and finally a second Tillman interception of Brady. Through three quarters the game was tied 10-10 before a drive where Brady faked out Brian Urlacher on a nine-yard run ended in a two-yard score to Watson. Turnovers then ended the game, with a Corey Dillon fumble followed by Samuel's third interception of Grossman. Samuel's three picks tied Roland James in Patriots history for three interceptions in one game.
Answer this question based on the article: How many fumbles did the Bears have in the first half?
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Gordon Banks (born 30 December 1937) is a former England international football goalkeeper. He made 628 appearances during a 15-year career in the Football League, and won 73 caps for his country. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, the IFFHS named Banks the second-best goalkeeper of the 20th century - after Lev Yashin (1st) and ahead of Dino Zoff (3rd). He was named FWA Footballer of the Year in 1972, and was named FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year on six occasions.
Banks was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, and brought up in the working-class area of Tinsley. The family later moved to the village of Catcliffe after his father set up a (then-illegal) betting shop. This brought greater prosperity but also misery; one day Banks's disabled brother was mugged for the shop's daily takings, and died of his injuries some weeks later. Banks left school in December 1952 and took up employment as a bagger with a local coal merchant, which helped to build up his upper body strength. He spent a season playing for amateur side Millspaugh F.C. after their regular goalkeeper failed to turn up for a match; the club's trainer spotted Banks amongst the spectators and invited him to play in goal as he was aware that Banks had previously played for Sheffield Schoolboys. His performances there earned him a game in the Yorkshire League for Rawmarsh Welfare, however a 12-2 defeat to Stocksbridge Works on his debut was followed by a 3-1 home defeat, and he was dropped by Rawmarsh and returned to Millspaugh. Still aged 15, he then switched jobs to become a hod carrier. He was scouted by Chesterfield whilst playing for Millspaugh, and offered a six-game trial in the youth team in March 1953. He impressed enough in these games to be offered a part-time PS3-a-week contract by manager Teddy Davison in July 1953. The reserve team were placed in the Central League on account of a powerful club director rather than on merit, and Banks conceded 122 goals in the 1954-55 season as the "Spireites" finished in last place with only three victories. Banks was posted to Germany with the Royal Signals on national service, and won the Rhine Cup with his regimental team. He recovered from a fractured elbow to help the Chesterfield youth team to the 1956 final of the FA Youth Cup. There they were beaten 4-3 on aggregate by Manchester United's famous "Busby Babes" - a team that included both Wilf McGuinness and Bobby Charlton. Banks was given his first team debut by manager Doug Livingstone, at the expense of long-serving Ron Powell, in a Third Division game against Colchester United at Saltergate in November 1958. The game ended 2-2, and Banks kept his place against Norwich City in the following match; by the end of the 1958-59 season he had missed only three games, those owing to injury. With no goalkeeping coaching to speak of, Banks had to learn from his mistakes on the pitch, and he soon developed into a modern vocal goalkeeper who ordered the players in front of him into a more effective defence. Having just 23 league and three cup appearances to his name, it came as a surprise to Banks when Matt Gillies, manager of First Division club Leicester City, bought him from Chesterfield for PS7,000 in July 1959; this also meant a wage increase to PS15 a week.
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Multi-choice problem: does word "feeling" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?
The house gave me a feeling of dread.
He had terrible feelings of guilt.
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Bitte beachten Sie: Sie erhalten eine E-Mail von uns, die Sie bestätigen müssen, um ihre Anmeldung zu vollenden.
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Trebuie să evaluăm în ce măsură ar putea criteriile de la Basel să antreneze o criză gravă a creditelor pentru întreprinderile mici și mijlocii.
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– Umberto Eco started working on a novel that set the world's imagination on fire "prodded by a seminal idea: I felt like poisoning a monk." The Italian author and academic who intrigued, puzzled, and delighted readers worldwide with his best-selling historical novel The Name of the Rose died at home in Milan on Friday evening after a battle with cancer, a family member tells the AP. He was 84. Author of a wide range of books, Eco was fascinated with the obscure and the mundane, and his books were both engaging narratives and philosophical and intellectual exercises. The Name of the Rose transformed him from an academic to international celebrity, especially after the medieval thriller set in a monastery was made into a film starring Sean Connery in 1986. His second novel, 1988's Foucault's Pendulum, a byzantine tale of plotting publishers and secret sects, was successful, too—though it was so complicated that an annotated guide accompanied it to help the reader follow the plot. Eco—whose most recent novel, Numero Zero, came out last year and recalled a '90s political scandal that helped lead to the rise of Silvio Berlusconi—shrugged off critics who found him "too erudite and philosophical, too difficult," telling the Guardian in a 2011 interview that he wrote "for masochists." "It's only publishers and some journalists who believe that people want simple things," he said. "People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged." (The death of Harper Lee was also announced on Friday.)
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FILE - In a Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 file photo, Italian writer Umberto Eco gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the 25th Annual Book Fair in Jerusalem. Eco, best known for the international... (Associated Press)
FILE - In a Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 file photo, Italian writer Umberto Eco gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the 25th Annual Book Fair in Jerusalem. Eco, best known for the international best-seller “The Name of the Rose,” died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, according to spokeswoman Lori Glazer... (Associated Press)
MILAN (AP) — Umberto Eco started working a novel that set the world's imagination on fire "prodded by a seminal idea: I felt like poisoning a monk."
The Italian author/academic who intrigued, puzzled and delighted readers worldwide with his best-selling historical novel "The Name of the Rose" died at home in Milan on Friday evening after a battle with cancer, according to a family member who asked not to be identified.
His death was also confirmed by his American publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Author of a wide range of books, Eco was fascinated with the obscure and the mundane, and his books were both engaging narratives and philosophical and intellectual exercises. The bearded, heavy-set scholar, critic and novelist took on the esoteric theory of semiotics, the study of signs and symbols in language; took on popular culture icons like James Bond; and took on the technical languages of the Internet.
"The Name of the Rose" transformed him from an academic to international celebrity, especially after the medieval thriller set in a monastery was made into a film starring Sean Connery in 1986. "The Name of the Rose" sold millions of copies, a feat for a narrative filled with partially translated Latin quotes and puzzling musings on the nature of symbols.
His second novel, the 1988 "Foucault's Pendulum," a byzantine tale of plotting publishers and secret sects also styled as a thriller, was successful, too — though it was so complicated that an annotated guide accompanied it to help the reader follow the plot.
In 2000, when awarding Eco Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize for communications, the jury praised his works "of universal distribution and profound effect that are already classics in contemporary thought."
Eco was born Jan. 5, 1932, in Alessandria, a town east of Turin. He said the reserved culture there was a source for his "world vision: a skepticism and an aversion to rhetoric." He received a university degree in philosophy from the University of Turin in 1954, beginning his fascination with the Middle Ages and the aesthetics of text. He later defined semiotics as "a philosophy of language."
He had always loved storytelling and as a teenager wrote comic books and fantasy novels.
"I was a perfectionist and wanted to make them look as though they had been printed, so I wrote them in capital letters and made up title pages, summaries, illustrations," he told The Paris Review in 1988. "It was so tiring that I never finished any of them. I was at that time a great writer of unaccomplished masterpieces."
Eco remained involved with academia, becoming the first professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna in 1971. He also lectured at institutions worldwide and was a fellow at elite colleges like Oxford University and Columbia University. Twenty-three institutions had awarded him honorary degrees by 2000.
But Eco was also able to bridge the gap between popular and intellectual culture, publishing his musings in daily newspapers and Italy's leading weekly magazine L'Espresso.
Eco started in journalism in the 1950s, working for the Italian state-owned television RAI. From the 1960s onwards, he wrote columns for several Italian dailies. He also wrote children's books, including "The Bomb and the General" ("La Bomba e il Generale").
In 2003, Eco published a collection of lectures on translations, "Mouse or Rat? Translation as Negotiation," and a year later he wrote the novel "The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana," a story about an antiquarian book dealer who loses his memory.
Recent works include "From the Tree to the Labyrinth," an essay on semiology and language published in 2007 and "Turning Back the Clock," a collection of essays on various subjects, ranging from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to anti-Semitism and to staunch criticism of Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government in Italy. His most recent novel, "Numero Zero," came out last year and recalled a political scandal from the 1990s that helped lead to Berlusconi's rise.
In a 2011 interview with the Guardian newspaper, Eco explained how someone as "strongly anti-intellectual" as Berlusconi could become a political force in Italy, a cradle of Renaissance culture.
"There was a fear of the intellectual as a critical power, and in this sense there was a clash between Berlusconi and the intellectual world," he said. "But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo."
In the same interview, Eco shrugged off critics who found him "too erudite and philosophical, too difficult," saying he wrote "for masochists."
"It's only publishers and some journalists who believe that people want simple things," Eco said. "People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged."
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Associated Press writer Hillel Italie contributed to this report from New York. ||||| The author of The Name of the Rose on why it is human to lie, how Berlusconi has used conspiracy theories to stay in power – and his love/hate relationship with his most famous book
'I am reaching the end of my ordeal," says Umberto Eco when we meet. Happily, I don't take this personally. Eco – philosopher, semiotician, novelist, bibliophile and all-round brainbox – has been on a 20-day global tour to promote his new novel, The Prague Cemetery, and says at times he has barely known what city he was in.
Eco, who will be 80 in January, doesn't look too bad for his ordeal. His rotundity means he sits a little awkwardly in his chair, but he is a lively, playful interviewee, chewing on a small cigar throughout. He gave up smoking them eight years ago, but still likes to have one in his mouth and hopes some of the nicotine gets through. He has a rasping voice and an idiosyncratic take on English. The conversation occasionally breaks down when I use expressions he doesn't quite grasp. He misunderstands when I ask him whether The Prague Cemetery is, as some critics have suggested, a "return to form": for him, form is a sporting rather than a literary term.
Anyway, we battle on. The elephant in our cramped little room is that the new book is not a return to form, whether literary or sporting. Set in the second half of the 19th century and following the fortunes of master forger, murderer and general bad egg Simone Simonini, who manages to have a hand in most of the great events of that period (Italian unification, Franco-Prussian war, Paris Commune, Dreyfus affair), it is a wearying read. In English at least. Perhaps it sparkles in Italian.
Whether or not it is a return to form, it is certainly a return to Eco's favourite subject – conspiracies. Simonini is presented as the originator of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the early 20th-century fake text that purported to detail a Jewish conspiracy aimed at world domination. Following its publication in Russia in 1903, it was widely read and believed, despite being shown to have been plagiarised from fictional sources. Hitler quoted it extensively, and even now its poison circulates. Eco pieces together what little is known of the origins of the text, and offers Simonini, an amoral Italian living in Paris, as the originator of the most toxic of all forgeries.
Conspiracies in general, and the Protocols in particular, have been recurrent themes in Eco's work, notably in his second novel, Foucault's Pendulum, where as a joke three nondescript book editors concoct a grand conspiracy that comes to take over their lives. Why do the Protocols preoccupy him? "As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying. A dog doesn't lie. When it barks, it means there is somebody outside." Animals do not lie; human beings do. "From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history. The most famous and terrible of those forgeries is the Protocols."
Eco says it is not conspiracies that attract him, but the paranoia that allows them to flourish. "There are many small conspiracies, and most of them are exposed," he says. "But the paranoia of the universal conspiracy is more powerful because it is everlasting. You can never discover it because you don't know who is there. It is a psychological temptation of our species. Karl Popper wrote a beautiful essay on that, in which he said it started with Homer. Everything that happens in Troy was plotted the day before on the top of Olympus by the gods. It's a way not to feel responsible for something. That's why dictatorships use the notion of universal conspiracy as a weapon. For the first 10 years of my life I was educated by fascists at school, and they used a universal conspiracy – that you, the Englishman, the Jews and the capitalists were plotting against the poor Italian people. For Hitler it was the same. And Berlusconi has spent all his electoral campaigns speaking of the double conspiracy of the judges and the communists. There are no more communists around, even if you look for them with a lamp, but for Berlusconi they were there trying to take over."
Sean Connery and Christian Slater in The Name of the Rose. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext Collection/Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection
He probably does not intend to elide Hitler and Berlusconi, but nor is he a fan of Italy's recently departed prime minister. Eco has always been a prominent figure on the political left, and has opposed Berlusconi since his first stint as PM in the mid-1990s. He is pleased that the great partygoer has fallen, but warns against writing him off, suggesting he may try to return after the elections due in 2013.
"Berlusconi is a genius in communication," says Eco. "Otherwise he would never have become so rich. From the beginning he identified his target – middle-aged people who watch television. Young people do not watch television; they are on the internet. The people who support Berlusconi are 50- and 60-year-old ladies and retired people, who, in a country with an ageing population, make a powerful electoral force. So even some of his famous blunders may be blunders for me and you, but probably for the provincial 60-year-old lady or gentlemen they are not. His appeal was 'pay less taxes'. When the premier says you are right not to pay taxes, you are pleased."
How could a culture as intellectual and artistic as Italy's have elected such a buffoon? "Berlusconi was strongly anti-intellectual," he says, "and boasted that he hadn't read a novel for 20 years. There was a fear of the intellectual as a critical power, and in this sense there was a clash between Berlusconi and the intellectual world. But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo."
Eco's new book has been attacked by some for regurgitating an antisemitic text, but he argues that the Protocols can easily be found on the internet and that "weak readers" who misunderstand his purpose will be misled elsewhere. "You are not responsible for perverse readings of your book," he says. "Catholic priests said don't give Madame Bovary to a young girl to read because she might be seduced by adultery."
Does it bother him that the half-dozen novels he has produced since The Name of the Rose propelled him to fictional fame in the early 1980s have had a mixed reception? "You are always shocked by how different critics' opinions are," he says. "I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it. I was always defined as too erudite and philosophical, too difficult. Then I wrote a novel that is not erudite at all, that is written in plain language, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, and among my novels it is the one that has sold the least. So probably I am writing for masochists. It's only publishers and some journalists who believe that people want simple things. People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged."
Eco had a distinguished 30-year career in the academic world, with sidelines making cultural TV programmes and working as an editor in Milan, before The Name of the Rose. Why did he feel the need to add fiction to an already overloaded CV? In part, he says, it was accident. A friend asked him to write a short detective novel for a new series she was preparing. He told her that if he did, it would be set in the middle ages and would have to be 500 pages. That was too big for the proposed series, but the idea had been planted in his mind (or, as he prefers, his belly), and a publishing phenomenon was born. Even without her intervention, however, he implies that he would eventually have written novels. The notion of poisoning a monk appealed to him, and he already had a list of monkish names filed away in his drawer for possible use.
"I have always had a narrative impulse," he says. "I wrote stories and beginnings of novels at the age of 10 or 12. I then satisfied my taste for narrative by writing essays. All my researches have the structure of a whodunit." One of his professors pointed out that even his doctoral thesis on Thomas Aquinas had that structure, with the conclusion teasingly arrived at after a long process of divination. "I recognised he was right, and that I was right, and that research must be done this way. I satisfied my narrative impulse when my kids were small by telling them stories, and then when they were grown up I felt the need to write fiction. It happened to me as it happens to people when they fall in love. 'Why did you fall in love that day, that month, with that person? Are you crazy? Why?' You don't know. It happens."
The Name of the Rose made Eco's reputation as a novelist, but it has also proved difficult to match. "Sometimes I say I hate The Name of the Rose," he admits, "because the following books maybe were better. But it happens to many writers. Gabriel García Márquez can write 50 books, but he will be remembered always for Cien Años de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude]. Every time I publish a new novel, sales of The Name of the Rose go up. What is the reaction? 'Ah, a new book of Eco. But I have never read The Name of the Rose.' Which, by the way, costs less because it is in paperback." He laughs, as he does frequently. Eco's great virtue is that he is an intellectual who doesn't take himself too seriously. Life, like fiction, is a wonderful game.
It is claimed that he called the film of The Name of the Rose a travesty, but that seems unlikely. He says only that a film cannot do everything a book can. "A book like this is a club sandwich, with turkey, salami, tomato, cheese, lettuce. And the movie is obliged to choose only the lettuce or the cheese, eliminating everything else – the theological side, the political side. It's a nice movie. I was told that a girl entered a bookstore and seeing the books said: 'Oh, they have already made a book out of it.'" More laughter.
The Name of the Rose sold – and continues to sell – by the bucketload. It made him rich, famous, sought after. But he chose to carry on teaching at Bologna university, and to keep up his academic work. His bibliography of non-fiction works on language, culture and belief is vast and forbidding. Hidden behind Eco the novelist and Eco the performer is a serious philosopher and literary critic.
It is often said that he constructs his novels out of other books. The Prague Cemetery both explores the 19th-century novels that were plagiarised in the Protocols, and is structured like one. Alexandre Dumas is the presiding spirit, in particular his novel Joseph Balsamo, and intertextuality the name of Eco's fictional game. He has adored books since he was a child, growing up in the town of Alessandria in northern Italy with not very bookish "petit bourgeois" parents but a grandmother who loved reading. He read voraciously and still does. His two libraries, at the homes he shares with his German-born wife Renate Ramge in Milan and Rimini, contain 50,000 books, including 1,200 rare titles.
He has called books "the corridors of the mind" and recently co-wrote an extended love letter to the printed text called This is Not the End of the Book. But that does not make him a digital counter-revolutionary. Indeed, to save having to carry a bag full of books, on this trip he has instead brought along an iPad with 30 titles downloaded. He nevertheless stands by his contention that this is not the end of the book. Reading devices are fine for long journeys and have advantages for reference books, but committed readers will always crave physicality – "not just Peter Pan but my Peter Pan", as he puts it.
The fact that he can accommodate everything from illuminated manuscripts to iPads is typical. He is optimistic, eclectic, eternally young, interested in everything, as at home discoursing on Peanuts as he is on Proust. I ask him how he will be remembered – as novelist, critic or polymath? "I leave it up to you," he says. "Usually a novelist has a longer-lasting life than an academic, unless you are Immanuel Kant or John Locke. Illustrious thinkers of 50 years ago have already been forgotten."
So is he resigned to being remembered for The Name of the Rose rather than his contribution to semiotics? "At the beginning," he says, "I had the impression that my novels had nothing to do with my academic interests. Then I discovered that critics found many connections, and the editors of the Library of Living Philosophers decided that my novels had to be taken into account as a philosophical contribution. So I surrender. I accept the idea that they match. Evidently I am not a schizophrenic."
The Name of the Rose, The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas, and Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language are thus all of a piece. It's just their global sales that are different. |||||
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Shirley Temple Black became US Ambassador to which African Country in 1974?
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Most of the world's airports are owned by local, regional, or national government bodies who then lease the airport to private corporations who oversee the airport's operation. For example, in the United Kingdom the state-owned British Airports Authority originally operated eight of the nation's major commercial airports - it was subsequently privatized in the late 1980s, and following its takeover by the Spanish Ferrovial consortium in 2006, has been further divested and downsized to operating just five. Germany's Frankfurt Airport is managed by the quasi-private firm Fraport. While in India GMR Group operates, through joint ventures, Indira Gandhi International Airport and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. Bengaluru International Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport are controlled by GVK Group. The rest of India's airports are managed by the Airports Authority of India.
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Am I the only one who’s sick of feminists?
I have an alternate schedule for my physical exercise and home stay, but I drink almost equal amount of water in the both cases. Is that good? What is the ideal amount of water for each case?
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Article: Astrologists think Libra men enjoy the occasional surprise. As they are traditional romantics, they love to feel a little pampered. To make a Libra man love you, throw a surprise into a relationship here and there. For example, surprise him by cooking his favorite meal after he's had a hard day at work. Some think Libra men respond best to traditional romantic dates. When planning a date night, go for something that's traditionally romantic. Opt for a candlelit restaurant followed by a walk in the park, for example. As Libra men may be attracted to confidence, they're always up for a little debate. While they do not like arguing, feel free to throw in your two cents regarding things like politics, music, and other matters of personal opinion. However, remember to flatter your Libra man even while arguing with him. For example, say something like, "While I disagree, you really know a lot about this issue. I'm impressed." Libra men love having a large social circle. If you can't be open to seeing friends regularly, a Libra man is unlikely to fall for you. When dating a Libra man, agree to go out as often as possible. You can expect to attend a lot of events with big groups. Do not be clingy in group settings. Allow your Libra man to socialize with his friends without you. He will appreciate you letting him be himself and pursue his own interests.
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Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microtonal scales. He built custom-made instruments in these tunings on which to play his compositions, and described his theory and practice in his book Genesis of a Music (1947). Partch composed with scales dividing the octave into 43 unequal tones derived from the natural harmonic series; these scales allowed for more tones of smaller intervals than in standard Western tuning, which uses twelve equal intervals to the octave.
Partch made public his theories in his book Genesis of a Music (1947). He opens the book with an overview of music history, and argues that Western music began to suffer from the time of Bach, after which twelve-tone equal temperament was adopted to the exclusion of other tuning systems, and abstract, instrumental music became the norm. Partch sought to bring vocal music back to prominence, and adopted tunings and scales he believed more suitable to singing. Inspired by Sensations of Tone, Hermann von Helmholtz's book on acoustics and the perception of sound, Partch based his music strictly on just intonation. He tuned his instruments using the overtone series, and extended it past the twelfth partial. This allowed for a larger number of smaller, unequal intervals than found in the Western classical music tradition's twelve-tone equal temperament. Partch's tuning is often classed as microtonality, as it allowed for intervals smaller than 100 cents, though Partch did not conceive his tuning in such a context. Instead, he saw it as a return to pre-Classical Western musical roots, in particular to the music of the ancient Greeks. By taking the principles he found in Helmholtz's book, he expanded his tuning system until it allowed for a division of the octave into 43 tones based on ratios of small integers. Partch uses the terms Otonality and Utonality to describe chords whose pitch classes are the harmonics or subharmonics of a given fixed tone. These six-tone chords function in Partch's music much the same that the three-tone major and minor chords (or triads) do in classical music. The Otonalities are derived from the overtone series, and the Utonalities from the undertone series.
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Write the following list of characters into a correctly formed sentence: Returnspring:AISI302stainlesssteel.
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Return spring: AISI 302 stainless steel.
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Flan2021
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word_segment
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Write a sentence about the following things:
cat, paw, put
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A cat puts its paw on the keyboard of the laptop.
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gem/common_gen:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Translate "• The AI has limited uses in assessing groups
- If group median intake meets or exceeds the AI, prevalence of inadequacy is likely low
- If group median intake is below the AI, nothing can be concluded about inadequacy
- The percent of a group with intake below the AI cannot be assessed as deficient" to French?
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• L'utilisation de l'AS est plutôt limitée quant à l'évaluation des groupes :
- Lorsque l'apport médian d'un groupe est égal ou supérieur à l'AS, la prévalence d'un apport insuffisant est probablement faible.
- Lorsque l'apport médian d'un groupe est inférieur à l'AS, rien ne permet de conclure que l'apport est insuffisant.
- On ne peut pas conclure que les membres d'un groupe ayant un apport inférieur à l'AS souffrent de déficience.
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Things are ok , was sleeping enough last night , so I feel mostly recovered , working was short and easy today , just doing visite , that takes if all is well just 2h . Being on the village harvest fair with Simon . He really loved the carousel , most of all flying in a little green dragon .
Question with options to choose from: Why would the writer have gone to the fair despite feeling ill ?
Available options: 1). The writer wanted to see the fair .. 2). The writer wanted to make Simon happy .. 3). The writer had an easier day at work than usual .. 4). The writer wanted to ride the green dragon ..
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2).
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cosmos_qa:1.0.0
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Find the right ending to this passage.
Jerusalem (CNN) -- President Barack Obama tried Thursday to invigorate the stalled Middle East peace process, urging young Israelis to pressure their leaders to seek peace with Palestinians while acknowledging the Jewish state's historical right to exist and defend itself from continuing threats. In a speech in Jerusalem that Obama had said would lay out his vision for the region, the president urged Israelis to look at the world through the eyes of Palestinians but also said enemies of Israel must change their rhetoric and tactics to reflect modern reality. "You are not alone," Obama said in both English and Hebrew, prompting a standing ovation when he declared that "those who adhere to the ideology of rejecting Israel's right to exist might as well reject the Earth beneath them and the sky above, because Israel is not going anywhere."
Obama said he and
OPTIONS:
- Abbas discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Barack Obama discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- CNN discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Earth discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- English discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Hebrew discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Israel discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Israeli discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Israelis discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Jerusalem discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- John Kerry discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Middle East discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Obama discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Palestinian discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
- Palestinians discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
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Abbas discussed, among other things, the Israeli settlements and the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
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Flan2021
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super_glue/record:1.0.2
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zs_opt
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Keywords: game, help, map
What is a sentence that includes all these keywords?
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need help improving map for this game
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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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What is the sentiment of the following movie review sentence?
the campaign-trail press
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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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Bitte beachten Sie: Sie erhalten eine E-Mail von uns, die Sie bestätigen müssen, um ihre Anmeldung zu vollenden.
Translate this to English?
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Note: please reply to the confirmation E-mail we will send you. Otherwise, your registration will not be complete.
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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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Produce a long descriptive sentence that uses all these words: The Golden Curry food French; The Golden Curry customer rating low; The Golden Curry area city centre; The Golden Curry familyFriendly no; The Golden Curry near Café Rouge
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Based in the city centre near the Café Rouge, The Golden Curry has a low customer rating and serves French food. it is not family-friendly.
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Flan2021
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gem/dart:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Translate "In October a press conference was also held on the theme of "Old is New at the NPM" with accompanying activities and events that effectively promoted the new, modern image of the National Palace Museum." to French?
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En octobre, l'organisation de la conférence de presse sur le thème de "Vieux est nouveau au Musée national du Palais" en compagnie des activités et évènements qui promurent effectivement la nouvelle et moderne image du Musée national du Palais.
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Flan2021
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wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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What is the answer to this question? who's music is the bat out of hell based on?
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Meat Loaf
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Flan2021
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natural_questions_open:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Produce a detailed sentence about a restaurant using the following words: name = The Rice Boat, eatType = restaurant, food = Chinese, customer rating = average, area = city centre, familyFriendly = yes
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The Rice Boat is a family friendly Chinese restaurant in the city centre. It has an average customer rating.
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Flan2021
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gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Does the sentence "The foundation of Northwestern University is traceable to a meeting on May 31, 1850 of nine prominent Chicago businessmen, Methodist leaders and attorneys who had formed the idea of establishing a university to serve what had once been known as the Northwest Territory." provide a valid answer to the question "What denomination did the all of the founders associated with?"
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no
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Flan2021
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glue/qnli:2.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Here are some concepts: island, save, water
What is a sentence about these concepts?
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volunteers during a diving expedition to save coral reefs in the waters off island .
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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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Last updated at 3:31 PM on 19th July 2011. Cheaper farmland and proximity to population centres are fueling growth in Amish colonies in The Empire State, a study out of Pennsylvania shows. The Amish, many of them from Ohio or Pennsylvania, have set up 10 new settlements in New York since 2010 - growth that doubles other states. That population has grown by nearly a third in two years, to 13,000. Amish communities are currently in 28 U.S. states, but more communities are popping up in New York over the last few years. The first New York Amish districts were established in the Conewango Valley in 1949, but in-migration slowed until about 10 years ago. As recently as 1991, there were just 3,900 Amish in the state. Elizabethtown College professor Don Kraybill, who directed the study, said the movement has been driven by productive and underpriced land. Factors such as weather, growing season and congenial neighbours and local officials have also contributed to the population boom. In the 1980s and 90s Kentucky played that role for the Amish, while more recently it was Wisconsin, Mr Kraybill said. New York has lower land prices in rural areas than Pennsylvania and Ohio, states that together account for about half of the U.S. Amish population. New York also has more areas of rural isolation, according to Mr Kraybill.'If you want to get away from the suburbs and the high-tech world, there are more places to hide in New York.'New York, Kentucky, Illinois and Kansas have experienced the largest net gain in Amish households since 2006, the study found. The largest net losers were Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Delaware and Ohio, although states with large Amish populations can grow even if they lose households because existing families normally have many children. The Amish emigrated to Pennsylvania from Switzerland and Germany about 300 years ago. Today, the nationwide Amish population totals about 261,000. Nearly all descend from a group of about 5,000 a century ago. 'Empire State of Mind': An Amish man works in the field in Centerville, N.Y., a town with an established Amish community. While their Christian beliefs and practices can vary from settlement to settlement, or from church to church, they were defined for study purposes as people who use horse-and-buggy transportation, and speak a dialect of Pennsylvania German or Swiss German. Mr Kraybill said: 'It's remarkable that a horse-and-buggy people like the Amish are thriving in the midst of high-tech, Twitter America.' Some areas of concentrated Amish populations in Pennsylvania, including Lancaster County, have experienced overall residential and commercial growth that can leave little room for the Amish way of life, so they make the decision to hire a tractor-trailer and head for someplace more remote. Large Amish families sometimes move into new areas to find farmland for the younger generations, while in other cases they are more motivated by a desire to preserve traditional aspects of their family life and to resolve disputes about church rules, said Karen Johnson-Weiner, an anthropology professor at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Ms Johnson-Weiner, whose book on the state's Amish was published last year, said: 'The Amish moving to New York are going to be, for the most part, very conservative. That means they're not going to be so willing to compromise or fit in.' The Amish have been involved in disputes in New York over zoning, construction practices and electronic filing of sales taxes, while some areas have capitalized on local Amish communities for tourism purposes. Ms Johnson-Weiner said some new Amish arrivals are buying land that has not been farmed since the earlier decades of the 20th century. 'The families farming those farms are ready to retire and there aren't any young people ready to take the farm over, so you sell to the Amish,' she said. 'They're revitalising farming, I would say, in many of those areas.' Mr Kraybill said Amish migration in general often consists of younger couples looking for cheaper farmland or new locations to set up small microenterprises. It can cost just a few thousand dollars to start manufacturing furniture or quilts, for example, he said. Other Amish migrants can be multigenerational families moving together so they can afford to buy several adjacent farms at the same time. Mr Kraybill said prime farmland in Lancaster County currently costs about $15,000 an acre, a daunting challenge for a young farmer, along with the expense of buying livestock and farm equipment. That makes land prices of $2,000 an acre in other states very attractive. Pennsylvania had the nation's largest Amish population in the new survey, just over 61,000, with Ohio a close second, about 400 people behind. Indiana ranked third, 46,000, Wisconsin fourth, 16,000, and New York fifth. New York, New York: Map shows new Amish communities in The Empire State.
What are highlight points for this article?
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Amish population in New York has grown by a third in the past two years. The Amish are currently in 28 U.S. states and Ontario. Pennsylvania had the largest Amish population, with Ohio a close second. New York, Kentucky, Illinois and Kansas have the largest net gain in Amish households since 2006.
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cnn_dailymail:3.4.0
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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_opt
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Write a sentence in English.
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On 23 January 1861 Kronecker was elected to the Academy and this had a surprising benefit.
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Flan2021
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para_crawl_enes
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zs_opt
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"People are making the argument that the missile defence would undermine the Russian strategic potential," Pavel Podvig, director and principal investigator of the Russian Nuclear Forces Project, tells SETimes.
Translate to Romanian
Romanian:
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"Oamenii invoacă argumentul că apărarea antirachetă va submina potenţialul strategic rusesc", declară Pavel Podvig, director şi investigator principal al Proiectului Forţelor Nucleare Ruseşti, pentru SETimes.
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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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Write a text based on this summary: cosby asks detroit students parents to get active
Text:
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bill cosby says detroit residents must take responsibility for improving their city and schools .
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Flan2021
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gigaword:1.2.0
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zs_opt
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What concepts are described in the following sentence?
"Browns Cambridge received a customer Rating of 3 out of 5. It costs between £20-25."
Return the answer as pairs of triples.
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Browns Cambridge priceRange £20-25
Browns Cambridge customer rating 3 out of 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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Article: Type www.facebook.com into the address bar, and hit ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return on your keyboard. If you're not automatically signed in, enter your email or phone, and your password into the login form on the top-right, and click Log In. Find your name and profile picture at the top of the left navigation menu, and click on it. This will open your profile. You can also click your name on the top-right, or picture in the post box at the top of News Feed. These will also open your profile. You can find this button below your cover photo at the top of your profile. It will open a list of all your photos. You can find this button in the upper-left corner of your photo grid. This will open a list of all your profile pictures. Find the picture you want to hide in your Profile Pictures album, and click on it. This will open the image in a pop-up window. You can see the picture's upload information and comments on the right-hand side. This button is located next to the picture's date in the upper-right corner of the pop-up window. It will show your privacy options on a drop-down menu. If your picture's privacy is set to a different setting than Public, you may see figurehead icons here instead of a globe. This option looks like a lock icon. When this option is selected, your picture is visible to only your account. Other users can't view this picture. If you don't see Only me on the menu, tap More at the bottom to expand more options.
What is a summary of what this article is about?
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Open Facebook in your internet browser. Click your profile picture or name on the top-left. Click the Photos tab on your profile page. Click the Albums tab on the Photos page. Click the Profile Pictures album. Click the picture you want to hide. Click the tiny globe icon below your name on the top-right. Select Only me on the drop-down menu.
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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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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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zs_noopt
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You will be given a text below. Complete the text.
so he would have to rob a few more banks to get the money he needed . by the end of the week he had robbed a dozen more banks and had amassed over six million dollars . his robberies had made national news and made the bank owners in his community worry so much that they could n't sleep at night . the authorities were still baffled at the thefts , and so far had found no clues to catch the culprit other than the robot 's size 10 shoe print in a mud puddle outside the backdoor of one of the
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banks
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Flan2021
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lambada:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Write an article based on this summary:
Learn about types of mail fraud. Gather information about the transaction. Contact the Postal Inspection Service. Complete your mail fraud complaint. Cooperate with any further investigation.
Article:
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If the auction or sale proceeded to the point that the U.S. postal service was involved, the perpetrator could be guilty of mail fraud. For example, a dishonest seller may have pocketed your money and not sent the item you purchased, or used fake user accounts to bid on their own merchandise and drive up the price. If you mailed a payment and received no product in return, or if you received something in the mail that didn't match the description on the listing, the activity may constitute mail fraud. Understanding the elements of mail fraud enables you to choose important and relevant information to include in your report. You should focus in particular on the involvement of the U.S. Postal Service. If the postal service was not involved in the transaction, mail fraud probably did not occur. However, if you paid for shipping and did not receive the product, the postal service is involved – even if indirectly. The Postal Inspection Service investigates reports of mail fraud from individuals. If you want to report mail fraud, you can contact the Postal Inspection Service by calling 1-877-876-2455. Option "4" allows you to report suspected mail fraud. You also can mail a letter or report to Criminal Investigations Service Center, ATTN: Mail Fraud, 222 S Riverside PLZ STE 1250, Chicago, IL 60606-6100. You can submit a written complaint online, or draft a letter with a description of the incident and relevant information. The Postal Inspection Service provides a complaint form at https://ehome.uspis.gov/fcsexternal/default.aspx that you can fill out and submit. You must include your name and contact information – you cannot submit a mail fraud complaint anonymously. Once your report is received, a postal inspector may contact you for additional information. Since you cannot attach any documents to your online complaint, you should retain any receipts or documentation that may provide evidence for postal inspectors investigating your complaint.
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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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Generate a context and a hypothesis.
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Context: U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Diego (CGAS San Diego) is a Coast Guard Air Station based in San Diego, California, United States, across the street from San Diego International Airport. CGAS San Diego operates three MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters off the Coast Guard ramp.
Hypothesis: CGAS San Diego operates three MH-G0T Jayhawk choppers.
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Flan2021
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anli/r1:0.1.0
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zs_noopt
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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_noopt
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Summarize this article:
Let’s start with the crossbow, because the crossbow is huge. I’m sitting in the passenger seat of a camo-painted ATV, rumbling through the northern Louisiana backwoods with Phil Robertson, founder of the Duck Commander company, patriarch at the heart of A&E’s smash reality hit Duck Dynasty, and my tour guide for the afternoon. There are seat belts in this ATV, but it doesn’t look like they’ve ever been used. Phil is not wearing one. I am not wearing one, because I don’t want Phil to think I’m a pussy. (Too late!) The crossbow—a Barnett model equipped with a steel-tipped four-blade broadhead arrow—is perched on the dash between us. It looks like you could shoot through a goddamn mountain with it.
“That’ll bury up in you and kill you dead,” Phil says.
The bow is cocked and loaded, just in case a deer stumbles in front of us and we need to do a redneck drive-by on the poor bastard, but the safety is on. SAFETY FIRST. Still, Phil warns me, “You don’t want to be bumping that.”
As we drive out into the woods, past a sign that reads parish maintenance ends, Phil is telling me all about the land around us and how the animals are a glorious gift from God and how blowing their heads off is part of His plan for us.
“Look at this,” he says, gesturing to the surrounding wilderness. “The Almighty gave us this. Genesis 9 is where the animals went wild, and God gave them wildness. After the flood, that’s when he made animals wild. Up until that time, everybody was vegetarian. After the flood, he said, ‘I’m giving you everything now. Animals are wild.’”
There’s a fly parked on Phil’s long beard. It’s been there the whole ride, and I desperately want to pluck it out, but I decide against it. Along with the crossbow, there’s a loaded .22-caliber rifle rattling around in the footwell. And yet, much like the 14 million Americans who Nielsen says tune in to Duck Dynasty every week—over 2 million more than the audience for the Breaking Bad finale—I am comfortable here in these woods with Phil and his small cache of deadly weaponry. He is welcoming and gracious. He is a man who preaches the gospel of the outdoors and, to my great envy, practices what he preaches. He spends most of his time out here, daydreaming about what he calls a “pristine earth”: a world where nothing gets in the way of nature or the hunters who lovingly maintain it. No cities. No buildings. No highways.
Oh, and no sinners, too. So here’s where things get a bit uncomfortable. Phil calls himself a Bible-thumper, and holy shit, he thumps that Bible hard enough to ring the bell at a county-fair test of strength. If you watch Duck Dynasty, you can hear plenty of it in the nondenominational supper-table prayer the family recites at the end of every episode, and in the show’s no-cussing, no-blaspheming tone. But there are more things Phil would like to say—“controversial” things, as he puts it to me—that don’t make the cut. (This March, for instance, he told the Christian-oriented Sports Spectrum magazine that he didn’t approve of A&E editing out “in Jesus” from a family prayer scene, even though A&E says that the phrase has been uttered in at least seventeen episodes.)
Out here in these woods, without any cameras around, Phil is free to say what he wants. Maybe a little too free. He’s got lots of thoughts on modern immorality, and there’s no stopping them from rushing out. Like this one:
“It seems like, to me, a vagina—as a man—would be more desirable than a man’s anus. That’s just me. I’m just thinking: There’s more there! She’s got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not logical.”
Perhaps we’ll be needing that seat belt after all.
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The Duck Dynasty origin story is the mighty river from which all other Robertson-family stories flow. And it is an awesome story, one that improves the more it is told, so here is my stab at it: Phil Robertson grew up bone poor in the northwest corner of this state—a place where Cajun redneck culture and Ozark redneck culture intersect—to a manic-depressive mother and a roughneck father. He was a star quarterback in high school and earned a scholarship to play at Louisiana Tech, but quit after one season because football interfered with duck-hunting season. The guy who took his roster spot at Tech was Terry Bradshaw, because that’s how these kinds of stories go.
Phil On Growing Up in Pre-Civil-Rights-Era Louisiana
“I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I’m with the blacks, because we’re white trash. We’re going across the field.... They’re singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, ‘I tell you what: These doggone white people’—not a word!... Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.”
According to Phil’s autobiography—a ghostwritten book he says he has never read—he spent his days after Tech doing odd jobs and his evenings getting drunk, chasing tail, and swallowing diet pills and black mollies, a form of medicinal speed. In his midtwenties, already married with three sons, a piss-drunk Robertson kicked his family out of the house. “I’m sick of you,” he told his wife, Kay. But Robertson soon realized the error of his ways, begged Kay to come back, and turned over his life to Jesus Christ.
In 1972, with Jesus at the wheel, Robertson founded the Duck Commander company, which sold a line of custom-made duck-hunting calls that quickly became popular among avid hunters for their uncanny accuracy in replicating the sound of a real duck. He eventually sold half the company to his son Willie, now 41, and together they made a DVD series about the family’s duck hunts, which led to a show on the Outdoor Channel, which led to Duck Dynasty on A&E, which led to everything blowing right the fuck up.
The show—a reality sitcom showcasing the semiscripted high jinks of Phil, his brother “Uncle Si,” his four sons, Alan, Willie, Jase, and Jep, and the perpetually exasperated but always perfectly accessorized Robertson-family ladies—has become the biggest reality-TV hit in the history of cable television, reportedly earning the family a holy shit–worthy $200,000-an-episode paycheck. It’s a funny, family-friendly show, with “skits that we come up with,” as Phil describes the writing process. They plunder beehives. They blow up beaver dams. And when the Robertson-family ladies go up to a rooftop in a hydraulic lift, you just know that lift will “accidentally” get stuck and strand them.
But the show, whose fifth season premieres on January 15, is just one part of the family’s pop-cultural dominance. In 2013 four books written (kind of!) by Robertson family members made the top ten on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list. Another book—penned by Jase Robertson and detailing his Christian rebirth at age 14, his struggle to forgive his father’s past behavior, and his young daughter’s struggle through five facial-reconstruction surgeries to overcome a severe cleft lip and palate—is forthcoming and destined to make it five best-sellers. There’s also a book of devotionals somewhere in there, along with Duck Dynasty–themed birthday cards, bobblehead dolls, camo apparel (pink camo for the ladies), Cajun-spice seasoning, car fresheners, iPhone games (from the press release: “As players successfully complete the challenges, their beards grow to epic proportions and they start to transform from a yuppie into a full-blown redneck!”), and presumably some sort of camou flage home-pregnancy test.
It’s easy to see the appeal. The Robertsons are immensely likable. They’re funny. They look cool. They’re “smarter than they look,” says sportswriter Mark Schlabach, who co-writes the family’s books. And they are remarkably honest both with one another and with the viewing audience: Phil’s old hell-raising, Si’s traumatic stint in Vietnam, the intervention that the family staged for Jep when he was boozing and doing drugs in college (Phil placed him under house arrest for three months)—all of it is out in the open. The more they reveal, the more people feel connected to them.
And then, of course, there is their faith, which plays no small role here. During the family’s initial negotiations about the show with A&E, Jase told me, “the three no-compromises were faith, betrayal of family members, and duck season.” That refusal to betray their faith or one another has been a staple of every media article about the Robertson family. It’s their elevator pitch, and it has made them into ideal Christian icons: beloved for staking out a bit of holy ground within the mostly secular, often downright sinful, pop culture of America.
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Phil Robertson’s house is located in the sticks about twenty miles outside the city of Monroe (pronounce it mun-roe). It’s a rather small house—the kind of place its owner would proudly call “humble.” The kitchen table is covered with big plastic tubs of cinnamon rolls and mini muffins. There are candy dishes filled to the brim, bricks of softening butter, and packages of jerky made from unknown animals, sent by unnamed fans. (I tried some, and it was awesome.) Just inside the front door, a giant flat-screen TV shows Fox News on mute at all times, and a bunch of big squishy sofas are arranged in a rectangle around it.
Si Robertson is sitting on the couch facing the TV. Jep Robertson, age 35, the youngest son, curls up in a recliner in the corner with a pistol strapped to his waist. He barely speaks, like a countrified Silent Bob. Jase, 44, and Willie share a love seat while Phil lounges barefoot on a camo-patterned recliner in the far corner of the room. Two dogs share the recliner’s footrest with Phil’s heavily callused bare feet. He has severe bunions, so his big toes jut in at forty-five-degree angles. The main TV room is cluttered with mismatched furniture and photos hung haphazardly on the walls. And Phil looks like part of the clutter himself, as if he’d been wedged into that recliner a while back by some absentminded homeowner who didn’t know where else to put him. ||||| UPDATED: The news comes after the reality star compared being gay to bestiality, drawing ire from LGBT groups including GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign.
A&E has placed Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson on indefinite hiatus following anti-gay remarks he made in a recent profile in GQ.
"We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty," A&E said in a statement. "His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely."
The news comes after Robertson compared homosexuality to bestiality in an interview with the magazine. He'll likely appear in season four, which bows Jan. 15, since production is largely wrapped.
"It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man's anus," Robertson says in the January issue of the men's magazine. "That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical."
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During a discussion about repentance and God, Robertson is asked what he finds sinful.
"Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there," he says. "Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men."
He goes on to paraphrase Corinthians: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers -- they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."
GLAAD on Wednesday condemned his remarks as "some of the vilest and most extreme statements uttered against LGBT people in a mainstream publication" and said "his quote was littered with outdated stereotypes and blatant misinformation."
"Phil and his family claim to be Christian, but Phil's lies about an entire community fly in the face of what true Christians believe," GLAAD spokesperson Wilson Cruz said. "He clearly knows nothing about gay people or the majority of Louisianans -- and Americans -- who support legal recognition for loving and committed gay and lesbian couples. Phil's decision to push vile and extreme stereotypes is a stain on A&E and his sponsors, who now need to re-examine their ties to someone with such public disdain for LGBT people and families."
STORY: 'Duck Dynasty' Family Says 'We Cannot Imagine the Show' Without Phil Robertson
GLAAD responded to A&E's suspension, commending the network for its swift decision. "What's clear is that such hateful anti-gay comments are unacceptable to fans, viewers, and networks alike," GLAAD's Cruz said late Wednesday. "By taking quick action and removing Robertson from future filming, A&E has sent a strong message that discrimination is neither a Christian nor an American value."
Robertson released his own statement in response to the flap early Wednesday: "I myself am a product of the '60s; I centered my life around sex, drugs and rock and roll until I hit rock bottom and accepted Jesus as my Savior. My mission today is to go forth and tell people about why I follow Christ and also what the Bible teaches, and part of that teaching is that women and men are meant to be together. However, I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all created by the Almighty and like Him, I love all of humanity. We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other."
Duck Dynasty has become a breakout hit for A&E, regularly luring 9 million-plus viewers. The Robertson clan landed on The Hollywood Reporter magazine's 2013 Rule Breakers list, which hit newsstands Wednesday. Phil's son Willie Robertson, who is featured on the cover, tells THR of the show's success: "It's a combination of the faith, the positive and the family aspect … and it's funny."
Adds his brother Jase Robertson: "We're just kind of doing what we do, and people identify with that."
The Human Rights Campaign also slammed Robertson for his statements.
"Phil Robertson's remarks are not consistent with the values of our faith communities or the scientific findings of leading medical organizations," president Chad Griffin said in a statement. "We know that being gay is not a choice someone makes, and that to suggest otherwise can be incredibly harmful. We also know that Americans of faith follow the Golden Rule -- treating others with the respect and dignity you'd wish to be treated with. As a role model on a show that attracts millions of viewers, Phil Robertson has a responsibility to set a positive example for young Americans -- not shame and ridicule them because of who they are. The A+E Network should take immediate action to condemn Phil Robertson's remarks and make clear they don't support his views."
Kimberly Nordyke contributed to this report. ||||| Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has risen to the defense of his state's embattled megamillionaire duck call magnates: He thinks Miley Cyrus is offensive, but she didn't have her First Amendment rights trampled. "It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended," Jindal tweeted on Thursday. It's not a super great argument.
Jindal was noting the suspension of Phil Robertson from the television show Duck Dynasty, following Robertson's descriptive declaration to GQ that he opposes gay sex. A&E, the show's home, stated that Robertson's views don't reflect the network, which has "always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community." On the official governor's website, Jindal posted this statement:
Phil Robertson and his family are great citizens of the State of Louisiana. The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except those they disagree with. I don’t agree with quite a bit of stuff I read in magazine interviews or see on TV. In fact, come to think of it, I find a good bit of it offensive. But I also acknowledge that this is a free country and everyone is entitled to express their views. In fact, I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended.
Jindal — who is, after all, a politician — surely understands that including discussion of Miley Cyrus is an attention-getter. But the situations aren't really comparable. Robertson compared gay relationships to bestiality, drunkenness, greed, and idolatry. He made graphic comments about the process of anal sex. He said that "homosexual behavior" is "not right." Miley Cyrus danced provocatively. Robertson suggested that a number of other people were going to Hell for their behavior. Miley Cyrus didn't look into the camera and say that people like Bobby Jindal were like people who have sex with dogs. The offensiveness isn't really comparable.
Also, for the 22-millionth time, the First Amendment says you can say what you like. It does not say there will be no commercial repercussions for doing so, or that every comment must be "tolerated" without response. If A&E didn't believe in the First Amendment, they would demand that GQ cease publication of the Robertson article. They would call for a law demanding that no one be allowed to disparage gay relationships. That's not what they did. They distanced themselves from someone that they thought would cost them money.
If Robertson wants to stand at the 50-yard-line of the Super Bowl at halftime and say horrible things about white people or A&E executives, he's welcome to do so. And white people and A&E executives can get mad and end his show or stop buying the Robertson family's duck calls. The Supreme Court suggests that commercial activity is its own free speech, remember?
Jindal's statement is just politics. It's waving his conservative flag, calling troops to the front lines. Fine. Anyway, it's nice to talk about Miley Cyrus again. It had been a while. |||||
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– An interview with GQ has ended up rather sourly for Phil Robertson. The Duck Dynasty patriarch has been put on ice by A&E following an uproar over comments he made to the magazine; among them: a comparison between homosexuality and bestiality. GLAAD, in its heated response, called his statements "some of the vilest and most extreme statements uttered against LGBT people in a mainstream publication." So what did he say? Some lowlights: When asked what is sinful: "Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men." "It seems like, to me, a vagina—as a man—would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical." Here's A&E's statement: "We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty. His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely." Robertson garnered a couple of unexpected source of support, notes Politico. Sarah Palin, who met the cast while on book tour earlier this month, posted this on Facebook: "Free speech is an endangered species. Those ‘intolerants’ hatin’ and taking on the Duck Dynasty patriarch for voicing his personal opinion are taking on all of us." She was joined by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who released a statement reading, "I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended." A number of people are pointing out that Palin and Jindal don't seem to understand the First Amendment, including Philip Bump at The Wire: "For the 22-millionth time, the First Amendment says you can say what you like. It does not say there will be no commercial repercussions for doing so, or that every comment must be 'tolerated' without response. If A&E didn't believe in the First Amendment, they would demand that GQ cease publication of the Robertson article. They would call for a law demanding that no one be allowed to disparage gay relationships." Meanwhile, the Hollywood Reporter notes that season four kicks off Jan. 15, and production is all but done, so it expects he'll feature in the season. Robertson yesterday issued a statement that offered no apology but notes that "I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me."
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2004, Miami had the third highest incidence of family incomes below the federal poverty line in the United States, making it the third poorest city in the USA, behind only Detroit, Michigan (ranked #1) and El Paso, Texas (ranked #2). Miami is also one of the very few cities where its local government went bankrupt, in 2001. However, since that time, Miami has experienced a revival: in 2008, Miami was ranked as "America's Cleanest City" according to Forbes for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and city-wide recycling programs. In a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States (of four U.S. cities included in the survey) and the world's fifth-richest city, in terms of purchasing power.
In what year did Miami's government declare bankruptcy?
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"People are making the argument that the missile defence would undermine the Russian strategic potential," Pavel Podvig, director and principal investigator of the Russian Nuclear Forces Project, tells SETimes.
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"Oamenii invoacă argumentul că apărarea antirachetă va submina potenţialul strategic rusesc", declară Pavel Podvig, director şi investigator principal al Proiectului Forţelor Nucleare Ruseşti, pentru SETimes.
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Story highlights Marte Deborah Dalelv says she was sentenced to prison in Dubai after reporting she was raped
The Norwegian alleges she was attacked by a colleague after a night out on work trip
Norway's foreign minister tells UAE her conviction "is contrary to fundamental human rights"
Dubai police and UAE authorities have not responded to CNN's requests for comment
Norwegian interior designer Marte Deborah Dalelv has spoken out after being handed a 16-month prison sentence in Dubai -- after she went to police to report she had been raped by a colleague.
The 24-year-old was convicted and sentenced on charges of having unlawful sex, making a false statement and illegal consumption of alcohol.
Her story is dominating the headlines in Norway, and has raised serious questions over the way women who allege sexual assault are treated in the United Arab Emirates.
Dalelv, who had been working at an interior design firm in Qatar since September 2011, told CNN on Saturday how a work trip to Dubai in March with three colleagues turned into a nightmare.
She said she had been out at a bar with her colleagues and friends, and asked a male colleague to walk her to her room when they returned at 3 a.m. to the hotel. She'd asked him to escort her because the hotel was large and confusing, and she didn't want to be wandering on her own, knowing she'd been drinking, she said.
This family handout photo taken in Abu Dhabi in May 2013 shows Norwegian businesswoman Marte Deborah Dalelv, 24.
When they reached a room, she realized it wasn't hers -- but the man then pulled her inside despite her vocal objections, according to Dalelv.
"He dragged me by my purse in, so I thought, 'OK, I just need to calm the situation down. I will finish my bottle of water, I will sit here and then I will excuse myself and say I feel fine,'" she said.
That was pretty much the last thing she said she remembers before the alleged sexual assault. "I woke up with my clothes off, sleeping on my belly, and he was raping me. I tried to get off, I tried to get him off, but he pushed me back down."
After someone knocked -- the hotel wake-up call -- she managed to get dressed and make it downstairs to the hotel reception, Dalelv said. "I called the police. That is what you do. We are trained on that from when we are very young," she said.
Some 10 or 12 male police officers arrived, but no female police officers were present, she said. Statements were taken from both Dalelv and the alleged rapist.
She was then taken to Bur Dubai police station, she said.
After again giving her version of events to officers, Dalelv said, "They asked me, 'Are you sure you called the police because you just didn't like it?' I said, 'Well of course I didn't like it.' That is when I knew, I don't think they are going to believe me at all."
Dalelv says she was taken for an intimate medical exam and tested for alcohol consumption. Her belongings were taken and she was kept in jail for four days, she said, with no explanation as to why.
Dubai police and UAE government officials have not responded to repeated CNN requests for comment.
Dalelv said she managed to call her parents on the third day to tell them she had been raped and ask them to contact the Norwegian Embassy. A day later, a representative from the Norwegian consulate came to the police station and she was released -- but her passport was not returned.
A piece of paper with Arabic text was handed to her, she said. An Arabic speaker told her it listed two charges against her: one for sex outside of marriage and the other for public consumption of alcohol. Both are violations of the law in the United Arab Emirates.
It was the first time she was made aware that she faced charges, Dalelv said.
She was allowed out on bail and has been staying since at the Norwegian Seaman's Center in Dubai.
Subsequently, she said her manager advised her to tell the police it was voluntary sexual intercourse and likely the whole issue would just go away. She followed the advice and in one of the many hearings at the public prosecutor's office, she made a statement saying it was voluntary.
Dalelv was then charged with making a false statement.
"That was my biggest regret because it wasn't voluntary. I just thought it would all go away," she told CNN.
But a representative of Al Mana Interiors, who Dalelv worked for, told CNN that she was not advised by her manager to say the sex was consensual but rather by a police officer, who told her that in Arabic and it was translated into English by her manager.
Dalelv said a month after the rape, while forced to stay in Dubai as the case wound through the legal system, she was fired.
The representative, who declined to be publicly identified, said Dalelv and the Sudanese man she accused -- who is married with three children -- have both been terminated by Al Mana Interiors for "drinking alcohol at a staff conference that resulted in trouble with the police."
A statement released late Saturday by Al Mana Interiors spokesman Hani El Korek said the company was sympathetic to Dalelv "during this very difficult situation." It also said that company representatives were by her side through the initial investigation, spending "days at both the police station and the prosecutor's office to help win her release."
"Only when Ms. Dalelv declined to have positive and constructive discussions about her employment status, and ceased communication with her employer, was the company forced to end our relationship with her," the statement said.
"The decision had nothing to do with the rape allegation, and unfortunately neither Ms. Dalelv nor her attorneys have chosen to contact the company to discuss her employment status."
The company is owned by Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana, who made headlines earlier this year after it was revealed that he has secretly married singer Janet Jackson in 2012.
Dalelv was convicted Tuesday on all three charges and was sentenced to one year in jail for having unlawful sex, three months in jail for making a false statement and one month for illegal consumption of alcohol.
CNN could not immediately confirm what happened to the alleged perpetrator, who was charged with public intoxication and having sex outside of marriage.
Dalelv is scheduled to appear at the court on September 5 to begin the appeal proceedings. Dalelv, who is not allowed to leave the UAE pending the appeal, said her lawyers have instructed her to be prepared to go back into jail while they submit a request for bail while the appeal is ongoing.
As a rule, CNN does not identify victims of sexual assault, but Dalelv went public with her story.
Her conviction may risk wider diplomatic repercussions.
Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Espen Barth Eide called his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, on Friday night to protest Dalelv's sentencing, a statement from the Norwegian ministry said.
"I emphasized that we believe that the conviction is contrary to fundamental human rights, including conventions that the UAE have officially ratified," Eide is quoted as saying.
"Norway will continue to do what we can to support her in what is a very difficult situation. Our cooperation with the UAE is strong and good, but I conveyed to my colleague that we are worried that this difficult case may disturb our good relations if we do not reach a good solution in the near future."
Dalelv told CNN she received a call from Eide on Friday reiterating Norway's support.
While Dubai has a reputation as a cosmopolitan city that boasts Western influences, where visitors can drink at bars and restaurants and unmarried couples can share hotel rooms, the country adheres to Islamic laws and traditions.
The United Arab Emirates has been heavily criticized by rights groups, which say it condones sexual violence against women. Human Rights Watch has called its record "shameful," saying it must change the way it handles such cases.
In December 2012, a British woman reported being raped by three men in Dubai. She was found guilty of drinking alcohol without a license and fined.
In January 2010, a British woman told authorities she was raped by an employee at a Dubai hotel. She was charged with public intoxication and having sex outside of marriage.
An Australian woman reported in 2008 that she was drugged and gang-raped. She was convicted of having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, and she was sentenced to 11 months in prison. ||||| Video
Image Dubai pardons rape case woman A woman at the centre of a Dubai rape claim dispute says that officials have dropped her 16-month sentence.
A NORWEGIAN woman sentenced to prison in Dubai after reporting she was raped has been set free with a full pardon after her case sparked an outcry.
Marte Dalelv, 24, expressed relief at the end of a four-month ordeal which had seen her prosecuted and convicted for extramarital sex, perjury and consuming alcohol without a licence, after she lodged the complaint against her boss.
The convictions could have seen her serving a 16-month jail term in the United Arab Emirates but Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum pardoned her on all counts.
The boss, against whom she lodged the complaint and who had been sentenced to 13 months for alcohol consumption and sex outside marriage, was also pardoned, her lawyer Mahmoud Azab said.
“I was told that I've been pardoned,” a smiling Ms Dalelv told reporters outside a Scandinavian social centre, adding her passport had been returned and she would leave the Gulf state “as soon as possible”.
“I'm very, very happy. This is the perfect ending (and) it feels really, really good,” she said.
In Oslo, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide expressed relief the pardon had been granted but criticised the original court verdict.
“I'm... thankful to the emir, who has it within his power to give such a pardon,” Mr Eide said.
“The verdict was contrary to several conventions of human rights that the Emirates have signed and promised to upkeep, especially the UN Convention of Women.”
Mr Eide had criticised Ms Dalelv's prosecution from the outset saying it was “very strange that a person who reports rape is sentenced for acts which in our part of the world are not even a crime.”
Ms Dalelv reported the rape to police back in March and was immediately detained, being released four days later with the assistance of Norwegian diplomats.
She has since been staying at the Norwegian Seamen's Centre in Dubai.
Norwegian authorities had agreed to pay for legal fees after she spent $10,000 on legal assistance, she said.
Ms Dalelv, who had come to Dubai on a business trip from Doha when the incident took place, said she has not yet decided if she will go back to Qatar.
Ms Dalelv's boss, a Sudanese identified only as Hawari in his 30s, was also freed and handed back his passport, her lawyer Azab said.
Norwegian ambassador Ase Elin Bjerke, who was accompanying Ms Dalelv, told AFP: “We are very grateful for the outcome of this case ... It has been very challenging.”
She said there was no immediate word on the grounds for the pardon but “the very fruitful dialogue that we have had at a senior level has given result.”
“She has not only been pardoned but she can stay until she decides herself to leave and she is allowed to return to the UAE anytime,” said Mr Bjerke.
Ms Dalelv had said she was hopeful that she would succeed in her appeal against the conviction by a Dubai court last week.
Her hearing was to have taken place on September 5, before she was called to appear at the public prosecutor's office and informed of the pardon on Monday.
“Marte was a victim of her boss's moral corruption,” her lawyer Azab told reporters.
The Norwegian government had faced opposition criticism for not taking more robust action in support of Ms Dalelv.
But the foreign minister's political adviser, Kathrine Raadim, had insisted it was out of the question for Norway to recall its ambassador while the case remained unresolved.
A petition on campaign group Avaaz for her release had obtained over 72,000 signatures while several Facebook groups were set up to demand her freedom.
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||||| DUBAI A Norwegian interior designer jailed in Dubai for illicit sex after she reported being raped says she has no regrets about coming forward if her warning will protect others from a similar fate.
A court on July 17 sentenced Marte Deborah Dalelv to 16 months in prison for having sex outside marriage, drinking and making false statements. She says a male colleague pulled her into his hotel room and raped her after she asked him to help her find her own room when they had had a few drinks.
The 24-year-old has been released on condition she remain at a Norwegian Christian center in Dubai pending the outcome of an appeal. Asked if she regretted reporting the assault, Dalelv said no: "The truth is the only thing that will help me get through this."
The news has dominated the front pages in Norway and raised questions about the judicial system in the Gulf state, which lures large numbers of expatriates and tourists with a Western lifestyle but has little-publicized conservative laws on its books covering sex and alcohol.
Norway has complained. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told reporters: "We believe this is a completely unacceptable verdict, which is contrary to human rights and the basic sense of justice."
In the United Arab Emirates, as in some other countries using Islamic law, a rape conviction can require either a confession or the testimony of four adult male witnesses.
According to the UK-based Emirates Centre for Human Rights, Dalelv's is only the latest in a string of cases in which women who have reported being raped have ended up with jail sentences.
Among recent cases, a Briton who alleged she had been raped by three men was fined for drinking alcohol. An Emirati woman was sentenced to a year in prison after claiming to have been gang-raped. An Australian woman was sent to prison for 11 months after reporting a gang-rape to police, the Centre said.
Dubai promotes itself as a resort destination and a base for international business. Its hotels have licensed nightclubs, bars and restaurants that serve alcohol openly.
But rarely-enforced laws actually define it as illegal for residents to drink without a special license that few obtain. Possessing alcohol outside a licensed bar or being drunk in public are offences, even if the alcohol was bought legally. Such laws can be used to prosecute visitors who are involved in accidents or report crimes.
In an interview with Reuters, Dalelv said that by coming forward she hoped to alert other people not to expect Western standards of judicial protection.
"Dubai seems like a Western city, but what a lot of tourists don't know for example that it's not legal for them to drink alcohol," she said.
Dalelv said she did not realize she would be treated as a criminal rather than as a victim, until after she reported the assault and found herself being interrogated at a police station. An officer asked if she was making the rape report because she had not enjoyed sex.
"That is when I knew: I don't think they are going to believe me at all," she said.
She was held in prison for four days until contact was made with the Norwegian consulate and bail arranged. She still expected to be exonerated when her legal team presented its case. Her conviction came as a shock.
"I am very surprised because we had a DNA report, we had a medical report ... and still didn't believe me."
(Reporting by Amena Bakr; Editing by William Maclean and Peter Graff) |||||
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– A Norwegian woman who reported she had been raped only to find herself sentenced to 16 months in a Dubai jail has been pardoned by the emirate's leader, Norwegian officials say. Marte Dalelv had been sentenced for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol; following Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's pardon, "her passport has been returned to her," says a rep for Norway's foreign ministry. "She can remain in Dubai if she wishes." Not likely: She says she will head home "as soon as possible," AFP reports. Reuters notes that Dalelv had until today been staying at a Norwegian Christian center in Dubai pending an appeal. The man she said raped her was a colleague; both were fired by their company, Al Mana Interiors, for "drinking alcohol at a staff conference that resulted in trouble with the police." The company—which is owned by Wissam al Mana, a Qatari billionaire who is also Janet Jackson's husband—says it initially supported her, CNN reports. "Only when Ms. Dalelv declined to have positive and constructive discussions about her employment status, and ceased communication with her employer, was the company forced to end our relationship with her." The firm also denies a manager told her to claim the sex was consensual: The manager was just translating for police, the company says. (More on the alleged rape here.)
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Având în vedere efectele acestei crize, care sunt în special resimțite în sectorul produselor textile, aș dori să subliniez importanța acestui plan pentru suma de 1 844 700 de euro ca sprijin pentru cei 703 de muncitori concediați din 82 de întreprinderi din sectorul textilelor din Galicia.
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Given the effects of this crisis, which are especially being felt in the textiles sector, I would stress the importance of this plan of EUR 1 844 700 in support of the 703 workers made redundant from 82 companies in Galicia's textiles sector.
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and in the same way a mental copy of this must fly in our hearts, where it must not be torn by the violent storms of passions, but be able to fly and shine all the time in an atmosphere of the fresh breezes of forgiveness and love.
Can you repeat this sentence, but capitalize it correctly?
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And in the same way a mental copy of this must fly in our hearts, where it must not be torn by the violent storms of passions, but be able to fly and shine all the time in an atmosphere of the fresh breezes of forgiveness and love.
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Generate a sentence that includes all the following words: movie, recreate, scene
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A scene from a movie is being recreated.
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Solomon 5.5 is available initially in the United States and Canada , for a starting price of about $ 12,700 .
Solomon 5.5 is now available in the U.S. and Canada through Microsoft Business Solutions resellers .
Select from the options at the end. Are these sentences conveying the same meaning?
pick from the following.
(I). no.
(II). yes.
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Generate a descriptive sentence about a restaurant using the following words:
name = The Eagle, priceRange = moderate, customer rating = 3 out of 5, area = riverside
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The Eagle is located in riverside and has a customer rating of a 3 out of 5 and a moderate price range.
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HELP Is he a sex trafficker?
What's sex trafficking?
Multi-choice problem: Would you say that these questions are the same?
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+ no.
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Generate a descriptive sentence about a restaurant using the following words:
name = The Eagle, priceRange = moderate, customer rating = 3 out of 5, area = riverside
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The Eagle is located in riverside and has a customer rating of a 3 out of 5 and a moderate price range.
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Translate to German:
On this page you'll find links to other star parties and telescope meetings and calendars of other associations.
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Auf dieser Seite finden Sie Links zu anderen Starparties und Teleskoptreffen, sowie Terminkalender verschiedener Vereine.
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Would the following phrase be considered positive or negative?
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Here is a question about this article: Since 2009, the Tucson Festival of Books has been held annually over a two-day period in March at the University of Arizona. By 2010 it had become the fourth largest book festival in the United States, with 450 authors and 80,000 attendees. In addition to readings and lectures, it features a science fair, varied entertainment, food, and exhibitors ranging from local retailers and publishers to regional and national nonprofit organizations. In 2011, the Festival began presenting a Founder's Award; recipients include Elmore Leonard and R.L. Stine.
What is the answer to this question: When is the Tucson Festival of Books held?
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a two-day period in March
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Translate the following sentence to Finnish:
In any event, above and beyond the negotiations, and as well as keeping events under daily - or monthly - review, the Commission is absolutely convinced that early ratification of the UN Convention is the most effective strategy available to us.
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Joka tapauksessa, neuvottelujen ohella ja sen lisäksi, että seuraamme tapahtumia päivä päivältä tai kuukausi kuukaudelta, komissio on syvästi vakuuttunut siitä, että Yhdistyneiden kansakuntien yleissopimuksen pikainen ratifiointi on käytössämme olevista keinoista tehokkain.
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zs_noopt
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Add punctuation: The future ahead looks bright
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The future ahead looks bright.
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Flan2021
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fix_punct
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zs_noopt
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If humans evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
If it's true that humans evolved from monkeys why is that all monkeys are not evolved yet?
Do those questions have the same meaning?
Pick from:
I. no.
II. yes.
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II.
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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 a sentence not in English.
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Dans ses récents rapports sur la décharge, le Parlement a attiré l’attention sur les problèmes de gestion partagée et le besoin d’améliorer la responsabilité nationale.
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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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Translate the following sentence to German:
A 35-page document that removes the most difficult items is not a successful document: it is a document that drowns its difficulties in a sea of pages.
German:
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Ein 35 Seiten umfassendes Dokument, das die heikelsten Fragen verdrängt, ist kein erfolgreiches Dokument: Es ist ein Dokument, das die Schwierigkeiten unter einer Flut von Papier ertränkt.
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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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Sentence: "John enjoyed drawing trees for his syntax homework."
Would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically?
Choices:
(a). unacceptable;
(b). acceptable;
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(b).
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Flan2021
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glue/cola:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Please answer a question about the following article about Comprehensive school:
Scotland has a very different educational system from England and Wales, though also based on comprehensive education. It has different ages of transfer, different examinations and a different philosophy of choice and provision. All publicly funded primary and secondary schools are comprehensive. The Scottish Government has rejected plans for specialist schools as of 2005.
When was Scotland's latest rejection of the specialist school model?
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2005
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Flan2021
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squad/v1.1:3.0.0
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zs_noopt
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Attributes: name = Cotto, food = Fast food, customer rating = 1 out of 5, familyFriendly = yes, near = Ranch. Produce a detailed sentence about this restaurant.
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Cotto is a child friendly fast food outlet near Ranch with a customer rating of 1 out of 5.
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Flan2021
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gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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What is the theme song from Absolutely Fabulous
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this wheel s on fire
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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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IPE.com 5/Oct/04: UK - Drinks firm Diageo has transferred four million shares in US cereal maker General Mills to its UK pension plan to help cut the schemes 750 million-pound (1.
What best summarizes the content of the above article?
Choose your answer from:
[1]. World.
[2]. Sports.
[3]. Business.
[4]. Science/Tech.
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[3].
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Flan2021
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ag_news_subset:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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On a scale from 0-5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar", how similar is the sentence "New coronavirus can probably can be passed person to person- WHO" to the sentence "WHO: New virus can probably pass person to person"?
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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 the answer: In which Charles Dickens novel does the character Bentley Drummie appear?
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great expectations
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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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Write a positive yelp review (Pick from: [-] negative; [-] positive;).
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Went for dinner last night and was very impressed with the ambiance, food and service. We were well taken care of by the wait staff and the chef/ owner even came out to discuss the food with us. The Gnocchi with Tomato Jam was amazing. Our entrees were equally as fantastic. I've seen a number of reviews here about portion size of food. Listen folks if you want huge portions of food on the cheap - go to Applebee's. This isn't about how much food you can fit on a plate for under $10. This is a dining experience with seasonal local food on an evolving menu. Looking forward to going back and would recommend it to others!
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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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Summarize:
Keep the soil fairly dry, but water before it dries out fully. Within a few weeks, green tips should emerge, and root systems will develop that allow the plant to handle more water. As tuberose grows, provide roughly 1–1.5 in. (2.5–3.75 cm) of water once a week. Tuberose prefers this to more frequent watering in smaller amounts. Reduce watering if rain occurs, so the tuberose only receives a total of approximately 1–1.5 in. (2.5–3.75 cm) of water each week. Take care not to over water, as tuberose rots easily (the reason you really need well-draining soil). An 8-8-8 fertilizer, with equal parts nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, is recommended for tuberose. Apply solid fertilizer around the soil of the plant once every 6 weeks, or apply liquid fertilizer according to packaging instructions. The flowers typically emerge about 90-120 days after planting, usually in the late summer or early autumn. Removal of the flowers for house display will not harm the plant, so enjoy bringing the scent into your home. If the weather is turning cold and the plant has not yet flowers, transplant the tuberose to a large pot, and bring it to a warm location indoors. Remember, the pot must be well-draining, with a hole in the base and something beneath it to catch the water. Keep in mind that the tuberose flowers are very fragrant. They will be at their peak of fragrance during the evening hours. The flowers will start to weigh the branches down when they start to bloom, so you may want to add some form of support. Place a trellis in the ground next to the plant or use a cage to help support the plant from all sides. Even if you don't bring flowers indoors, remove the withered flowers to encourage new growth. Do not remove any leaves until they are completely yellow. Once the foliage is yellow or brown, the plant is done growing for the year. Move on to the next section if you expect a cold winter, or simply leave it in the ground if you are located in USDA hardiness zones 8 or higher, and expect a typical winter. Do not apply any fertilizer while the plant is not growing.
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Water sparingly until plants emerge. Water moderately during the growing season. Apply a balanced fertilizer. Feel free to cut flowers to arrange indoors. Support the flowers if needed. Prune to encourage growth. Stop watering when the flowers and leaves die.
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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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Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was higher than 916.
Laneshawbridge (otherwise Laneshaw Bridge) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 918. It is to the east of Colne in Lancashire and is the easternmost settlement in Lancashire on the main road route, before the North Yorkshire border.
Possible answers:
1). Yes
2). It's impossible to say
3). No
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1).
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Flan2021
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anli/r1:0.1.0
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zs_opt
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Write a text based on "daschle defends iraq remarks"
Text:
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in a fiery debate on national television , the republican challenger to tom daschle , the senate minority leader , accused daschle of emboldening america 's enemies by criticizing president bush on the eve of war in iraq .
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Flan2021
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gigaword:1.2.0
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zs_opt
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Generate a context and a hypothesis.
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Context: U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Diego (CGAS San Diego) is a Coast Guard Air Station based in San Diego, California, United States, across the street from San Diego International Airport. CGAS San Diego operates three MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters off the Coast Guard ramp.
Hypothesis: CGAS San Diego operates three MH-G0T Jayhawk choppers.
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Flan2021
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anli/r1:0.1.0
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zs_opt
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How is "I just want to point out that in the Minutes from last Friday, one of my interventions was not properly reproduced." said in German?
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Ich möchte nur sagen, daß im Protokoll vom letzten Freitag eine Wortmeldung von mir nicht richtig wiedergegeben wurde.
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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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Please answer this question: Which comic character was introduced in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941?
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aquaman
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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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Q: What was the tallest building in America in 1922 ?
Which one of the following options would the answer to this be?
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location
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Flan2021
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trec:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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How is "The losers are the 21 small and medium-sized countries." said in Finnish?
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Häviäjiä ovat 21 pientä ja keskisuurta jäsenvaltiota.
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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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Summarize the following:
You do not need to remove your jewelry when you brush your teeth. In fact, if you remove it, you run the risk of irritating your tongue or having the piercing close up. Tongue piercings heal much quicker than many other piercings, so don't risk removing jewelry at first. Besides, fresh piercings make your tongue too tender to touch. Tongue piercings heal within 6 to 8 weeks on average. After that point, you can remove the piercing whenever you want. Try taking it out when you eat or brush your teeth to help keep it clean. Toothbrushes collect bacteria over time, so getting a new brush reduces the chances of infection. Look for slim toothbrushes designed to reach small spaces. Slimmer soft-bristled brushes are useful for brushing both your teeth and your piercing. Stop at your local drug store or general store to get a new toothbrush. Brushes are inexpensive compared to the cost of discomfort and medical treatment for an infection. Starting at the back of your mouth, position your toothbrush with the bristles facing the roots of your teeth. Take care of the inside portion of each tooth first. Work from the back to the front and repeat with your other row of teeth. Avoid the piercing for now, especially if you just had it put in. New piercings make your tongue very sensitive. Try to avoid it as best you can by holding the toothbrush at an angle. The swelling goes away after 7 to 10 days. Instead of using a back and forth motion, move in small circles. This cleans your teeth effectively without damaging the enamel or hitting your piercing. Continue doing this for a few minutes to ensure you remove all plaque and debris. Brush the inside, outside, and top of each tooth to keep your smile healthy. As you brush, roll or sweep the toothbrush down from the tops of your teeth to direct the debris into your mouth. Don’t rush! Rushing is tempting, but quick brushing may leave debris that can wear down your teeth or get into your piercing. For great teeth, reach for your toothbrush about half an hour after every meal. This is especially important while your piercing heals, since it clears away plaque and food particles that can lead to an infection. However, stay hygienic by making it a part of your routine even after your mouth goes back to normal. Acidic foods wear down your teeth if you brush right away after eating. Some examples of acidic food include grains, sugar, fish, some meat, and sweetened drinks. Drinking water after eating or brushing before you eat are ways to protect your teeth. Frequent brushing is a great way to keep your teeth in shape and avoid some tense visits to the dentist. Keep in mind, though, that brushing too hard or too frequently can wear down enamel. After brushing, floss the space between your teeth as you normally do. Take extra care while working on the areas close to the hole in your tongue. Knocking your hand against it could be painful.
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Leave jewelry in place until the piercing heals. Use a new toothbrush when you first get your piercing. Hold the toothbrush at a 45-degree angle to avoid bumping the piercing. Brush your teeth using circular motions for 2 to 3 minutes. Brush your teeth 3 times a day after eating.
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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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What is Switchgears Job?
What is switchgear?
Multi-choice problem: Are these two questions inquiring about the same information?
pick from the following.
+no.
+yes.
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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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Can you generate a question with a factual answer?
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What is higher pathogen load associated with?
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Flan2021
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glue/qnli:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Why do Recruiters not seem to know the difference between a Black Box QA Engineer and a QA White Box Engineer?
"Aviation Accidents and Incidents: Why is a black box (flight data recorder) called a 'black' box?"
Please tell me if those questions are 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_noopt
|
Select your answer: Which is this about?
London, Oct 04 - Thierry Henry scored twice as arsenal easily beat Charlton 4-0 to extend its unbeaten premier league streak to 48 matches and bounce back from alleged team disunity.
Available choices: (a). World. (b). Sports. (c). Business. (d). Science/Tech.
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(b).
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Flan2021
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ag_news_subset:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Data: Airman (comicsCharacter), alternativeName, "Drake Stevens"; Airman (comicsCharacter), creator, George Kapitan
Sentence about the following data:
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George Kapitan created the comic character Airman whose alter ego is Drake Stevens.
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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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Do these two sentences from wikipedia have the same meaning?
In Singapore , ADCs who are officers of the Singapore Armed Forces and the Singapore Civil Defence Force wear gold aiguillettes and police officers wear silver aiguillettes .
In Singapore , ADCs , the officers of the Singapore Armed Forces and the Singapore are Civil Defence Force , Gold - Aiguillettes , and police officers wear silver Aiguillettes .
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yes
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Flan2021
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paws_wiki:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Summarize this article in one sentence.
Eleven million documents were leaked from one of the world's most secretive companies, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
They show how Mossack Fonseca has helped clients launder money, dodge sanctions and avoid tax.
The company says it has operated beyond reproach for 40 years and has never been charged with criminal wrong-doing.
French President Francois Hollande hailed the "good revelations" which would "increase tax revenues from those who commit fraud".
The documents show 12 current or former heads of state and at least 60 people linked to current or former world leaders in the data.
They include the Icelandic Prime Minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugson, who had an undeclared interest linked to his wife's wealth. He has said he will not resign.
The files also reveal a suspected billion-dollar money laundering ring involving close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Gerard Ryle, director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), said the documents covered day-to-day business at Mossack Fonseca over the past 40 years.
"I think the leak will prove to be probably the biggest blow the offshore world has ever taken because of the extent of the documents," he added.
The documents also shed light on how Mossack Fonseca offered financial services designed to help business clients hide their wealth.
One wealthy client, US millionaire and life coach Marianna Olszewski, was offered fake ownership records to hide money from the authorities. This is in direct breach of international regulations designed to stop money-laundering and tax evasion.
An email from a Mossack executive to Ms Olszewski in January 2009 explains how she could deceive the bank: "We may use a natural person who will act as the beneficial owner… and therefore his name will be disclosed to the bank. Since this is a very sensitive matter, fees are quite high."
Ms Olszewski did not respond to the BBC's questions.
In a statement, Mossack Fonseca said: "Your allegations that we provide structures supposedly designed to hide the identity of the real owners, are completely unsupported and false.
"We do not provide beneficiary services to deceive banks. It is difficult, not to say impossible, not to provide banks with the identity of final beneficiaries and the origin of funds."
The data also contain secret offshore companies linked to the families and associates of Egypt's former President, Hosni Mubarak, former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Also revealed is a suspected billion-dollar money-laundering ring that was run by a Russian bank and involved close associates of President Putin.
The operation was run by Bank Rossiya, which is subject to US and EU sanctions following Russia's annexation of Crimea.
The documents reveal for the first time how the bank operates.
Money has been channelled through offshore companies, two of which were officially owned by one of the Russian president's closest friends.
Concert cellist Sergei Roldugin has known Vladimir Putin since they were teenagers and is godfather to the president's daughter Maria.
On paper, Mr Roldugin has personally made hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from suspicious deals.
But documents from Mr Roldugin's companies state that: "The company is a corporate screen established principally to protect the identity and confidentiality of the ultimate beneficial owner of the company."
The Kremlin spokesman said it was clear the main target of the reports was Mr Putin, as well as Russia's political stability ahead of parliamentary elections.
Dmitry Peskov dismissed the investigation as insinuation and speculation, and suggested many of the team of journalists behind it were actually former US state department and CIA officials.
Mossack Fonseca data also show how Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson had an undeclared interest in his country's failed banks.
Leaked documents show that Mr Gunnlaugsson and his wife bought offshore company Wintris in 2007.
He did not declare an interest in the company when entering parliament in 2009. He sold his 50% of Wintris to his wife for $1 (70p), eight months later.
The offshore company was used to invest millions of dollars of inherited money, according to a document signed by Mr Gunnlaugsson's wife, Anna Sigurlaug Palsdottir, in 2015.
Mr Gunnlaugsson is facing calls for his resignation, but said on Monday that this was not something he was considering.
He apologised for his poor performance in an earlier interview, when he walked out after a question about Wintris.
The prime minister stressed that his wife had always paid taxes in Iceland.
He says he has not broken any rules and his wife did not benefit financially from his decisions.
Mossack Fonseca says offshore companies are available worldwide and are used for a variety of legitimate purposes.
"If we detect suspicious activity or misconduct, we are quick to report it to the authorities," it said. "Similarly, when authorities approach us with evidence of possible misconduct, we always co-operate fully with them."
Jennie Granger, a spokeswoman for the UK's tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), said the organisation had received "a great deal of information on offshore companies, including in Panama, from a wide range of sources, which is currently the subject of intensive investigation".
She said the ICIJ had been asked to share all its data with HMRC.
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A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth.
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Flan2021
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huggingface:xsum
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zs_noopt
|
What is a question about this article? If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable".
In the paper "Who's Gay? Does It Matter?", Ritch Savin-Williams proposes two different approaches to assessing sexual orientation until well positioned and psychometrically sound and tested definitions are developed that would allow research to reliably identify the prevalence, causes, and consequences of homosexuality. He first suggests that greater priority should be given to sexual arousal and attraction over behaviour and identity because it is less prone to self- and other-deception, social conditions and variable meanings. To measure attraction and arousal he proposed that biological measures should be developed and used. There are numerous biological/physiological measures that exist that can measure sexual orientation such as sexual arousal, brain scans, eye tracking, body odour preference, and anatomical variations such as digit-length ratio and right or left handedness. Secondly, Savin-Williams suggests that researchers should forsake the general notion of sexual orientation altogether and assess only those components that are relevant for the research question being investigated. For example:
What does RItch SAvin-Williams propose in this paper?
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suggests that greater priority should be given to sexual arousal and attraction
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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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Având în vedere efectele acestei crize, care sunt în special resimțite în sectorul produselor textile, aș dori să subliniez importanța acestui plan pentru suma de 1 844 700 de euro ca sprijin pentru cei 703 de muncitori concediați din 82 de întreprinderi din sectorul textilelor din Galicia.
Translate to English
English:
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Given the effects of this crisis, which are especially being felt in the textiles sector, I would stress the importance of this plan of EUR 1 844 700 in support of the 703 workers made redundant from 82 companies in Galicia's textiles sector.
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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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(1) The stretch between Chiswick 's western border to Syon Lane ( Gillette Corner ) is known as the Golden Mile with some remarkable Art Deco factories .
(2) The stretch between Gillette Corner 's western border to Syon Lane ( Chiswick ) is known as the Golden Mile with some notable Art Deco factories .
Do these two sentences mean the same thing?
Possible answers:
+ no
+ yes
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no
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Flan2021
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paws_wiki:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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Sentence 1: Norway marks anniversary of massacre
Sentence 2: Norway Marks Anniversary of Breivik's Massacre
From 0 to 5 (0="no meaning overlap" and 5="means the same thing"), how similar are the two sentences?
pick from the following. [i] 0 [ii] 1 [iii] 2 [iv] 3 [v] 4 [vi] 5
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[v]
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Flan2021
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glue/stsb:2.0.0
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zs_opt
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Sentence 1: Fitz Park itself is a fine example of the philanthropic attitude of the Victorians, who created green spaces in almost every town for the people to enjoy.
Sentence 2: The Victorians removed all green spaces from almost every town.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first sentence?
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no
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Flan2021
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glue/mnli:2.0.0
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zs_noopt
|
Valle de las animas 3 0 comentaris
What is the correctly punctuated version of this sentence?
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Valle de las animas (3) 0 comentaris
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Flan2021
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fix_punct
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zs_opt
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Glen Johnson looks destined to leave Anfield next summer after he revealed there is no prospect of his future being resolved. Johnson, like Steven Gerrard, can start talking to foreign clubs in 31 days about joining them on a Bosman at the end of the season. But whereas Liverpool are in talks with their captain about a new deal, Johnson’s situation is drifting. The full back is clearly still committed to the cause — ending up with stitches in his head after diving in to score the winning goal — but has accepted that the end may be near. Liverpool's Glen Johnson strikes late with a header to give his side a vital 1-0 victory over Stoke City at Anfield. Liverpool have not made any contact with him about extending his terms and Johnson, who has attracted interest from Roma, insists that he will not be pleading for a new deal. ‘I want to play for a club that wants me,’ said Johnson, who moved to Merseyside from Portsmouth for £17.5million in 2009. ‘I’ve seen some stuff that I have been offered half the money I am on. That’s not true. I haven’t been offered anything. ‘Time goes very quick. I’ve enjoyed my time here, the majority of the six years. There have been some good times, some bad times. But if I haven’t got a contract, I can’t stay. It does play on your mind but you have to be professional and do your best. I respect my team-mates more than anyone. Johnson celebrates scoring the vitally important winner with a thumbs up to the Anfield crowd late on. ‘I’m not going to go crawling to anybody. They know where I am and they know the situation. There were minor talks at the end of last season but nothing that I could accept or reject. ‘I don’t worry about things that I can’t control. All I can keep doing is my job. Whatever will unfold will unfold. It’s not my business to talk to other clubs. I’m concentrating on winning for Liverpool. I want to respect my contract and that’s what I will do.’ This has not been an easy season for Johnson. With Brendan Rodgers constantly chopping and changing his defence, his form has dipped and he has lost his place in the England squad. Johnson is congratulated by his Liverpool team-mates but needed treatment after taking a hit while scoring. That has led to him becoming a target for supporters’ frustrations. There were a number of growls on Saturday when he made a mistake in the third minute. Aside from that Johnson did little wrong and followed up bravely after Rickie Lambert’s effort struck the woodwork. ‘It hurts a lot less when the ball hits the net,’ said Johnson. ‘When Rickie headed it, I thought it was going to hit the bar, so I just kept going. We fought hard and I would have been very upset if we’d only drawn. We deserved to win.’ Rodgers sprinted down the touchline and celebrated the goal with supporters. Behind him, his assistants and Liverpool’s substitutes vaulted from their seats. Rodgers reflected: ‘There was a feeling of elation, probably a mixture of relief. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard looks on from the bench during the first half after being rested for the match. VIDEO Gerrard denies Rodgers rift. ‘We’ve got to make slow steps. The scrutiny was on us in a big game against a tough side but we came through it very well.’ Stoke will consider themselves unlucky. On another day Bojan Krkic would have scored rather than hitting the post. ‘There wasn’t any real momentum behind Liverpool’s play and we dealt with that quite easily,’ said Stoke manager Mark Hughes. ‘We let ourselves down. We had three or four defenders and (Johnson) reacted quicker than we did when it bounced off the bar.’ Liverpool manager Rodgers looks cheerful after his side secured a late win at Anfield against Stoke.
Summarize the highlights of this article.
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Full back scored late winner as Liverpool beat Stoke 1-0 on Saturday. Victory is the first for the Reds in the Premier League in over a month. Glen Johnson's contract runs out at Anfield this summer. The England international joined Liverpool from Portsmouth in 2009.
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Flan2021
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cnn_dailymail:3.4.0
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zs_noopt
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Can you tell me the answer to what time did one direction became a band??
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July 2010
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Flan2021
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natural_questions_open:1.0.0
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zs_opt
|
Write a sentence not in English.
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Sözcü Marija Teofiloviç'e göre, Sırbistan'daki festivale ilk defa katılan Sicilyalı Tasca d'Almerita 26 Mayıs'taki etkinlikte sergilenen 500 şarap arasında yer alıyordu ve en yoğun ilgiyi de o gördü.
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Dnă preşedintă, aş dori să îi mulţumesc dnei ministru Malmström pentru prezentarea sa, al cărei conţinut voi încerca să-l confirm în numele Comisiei.
Could you please translate this to English?
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Madam President, I would like to thank the Minister, Mrs Malmström, for everything she has told us, and which I will try to confirm on behalf of the Commission.
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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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Read this and answer the question
French cuisine, West Indian cuisine, Creole cuisine, Italian cuisine and Asian cuisine are common in St. Barthélemy. The island has over 70 restaurants serving many dishes and others are a significant number of gourmet restaurants; many of the finest restaurants are located in the hotels. There are also a number of snack restaurants which the French call "les snacks" or "les petits creux" which include sandwiches, pizzas and salads. West Indian cuisine, steamed vegetables with fresh fish is common; Creole dishes tend to be spicier. The island hosts gastronomic events throughout the year, with dishes such as spring roll of shrimp and bacon, fresh grilled lobster, Chinese noodle salad with coconut milk, and grilled beef fillet etc.
Where are most of the nice restaurants located?
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in the hotels
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Flan2021
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squad/v1.1:3.0.0
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zs_noopt
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The 28-year-old's current deal was due to expire at the end of this campaign.
A Mercedes spokesman said: "We have long-term relationships with both our drivers."
The German driver, who won the opening race of 2014, is second in the standings, behind Hamilton, who is in the second season of a three-year deal.
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News of Rosberg's deal follows comments this week from Dieter Zetsche, the chairman of Mercedes-Benz Cars, that Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was "maybe the best driver in F1".
Zetsche's remarks, made during a visit to a Mercedes car factory in Spain, led some in F1 to wonder whether Mercedes might consider signing Alonso in the future.
But the Brackley-based outfit are happy with their current line-up and have no intention of breaking it up for the foreseeable future.
Mercedes bosses also point out that, during his trip to the car factory, Zetsche stated he felt his team had the best driver line-up in F1 but that this was not reported by the media.
Although Alonso, a double world champion, is widely admired as arguably the most complete driver in F1, many senior figures consider that he is difficult to work with and a potentially disruptive influence in a team.
Alonso's relationship with Ferrari has been going through a strained period because of their failure to win the World Championship following the 32-year-old Spaniard's transfer from Renault in 2010.
Mercedes have won every race in Formula 1 this season after producing a dominant car under the new rules that have introduced turbo-hybrid engines and a fuel-efficiency based set of regulations to the sport.
Hamilton has won four races to Rosberg's one, but they are only separated by three points going into this weekend's race in Monaco.
Reacting to the news, BBC F1 co-commentator David Coulthard told BBC Radio 5 live: "Nico's being rewarded for not only helping build the stability in the team over the last couple of seasons but also it gives him a platform to really have a clear head and take this World Championship battle head to head with his team-mate."
However, Coulthard believes Hamilton remains the team's number one driver. He explained: "The reality is you can only have one of your drivers standing on the top spot of the podium.
"Lewis Hamilton has been brought in as a former world champion, as the one that they would have expected to really be leading the charge for another championship.
"No disrespect to Nico but we've seen Lewis and Fernando go head to head before at McLaren and it didn't work.
"We've seen Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost within a team together as well and that didn't work.
"Ideally you have two number ones but there's always going to be one of them that's slightly stronger."
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Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night for "refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States," the White House said .
"(Yates) has betrayed the Department of Justice," the White House statement said.
Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was sworn in at 9 p.m. ET, per an administration official. A few hours later, Boente issued a statement rescinding Yates' order, instructing DOJ lawyers to "defend the lawful orders of our President."
Trump didn't call Yates to dismiss her, she was informed by hand-delivered letter, according to a different administration official.
The dramatic move came soon after CNN reported Yates told Justice Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending Trump's executive order on immigration and refugees.
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The move set up a clash between the White House and Yates, who was appointed by President Barack Obama and was set to serve until Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump's nominee for attorney general, if confirmed.
"My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts," she said in a letter. "In addition, I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution's solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right."
Trump's executive order, signed Friday, bars citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for the next 90 days, suspends the admission of all refugees for 120 days and indefinitely suspends the Syrian refugee program. Yates' decision came amid a flood of protests against the executive order nationwide and after four federal judges ruled against Trump's order, staying its impact on people who were detained at US airports over the weekend.
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Trump tweeted his response shortly after the news broke, saying Democrats have stymied Sessions' confirmation, enabling Yates.
"The Democrats are delaying my cabinet picks for purely political reasons. They have nothing going but to obstruct. Now have an Obama A.G.," he said.
The Democrats are delaying my cabinet picks for purely political reasons. They have nothing going but to obstruct. Now have an Obama A.G. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2017
"At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful," Yates wrote.
Yates' decision was always likely to be extremely short-lived as Sessions is scheduled for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
White House policy director Stephen Miller, who helped craft the executive order, called Yates' decision "a further demonstration of how politicized our legal system has become."
"It's sad that our politics have become so politicized, that you have people refusing to enforce our laws," Miller said Monday night on MSNBC.
Miller also defended the executive order's legality, insisting that the Immigration and Nationality Act gives the President "the ability to exclude any class of would-be visitors or immigrants to our country based on our national security interests."
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But the decision didn't face the same criticism from Rep. Pete Sessions, a top House Republican, who said Yates' decision was likely similar "to an evaluation that we made."
"And that was it did not appear to be specific in nature," Sessions said referring to the executive order. "So it may be a matter of clarity it may be a matter of illegality to him, it may be a matter of several things. It did not look as complete and succinct as what I think I would've wanted."
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, praised Yates for standing up "on principle."
"In all my years as a member of Congress, which now is 21, I've met so many very principled people who truly believe in the Constitution and doing what is right," Cummings said. "There comes a time when people, no matter who may be their boss, they stand upon their principles, so at the end of the day they can look them selves in the mirror and say 'I synchronized my conduct with my conscience.' And Yates is such a person."
Currently, there are cases filed in at least five states including Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Washington and California that are challenging Trump's order.
The decision effectively grounds the executive order for the next few days until Sessions is sworn in.
"This will be moot. Then we will very much see the Trump Justice Department led by Jeff Sessions defend this executive order pretty vigorously. And then it will be up to the courts," said Steve Vladeck, a CNN contributor and law professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
In a written statement, Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch lauded Yates, calling her leadership "courageous."
"(Yates) displayed the fierce intellect, unshakeable integrity, and deep commitment to the rule of law," Lynch said.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told CNN's Erin Burnett Monday the Justice Department decision reflects poorly on the Trump administration.
"When you do something as important as this, it can't be a Twitter-type of activity," Schumer said. "This has to be thoroughly vetted ... and it's a very bad omen for this presidency."
Activists who have led the fight against Trump's immigration ban lauded Yates' action Monday night.
"We took to the court room, people took to the streets and now principled federal officials are drawing a hardline on this shameful and unconstitutional act by President Trump. This is what we rely on the Department of Justice for, to uphold the rule of law no matter how the political wind is blowing," said Karen Tumlin, the National Immigration Law Center's legal director.
Lee Gelernt, the American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who argued against the immigration ban in court in New York, praised Yates' decision and called on the next attorney general to "continue with that policy."
"This ban will do irreparable damage to real people and to American values," he said. ||||| poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201701/1822/1155968404_5304740684001_5304688046001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404" true Trump fires defiant acting attorney general The Obama administration official serving as acting chief had instructed lawyers there not to defend President Trump's executive order.
President Donald Trump fired the nation's acting attorney general Monday night after she refused to defend an executive order he issued last week restricting immigration in the name of national security.
In an act of high political drama just 10 days after taking office, Trump replaced Obama administration appointee Sally Yates with Dana Boente, the U.S. Attorney in Alexandria, Va.
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"The acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. This order was approved as to form and legality by the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel," a White House statement said. "Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration."
Yates could not be reached for comment on Trump's attack, but a person close to her called the criticism from the White House absurd.
"That's preposterous. Everyone knows she's a career prosecutor for nearly three decades, well-respected by serious members of both parties," said the Yates associate, who asked not to be named. "That dog won't hunt."
A Trump aide accused Yates of seeking attention.
"She knew what she was doing and she knew she'd be fired. She just wanted the publicity," said the aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Despite sharp criticism of the wisdom of Trump’s move, there appears to be little doubt that under federal law Trump has legal authority to install any Senate-confirmed member of the Justice Department as the acting attorney general.
Yates, who was the No. 2 official at the department before Trump's swearing-in and has been running the department since that time at Trump's request, sent a memo Monday saying she doubts the wisdom and the legality of the directive blocking immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries.
"My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts. In addition, I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right," Yates wrote in a memo released by the department earlier Monday.
"At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the Executive Order is consistent with these responsibilities, nor am I convinced that the Executive Order is lawful," the acting Justice Department head said. "For as long as I am the Acting Attorney General, the Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the Executive Order, unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so."
Some lawyers warned removing Yates could disrupt other department operations, including surveillance aimed at suspected terrorists. However, two officials said Monday night that as a Senate-confirmed official Boente could sign such orders.
Trump's first reaction to Yates' move came in a tweet earlier Monday evening.
"The Democrats are delaying my Cabinet picks for purely political reasons. They have nothing going but to obstruct. Now have an Obama A.G.," Trump wrote, apparently accusing Yates of blocking his agenda. He did not complete the thought.
Trump's removal of Yates had echoes of the so-called "Saturday Night Massacre" in 1973, when Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus both resigned rather than comply with President Richard Nixon's order to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Solicitor General Robert Bork assumed the role of acting attorney general and complied with Nixon's demand. The dismissal of someone who was investigating Nixon further undermined his credibility amid the burgeoning Watergate scandal.͝
Speaking on the Senate floor Monday night, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hailed Yates and dubbed her firing a "Monday night massacre."
"She was fired because she would not enact, pursue the executive order on the belief that it was illegal, perhaps unconstitutional," the New York Democrat said. "It was a profile in courage. It was a brave act and a right act."
Schumer blasted the executive order as "evil" and faulted Trump aides for failing to clear the directive with relevant government agencies and top Cabinet officials. He also warned darkly of danger for the the country if the Trump continues to act rashly.
"You just can't sit down, Twitter something out, then think, 'OK, let's enact it.' This is a complicated country, and when you do something as major as what the president proposed in his executive order, you got to think it through. You got to talk to people," Schumer said. "How can you run a country like this? ... If this continues, this country has big trouble."
The top Democrat on the House Judicial Committee, Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, also drew parallels to Nixon's actions more than four decades ago.
"President Trump has commenced a course of conduct that is Nixonian in its design and execution and threatens the long-vaunted independence of the Justice Department," Conyers said in a statement. "If dedicated government officials deem his directives to be unlawful and unconstitutional, he will simply fire them as if government is a reality show. I call on my colleagues, regardless of party, to condemn this executive order and the reckless firing of our chief law enforcement officer. "
There was little reaction from Republican lawmakers Monday night , but Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas made it clear he backed Trump's move.
"It is fitting--and sad--that the very last act of the Obama DOJ is for the acting AG to defy the newly elected POTUS," Cruz wrote on Twitter.
Dana Boente is now the acting attorney general. | AP Photo
Boente was sworn in at about 9 p.m. Monday, according to a White House official who did not immediately provide details on who carried out the ceremony.
Boente quickly reversed Yates’ DOJ memo Monday night on Trump’s executive order on immigration, saying the order was on solid ground.
“Based upon the Office of Legal Counsel’s analysis, which found the Executive Order both lawful on its face and properly drafted, I hereby rescind former Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates January 30, 2017, guidance and direct the men and women of the Department of Justice to do our sworn duty and to defend the lawful orders of our President,” Boente said in a statement.
Boente, who has served as a Justice Department attorney for more than 30 years, was nominated by President Barack Obama as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2015 and confirmed later that year. He has embraced his new role leading the department, according to a statement issued by the White House.
“I am honored to serve President Trump in this role until Senator Sessions is confirmed. I will defend and enforce the laws of our country to ensure that our people and our nation are protected,” Boente said. His statement did not address what stance he plans to take on Trump's executive order.
Boente had led a number of prosecutions of political figures, including former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife. McDonnell's bribery conviction was subsequently overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Boente may not be in the position for long. Trump's nominee for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), is scheduled for a vote Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. A floor vote on his nomination is expected in the following days, but the exact timing remains unclear.
Yates' firing seems certain to prompt fiery rhetoric at Tuesday's committee vote, which had been expected to go Sessions' way without too much drama. However, there was no immediate indication the dramatic episode caused Sessions to shed any support.
Sessions’ past comments to Yates at her confirmation hearing in 2015 also started getting attention overnight. The senator at the time pressed Yates about whether should would be willing to stand up to the president if he pushes the Justice Department to pursue policies or actions that don’t appear lawful.
"You have to watch out because people will be asking you to do things and you need to say no. You think the attorney general has the responsibility to say no to the president if he asks for something that's improper?" Sessions asked, adding, "But if the views the president wants to execute are unlawful, should the attorney general or the deputy attorney general say no?"
Yates did not hesitate in her response, saying, "Senator, I believe the attorney general or the deputy attorney general has an obligation to follow the law and the Constitution and to give their independent legal advice to the president."
The executive order Trump signed Friday temporarily halts travel to the U.S. by residents of seven countries, suspends new refugee approvals for 120 days and indefinitely shuts down the admission of Syrian refugees to the U.S. Another provision in the order gives Christians and other religious minorities in largely Muslim countries priority to immigrate to the United States.
Yates memo suggested she viewed the order as legally suspect not solely because of its wording but also because of statements Trump and others have made about it. Trump indicated in an interview last week that the order was intended to give Christians an advantage in the immigration process. An outside adviser to Trump, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has said the order grew out of Trump's effort to find a "legal" way to follow through on his campaign trail promise to ban Muslims from entering the U.S.
Yates' order would have left the government with no authorized courtroom representation in several lawsuits and dozens of other court actions challenging Trump's order and the way it was carried out by immigration authorities. At least one of the suits is currently seeking a broad restraining order against Trump's directive.
Some lawyers criticized Yates' memo, saying she had a legal duty to defend Trump's executive order unless she decided there was no reasonable argument for its legality. Her statement stops short of saying that, indicating that she had not been convinced the order was lawful.
"The typical standard for the Attorney General to defend an EO of the President is not whether she is convinced of its legality. Rather, the standard is something closer to the idea that she should defend the EO unless she is convinced of its illegality," Harvard Law Professor and former George W. Bush Justice Department official Jack Goldsmith wrote on the Lawfare blog.
Goldsmith called her statement "unpersuasive" and said the better course for her would have been to resign over her disagreement with the policy laid out in the order.
Yates spent more than a decade as a career prosecutor in Atlanta, before being appointed as the U.S. Attorney there by President Barack Obama in 2010. Obama nominated her as deputy attorney general in 2014 and she assumed the role early the following year.
Most political appointees resigned or offered to resign with the change in administration, including Attorney General Loretta Lynch. However, the Justice Department announced a few days before Trump's inauguration that he asked Yates to stay on as acting head of the department until a new attorney general was confirmed.
Josh Dawsey contributed to this article. |||||
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– An Obama holdover who was temporarily running the Justice Department just got fired by President Trump after an act of defiance. Mere hours after acting attorney general Sally Yates said the department would not defend Trump's refugee executive order in court while she was in charge, Trump made sure that she was no longer in charge. Her announcement was largely symbolic anyway, notes the New York Times, given that nominee Jeff Sessions is expected to assume the office of attorney general in a matter of days, perhaps even Tuesday. In the interim, Yates will be replaced by Dana Boente, the US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, reports Politico. A White House statement said Yates "has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States," adding that she is "weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration." Earlier, Yates wrote a memo to Justice Department lawyers, saying they should not defend the order in court because she wasn't convinced it was lawful. (Read it here.) The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote Tuesday on Sessions, reports the Washington Post. In the meantime, court challenges to Trump's ban have been filed in at least five states, notes CNN: Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, and California.
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