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input question: Write a random tweet?
A random tweet: OUR IMEEM :: NOSSO IMEEM :: http://migre.me/WVb WU0 | Follow us 4 good music made in BRAZIL
input question: Write a random tweet?
A random tweet: Today is going to be hell
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@diekoteletten name a saturday that suits nearer the time or we shall wait til the third week of july
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Here are some concepts: fireplace, replace, stove
What is a sentence about these concepts?
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fireplace replaces the awkward freestanding stove in the living room
Here are some concepts: recipient, sponsor, stop
What is a sentence about these concepts?
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sponsored recipient makes a pit stop during the auto race .
Here are some concepts: stay, way, yoga
What is a sentence about these concepts?
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yoga is a gentle way to stay active during month .
Here are some concepts: city, overlook, property
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exploring a city a property overlooking tourist attraction with an abundance
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a minor earthquake rattled southern bulgaria on friday , but caused no serious damage or injuries , the state bta news agency reported .
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minor earthquake rocks southern bulgaria
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Nathan Detroit runs illegal craps games for high rollers in NYC, but the heat is on and he can't find a secure location. He bets chronic gambler Sky Masterson that Sky can't make a prim missionary, Sarah Brown, go out to dinner with him. Sky takes up the challenge, but both men have some surprises in store
This is one of those expensive fifties MGM musicals in splashy colour, with big sets, loud music, larger-than-life roles and performances to match; Broadway photographed for the big screen if you like that sort of thing, which I don't. My main problem with these type of movies is simply the music. I like all kinds of music, from Albinoni to ZZ Top, but Broadway show tunes in swing time with never-ending pah-pah-tah-dah trumpet flourishes at the end of every fourth bar aren't my cup of tea. This was written by the tag team of Frank Loesser, Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows (based on a couple of Damon Runyon stories), and while the plot is quite affable the songs are weak. Blaine's two numbers for example are identical, unnecessary, don't advance the plot and grate on the ears (and are also flagrantly misogynistic if that sort of thing bothers you). There are only two memorable tunes, Luck Be A Lady (sung by Brando, not Sinatra as you might expect) and Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat (nicely performed by Kaye) but you have to sit through two hours to get to them. The movie's trump card is a young Brando giving a thoughtful, laid-back performance; he also sings quite well and even dances a little, and is evenly matched with the always interesting Simmons. The sequence where the two of them escape to Havana for the night is a welcome respite from all the noise, bustle and vowel-murdering of Noo Yawk. Fans of musicals may dig this, but in my view a musical has to do something more than just film the stage show.
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Q: Translate "Restaurante de carretera Diana: Centro de información turística de Jihlava": Spanish --> English.
translate: Computers with games: Galleries: Tourist information center of Jihlava
Q: Translate "Puedes descargar el MP3 Pista 2 online gratis. No olvides recomendar a tus amigos MP3 Pista 2.": Spanish --> English.
translate: Puedes descargar el MP3 Lonely tears in Chinatown online gratis. No olvides recomendar a tus amigos MP3 Lonely tears in Chinatown.
Q: Translate "El trabajo que presentamos forma parte de una investigación más amplia que se ha desarrollado con técnicas cuantitativas y cualitativas.": Spanish --> English.
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This paper is part of broader research that has been conducted using quantitative and qualitative techniques.
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Subject: "Con Edison - trade done".
Body: We have a highly negotiated Annex B and B-1 which Samantha has just revised. She will send it to you. It is not to be used ever again (unless we agree once again). I can't remember where we left off on the confirm format.
Subject: "Terminated Deals Report COB 12 19 01".
Body: Today's Terminated Deals report is now in the o:\_Dropbox\Bankruptcy Books directory for your use. Please let me know if I can help with any additional requests. Stephanie
Subject: "Plans for 2001 Doorstep Reviews".
Body: Got your most recent message. Your observation is correct that the Enron Americas staff member on Shawn's team has not been involved to date with Doorstep reviews or planning. Although Shawn made an offer to Michelle some time ago, there was a long lead time for her arrival. She did not start with the company until after Thanksgiving. Since she started a couple of weeks ago, Wes and I have asked her to look into several specific findings from the most AA internal audit projects and to work with our staffs to provide some solutions to issues that were raised. There simply has not been the time to date to expose her to Doorstep. After Shawn and I meet (see below), I will briefly summarize for you the roles that all groups will play in the Doorstep Review process. Before we move forward I want to be sure that all parties agree on the purpose, methodology, participants and execution plan for this on-going project.
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Mike, Attached please find a draft confidentiality agreement which we would propose to use with the financial information required to be provided pursuant to the guaranty. If acceptable, please print and start execution, we will sign when we receive the other documents. Sorry for the delay, I had requested this from our credit department and forgot to follow thru. M
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Translate to Russian:
In other words, it may be said that today the forces between the two gas pipelines are equal, and therefore to bet on this one or that one is an unenviable task at this stage, especially as in the time allotted until the final stage of the choice, the projects may still be supplemented and refined.
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Другими словами, можно сказать, что на сегодня силы между двумя газопроводами равны, поэтому делать ставки на тот или иной на данном этапе дело неблагодарное.
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Possible tweet sentiments: Choose your answer from: a). negative b). positive
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I wish I could wake up early again.
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Here are some concepts: island, save, water
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volunteers during a diving expedition to save coral reefs in the waters off island .
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I found it after losing and then lost it ... again . Luckily for me I actually happened to find it again which in itself is a complete miracle . And that just covers the absolute basics in this crappy month . That being said October is one of my favorite months of the year mainly because of my favorite holiday Halloween !
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What would a parent say is a trait of this narrator ?
Select from:
--The narrator is on top of things .
--None of the above choices .
--The narrator is clumsy .
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Bebé con futuros trabajos How do you say this sentence in English?
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Baby with future jobs
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Bitte beachten Sie: Sie erhalten eine E-Mail von uns, die Sie bestätigen müssen, um ihre Anmeldung zu vollenden.
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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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Problem: Eric was going fast around the track whereas Steven was waiting to quickly work on the car.
My choice: Eric was the racecar driver.
Problem: Pat transferred all the potato from the bag into the bowl until the
My choice: bowl was full.
Problem: The fever soon went away for Cynthia but not Victoria because
My choice: Victoria had scarcely kept hydrated.
Problem: The tourism was heating up, so the merchants sold more t-shirts than bags as the
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Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: Jaana Kunitz, born in Taivalkoski, Finland in 1972, is a professional dance instructor based in San Diego, California. She is married to her dance partner, James Kunitz, and has since retired from competing in ballroom dance competitions to focus on coaching, video production, and dance-fitness programs.
Hypothesis: James Kunitz met Jaana in Finland in 1971.
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: Oak Flats is a suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia situated on the south western shores of Lake Illawarra and within the South Coast region of New South Wales. It is a residential area, which had a population of 6,415 at the 2016 census .
Hypothesis: The 2016 census reflected a drop in the population of Oak Flats
Q: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Generated: Context: St. Joseph's School is a historic former school building on Birch Street in Biddeford, Maine. Built in 1887, it was one of the first large masonry schools to be built in the state, and became a focal point for the migration of French Canadians into the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It has been converted to residential use.
Hypothesis: Many French Canadians came to Maine due to St. Joseph's School
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Context: Storm Front is a 2000 novel by science fiction and fantasy author Jim Butcher. It is the first novel in The Dresden Files, his first published series, and it follows the character of Harry Dresden, professional wizard. The novel was later adapted into a pilot for a SyFy channel television series.
Hypothesis: The character Harry Dresden was a professional wizard.
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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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A former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in a shooting spree at an army base in Texas has reportedly written a letter to the Pope praising Islamist jihad. Nidal Hasan, who opened fire at Fort Hood on fellow service personnel at Fort Hood in 2009, has apparently composed the letter under the acronym SoA, thought to mean Soldier of Allah. It is believed he has now directed his attorney John Galligan to send on the six-page, handwritten letter to Pope Francis. Scroll down for video Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas. He has now wrote a letter to the Pope, where he praises Islamic jihad
He also states that 'fighters... have a greater rank in the eyes of
Answer: Allah than believers who don't fight.'
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Haifaa Al Mansour has just directed one of the first feature films ever to be made in Saudi Arabia. But she won't be able to watch it at her local theater, because cinemas are banned in the kingdom. The film, called "Wadjda," after its protagonist, is billed as the first to be filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia with an all-Saudi cast. It is currently in post-production and being touted for worldwide sales at the Cannes Film Festival. Al Mansour, 39, worked for an oil company until the age of 30, when she decided to give up her job to pursue her passion.
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Answer: Saudi is not the easiest place to work: in a lot of the locations people were hostile because people see the camera as something corrupt," said Al Mansour.
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By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:54 AM on 8th July 2011 Heroin overdoses are tragic, and unfortunately they aren't restricted to human beings. Police in Boulder, Colorado believe a young man's cat may have been killed by inhaling the powerful drug, after a neighbour allegedly blew heroin smoke in its face. As Fox31 Denver reports, Boulder police arrested Danielle Blankenship, 21, on Tuesday morning on charges of cruelty to animals stemming from the mysterious death of a cat named Muffin. Scroll down for video Charged: Danielle Blankenship, 21, of Boulder, Colorado is accused of blowing heroin smoke in a cat's face. The animal died shortly after the alleged incident
Owner: A 24-year-old man who lives at the complex was reportedly
Answer: Muffin's owner.
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Moscow (CNN) -- A Moscow court has reduced the sentences of jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev by two years, the Russian Legal Information Agency said Thursday. They will each continue to serve out an 11-year sentence, instead of 13 years, for oil theft and money laundering charges, the agency said in a statement. Wikileaks: U.S. long concerned by Khodorkovsky trial This will make both men eligible for release in 2014, Moscow City Court said. Khodorkovsky, an oil magnate who backed an opposition party, has been in jail since 2003 and was convicted in 2005 on charges of tax evasion and fraud.
The sentence was reduced Thursday after an appeal hearing over their sentence at
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Q: September is inspired by Daughtry's brother and Steely
"September" is the third and final single from Daughtry's second album "Leave This Town" (2009). This song was co-written by Chris Daughtry and Josh Steely. It was first released June 1, 2010 through RCA Records. The mid-tempo ballad is inspired by Chris's childhood memories growing up with his brother in a small town in North Carolina.
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Q: "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" never made the top 10 of "Billboard" Hot 100
"May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" is a 1965 novelty song performed by Little Jimmy Dickens. It was Dickens' most successful single on the U.S. country music chart. It spent two weeks at No. 1 that November, and stayed on the chart for a total of 18 weeks. On the overall "Billboard" Hot 100 the song peaked at No. 15.
A: Yes
Q: Cover on My Heart is a rock opera.
"Cover on My Heart" is a pop ballad performed by Guy Sebastian and is the third single from his third album "Closer to the Sun". Sebastian announced that this song was the album's third single in April 2007. The single was released on 28 July 2007 in Australia, set by his record label Sony BMG Australia. Sebastian performed the song on various programmes such as "Sunrise" and "Rove Live".
A: No
Q: Glen Mackie has written books about the galaxies in space and will continue to write more.
The Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies is a textbook and atlas of 35 well studied galaxies (including our Galaxy) authored by Glen Mackie of the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology. It was originally published in 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
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Q: The Cleveland Browns opened the regular season at home in Cleveland Browns Stadium against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who entered the game under the direction of the team's new head coach, Mike Tomlin. However, the Browns' ended the day with a 34-7 loss to the Steelers. A number of Browns errors gave Pittsburgh opportunities to take a first quarter lead. After being stopped on their first possession, the Browns were forced to punt. Paul Ernster fumbled the snap, which resulted in a poor kick, and the Browns were called for four penalties on the play. The Steelers took possession on the Browns' 22-yard line and scored on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Ben Ben Roethlisberger to Hines Ward. On the Browns' next possession, Charlie Frye threw an interception to Deshea Townsend, which eventually led to the Steelers' second score of the game, a 26-yard field goal by Jeff Reed. The Brown next possession ended when Jamal Lewis fumbled the ball at the Browns' 40-yard line. The Steelers quickly converted the turnover, with Roethlisberger completing a 40-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes on the next play to bring the score to 17-0. After being sacked five times and throwing for only 34 yards on 4-of-10 passing, Frye was removed from the game and was replaced by second-string quarterback Derek Anderson. In the second quarter, Willie Parker fumbled the ball and gave the Browns possession. However, the team was forced to punt, and just two drives later, the Browns fumbled the ball again - this time on a sack by Ryan Clark of Anderson. The Browns were able to hold the Steelers scoreless through the second quarter as Roethlisberger failed to connect on his last six pass attempts of the quarter. However, the Steelers also held the Browns scoreless, and the teams entered halftime with the Steelers ahead 17-0. The second half began well for the Steelers, with an eight-play, 71-yard drive that ended in a 5-yard touchdown pass to rookie Matt Spaeth. The Browns countered with a long drive of 76 yards that ended with a one-yard touchdown pass from Anderson to second-year fullback Lawrence Vickers, cutting the deficit to 24-7. However, this would be the Browns' only score of the game. On the next drive, the Steelers answered with a 22-yard touchdown pass from Roethlisberger to Heath Miller, giving the Steelers a 31-7 advantage. The Browns punted on their next possession, and the Steelers capped an eight-minute drive with a 31-yard field goal by Reed, giving the Steelers a 34-7 lead, which they never surrendered. On the Browns' next offensive possession, Braylon Edwards dropped a pass from Anderson, which was ruled a fumble. Following a Steelers punt, Anderson threw an interception to Ike Taylor on a pass intended for Edwards, and Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch ran the clock out, securing the win. The loss put the Browns record at 0-1, and allowed the Steelers to take a one-game lead in the overall series, 56 wins to 55. Following the game, head coach Romeo Crennel stated that he didn't know who would start at quarterback in the next game versus the Cincinnati Bengals. He also stood by his decision not to insert rookie Brady Quinn into the game, even after chants were heard from the home crowd hoping otherwise. On Tuesday, September 11, the Browns traded Frye, who was expected to start against the Bengals in week two, to the Seattle Seahawks for a sixth-round draft choice. The Browns are the first team since 1970 to trade their starting quarterback before Week 2. The team's general manager, Phil Savage, stated that Anderson was to be named the team's new starting quarterback, with Quinn moving up the depth chart to be Anderson's backup. The Browns also re-signed Ken Dorsey, whom the team had cut just ten days earlier, to be the team's third-string quarterback and mentor to Quinn.
How many points did the Steelers win by?
A: 27
Q: Hoping to rebound from their embarrassing road loss to the Rams, the Cowboys went home for a Week 8 duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With QB Tony Romo still nursing an injured pinkie, QB Brad Johnson got the start against the team that he helped win Super Bowl XXXVII. In the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as Buccaneers kicker Matt Bryant got a pair of 36-yard field goals. In the second quarter, the 'Boys took the lead as kicker Nick Folk got a 38-yard field goal, along with Johnson completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams. In the third quarter, Dallas increased its lead with Folk making a 45-yard field goal. Tampa Bay responded with Bryant nailing a 41-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Big D's defense held on for the victory.
What were the two longest field goals?
A: 41-yard
Q: In the Governorate of Estonia, Estonians called for freedom of the press and assembly, for universal suffrage, and for national autonomy. On 29 October , the Russian army opened fire in a meeting on a street market in Tallinn in which about 8 000-10 000 people participated, killing 94 and injuring over 200. The October Manifesto was supported in Estonia and the Estonian flag was displayed publicly for the first time. Jaan Tõnisson used the new political freedoms to widen the rights of Estonians by establishing the first Estonian political party - National Progress Party. Another, more radical political organisation, the Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Union was founded as well. The moderate supporters of Tõnisson and the more radical supporters of Jaan Teemant could not agree about how to continue with the revolution, and only agreed that both wanted to limit the rights of Baltic Germans and to end Russification. The radical views were publicly welcomed and in December 1905, martial law was declared in Tallinn. A total of 160 manors were looted, resulting in ca. 400 workers and peasants being killed by the army. Estonian gains from the revolution were minimal, but the tense stability that prevailed between 1905 and 1917 allowed Estonians to advance the aspiration of national statehood.
When did the Russian army opened fire in a meeting
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Q: Following the death of General Advisor in Foreign Affairs Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns in 1902, Phya Suriyanuwat, the Siamese Minister in Paris, was instructed to find a replacement. Phya Suriya was unable to find a suitable candidate in Europe, and notified Phya Akaraj Varathon, the Siamese Minister in Washington, that under the circumstances, he had decided to engage an American. In 1903, former US diplomat Edward Henry Strobel took a leave of absence from his position as the Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard School of Law to represent the Kingdom of Siam in The Hague at the International Peace Court—which Rolin-Jaequemyns had been instrumental in founding. In 1906, Strobel moved to Bangkok to take the position of general advisor, where he died January 15, 1908. Among his successors were Jens Westengard, 1909-14, Wolcott Pitkin, 1915-17, Eldon James, and Francis B. Sayre—all but for Pitkin former Harvard law professors. "The Siamese government trusted the American Adviser in Foreign Affairs to act in the best interests of Siam. Authority and responsibility were delegated to him. He was permitted a considerable degree of freedom in his work. It was in his capacity as a lawyer, a jurist, an advocate, and a policy counselor that the American adviser contributed significantly to the successful conclusion of the treaty negotiations with the West." An agreement on relations between the two countries was signed in Washington D.C. on December 16, 1920.
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Levinson did nothing in Baltimore.
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Question: Still, if scientists had to set up some, sort of a religious mumbo-jumbo....
Even so, if scientists had to create a system of religious jargon...
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Question: Half-way through, Mr. Carter interrupted him to give a few cryptic orders through the telephone.
He was annoyed that Mr. Carter had corrupted him.
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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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Q: Hoping to continue their winning streak, the Bears flew to Cowboys Stadium for an NFC matchup with the Cowboys. In the first quarter Chicago took the early lead as kicker Robbie Gould nailed a 38-yard field goal. Then they trailed with WR Dez Bryant returning a punt 62 yards to the endzone for a touchdown. While the Cowboys were able to pressure quarterback Jay Cutler in the early stages of the game, the Bears' offense made adjustments and regained momentum. The Bears got the lead back when Cutler made a 39-yard TD pass to tight end Greg Olsen. In the second quarter the Bears trailed again when QB Tony Romo made a 1-yard touchdown pass to RB Chris Gronkowski, but took the lead with Cutler making a nine-yard TD pass to WR Devin Hester. The Bears increased their lead when kicker Robbie Gould made a 40-yard field goal. In the third quarter Dallas would reply with kicker David Buehler nailing a 28-yard field goal. The Bears increased their lead in the fourth quarter when Cutler made a three-yard TD pass to RB Matt Forte. The Cowboys made the final score of the game with Buehler hitting a 48-yard field goal.
How many field goals were there in the game?
A: 3
Q: Coming off their win over the Steelers, the Patriots stayed at home for an AFC East rematch with the 3-10 Jets. The Patriots punted on their first drive of the game, giving the Jets the ball at their own 3-yard line. After a 1-yard Thomas Jones run, Jets quarterback Clemens threw an interception to Eugene Wilson, who returned it for a touchdown. Clemens was hit by Seymour and suffered an ankle injury on the play and did not return to the game. Wilson also became the Patriots' 21st player to score a touchdown on the season, tying an NFL record set by the Denver Broncos in 2000 and Los Angeles Rams in 1987. On their ensuing possession, the Jets gained 49 yards on an option play to running back Leon Washington, but then failed a fourth down conversion from the Patriots' 17-yard line. With 6:36 remaining in the first quarter, the Patriots began a drive that ended 17 plays later, in the 2nd quarter, on a 26-yard Gostkowski field goal. After a Jets punt, the Patriots moved the ball to their own 40-yard line when a Chris Hanson punt attempt was blocked by David Bowens and returned for a touchdown to cut the Patriots' lead to 10-7. On the Jets' next possession, Washington blocked a Graham punt attempt to give the Patriots the ball at the Jets' 3-yard line. A 1-yard Maroney touchdown run a play later gave the Patriots a 17-7 lead going into halftime. Gostkowski's extra point, his 67th of the season, broke Uwe von Schamann's single-season record of 66 with the Miami Dolphins in 1984. A Jets punt gave the Patriots the ball at their own 9-yard line early in the third quarter. After two Maroney rushes for a total of 5 yards, a Brady pass on third down intended to Moss was intercepted by Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis. The Jets moved into the red zone, but were driven back on a Thomas Jones run for a 1-yard loss and a delay of game penalty. On third down, Pennington completed a 10-yard pass to Baker, who then fumbled. Wilson recovered it for the Patriots, but a subsequent exchange of punts kept the third quarter scoreless. Another Hanson punt began the fourth quarter, giving the Jets the ball from their own 15-yard line. The Jets then embarked upon a 17-play drive where Pennington completed 10 passes on 12 attempts, none for more than 14 yards. The drive ended at the Patriots' 15-yard line, where the Jets cut the Patriots' lead to 17-10 on a 33-yard Mike Nugent field goal. The Patriots' ensuing drive began with two incompletions intended for Moss. On third down, Brady completed a 16-yard pass to Moss, and then a 46-yard pass to Moss to give the Patriots the ball at the Jets' 14-yard line. A 4-yard Maroney run, incompletion, and sack for a loss of 6 yards set up a 33-yard Gostkowski field goal. The Jets' next possession ended in a 35-yard missed Nugent field goal, and the Jets failed to score on their final drive to give the Patriots a 20-10 win. It gave the Patriots a 14-0 record, tying them with the 1972 Miami Dolphins for the best record to start a season. The win also clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs for the Patriots.
How many interceptions did Clemens throw in the first quarter?
A: 1
Q: Going for their fourth-straight win, the Dolphins traveled to Ford Field for a Thanksgiving fight with the Detroit Lions. This game would be marked as Dolphins QB Joey Harrington's return to Detroit, as he was constantly booed throughout the contest. In the first quarter, Miami trailed as Lions QB Jon Kitna got Detroit off to a fast start. Kitna would complete a 2-yard TD pass to TE Dan Campbell, while kicker Jason Hanson nailed a 52-yard field goal. Afterwards, Harrington started to get the Dolphins back into business as he completed his first-ever Thanksgiving touchdown pass on an 8-yard strike to WR Marty Booker. In the second quarter, Harrington acquired the only score of the period on a 5-yard TD pass to TE Randy McMichael. In the third quarter, kicker Olindo Mare nailed a 42-yard field goal, while Harrington and Booker connected with each other again on a 19-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, Mare managed to put the game away with a 28-yard field goal. RB Ronnie Brown only had 68 yards rushing (with 5 yards receiving), as he left the game early with a broken left hand. He is currently week-to-week and will likely miss the team's next game against Jacksonville. With the Dolphins victory, not only did the Dolphins improve to 5-6, but Harrington also got his second-ever Thanksgiving Day victory and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd touchdown pass ever on Thanksgiving Day.
How many total yards did Mare have?
A: 70
Q: Under the Soviet Union, the August Uprising remained a taboo theme and was hardly mentioned at all, if not in its ideological content. Using its control over education and the media, the Soviet propaganda machine denounced the Georgian rebellion as a "bloody adventure initiated by the Georgian Social Democratic Party and other reactionary forces who managed to implicate a small and undereducated part of the population in it." With a new tide of independence movement sweeping throughout Georgia in the late 1980s, the anti-Soviet fighters of 1924, particularly, the leading partisan officer Kakutsa Cholokashvili, emerged as a major symbol of Georgian patriotism and national resistance to the Soviet rule. The process of legal "rehabilitation" of the victims of the 1920s repressions began under Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of Glasnost and was completed in the 25 May 1992 decree issued by the State Council of the Republic of Georgia chaired by Eduard Shevardnadze. In connection with the opening of the Museum of Soviet Occupation in May 2006, the Ministry of Interior of Georgia made public more archival reserves, and started to publish names of victims of the 1924 purges and other materials from the Soviet era secret archives.
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Sarah felt more affection towards felines than canines than Tanya because
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It was love at first sight for Christopher but Kenneth did not feel the same way, and soon
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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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Background: Michael Andrew McKagan grew up in Seattle's largely working-class University District, the youngest of eight children born to Marie and Elmer "Mac" McKagan. He has been called "Duff" since toddlerhood, to which he once referred as "an Irish thing". Following his parents' divorce, his mother supported the family by taking a job as a medical stenographer. He was taught how to play bass by his brother Bruce, further developing his skills by playing along with the albums 1999 by Prince and Damaged by Black Flag.
Context: In April 1985, McKagan replaced bassist Ole Beich in Guns N' Roses, which was newly founded by singer Axl Rose and guitarist Izzy Stradlin of Hollywood Rose. McKagan's Road Crew bandmates Slash and Steven Adler joined the band two months later. After two days of rehearsal, the line-up played its debut gig at The Troubadour on June 6. In 1987, Guns N' Roses released its debut album, Appetite for Destruction, which to date has sold over 28 million copies worldwide, 18 million of which were in the United States, making it the best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S. The following year, the band released G N' R Lies, which sold over five million copies in the U.S. alone, despite containing only eight tracks, four of which were included on the previously released EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide. In 1990, Steven Adler was fired from the band because of his heroin addiction; he was replaced by Matt Sorum of The Cult. In May 1991, Guns N' Roses embarked on the two-and-a-half-year-long Use Your Illusion Tour. The following September, the band released the long-awaited albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, which debuted at No. 2 and No. 1 respectively on the U.S. chart, a feat unachieved by any other group. In November 1991, Izzy Stradlin abruptly left the band; he was replaced by Gilby Clarke of Kill For Thrills. In 1993, the band released "The Spaghetti Incident?", a cover album of mostly punk songs, which proved less successful than its predecessors. McKagan took on lead vocals on four songs, including live favorite "Attitude", originally by the Misfits. That same year, McKagan released his debut solo album, Believe in Me, on which he sang lead vocals and played virtually every instrument. In 1995, with Guns N' Roses largely inactive, McKagan formed the supergroup Neurotic Outsiders with Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, John Taylor of Duran Duran, and his Guns N' Roses bandmate Matt Sorum. Originally a gathering of friends jamming together at the Viper Room in Hollywood, they released their self-titled album on Maverick Records in 1996. The band played a brief tour of Europe and North America, before disbanding in 1997. McKagan was the last member of the Appetite for Destruction lineup to leave Guns N' Roses, resigning as bassist in August 1997. McKagan had recently become a father and wrote about his decision to leave in his autobiography, stating "Guns had been paying rent on studios for three years now--from 1994 to 1997--and still did not have a single song. The whole operation was so erratic that it didn't seem to fit with my hopes for parenthood, for stability."
Question: did they release any albums during that time?
Answer: In 1987, Guns N' Roses released its debut album, Appetite for Destruction,
Background: Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, later called simply Rehab with Dr. Drew, is a reality television show that aired on the cable network VH1 in which many of the episodes chronicle a group of well-known people as they are treated for alcohol and drug addiction by Dr. Drew Pinsky and his staff at the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California. The first five seasons of the series, on which Pinsky also serves as executive producer, cast celebrities struggling with addiction, with the first season premiering on January 10, 2008, and the fifth airing in 2011. The sixth season, which filmed in early 2012, featured non-celebrities as treatment subjects, and the series name shortened to Rehab with Dr. Drew. Season 6 premiered on September 16, 2012.
Context: Sierra, Binzer, and Carey agreed to enter a transitional sober living home in the season finale. All three, as well as Laurer and Foxworth, would eventually relapse; some re-entered treatment. VH1 aired a reunion special detailing the patients' lives since filming. Although Conaway was able to maintain sobriety from alcohol and cocaine, he continued to abuse analgesics for his back pain, and would re-enter treatment in the show's second season. Binzer also appeared in several episodes of the second season for his relapses, as well as the Sober House spin-off series. Laurer was hospitalized in December 2008 and was reportedly going back to rehab. She later was found dead in her house on April 20, 2016. Nielsen and Rodriguez have reportedly maintained their sobriety. Pinsky has said on numerous occasions that Nielsen has quit drinking and also gave up smoking. Nielsen has also appeared on his radio shows to talk about her sobriety. In 2009, she appeared as a panel speaker to another group at the Pasadena Recovery Center, in which she anticipated the upcoming two-year mark of her sobriety that July, as seen in a third-season episode of the series, which aired in February 2010. Sierra has tested "clean and sober" for a year and a half following a court-ordered year of treatment at the Pasadena Recovery Center, She also appeared with Nielsen in the aforementioned third-season episode, marking her 18 months of sobriety. The status of Baldwin's sobriety is unknown. As of May 2009, Foxworth is reportedly sober and gave birth to a son. Carey relapsed and returned to porn, starring in and directing a parody film called Celebrity Pornhab with Dr. Screw, a decision which Pinsky said saddened him. Regarding her sobriety, Pinsky commented in a January 2010 TV Guide story, "She puts together, like, six weeks at a time of sobriety, then drifts away. We're trying to get her to stay with it once and for all."
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Answer: Para ello este estudio se realiza a través de una perspectiva sistémica considerando las múltiples variables que interactúan, simultánea y secuencialmente, en más de una escala urbana.
Problem: Spanish.
Answer: De cualquier modo, y como alguien me dijo, este proyecto puede ser un buen sitio donde aprender.
Problem: Spanish.
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Article:Kathleen Gaynor said her mother found the cards, which also say "Leave the EU", outside her home in Huntingdon.
After she posted the cards on a community Facebook site, others reported they had also found them.
Cambridgeshire Police said it is investigating and is "working closely with the affected community".
Ms Gaynor said her mother, who lives in the town centre, discovered the card on her doorstep at about 09:00 BST on Friday.
"Mum came out of her door and found the card weighed down by a stone so it couldn't blow away," she said.
"Mum's neighbours are Polish so we think it might have been intended for them. She was in shock, angry and couldn't believe it."
Daniel Guz, who attended a meeting with Cambridgeshire Police, said one Polish national discovered the card on her car when she parked to collect her children from school - and another found it in her garden.
He said: "It's a very bad situation, but I'm advising people to report the cards to the police and otherwise ignore them."
The insurance broker added the Polish words on the card are a very poor translation of the English and thinks "they just put the words into Google translation".
Cambridgeshire Police said officers had interviewed a number of witnesses as part of its investigation.
Det Supt Martin Brunning said: "The production and distribution of this and any other similar material is committing the crime of inciting racial hatred which carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.
"Any reports of hate crime in the county will be fully investigated and it is vitally important that anyone who has received these leaflets or suffered similar abuse reports it."
Summarize the main points of that article.
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Cards containing the words "No more Polish Vermin" have been distributed outside homes and schools following the EU referendum.
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Article:The 15-year-old boy suffered a cardiac arrest and burns. He is in hospital in Tours, about 120km (75 miles) north of the recreation centre in Lathus-Saint-Rémy, central-west France.
Another two youths are in hospital and five more were hurt in Monday's lightning strike.
Several are suffering from tinnitus.
The injured were among a group of 16 who had arrived for a week-long stay at the outdoor activities centre only that morning.
Although 13 French departments (administrative districts) had been placed on "orange alert" for violent storms at the time, the Vienne department - where the centre is located - was not one of them. The youths and their instructor were said to be outside at the time.
Psychological support was being offered to those affected by the incident, officials said.
Summarize the main points of that article.
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A French teenager is in a "very worrying" condition after being struck by lightning while at an outdoor youth camp, say local authorities.
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Article: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."
Monaco Grand Prix full coverage details
Summarize the main points of that article.
Answer:
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Nico Rosberg is to remain at Mercedes alongside Lewis Hamilton after signing a contract extension for at least two more years.
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Flan2021
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huggingface:xsum
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fs_opt
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Všichni.
Translate to English
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Everybody. How was your marriage?
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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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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word_segment
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zs_opt
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input: This suite features a flatscreen TV and a spa bath
fixed: This suite features a flat-screen TV and a spa bath.
input: Tags for this image Anderson Holbein Judgement Day
fixed: Tags for this image: Anderson, Holbein, Judgement Day
input: gagging bondage nurse doctor ass to mouth
fixed: gagging, bondage, nurse, doctor, ass to mouth
input: Individual bookings are not necessarily bring sailing experience Sailors because the Cup is very important teamwork and experience
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Individual bookings are not necessarily bring sailing experience, Sailor's because the Cup is very important teamwork and experience.
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Flan2021
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fix_punct
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fs_noopt
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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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Flan2021
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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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wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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How does the next paragraph end?
A man walks over to the end of a table that has a bunch of red cups arranged in a triangle. he
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begins to toss a ball into the cups.
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hellaswag:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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Sentence: Bakewell tart is a variation of Bakewell pudding which originates in the Derbyshire Dales where Patrick McLoughlin is a leader. One of the ingredients in the dish is shortcrust pastry. What data can be extracted from this sentence?
A: Bakewell pudding, region, Derbyshire Dales; Derbyshire Dales, leader, Patrick McLoughlin; Bakewell pudding, dishVariation, Bakewell tart; Bakewell tart, ingredient, Shortcrust pastry
Sentence: Alan Bean was born on March 15, 1932 in Wheeler, Texas. He attended the U of Texas at Austin and received a BSc in 1955. Bean was a test pilot and a part of Apollo 12, which was run by NASA and where David Scott was the commander. What data can be extracted from this sentence?
A: Alan Bean, mission, Apollo 12; Apollo 12, operator, NASA; Alan Bean, occupation, Test pilot; Apollo 12, commander, David Scott; Alan Bean, birthPlace, Wheeler, Texas; Alan Bean, birthDate, "1932-03-15"; Alan Bean, almaMater, "UT Austin, B.S. 1955"
Sentence: Anders Osborne is an exponent of Rock music and belongs to the record label, Rabadash Records. What data can be extracted from this sentence?
A: Anders Osborne, recordLabel, Rabadash Records; Anders Osborne, genre, Rock music
Sentence: The orbital period of 1036 Ganymed is 374976 seconds. What data can be extracted from this sentence?
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1036 Ganymed, orbitalPeriod, 374976.0 (seconds)
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Flan2021
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gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0
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fs_noopt
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What most naturally follows?
How to join the local music scene
Do your research.
See if your local news source (s) has a section or special newspaper for music. If not, you can always use " keyword search " to find different articles published about the music scene.
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Find concerts in town and attend them. You can keep your eyes peeled as you read the news or walk around downtown, but even better, you can google search for local musical acts, find the ones that interest you, and check their website for concerts.
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Flan2021
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hellaswag:1.1.0
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zs_noopt
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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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test: Das Schulprogramm "Energie ist unsere Zukunft" kann in verschiedensten Unterrichtsfächern eingesetzt werden: Naturwissenschaften, Kunst, Geographie, Sozialwissenschaften, Geschichte und EDV.
English?
translation: The “Energy is our Future” school programme is designed to suit a number of school subjects: sciences, languages, art, geography, social sciences, history and computer science.
test: Das neue Top-Rudergerät X-ROW E3 ergänzt das Kettler Edition-Sortiment nahtlos.
English?
translation: The new top rower tool X-ROW E3 supplements the Kettler edition-product line.
test: Vertritt er nicht die Auffassung, daß es angesichts des Großbritannien zugewiesenen Prozentsatzes gerechter wäre, wenn ein Land einen höheren Prozentsatz erhält, dessen Markt und das Vertrauen der Verbraucher in diesen Markt beträchtlichen Schaden genommen haben?
English?
translation: On the percentage allocated to the United Kingdom, would he not agree that it would seem fairer to give a higher percentage to the country whose market and whose consumer confidence in that market has been most seriously damaged?
test: Chinas unersättlicher Appetit nach deutschen Autos und Maschinen sorgte für den benötigten Auftrieb, auch als Deutschlands traditionelle Handelspartner in Europa zu kämpfen hatten.
English?
translation:
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China’s voracious appetite for German cars and machines provided the needed boost, even as Germany’s traditional trade partners in Europe struggled.
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0
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fs_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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Ale mohl by si přestat dýchat úplně při té práci, za kterou tě platí!
Translate this to English?
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You could stop breathing for whatthey pay you!
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0
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zs_noopt
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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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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
Sentence:
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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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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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Flan2021
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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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1 year ago 22:38 xhamster double penetration, foursome, nylon, group, double anal
How would the previous sentence be correctly capitalized?
Answer: 1 year ago 22:38 xHamster double penetration, foursome, nylon, group, double anal
registration 28 october 2008 14:44
How would the previous sentence be correctly capitalized?
Answer: Registration 28 October 2008 14:44
on friday it will be fair for a while. in the afternoon cloudy, but mostly dry weather will dominate. the night will bring cloudy, but mostly dry weather. morning temperatures will be around 13 °c. during the day they will reach a maximum of 20 °c. low temperatures at night will be around 16°c. there will be moderate to brisk southerly winds.
How would the previous sentence be correctly capitalized?
Answer: On Friday it will be fair for a while. In the afternoon cloudy, but mostly dry weather will dominate. The night will bring cloudy, but mostly dry weather. Morning temperatures will be around 13 °C. During the day they will reach a maximum of 20 °C. Low temperatures at night will be around 16°C. There will be moderate to brisk southerly winds.
the property includes other buildings; “konak” was built in 19 th century; the shed that has been restored was built in 1850, and the barn was built in 1883, according to the year written on the barn’s door.
How would the previous sentence be correctly capitalized?
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Answer: The property includes other buildings; “Konak” was built in 19 th century; the shed that has been restored was built in 1850, and the barn was built in 1883, according to the year written on the barn’s door.
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Flan2021
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true_case
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fs_opt
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[Q]: Objective: To make a creamy pesto sauce. OPTIONS:
- Using a food processor, combine 2 cups fresh basil leaves, 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, 1/3 cup pine nuts, 2 small cloves of garlic, 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, 1 tsp coarse kosher salt, 1/4 cup heavy cream, and 2 tbsp butter.
- Using a food processor, combine 2 cups fresh basil leaves, 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, 1/3 cup pine nuts, 2 small cloves of garlic, 1/2 cup freshly grated Cheddar cheese, 1 tsp coarse kosher salt, 1/4 cup heavy cream, and 2 tbsp butter.
[A]: Using a food processor, combine 2 cups fresh basil leaves, 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, 1/3 cup pine nuts, 2 small cloves of garlic, 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, 1 tsp coarse kosher salt, 1/4 cup heavy cream, and 2 tbsp butter.
Q: Here is a goal: paper clip
How would you accomplish this goal?
OPTIONS:
- can hide under a peeler
- can hide under a dish
A: can hide under a dish
Goal:
How to properly clean a piece of pork?
OPTIONS:
- Place the pork in icy water for 5 minutes before wiping it clean with a clean piece of cloth.
- Wash the pork repeatedly over running water.
Answer:
Wash the pork repeatedly over running water.
Question:
Goal: wire
Which of the following methods is more reasonable for accomplishing this goal?
OPTIONS:
- can remove mixer parts
- can electrify mixer with normal plug attatchment
Answer:
can electrify mixer with normal plug attatchment
Goal and options: How to prevent glasses from getting lost?
OPTIONS:
- Tie a string around either end of the glasses and wear it across your neck
- Tie a string around either end of the lens and wear it across your neck
output answer: Tie a string around either end of the glasses and wear it across your neck
[Q]: Which of the following solutions is better for the following goal:
How can you flatten the tacos without a taco press?
OPTIONS:
- Use a wine bottle and roll out the taco until it is flat
- Use a water bottle and roll out the taco until it is flat
[A]:
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Use a wine bottle and roll out the taco until it is flat
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Flan2021
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piqa:1.0.0
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fs_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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Input: Continue writing.
Eric is a crafter of many things, Leslie is not a crafter at all therefore
OPTIONS:
- Eric knows more about glue.
- Leslie knows more about glue.
Continued: Eric knows more about glue.
Input: Continue writing.
Jeffrey tried to scrub the stain out of the wood with a cloth, but the
OPTIONS:
- wood was just too messy.
- cloth was just too messy.
Continued: wood was just too messy.
Input: Continue writing.
The desktop pc was way nicer compared to the laptop, but the
OPTIONS:
- desktop pc was less expensive.
- laptop was less expensive.
Continued: laptop was less expensive.
Input: Continue writing.
Leslie had rich soil in their garden but Joseph had poor soil.
OPTIONS:
- Leslie never used mulch and fertilizer on their garden.
- Joseph never used mulch and fertilizer on their garden.
Continued:
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Joseph never used mulch and fertilizer on their garden.
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Flan2021
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winogrande:1.1.0
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fs_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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Translate the following sentence to Russian:
Inquire after our massage and treatment options.
Russian:
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Справьтесь о массаже и лечебных услугах!
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Flan2021
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wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Temperate climates have moderate temperatures. These climates vary in how much rain they get and when the rain falls. You can see different types of temperate climates in Figure 2.40. Mediterranean climates are found on the western coasts of continents. The coast of California has a Mediterranean climate. Temperatures are mild and rainfall is moderate. Most of the rain falls in the winter, and summers are dry. To make it through the dry summers, short woody plants are common. Marine west coast climates are also found on the western coasts of continents. The coast of Washington State has this type of climate. Temperatures are mild and theres plenty of rainfall all year round. Dense fir forests grow in this climate. Humid subtropical climates are found on the eastern sides of continents. The southeastern U.S. has this type of climate. Summers are hot and humid, but winters are chilly. There is moderate rainfall throughout the year. Pine and oak forests grow in this climate.
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: What are some characteristics of Subtopical climates?
Dr. Benjamin Stone is a hotshot young surgeon who longs to leave the drudgery of a Washington , D.C. emergency room and finally leaps at his chance at more money and less death as a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills . On his last day , Ben's relationship with his co-workers is presumed to be anything but a warm one . None of his colleagues will join him for a drink and a cake in his honor has an iced portion of the phrase `` Good riddance , asshole '' sliced out . Ben's cross-country drive in a 1956 Porsche 356 Speedster is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady , South Carolina . The crash damages the fence of local Judge Evans , who sentences him to community service at a nearby hospital . Ben offers to pay for the fence , but the stern judge increases his community service each time he talks back . Defeated , he reports to the hospital , where Nurse Packer humbles him by ordering him to clock in and out , as would a factory worker . Though upset , Ben quickly makes friends with Mayor Nick Nicholson , the town cafe's proprietor/head waitress , and Melvin , the local mechanic tasked with repairing Ben's car . Ben soon finds his clinic work to be much more laid-back than the emergency room . He has simple cases such as spots before the eyes , fishing hook impalings , and even reading mail for a young illiterate couple , whose baby he later delivers . The experience also humbles Ben when he mistreats a case of mitral valve regurgitation leading to late cyanosis in the child .
What question would one ask from this paragraph?
Answer: What was the consequence of Ben talking back to the Judge?
(CNN) -- As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the U.N. General Assembly in New York last month, the spotlight was once again on Iran. And true to form, the Iranian president made his fair share of provocative statements for the Western media. But while Ahmadinejad's mercurial rants captured our media's attention, back in Iran a coordinated strategy against the women's movement continued. On the eve of Ahmadinejad's arrival to New York, Shiva Nazar Ahari, a prominent young female defender of human rights, received a heavy sentence of six years in prison on charges including the vague crime of "waging war against God" -- a convenient catch-all offense for anyone who criticizes the regime and its human rights record. There's no denying it -- Iran's women have had a bad year. Nazar Ahari joins a steadily increasing number of other women's rights activists who are in prison for no greater crime than their attempt to fight for the rights of the women. Hengameh Shahidi, Alieh Eghdam Doust, Bahareh Hedayat and Mahdiyeh Golrou have all been sent to Tehran's notorious Evin Prison on trumped-up charges related to their activism. And while Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, arguably the most internationally recognized Iranian women's rights activist, remains unable to safely return to her country, the government is targeting those affiliated with her for arrest and imprisonment, including her lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and her former aide Jinous Sobhani. Since the 2009 disputed elections and associated government crackdown on the overall reform movement, the government has increasingly targeted women activists. The reasons behind this go well beyond the misogynist nature of Iran's religious leadership. Rather, it is more part of a deliberate and calculated strategy of the Iranian authorities to strike at the heart of the regime's greatest vulnerability -- internal legitimacy with its own people. See more CNN.com opinion articles Iran's government recognizes and fears the broader power of the women activists who have been on the front line of reform in Iran for more than a decade. One can roughly draw an analogy between the women's movement in Iran to movements of religious groups in Burma or Tibet, or the labor "solidarity" movements in the former Eastern bloc and associated labor-Roman Catholic solidarity in Poland -- all advocating initially for the freedoms of a specific group but which provoked government fears for their transformative power to promote broader human rights progress. While the outside world occasionally reacts to the most egregious manifestations of Iran's repression of women -- such as the international condemnation associated with Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian widow sentenced to stoning on charges of alleged adultery -- these events are often portrayed simply as a consequence of the regime's archaic viewpoint about gender.
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Answer: Where was President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in when a coordinated strategy against the women's movement continued in Iran?
"What goes up must come down." You have probably heard that statement before. At one time this statement was true, but no longer. Since the 1960s, we have sent many spacecraft into space. Some are still traveling away from Earth. So it is possible to overcome gravity. Do you need a giant rocket to overcome gravity? No, you actually overcome gravity every day. Think about when you climb a set of stairs. When you do, you are overcoming gravity. What if you jump on a trampoline? You are overcoming gravity for a few seconds. Everyone can overcome gravity. You just need to apply a force larger than gravity. Think about that the next time you jump into the air. You are overcoming gravity for a brief second. Enjoy it while it lasts. Eventually, gravity will win the battle.
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Q: Apple Patent Hints at Triple Lens iPhone Camera
Apple just received a patent on a new kind of camera for mobile devices, one with a triple lens and triple sensor design. The patent suggests future cameras on iPhones and iPads will be able to capture photos with significantly higher quality.
Patent No. 8,497,897, first reported by AppleInsider, describes a camera with three sensors: one for luminance (brightness) and two for chrominance (color). By using a secondary chrominance lens, an image processor will be able to compare the data from both to create an image with more accurate color.
Each sensor will also have its own lens assembly. By using three lenses, the system overcomes a potential flaw in multi-sensor systems: blind spots. With the two chrominance sensors offset, they compensate for one another if a near-field object (say, a speck of dust) blocks the light from one of them.
Below is a diagram of the compensation in action:
The end result for the user would be iPhone photos with better color as well as a bump in quality in challenging situations. The patent describes various configurations of the three sensors, one of which could potentially help capture images in low light with extra chrominance data compensating for low luminance.
Should we look forward to a tri-sensor camera in the rumored iPhone 5S? It's unlikely to be implemented that quickly (although the patent was originally filed in 2010), but perhaps some the tech will find its way into consumers' hands in future models.
How important is camera quality to you when purchasing a smartphone? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; diagram: USPTO
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A: Apple just received a patent on a new kind of camera for mobile devices, one with a triple-lens and triple-sensor design.
IN: EU moves closer to new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis
The European Union announced Saturday that new economic sanctions are being drawn up in response to the apparent incursion of Russian troops into Ukraine, although some European leader were hesitant about straining relations with Russia and damaging their own economies over the conflict.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who briefed a summit of the 28-nation EU's leaders in Brussels, said a strong response was needed to the "military aggression and terror" facing his country.
"Thousands of the foreign troops and hundreds of the foreign tanks are now on the territory of Ukraine," Poroshenko told reporters in English. "There is a very high risk not only for peace and stability for Ukraine, but for the whole peace and stability of Europe."
French President Francois Hollande and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said upon their arrival for the summit in Brussels the leaders will make a political decision and then ask the EU's executive arm to finalize the fine print of new sanctions.
Hollande argued that if Russia failed to reverse the flow of weapons and troops into Ukraine, then it would leave the EU with no other option than to impose new sanctions.
"Are we going to let the situation worsen, until it leads to war?'' Hollande said at a news conference, Reuters reported. "Because that's the risk today. There is no time to waste."
Lithuanian leader Dalia Grybauskaite added Russia's meddling in Ukraine, which seeks closer ties with the EU, amounts to a direct confrontation that requires stronger sanctions.
"Russia is practically in the war against Europe," she said in English, The Associated Press reports.
NATO estimates that at least 1,000 Russian soldiers are in Ukraine even though Russia denies any military involvement in the fighting that has so far claimed 2,600 lives, according to U.N. figures.
British Prime Minister David Cameron also warned that Europe can't be complacent about Russian troops on Ukrainian soil.
"Countries in Europe shouldn't have to think long before realizing just how unacceptable that is," he said. "We know that from our history. So consequences must follow if that situation continues."
However some leaders were cautious about implementing new sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reported, with leaders of Hungary and Slovakia blasting sanctions as ineffective measures that would only hurt EU economies as much as they hurt Russia.
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann warned the Union that it should be "speaking less" about sanctions.
"The effect of sanctions as they have been applied so far hasn't always produced what some expected," he said.
In Brussels, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso provided no specifics about which sanctions were being considered but also said that "sanctions are not an end in themselves," but a means to dissuade Russia from further destabilizing Ukraine.
"We may see a situation where we reach the point of no return," Barroso warned. "If the escalation of the conflict continues, this point of no return can come."
The U.S. and the EU have so far imposed sanctions against dozens of Russian officials, several companies and the country's financial industry. Moscow has retaliated by banning food imports.
Grybauskaite said the EU should impose a full arms embargo, including the canceling of already agreed contracts. France has so far staunchly opposed that proposal because it has a $1.6 billion contract to build Mistral helicopter carriers for Russia.
New EU sanctions have to be agreed unanimously -- a requirement that has in the past blocked or softened decisions since some nations fear the economic fallout. Russia is the EU's No. 3 trading partner and one of its biggest oil and gas suppliers.
Barroso said that the EU -- a bloc encompassing 500 million people and stretching from Lisbon to the border with Ukraine -- stands ready to grant Kiev further financial assistance if needed. The bloc will also organize a donors' conference to help rebuild the country's east at the end of the year, he added.
Ukrainian officials say that their forces face increasingly strong resistance from Russian-backed separatist rebels just weeks after racking up significant gains and forcing rebels out of much of the territory they had held.
Ukrainian forces had been surrounded by rebels in the town of Ilovaysk, about 15 miles east of the largest rebel-held city of Donetsk for days.
"We are surrendering this city," Ukraine's Lysenko told reporters. "Our task now is to evacuate our military with the least possible losses in order to regroup."
Lysenko said that regular units of the military had been ordered to retreat from Novosvitlivka and Khryashchuvate, two towns on the main road between the Russian border and Luhansk, the second-largest rebel-held city. Ukraine had claimed control of Novosvitlivka earlier in August.
Separately, Ukrainian forces said one of their Su-25 fighter jets was shot down Friday over eastern Ukraine by a missile from a Russian missile launcher. The pilot ejected and was uninjured, the military said in a brief statement.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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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.
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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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A: Единственным истинным победителем будет дух этого зла.
Q: Translate "In a remark almost echoing Helmut Kohl, Fischer proclaimed: "Wars have become impossible within the EU, both politically and militarily." to Russian?
A: Фишер, почти дословно повторяя Гельмунта Коля, провозгласил: "Внутри ЕС войны, как политические так и военные, стали невозможны.
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A: Dnt see why ppl moan bout jabs! But in 2 weeks i may get ill
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OUT: Wow! Two hugs in two days! Spent the day in Reading yesterday. Had a good chinwag.
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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."
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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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♪ I prefer a life like this ♪ It's not that complicated ♪ Sure, I'm fated to be lonely and I'm destined to be hated ♪ If you read the books they say it's why I was created ♪ But I don't care ♪ 'Cause being liked ♪ is grossly overrated ♪ Who needs a big, bright, beautiful world? ♪ I've got my own little patch of the world ♪ It's not a big, bright beautiful world ♪ But it's mine ♪ All alone, it's mine ♪ And it's mine
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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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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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Data: Alternative rock, stylisticOrigin, Punk rock; Alternative rock, musicSubgenre, Christian alternative rock; Andrew White (musician), genre, Alternative rock; Alternative rock, stylisticOrigin, New wave music
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A: The musician Andrew White's genre is alternative rock which has origins in New wave music. It also has its stylistic origins in Punk rock. Alternative rock has the sub genre Christian alternative rock.
Data: San Sebastián de los Reyes, isPartOf, Community of Madrid; Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, elevationAboveTheSeaLevel, 610.0; Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, runwayLength, 3500.0; Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, location, San Sebastián de los Reyes; San Sebastián de los Reyes, country, Spain
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A: Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport is elevated 610 metres above sea level in San Sebastian de los Reyes, part of the Community of Madrid in Spain. It has a runway length of 3500.0.
Data: Albert B. White, birthYear, 1856; Albert B. White, deathYear, 1941; Albert B. White, birthDate, 1856-09-22
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Yes: Trebuie să împiedicăm perpetuarea dăunătoarei culturi a bonusurilor care exista înaintea crizei.
[Q]: Ea este foarte cizelată şi o femeie înţeleaptă", a afirmat da Vinca.
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[A]: She is highly polished and a wise woman," said da Vinca.
Question:
Acest raport extins este completat de cel al doamnei Lambert cu privire la modalitatea de incluziune a persoanelor excluse frecvent de pe piaţa muncii.
Could you please translate this to English?
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This wide-ranging report is complemented by that of Ms Lambert on how to include people who are frequently excluded from the labour market.
test: Avem nevoie de un moratoriu privind energia nucleară și sunt necesare investiții masive în domeniul energiei durabile și regenerabile.
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translation: We need a moratorium on nuclear energy, and what is needed is massive investment in sustainable and renewable energy.
Daca guvernul va reusi in lupta sa impotriva mafiei si criminalilor de razboi ai regimului Slobodan Milosevic, moartea lui Zoran Djindjic nu va fi fost in van.
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As long as the government succeeds in its fight against the mafia and war criminals from Slobodan Milosevic's regime, Zoran Djindjic's death will not have been in vain.
în scris. - Oportunitățile de comercializare a medicamentelor falsificate au sporit rapid în ultimii ani.
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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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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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Nick is really fond of cats but Ryan is allergic to cats.
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- Nick avoided the cute kitty cat.
- Ryan avoided the cute kitty cat.
Ryan avoided the cute kitty cat.
Input: Continue writing.
The group blamed Christine for the mistake and not Laura because
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- Christine followed the rules.
- Laura followed the rules.
Continued: Laura followed the rules.
Story needs to be completed:
Alice decided not to grow a vegetable garden in her backyard because the
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- garden is too large.
- backyard is too large.
My choice:
garden is too large.
Problem: Continue the following story.
Ryan smelled the smoke before Joseph did because
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- Ryan was sitting farther from the fire.
- Joseph was sitting farther from the fire.
Here's how I want to continue it: Joseph was sitting farther from the fire.
Problem: We decided chemistry would not be the topic for the article, and chose biology instead, as the
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- chemistry was irrelevant to the current studies.
- biology was irrelevant to the current studies.
My choice: chemistry was irrelevant to the current studies.
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It was love at first sight for Christopher but Kenneth did not feel the same way, and soon
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- actually pulls the other man down.
- makes a point and the other man beats on the ping pong table.
- uses the 5 by 4 consecutive times to hit at the other one.
makes a point and the other man beats on the ping pong table.
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How to respect older people
Call people sir or ma'am.
Even if you've grown up in a more casual environment where you usually call your friends' parents by their first names, you shouldn't assume that all older people are comfortable with that kind of informal title. Some elderly people may be more traditional, and prefer that you call them mr./mrs. so-and-so.
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- If the respect you give isn't apparent in a more informal setting, leave it at that. People like to be called by the lord.
- When in doubt, be choosy. It may be tough to get used to calling anyone ma'am or sir if you've never heard of that person before.
- Always ask what name they prefer you call them. Use sir or ma'am when you don't feel comfortable asking.
- Other people may prefer a more informal title as you become more accustomed to addressing them properly. Remember that you should never call young adults by their first names.
answer: Always ask what name they prefer you call them. Use sir or ma'am when you don't feel comfortable asking.
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How to add fractions
Check the denominators (bottom numbers) of each fraction.
If they are the same number, then you're dealing with fractions that have the same denominator. If not, skip to the section down below.
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- When you're finished, double align the fraction, and begin working with the organization of the denominators. Highlight numbers if they're the same size, then highlight them if they're small.
- Find the denominators for the fractions. If the fractions are the same number, you can add them together or do the same calculation.
- Multiply the fractions by 10. If fractions have the same denominator, simply multiply them by 10.
- Here are two example problems we'll work on in this section. By the last step, you should understand how they were added together..
Next sentence: Here are two example problems we'll work on in this section. By the last step, you should understand how they were added together.
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Navigate to the windows phone website for zune at http: // www.windowsphone.com/en-us/how-to/wp7/zune-software.
Click on " download now " and follow the on-screen prompts to download and install zune on your windows pc.
Launch the zune application after it has finished installing on your computer.
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- Connect your nokia lumia 710 to your pc using a usb cable. Click on " phone " at the top left corner of your computer screen.
- The app is free on most devices. Ensure you have a usb usb device that has the following passcode included.
- View the entire nokia device that you wish to transfer pictures to. Open the transferred pictures folder where you want to transfer to the phone.
- Press or press the " update " button at the top right of the application. You will be presented with several options.
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next sentence for the context: Connect your nokia lumia 710 to your pc using a usb cable. Click on " phone " at the top left corner of your computer screen.
IN: What happens next?
A large band is walking down a parade and there a lot of people walking alongside, and standing on the sidelines watching or taking photos and videos. the view
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- begins with a man standing at the bottom of a hill playing a violin and leading an orchestra.
- changes to women carrying and swinging flags on a pole and then switches back to the large band that comes to a stop and continues to play for the crowd.
- transitions to people playing soccer outside in a grassy area.
- seems to be quite obstructed by many trees and people walking along the roads and street as well as people sitting on bicycles and jogging down the street.
OUT: changes to women carrying and swinging flags on a pole and then switches back to the large band that comes to a stop and continues to play for the crowd.
question: Complete the next sentence:
A large, gray, plug in curler set is shown and it has different sized curlers in 4 different colors with gray clips sitting next to it, and the woman picks up a few curlers and clips to show what they look like. the woman
OPTIONS:
- is now in a sped up mode and is rolling her hair in the curlers, fastens them on her head with the clips and does this all the way until her head is filled with curlers.
- gets into her lawnmower and begins mowing all of the grass, and in the background a dog is standing under the front hood of the mower.
- waves her hands around and after about 30 seconds she points to the screen and shows off the turned on curlers.
- puts them in her hair, turns them sides up and clips the ends down, then gets down on all fours.
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is now in a sped up mode and is rolling her hair in the curlers, fastens them on her head with the clips and does this all the way until her head is filled with curlers.
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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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input ---- 3 years ago 1727 xHamster double penetration Italian cuckold
output ---- 3 years ago 17:27 xHamster double penetration, Italian, cuckold
input ---- Thrives best in cool surroundings with lots of light
output ---- Thrives best in cool surroundings with lots of light.
input ---- Balderorg Mar 18 2008 Geert Wilders in Denmark March 18 2008 Two TV interviews English spoken
output ---- Balder.org Mar 18 2008 - Geert Wilders in Denmark March 18 2008 - Two TV interviews, English spoken
input ---- Catalogue of vines Nasturtium
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Catalogue of vines - Nasturtium
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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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Flan2021
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Problem: Best Bail Bonds of Broward did not place liens on the properties and at least one of the homes is in foreclosure and for sale , according to evidence presented Friday . Mohanlal 's defense attorney told Gold in 2007 that one collateral property -- a home in Sunrise , Florida , owned by Mohanlal 's father -- was worth more than $ 250,000 , according to St. Laurent . In fact , there are several mortgages on that home , which has no equity , said St. Laurent , who specializes in surety law .
Why would someone go to this company ?
OPTIONS:
- None of the above choices .
- They have been looking to sell a home .
- They have mortgages .
- They have been taken to jail .
A: They have been taken to jail .
Question:
Like it or not , this represents a niche market . Unless they have a master plan , like pushing it to all the IE users with Google Desktop and Toolbar installed , I wonder how they will take share from IE without cannibalizing Firefox , in which Google is heavily invested . Most computer users do n't like change , which is why IE6 manages to have 25 % of the market past its eighth birthday .
Answer the following question: What can disturb the internet browser market ?
OPTIONS:
- IE6 has another birthday
- Computer users changing their preferences
- None of the above choices .
- If firefox is installed
Answer:
Computer users changing their preferences
Question:
Why is it that i fall in love with every pretty girl who shows me atleast a bit of interest ? A party , everyones judgement thrown out the window , letting loose and having fun , and yet i feel just fine drinking soda and keeping to myself . I guess you could say i ' m a wallflower of sorts .
What will happen while I 'm waiting at the party ?
OPTIONS:
- I went home without making any new friends .
- I went home after dancing with a new friend .
- None of the above choices .
- I met many new people at the party .
Answer:
I went home without making any new friends .
IN: I missed a turn and my older sister kept on saying " No , no , no , no , no ! " And we hit a car and killed a person . There was blood on the road .
Why was the older sister saying " no ! " over and over again ?
OPTIONS:
- She did n't want to keep going on after the missed turn .
- She thought they went the wrong way to get to their destination .
- She knew an accident was about to happen .
- None of the above choices .
OUT: She knew an accident was about to happen .
I agree with the sentiment that you can make a lovely drink with vodka and vermouth , but it 's no martini . For me , it needs to consist of ice - cold gin , a smidgen of vermouth , perhaps a bit of olive juice , and a big olive skewered on one of various cocktail picks that seem to reproduce nightly in our dining room . Shaken , not stirred , and poured into the glass quickly before any of the ice in the shaker can melt . While I love stories of extra - dry martini rituals , like FDR making his martinis by filling the shaker with gin and then glancing at the vermouth bottle across the room , I am not militant about the exact amount of vermouth to go in the glass .
OPTIONS:
- They like the ingredients better .
- It has less calories .
- They think it is healthier .
- None of the above choices .
Answer the following question: What may be the reason for their precise drink preference ?
They like the ingredients better .
Problem: Today on the way home from work I was flying 30 mph down the hill on 17th street at Lake bottom park , there was a car at the intersection waiting to turn left who decided to turn left in front of me ! when he saw me he stopped in the middle of the intersection blocking my path . I slammed on my brakes and skidded probably 10 feet before slamming into the front of the car .
What is the narrator describing ?
OPTIONS:
- None of the above choices .
- They are describing a car accident .
- They are describing getting home after work .
- A car that slammed on the breaks and skidded in front of them .
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They are describing a car accident .
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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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Flan2021
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gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0
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zs_opt
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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.
German:
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Auf dieser Seite finden Sie Links zu anderen Starparties und Teleskoptreffen, sowie Terminkalender verschiedener Vereine.
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Question:
Erityisesti tältä kannalta tulevaa koheesiopolitiikkaa olisi suunniteltava siten, ettei se vaikeuta menettelyllisesti ja teknisesti aluepolitiikan nopeaa ja tehokasta täytäntöönpanoa.
Could you please translate this to English?
Answer:
From this perspective in particular, future cohesion policy should be designed in such a way that it does not put procedural and technical obstacles in the way of quick and efficient implementation of regional policy.
Question:
Olen tyytyväinen komission tekemään työhön sen esittäessä meille tämän tiedonannon.
Could you please translate this to English?
Answer:
I welcome the efforts made by the Commission to present this communication to us.
Question:
Oletan, että yhden Kiinan politiikka muodostaa kulmakiven vakaudelle, jota toivomme näkevämme koko Aasiassa, ja että se on myös EU:n Kiinan politiikan kulmakivi ja peruspilari.
Could you please translate this to English?
Answer:
I assume that the one-China policy is a cornerstone of the stability which we would like to see across the whole of Asia, and that it is also a cornerstone and an elementary component in the EU’s policy in respect of China.
Question:
Vastauksenne oli myönteinen, ja se osoittaa neuvoston pitävän asiaa tärkeänä.
Could you please translate this to English?
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What you said is positive and demonstrates sensitivity on the part of the Council.
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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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Question: Due to the unique situation of 200.000 square-meter island, directly on Bernsteinsee in Bitterfeld is, was in 2004 decided by the U.I.M from Monaco, there the boat world- and to integrate different classes in the European Championships Goitzsche hard.
Please remove spaces.
Answer: Duetotheuniquesituationof200.000square-meterisland,directlyonBernsteinseeinBitterfeldis,wasin2004decidedbytheU.I.MfromMonaco,theretheboatworld-andtointegratedifferentclassesintheEuropeanChampionshipsGoitzschehard.
Question: Create and manage support cases, access news and find ways to contact Google Enterprise Support for help, including offline purchase support.
Please remove spaces.
Answer: Createandmanagesupportcases,accessnewsandfindwaystocontactGoogleEnterpriseSupportforhelp,includingofflinepurchasesupport.
Question: A little further up on the board is the PLL chip.
Please remove spaces.
Answer: AlittlefurtherupontheboardisthePLLchip.
Question: Be sure to check back later for future vacancies.
Please remove spaces.
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Besuretocheckbacklaterforfuturevacancies.
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Problem: What kind of task would test someone's ability to perform physical reasoning? OPTIONS:
- don't let them around any other dogs.
- spay or neuter the dog.
Answer: how do you stop a dog from having puppies?
Problem: What kind of task would test someone's ability to perform physical reasoning? OPTIONS:
- To easily remove garlic skins, cut the stem ends off head of garlic. Throw the heads of garlic into a metal pot and shake violently until the garlic has been de-skinned.
- To easily remove garlic skins, cut the stem ends off head of garlic. Throw the heads of garlic into a metal pot and swirl the pot very gently.
Answer: How to Easily Remove Garlic Skins
Problem: What kind of task would test someone's ability to perform physical reasoning? OPTIONS:
- mention them and their situation in your prayer, and have good hopes for them.
- mention them and their situation in your prayer, and move on.
Answer: how do you pray for someone?
Problem: What kind of task would test someone's ability to perform physical reasoning? OPTIONS:
- Let the cookies set in room temperature for about 30 minutes
- Let the cookies set in oven at 300 degrees for about 30 minutes
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To allow the cookies to completely set and firm up
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[Q]: How does the sentence end?
We decided to lease an apartment rather than a house, as the
OPTIONS:
- apartment was conducive to our needs.
- house was conducive to our needs.
[A]: apartment was conducive to our needs.
QUES: Continue writing.
When getting flowers most people would get their wife roses but I know to get mine orchids. The
OPTIONS:
- orchids are too mainstream.
- roses are too mainstream.
+++++++++
ANS: roses are too mainstream.
Problem: How does the sentence end?
Wanting to help, Jennifer explained the hair care rountie she followed to Angela, because
OPTIONS:
- Jennifer had healthy hair.
- Angela had healthy hair.
Answer: Jennifer had healthy hair.
sentence: The device worked better than the phone because the OPTIONS:
- phone was out of its range.
- device was out of its range.
complete: phone was out of its range.
The boy was more comfortable flirting at the party than at the meeting because he was drunk at the
OPTIONS:
- meeting .
- party .
party .
Problem: Continue the following story.
Leslie had rich soil in their garden but Joseph had poor soil.
OPTIONS:
- Leslie never used mulch and fertilizer on their garden.
- Joseph never used mulch and fertilizer on their garden.
Here's how I want to continue it:
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Joseph never used mulch and fertilizer on their garden.
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Add punctuation: Hotel Cristallo is a 1minute walk from the beach in Riminis Marina Centro district
A: Hotel Cristallo is a 1-minute walk from the beach in Rimini's Marina Centro district.
Add punctuation: The perfect equipment depends on the situation
A: The perfect equipment depends on the situation.
Add punctuation: The future ahead looks bright
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The future ahead looks bright.
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Problem: Article: Wear it with jeans, suits and slacks. It can be military style, with a good buckle or leather. Choose brown or black shades. When buying a belt, you need one that is two sizes above your waist size. If you have a size 30 waist, you need a size 32 belt. Military belts are adjustable. Fold it in half twice and then place it in your pocket with one-fourth inch showing. Match the pocket square to a color in your shirt or your tie. Bright and men’s patterned socks show a little style and color. However, they only peak out occasionally. They show full commitment to a dapper style. Buy one shirt that requires cufflinks, to wear at parties, weddings and other events. Purchase metal cufflinks. Although you may use your cell phone to check the time, a round-faced watch with hands is essential for a dapper outfit. Choose an explorer watch or any nice watch with a leather or metal band. You don’t need to wear one every day, but a well-worn four-in hand or Windsor tie is a good touch. Break out the bow tie on special occasions and garden parties.
Summary: Buy a good belt that matches your shoes. Use pocket squares. Splurge on socks. Wear cufflinks to dress up more. Buy a watch. Master the necktie.
INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Depending on how many people you plan to invite, this may become physically exhausting. Handwritten invitations are immediately more personal than any typed font could be - it’s your own personal font! Agree on a format, split a stack of invitations with your partner and start writing. They will not all look the same, but that’s the point! Each invitation will be one of a kind. If writing the full invitations by hand is too time consuming, you can always type up the actual invitation and only write the name and address by hand. Envelopes can take many forms, both manufactured and homemade. The invitation itself can be folded into a type of envelope, but it’s recommended to place it inside of something else to avoid being damaged. But why use regular envelopes when you can make your very own personalized invitations! Create your own personalized envelope by vertically folding a standard sheet of paper into three equal sections. Unfold the paper then fold the two long edges in by an inch. Refold the bottom third onto the middle third and glue it in place on the edges. You now have a sealed pocket in which to place your invitation, then fold the remaining third down and seal it in place with tape or glue. If you are feeling more tech savvy and want to avoid the whole process of mailing invitations, create a website for your special day and share the link with those you want to invite. The website should contain details regarding time and locations of the ceremony and receptions. It should include further information for expected attire, parking, and a gift registry. You can include an option on the site to RSVP for themselves and whoever they are permitted to bring. Enabling guests to RSVP online is very useful as you have the further benefit of collating a database of guest's email addresses if you need to contact them with further details closer to the wedding. Many wedding websites have resources that can help you create your own site regardless of technical skill.
SUMMARY: Write invitations by hand. Get creative with the envelope. Create your own website.
In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Avoid vague language or general statements, as they will not be useful for the reader. Instead, use language that is simple and clear so the article is accessible for all readers. Keep your sentences no longer than 2-3 lines and break up any sentences that are too long or run-on. For example, rather than write, “The missing girl’s mother thought it had to do with school,” you may write, “The missing girl’s mother thought bullying at school may have caused her daughter’s absences.” The active, rather than passive, voice places the subject of the sentence first, making it more immediate and informative. Most newspaper articles are written in the third person so they remain objective and do not present a personal or subjective perspective. For example, rather than write, “A press conference will be held by local police tomorrow to address the missing girls and the public’s concerns,” you may write, “Local police will address the missing girls and the public’s concerns in a press conference tomorrow.” A newspaper article should not show any bias or have any stated opinions about the topic. Instead, it should present a factual account of the event or incident. Avoid using hyperbolic language and do not exaggerate any details in the article. For example, if you're writing about two political candidates running against each other in an election, present both candidates in an equal light, rather than giving extra details about 1 candidate.
Summary: Use specific, clear language that is easy to follow. Write in the active, third person voice. Maintain an objective, informative tone in the article.
In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Some people will tell you to wait 3 days before you text someone when you get their number. However, after that much time, they might think you’re not interested. Instead of playing games, text the person as soon as you feel like it. That will show them that you’re already thinking of them, and they may be attracted to your straightforward approach. However, do avoid texting anyone too late at night or too early in the morning. You might wake them up, which they probably won’t appreciate. When you’re talking to your crush, you want them to know how thoughtful and clever you are. Using a lot of abbreviations, acronyms, and internet slang might make you seem unoriginal, and they can make your texts hard to read. Try sticking to regular spelling and correct grammar, instead. Sprinkling a few acronyms into your texts is fine. For instance, “OMG I have to tell you something!” is fine, whereas, “OMG u rnt going 2 believe what I heard” probably isn’t going to win your crush’s heart. Read your texts before you send them to try to catch any typos, as well. When you’re first texting someone you like, don’t weigh them down with all the problems in your life. Instead, keep your texts positive, clever, or funny. That will show your crush that you’re a positive person who’s fun to be around. For instance, you might send your crush jokes, cute stories about your day, or funny memes you come across. Avoid too much sarcasm, since it might not come across the right way in a text. Over time, you can gradually open up to your crush, especially if you see them doing the same thing. When you like someone, it can be tempting to read into every text they send you, looking for any sign of how they feel. However, the best way to know for sure whether your crush likes you is just to spend time talking to them. It will become clear in time, so just relax and have fun, and let things develop naturally. For instance, just because your crush sends you short texts doesn’t necessarily mean they’re mad at you or that they don’t like you. They may just be busy. If you’re constantly sending long blocks of texts and your crush is only sending you back short texts (or not texting you back at all), they’re probably busy, and they might get aggravated if you keep blowing up their phone. You don’t have to send exactly 1 message for every 1 message they send, but do try to keep it to a close ratio. Don’t text the person to ask them why they’re not texting you. That can come across as desperate or pushy. If they’re not answering, give them some space. If your crush is always the one who has to say goodbye first, they might start to feel like you like them more than they like you. Give them a chance to miss you by ending the conversation a little earlier than they expect. If you’re ending the conversation because you have somewhere to go, make sure to mention that so they know you have a busy, well-rounded life! Leave your crush hanging by saying something like, "Oh, remind me tomorrow to tell you about my job interview!"
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Don't feel like you need to wait a certain amount of time before you text. Avoid using a lot of slang in your texts. Keep your texts lighthearted, especially at first. Don't overthink it. Try not to text the other person way more than they text you. Try to be the first one to end the conversation.
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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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Add punctuation: The future ahead looks bright
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The future ahead looks bright.
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Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Research. Decide who will create the book’s iconic look. Design the book.
Answer: Bookmaking comes with conventions that are hundreds of years old. Your readers will expect that your book follows these conventions. Before designing your book, educate yourself on the art of bookmaking! You will learn that every book has a cover page and a copyright page. The odd pages should always be on the right and even pages should be on the left. Your text should be justified instead of left aligned. Page through 15 to 20 books that a produced with a similar audience in mind. Study the books’ formats. Make note of the elements you like and the ones you dislike. If you feel unsure of your design skills, hire a professional book designer. If you are not particularly tech-savvy, consider using an online service that offers you a guided design experience and will even print the book for you! If you wish to have control over the entire process of designing the book, create the book’s look yourself. When creating your own book, you assume responsibility for every element. Remain organized and detail oriented throughout the process. When creating your own book, consider using Microsoft Word or InDesign. Both platforms allow you to create the book with a template. Rely on your research to guide you through the decision making process. Will your book be hardcover or paperback? What fonts will you use? Where will the page numbers be located? How will you format your chapters? How will you incorporate illustrations? These questions may appear menial, but your attention to detail will pay off! Once you have made your design decisions, start creating and styling the book. Don’t be afraid to revise your design during the process.
Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Stay active with sports. Get outdoors and enjoy nature. Practice meditation, yoga, or Pilates. Eat the right kinds of food.
Answer: It's really hard to use drugs and be serious about sports at the same time. All that running and coordination and teamwork gets pretty hard when your body is sluggish and your mind is cloudy. Staying active with sports is therefore a great way to avoid the world of drugs in the first place. Not only this, but being active causes your body to release so-called endorphins, which make you feel better and relieve certain kinds of stress. Participate in team sports. These sports include soccer, American football, rugby, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, hockey, field hockey, badminton, cricket, volleyball, water polo, and more. Team sports teach participants about mutual respect, the value of working together, and self-sacrifice. Participate in individual sports. These sports include: skiing, wrestling, skateboarding, bowling, golf, darts, chess, fencing, track and field, tennis, surfing, swimming, and more. Individual sports teach participants the value of grit, determination, and hard work. Perhaps the reason why many people turn to drugs is boredom. There's nothing much to do, so why not have some fun and experience excitement? While there are other cures for boredom, you can avoid becoming bored in the first place by going outside and enjoying nature, even if you don't play sports. Find time to take a hike. Many urban or suburban neighborhoods are close to parks or nature reserves where you can go to experience a bit of the great outdoors. If you can't make it out of your urban area, go exploring in a safe place inside your city. So you may think that these three activities are for your parents, or washed-up hippies, but there's some value in connecting your brain and your body in a single exercise. All three of these activities strive to do this. The person who is more in touch with his or her body is less likely to abuse it by taking drugs. There are several different kinds of meditation. Maybe the simplest meditation exercise is closing your eyes, breathing in and out deeply, and trying to gain awareness of each part of your body — all at once. This is sometimes called awareness mediation. There are dozens upon dozens of kinds of yoga. There's Hatha yoga, Bikram yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Vinyasa yoga, not to mention many more. Explore different practices with different teachers. Each has its unique set of poses and breathing practices. Pilates was developed by a German physical-culturist in the first half of the 20th century. It is a body condition routine that emphasizes core strength as well as spinal and pelvic alignment. Many Pilates enthusiasts report feeling much better after their workouts. When you feel good already, what's the use in taking drugs? What does food have to do with drugs? What you eat has an effect on how your body functions, and how well you feel. If you make a habit of eating junk food and treating your body like you don't care for it, it's not going to feel its best. If your body doesn't feel it's best, you'll be more motivated to lean on drugs as a crutch. Doctors recommend filling your diet with fruits and vegetables, lean protein, whole grains, and plenty of fiber. A diet rich in these foods will give your body the energy and nutrition it needs to keep you happy and drug-free. Eat healthy fats instead of unhealthy ones. Healthy fats include omega-3 fatty acids (flax seed, salmon), as well as monounsaturated fats (avocados, pumpkin seeds). Unhealthy fats include trans fats (partially-hydrogenated oils) and saturated fats (animal fat, such as lard). Drink water and unsweetened teas instead of colas and alcohol. There's nothing wrong with a Diet Coke or a glass of red wine every now and then. In fact, researchers believe that red wine, in moderation, may actually be good for you. But the majority of what you drink should be coming from water. Water will help you stay healthy and hydrated throughout the day.
Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Treat aphids. Refresh brown leaves. Restore faded leaves. Remove root rot.
Answer: New growth on Wandering Jew plants often attracts tiny green insects called aphids. They're usually found near stems. One effective treatment is pinching off or pruning the affected stems and heavily misting the remaining plant with water. You can also use a hose or high-powered stream of water to blast them off of the leaves. Mist your plant often. When the humidity is low, your plant's leaves will turn brown, but periodic water misting will help the leaves stay vibrant. Keeping the leaves wet will also help with any aphid problems your plant may develop. Fill a spray bottle with water and just mist until the leaves are lightly moistened. Brown leaves can also be a sign that your plant is getting too much sunlight. In this case, make sure your plant is not directly in the sun by moving the pot or placing a filter, such as a curtain, in between the plant and the window. Try to use distilled or bottled water when misting the leaves for the best results. Leaves that lack their notable vibrancy and color are probably not getting enough sunlight. Gradually increase the amount of sun your plant receives so that you don't shock the plant. This might involve moving the pot closer to a window that receives more light or finding a sunnier spot in the yard for your plant. If the plant is fading in color, but the leaves are turning a faded yellow, the plant may be getting too much water and the roots are rotting. If this is happening, the plant is probably not putting on much new growth, if any. You'll need to cut out the portion of the plant that is rotting, make a cutting from a healthy part of the plant, and replant it.
Problem: Write an article based on this summary: 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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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.
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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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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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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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Bionico COUNTRY Mexico; Bionico INGREDIENT Sour cream
Sour cream is an ingredient used in the preparation of Bionico which is a Mexican food dish.
Tomato FAMILY Solanaceae
The tomato belongs to the family of Solanaceae.
Cocum eatType coffee shop; Cocum food French; Cocum customer rating 3 out of 5; Cocum familyFriendly yes
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Cocum is a coffee shop with French style food with a decent price range. customers rate it 3 out of 5 and it very good for children.
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Flan2021
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gem/dart:1.1.0
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fs_noopt
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Here is an article:
05/05/2015 AT 02:50 PM EDT
in March, she took a medical leave of absence from
, the Broadway play she was costarring in opposite
But now, nearly a month after undergoing a
, as Wilson exclusively revealed in a statement to PEOPLE, the actress will resume her role on stage on Tuesday, PEOPLE has confirmed.
While Wilson, 58, recuperated from the surgery, her spirits were buoyed by an
from friends, family and fans around the world. "I am overwhelmed with gratitude by your prayers and good wishes and the kindness you're sending,"
after the news of her diagnosis broke. "Thank you. Thank you."
Among those offering the greatest support throughout this journey was Wilson's husband,
. On April 30, the actress even
to Hanks on their wedding anniversary: "@tomhanks Today marks 27 years of being married to my soul mate, the love of my life, my best friend, my heart. Love reigns."
Actress Glenne Headly temporarily replaced Wilson in
Write a title for it.
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Actress Heads Back to Broadway : People.com
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Flan2021
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newsroom:1.0.0
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zs_opt
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Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in Belvidere, Allegany County, New York. The Gothic Revival style frame church was built in 1860 and features Carpenter Gothic elements. It is a one story board and batten clad rectangular structure with a slate gable roof.
Sentence: Building that serves an idol of a religion has complex design.
Output: Yes
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen will not leave, thinks Steven Gerrard Christensen has forced his way into the Chelsea side this season. The Denmark international returned from a two-year loan spell at Borussia Monchengladbach last summer. His performances have impressed manager Antonio Conte and kept David Luiz out of the XI. And Liverpool legend Gerrard reckons Chelsea will never let Christensen go. “He’s going to be there for the next 10 or 15 years,” Gerrard said on BT Sport.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: BT Sport has a segment in which they discuss soccer news.
****
Answer:
Yes
[Q]: Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (IATA: LAW, ICAO: KLAW, FAA LID: LAW) is a city owned airport two miles south of Lawton, in Comanche County, Oklahoma. It is used for military aviation from nearby Fort Sill and Sheppard Air Force Base and is served by American Eagle. Allegiant Air runs occasional charters to various destinations in the western United States. Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport is owned by Comanche County OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: No
Problem: The coalition against Saddam has fallen apart or it's unraveling, let's put it that way. The sanctions are being violated. We don't know whether he's developing weapons of mass destruction. He better not be or there's going to be a consequence should I be the president.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Saddam is the bomb"? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Q: Charles Gallet doesn't know the law
Charles Gallet (26 November 1875 - 1 November 1951) was a French lawyer and politician. He started his career as a lawyer in La Roche-sur-Yon. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1928 to 1936, where he represented Vendée. He was succeeded by François Boux de Casson.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: Huachuca Mountains, adjacent to the town of Sierra Vista.
Timothy "TJ" Creamer (born November 15, 1959) is a NASA flight director, retired astronaut and a colonel in the United States Army. Creamer was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, but considers Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to be his hometown. He is married to the former Margaret E. Hammer. They have two children.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A:
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It's impossible to say
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Flan2021
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anli/r3:0.1.0
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fs_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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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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