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3ywrv122cszv3xjlrvli7cz7kce8uq | race | Every time Lionel Messi breaks a record, it seems appropriate to compare him to the legends that came before him.
In 2012, he rewrote soccer history on multiple occasions, and his latest record came when he scored his 86th goal of the calendar year, breaking Gerd Muller's previous mark, before wrapping up the year with 91 goals.
All statistics indicate that Messi is currently the best player in the world, and that he will go down in history as the top footballer of his generation. But when he is judged against all-time greats like Pele and Diego Maradona, he still has work to do.
We don't know whether the Barcelona striker will have another year in which he records more than 90 goals, but he must still sustain a similar level of production for the next several seasons.
Messi has already taken part in three of Barcelona's victorious Champions League campaigns, and he played an important role in two of them. In order to firmly establish himself as the greatest club football player in history, he must win the tournament a few more times.
Most importantly, the Argentine needs to win on the international stage. Regardless of what Messi does for Barcelona, his legacy will be incomplete if he cannot win the World Cup with Argentina.
Both Pele and Maradona led their countries to the top of international soccer during their careers, and Messi's performances for his country have been severely disappointing.
While he was still a teenager in 2006 --and his lackluster showing is excusable due to his youth--he cannot brush off the disappointment that characterized Argentina's performance in 2010.
But the 4-0 loss to Germany in the 2010 World Cup Quarter Final seems to have sparked Messi. He scored 12 times for Argentina last year, and the next World Cup could finally be Messi's breakout performance in blue and white stripes.
Due to all of his accomplishments, it is easy to forget that the extraordinary footballer is just 25 years old. If he can avoid injury or lengthy slumps until his speed and skills start to decline due to age, he may continue to break records and win trophies. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the subject of the article?
2. Who does the article discuss?
3. Who appears in the article?
Q2:
1. What is Lionel Messi's nationality?
2. What is the nationality of the player in the article?
3. State the nationality of Lionel Messi.
Q3:
1. What is Lionel Messi's profession?
2. What does Lionel Messi do for a living?
3. How is Lionel Messi employed?
Q4:
1. Is Lionel Messi good at playing soccer?
2. Is Lionel Messi a talented soccer player?
3. Is Lionel Messi particularly accomplished at his profession?
Q5:
1. In what decade was Lionel Messi a teenager?
2. What decade was Lionel Messi in his teens for?
3. During what decade was Lionel Messi an adolescent?
Q6:
1. Who does Lionel Messi play for?
2. What team does Lionel Messi play on?
3. Which team is Lionel Messi a part of?
Q7:
1. What is Lionel Messi's position?
2. What position does Lionel Messi play?
3. Which position on the field is held by Lionel Messi?
Q8:
1. In what year did Lionel Messi score 91 points?
2. What was the year when Lionel Messi scored 91 points?
3. When were 91 points attributed to Lionel Messi?
Q9:
1. Who is Lionel Messi compared to?
2. With whom are there comparisons to Lionel Messi?
3. Who do people say that Lionel Messi is like?
Q10:
1. What is Lionel Messi's current worldwide ranking?
2. Where does Lionel Messi rank worldwide at present?
3. What is the present day global ranking of Lionel Messi?
Q11:
1. How old is Lionel Messi?
2. What is Lionel Messi's age?
3. State the age of Lionel Messi.
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3a4nixbj76z75wyvci30l74jqlfmls | gutenberg | CHAPTER VIII
KIPPS ENTERS SOCIETY
§1
Submission to Inexorable Fate took Kipps to the Anagram Tea.
At any rate he would meet Helen there in the presence of other people and be able to carry off the worst of the difficulty of explaining his little jaunt to London. He had not seen her since his last portentous visit to New Romney. He was engaged to her, he would have to marry her, and the sooner he faced her again the better. Before wild plans of turning socialist, defying the world and repudiating all calling for ever, his heart on second thoughts sank. He felt Helen would never permit anything of the sort. As for the Anagrams he could do no more than his best and that he was resolved to do. What had happened at the Royal Grand, what had happened at New Romney, he must bury in his memory and begin again at the reconstruction of his social position. Ann, Buggins, Chitterlow, all these, seen in the matter-of-fact light of the Folkestone train, stood just as they stood before; people of an inferior social position who had to be eliminated from his world. It was a bother about Ann, a bother and a pity. His mind rested so for a space on Ann until the memory of these Anagrams drew him away. If he could see Coote that evening he might, he thought, be able to arrange some sort of connivance about the Anagrams, and his mind was chiefly busy sketching proposals for such an arrangement. It would not, of course, be ungentlemanly cheating, but only a little mystification. Coote very probably might drop him a hint of the solution of one or two of the things, not enough to win a prize, but enough to cover his shame. Or failing that he might take a humorous, quizzical line and pretend he was pretending to be very stupid. There were plenty of ways out of it if one kept a sharp lookout.... QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did the man meet?
2. Who did the man get together with?
3. With whom did the man have a rendez vous?
Q2:
1. Where was the man coming back from?
2. Where had the man just been?
3. From what location was the man returning?
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3ixqg4fa2tygl3tpwwa12i2ufxob90 | race | I've always felt a bit sad for weekend fathers, who are divorced and must maintain a bond with their children through visits on the weekend.Not having the opportunity for a lot of quality time, they go in for quantity giving lots of gifts and taking the children on non stop outings.
But now I can understand.I'm a weekend mom.My child, Henry, is a dog.
Henry just returned to his father, Jack, after a happy stay with me.For ten days, I fed him the best food, canceled plans to stay home with him and let him sleep on the bed every night.
Jack and I broke up a year ago.But neither of us wanted to part with Henry, so we share him.Not surprisingly, Henry is a willing participant in our contest for his love.
Jack doesn't let Henry sleep on his bed, so that's where I can always gain big points.I feed Henry higher quality food.I am always replacing his expensive "thingy" ,a cotton knot he likes chewing on.It' s his favorite toy, and the only one he has is at my house.Score another one for me.
Jack now has a girlfriend, Lucy.At first she was afraid of dogs, which secretly delighted me.But that Henry, just trying to be polite(the way I taught him to be),won her over.
If truth be told, as time passes, there has been a slight change in Henry' s behavior toward me.The worst was one day when Jack dropped him off for a two week stay.Henry and I were in the backyard playing as Jack was driving off.When he heard Jack's truck, he ran after it for two blocks until Jack had to stop and bring him back.
That hurt, especially since I had friends over at the time.In a rare conciliatory mood, Jack said to me, "You know, I' m his best friend, but you'll always be his mom."
Whatever it takes, I plan to make sure it stays that way. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many children does the narrator have?
2. What is the number of children born to the narrator?
3. The person telling the story is a mother to how many kids?
Q2:
1. What is Jack to the narrator?
2. How does the narrator know Jack?
3. What is Jack's relationship to the narrator?
Q3:
1. Who is Jack dating?
2. Who is Jack's girlfriend?
3. Who is Jack currently in a relationship with?
Q4:
1. What kind of animal is Henry?
2. What can Henry be described as?
3. What sort of being is Henry?
Q5:
1. Has Henry ever run away?
2. Has Henry ever made a run for it?
3. Has there already been a time when Henry has bolted from home?
Q6:
1. How far did Henry get when he tried to run away?
2. What distance was Henry able to run away from his house?
3. How far did Henry get during his runaway attempt?
Q7:
1. How did Henry's "mom" feel when he tried to run away?
2. How did it make Henry's "mom" feel when he made an escape attempt?
3. How did Henry's attempt at escape emotionally affect his mom?
Q8:
1. Who lets Henry sleep in their bed?
2. Who permits Henry to sleep in the bed with them?
3. Whose bed is Henry allowed to take a snooze in?
Q9:
1. What is Henry's favorite toy?
2. What toy does Henry like best?
3. Which toy is the one that Henry prefers?
Q10:
1. How did Lucy respond to Henry?
2. What did Lucy think of Henry?
3. What was Lucy's opinion of her boyfriend's dog?
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33ppungg385i71srwrqqfl9rct4rzb | gutenberg | CHAPTER X.
MR. HART AND CAPTAIN STUBBER.
When George Hotspur left Humblethwaite, turned out of the house by the angry Baronet early in the morning,--as the reader will remember,--he was at his own desire driven to Penrith, choosing to go south rather than north. He had doubted for a while as to his immediate destination. The Altringhams were still at Castle Corry, and he might have received great comfort from her ladyship's advice and encouragement. But, intimate as he was with the Altringhams, he did not dare to take a liberty with the Earl. A certain allowance of splendid hospitality at Castle Corry was at his disposal every year, and Lord Altringham always welcomed him with thorough kindness. But George Hotspur had in some fashion been made to understand that he was not to overstay his time; and he was quite aware that the Earl could be very disagreeable upon occasions. There was a something in the Earl of which George was afraid; and, to tell the truth, he did not dare to go back to Castle Corry. And then, might it not be well for him to make immediate preparation in London for those inquiries respecting his debts and his character which Sir Harry had decided to make? It would be very difficult for him to make any preparation that could lead to a good result; but if no preparation were made, the result would be very bad indeed. It might perhaps be possible to do something with Mr. Hart and Captain Stubber. He had no other immediate engagements. In October he was due to shoot pheasants with a distinguished party in Norfolk, but this business which he had now in hand was of so much importance that even the pheasant-shooting and the distinguished party were not of much moment to him. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who departed from Humblethwaite?
2. Who went out from Humblethwaite?
3. What was the name of the man that took leave from Humblethwaite?
Q2:
1. Who threw George Hotspur out?
2. Who forced George Hotspur to leave?
3. Who was George Hotspur kicked out by?
Q3:
1. Where did George Hotspur decide to go?
2. Where did George Hotspur make the decision to move to?
3. To what location did George Hotspur resolve to move?
Q4:
1. Was George Hotspur afraid of something regarding the Earl at Castle Corry?
2. Was there something about the Earl at Castle Corry that made George Hotspur afraid?
3. Did George Hotspur fear anything wrt the Earle at Castle Corry?
Q5:
1. Would George Hotspur have been welcomed to the Castle?
2. Would George Hotspur have been welcome at Castle Corry?
3. Would it have been alright for George Hotspur to go to Castle Corry?
Q6:
1. Who may it be possible to organize something with?
2. With whom is there the possibility of doing something?
3.
Q7:
1. What did George Hotspur have planned to do in October?
2. What were George Hotspur's October plans?
3. What was George Hotspur going to do in October?
Q8:
1. Where was George Hotspur going to shoot pheasants?
2. Where was George Hotspur planning on going pheasant shooting?
3. What location was George Hotspur set to travel to to shoot pheasants?
Q9:
1. What was the earl like sometimes?
2. How did the earl act from time to time?
3. What could the Earl's temperament be like?
Q10:
1. Did George Hotspur have important business to attend to?
2. Was there something important that George Hotspur needed to do?
3. Did George Hotspur have something urgent to do?
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3ohyz19ugc5e9gs3s7tn4xddslnaou | gutenberg | Chapter 13: Bush Rangers.
As soon as it became dark, the journey was renewed.
"Now, Jim, you must keep your eyes well open," Reuben said. "There is no saying when we may come upon them, now."
"I tink dey not berry far off, sah. Dose sheep too tired to go far. Black fellow glad to stop and rest, when he see no one coming after him.
"De ground more up and down here. Must no make noise. May come upon dem sudden."
It was nearly midnight when Jim suddenly halted.
"What is it, Jim?" Reuben asked, in a low voice.
Jim stood sniffing the air.
"Me smell fire, captain."
Reuben sniffed the air, but shook his head.
"I don't smell anything, Jim."
"I smell him, sah, sure enough; not very close, perhaps, but in de air."
"What is it, Captain Whitney?" Mr. Blount asked, as he came forward and joined them.
"Jim says he smells fire, but I can't smell it."
"Oh, you can trust Jim's nose," the settler said. "It is wonderful how keen is the scent of these natives. They are like dogs in that respect; and can perceive the smell of a fire, when the wind brings it down to them, miles away."
"Dis way now, sah," Jim said, turning off to the left, at right angles to the course which they had been pursuing. "Smell come down the wind, dat's sartin. We follow him far enough, we sure to catch dem."
For fully two miles, Reuben followed the black without speaking. Then he said: QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What comparison does the settler make with Jim?
2. What does the settler say that Jim is like?
3. What does Jim resemble in the opinion of the settler?
Q2:
1. What does Jim do that is dog-like?
2. What characteristic is like that of a dog?
3. What quality resembles that of a dog?
Q3:
1. What is Jim's ethnicity?
2. What is Jim's racial make up?
3. What is the color of Jim's skin?
Q4:
1. Are Jim and Reuben looking for someone?
2. Are Reuben and Jim trying to find somebody?
3. Is there someone that Jim and Reuben are attempting to locate?
Q5:
1. Do we know who Jim and Reuben are looking for?
2. Is it clear whose location Jim and Reuben are attempting to ascertain?
3. Do we know who Jim and Reuben would like to find?
Q6:
1. At what point in time does Jim smell fire?
2. What is the time when Jim notices a burning smell?
3. At what time does Jim notice something is burning?
Q7:
1. What does Jim do when he smells fire?
2. What is Jim's reaction to smelling fire?
3. How does Jim react when he notices that there's a fire?
Q8:
1. Does Reuben agree that something is burning?
2. Does Reuben think Jim is right about the fire?
3. Are Jim and Reuben in agreement regarding the possibility of fire?
Q9:
1. Who affirms Jim's belief?
2. Who informs Jim that he is correct?
3. Who lets JIm know he's right?
Q10:
1. Who will take a break once the coast is clear?
2. When it is safe to do so, who is going to take a break?
3. Who will pause when that becomes a safe option?
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35h6s234sa0re4aixfgcfmb0f5u56s | wikipedia | Charles V (; ; Dutch: "Karel"; ) (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519, as well as of the lands of the former Duchy of Burgundy from 1506. He voluntarily stepped down from these and other positions by a series of abdications between 1554 and 1556. Through inheritance, he brought together under his rule extensive territories in western, central, and southern Europe, and the Spanish colonies in the Americas and Asia. As a result, his domains spanned nearly four million square kilometers and were the first to be described as "the empire on which the sun never sets".
Charles was the heir of three of Europe's leading dynasties: the Houses of Valois-Burgundy (Burgundy and Netherlands), Habsburg (Holy Roman Empire), and Trastámara (Spain). He inherited the Burgundian Netherlands and the Franche-Comté as heir of the House of Valois-Burgundy. From his own dynasty, the Habsburgs, he inherited Austria and other lands in central Europe. He was also elected to succeed his Habsburg grandfather, Maximilian I, as Holy Roman Emperor, a title held by the Habsburgs since 1440. From the Spanish House of Trastámara, he inherited the crowns of Castile, which was in the process of developing a nascent empire in the Americas and Asia, and Crown of Aragon, which included a Mediterranean empire extending to Southern Italy. Charles was the first king to rule Castile and Aragon simultaneously in his own right and as a result he is sometimes referred to as the first king of Spain. The personal union, under Charles, of the Holy Roman Empire with the Spanish Empire resulted in the closest Europe would come to a universal monarchy since the death of Louis the Pious. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was ruled by Charles V?
2. What was Charles V in charge of?
3. What land belonged to Charles V?
Q2:
1. When was Charles V in charge of the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire?
2. When did the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire belong to Charles V?
3. During what time period did Charles V rule over the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire?
Q3:
1. Was Charles V forcefully removed from his ruling position?
2. Did anyone force Charles V out of his ruling position?
3. Was Charles V forced to give up his position as ruler?
Q4:
1. Who was someone from the trio that left Charles V a dynasty?
2. Who was a member of the trio that allowed Charles V a dynasty?
3. From whom for example did Charles V inherit a dynasty?
Q5:
1. Where was the Houses of Valois-Burgundy from?
2. What were the origins of the Houses of Valois-Burgundy?
3. From where did the Houses of Valois-Burgundy hail?
Q6:
1. Who was someone from the trio that left Charles V a dynasty besides the Houses of Valois-Burgundy?
2. Who was a member of the trio that allowed Charles V a dynasty other than the Houses of Valois-Burgundy?
3. From whom for example did Charles V inherit a dynasty besides the Houses of Valois-Burgundy?
Q7:
1. Where was the House of Habsburg from?
2. What were the origins of the House of Habsburg?
3. From where did the House of Habsburg hail?
Q8:
1. Who gave Charles V the crowns of Castille?
2. From whom did Charles V receive the crowns of Castille?
3. Who did Charles V inherit the crowns of Castille from?
Q9:
1. What was the Spanish House of Trastámara doing?
2. What was the Spanish House of Trastámara up to?
3. What was the Spanish House of Trastámara in the middle of?
Q10:
1. What did Charles V inherit from the spanish besides the Crowns of Castille?
2. What did the Spanish House give Charles V other than the Crowns of Castille?
3. What in addition to the Crowns of Castille did Charles V get from the Spanish House of Trastámara?
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3velcll3gkjo9f2axlh462bwwjvf1g | race | Many people consider their pets members of the family and are very sad when they die, but what if you could clone your dog, cat or bird?
A scientist in New Orleans, who has proved his ability to clone other animals, is now offering the possibility to pet owners here in Wisconsin.
Scientists have not been able to clone dogs, cats or other pets, but if and when the time comes, several companies will be ready and able to do the job.
The question is: Are you ready to clone your pet? Brett Reggio is betting on it.He is working on his Ph. D at Louisian State University. He's successfully cloned a goat five times and wants to try the process on family pets. So he started a business called Lazaron. "What Lazaron provides is the first step in the cloning process. "He said."It's for curing and storing the fiberglass cells that will be used for cloning."
"Your first reaction is yeah! I think I'd like that." said Donna Schacht, a pet owner.
"I don't believe you can ever replace a special love," pet owner Paulette Callattion said.
Most pet owners will tell you freezing your pet's DNA in hopes of one day cloning it is a personal decision.
Scientists say that cloning your own pet doesn't mean that the offspring will have the same intelligence, temperament or other qualities that your pet has. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Is it currently possible to clone a pet?
2. Does the technology to clone pets exist at present?
3. Is there currently a way to clone a pet?
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3eicbyg644wo1ky4w8x92wmfspzjcc | mctest | The big white bear walked over the ice. After he went a few feet, he pushed his paws down on the ice as hard as he could. The sheet of ice cracked, and the big bear learned that he still had to wait.
The big white bear was waiting to go out to the ice and hunt. He was getting thin after a long summer in the far north, and he was ready to catch a seal. In a few weeks, he could walk out on the ice, far from shore. There, he could find seals or other animals that he could catch. He would come back from the cold winter a lot fatter.
But for now, he would have to wait. In a few more days, the ice would be thick enough for him to go out and hunt. The cold winds were starting to make some of the ice very thick. But this spot was too thin, and he would have to wait. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What put a crack in the ice?
2. What made the ice break?
3. What caused the ice to crack?
Q2:
1. Was it a tiny bear?
2. Was the bear small in stature?
3. Was the bear just a little one?
Q3:
1. What color was the bear?
2. What was the shade of the bear's fur?
3. What color did the bear come in?
Q4:
1. How did the bear crack the ice?
2. What did the bear do to crack the ice?
3. How was the bear able to put a dent in the ice?
Q5:
1. What did cracking the ice teach the bear?
2. What did the bear understand when he cracked the ice?
3. What became clear to the bear after breaking the ice?
Q6:
1. What did the bear need to wait for?
2. What would it be necessary for the bear to wait for?
3. What did the bear learn was not yet prepared?
Q7:
1. Why did the bear want to go onto the ice?
2. What made the bear interested in going on the ice?
3. What gave the bear the desire to go on the ice?
Q8:
1. What did the bear want to hunt?
2. What was the bear hoping to catch?
3. What prey did the bear wish to go after?
Q9:
1. When would the ice be sufficiently thick?
2. When would the ice thicken up to a satisfactory degree?
3. At what point would the ice's thickness be sufficient?
Q10:
1. Where did the bear spend his summer?
2. In what location did the bear spend summer?
3. Where did the bear go during the summer months?
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336yqze83vet37vakvnt4i8m59a5mb | cnn | Confronted by police trying to arrest him for allegedly selling illegal cigarettes, Eric Garner raised both hands in the air and, with passive defiance, told the officers not to touch him. Seconds later, a video shows the officer behind him grab the 350-pound man in a chokehold and pull him to the sidewalk, rolling him onto his stomach.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Garner said repeatedly, his cries muffled into the pavement.
The video of the Thursday skirmish shows the Staten Island man lying on the ground motionless after the incident. An asthmatic, Garner was later declared dead at a nearby hospital, according to CNN affiliate WCBS. Police said he suffered a heart attack and died en route to the hospital.
"This is a terrible tragedy that occurred yesterday. A terrible tragedy that no family should have to experience," said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, calling the video of the incident "very troubling."
Police told WCBS that 43-year-old Garner, a father of six, had a lengthy criminal history and had been previously arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes in May.
Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who is seen on video choking Garner, was put on modified assignment and stripped of his shield and gun as the New York Police Department continues to investigate the incident, WCBS reported. The chokehold tactic is prohibited by the NYPD.
Two EMTs and two paramedics have been suspended without pay, Erika Hellstrom, vice president of development at Richmond University Medical Center, said in an e-mail.
In a statement, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch called Pantaleo's reassignment "a completely unwarranted, kneejerk reaction for political reasons." He said the move "effectively pre-judges this case and denies the officer the very benefit of a doubt that has long been part of the social contract that allows police officers to face the risks of this difficult and complex job." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Was Eric Garner being detained?
2. Were police arresting Eric Garner?
3. Was Eric Garner being taken into custody?
Q2:
1. Why were police arresting Eric Garner?
2. For what reason was Eric Garner being taken into custody?
3. What was the animus for Eric Garner's arrest?
Q3:
1. Did Eric Garner say anything to police?
2. Did Eric Garner have any words for the police?
3. Did Eric Garner speak to the cops?
Q4:
1. What did Eric Garner say to police?
2. What were Eric Garner's words for the cops?
3. What did Eric Garner tell the cops?
Q5:
1. What did Eric Garner ask police not to do?
2. What did Eric Garner request that police not do?
3. What did Eric Garner ask that the cops refrain from doing?
Q6:
1. How much does Eric Garner weigh?
2. What is Eric Garner's weight?
3. What does Eric Garner weigh?
Q7:
1. Was Eric Garner's arrest videotaped?
2. Did someone capture Eric Garner's arrest on video?
3. Is there video of Eric Garner being killed?
Q8:
1. Does Eric Garner have an illness?
2. Does Eric Garner suffer from any illnesses?
3. Does Eric Garner have a medical condition?
Q9:
1. What medical condition did Eric Garner suffer from?
2. What illness did Eric Garner have?
3. What illness was Eric Garner living with?
Q10:
1. Did Eric Garner die at the scene?
2. Did Eric Garner pass away on sight?
3. Did Eric Garner die right at the time of his arrest?
Q11:
1. What was Eric Garner's cause of death?
2. What caused Eric Garner's death?
3. What killed Eric Garner?
Q12:
1. How old was Eric Garner?
2. What was Eric Garner's age?
3. How many years old was Eric Garner?
Q13:
1. Was Eric Garner a father?
2. Did Eric Garner have any children?
3. Did Eric Garner have kids?
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30mvjzjnhmdm3mr1koni06l7mv3j9k | race | My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr3:-@ kids FTF. ILNY, it's gr8. Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad; neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cell phones. To new comers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the translation of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York. It's great. School teachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted . "Everyone should just relax", say linguists . They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing, has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nurberg, from Stanford University, agrees. "People get better at writing by writing," he says. "kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mails, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than their parents." Linguist James says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can _ that when today's teenagers become tomorrow's parents. They too will think this way. James argues that languages do not and cannot become corrupted. They simply change to meet the new needs. However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write standard English. Cynthia McVey says, "I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but learning to write proper English is a must for their future." Perhaps we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, aged 12, says, "I wouldn't use text language in my homework. Texting is just for fun. " QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was the homework turned into?
2. Who was the homework assignment given to?
3. Who was handed the assignment back?
Q2:
1. Where did the teacher receive the homework?
2. Where was the homework assignment given to the teacher?
3. In what country did a student turn in homework?
Q3:
1. What sort of language begins the paragraph?
2. What is the language at the start of the article?
3. What linguistic register appears at the paragraph's start?
Q4:
1. What does Netspeak mean?
2. What is the definition of Netspeak?
3. What can Netspeak be defined as?
Q5:
1. Where is Netspeak found?
2. Where does Netspeak appear?
3. In what mediums is Netspeak used?
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3zazr5xv01ie1z38eu0vqqa5ctsczj | wikipedia | The University of California, Berkeley (also referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, and Cal ) is a public research university located in Berkeley, California. Founded in 1868, Berkeley is the oldest of the ten research universities affiliated with the University of California system (although UCSF was founded in 1864 and predates the establishment of the UC system) and is ranked as one of the world's leading research universities and the top public university in the United States.
Established in 1868 as the University of California, resulting from the merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural, Mining and Mechanical Arts College in Oakland, Berkeley offers approximately 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. The Dwinelle Bill of March 5, 1868 (California Assembly Bill No. 583) stated that the "University shall have for its design, to provide instruction and thorough and complete education in all departments of science, literature and art, industrial and profession[al] pursuits, and general education, and also special courses of instruction in preparation for the professions". In the 1960s, Berkeley was particularly noted for the Free Speech Movement as well as the Anti-Vietnam War Movement led by its students.
Berkeley is a founding member of the Association of American Universities and continues to have very high research activity with $789 million in research and development expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. It also co-manages three United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as being home to many world-renowned research institutes and organizations including Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and Space Sciences Laboratory. Through its partner institution University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Berkeley also offers a joint medical program at the UCSF Medical Center, the top hospital in California, which is also part of the UC system. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What university appears in the article?
2. What institution of higher education does the article talk about?
3. What college does the paragraph discuss?
Q2:
1. How many programs does UC Berkeley offer?
2. How many programs are there at UC Berkeley?
3. What is the number of available programs at the University of California Berkeley?
Q3:
1. Is UC Berkeley the oldest research facility within the universities of California?
2. Within the University of California network, is UC Berkeley the oldest research facility?
3. Has UC Berkeley been around longer than all the other research facilities in the UC system?
Q4:
1. Is UC Berkeley one of the smaller public research colleges in the US?
2. Is UC Berkeley on the low end of research amongst American public colleges?
3. Does UC Berkeley spend less money on research than the average American university?
Q5:
1. When was UC Berkeley founded?
2. In what year was UC Berkeley established?
3. What was the year of UC Berkeley's establishment?
Q6:
1. What brought about the creation of the University of California, Berkeley?
2. What led to UC Berkeley's charter?
3. What led to the establishment of UC Berkeley?
Q7:
1. What happened at UC Berkeley in the 1960s?
2. What took place during the 1960s?
3. What occurred at Berkeley in the 1960s?
Q8:
1. Who led the Free Speech Movement?
2. Who was in charge of the Free Speech Movement?
3. Who put the Free Speech Movement into action?
Q9:
1. What does UC Berkeley belong to?
2. What association is the University of California, Berkeley a member of?
3. What does UC Berkeley participate in?
Q10:
1. In 2015, how much did UC Berkeley spend on research?
2. How much of its budget did UC Berkeley dedicate to research in 2015?
3. What was the amount of money that UC Berkeley put towards research in 2015?
Q11:
1. How many labs are partially managed by UC Berkeley?
2. How many laboratories does UC Berkeley co-manage?
3. What's the number of labs that UC Berkeley is a co-manager of?
Q12:
1. What hospital does UC Berkeley offer a program?
2. What hospital has a program with UC Berkeley?
3. Which hospital does the University of California, Berkeley have a program with?
Q13:
1. Where is the UC Berkeley located?
2. What is the location of UC Berkeley?
3. Where can UC Berkeley be found?
Q14:
1. What else is the University of California, Berkley referred to as?
2. What is another name for the University of California, Berkley?
3. What other name is the University of California, Berkley called?
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3tr2532vipuzl3p3mhk6gwu5w3mj6i | mctest | One hot summer day in August my family and I wanted to go to the beach. We had not gone to the beach in a very long time and felt that today was a great day to do it.
We piled everyone into the car-my mom, my dad, my sister, my dog, and me. I begged mom and dad to let me sit in the front seat, but they said no. I had to sit next to the smelly dog instead for the whole trip.
When we got to the beach and opened the car door our dog raced down to the water to play. I grabbed the large umbrella we brought and walked down to the sand with mom and dad. After we had found a spot, they let me go play in the water.
It felt really good to cool off in the ocean water on such a hot day. As I swam around I saw many cool things, like fish, seaweed, and shells. I brought the interesting shells that I found to a bucket I had on the beach and threw them in. They would be great to add to my collection at home.
When I got tired of swimming, my sister and I wanted to make a sand castle. We built towers using buckets and dug a huge ditch with our shovels. When our castle was complete we were about to take a picture, but then the dog ran it over and smashed it. I was about to yell at the dog, but then mom said it was getting late and we had to go home.
When we got home I was wiped out from playing all day, so I went to sleep almost immediately. It was a very good day that I'll always remember. QUESTIONS:
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1. Who took a trip to the sea?
2. Who went on vacation and saw the beach?
3. Who took a beach trip?
Q2:
1. Where in the car did you want to be seated?
2. Where in the car did you wish to be?
3. What was your desired seat in the car?
Q3:
1. Where in the car did you actually sit?
2. Where in the car did you end up being seated?
3. Where did you spend the car trip?
Q4:
1. What did your dog do upon arrival at the beach?
2. Once you got to the ocean, what was your dog's first activity?
3. What did your pooch do once you had reached the beach?
Q5:
1. What did you get out of the car to take to the beach?
2. What from the car did you bring to the ocean?
3. What did you take out of the car to bring to the beach?
Q6:
1. Did you take the beach trip in the summer?
2. Did your ocean trip take place in the summer?
3. Was it summertime when you got to the ocean?
Q7:
1. Did you go for a swim in the ocean?
2. Did you go for a dip in the ocean?
3. Did you take a swim in the sea?
Q8:
1. What did you find and stow away on the beach?
2. What on the beach did you locate and begin to collect?
3. What beach items did you come across and collect?
Q9:
1. Where did you put the shells?
2. What container did you use to store the shells?
3. What did you keep your collection of shells in?
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3hosi13xhzol3q4qm869j49k9bzddq | wikipedia | Jersey (, ; Jèrriais: "Jèrri" ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (; Jèrriais: "Bailliage dé Jèrri"), is a Crown dependency of The Crown located near the coast of Normandy, France. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained attached to the English crown.
The bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, along with surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, Les Pierres de Lecq, and other reefs. Although the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are often referred to collectively as the Channel Islands, the "Channel Islands" are not a constitutional or political unit. Jersey has a separate relationship to the Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man, although all are held by the monarch of the United Kingdom.
Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination. The Lieutenant Governor on the island is the personal representative of the Queen. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What name does Jersey officially go by?
2. What is Jersey officially called?
3. How is Jersey officially referred to?
Q2:
1. What does Jersey consist of?
2. What are the elements making up Jersey?
3. What all is incorporated into Jersey?
Q3:
1. What is the location of Jersey?
2. What is Jersey's location?
3. Where can Jersey be found?
Q4:
1. Is Jersey an independent country?
2. Is Jersey independent from other territories?
3. Is Jersey sovereign?
Q5:
1. What country's crown is Jersey a part of?
2. Jersey belongs to the crown of what country?
3. Under which country's crown does Jersey exist?
Q6:
1. What kind of democracy is there in Jersey?
2. How can the democracy of Jersey be described?
3. What style of democracy is practiced in Jersey?
Q7:
1. Does Jersey have its own financial and legal systems?
2. Is there a separate financial and legal system in Jersey?
3. Are the financial and legal systems of Jersey independent?
Q8:
1. What is a common name for Jersey and Guernsey?
2. What do people often call Jersey and Guernsey?
3. How are Jersey and Guernsey often collectively referred?
Q9:
1. Are the Channel Islands a political unit?
2. Do the Channel Islands constitute a political entity?
3. Is there a political aspect to the entity of Channel Islands?
Q10:
1. Who is the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey?
2. Who serves as Jersey's Lieutenant Governor?
3. Who is given the title of Lieutenant Governor in Jersey?
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352ythgrovdpfaqzfto67lucoia4h8 | race | Eco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the United states.
Eco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community . People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets.
Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable."I like coming out here," he says," You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more."
Margaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. "Growing food in a community brings people together," she continues, "Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community." she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost made from food waste.
Eco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green house use a geothermal system.
Vegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.
"I like eating the vegetables "says five-year-old Owen Moss. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Do Marcy's kids go to public school?
2. Does Marcy send her kids to public school?
3. Are Marcy's children getting their education at a public school?
Q2:
1. Where do Marcy's kids go to school?
2. Where are Marcy's children receiving their education?
3. What is school for Marcy's children?
Q3:
1. What kind of community is Eco City Farms there for?
2. What sort of community receives goods from Eco City Farms?
3. Eco City Farms is meant to service what kind of people?
Q4:
1. Why do working class communities need Eco City Farms?
2. What is the benefit of Eco City Farms for a working class community?
3. What service does Eco City Farms provide to working class communities?
Q5:
1. Why did Marcy take her children to Eco City Farms?
2. What was Marcy's reason for bringing her kids to Eco City Farms?
3. What pushed Marcy to bring her children to Eco City Farms?
Q6:
1. Did any of Marcy's children enjoy going to Eco City Farms?
2. Was the trip to Eco City Farms enjoyed by any of Marcy's kids?
3. Did any of Marcy's kids like going to Eco City Farms?
Q7:
1. What was enjoyable about Eco City Farms to Marcy's children?
2. Why did Marcy's kids like going to Eco City Farms?
3. What was fun about the visit to Eco City Farms for Marcy's kids?
Q8:
1. What type of animals does Eco City Farms raise?
2. What sorts of animals are brought up at Eco City Farms?
3. What animals is Eco City Farms home to?
Q9:
1. How is the soil at Eco City Farms enhanced?
2. What sort of enhancement is done to the soil at Eco City Farms?
3. What is done to enrich the soil at Eco City Farms?
Q10:
1. Where does Eco City Farms get their heat source?
2. What is the heat source at Eco City Farms?
3. Where does Eco City Farms get its heat from?
Q11:
1. When are veggies grown at Eco City Farms?
2. When does Eco City Farms grow vegetables?
3. What's the season for vegetable growing at Eco City Farms?
Q12:
1. How does the Moss family travel to Eco City Farms?
2. What is the means of transportation used by the Moss family to get to Eco City Farms?
3. What does the Moss family take to get to Eco City Farms?
Q13:
1. What does Owen enjoy doing at Eco City Farms?
2. What does it make Owen happy to do at Eco City Farms?
3. What activity at Eco City Farms is enjoyable to Owen?
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3gnczx450inwug447762txi31cppa3 | race | Walter owns three Italian restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers all over the world. He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden his schooling knowledge , the history of his family and his ethics of his father _ . It made him a person who studied and explored the secrets in the food business. Walter's learning never stops. He says " The food business is one where you need to stay on top. Cooks should be trained. You have to keep on studying or you will be left behind." So he spent more time in reading. Every time he gets new ideas from the book, he brings them into his work. Walter also has a clear understanding about success. That is he would like to be remembered as a person who is creative, who believes in the Italian cooking culture in America. Food is like a bridge connecting to the past, to the family and to the country. He says "Success to me is not how much money I make, but if at the end of the day I am able to make fifteen or twenty customers happy, I'm a happy man." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who does the story discuss?
2. What person is at the center of the article?
3. Whose story does the article tell?
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3qy7m81qh7md0n9qncpanpue77z7k6 | cnn | (CNN) -- Jason Day nearly pulled out of the World Cup of Golf after learning he had lost eight relatives to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Instead he completed an emotional double victory Sunday in Melbourne as he claimed the individual title and paired with Adam Scott to lead Australia to team honors.
After finishing with a final round 70 for 10-under at Royal Melbourne, Day said his Filipino mother Dening and his sisters had been in this thoughts throughout the event.
They were in the gallery to watch the 24-year-old hold off Thomas Bjorn of Denmark by two shots in a tense final round.
"I am just happy that she is here and I get to hug her," he said.
"It would have been the easiest thing for me to just go ahead and pull out of the tournament with what has been going on over the last week, just to be up there with my mum and support her," he added.
Day lost his grandmother, an uncle and six cousins in the November 8 tragedy and he said that both he and World No.2 Scott would assist with the relief program.
"We will definitely be giving some money or raising money and trying to raise awareness to what has really happened over there.
"To have that lead going into Sunday with all that stuff going on, to finally finish off and hit a great shot into 18 like I did and to win like that was a very big move in my golfing career." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What athlete does the article discuss?
2. What athlete appears in the article?
3. Who is ths competitor that the article talks about?
Q2:
1. What does Jason Day compete in?
2. What sport does Jason Day play?
3. What is Jason Day's sport?
Q3:
1. What tragedy befell Jason Day?
2. What tragedy occurred in Jason Day's life?
3. What tragic thing happened to Jason Day?
Q4:
1. What killed 8 of Jason Day's relatives?
2. What did eight of Jason Day's family members die in?
3. What took the lives of eight people in Jason Day's family?
Q5:
1. Where did Typhoon Haiyan strike?
2. What was the location of Typhoon Haiyan?
3. What location was beseiged by Typhoon Haiyan?
Q6:
1. Did Jason Day cancel his golf playing?
2. Did Jason Day press pause on playing golf?
3. Did Jason Day take a break from golf?
Q7:
1. Did Jason Day do well in the tournament?
2. Did Jason Day perform well?
3. Did Jason Day give an excellent performance?
Q8:
1. How well did Jason Day do in the individual competition?
2. Where did Jason Day place in the individual competition?
3. What was the outcome of the individual competition for Jason Day?
Q9:
1. How well did Jason Day do in the team competition?
2. Where did Jason Day place in the team competition?
3. What was the outcome of the team competition for Jason Day?
Q10:
1. Who did Jason Day compete on a team with?
2. Who was Jason Day's teammate?
3. Who was Jason Day paired with for the team competition?
Q11:
1. Where are Jason Day and Adam Scott from?
2. What is the home country of Jason Day and Adam Scott?
3. Which country are Jason Day and Adam Scott from?
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3u8ycdagxpgltf71fioy4ww0yyvq0p | wikipedia | Chad, officially the Republic of Chad ( '; "Republic of the Chad"), is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west. It is the fifth largest country in Africa in terms of area.
Chad has several regions: a desert zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the largest wetland in Chad and the second-largest in Africa. The capital N'Djamena is the largest city.
Chad's official languages are Arabic and French. Chad is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups. The religions of Chad are Islam (at 55%), followed by Christianity (at 40%).
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium BC, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad's Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the south's hegemony. However, the rebel commanders fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. He was overthrown in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. Since 2003 the Darfur crisis in Sudan has spilt over the border and destabilised the nation, with hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees living in and around camps in eastern Chad. Unsustainable high birth rates and a lack of agriculture let the country persist in poverty. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. About how many zones is Chad divided between?
2. Roughly what number of zones make up Chad?
3. What is the approximate number of zones making up Chad?
Q2:
1. What is the Southern region of Chad like?
2. What kind of region is to the South of Chad?
3. How can Chad's southern region be described?
Q3:
1. What is the northern region of Chad like?
2. What kind of region is to the North of Chad?
3. How can Chad's Northern region be described?
Q4:
1. What is the middle region of Chad like?
2. What kind of region is in the middle of Chad?
3. How can Chad's middle region be described?
Q5:
1. What is the official name for Chad?
2. What is Chad officially called?
3. How is Chad officially referred to?
Q6:
1. What is Chad named after?
2. Where does the country of Chad get its name from?
3. What gives the country of Chad its name?
Q7:
1. Is Lake Chad the largest wetland in Africa?
2. Is Lake Chad bigger than all other wetlands in Africa?
3. Does Lake Chad surpass all of Africa's other wetlands in size?
Q8:
1. How big is Lake Chad with respect to other African wetlands?
2. Where does Lake Chad rank amongst wetlands in Africa?
3. What does Lake Chad rank as within Africa's wetlands?
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3yhh42uu5bfa2irondg2nax6otk0lo | wikipedia | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", and "The Silmarillion".
He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1945 to 1959. He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.
After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including "The Silmarillion". These, together with "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called Arda and Middle-earth within it. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term "legendarium" to the larger part of these writings.
While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature—or, more precisely, of high fantasy. In 2008, "The Times" ranked him sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". "Forbes" ranked him the 5th top-earning "dead celebrity" in 2009. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who does the article discuss?
2. Who is at the center of the article?
3. What author does the article talk about?
Q2:
1. What year was JRR Tolkien born?
2. What was the year of JRR Tolkien's birth?
3. In what year did JRR Tolkien come into the world?
Q3:
1. What was the year of JRR Tolkien's death?
2. In what did JRR Tolkien die?
3. What year did JRR Tolkien pass away in?
Q4:
1. Did JRR Tolkien have any kids?
2. Was JRR Tolkien a father?
3. Did JRR Tolkien father any children?
Q5:
1. Did JRR Tolkien have a boy or a girl?
2. Was JRR Tolkien's child a boy or a girl?
3. Did JRR Tolkien father a boy or a girl?
Q6:
1. What was the name of JRR Tolkien's son?
2. Who was JRR Tolkien's son?
3. What was the name of JRR Tolkien's offspring?
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3tpwus5f891a74y337gormgnudtcw5 | race | "We're going to move," Jimmy said to Mr. James,her teacher, with tears in her eyes. "Dad lost his job and now we don't have enough money to live in our house." Pam was walking by and just heard Jimmy's talk with Mr.James. In the lunchroom Pam met Carol and said, "I've got something to tell you about Jimmy." As she started to tell Carol about Jimmy's dad, several other classmates stopped to listen. Pam felt bad telling what she had heard but she went on anyway. After school, Pam saw some of her classmates talking to Jimmy. "Where does your dad work?" one of the boys asked. Jimmy's face turned red. She left without answering. Pam felt terrible, because she didn't mean to hurt Jimmy. And she hadn't thought that some of the classmates would make jokes and laugh at Jimmy about her father's losing the job. Pam didn't know what she could do to help Jimmy. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What brought Jimmy to tears?
2. For what reason was Jimmy in tears?
3. What was the reason that Jimmy was crying?
Q2:
1. What did Jimmy tell her teacher with tears in her eyes?
2. What was Jimmy informing her teacher of while she was crying?
3. What did Jimmy let her teacher know as she cried?
Q3:
1. Did anyone overhear Jimmy and her teacher?
2. Did anyone listen in to the conversation between Jimmy and her teacher?
3. Did anyone hear what Jimmy was talking about with her teacher?
Q4:
1. Who overheard Jimmy's conversation with her teacher?
2. Who heard what Jimmy was telling the teacher?
3. Who caught what Jimmy was telling the teacher?
Q5:
1. Where did Pam talk to Carol?
2. Where were Pam and Carol discussing?
3. Where did Pam speak with Carol?
Q6:
1. Did Pam have anything to say to Carol?
2. Did Pam let Carol know something?
3. Did Pam transmit any information to Carol?
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3c2nj6jbkah7msxned0vjquaqd82ny | wikipedia | The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; French: Forces armées canadiennes, FAC), or Canadian Forces (CF) (French: les Forces canadiennes, FC), is the unified armed force of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."
This unified institution consists of sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Personnel may belong to either the Regular Force or the Reserve Force, which has four sub-components: the Primary Reserve, Supplementary Reserve, Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service, and the Canadian Rangers. Under the National Defence Act, the Canadian Armed Forces are an entity separate and distinct from the Department of National Defence (the federal government department responsible for administration and formation of defence policy), which also exists as the civilian support system for the Forces. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is RCN?
2. What does RCN mean?
3. What is RCN an acronym for?
Q2:
1. What are the unified armed force of Canada called?
2. What are the unified armed force of Canada referred to as?
3. What name designates the unified armed force of Canada?
Q3:
1. What does the Canadian Armed Forces consist of?
2. What all is a part of the Canadian Armed Forces?
3.
Q4:
1. What are the three elements of the Canadian Armed Forces?
2. What three elements make up the Canadian Armed Forces?
3. Name the three parts of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Q5:
1. What are the two forces in the Canadian Armed Forces?
2. What two forces of the Canadian Armed Forces can one belong to?
3. What are the two options of forces one can join in the Canadian Armed Forces?
Q6:
1. How many subcomponents does the Canadian Armed Forces have?
2. What is the number of sub-components in the Canadian Armed Forces?
3. How many smaller components make up the Canadian Armed Forces?
Q7:
1. What are the four subcomponents of the Canadian Armed Forces?
2. What components make up the Canadian Armed Forces?
3. What are the names of the Canadian Armed Forces' four sub components?
Q8:
1. What entity is not a part of the Dept. of National Defense?
2. What is completely independent from the Department of Defense?
3. What body does not at all belong to the department of Defense?
Q9:
1. What is French for Canadian Forces?
2. What are the Canadian Forces called in French?
3. What is the French term for the Canadian Forces?
Q10:
1. What is French for Canadian Armed Forces?
2. What are the Canadian Armed Forces called in French?
3. What is the French term for the Canadian Armed Forces?
Q11:
1. Who do the Canadian Armed Forces protect?
2. Who is under the protection of the Canadian Armed Forces?
3. Who do the Canadian Armed Forces serve?
Q12:
1. What department of the federal government administers and forms policy?
2. Who in the government is in charge of administration and formation of policy?
3. What part of the government has the responsibility of administering and forming policy?
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3018q3zvoiqh6tkjkzarysii36ear6 | wikipedia | Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic Records earned a reputation as one of the most important American recording labels, specializing in jazz, R&B and soul recordings by African-American musicians including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding, a position greatly enhanced by its distribution deal with Stax Records. In 1967, Atlantic Records became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music with releases by bands such as Led Zeppelin and Yes.
In 2004, Atlantic Records and its sister label Elektra Records merged into Atlantic Records Group. Craig Kallman is currently the chairman of Atlantic Records. Ahmet Ertegün served as founding chairman until his death on December 14, 2006, at age 83.
Artists currently signed to Atlantic Records include Missy Elliott, Coldplay, David Guetta, Bruno Mars, Melanie Martinez, Kelly Clarkson, Charli XCX, Charlie Puth, Kodak Black, Death Cab for Cutie, Ed Sheeran, Flo Rida, Halestorm, In This Moment, James Blunt, Janelle Monáe, Jason Mraz, Marina and the Diamonds, Paramore, Portugal. The Man, Sia, Simple Plan, Shinedown, Skrillex, Weezer, Lil Uzi Vert, K. Michelle, Kehlani, Joyner Lucas, Bhad Bhabie, and Wiz Khalifa. QUESTIONS:
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1. What was established in 1947?
2. What did 1947 see the creation of?
3. What company was founded in 1947?
Q2:
1. What else is Atlantic Recording Corporation called?
2. The Atlantic Recording Corporation is also known as what?
3. What's another name for the Atlantic Recording Corporation?
Q3:
1. Who were the founders of Atlantic Records?
2. Who founded Atlantic Records?
3. By whom was the Atlantic Recording Corporation founded?
Q4:
1. What genre does Atlantic Records specialize in?
2. What musical genres are Atlantic Records' speciality?
3. What genres of music can an artist record under Atlantic Records?
Q5:
1. What kinds of musicians does Atlantic Records specialize in?
2. What sort of singers does Atlantic Records primarily record with?
3. Who plays the jazz, RnB, and soul found on Atlantic Records?
Q6:
1. Who is a famous artist that recorded with Atlantic Records?
2. What is the name of one of Atlantic Records' famous artist?
3. Who is a celebrated artist that worked with Atlantic Records?
Q7:
1. Who bought Atlantic Records in the sixties?
2. To whom was Atlantic Records sold in the sixties?
3. Who purchased Atlantic Records in the 1960s?
Q8:
1. What did Warner Brothers expand Atlantic Records into?
2. What did Warner Brothers start doing with Atlantic Records?
3. What genres of music did Warner Brothers add to Atlantic Records?
Q9:
1. Who was a member of the Atlantic Records Group merger?
2. Who was a part of the Atlantic Records Group merger?
3. What was one record studio that merged to make Atlantic Records Group?
Q10:
1. Who did Atlantic Records merge with to make the Atlantic Records Group?
2. Who merged with Atlantic Records to form the Atlantic Records Group?
3. Who was the other part of the merger with Atlantic Records to make the Atlantic Records Group?
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3300dtyqt2hkk5mvnpndply4sz6qec | wikipedia | Madhya Pradesh (MP) (, , meaning Central Province) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the large cities are Indore, Jabalpur & Gwalior. Nicknamed the "heart of India" due to its geographical location in India, Madhya Pradesh is the second-largest state in the country by area. With over 75 million inhabitants, it is the fifth-largest state in India by population. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. Its total area is 308,252 km. Before 2000, when Chhattisgarh was a part of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh was the largest state in India and the distance between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500 km.
The area covered by the present-day Madhya Pradesh includes the area of the ancient Avanti mahajanapada, whose capital Ujjain (also known as Avantika) arose as a major city during the second wave of Indian urbanisation in the sixth century BCE. Subsequently, the region was ruled by the major dynasties of India. By the early 18th century, the region was divided into several small kingdoms which were captured by the British and incorporated into Central Provinces and Berar and the Central India Agency. After India's independence, Madhya Pradesh state was created with Nagpur as its capital: this state included the southern parts of the present-day Madhya Pradesh and northeastern portion of today's Maharashtra. In 1956, this state was reorganised and its parts were combined with the states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal to form the new Madhya Pradesh state, the Marathi-speaking Vidarbha region was removed and merged with the then Bombay State. This state was the largest in India by area until 2000, when its southeastern Chhattisgarh region was made a separate state. QUESTIONS:
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1. What is the article about?
2. What is the subject of the article?
3. What does the article discuss?
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1. What is Madhya Pradesh's nickname?
2. What is Madhya Pradesh often referred to as?
3. What do people call Madhya Pradesh?
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1. Why is Madhya Pradesh called the heart of India?
2. How did Madhya Pradesh get its nickname?
3. Where does Madhya Pradesh's nickname come from?
Q4:
1. What is the population of Madhya Pradesh?
2. How many people live in Madhya Pradesh?
3. What is the number of residents in Madhya Pradesh?
Q5:
1. Where does Madhya Pradesh's population rank within India?
2. How does the population of Madhya Pradesh compare to other Indian regions?
3. What is the rank of Madhya Pradesh's population inside of India?
Q6:
1. What city was a part of Madhya Pradesh before 2000?
2. What city did Madhya Pradesh include in the years before 2000?
3. Prior to 2000, what city was found within Madhya Pradesh?
Q7:
1. What is the total area of Madhya Pradesh?
2. How many km are included in Madhya Pradesh?
3. Madhya Pradesh is made up of how many kilometers?
Q8:
1. What serves as capital of Avanti mahajanapada?
2. What city serves as capital of Avanti mahajanapada?
3. Which city is Avanti mahajanapada's capital?
Q9:
1. Does Ujjain have another name?
2. Is there another name for Ujjain?
3. Can Ujjain be called anything else?
Q10:
1. What is another name for Ujjain?
2. What else is Ujjain called?
3. How else can Ujjain be referred to?
Q11:
1. What state is Madhya Pradesh southwest of?
2. What state is to Madhya Pradesh's northeast?
3. What can Madhya Pradesh be found to the southwest of?
Q12:
1. What is to Madhya Pradesh's south?
2. What is Madhya Pradesh north of?
3. What lies on the southern border of Madhya Pradesh?
Q13:
1. What happened to the kingdoms of Madhya Pradesh in the eighteenth century?
2. What became of Madhya Pradesh's kingdoms during the 18th century?
3. In the 18th century, what took place in the kingdoms of Madhya Pradesh?
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32ktq2v7rdfc4uxmnl0agydoqsu9mg | gutenberg | CHAPTER XIII
WOE, WOE TO JERUSALEM
Two more years went by, two dreadful, bloody years. In Jerusalem the factions tore each other. In Galilee let the Jewish leader Josephus, under whom Caleb was fighting, do what he would, Vespasian and his generals stormed city after city, massacring their inhabitants by thousands and tens of thousands. In the coast towns and elsewhere Syrians and Jews made war. The Jews assaulted Gadara and Gaulonitis, Sebaste and Ascalon, Anthedon and Gaza, putting many to the sword. Then came their own turn, for the Syrians and Greeks rose upon them and slaughtered them without mercy. As yet, however, there had been no blood shed in Tyre, though all knew that it must come. The Essenes, who had been driven from their home by the Dead Sea and taken refuge in Jerusalem, sent messengers to Miriam warning her to flee from Tyre, where a massacre was being planned; warning her also not to come to Jerusalem, which city they believed to be doomed, but to escape, if possible over sea. Nor was this all, for her own people, the Christians, besought her to fly for her life's sake with them to the city of Pella, where they were gathering from Jerusalem and all Judæa. To both Miriam answered that what her grandsire did, that she must do. If he fled, she would fly; if he stayed at Tyre, she would stay; if he went to Jerusalem, she would go; for he had been good to her and she had sworn that while he lived she would not desert him. So the Essene messengers went back to Jerusalem, and the Christian elders prayed with her, and having blessed her and consigned her to the care of the Most High and His Son, their Lord, departed to Pella, where, as it was fated, through all those dreadful times not a hair of their heads was touched. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did the Dead Sea force out of their homes?
2. Who was forced to leave their homes due to the Dead Sea?
3. Who did the Dead Sea drive out of where they lived?
Q2:
1. Where did the Essenes take refuge?
2. Where did the Essenes travel to for refuge?
3. Where did the Essenes take shelter?
Q3:
1. Who did the Essenes send messengers to?
2. Who did the Essenes get in contact with?
3. Who was contacted by the Essenes?
Q4:
1. Who fought in the coast town, et. al.?
2. Who waged war in the towns on the coast, amongst other locations?
3. Who wreaked havoc on the beach towns, etc?
Q5:
1. Was blood drawn in Tyre?
2. Were people seriously wounded in Tyre?
3. Did bloodshed occur in Tyre?
Q6:
1. What was the messengers' warning for Miriam?
2. What cautionary advice did the messengers give Miriam?
3. What did the messengers caution Miriam to do?
Q7:
1. What was Miriam's reply?
2. What response did Miriam give?
3. How did Miriam respond?
Q8:
1. Where did the Essene messengers return to?
2. What city did the Essene messengers go back to?
3. Which city was rejoined by the Essene messengers?
Q9:
1. Which elders prayed with Miriam?
2. Who were the elders that prayed with Miriam?
3. What elders contacted the holy spirits alongside Miriam?
Q10:
1. Who did the Christian elders consign Miriam's care to?
2. Who did the Christian elders put in charge of Miriam's care?
3. Who did the Christian elders put Miriam into the care of?
Q11:
1. Where did the Christian elders go after their seance with Miriam?
2. Where did the Christian elders travel to after their session with Miriam?
3. What location did the Christian elders visit once they were done with Miriam?
Q12:
1. By whom were Gadara and Gaulonitis beseiged?
2. Who attacked Gadara and Gaulonitis?
3. Who carried out an aggression on Gadara and Gaulonitis?
Q13:
1. What was the name of the Jewish leader in Galilee?
2. What Jewish person led in Galilee?
3. Who was the Jew that was in charge of things in Galilee?
Q14:
1. Who fought under Josephus?
2. What was the name of the person that fought under Josephus?
3. Who went to battle under Josephus?
Q15:
1. Where was a massacre going to be carried out?
2. In what location would the planned massacre happen?
3. What location was a slaughter going to take place in?
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3ranct1zvfhe5vhsu75syep8siobuh | race | Michael froze as he heard the voice on the radio saying that a man had been murdered by a bullet that had come from the sky. Thinking that the shot they had fired possibly was the shot that killed Mr. Ward, he immediately drove off. For the next two months, Michael and Joe hid the secret that the bullet had actually shot Mr. Ward.
During this time, Jenna Ward started to realize life without her father. While Jenna mourned the death of her father, a strange boy started to appear at the front steps of the church. After many nights of watching this boy, she finally recognized that it was Michael who was sitting on the steps every night.
After months of finding out where the shot came, the police arrived at Michael's house. His dad mentioned the gun that Michael had received from his grandpa at his birthday party. Michael told the police that Joe had borrowed the gun. Upon this, Joe said that the gun had been stolen out of his car along with his CD player. After the police were gone, Michael met Joe and told Joe the gun was under the wood pile in his backyard.
One day , Michael came home to find the police searching his backyard with metal detectors .When the Sergeant went into the woods behind the house , he came out with a bullet that Joe and he had shot off on his birthday .The bullet matched the one that they had recovered from Mr Ward , but without the gun , the police could not place Michael as the killer.
With the pressure increasing .Michael finally broke down and realized he had to give up .On a Saturday morning , he went to Jenna's house to confess to her and her mother and then turned himself in . QUESTIONS:
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1. Who died?
2. Who did the shot kill?
3. Who lost their life?
Q2:
1. Who was guilty of killing Mr. Ward?
2. Who caused Mr. Ward's death?
3. Who was responsible for the death of Mr. Ward?
Q3:
1. Who was Mr. Ward's daughter?
2. What was the name of Mr. Ward's female offspring?
3. What young woman had Mr. Ward as a father?
Q4:
1. Who sat upon the church steps?
2. Who was seated on the steps of the church?
3. Who had perched themselves on the church's stairs?
Q5:
1. How did Joe know Michael?
2. What was the relationship of Joe to Michael?
3. What was Joe's identity?
Q6:
1. In what location did Michael store the gun?
2. What was Michael's safekeeping location for the gun?
3. Where did Michael keep his weapon?
Q7:
1. Did Michael confess to killing Mr. Ward?
2. Did Michael admit to his crime?
3. Did Michael admit that he was responsible for Mr. Ward's death?
Q8:
1. What else was stolen, besides a CD player?
2. What got pilfered along with the CD player?
3. What in addition to the CD player was taken?
Q9:
1. How long did Michael and Joe keep their secret?
2. For long long did Michael and Joe conceal their role in Mr. Ward's death?
3. How much time did Michael and Joe spend hiding that they were responsible for Mr. Ward's death?
Q10:
1. Where did Michael get his gun from?
2. Where did Michael get his weapon from?
3. What was the source of Michael's weapon?
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345lhzdedxs920dffeqmgvrw3re3um | mctest | Nana had a bunch of money. She had saved money her whole life. But Nana was afraid of people stealing her money. She planned to hide it. First she moved it around in her house and hid it behind a wall. Then she put her money in the attic. But she still didn't feel safe about her money. She was sure someone would find it. Finally she took it outside and started digging in the ground. She buried it in the ground so no one would find it. "It is going be safe here," said Nana. She was very pleased that she had hidden her money so well. The next day after breakfast, she went outside to make sure her money was still there. She stopped at the spot she thought she had buried it and began digging. After some time she hadn't found it. She climbed out of the hole and looked around. She had used a tree as a way to mark the spot. But she couldn't tell which tree. The wind was blowing and the trees all looked the same! She had used a brown spot on the ground to mark the spot. But she couldn't tell which brown spot it was! She knew she wasn't lost. Nana had hidden her money so well that no one could find it, and that included her! QUESTIONS:
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1. What did Nana have a bunch of?
2. What did Nana have a large quantity of?
3. What was something that Nana had a lot of?
Q2:
1. How long had Nana been saving money?
2. How much time had Nana spent saving money?
3. For how long had Nana been putting away cash?
Q3:
1. What were Nana's plans for her cash?
2. What was Nana going to do with her money?
3. What did Nana plan on doing with her money?
Q4:
1. Where did Nana hide her money?
2. What did Nana use as a hiding spot for her money?
3. Where did Nana stow away her cash?
Q5:
1. Where did Nana hide her money after putting it in the wall?
2. What did Nana use as a hiding spot for her money after using the wall as a hiding place?
3. Where did Nana stow away her cash after having hidden it in the wall?
Q6:
1. Did Nana think she hid her money well?
2. Did Nana feel as though she did a good job hiding her money?
3. Was Nana proud of her money hiding abilities?
Q7:
1. Where did Nana hide her money after putting it in the wall and the attic?
2. What did Nana use as a hiding spot for her money after using the wall and attic as a hiding place?
3. Where did Nana stow away her cash after having hidden it in the wall and attic?
Q8:
1. When did Nana go and check that her money was still in the ground?
2. When did Nana try and verify that her cash was still in its hiding spot?
3. When did Nana go to make sure that her money was still where she left it?
Q9:
1. What kind of mark did Nana make in the ground to designate her hiding spot?
2. What did Nana put on the ground to mark off where she hid her money?
3. What was the nature of the mark Nana made in the ground to know where her money was?
Q10:
1. Did Nana find her money?
2. Did Nana locate her cash?
3. Did Nana come across her hidden money?
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3dbqwde4y6yzlpgaww2thxxma0d5n6 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XVIII
CLEVER TACTICS
As soon as M. Durand had recovered from the shock of Madame la Marquise's sudden invasion of his sanctum, he ran to the portière which he had been watching so anxiously, and, pushing it aside, he disclosed the door partially open.
"Monsieur le Comte de Stainville!" he called discreetly.
"Has she gone?" came in a whisper from the inner room.
"Yes! yes! I pray you enter, M. le Comte," said M. Durand, obsequiously holding the portière aside. "Madame la Marquise only passed through very quickly; she took notice of nothing, I assure you."
Gaston de Stainville cast a quick searching glance round the room as he entered, and fidgeted nervously with a lace handkerchief in his hand. No doubt his enforced sudden retreat at Lydie's approach had been humiliating to his pride. But he did not want to come on her too abruptly, and was chafing now because he needed a menial's help to further his desires.
"You were a fool, man, to place me in this awkward position," he said with a scowl directed at M. Durand's meek personality, "or else a knave, in which case . . ."
"Ten thousand pardons, M. le Comte," rejoined the little man apologetically. "Madame la Marquise scarcely ever comes this way after _le petit lever_. She invariably retires to her study, and thither I should have had the honour to conduct you, according to your wish."
"You seem very sure that Madame la Marquise would have granted me a private audience." QUESTIONS:
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1. Who was forced to hide?
2. Who had to stow themselves away?
3. Who needed to make themselves hidden?
Q2:
1. Who did Monsieur le Comte de Stainville have to hide from?
2. Who did Monsieur le Comte de Stainville make himself hidden from?
3. Who did Monsieur le Comte de Stainville not want to see him?
Q3:
1. What is the first name of Madame la Marquise?
2. What first name is attributed to Madame la Marquise?
3. State the first name of Madame la Marquise.
Q4:
1. Does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville want to see Madame la Marquise?
2. Is Monsieur le Comte de Stainville interested in seeing Madame la Marquise?
3. Is seeing Madame la Marquise something that Monsieur le Comte de Stainville desires?
Q5:
1. Was Madame la Marquise supposed to come towards Monsieur le Comte de Stainville?
2. Was it expected that Madame la Marquise would approach Monsieur le Comte de Stainville?
3. Did Madame la Marquise usually come to where Monsieur le Comte de Stainville was located?
Q6:
1. Where is Madame la Marquise usually?
2. Where does Madame la Marquise generally go?
3. What is the normal location of Madame la Marquise?
Q7:
1. Who lets Monsieur le Comte de Stainville in?
2. Who grants Monsieur le Comte de Stainville entry?
3. Who grants access to Monsieur le Comte de Stainville?
Q8:
1. Does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville consider M. Durand his equal?
2. Does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville respect M. Durand as an equal?
3. Does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville think M. Durand is worthy of respect?
Q9:
1. What does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville call M. Durand?
2. How does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville refer to M. Durand?
3. What does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville have to say about M. Durand?
Q10:
1. What does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville call M. Durand besides a fool?
2. How does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville refer to M. Durand other than as a fool?
3. What does Monsieur le Comte de Stainville have to say about M. Durand, in addition to being a fool??
Q11:
1. Did Gaston de Stainville wish to surprise Madame la Marquise?
2. Was Gaston de Stainville hoping to surprise Madame la Marquise?
3. Was it Gaston de Stainville's desire to take Madame la Marquise by surprise?
Q12:
1. Was Gaston de Stainville proud of what happened?
2. Did the way things transpired make Gaston de Stainville proud?
3. Was Gaston de Stainville happy with how things went?
Q13:
1. How does Gaston de Stainville feel?
2. What is Gaston de Stainville's present state?
3. What emotions is Gaston de Stainville feeling?
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3awetudc92s5e2p864wh1t80pw9izk | wikipedia | Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or visually impaired. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. Braille users can read computer screens and other electronic supports thanks to refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille notetaker or computer that prints with a braille embosser.
Braille is named after its creator, Louis Braille, a Frenchman who lost his sight as a result of a childhood accident. In 1824, at age 15, he developed a code for the French alphabet as an improvement on night writing. He published his system, which subsequently included musical notation, in 1829. The second revision, published in 1837, was the first binary form of writing developed in the modern era.
Braille characters are rectangular blocks called "cells" containing tiny bumps called "raised dots". The number and arrangement of these dots distinguish one character from another. Since the various braille alphabets originated as transcription codes for printed writing, the mappings (sets of character designations) vary from language to language. Furthermore, in English Braille there are three levels of encoding: Grade 1 – a letter-by-letter transcription used for basic literacy; Grade 2 – an addition of abbreviations and contractions; and Grade 3 – various non-standardized personal shorthands. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who invented the Braille system?
2. Who was responsible for coming up with Braille?
3. What was the name of Braille's inventor?
Q2:
1. Is Louis Braille's system of writing named for him?
2. Does Louis Braille's writing system bear his name?
3. Is Braille named for the person who invented it?
Q3:
1. In what year was Louis Braille attempting to improve night writing?
2. When was Louis Braille trying to make improvements to writing at night?
3. What was the year when Louis Braille was tinkering with night writing?
Q4:
1. What did Louis Braille's code represent?
2. What was the meaning of Louis Braille's code?
3. What was the significance of the code Louis Braille developed?
Q5:
1. How old was Louis Braille in 1824?
2. At what age did Louis Braille improve upon night writing?
3. What was Louis Braille's age in 1824?
Q6:
1.
2.
3.
Q7:
1. What came out in 1937?
2. What publication was made available in 1937?
3. What did 1937 see the publication of?
Q8:
1. Did Louis Braille create the first form of something?
2. Did Louis Braille do something for the first time?
3. Was Louis Braille's system the first of something?
Q9:
1. What period did Louis Braille make a novel advancement in?
2. When did Louis Braille make the first of something?
3. Braille made the first binary writing system developed during what period?
Q10:
1. Who uses the braille system?
2. The Braille system is intended for use by what population?
3. Who is served by the Braille system?
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3b837j3ldowl6p6d1zwijscopabrs5 | cnn | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- A British couple convicted for having sex on a public beach in Dubai will not face jail after a judge suspended their prison sentences, their lawyer said Tuesday.
File image of one of the co-accused -- Vince Acors -- arriving at court in Dubai in September.
The couple, Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors, had faced a three-month sentence, but they were freed on bail in October pending an appeal.
Hassan Mattar, one of their lawyers, said he was trying to get permission for Palmer -- who worked in Dubai -- to stay in the United Arab Emirates, and for Acors to travel back to Britain. Acors had been on a business trip to Dubai when he was arrested.
The United Arab Emirates, where Dubai is located, is home to thousands of expatriates and is among the most moderate Gulf states. Still, the oil-rich kingdom adheres to certain Islamic rules.
Palmer and Acors were arrested on a public beach shortly after midnight on July 5. Police charged them with illicit relations, public indecency, and public intoxication. A court found them guilty in October and fined them 1,000 dirhams ($367) for the charge of public indecency.
Both denied they had intercourse. And during the trial, Mattar argued that the public prosecutor failed to produce corroborative evidence against his clients on the first two charges, though he said both tested positive for liquor.
More than a million British visitors traveled to the UAE in 2006, and more than 100,000 British nationals live there, according to the British Foreign Office. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who could serve a three month sentence?
2. Who received a sentence of three months?
3. Who was faced with facing three months in prison?
Q2:
1. What did Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors do?
2. What were Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors convicted of?
3. What conviction was handed down to Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors?
Q3:
1. Where were Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors accused of having sex on a beach?
2. Where was the conviction of Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors handed down?
3. In what country did Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors receive a conviction?
Q4:
1. Where are Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors from?
2. What is the nationality of Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors?
3. State the nationality of Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors.
Q5:
1. When did Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors get caught?
2. When were Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors acting indecent?
3. When were Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors found having sex on a beach?
Q6:
1. What day were Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors found having sex on the beach?
2. On what date were Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors found acting indecent?
3. What was the date when Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors got caught?
Q7:
1. Did Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors agree with the charges against them?
2. Did Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors admit to the charges against them?
3. Did Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors think the charges against them were just?
Q8:
1. What decision did the court come to?
2. What was the decision of the court?
3. What did the court ultimatley do?
Q9:
1. What decision did the court come to, besides handing down a guilty verdict?
2. What was the decision of the court other than finding the couple guilty?
3. What did the court ultimatley do in addition to delivering a verdict of guilty?
Q10:
1. What is the location of Dubai?
2. Where is Dubai located?
3. Where can Dubai be found?
Q11:
1. What rules are followed in Dubai?
2. What are the rules in Dubai?
3. What must be followed when one is in Dubai?
Q12:
1. Were Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors drinking?
2. Were Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors consuming alcohol?
3. Was the couple imbibing?
Q13:
1. Did someone attempt to travel back to England as the trial was happening?
2. Did anyone try and get repatriated in Great Britain during the trial?
3. Did someone try and go back to England as the trial was going on?
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3eo896nrawv5n10fiuszr6mjh7ctjb | wikipedia | In philosophy, idealism is the group of philosophies which assert that reality, or reality as we can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial. Epistemologically, idealism manifests as a skepticism about the possibility of knowing any mind-independent thing. In a sociological sense, idealism emphasizes how human ideas—especially beliefs and values—shape society. As an ontological doctrine, idealism goes further, asserting that all entities are composed of mind or spirit. Idealism thus rejects physicalist and dualist theories that fail to ascribe priority to the mind.
The earliest extant arguments that the world of experience is grounded in the mental derive from India and Greece. The Hindu idealists in India and the Greek Neoplatonists gave panentheistic arguments for an all-pervading consciousness as the ground or true nature of reality. In contrast, the Yogācāra school, which arose within Mahayana Buddhism in India in the 4th century CE, based its "mind-only" idealism to a greater extent on phenomenological analyses of personal experience. This turn toward the subjective anticipated empiricists such as George Berkeley, who revived idealism in 18th-century Europe by employing skeptical arguments against materialism. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does Idealism not accept?
2. What is unacceptale to Idealists?
3. What do Idealists reject?
Q2:
1. What does idealism assert ontologically?
2. What is the ontological assertion of idealism?
3. What ontology does idealism subscribe to?
Q3:
1. What is the source of the earliest arguments for experience being mental?
2. Where did the first arguments that experience is mental come about?
3. In what countries did people first start saying that experience is mental?
Q4:
1. What is the epistemological manifestation of idealism?
2. What epistemology does idealism subscribe to?
3. What are the epistemological leanings of idealism?
Q5:
1. What is idealism epistemologically skeptical of?
2. What sort of epistemological skepticism do idealists subscribe to?
3. What sort of skepticism makes up the epistemology of idealists?
Q6:
1. What is the source of the Yogācāra school school?
2. From where did the Yogācāra school arise?
3. Where did the Yogācāra school come about?
Q7:
1. What was the name of an empiricist?
2. Who subscribed to empiricism?
3. Who was a believer in empiricism?
Q8:
1. During what period did George Berkley bring idealism back to Europe?
2. When did George Berkeley's European revival of idealism occur?
3. When did George Berkley bring idealism back to Europe?
Q9:
1. What all is contained within idealism?
2. What does idealism consist of?
3. What are the elements that make up the idea of idealism?
Q10:
1. Does idealism have an impact on society?
2. Is society affected by idealism?
3. Does idealism speak about how society is influenced?
Q11:
1. Who was the source of panentheistic arguments for consciousness?
2. Who came out with panentheistic arguments for consciousness?
3. Where did panentheistic arguments for consciousness come from?
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3amw0rghod23ezytgbb7f32310anp6 | gutenberg | CHAPTER X. The Cavaliere
There befell at last a couple of days during which Rowland was unable to go to the hotel. Late in the evening of the second one Roderick came into his room. In a few moments he announced that he had finished the bust of his mother.
"And it 's magnificent!" he declared. "It 's one of the best things I have done."
"I believe it," said Rowland. "Never again talk to me about your inspiration being dead."
"Why not? This may be its last kick! I feel very tired. But it 's a masterpiece, though I do say it. They tell us we owe so much to our parents. Well, I 've paid the filial debt handsomely!" He walked up and down the room a few moments, with the purpose of his visit evidently still undischarged. "There 's one thing more I want to say," he presently resumed. "I feel as if I ought to tell you!" He stopped before Rowland with his head high and his brilliant glance unclouded. "Your invention is a failure!"
"My invention?" Rowland repeated.
"Bringing out my mother and Mary."
"A failure?"
"It 's no use! They don't help me."
Rowland had fancied that Roderick had no more surprises for him; but he was now staring at him, wide-eyed.
"They bore me!" Roderick went on.
"Oh, oh!" cried Rowland.
"Listen, listen!" said Roderick with perfect gentleness. "I am not complaining of them; I am simply stating a fact. I am very sorry for them; I am greatly disappointed." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Roderick finish?
2. What was Roderick's creation?
3. What was Roderick done with?
Q2:
1. Who did Roderick do a bust of?
2. Who did Roderick's bust depict?
3. Who was depicted upon Roderick's bust?
Q3:
1. Who finished his creation?
2. Who made a bust of his mother?
3. Who created a bust depicting his mother?
Q4:
1. Did Roderick like his bust?
2. Was Roderick happy with his creation?
3. Was Roderick pleased with his work?
Q5:
1. When did Roderick come into the room?
2. At what point did Roderick enter the room?
3. When did Roderick's entry into the room occur?
Q6:
1. Who was Roderick talking to?
2. Who was Roderick's conversation partner?
3. With whom was Roderick in conversation?
Q7:
1. Was someone in debt?
2. Was a debt owed?
3. Did a debt exist on behalf of someone?
Q8:
1. Who was owed a debt?
2. Who did a debt need to be paid to?
3. Who was to be paid a debt?
Q9:
1. Had the debt been paid to the parents?
2. Had the parents received payment for the debt?
3. Had the debt been resolved?
Q10:
1. How was the filial debt resolved?
2. What was done to resolve the filial debt?
3. How was the debt to parents paid?
Q11:
1. What didn't work?
2. What failed?
3. What didn't go as it should have?
Q12:
1. Describe the invention.
2. What were the qualities of the invention?
3.
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3907x2ahf057pd90usdnnfz5qyxp2h | cnn | (CNN) -- Andres Iniesta could miss Spain's opening game at the World Cup after suffering a thigh injury in a warm-up match.
The Barcelona midfielder set up two goals for Spain in their emphatic 6-0 win over Poland in Murcia on Monday, but was substituted after just 39 minutes.
Iniesta missed a large chunk of Barcelona's season with a thigh complaint, but team doctors insisted the injury was only minor.
"We substituted him because he had some discomfort in the back part of the thigh," Spain's team doctor Dr Oscar Celada was quoted as saying by the UK Press Association.
"He didn't notice any tear and it has not got any worse. It was at the start of the match and as he wasn't comfortable, we made the change - it's a minor muscle injury.
"We will calmly carry out tests on Wednesday, but we can initially rule out any muscle tear. It's a minor injury, but we have to take precautions," he added.
Two of Spain's other injury doubts, Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres, both came on a substitutes against Poland -- and scored -- as they look to step up their fitness.
It was Torres' first action since playing for Liverpool against Portuguese side Benfica back in April.
"It was almost two months without playing since the Benfica game and I was really keen to come back," he said after the match.
"They have let me play for a while today and it was great to go out there and score." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Did someone get hurt?
2. Did somebody sustain an injury?
3. Did someone hurt themselves?
Q2:
1. Who got injured?
2. Who sustained an injury?
3. Who was hurt?
Q3:
1. When was Andres Iniesta hurt?
2. When did Andres Iniesta get injured?
3. At what point did Andres Iniesta sustain an injury?
Q4:
1. What was wrong with Andres Iniesta?
2. How did Andres Iniesta hurt himself?
3. What was the problem with Andres Iniesta?
Q5:
1. Was Andres Iniesta's injury serious?
2. Did Andres Iniesta have a critical injury?
3. Was Andres Iniesta's injury considered a big deal?
Q6:
1. Has it been confirmed that Andres Iniesta's injury was minor?
2. Is there confirmation that Andres Iniesta was only minorly injured?
3. Is it certain that Andres Iniesta's injury was not serious?
Q7:
1. Who confirmed the gravity of Andres Iniesta's injury?
2. Who gave confirmation regarding Andres Iniesta's state?
3. Who backed up reports on how Andres Iniesta was doing?
Q8:
1. What did Andres Iniesta's doctor say?
2. What did Dr Oscar Celada say?
3. What statement did Dr Oscar Celada give?
Q9:
1. Is this the first game that Andres Iniesta has missed?
2. Is this Andres Iniesta's first time missing a game?
3. Has Andres Iniesta never missed a game before this one?
Q10:
1. Was anyone injured in addition to Andres Iniesta?
2. Besides Andres Iniesta, was anyone else hurt?
3. Did anyone other than Andres Iniesta sustain injuries?
Q11:
1. Who besides Andres Iniesta was hurt?
2. Who sustained injuries in addition to Andres Iniesta?
3. Who apart from Andres Iniesta hurt themselves?
Q12:
1. How long were Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres unable to play?
2. How long were Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres out for?
3. For what length of time did Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres' injuries prevent them from playing?
Q13:
1. Did Cesc Fabregas or Fernando Torres get a goal?
2. Between Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres, did one strike a goal?
3. Was a goal scored between Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres?
Q14:
1. Who scored a goal between Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres?
2. Between Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres, which was the one to mark a point?
3. Who scored, Cesc Fabregas or Fernando Torres?
Q15:
1. How many goals did Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres score?
2. What was the number of goals scored by Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres?
3. How many goals did Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres get between the two of them?
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33cusnvvnncx50c8oskdbkhint5889 | wikipedia | Johannesburg (; ; also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. It is the provincial largest city in Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. While Johannesburg is not one of South Africa's three capital cities, it is the seat of the Constitutional Court. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade.
In 2011, the population of the city of Johannesburg was 4,434,827, making it the largest city in South Africa. In the same year, the population of Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area was 7,860,781. Some view the area surrounding the city of Johannesburg yet more broadly than the metropolitan area, adding Ekurhuleni, West Rand and Lenasia; that larger area had a population of 8,434,292 in 2011. The land area of the municipal city () is large in comparison with those of other major cities, resulting in a moderate population density of .
The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. The name is attributed to one or all of three men involved in the establishment of the city. In ten years, the population was 100,000 inhabitants. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What country can Johannesburg be found in?
2. Which nation is home to Johannesburg?
3. What is the location of Johannesburg, country-wise?
Q2:
1. What province is Johannesburg located in?
2. Which province is home to Johannesburg?
3. Which provice can Johannesburg be found in?
Q3:
1. How does Gauteng rank in terms of commerce?
2. What is the commercial ranking of Gauteng?
3. Where does Gauteng's commerce rank against that of other provinces?
Q4:
1. Why was Johannesburg built?
2. What was the reason for constructing Johannesburg?
3. Why was Johannesburg created?
Q5:
1. When was Johannesburg established?
2. What was the year when Johannesburg was established?
3. In what year did Johannesburg come about?
Q6:
1. What is the population of Johannesburg?
2. How many people live in Johannesburg?
3. How many residents does Johannesburg have?
Q7:
1. What was the population of Johannesburg ten years after it was founded?
2. Ten years after the establishment of Johannesburg, what was its population?
3. How many people lived in Johannesburg in the decade after it was founded?
Q8:
1. How dense is Johannesburg?
2. What is the density of Johannesburg?
3. How dense is the population of Johannesburg?
Q9:
1. Is Johannesburg built in a geographically flat area?
2. Is there area upon which Johannesburg flat?
3. Is Johannesburg in a plains region?
Q10:
1. What kind of commerce is popular in Johannesburg?
2. What sort of commerce often takes place in Johannesburg?
3. What is the large-scale commercial activity in Johannesburg?
Q11:
1. What is Johannesburg named after?
2. Where does Johannesburg get its name?
3. What is the origin of Johannesburg's name?
Q12:
1. Where does Johannesburg rank in world population?
2. How does Johannesburg's population rank against that of other world urban areas?
3. How can the population of Johannesburg be compared to that of other urban areas across the globe?
Q13:
1. How many capital cities are there in South Africa?
2. What is the number of capital cities in South Africa?
3. How many cities serve as capitals within South Africa?
Q14:
1. What is a place that is near Johannesburg?
2. What's somwhere close by Johannesburg?
3. What place is just next to Johannesburg?
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3lwjhtcvccmcqjmri07j73j444jfqp | cnn | (CNN) -- Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick as a rampant Arsenal side thrashed Porto 5-0 at The Emirates to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday.
Danish international Bendtner had been widely criticized for missing a host of chances in Arsenal's 3-1 Premier League win over Burnley on Saturday -- however, he was in the right place at the right time twice in the first-half as the Londonders comfortably overturned their 2-1 first leg deficit.
The opening goal came in the 10th minute when Bendtner was on hand to fire into an empty net after goalkeeper Helton had rushed out to block the on-coming Andrey Arshavin.
And he doubled the lead 15 minutes later after more good work from Russian Arshavin, who evaded two challenges on the edge of the area before crossing for the striker to comfortably slot home.
Porto came out with more determination after the break but were hit by two goals in the space of three minutes around the hour mark.
First, Frenchman Samir Nasir produced a moment of breathtaking skill and fast foot-work to dance around three Porto challenges before firing past Helton from an acute angle.
Then, with their Portuguese opponents chasing the game, Arshavin collected the ball on the break after a Porto corner was cleared.
He had Emmanuel Eboue overlapping in support -- and the pass was perfect for the Ivorian to round the goalkeeper before stroking the ball home.
And a superb night for Arsenal -- and Bendtner in particular -- was completed in the final minute when Eboue was fouled in the penalty area, and the Dane stepped up to fire his penalty wide of Helton's despairing dive. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the name of the Ivorian player?
2. Which player was from the Ivory coast?
3. Who was from Cote d'Ivoire?
Q2:
1. What was the name of the player that was fouled in the penalty area?
2. Whose foul occurred inside the penalty area?
3. Which player fouled in the penalty area?
Q3:
1. Which team reached the quarter finals?
2. What team got to the quarter finals?
3. What team was deemed eligible to participate in the quarter finals?
Q4:
1. Who did Arsenal beat?
2. Who lost to Arsenal?
3. Which team was bested by Arsenal?
Q5:
1. Who was from Russia?
2. Which player was Russian?
3. Who was the player that was from Russia?
Q6:
1. On what day did the match take place?
2. What was the day of the week of the match?
3. Which day of the week did the match happen on?
Q7:
1. How long did it take to score the opening goal?
2. At what point was the opening goal scored?
3. When did someone score the first goal?
Q8:
1. Who was the opposing team's goalkeeper?
2. Who played goalkeeper for the opposing team?
3. What was the name of the opposing team's goalkeeper?
Q9:
1. Why did Helton leave the net open?
2. Why did Helton make it possible for the other team to score a goal?
3. For what reason did Helton make room in the net?
Q10:
1. Who scored when Helton left the net open?
2. Who did Helton's actions permit to score a goal?
3. Who was able to score a goal due to the way Helton acted?
Q11:
1. Which tournament is at stake?
2. Which series of games are the teams playing?
3. What is the name of the tournament?
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3unh76focs5r5v5uvxsqff6fz1bymq | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PEDLAR'S PREDICTION
But if ne'er so close you wall him, Do the best that you may; Blind Love, if so you call him, Will find out his way. --OLD SONG
'Too late,' muttered Berenger to himself, as he stood by the fire in his prison-chamber. Humfrey and Philip were busy in the vaults, and he was taking his turn in waiting in the sitting-room to disarm suspicion. 'It is too late now, and I thank God that so it is.'
'Do you indeed, M. le Baron?' said a low voice close beside him; and, as he turned in haste, he beheld, at the foot of the turret-stair, the youth Aime de Selinville, holding a dark lantern in his hand, and veiling its light.
'Ha!' and he started to his feet. 'Whence come you?'
'From my Lady,' was the youth's answer. 'She has sent me to ask whether you persist in what you replied to her the other day. For if not, she bids me say that it is not too late.'
'And if I do persevere?'
'Then--ah! what do I know? Who can tell how far malice can go? And there are towers and bastilles where hope never enters. Moreover, your researches underground are known.'
'Sir,' said Berenger, the heart-sinking quelled by the effort of resistance, 'Madame de Selinville has my answer--I must take the consequences. Tell her, if she truly wishes me well, the honourable way of saving us would be to let our English friends know what has befallen us.' QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was telling himself things?
2. Who was having a conversation with himself?
3. Who was conversing with himself?
Q2:
1. What was Berenger standing near?
2. What was Berenger standing up next to?
3. What did Berenger stand by?
Q3:
1. Whose location was the vaults?
2. Who could be found in the vaults?
3. Who did the vaults have inside of them?
Q4:
1. What was Berenger's location?
2. Where could Berenger be found?
3. Where was Berenger located?
Q5:
1. Who was at the bottom of the stairs?
2. Who could be found at the stairs' bottom?
3. What was the name of the person at the bottom of the stairs?
Q6:
1. What was Aime de Selinville holding?
2. What did Aime de Selinville have in his hands?
3. What was in Aime de Selinville's hands?
Q7:
1. Who sent Aime de Selinville?
2. On whose behalf did Aime de Selinville arrive?
3. Whose representative was Aime de Selinville?
Q8:
1. Why did the lady send Aime de Selinville?
2. Why was Aime de Selinville sent by his lady?
3. What was the Lady's reason for sending Aime de Selinville?
Q9:
1. Does Madame de Selinville care about the response she receives?
2. Is the specific response sent to Madame de Selinville important to her?
3. Is Madame de Selinville interested in the content of the response to her query?
Q10:
1. Who is receiving the response to the question?
2. To whom is Aime de Selinville delivering the response?
3. Who will Aime de Selinville have an answer for?
Q11:
1. What would be the honorable thing for Madame de Selinville to do?
2. What would it be most gracious of Madame de Selinville to do?
3. What would be the most dignified response on the part of Madame de Selinville?
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3efvcay5l39mph8rfwh40aqw32zj80 | cnn | (CNN) -- Here's something shocking.
Democrats and Republicans totally disagree about the significance of the GOP's victory in the first major competitive congressional ballot box test of 2014.
Republican candidate David Jolly narrowly edged out Democrat Alex Sink to win Tuesday's special election in Florida's 13th Congressional District. Jolly will fill out the term of his former boss, longtime Republican Rep. Bill Young, who died in October.
Republicans win first election showdown of the year
The race was consistently in the spotlight with national Republicans framing the election as a referendum on Obamacare. They injected a massive infusion of outside ad money into the race and some pundits cast the election as a possible bellwether for November's midterms.
"I think this was a referendum on (President Barack Obama's) policies and on Obamacare, that played out significantly to the disadvantage of (House Democratic Leader) Nancy Pelosi. And I think it sets the tone for what's coming in the fall," Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told CNN Wednesday.
"We've been trying to tell people this is a referendum election, Obamacare is not helping people the way it was promised, and Democrats are going to have a lot of answering to do," Walden added.
But his counterpart at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sees very little predictive value in the results.
"Special elections are not indicators of the future. They never have been. They never will be. And certainly this is not an indicator of the future," Rep. Steve Israel, the DCCC chairman, told reporters. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did Florida's 13th Congressional District go to?
2. Who was named representative for Florida's 13th Congressional District?
3. Who was the winner of the special election?
Q2:
1. What is David Jolly's political party?
2. What political party does David Jolly belong to?
3. What is David Jolly's political affiliation?
Q3:
1. Who was David Jolly's race against?
2. Who was David Jolly's election opponent?
3. Who was the other person people could vote for besides David Jolly?
Q4:
1. On what day of the week was the special election held?
2. On what day of the week did people vote for Florida's 13th Congressional District?
3. Which weekday had a special election?
Q5:
1. Whose seat was the special election filling?
2. Who was being replaced in the special election?
3. Who used to fill the seat that was up for grabs in the special election?
Q6:
1. What happened to Bill Young?
2. Why wasn't Bill Young a representative anymore?
3. What became of Bill Young?
Q7:
1. When did Bill Young die?
2. What was the month of Bill Young's passing?
3. In what month did Bill Young pass away?
Q8:
1. What election win for Republicans was the special election?
2. The special election represented how many wins for Republicans?
3. Which election victory did this election represent for the conservative party?
Q9:
1. What did Republicans put a lot of into the campaign?
2. What was inflused in massive amounts into the conservative campaign?
3. What did Republicans inject a lot of into the campaign?
Q10:
1. Where did the campaign money come from?
2. What was the source of the campaign money?
3. Where did the cash to fund the Republican campaign come from?
Q11:
1. What kind of outside money was used?
2. What was the outside money used for?
3. What was the purpose of the outsider cash?
Q12:
1. What was the name of the House Democratic Leader?
2. Which democrat served as House Leader of his party?
3. Who was serving as House Democratic Leader?
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3p59jyt76lk5h527b9m7sp02esr2tp | race | Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. Is that true? The answer is definitely no. In fact, they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day's life of a pop star. Feb. l0, 2016 5:00 Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel. Took taxi to airport. 7:30 Plane took off half an hour later than usual for the bad weather. 8:30 Plane landed. Waited for luggage for half an hour. Signed for fans at the airport. 9:45 Arrived at the hotel and had a short rest. 10:00 Started out to attend the meeting with fans and gave an interview to the local reporters. 11:00 Went to radio station to attend the live show. 12:00 Had lunch with local producer I3:00 Went to theatre and prepared for the night's show. 17:00 Back to hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band. 18:00 Had supper, but ate little. 18:30 Went to theatre again and got ready for show. 19:30 Sang very well, and audience gave a warm welcome. The band improved a little. 22:00 Show was over. Very tired from it. 23:00 Back to hotel. Took a bath. Too excited to sleep, so watched TV. 0:00 Fell asleep, with TV on. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who has a lot of money?
2. Who is wealthy?
3. Who could be considered rich?
Q2:
1. How many young people want to be pop stars?
2. What's the amount of young people who would like to be pop stars?
3. How many members of the younger generation wish to be pop stars?
Q3:
1. Do pop stars have easy lives?
2. Are the lives of pop stars easy?
3. Do pop stars live simple lives of luxury?
Q4:
1. What do pop stars spend a lot of time doing?
2. What is much of a pop star's time spent doing?
3. What do pop stars spend a large amount of time on?
Q5:
1. What is the date on the itinerary?
2. What date does the itinerary detail?
3. What is the date marked upon the itinerary?
Q6:
1. What was 7:30's activity?
2. What took place at 7:30?
3. What was scheduled for 7:30?
Q7:
1. When did the pop star arrive at the hotel?
2. What time did the pop star get to their hotel?
3. What was the time of the pop star's arrival at the hotel?
Q8:
1. Who did the pop star have lunch with?
2. Who was the pop star's lunch companion?
3. Who joined the pop star for lunch?
Q9:
1. Did the pop star take a shower?
2. Was taking a shower in the pop star's schedule?
3. Was a shower included in the pop star's itinerary?
Q10:
1. Did the pop star eat caviar?
2. Was eating caviar in the pop star's schedule?
3. Did caviar consumption appear in the pop star's itinerary?
Q11:
1. Who did the pop star give an interview to?
2. Who interviewed the pop star?
3. Who did the pop star speak with in an interview?
Q12:
1. Did the pop star sing horribly?
2. Did the pop star do a bad job singing?
3. Did the pop star put on a terrible show?
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3txwc2nhnzqf2par7iwws7cujoh9sc | cnn | Louisville, Kentucky (CNN) -- A secret audio recording of their biggest election year target -- Sen. Mitch McConnell -- talking to a donor summit arranged by the Koch brothers, the Democrats' 2014 bogeymen.
Democrats pushed "The Nation" story around online with frenetic glee.
McConnell's Democratic challenger for his Kentucky seat, Alison Lundergan Grimes, couldn't wait to whack him on it, telling CNN in an exclusive interview that "Mitch McConnell got caught in his 47% Mitt Romney moment."
"I think it shows the extent and the lengths he will go to to pander to his party millionaires and billionaires at the expense of hurting Kentuckians," Grimes told CNN.
The problem with the Democrats' argument is that Romney's 47% moment was only a moment because he was saying to donors in private something he would never have dared to utter in public:
"Forty-seven percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. That that's an entitlement," Romney said behind closed doors about President Obama's supporters in 2012.
But unlike Romney, what McConnell said to the Koch brothers are things he has said in public, and more importantly, his comments mirror positions he has publicly backed with actual Senate votes: opposition to Democrats' plans to increase the minimum wage, extend unemployment insurance and make student loans more affordable through the tax system. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What political party does Mitch McConnell belong to?
2. What is Mitch McConnell's political party?
3. What is the political affiliation of Mitch McConnell?
Q2:
1. Who is Mitch McConnell's election opponent?
2. Who is running against Mitch McConnell?
3. Who opposes Mitch McConnell in the election?
Q3:
1. What state are Mitch McConnell and his opponent from?
2. What is the home state of Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes?
3. What state do Alison Lundergan Grimes and Mitch McConnell come from?
Q4:
1. What does Alison Lundergan Grimes want to take from Mitch McConnell?
2. What is Alison Lundergan Grimes trying to steal from her opponent?
3. What is Alison Lundergan Grimes attempting to get from Mitch McConnell?
Q5:
1. What is Alison Lundergan Grimes's political party?
2. What is the political affiliation of Alison Lundergan Grimes?
3. Which political party does Alison Lundergan Grimes represent?
Q6:
1. What does Alison Lundergan Grimes say Mitch McConnell was caught in?
2. What was Mitch McConnell caught doing, according to Alison Lundergan Grimes?
3. What does Alison Lundergan Grimes claim that her opponent was found doing?
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3kwtyt087039xpdpkjme45tx5y8l51 | cnn | New York (CNN) -- A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Friday in the case of a former Rutgers University student who allegedly used a web cam to stream footage of his roommate's sexual encounter with another man.
Dharun Ravi faces a 15-count indictment, which includes hate crime charges, in connection with the death of his roommate , Tyler Clementi. Clementi killed himself after the incident, jumping from the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey.
Last month, Ravi turned down a plea deal that would have allowed him to avoid jail time.
"You want to know why he's rejected the plea?" his attorney, Steven Altman, said in December. "Simple principle of law, simple principle of life -- he's innocent. He's not guilty."Ravi is a citizen of India who was studying in the U.S. legally.
The deal offered by Middlesex County prosecutors would have required Ravi, 19, to undergo 600 hours of community service, counseling and to dispose of any information that could identify the man that Clementi was with.
Prosecutors also offered to help Ravi avoid deportation, though they said they could not guarantee it.
A second student charged in the scandal, Molly Wei, 19, reached a plea deal and that requires her testify against Ravi. In May, Wei pleaded not guilty to two counts of invasion of privacy, according to a statement from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office.
Less than a month after Clementi's suicide, President Barack Obama released a taped video message condemning bullying.
QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the name of one of the defendants in the article?
2. Who is one person facing charges in the article?
3. What's the name of one of the people with charges against them?
Q2:
1. Who is a defendant alongside Dharun Ravi?
2. Who besides Dharun Ravi has charges against them?
3. Who is facing charges with Dharun Ravi?
Q3:
1. What happened to Dharun Ravi's plea?
2. How was Dharun Ravi's plea received?
3. What did the court do to Dharun Ravi's plea?
Q4:
1. How did Molly Wei plead?
2. What plea did Molly Wei enter?
3. What was Molly Wei's plea?
Q5:
1. What happened to Tyler Clementi?
2. What was the fate of Tyler Clementi?
3. What was an important fact about Tyler Clementi?
Q6:
1. What is the number of counts in the indictment against Dharun Ravi?
2. How many counts is Dharun Ravi facing in his indictment?
3. The indictment against Dharun Ravi includes how many counts?
Q7:
1. What is one of the counts against Dharun Ravi?
2. What is one count that Dharun Ravi faces?
3. What is included in the counts brought against Dharun Ravi?
Q8:
1. Was Dharun Ravi offered a plea deal?
2. Was a plea deal brought before Dharun Ravi?
3. Did Dharun Ravi have the opportunity to partake in a plea deal?
Q9:
1. Did Dharun Ravi accept the plea deal?
2. Did Dharun Ravi say yes to the plea deal?
3. Did Dharun Ravi go along with th plea deal?
Q10:
1. Did Dharun Ravi's plea deal include a guarantee against deportation?
2. Did Dharun Ravi's plea deal guarantee that he would not be deported?
3. Was there an assurance that Dharun Ravi wouldn't get deported in the plea deal?
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326o153bmiyqvwiqi3htpmr59i1dea | cnn | Renacimiento, Mexico (CNN) -- As raging floodwaters swept away half of his timber shack, Saturnino Medina climbed to the roof.
He pointed Thursday to the place where river waters broke through a container wall and washed away his kitchen.
Medina and his family have almost nothing left now, after the wind and rain of Manuel hit the town of Renacimiento, located about 20 km northeast of the resort city of Acapulco.
Days after the storm made landfall as a tropical depression in the Mexican state of Guerrero, thousands of tourists are still trapped in Acapulco and thousands of families are struggling to recover.
Medina and his family were left to eat eggs and tortillas donated by neighbors and drink expired cartons of juice they found in a nearby trash dumpster. So far, he said, they haven't gotten any government aid.
"The truth is, I don't even know what to tell you," he said. "The government ignores us. They help everyone else, but they've forgotten about Renacimiento."
The town is one of many across Mexico ravaged by multiple storms that have been battering the country.
Federal officials say at least 97 people were killed across Mexico by Manuel, which plowed into the country's Pacific coast, and Ingrid, which hit the Gulf coast.
Rescue efforts continued throughout the country Thursday. In one Guerrero town ravaged by a mudslide, authorities said 68 people remained unaccounted for.
An aerial survey revealed many more mudslides, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said, and there are additional reports of disappearances that authorities have not yet confirmed. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Renacimiento's location with respect to Acapulco?
2. Where can Renacimiento be found in relation to Acapulco?
3. Where does Renacimiento sit with respect to Acapulco?
Q2:
1. What did Medina and his family have to eat?
2. What was there for Medina and his family to consume?
3. What was left as food for Medina and his family?
Q3:
1. What beverages were available to Medina and his family?
2. What was there for Medina's family to drink?
3. What did Medina's family have to drink?
Q4:
1. Did the Medina appreciate the government aid they received?
2. Was the Medina family happy with the help they got from the government?
3. Did the Medina family feel that the government gave them adequate aid?
Q5:
1. What created the dire situation for the Medina family?
2. What made things so terrible for the Medina family?
3. How did the Medina family get themselves into such a serious situation?
Q6:
1. Did wind cause all of the damage?
2. Was the wind the only thing that caused damage?
3. Did 100% of the destruction come from the wind?
Q7:
1. What else caused damage besides the wind?
2. What in addition to the wind resulted in damages?
3. What was another destructive force in addition to the wind?
Q8:
1. How many people did the storm kill?
2. How many people lost their lives as a result of the storm?
3. How many deaths did the storm cause?
Q9:
1. What country did the storm hit?
2. Which country was ravaged by the storm?
3. What nation did the storm wreak havoc on?
Q10:
1. What kind of disaster hit a town besides Renacimiento?
2. What destructive force hit somewhere besides Renacimiento??
3. What was another disaster besides the storm in Renacimiento?
Q11:
1. Where did a mudslide hit?
2. What town was ravaged by a mudslide?
3. What town was destroyed by a mudslide?
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3jaoywh7vi4sycf1n9zvglyzr1vl9a | gutenberg | Chapter Twenty-One
The Three Adepts
The Sorceress looked up from her work as the three maidens entered, and something in their appearance and manner led her to rise and bow to them in her most dignified manner. The three knelt an instant before the great Sorceress and then stood upright and waited for her to speak.
"Whoever you may be," said Glinda, "I bid you welcome."
"My name is Audah," said one.
"My name is Aurah," said another.
"My name is Aujah," said the third.
Glinda had never heard these names before, but looking closely at the three she asked:
"Are you witches or workers in magic?"
"Some of the secret arts we have gleaned from Nature," replied the brownhaired maiden modestly, "but we do not place our skill beside that of the Great Sorceress, Glinda the Good."
"I suppose you are aware it is unlawful to practice magic in the Land of Oz, without the permission of our Ruler, Princess Ozma?"
"No, we were not aware of that," was the reply. "We have heard of Ozma, who is the appointed Ruler of all this great fairyland, but her laws have not reached us, as yet."
Glinda studied the strange maidens thoughtfully; then she said to them:
"Princess Ozma is even now imprisoned in the Skeezer village, for the whole island with its Great Dome, was sunk to the bottom of the lake by the witchcraft of Coo-ee-oh, whom the Flathead Su-dic transformed into a silly swan. I am seeking some way to overcome Coo-ee-oh's magic and raise the isle to the surface again. Can you help me do this?" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the number of adepts?
2. How many adepts were present?
3. What was the quantity of maidens?
Q2:
1. What was the name of the first adept?
2. Who was the first maiden?
3. What was the first maiden's name?
Q3:
1. What was the name of the second adept?
2. Who was the second maiden?
3. What was the second maiden's name?
Q4:
1. What was the name of the last adept?
2. Who was the third maiden?
3. What was the third maiden's name?
Q5:
1. Who had never heard of the adepts before?
2. Who was hearing the maidens' names for the first time?
3. Who had never heard of the maidens prior to this meeting?
Q6:
1. Did Glinda meet boys or girls?
2. Were the adepts boys or girls?
3. Was Glinda making the acquaintance of boys or girls?
Q7:
1. Were the maidens respectful to Glinda?
2. Did the adepts show Glinda respect?
3. Did the maidents treat Glinda with respect?
Q8:
1. How did the maidens show Glinda their respect?
2. What display of respect did the adepts give Glinda?
3. How did the adepts defer to Glinda?
Q9:
1. Who was the first to speak?
2. Who broke the silence?
3. Who was the first to say something?
Q10:
1. Where did the adepts learn magic?
2. What was the source of the maidens' knowledge of the secret arts?
3. What taught the adepts the secret arts?
Q11:
1. Did one of the maidens have blonde hair?
2. Was there a blonde adept?
3. Was one of the adepts a blonde?
Q12:
1. What color was one maiden's hair?
2. What was the shade of one of the adept's hair?
3. What haircolor did one adept have?
Q13:
1. Is Glinda considered good or bad?
2. Is Glinda a good witch or a bad witch?
3. Do people see Glinda as good or bad?
Q14:
1. Is Glinda great and powerful or mediocre?
2. Is Glinda not very powerful or is she great?
3. Is Glinda a great witch or one who lacks much power?
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378xpawrucd4duh0ucgik0hrf8jail | mctest | Yesterday, Emily and Evelyn went to the zoo with their mom. They left the house right after breakfast so that they would be there when the zoo opened. Once inside, they raced to see the monkeys swinging around their cages. There were even two baby monkeys! The girls also enjoyed feeding birds in the walk-in bird cage. The birds were very interested in picking seeds from the popsicle stick that Emily held out to them. Next, it was time to stop for ice cream. Each girl chose a small cup of soft ice cream. Emily chose a swirl of chocolate and vanilla and Evelyn had chocolate. Ice cream at the zoo was the perfect treat on a hot summer day. The best part of the girls' visit was the giraffe area. They walked past rhinos and tortoises to get to the giraffe area which was on a raised deck. The giraffes stretched their necks up to the deck to eat leaves and hay that were placed there for them. Emily and Evelyn bought special crackers to feed to the giraffes. Emily liked that she could pet the giraffes when they reached out to grab the crackers with their long tongues. Evelyn liked to watch the giraffes, but did not want to feed one herself. After feeding the giraffes, the girls left the zoo, hot and tired and ready to return soon! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who visited the zoo?
2. Who took a trip to the zoo?
3. Who spent time at the zoo?
Q2:
1. When did the trio go to the zoo?
2. When did Emily, Evelyn, and their mom visit the zoo?
3. When was Emily, Evelyn, and their mom's trip to the zoo?
Q3:
1. Did the trio go to the zoo after lunch?
2. Did Emily, Evelyn, and their mom visit the zoo after lunch?
3. Did Emily, Evelyn, and their mom's zoo trip take place after lunch?
Q4:
1. What animal did the trio check out first?
2. Which animal did Emily, Evelyn, and their mom see first?
3. What was the first animal viewed by Emily, Evelyn, and their mom?
Q5:
1. Where were the monkeys?
2. What was the monkeys' location?
3. Where could the monkeys be found?
Q6:
1. What was the next sto for Emily, Evelyn, and their mom after the monkeys?
2. What did the trio see after the monkeys?
3. What was the next thing that Emily, Evelyn, and their mom visited after the monkey exhibit?
Q7:
1. What did Emily hold out to the birds?
2. What did Emily give the birds?
3. What did Emily extend into the bird cage?
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3137onmdkg5t7gshkti1v7u2m7uegs | race | Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.
He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.
He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets --nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea
At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.
While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said "Ding-Dong-Dong", "Ding-Dong-Dong" again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.
Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: "Hello! I'm going swimming, but you can't go, can you?"
No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom's mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.
Ben said, "Hello, old fellow, you've got to work, hey?"
Tom turned suddenly and said, "Why, it's you, Ben! I wasn't noticing."
"Say --I'm going swimming. Don't you wish you could? But of course you'd rather work -- wouldn't you? Of course you would."
Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said "What do you call work?"
"Why, isn't that work?"
Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.
"Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn't. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer."
"Oh come, now, you don't mean to say that you like it?"
The brush continued to move.
"Like it? Well, I don't see why I shouldn't like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?"
Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,
"Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little."
Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.
"No --no --it won't do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don't think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough."
"No --is that so? Oh come, now --let me just try. Only just a little." "Ben, I'd like to, but if it isn't done right, I'm afraid Aunt Polly ... "
"Oh, I'll be careful. Now let me try. Say --I'll give you the core of my apple."
"Well, here --No, Ben, now don't. I'm afraid ..."
"I'll give you all of it."
Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat --and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.
And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company -and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn't run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.
He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What activity did Ben want Tom do to with him?
2. What did Ben want him and Tom to do together?
3. What was Ben interested in doing with Tom?
Q2:
1. Was Tom able to go swimming?
2. Was it possible for Tom go to swimming?
3. Did Tom have the option of going swimming?
Q3:
1. What was Tom's chore?
2. What task did Tom have to do?
3. What chore did Tom need to get done?
Q4:
1. Who requested that Tom whitewash the fence?
2. Who asked Tom to whitewash the fence?
3. Who made a request of Tom to whitewash the fence?
Q5:
1. Was Tom paid to whitewash the fence?
2. Did Tom receive compensation for whitewashing the fence?
3. Did Tom get paid for completing his task?
Q6:
1. What day did Tom whitewash the fence?
2. On what day was Tom to complete his task?
3. What day of the week was Tom asked to do a chore?
Q7:
1. Did Tom have any pocket money?
2. Did Tom have any extra cash?
3. Was Tom in possession of any extra money?
Q8:
1. Who was the first person that Tom conned?
2. Who was the first person Tom was able to pull a scheme on?
3. Who was the first to fall victim to Tom's scheme?
Q9:
1. Who bought the kite?
2. Who did Tom sell the kite to?
3. Who purchase a kite from Tom?
Q10:
1. Was a puppy traded?
2. Did someone exchange a puppy for something else?
3. Was there a puppy in the trades?
Q11:
1. Who screamed?
2. Who yelled loud?
3. Who was making a scene?
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3570y55xzpjrdl98kuuv2ami4mrygp | cnn | (CNN) -- The funeral service for "Sopranos" actor James Gandolfini will be held Thursday in Manhattan, a family friend told CNN on Sunday.
Gandolfini, who was on a working vacation in Rome, died Wednesday. An autopsy determined his death was the result of a heart attack, according to Michael Kobold, the family friend.
The actor's remains are scheduled to leave Rome on Monday and arrive in the United States the same evening, Kobold said. The service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.
"On behalf of the Gandolfini family, I would like to thank the Italian authorities for all of the assistance they have rendered in expediting the formalities necessary to repatriate James Gandolfini's remains to the United States," Kobold said.
"We are fully aware that this process usually takes seven days and we are extremely grateful for their efficiency in dealing with this matter. We sincerely thank you."
The 51-year-old actor arrived in Rome with his son, Michael Gandolfini, a day before he died.
"Jim was happy, he was healthy, he was doing really fine," Kobold said. "He was on vacation with his son. He has an 8-month-old daughter. Everything was going great. I just spoke to him on Father's Day."
The same day Gandolfini died, he had visited the Vatican and dined with his son, the family said.
After he returned to his room, his son alerted hotel staff that he was not answering knocks on the bathroom door. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who passed away?
2. What was the name of the man who passed?
3. What was the name of the person that died?
Q2:
1. Where was James Gandolfini at the time of his passing?
2. Where did James Gandolfini pass away?
3. In what city did James Gandolfini die?
Q3:
1. Who was James Gandolfini in Rome with?
2. Who had accompanied James Gandolfini to Rome?
3. Who was James Gandolfini's travel companion to Rome?
Q4:
1. Why was James Gandolfini in Rome?
2. What was James Gandolfini doing in Rome?
3. What had brought James Gandolfini to Rome?
Q5:
1. How long had James Gandolfini been in Rome?
2. How much time had James Gandolfini spent in Rome?
3. For how long had James Gandolfini been vacationing in Rome?
Q6:
1. What building was James Gandolfini in when he died?
2. In what building did James Gandolfini pass away?
3. What building did James Gandolfini pass in?
Q7:
1. What room did James Gandolfini pass away in?
2. What room was James Gandolfini at the time of his death?
3. In what room did James Gandolfini die?
Q8:
1. What tourist attraction had James Gandolfini visited earlier in the day?
2. What tourist attraction had James Gandolfini been to at the beginning of the day?
3. Where had James Gandolfini gone to on the day that he died?
Q9:
1. What was James Gandolfini's occupation?
2. How was James Gandolfini employed?
3. What did James Gandolfini do for a living?
Q10:
1. What TV show was James Gandolfini known for?
2. What project was James Gandolfini affiliated with?
3. What program had made James Gandolfini a star?
Q11:
1. What was James Gandolfini's cause of death?
2. What did James Gandolfini die of?
3. What caused James Gandolfini's death?
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3zazr5xv01ie1z38eu0vqqa5bn5czj | mctest | Lucy was a young lady bug. She always felt different from the lady bugs because her colors were reversed! Instead of a red body and black spots she had a black body and red spots! As you can imagine this left Lucy feeling pretty lonely so she spent a lot of time flying around to all the different areas to find other ladybugs like her. She loved to feel the wind in her wings as she flew. She spent so much of her time flying around so she could fly longer and faster than another other lady bug. She also loved flying so much because it gave her a feeling of being free. One day when she was flying around she heard a loud scream for help! She went as fast as she could towards the screams for help. She saw another lady bug with a broken wing lying on the ground. She knew the lady bug as Jessie. "What happened?!" asked Lucy. "I crashed into the tree flying home yesterday and I've been lost ever since. I can't fly because my wing is broken. Do you know the way back home?" asked Jessie "Don't worry Jessie, I know this area like the back of my wing I'll lead you home!" Lucy said happily. "Thank you so much!" Jessie said happily. Lucy led Jessie straight home where he was given medicine to fix his broken wing. She was rewarded a medal and called a hero. As she enjoyed her medal she knew she didn't need to find for any more ladybugs that looked like her. She now knew that even with her different colors, she was still a lady bug like everyone else. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What kind of animal was Lucy?
2. What could Lucy be described as?
3. What sort of being was Lucy?
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3vzlgyjeyla24xe35qwi43vfcxcxz9 | race | After two weeks, Ling Qinghao finally sent a message to his wife in their hometown in Anhui, and told her her he was safe. Ling, 44, was a Chinese construction worker who went to Libya. The recent problems in Libya have left the country in disorder. Several Chinese were injured last month. Ling was one of the thousands of Chinese evacuees from Libya. The evacuee's first stop was Greece. They are staying there in a five-star hotel that the Chinese government paid for. According to the Foreign Ministry, by March 2, China has evacuated a total of 35,860 Chinese from Libya. Among them, 20745 have already returned to China. To evacuate means to quickly move people away from a disaster or disorder. An evacuation tests how a nation would deal with an emergency . From getting flight tickets to dealing with customs services , many parts of the government and companies have to work together. To protect the safety of overseas Chinese, China took action quickly. Since February 24, the nation has sent out airplanes and ships to evacuate its people from Libya.They even sent a navy ship to help. This is the first time that China has sent the army in an evacuation. "We have done a great job in no more than 10 days. This shows China's ability to protect its people overseas in emergencies," Vice Foreign Minister Song Tao said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How long did it take Ling Qinghao to message his wife?
2. How much time did it take for Ling Qinghao to get in contact with his wife?
3. How long until Ling Qinghao was able to contact his wife?
Q2:
1. Where did Ling Qinghao live?
2. What was Ling Qinghao place of residence?
3. In what country did Ling Qinghao reside?
Q3:
1. How old was Ling Qinghao?
2. What was Ling Qinghao's age?
3. State the age of Ling Qinghao.
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3j4q2z4uty3e158m8phjbr54zy7qwe | race | As a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech about football to students and parents, aiming at getting new team members :I talked about how"everyone can benefit from football. This year, a worried-looking couple approached me. Their son, who had a sickly childhood, really wanted to play football. They'd tried to talk him out of it, but he had his heart set on joining the team.
When they told me his name , my heart sank. Michael was short and thin. He was a lonely kid and the constant target of other kids' jokes. I knew Michael would never make it. But so close to my "football is for everyone" speech, I told them we could give it a try.
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field. We started a one-mile jog around the track. Repeatedly he fell, each time picking himself up. The same thing happened for weeks. But Michael put his whole heart into the training. Cradually, Michael gained strength both socially and physically. He began to laugh and most of the teammates became friendly. By the last week of practice Michael could run the mile without falling. He asked me to add a few more exercises he could work on his own. Soon , Michael ran the opening mile faster than anyone.
One day after practice, the team captain, Steve, came up to me. He was talented but lazy.He was popular with students even though he could be heartless. Steve pointed to the field where Michael was jogging all alone and asked me why he was still out there. I told Steve to ask him. The next night, I was surprised to see Steve exercising right next to Michael.
Finally our big game came-at first we were losing by twelve points. I could see that some kids had already lost heart. But Michael was playing as hard as he could , begging the team to keep trying. Finally we won the game by one point in the final ten seconds.
At our celebration dinner, we always gave a big award to the most productive player. Steve had scored the most points that season, and everyone cheered as he received his award. " There's someone who deserves it more than I do," Steve said, " Everything I accomplished, and everything the team accomplished this season, is thanks to one person-Michael. " The entire team cheered as Steve turned the prize over to the player who had inspired them all. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was the subject of the story?
2. Who was at the center of the story?
3. What boy's life does the story describe?
Q2:
1. What was the skinny boy's name?
2. What boy was quite thin?
3. Who was prety scrawny?
Q3:
1. Was Michael the team captain?
2. Did Michael serve as team captain?
3. Was Michael's position to be captain of the footbal team?
Q4:
1. Who was the football team captain?
2. What was the name of the captain of the football team?
3. Who served as captain of the football team?
Q5:
1. Did Steve have a big heart?
2. Was Steve a very generous person?
3. Was Steve's heart full?
Q6:
1. Was Steve lazy?
2. Did Steve like to slack off?
3. Was Steve someone who didn't work very hard?
Q7:
1. Which player ran the quickest mile on the team?
2. Who ran the mile faster than anyone else on the team?
3. Who beat all of their teammates at running the mile?
Q8:
1. Did the team win their game?
2. Did the team come out on top?
3. Did the team best their opponents?
Q9:
1. By how many points did the team win?
2. What was the winning margin for the team?
3. How many points was the margin of the team's victory?
Q10:
1. Who won the award for most productive player?
2. Which player was named most productive player?
3. Which player was given the trophy for most productive player?
Q11:
1. Who did Steve give his trophy to?
2. Who did Steve hand his most productive player award to?
3. Who did Steve let have his award for most productive player?
Q12:
1. Why did Steve give Michael his most productive player award?
2. Why did Steve let Michael have his award for most productive player?
3. What was Steve's reason for passing off his most productive player trophy to Steve?
Q13:
1. Who coached the football team?
2. What was the name of the football team's coach?
3.
Q14:
1. Who threw in the towel during the big game?
2. Who felt as though things were hopeless during the big game?
3. Who didn't see the point in trying anymore during the important match?
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3jaoywh7vi4sycf1n9zvglyzroi9lv | wikipedia | Before the 20th century, the term matter included ordinary matter composed of atoms and excluded other energy phenomena such as light or sound. This concept of matter may be generalized from atoms to include any objects having mass even when at rest, but this is ill-defined because an object's mass can arise from its (possibly massless) constituents' motion and interaction energies. Thus, matter does not have a universal definition, nor is it a fundamental concept in physics today. Matter is also used loosely as a general term for the substance that makes up all observable physical objects.
All the objects from everyday life that we can bump into, touch or squeeze are composed of atoms. This atomic matter is in turn made up of interacting subatomic particles—usually a nucleus of protons and neutrons, and a cloud of orbiting electrons. Typically, science considers these composite particles matter because they have both rest mass and volume. By contrast, massless particles, such as photons, are not considered matter, because they have neither rest mass nor volume. However, not all particles with rest mass have a classical volume, since fundamental particles such as quarks and leptons (sometimes equated with matter) are considered "point particles" with no effective size or volume. Nevertheless, quarks and leptons together make up "ordinary matter", and their interactions contribute to the effective volume of the composite particles that make up ordinary matter. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was included in the term matter prior to the 20th century?
2. What was a part of the idea of matter before the 20th century?
3. In the years before the 20th century, what was the term matter comprised of?
Q2:
1. What was excluded from the term matter prior to the 20th century?
2. What wa nots a part of the idea of matter before the 20th century?
3. In the years before the 20th century, what was the term matter not comprised of?
Q3:
1. What does science consider photons?
2. How do scientists classify photons?
3. What do scientists believe photons to be?
Q4:
1. What is one massless particle?
2. What is an example of a particle without mass?
3. Give an example of a massless particle.
Q5:
1. Are photons matter?
2. Do photons count as matter?
3. Are photons considered to be matter?
Q6:
1. Give an example of a fundamental particle.
2. What is one thing that is considered a fundamental particle?
3. What could be given as an example of a fundamental particle?
Q7:
1. Give an example of a fundamental particle, besides leptons.
2. What is one thing that is considered a fundamental particle other than leptons?
3. What could be given as an example of a fundamental particle in addition to leptons?
Q8:
1. What are quarks and leptons considered?
2. What classification is given to quarks and leptons?
3. What do scientists consider leptons and quarks to be?
Q9:
1. What is loosely meant by the term matter?
2. What is an approximative definition of the term matter?
3. What does the term matter mean more or less?
Q10:
1. What effective size do point particles have?
2. State the effective size of point particles.
3. How large is the effective size of a point particle?
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3tpzplc3m0cwav5jysrs6p4xwij3p4 | wikipedia | The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The Red Sox have won eight World Series championships and have played in twelve. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the "Boston Red Stockings", including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves.
Boston was a dominant team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by . However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, dubbed the "Curse of the Bambino" after its alleged beginning with the Red Sox' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918, an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in . The team's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history, including Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" in , the "Impossible Dream" of , Carlton Fisk's home run in , and Bill Buckner's error in . Following their victory in the 2013 World Series, they became the first team to win three World Series trophies in the 21st century, including championships in 2004 and . Red Sox history has also been marked by the team's intense rivalry with the Yankees, arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What team does the article talk about?
2. Which team appears in the article?
3. What team is at hand?
Q2:
1. What is the sport of the Boston Red Sox?
2. What sport do the Boston Red Sox play?
3. What is the sport of the Boston Red Sox?
Q3:
1. Where do the Boston Red Sox compete?
2. What league do the Boston Red Sox play in?
3. What is the league of the Boston Red Sox?
Q4:
1. What umbrella organization do the Boston Red Sox fall under?
2. What is the main organization that includes the Boston Red Sox?
3. What are the Boston Red Sox a member of?
Q5:
1. Have the Boston Red Sox ever won a championship?
2. Have any championships ever gone to the Boston Red Sox?
3. Have the Boston Red Sox ever come out on top in a championship game?
Q6:
1. Which championship have the Boston Red Sox won?
2. What championship has gone to the Boston Red Sox?
3. In which championship have the Boston Red Sox declared victory?
Q7:
1. How many World Series have the Boston Red Sox won?
2. How many World Series victories have the Boston Red Sox got under their belt?
3. What is the number of World Series that have gone to the Boston Red Sox?
Q8:
1. How many times have the Boston Red Sox played in the World Series?
2. What is the number of times that the Boston Red Sox have appeared in the World Series?
3. How many World Series appearances have the Boston Red Sox made?
Q9:
1. Who chose the Boston Red Sox's name?
2. Who named the Boston Red Sox?
3. Who gave the Boston Red Sox their name?
Q10:
1. Who lost to the Boston Red Sox in 1903?
2. Who did the Boston Red Sox defeat in 1903?
3. What team was defeated by the Boston Red Sox in 1903?
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3xiqgxaumc8jkn8xmv4zdj2g3jh7x4 | wikipedia | Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science that includes mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and others. Robotics deals with the design, construction, operation, and use of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing.
These technologies are used to develop machines that can substitute for humans. Robots can be used in any situation and for any purpose, but today many are used in dangerous environments (including bomb detection and de-activation), manufacturing processes, or where humans cannot survive. Robots can take on any form but some are made to resemble humans in appearance. This is said to help in the acceptance of a robot in certain replicative behaviors usually performed by people. Such robots attempt to replicate walking, lifting, speech, cognition, and basically anything a human can do. Many of today's robots are inspired by nature, contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics.
The concept of creating machines that can operate autonomously dates back to classical times, but research into the functionality and potential uses of robots did not grow substantially until the 20th century. Throughout history, it has been frequently assumed that robots will one day be able to mimic human behavior and manage tasks in a human-like fashion. Today, robotics is a rapidly growing field, as technological advances continue; researching, designing, and building new robots serve various practical purposes, whether domestically, commercially, or militarily. Many robots are built to do jobs that are hazardous to people such as defusing bombs, finding survivors in unstable ruins, and exploring mines and shipwrecks. Robotics is also used in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) as a teaching aid. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many different fields fall under the umbrella of robotics?
2. How many fields make up that of robotics?
3. How many fields are incorporated in the interdisciplinary branch of robotics?
Q2:
1. What is the purpose of building a robot?
2. What purposes do robots serve?
3. What is useful about building a robot?
Q3:
1. How long has the idea of an autonomous machine been around?
2. How old is the rough notion of the robot?
3. Since what period have people had some sort of notion of an autonomous machine?
Q4:
1. Is building a robot an aspect of robotics?
2. Does the field of robotics include the building of robots?
3. Is making a robot something that robotics does?
Q5:
1. When did the possibility of making a robot start becoming a reality?
2. When did the possibility of making robots start to become actually possible?
3. When did the reality of creating robots set in?
Q6:
1. Is there only one shape that a robot can take?
2. Do robots come in just one shape?
3. Is there a single form for robots?
Q7:
1. Why make a robot look human?
2. What is the utility of making a robot look human?
3. Why give a robot human qualities?
Q8:
1. What historical assumption is made about robots?
2. What have people historically assumed about robots?
3. What have people always imagined to be true about robots?
Q9:
1. How many human activities might robots be able to perform, according to the article?
2. How many human things does the article say that robots might be able to do?
3. What is the number of human activities robots could one day mimic?
Q10:
1. Is the field of robotics shrinking?
2. Is robotics a dying field?
3. Are less and less people studying robotics?
Q11:
1. What is the inspiration for many recent robots?
2. What serves as inspiration for the creation of many present day robots?
3.
Q12:
1. What two dangerous activites do robots do?
2. What are two unsafe things that robots do?
3. What two dangerous tasks are given to robots?
Q13:
1. Are robots only used by the military?
2. Is the military the only ones who use robots for dangerous tasks?
3. Do robots only do unsafe activities for the military?
Q14:
1. Can robots help children?
2. Can robots come to children's aid?
3. Can a child be helped by a robot?
Q15:
1. What STEM activites do robots do?
2. What are robots used for in the field of STEM?
3. How do STEM researchers employ robots?
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3rkntxvs3mya5nil9neeqz78bv8a47 | wikipedia | Chennai (; formerly known as Madras or ) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is one of the biggest cultural, economic and educational centres in South India. According to the 2011 Indian census, it is the fifth-largest city and fourth-most populous urban agglomeration in India. The city together with the adjoining regions constitute the Chennai Metropolitan Area, which is the 36th-largest urban area by population in the world. Chennai is among the most visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked 43rd most visited city in the world for year 2015. The Quality of Living Survey rated Chennai as the safest city in India. Chennai attracts 45 percent of health tourists visiting India, and 30 to 40 percent of domestic health tourists. As such, it is termed "India's health capital". As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Chennai confronts substantial pollution and other logistical and socio-economic problems.
Chennai had the third-largest expatriate population in India at 35,000 in 2009, 82,790 in 2011 and estimated at over 100,000 by 2016. Tourism guide publisher Lonely Planet named Chennai as one of the top ten cities in the world to visit in 2015. Chennai is ranked as a beta-level city in the Global Cities Index and was ranked the best city in India by "India Today" in the 2014 annual Indian city survey. In 2015 Chennai was named the "hottest" city (worth visiting, and worth living in for long term) by the BBC, citing the mixture of both modern and traditional values. National Geographic ranked Chennai's food as second best in the world; it was the only Indian city to feature in the list. Chennai was also named the ninth-best cosmopolitan city in the world by Lonely Planet. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What has Chennai as its capital?
2. What state does Chennai serve as capital of?
3. For which state is Chennai the capital city?
Q2:
1. What level city is Chennai ranked as by the Global Cities Index?
2. At what level does the Global Cities Index rank Chennai?
3. Where does Chennai fall within the Global Cities Index?
Q3:
1. What is Chennai the fourth most populous of in India?
2. What in India is Chennai the fourth most populous of?
3. Chennai has the fourth largest population amongst what in India?
Q4:
1. How many expats were living in Chennai in 2011?
2. What was Chennai's expatriate population in 2011?
3. In 2011, how many of Chennai's residents were expatriates?
Q5:
1. How many expats were living in Chennai by 2016?
2. What was Chennai's expatriate population in 2016?
3. By 2016, how many of Chennai's residents were expatriates?
Q6:
1. Who named Chennai the hottest city to visit and live in in 2016?
2. In 2016, who called Chennai the coolest city for living in and visiting?
3. What channel declared Chennai the place to live and visit in 2016?
Q7:
1. Where does Chennai's population rank against other world cities?
2. When compared to other global cities, where does Chennai's population rank?
3. What is the rank of Chennai's population amongst other cities across the globe?
Q8:
1. Why is Chennai called India's health capital?
2. How did Chennai get the moniker of health capital of India?
3. What gave Chennai its name of health capital of India?
Q9:
1. Where is Chennai located?
2. What is the location of Chennai?
3. Where can Chennai be found?
Q10:
1. What did National Geographic rank Chennai as second best in the world of?
2. National Geographic gave Chennai the designation as second best in the world at what?
3. What did National Geographic say that Chennai was second best in, globally?
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3ygxwbaf70hyy2fjt1a5wuxwbtfc4n | cnn | (CNN) -- When Hugh Jackman first called his director for "The Wolverine," James Mangold told him that he had had an inspiration after reading the script. Mangold wanted to make the set-in-Japan film similar to "The Outlaw Josey Wales" by making the mutant a Josey Wales with healing powers. Jackman hadn't seen the classic Clint Eastwood film, so Mangold sent him a copy.
"I felt like tonally, it would give him a clue of what I was talking about," the director said.
The director started thinking about the deep affinity between gun-slinging Westerns and swordfighting samurai films. Mangold thought that drawing upon both of them would help "The Wolverine" stand apart from the rest of the X-Men series.
This installment takes place after "X-Men: The Last Stand," as Wolverine retreats from killing the love of his life, Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix, and heads to Japan. It is based on the comic by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, and Mangold thought of it as Hugh Jackman in a Western in Japan, without the horse. To make sense of this movie mashup, the director tweeted images from the top ten inspirations for "The Wolverine," daring fans to identify them.
Astute fans of Mangold's body of work (which includes "Cop Land," "Walk the Line" and "3:10 to Yuma") might have spotted the 1959 Yasujiro Ozu film "Floating Weeds," since the director has cited it as one of the best films of all time as well as a major influence on his first film, "Heavy."
"Ozu is the most underappreciated Japanese director, in my mind," Mangold said. "For me, the whole trip that Logan takes south to the Nagasaki area, it's almost the reverse train trip that the older couple take in 'Tokyo Story.' " QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When does "The Wolverine," take place?
2. At what point is the "The Wolverine," set?
3. When does the new installment of the x men series take place?
Q2:
1. What film had Hugh Jackman never seen?
2. Which movie was unknown to Hugh Jackman?
3. What film was Hugh Jackman unaware of?
Q3:
1. Where is Wolverine headed in "The Wolverine,"?
2. What is Wolverine's destination in "The Wolverine,"?
3. What location is Wolverine traveling to in the film?
Q4:
1. Who is directing "The Wolverine,"?
2. What is the name of the director of "The Wolverine,"?
3. Who is the director of "The Wolverine,"?
Q5:
1. Where was "The Wolverine," set?
2. Where was the setting of "The Wolverine,"?
3. What country served as the setting for "The Wolverine,"?
Q6:
1. What is the basis for "The Wolverine,"?
2. Where does the film version of "The Wolverine," come from?
3. Where did the idea for "The Wolverine," movie come from?
Q7:
1. Who is "The Wolverine," comic by?
2. Who created the comic version of "The Wolverine,"?
3. Who wrote "The Wolverine," comic?
Q8:
1. Who made tweets of images?
2. Whose tweets contained imaged?
3. Who tweeted out some photos?
Q9:
1. What does Yasujiro Ozu do?
2. What is Yasujiro Ozu known as?
3. What does Yasujiro Ozu do for a living?
Q10:
1. Did James Mangold send Hugh Jackman a copy of The Outlaw Josey Wales?
2. Did Hugh Jackman receive a copy of a movie from James Mangold?
3. Was Hugh Jackman sent a film by the director of The Wolverine?
Q11:
1. What film did James Mangold send Hugh Jackman?
2. Which movie did Hugh Jackman get from James Mangold?
3. A copy what film was gifted to Hugh Jackman by the director of his new film?
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32vnztt0a7424442by00lpwiat14r1 | mctest | Once upon a time there were a zebra and a monkey in a zoo. The zebra and the monkey had many napkins. What did the zebra and the monkey do with all the napkins? They didn't know. They ate the napkins. The zebra felt good. The monkey got a stomach ache. Why did the monkey get a stomach ache? The napkins were make out of straw. Straw is good for zebras. Straw is not good for monkeys. The monkey did not like eating the napkins. The zoo worker came and gave the monkey a pill. The pill made the monkey feel better. Now the monkey does not eat napkins. The monkey eats bananas instead of napkins. Now the monkey is always happy and feels good. The zebra does not like to eat bananas. The zebra eats all the napkins and feels good. The zebra and the monkey are both very happy. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose location was the zoo?
2. Who could be found at the zoo?
3. Who hung out at the zoo?
Q2:
1. What did the zebra and monkey have a lot of?
2. What did the zebra and monkey possess in large quantities?
3. What was there very much of in the zebra and monkey's possession?
Q3:
1. What did the zebra and the monkey do with the napkins?
2. What was done with the napkins by the zebra and the monkey?
3.
Q4:
1. How did eating the napkins make the zebra feel?
2. How did the zebra feel after it ate all the napkins?
3. What was the zebra's state after consumption of the napkins?
Q5:
1. How did eating the napkins make the monkey feel?
2. How did the monkey feel after it ate all the napkins?
3. What was the monkey's state after consumption of the napkins?
Q6:
1. Why did eating the napkins make the monkey feel ill?
2. How come the monkey got a stomach ache from eating the napkins?
3. Why did munching on the napkins make the monkey's tummy hurt?
Q7:
1. Did the monkey like eating napkins?
2. Was napkin eating fun for the monkey?
3. Did the monkey think eating napkins was a fun activity?
Q8:
1. What cured the monkey?
2. What made the monkey's tummyache better?
3. How was the monkey cured of its stomach ache?
Q9:
1. Who gave the monkey the pill?
2. Who did the monkey get the pill from?
3. Who gave the monkey his medicine?
Q10:
1. What does the monkey eat now?
2. What does the monkey munch on at present?
3. What is now the monkey's treat?
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3c44yunsi1pusn7grhx4jyq9npjdpb | cnn | London (CNN) -- Olympic star Ryan Lochte said Friday that he tries to maintain a sense of humor and perspective despite his intense focus on swimming -- one that leaves him little time for romantic relationships or much else besides training and competing.
In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, Lochte showed off one of his grills, which he said shows "part of my personality." Just one of the jewel-encrusted items that often adorn his teeth is reportedly worth $25,000.
"I am taking this seriously, but there's so much more to life than just swimming," he said. "That's what I want to have people know: You know what, I'm having fun doing this."
Still, free time for the 28-year-old -- who has been called one of the Olympics' most eligible bachelors -- has been severely limited over the past decade.
When asked "who gets more women," he or rival and fellow American swimmer Michael Phelps, Lochte said he does by a "60/40" margin. Still, the swimmer -- whose mother, Ike Lochte, created a media hubbub recently when she said her son only had time for "one-night stands," which he explained had to do with sporadic dates and not sexual flings -- said it is hard for him to cultivate a long-term relationship given his training regimen.
Phelps leads U.S. gold rush in pool
"I am young, but that's not me," Lochte said of one-night stands.
"I like being in relationships. When I am in a relationship, I want to give (a woman) my entire heart," he added. "And lately I haven't been able to do that just because swimming has taken such a big role in my life." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How old is Ryan Lochte?
2. State the age of Ryan Lochte.
3. Tell us how old Ryan Lochte is.
Q2:
1. Where is Ryan Lochte from?
2. What is Ryan Lochte's hometown?
3. Where was Ryan Lochte born?
Q3:
1. Where does Ryan Lochte compete?
2. What competition is Ryan Lochte participating in?
3. What sports championship is Ryan Lochte competing in?
Q4:
1. What sport does Ryan Lochte compete in?
2. What is Ryan Lochte's sport?
3. What is Ryan Lochte an athlete in?
Q5:
1. Does Ryan Lochte enjoy swimming?
2. Is Ryan Lochte a fan of swimming?
3. Does swimming make Ryan Lochte happy?
Q6:
1. Is Ryan Lochte single?
2. Is Ryan Lochte without a girlfriend?
3. Is it true that Ryan Lochte doesn't have a romantic partner at the moment?
Q7:
1. Does Ryan Lochte have a lot of free time?
2. Is there much free time in Ryan Lochte's life?
3. Does Ryan Lochte have much time to fool around?
Q8:
1. How long has it been since Ryan Lochte's had a fair amount of free time?
2. For how long has Ryan Lochte's life been lacking in free time?
3. How long has Ryan Lochte had almost no free time?
Q9:
1. Has Ryan Lochte's lack of free time impacted his love life?
2. Has Ryan Lochte's love life taken a hit due to the fact that he has no free time?
3. Has the fact that Ryan Lochte doesn't have much free time had consequences for his love life?
Q10:
1. Which of Ryan Lochte's teammates also has no free time?
2. Who of Ryan Lochte's colleagues also suffers from a lack of free time?
3. What colleague of Ryan Lochte's has no free time like him?
Q11:
1. What news channel mentions Ryan Lochte wearing jewelry?
2. What media outlet comments on Ryan Lochte's jewelry?
3. Which news outlet talks about the jewelry Ryan Lochte dons?
Q12:
1. What part of Ryan Lochte's body does he wear jewelry on?
2. Where on his body does Ryan Lochte wear jewelry?
3. What part of his body does Ryan Lochte put his grill on?
Q13:
1. Who is interviewing Ryan Lochte?
2. Who does Ryan Lochte have a discussion with?
3. To whom does Ryan Lochte grant an interview?
Q14:
1. When is the interview between Pierce Morgan and Ryan Lochte?
2. When does Ryan Lochte speak with Pierce Morgan?
3. On what day of the week does Pierce Morgan's interview with Ryan Lochte take place?
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3nlzy2d53ppyqbwn4bah2goo0tplq5 | mctest | Be home by dinnertime, Eric's mother said as he left for school that morning. Eric was excited. Today was show and tell, and he planned to do his magic tricks for the whole class. Once he got to school, he couldn't wait until it was his turn. First up was Angie, who brought her pet lizard. It could change colors to match whatever it was sitting on. The second to be called was John, who showed the class a flower he had grown from seeds. Finally Eric's name was called. He went to the front of the class. "For my first trick" he said, "I'll pull a hamster out of a hat". He had borrowed his sister Candice's pet hamster in order to do his trick. He showed the class his that the hat was empty, then he reached inside, into the secret space where the hamster was hidden. The hamster was gone. He heard a scream. Two girls were standing on their chairs, and the hamster was crawling toward the back of the class. The teacher made him stay after school as punishment, but at least he made it home by dinnertime. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When was Eric supposed to return home?
2. When was Eric told to get home by?
3. By what time was Eric supposed to get home?
Q2:
1. Who told Eric to be home by dinnertime?
2. Who instructed Eric to get home by dinner time?
3.
Q3:
1. Why was Eric eager?
2. What had Eric excited?
3. What was Eric looking forward to?
Q4:
1. What did Eric plan on doing for show and tell?
2. What was Eric's plan for show and tell?
3. What was Eric going to do for show and tell?
Q5:
1. What reptile did Angie bring?
2. What cold blooded animal did Angie show off to the class?
3. What reptile did Eric's friend have with her?
Q6:
1. What did the person after Angie show?
2. What did John bring for show and tell?
3. What was John's show and tell item?
Q7:
1. What animal was Eric going to pull from his cap?
2. What animal was Eric going to take out of his hat?
3. Which animal was Eric set to pull from his hat?
Q8:
1. Did Eric's trick work?
2. Did Eric manage to pull of his magic trick?
3. Was Eric's magic trick a success?
Q9:
1. Where was the hamster?
2. What was the hamster's location?
3. Where could the hamster be found?
Q10:
1. What did Eric have to do as a penalty?
2. What was Eric's punishment?
3. What was Eric made to do as a form of punishment?
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3wokgm4l71gi83ul05wufr10j11o0b | wikipedia | San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino (), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (), is an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy, situated on the Italian Peninsula on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains. Its size is just over , with a population of 33,562. Its capital is the City of San Marino and its largest city is Serravalle. San Marino has the smallest population of all the members of the Council of Europe.
The country takes its name from Marinus, a stonemason originating from the Roman colony on the island of Rab, in modern-day Croatia. In 257 CE Marinus participated in the reconstruction of Rimini's city walls after their destruction by Liburnian pirates. Marinus then went on to found an independent monastic community on Monte Titano in 301 CE; thus, San Marino lays claim to be the oldest extant sovereign state as well as the oldest constitutional republic.
San Marino is governed by the Constitution of San Marino ("Leges Statutae Republicae Sancti Marini"), a series of six books written in Latin in the late 16th century, that dictate the country’s political system, among other matters. The country is considered to have the earliest written governing documents, or constitution, still in effect. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What dictates the rules of San Marino?
2. What is at the center of San Marino's government?
3. What serves as the government of San Marino?
Q2:
1. Who does San Marino get its name?
2. What is the origin of San Marino's name?
3. Whose name does San Marino bear?
Q3:
1. What was the occupation of Marinus?
2. How was Marinus employed?
3. What did Marinus do for a living?
Q4:
1. What is the location of Rab?
2. Where may Rab be found?
3. What country is Rab in?
Q5:
1. Is San Marino a newer country?
2. Has San Marino only been around for a short amount of time?
3. Was San Marino just recently founded?
Q6:
1. How old is San Marino?
2. What is San Marino's age?
3. How long has San Marino went around?
Q7:
1. Is San Marino a peaceful republic?
2. Is the republic of San Marino peaceful?
3. Does the republic of San Marino treat others with respect?
Q8:
1. How many people live in the republic of San Marino?
2. How many residents does the republic of San Marino have?
3. What is the population of San Marino?
Q9:
1. What occured in 257 CE?
2. What was an event in 257 CE?
3. What did Marinus do in 257 CE?
Q10:
1. What did Marinus do after reconstructing Rimini?
2. After he helped rebuild Rimini, what did Marinus do next?
3. What was the next plan of action of Marinus once he had helped rebuild Rimini?
Q11:
1. In what year did Marinus found his monastic community?
2. What was the year when Marinus established a monastic community?
3. When did the establishment of Marinus' community of monks take place?
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32utubmz7gweia6szxfxu0rr5j1bvx | race | Mary went to Canada on vacation. After a week, she came back to New York. She told lots of interesting things to her best friend, Jack. Jack was very interested in Canada and decided to have a visit there. The next summer vacation, Mary and Jack had a plan to go to Canada together. But her mother was badly ill so she went to the airport to see her friend off. When they got to the airport, Mary had to got to the washroom. When she came back, she couldn't find Jack because there were so many people at the airport. She looked for him everywhere, but it was hard to find Jack among the people. Suddenly Mary saw Jack and she felt very happy, so she shouted,"Hi, Jack. Here, here." At the same time, Jack waved his arms,"I'm here." In 3 minutes, so many policemen came to the front of Jack and caught him, "Please come with me to the police office." After the policemen found out the reason, they let them free. Why? Because the word "hijack" in the English has different meanings. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did the police take into custody?
2. Who was arrested?
3. Who did the cops detain?
Q2:
1. Who was Jack meeting at the airport?
2. Who did Jack have plans to see at the airport?
3. Who was Jack going to hook up with at the airport?
Q3:
1. Where was Jacfk traveling?
2. What was Jack's destination?
3. Where was Jack headed off to?
Q4:
1. Where was Jack going to visit Canada from?
2. What state would Jack leave to go to Canada?
3. What was to be Jack's point of departure for his trip to Canada?
Q5:
1. Who was the first to visit Canada?
2. Who visited Canada before Jack?
3. Which friend went to Canada before the other?
Q6:
1. Was Mary going to accompany Jack to Canada?
2. Was Mary set to go to Canada with Jack?
3. Would Jack be visiting Canada in Mary's company?
Q7:
1. Why wouldn't Mary be going to Canada with Jack?
2. For what reason wouldn't Jack and Mary go to Canada together?
3. What was preventing Mary from accompanying Jack to Canada?
Q8:
1. Why did Mary have trouble finding Jack at the airport?
2. What made it difficult for Mary to locate Jack at the airport?
3. What put a hitch in Mary finding her friend at the airport?
Q9:
1. Was Mary relieved to finally find Jack?
2. Did Mary feel relief at finding Jack at last?
3. Did it soothe Mary to finally locate her friend?
Q10:
1. What did Mary yell?
2. What did Mary cry out?
3. What did Mary say in a loud voice?
Q11:
1. What did the police think Mary was saying?
2. What did Mary's words sound like to the police?
3. What did the cops mistake Mary's shout for?
Q12:
1. Was Jack taken to jail?
2. Did the police take Jack to jail?
3. Was Jack brought to jail by law enforcement?
Q13:
1. Where did the police question Jack?
2. In what location did law enforcement question Jack?
3. What was the site of Jack's questioning by the cops?
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31hq4x3t3saa3rb0wfzmxg3pjc6slo | wikipedia | Some definitions of southern Europe, also known as Mediterranean Europe, include the countries of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal), the Italian peninsula, southern France and Greece. Other definitions sometimes include the Balkan countries of southeast Europe, which are geographically in the southern part of Europe, but which have different historical, political, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
Different methods can be used to define southern Europe, including its political, economic, and cultural attributes. Southern Europe can also be defined by its natural features — its geography, climate, and flora.
Southern Europe's most emblematic climate is that of the Mediterranean climate, which has become a typically known characteristic of the area. The Mediterranean climate covers much of Portugal, Spain, Southeast France, Italy, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Greece, the Western and Southern coastal regions of Turkey as well as the Mediterranean islands. Those areas of Mediterranean climate present similar vegetations and landscapes throughout, including dry hills, small plains, pine forests and olive trees. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the vegetation like in the Mediterranean?
2. What are the qualities of the Mediterranean's vegetation?
3. What sort of vegetation does the Mediterranean have?
Q2:
1. What are the forests like in the Mediterranean?
2. What are the qualities of the Mediterranean's forests?
3. What sort of forests does the Mediterranean have?
Q3:
1. What countries make up the Iberian peninsula?
2. Which nations does the Iberian peninsula consist of?
3. What countries can be found upon the Iberian peninsula?
Q4:
1. What peninsula, other than the Iberian one, is a part of the Mediterranean?
2. What's a peninsula in the Mediterranean that isn't the Iberian peninsula?
3. Name a Mediterranean peninsula other than the Iberian one.
Q5:
1. Where can the Balkans be found?
2. What is the location of the Balkans?
3. Where in Europe are the Balkans?
Q6:
1. What countries have the Mediterranean climate?
2. Where does the Mediterranean climate extend to?
3. What nations see Mediterranean style weather?
Q7:
1. What countries have the Mediterranean climate, besides Greece?
2. Where does the Mediterranean climate extend to, past Greece?
3. What nations see Mediterranean style weather, in addition to Greece?
Q8:
1. What countries have the Mediterranean climate, besides Greece and Italy?
2. Where does the Mediterranean climate extend to, past Greece and Italy?
3. What nations see Mediterranean style weather, in addition to Greece and Italy?
Q9:
1. Does Turkey have a Mediterranean climate?
2. Is Turkey's climate Mediterranean?
3. Is the weather in Turkey like that of the Mediterranean?
Q10:
1. What parts of Turkey have a Mediterranean climate?
2. Where in Turkey is the climate Mediterranean?
3. In what parts of Turkey does the weather resemble that of the Mediterranean?
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3vsolarpkb9bi8pch3vvkz4irc4398 | gutenberg | CHAPTER I.
SIR LIONEL GOES TO HIS WOOING.
Yes, they were off. All the joys of that honeymoon shall be left to the imagination of the reader. Their first conversation, as it took place in the carriage which bore them from Mr. Bertram's door, has been given. Those which followed were probably more or less of the same nature. Sir Henry, no doubt, did strive to give some touch of romance to the occasion; but in no such attempt would his wife assist him. To every material proposition that he made, she gave a ready assent; in everything she acceded to his views; she would dine at two, or at eight, as he pleased; she was ready to stay two weeks, or only two days in Paris, as best suited him; she would adapt herself to pictures, or to architecture, or to theatres, or to society, or to going on and seeing nothing, exactly as he adapted himself. She never frowned, or looked black, or had headaches, or couldn't go on, or wouldn't stay still, or turned herself into a Niobean deluge, as some ladies, and very nice ladies too, will sometimes do on their travels. But she would not talk of love, or hold his hand, or turn her cheek to his. She had made her bargain, and would keep to it. Of that which she had promised him, she would give him full measure; of that which she had not promised him--of which she had explained to him that she had nothing to give--of that she would make no attempt to give anything. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Was the wife in love?
2. Did the man's wife love him?
3. Was the woman enamored?
Q2:
1. Did husband and wife hold hands?
2. Would the wife hold her husband's hand?
3. Did the couple lock hands?
Q3:
1. Why didn't the couple hold hands?
2. What kept the couple from holding hands?
3. For what reason weren't the newlyweds holding hands?
Q4:
1. What took place on the honeymoon?
2. What occurred during the honeymoon?
3. What was one event from the honeymoon?
Q5:
1. Who is the first person the chapter mentions by name?
2. Who is the first person whose name appears in the chapter?
3. What name appears in the chapter first?
Q6:
1. Who is the second person the chapter mentions by name?
2. Who is the second person whose name appears in the chapter?
3. What name appears second in the chapter?
Q7:
1. Was Sir Henry romantic?
2. Did Sir Henry know how to woo?
3. Did Sir Henry enjoy romance?
Q8:
1. Did Sir Henry's wife help him?
2. Did Sir Henry receive assistance form his wife?
3. Did Sir Henry's wife play along with her husband?
Q9:
1. Who chose when Sir Henry and his wife ate?
2. Who decided what time Sir Henry and his wife ate?
3. Who chose the mealtimes for Sir Henry and his wife?
Q10:
1. Where did Sir Henry and his wife honeymoon?
2. What was the location of Sir Henry's honeymoon?
3. In what city did Sir Henry and his wife honeymoon?
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3on104kxqkw7c0loasa68o4z3cg4wd | cnn | (CNN) -- The mother of an 11-year-old boy who hanged himself after allegedly being bullied at a Georgia school says her daughter also has been a victim of taunting.
Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo, who Friday asked the White House for help in a campaign to end school bullying, said her daughter, 12, was also recently harassed by a boy who kept referring to her dead brother.
The boy was disciplined but still taunted the girl before he was suspended and his mother withdrew him from a middle school, she said.
Since then, the boy's mom has failed to meet with her, Bermudez said. "I guess she doesn't care."
The mother, who wrote a letter to President Barack Obama about bullying, held a news conference Friday to ask for help.
Jaheem Herrera was found dead in his closet in April.
"Til this day, I live with that memory of seeing my son hanging in the closet; my daughters are so hurt too," Bermudez wrote in the letter.
Bermudez told CNN that Jaheem, a fifth-grader, had been complaining about bullying at Dunaire Elementary School in DeKalb County. Bermudez said that at the time, she did not know that the bullying had gotten so bad. Friday, she indicated Jaheem once passed out after boys put him in a sleeper hold at the school.
Administrators and others won't take responsibility for this and other incidents at the school, she said.
"I feel like I failed him," Bermudez said of Jaheem. "I can't get justice. A year has passed, and they keep denying it." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When did Jaheem Herrera pass away?
2. When was Jaheem Herrera's death discovered?
3. When was it found out that Jaheem Herrera had passed?
Q2:
1. How old was Jaheem Herrera when he died?
2. What was Jaheem Herrera's age at the time of his passing?
3. How old was Jaheem Herrera at the time of his death?
Q3:
1. What grade was Jaheem Herrera at the time of his passing?
2. What grade was Jaheem Herrera when he died?
3. What was Jaheem Herrera's year in school?
Q4:
1. Where did Jaheem Herrera go to school?
2. Where was Jaheem Herrera enrolled in school?
3. Which school did Jaheem Herrera attend?
Q5:
1. What sort of bullying did Jaheem Herrera undergo?
2. How was Jaheem Herrera bullied?
3. What did Jaheem Herrera's classmates do to torment him?
Q6:
1. How long ago was Jaheem Herrera's suicide?
2. How long ago did Jaheem Herrera pass away?
3. How much time has passed since Jaheem Herrera took his own life?
Q7:
1. Is Jaheem Herrera's mom trying to get the government involved?
2. Is Jaheem Herrera's mother seeking government involvment?
3. Is Jaheem Herrera making an attempt to involve the federal government?
Q8:
1. Does Jaheem Herrera's school admit wrongdoing?
2. Is Jaheem Herrera's school forthcoming about their role in Jaheem Herrera's death?
3. Does Jaheem Herrera's school admit fault for his death?
Q9:
1. What is the name of Jaheem Herrera's mother?
2. Who is Jaheem Herrera's mom?
3. What woman was Jaheem Herrera the son of?
Q10:
1. Does Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo have other children besides her late son?
2. Does Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo have kids besides Jaheem Herrera?
3. Is Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo anyone's mom besides Jaheem?
Q11:
1. What is the name of Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo's daughter?
2. Who is Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo's daughter?
3. What is the name of Jaheem Herrera's sister?
Q12:
1. What happened to Jaheem Herrera's sister?
2. What happened to Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo's daughter?
3. What did Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo's daughter suffer from?
Q13:
1. Who has been taunting Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo's daughter?
2. Who is the bully of Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo's daughter?
3. By whom is Masika Bermudez-Carrasquillo's daughter being harassed?
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3tvss0c0e10rtl0eptbegwgrjcxtw0 | gutenberg | CHAPTER VII. THE HOUSE IN SOHO
WHITTINGTON and his companion were walking at a good pace. Tommy started in pursuit at once, and was in time to see them turn the corner of the street. His vigorous strides soon enabled him to gain upon them, and by the time he, in his turn, reached the corner the distance between them was sensibly lessened. The small Mayfair streets were comparatively deserted, and he judged it wise to content himself with keeping them in sight.
The sport was a new one to him. Though familiar with the technicalities from a course of novel reading, he had never before attempted to "follow" anyone, and it appeared to him at once that, in actual practice, the proceeding was fraught with difficulties. Supposing, for instance, that they should suddenly hail a taxi? In books, you simply leapt into another, promised the driver a sovereign--or its modern equivalent--and there you were. In actual fact, Tommy foresaw that it was extremely likely there would be no second taxi. Therefore he would have to run. What happened in actual fact to a young man who ran incessantly and persistently through the London streets? In a main road he might hope to create the illusion that he was merely running for a bus. But in these obscure aristocratic byways he could not but feel that an officious policeman might stop him to explain matters.
At this juncture in his thoughts a taxi with flag erect turned the corner of the street ahead. Tommy held his breath. Would they hail it? QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose breath was being held?
2. Who waited with baited breath?
3. What was the name of the man holding his breath?
Q2:
1. What was new to Tommy?
2. What had Tommy never experienced before?
3. What was a novel experience for Tommy?
Q3:
1. Who walked at a regular pace?
2. Whose pace was a normal one?
3. Who was strolling at an average speed?
Q4:
1. Who walked at a regular pace with WHITTINGTON?
2. Whose pace was a normal one in the company of WHITTINGTON?
3. Who was strolling at an average speed alongside WHITTINGTON?
Q5:
1. Where could virtually no one be found?
2. What had basically no one in them?
3. What was a ghost town?
Q6:
1. Were the Mayfair streets large?
2. Did Mayfair have large streets?
3. Was there lots of room on the streets of Mayfair?
Q7:
1. What was the size of the Mayfair streets?
2. How big were the streets of Mayfair?
3. What size did the Mayfair streets come in?
Q8:
1. Whose streets was someone constantly running around in?
2. What city streets was someone running in?
3. The streets of which city had someone dashing around in them?
Q9:
1. Why did Tommy have to run?
2. What pushed Tommy to dash around?
3. What was Tommy's reason for running around?
Q10:
1. Who figured there would be no second taxi?
2. Who presumed that a second taxi would not come?
3. Who was not going to count on a second taxi?
Q11:
1. What happened in the books?
2. What was a gesture in novels?
3. What did people do with taxis in the books?
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32n49tqg3gi9z010tjf1zp7lod6avg | cnn | Two prominent newspapers this week used their editorial pages to call for mercy for intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, with one arguing "he deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight."
The New York Times and The Guardian make the case for some sort of plea deal or clemency that would allow Snowden to return to the United States from Russia, where he was granted asylum.
Mercy or dropped charges have occurred in past cases of other high-profile whistle-blowers, such as Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst behind the leak of the Pentagon Papers. But in recent years, the United States has aggressively pursued those who leak government secrets.
Here's a look at how the cases of five prominent leakers -- including Snowden -- have played out:
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg was the military analyst who leaked the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers in 1971.
The top-secret documents revealed that senior U.S. leaders, including three Presidents, knew the Vietnam War was an unwinnable, tragic quagmire. Further, they showed the government had lied to Congress and the public about the progress of the war.
Ellsberg surrendered to authorities and was charged as a spy.
During his trial, the court learned that President Richard Nixon's administration had embarked on a campaign to discredit Ellsberg, illegally wiretapping him and breaking into his psychiatrist's office. All charges against him were dropped. Since then, he has lived a relatively quiet life as a respected author and lecturer.
Chelsea Manning
U.S. Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, who formerly went by the name Bradley, was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos to WikiLeaks, the online anti-secrecy group. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the identity of Daniel Ellsberg?
2. What is Daniel Ellsberg known for?
3. What is notable about Daniel Ellsberg?
Q2:
1. What did the Pentagon Papers reveal?
2. What was leaked in the Pentagon Papers?
3. What did the Pentagon Papers teach the public?
Q3:
1. When were the Pentagon Papers leaked?
2. When did the release of the Pentagon Papers occur?
3. In what year were the Pentagon Papers released?
Q4:
1. What did Nixon do to Daniel Ellsberg?
2. How did Richard Nixon try and discredit Daniel Ellsberg?
3. What action did Richard Nixon take against Daniel Ellsberg?
Q5:
1. What did Nixon do to Daniel Ellsberg?
2. How did Richard Nixon try and discredit Daniel Ellsberg?
3. What action did Richard Nixon take against Daniel Ellsberg?
Q6:
1. Was Daniel Ellsberg thrown in jail?
2. Did Daniel Ellsberg spend time in jail?
3. Was Daniel Ellsberg jailed?
Q7:
1. What kept Daniel Ellsberg out of prison?
2. Why wasn't Daniel Ellsberg sent to prison?
3. Why didn't Daniel Ellsberg go to jail?
Q8:
1. What happened to the charges against Daniel Ellsberg?
2. What became of the charges against Daniel Ellsberg?
3. What was ultimately done with the allegations against Daniel Ellsberg?
Q9:
1. Where does Edward Snowden live these days?
2. What is Edward Snowden's current place of residence?
3. Where does Edward Snowden presently reside?
Q10:
1. Why is Edward Snowden living in Russia?
2. What is Edward Snowden's reason for taking up residency in Russia?
3. What made Edward Snowden decide to live in Russia?
Q11:
1. Who is calling for clemency for Edward Snowden?
2. Who wants the government to have mercy on Edward Snowden?
3. Who is making the case for a plea deal for Edward Snowden?
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3yoh7bii097fbdam5asqt3ahttbvkz | gutenberg | CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
A TRYING ORDEAL--DANGER THREATENS AND FLIGHT AGAIN RESOLVED ON.
When the early birds are singing, and the early mists are scattering, and the early sun is rising to gladden, as with the smile of God, all things with life in earth and sea and sky--then it is that early-rising man goes forth to reap the blessings which his lazy fellow-man fails to appreciate or enjoy.
Among the early risers that morning was our friend Moses. Gifted with an inquiring mind, the negro had proceeded to gratify his propensities by making inquiries of a general nature, and thus had acquired, among other things, the particular information that the river on the banks of which the village stood was full of fish. Now, Moses was an ardent angler.
"I lub fishing," he said one day to Nigel when in a confidential mood; "I can't tell you how much I lub it. Seems to me dat der's nuffin' like it for proggin' a man!"
When Nigel demanded an explanation of what proggin' meant, Moses said he wasn't quite sure. He could "understand t'ings easy enough though he couldn't allers 'splain 'em." On the whole he thought that prog had a compound meaning--it was a combination of poke and pull "wid a flavour ob ticklin' about it," and was rather pleasant.
"You see," he continued, "when a leetle fish plays wid your hook, it progs your intellec' an' tickles up your fancy a leetle. When he grabs you, dat progs your hopes a good deal. When a big fish do de same, dat progs you deeper. An' when a real walloper almost pulls you into de ribber, dat progs your heart up into your t'roat, where it stick till you land him." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who thinks it best to get up early?
2. Who enjoys being an early riser?
3. Who likes to get out of bed early in the day?
Q2:
1. Who thinks it best to get up early besides the early rising man?
2. Who enjoys being an early riser like the early rising man?
3. Who likes to get out of bed early in the day such as an early rising man?
Q3:
1. Who was Moses?
2. What kind of person was Moses?
3. What could Moses be described as?
Q4:
1. Was Moses inquisitive?
2. Did Moses ask lots of questions?
3. Was Moses curious about the world?
Q5:
1. What types of questions did Moses ask?
2. What was the nature of Moses' questions?
3. What sorts of inquiries would Moses make?
Q6:
1. Did Moses learn anything beneficial?
2. Did Moses learn anything of note?
3. Did Moses find out anything that helped him?
Q7:
1. What beneficial thing did Moses learn?
2. What did Moses learn that helped him?
3. What helpful information did Moses come across?
Q8:
1. Where were the fish?
2. Where could the fish be found?
3. What was the location of the fish?
Q9:
1. Was anything near the river?
2. Was the river close to anything?
3. Could anything be found in close proximity to the river?
Q10:
1. What was near the river?
2. What did the river have by it?
3. What was in close proximity to the river?
Q11:
1. Did Moses enjoy fishing?
2. Was it fun for Moses to fish?
3. Did Moses think fishing was nice?
Q12:
1. Did Moses let anyone know that he enjoyed fishing?
2. Did Moses tell anyone that he liked to fish?
3. Did Moses reveal his enjoyment when fishing to someone?
Q13:
1. Who did Moses tell that he liked to fish?
2. Who did Moses let know that he enjoyed fishing?
3. To whom did Moses speak about liking to fish?
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3ovr4i9uspj2s3p2yjb0gzmdfb84qi | wikipedia | São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off the northwestern coast of Gabon.
The islands were uninhabited until their discovery by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century. Gradually colonized and settled by the Portuguese throughout the 16th century, they collectively served as a vital commercial and trade center for the Atlantic slave trade. The rich volcanic soil and close proximity to the equator made São Tomé and Príncipe ideal for sugar cultivation, followed later by cash crops such as coffee and cocoa; the lucrative plantation economy was heavily dependent upon imported African slaves. Cycles of social unrest and economic instability throughout the 19th and 20th centuries culminated in peaceful independence in 1975. São Tomé and Príncipe has since remained one of Africa's most stable and democratic countries.
With a population of 192,993 (2013 Census), São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest African country after Seychelles, as well as the smallest Portuguese-speaking country. Its people are predominantly of African and "mestiço" descent, with most practising Roman Catholicism. The legacy of Portuguese rule is also visible in the country's culture, customs, and music, which fuse European and African influences. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does Sao Tome and Principe officially go by?
2. What is Sao Tome and Principe officially called?
3. How is Sao Tome and Principe formally referred to?
Q2:
1. Who discovered Sao Tome and Principe?
2. Who was the first to explore Sao Tome and Principe?
3.
Q3:
1. When did Portuguese explorers discover Sao Tome and Principe?
2. When did Portuguese navigators come across Sao Tome and Principe?
3. During what time period was Sao Tome and Principe discovered by the Portuguese?
Q4:
1. Was Sao Tome and Principe inhabited in the 15th century?
2. Was anyone living on Sao Tome and Principe when the Portuguese discovered it?
3. At the time of its discovery by Portugal, was anyone living on Sao Tome and Principe?
Q5:
1. What body of water is Sao Tome and Principe located in?
2. What sea is Sao Tome and Principe in?
3. What body of water surrounds Sao Tome and Principe?
Q6:
1. What continent is nearby Sao Tome and Principe?
2. Which continent is in close proximity to Sao Tome and Principe?
3. What is the continent that neighbors Sao Tome and Principe?
Q7:
1. Which African coast neighbors Sao Tome and Principe?
2. What coast of Africa is Sao Tome and Principe close by?
3. Which African coast is near Sao Tome and Principe?
Q8:
1. How many people live in Sao Tome and Principe?
2. How many inhabitants does Sao Tome and Principe have?
3. What is the population of Sao Tome and Principe?
Q9:
1. When was the population of Sao Tome and Principe calculated?
2. When was the number of inhabitants on Sao Tome and Principe gathered?
3. In what year was a census taken on Sao Tome and Principe?
Q10:
1. Is Sao Tome and Principe the smallest African country?
2. Is Sao Tome and Principe the tiniest country in Africa?
3. Is Sao Tome and Principe smaller than all other countries in Africa?
Q11:
1. How many African countries are smaller than Sao Tome and Principe?
2. What is the number of countries in Africa smaller than Sao Tome and Principe?
3. How many African countries dwarf Sao Tome and Principe?
Q12:
1. Which African country is smaller than Sao Tome and Principe?
2. What is the African nation that is smaller than Sao Tome and Principe?
3. What is the only African country that Sao Tome and Principe is bigger than?
Q13:
1. What language is spoken in Sao Tome and Principe?
2. What do people speak on Sao Tome and Principe?
3. What is the native language on Sao Tome and Principe?
Q14:
1. What is the primary religion on Sao Tome and Principe?
2. What religion do most residents of Sao Tome and Principe practice?
3. What is the faith of most people on Sao Tome and Principe?
Q15:
1. Are people mostly Orthodox or Roman Catholic on Sao Tome and Principe?
2. Does Sao Tome and Principe have mostly believers in Orthodox or Roman Catholic traditions?
3. Does Sao Tome and Principe lean towards Catholicism of the Orthodox or Roman tradition?
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37q970snze8xdk7w35h3d1ubljs1s8 | race | In the middle of the first term of school, the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills. Steve hurried through his tests, and continued to dream of other things. His heart was not in school, but in the woods. One day, Miss White's impatient voice broke into his daydreams. "Steve! Pay attention!" Steve turned to look at her, fixing his eyes on Miss White, as she began to go over the test results for the seventh grade. "You all did pretty well," she told the class, "except for one boy, and it breaks my heart to tell you this, but..." She hesitated, her eyes searching his face. "...The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!" She just stared at Steve. Steve dropped his eyes. After that, it was war! Steve still wouldn't do his homework. Even as the punishments became more severe, he remained _ "Just try it! ONE WEEK!" He was unmoved. "You're smart enough! You'll see a change!" Nothing touched him. "Give yourself a chance! Don't give up on your life!" Nothing. "Steve! Please! I care about you!" Wow! Suddenly, Steve got it! Someone cared about him? Steve went home from school, thoughtful, that afternoon. Walking into the house, both parents were out. He, quickly, gathered up a jar of peanut butter, a loaf of bread, a bottle of water, and this time...his schoolbooks. The following Monday he arrived at school on time, and he waited for Miss White to enter the classroom. She walked in, all smiles! God, she was beautiful! Miss White, immediately, gave a quiz on the weekend homework. Steve hurried through the test and was the first to hand in his paper. With a look of surprise, Miss White took his paper. Obviously puzzled, she began to look it over. Miss White's face was in total shock! The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test! From that moment nothing was the same for Steve. Life at home remained the same, but life still changed. He discovered that not only could he learn, but he was good at it! He discovered that he could understand knowledge and translate the things he learned into his own life. Steve began to go ahead! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the story about?
2. Who is the protagonist?
3. What is the name of the main character?
Q2:
1. What grade was the main character in?
2. What grade was Steve in?
3. What was Steve's year in school?
Q3:
1. Was Steve an attentive student?
2. Was Steve paying attention in school?
3. Was Steve a good listener during class?
Q4:
1. Where was Steve's heart at?
2. Where did Steve wish he was instead of school?
3. Where would Steve rather be than at school?
Q5:
1. What was Miss White's demeanor?
2. How did Miss White act?
3. How was Miss White feeling towards Steve?
Q6:
1. What was the name of Steve's teacher?
2. Who was Steve's teacher?
3. Who was in charge of Steve's class?
Q7:
1. Was Steve the smartest boy in Miss White's class?
2. Was Steve more intelligent than everyone else in Miss White's class?
3. Did Steve's intelligence surpass that of his classmates?
Q8:
1. Did punishment make Steve more disciplined?
2. Did being punished help Steve learn?
3. Did Steve's behavior improve when he was punished?
Q9:
1. Did Miss White want to do well?
2. Was Steve's wellbeing important to Miss White?
3. Did Steve's teacher care about him?
Q10:
1. Did Steve finally pass a test?
2. Was Steve able to pass a test in the end?
3. Did Steve ever manage to receive a passing grade?
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37fmassaycr9w4ms0qgefb1xxq5ibp | mctest | Emily and her brother Matthew went outside to play. They brought their dog Bo with them, too. Bo was holding a bone in her mouth. Matthew threw a ball and Bo chased after it. Emily laughed as Bo ran away. Bo brought the ball back to Matthew. Then Bo barked. This time Emily threw the ball. She was younger than Matthew, so the ball did not go as far. Bo chased after the ball anyway, and Emily laughed again. Matthew smiled at his little sister. Bo ran back to Emily and dropped the ball at her feet. Then Bo wagged her tail and licked Emily's face. Emily giggled and scratched Bo's ears. Then Matthew and Emily's mother came outside holding a bar of soap. She told them that it was time for dinner and they had to come inside and wash their hands. Just then, Matthew and Emily's dad came home from work. Matthew and Emily ran to their dad. They all walked inside together and Bo followed them in. They would have to play ball tomorrow. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the dog's name?
2. Who is Emily and Matthew's dog?
3. What is the name of the dog belonging to Emily and Matt?
Q2:
1. What did Bo have?
2. What was in Bo's possession?
3. What object was Bo in possession of?
Q3:
1. Where did Bo have a bone?
2. Where was Bo holding her bone?
3. What location did Bo keep her bone in?
Q4:
1. Who got back from work?
2. Who returned from a day at work?
3. Who came back from their job?
Q5:
1. Were Emily and Matthew happy to see their dad?
2. Did it bring Emily and Matthew joy to see their father?
3. Did seeing their dad put a smile on Emily and Matthew's face?
Q6:
1. Who tossed a ball?
2. Who threw a ball around?
3. Who launched the ball?
Q7:
1. Did Matthew throw the ball at someone?
2. Was Matthew throwing the ball in somebody's direction?
3. Did Matthew launch the ball towards someone specific?
Q8:
1. Who did Matthew throw the ball at?
2. Who was catching Matthew's ball?
3. Who was meant to make contact with the ball Matthew launched?
Q9:
1. Was Bo vocal?
2. Did Bo make any noise?
3. Did the dog make its voice heard?
Q10:
1. Who is Matthew's younger sibling?
2. Who is Matthew's little sister?
3. What is the name of Matthew's younger sister?
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3zsy5x72nxb68xekuif9zn2nsfqroe | wikipedia | Palermo (Italian: [paˈlɛrmo] ( listen), Sicilian: Palermu, Latin: Panormus, from Greek: Πάνορμος, Panormos, Arabic: بَلَرْم, Balarm; Phoenician: זִיז, Ziz) is a city in Insular Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as Ziz ('flower'). Palermo then became a possession of Carthage, before becoming part of the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and eventually part of the Byzantine Empire, for over a thousand years. The Greeks named the city Panormus meaning 'complete port'. From 831 to 1072 the city was under Arab rule during the Emirate of Sicily when the city first became a capital. The Arabs shifted the Greek name into Balarm, the root for Palermo's present-day name. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo became the capital of a new kingdom (from 1130 to 1816), the Kingdom of Sicily and the capital of the Holy Roman Empire under Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor and Conrad IV of Germany, King of the Romans. Eventually Sicily would be united with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification of 1860. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What city has been around for over 2000 years?
2. What has existed for more than 2000 years?
3. Which city's existence dates back to more than 2000 years ago?
Q2:
1. When was Palermo founded?
2. In what year was Palermo established?
3. What was the year of Palermo's creation?
Q3:
1. What was Palermo a part of for over 1000 years?
2. What was Palermo a member of fore more than one thousand years?
3. For over 1000 years, whose rule did Palermo fall under?
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3jrjswsmqhlsd4gtpebhcd5ti8t3ep | gutenberg | CHAPTER XX--NO. 5 CHEYNE ROW
Frank had brought home the Life of Carlyle, and Maude had been dipping into it in the few spare half-hours which the many duties of a young housekeeper left her. At first it struck her as dry, but from the moment that she understood that this was, among other things, an account of the inner life of a husband and a wife, she became keenly interested, and a passionate and unreasonable partisan. For Frederick and Cromwell and the other great issues her feelings were tolerant but lukewarm. But the great sex-questions of 'How did he treat her?' and of 'How did she stand it?' filled her with that eternal and personal interest with which they affect every woman. Her gentle nature seldom disliked any one, but certainly amongst those whom she liked least, the gaunt figure of the Chelsea sage began to bulk largely. One night, as Frank sat reading in front of the fire, he suddenly found his wife on her knees upon the rug, and a pair of beseeching eyes upon his face.
'Frank, dear, I want you to make me a promise.'
'Well, what is it?'
'Will you grant it?'
'How can I tell you when I have not heard it?'
'How horrid you are, Frank! A year ago you would have promised first and asked afterwards.'
'But I am a shrewd old married man now. Well, let me hear it.'
'I want you to promise me that you will never be a Carlyle.' QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who came home with Life of Carlyle?
2. Who arrived at the house with Life of Carlyle?
3. Who got back home in possession of Life of Carlyle?
Q2:
1. Who had been dipping into Life of Carlyle?
2. Who had been taking a look at Life of Carlyle?
3. Who had been perusing Life of Carlyle?
Q3:
1. What did Maude understand Life of Carlyle to be an account of?
2. What did Maude glean that Life of Carlyle was talking about?
3. What did Maude comprehend to be the subject of Life of Carlyle?
Q4:
1. What promise was made near the end of the story?
2. What was the promise at the finish of the paragraph?
3. What does Maude ask her husband to promise?
Q5:
1. Who referred to himself as a shrewd old man?
2. Who called himself a shrewd old man?
3. Who used the phrase shrewd old man to refer to himself?
Q6:
1. Did most people enjoy Maude's company?
2. Was Maude popular among others?
3. Did people find Maude pleasing?
Q7:
1. What did Frank do near the fire?
2. What was Frank's fireside activity?
3. What was Frank up to sitting by the fire?
Q8:
1. According to Maude, how would Frank have acted a year ago?
2. What does Maude say Frank would have done a year ago?
3. What would have been Frank's response a year ago in Maude's view?
Q9:
1. What were Maude's feelings for Frederick and Cromwell?
2. How did Maude feel towards Frederick and Cromwell?
3. What were Maude's estimations regarding Frederick and Cromwell?
Q10:
1. Maude was tolerant towards Frederick and Cromwell - but what?
2. What hesitation did Maude have in her tolerance towards Frederick and Cromwell?
3. What was the quality of Maude's tolerance for Frederick and Cromwell?
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3t111ihz5eq31aaestwr2x7yxp7r9l | wikipedia | The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. It shares borders with Western Australia to the west (129th meridian east), South Australia to the south (26th parallel south), and Queensland to the east (138th meridian east). To the north, the territory is bordered by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Despite its large area—over , making it the third largest Australian federal division—it is sparsely populated. The Northern Territory's population of 244,000 (2016) makes it the least populous of Australia's eight major states and territories, having fewer than half as many people as Tasmania.
The archaeological history of the Northern Territory begins over 40,000 years ago when Indigenous Australians settled the region. Makassan traders began trading with the indigenous people of the Northern Territory for trepang from at least the 18th century onwards. The coast of the territory was first seen by Europeans in the 17th century. The British were the first Europeans to attempt to settle the coastal regions. After three failed attempts to establish a settlement (1824–1828, 1838–1849, and 1864–66), success was achieved in 1869 with the establishment of a settlement at Port Darwin. Today the economy is based on tourism, especially Kakadu National Park in the Top End and the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock) in central Australia, and mining. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the subject of the article?
2. What does the article discuss?
3. What is the article centered upon?
Q2:
1. The article talks about the Northern Territory of what country?
2. Which country's Northern Territory is discussed in the article?
3. Which nation's Northern Territory appears in the article?
Q3:
1. When does the archaeological history of the Northern Territory date back to?
2. When does the history of the Northern Territory begin?
3. What is the start of recorded history in Australia's Northern Territory?
Q4:
1. When did new populations settle in the Northern Territory?
2. During what period did newer peoples settle in the Northern Territory?
3. At what point was the Northern Territory colonized by new settlers?
Q5:
1. Where did people come to the Northern Territory from in the 18th century?
2. What was the provenance of 18th century settlers in the Northern Territory?
3. What was the origin of those who settled in the Northern Territory in the 18th century?
Q6:
1. What other areas are close to the Northern Territory?
2. What regions are nearby the Northern Territory?
3. What parts of Australia border its Northern Territory?
Q7:
1. What bodies of water are near the Northern Territory?
2. What seas are close to the Northern Territory?
3. Which bodies of water are accessible via the Northern Territory?
Q8:
1. What is the population of the Northern Territory?
2. How many people live in the Northern Territory?
3. How many inhabitants are there in the Northern Territory?
Q9:
1. Is the Northern Territory the largest area on the Australian continent?
2. Is the Northern Territory Australia's largest region?
3. Is the Northern Territory the biggest region in Australia?
Q10:
1. What is the Northern Territory's rank amongst Australia's federal divisions?
2. How big is the Northern Territory with respect to Australia's other federal regions?
3. What is the Northern Territory's rank in size within Australia?
Q11:
1. What is the Northern Territory's population rank amongst Australia's federal divisions?
2. How big is the Northern Territory's population with respect to Australia's other federal regions?
3. What is the Northern Territory's rank in population within Australia?
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3eqhhy4hqsstbxzo9spyrdop891g5o | gutenberg | CHAPTER III
OFF THE TRACK
"Well, if he isn't the worst yet," was the comment of the senator's son.
"I hope he isn't waiting for that train," said Shadow. "I don't want to see any more of him."
"Pooh! who's afraid?" asked Phil. "I guess we can make him keep his distance."
"I thought I knew him when he came in, but I wasn't sure," said the restaurant keeper. "The man who runs the hotel, Mr. Brown, had a lot of trouble with him because he wouldn't pay his bill--said it was too high. Then he came here once and said the meat wasn't fresh and the bread was stale and sour. I came close to pitching him out. Don't let him walk over you--if he does take your train."
"No danger," answered Dave. He had not yet forgotten the rude manner in which Isaac Pludding had shoved him.
It was soon time for the Oakdale train to arrive, and the students walked back to the depot. The snow was over a foot deep and still coming down steadily. The depot was crowded with folks, and among them they discovered Isaac Pludding, with his valise and a big bundle done up in brown paper.
"He certainly must be waiting for the train," said Dave; and he was right. When the cars came to a stop the stout man was the first person aboard. The students entered another car and secured seats in a bunch as before.
"By the way, where is Nat Poole?" asked Roger, suddenly. "I didn't see him get off the other train." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which train would arrive soon?
2. Which train's arrival was about to happen?
3. What train was coming into the station?
Q2:
1. Who was going to get on the train?
2. Who was set to board the train?
3. Who was going to take the incoming train?
Q3:
1. Was rain falling?
2. Was the precipitation rainfall?
3. Did it rain?
Q4:
1. Was the snow continuing to pile up?
2. Was the snow accumulating?
3. Was there more and more snowfall on the ground?
Q5:
1. Who recognized Isaac Pludding when he entered?
2. Who sussed out Isaac Pludding's identity when he came in?
3. Who knew who Isaac Pludding was upon entry?
Q6:
1. Who runs the motel?
2. Who is the motel keeper?
3. What's the name of the man running the motel?
Q7:
1. Who did Mr. Brown recognize?
2. Who did Mr. Brown identify?
3. Whose identity did Mr. Brown confirm?
Q8:
1. Who states that they do not wish to see Isaac Pludding again?
2. Who makes mention of their desire not to see Isaac Pludding again?
3. Who mentions they'd rather not see Isaac Pludding again?
Q9:
1. What did Shadow not want Isaac Pludding to be doing?
2. What did Shadow hope Isaac Pludding wasn't doing?
3. What was Shadow praying that Isaac Pludding was not up to?
Q10:
1. Could anyone not be found after the train was cleared?
2. Was anyone missing from the train?
3.
Q11:
1. Why does everyone think Nat Poole vanished?
2. For what reason does everyone think Nat Poole is missing?
3. Why do all believe that Nat Poole has gone missing?
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3f1567xtnw53p9vefe7rx7xt1xb9qw | race | Dr.Michael Prager, a leading Botox expert, said that a growing number of women are developing something called "computer face".He also mentioned that professionals who worked long hours in front of a screen were ending up with saggy jowls , "turkey neck" and deep-set wrinkles on their forehead and around their eyes.
The Botox expert said that, of all his clients, office workers were most likely to show premature signs of ageing."If you are one of the unfortunate people who frown while you are concentrating on the screen then, over time, you will inevitably end up with frown lines," Dr.Prager said."What is perhaps more surprising is the number of women with saggy jowls because they are sitting in one position for so long.If you spend most of the time looking down then the neck muscles shorten and go saggy, eventually giving you a second neck."
Dr.Prager, who has a practice near Harley Street in London, said he encourages his clients to put a mirror next to their computer so they can see if they are frowning at the screen."When people are stressed or thinking hard about something, then they will often put on a 'grumpy face' without even knowing what they are doing.When my clients put a mirror next to their desk, they are often shocked by the angry, frowning face which stares back at them."
He said, "The women I am seeing at the moment have only been using computers at work for the last decade or so.But women in their 20s have grown up with them and use them for every single task.I think the problem is going to become much, much worse.In another ten years, they could be looking quite awful."
Dr.Prager said there were several simple steps which could avoid "computer face" such as regular screen breaks and stretching the neck muscles.And, of course, there was always Botox.He said that, after a couple of sessions of Botox, the habit of "grumpy face" could be broken. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who has the largest propensity for showing premature signs of aging?
2. Who is most likely to outwardly age prematurely?
3. Whose faces are most likely to give away prematuring aging?
Q2:
1. Why do office workers age too quickly?
2. What causes office workers to age prematurely?
3. What makes office workers susceptible to premature aging?
Q3:
1. Will the problem of premature aging get worse in the future?
2. Will the future increase the problem of premature aging?
3. Will premature aging become a more serious problem in the future?
Q4:
1. What are people calling the problem of premature aging?
2. What is one effect of premature aging?
3. How are people referring to the signs of premature aging?
Q5:
1. What doctor talks about premature aging?
2. What medical professional speaks on saggy jowls?
3. Who brings up the issue of saggy jowls in a medical context?
Q6:
1. Can something be done to combat saggy jowls?
2. Is there a way to avoid our necks from sagging?
3. Does Dr. Michael Prager suggest a way to keep jowls from sagging?
Q7:
1. Can something be done to combat saggy jowls, in addition to getting a desk mirror?
2. Is there a way to avoid our necks from sagging, other than putting a mirror by one's computer?
3. Does Dr. Michael Prager suggest a way to keep jowls from sagging, in addition to a desk mirror?
Q8:
1. Where is Dr. Michael Prager's business located?
2. Where does Dr. Michael Prager conduct his business?
3. What is the location of Dr. Michael Prager's office?
Q9:
1. Who are Dr. Michael Prager's clients?
2. Who goes in for consultations with Dr. Michael Prager?
3. Who does Dr. Michael Prager have as patients?
Q10:
1. What surprises Dr. Michael Prager's clients?
2. What are Dr. Michael Prager's patients taken aback by?
3. What is shocking to those who see Dr. Michael Prager?
Q11:
1. Can something be done to combat saggy jowls, in addition to getting a desk mirror and stretching?
2. Is there a way to avoid our necks from sagging, other than putting a mirror by one's computer and stretching the neck?
3. Does Dr. Michael Prager suggest a way to keep jowls from sagging, in addition to a desk mirror and neck stretches?
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3h0w84iwbk2kw61v04cdub89nazrei | race | 1. The family planning policy ("") was introduced in 1979 to solve the population problems. Most couples could have only one child except some special families and those in some special areas. 2. Usually, all around good student, which was called "thricegood", was given to the students who were virtuous , talented and good at PE. It was firstly used in to 1950s by Mao to encourage young people to keep fit, study well and work hard. 3. During the early 1990s, state owned company reforms were getting tough. The workers were more than the jobs in most of the cities. Many workers were losing their jobs. "Jobless" was a hot topic at that time, so the leaders hoped the laid off workers could find new jobs or start up their own business. 4. One of Deng's clever ideas, "one country, two systems", was first performed in 1997. It described Hong Kong and Macao's situation after they returned to China. This policy would also be suitable for Taiwan. There would be one China, but Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan could have their own economies and political systems. 5. Lei Feng was a soldier who was happy to help others. He died in an accident in 1962. On March 5th,1963, Mao wrote a piece, "Learn from comrade Lei Feng", to say the Chinese should help others when necessary. After that, March 5th became a Volunteer Day. 6. The phrase "harmonious society" appeared in 2004, referring to a peaceful society where all people would work together to make the life better. This idea has become the main goal of the Chinese Communist Party now. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What came about in 1979?
2. What became reality in 1979?
3. What did China put into place in 1979?
Q2:
1. Why did China introduce the family planning policy?
2. What was China's reason for limiting family size?
3. What brought China to put into place the family planning policy?
Q3:
1. Was it possible to have more than three children?
2. Did China's policy permit families to have more than three children?
3. Was having more than three children permissible?
Q4:
1. Can everyone have three children?
2. Is everyone allowed to have three children?
3. Is the possibility of having three children open to everyone?
Q5:
1. What is a name for a good learner?
2. How is a good learner referred to?
3. What do you call someone who succeeds in school?
Q6:
1. Why are "thricegood" considered good students?
2. What makes "thricegood" such good learners?
3. What about "thricegood" makes them succeed in school?
Q7:
1. Why are "thricegood" considered good students apart from their virtue?
2. What makes "thricegood" such good learners in addition to being virtuous?
3. What about "thricegood" makes them succeed in school other than their virtuous nature?
Q8:
1. When was the "thricegood" ideology introduced?
2. When did the idea of "thricegood" first come about?
3. When did the term "thricegood" come into use?
Q9:
1. Who came up with the idea of "thricegood"?
2. Who introduced the "thricegood" ideology?
3. Who brought the idea of "thricegood" into existence?
Q10:
1. Why did Mao introduce the "thricegood" ideology?
2. What brought Mao to create "thricegood"?
3. What was Mao's reason for making the "thricegood" ideology?
Q11:
1. What did many people debate in the 90s?
2. What was a polemical topic in the 1990s?
3. What did lots of people disagree on during the 1990s?
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3e337gfol98x1m5udslkluob02ongp | cnn | (CNN) -- The man closest to Tiger Woods when he plays golf says he had no idea about the extramarital affairs that have sidelined Woods from the game.
Steve Williams, Woods' caddy and confidant for nearly a decade, talked to New Zealand's TV3 about the scandal.
"I knew nothing," Williams said in an interview posted on the station's Web site Thursday. "I don't need to clarify it, extend that answer. I knew nothing."
Williams said he's heard the calls from some that he should be fired for not preventing Woods' downfall. "In some people's perception, I'm involved with it, and I've committed a crime or done wrong," he said.
"If the shoe was on somebody else, I would say the same thing, it would be very difficult for the caddy not to know," he said. "But I'm 100 percent telling you, I knew nothing, and that's that."
Williams' wife, Kirsty, defended her husband, insisting he would not have been able to keep the secret from her or Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren.
"The four of us are so close," she told TV3. "Being so close, he couldn't know and not say something to Elin or myself. You know, it's just, that's the way it is."
Woods, 34, apologized last month in a tightly controlled televised statement for his "irresponsible and selfish" behavior, which he said included infidelity.
The February 19 statement was his first public appearance since he crashed his black Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant and a tree near his home in November. The crash and reports about why it happened sparked a barrage of infidelity allegations against the golfer, who has two children with his wife. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who spoke to Tiger Woods?
2. Who did Tiger Woods give an interview to?
3. Who was granted an interview with Tiger Woods?
Q2:
1. What is the name of Steve Williams' wife?
2. Who is Steve Williams married to?
3. What is the name of the woman married to Steve Williams?
Q3:
1. When did Tiger Woods first appear in public after his crash?
2. After crashing his car, when was Tiger Woods' first appearance in public?
3. When was Tiger Woods spotted in public for the first time after crashing?
Q4:
1. What was Tiger Woods driving when he crashed?
2. Tiger Woods was at the wheel of what vehicle when he crashed?
3. What was the car that Tiger Woods crashed?
Q5:
1. What are the allegations against Tiger Woods?
2. What is Tiger Woods being accused of?
3. What scandalous thing are people saying Tiger Woods has done?
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369j354ofdapu1z2ebz3jj2p43ag60 | cnn | (CNN) -- After a difficult past year, Rafael Nadal is back where he feels most comfortable -- but his rivals are battling to find form ahead of the French Open.
While the Spaniard cruised into the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo tournament he has won for the past eight seasons, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic again had to come from behind to earn his place while Andy Murray suffered a crushing defeat that will demote him to third in the rankings.
Fourth seed Tomas Berdych and No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro also crashed out Thursday to thin out the competition for Nadal as he continues his winning return to the ATP Tour following longterm knee problems.
His 6-2 6-4 rout of German 16th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber was his 16th successive victory this year following a defeat in the final of his comeback event in Chile in February.
"I feel more relaxed, yes. I had some uneasy moments during the past year," Nadal said after his 44th consecutive win at the clay-court event, which set up a clash with 21-year-old Bulgarian Gregor Dimitrov.
"Now I'm back on the tour. Just being here is good news. And winning matches -- I say it every day, but winning every match is very important to me today. Every time I have the chance to go on court and play well, feel competitive, is a really good feeling."
Dimitrov is also on a roll, having followed up his opening victory over world No. 10 Janko Tipsarevic by beating Germany's Florian Mayer 6-2 6-4. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is currently seeded fourth?
2. Who has three people in front of him in the seeding?
3. What is the name of the player that is seeded fourth?
Q2:
1. Where is Juan Martin del Potro's seeded?
2. What seed does Juan Martin del Potro have?
3. What is Juan Martin del Potro's seed number?
Q3:
1. Who has returned to his comfort zone?
2. Who is back in his regular spot?
3. Who has come back to a place he feels at home in?
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3aapld8ucch9wv5puupeft644nhthv | cnn | (CNN) -- Chelsea continued to set the pace in the English Premier League with a comfortable 4-1 win over Norwich City at Stamford Bridge Saturday.
Norwich took an unlikely 11th minute lead through their star striker Grant Holt, but it was to prove short lived once the west London side got into their stride.
Goals from Fernando Torres, his 99th in English football, Frank Lampard and Eden Hazard put them 3-1 ahead by half time.
Branislav Ivanovic rounded off the scoring with an emphatic fourth in the 78th minute.
Both John Terry and Ashley Cole played and were given a warm reception by the home crowd.
Cole was forced to apologize Friday for a controversial Twitter comment as he reacted to the findings of an FA commission into the racial slur case brought against Terry.
The commission found Terry's evidence at the hearing "improbable, implausible and contrived" as they gave the reasons for his four-match ban and large fine for remarks aimed at QPR defender Anton Ferdinand in an EPL game last season.
He has until October 18 to appeal the decision or accept a ban which would rule him out of crucial games.
Manager Roberto Di Matteo confirmed after the game that Cole was likely to face action from the club over his tweet.
"We've got a social media policy at the club and there's going to be a disciplinary process against the tweet and that's how I'll leave it," Di Matteo said.
Chelsea have opened up a four-point lead over defendiing champions Manchester City, while Norwich are winless in the league this season. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which team had the first goal?
2. Which team was the first to score?
3. The first goal went to which team?
Q2:
1. Did Norwich win the game?
2. Did Norwich come out on top?
3. Was the Norwich team the ultimate victors?
Q3:
1. Who won the match?
2. Which team came out on top?
3. Who beat Norwich?
Q4:
1. By what margin did Chelsea beat Norwich?
2. By how many points did Chelsea beat Norwich?
3. By what margin did Norwich lose to Chelsea?
Q5:
1. Who scored the first goal?
2. Which player was the one to score first?
3. What player marked the first point?
Q6:
1. What does Grant Holt do on his team?
2. What is Grant Holt's position?
3. Which position does Grant Holt play?
Q7:
1. Who scored the second goal?
2. Who was the second player to score a goal?
3. Which player scored a goal after Grant Holt?
Q8:
1. Did Fernando Torres score for the first time in his career?
2. Was Fernando Torres' goal the first of his career?
3. Had Fernando Torres never scored a goal before?
Q9:
1. How many goals does Fernando Torres have under his belt?
2. How many times has Fernando Torres scored a goal in his career?
3. How many times has Fernando Torres scored a point total as a player?
Q10:
1. How many points did each team have at halftime?
2. At the half mark, what was the score?
3. What were Chelsea and Norwich's scores at halftime?
Q11:
1. When was the last goal made?
2. When was the last point scored?
3. At what point did someone score the final point of the match?
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3p59jyt76lk5h527b9m7sp02er62t2 | race | Long long ago, there lived two girls named Emily and Tina. Both of them had long black hair and blue eyes. One day while they were playing in the back yard , Emily heard a tinkling sound. She jumped up. "Listen," she told her twin. They listened. The noise came again. This time Tina heard it. She sat up. "It came from over there," She whispered, looking at the zinnias far away. They came near to find it out. Then something flew out, making the same tinkling sound they had heard before. The children looked at one another. "Was it a bee?" asked Tina. "I don't think so," replied Emily. "Do bees make a sound like bells?" "Let's call it the Tinkle Bee anyway," said Tina. Emily nodded, listening with a little difficulty. What had made that noise? The next day, Emily and Tina brought their cookies outside. Tina took her plate by the zinnias. Suddenly she caught something. "Emily!" she called. "I've got the Tinkle Bee!" Emily rushed over. They sat down on the grass. Tina opened her hand very carefully. There was that sound! Something was shining in Tina's hand. They smiled. Then Emily cried, "It's a fairy !" Tina looked down at it in her hand. It looked like a girl. A _ girl with wings! Tina dropped it before she noticed that a wing was torn . The little fairy could not fly away so she took a piece of grass out of the ground and sat on it. Emily and Tina were surprised at what they saw. The fairy turned to Emily and said, "Hello, I am Marabella." Then she said again, "Marabella the Fairy." Emily smiled. "I'm Emily," she said. Tina said, "I'm Tina. Are you really a fairy?" "Oh, yes!" replied Marabella. "I've always been a fairy." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the color of Emily and Tina's hair?
2. What color of hair did Emily and Tina have?
3. What was the girls' haircolor?
Q2:
1. Who were the black haired girls?
2. Which girls had black hair?
3. What were the names of the raven haired girls?
Q3:
1. Who did Emily and Tina meet?
2. Who did Emily and Tina come across?
3. Whose acquaintance did Emily and Tina make?
Q4:
1. Did Emily and Tina meet a frog?
2. Was Marabella a frog?
3. Did Marabella take the form of a frog?
Q5:
1. What was Marabella?
2. What could Marabella be described as?
3. What sort of being was Marabella?
Q6:
1. Was Marabella okay?
2. Was Marabella in good shape?
3. Did Marabella feel alright?
Q7:
1. What was wrong with Marabella?
2. What was the matter with the fairy?
3. What problem was the fairy having?
Q8:
1. Were Emily and Tina indoors?
2. Were Emily and Tina inside their house?
3. Were Emily and Tina located inside?
Q9:
1. Where were Emily and Tina?
2. What was Emily and Tina's location?
3. Where were Emily and Tina located?
Q10:
1. What were Emily and Tina doing in the back yard?
2. What had brought Emily and Tina to the back yard?
3. For what reason were Emily and Tina in the backyard?
Q11:
1. Did Emily and Tina have green eyes?
2. Were Emily and Tina's eyes green?
3. Was the hue of the two girls' eyes green?
Q12:
1. What color of eyes did Emily and Tina have?
2. What was the color of Emily and Tina's eyes?
3. What shade did the two girls eyes come in?
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3ccz6ykwr7jewncgvmjozw22561956 | wikipedia | GNU is an operating system and an extensive collection of computer software. GNU is composed wholly of free software, most of which is licensed under the GNU Project's own GPL.
"GNU" is a recursive acronym for ""GNU's Not Unix!"", chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code. The GNU project includes an operating system kernel, GNU HURD, which was the original focus of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). However, non-GNU kernels, most famously Linux, can also be used with GNU software; as the Hurd kernel is not yet production-ready, this is how the GNU system is usually used. The combination of GNU software and the Linux kernel is commonly known as Linux (or less frequently GNU/Linux; see GNU/Linux naming controversy).
Richard Stallman, the founder of the project, views GNU as a "technical means to a social end". Relatedly Lawrence Lessig states in his introduction to the second edition of Stallman's book "Free Software, Free Society" that in it Stallman has written about "the social aspects of software and how Free Software can create community and social justice."
Development of the GNU operating system was initiated by Richard Stallman while he worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. It was called the GNU Project, and was publicly announced on September 27, 1983, on the net.unix-wizards and net.usoft newsgroups by Richard Stallman. Software development began on January 5, 1984, when Stallman quit his job at the Lab so that they could not claim ownership or interfere with distributing GNU components as free software. Richard Stallman chose the name by using various plays on words, including the song "The Gnu". QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What sort of object is GNU?
2. What can GNU be described as?
3. What is an accurate definition of GNU?
Q2:
1. What is the relationship between Linux and GNU?
2. How are Linux and GNU related?
3. What link does Linux have to GNU?
Q3:
1. Who was the founder of GNU?
2. Who came up with GNU?
3. Who was ultimately GNU's creator?
Q4:
1. How did Richard Stallman view GNU?
2. What was Richard Stallman's vision of GNU?
3. What did Richard Stallman see GNU as?
Q5:
1. Did Richard Stallman write any books?
2. Was Richard Stallman an author?
3. Did Richard Stallman pen any tomes?
Q6:
1. What did Richard Stallman call his book?
2. What was the title of Richard Stallman's book?
3. What book did Richard Stallman write?
Q7:
1. Who was the developer of GNU?
2. What was the name of GNU's developer?
3. Who created GNU?
Q8:
1. Where was Richard Stallman when he created GNU?
2. What was Richard Stallman's place of employment at the time he came up with GNU?
3. When Richard Stallman invented GNU, where was he employed?
Q9:
1. When did Richard Stallman announce the GNU project?
2. When was GNU announced to the public?
3. On what date did the public learn of the GNU project?
Q10:
1. What occurred on January 5th?
2. What did Richard Stallman begin doing on January 5th?
3. What development occurred on January 5th?
Q11:
1. Who left their job?
2. Who stopped working?
3. Who decided to leave their place of employment?
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3p1l2b7ad1pv5zj7pyiddbtomxmlon | gutenberg | CHAPTER XV
Now that Gordon was gone, at any rate, gone for good, and not to return, he felt a sudden and singular sense of freedom. It was a feeling of unbounded expansion, quite out of proportion, as he said to himself, to any assignable cause. Everything suddenly appeared to have become very optional; but he was quite at a loss what to do with his liberty. It seemed a harmless use to make of it, in the afternoon, to go and pay another visit to the ladies who lived at the confectioner's. Here, however, he met a reception which introduced a fresh element of perplexity into the situation that Gordon had left behind him. The door was opened to him by Mrs. Vivian's maid-servant, a sturdy daughter of the Schwartzwald, who informed him that the ladies--with much regret--were unable to receive any one.
"They are very busy--and they are ill," said the young woman, by way of explanation.
Bernard was disappointed, and he felt like arguing the case.
"Surely," he said, "they are not both ill and busy! When you make excuses, you should make them agree with each other."
The Teutonic soubrette fixed her round blue eyes a minute upon the patch of blue sky revealed to her by her open door.
"I say what I can, lieber Herr. It 's not my fault if I 'm not so clever as a French mamsell. One of the ladies is busy, the other is ill. There you have it."
"Not quite," said Bernard. "You must remember that there are three of them." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is not going to visit Bernard?
2. Who will Bernard not see?
3. Who is not going to be in Bernard's company?
Q2:
1. How does Bernard feel about not seeing the ladies?
2. What does Bernard think about not seeing the ladies?
3. What does Bernard think of being unable to meet the ladies?
Q3:
1. Does Bernard depart?
2. Does Bernard go somewhere else?
3. Does Bernard just go away?
Q4:
1. What does Bernard do?
2. What action does Bernard take?
3. What does Bernard set off doing?
Q5:
1. Who does Bernard present his case to?
2. With whom does Bernard argue his case?
3. Who listens to Bernard plead his case?
Q6:
1. Why can't the ladies see Bernard?
2. What is keeping the ladies from visiting Bernard?
3. What makes it impossible for the ladies to see Bernard?
Q7:
1. Does Bernard believe the ladies' excuses?
2. Does Bernard believe that the ladies are telling the truth?
3. In Bernard's view, are the ladies really unable to see him?
Q8:
1.
2.
3.
Q9:
1. Whose intelligence does the maid compare her own to?
2. What does the maid servant compare her wits to?
3. Whose smarts does the maid servant liken her own to?
Q10:
1. Does Bernard think that the maid servant gave conflicting reasons?
2. Does Bernard feel that the maid servant's explanation doesn't make sense?
3. Does Bernard feel unsatisfied with the answer given by the maid servant?
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34bbwhlwhab1k7k3vhca2pei8ooiw1 | race | What is Bay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods. Including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes- the list goes on and on
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child, At high school, be became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, He worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill. and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. . Even in the great. com crashes of the late 1990s,abay has gone from strength to strength ,. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet
eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is lake an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business: the world is your market place. Of course for each item sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who came up with the idea for the website?
2. Who was eBay's creator?
3. Whose idea was it to make eBay?
Q2:
1. Did eBay start as a hobby for Peter Omidyar?
2. Did Peter Omidyar start playing around with eBay as a hobby?
3. Did eBay start off as something that Peter Omidyar would do in his free time?
Q3:
1. Where was Peter Omidyar born?
2. What was the birthplace of Peter Omidyar?
3. What city was Peter Omidyar born in?
Q4:
1. Where did Peter Omidyar go from Paris?
2. What stae did Peter Omidyar move to?
3. Where did Peter Omidyar leave his hometown for?
Q5:
1. What did Peter Omidyar take an interest in as a high schooler?
2. During his high school years, what did Peter Omidyar become interested in?
3. What was a passion of Peter Omidyar's during high school?
Q6:
1. What university did Peter Omidyar graduate from?
2. What college did Peter Omidyar attend?
3. Where does Peter Omidyar have a university degree from?
Q7:
1. Did Ebay employ Meg Whitman?
2. Was eBay the place of employment for Meg Whitman?
3. Was Meg Whitman employed by eBay?
Q8:
1. What was Meg Whitman's job title at eBay?
2. What did Meg Whitman do at eBay?
3. How was Meg Whitman employed at eBay?
Q9:
1. How can goods be exchanged on eBay?
2. What can one purchase and put up for sale on eBay?
3. What is the possible way to exchange goods on eBay?
Q10:
1. At what point did the .com crash come about?
2. When was the moment of the .com crash?
3. When did .com companies rapidly loose value?
Q11:
1. Did eBay make it through the .com crash?
2. Did ebay survive the .com crash?
3. Did eBay come out of the .com crash alive?
Q12:
1. Where does ebay rank among most visited sites?
2. What is eBay's rank amongst frequently viewed sites?
3. Where does eBay rank within online shopping sites?
Q13:
1. Do a percentage of sales done on eBay go to the company?
2. Does eBay receive a portion of sales conducted on the website?
3. Do part of eBay sales go to the company?
Q14:
1. What is the number of items listed per day on eBay?
2. How many things appear on eBay per day?
3. What is the daily number of items that are listed on eBay?
Q15:
1. When did Peter Omidyar get his college diploma?
2. In what year did Peter Omidyar graduate from Tufts?
3. What was the year of Peter Omidyar's college graduation?
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3m81gab8a0jmd2abdylnodsjosqqbo | cnn | (CNN) -- Three Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed this week in a cross-border firefight between Pakistan and India, officials said Thursday.
The soldiers were moving from one post to another along the border when they came under fire by Indian forces, said Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, Pakistan army spokesman.
Since a cease-fire is in effect, the firing by Indian forces was unprovoked, Abbas said. But Pakistani forces retaliated after the shots were fired, he said.
It was unclear whether the incident took place late Tuesday or Wednesday, as Pakistani and Indian officials provided different times.
Lt. Col. J.S. Brar, Indian defense spokesman for the disputed Kashmir region, said there were two violations of the cease-fire on the Line of Control, the de facto border between Indian- and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. In the first, fighting continued for about an hour, he said. A second violation took place Thursday morning, he said, and one Indian soldier was injured. Brar said he could not comment on Pakistani casualties.
Pakistani officials said severe weather conditions in Kashmir, a Himalayan region, hampered removal of the soldiers' bodies. Pakistan has asked the Indian local commanding authority for a full report on the incident.
India and Pakistan have have fought three wars since the partition of the Asian subcontinent in 1947. Two of them were over Kashmir, which is claimed by both nuclear powers.
On August 20, an Indian army officer and five militants were killed in clashes along the Line of Control. India has accused Pakistan of aiding infiltration into Indian Kashmir, which has battled separatist violence for more than two decades. Islamabad has denied the accusations. More than 40,000 have died in the violence, officials say. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who lost their lives?
2. Who was killed?
3. Who died?
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351sekwqs0ho7ka3z15c2uweinrmdd | cnn | Hefei, China (CNN) -- The murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of a recently deposed top official in the Chinese Communist Party, has begun in the eastern China city of Hefei, local officials said Thursday.
Gu and a family aide, Zhang Xiaojun, are accused of poisoning Neil Heywood, a British businessman who was found dead in the southwestern Chinese metropolis of Chongqing in November.
The trial is the latest phase in the fall from grace of the prominent family of Bo Xilai, Gu's husband, who until earlier this year had appeared destined to join the elite committee of leaders at the top of China's ruling party.
The saga has become the most sensational Chinese political scandal in recent years, creating an extraordinary set of challenges for the central government as it prepares for a once-in-a-decade leadership transition later this year.
Heywood, a 41-year-old British citizen, was found dead in a hotel in Chongqing, the city where Bo was the Communist Party chief. But the trial is taking place in Hefei, in Anhui province, more than 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) east of Chongqing, where lingering support for Bo and his family remains.
"This is definitely more than a criminal trial," said Wenran Jiang, a professor of political science at the University of Alberta. He added that the process is being closely watched for signs of what might happen to Bo, who is being investigated for "serious discipline violations" after being removed from his Chongqing and party posts.
Gu's family had wanted to hire two prominent Beijing lawyers to represent her, but Chinese authorities have chosen two local attorneys to form her defense team, a family friend told CNN on Wednesday. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where was the body discovered?
2. Where was the dead man found?
3. In what metropolis was Neil Heywood discovered?
Q2:
1. Was Neil Heywood found in a gas station?
2. Was the location of Neil Heywood a gas station?
3. Did authorities come across Neil Heywood's body in a gas station?
Q3:
1. What was the location of Neil Heywood's body?
2. Where exactly was Neil Heywood's body found?
3. In what location was Neil Heywood's corpse discovered?
Q4:
1. How old was Neil Heywood?
2. How old was the murder victim?
3. What was Neil Heywood's age?
Q5:
1. What country was Neil Heywood a citizen of?
2. In what nation was Neil Heywood a citizen?
3. Which country did Neil Heywood have citizenship for?
Q6:
1. How is Wenran Jiang employed?
2. What is Wenran Jiang's occupation?
3. What does Wenran Jiang do for a living?
Q7:
1. In what domain is Wenran Jiang's professorship?
2. What is Wenran Jiang a professor of?
3. What subject does Wenran Jiang give courses in?
Q8:
1. Does Wenran Jiang teach at high school?
2. Is Wenran Jiang a high school teacher?
3. Does Wenran Jiang give political science courses at a high school?
Q9:
1. Does Wenran Jiang teach at college?
2. Is Wenran Jiang a college professor?
3. Does Wenran Jiang give political science courses at a university?
Q10:
1. Where is Gu Kailai being put on trial for murder?
2. What is the location of Gu Kailai's murder trial?
3. In what city is Gu Kailai facing murder charges?
Q11:
1. Was Gu Kailai married?
2. Did Gu Kailai have a husband?
3. Was Gu Kailai someone's wife?
Q12:
1. Who was Gu Kailai married to?
2. Who was Gu Kailai's husband?
3. What kind of person was Gu Kailai married to?
Q13:
1. Did Gu Kailai's husband come from a particular party?
2. Was Gu Kailai's husband an official in a political party?
3. Was Gu Kailai married to someone representing any party in particular?
Q14:
1. What party was Gu Kailai's husband an official for?
2. Which political party did Gu Kailai's husband represent?
3. What political party did Gu Kailai's husband come from?
Q15:
1. Does Gu Kailai use a family aide?
2. Does Gu Kailai receive help from family?
3. Is someone from Gu Kailai's family assisting her?
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3m23y66po27sk68t9btk8xlstob6s2 | cnn | (CNN)A Georgia police chief who said he accidentally shot and seriously injured his wife while the couple were sleeping in bed has resigned, the Peachtree City Police Department said Wednesday.
William McCollom stepped down as chief of police in Peachtree City nearly a week after a prosecutor announced that although the New Year's Day shooting appeared accidental, McCollom could eventually face a misdemeanor charge accusing him of recklessly taking a gun to bed after drinking alcohol and taking sleeping medication.
The shooting in Peachtree City, an upscale community of 35,000 people south of Atlanta, left Margaret McCollom paralyzed below the waist.
"I have had had two families in Peachtree City -- my police family and my personal family. In light of the recent tragedy in my personal family, I need to continue to focus my time and efforts there," William McCollom said in a message posted Wednesday on the police department's Facebook page.
Medics and police rushed to the McColloms' home early on January 1 after the chief called 911 to say he accidentally shot his wife as both were sleeping -- by inadvertently moving a gun that he had taken to bed with him.
"The gun was in the bed, I went to move it, put it to the side, and it went off," McCollom says in a recording of the 911 call.
Later in the call, the operator asked McCollom, "Were you asleep also when this happened?"
"Yes," the chief, 57 at the time, replied.
Last week, Scott Ballard, district attorney for a several-county area that includes Peachtree City, said a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe found the following: QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did William McCollom shoot by accident?
2. Who did William McCollom accidentally fire upon?
3. Who did the police chief accidentally shoot?
Q2:
1. Who was the police chief?
2. What was the police chief's name?
3. Who accidentally shot his own wife?
Q3:
1. What was William McCollom's occupation?
2. What did William McCollom do for a living?
3. How was William McCollom employed?
Q4:
1. Where did William McCollom work?
2. What state was William McCollom's place of employment?
3. What state was William McCollom a police chief in?
Q5:
1. What city was William McCollom police chief of?
2. Where did William McCollom serve as police chief?
3. What city was William McCollom's post of police chief in?
Q6:
1. Did William McCollom step down?
2. Did William McCollom agree to leave his job?
3. Did William McCollom quit his job?
Q7:
1. When did William McCollom step down?
2. When did William McCollom agree to leave his job?
3. When did William McCollom announce he would no longer be police chief?
Q8:
1. Did William McCollom shoot his wife on accident?
2. Was it not on purpose when William McCollom shot his wife?
3. Did William McCollom fire at his wife by mistake?
Q9:
1. How many people live in Peachtree?
2. What is the population of Peachtree?
3. What is the number of residents within Peachtree?
Q10:
1. Where is Peachtree in reference to Atlanta?
2. What is Peachtree's location with respect to Atlanta?
3. Where can Peachtree be found with Atlanta as a point of reference?
Q11:
1. When did William McCollom make his announcement?
2. When did William McCollom say he was stepping down?
3. On what day of the week did William McCollom post his message?
Q12:
1. Where did William McCollom make his announcement?
2. On what platform did William McCollom make his announcement?
3. What medium did William McCollom use to announce he was stepping down?
Q13:
1. What Facebook page did William McCollom post to?
2. On what Facebook page did William McCollom's message appear?
3. Which Facebook page did William McCollom write his message on?
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358010rm5etlvd9t4t7fjxijpstvx7 | race | Disney's cartoon, Finding Nemo, tells a touching story of a father called Martin and his son Nemo.
Martin loses his wife and an entire family of unhatched eggs to a huge shark. Only one fish egg remains, Nemo. Martin promises his dead wife that he will protect his young son at any cost. So, Martin becomes fearful of almost everything in the ocean. That makes him over protective-he hopes to keep his kid safe from the challenges that life presents. Martin's nagging makes Nemo feel that he doesn't need his dad telling him what to do.
So on his first day of school, Nemo and some friends swim to the edge of their coral reef, a place Martin always thinks is very dangerous. When Martin shouts at Nemo come back, Nemo refuses to listen to him and swim out to a boat in the distance. Suddenly, he gets caught by some divers. So begins Martin's journey to find Nemo, who ends up in an aquarium in an office in Australia. Soon the worried father runs into Dory, a forgetful blue fish, who helps Martin find his son. Meanwhile, Nemo misses his father terribly. He soon hears that he will be given to an eight-year-old girl who likes to kill fish.
Can Martin find his son before it is too late?
Finding Nemo is a physical and mental journey. Martin overcomes his shyness and anxieties and Nemo discovers his own and his father's hidden strengths. It celebrates the relationship between fathers and their sons.
The cartoon paints a sea world that is alive with color. All the characters are very human-like and have their own personalities.
Finding Nemo was released in the US on may 30, earning about US $70.6 million in just three days, it has set a new opening records for a cartoon. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What film does the article discuss?
2. What movie appears in the article?
3. Which movie does the article talk about?
Q2:
1. Who made Finding Nemo?
2. Who were the producers of Finding Nemo?
3. Who was responsible for producing Finding Nemo?
Q3:
1. How much did Finding Nemo make?
2. How much money did Finding Nemo generate?
3. How much cash was generated by Finding Nemo?
Q4:
1. On what day was Finding Nemo released?
2. What was Finding Nemo's release date?
3. When did Finding Nemo come out?
Q5:
1. What is Martin's role?
2. How can the character of Martin be described?
3. How does Martin know the main character?
Q6:
1. How does Nemo know Martin?
2. What is Nemo's role?
3. How can Nemo be described, family wise?
Q7:
1. Where does Nemo find himself?
2. What location does Nemo travel to?
3. What place is Nemo swept away to?
Q8:
1. What do the divers do to Nemo?
2. How do the divers treat Nemo?
3. What happens to Nemo when he's with the divers?
Q9:
1. Where does the audience find Nemo?
2. Where does Nemo's dad find him?
3. Where is Nemo when he is found?
Q10:
1. Who helps find Nemo?
2. Who aids in the search for Nemo?
3. Who goes off in search of Nemo?
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3nl0rfnu0fngh0r7ler3kda4gzfk4t | race | It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man.Over the phone ,his mother told him,"Mr.Belser died last night ,The funeral is Wednesday."Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.
When Jack was very young ,his father died.Mr Belser,who lived in the same neighborhood with them,spent as much time as he could to make sure Jack had a man's influence in his life.He spent a lot of time teachimg Jack he thought what was important in his following life.If Mr.Belser hadn' taught him how to weave,he wouldn't be in this business now.So he promised his mother he would attend Mr.Belser's funeral.
"You'd better not drive your car.It's a long way."his mother warned him.
Busy as he was,he kept his word.Though tired from the earliest flight,Jack tried his best to help.Mr.Belser's funeral was small because he had no children of his own and most of his s had passed away.
The night before he had to return home,Jack and his mother stopped by to see the old house Mr.Belser once lived.Now it belonged to him.He bought the house from one of his s.
The house was exactly as he remembered.Every step held memories.Every picture,every piece of furniture... Jadk stopped suddenly.
The box on his desk was gone!He once asked the old man what was inside.He just smiled and said it was the most valuable thing to him,though it almost cost nothing to others.He figured that someone from the Belser family had taken it ."I will never know what was so valuable to him."Jack thought disappotntedly.
Three days later returning home from work,Jack discovered a small package in his mailbox.
The handwriting was difficult to read,but the return address caught his attention."Mr.Harold Belser"it read.
Jack couldn't wait to open it .Inside lay the familiar small box.His heart racing,Jack unlocked the box.Inside he found a gold pocket watch with these words engraved:"Jack,Thanks for your time!Harold Belser."
"The thing he valued most was my time."Jack held the watch before his chest,tears filling his eyes. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Jack's memories seem like to him?
2. How did Jack process his old memories?
3. What did Jack's memories of Mr. Belser appear to him as?
Q2:
1. Had it been awhile since Jack had seen Mr. Belser?
2. Had much time passed since Jack's last meeting with Mr. Belser?
3. Had Jack not seen Mr. Belser in a long time?
Q3:
1. What did Mr. Belser teach Jack?
2. What did Jack learn from Mr. Belser?
3. What was Mr. Belser's lesson for Jack?
Q4:
1. Did Mr. Belser have a large funeral?
2. Were there lots of people at Mr. Belser's funeral?
3. Did a large amount of people attend Mr. Belser's funeral services?
Q5:
1. Who accompanied Jack to Mr. Belser's old home?
2. Who went to Mr. Belser's house alongside Jack?
3. Who was in Jack's company when he went to Mr. Belser's?
Q6:
1. Was Mr. Belser's house different than Jack remembered?
2. Did Jack have a different memory of Mr. Belser's house?
3. Had Mr. Belser's house changed much since Jack last saw it?
Q7:
1. What was in the box that Jack received from Mr. Belser?
2. What were the contents of the box that Jack got from Mr. Belser?
3. When Jack opened the box that had Mr. Harold Belser on the return address, what was inside?
Q8:
1. What skill did Jack learn from Mr. Belser that aided in his career?
2. What did Mr. Belser teach Jack that made him better at his job?
3. What did Mr. Belser teach Jack that was beneficial to his career?
Q9:
1. Who did Jack think had taken possession of the box that was generally on Mr. Belser's desk?
2. What did Jack assume had become of the box that normally was on Mr. Belser's desk?
3. What did Jack imagine to be the fate of the box that generally adorned Mr. Belser's desk?
Q10:
1. What did Jack's mother warn him about driving?
2. What was the warning Jack's mom gave him about driving?
3. What did Jack's mom tell him to be careful about with respect to taking his car?
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3z7ishfuh0vcpwdvxikqo4emlqu8z7 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXXIII
"It Won't Be True"
Mrs. Greystock, in making her proposition respecting Lady Linlithgow, wrote to Lady Fawn, and by the same post Frank wrote to Lucy. But before those letters reached Fawn Court there had come that other dreadful letter from Mrs. Hittaway. The consternation caused at Fawn Court in respect to Mr. Greystock's treachery almost robbed of its importance the suggestion made as to Lord Fawn. Could it be possible that this man, who had so openly and in so manly a manner engaged himself to Lucy Morris, should now be proposing to himself a marriage with his rich cousin? Lady Fawn did not believe that it was possible. Clara had not seen those horrid things with her own eyes, and other people might be liars. But Amelia shook her head. Amelia evidently believed that all manner of iniquities were possible to man. "You see, mamma, the sacrifice he was making was so very great!" "But he made it!" pleaded Lady Fawn. "No, mamma, he said he would make it. Men do these things. It is very horrid, but I think they do them more now than they used to. It seems to me that nobody cares now what he does, if he's not to be put into prison." It was resolved between these two wise ones that nothing at the present should be said to Lucy or to any one of the family. They would wait awhile, and in the meantime they attempted,--as far as it was possible to make the attempt without express words,--to let Lucy understand that she might remain at Fawn Court if she pleased. While this was going on, Lord Fawn did come down once again, and on that occasion Lucy simply absented herself from the dinner-table and from the family circle for that evening. "He's coming in, and you've got to go to prison again," Nina said to her, with a kiss. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did Mrs. Greystock get in touch with?
2. Who received a note from Mrs. Greystock?
3. Who did Mrs. Greystock contact?
Q2:
1. What was Lady Fawn's location?
2. Where could Lady Fawn be found?
3. What manor was Lady Fawn located at?
Q3:
1. Who had betrayed someone?
2. Who had acted in a treacherous manner?
3. Whose actions were deemed treacherous?
Q4:
1. What impression was Amelia under?
2. What did Amelia think?
3. What was Amelia's opinion?
Q5:
1. Who did Mr. Greystock first get engaged to?
2. Who was Mr. Greystock's first fiancee?
3. Who was the first woman that Mr. Greystock was engaged to?
Q6:
1. What was the name of Amelia's mother?
2. Who was Amelia the daughter of?
3. What was Amelia's mom called?
Q7:
1. Would Lucy have permission to stay at Fawn Court?
2. Was Lucy going to be allowed to stay at Fawn Court?
3. Would the possibility of Lucy remaining at Fawn Court be granted?
Q8:
1. Who was Mr. Greystock trying to get engaged to at present?
2. Whose hand in marriage was Mr. Greystock currently asking for?
3. Who did Mr. Greystock want to try and marry now?
Q9:
1. Did Mr. Greystock's engagement to his cousin seem possible to Lady Fawn?
2. Did Lady Fawn think it possible that Mr. Greystock would get engaged to his cousin?
3. Did an engagement between Mr. Greystock and his cousin seem imaginable to Lady Fawn?
Q10:
1. Who was making a sacrifice in the opinion of Lady Fawn?
2. Who did Lady Fawn feel was sacrificing something?
3. In Lady Fawn's opinion, who was giving up something great?
Q11:
1. Did Lady Fawn's daughter agree with her?
2. Did Lady Fawn's daughter think she was correct?
3. Did Amelia agree with her mother?
Q12:
1. Who had to return to prison?
2. Who had to go back to confinement?
3.
Q13:
1. Who told Lucy she had to go back to prison?
2. Who said to Lucy that she must return to prison?
3. Who advised Lucy to go back to prison?
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39k0fnd3ahfq9d7rfreacto8xl3ama | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXVII ON THE TRACK
Never for a moment did Marguerite Blakeney hesitate. The last sounds outside the "Chat Gris" had died away in the night. She had heard Desgas giving orders to his men, and then starting off towards the fort, to get a reinforcement of a dozen more men: six were not thought sufficient to capture the cunning Englishman, whose resourceful brain was even more dangerous than his valour and his strength.
Then a few minutes later, she heard the Jew's husky voice again, evidently shouting to his nag, then the rumble of wheels, and noise of a rickety cart bumping over the rough road.
Inside the inn, everything was still. Brogard and his wife, terrified of Chauvelin, had given no sign of life; they hoped to be forgotten, and at any rate to remain unperceived: Marguerite could not even hear their usual volleys of muttered oaths.
She waited a moment or two longer, then she quietly slipped down the broken stairs, wrapped her dark cloak closely round her and slipped out of the inn.
The night was fairly dark, sufficiently so at any rate to hide her dark figure from view, whilst her keen ears kept count of the sound of the cart going on ahead. She hoped by keeping well within the shadow of the ditches which lined the road, that she would not be seen by Desgas' men, when they approached, or by the patrols, which she concluded were still on duty.
Thus she started to do this, the last stage of her weary journey, alone, at night, and on foot. Nearly three leagues to Miquelon, and then on to the Pere Blanchard's hut, wherever that fatal spot might be, probably over rough roads: she cared not. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose orders to their men were audible?
2. Who could be heard commanding people?
3. Whose instructions were overheard?
Q2:
1. Who was Desgas telling to do something?
2. Who was Desgas giving a command to?
3. Who was receiving orders from Desgas?
Q3:
1. Who overheard Desgas?
2. Who heard Desgas giving orders?
3. Who picked up on Desgas giving orders to his men?
Q4:
1. Was Marguerite Blakeney indecisive?
2. Did Marguerite Blakeney hesitate?
3. Was Marguerite Blakeney unsure of herself?
Q5:
1. Did someone feel frightened?
2. Was someone afraid?
3. Did anybody feel fear?
Q6:
1. Who was scared?
2. Who was afraid?
3. Who felt frightened?
Q7:
1. Where were Brogard and his wife?
2. What was the location of Brogard and his wife?
3. Where could Brogard and his wife be found?
Q8:
1. Were Brogard and his wife having a loud party?
2. Were Brogard and his wife celebrating noisily?
3. Were Brogard and his wife making a rucus with a party?
Q9:
1. What were Brogard and his wife doing?
2. What were Brogard and his wife up to?
3. How were Brogard and his wife acting?
Q10:
1. What snuck down the stairs?
2. What went furtively down the steps?
3. What descended the stairs sneakily?
Q11:
1. Was there not much light outside?
2. Was there darkness outside?
3. Was it night out?
Q12:
1. What was Marguerite listening for?
2. What was Marguerite Blakeney trying to hear?
3. What did Margaret Blakeney have her ears on?
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3leiz60cdjzc31w52aq4o09x5toz9t | race | Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big name from China is playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two basketball players and he learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to show the world that Chinese basketball players can do well in this game, too! Pele was a famous football player. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't retire until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the streets. He played for Santos and quickly became an international star. Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were 'surprised at the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and won most of the main matches. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is a member of the Houston Rockets?
2. Who do the Houston Rockets have on their team?
3. Who counts among the players on the Houston Rockets?
Q2:
1. What year was Yao Ming born?
2. What was the year of Yao Ming's birth?
3. In what year did Yao Ming come into the world?
Q3:
1. What did Yao Ming's parents do?
2. What was the job of Yao Ming's parents?
3. What did Yao Ming's parents do for a living?
Q4:
1. Whose birthplace was Brazil?
2. Who was originally from Brazil?
3. Who came into the world in Brazil?
Q5:
1. What was Pele famous for?
2. What was Pele's claim to fame?
3. What brought Pele to stardom?
Q6:
1. Was Pele rich?
2. Was Pele wealthy?
3. Did Pele have a lot of money?
Q7:
1. Who did Martina Navratilova beat at Wimbledon?
2. Who was bested by Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon?
3. Who was defeated at Wimbledon by Martina Navratilova?
Q8:
1. Where was Steffi Graf born?
2. What was the birthplace of Steffi Graf?
3. What country did Steffi Graf come from?
Q9:
1. At what age did Steffi Graf win the Wimbledon semi-final?
2. How old was Steffi Graf when she won the semi-final at Wimbledon?
3. What was Steffi Graf's age when she was the semi-final winner at Wimbledon?
Q10:
1. What was the number of times that Pele played for Brazil?
2. How many times did Pele represent Brazil on the soccer field?
3. How many times was Brazil repped on the field by Pele?
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3dhe4r9ocwb1c0g1r9n0t6ldo2q2gv | mctest | Lisa has a pet cat named Whiskers. Whiskers is black with a white spot on her chest. Whiskers also has white paws that look like little white mittens.
Whiskers likes to sleep in the sun on her favorite chair. Whiskers also likes to drink creamy milk.
Lisa is excited because on Saturday, Whiskers turns two years old.
After school on Friday, Lisa rushes to the pet store. She wants to buy Whiskers' birthday presents. Last year, she gave Whiskers a play mouse and a blue feather.
For this birthday, Lisa is going to give Whiskers a red ball of yarn and a bowl with a picture of a cat on the side. The picture is of a black cat. It looks a lot like Whiskers. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Lisa's pet?
2. What does Lisa keep as a pet?
3. What sort of animal lives with Lisa?
Q2:
1. What is the name of Lisa's pet?
2. What does Lisa keep as a pet?
3. What does Lisa call her animal?
Q3:
1. What color is Lisa's cat?
2. What color is Whiskers?
3. What is the shade of Whiskers' fur?
Q4:
1. How old is Whiskers?
2. What is Whiskers' age?
3. How old is Lisa's cat?
Q5:
1. When is Whiskers' birthday?
2. When is the birthday of Lisa's cat?
3. What day of the week does Whiskers' birthday fall on?
Q6:
1. Did Lisa get Whiskers something for his birthday?
2. Did Whiskers receive a gift from Lisa?
3. Did Lisa get a birthday present for her cat?
Q7:
1. Where did Lisa get Whiskers a gift?
2. Where did Lisa find a present for Whiskers?
3. Where did Lisa buy a present for her cat?
Q8:
1. What is Lisa's present to Whiskers?
2. What did Lisa get Whiskers?
3. What was Lisa's gift for Whiskers?
Q9:
1. Did Lisa get Whiskers the same present as last year?
2. Did Lisa buy the same gift as she bought last year?
3. Did Lisa purchase gifts that were identical to the ones from last year?
Q10:
1. What was Lisa's present for her cat?
2. What did Lisa gift her cat?
3. What did Lisa buy Whiskers?
Q11:
1. What color of feather did Lisa get for Whiskers?
2. What shade did the feather come in?
3. What was the hue of the feather for Whiskers?
Q12:
1. What color of ball did Lisa get for Whiskers?
2. What shade did the ball come in?
3. What was the hue of the ball for Whiskers?
Q13:
1. How many gifts did Lisa buy in all?
2. What was the total number of gifts purchased by Lisa?
3. How many presents total did Lisa get Whiskers?
Q14:
1. How does Lisa feel about her cat's birthday?
2. What are Lisa's emotions towards Whiskers' birthday?
3. How does Whiskers birthday make Lisa feel?
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3zsy5x72nxb68xekuif9zn2nslhore | cnn | (CNN) -- The death of Steve Jobs has renewed comparisons to another great innovator who died 80 years ago this month -- Thomas Edison. But there are important differences between the two men.
In the 80 years between their deaths, consumers came to dominate the economy, a transformation that was only beginning during the later years of Edison's life. Steve Jobs was a master at understanding how to create transformative consumer technologies.
Although Edison was a key innovator in two consumer technologies -- sound recording and motion pictures -- he struggled to understand the consumer markets he helped to create. His most important technological innovation was the electrical system, which made possible the personal computers, music players and smartphones innovated by Jobs. Edison was also more involved in the day-to-day work of invention than Jobs, and his other great innovation was the industrial research and development laboratory
While the differences between Edison and Jobs are important, so, are their similarities. These offer lessons for other innovators. Jobs and Edison succeeded because they were good at envisioning how long-term developments in scientific and technical knowledge could be transformed into new technologies.
At the start of his electric light research Edison described his vision for an entire electric light and power system and then used the knowledge of decades of research on incandescent lamps and generators to create the first viable incandescent lamp and the entire electric light and power system that made it commercially viable.
Similarly, before developing the Macintosh computer, Jobs envisioned how two decades of work on graphical user interfaces and the computer mouse could transform the way people used computers, and also how the development of touchscreens and miniaturization could be transformed into the smartphone. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is Steve Jobs being compared to?
2. What historical figure is Steve Jobs being likened to?
3. Who are people saying that Steve Jobs was like?
Q2:
1. What did Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison have in common?
2. What was a point of commonality between Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison?
3. What trait did Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs share?
Q3:
1. How many years were between the deaths of Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison?
2. How many years apart did Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison pass away?
3. What was the number of years separating the deaths of Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison?
Q4:
1. How many inventions was Thomas Edison fundamental in creating?
2. How many inventions owe their existence to Thomas Edison?
3. What was the number of inventions that Thomas Edison was key in coming up with?
Q5:
1. What were Thomas Edison's key inventions?
2. What inventions was Thomas Edison fundamental in coming up with?
3. Which inventions owe their existence to Thomas Edison?
Q6:
1. Did Thomas Edison understand consumer markets?
2. Were the consumer's desires clear to Thomas Edison?
3. Did Thomas Edison have his finger on the pulse regarding consumers?
Q7:
1. What was Thomas Edison better at between him and Steve Jobs?
2. What did Thomas Edison do better than Steve Jobs?
3. What did Thomas Edison have Steve Jobs beat at?
Q8:
1. What did Steve Jobs have Thomas Edison beat at?
2. What was Steve Jobs more skilled at between him and Thomas Edison?
3. What did Steve Jobs do better than Thomas Edison?
Q9:
1. Who came up with electricity?
2. Who discovered electrical systems?
3. Who was the innovator responsible for electricity?
Q10:
1. What did Thomas Edison's electrical systems lead to?
2. What has been made possible by Edison's electricity?
3. What exists thanks to the discovery of electricity?
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39k0fnd3ahfq9d7rfreacto8wakmag | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXIII
AN EVENING AT APPLEYARD
Rankine had got a few days' leave and was spending it at Appleyard. He sat beside Elsie in a corner of the billiard-room, where the party had gathered after dinner. He had arrived during the afternoon, and Andrew was not altogether pleased to see him, although he liked the man. Elsie had suggested that Dick should invite him, and had added that he might as well come when Madge Whitney was there. Since Elsie had not seen Rankine until he arrived, Andrew wondered what she meant; but he admitted that she generally had a reason for what she did.
Nobody had been playing billiards or wanted to begin. Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse were knitting and the others were talking quietly, while they waited for the evening newspaper.
Presently Staffer made a remark about the Navy, and Madge Whitney looked at Rankine with a smile.
"Don't you feel that you must answer that?"
"I don't know that I can," Rankine answered good-naturedly. "To some extent, Mr. Staffer's right. The Navy certainly occupies the background of the stage, just now."
"It strikes me as being out of sight altogether," Staffer said.
"Well, perhaps that's its proper place. But I expect it will emerge from obscurity when it's wanted."
"We must hope so," Staffer returned. "No doubt, your commanders are waiting for the right moment to make a dramatic entry on the scene; but one imagines that ambitious young officers must find being kept in the background rather galling." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What number is associated with the chapter?
2. Which numeral goes with the chapter?
3. Which chapter is this numerically speaking?
Q2:
1. What is the chapter called?
2. Which chapter is this, in terms of titles?
3. What is the chapter's title?
Q3:
1. Who was seated by Elise?
2. Who did Elise sit next to?
3. Who sat to Elise's side?
Q4:
1. How did Rankine get to the Appleyard?
2. How was Rankine able to be at the APPLEYArd?
3.
Q5:
1. Where was Rankine sitting with Elise?
2. Where did Elise and Rankine sit?
3. In what location were Rankine and Elise seated?
Q6:
1. When could Elise and Rankine be found in the billiard room?
2. At what point did Rankine and Elise venture to the billiard room?
3. When in the day did Elise and Rankine go to the billiard room?
Q7:
1. Who was not happy with Rankine's arrival?
2. Who was upset with Rankine arriving?
3. Who did Rankine's arrival displease?
Q8:
1. Who suggested that Rankine should be invited?
2. Who made the suggestion to invite Rankine?
3. Who decided that Rankine should be asked to come?
Q9:
1. Who should be present when Rankine came?
2. Who needed to be there for Rankine's arrival?
3. Whose presence did Rankine's arrival necessitate?
Q10:
1. Who was to invite Rankine?
2. Who needed to extend the invitation to Rankine?
3. Who had to ask Rankine to com?
Q11:
1. What were both Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse doing?
2. What were Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse both up to?
3. What activity was shared by Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse?
Q12:
1. What was everyone besides Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse doing?
2. What were those other than Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse up to?
3. What did everybody apart from Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse do?
Q13:
1. What were both Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse doing?
2. What were Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse both up to?
3. What activity was shared by Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse?
Q14:
1. Who spoke first?
2. Who was the first person to say something?
3. Who pierced the silence?
Q15:
1. Who said something about the military?
2. Who commented upon the military?
3. Who had something to say regarding the military?
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3zpbjo59kp12f69s84pzapoi1y6dh3 | cnn | Editor's note: Join Roland S. Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m. ET Wednesday. If you're passionate about politics, he wants to hear from you. A nationally syndicated columnist, Martin has said he will vote for Barack Obama in November. He is the author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith" and "Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America." Visit his Web site for more information.
Roland Martin says Howard Dean bucked other leaders and insisted on a 50-state Democratic strategy.
(CNN) -- If Sen. Barack Obama is able to prevail over Sen. John McCain on Tuesday, all of those Democrats who ripped Howard Dean's 50-state strategy over the last four years should call the head of the Democratic National Committee and offer a heartfelt apology.
First in line should be New York Sen. Charles Schumer, Chicago, Illinois, Rep. Rahm Emanuel and my CNN colleague, political strategist James Carville.
When Democrats were in the final stages of winning back Congress in 2006, those three were at odds with Dean, saying he should forget about his pie-in-the-sky plan to have the Democratic Party competitive in all 50 states.
They reasoned that money spent on get-out-the vote efforts in non-congressional elections was futile, and all the effort should be on reclaiming Congress.
But Dean resisted their suggestions, weathering repeated calls for him to resign after that election.
Dean's insistence on having a Democratic Party that existed in the heartland, and not just California, New York and Massachusetts, was brilliant in that it made clear that the party recognized the rest of America. iReport.com: What would you ask Obama? QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who authored "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"?
2. Who wrote "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"?
3. What is the name of the author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"?
Q2:
1. Who clashed with party leaders?
2. Who had an argument with leaders of the Democratic party?
3. Who chose not to listen to the advice of other Democratic leaders?
Q3:
1. Who was Obama running against?
2. Who was Barack Obama's election opponent?
3. What candidate was running against Barack Obama?
Q4:
1. Who came up with the 50 state strategy?
2. Whose idea was the 50 state strategy?
3. Who thought focusing on all 50 states in the election was a good idea?
Q5:
1. Who should be first to apologize to Howard Dean?
2. Who needs to be the first to say something to Howard Dean?
3.
Q6:
1. Which party was on the precipus of winning back Congress in 2006?
2. What party was about to regain control of Congress in 2006?
3. Which party was set to win Congress back in 2006?
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3d4ch1lgeatcck10ci2f3ttrvdig9u | cnn | Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- Roberto Sanchez, the Argentine singer known as "Sandro" and who drew comparisons to Elvis Presley, died Monday night after complications from surgery, his doctor told reporters. He was 64.
Sandro's romantic ballads made him a star in the 1960s, but he first found the limelight as rock and roll singer who imitated Elvis' style.
In his long career, Sandro recorded dozens of albums and also acted in 16 movies, according to the Web site Rock.com.ar. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Spanish Rock movement.
The singer was also known as "El Gitano," or "the Gypsy," because of his family's Roma roots.
Some accounts place Sandro as the first Latino artist to sell out Madison Square Garden in New York.
Sandro died at the Italian Hospital in Mendoza, Argentina, where he was being treated for complications from a heart and lung transplant last month.
He is survived by his wife, Olga Garaventa.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which singer goes by the name of Sandro?
2. Whose nickname is Sandro?
3. Who sings under the moniker Sandro?
Q2:
1. What kind of ballads made Sandro a star in the 1960s?
2. What sort of songs brought Sandro fame in the 1960s?
3. What genre of music did Sandro sing in the 60s that shot him to fame?
Q3:
1. How many movies has Sandro acted in?
2. How many films has Sandro starred in?
3. What is the number of films that have featured Sandro?
Q4:
1. Who did Sandro draw comparisons to?
2. Who did people compare Sandro to?
3. Who have people said that Sandro resembles?
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345lhzdedxs920dffeqmgvrw3tiu3l | mctest | As they went to the doors they saw they had the letters A, B, C, and D on them. What did it mean? Alpha, the leader, told everyone to stop and look at the doors, so as to see which door they would go through. The walls were brown and dirty. The lights were yellow. Door A was blue. This was Beta's choice. Door B was red. Door C was the same color as door A. Door D a color no one had seen before. Gamma felt that Alpha needed to make a choice soon before the monsters caught their scent. Delta was the first to voice a choice. He wanted to go in the red door. Alpha told him that the old books said to go in the blue door. This is why it was so hard for Alpha right now. Two doors were blue. Being a good leader, Alpha asked everyone what they wanted to do. The final choice was door D. They went in and enjoyed all of time in a world with odd colors. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the hue of the lights?
2. Which color did the lights come in?
3. What was the lights' shade?
Q2:
1. What was the number of doors?
2. How many entryways were there?
3. How many doors could be counted?
Q3:
1. What was the hue of the walls?
2. What color did the walls come in?
3. What was the walls' shade?
Q4:
1. Were the walls clean?
2. Had the walls recently been scrubbed?
3. Were the walls tidy?
Q5:
1. Who was in charge?
2. What was the leader's name?
3. Who led the group?
Q6:
1. What was the hue of door B?
2. What color did door B come in?
3. What was door B's shade?
Q7:
1. What was the hue of door C?
2. What color did door C come in?
3. What was door C's shade?
Q8:
1. Was door C different from door A?
2. Did doors C and A come in different colors?
3. Was door C in a different shade than door A?
Q9:
1. What instruction did the books give?
2. What direction was in the books?
3. What did the books command to do?
Q10:
1. Did Delta do what the books said?
2. Did Delta follow the books' instructions?
3. Did Delta do as he was told in the books?
Q11:
1. What door did Delta want?
2. Which door did Delta wish to pick?
3. What door was Delta's choice pick?
Q12:
1. What color of door did Delta want to pick?
2. What color was door B?
3. What shade did door B come in?
Q13:
1. What door was Delta's choice?
2. What door did Delta end up picking?
3. Which door did Delta choose?
Q14:
1. Was door D in a familiar color?
2. Was everyone familiar with door D's color?
3. Did Door D come in a banal color?
Q15:
1. What was the number of blue doors?
2. State the quantity of blue doors?
3. How many doors came in a blue shade?
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3u0srxb7cd5oqce8t3fwky2i2ifnrf | race | Donald was not very good at math. He could not understand the teacher's explanations . Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald still could not understand it. "Never mind," Donald told himself. "I am quite good at other subjects. I will cheat in the math exam, then I won't be in trouble." "I will sit next to the boy who is best at math," he thought, "and copy down his answers." The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Brain Smith, who always was at the top of the class in math. Donald carefully copied Brian's answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher collected the papers and graded them. Then she said, "well, boys and girls. I have decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade. It's difficult for me to decide who to give the prize to, however, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the same grade." "Let them share it," one of the other students said. "I thought about that," the teacher said, "but I decided to give the prize to Brian." Donald was angry when he heard this. He stood up and said. "That's not fair. I got the same grade as Brian." 'That's true." The teacher said." However, Brian's answer to Question 18 was "I don't know," yours was "Neither do I". QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Did Donald and Brian get the same grade?
2. Did Donald and Brian score the same on the test?
3. Were Donald and Brian's test scores identical?
Q2:
1. Was either Brian or Donald not good at math?
2. Was someone bad at math between Donald and Brian?
3. Did either Donald or Brian struggle with math?
Q3:
1. Who was bad at math between Donald and Brian?
2. Who struggled with math, Donald or Brian?
3. Who wasn't a good math student - Donald or Brian?
Q4:
1. Was either Brian or Donald good at math?
2. Was someone good at math between Donald and Brian?
3. Did either Donald or Brian excel at math?
Q5:
1. Who was good at math between Donald and Brian?
2. Who excelled at math, Donald or Brian?
3. Was Donald or Brian an excellent math student?
Q6:
1. Did Donald copy someone?
2. Did Donald work dishonestly?
3. Was Donald a cheater?
Q7:
1. Did Donald and Brian get the highest grade?
2. Were Donald and Brian's grades the highest?
3. Did Donald and Brian do better than the rest of the class?
Q8:
1. Who received a prize?
2. Who was awarded?
3. Who got an award?
Q9:
1. Who wasn't happy?
2. Who was upset?
3. Which boy got mad?
Q10:
1. What did Brian say for question 18?
2. What did Brian write down in response to question 18?
3. How did Brian respond to question 18?
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3ls2amnw5fq6wwzkh3q9uxsivykqoh | mctest | Alex was happy when he woke up. He was really happy he didn't have to go to a dumb sit down school like his cousins. He was a home school kid. There was lots to do today. He woke Tigerrr, his kitty. They were going to look at the apple trees. He was seeing if he could grow more fruit by feeding them different kinds of food. He fed one chips and he fed one chocolate. He hoped the fruit would taste like apple chocolate! He fed one root beer and he fed another one salad. He fed one of them seaweed. He wrote down how many fruits each tree had, and this is what he found. The root beer tree had five fruits. The tree that was fed chocolate had three. The chip tree had ten. The salad tree had fifteen. The seaweed tree had fifty apples! They were everywhere. "The winner!", said Tigerrr, his paw in the air. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was in a good mood?
2. Whose spirits were up?
3. Who was feeling good?
Q2:
1. Why was Alex happy?
2. What put Alex in a good mood?
3. What lifted Alex's spirits?
Q3:
1. Were there many things to do today?
2. Was today's schedule jam packed?
3. Was there very much to get done today?
Q4:
1. What is the name of Alex's cat?
2. Who is Alex's kitty?
3. Which cat belongs to Alex?
Q5:
1. What sort of trees were Alex and his cat going to look at?
2. What kind of trees were Alex and Tigerrr going to visit?
3. What sort of trees were Alex and Tigerrr off to take a look at?
Q6:
1. What did Alex feed the fruit?
2. What snack did Alex give the apples?
3. What did Alex give the fruit to eat?
Q7:
1. Why did Alex give food to the apples?
2. What was Alex's reason for giving the apples food?
3. Why did Alex feed the fruit?
Q8:
1. Did Alex feed one of the apples root beer?
2. Did Alex give root beer to one of the apples?
3. Was root beer something that Alex gave the apples?
Q9:
1. Did Alex feed one of the apples salad?
2. Did Alex give salad to one of the apples?
3. Was salad something that Alex gave the apples?
Q10:
1. What did Alex write down?
2. What did Alex scribble?
3. What information did Alex pen down?
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33jkghpfycuxtw1govjfyz88wjlnm8 | wikipedia | Philosophy of space and time is the branch of philosophy concerned with the issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology, and character of space and time. While such ideas have been central to philosophy from its inception, the philosophy of space and time was both an inspiration for and a central aspect of early analytic philosophy. The subject focuses on a number of basic issues, including whether or not time and space exist independently of the mind, whether they exist independently of one another, what accounts for time's apparently unidirectional flow, whether times other than the present moment exist, and questions about the nature of identity (particularly the nature of identity over time).
The earliest recorded Western philosophy of time was expounded by the ancient Egyptian thinker Ptahhotep (c. 2650–2600 BC), who said, "Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit." The Vedas, the earliest texts on Indian philosophy and Hindu philosophy, dating back to the late 2nd millennium BC, describe ancient Hindu cosmology, in which the universe goes through repeated cycles of creation, destruction, and rebirth, with each cycle lasting 4,320,000 years. Ancient Greek philosophers, including Parmenides and Heraclitus, wrote essays on the nature of time. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the philosophy of space and time a part of?
2. What umbrella does the philosophy of space and time fall under?
3. What includes the field of philosophy of space and time?
Q2:
1. When does the earliest recorded western philosophy of time date to?
2. When do we find the earliest traces of the philosophy of time in the West?
3. What century do the earliest recordings of the philosophy of time in the west dtae to?
Q3:
1. What is the name of the earliest Indian and Hindu philosophical texts?
2. What are the oldest philosophical texts of Hinduism?
3. What are Indian and Hindu philosophy's oldest texts called?
Q4:
1. When did the Vedas date to?
2. How far back can the Vedas be traced?
3. When did the Vedas seemed to have been written?
Q5:
1. What philosophers from ancient Greece wrote about how time works?
2. Which ancient Greek philosophers recorded musings on the nature of time?
3. What philosophers from ancient Greece pondered the nature of time
Q6:
1. Did the innerworkings of cosmology appear in the Vedas?
2. Did the Vedas take about how cosmology works?
3. Did descriptions of cosmology appear in the Vedas?
Q7:
1. According to the Vedas, how long did cycles of creation last?
2. What was the length of a cycle of creation as described in the Vedas?
3. How long did the Vedas claim repeated cycles of creation lasted?
Q8:
1. What was inspired by the philosophy of space and time?
2. What did the philosophy of space and time bring about?
3. What is a descendant of the philosophy of space and time?
Q9:
1. What basic issues does analytic philosophy focus on?
2. What is the main focus of analytic philosophy?
3. What is the principle issue explored by analytic philosophy?
Q10:
1. The following quote is attributed to whom: do not lessen the time of the following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit?
2. Who stated that do not lessen the time of the following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit?
3. Give the source of the following citation: do not lessen the time of the following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
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3ffj6vril1o8chji2ajpvu5e7se0i4 | cnn | Hong Kong (CNN) -- Ramesh Makwana knew the risks to his health by working in an agate factory, but at $4 a day the rewards were too great.
Now, after 14 years of breathing in the fine dust created by grinding and polishing the gemstone, Makwana has silicosis, a respiratory disease that swells the lungs.
"He's thankful to the stone because it helped him survive for so long. But now that he has lost so much, it is also a feeling of anger," Makwana told CNN through an interpreter, Mohit Gupta, the co-ordinator for the Occupational, Environmental Health Network of India.
"He has lost his parents to it, and he himself knows he's going to die some day," he said.
It's not known how many other workers in Asia are suffering from occupational diseases, but the Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC) has warned that the region is facing an epidemic.
The last estimate on work-related diseases in Asia was released by the International Labor Organization in 2008. It estimated that more than 1.1 million people in Asia were dying each year.
"One-point-one million is a really high number, but even then we're not sure, we think it may be a really conservative number," said Sanjiv Pandita, Executive Director of the AMRC.
Frustrated by the lack of official records, Pandita and his team set out to find the true extent of the problem in six Asian countries: China, India, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.
A report released ahead of this year's International Workers' Memorial Day on April 28, found similar problems in all countries; a lack of official data on the number of cases, partly due to a reluctance to diagnose work-related illness for fear of the financial cost. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where is Ramesh Makwana's job?
2. What is Ramesh Makwana's place of employment?
3. In what location does Ramesh Makwana work?
Q2:
1.
2.
3.
Q3:
1. What city is Ramesh Makwana in?
2. Which city is Ramesh Makwana located in?
3. What city is the location of Ramesh Makwana?
Q4:
1. Is Ramesh Makwana sick?
2. Is Ramesh Makwana ill?
3. Does Ramesh Makwana not feel well?
Q5:
1. What does Ramesh Makwana have?
2. What is ailing Ramesh Makwana?
3. What is Ramesh Makwana afflicted with?
Q6:
1. Do many people in Asia suffer from silicosis?
2. Does silicosis afflict many people in Asia?
3. Are there a lot of people in Asia with silicosis?
Q7:
1. Is it known how many people in Asia suffer from silicosis?
2. Do authorities know how many cases of silicosis there are in Asia?
3. Is the number of silicosis cases in Asia known?
Q8:
1. Did anyone in Ramesh Makwana's family die of silicosis?
2. Has silicosis killed anyone in Ramesh Makwana's family?
3. Has silicosis caused the death of any of Ramesh Makwana's family members?
Q9:
1. Who has Ramesh Makwana lost to silicosis?
2. What family member of Ramesh Makwana's has silicosis killed?
3. Who in Ramesh Makwana's family has lost their life to silicosis?
Q10:
1. How long has Ramesh Makwana been working in the agate factory?
2. How long has the agate factory employed Ramesh Makwana?
3. For how mnay years has Ramesh Makwana been employed at the agate factory?
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3ph3vy7djlxnfx9dvl0w2kh841gwz2 | race | Tu Youyou has become the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize, for her work in helping to create an anti-malaria medicine. The 84-year-old's route to the honour has been anything but traditional. In China, she is being called the "three nos" winner: no medical degree, no doctorate, and she's never worked overseas. In 1967, malaria, a then deadly disease, spread by mosquitoes was _ Chinese soldiers fighting Americans in the jungles of northern Vietnam. A secret research unit "Mission 523 "was formed to find a cure for the illness. Two years later, Tu Youyou was instructed to become the new head of "Mission 523". "Mission523" read ancient books carefully for a long time to find historical methods of fighting malaria. When she started her search for an anti-malarial drug, more than 240,000 compounds around the world had already been tested, without any success. Finally, the team found a brief reference to one substance, sweet wormwood , which had been used to treat malaria in China around 400 AD. The team took out one active compound in wormwood, and then tested it. But nothing was effective until Tu Youyou returned to the original ancient text. After another careful reading, she changed the drug recipe one final time, heating the compound without allowing it to reach boiling point. After the drug showed promising results in mice and monkeys, Tu Youyou volunteered to be the first human recipient of the new drug. " In any case, Tu Youyou is consistently praised for her drive and passion. One former colleague. Lianda Li, says Ms Tu is "unsociable and quite straightforward", adding that "if she disagrees with something, she will say it." Another colleague, Fuming Liao, who has worked with Tu Youyou for more than 40 years, describes her as a "tough and stubborn woman". Stubborn enough to spend decades piecing together ancient texts, she applies them to modern scientific practices. The result has saved millions of lives. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Name the first woman from China to win a Nobel Prize?
2. Who is the first Chinese woman to receive a Nobel Prize?
3. What is the name of China's first female Nobel Prize recipient?
Q2:
1. What was Tu Youyou's work?
2. What did Tu Youyou work on?
3. What was Tu Youyou's project?
Q3:
1. What do they call Tu Youyou in China?
2. What is Tu Youyou referred to as in China?
3. What is Tu Youyou's Chinese nickname?
Q4:
1. Does Tu Youyou have a medical degree?
2. Did Tu Youyou go to medical school?
3. Does Tu Youyou have training in the medical field?
Q5:
1. What spreads malaria?
2. How does malaria pass from person to person?
3. How can one get malaria?
Q6:
1. What secret research unit was formed?
2. Where was secret research being conducted?
3. Who was respnosible for carrying out secret research?
Q7:
1. What was the number of compounds tested worldwide?
2. How many compounds were tests done on across the world?
3. How many compounds were tinkered around with globally?
Q8:
1. What compound was found to have treated malaria in China in 400 AD?
2. What compound did the Chinese use to treat malaria circa 400 AD?
3. How did the Chinese attempt to treat malaria around 400 AD?
Q9:
1. Was sweet wormwood an effective treatment for malaria?
2. Did sweet wormwood work to combat malaria?
3. Could sweet wormwood successfully be used to treat malaria?
Q10:
1. What did Tu Youyou find out about sweet wormwood?
2. What did Tu Youyou learn to do with sweet wormwood?
3. What discovery did Tu Youyou make regarding sweet wormwood?
Q11:
1. What were Lianda Li's words regarding Tu Youyou?
2. How did Lianda Li describe Tu Youyou?
3. What description did Lianda Li give of Tu Youyou?
Q12:
1. How long have Fuming Liao and Tu Youyou worked together?
2. For how many years have Tu Youyou and Fuming Liao been colleagues?
3. How many years have Tu Youyou and Fuming Liao spent working together?
Q13:
1. How many people owe their lives to Tu Youyou?
2. What is the number of lives that have been spared thanks to Tu Youyou?
3. How many people has Tu Youyou kept alive?
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3zazr5xv01ie1z38eu0vqqa5cmiczv | race | Helen Thomas, born on August 4, 1920, is a famous news reporter, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps. She served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International (UPI). She is called "First Lady of the Press".
Born in Kentucky, Helen Thomas was raised in Detroit, Michigan where she attended public schools and later graduated from Wayne State University. Upon leaving college, Helen served as a copy girl in an old company in Washington. In 1943, Ms. Thomas joined United Press International and the Washington Press Corps. Thomas served as president of the Women's National Press Club from 1959 to 1960.
In November, Helen began covering then President-elect John F. Kennedy, following him to the White House in January 1961 as a UPI correspondent. She later became White House Bureau Chief for UPI, where she was employed until her resignation on May 17, 2000. Thomas then became a White House correspondent and columnist.
Thomas was the only woman journalist traveling with then President Nixon to China in January, 1972. She has traveled around the world several times with Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, during the course of which she covered every Economic Summit.The World Almanachas cited her as one of the 25 Most Influential Women in America.
On March 21, 2006, Thomas was called upon directly by President Bush for the first time in three years. Thomas asked Bush about Iraq. Helen Thomas has written four books and she is also a popular speaker at events nationwide. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where was Helen Thomas born?
2. What state was Helen Thomas born in?
3. What was Helen Thomas' birthplace?
Q2:
1. Where was Helen Thomas raised?
2. Where did Helen Thomas grow up?
3. Where did Helen Thomas spend her childhood?
Q3:
1. What was Helen Thomas' birth year?
2. What was Helen Thomas born (year wise)?
3. In what year was Helen Thomas born?
Q4:
1. What was Helen Thomas' birth date?
2. When was Helen Thomas born (date wise)?
3. On what date was Helen Thomas born?
Q5:
1. What was Helen Thomas known for?
2. What was Helen Thomas' claim to fame?
3. What did Helen Thomas gain recognition as?
Q6:
1. Where did Helen Thomas go to college?
2. Where did Helen Thomas attend university?
3. Which university did Helen Thomas attend?
Q7:
1. What was Helen Thomas' first job?
2. How was Helen Thomas first employed?
3. What was the first thing that Helen Thomas did for a job?
Q8:
1. Where did Helen Thomas work as a copy girl?
2. In what city was Helen Thomas employed as a copy girl?
3. Where was Helen Thomas' job as a copy girl located?
Q9:
1. What did Helen Thomas do after being a copy girl?
2. What did Helen Thomas do after leaving her job as a copy girl?
3. What was the next thing Helen Thomas did after her time as a copy girl?
Q10:
1. What club did Helen Thomas join?
2. What club was Helen Thomas a member of?
3. Which organization did Helen Thomas belong to?
Q11:
1. When was Helen Thomas in the Women's National Press Club?
2. During what years was Helen Thomas a member of the Women's National Press Club?
3. What were the years of Helen Thomas' participation in the Women's National Press Club?
Q12:
1. Who was the first well known person that Helen Thomas reported on?
2. Who was the first big fish Helen Thomas wrote about?
3. Who was the first important subject of Helen Thomas' reporting?
Q13:
1. How long did Helen Thomas work for UPI?
2. For how much time was Helen Thomas employed by UPI?
3. How long was Helen Thomas' tenure at UPI?
Q14:
1. For how many years did UPI employ Helen Thomas?
2. How many years did Helen Thomas spend at UPI?
3. For how many years did Helen Thomas work at UPI?
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3velcll3gkjo9f2axlh462bwwg21f3 | wikipedia | Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills such as the Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. There is evidence of human occupation from Paleolithic times, and of subsequent settlement in the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The county played a significant part in the consolidation of power and rise of King Alfred the Great, and later in the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion. The city of Bath is famous for its substantial Georgian architecture and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The people of Somerset are mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle's entry for AD 845, in the inflected form "Sumursætum", and the county is recorded in the entry for 1015 using the same name. The archaic name Somersetshire was mentioned in the Chronicle's entry for 878. Although "Somersetshire" was in common use as an alternative name for the county, it went out of fashion in the late 19th century, and is no longer used possibly due to the adoption of "Somerset" as the county's official name after the establishment of the county council in 1889. As with other counties not ending in "shire," the suffix was superfluous, as there was no need to differentiate between the county and a town within it. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is one of the famous cities in Somerset?
2. What is one of Somerset's well known cities?
3. What is a metropolis in Somerset that many are familiar with?
Q2:
1. What is Bath known for?
2. What is notable about Bath?
3. What is a recognizable aspect of Bath?
Q3:
1. How long has the area of Somerset been populated?
2. For how long have there been people in Somerset?
3. How long has Somerset been inhabited?
Q4:
1. What is the oldest spelling of Somerset?
2. What is the most ancient way to spell Somerset?
3. What way of spelling Somerset dates the furthest back?
Q5:
1. In what year was the name Sumursaetum used?
2. When did Somerset go by Sumursaetum?
3. At what point did Sumursaetum serve as the designation for Somerset?
Q6:
1. In what year was the name Sumursaetum used besides 845?
2. When did Somerset go by Sumursaetum other than 845?
3. At what point did Sumursaetum serve as the designation for Somerset in addition to 845?
Q7:
1. When was Somerset's name changed to its current spelling?
2. When did Somerset adopt its current orthography?
3. In what year was the name Somerset adopted?
Q8:
1. What are some features of the Somerset area?
2. What are some aspects of Somerset?
3. What's a quality of Somerset?
Q9:
1. What are some features of the Somerset area in addition to the rolling hills?
2. What are some aspects of Somerset other than rolling hills?
3. What's a quality of Somerset besides the rolling hills?
Q10:
1. What ruler did Somerset support?
2. Which leader had the support of Somerset?
3. Which ruler had the backing of Somerset?
Q11:
1. What event was Somerset integral in?
2. What event did Somerset play a fundamental role in?
3. What event was Somerset highly involved in?
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3qavnhz3em463vp6ffdvcg9jw5ual2 | gutenberg | CHAPTER V
AT NIAGARA FALLS
"See here, I want you to let me alone!" stormed Nat Poole, and he tried to jerk himself free.
"Listen, Nat," said Dave, sternly. "If you make a noise it will be the worse for you, for it will bring the others here, and then we'll tell about what you tried to do. Maybe Mrs. Wadsworth will call an officer, and anyway all the girls and the boys will be down on you. Now, if you want Phil and me to keep this a secret, you've got to come along with us."
"Where to?" grumbled Nat, doggedly.
"You'll soon see," returned Dave, briefly, and with a wink at his chum.
Somewhat against his will, Nat walked toward the end of the garden. He wished to escape from Mrs. Wadsworth and the others, but he was afraid Dave and Phil contemplated doing something disagreeable to him. Maybe they would give him a sound thrashing.
"Don't you touch me--don't you dare!" he cried, when the barn was readied. "Remember, my father can have you locked up, Dave Porter!"
"Well, don't forget what Professor Potts can do to you, Nat," answered Dave.
"What are you going to do?" asked Phil, in an aside to his chum.
Dave was trying to think. He had been half of a mind to lock Nat in the harness closet until the party was over--thus preventing him from making more trouble. Now, however, as he heard a locomotive whistle, a new thought struck him. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the chapter at hand?
2. What number of chapter is this?
3. Which numeral is associated with the chapter?
Q2:
1. Where does the chapter take place?
2. Where is the action happening?
3. What is the location of the chapter?
Q3:
1. Did Nat Poole sort of have to do something against his own will?
2. Was Nat Poole kind of forced to act against his own will?
3. Did Nat Poole more or less have to do something he did not want to?
Q4:
1. Did Nat Poole want to be let alone?
2. Did Nat Poole wish to be left alone?
3. Would Nat Poole have preferred to be left to his own devices?
Q5:
1. Who spoke to Nat Poole sternly?
2. Who took a stern tone with Nat Poole?
3. Who talked sharply to Nat Poole?
Q6:
1. Who might get in touch with an officer?
2. Who may possibly contact an officer?
3. Who may call the police?
Q7:
1. Who will lend a hand to Dave in keeping the secret?
2. Who is going to help Dave to keep information hidden?
3. Who is keeping the secret along with Dave?
Q8:
1. What did Nat Poole assume that he was going to receive?
2. What did Nat Poole expect was coming his way?
3. What was Nat Poole imaginging he was going to get?
Q9:
1. Was Nat Poole going to be murdered?
2. Were the others planning Nat Poole's murder?
3. Was it on the docket to murder Nat Poole?
Q10:
1. What action could Nat Poole's father take against Dave Porter?
2. What could happen to Dave Porter at the hands of Nat Poole's father?
3.
Q11:
1. What threat did Dave Porter respond to Nat Poole with?
2. How did Dave Porter threaten Nat Poole in response?
3. What menace did Dave Porter answer Nat Poole with?
Q12:
1. Where did Dave Porter consider locking Nat Poole up?
2. Where was Dave Porter thinking about imprisoning Nat Poole?
3. In what location did Dave give thought to confining Nat Poole?
Q13:
1. How long might Dave Porter lock Nat Poole up for?
2. For how much time may Dave Porter imprison Nat Poole?
3. How long could Nat Poole's imprisonment on the part of Dave Porter last?
Q14:
1. What gave Dave Porter a new thought?
2. What sparked inspiration in Dave Porter?
3. How did Dave Porter come across his new idea?
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