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3tayzsbpll8425psm9hhik4gdiz2s5 | cnn | (CNN) -- BP reported problems controlling the undersea well at the heart of the largest oil spill in U.S. history and won a delay in testing a critical piece of equipment in March, according to documents released Sunday.
"We are in the midst of a well control situation on MC 252 #001 and have stuck pipe. We are bringing out equipment to begin operations to sever the drillpipe, plugback the well and bypass," Scherie Douglas, a BP regulatory advisor, told the district engineer for the U.S. Interior Department's Minerals Management Service in a March 10 e-mail.
In a follow-up e-mail to the district engineer, Frank Patton, Douglas reported the company wanted to get a plug set in the well before testing the blowout preventer, the massive device used to shut down the well in case of an emergency.
"With the give and take of the well and hole behavior we would feel much more comfortable getting at least one of the two plugs set in order to fully secure the well prior to testing BOPs," she wrote.
When Patton told BP he could not delay a test any longer than it took to bring the well under control, the company won a postponement from David Trocquet, the MMS district manager in New Orleans, Louisiana, the documents show. Trocquet ordered BP to make sure its cement plug was set up and to verify its placement, according to his reply. The messages do not indicate how long the test was postponed.
The exchange was among the documents released Sunday by leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is looking into the disaster that killed 11 workers aboard the drilling platform Deepwater Horizon and uncapped a gusher that is now fouling the northern Gulf of Mexico. BP has been unable to activate the well's blowout preventer since the explosion, resulting in up to 19,000 barrels (798,000 gallons) spewing into the Gulf every day. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Frank Patton's position?
2. What does Frank Patton do?
3. How is Frank Patton employed?
Q2:
1. Who sent Frank Patton an email?
2. Who did Frank Patton get an email from?
3. Who sent an electronic meesage to Frank Patton?
Q3:
1. What did Douglas' email say to Frank Patton?
2. What was the content of the email to Frank Patton?
3. What did the email that Frank Patton got say in it?
Q4:
1. What is causing BP problems?
2. What is the source of BP's troubles?
3. What is BP having issues with?
Q5:
1. What is the job of a blowout preventer?
2. What do blowout preventers do?
3. What purpose does a blowout preventer serve.
Q6:
1. Who granted extra time to BP?
2. Who did BP get extra time for?
3. Who gave a postponement to BP?
Q7:
1. What's being looked at by the House Energy and Commerce Committee?
2. What is the House Energy and Commerce Committee examining?
3. What is being examined by the House Energy and Commerce Committee?
Q8:
1. Did the disaster kill anyone?
2. Were anyone's lives lost in the disaster?
3. Was anybody killed in the BP disaster?
Q9:
1. How many lives were lost in the disaster?
2. How many people did the disaster kill?
3. What was the number of deaths caused by the disaster?
Q10:
1. What was the amount of oil spilled?
2. How much oil got spilled in the disaster?
3. How much oil spewed into the Gulf?
Q11:
1. What is the site of the oil disaster?
2. Where is the oil disaster taking place?
3. Where is oil spilling into?
Q12:
1. What is preventing the oil spill from being stopped?
2. Why hasn't anyone put a stop to the oil disaster?
3. Why does the oil spill continue on unabated?
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317hq483i7sbxdbp3gln661re8kin1 | gutenberg | CHAPTER VII
A PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR
There were three men in New York that day, who, although they occupied their accustomed table, the best in one of its most exclusive clubs, and although their luncheon was chosen with the usual care, were never really conscious of what they were eating. Weiss was one, John Bardsley another, and Higgins, the railway man, the third. They sat in a corner, from which their conversation could not be overheard; and as often before when their heads had been close together, people looked across at them, always with interest, often with some envy, and wondered.
"I'd like you both to understand," Weiss said, speaking with unaccustomed emphasis as he leaned across the table, "that I don't like the look of things. We tackled something pretty big when we tackled Phineas Duge, and if he has the least idea that these Chicago brokers have been operating on our behalf, it's my belief we shall find ourselves up against it."
Higgins, who was the optimist of the party, a small man, with the unlined, clear complexion and face of a boy, shrugged his shoulders a little doubtfully.
"That's all very well, Weiss," he said, "but if Phineas had been going to find us out at all, he'd have found us out three weeks ago, when the thing started. He wouldn't have sat still and let us sell ten million dollars' worth of stock without moving his little finger. I guess you've got the jumps, Weiss, all because we were d-----d fools enough to sign that rotten paper last night. All the same I don't quite see how he could ever use that against us. His own name's there." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the number of gentlemen present?
2. How many men are present?
3. What is the number of men in the group?
Q2:
1. Where are the men?
2. What is the men's location?
3. What city are the men in?
Q3:
1. Where in New York are the men?
2. What establishment are the men at?
3. What kind of place in New York can the men be found at?
Q4:
1. Where were the men seated?
2. Where in the club were the men?
3. Where inside the club had the men taken a seat?
Q5:
1. Who works for the men?
2. Who is working on behalf of the men?
3. Who is doing work on the men's behalf?
Q6:
1. Whose outlook is optimistic?
2. Who is looking at things through a hopeful lens?
3. Who was the optimist of the group?
Q7:
1. What was Higgins' reaction?
2. How did Higgins react?
3. What sort of reaction did Higgins have?
Q8:
1. Did Higgins look like a grown man?
2. Did Higgins resemble an adult?
3. Did Higgins have the look of an older man?
Q9:
1. What did the men sell?
2. What was up for sale?
3. What was there to be bought?
Q10:
1. How much stock was up for sale?
2. What amount of stock was up to be purchased?
3. What amount of stock could be bought?
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3ywrv122cszv3xjlrvli7cz7j7nu8a | cnn | Washington (CNN) -- A late evening meeting between President Barack Obama and the leaders of the House and Senate failed to reach agreement Wednesday on a spending plan to avert a government shutdown, but all the participants said progress was made and talks would continue.
If there is no deal by midnight Friday, when the current spending authorization measure expires, parts of the government will close down.
Obama called the 90-minute talks with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, "constructive" and he said they narrowed and clarified the outstanding issues.
"I remain confident that if we're serious about getting something done, we should be able to complete a deal and get it passed and avert a shutdown," Obama said in brief remarks to reporters. "But it's going to require a sufficient sense of urgency from all parties involved" to prevent a shutdown that "could have real effects on everyday Americans."
Both Reid and Boehner told reporters in their own brief comments that the meeting made progress in narrowing their differences, and that their staffs would work through the night to try to reach further consensus.
"I have confidence we can get this done," said Reid, who criticized Boehner and Republicans earlier in the day for intransigence. "We're not there yet."
Boehner, standing next to Reid, said "we do have some honest differences," and he emphasized there was no agreement on either a specific figure for spending cuts for the rest of the current fiscal year or on policy issues that the Republicans want included in the measure, such as specifically prohibiting funding for abortions. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the date of the deadline?
2. When must negotiations be figured out?
3. At what point does the current spending authorization measure expire
Q2:
1. What is there a deadline for?
2. What expires midnight Friday?
3. What has a deadline of midnight on Friday?
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3irik4hm3akcdpjxcp3ktsha7rcc6d | gutenberg | CHAPTER X
MYSTERIES IN MAYFAIR
That night, and for many nights afterwards, Macheson devoted himself to his work in the East End. The fascination of the thing grew upon him; he threw himself into his task with an energy which carried him often out of his own life and made forgetfulness an easy task. Night after night they came, these tired, white-faced women, with a sprinkling of sullen, dejected-looking men; night after night he pleaded and reasoned with them, striving with almost passionate earnestness to show them how to make the best of the poor thing they called life. Gradually his efforts began to tell upon himself. He grew thinner, there were shadows under his eyes, a curious intangible depression seemed to settle upon him. Holderness one night sought him out and insisted upon dinner together.
"Look here, Victor," he said, "I have a bone to pick with you. You'd better listen! Don't sit there staring round the place as though you saw ghosts everywhere."
Macheson smiled mirthlessly.
"But that is just what I do see," he answered. "The conscience of every man who knows must be haunted with them! The ghosts of starving men and unsexed women! What keeps their hands from our throats, Dick?"
"Common sense, you idiot," Holderness answered cheerfully. "There's a refuse heap for every one of nature's functions. You may try to rake it out and cleanse it, but there isn't much to be done. Hang that mission work, Victor! It's broken more hearts than anything else on earth! A man can but do what he may." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the protagonist?
2. What is the name of the main character?
3. What is the protagonist's name?
Q2:
1. What was most important to Macheson?
2. What did Macheson value most?
3. What was Macheson devoted to?
Q3:
1. What was the locaiton of Macheson's work?
2. Where did Macheson work?
3. Where was Macheson's job located?
Q4:
1. Who was hoping to have dinner?
2. Who wished to dine?
3. Who was interested in having supper?
Q5:
1. Who was getting thinner?
2. Who was losing weight?
3. Who was becoming increasingly gaunt?
Q6:
1. Was anyone frustrated with Victor?
2. Was there someone that harbored anger towards Victor?
3. Did someone have a bone to pick with Victor?
Q7:
1. Who was mad at Victor?
2. Who had a bone to pick with Victor?
3. Who harbored anger towards victor?
Q8:
1. What did Holderness say?
2. What were Holderness's words?
3. What statement did Holderness declare?
Q9:
1. Did Macheson grin?
2. Was there a smile on Macheson's face?
3. Did Macheson's mouth curl into a smile?
Q10:
1. How did Macheson smile?
2. What was the nature of Macheson's grin?
3. In what manner did Macheson smile?
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3lep4mgt3g0sot668cf3oelk5jmdb3 | mctest | Ginger and Joey were two young dogs. They were happy because it was now the summer and they could play outside more often. Today Ginger and Joey were running around in their big backyard. They had fun barking at many things. They barked at squirrels. They barked at a bus. They barked at the mailman. They barked at a weird bug. They barked so much, they were never quiet! The neighbor was a grumpy old man. His name was Bert. Bert threw a shoe at them because they were barking too much. He couldn't take a nap because they were so loud. Bert got too angry and Bert throws things when he gets too angry. The shoe missed both Ginger and Joey, but they barked a little less. Now they ran even faster. After a very long time, they began to get tired. They sniffed around the edges of the yard and found some old watermelon. That's a good snack for young dogs like Ginger and Joey! Next, they rolled around in the dirt. Then they chased their tails. Finally, their mom came out and told them to come inside. They were so dirty, they needed a bath. Ginger loved baths and jumped right into the tub. Joey was scared and ran away to hide. After a little bit, his mom found him and he got a bath in the end, too. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Ginger?
2. What sort of animal could Ginger be described as?
3. What species was Ginger?
Q2:
1. What was Joey?
2. What sort of animal could Joey be described as?
3. What species was Joey?
Q3:
1. What furry little creature did Joey and Ginger bark at?
2. What furry animal did Joey and Ginger bark at?
3. Which furry animal was the target of Joey and Ginger's barks?
Q4:
1. What nonfurry animal did Joey and Ginger bark at?
2. Which nonfurry animal was the target of Joey and Ginger's barks?
3. Which sort of creature without fur did Joey and Ginger bark at?
Q5:
1. What worker did Joey and Ginger bark at?
2. What person did Joey and Ginger bark at while they were at work?
3. Who was working and got barked at by Joey and Ginger?
Q6:
1. What car did Joey and Ginger bark at?
2. Which vehicle was the target of Joey and Ginger's barks?
3. Which car got barked at by Joey and Ginger?
Q7:
1. What got thrown at Joey and Ginger?
2. What was launched towards Joey and Ginger?
3. What did Joey and Ginger get tossed in their direction?
Q8:
1. Who threw a shoe at Joey and Ginger?
2. Who did Joey and Ginger get a shoe thrown at them by?
3. Who was the person that launched a shoe at Ginger and Joey?
Q9:
1. Was Bert a youthful man?
2. Was Bert a spring chicken?
3. Was Bert still in his youth?
Q10:
1. Who liked taking baths?
2. Who thought taking baths was fun?
3. Who thought it was a treat to have a bath?
Q11:
1. Who wasn't a fan of baths?
2. Who preferred avoiding baths?
3. Who did not enjoy bathing?
Q12:
1. Who had a snack?
2. Who snacked on something?
3. Who got a little something to eat?
Q13:
1. What did Joey and Ginger snack on?
2. What did Joey and Ginger have as a snack?
3. What did Ginger and Joey find to munch on?
Q14:
1. Who took a bath first?
2. Who was the first dog to take a bath?
3. Which dog was the first to bathe?
Q15:
1. Was Bert in a good mood all of the time?
2. Was Bert a good natured guy?
3. Could Bert be described as a nice person?
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317hq483i7sbxdbp3gln661rffpinl | cnn | New York (CNN) -- A New York graffiti art exhibit that drew visitors throughout the world was painted over early Tuesday morning despite efforts by artists and fans to keep the popular outdoor attraction open.
The whitewashing of the renowned graffiti haven known as 5 Pointz, a hulking warehouse in the Long Island City section of Queens, appears to mark the end of legal efforts by supporters to save it and even a last-minute attempt to secure landmark status for the building.
A federal judge last week denied an injunction to stop the razing of the building by developers Jerry and David Wolkoff, the warehouse owners, who plan to transform the site into high-end condos.
"I've been learning a lot in this whole battle," Jonathan Cohen, aka "Meres One," the 5 Pointz art curator, told CNN affiliate NY1.
He added, "I guess I have a little less faith in the system."
Jerry Wolkoff told CNN that he decided to paint over the walls now because the building will take several months to tear down, and he didn't want the artists' work to be ruined in the process.
"I had tears in my eyes this morning when we painted over it," Wolkoff said. "I have nothing but admiration for the work they've done."
Graffiti artists turn abandoned luxury liner into giant canvas
Wolkoff said the new buildings will have a "60-foot high wall" for the artists to paint on. He anticipates beginning the demolition in early 2014.
The 5 Pointz is a massive canvass where "aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building," according to its website. The exhibit has been featured in several music videos and documentaries. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the name of the developers?
2. Who is developing the area?
3. Who are some developers?
Q2:
1. Is 5 Pointz being transformed?
2. Are Jerry and David Wolkoff transforming the warehouse?
3. Is the warehouse being transformed by Jerry and David Wolkoff?
Q3:
1. What is the warehouse being transformed into?
2. What are Jerry and David Wolkoff doing with the warehouse?
3. What are Jerry and David Wolkoff going to build in place of the warehouse?
Q4:
1. When was 5 Pointz painted over?
2. When did the 5 Pointz art exhibit get erased?
3. When was a blank canvas painted over 5 Pointz?
Q5:
1. Were there any problems in painting over 5 Pointz?
2. Did any issues arise during the painting over of 5 Pointz?
3. Were there any challenges in redoing the 5 Pointz site?
Q6:
1. Who created problems in the painting over of 5 Pointz?
2. Who put up a fight against painting over 5 Pointz?
3. Who adamently opposed painting over 5 Pointz?
Q7:
1. Where can 5 Pointz be found?
2. Where is 5 Pointz?
3. What is the location of 5 Pointz?
Q8:
1. What does Jonathan Cohen do?
2. What is the role of Jonathan Cohen?
3. What title does Jonathan Cohen have?
Q9:
1. Who does Jonathan Cohen work for?
2. Who employs Jonathan Cohen?
3. Who is Jonathan Cohen an art curator for?
Q10:
1. What did Jonathan Cohen say to CNN?
2. What were Jonathan Cohen's words to CNN?
3. What did CNN heart from Jonathan Cohen?
Q11:
1. When did Jerry Wolkoff tear up?
2. When did Jerry Wolkoff start to cry a bit?
3. When did tears form in Jerry Wolkoff's eyes?
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3ifs6q0hjij8dq3ubc2950bx2h9sip | wikipedia | The Department of the Treasury is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue. The Department is administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, who is a member of the Cabinet. On February 13, 2017, the Senate confirmed Steven Mnuchin as Secretary of the Treasury.
The first Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton, who was sworn into office on September 11, 1789. Hamilton was asked by President George Washington to serve after first having asked Robert Morris (who declined, recommending Hamilton instead). Hamilton almost single-handedly worked out the nation's early financial system, and for several years was a major presence in Washington's administration as well. His portrait is on the obverse of the U.S. ten-dollar bill while the Treasury Department building is shown on the reverse. Besides the Secretary, one of the best-known Treasury officials is the Treasurer of the United States whose signature, along with the Treasury Secretary's, appears on all Federal Reserve notes.
The Treasury prints and mints all paper currency and coins in circulation through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint. The Department also collects all federal taxes through the Internal Revenue Service, and manages U.S. government debt instruments. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does the Department of Treasury do?
2. What is the purpose of the Department of Treasury?
3. What purpose does the Department of Treasury serve?
Q2:
1. Who requested the existence of the first Secretary of the Treasury?
2. Who put the first Secretary of the Treasury into office?
3. On whose authority was the first Secretary of the Treasury put into office?
Q3:
1. What was the name of the first Secretary of the Treasury?
2. Who first served as Secretary of the Treasury?
3. Who was the first person to be named Secretary of the Treasury?
Q4:
1. Was anyone asked to serve as Secretary of the Treasury before Alexander Hamilton?
2. Was there someone that was asked to be Secretary of the Treasury before Alexander Hamilton?
3. Did someone get asked to be Secretary of Treasury prior to Alexander Hamilton?
Q5:
1. Who was the first person that was asked to be Secretary of the Treasury?
2. What was the name of the first person asked to become Secretary of teh Treasury?
3. Who was requested to be Secretary of the Treasury prior to Alexander Hamilton?
Q6:
1. When did the Department of Treasury get established?
2. In what year did the Department of Treasury come about
3. What was the year of the Department of Treasury's creation?
Q7:
1. What does the Treasury use to print and mint paper currency and coins?
2. What creates all paper money and coins for the Treasury?
3. How is the Treasury able to print and mint all paper money and coins?
Q8:
1. Does the treasury do anything else besides print money?
2. Are there other things the Treasury does in addition to printing and minting money?
3. Does the Treasury have other responsibilities, other than pringing and minting money?
Q9:
1. Upon what currency does Alexander Hamilton appear on the obverse side?
2. What dollar bill has the face of Alexander Hamilton on its obverse side?
3. Which piece of currency features Alexander Hamilton upon the obverse side?
Q10:
1. What does the ten dollar bill have on its reverse side?
2. What can be found on the reverse side of the ten dollar bill?
3. What is featured on the reverse side of the ten dollar bill?
Q11:
1. Whose signature is on all Federal Reserve notes?
2. All Federal reserve notes feature whose signature?
3. Who signs all Federal Reserve notes?
Q12:
1. Whose signature is on all Federal Reserve notes, besides the treasurer?
2. All Federal reserve notes feature whose signature, in addition to the treasurer?
3. Who signs all Federal Reserve notes, other than the Treasurer of the United States?
Q13:
1. Dating to February 13, 2017, who is the Secretary of the Treasury?
2. Who serves as Secretary of the Treasury as of February 13, 2017?
3. Who is at present the Secretary of the Treasury, as of February 13, 2017?
Q14:
1. What oes the treasury do else besides print money and mint coins?
2. What are the other things the Treasury does in addition to printing and minting money?
3. What are the Treasury's other responsibilities, other than pringing and minting money?
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3suwzrl0mydran3b8g9fjghds0q6ev | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXVIII--CAPITULATION
When Sheldon emerged from among the trees he found Joan waiting at the compound gate, and he could not fail to see that she was visibly gladdened at the sight of him.
"I can't tell you how glad I am to see you," was her greeting. "What's become of Tudor? That last flutter of the automatic wasn't nice to listen to. Was it you or Tudor?"
"So you know all about it," he answered coolly. "Well, it was Tudor, but he was doing it left-handed. He's down with a hole in his shoulder." He looked at her keenly. "Disappointing, isn't it?" he drawled.
"How do you mean?"
"Why, that I didn't kill him."
"But I didn't want him killed just because he kissed me," she cried.
"Oh, he did kiss you!" Sheldon retorted, in evident surprise. "I thought you said he hurt your arm."
"One could call it a kiss, though it was only on the end of the nose." She laughed at the recollection. "But I paid him back for that myself. I boxed his face for him. And he did hurt my arm. It's black and blue. Look at it."
She pulled up the loose sleeve of her blouse, and he saw the bruised imprints of two fingers.
Just then a gang of blacks came out from among the trees carrying the wounded man on a rough stretcher.
"Romantic, isn't it?" Sheldon sneered, following Joan's startled gaze. "And now I'll have to play surgeon and doctor him up. Funny, this twentieth-century duelling. First you drill a hole in a man, and next you set about plugging the hole up." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who planted a kiss on Joan?
2. Who was Joan embraced by?
3. Who smooched Joan?
Q2:
1. Who did Joan tell about the kiss?
2. Who learned of the kiss from Joan?
3. Who did Joan let know about the smooch?
Q3:
1. Where did Sheldon find Joan?
2. Where did Sheldon come across Joan?
3. Where was Joan when Sheldon came across her?
Q4:
1. Who did Sheldon and Joan talk about?
2. Who did Sheldon and Joan discuss?
3. Who was the subject of Sheldon and Joan's discussion?
Q5:
1. Did Joan want Tudor killed?
2. Did Joan wish for someone to end Tudor's life?
3. Was Joan hoping that someone would kill Tudor?
Q6:
1. What did Sheldon do to Tudor?
2. What did Tudor have done to him by Sheldon?
3. How did Sheldon punish Tudor?
Q7:
1. What did Sheldon think Tudor had done?
2. What was Sheldon under the impression that Tudor had done?
3. What was it Sheldon's belief that Tudor had done?
Q8:
1. Did Tudor cause harm to Joan?
2. Did Tudor hurt Joan?
3. Was Joan injured by Tudor?
Q9:
1. How was Joan's arm?
2. What was the state of Joan's arm?
3. What was Joan's arm like?
Q10:
1. What was the nature of Tudor's shot?
2. In what way did Tudor shoot?
3. What was Tudor's method for shooting?
Q11:
1. Was Joan unhappy to see Sheldon?
2. Did it upset Joan to see Sheldon?
3. Was Joan put in a bad mood at the sight of Sheldon?
Q12:
1. Who would need to patch Tudor up?
2. Who would be tasked with making Tudor better?
3. Who would need to mend Tudor?
Q13:
1. What did Sheldon have to do?
2. What was it necessary for Sheldon to do?
3. How did Sheldon have to patch Tudor up?
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31ibvunm9sz4vri84z1tdqickh7vfd | cnn | (CNN) -- Five Somali men were convicted of plotting a hijack at sea and sentenced to five years in prison in the Netherlands, in the first trial of pirates in Europe, a prosecution spokesman said Thursday.
The court rejected their claim that they were innocent fishermen, said Wim de Bruin, a spokesman for Netherlands National Prosecutor's Office, noting that no fishing gear was found in their boat.
The five were captured by the Danish navy in January 2009 in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia, after a cargo ship with Dutch Antilles flag was attacked.
"The ship of the pirates was destroyed by the Danish navy, and the pirates were captured and handed to the Dutch authorities," de Bruin said.
The men are Ahmed Yusuf Farah, 25, Jama Mohamed Samatar, 45, Abdirisaq Abdulahi Hirsi, 33, Sayid Ali Garaar, 39, and Osman Musse Farah, 32, he said.
They have two weeks to file an appeal, he said, adding that he did not know if they planned to fight their conviction.
They had faced a maximum sentence of 9 to 12 years, he added. The trial of the five opened in Rotterdam District Court on May 25.
Another suspected Somali pirate is awaiting sentencing in the United States, where he pleaded guilty in May to hijacking and kidnapping.
Prosecutors say Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse led an attack on a U.S.-flagged vessel, the Maersk Alabama, off the coast of Africa last year.
He pleaded guilty May 19 in a New York federal court to felony counts of hijacking maritime vessels, kidnapping and hostage-taking for his role in the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean on April 8, 2009. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the number of men convicted of planning a hijack?
2. How many men received convictions for coming up with a hijacking plan?
3. How many men were convicted of making plans to hijack a ship?
Q2:
1. What nationality were the convicted men?
2. What was the nationality of the convicted men?
3. What nationality were the men being sent to prison?
Q3:
1. How long will the Somali men spend in prison?
2. What is the length of the Somalis' prison sentences?
3. How many years are the Somali men set to spend in prison?
Q4:
1. Who caught the Somali pirates?
2. Who were the Somali pirates captured by?
3. Who was responsible for capturing the Somali pirates?
Q5:
1. When were the Somali pirates captured?
2. When did the Danish navy catch the Somali pirates?
3. When did the capture of the Somali hijackers by the Danish navy occur?
Q6:
1. Did the Somali pirates claim to be innocent?
2. Did the Somali men plead not guilty?
3. Did the Somalians say they were innocent of the hijacking?
Q7:
1. Did the court accept the Somalis' innocent pleas?
2. Was the court okay with the Somali men's pleas of innocence?
3. Were the Somalian men's pleas of innocence taken by the court?
Q8:
1. Did the pirates ship get destroyed?
2. Was the ship of the Somali pirates demolished?
3. Did the Somalis' ship get taken down?
Q9:
1. Who did the Danish navy give the Somali pirates to?
2. Who were the Somali pirates handed to by the Danish navy?
3. Whose custody were the Somali pirates transferred to?
Q10:
1. Was there any fishing equipment in the Somalis' boat?
2. Did the Somalis have anything to fish with in their boat?
3. Was there any equipment for fishing in the Somalian pirates' ship?
Q11:
1. How many days do the pirates have to appeal their conviction?
2. What is the number of days remaining for the Somalis to file an appeal?
3. How many more days are the Somalis allowed to file an appeal for?
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3vnxk88kkcivuhrv1d113uw1ivn9vz | cnn | (CNN) -- India will seek to become the No. 1 team in world cricket's Test rankings with victory in the final match of the series against Sri Lanka starting in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team will seek to overhaul both current incumbents South Africa and their second-placed visitors and clinch a 2-0 victory in the series.
"It will be an added responsibility. Becoming the number one side is not important, we've got to maintain our performance level," the captain told the official International Cricket Council Web site.
India will be without opener Gautam Gambhir, who scored centuries in the first two matches but will be absent due to his sister's wedding.
The inexperienced Murali Vijay is expected to win his second test cap as his replacement.
Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have dropped spinner Ajantha Mendis as they seek to bounce back from the crushing innings defeat in Kanpur and register a first victory on India soil.
Seam bowlers Nuwan Kulasekara and Dilhara Fernando are vying to take his place, having missed out as Sri Lanka employed a three-pronged spin attack last time out.
The tourists will be hoping for a better showing from veteran world record-holder Muttiah Muralitharan, who has taken just five wickets at a cost of 396 runs in the series.
"Murali is a bowler who has done so much for Sri Lanka and can sometimes have an off day. That's the way cricket goes," captain Kumar Sangakkara told the Cricinfo Web site.
"That doesn't mean he is any worse a bowler, he is still our best spinner and in my view the best spinner in the world. When you have that quality in the side you have to back that quality and that ability it's no different for tomorrow. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What sport is at the center of the article?
2. What sport does the article discuss?
3. Which sport appears in the article?
Q2:
1. Who did Sri Lanka lose to?
2. Who came out on top over Sri Lanka?
3. Who was Sri Lanka bested by?
Q3:
1. Where did Sri Lanka lose to India?
2. Where did India best Sri Lanka?
3. What was the location of the India Sri Lanka match?
Q4:
1. What sport were India and Sri Lanka playing?
2. What was the sport at hand in the India Sri Lanka match?
3. In what sport did India best Sri Lanka?
Q5:
1. Who currently holds the cricket championship?
2. Who is the incumbent cricket champion?
3. Who presently is the leader of cricket worldwide?
Q6:
1. Who is India not able to rely on?
2. Who can India not put all their cards on?
3. Who won't be able to support India?
Q7:
1. Why isn't Gautam Gambhir someone India can rely on?
2. Why can't India rely on Gautam Gambhir?
3. What is keeping Gautam Gambhir from being there for India?
Q8:
1. Who will be India's opener?
2. Who will open for India?
3. What is the name of India's new opener?
Q9:
1. What is Murali Vijay's speciality?
2. What is Muralitharan Vijay particularly good at?
3. What specialty is attributed to Murali Vijay?
Q10:
1. Does India have confidence in Murali Vijay?
2. Is India confident in the abilities of Murali Vijay?
3. Does India think that Murali Vijay will do a good job?
Q11:
1. Who was dropped by Sri Lanka?
2. Who did Sri Lanka let go?
3. Who did Sri Lanka drop?
Q12:
1. Who will replace Ajantha Mendis?
2. Who is set to be Ajantha Mendis's replacement?
3. Who is going to play in place of Ajantha Mendis?
Q13:
1. What position do Nuwan Kulasekara and Dilhara Fernando play?
2. What type of players are Nuwan Kulasekara and Dilhara Fernando?
3. What are the positions of Nuwan Kulasekara and Dilhara Fernando?
Q14:
1. What is the name of India's team leader?
2. Who is in charge of the team for India?
3. Who is the head of the Indian team?
Q15:
1. Who was cost over 300 runs?
2. Who let go of more than 300 runs?
3. What was the name of the person taht lost over 300 runs?
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3y9n9ss8lybnly2ttj0x6vn8itu3ds | cnn | (CNN)Ursula Ward kept repeating her son's name -- Odin.
She steadied herself against the podium in the Fall River, Massachusetts, courtroom and occasionally paused. She was tired after more than two years of pain, punctuated Wednesday when her son's killer, Aaron Hernandez, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Odin Lloyd was her first born, her only son. "Odin was the backbone of the family. Odin was the man of the house. Odin was his sisters' keeper," Ward told Judge Susan Garsh, before Garsh sentenced the former pro-football player.
Lloyd was 27-years-old and working for a landscaping firm when he was killed in June 2013. He played football for the Boston Bandits, the oldest semi-pro team in Boston and the winner of four championships in the New England Football League, according to the team's website.
His mother, sister, uncle and cousin described him as a champion of family, a gifted athlete and a hard worker with a sense of humor.
They said he rode his bike several miles to get to work. He went to all of his niece's recitals.
"Odin was my first best gift I (will) ever receive," his mother said. "I thank God (for) every second and every day of my son's life that I spent with him.
"The day I laid my son Odin to rest," she continued, pausing to maintain her composure, "I think my heart stopped beating for a moment. I felt like I wanted to go into that hole with my son, Odin." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who used his bike as a way to get to recitals?
2. Who would get to recitals on a bike?
3. Whose bike was his means of transportation to recitals?
Q2:
1. Whose description of Odin painted him as a champion?
2. Who believed Odin to be a champion?
3. Who stated that Odin was a champion?
Q3:
1. Who was found guilty of first degree murder?
2. To whom was a first degree murder conviction handed down?
3. Who received a conviction of first degree murder?
Q4:
1. How old was Odin Lloyd at the time of his death?
2. At the time of his murder, what was Odin Lloyd's age?
3. What was Odin Lloyd's age when he was killed?
Q5:
1. What did Odin's mother say as she buried her son?
2. What were the words of Odin Lloyd's mother as she laid him to rest?
3. What did the mother of Odin Llyod say when she had to bury her son?
Q6:
1.
2.
3.
Q7:
1. Where did Odin Lloyd go on his bike?
2. Where would Odin Llyod take his bike to?
3. What destination would Odin Lloyd take his bike to?
Q8:
1. What was Odin Lloyd's job?
2. What did Odin Lloyd do for a living?
3. How was Odin Lloyd employed?
Q9:
1. On what day of the week was Aaron Hernandez sentenced?
2. What day of the week did Aaron Hernandez's conviction take place on?
3. When did Aaron Hernandez get sentenced?
Q10:
1. What did Odin Lloyd's mother use to find stability in court?
2. What did Odin Lloyd's mom use as a crutch in the courtroom?
3. What helped Odin Lloyd's mother steady herself while in court?
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337rc3ow052qvjs4qa4r83nwij8lv0 | race | Last Friday, I was coming home late after spending time with friends and thought I'd go down to the $99 cent pizza place. On the way, I saw a man sitting on the stairs alone there. I'd seen him before every day I run late to work, but this time I had no place to rush off to.
There was something about him, a quiet manner, different from many of other homeless people I had seen in New York City. I walked past him, went to the pizza place, and those 10 seconds waiting in line was enough to practice stepping outside of my usual, familiar flow. So with a few slices in hand, I went back to join him. I asked him if he was hungry. He said yes, but not for pizza because it made him uncomfortable. He'd rather have a few bucks for chicken and rice since it was easier on his stomach. It's funny, in that moment, he became more real to me.
This man I had seen almost every day was someone with specific conditions, needs, and experiences. We exchanged names and ended up talking for a little over an hour that night as Kevin told me stories from his life, how he had done things when "he was younger and didn't know any better" and how he tried to make amends but too much time had passed. He shared his views on the value for young adults to learn the history of other people.
He talked about his one wish being in his 60's before he leaves this earth, which is to share his story with the teenagers and young adults so they could avoid the mistakes he went through. Throughout the conversation, he eventually got his chicken and rice and gifted me a rose he had been carrying. Shortly afterwards, I made my way home, thinking to myself, "I met an amazing homeless person". QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the name of the unhoused person?
2. Who didn't have a stable living situation?
3. What was the name of the person without a stable living situation?
Q2:
1. Where was the narrator headed?
2. What store was the narrator heading to?
3. What store was the author going towards?
Q3:
1. What city does the story take place in?
2. In what city do the story's events occur?
3. What is the story's setting?
Q4:
1. Did Kevin appreciate the pizza that was offered to him?
2. Did Kevin want the pizza that the narrator offered to him?
3. Did the pizza the narrator offered him interest Kevin?
Q5:
1. What did Kevin prefer rather than pizza?
2. What dish did Kevin want to have instead of pizza?
3. What did Kevin wish to eat in place of pizza?
Q6:
1. What was Kevin's last wish before he died?
2. Before he passed, what did Kevin want to do?
3. Prior to passing, what did Kevin hope to accomplish?
Q7:
1. What did Kevin give the narrator?
2. What was Kevin's gift to the narrator?
3. What did Kevin hand the author as a present?
Q8:
1. On what day of the week did the narrator encounter Kevin?
2. What day did the narrator's encounter with Kevin occur on?
3. When did Kevin and the author first meet?
Q9:
1. What made Kevin different?
2. What was Kevin's unique quality?
3. What quality separated Kevin from other unhoused persons?
Q10:
1. Was Kevin hungry when the narrator asked him?
2. Did Kevin respond in the affirmative when the narrator asked if he was hungry?
3. Did Kevin want food when he was asked?
Q11:
1. What was Kevin's regret?
2. What did Kevin regret?
3. What did Kevin wish he would have done in life?
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3eg49x351uc0gnus3lz7752k7xo6x8 | mctest | Mary was a little girl who loved to sew. She liked to sew dresses, shirts, and skirts but Mary hated to sew quilts. She didn't like anything about sewing quilts and blankets because it took too long. One quilt or blanket took a week to make, when a skirt or shirt took one night! Mary's mother didn't understand why Mary didn't like to sew quilts and blankets because Mary's mother loved to!
Mary was a normal little girl even if her friends didn't think so all the time. Mary's friends liked to play games and play outside but all Mary liked was to sew. She woke up and she began to sew. She only stopped to eat and use the bathroom. Mary's father was very worried about Mary. He said that little girls needed to laugh and play, not sew all the time.
One day Mary's father took Mary's sewing things and gave them to the poor children. "No more sewing, Mary!" He said. He wanted her to go laugh and play with her friends instead of sew but instead of going outside to play she ran into her room and cried. Mary was very sad that she couldn't sew any more. Soon her friends came over to see why Mary hadn't come over to play like her father said she would. When they saw her crying on her bed they had to think of a way to cheer her up. Billy said that maybe they could let her sew at their houses. Abby thought it was a great idea. So then all Mary's friends bought sewing things with their money so that Mary would be happy again. When Mary's father saw Mary go to one of her friend's house he was very happy. Soon everyone was happy again. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Mary like to do best?
2. What was Mary's preferred pasttime?
3. What was Mary's favorite activity?
Q2:
1. Who enjoyed sewing like Mary?
2. Who liked to sew also, just like Mary?
3. Who besides Mary was a fan of sewing?
Q3:
1. What made Mary stop sewing?
2. Why did Mary quit sewing?
3. Why didn't Mary sew anymore all of the sudden?
Q4:
1. Does Mary have friends?
2. Are there friends in Mary's life?
3. Has Mary got any companions her age?
Q5:
1. Who got all of Mary's stuff?
2. Who was Mary's sewing equipment given to?
3. Who were Mary's sewing things sent off to?
Q6:
1. Who suggested how to make Mary happy?
2. Who had a suggestion for making Mary happy?
3. Who thought of a way to boost Mary's mood?
Q7:
1. Who agreed with Billy?
2. Who thought that Billy had the right idea?
3. Who was a fan of Billy's idea?
Q8:
1. What did Mary's friends do?
2. What action did Mary's friends take?
3. How did Mary's friends spring into action?
Q9:
1. When did Mary's friends buy her new sewing supplies?
2. At what point did Mary's friends get her new stuff to sew with?
3. When did Mary's friends purchase new sewing stuff for her?
Q10:
1. Why didn't Mary make blankets?
2. What stopped Mary from making blankets?
3. What made Mary avoid sewing blankets?
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3ryc5t2d73totxql9isoon7d1ltrp3 | mctest | James was a nice old man who lived by himself. Every day he would walk down the road by his house and say hello to everyone. It was fun saying hello to everyone but he felt lonely sometimes. He wanted a pet to take care of. One day as he was walking down the road a little brown and spotted puppy came up to him and wanted James to pet him. James reached down and petted the puppy and smiled. James hoped to see the puppy again. Many days later James went for a walk again. He thought to himself, "I guess I won't ever see the brown puppy again. I hoped to see him again." A nice young lady said to James, "Would you like a puppy?" James said, "I would like a puppy that was like the one I petted before." The lady smiled. She was holding the little brown and spotted puppy. She told James that she found the little puppy in the woods. She said that the little puppy did not have a family. James said happily, "I would love to give the puppy a home!" So James grabbed the little brown and spotted puppy and took him home. James and the little brown puppy became great friends. James named him Spotty. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Give a description of James.
2. How can James be described?
3. What is James like?
Q2:
1. Does James live alone?
2. Does James live by himself?
3. Is James the only person in his household?
Q3:
1. How often does James go out?
2. How often does James leave his house?
3. At what frequency does James go out?
Q4:
1. What does James meet one time?
2. At some point, what does James come across?
3. What does James encounter at one point?
Q5:
1. What color is the puppy?
2. What color of fur does the puppy have?
3. What is the shade of the puppy's fur?
Q6:
1. When did James encounter the puppy a second time?
2. When was the second time that James met the puppy?
3. At what point did James encounter the puppy for a second time?
Q7:
1. Who had the brown spotted puppy?
2. Who was holding the brown puppy?
3. Who was the brown puppy in the arms of?
Q8:
1. Where had the puppy been before the woman found it
2. Where was the puppy prior to the woman finding it?
3. Before the lady found the puppy, where had it been?
Q9:
1. What did James do with the puppy?
2. How did James react to seeing the puppy a second time?
3. What did James do when presented with the puppy?
Q10:
1. Why did James take the puppy home with him?
2. What was James' reason for taking the puppy home?
3. For what reason did James go home with the puppy?
Q11:
1. What did James call his dog?
2. What name did James give to the puppy?
3. What did James name his new puppy?
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3fk0yff9pzgtro4y4e6xvcly8apvvt | race | A 90-year-old tortoise is going twice its usual speed after being equipped with a set of wheels. The animal, called Mrs T, was facing a terrible future after losing her two front legs in a mouse attack while she was sleeping in winter, but her owners glued the wheels onto her shell . "She's going double the speed she used to," said the owner Jude Ryder, "She uses her back legs to push herself along and seems quite happy." The 58-year-old owner was surprised when she went to check on her loved pet last month and found her front legs had been eaten in the mouse attack. The local animal doctor tried his best to save Mrs T. But he was afraid that the tortoise would not survive without being mobile. After paying PS1,000 for the treatment, Mrs Ryder turned to her son Dale for help. Dale designed the front wheels and used resin to add them to the front of the shell. Mrs Ryder said: "She liked them immediately, but she must learn how to turn and stop. She can get a good speed up, much faster than before. Mrs T is still quite young for a tortoise. She could go on for another 50 years. All she needs is a new set of tyres sometimes." When Mrs T was sixty years old, she was bought as a pet for Dale, an 8-year-old boy. It liked running happily in Mrs Ryder's garden in spring and summer. When winter came, Mrs T slept in the garden shelter. A mouse got in last month and chewed off both her front legs. Mrs Ryder said: "We were afraid she would be sure to die, but her new set of wheels have saved her life. She can run in the garden again and we can always find her because she leaves very strange footprints behind wherever she goes." Mice attacking tortoises is not uncommon around us--in 2013 Britain's oldest tortoise died after a mouse attack. The tortoise called Thomas was 130 when he was bitten at his home in Guernsey. He spent five days on strong antibiotics , but the wound became so infected that his owner had no choice but to have him put to sleep. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What name does the tortoise have?
2. What is the tortoise called?
3. What name has the tortoise's owner give her?
Q2:
1. How old is the tortoise?
2. What is Mrs. T's age?
3. How old is Mrs. T?
Q3:
1. What happened to the tortoise?
2. What happened to Mrs. T?
3. What did Mrs. T suffer from?
Q4:
1. How did Mrs. T lose her front legs?
2. What caused Mrs. T to lose her front legs?
3. How did the tortoise sustain injuries on her front legs?
Q5:
1. Do mice commonly attack tortoises?
2. Is a tortoise being attacked by a mouse something common?
3. Do mice commonly target tortoises for attacks?
Q6:
1. Did Mrs. T have an owner?
2. Was Mrs. T someone's pet?
3. Did somebody own Mrs. T?
Q7:
1. Who owned Mrs. T?
2. Who did Mrs. T belong to?
3. Whose pet was Mrs. T?
Q8:
1. What happened after Jude found Mrs. T injured?
2. What happened after Jude discovered Mrs. T's attack?
3. What happened once Mrs. T's owner found out that she'd been attacked?
Q9:
1. Did Jude take Mrs. T to the vet?
2. Did Mrs. T go to the vet with her owner?
3. Was Mrs. T transported to the vet by her owner?
Q10:
1. Did Mrs. T's vet design her wheels?
2. Were Mrs. T's wheels designed by her vet?
3. Was it Mrs. T's vet that came up with her wheels?
Q11:
1. Who came up with Mrs. T's wheels?
2. Who designed the tires for Mrs. T?
3. Who was the designer of the wheels for Mrs. T?
Q12:
1. Who is Dale?
2. How does Dale know Mrs. T's owner?
3. What is Dale's relation to Jude?
Q13:
1. How old is Jude's son?
2. How old is Dale?
3. What is Dale's age?
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35h6s234sa0re4aixfgcfmb0f9q56w | wikipedia | In chemistry, the standard state of a material (pure substance, mixture or solution) is a reference point used to calculate its properties under different conditions. In principle, the choice of standard state is arbitrary, although the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) recommends a conventional set of standard states for general use. IUPAC recommends using a standard pressure "p" = 10 Pa. Strictly speaking, temperature is not part of the definition of a standard state. For example, as discussed below, the standard state of a gas is conventionally chosen to be unit pressure (usually in bar) ideal gas, regardless of the temperature. However, most tables of thermodynamic quantities are compiled at specific temperatures, most commonly or, somewhat less commonly, .
The standard state should not be confused with standard temperature and pressure (STP) for gases, nor with the standard solutions used in analytical chemistry.
For a given material or substance, the standard state is the reference state for the material's thermodynamic state properties such as enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy, and for many other material standards. The standard enthalpy change of formation for an element in its standard state is zero, and this convention allows a wide range of other thermodynamic quantities to be calculated and tabulated. The standard state of a substance does not have to exist in nature: for example, it is possible to calculate values for steam at 298.15 K and 10 Pa, although steam does not exist (as a gas) under these conditions. The advantage of this practice is that tables of thermodynamic properties prepared in this way are self-consistent. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does a standard state act as?
2. What is meant by a standard state?
3. What's the definition of a standard state?
Q2:
1. What is the use of a standard state?
2. What is a standard state used as a reference point for?
3. How are standard states used in chemistry?
Q3:
1. What field are standard states used in?
2. Which field uses standard states?
3. What discipline makes use of standard states?
Q4:
1. Is standard state the same thing as STP?
2. Can standard states be used interchangeably with STP?
3. Is standard state exactly synonymous with STP?
Q5:
1. Is it necessary for something's standard state to truly exist in nature?
2. Must the standard state of a thing veritably exist?
3. Does the standard state of something need to be able to really exist?
Q6:
1. Why don't standard states need to actually exist in nature?
2. Why isn't it necessary for something'ss standard state to really be possible?
3. Why is it alright for a standard state to only be theoretical?
Q7:
1. What can a standard state measure for example?
2. What's one example of something that is measured by a standard state?
3. What may a standard state be used to take a measurement of for example?
Q8:
1. Where is the majority of data about thermodynamic quantities gathered?
2. What is most data concerning thermodynamic quantities taken at?
3.
Q9:
1. What is usually more important than temperature in a standard state?
2. What does temperature tend to be less important than in a standard state?
3. What counts more than temperature does in standard state?
Q10:
1. What is normal pressure?
2. Which level of pressure gets defined as normal?
3. What is the normal amount of pressure?
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3rwe2m8qwha0qiu9zqwh021vtran09 | cnn | (Mental Floss) -- With Mother's Day just around the corner, this week seemed like a great time to give a tip of our caps to stay-at-home moms, including these four who used clever ideas to become business moguls.
Gerber: Of course only a mother could found such a successful baby food company! In the late 1920s, Michigan mom Dorothy S. Gerber was hand-straining food for her baby daughter, Sally, when she realized there must be some way to avoid the messy task.
She pointed out to her husband, Daniel, that if his family's business, the Fremont Canning Company, could puree a tomato all day long, its equipment could probably make short work of other fruits and veggies, too.
Daniel Gerber realized his wife was on to something, and after a year of experimentation -- and an extensive search to find the right drawing for their label's now-iconic "Gerber baby" - the Gerbers introduced their first line of baby foods, a super-yummy menu of strained peas, carrots, prunes, and spinach.
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Baby Einstein: When Alpharetta, Georgia mom Julie Aigner-Clark went looking for educational materials for her newborn daughter in 1996, she found a disappointing hole in the baby market: there weren't really any educational materials to expose babies to music and the arts.
Some parents would just accept whatever the market was offering. Not Aigner-Clark. She shot a video for her daughter in her basement then edited it with her husband, Bill, on the family computer. She even doodled a logo for the video at her kitchen table. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When was Gerber baby food created?
2. In what year did the establishment of Gerber baby food come about?
3. Around what years was Gerber baby food invented?
Q2:
1. Who founded Gerber baby food?
2. Who was the founder of Gerber baby food?
3. Who invented baby food by Gerber?
Q3:
1. How did the idea for baby food come to Dorothy S. Gerber?
2. How did Dorothy S. Gerber come up with baby food?
3. How did Dorothy S. Gerber get the idea to create baby food?
Q4:
1. Who was Dorothy S. Gerber's husband?
2. What was the name of Dorothy S. Gerber's husband?
3. Who was Dorothy S. Gerber married to?
Q5:
1. What did Dorothy S. Gerber's husband do for a living?
2. What was Daniel Gerber's line of work?
3. What did Daniel Gerber do for a living?
Q6:
1. What was Daniel Gerber's business?
2. What business did Daniel Gerber work for?
3. What business was Daniel Gerber running?
Q7:
1. How much time did it take to design the Gerber baby?
2. How long did the creation of the Gerber baby image take?
3. How much time was needed to find the right drawing for the Gerber baby?
Q8:
1. What is Julie Aigner-Clark's role?
2. What does Julie Aigner-Clark do with her life?
3. How can Julie Aigner-Clark be described?
Q9:
1. What was Julie Aigner-Clark's invention?
2. What did Julie Aigner-Clark create?
3. What idea did Julie Aigner-Clark come up with?
Q10:
1. Why did Julie Aigner-Clark invent baby Einstein?
2. What made Julie Aigner-Clark decide to create Baby Einstein?
3. What was Julie Aigner-Clark's reason for making Baby Einstein?
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30mvjzjnhmdm3mr1koni06l7mwsj9b | cnn | (CNN) -- Chelsea's sacking of Andre Villas-Boas came under fire Monday with former Blues boss Luis Felipe Scolari warning it will be "hell" for whoever succeeds the Portuguese at Stamford Bridge.
Ex-Brazil national team boss Scolari is one of six managers dismissed by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and, like himself, does not believe Villas-Boas was given enough time by the Russian billionaire.
"England has clubs like Arsenal, where Arsene Wenger has been for several years, yet has won only two or three championships," he told a news conference for his present club Palmeiras.
"Chelsea's culture is very different, but this move is strange -- although it's not so strange to me because of what I went through there.
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"Villas-Boas was a champion and he will continue to be. He needed to replace at least seven or eight players, even since I was there, but he failed.
"It will be hell for whoever succeeds him."
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But Dutch legend Ruud Gullit, who managed Chelsea before Abramovich took control, told CNN that he disagreed with Scolari.
"I do not think it is 'hell' -- I had a great time at Chelsea which I still treasure, for me it was no hell."
Gullit hinted that he believed Villas-Boas needed to have made better use of his senior squad members.
"The older players need to help the younger players know how to play the game, you can't ignore them by putting them on the bench and not in the team." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was done to Andre Villas-Boas?
2. What took place in Andre Villas-Boas's life?
3. What did Andre Villas-Boas go through?
Q2:
1. Who fired Andre Villas-Boas?
2. Who did Andre Villas-Boas get sacked by?
3. Who let Andre Villas-Boas go?
Q3:
1. What did Andre Villas-Boas do for Chelsea?
2. What was the role of Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea?
3. How was Andre Villas-Boas employed at Chelsea?
Q4:
1. What was Andre Villas-Boas the manager of?
2. What was Andre Villas-Boas in charge of?
3. What did Andre Villas-Boas manage?
Q5:
1. Where has Arsene Wenger spent the last few years?
2. For the last couple of years, where has Arsene Wenger been?
3. Where could Arsene Wenger be found lately?
Q6:
1. How long was Arsene Wenger at Arsenal?
2. How much time did Arsene Wenger spend at Arsenal?
3. How many years long was Arsene Wenger's tenure at Arsenal?
Q7:
1. How many times did Arsenal win while Arsene Wenger was there?
2. What was the number of wins obtained by Arsenal while Arsene Wenger was there?
3. During Arsene Wenger's tenure, how many victories did Arsenal have?
Q8:
1. Who owned Chelsea before Abramovich?
2. Who was the owner of Chelsea before Abramovich?
3. Whose property was the Chelsea team, before it became that of Abramovich?
Q9:
1. What nationality is Ruud Gullit?
2. Where does Ruud Gullit come from?
3.
Q10:
1. Who interviewed Ruud Gullit?
2. Who did Ruud Gullit give an interview to?
3. What media outlet was Ruud Gullit interviewed by?
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3kibxj1wd5uklt1p4y6cybg9xvjokl | wikipedia | Plutarch (; , "Ploútarkhos", ; c. AD 46 – AD 120), later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, () was a Greek biographer and essayist, known primarily for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia". He is classified as a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works were written in Greek, but intended for both Greek and Roman readers.
Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, about 80 km (50 miles) east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia. His family was wealthy. The name of Plutarch's father has not been preserved, but based on the common Greek custom of repeating a name in alternate generations, it was probably Nikarchus (). The name of Plutarch's grandfather was Lamprias, as he attested in "Moralia" and in his "Life of Antony".
His brothers, Timon and Lamprias, are frequently mentioned in his essays and dialogues, which speak of Timon in particular in the most affectionate terms. Rualdus, in his 1624 work "Life of Plutarchus", recovered the name of Plutarch's wife, Timoxena, from internal evidence afforded by his writings. A letter is still extant, addressed by Plutarch to his wife, bidding her not to grieve too much at the death of their two-year-old daughter, who was named Timoxena after her mother. Interestingly, he hinted at a belief in reincarnation in that letter of consolation. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Plutarch's birthplace?
2. Where did Plutarch come into this world?
3. What was the location of Plutarch's birth?
Q2:
1. How far from Delphi is Chaeronea?
2. What is the distance between Chaeronea and Delphi?
3. How many miles away from Delphi can Chaeronea be found?
Q3:
1. How many kilometers away from Delphi can Chaeronea be found?
2. What's the distance in kilometers between Chaeronea and Delphi?
3. How far in kilometers in 50 miles?
Q4:
1. What year was Plutarch born?
2. What was the year of Plutarch's birth?
3. When did Plutarch come into the world?
Q5:
1. Was Plutarch from a wealthy family?
2. Did Plutarch have rich parents?
3. Was Plutarch born into wealth?
Q6:
1. How many brothers did Plutarch have?
2. What was the number of brothers that Plutarch had?
3. How many male siblings were there in Plutarch's life?
Q7:
1. Did Plutarch have brothers named Timone and Pumba?
2. Were the names of Plutarch's brothers Timone and Pumba?
3. Was Timone and Pumba the names of Plutarch's male siblings?
Q8:
1. What was Plutarch's occupation?
2. What did Plutarch do for a living?
3. How was Plutarch employed?
Q9:
1. Who discovered the name of Plutarch's wife?
2. Who figured out what Plutarch's wife was named?
3. Who discovered the woman that was Plutarch's wife?
Q10:
1. Who was Plutarch married to?
2. What was the name of Plutarch's wife?
3. What was Plutarch's wife called?
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3s06ph7ksr4rbvoe6fmei28bj0d1dc | cnn | (CNN) -- Ronaldinho plundered a hat-trick as AC Milan crushed 10-man Siena 4-0 on Sunday to close the gap on Serie A leaders Inter Milan to just six points and with the Milan derby to come next week.
Milan also have a game in hand meaning they could potentially draw level with the four-in-a-row champions if they were to win next weekend's crunch clash.
The hosts started in determined mood following Inter's 2-2 draw at Bari on Saturday and Ronaldinho took an Alessandro Nesta cross on his chest on three minutes before sending a spectacular overhead bicycle kick just off target.
But on 10 minutes the referee took the decision that essentially ended the game as a contest.
Jardim Brandao dithered on the ball in his own box and Marco Borriello dispossessed him before trying to go round goalkeeper Gianluca Curci.
There was minimal contact and Borriello crumpled to the ground but the striker's last touch had been too heavy and left him no chance of reaching the ball before a back-tracking defender.
Even so, the referee pointed to the spot and showed Curci a straight red card.
Substitute goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo's first task was to pick the ball out of his net.
Siena battled on gamely, and on 26 minutes Massimo Maccarone escaped three defenders on the edge of the Milan box to bundle through before firing over on the stretch as Thiago Silva came across to put him under pressure.
Two minutes later the lead was doubled as Andrea Pirlo curled a cross into the near post and Borriello hooked a brilliant volley over his shoulder and into the top corner. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was crushed by AC Milan?
2. Who did AC Milan dominate?
3. Who got totally smashed by AC Milan?
Q2:
1. What was the score of both teams at the end of the match?
2. How many points did each side have at the end of the match?
3.
Q3:
1. Is there an important match next weekend?
2. Does next weekend's match count for a lot?
3. Is there a lot riding on next weekend's match?
Q4:
1. Did the bicycle kick hit its intended target?
2. Did the bicycle kick go where it was supposed to?
3. Did the bicycle kick have its intended effect?
Q5:
1. Who received a red card?
2. Who was handed a red card?
3. Who had to leave the game due to the card they got?
Q6:
1. What did Curci do?
2. Why was Curci given a red card?
3. What caused Curci to receive a red card?
Q7:
1. Who did Curci contact?
2. With whom did Curci come into contact?
3. Who did Curci collide with?
Q8:
1. Was there maximal contact between Curci and Marco Borriello?
2. Was the contact between Marco Borriello and Curci at its maximum level?
3. Was there an enormous amount of contact between Curci and Marco Borriello?
Q9:
1. Who replaced Curci?
2. Who went into the game to replace Curci?
3. Who joined the game as Curci's replacement?
Q10:
1. What position did Gianluca Pegolo go into the game for?
2. What position was Gianluca Pegolo sent in to play?
3. What did Gianluca Pegolo replace Curci as?
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3gu1kf0o4i11dq9wdl6yo829jzppbn | mctest | Once upon a time there was a man who needed to write story. His name was Mark. He had a bad case of writer's block. After a bit, he wrote a story about writing a story. This may seem a bit odd. Well, it was. The important thing to know is that Mark wanted money. This was so he could show off for his girl, Wendy. Wendy had two living parents named Greg and Gail. The exciting thing about Mark writing these stories, was that he could write whatever he wanted to. He could have written about bears. Or it could have been his best friend Error. There were so many choices for Mark. He was very happy. He was happy because he was almost done writing the story. Wendy, had she known about the writing would have been sad that Mark spent so much time thinking of odd stories. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was preventing Mark from writing easily?
2. What was making it hard for Mark to write?
3. What was giving Mark a hard time as he wrote?
Q2:
1. What did Mark end up writing a story about?
2. What was the eventual subject of Mark's story?
3. What did Mark end up centering his story on?
Q3:
1. What was Mark wishing for?
2. What was the object of Mark's desire?
3. What did Mark desire?
Q4:
1. Why did Mark want money?
2. What did Mark want money for?
3. What made Mark desire money?
Q5:
1. Who did Mark want to show off for?
2. Who did Mark wish to make a display for?
3. Who was Mark hoping to display his wealth to?
Q6:
1. Who was Mark's girl?
2. What was the name of Mark's girl?
3. Who was the object of Mark's affection?
Q7:
1. What were the names of Wendy's parents?
2. Who were Wendy's parents?
3. Who was Wendy the daughter of?
Q8:
1. Were Wendy's parents living?
2. Did Wendy have living parents?
3. Were Gail and Greg alive?
Q9:
1. What had Mark in a good mood?
2. What was the source of Mark's happiness?
3. What brought joy to Mark?
Q10:
1. What had Mark nearly finished?
2. What was Mark about done with?
3. What was Mark close to being done with?
Q11:
1. What would Wendy think, if she knew how much time Mark spent writing?
2. How would Wendy react to knowing how much time Mark spent on his stories?
3. If Wendy was aware of the amount of time Mark spent writing his stories, how would she react?
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3oswbblg1exz1w97d87ldbccplndxo | race | One of the traditions which is now a necessary part of Christmas is a that of Father Christmas, or Santa Claus. According to the modern legend, he is a magical figure who visits all the children of the world during the night before Christmas Day, leaving presents which they find the next morning. He flies through the night sky in a sledge pulled by reindeer, and enters houses by climbing down chimneys. This strange legend is based on the life of a man called Nicholas, but in fact we know very little about him. Historians think he was a Christian bishop in Turkey in about 285--350 A.D. One of the stories about him is that he helped three poor girls. No one would marry them because they were so poor. To provide them with money for their weddings, Nicholas secretly dropped some gold coins down the chimney of their house. After Nicholas died, he was made a saint by the church.(The name Santa Claus thus comes from St Nicholas.) His feast day was celebrated in December, and parents started giving their children secret presents from St Nicholas. Over the years, this custom became part of our Christmas traditions.
Recently, a psychologist has claimed that Father Christmas is "the perfect fantasy" for children. According to Professor Anthony Clare, children love the character of Father Christmas because he is like an ideal father: he loves children and gives them presents, but he never criticizes them, is never angry, and children do not even need to thank him for the presents. Other writers, however, point out that Father Christmas can be a frightening character to some children. Jane Bidder says that some children are terrified of this fat, bearded old man. It can certainly confuse many children. As parents, we warn our children to be careful of strangers and never to let them into the house, and yet we tell children that a strange man will come into their bedroom at night! Some children can become very worried about this idea and fear that he is a kind of burglar.
Most children, however, understand from their parents and from the media that Father Christmas is basically a _ character, and look forward to his annual visit with joy and excitement. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What are the origins of the Santa Claus legend?
2. How did tales of Santa Claus come about?
3. Who is the legend of Santa Claus based on?
Q2:
1. What was the name of the person who Santa Claus was based on?
2. Who served as the basis of the Santa Claus legend?
3. What was the name of the Christian Turkish bishop?
Q3:
1. How does Santa Claus enter people's houses?
2. What does Santa Claus do to enter into people's homes?
3. What is Santa's method for getting into people's houses?
Q4:
1. When was St. Nicholas alive?
2. What was the lifespan of St. Nicholas?
3. During which years did St. Nicholas live?
Q5:
1. Why did St. Nicholas want to help the poor girls?
2. What made St. Nicholas wish to come to the aid of the poor girls?
3. What sparked St. Nicholas's desire to help the poor girls?
Q6:
1. Why do researchers believe that kids like Santa so much?
2. For what reason does research suggest that children love Santa Claus so?
3. What is the theory for why children are so enamoured with Father Christmas?
Q7:
1. What makes Santa so ideal?
2. What are the ideal qualities of Santa Claus?
3. For what reason do children tend to idolize Santa Claus?
Q8:
1. Do all children idealize Santa Claus?
2. Is Santa Claus idealized by all children?
3. Is Santa Claus beloved by all kids?
Q9:
1. Why don't some kids like Santa Claus?
2. What makes Santa Claus not ideal to certain children?
3. What makes some children shy away from Santa?
Q10:
1. What would make a child frightened of Santa?
2. Why would a kid be scared of Santa Claus?
3. What may make Father Christmas frightening to some children?
Q11:
1. What did St. Nicholas send down chimneys?
2. What was dropped down chimneys by St. Nicholas?
3. What was sent down chimneys of behalf of St. Nicholas?
Q12:
1. Did St. Nicholas tell anyone he was sending presents?
2. Did St. Nicholas make his business of sending presents known?
3. Was it known that St. Nicholas was sending presents down chimneys?
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3h7z272lx77dqzv84yvs2byew0ipl4 | wikipedia | The Eucharist (also called Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper, among other names) is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instituted by Jesus Christ during his Last Supper; giving his disciples bread and wine during the Passover meal, Jesus commanded his followers to "do this in memory of me" while referring to the bread as "my body" and the wine as "my blood". Through the Eucharistic celebration Christians remember Christ's sacrifice of himself on the cross.
The elements of the Eucharist, bread (leavened or unleavened) and wine are consecrated on an altar (or table) and consumed thereafter. Communicants (that is, those who consume the elements) may speak of "receiving the Eucharist", as well as "celebrating the Eucharist". Christians generally recognize a special presence of Christ in this rite, though they differ about exactly how, where, and when Christ is present. While all agree that there is no perceptible change in the elements, Catholics believe that they actually become the body and blood of Christ (transubstantiation). Lutherans believe the true body and blood of Christ are really present "in, with, and under" the forms of the bread and wine (sacramental union). Reformed Christians believe in a real spiritual presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Others, such as the Plymouth Brethren, take the act to be only a symbolic reenactment of the Last Supper. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What rite did Jesus establish during Passover?
2. At the time of the Passover meal, what ritual did Jesus create?
3. Which religious rite was created by Jesus at the Passover meal?
Q2:
1. What was the wine symbolic of?
2. What was the wine supposed to represent?
3. What was represented by the presence of wine?
Q3:
1. What was the bread symbolic of?
2. What was the bread supposed to represent?
3. What was represented by the presence of bread?
Q4:
1. Did the bread have to be a specific type?
2. Was a specific kind of bread used?
3. Was there a particular bread that Jesus used?
Q5:
1. What kind of bread did Jesus use?
2. What sort of bread was used in Passover?
3. What was the bread Jesus mentioned during Passover?
Q6:
1. What needed to be done to the bread prior to eating it?
2. Before the bread could be eaten, what needed to happen to it?
3. What must have happen to the bread before it could be consumed?
Q7:
1. What religion views the Eucharist as simpling acting out the Last Supper?
2. In which religious tradition is the Eucharist viewed as an acting out of the Last Supper?
3. Who says that Holy Communion is only a symbolic reenactment of the Last Supper?
Q8:
1. Are there other names for the Eucharist?
2. Does the Eucharist have any other names?
3. Can you refer to the Eucharist as something else?
Q9:
1. What are some other names for the Eucharist?
2. What else is the Eucharist called?
3. How else is the Eucharist referred to?
Q10:
1. What do Christians remind themselves during Holy Communion?
2. What does the Eucharist make Christians think of?
3. To what are Christians' minds drawn during the Eucharist?
Q11:
1. Who received bread and wine from Jesus during the Last Supper?
2. At the moment of the Last Supper, who got wine and bread from Jesus?
3. Who did Jesus hand bread and wine to at the moment of the Last Supper?
Q12:
1. Did Jesus command his disciples to take bread and wine?
2. Were Jesus' disciples ordered by him to have the bread and wine?
3. Did Jesus forcefully instruct his disciples to take the bread and wine?
Q13:
1. Why did Jesus make his disciples take the bread and wine?
2. For what reason did Jesus command his disciples to take the bread and wine?
3. Why were Jesus' disciples ordered to take bread and wine by him?
Q14:
1. What is the name for someone who consumes the elements of the Eucharist?
2. What's the name for a person who eats the bread and drinks the wine?
3. What are participants in the Eucharist called?
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33isqzvxppm1t6symggnfs9k25scct | mctest | There were many people at the store that day. This was because it was Saturday. It was even more full of people around noon when Mary and her mother went out to go shopping. In the store, Mary wanted her mother to buy her candy but Mary's mother was in a hurry. She did not have time for that. That is because she wanted to get home before it started to rain. Mary crossed her arms when her mother said no. Mary was sad that her mother would not get her any candy. But at home, her mother had a surprise for her. She told Mary to close her eyes. She thought it might be a toy. When she opened them again, she saw that her mother had baked her something. Her mother opened the oven. Inside was a cake. She jumped up in excitement. She didn't need to think how she felt. She was very happy. She did not want the candy now. She immediately took a big slice. She wasn't sure it she would eat it now. Then she ate it before she could make up her mind! Her smile then left her mouth. She quickly she became sad. Her mother had told her it was bedtime. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was made to close their eyes?
2. Who had to keep their eyes shut?
3. Who had their eyes closed because they were asked to?
Q2:
1. Why did Mary have to close her eyes?
2. Why weren't Mary's eyes open?
3. Why did Mary keep her eyes shut?
Q3:
1. Why did Mary's mom tell her to close her eyes?
2. Why didn't Mary's mom want her to have her eyes open?
3. For what reason did Mary's mom have her close her eyes?
Q4:
1. What was the surprise for Mary?
2. What did Mary's mother surprise her with?
3. What did Mary's mom have as a surprise for the girl?
Q5:
1. Did Mary like her surprise?
2. Was Mary's surprise pleasing to her?
3. Did Mary enjoy the surprise she got?
Q6:
1. Was Mary expecting a cake?
2. Did Mary know she was going to get a cake?
3. Was it obvious to Mary that a cake was coming her way?
Q7:
1. What did Mary think she was going to get?
2. What was Mary expecting to get?
3. What had Mary believed she would be receiving?
Q8:
1. Why did Mary think she would get a toy?
2. Why was Mary under the impression that she would be receiving a toy?
3. What gave Mary the idea that she was going to get a toy?
Q9:
1. Why was Mary sad?
2. What made Mary upset?
3. What was the source of Mary's sadness?
Q10:
1. Why didn't Mary's mom buy her any candy?
2. Why wasn't candy something that Mary's mom got her?
3. For what reason did Mary's mother not purchase her any candy?
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3ixeico792jtz6l8ybyai2hev086tw | wikipedia | The Heian period (平安時代, Heian jidai?) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height. The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature. Although the Imperial House of Japan had power on the surface, the real power was in the hands of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful aristocratic family who had intermarried with the imperial family. Many emperors actually had mothers from the Fujiwara family. Heian (平安?) means "peace" in Japanese.
The Heian period was preceded by the Nara period and began in 794 A.D after the movement of the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (present day Kyōto京都), by the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu. Kanmu first tried to move the capital to Nagaoka-kyō, but a series of disasters befell the city, prompting the emperor to relocate the capital a second time, to Heian. The Heian Period is considered a high point in Japanese culture that later generations have always admired. The period is also noted for the rise of the samurai class, which would eventually take power and start the feudal period of Japan. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was one period in Japanese history?
2. What period is a part of the history of Japan?
3. One moment in the History of Japan was what period?
Q2:
1. When was the Heian period?
2. When did the Heian period take place?
3. During what years was the Heian period active?
Q3:
1. Who influenced the Heian period?
2. What were influences on the Heian period?
3. What was the Heian period shaped by?
Q4:
1. Who conducted marriages for the aristocratic family?
2. Who did the imperial family get married by?
3. Who did weddings for the imperial family?
Q5:
1. What is the meaning of Heian?
2. What is the English translation of Heian?
3. What does Heian mean in English?
Q6:
1. What did the Heian period precede?
2. What came about once the Heian period was over?
3. What period started after the end of the Heian period?
Q7:
1. When did the Nara period end?
2. When was the end of the Nara period?
3. In what year did the Nara period come to a close?
Q8:
1. What is looked for?
2. What is important?
3. What is a goal of the Heian period?
Q9:
1. Who tried to move the capital from Kyoto?
2. Who attempted to move the location of the capital?
3. Who wanted the capital to change places?
Q10:
1. Was the capital successfully moved from Kyoto?
2. Was the capital actually taken out of Kyoto?
3. Did Emperor Kanmu succeed in moving the capital?
Q11:
1. How many times was the capital move?
2. How many times did the capital city change places?
3. What was the number of times that the capital city moved?
Q12:
1. Who was powerful?
2. What kind of person had a lot of power?
3. Who were a powerful class?
Q13:
1. What happened at the end of the Heian period?
2. What took place near the end of the Heian period?
3. What was an important turn of events at the end of the Heian period?
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37td41k0ah9h0nhuj26nuxd2pfzsc3 | wikipedia | The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose, developmental, modeling language in the field of software engineering, that is intended to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system.
UML was originally motivated by the desire to standardize the disparate notational systems and approaches to software design developed by Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson and James Rumbaugh at Rational Software in 1994–1995, with further development led by them through 1996.
In 1997 UML was adopted as a standard by the Object Management Group (OMG), and has been managed by this organization ever since. In 2005 UML was also published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as an approved ISO standard. Since then the standard has been periodically revised to cover the latest revision of UML.
UML has been evolving since the second half of the 1990s and has its roots in the object-oriented programming methods developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The timeline (see image) shows the highlights of the history of object-oriented modeling methods and notation.
It is originally based on the notations of the Booch method, the object-modeling technique (OMT) and object-oriented software engineering (OOSE), which it has integrated into a single language.
Rational Software Corporation hired James Rumbaugh from General Electric in 1994 and after that the company became the source for two of the most popular object-oriented modeling approaches of the day: Rumbaugh's object-modeling technique (OMT) and Grady Booch's method. They were soon assisted in their efforts by Ivar Jacobson, the creator of the object-oriented software engineering (OOSE) method, who joined them at Rational in 1995. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is meant by UML?
2. What is UML short for?
3. What is UML an acronym for?
Q2:
1. Do people speak using UML?
2. Is UML used in spoken language?
3. Is Unified Modeling Language used speaking out loud?
Q3:
1. What field is Unified Modeling Language used in?
2. In what context is UML used?
3. What is the context for Unified Modeling Language?
Q4:
1. What kind of programming is Unified Modeling Language used for?
2. What sort of programming does Unified Modeling Language come in handy for?
3. What does Unified Modeling Language do from a programming aspect?
Q5:
1. Who developed Unified Modeling Language?
2. Who were the developers of Unified Modeling Language?
3. Who created UML?
Q6:
1. When did Rational Software Corporation hire James Rumbaugh?
2. In what year was James Rumbaugh hired by Rational Software Corporation?
3. What was the year when James Rumbaugh began working at Rational Software Corporation?
Q7:
1. Where did James Rumbaugh work before Rational Software Corporation?
2. Where was James Rumbaugh employed prior to joining Rational Software Corporation?
3. Who was James Rumbaugh's employer, prior to Rational Software Corporation?
Q8:
1. When did Ivar Jacobson join Rational Software Corporation?
2. When did Rational Software Corporation hire Ivar Jacobson?
3. What was the year when Ivar Jacobson started working at Rational Software Corporation?
Q9:
1. Who adopted Unified Modeling Language as a standard?
2. For whom did Unified Modeling Language become a standard?
3. Who started using UML as a standard?
Q10:
1. When did the Object Management Group adopt Unified Modeling Language as a standard?
2. In what year did Unified Modeling Language become a standard for the Object Management Group?
3. What was the year when the Object Management Group took on UML as a standard?
Q11:
1. What was Unified Modeling Language based on?
2. Upon what was UML based?
3. What served as the basis for Unified Modeling Language?
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3ovhno1ve61o6r9meqv6awsnwftzd2 | cnn | (CNN) -- Achtung, baby!
Sacha Baron Cohen stars as a flamboyant Austrian fashionista in "Bruno."
There's a British theory that everything sounds funnier delivered with a Teutonic accent. That's tested to the limit in Sacha Baron Cohen's newest provocation, "Bruno," but it's not what comes out of his mouth that makes the Austrian fashionista such a handful.
The man in the tight yellow lederhosen knows that in our visually overstimulated culture, a picture is vorth a thousand vords. More if there's significant skin involved -- and he's happy to show us his wurst.
Cohen seems to believe that prudery is the enemy. Certainly, bad taste is his Trojan horse. An early montage of romantic coupling, Bruno-style, is enough to get tongues wagging -- or clucking in disapproval. It's the closest thing to gay porn most heterosexuals will see this side of "300."
Either way, Cohen's laughing: Properly managed, outrage is a useful marketing tool, as "Borat" showed.
Apparently permanently airbrushed right down to his backside, Bruno looks nothing like his hirsute Kazakh cousin, but the men share an ego; they're equally insensitive to other people and oblivious to notions of social decorum and the politically correct.
And they both invest heavily in the American Dream. Bruno hungers after fame as hungrily as Borat lusted for Pamela Anderson.
After a brief prologue in Europe -- and the distressing revelation of the vacuity of the fashion scene -- he sets out for Los Angeles, determined to become Austria's "biggest superstar since Hitler."
Perhaps inspired by another Cohen creation, Ali G, he sets out to make a celebrity interview show -- but sadly, the only dupes ignorant enough to participate are "American Idol" judges (Paula Abdul chats about her philanthropic pursuits while perched on the back of an immigrant laborer) and presidential candidates (take a bow, Ron Paul). QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does Sacha Baron Cohen star in?
2. In what film is Sacha Baron Cohen the star?
3. What movie stars Sacha Baron Cohen?
Q2:
1. What accent makes people laugh?
2. Which accent do theories believe to be funny?
3. What regional way of talking is thought to bring laughs?
Q3:
1. Who thinks the Teutonic accent is funny?
2. Who finds the Teutonic accent humorous?
3. Who finds humor in the Teutonic accent?
Q4:
1. What country is Bruno from?
2. What is Bruno's home country?
3. Where is Bruno from?
Q5:
1. What brightly colored outfit is Bruno known to wear?
2. What multicolored outfit is Bruno always wearing?
3. What do people know Bruno to wear, that is quite brightly colored?
Q6:
1. What is Bruno's "trojan horse"?
2. What acts as a "trojan horse" for Bruno?
3. What is Bruno able to use as a "trojan horse"?
Q7:
1. Who is Bruno not at all like?
2. Who does Bruno not look like at all?
3. Who does Bruno share no resemblance with?
Q8:
1. What do Bruno and Borat share?
2. What is a similar trait between Borat and Bruno?
3. What do Bruno and Borat have in common?
Q9:
1. What are Bruno and Borat not aware of?
2. What do Bruno and Borat both lack awareness of?
3. What's something that Bruno and Borat don't seem to be aware of?
Q10:
1. What do Bruno and Borat throw themselves into?
2. What are Bruno and Borat fully invested in?
3. What do Borat and Bruno totally commit to?
Q11:
1. What does Bruno hunger for
2. What does Bruno desire most?
3. What is Bruno's strongest desire?
Q12:
1. Where does Bruno begin?
2. Where does the movie Bruno start?
3. Where does the beginning of Bruno take place?
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3tpzplc3m0cwav5jysrs6p4xv3tp35 | cnn | The longest-serving lawmaker in U.S. congressional history, a legendary Motown artist, and the matriarch of a renowned political family will be among this year's recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor, the White House announced Monday.
Rep. John Dingell, Stevie Wonder and Ethel Kennedy are three of the nineteen Americans who Obama will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom upon later this month.
Dingell has served nearly 60 years in Congress representing a district outside Detroit. He'll retire at the end of this session. Wonder has won 25 Grammys and an Oscar for his fusion of soul, rhythm and blues and jazz. And Kennedy, who is the widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, became an activist for human rights and the environment after her husband's death.
Other honorees this year include Meryl Streep, the prolific actress known for holding the most Oscar nominations of any actor in history. She stars this winter in "Into the Woods," the musical composed by Stephen Sondheim, to whom Obama will also award the Medal of Freedom on November 24.
Tom Brokaw, the former "NBC Nightly News" anchor, will be honored as well, alongside actress Marlo Thomas, golfer Charles Sifford and author Isabel Allende.
The other medalists are scientist Mildred Dresselhaus; Native American activist Suzan Harjo; former Reps. Abner Mikva of Illinois and Patsy Takemoto Mink of Hawaii; and economist Robert Solow.
Five awards will be delivered posthumously: to "Freedom Summer" civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner; to the well-known choreographer Alvin Ailey, who founded the namesake dance company; and to Rep. Edward Roybal, the founder of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many medals were awarded?
2. How many people were awarded?
3. What was the number of people that received medals?
Q2:
1. What was the number of medals awarded posthumously?
2. How many medals were given out posthumously?
3. How many medals were given out to people who had already passed?
Q3:
1. What person from Michigan won a medal?
2. Who is from Michigan and won an award?
3. What Michigan resident received a medal of honor?
Q4:
1. What is John Dingell known for?
2. What has John Dingell long served as?
3. What was John Dingell's claim to fame?
Q5:
1. John Dingell represented a city near what metropolis?
2. John Dingell is a representative from nearby which city?
3. What city is close to the one that John Dingell represents?
Q6:
1. What is Alvin Ailey's claim to fame?
2. What is Alvin Ailey known for?
3. How did Alvin Ailey become well known?
Q7:
1. Who composed Into the Woods?
2. Who was the composer of Into the Woods?
3. Who was the music for Into the Woods written by?
Q8:
1. Is Stephen Sondheim receiving a medal?
2. Is Stephen Sondheim being awarded the medal of honor?
3. Is Stephen Sondheim a medal of honor receipient?
Q9:
1. When is the medal of honor cermony taking place?
2. When will the medals of honor be awarded?
3. At what point will the ceremony for the medals of honor take place?
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32riadziss4e5j4fqn05bz1exuas42 | race | Chinese President Hu Jintao, on his way to talks with President George W. Bush in prefix = st1 /Washington, on Tuesday met with Bill Gates.
After the meeting with Gates, the world's richest man, at Microsoft's headquarters, Hu restated that China would move against software pirates all the time.
At Microsoft Corp.'s campus, Hu said on Tuesday he admired what Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had achieved. He also sought to reassure Gates that China is serious about protecting intellectual property rights .
"Because you, Mr. Bill Gates, are a friend of China, I'm a friend of Microsoft," Hu said.
"Also, I am dealing with the operating system produced by Microsoft every day," he added, to laughter.
Gates responded: "Thank you, it's a fantastic relationship," and then said: "And if you ever need advice on how to use Windows, I'll be glad to help."
"Chinais focused on and has already accomplished much in creating and enforcing laws to protect intellectual property." he said. "We take our promises very seriously."
Hu also said he would certainly welcome a further increase in Microsoft's investment in China.
"I'd also like to take this opportunity to assure you, Bill Gates, that we will certainly honor our words in protecting intellectual property rights," Hu said.
In his brief visit to the Microsoft campus, Hu, accompanied by Gates and company CEO Steve Ballmer, saw some business technology demonstrations and toured Microsoft's Home of the Future, which features experimental technology that might someday be used in people's living spaces.
Following the visit at Microsoft, about 100 guests, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Gov. Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American governor, were invited to Gates' $100 million lakeside house on Lake Washington for a dinner.
China has recently begun requiring Chinese computer makers to load legal software on their machines.
In Seattle's Chinatown, many stores hung Chinese and U.S.flags to welcome Hu, and many in the crowd outside the stately Fairmont Hotel on Monday night where Hu was staying were there to support the Chinese president. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does China want to sincerely protect?
2. What is China not kidding about protecting?
3. What is China genuine about keeping safe?
Q2:
1. Who is the president of China?
2. Who serves as president of China?
3. Who does China have for a president?
Q3:
1. On what day of the week did Hu Jintao meet Bill Gates?
2. What day of the week did the meeting between Bill Gates and Hu Jintao take place?
3. When did Bill Gates and Hu Jintao meet?
Q4:
1. Was Hu Jintao going to speak with a president?
2. Was Hu Jintao set to have a conversation with a president?
3. Was it scheduled for Hu Jintao to take to a president?
Q5:
1. What president did Hu Jintao speak with?
2. Who was the president that Hu Jintao conversed with?
3. What was the name of the president that Hu Jintao talked with?
Q6:
1. Where did George Bush and Hu Jintao have a conversation?
2. What was the setting of Hu Jintao and George W. Bush's discussion?
3. Where did the Chinese and American presidents meet?
Q7:
1. Was there a title referring to Bill Gates, that made reference to his wealth?
2. Does the article mention a title that links Bill Gates to his wealth?
3. Does the article use a title for Bill Gates that makes reference to how wealthy he is?
Q8:
1. What is Bill Gates' title?
2. What distinction does Bill Gates have?
3. What is a title that applies to Bill Gates?
Q9:
1. What was the setting of Bill Gates and Hu Jintao's meeting?
2. Where did Hu Jintao and Bill Gates have a meeting?
3. What was the location of Hu Jintao and Bill Gates' meeting?
Q10:
1. What did Hu Jintao claim to use every day?
2. According to Hu Jintao, what did he use every day?
3. What was a daily part of Hu Jintao's life, according to him?
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3x31tumd7xma97c6jwk21fggsakl1j | gutenberg | CHAPTER VI
EXAMINATION DAY
It was plain that Fred and Charley had spread the news of their descent into the Pit, and of their battle with the Simpson clan and the Fishes. He heard the nine-o'clock bell with feelings of relief, and passed into the school, a mark for admiring glances from all the boys. The girls, too, looked at him in a timid and fearful way--as they might have looked at Daniel when he came out of the lions' den, Joe thought, or at David after his battle with Goliath. It made him uncomfortable and painfully self-conscious, this hero-worshiping, and he wished heartily that they would look in some other direction for a change.
Soon they did look in another direction. While big sheets of foolscap were being distributed to every desk, Miss Wilson, the teacher (an austere-looking young woman who went through the world as though it were a refrigerator, and who, even on the warmest days in the classroom, was to be found with a shawl or cape about her shoulders), arose, and on the blackboard where all could see wrote the Roman numeral "I." Every eye, and there were fifty pairs of them, hung with expectancy upon her hand, and in the pause that followed the room was quiet as the grave.
Underneath the Roman numeral "I" she wrote: "_(a) What were the laws of Draco? (b) Why did an Athenian orator say that they were written 'not in ink, but in blood'?_"
Forty-nine heads bent down and forty-nine pens scratched lustily across as many sheets of foolscap. Joe's head alone remained up, and he regarded the blackboard with so blank a stare that Miss Wilson, glancing over her shoulder after having written "II," stopped to look at him. Then she wrote: QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who told others the news?
2. Who let others know about the news?
3. Who was the news spread by?
Q2:
1. Who was the teacher?
2. What name did the teacher have?
3. What was the teacher called?
Q3:
1. What were Miss Wilson's pertinent qualities?
2. What qualities of Miss Wilson's stuck out?
3. What qualities were Miss Wilson's most notable ones?
Q4:
1. What were Miss Wilson's pertinent, besides austerity?
2. What qualities of Miss Wilson's stuck out, other than being austere looking?
3. What qualities were Miss Wilson's most notable ones, in addition to looking austere?
Q5:
1. Did Miss Wilson dress in a summery fashion?
2. Did Miss Wilson's way of dressing evoke the summer?
3. Did Miss Wilson tend to dress for summer?
Q6:
1. What is the biblical reference?
2. What biblical reference appears in the story?
3. Which story from the Bible does the passage refer to?
Q7:
1. What is the biblical reference, other than David v. Goliath?
2. What biblical reference appears in the story, in addition to David v. Goliath?
3. Which story from the Bible does the passage refer to, besides David v. Goliath?
Q8:
1. What was an aspect of the glances from the boys?
2. What accompanied the boys' glances?
3.
Q9:
1. How many eyes were on Miss Wilson's hand?
2. What was the number of eyes on the teacher's hand?
3. How many eyes did Miss Wilson's hand have on it?
Q10:
1. Was the classroom silent?
2. Were all the students hushed?
3. Was the classroom completely quiet?
Q11:
1. Who does Miss Wilson quote concerning Draconian laws?
2. Who is the source of Miss Wilson's quote on Draconian laws?
3. Who does Miss Wilson give a citation from on the subject of Draconian laws?
Q12:
1. Did all the kids know the answer to the question that Miss Wilson asked?
2. Was the answer to Miss Wilson's question universally known by the children?
3. Did each child know how to respond to Miss Wilson's question?
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3l0kt67y8egu3qizfuocro5lrwnys8 | mctest | A cowboy named Steve wanted to take a vacation from his farm that was named Raindrop. He could not make up his mind where to go, so he saddled his horse and rode east. The sun was setting in the west and it was orange. A cold wind was blowing from north to south. Steve rode through a forest of pear trees next to his farm.
The first place he came to was a small town full of quiet people and its name was Silence. No one would talk to Steve. He kept riding. The town was next to a forest of maple trees.
The second town he came to was very cold and its name was Ice. Steve was afraid his horse would freeze if he stayed there. Everyone in the town was wearing large coats and mittens. The second town was next to a forest of pine trees.
The third town he came to was warm and it was named Sunny. There were palm trees on the beach. Steve and his horse went to the beach and played in the ocean. Steve took off his boots. Steve's hat got wet in the water. He had to leave it on the beach to dry. Eventually Steve and his horse got hot. They rode east again.
Eventually Steve arrived back at his farm. This confused him because he thought he had been riding in a different direction. Steve learned that there really was no place like home. He put his horse in the barn and went back into his house. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How Was Steve employed?
2. What did Steve do for a living?
3. What was Steve's occupation?
Q2:
1. Where did Steve work?
2. Where was Steve employed?
3. What was the location of Steve's employment?
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3zazr5xv01ie1z38eu0vqqa5ct6zck | gutenberg | CHAPTER 25
OZMA OF OZ
"It's funny," said Toto, standing before his friend the Lion and wagging his tail, "but I've found my growl at last! I am positive now that it was the cruel magician who stole it."
"Let's hear your growl," requested the Lion.
"G-r-r-r-r-r!" said Toto.
"That is fine," declared the big beast. "It isn't as loud or as deep as the growl of the big Lavender Bear, but it is a very respectable growl for a small dog. Where did you find it, Toto?"
"I was smelling in the corner yonder," said Toto, "when suddenly a mouse ran out--and I growled."
The others were all busy congratulating Ozma, who was very happy at being released from the confinement of the golden peach pit, where the magician had placed her with the notion that she never could be found or liberated.
"And only to think," cried Dorothy, "that Button-Bright has been carrying you in his pocket all this time, and we never knew it!"
"The little Pink Bear told you," said the Bear King, "but you wouldn't believe him."
"Never mind, my dears," said Ozma graciously, "all is well that ends well, and you couldn't be expected to know I was inside the peach pit. Indeed, I feared I would remain a captive much longer than I did, for Ugu is a bold and clever magician, and he had hidden me very securely."
"You were in a fine peach," said Button-Bright, "the best I ever ate."
"The magician was foolish to make the peach so tempting," remarked the Wizard, "but Ozma would lend beauty to any transformation." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose growl was loud and deep?
2. Who had a low growl at a loud volume?
3. Who growled in a loud and deep tone?
Q2:
1. While Toto was sniffing in the corner, what ran out?
2. What scurried out as Toto was smelling in the corner?
3. While Toto was smelling around in the corner, what suddenly came out?
Q3:
1. Who did Toto believe had stolen his growl?
2. Who did Toto believe had taken his growl from him?
3. In Tot's mind, who was it that had stolen his growl?
Q4:
1. Who requested to hear Toto's growle?
2. Who desired to listen to Toto's growl?
3. Who wanted to hear the noise that Toto made?
Q5:
1. Did the Lion find Toto's growl acceptable?
2. Did the Lion say that Toto growled okay?
3. Did the Lion validate the quality of Toto's growl?
Q6:
1. What was the name of the person that had been locked inside of the golden peach pit?
2. Who was imprisoned in the golden peach?
3. Who had been kept in the prison of the golden peach pit?
Q7:
1. Whose pocket had Ozma been in?
2. Who had Ozma in their pocket?
3. Ozma had been inside the pocket of which being?
Q8:
1. What is Ugu's role?
2. What title belongs to Ugu?
3. What does Ugu do?
Q9:
1. Is Ugu smart?
2. Could Ugu be described as intelligent?
3. Is Ugu a clever magician?
Q10:
1. Who called the peach tempting?
2. Who referred to the peach's tempting qualities?
3. Who was tempted by the peach?
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36wlnqg78zaxgzk647qnuw3564bbe1 | race | (Renee-a beautiful princess; Broo-a blue bear; Nahloo-a magical place) When the Princess Renee heard about Broo, she came down from her castle. She found Broo while he was busy eating honey. "Mr. Bear," the Princess said, "you are welcome in Nahloo. Here we share with each other. We don't take things from each other." Broo thought about it for a moment and realized that he had made a mistake. "Well," he said, "maybe drinking all that milk wasn't the best idea." The Princess continued, "Mr. Bear, you can drink and eat, but you won't feel good because you have never made any contribution to anyone else. I think you'll find that it is better to be full in your heart, not just in your stomach." After saying this, the Princess went back to the castle, leaving Broo alone. One day, Broo was going to take lots of cookies from the rabbits, then he remembered what the Princess said to him. So Broo decided not to eat the cookies. The rabbits were surprised and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Bear. Now these cookies will taste sweeter because they are given by you, my friend. If you like, come back tomorrow and we can have the cookies together." Broo was filled with joy and went through the land. He gave back everything he had taken. In return, he received a promise from everyone to share their food with him. Broo was so delighted that he started dancing in the moonlight with the Princess as his partner. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Renee's title?
2. What did Renee serve as?
3. What title did Renee have?
Q2:
1. What kind of animal was Broo?
2. What could Broo be described as?
3. How could one describe what Broo was?
Q3:
1. What was meant by Nahloo?
2. What did the word Nahloo refer to?
3. What was the meaning of the word Nahloo?
Q4:
1. Did Renee give Broo an invitation to the castle?
2. Did Princess Renee tell Broo he could come to the castle?
3. Did Broo receive an invitation form the Princess to come to the castle?
Q5:
1. Did the residents of Nahloo share everything?
2. Was everything shared by the residents of Nahloo?
3. Did those who lived in Nahloo shun the concept of private property?
Q6:
1. Did Broo feel guilty?
2. Was Broo filled with guilt?
3. Did Broo not feel very good about how he had acted?
Q7:
1. Who would Broo steal cookies from?
2. Who would get their cookies stolen by Broo?
3. From whom would Broo pilfer cookies?
Q8:
1. After remembering Renee's words, did Broo end up taking the cookies?
2. Did Broo steal the rabbit's cookies after he thought of what Renee had said?
3. Did Broo still take the rabbits' cookies after he remembered the Princess's words?
Q9:
1. What was the rabbits' reaction to Broo's actions?
2. How did the rabbits react to what the bear did?
3. What did the rabbits think of how Broo acted?
Q10:
1. Did the rabbits thank Broo?
2. Did the rabbits express their gratitude to Broo?
3. Did the rabbits tell Broo thank you?
Q11:
1. Did the rabbits vow to share the cookies with Broo tomorrow?
2. Did Broo get a promise from the rabbits to share the cookies tomorrow?
3. Did the rabbits make a promise to Broo that they would share the cookies with him tomorrow?
Q12:
1. Who did Broo designate as his partner?
2. Who did Broo make a dancing partner out of?
3. Who did Broo dance with?
Q13:
1. Where did Broo start dancing?
2. In what location did Broo begin to dance?
3. Where did Broo start to dance about?
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3azhrg4cu4ktme1zh7c2ro3po9430s | wikipedia | Morocco, officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco (, lit. "The Western Kingdom"; ), is a sovereign country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Geographically, Morocco is characterised by a rugged mountainous interior, large tracts of desert and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Morocco has a population of over 33.8 million and an area of . Its capital is Rabat, and the largest city is Casablanca. Other major cities include Marrakesh, Tangier, Salé, Fes, and Meknes. A historically prominent regional power, Morocco has a history of independence not shared by its neighbours. Since the foundation of the first Moroccan state by Idris I in 789, the country has been ruled by a series of independent dynasties, reaching its zenith under the Almoravid and Almohad dynasty, spanning parts of Iberia and Northwestern Africa. Marinid and Saadi dynasties continued the struggle against foreign domination, and Morocco remained the only North African country to avoid Ottoman occupation. The Alaouite dynasty, the current ruling dynasty, seized power in 1666. In 1912 Morocco was divided into French and Spanish protectorates, with an international zone in Tangier, and regained its independence in 1956. Moroccan culture is a blend of Arab, indigenous Berber, Sub-Saharan African, and European influences. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many people live in Morocco?
2. How many residents does Morocco have?
3. What is the size of Morocco's population?
Q2:
1. What was Morocco able to avoid occupation by?
2. Who did Morocco succeed in keeping from occupying them?
3. Who was not ever able to occupy Morocco?
Q3:
1. Who founded Morocco?
2. Who established the first Moroccan state?
3. What was the name of Morocco's founder?
Q4:
1. What is Morocco officially called?
2. What is the official name of Morocco?
3. How is Morocco officially referred to?
Q5:
1. When was Morocco founded?
2. When did the founding of Morocco take place
3. In what year did the state of Morocco become established?
Q6:
1. What is the name of Morocco's current ruling dynasty?
2. What is the ruling dynasty of Morocco called at present?
3. Which dynasty currently rules over Morocco?
Q7:
1. For how long has Morocco been ruled by the Alaouite dynasty?
2. How long has the Alaouite dynasty ruled over Morocco?
3. Since what year has the Alaouite dynasty been in charge of Morocco?
Q8:
1. Where in Africa is Morocco located?
2. What part of Africa can Morocco be found in?
3. What African region is Morocco located in?
Q9:
1. Which dynasties were the apex of Moroccan history?
2. Which dynasties represent Morocco's zenith?
3. What were the most prosperous destinies of Morocco?
Q10:
1. What was the location of Morocco's international zone?
2. Where could Morocco's international zone be found?
3. What part of Morocco had an international zone in it?
Q11:
1. What people are indigenous to Morocco?
2. Who are some of the original inhabitants of Morocco?
3. What is an indigenous Moroccan population?
Q12:
1. Which countries had protectorates in Morocco in 1912?
2. In 1912, what nations had protectorates in Morocco?
3. Who did the 1912 Moroccan protectorates belong to?
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3x66wabajwiqxickv915cgq5ucfg31 | race | Harry had a very small farm. He only had one cow but dreamed about having a large farm. He once asked his father Bill, "I'd like to have that land over there. How can I get it?" His father encouraged him to go and talk to the landowner to see how they could get the land. Harry said. "But we don't have enough money." His father said, "Don't worry. Go and talk to him." Several years passed. Harry had not only the land, but also several hundred cows. He had a happy life with his wife. Later, Harry's wife, Sarah, had a dream. "I want to build the biggest farm in the world." She said. They called their friend Manuel about this task. Three days later Manuel had a plan for the whole project. Then they asked, "How much will it cost?" Manuel said they needed a lot of money. "Nobody will lend us so much money to build a farm," they thought. But the manager of the bank _ them and their dream. A few months later, La manuel, the biggest farm in the world, was opened. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did the farm belong to?
2. Who was a farm the property of?
3. Who was the owner of a farm?
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3auqqel7u5tdyn3i1hi8ajv8fu2v0o | wikipedia | Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a variety of the Chinese language spoken around Canton (Guangzhou) and its vicinity in southeastern China. It is the traditional prestige variety of Yue, one of the major subdivisions of Chinese.
In mainland China, it is the "lingua franca" of the province of Guangdong and neighbouring areas such as Guangxi, being the majority language of the Pearl River Delta. It is the dominant and official language of Hong Kong and Macau. Cantonese is also widely spoken amongst overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia (most notably in Vietnam and Malaysia, as well as in Singapore and Cambodia to a lesser extent) and throughout the Western world.
While the term "Cantonese" refers narrowly to the prestige variety, it is often used in a broader sense for the entire Yue subdivision of Chinese, including related but largely mutually unintelligible languages such as Taishanese. When Cantonese and the closely related Yuehai dialects are classified together, there are about 80 million total speakers. Cantonese is viewed as vital part of the cultural identity for its native speakers across large swathes of southeastern China, Hong Kong and Macau.
Although Cantonese shares some vocabulary with Mandarin, the two varieties are mutually unintelligible because of differences in pronunciation, grammar and lexicon. Sentence structure, in particular the placement of verbs, sometimes differs between the two varieties. A notable difference between Cantonese and Mandarin is how the spoken word is written; both can be recorded verbatim but very few Cantonese speakers are knowledgeable in the full Cantonese written vocabulary, so a non-verbatim formalised written form is adopted which is more akin to the Mandarin written form. This results in the situation in which a Cantonese and a Mandarin text may look similar, but are pronounced differently. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does Cantonese refer to?
2. What is meant by Cantonese?
3.
Q2:
1. Where are there speakers of Cantonese?
2. Where is Cantonese spoken?
3. What part of China features speakers of Cantonese?
Q3:
1. What is Yue?
2. What does Yue refer to?
3. What is Yue a part of?
Q4:
1. What part of Yue is Cantonese?
2. What aspect of Yue is Cantonese a part of?
3. What part of Yue can Cantonese be categorized as?
Q5:
1. Is Cantonese a vital part of Chinese culture?
2. Is Cantonese important to the culture of China?
3. Are there parts of China where Cantonese is a fundamental cultural aspect?
Q6:
1. Approximately how many total speakers are therer of Cantonese?
2. About how many people speak Cantonese?
3. How many people speak Cantonese more or less?
Q7:
1. Is Cantonese the official language anywhere?
2. Does anywhere have Cantonese as its official language?
3. Is there a place where Cantonese serves as the official language?
Q8:
1. Where does Cantonese serve as the official language?
2. Where is Cantonese an official language?
3. What place uses Cantonese as an official language?
Q9:
1. Where is Cantonese widely spoken, other than Hong Kong and Macau?
2. Where else are there many speakers of Cantonese, other than Hong Kong and Macau?
3. Where in addition to Hong Kong and Macau do a lot of people speak Cantonese?
Q10:
1. How similar is Cantonese to Mandarin?
2. How alike are Cantonese and Mandarin?
3. How close is Cantonese to Mandarin?
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3owepkl089ce8tutkphqfhbi1tp7ne | wikipedia | In August 1836, two real estate entrepreneurs—Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen—from New York, purchased 6,642 acres (26.88 km2) of land along Buffalo Bayou with the intent of founding a city. The Allen brothers decided to name the city after Sam Houston, the popular general at the Battle of San Jacinto, who was elected President of Texas in September 1836. The great majority of slaves in Texas came with their owners from the older slave states. Sizable numbers, however, came through the domestic slave trade. New Orleans was the center of this trade in the Deep South, but there were slave dealers in Houston. Thousands of enslaved African-Americans lived near the city before the Civil War. Many of them near the city worked on sugar and cotton plantations, while most of those in the city limits had domestic and artisan jobs. In 1860 forty-nine percent of the city's population was enslaved. A few slaves, perhaps as many as 2,000 between 1835 and 1865, came through the illegal African trade. Post-war Texas grew rapidly as migrants poured into the cotton lands of the state. They also brought or purchased enslaved African Americans, whose numbers nearly tripled in the state from 1850 to 1860, from 58,000 to 182,566. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Sam Houston known for?
2. What did Sam Houston do?
3. What was Sam Houston's claim to fame?
Q2:
1. What was Sam Houston known for, besides being a general?
2. What did Sam Houston do, in additio nto his career as a general?
3. What was Sam Houston's claim to fame, apart from being a general?
Q3:
1. What percent of Houston's 1860 population was made up of slaves?
2. What percent of Houston residents were slaves in 1860?
3. In 1860, what percentage of the Houston population were enslaved persons?
Q4:
1. Where did most of Houston's slaves come from?
2. Where did most of the enslaved people in Houston come from?
3. How did most enslaved people come to be in Houston?
Q5:
1. Did Houston have a slave trade?
2. Did the slave trade take place in Houston?
3. Did slave trading occur in Houston?
Q6:
1. Were there plantations near Houston before the Civil War?
2. Prior to the Civil War, did Houston have any plantations near it?
3. Were there plantations close to Houston prior to the Civil War?
Q7:
1. What kind of plantations did Houston have near it?
2. What sort of plantations were close to Houston?
3. What was grown on the plantations by Houston?
Q8:
1. Did slaves work on the plantations near Houston?
2. Were the plantations near Houston powered by forced labor?
3. Were enslaved persons forced to work on the plantations near Houston?
Q9:
1. How were enslaved persons put to work in the city of Houston?
2. What kind of work did the enslaved persons in the city of Houston do?
3. What was the work of enslaved persons in the city of Houston?
Q10:
1. Did many of Houston's slaves come from the African trade?
2. Was the African trade the source of many of Houston's slaves?
3. Did a lot of the enslaved persons in Houston originate from the African trade?
Q11:
1. What was the slave population of Texas in 1860?
2. How many enslaved persons lived in Texas in 1860?
3. What was the number of enslaved persons living in Texas in 1860?
Q12:
1. Who founded Houston?
2. What were the names of Houston's founders?
3. Who was Houston created by?
Q13:
1. Where did Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen come from?
2. Where did Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen originate from?
3. what was Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen's original place of residence?
Q14:
1. What was the profession of Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen?
2. How were Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen employed?
3. What did Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen do for a living?
Q15:
1. Was it legal to trade slaves?
2. Was the trafficking of slaves legal?
3. Was it okay within the law to participate in the slave trade?
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3jw0ylfxrtgjl248kygp3gnqn5xww9 | gutenberg | CHAPTER LII
ON THE TRAIL AGAIN
The most massive minds are apt to forget things at times. The most adroit plotters make their little mistakes. Psmith was no exception to the rule. He made the mistake of not telling Mike of the afternoon's happenings.
It was not altogether forgetfulness. Psmith was one of those people who like to carry through their operations entirely by themselves. Where there is only one in a secret the secret is more liable to remain unrevealed. There was nothing, he thought, to be gained from telling Mike. He forgot what the consequences might be if he did not.
So Psmith kept his own counsel, with the result that Mike went over to school on the Monday morning in pumps.
Edmund, summoned from the hinterland of the house to give his opinion why only one of Mike's boots was to be found, had no views on the subject. He seemed to look on it as one of those things which no fellow can understand.
"'Ere's one of 'em, Mr. Jackson," he said, as if he hoped that Mike might be satisfied with a compromise.
"One? What's the good of that, Edmund, you chump? I can't go over to school in one boot."
Edmund turned this over in his mind, and then said, "No, sir," as much as to say, "I may have lost a boot, but, thank goodness, I can still understand sound reasoning."
"Well, what am I to do? Where is the other boot?"
"Don't know, Mr. Jackson," replied Edmund to both questions. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Psmith do in error?
2. What was Psmith's error?
3. What should Psmith not have done?
Q2:
1. What was a benefit of Psmith not telling Mike?
2. What did Psmith gain from not speaking with Mike?
3. What good did not telling Mike bring to Psmith?
Q3:
1. What was the result of Psmith not telling Mike?
2. What was the consequence of Psmith not informing Mike?
3. What came of Psmith not telling Mike?
Q4:
1. Was Edmund aware of the location of the other boot?
2. Did Edmund know where to find the second boot?
3. Was the location of the second boot known to Edmund?
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37fmassaycr9w4ms0qgefb1xxh8bi3 | cnn | (CNN)He's a blue chip college basketball recruit. She's a high school freshman with Down syndrome.
At first glance Trey Moses and Ellie Meredith couldn't be more different. But all that changed Thursday when Trey asked Ellie to be his prom date.
Trey -- a star on Eastern High School's basketball team in Louisville, Kentucky, who's headed to play college ball next year at Ball State -- was originally going to take his girlfriend to Eastern's prom.
So why is he taking Ellie instead? "She's great... she listens and she's easy to talk to" he said.
Trey made the prom-posal (yes, that's what they are calling invites to prom these days) in the gym during Ellie's P.E. class.
Trina Helson, a teacher at Eastern, alerted the school's newspaper staff to the prom-posal and posted photos of Trey and Ellie on Twitter that have gone viral. She wasn't surpristed by Trey's actions.
"That's the kind of person Trey is," she said.
To help make sure she said yes, Trey entered the gym armed with flowers and a poster that read "Let's Party Like it's 1989," a reference to the latest album by Taylor Swift, Ellie's favorite singer.
Trey also got the OK from Ellie's parents the night before via text. They were thrilled.
"You just feel numb to those moments raising a special needs child," said Darla Meredith, Ellie's mom. "You first feel the need to protect and then to overprotect."
Darla Meredith said Ellie has struggled with friendships since elementary school, but a special program at Eastern called Best Buddies had made things easier for her. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does Trey do?
2. What is Trey's activity?
3. What can Trey be described as?
Q2:
1. What does Ellie do?
2. What is Ellie's year in school?
3. What kind of student is Ellie?
Q3:
1. What was altered?
2. What became different?
3. What change was made?
Q4:
1. When did Trey prompose to Ellie?
2. When did Trey ask Ellie to prom?
3. On what day did Trey ask Ellie to go to prom with him?
Q5:
1. Where is Trey a high schooler at?
2. What is Trey's high school?
3. What's the high school that Trey goes to called?
Q6:
1. What does promposal mean?
2. What is the meaning of promposal?
3. Explain what a promposal is.
Q7:
1. Where do you invite someone during a promposal?
2. What is a promposal an invite to?
3. When you prompose, where are you inviting someone to go?
Q8:
1. Did Ellie say yes?
2. Did Ellie accept Trey's promposal?
3. Did Ellie accept to go to prom with Trey?
Q9:
1. Who teaches at Eastern High School?
2. Who is one of Eastern High School's teachers?
3. Who is employed as an instructor at Eastern High School?
Q10:
1. What does Darla do?
2. What is Darla's relationship to Ellie?
3. How is Darla described in the article?
Q11:
1. What does Best Buddies do?
2. How can Best Buddies be described?
3. What is the purpose of Best Buddies?
Q12:
1. Where is there a Best Buddies program?
2. Who has a Best Buddies program?
3. Where is the Best Buddies program based?
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3fijly1b6u4rq7lcinsu7ytuzwupfh | wikipedia | Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. Developed in conjunction with the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS) standard and published as The Unicode Standard, the latest version of Unicode contains a repertoire of more than 120,000 characters covering 129 modern and historic scripts, as well as multiple symbol sets. The standard consists of a set of code charts for visual reference, an encoding method and set of standard character encodings, a set of reference data files, and a number of related items, such as character properties, rules for normalization, decomposition, collation, rendering, and bidirectional display order (for the correct display of text containing both right-to-left scripts, such as Arabic and Hebrew, and left-to-right scripts). As of June 2015[update], the most recent version is Unicode 8.0. The standard is maintained by the Unicode Consortium.
Unicode can be implemented by different character encodings. The most commonly used encodings are UTF-8, UTF-16 and the now-obsolete UCS-2. UTF-8 uses one byte for any ASCII character, all of which have the same code values in both UTF-8 and ASCII encoding, and up to four bytes for other characters. UCS-2 uses a 16-bit code unit (two 8-bit bytes) for each character but cannot encode every character in the current Unicode standard. UTF-16 extends UCS-2, using one 16-bit unit for the characters that were representable in UCS-2 and two 16-bit units (4 × 8 bits) to handle each of the additional characters. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many commonly used encodings are there?
2. What is the number of common use encodes?
3. What quantity is there of regularly used encodings?
Q2:
1. Are all three encodings still in use?
2. Do all three of the encodings still get used?
3. Are all three commonly used encodings still active?
Q3:
1. Which encoding is no longer used?
2. What is the encoding that is no longer active?
3. What encoding doesn't get used any longer?
Q4:
1. Which is the first commonly used encoding?
2. What common endcode is listed first?
3. What is the first listed common encoding?
Q5:
1. How many bytes does UTF-8 use?
2. What is the number of bytes needed by UTF-8?
3. What number of bytes are needed to use UTF-8?
Q6:
1. What is the UTF-8's byte for?
2. What is the function of the UTF-8's one byte?
3.
Q7:
1. Which is the second commonly used encoding?
2. What common endcode is listed second?
3. What is the second listed common encoding?
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39n5acm9henipxuzf1s2x27jw8op9y | gutenberg | CHAPTER VI.
_The Duke Visits Hauteville_
PARLIAMENT assembled, the town filled, and every moment in the day of the Duke of St. James was occupied. Sir Carte and his tribe filled up the morning. Then there were endless visits to endless visitors; dressing; riding, chiefly with Lady Caroline; luncheons, and the bow window at White's. Then came the evening with all its crash and glare; the banquet, the opera, and the ball.
The Duke of St. James took the oaths and his seat. He was introduced by Lord Fitz-pompey. He heard a debate. We laugh at such a thing, especially in the Upper House; but, on the whole, the affair is imposing, particularly if we take part in it. Lord Ex-Chamberlain thought the nation going on wrong, and he made a speech full of currency and constitution. Baron Deprivyseal seconded him with great effect, brief but bitter, satirical and sore. The Earl of Quarterday answered these, full of confidence in the nation and in himself. When the debate was getting heavy, Lord Snap jumped up to give them something light. The Lords do not encourage wit, and so are obliged to put up with pertness. But Viscount Memoir was very statesmanlike, and spouted a sort of universal history. Then there was Lord Ego, who vindicated his character, when nobody knew he had one, and explained his motives, because his auditors could not understand his acts. Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orator really did lose his virginity. In the end, up started the Premier, who, having nothing to say, was manly, and candid, and liberal; gave credit to his adversaries and took credit to himself, and then the motion was withdrawn. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who usually went with the Duke?
2. Who was the Duke accompanied by, generally speaking?
3. Whose company did the Duke usually go with?
Q2:
1. What was one thing that happened in the evening?
2. What was one of the events of the soirée?
3. Name one evening event.
Q3:
1. What was one thing that happened in the evening, besides the banquets?
2. What was one of the events of the soirée, other than the banquets?
3. Name one evening event, apart from the banquets.
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3ikz72a5b4grnm9z28f239ozyejnf2 | race | What's your favorite cartoon? It may be difficult for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one. When Lang was two years old, he saw Tom play the piano. This was his first time to enjoy western music and this experience encouraged him to learn to play the piano. His talent at the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang to the world. Lang became a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy has been doing better and better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college. Lang's performances are energetic. He is well-known for making facial expressions and moving around while playing the piano. The road to success has never been easy. Lang's father stopped his job to look after him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang thinks himself lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is a big Tom and Jerry fan?
2. Who really enjoys Tom and Jerry?
3. Who likes Tom and Jerry more than everyone else?
Q2:
1. Where was Lang Lang from?
2. From where did Lang Lang hail?
3. What was Lang Lang's home?
Q3:
1. When did Lang Lang get good at the piano?
2. When did Lang Lang become a talented piano player?
3. When was Lang Lang able to hone his piano playing skills?
Q4:
1. Do Lang Lang's shows lack energy?
2. Does Lang Lang do low energy shows?
3. Does Lang Lang play showly at his shows?
Q5:
1. What's a good description of Lang Lang's shows?
2. How can Lang Lang's shows be described?
3. How does Lang Lang play at his shows?
Q6:
1. What happens to Lang Lang's face when he plays?
2. What can you see on Lang Lang's face as he plays?
3. What does Lang Lang do with his face while he's playing?
Q7:
1. What did Lang Lang's dad do?
2. What happened to Lang Lang's father?
3. What became of Lang Lang's father?
Q8:
1. What did Lang Lang's mom do?
2. What happened to Lang Lang's mom?
3. What became of Lang Lang's mother?
Q9:
1. Why did Lang Lang's mom stay in Shenyang?
2. What made Lang Lang's mother stay in Shenyang?
3. Why didn't Lang Lang's mom leave Shenyang?
Q10:
1. Why does Lang Lang like Tom and Jerry?
2. What is pleasing about Tom and Jerry to Lang Lang?
3. What makes Tom and Jerry enjoyable for Lang Lang?
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3wseltnvr32um8xboofmy7j0rtstan | gutenberg | CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
TELLS OF A SERIES OF TERRIBLE SURPRISES.
"Well, what did you think of that, old girl?" asked Peter Pax of Tottie, on issuing from the Literary Message-Boys' Hall, after having performed his duties there.
"It was wonderful. I 'ad no idear that the Post-Office was so old or so grand a' institootion--But please don't forget father," said Tottie, with an anxious look at the battered clock.
"I don't forget 'im, Tot. I've been thinkin' about 'im the whole time, an' I've made up my mind what to do. The only thing I ain't sure of is whether I shouldn't take my friend Phil Maylands into partnership."
"Oh, please, don't," pleaded Tottie; "I shouldn't like 'im to know about father."
"Well, the less he knows about 'im the better. P'r'aps you're right. I'll do it alone, so you cut away home. I'll go to have my personal appearance improved, and then off to Charing Cross. Lots of time, Tottie. Don't be anxious. Try if you can trust me. I'm small, no doubt, but I'm tough.--Good-night."
When Abel Bones seated himself that night in a third-class carriage at Charing Cross, and placed a neat little black hand-bag, in which he carried his housebreaking tools, on the floor between his feet, a small negro boy entered the carriage behind him, and, sitting down directly opposite, stared at him as if lost in unutterable amazement.
Mr Bones took no notice of the boy at first, but became annoyed at last by the pertinacity of his attention. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Tottie's opinion of the post office?
2. How did Tottie feel about the post office?
3. How did the post office make Tottie feel?
Q2:
1. How did Tottie describe the post office?
2. What was Tottie's description of the post office?
3. What was Tottie's way of describing the post office?
Q3:
1. Who was Tottie's dad?
2. What was the name of Tottie's father?
3. Who did Tottie have for a dad?
Q4:
1. What was placed on the floor by Abel Bones?
2. What did Abel Bones put on the ground?
3. What got put onto the ground by Abel Bones?
Q5:
1. What was inside the little black hand-bag?
2. What did the bag have in it?
3. What were the contents of the black bag?
Q6:
1. What did Abel sit down into?
2. Where was Abel seated?
3. Where had Abel Bones taken a seat?
Q7:
1. Who was Tottie not sure about entering into a partnership with?
2. Who was Tottie wary of partnering with?
3. Who did Tottie hesitate to have a partnership with?
Q8:
1. Before going to Charring Cross, what did Peter Pax plan on doing?
2. What was Peter Pax's plan prior to heading to Charring Cross?
3. What was Peter Pax gonna do before he left for Charring Cross?
Q9:
1. What was Tottie looking at with anxiety as he spoke with his dad?
2. While speaking with his father, what was Tottie looking at nervously?
3. What did Tottie glance at nervously while conversing with his father?
Q10:
1. Did Peter Pax take himself for a tough guy?
2. Did Peter Pax think he was hardy?
3. Did Peter Pax consider himself to be tough?
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3zpbjo59kp12f69s84pzapoi0rjdh1 | gutenberg | CHAPTER TWENTY NINE.
THE FISHERY DISASTERS.
One fine day, when summer had merged into autumn, and things in Red River appeared to be advancing favourably, and Dan Davidson had recovered his strength, and Little Bill was fairly well, it occurred to Okematan that he would like to go to Lake Winnipeg, and see how the settlers who had gone to the fishery there, were getting on.
You see, the Cree chief was an observant savage, and, before returning to his tribe, had made up his mind to see all the phases in the life of the new Palefaces who had thus come to take possession of the land.
He was a remarkably independent fellow, and as he served the Davidsons for nothing except his food--which he did not count, as he could easily have supplied himself with victuals by means of his line, bow, and gun-- he did not deem it necessary to ask leave of absence. He merely went to the house one morning, and announced his intention of going to Lake Winnipeg to fish.
"I will go with you," said Dan, to whom the announcement was made.
"An' so will I," said Fred Jenkins, who chanced to be conversing with Dan at the time--"that is, if they can spare me just now."
"The canoe of Okematan," said the chief, "holds no more than three. He wishes to take with him Arch-ee and Leetil Bill."
"Very well," returned Dan, "there's no objection to that, for there is not much doing on the farm at this moment, and Archie has worked hard all the summer, so he deserves a holiday. We will just make up the same party that started last time, only that Fergus and I will take a somewhat bigger canoe so as to accommodate you, Jenkins." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the number of volunteers?
2. How many people said they were okay with going?
3. How many volunteers said they would go along?
Q2:
1. Who were the volunteers?
2. Who volunteered to go along?
3. What were the names of the two volunteers?
Q3:
1. What was the name of the boat?
2. What kind of boat was it?
3. What sort of boat did the group had?
Q4:
1. How many people could fit into the canoe?
2. What was the number of people that could fit in the canoe?
3. How many were able to squeeze into the canoe?
Q5:
1. Who did Dan want to take?
2. Who did Dan say they would take?
3. Who did Dan want to come along with the group?
Q6:
1. Where was Okematan going to fish?
2. Where did Okematan plan on fishing?
3. Where was the Indian chief going to catch fish?
Q7:
1. What was the name of the Indian chief?
2. Who was the Cree Indian?
3. Who was the Native American chief?
Q8:
1. Why was Okematan going fishing?
2. What was Okematan's purpose in going to fish?
3. For what reason was Okematan going fishing?
Q9:
1. Was Okematan dependent on others?
2. Did Okematan depend on others?
3. Without other people, would Okematan perish?
Q10:
1. Who did Okematan serve?
2. Who was Okematan's master?
3. Who was taken care of by Okematan?
Q11:
1. Did Okematan hunt
2. Did Okematan seach for food to kill and eat?
3. Was Okematan a hunter?
Q12:
1. What did Okematan hunt with?
2. What was Okematan's hunting weapon?
3. What did Okematan use to hunt?
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3k2755hg5s3i1aimde1z74c5kirfd2 | mctest | One day, my dog woke up early and wouldn't go back to sleep. Why did the dog wake up early? I tried really hard to find out. "Are you sick, dog?" I asked. He didn't say anything, so I took his temperature. It said he wasn't sick! "Are you hungry, dog?" He didn't say anything, so I feed him some dog food. He didn't eat it! "Are you thirsty, dog?" He didn't say anything, so I gave him some water. He didn't drink it! "What's wrong, dog?" He wagged and wagged his tail, and then went over to a bag of balloons that I had. He poked them with his nose. "Oh!" I said. I went over to the balloons and took one out of the bag. I blew it up. He wagged his tail harder. "Is it your birthday, dog?" He wagged and wagged. It must be his birthday! I baked him a bright yellow cake and blew up more balloons. I played his favorite music. We had a party. It was so much fun! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who woke up too early?
2. Who should have woken up later?
3. Who awoke much earlier than normal?
Q2:
1. Did the dog go back to sleep?
2. Did the dog fall back asleep?
3. Did the dog return to his snoozing?
Q3:
1. Did you try and figure out why the dog wouldn't sleep?
2. Did you attempt to understand why the dog wouldn't sleep?
3. Did you make an effort to figure out why your dog wouldn't go back to sleep?
Q4:
1. Was your dog sick?
2. Was your dog not feeling well?
3. Had your dog fallen ill?
Q5:
1. How do you know that your dog wasn't sick?
2. What makes it clear to you that your dog was not ill?
3. How can you know that your dog was feeling alright?
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3ijxv6uz1xjwcb3hwn24fq61f3pir1 | race | Travelling around the world is a dream for many people, but a young couple from China has made his dream come true. They drove along the ancient Silk Road, from China to the UK. Luo Chang and Ding Jie, a young couple from China's Guizhou Province, spent two months drving from their home in Shanghai all the way to London. The journey covered about 20,000 kilometer, and they crossed 14 countries and regions . Ding Jie said, " People were excited to see two travelers driving a foreign license car, appearing on their streets. We were stopped many times to take photos with them. Sometimes, when we couldn't understand each other's language, they would express their ideas with gestures . During their driving trip, they also spent many nights in local people's homes. Luo Chang said, "This is an amazing experience. We were driving on a highway or a country road to someone's home. Someone you've never met but was already preparing dinner for you. We feelwe have friends all over the world. During the trip, Luo and Ding took nearly 10,000 photos and kept diaries to record the beautiful scenery , the friendly people and the different customs on the way. ,. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What do lots of people dream of?
2. What is a dream for a lot of people?
3. What would a good number of people really like to do?
Q2:
1. Where does the young couple come from?
2. What is the home country of the young couple?
3. What country are the young travellers from?
Q3:
1. How long did Luo Chang and Ding Jie spend travelling from home?
2. How long did Luo Chang and Ding Jie's journey last?
3. What was the duration of Luo Chang and Ding Jie's trip?
Q4:
1. How many countries did Luo Chang and Ding Jie drive through?
2. What was the number of countries crossed by Luo Chang and Ding Jie?
3. How many nations did Luo Chang and Ding Jie traverse?
Q5:
1. Where did Luo Chang and Ding Jie sleep as they travelled?
2. Over the course of their trip, where would Luo Chang and Ding Jie sleep?
3. Where did Luo Chang and Ding Jie take shelter in the evening while travelling?
Q6:
1. How many pictures did Luo Chang and Ding Jie get?
2. What was the number of photos taken by Luo Chang and Ding Jie?
3. How many photographs did Luo Chang and Ding Jie snap?
Q7:
1. How many kilometers did Luo Chang and Ding Jie cross?
2. What was the distance covered by Luo Chang and Ding Jie
3. What distance did Luo Chang and Ding Jie travel?
Q8:
1. What did people enjoy seeing?
2. What did people think it was cool to see?
3. What made people excited when they saw it?
Q9:
1. Who cooked a meal for Luo Chang and Ding Jie?
2. Who did Luo Chang and Ding Jie receive a home cooked meal from?
3. Who made food for the young Chinese couple?
Q10:
1. What did Luo Chang and Ding Jie and the locals do when they couldn't understand each other?
2. When Luo Chang and Ding Jie weren't able to understand locals, what did each group do?
3. How did locals and Luo Chang and Ding Jie proceed when they couldn't understand each other?
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36wlnqg78zaxgzk647qnuw3562nbe9 | wikipedia | Toyota is the world's market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles, and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10 million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's top selling hybrid nameplate with over 6 million units sold worldwide .
The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937, as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and its first passenger car in 1936, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands, including the Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz, and Daihatsu. It also holds a 16.66% stake in Subaru Corporation, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu, as well as joint-ventures with two in China (GAC Toyota and Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor), one in India (Toyota Kirloskar), one in the Czech Republic (TPCA), along with several "nonautomotive" companies. TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.
Toyota is headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi. The main headquarters of Toyota is located in a 4-storey building in Toyota. As of 2006, the head office has the "Toyopet" Toyota logo and the words "Toyota Motor". The Toyota Technical Center, a 14-story building, and the Honsha plant, Toyota's second plant engaging in mass production and formerly named the Koromo plant, are adjacent to one another in a location near the headquarters. Vinod Jacob from "The Hindu" described the main headquarters building as "modest". In 2013, company head Akio Toyoda reported that it had difficulties retaining foreign employees at the headquarters due to the lack of amenities in the city. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where is Toyota headquartered?
2. What is the location of Toyota's headquarters?
3. Where is Toyota based out of?
Q2:
1. In what city can Toyota's headquarters be found?
2. What city serves as the location of Toyota's headquarters?
3. What city is Toyota based out of?
Q3:
1. Are the Toyota offices in a skyscraper?
2. Does Toyota use a skyscraper to house its offices?
3. Does a skyscraper serve as Toyota's office headquarters?
Q4:
1. What is taller between Toyota's headquarters and its technical center?
2. Which is taller, the technical center of Toyota or its headquarters?
3. Are Toyota's headquarters or its technical center the taller structure?
Q5:
1. How much taller is Toyota's technical center than its headquarters?
2. How tall does Toyota's technical center stand over its headquarters?
3. What is the difference in height between Toyota's headquarters and its technical center?
Q6:
1. What is Toyota's technical center next to?
2. What is right nearby Toyota's technical center?
3. What has the technical center of Toyota got next to it?
Q7:
1. What was the Honsha plant formerly known as?
2. What was the old name for the Honsha plant?
3. What did the Honsha plant used to be called?
Q8:
1. Are the Honsha plant and Toyota's technical center far from the headquarters?
2. Is there a great distance between the Honsha plant and Toyota's technical center and then the headquarters?
3. Are Toyota's headquarters quite far from the technical center and Honsha plant?
Q9:
1. Are Toyota's headquarters often described as impressive?
2. Do people often say that Toyota has impressive headquarters?
3. Do Toyota's headquarters stun people often?
Q10:
1. What did Vinod Jacob call Toyota's headquarters?
2. How did Vinod Jacob refer to Toyota's headquarters?
3. What were Vinod Jacob's words for Toyota's headquarters?
Q11:
1. Why is it hard to keep Toyota's foreign workers at the headquarters?
2. Why do Toyota's headquarters have trouble retaining foreign employees?
3. What makes it difficult for Toyota's headquarters to retain employees from abroad?
Q12:
1. What is the number of car companies that sell more hybrid cars than Toyota?
2. How many car manufacturers sell a higher number of hybrids than Toyota?
3. Toyota sells less hybrid vehicles than what number of car companies?
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3zpbjo59kp12f69s84pzapoi0pmhd4 | race | A Bite of China Season Two(<< >> ) is coming! The program is shown at 9 : 00 0n CCTV-1 every Friday night from April 18 to June 6, 2014. There are altogether eight episodes , all about history and culture of food, eating and cooking in China. The directors spent one year visiting more than 150 different parts of China. More than 300 types of food are covered in the documentary . As an old Chinese saying goes, food is what matters most to people. It plays an important role in our daily life, and the rich food culture is also one of the most important parts of Chinese culture. A Bite of China Season Two wants to show the joys and sadnesses of ordinary Chinese in changing times through food. A Bite of China Season One was shown on CCTV in 2012. It attracted more than 100 million viewers. It is all about food, while the second season cares more about the relationship between the people and the food. For example, the first episode shows a young man spent four hours climbing a 40-metre-high tree to get something nice for his brother. The show reminds viewers of their homes and the tastes of childhood. One Weibo user wrote, "A Bite o f China Season Two makes me have so many words to say. It makes me think of my parents and my grandmother. I haven't been home for a long time, so I have decided to go back in a few days. " The show uses food as a window to introduce China to the world. Viewers can see how Chinese people love life by loving food. Anyone who wants to know more about Chinese culture and Chinese society should have a bite of the program. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many kinds of food does the documentary covered?
2. How many types of food are discussed in A Bite of China?
3. What's the number of foods that A Bite of China goes over?
Q2:
1. When did the first season of A Bite of China air?
2. When was the first season of A Bite of China on television?
3. When could one catch A Bite of China Season 1 on TV?
Q3:
1. When will the second season of A Bite of China air?
2. When will season two of A Bite of China be on TV?
3. When will televisions across China feature the second season of A Bite of China?
Q4:
1. How many viewers did the first season of A Bite of China attract?
2. How many people watched the first season of A Bite of China?
3. How many viewers were there for A Bite of China Season 1?
Q5:
1. How many episodes will the second season of A Bite of China feature?
2. How many episodes will there be in season two of A Bite of China?
3. What will the total number of episodes be in A Bite of China?
Q6:
1. How many parts of China did the directors of A Bite of China visit?
2. How many Chinese regions got a visit from the A Bite of China directors?
3. What was the number of Chinese regions visited by the directors of A Bite of China?
Q7:
1. What is A Bite of China about?
2. What is the subject of A Bite of China?
3. What subject does A Bite of China center around?
Q8:
1. What is the tree's height?
2. What height is the tree?
3. How many meters tall is the tree?
Q9:
1. Who climbed the tree?
2. Who scaled the tall tree?
3. Who went up in the tree?
Q10:
1. How much time did the young man spend climbing the tree?
2. How long did it take the young man to go up the tree?
3. How much time did the young man need to get up into the tree?
Q11:
1. Why did the young man climb the tree?
2. What made the young man decide to climb the tree?
3. What was the young man's reason for going up the tree?
Q12:
1. Who should tune into A Bite of China?
2. Who ought to catch A Bite of China on television?
3. Who would enjoy watching A Bite of China?
Q13:
1. When in the day does the second season of A Bite of China air?
2. What time of day can you catch A Bite of China Season II on TV?
3. When in the day does season two of A Bite of China come on TV?
Q14:
1. What channel features A Bite of China?
2. Which channel does A Bite of China air on?
3. What channel will feature season two of A Bite of China?
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3txd01zld4hukwwjfsv5q0j2hlmu4y | gutenberg | CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
LITTLE FAITHFUL
For a week the amount of virtue in the old house would have supplied the neighborhood. It was really amazing, for everyone seemed in a heavenly frame of mind, and self-denial was all the fashion. Relieved of their first anxiety about their father, the girls insensibly relaxed their praiseworthy efforts a little, and began to fall back into old ways. They did not forget their motto, but hoping and keeping busy seemed to grow easier, and after such tremendous exertions, they felt that Endeavor deserved a holiday, and gave it a good many.
Jo caught a bad cold through neglect to cover the shorn head enough, and was ordered to stay at home till she was better, for Aunt March didn't like to hear people read with colds in their heads. Jo liked this, and after an energetic rummage from garret to cellar, subsided on the sofa to nurse her cold with arsenicum and books. Amy found that housework and art did not go well together, and returned to her mud pies. Meg went daily to her pupils, and sewed, or thought she did, at home, but much time was spent in writing long letters to her mother, or reading the Washington dispatches over and over. Beth kept on, with only slight relapses into idleness or grieving.
All the little duties were faithfully done each day, and many of her sisters' also, for they were forgetful, and the house seemed like a clock whose pendulum was gone a-visiting. When her heart got heavy with longings for Mother or fears for Father, she went away into a certain closet, hid her face in the folds of a dear old gown, and made her little moan and prayed her little prayer quietly by herself. Nobody knew what cheered her up after a sober fit, but everyone felt how sweet and helpful Beth was, and fell into a way of going to her for comfort or advice in their small affairs. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was a little under the weather?
2. Who had a cold?
3. Who was just a bit sick?
Q2:
1. How did Jo get sick?
2. How did Jo catch a cold?
3. What did Jo do to become a bit ill?
Q3:
1. What was the name of the girl making pies?
2. Who was creating little pies?
3. Who formed sorts of pies?
Q4:
1. What kind of pies did Amy make?
2. What were the nature of Amy's pies?
3. What were the pies that Amy was making?
Q5:
1. Who would retreat into the closet?
2. What was the name of the girl that would go into the closet?
3. Who used to shut herself in the closet?
Q6:
1. Why did Beth go in the closet?
2. What would Beth do in the closet?
3. What was Beth's business in the closet?
Q7:
1. Did anyone know how to cheer Beth up?
2. Could anyone figure out how to elevate Beth's mood?
3. Was it clear to anyone how to make Beth feel better?
Q8:
1. For what reason would others go looking for Beth?
2. Why would the others search for Beth?
3. What was everyone else's reason for trying to find Beth?
Q9:
1. Who made the girls feel anxious?
2. Who provoqued feelings of anxiety within the girls?
3. Who had the girls in nervous moods?
Q10:
1. Who was a vacation earned by?
2. Who deserved to take a vacation?
3. Who merited taking some time off?
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3gfk2qrxx9hp8jpooxtgdgad38k5ws | wikipedia | Chemical engineering is a branch of engineering that applies physical sciences (physics and chemistry), life sciences (microbiology and biochemistry), together with applied mathematics and economics to produce, transform, transport, and properly use chemicals, materials and energy. A chemical engineer designs large-scale processes that convert chemicals, raw materials, living cells, microorganisms and energy into useful forms and products.
Chemical engineers are involved in many aspects of plant design and operation, including safety and hazard assessments, process design and analysis, control engineering, chemical reaction engineering, construction specification and operating instructions. A 1996 "British Journal for the History of Science" article cites James F. Donnelly for mentioning an 1839 reference to chemical engineering in relation to the production of sulfuric acid. In the same paper however, George E. Davis, an English consultant, was credited for having coined the term. Davis also tried to found a "Society of Chemical Engineering", but instead it was named the Society of Chemical Industry (1881), with Davis as its first Secretary. The "History of Science in United States: An Encyclopedia" puts the use of the term around 1890. "Chemical engineering", describing the use of mechanical equipment in the chemical industry, became common vocabulary in England after 1850. By 1910, the profession, "chemical engineer," was already in common use in Britain and the United States. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who designs plants?
2. Who often has a role in plant design?
3. WHo takes part in plant design?
Q2:
1. Who is thought to have coined the term chemical engineer?
2. Who came up with the term chemical engineer?
3. Who was the term chemical engineer coined by?
Q3:
1. Did George E. Davis try to found a "Society of Chemical Engineering"?
2. Did George E. Davis make an attempt to create a "Society of Chemical Engineering"?
3. Was a "Society of Chemical Engineering" nearly created by Geroge E. Davis?
Q4:
1. What was the "Society of Chemical Engineering" actually called?
2. What ended up being the actual name of the "Society of Chemical Engineering"?
3. What became the real name of the "Society of Chemical Engineering"?
Q5:
1. When was the Society of Chemical Industry founded?
2. In what year was the Society of Chemical Industry created?
3. What was the year of the Society of Chemical Industry's founding?
Q6:
1. Who was the first Secretary of the Society of Chemical Industry?
2. Who served as the first Secretary of the Society of Chemical Industry?
3. Who was the first person to serve as the Society of Chemical Industry's secretary?
Q7:
1. When did the History of Science in United States encyclopedia first use the term chemical engineering?
2. When did the term chemical engineering appear in the History of Science in United States encyclopedia?
3. In what year did the History of Science in United States encyclopedia first feature the phrase chemical engineering?
Q8:
1. When did the term chemical engineering become common in England?
2. When did people in England first start using the term chemical engineering commonly?
3. In what year did the term chemical engineering become commonplace in England?
Q9:
1. What is the definition of chemical engineering?
2. How can chemical engineering be defined?
3. What may chemical engineering be understood as?
Q10:
1. What is designed by a chemical engineer?
2. What does a chemical engineer create?
3. What is a chemical engineer in charge of designing?
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3azhrg4cu4ktme1zh7c2ro3poai308 | cnn | (CNN) -- Authorities have made a second arrest related to a series of arsons in the Coatesville, Pennsylvania, area, the Chester County Arson Task Force said late Thursday.
Roger Leon Barlow is one of two people arrested in suspected arsons around Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
Mark Gilliam, 20, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was arrested Thursday on a federal charge of attempted arson in the town of Thorndale on January 25, authorities said.
Gilliam was arrested at his residence without incident, according to the task force.
Gilliam is expected to have his initial appearance on Friday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Roger Leon Barlow, 19, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was arraigned Thursday afternoon on charges that he is responsible for several of the 23 suspected arsons in and around Coatesville since January 1, said Chester County District Attorney Joseph Carroll. Watch authorities announce his arrest »
He is charged with "arson and related offenses" in connection with at least nine of the fires. Among them was a spree that destroyed 15 homes in late January,
His bail was set at $9 million.
Special agent Mark Porter of the multi-agency task force that has been investigating the fires said the group is still investigating the other blazes and will "continue our efforts until everyone is brought to justice ... and we can bring some sense of peace to the city."
The task force would not comment on a possible motive, but Carroll said he does not suspect Barlow of a hate crime, classified as targeting an individual group or gang-related activity. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the work of the task force?
2. What work is the task force in charge of?
3. What's the task force's job?
Q2:
1. Has the task force arrested anyone?
2. Have any arrests been made by the task force?
3. Has the task force taken anyone into custody?
Q3:
1. How many arrests have been made?
2. How many people have been arrested?
3. How many people has the task force taken into custody?
Q4:
1. Who was most recently taken into custody?
2. What's the name of the person who was most recently arrested?
3. Who just got arrested?
Q5:
1. Is Mark Gilliam from Coatesville?
2. Does Mark Gilliam come from Coatesville?
3. Is Coatesville the city of origin of Mark Gilliam?
Q6:
1. Where is Mark Gilliam from?
2. What is Mark Gilliam's home city?
3. Where does Mark Gilliam originally hail from?
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3ymtujh0dsgfkjhufn5vl4x0zmi4tf | race | When I was a little kid, a father was like the light in the fridge. Every house had one, but no one really knew what either of them did when the door was shut. My dad left the house every morning and always seemed glad to see every one again at night. He opened the jar of pickles when no one else at home could. He was the only one in the house who wasn't afraid to go into the basement by himself. Whenever it rained, he got into the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription filled. He set mousetraps. He cut back the roses so the thorns wouldn't hurt you when you came to the front door. He oiled my roller skates, and they went faster. When I got my bike, he ran alongside me for at least a thousand miles until I _ . He signed all my report and cards. He took a lot of pictures, but was never in them. He tightened up Mother's sagging clothesline every week or so. I was afraid of everyone else's father, but not my own. Whenever I played house , the mother doll had a lot to do. I never knew what to do with the daddy doll, so I had him say, "I'm going off to work now," and threw him under the bed. When I was nine years old, my father didn't get up one morning and go to work, he went to the hospital and died the next day. There were a lot of people in the house who brought all kinds of good food and cakes. We had never had so much company before. He never did anything; I didn't know his leaving would hurt so much. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where did her dad go every day?
2. Each day, where would her father head off?
3. What location did her father travel to daily?
Q2:
1. Did she know what her dad did at work?
2. Did the narrator understand what her father did at work?
3. Was it clear to the narrator what her dad did at work?
Q3:
1. What does the narrator compare her father to?
2. What comparison does the narrator make with her father?
3. What does the narrator liken her dad to?
Q4:
1. What did the narrator do to the dad doll?
2. How did the narrator treat the dad doll?
3. What became of the dad doll?
Q5:
1. What happened to the narrator's father?
2. What was the fate of the narrator's father?
3. What became of the author's father?
Q6:
1. When did the narrator's father pass?
2. When did the narrator's dad die?
3. When did the death of the narrator's father occur?
Q7:
1. Was the narrator afraid of her dad?
2. Did the narrator's father frighten her?
3. Was the author scared of her dad?
Q8:
1. Who scared the author?
2. Who was the author afraid of?
3. Who did the author fear?
Q9:
1. What did the narrator's dad do when others were sick?
2. When people were under the weather, what would the narrator's dad do?
3. If someone was sick, how would the narrator's dad react?
Q10:
1. What did the narrator realize when her father died?
2. Upon the death of her father, what realization did the narrator come to?
3. What became clear to the narrator upon her father's death?
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39u1bhvtdlru2nyqf90cbz5ulfa3t3 | cnn | (CNN) -- At least one performer fell hard for Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards.
Not sure what that means? Well, check out the top five moments from Sunday night's 2013 Billboard Music Awards:
1. Miguel lands on a fan
The R & B singer accidentally landed on a woman in the mosh pit during a performance of his hit song "Adorn." He was attempting a jump that went wrong. The fan appeared to be fine and the singer kept singing. Miguel later tweeted: "got caught up in the moment, thank goodness Khyati is okay."
2. Taylor Swift wins eight out of the 11 awards she was up for
Swift is no stranger to taking to the stage to accept accolades, and on Sunday night she collected a few, including Billboard Artist of the Year.
"My album is kind of on the ends of the intense emotional spectrum," Swift said while accepting that award. "You (fans) are the longest and best relationship I have ever had."
She also won Top Country Artist,Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Female Artist, and Top Digital Songs Artist -- the last one a tie with singer Carly Rae Jepsen. Swift's album "Red" won in the Top Billboard 200 and Country Album categories and her single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" collected the trophy for Top Country Song.
3. Justin Bieber gets booed
While accepting the first ever Milestone Award, the Biebs was both cheered and jeered. He appeared to reference the rough times he has had of late in his acceptance speech. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which performer took a hard fall?
2. Who was the performer that took a serious tumble?
3. Which performer had a serious fall?
Q2:
1. Was the fan alright?
2. Did the fan come out unscathed?
3. Did the fan come out unharmed?
Q3:
1. What number of awards went to Taylor Swift?
2. How many awards did Taylor Swift receive?
3. How many trophies were won by Taylor Swift?
Q4:
1. Why did people boo Justin Beiber?
2. What was the reason for people booing Justin Bieber?
3. Why were people upset with Justin Bieber's presence?
Q5:
1. Who was tied with Carly Rae Jepsen?
2. Who had an equal amount of something as Carly Rae Jepnsen?
3. Which artist tied with Carly Rae Jepsen?
Q6:
1. Which song was awarded top country song?
2. What was the top song in the country category?
3. Which country song was a winner in its category?
Q7:
1. Did Miguel fall on a male or female fan?
2. Was the audience member that Miguel fall on top of male or female?
3. Did Miguel take a tumble onto an audience member that was male or female?
Q8:
1. What did Justin Bieber discuss in his acceptance speech?
2. What was the content of Justin Bieber's acceptance speech?
3. What all did Justin Bieber mention during his acceptance speech?
Q9:
1. Which Taylor Swift album won the Billboard top 200?
2. Which of Taylor Swift's albums was crowned Billboard Top 200?
3. The Billboard Top 200 album was which of Taylor Swift's?
Q10:
1. Was the song "Adorn" a hit?
2. Did a lot of people love the song "Adorn"?
3. Was the song "Adorn" a huge success?
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3krvw3htznlu99tlwr01xtiejh1msp | wikipedia | If a defendant is sentenced to death at the trial level, the case then goes into a direct review. The direct review process is a typical legal appeal. An appellate court examines the record of evidence presented in the trial court and the law that the lower court applied and decides whether the decision was legally sound or not. Direct review of a capital sentencing hearing will result in one of three outcomes. If the appellate court finds that no significant legal errors occurred in the capital sentencing hearing, the appellate court will affirm the judgment, or let the sentence stand. If the appellate court finds that significant legal errors did occur, then it will reverse the judgment, or nullify the sentence and order a new capital sentencing hearing. Lastly, if the appellate court finds that no reasonable juror could find the defendant eligible for the death penalty, a rarity, then it will order the defendant acquitted, or not guilty, of the crime for which he/she was given the death penalty, and order him sentenced to the next most severe punishment for which the offense is eligible. About 60 percent survive the process of direct review intact. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is allowed to make decisions regarding the legal soundness of a court decision?
2. Who may decide whether a court's decision was legally sound?
3. Who posesses the authority to call a court's decision legally sound or not?
Q2:
1. How many judgments are there possible?
2. What is the total number of judgment possibilities?
3. How many potential judgment outcomes exist?
Q3:
1. Once a direct review has happened, how many outcomes are possible?
2. What is the number of possible outcomes after a direct review?
3. After a direct review, how many potential outcomes are there?
Q4:
1. If a case is determined to have been without error, what happens to the decision?
2. What comes of a decision in the event that a case is determined to be without error?
3. If its decided that a case was without error, what happens to a decision?
Q5:
1. In what cases may a judgment be reversed?
2. When do judgments get reversed?
3. When does the reversal of a judgment occur?
Q6:
1. Does it happen often that a defendant is acquitted?
2. Does the acquittal of a defendant commonly occur?
3. Is a defendant's acquittal a common occurence?
Q7:
1. What punishment is given to a defendant who is found ineligible for the death penalty?
2. When its decided that a defendant cannot receive the death penalty, what punishment do they receive?
3. How are inmates determined to be not eligible for the death penalty remanded?
Q8:
1. In what circunstances does a case go to direct review?
2. When is direct review given to a case?
3. When is direct review something that is given to a case?
Q9:
1. What is the name of the court that reviews cases?
2. It is the job of which court to review cases?
3. What is the court that is charged with reviewing cases?
Q10:
1. What percentage of defendants survive the direct review process?
2. How many defendants come out of the direct review process alive?
3. What's the survival rate of defendants who undergo direct review?
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3p4mq7tppxcz9w8mugoxtoxk37jbbm | gutenberg | Chapter Fourteen
The Frozen Heart
In the hut of Pon, the gardener's boy, Button-Bright was the first to waken in the morning. Leaving his companions still asleep, he went out into the fresh morning air and saw some blackberries growing on bushes in a field not far away. Going to the bushes he found the berries ripe and sweet, so he began eating them. More bushes were scattered over the fields, so the boy wandered on, from bush to bush, without paying any heed to where he was wandering. Then a butterfly fluttered by. He gave chase to it and followed it a long way. When finally he paused to look around him, Button-Bright could see no sign of Pon's house, nor had he the slightest idea in which direction it lay.
"Well, I'm lost again," he remarked to himself. "But never mind; I've been lost lots of times. Someone is sure to find me."
Trot was a little worried about Button-Bright when she awoke and found him gone. Knowing how careless he was, she believed that he had strayed away, but felt that he would come back in time, because he had a habit of not staying lost. Pon got the little girl some food for her breakfast and then together they went out of the hut and stood in the sunshine.
Pon's house was some distance off the road, but they could see it from where they stood and both gave a start of surprise when they discovered two soldiers walking along the roadway and escorting Princess Gloria between them. The poor girl had her hands bound together, to prevent her from struggling, and the soldiers rudely dragged her forward when her steps seemed to lag. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the occupation of Button-Bright's parent?
2. How was Button-Bright's parent employed?
3. What did Button-Bright's parent do as a job?
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3zgvpd4g6thvng5j0gvlf0a90ggtz9 | cnn | (CNN) -- Barcelona moved five points clear in Spain as manager Pep Guardiola celebrated his 100th match in charge with a 4-0 victory at home to Racing Santander on Saturday.
The injury-hit defending champions brushed off the pre-match loss of star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to romp into a 3-0 halftime lead as they put pressure on Real Madrid to win Sunday's home match against Villarreal.
The Swede is in doubt for Tuesday's Champions League trip to German club Stuttgart due to a swollen ankle.
Midfielder Andres Iniesta took advantage of some slack defending to pounce for his first goal this season in the seventh minute, hooking home a left-foot effort after the ball ran loose in his 300th outing for the club.
France striker Thierry Henry, handed a rare start due to Ibrahimovic's absence, netted a free-kick in the 29th minute after driving a shot through the defensive wall for his first goal this year.
Center-back Rafael Marquez marked his return from suspension with a similar effort nine minute later as he curled a set-piece over the wall and in off the post.
Barca took their foot off the pedal in the second half, but 18-year-old Thiago scored his first senior goal in the 84th minute with a deflected shot after Lionel Messi set him up with a cutback.
Captain Carles Puyol had to go off with a facial injury but is expected to face Stuttgart in the first leg of the last-16 tie.
It was Guardiola's 71st victory since taking charge of the Catalan giants, and 14th-placed Racing never looked like inflicting his 11th defeat -- the 10th came against Atletico Madrid last weekend, Barca's first in La Liga this season. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who celebrated?
2. Who had something to celebrate?
3. Who was really excited about something?
Q2:
1. What was Pep Guardiola excited about?
2. What was Pep Guardiola celebrating?
3. What was cause for celebration for Pep Guardiola?
Q3:
1. Did Pep Guardiola win?
2. Was Pep Guardiola the victor?
3. Did Pep Guardiola come out on top?
Q4:
1. Who did Pep Guardiola win against?
2. Who lost to Pep Guardiola?
3. Against whom did Pep Guardiola claim victory?
Q5:
1. Was one of Barcelona's star players present?
2. Were there any star players with Barcelona?
3. Was Barcelona gifted with a star player?
Q6:
1. What was the name of the player that scored in the first 7 minutes?
2. Who made a goal within the first 7 minutes?
3. Who got a point in the first 7 minutes of a game?
Q7:
1. What position did Andres Iniesta play?
2. What was the position of Andres Iniesta?
3. What was Andres Iniesta's role on the team?
Q8:
1. Who had a suspension and had just started playing again?
2. Who was finally returning to the game after a suspension?
3. Who was coming back to the game not long after a suspension?
Q9:
1. What position does Rafael Marquez play?
2. What is the position of Rafael Marquez?
3. What is Rafael Marquez's role on the team?
Q10:
1. Whose face was hurt?
2. Who sustained an injury on their face?
3. Who got wounded on their face?
Q11:
1. Does Carles Puyol play as a striker?
2. Is strike the position of Carles Puyol?
3. Is Carles Puyol a striker?
Q12:
1. What position does Carles Puyol play?
2. What is Carles Puyol's position?
3. What role does Carles Puyol have on his team?
Q13:
1. Will Carles Puyol be back to playing?
2. Will Carles Puyol return to the game?
3. Is Carles Puyol going to play again in the future?
Q14:
1. Who was not present at the game?
2. Who did not partake in the game?
3. Who was not present on the field at the game?
Q15:
1. Why isn't Stuttgart playing?
2. What's keeping Stuttgart from the game?
3. What's making it so that Stuttgart cannot play?
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30mvjzjnhmdm3mr1koni06l7n88j9g | wikipedia | Saba is a Caribbean island which is the smallest special municipality (officially “public body”) of the Netherlands. It consists largely of the potentially active volcano Mount Scenery, at 887 metres (2,910 ft) the highest point of the entire Netherlands.
Saba has a land area of . , the population was 1,991 inhabitants, with a population density of . Its towns and major settlements are The Bottom (the capital), Windwardside, Hell's Gate and St. Johns.
Christopher Columbus is said to have sighted the island on 13November 1493. He did not land, being deterred by the island's perilous rocky shores. In 1632 a group of shipwrecked Englishmen landed upon Saba. They stated they found the island uninhabited when they were rescued; however, clear evidence has been found indicating that Caribs and Arawak Native Nations have lived on the island.
In 1635 a stray Frenchman claimed Saba for Louis XIII of France. In the latter 1630s, the Dutch Governor of the neighboring island of Sint Eustatius sent several Dutch families over to colonize the island for the Dutch West India Company. In 1664, refusing to swear allegiance to the English crown, these original Dutch settlers were evicted to St.Maarten by Thomas Morgan and other English pirates that had been convicted to stay on Jamaica, to return within the months and years following. The Netherlands have been in continuous possession of Saba since 1816, after numerous flag changes (British-Dutch-French) during the previous centuries. By 2016 the island had been French for 12 years, English for 18 years, and Dutch for 345 years. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which island is the Netherlands' smallest special municipality?
2. What is the island that is the least large special municipality of the Netherlands?
3. The smallest special municipality of the Netherlands is called what?
Q2:
1. When did Christopher Columbus allegedly spot Saba?
2. When did Christopher Columbus's alleged sighting of Saba occur?
3. On what date is Christopher Columbus said to have spotted Saba?
Q3:
1. Why didn't Christopher Columbus land on Saba?
2. What made Christopher Columbus decide not to land on Saba?
3. What stopped Christopher Columbus from docking on Saba?
Q4:
1. What volcano is located on Saba?
2. What volcano does Saba have on it?
3. What is the name of Saba's volcano?
Q5:
1. Is there evidence that the Caribs and the Arawaks ever inhabited Saba?
2. Does evidence exist linking the Caribs and the Arawaks to Saba?
3. Is there proof that the Caribs and the Arawaks once lived on Saba?
Q6:
1. Who was Saba claimed for in 1635?
2. Who was Saba declared to be for in 1635?
3. In 1635, who did someone claim Saba for?
Q7:
1. Who landed on Saba in 1632?
2. Who docked on Saba in 1632?
3. In 1632, who found themselves on Saba?
Q8:
1. How long has Saba been in the continuous possession of the Netherlands?
2. Since what year have the Netherlands had continuous possession of Saba?
3. What year did the continued possession of Saba by the Netherlands begin in?
Q9:
1. For how many years has Saba belonged to the Dutch?
2. How long has Saba belonged to the Netherlands?
3. How many years has Saba been under Dutch rule?
Q10:
1. For how many years did Saba belong to the French?
2. How long did Saba belong to the French for?
3. How many years did Saba spend under French rule?
Q11:
1. Who evicted the Dutch settlers on Saba in 1664?
2. In 1664, who chased out Saba's Dutch settlers?
3. Who forced the Dutch settlers on Saba out in 1664?
Q12:
1. According to the Englishmen who shipwrecked on Saba in 1632, was the island uninhabited?
2. Did the Englishmen that docked in Saba in 1632 claim the island was inhabited?
3. Did the men from England who found themselves on Saba in 1632 say that there was no one else on the island?
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3wminlgalb3d0rv022kw9xjw3yfacq | wikipedia | The flowering plants (angiosperms), also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with about 350,000 species. Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants; they are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within the seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. Etymologically, angiosperm means a plant that produces seeds within an enclosure, in other words, a fruiting plant. The term "angiosperm" comes from the Greek composite word (angeion-, "case" or "casing", and sperma, "seed") meaning "enclosed seeds", after the enclosed condition of the seeds.
Fossilized spores suggest that higher plants (embryophytes) have lived on land for at least 475 million years. Early land plants reproduced sexually with flagellated, swimming sperm, like the green algae from which they evolved. An adaptation to terrestrialization was the development of upright meiosporangia for dispersal by spores to new habitats. This feature is lacking in the descendants of their nearest algal relatives, the Charophycean green algae. A later terrestrial adaptation took place with retention of the delicate, avascular sexual stage, the gametophyte, within the tissues of the vascular sporophyte. This occurred by spore germination within sporangia rather than spore release, as in non-seed plants. A current example of how this might have happened can be seen in the precocious spore germination in Selaginella, the spike-moss. The result for the ancestors of angiosperms was enclosing them in a case, the seed. The first seed bearing plants, like the ginkgo, and conifers (such as pines and firs), did not produce flowers. The pollen grains (males) of Ginkgo and cycads produce a pair of flagellated, mobile sperm cells that "swim" down the developing pollen tube to the female and her eggs. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What group of land plants has the most variety?
2. What is the most varied group of land plants?
3. Which subset of land plants is the most diverse?
Q2:
1. How many different types of angiosperms are there?
2. What is the number of kinds of angiosperms that exist?
3. How many different kinds of flowering plants can be counted?
Q3:
1. What do angiosperms create?
2. What is made by angiosperms?
3. What is the creation of an angiosperm?
Q4:
1. What differentiates gymnosperms from angiosperms?
2. How are angiosperms different form gymnosperms?
3. What is the difference between angiosperms and gymnosperms?
Q5:
1. What edible things do angiosperms create?
2. What do angiosperms create that you can eat?
3. What do angiosperms make that is edibile?
Q6:
1. How long have angiosperms been on Earth?
2. How long has Earth been home to angiosperms?
3. For how long have angiosperms grown on planet Earth?
Q7:
1. What other plant-like thing helped angiosperms evolve?
2. What plant like substance aided in the evolution of angiosperms?
3. What helped angiosperms to evolve, that is similar to a plant?
Q8:
1. What is algae considered?
2. What is algae categorized as?
3. What is algae classed as?
Q9:
1. What was created after the evolution of the angiosperms?
2. What did the angiosperms' evolution beget?
3. What was the outcome of the evolution of the angiosperm?
Q10:
1. What was not created by the first angiosperms?
2. What did the first angiosperms not beget?
3. What didn't come out as a result of the first batch of angiosperms?
Q11:
1. What are some examples of flower producing plants?
2. What are some examples of flowering plants?
3. What are some plants that make flowers?
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3ywrv122cszv3xjlrvli7cz7kfiu8m | cnn | (CNN) -- A Michigan teenager pleaded guilty Monday in the mob beating of a 54-year-old grandfather after he inadvertently struck a child with his truck in April, according to a news release from the Wayne County Prosecutor's office.
Bruce Wimbush, 18, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm, according to the news release.
Wimbush admitted in court Monday that he punched the driver, Steven Utash, in the jaw and was among a "large group of people" that attacked the man in April. The teen told Judge James Callahan that after seeing Utash hit a child, he "got emotional" and his anger took over, according to CNN affiliate WDIV.
"I have a little brother and when I saw the kid, all I could see at the time was my little brother," Wimbush said, according to WDIV.
The charge was reduced by prosecutors from assault with intent to murder with the agreement that Wimbush will testify in future proceedings related to the assault, the release said.
Three other adult suspects are charged with attempted murder in the attack while a fourth, a juvenile, is charged with assault and ethnic intimidation. They are scheduled to appear in court this week, according to the prosecutor's office.
Wimbush will be sentenced on July 7 and faces up to 10 years in prison, according to the prosecutor's office.
Utash, the driver, was hospitalized in a coma after the attack. He returned home in May after spending more than six weeks in a hospital and rehabilitation center, according to a "Help Steven Utash" Facebook page post. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the name of the Michigan teen?
2. Who is a teenager from Michigan?
3. What's the 18 year old from Michigan called?
Q2:
1. How old is Bruce Wimbush?
2. What is the age of Bruce Wimbush?
3. How old is the Michigan teen?
Q3:
1. What did Bruce Wimbush admit to in court?
2. What did Bruce Wimbush enter a guilty plea for?
3. What did Bruce Wimbush plead guilty to?
Q4:
1. Who did Bruce Wimbush attack?
2. Who was attacked by Bruce Wimbush?
3. Who was the target of Bruce Wimbush's assault?
Q5:
1. Did Bruce Wimbush commit the assault on his own?
2. Did Bruce Wimbush commit the assault by himself?
3. Did Bruce Wimbush act solo in committing the assault?
Q6:
1. How many people were charged in addition to Bruce Wimbush?
2. How many were charged other than Bruce Wimbush?
3. What was the number of people charged not counting Bruce Wimbush?
Q7:
1. When will Bruce Wimbush's sentence be carried out?
2. When will the sentencing of Bruce Wimbush take place?
3. When is Bruce Wimbush set to receive his sentence?
Q8:
1. How many years in prison is Bruce Wimbush facing?
2. How long could Bruce Wimbush spend in prison?
3. How many years in prison may Bruce Wimbush be sentenced to?
Q9:
1. Why did Bruce Wimbush commit the attack?
2. What was Bruce Wimbush's reason for committing the assault?
3. What reason did Bruce Wimbush have for attacking the grandfather?
Q10:
1. Who is the victim in the story?
2. Who did Bruce Wimbush assault?
3. Who was assaulted by Bruce Wimbush?
Q11:
1. Was Steven Utash alright just after the attack?
2. Did Steven Utash bounce back to normal just after the attack?
3. Was Steven Utash back in shape just after the assault?
Q12:
1. What happened to Steven Utash?
2. What was the victim's fate?
3. What did Steven Utash suffer from?
Q13:
1. How long did Steven Utash spend in the hospital?
2. How long was Steven Utash hospitalized for?
3. What was the length of Steven Utash's stay in the hospital?
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3r5f3lqfv2kfao0b4z9mlq4m14xoz8 | wikipedia | 300 (three hundred) is the natural number following 299 and preceding 301. The number 300 is a triangular number and the sum of a pair of twin primes (149 + 151), as well as the sum of ten consecutive primes (13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47). It is palindromic in 3 consecutive bases: 300 = 606 = 454 = 363, and also in bases 13, 19, 24, 29, 49 and 59.
Three hundred is:
301 = 7 × 43. 301 is the sum of three consecutive primes (97 + 101 + 103), happy number in base 10
An HTTP status code, indicating the content has been moved and the change is permanent (permanent redirect). It is also the number of a debated Turkish penal code.
302 = 2 × 151. 302 is a nontotient and a happy number
302 is the HTTP status code indicating the content has been moved (temporary redirect). It is also the displacement in cubic inches of Ford's "5.0" V8 and the area code for the state of Delaware.
303 = 3 × 101
303 is the "See other" HTTP status code, indicating content can be found elsewhere. Model number of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer which is accredited as having been used to create the first acid house music tracks, in the late 1980s. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What should 299 precede?
2. What should follow 299?
3. What number is supposed to come right after 299?
Q2:
1. What does 300 come before?
2. What does 300 precede?
3. What comes just after 300?
Q3:
1. What sort of special numbers can 300 be the sum of?
2. What special kind of numbers can make a sum of 300?
3. Adding up three of what special numbers can give you a sum of 300?
Q4:
1. How many prime numbers must be added together to get 300?
2. How many prime numbers does it take to add up to 300?
3. What is the number of primes necessary to make a sum of 300?
Q5:
1. What's a duo of prime numbers that makes 300?
2. What's ane xample of two primes that add up to 300?
3. What are two prime numbers that, when put together, make 300?
Q6:
1. What do you multiply by 7 to get 301?
2. You get 301 when you multiply 7 and what number?
3. What number needs to be multiplied by 7 in order to get 300?
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39dd6s19jpbtyxnmal6qgea8x56ezf | wikipedia | Ankara, formerly known as Ancyra () and Angora, is the capital of the Republic of Turkey. With a population of 4,587,558 in the urban center and 5,150,072 in its province , it is Turkey's second largest city after former imperial capital Istanbul, having overtaken İzmir. The former Metropolitan archbishopric remains a triple titular see (Latin, Armenian Catholic and Orthodox).
Ankara was Atatürk's headquarters from 1920 and has been the capital of the Republic since the latter's founding in 1923, replacing Istanbul (once the Byzantine capital Constantinople) following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The government is a prominent employer, but Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks. The city gave its name to the Angora wool shorn from Angora rabbits, the long-haired Angora goat (the source of mohair), and the Angora cat. The area is also known for its pears, honey and muscat grapes. Although situated in one of the driest places of Turkey and surrounded mostly by steppe vegetation except for the forested areas on the southern periphery, Ankara can be considered a green city in terms of green areas per inhabitant, at per head.
Ankara is a very old city with various Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archaeological sites. The historical center of town is a rocky hill rising over the left bank of the Ankara Çayı, a tributary of the Sakarya River, the classical Sangarius. The hill remains crowned by the ruins of the old citadel. Although few of its outworks have survived, there are well-preserved examples of Roman and Ottoman architecture throughout the city, the most remarkable being the 20 Temple of Augustus and Rome that boasts the Monumentum Ancyranum, the inscription recording the "Res Gestae Divi Augusti". QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the location of Ankara?
2. What country is Ankara in?
3. Where can Ankara be found?
Q2:
1. What is the population of Ankara?
2. How many people live in Ankara?
3. How many residents does Ankara have?
Q3:
1. Where does the name Ankara come from?
2. What is the origin of the name Ankara?
3. What is the name Ankara derived from?
Q4:
1. Why is Ankara considered a green city?
2. What gives Ankara its reputation as a green city?
3. For what reason do people think of Ankara as a green city?
Q5:
1. Is Ankara a newer city?
2. Is Ankara fairly new as a city?
3. is it true that Ankara has not been around for a very long time?
Q6:
1. What kinds of sites are in Ankara?
2. What sorts of sites does Ankara have?
3. What are the origins of Ankara's archaeology?
Q7:
1. Is the historical center of Ankara on flat land?
2. Does the historical center of Ankara sit on flat land?
3. Does Anakara have mostlhy flat land in its historical center?
Q8:
1. Does the historical center of Ankara sit on a hill?
2. Is Ankara's historical center on a hilltop?
3. Is the old center of Ankara hilly?
Q9:
1. Does Ankara have any significant monuments?
2. Are there any monuments of note in Ankara?
3. Are there any important sites in Ankara?
Q10:
1. What important sites are there in Ankara?
2. What are the significant monuments in Ankara?
3. What important monuments is Ankara home to?
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3l6l49wxw0xdzh64ernxiormicj54x | mctest | The day was sunny and warm. The birds were chirping and dancing around happily. Ashley, the daughter of the dressmaker in town, was walking and whistling and enjoying the day, carrying her fishing pole. She was on her way to the creek to meet her friend Ethan to go fishing. She was so excited; she loved to fish! As she was walking she took a time out to smell the flowers. She chose to pick some for her mother. "Mom may be so happy." she said out loud.
"Pleased with what?" she heard behind her.
Ashley jumped, dropping the flowers. "Oh Ethan! Why did you do that?" she asked.
"I'm sorry, I scared you" Ethan stated. "I didn't mean to, I was curious that's all."
Ashley turned to Ethan "That's alright, I was picking flowers for my mom, let's go fishing before it's too late".
Ashley and Ethan skipped off to the creek and had a wonderful time fishing. Even if they didn't catch anything. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the day like?
2. How could the day be described?
3. How was the weather?
Q2:
1. What were the birds up to?
2. How were the birds acting?
3. What was the activity of the birds?
Q3:
1. Who was off to see a friend?
2. Who was on her way to see a buddy?
3. Who left to go meet a friend?
Q4:
1. Who was Ashley?
2. What was Ashley's identity?
3. What could Ashley be described as?
Q5:
1. Who was Ashley off to meet?
2. Who was Ashley going to see?
3. Who was Ashley heading to meet up with?
Q6:
1. What did Ashley love to do?
2. What was a preferred activity of Ashley's?
3. What was a thing that Ashley really enjoyed?
Q7:
1. While strolling around the creek, did Ashley get something?
2. Did Ashley pick anything up while walking around the creek?
3. Did Ashley acquire anything as she went for a walk around the creek?
Q8:
1. What did Ashley get at the creek?
2. What did Ashley pick up around the creek?
3. What was obtained by Ashley while she was at the creek?
Q9:
1. Why did Ashley drop the flowers?
2. What caused Ashley to drop the flowers?
3. What made the flowers fall out of Ashley's hand?
Q10:
1. Who scared Ashley?
2. Who gave Ashley a fright?
3. Who was Ashley frightened by?
Q11:
1. What did Ashley want to do before it was too late?
2. Before it got too late, what did Ashley wish to do?
3. What was Ashley hoping to do before it became too late in the day?
Q12:
1. Did Ashley and Ethan run to the back?
2. Did Ashley and Ethan go to the back by running?
3. Were Ashley and Ethan running as they went to the back?
Q13:
1. Did Ashley and Ethan have a good time?
2. Did Ashley and Ethan enjoy themselves?
3. Was a good time had by Ashley and Ethan?
Q14:
1. Did Ashley and Ethan end up with something to take home?
2. At the end , was there something that Ashley and Ethan were able to bring home?
3. In the end, did Ethan and Ashley have something to bring home?
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3h0w84iwbk2kw61v04cdub89og8re4 | race | When two Bangs meet
Sheldon Cooper is a scientific genius on the popular American TV show, The Big Bang Theory (<<>> ). He finally met his match last year: Stephen Hawking.
This is not the first time that the scientist has appeared on TV. He has also been on Star Trek (in 1987) and The Simpsons (in 1989). Each time, he played himself.
Hawking, 71, is perhaps the world's most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He has spent his whole life studying the beginning and the end of the universe, including the Big Bang theory.
The Big Bang theory explains the early development of the universe. According to the theory, about 13.7 billion years ago everything was all squeezed together in a tiny, tight little ball, and then the ball exploded. The results of that explosion are what we call the universe.
Hawking has always tried to make science more popular with people. His book: A Brief History of Time was published in 1988. In the book he shares his understanding of the universe in simple language. The book tries to explain many subjects about the universe to common readers, including the Big Bang, black holes and light cones .
Hawking's achievements are even greater if you think about his disability. When he was 21, Hawking caught a bad illness that slowly stopped him from moving or talking. Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computer's mouse. He chooses his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer .
Hawking also believes that there might be aliens in space. However, he believes they are probably very dangerous, so we should not look for them. "I imagine they might exist in very big ships ... having used up all the resources from their home planet," Hawking said in a British documentary named Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who came face to face with his equal last year?
2. Who was faced with someone that was his equal last year?
3. Who met someone as smart as them last year?
Q2:
1. Is Stephen Hawking a real person?
2. Is Stephen Hawking an actual person and not a fictional character?
3. Does the person Stephen Hawking exist in real life?
Q3:
1. What show is Sheldon Cooper's character on?
2. What show features Sheldon Cooper?
3. What television program features Sheldon Cooper as a character?
Q4:
1. Who did Sheldon Cooper meet?
2. Who did Sheldon Cooper come face to face with?
3. Who was Sheldon Cooper faced with?
Q5:
1. What other shows has Stephen Hawking been on, other than the Big Bang?
2. What other TV programs have featured Stephen Hawking, in addition to the Big Bang?
3. Where else has Stephen Hawking been featured on TV, besides the Big Bang?
Q6:
1. When was Stephen Hawking on Star Trek?
2. When did Stephen Hawking appear on Star Trek?
3. In what year did Star Trek feature Stephen Hawking?
Q7:
1. When was Stephen Hawking on the Simpsons?
2. When did Stephen Hawking appear on the Simpsons?
3. In what year did the Simpsons feature Stephen Hawking?
Q8:
1. Is Stephen Hawking the most recognizable scientist?
2. Is Stephen Hawking the world's most well-known scientist?
3. Is Stephen Hawking the most famous scientist in the world?
Q9:
1. Who may be a tad more well known than Stephen Hawking?
2. Whose fame might surpass that of Stephen Hawking?
3. Which scientist may be a bit more recognizable than Stephen Hawking?
Q10:
1. According to a theory, what exploded?
2. What does an important theory say exploded?
3. What went kaboom, according to theory?
Q11:
1. Did a large ball explode?
2. Was it a very big ball that exploded?
3. Did a great big ball go kaboom?
Q12:
1. How big was the ball that exploded?
2. What size of ball exploded?
3. How large was the exploding ball?
Q13:
1. When did the Big Bang likely occur?
2. When is the Big Bang thought to have happened?
3. When does it seem like the Big Bang probably happened?
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3sepori8wnzq8k6aug44kvkhcswaz8 | race | There are 5 channels on British television and each channel has several news programs all day long. Some programs are only for 3 minutes but some are one hour long. The people who read the news are called news presenters and because they appear on television every day, they are very famous. This is a popular news presenter in England called Trevor McDonald, in the news studio. He presents a program called "News at Ten"every Monday to Friday evenings. Another popular news presenter is Kirsty Young. She has a more modern style of reading the news, as you can see, she sits on the desk not on a chair! Television news presenters need to have worked as journalists because they have to write most of the news that they read. Sometimes an important new event happens after the program has started, so the presenter has to be able to read something without looking at it first. They must always keep calm even when there are many changes during the program. At the end of "News at Ten"Trevor McDonald says "And finally...". Then he reads an unusual or interesting item. It's a famous saying in England now. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the job of new presenters?
2. What does being a news presenter entail?
3. What is being a news presenter composed of?
Q2:
1. Are news presenters famous?
2. Could news presenters be called famous people?
3. Are news presenters kinds of celebrities?
Q3:
1. Where can news presenters be seen?
2. Where are news presenters featured?
3. Where can you see news presenters?
Q4:
1. At what frequency do news presenters appear on TV?
2. How often are news presenters on TV?
3. How often do news presenters appear on television?
Q5:
1. How many channels are there on British television?
2. What is the number of British television channels?
3. How many channels are there to choose from on British TV?
Q6:
1. How long are British TV shows?
2. How long are the television shows on British TV?
3. What is the length of British television shows?
Q7:
1. How long are British TV shows, if not an hour?
2. How long are the television shows on British TV when they don't last an hour?
3. What is the length of British television shows other than an hour?
Q8:
1. What kinds of shows are on British TV?
2. What sorts of shows are featured on British TV?
3. What kinds of programs can one watch on British television?
Q9:
1. Can you watch the news on British TV?
2. Does British TV feature the news?
3. Are there news programs on British television?
Q10:
1. Is Trevor McDonald on a news program?
2. Does one news program feature Trevor McDonald?
3. Is there a news program with Trevor McDonald on it?
Q11:
1. Which news program features Trevor McDonald?
2. What news show has Trevor McDonald on it?
3. What is the name of the news program featuring Trevor McDonald?
Q12:
1. When does News at Ten air?
2. When can one catch News at Ten on television?
3. When is News at Ten on TV?
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3amw0rghod23ezytgbb7f3230lcpnf | cnn | (CNN) -- A man apparently angry over a poor performance evaluation entered an Ohio State University maintenance building early Tuesday and opened fire, killing a manager before turning the gun on himself, police said.
Larry Wallington, 48, a building services manager at the OSU Maintenance Building, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 3:30 a.m. ET shooting, Ohio State University Police Chief Paul Denton said. Wallington was a 10-year university employee, he said.
Authorities found suspect Nathaniel Brown, 51, a custodial worker, suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot at the scene, Denton said. He was transported to the Ohio State University Medical Center, where he was dead on arrival.
Police believe Brown -- a probational employee since October who had received a poor performance review -- entered the building dressed in dark clothing carrying two handguns and began firing into an office suite, Denton said. Officials would not say when Brown received the review, who gave it to him or provide further details, citing the ongoing investigation.
A third person, Henry Butler, 60, an operations shift leader, also was shot. He was in stable condition at the OSU Medical Center, Denton said.
Police earlier Tuesday had said that two people were wounded and one killed and that the alleged shooter was in custody.
About a half-dozen employees were at the building when the shooting occurred, and some witnessed it, authorities said.
Ohio State's Web site said the building where the shooting occurred was secured, and some traffic restrictions remained in place Tuesday morning. "The university continues normal operations," the school said. "Classes will be held and normal work schedules are in effect." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the scene of the crime?
2. Where was the crime perpetrated?
3. What was the location of the crime scene?
Q2:
1. What was the perpetrator's age?
2. How old was the person that committed the crime?
3. How old was the person that committed the crime?
Q3:
1. What is Henry Butler's condition?
2. How is Henry Butler doing?
3. What is Henry Butler's level of stability?
Q4:
1. Where is Henry Butler being treated?
2. Where is Henry Butler receiving treatment?
3. Where is Henry Butler getting treated at?
Q5:
1. What was Larry Wallington's occupation?
2. How was Larry Wallington employed?
3. What did Larry Wallington do for a living?
Q6:
1. Was the shooter arrested?
2. Is the perpetrator in police custody?
3. Do the police have custody of the attacker?
Q7:
1. What was the number of employees in the building at the time of the shooting?
2. How many workers were in the building when the shooting occurred?
3. How many people who worked in the building were in there at the time of the attack?
Q8:
1. Is the university continuing on as normal on all levels?
2. Is Ohio state continuing normal operations, holding classes and all?
3. Has Ohio State University chosen to continue on with business as usual, including holding classes?
Q9:
1. Why wasn't the shooter happy?
2. What was the shooter upset about?
3. What had the shooter so upset?
Q10:
1. How long had Larry Wallington spent working for the university?
2. When did Larry Wallington begin his career at Ohio State University?
3. How many years had Larry Wallington been a university employee for?
Q11:
1. What was the total number of people wounded?
2. How many people were wounded in all?
3. What was the total amount of people injured?
Q12:
1. What month did the perpetrator start working at Ohio State University?
2. In what month did the perpetrator begin employment at Ohio State University?
3. What was the month when Ohio State University began employing the shooter?
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3lrkmwokb5h13hb6h1bped1j0002zh | wikipedia | Bolivia, officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil, to the southeast by Paraguay, to the south by Argentina, to the southwest by Chile, and to the northwest by Peru. One-third of the country is the Andean mountain range.
The largest city and principal economic and financial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales (Tropical lowlands) mostly flat region in the East of Bolivia. Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries (the other is Paraguay) that lie outside Afro-Eurasia. Bolivia is geographically the largest landlocked country in the Americas, but remains a relatively small country in economic and military terms.
Before Spanish colonization, the Andean region of Bolivia was part of the Inca Empire, while the northern and eastern lowlands were inhabited by independent tribes. Spanish "conquistadors" arriving from Cuzco and Asunción took control of the region in the 16th century. During the Spanish colonial period Bolivia was administered by the Royal Audiencia of Charcas. Spain built its empire in great part upon the silver that was extracted from Bolivia's mines.
After the first call for independence in 1809, 16 years of war followed before the establishment of the Republic, named for Simón Bolívar, on 6 August 1825. Since independence, Bolivia has endured periods of political and economic instability, including the loss of various peripheral territories to its neighbors, such as Acre and parts of the Gran Chaco. It has been landlocked since the annexation of its Pacific coast territory by Chile following the War of the Pacific (1879–84), but agreements with neighboring countries have granted it indirect access to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which country has access to two oceans via agreements?
2. What nation has been given access to two oceans by agreements?
3. What country has made agreements allowing it to access two oceans?
Q2:
1. What two oceans does Bolivia have access to?
2. What are the two oceans accessible to Bolivia?
3. What two oceans is Bolivia able to access?
Q3:
1. Is Bolivia's access to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans direct?
2. Does Bolivia have direct access to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans?
3. Is the access that Bolivia has to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans direct?
Q4:
1. What is the nature of Bolivia's access to the Pacific and Atlantic?
2. How is Bolivia able to access the Pacific and the Atlantic?
3. How are the Pacific and the Atlantic accessible to Bolivia?
Q5:
1. Is Bolivia surrounded only by land?
2. Does landlocked accurately describe Bolivia?
3. Are there no bodies of water around Bolivia?
Q6:
1. What is to the northwest of Bolivia?
2. What is Bolivia southeast of?
3. What can be found to the northwest of Bolivia?
Q7:
1. What is to the southwest of Bolivia?
2. What is Bolivia northeast of?
3. What can be found to the southwest of Bolivia?
Q8:
1. What is to the south of Bolivia?
2. What is Bolivia north of?
3. What can be found to the south of Bolivia?
Q9:
1. How much of Bolivia is made up of a mountain range?
2. What amount of Bolivia is covered by a mountain range?
3. What ratio of Bolivia has a mountain range on it?
Q10:
1. What range of mountains runs through Bolivia?
2. What is the mountain range that goes through Bolivia?
3. What range of mountains can be found in Bolivia?
Q11:
1. Where can Bolivia be found?
2. What is Bolivia's location?
3. Where in the world is Bolivia?
Q12:
1. What is Bolivia's biggest city?
2. Which city is Bolivia's largest?
3. What Bolivian city is bigger than all the others?
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3m0bcwmb8vwrxz6xp7ktg2a5d10wb8 | cnn | (CNN) -- They played in the U.S. Open final Monday but both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were back in action for their countries Friday.
They both won, too, overcoming fatigue, jet lag and a change of surface.
Nadal, who beat Djokovic in New York to claim his 13th grand slam title, prevailed 6-0 6-0 6-4 over Sergiy Stakhovsky -- Roger Federer's conqueror at Wimbledon -- on his favored clay.
He boosted his Davis Cup record in singles to a near invincible 21-1, with his lone reverse coming in his first outing against Jiri Novak in 2004.
Nadal hadn't played in the competition since 2011, opting to skip proceedings in 2012 even before his season was ruined by a knee injury.
"Today is another victory after a long year and every victory is important," Nadal told the Davis Cup website.
With Fernando Verdasco also winning his match in Madrid against Ukraine, it means Spain is on the verge of retaining its spot in next year's world group following an upset loss to Canada in February.
Nadal is scheduled for the potential doubles clincher Saturday alongside good pal Marc Lopez. If he does take to the court, it would be his first doubles tussle in the Davis Cup in seven years.
"To play with a good friend like Marc will be a special feeling, first time in the Davis Cup," said Nadal.
Canada kept on progressing in the Davis Cup and encountered Djokovic's Serbia in its maiden semifinal Friday.
But Djokovic was too strong in the opener versus big-serving Vasek Pospisil, cruising 6-2 6-0 6-4 on clay in Belgrade. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who participated in the US Open?
2. What's the name of a US Open player?
3. Who is someone that was a participant in the US Open?
Q2:
1. Who did Rafael Nadal best?
2. Who was bested by Rafael Nadal?
3. Which player did Rafael Nadal beat?
Q3:
1. What were the scores of Nadal and Djokovic's matches?
2. What did Nadal and Djokovic score in the matches against each other?
3. When Nadal and Djokovic faced each other, how many points did each get?
Q4:
1. What were Rafael Nadal's scores in the Davis Cup?
2. What scores did Rafael Nadal have in the Davis Cup?
3. How many points did Rafael Nadal get in the Davis Cup?
Q5:
1. What took place in 2011?
2. What was an event from 2011?
3. What did 2011 mark for Rafael Nadal?
Q6:
1. What ruined Rafael Nadal's season?
2. Why was Rafael Nadal's season ruined?
3. What put a huge damper on Rafael Nadal's season?
Q7:
1. What kind of injury did Rafael Nadal sustain?
2. What was the nature of Rafael Nadal's injury?
3. How was Rafael Nadal hurt?
Q8:
1. Who was the victor against Ukraine?
2. Who came out on top against Ukraine?
3. Who was the player that bested Ukraine?
Q9:
1. Did Fernando Verdasco lose after beating Ukraine?
2. After defeating Ukraine, did Fernando Verdasco lose?
3. Was Fernando Verdasco bested after defeating Ukraine?
Q10:
1. What will Rafael Nadal undergo?
2. What is Rafael Nadal going to partake in?
3. What is Rafael Nadal set to do?
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3olf68ytn91k33fat4axh34z0goafs | cnn | (CNN) -- Look out Liverpool, Mario Balotelli has arrived.
As famous for his larger than life demeanor as he is for his goalscoring exploits, the mercurial striker has completed his move from AC Milan to the English Premier League club.
He joined on a long-term deal, Liverpool said on its website Monday wit the fee reportedly around $26.5 million.
"I'm very happy," Balotelli told the club's official website. "We've been talking about coming here and now I'm happy to be here.
"Liverpool are one of the best teams here in England and the football is very good here.
"It's a great team with young players, and that's why I came here."
The Italian is well known to English football fans after a turbulent two-and-a-half-year stint with Manchester City, where he helped the team to a first league title in 44 years while also gaining a cult following for his off-field antics.
But Balotelli could be just the man Liverpool needs to help spearhead its Premier League and Champions League challenge following the departure of last season's top scorer Luis Suarez to Barcelona.
"Suarez's exit left a hole in the side in terms of his goals but more than that, it also left a hole in terms of Liverpool losing a player idolized by the Kop," Jim Boardman, writer for Anfield Road and The Anfield Wrap websites, told CNN.
"Few players are idolized at Anfield to the same kind of level that Suarez enjoyed but Balottelli is in prime position to take that crown. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who arrived to a new team?
2. Who joined a new soccer team?
3. Who is a new member of a team?
Q2:
1. What team did Mario Balotelli join?
2. What team is Mario Balotelli now playing for?
3. Which team is Mario Balotelli a new member of?
Q3:
1. Where did Mario Balotelli play before Liverpool?
2. What team did Mario Balotelli play for before going to Liverpool?
3. Prior to joining Liverpool, who did Mario Balotelli play for?
Q4:
1. Is Mario Balotelli upset about changing teams?
2. Is Mario Balotelli sad about changing teams?
3. Does his change in teams make Mario Balotelli sad?
Q5:
1. Who left Liverpool after last season?
2. After last season, which player left Liverpool?
3. What player went to another team from Liverpool after last season?
Q6:
1. What record did Luis Suarez hold for his team last season?
2. What was Luis Suarez's record last season?
3. Which record was held by Luis Suarez during the last season?
Q7:
1. What team is Luis Suarez leaving Liverpool for?
2. What team will Luis Suarez be playing for next?
3. Which team is Luis Suarez going to?
Q8:
1. How long was Mario Balotelli with Manchester City?
2. How much time did Mario Balotelli spend playing for Manchester City?
3. What was the length of Mario Balotelli's tenure at Manchester City?
Q9:
1. What did Mario Balotelli accomplish while at Manchester City?
2. During his time at Manchester City, what was Mario Balotelli able to do?
3. What did Mario Balotelli manage as a player for Manchester City?
Q10:
1. How did Mario Balotelli attract a following?
2. What did Mario Balotelli do to attract a following?
3. What got people interested in Mario Balotelli?
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3h0w84iwbk2kw61v04cdub89oj3ers | cnn | Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a nationally syndicated columnist and a member of the editorial board of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Read his column here
Ruben Navarrette says Sarah Palin's critics challenged her because of prejudices about small-town values.
SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- During the presidential election, some Democrats demanded to know how I could defend Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Simply put, Palin is my people. She's small-town folk who wound up in the big leagues.
Because I grew up in a small town with a population of less than 15,000 people, I was disgusted by the insults and condescension coming from those who think of themselves as the enlightened elite. Meanwhile, in small towns, I detected great affection for Palin. People talked about how she was "a real person" who "reflected their values."
The most significant divide in America isn't Red State vs. Blue State, it's rural vs. urban. The country mouse and the city mouse are still slugging it out.
In 1982, New York Mayor Ed Koch ran unsuccessfully for governor of New York. Some say the deciding factor was when Koch described life in upstate New York as "sterile" and said he dreaded living in the "small town" of Albany, if elected. That didn't play well in rural areas.
Now comes Colin Powell. During a recent appearance on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Powell attempted an autopsy on the Republican Party's failed presidential bid. He went after Palin, accusing her of pushing the party so far to the right that it went over a cliff. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does Ruben Navarrette Jr do?
2. What is Ruben Navarrette Jr's job?
3. How is Ruben Navarrette Jr employed?
Q2:
1. What is Ruben Navarrette's opinon of Sarah Palin?
2. How does Ruben Navarrette feel about Sarah Palin?
3. How does Ruben Navarrette speak about Sarah Palin?
Q3:
1. How big is the population of Ruben Navarrette's town?
2. What is the size of the town that Ruben Navarrette comes from?
3. What size of town does Ruben Navarrette hail from?
Q4:
1. How do small town people feel about Sarah Palin?
2. What do people in small towns think about Sarah Palin?
3. What is the opinion of rural people with respect to Sarah Palin?
Q5:
1. What is America's most significant divide?
2. What divide is the largest in the United States?
3. What division is most considerable in the US?
Q6:
1. What is Ed Koch famous for?
2. What is Ed Koch known as?
3. What is Ed Koch's claim to fame?
Q7:
1. In what year did Ed Koch run for Mayor?
2. What was the year of Ed Koch's mayoral campaign?
3. When did Ed Koch run a campaign for mayor?
Q8:
1. What made Ed Koch an unsuccessful candidate for governor of New York?
2. What was the deciding factor that made Ed Koch's gubernatorial campaign fail?
3. What ensured that Ed Koch would lose his campaign for governor of New York?
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3dzqrbdbslftnnlbq9vm1u98j0h3s7 | gutenberg | CHAPTER VII
But, ah me! she's a heart of stone, Which Cupid uses for a hone, I verily believe; And on it sharpens those eye-darts, With which he wounds the simple hearts He bribes her to deceive.--_A Coquette_, by X.
Breakfast was late, and lengthened out by the greater lateness of many of the guests, and the superlative tardiness of the lady of the house, who had repudiated the cares of the hostess, and left the tea-equipage to her sister-in-law. Lucilla had been down-stairs among the first, and hurried away again after a rapid meal, forbidding any one to follow her, because she had so much to do, and on entering the drawing-room, she was found with a wilderness of flowers around her, filling vases and making last arrangements.
Honora and Phoebe were glad to be occupied, and Phoebe almost hoped to escape from Rashe. Speaking to Lucilla was not possible, for Eloisa had been placed by Rashe in a low chair, with a saucer before her, which she was directed to fill with verbenas, while the other four ladies, with Owen, whom his cousin had called to their aid, were putting last touches to wreaths, and giving the final festal air to the rooms.
Presently Robert made his appearance as the bearer of Mr. Prendergast's flowers, and setting his back against a shutter, in his favourite attitude, stood looking as if he wanted to help, but knew not how. Phoebe, at least, was vividly conscious of his presence, but she was supporting a long festoon with which Owen was adorning a pier-glass, and could hardly even turn her head to watch him. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Why was the meal lengthened out at the beginning?
2. What caused the meal to start later?
3. What delayed the start of the meal so much?
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3y9n9ss8lybnly2ttj0x6vn8iw23d6 | wikipedia | Sydney () is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world's largest natural harbour and sprawls about on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north and Macarthur to the south. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". As at June 2016 Sydney's estimated population was 5,029,768.
The Sydney area has been inhabited by indigenous Australians for at least 30,000 years. Lieutenant James Cook first landed at Kurnell in 1770, when navigating his way up the east coast of Australia on his ship, "HMS Endeavour". It was not until 1788 when the "First Fleet", which contained convicts and was led by Captain Arthur Phillip, arrived in Botany Bay to found Sydney as a penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia. Phillip named the city "Sydney" in recognition of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, Home Secretary in 1788. There are examples of rock art and engravings located in the protected Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, as well as the Royal National Park.
Since convict transportation ended in the mid-19th century, the city has transformed from a colonial outpost into a major global cultural and economic centre. The municipal council of Sydney was incorporated in 1842 and became Australia's first city. Gold was discovered in the colony in 1851 and with it came thousands of people seeking to make money. Sydney became one of the most multicultural cities in the world after the mass migration following the second World War. According to the , more than 250 different languages were spoken in Sydney and about 40 percent of residents spoke a language other than English at home. Furthermore, 36 percent of the population reported having been born overseas. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which metropolis is the article about?
2. What city does the article discuss?
3. Which city is at the center of the article?
Q2:
1. What country is Sydney in?
2. Which nation can Sydney be found in?
3. What country is home to Sydney?
Q3:
1. Is Sydney the capital of Australia?
2. Does Australia have Sydney as its capital?
3. Does Sydney serve as capital of Australia?
Q4:
1. What is Sydney the capital of?
2. What does Sydney serve as capital of?
3. What has the city of Sydney as its capital?
Q5:
1. How many people live in Sydney?
2. What is the population of Sydney?
3. How many residents has Sydney got?
Q6:
1. How long does the history of Sydney go back?
2. How far back does Sydney's history go?
3. How many years back can the history of Sydney be traced?
Q7:
1. When was Sydney founded?
2. When was the city of Sydney established?
3. What was the year of Sydney's founding?
Q8:
1. Were there colonies in Australia other than Sydney?
2. Did Australia have other colonies in it besides Sydney?
3. Did Sydney have neighboring colonies in Australia?
Q9:
1. What mountains are to the west of Sydney?
2. Which mountains is Sydney to the east of?
3. What are the mountains that can be found west of Sydney?
Q10:
1. Does everyone speak English at home in Sydney?
2. Is English the language that is universally spoken at home in Sydney?
3. In Sydney, does everybody speak English when inside their homes?
Q11:
1. What was found in Sydney in 1851?
2. What discovery was made in Sydney in 1851?
3. In 1851, what did people come across in Sydney?
Q12:
1. What happened after the discovery of gold in Sydney?
2. After gold was discovered in Sydney, what happened?
3. What were the consequences of finding gold in Sydney?
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3uouji6mtdeliyktz3xanbg0ae9xuu | race | Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera.. It came into being after 1790 when the famous four Anhui opera troupe came to Beijing. Its music and singing came from Xipi and Er-huang in Anhui and Hubei. Its costtumes are all fascinating and artistic.It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It's full of famous stories , beautiful facial paintings, and wonderful gestures and fighting. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese people. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng ,Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading male actor. For example , a Wusheng is a soldier or fighter .A Xiaosheng is a young man . A Laosheng is the comedy actor or clown.Dan is the female role . Jing,mostly male , is the face-painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or clown. Stories in Beijing Opera are very intetesting . Some of them are from the history book ,but most of them are from the literature , especially famous novels . The people in the story usually have some disagreements. They become angry and uhappy . They are sad and lonely . Sometimes they are nervous and worried. Then they find a way to make peace . The stories usually end with happiness and lunghter and people are all happy in the end. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which type of Opera do Chinese people like?
2. What is the Opera style that Chinese people are fans of?
3. Which style of opera is a hit with the Chinese?
Q2:
1. What is the number of main roles in Beijing Opera?
2. How many main characters does Beijing Opera have?
3. How many protagonists are there in Beijing Opera?
Q3:
1. What is another name for Beijing Opera?
2. How else is Beijing Opera referred to?
3. What is the alternate name of Beijing Opera?
Q4:
1. When did Beijing Opera come about?
2. In what year did Beijing Opera start?
3. What was the year when Beijing Opera was created?
Q5:
1. What troupe brought the opera to Beijing?
2. What torupe was the first to do opera in Beijing?
3. What troupe pioneered opera in Beijing?
Q6:
1. Is there fighting in Beijing Opera?
2. Does Beijing Opera feature fighting?
3. Do the characters fight in Beijing Opera?
Q7:
1. What is the leading male actor called in Beijing Opera?
2. What name does Beijing Opera give to the lead male actor?
3. What does the main male character get called in Beijing Opera?
Q8:
1. What is the clown called in Beijing Opera?
2. What does Beijing Opera call the role of the clown?
3. How is the clown referred to in Beijing Opera?
Q9:
1. Where do the stories of Beijing Opera mostly come from?
2. What is the main source for stories in Beijing Opera?
3. Where does Peking Opera force its stories from?
Q10:
1. Were there a lot of disagreements in the stories?
2. Did the stories tend to feature a lot of arguments?
3. Did disagreements often appear in the stories?
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37z929rlg98ym4j55o1dj7d6cmptsi | race | 17-year-old Tibetan boy climbs 40 meters up a tall tree only to get some honey as an ingredient for a traditional local drink. The money he makes from selling the honey will be used to pay for his younger brother's tuition fee . This is only a scene from the first episode of CCTV's new documentary, A Bite of China 2(2), which appeared on April 18, 2014. But they are enough reasons for viewers to spend an hour every Friday until June 6 enjoying in front of their television sets. Viewers have had to wait a long time since A Bite of China 1 came out in 2012. Back then, the seven-episode documentary was considered the best one ever produced by CCTV, with its good effects and rich food culture. A famous foreigner praised it, saying "it's the best TV show I've ever seen about food. I'm sure it's the best one ever made. " The new season includes eight episodes, covering 300 types of food. According to CCTV, every minute of the show was edited out of 150 minutes of footage . Finding their subjects was often the hardest part of the film team's job. It took them six months to film a beekeeping couple , which included a journey of more than 2,000 kilometers. Food is a personal thing, in that no dish suits all tastes. However, the program has still managed to move all sorts of viewers. "Compared with A Bite of China 1, the new season has a more human touch, which makes viewers cover some tears while their mouths are watering," said Sina Entertainment. As always, the people are the most interesting part. A Bite of China 2 shows a greater dream--through homemade food, it tells the joys and _ of common Chinese in changing times, according to director Chen Xiaoqing of the documentary series . "I was moved by the people in each simple story," said Li Weifang, 17, of Beijing No 3 High School. "Their work helps enrich China's food culture. " In fact, that is exactly what the new season hopes to deliver . Through the program, "the listeners will see the characteristics of the Chinese people: save and tenacity ," Chen told Xinhua Internet. ,,. (2,10) QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the boy's age?
2. State the age of the boy?
3. How old was the boy from Tibet?
Q2:
1. What does the Tibetan boy sell?
2. What is up for sale by the Tibetan boy?
3. What can one purchase from the Tibetan boy?
Q3:
1. What is the documentary called?
2. What is the documentary's title?
3. What name was given to the documentary?
Q4:
1. On what date does A Bite of China air?
2. What date can one find A Bite of China on TV?
3. What is the air date for A Bite of China?
Q5:
1. What day of the week is April 18, 2014?
2. On what day of the week is A Bite of China airing?
3. What day of the week will A Bite of China appear on TV?
Q6:
1. When did A Bite of China first come out?
2. When did the first season of A Bite of China air?
3. In what year did A Bite of China first appear on television?
Q7:
1. How long did it take producers to find beekeepers?
2. How long did the production team have to spend trying to find beekeepers?
3. How many months long was the search for beekeepers?
Q8:
1. How many different kinds of food appeared in A Bite of China?
2. How many types of food did A Bite of China featured?
3. What was the number of foods that made an appearance on A Bite of China?
Q9:
1. What country appears in A Bite of China?
2. What country does A Bite of China center on?
3. Which nation is the focal point of A Bite of China?
Q10:
1. How tall of a tree did the Tibetan boy climb?
2. What is ht height of the tree that the boy climbed?
3. The Tibetan boy went up a tree of what height?
Q11:
1. Where is the tree climbing boy from?
2. Where does the boy who climbed the tree come from?
3. What is the home region of the boy who went up in the tree?
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31lvtdxbl7ay2cbnhqzh76ytxderlw | race | Mary Cassatt was born in Pennsylvania in 1844. When she was seven, her family moved to Europe. They wanted their children to understand European ways and the people who lived there. They travelled a lot and she had visited many countries by the time she was 10 years old. After four years they returned to America.
In those days, women didn't have professions, and there were very few women artists. Her family did not approve when she decided that she would become an artist. She studied first in Philadelphia. She happened to be in Chicago in 1871 when the huge fire broke out there. She lost many of her paintings in that fire.
She went to Paris to study painting. She met Camille Pissarro there. He taught her Impressionism, a method of painting where the artists used small strokes of unmixed color1s to create an image. She once said of Pissarro that " _ " because he was such a good teacher. She spent a lot of time at the Louvre Museum copying paintings of the famous artists.
In 1874, her sister, Lydia, came to live with her in Paris. Lydia was her best friend and posed for many of Mary's paintings. Three years later, her parents came to Paris, also to live with them. Lydia became very ill and died from a disease. Mary missed her very much. Her parents became elderly and she cared for them, but she still found time to paint.
One of the more interesting works of Mary Cassatt is her painting, Portrait of Mrs. Curry, Sketch of Mr. Cassatt. Though she never had children of her own, she loved children and painted portraits of the children of her friends and family. She became known as the painter of mothers and children.
She lost her sight due to cataracts in her eyes in 1914 and was not able to paint during the later years of her life. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Mary Cassatt's birth year?
2. When was Mary Cassatt born?
3. What was the year of Mary Cassatt's birth?
Q2:
1. Where was Mary Cassatt born?
2. What was the birthplace of Mary Cassatt?
3. What state was Mary Cassatt born in?
Q3:
1. Where did Mary Cassatt's family move when she was seven?
2. When Mary Cassatt was 7, where did her family go?
3. Where did Mary Cassatt's family set up shop when the girl was seven?
Q4:
1. Did Mary Cassatt's family approve when she decided to become an artist?
2. Was Mary Cassatt's family ok with her decision to become an artist?
3. Was Mary Cassatt's decision to become an artist met with the approval of her family?
Q5:
1. Why didn't Mary Cassatt's family approve of her becoming an artist?
2. What made Mary Cassatt's family express disapproval in her becoming an artist?
3. Why wasn't Mary Cassatt's family in favor of her becoming an artist?
Q6:
1. Who did Mary Cassatt meet in Paris while studying painting?
2. While Mary Cassatt was in Paris studying painting, who did she come across?
3. Who did Mary Cassatt make the acquaintance of while she was in Paris studying painting?
Q7:
1. What did Mary Cassatt learn from Camille Pissarro?
2. What did Camille Pissaro teach Mary Cassatt?
3. What did Camille give Mary Cassatt mroe information about?
Q8:
1. Why did Mary Cassatt's family move to Europe in the first place?
2. What drew Mary Cassatt's family to Europe in the first place?
3. What had originally brought Mary Cassatt's family to Europe?
Q9:
1. What was the first place that Mary Cassatt studied?
2. Where did Mary Cassatt study first?
3. Where did Mary Cassatt first go to study?
Q10:
1. What did Mary Cassatt become known for painting?
2. Mary Cassatt became famous for painting what subjects?
3. What subjects did Mary Cassatt come to be associated with painting?
Q11:
1. What year did Mary Cassatt's family return to America?
2. When did Mary Cassatt's family go back to America?
3. In what year did Mary Cassatt's family make the trip back to the United States?
Q12:
1. How does the article describe impressionism?
2. What description is given of impressionism?
3. What does the article have to say by way of defining impressionism?
Q13:
1. When Mary Cassatt lived in Chicago in 1871, what happened?
2. What took place while Mary Cassatt was living in Chicago?
3. What tokok placein 1871, during Mary Cassatt's time living in Chicago?
Q14:
1. Who joined Mary Cassatt in her home in Paris in 1874?
2. Who came to live with Mary Cassatt in her Paris home in 1874?
3. Who came to Paris to live with 1874?
Q15:
1. Did anyone besides Mary Cassatt's sister come to live with her in Paris?
2. Was there anyone besides her sister that came to Paris to live with Mary Cassatt?
3. Was Mary Cassatt joined in her Paris home by anyone other than her sister?
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3lya37p8iqn02zcg0t1qsrgaqxxbk3 | wikipedia | Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many styles. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.
Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other styles such as urban, dance, rock, Latin, and country; nonetheless, there are core elements that define pop music. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well as common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.
David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, and folk musics". According to Pete Seeger, pop music is "professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music". Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. The music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately. Thus "pop music" may be used to describe a distinct genre, designed to appeal to all, often characterized as "instant singles-based music aimed at teenagers" in contrast to rock music as "album-based music for adults". QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What terms are often used interchangeably?
2. What words often get used synonymously?
3. Which terms do people often use to mean the same thing?
Q2:
1. Don't popular music and pop music mean the same thing?
2. Isn't there no difference between popular music and pop music?
3. Are popular music and pop music not exactly interchangeable?
Q3:
1. What's the difference between popular music and pop music?
2. How are popular music and pop music difference?
3. How is Pop music any different from popular music?
Q4:
1. Can pop and rock be used interchangeably?
2. Do pop and rock refer to the same style of music?
3. Is the same style of music called both rock and pop?
Q5:
1. Did rock and pop used to be the same thing?
2. Did the terms pop and rock once refer to the same styles of music?
3. Was the same thing once meant by pop and rock?
Q6:
1. When were pop and rock more or less interchangeable?
2. When did pop and rock roughly refer to the same styles of music?
3. At what point did pop and rock mean the same thing?
Q7:
1. Who is the first man that the article mentions by name?
2. What is the first man mentioned by name in the article?
3. Which man's name gets referenced first in the article?
Q8:
1. What does David Hatch think?
2. What is David Hatch's opinion?
3. What opinion does David Hatch give?
Q9:
1. Does anyone agree with David Hatch?
2. Does anyone think that David Hatch is correct?
3. Does David Hatch have any supporters of his opinion?
Q10:
1. Who agrees with David Hatch?
2. Who thinks that David Hatch is correct?
3. Who shares David Hatch's opinon?
Q11:
1. Is anyone besides David Hatch and Stephen Millward mentioned?
2. Does the article mention anyone other than David Hatch and Stephen Millward?
3. Is anyone else named in the article apart form David Hatch and Stephen Millward?
Q12:
1. Who does the article mention besides David Hatch and Stephen Millward?
2. Whose name appears in the article besides David Hatch and Stephen Millward?
3. In addition to David Hatch and Stephen Millward, whose opinion does the article cite?
Q13:
1. Does Peter Seeger agree with David Hatch?
2. Does Peter Seeger share David Hatch's definition of pop music?
3. Do David Hatch and Peter Seeger have the same definition of pop music?
Q14:
1. What does Peter Seeger think of Pop Music?
2. What is Peter Seeger's opinon of pop music?
3. How does Peter Seeger define pop music?
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3mb8lzr5bftcf8ysr6qk6ucf2t7lk0 | gutenberg | CHAPTER L
Three months had passed since that awful Christmas Day. Angela was heart-broken, and, after the first burst of her despair, turned herself to the only consolation which was left her. It was not of this world.
She did not question the truth of the dreadful news that Lady Bellamy had brought her, and, if ever a doubt did arise in her breast, a glance at the ring and the letter effectually quelled it. Nor did she get brain-fever or any other illness; her young and healthy frame was too strong a citadel to be taken out of hand by sorrow. And this to her was one of the most wonderful things in her affliction. It had come and crushed her, and life still went on much as before. The sun of her system had fallen, and yet the system was not appreciably deranged. It was dreadful to her to think that Arthur was dead, but an added sting lay in the fact that she was not dead too. Oh! how glad she would have been to die, since death had become the gate through which she needs must pass to reach her lover's side.
For it had been given to Angela, living so much alone, and thinking so long and deeply upon these great mysteries of our being, to soar to the heights of a noble faith. To the intense purity of her mind, a living heaven presented itself, a comfortable place, very different from the vague and formularised abstractions with which we are for the most part satisfied; where Arthur and her mother were waiting to greet her, and where the great light of the Godhead would shine around them all. She grew to hate her life, the dull barrier of the flesh that stood between her and her ends. Still she ate and drank enough to support it, still dressed with the same perfect neatness as before, still lived, in short, as though Arthur had not died, and the light and colour had not gone out of her world. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who had come with bad news?
2. Who did not bring good news?
3. Whose news was dreadful?
Q2:
1. Who did Lady Bellamy give news to?
2. Who was Lady Bellamy's announcement for?
3. Who was meant to hear Lady Bellamy's news?
Q3:
1. Who passed away?
2. Whose death occurred?
3. Who lost their life?
Q4:
1. Who was Arthur?
2. Who could Arthur be described as?
3. What was Arthur's identity?
Q5:
1. Did Angela stop dressing nicely?
2. Did Angela begin to dress poorly?
3. Did Angela quit taking care of the way she dressed?
Q6:
1. How much time had passed since Angela received the news?
2. How long since Angela learned of Arthur's death?
3. How long ago did Angela learn that Arthur had died?
Q7:
1. How was Angela affected by Arthur's death?
2. what effect did Arthur's passing have on Angela?
3. In what way did the death of her lover affect Angela?
Q8:
1. On what holiday did Angela learn of Arthur's death?
2. What holiday was it when Angela learned that Arthur had died?
3. What holiday was being celebrated on the day that Angela learned her lover had died?
Q9:
1. What were Arthur and Angela's mother waiting for?
2. What did Arthur and Angela's om wait to happen?
3. What was being waited on by Angela's mother and her lover?
Q10:
1. Did Angela binge eat?
2. Was Angela eating too much?
3. Did Angela start to overeat?
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3ctoc39k37qip3385rpymau1sccj7k | race | A couple who held hands at breakfast every morning even after 70 years of marriage have died 15 hours apart. Helen Felumlee, died at 92 on April 12. Her husband, 91-year-old Kenneth Felumlee, died the next morning.
The couple's eight children say the two had been inseparable since meeting as teenagers, once sharing the bottom of a bunk bed on a ferry rather than sleeping on night apart.
They remained deeply in love until the very end, even eating breakfast together while holding hands, said their daughter, Linda Cody. "We knew when one went, the other was going to go," she said. According to Cody, about 12 hours after Helen died, Kenneth looked at his children and said, "Mon's dead." He quickly began to fade, surrounded by 24 of his closest family members and friends when he died the next morning. "He was ready," Cody said, "He just didn't want to leave her here by herself."
Son Dick said his parents died of old age, surrounded by family.
The pair had known each other for several years when they eloped in Newport across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, on Feb. 20, 1994. At two days shy of his 21stbirthday, Kenneth-who went by Kenny-was too young to marry in Ohio. "He couldn't wait.' son Jim said.
Kenneth worked as a railroad car inspector and mechanic before becoming a mail carrier for the Post Office. He was active in the church as a Sunday teacher.
Helen stayed at home, not only cooking and cleaning for her own family but also for other families in need in the area. She taught Sunday school, too, but was known more for her greeting card ministry, sending cards for birthdays, sympathy and the holidays to everyone in her community, each with a personal note inside. "She kept Hallmark in business," daughter-in-law Debbie joked.
When Kenneth retired in 1983 and the children began to leave the house, the Felumlees began to explore their love of travel, visiting almost all 50 states by bus. "He didn't want to fly anywhere because you couldn't see anything as you were going," Jim said.
Although both experienced declining health in recent years, Cody said, each tried to stay strong for the other. "That's what kept them going," she said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How long did Kenneth and Helen's marriage last?
2. How many years were Kenneth and Helen married for?
3. How many years did Kenneth and Helen spend married?
Q2:
1. Were Kenneth and Helen very close?
2. Did Kenneth and Helen have a close relationship?
3. Were Kenneth and Helen considered inseparable?
Q3:
1. What did Kenneth and Helen to display affection?
2. How did Kenneth and Helen demonstrate that they were in love?
3. What was Kenneth and Helen's way of showing each other their love?
Q4:
1. How old were Kenneth and Helen when they passed?
2. At what age did Kenneth and Helen pass away?
3. What were Kenneth and Helen's ages when they died?
Q5:
1. Did Kenneth and Helen die close in time to each other?
2. Did Kenneth and Helen pass away at almost the same time?
3. Were the times of death of Kenneth and Helen quite close?
Q6:
1. How far apart from each other did Kenneth and Helen pass away?
2. What was the length in time between Kenneth and Helen's passing?
3. How much time passed between the respective deaths of Kenneth and Helen?
Q7:
1. Where were Kenneth and Helen when they died?
2. What was Kenneth and Helen's location at the time of their deaths?
3. At the time of their passing, where were Kenneth and Helen?
Q8:
1. Was anyone with Kenneth and Helen when they died?
2. Did Kenneth and Helen have anyone with them when they passed?
3. At the moments of their respective passings, was anyone with Kenneth and Helen?
Q9:
1. Who was with Kenneth and Helen when they both passed?
2. Who did Kenneth and Helen have with them at the time of their passing?
3. When Kenneth and Helen who was with them?
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3uj1cz6izhpw128f4sjfgr7sxq0s52 | race | "It's this time of year when the weather starts warming up and frogs start breeding - but they haven't been breeding," says John Wilkinson, research and monitoring officer at the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC).
Amphibians are just one of the groups of animals that nature observers fear may have problems reproducing this year, as groundwater levels are even lower now than in the infamously dry summer of 1976, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). According to the UK's Centre for Hydrology and Ecology the average rainfall so far this winter has been the lowest since 1972.
"If ponds dry up totally," says Mr. Wilkinson, "you could have lots of dead tadpoles." Drier and windier conditions could also make it more difficult for juvenile amphibians to survive their journeys between wet habitats.
But Peter Brotherton, the biodiversity manager for Natural England, says that "drought is part of nature's cycle", and, at present, a lot of animals, plants and insects are still in hibernation. This means that the population picture is unclear. "However, when we get extreme events, we get animals dying," he says. "And what is worrying is that normally at this time of year we expect soil to be near saturation after winter."
Charlie Kitchin, the RSPB's site manager of the Nene Washes in Cambridgeshire, says the 2,000-acre wetland and grassland area is now struggling following two winters with relatively little winter rain and no flooding. One species that could suffer, he says, is the black-tailed godwit . "There are only 50 breeding pairs in the country, and we have 40 of them, and everything is bone-dry," Mr Kitchin says.
But one bad nesting season, he says, is "not the end of the world". "One of the features of flood plains is that they're _ anyway," he adds. "But if they fail to breed another year, the population is likely to dip again." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who might have problems reproducing?
2. Who may possibly struggle to reproduce?
3. Who might have a hard time making babies?
Q2:
1. Which species in particular may struggle?
2. What specific species might take a hit?
3. Which is the species that may have some specific struggles?
Q3:
1. When was the last time that such little rainfall has been reported?
2. When was such a small average amount of rain last reported?
3. In what year did such a small average rainfall occur?
Q4:
1. What is saturated, normally speaking, at this point in the year?
2. What is there generally a lot of at this time of year?
3. At this point in the year, what normally crops up a lot?
Q5:
1. What does DEFRA mean?
2. What is DEFRA short for?
3. What is meant by the acronym DEFRA?
Q6:
1. What is the name of the 2000 acre wetland in Cambridgeshire?
2. How is the 2000 acre wetland in Cambridgeshire refered to?
3. What name does Cambridgeshire's 2000 acre wetland have?
Q7:
1. Who calls drougt a part of nature's cycle?
2. According to whom is drought a part of nature's cycle?
3. What is the name of the person taht says drought is normal in the cycle of nature?
Q8:
1. What is Peter Brotherton's occupation?
2. What does Peter Brotherton do for a living?
3. How is Peter Brotherton employed?
Q9:
1. What company employs Peter Brotherton as a biodiversity manager?
2. Where is Peter Brotherton employed as a biodiversity manager?
3. What company does Peter Brotherton work for as a biodiversity manager?
Q10:
1. Who employs Jon Wilkinson?
2. What is the name of Jon Wilkinson's employer?
3. Who does Jon Wilkinson work for?
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3leiz60cdjzc31w52aq4o09x6aa9zo | gutenberg | CHAPTER IV
The wolf-cub at even lay hid in the corn, When the smoke of the cooking hung gray: He knew where the doe made a couch for her fawn, And he looked to his strength for his prey.
But the moon swept the smoke-wreaths away.
And he turned from his meal in the villager's close, And he bayed to the moon as she rose.
--In Seonee.
'WELL, and how does success taste?' said Torpenhow, some three months later. He had just returned to chambers after a holiday in the country.
'Good,' said Dick, as he sat licking his lips before the easel in the studio.
'I want more,--heaps more. The lean years have passed, and I approve of these fat ones.'
'Be careful, old man. That way lies bad work.'
Torpenhow was sprawling in a long chair with a small fox-terrier asleep on his chest, while Dick was preparing a canvas. A dais, a background, and a lay-figure were the only fixed objects in the place. They rose from a wreck of oddments that began with felt-covered water-bottles, belts, and regimental badges, and ended with a small bale of second-hand uniforms and a stand of mixed arms. The mark of muddy feet on the dais showed that a military model had just gone away. The watery autumn sunlight was falling, and shadows sat in the corners of the studio.
'Yes,' said Dick, deliberately, 'I like the power; I like the fun; I like the fuss; and above all I like the money. I almost like the people who make the fuss and pay the money. Almost. But they're a queer gang,--an amazingly queer gang!' QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was Dick talking to?
2. Who was the painter conversing with?
3. Who was Dick ahving a conversation with?
Q2:
1. Where was Torpenhow?
2. What was Torpenhow's location?
3. Where could Torpenhow be found?
Q3:
1. Was Torpenhow the only thing in the chair?
2. Was Torpenhow alone in the chair?
3. Was there nothing else in the chair besides Torpenhow?
Q4:
1. Who was in the chair with Torpenhow?
2. What did Torpenhow have in the chair with him?
3. What could be found in the chair alongside Torpenhow?
Q5:
1. Was the fox-terrier running around in the seat?
2. Was the fox-terrier refusing to sit still in the chair?
3. Was the fox-terrier restless in the chair?
Q6:
1. What years had come and gone?
2. What years were no longer in the present?
3. How could the years of the past be described?
Q7:
1. How could the current years be described?
2. What sort of years were in the present moment?
3. What kind of years were the ones at present?
Q8:
1. How long had Torpenhow been away?
2. How much time had Torpenhow spent away?
3. What was the length of time for which Torpenhow had been absent?
Q9:
1. What was the present season?
2. What season of the year was the current one?
3. What season was presently around?
Q10:
1. What had been Torpenhow's location?
2. Where had Torpenhow gone?
3. Where had Torpenhow spent time?
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3x87c8jfv6bluordok7ie22jtmqqsg | race | Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets which other scientists had made. The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.
However, Halley had a friend named Isaac Newton, who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse .
Now Halley set to work. He figured out(,)the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearance had been 75 to 76 years apart.
This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.
It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain to make a prediction of what would happen in the future. He decided that this would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley's prediction could be tested. In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet had been called Halley's comet, in his honor. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who does the article discuss?
2. Who is at the center of the article?
3. Which scientist appears in the article?
Q2:
1. Did Edmund Halley come from France?
2. Was Edmund Halley French?
3. Was France the home country of Edmund Halley?
Q3:
1. Where was Edmund Halley from?
2. What was Edmund Halley's country of origin?
3. What was Edmund Halley's home country?
Q4:
1. What was Edmund Halley's occupation?
2. What did Edmund Halley do for a living?
3. How was Edmund Halley employed?
Q5:
1. Who was Edmund Halley's friend?
2. Who was a comrade of Edmund Halley?
3. What was the name of one of Edmund Halley's friends?
Q6:
1. According to Isaac Newton, what was the shape of comets' orbit?
2. What shape did the orbit of a comet have, in the view of Isaac Newton?
3. What shape was the orbit of a comet, said isaac Newton?
Q7:
1. What was the surprising discovery of Edmund Halley?
2. What shocking fact did Edmund Halley figure out?
3. Which of Edmund Halley's discoveries took everyone by surprise?
Q8:
1. What was Edmund Halley's prediction?
2. What did Edmund Halley think would happen?
3. What did Edmund Halley figure was going to take place?
Q9:
1. Did Edmund Halley view the comet in 1758?
2. Was Edmund Halley around to see the 1758 comet?
3. Was Edmund Halley alive to see the comet go by in 1758?
Q10:
1. What was the comet called in Edmund Halley's honor?
2. What name was given to the comet to honor Edmund Halley?
3. In honor of Edmund Halley, what was the comet named?
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3lwjhtcvccmcqjmri07j73j44zufqq | cnn | (CNN) -- On Friday morning, Wojdan Shaherkani will set a new Olympic record. By participating in the first round of the Olympic judo competition she will become the first Saudi woman to take part in any Olympic Games.
Qatar and Brunei are also allowing female athletes to compete at the Olympics for the first time, making these Games a landmark for Arab women. Celebrating female athletes from the Arab world, a photo exhibition called "Hey-Ya (Let's Go!): Arab Women in Sport," has opened in London.
Brigitte Lacombe took all the photographs in the exhibition. "It's not a star-driven project," she told CNN's Zain Verjee. "It is our chance to see another face of the Arab Women -- more modern and more engaged."
Lacombe said she was astonished by the determination and the joy of all the young athletes who wanted to participate in the project. "They understood how important it was," she said.
Commissioned by the Qatar Museums Authority, the photos show athletes from many countries and feature Olympic competitors and non-Olympians alike. Lacombe says she hopes her portraits will inspire other young girls, who might become sports stars one day.
"With the inclusion of the two athletes from Saudi Arabia in London, I think it's about to turn the corner for women too," Lacombe said. "A really important corner."
The exhibition is showing at Sotheby's, London, until August 11.
QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What Olympic competition did Wojdan Shaherkani participate in?
2. What Olympic sport did Wojdan Shaherkani take part in?
3. In which Olympic sport was Wojdan Shaherkani presented as a competitor?
Q2:
1. What is Wojdan Shaherkani's home country?
2. Where is Wojdan Shaherkani from?
3. What country does Wojdan Shaherkani come from?
Q3:
1. Who are some other female athletes, besides Wojdan Shaherkani, that are competing for the first time?
2. What are the names of some female atheletes competing for the first time like Wojdan Shaherkani?
3. Who, along with Wojdan Shaherkani is a woman athlete that will be competing for the first time?
Q4:
1. Who photographed the exhibit of Arab women athletes?
2. What was the name of the photographer in charge of the exhibit on women athletes?
3. Who was the photographer for the exhibition featuring Arab women athletes?
Q5:
1. What was the location of the exhibition?
2. WHere did the exhibition take place?
3. In what city was the exhibition held?
Q6:
1. When did the London exhibition end?
2. When was the exhibition on Arab women athletes over?
3. What was the last date of the exhibition on Arab women athletes?
Q7:
1. What was the subject of the photos at the London exhibition?
2. Who was featured in the photos at the London exhibition?
3. Who appeared in the photographs featured at the London exhibit?
Q8:
1. Who commissioned the photos and exhibition on Arab women athletes?
2. Who created the funds for the photos and exhibition on female Arab athletes?
3. What was the source of the funding for the exhibition and the photos on Arab women ahtletes?
Q9:
1. What was the name of the exhibition?
2. What was the exhibition titled?
3. What was the exhibition on Arab women athletes called?
Q10:
1. Where in London was the exhibition held?
2. What was the location of the London exhibit?
3. Where inside of London did the exhibit take place?
Q11:
1. What makes Wojdan Shaherkani unique?
2. Why is Wojdan Shaherkani different from everyone else?
3. What unique quality does Wojdan Shaherkani possess?
Q12:
1. What other countries, besides Saudi Arabia, had female athletes competing for the first time?
2. What countries, other than Saudi Arabia, presented women athletes as competitors for the first time?
3. What other countries did first time female athletes come form to compete, besides Saudi Arabia?
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3gfk2qrxx9hp8jpooxtgdgad385w54 | cnn | Los Angeles (CNN) -- A motorist pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of murder and multiple other charges, three days after he allegedly drove his car into pedestrians at the famed Venice Beach Boardwalk in California, killing an Italian honeymooner.
Nathan Louis Campbell, 38, is charged with murder, 16 counts of assault with a deadly weapon and 17 counts of hit-and-run, said Deputy District Attorney Gary Hearnsberger.
The charges include the special allegation of use of a deadly weapon, a car. Campbell, who was being held on $1.48 million bail, could face a life sentence if convicted.
Campbell, wearing a blue jail jumpsuit at his arraignment, was handcuffed at the waist and wrists.
When asked whether he wanted to waive his right to a speedy trial, Campbell answered, "Yes, sir" during the brief appearance.
Police: Driver 'bent on doing evil'
His court-appointed attorney, Philip Dube, said his client was "very distraught" over the incident, but did not deliberately strike anyone.
"I don't believe he intentionally tried to hit anybody, based on my cursory review of the case and my discussions with the D.A.," said Dube.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Keith L. Schwartz set the next hearing for September 4. He and attorneys will discuss scheduling a preliminary hearing.
Campbell is accused of driving his 2008 Dodge Avenger onto the boardwalk, killing 32-year-old Alice Gruppioni of Italy. She suffered blunt trauma to the head and neck, according to Los Angeles County coroner spokesman Ed Winter.
Eight women and eight men were hurt Saturday, authorities said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Nathan Louis Campbell don during his arraingment?
2. What was Nathan Louis Campbell dressed in at the time of his arraginment?
3. While he was being arraigned, what did Nathan Louis Campbell have on?
Q2:
1. What is the full name of the man being charged?
2. What is Mr. Cambell's full name?
3. What is the full name of the person being arraigned?
Q3:
1. How old is the man who has been arraigned?
2. How old is Nathan Louis Campbell?
3. What is the age of Nathan Louis Campbell?
Q4:
1. What is Nathan Louis Campbell charged with?
2. What crime is Nathan Louis Campbell accused of committing?
3. What crime do authorities say that Nathan Louis Campbell is guilty of?
Q5:
1. Whose death did Nathan Louis Campbell cause?
2. Who lost their life because of Nathan Louis Campbell?
3. Whose death was a result of Nathan Louis Campbell's actions?
Q6:
1. What was Alice Gruppioni doing in Venice Beach?
2. What had brought Alice Gruppioni to Venice Beach?
3. For what reason had Alice Gruppioni come to Venice Beach?
Q7:
1. How much is Nathan Louis Campbell's bond?
2. What is the amount of Nathan Louis Campbell's bond?
3. What amount of bail is Nathan Louis Campbell being held on?
Q8:
1. What could Nathan Louis Campbell receive as punishment?
2. What could Nathan Louis Campbell be sentenced to?
3. What sentence would it be possible for Nathan Louis Campbell to receive?
Q9:
1. Who is Nathan Louis Campbell's lawyer?
2. Who is Nathan Louis Campbell being represented by?
3. What is the name of the person representing Nathan Louis Campbell?
Q10:
1. Does Philip Dube think his client acted on purpose?
2. Does Nathan Louis Campbell's attorney think he intentionally killed people?
3. In the opnion of his lawyer, did Nathan Louis Campbell purposefully commit murder?
Q11:
1. What car was Nathan Louis Campbell driving?
2. What was Nathan Louis Campbell's vehicle?
3. What was Nathan Louis Campbell travelling in?
Q12:
1. How many people did Nathan Louis Campbell hurt?
2. How many people's injuries did Nathan Louis Campbell cause?
3. What was the number of people injured by Nathan Louis Campbell?
Q13:
1. Were all of Nathan Louis Campbell's victims women?
2. Did Nathan Louis Campbell exclusively injure women?
3. Was it only women who were injured by Nathan Louis Campbell?
Q14:
1. Did Nathan Louis Campbell ask for a speedy trial?
2. Was a quick trial requested by Nathan Louis Campbell?
3. Did Nathan Louis Campbell request that his trial happen quickly?
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3t111ihz5eq31aaestwr2x7ywf5r9y | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXIV
THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING BOY
"Tom isn't here!"
It was Dick who uttered the words, as of a sudden he wheeled around on the dark trail and tried to penetrate the blackness of night behind them.
"Isn't here?" demanded Jack Wumble, while Sam set up a cry of dismay.
"No. Tom! Tom!"
Sam joined in the cry, and so did the old miner, but as we already know, it was useless.
"This is the wust yet!" growled Jack Wumble. "I told ye all to keep close to me."
"Perhaps he fell asleep-- I know he was dead tired," answered Dick, hitting the plain truth.
"We'll have to go back for him," said Sam, and turned without delay, for going ahead without Tom was all out of the question.
"Yes, we'll go back," rejoined the old miner. "But go slow, or you may make matters wuss. I kin follow a clear trail, even of three hosses, but I can't follow a trail mixed up backward an' forward."
They rode back slowly until at least half a mile had been covered. Then they shouted, but only a dismal echo came back. Dick fancied once that he heard Tom calling, but was not sure.
Daylight found them still searching around, Dick and Sam with more sober faces than they had worn in many a day. They knew only too well the danger of becoming lost in those wild mountains.
"Perhaps he has fallen in with Baxter's party," suggested Dick, as they came to a halt at the edge of a cliff overlooking a rushing river far below. It was past the breakfast hour, yet none of them felt like eating. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was trying to find Tom?
2. Who was on the lookout for Tom?
3. Who was attempting to locate Tom?
Q2:
1. What was Dick's reason for trying to find Tom?
2. Why was Dick attempting to locate Tom?
3. For what reason was Dick searching for Tom?
Q3:
1. What was the group's location?
2. Where was the group of boys?
3. Where could the boys be found?
Q4:
1. Had Tom fallen asleep?
2. Was Tom not awake?
3. Was Tom resting his eyes?
Q5:
1. What makes you think Tom was asleep?
2. What gives you the impression that Tom was sleeping?
3. Why do you think Tom wasn't awake?
Q6:
1. What gave Dick the impression that Tom was asleep?
2. Why did Dick believe that Tom might be asleep?
3. What made Dick think that Tom might be sleeping?
Q7:
1. What did the group have to eat?
2. What was the boys' meal?
3. What did the gorup munch on?
Q8:
1. Why didn't anyone want to eat?
2. What made no one interested in having some food?
3. Why wasn't anyone interested in eating?
Q9:
1. Was another mining crew present?
2. Were there additional mining crews?
3. Could additional mining crews be found?
Q10:
1. Did the group's voices make an echo?
2. Could an echo be detected?
3. Did the group's location allow for the creation of an echo?
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30og32w0subzh8937xvwlr3znq4neb | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXVIII
VIRTUE TRIUMPHS
Mart maintained his deceptive cheer at the breakfast-table, and the haggard look of the earlier hour passed away as he resolutely attacked his chop. He spoke of his exile in a tone of resignation--mixed with humor. "Sure, the old dad will have the laugh on us. He told us this was the jumpin'-off place."
"What will we do about the house?" asked Bertha. "Will we sell or rent?"
"Nayther. Lave it as it is," replied he quickly. "So long as I live I want to feel 'tis here ready for ye whinever ye wish to use it. 'Tis not mine. Without you I never would have had it, and I want no other mistress in it. Sure, every chair, every picture on the walls is there because of ye. 'Tis all you, and no one else shall mar it while I live."
This was the note which was most piercing in her ears, and she hastened to stop it by remarking the expense of maintaining the place--its possible decay and the like; but to all this he doggedly replied: "I care not. I'd rather burn it and all there is in it than turn it over to some other woman. Go you to Ben and tell him my will concerning it."
This gave a new turn to her thought. "I don't want to do that. Why don't you go and tell him yourself?"
"Didn't the doctor say I must save meself worry? I hate to ask ye to shoulder the heavy end of this proposition." His face lost its forced smile. "I'm a sick man, darlin'; I know it now, and I must save meself all I can. Ye may send Lucius down and bring him up, or we'll drive down and see him; maybe the ride would do me good, but I can't climb them stairs ag'in." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What were Mart's feelings before breakfast?
2. Prior to breakfast, what did mart feel like?
3. What was Mart's state before he ate breakfast?
Q2:
1. Why did Mart feel haggard?
2. What had Mart feeling worn down?
3. What was the source of Mart's feeling of haggardness?
Q3:
1. What tone did Mart take when speaking of his exile?
2. How did Mart talk about being exiled?
3. In what manner did Mart refer to being exiled?
Q4:
1. Does the house belong to Mart?
2. Is Mart the owner of the house?
3. Is the house Mart's property?
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31uv0mxwnqc77o5jzgp1cp15oxmi5y | wikipedia | Art Nouveau (, Anglicised to ) is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular between 1890 and 1910. A reaction to the academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers.
English uses the French name Art Nouveau (new art). The style is related to, but not identical with, styles that emerged in many countries in Europe at about the same time: in Austria it is known as "Secessionsstil" after "Wiener Secession"; in Spanish "Modernismo"; in Catalan "Modernisme"; in Czech "Secese"; in Danish "Skønvirke" or "Jugendstil"; in German "Jugendstil", Art Nouveau or "Reformstil"; in Hungarian "Szecesszió"; in Italian Art Nouveau, "Stile Liberty" or "Stile floreale"; in Norwegian "Jugendstil"; in Polish "Secesja"; in Slovak "Secesia"; in Russian "Модерн" (Modern); and in Swedish "Jugend".
Art Nouveau is a total art style: It embraces a wide range of fine and decorative arts, including architecture, painting, graphic art, interior design, jewelry, furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass art, and metal work.
By 1910, Art Nouveau was already out of style. It was replaced as the dominant European architectural and decorative style first by Art Deco and then by Modernism. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does the term Art Nouveau refer to?
2. What is meant by the phrase Art Nouveau?
3. What is the meaning of the term Art Nouveau?
Q2:
1. Is Art Nouveau still popular?
2. Do a lot of people still use Art Nouveau?
3. Are many things still made in the Art Nouveau style?
Q3:
1. What replaced Art Nouveau?
2. What style quickly came after Art Nouveau?
3. Which style was Art Nouveau taken over by?
Q4:
1. When did Art Deco overtake Art Nouveau?
2. When was Art Nouveau replaced by Art Deco?
3. What was the year when Art Deco replaced Art Nouveau?
Q5:
1. Is Art Deco the latest style to replace Art Nouveau?
2. Was Art Nouveau most recently replaced by Art Deco?
3. Was it Art Deco that last took over for Art Nouveau?
Q6:
1. What is the latest style to replace Art Nouveau?
2. What style over took Art Nouveau after Art Deco?
3. What art style replaced Art Nouveau later than Art Deco did?
Q7:
1. Does the article many countries?
2. Do any countries appear in the article?
3. Does the article make mention of any nations?
Q8:
1. Which countries appear in the article?
2. What nations make an appearance in the article?
3. What countries does the article mention?
Q9:
1. What is an example of a country the article talks about?
2. What's one of the nations mentioned in the article?
3. Give an example of a country the article discusses.
Q10:
1. What does the article say about Austria?
2. What information does the article have about Austria?
3. What can we learn about Austria from the article?
Q11:
1. Why is Austria known as "Secessionsstil"?
2. What is the origin of the term "Secessionsstil" referring to Austria?
3. For what reason do people refer to Austria as "Secessionsstil"?
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3pj71z61r42f85bxuzhcw6plsgo91v | cnn | (CNN) -- They share the same surname -- Djokovic -- but for now at least, that is where the similarity ends.
Novak is at the pinnacle of his sport and was the center of attention in Dubai after completing in his first victory since winning the Australian Open in January.
At 20, Marko is four years younger, and 868 places further down the rankings -- and on Monday he slumped to an opening-round defeat in front of his elder sibling.
Djokovic senior was on hand to watch his brother's elimination, at the hands of Russian qualifier Andrey Golubev, but says that Marko can make his mark in the upper echelons of the game.
Del Potro too strong for Llodra in Marseille final
"He has to face the pressure of having the Djokovic surname," Novak said in quotes carried by AFP.
"He's trying to fight with his mind more than with his game. When he is able to focus on that and not on his doubts he can become a world-class player."
He admitted it was tough to watch Marko's 6-3 6-2 reverse. "It was difficult for me to sit courtside," he said. "I have not done it too much.
"At least when I'm playing I know what's going on. But I was happy my brother got a wild card. He is not at his level yet, but he's getting there."
As for Marko, he said there were plenty of positives and negatives to being the brother of the world's No. 1 player. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Was there a victory?
2. Did someone come out on top in something?
3. Was there a championship that was won?
Q2:
1. Who was declared a winner?
2. Who won something?
3. What was the name of the victorious person?
Q3:
1. What did Novak Djokovic win?
2. What victory went to Novak Djokovic?
3. What made Novak Djokovic a winner?
Q4:
1. What city did the final take place in?
2. Where was the final tournament held?
3. Which city hosted the final tournament?
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3wseltnvr32um8xboofmy7j0rmsatq | race | Two classic car collectors from the US state of Idaho found the wallet after it fell out of the back of a vintage car they were planning to restore. After an Internet search they found and contacted the owner, Glenn Goodlove. Mr. Goodlove said he probably lost the wallet in the back seat of his 1946 prefix = st1 /Hudsoncar while kissing a girl when he was home on leave from the US Navy. Jon Beck, 61, and Chuck Merrill, 72, bought the now-vintage vehicle in Idahoafter placing an ad in a local newspaper to buy a classic car in need of restoration. Driving the car home after buying it, the collectors stopped at a restaurant and saw something from below the back seat. "Like a couple of kids, we thought we had a goldmine," Mr. Beck said. Instead, they found some small change -- the leather wallet held a $10 bill, Mr. Goodlove's military ID, his social security card, his driver's license and several jewellery receipts from 1952. But they were all in the name of Glenn Putnam. After searching online, Mr. Beck discovered that Mr. Putnam had since changed his name to Glenn Goodlove and moved to San Diego,California. He called Mr. Goodlove, asking to speak to a man who used to drive a '46Hudson. "There was a silence for about 15 seconds," Mr. Beck told the Twin Falls Times-News. "Then he said, 'Who is that?'" Mr. Goodlove, now 75, says he did not even remember losing the wallet, but the find has brought memories of his youth inEverett,Washington, flooding back. "I could see the house and the car and the town and all the good stuff from living there," he said. "They've been flowing ever since he talked to me." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the found item?
2. What item was located?
3. What was the recovered possession?
Q2:
1. Who did the recovered wallet belong to?
2. Who was the owner of the found wallet?
3. Who owned the found wallet?
Q3:
1. Was the name Glenn Goodlove listed on the wallet?
2. Did the wallet say that it belonged to someone named Glenn Goodlove?
3. Was Glenn Goodlove the name that appeared upon the wallet?
Q4:
1. What was the name other than Glenn Goodlove that appeared on the wallet?
2. What name was on the wallet that was not Glenn Goodlove?
3. If not Glenn Goodlove, what did the wallet have?
Q5:
1. Who found the wallet?
2. By whom was the wallet retreived?
3. Who located the billfold?
Q6:
1. Where did Jon Beck find the wallet?
2. Where was the wallet discovered?
3. What was the billfold's location when it was found?
Q7:
1. What kind of car was the wallet found in?
2. What model of vehicle had the wallet in it?
3. In what car was the billfold discovered?
Q8:
1. What was Jon Beck trying to do with the car?
2. What was Jon Beck trying to do with the vehicle?
3. What were Jon Beck's intentions for the car?
Q9:
1. What had Jon Beck done before taking the car home?
2. What did Jon Beck do prior to returning home with the car?
3. Before he drove the car home, what stop did Jon Beck make?
Q10:
1. How many people went to the restaurant with Jon Beck?
2. What was the number of people that went to the restaurant with Jon Beck?
3. How many people stopped to eat with Jon Beck?
Q11:
1. Who did Jon Beck eat with?
2. Who stopped at the restaurant with Jon Beck?
3. Who was Jon Beck in the company of at the restaurant?
Q12:
1. What did Jon Beck and Chuck Merrill plan on doing with the vehicle?
2. What were Jon Beck and Chuck Merill going to do with the car?
3. What did Chuck Merrill and Jon Beck intend to do with the classic car?
Q13:
1. Was there a couple hundred dollars in the wallet retreived by Jon Beck and Chuck Merrill?
2. Did Jon Beck and Chuck Merrill find a coupld hundred dollars in the wallet?
3. Was it a few hundred bucks that Jon Beck and Chuck Merrill found in the billfold?
Q14:
1. How much money did Jon Beck and Chuck Merrill find in the wallet?
2. What was the amount of money in the wallet retreived by Jon Beck and Chuck Merrill?
3. What amount did Jon Beck and Chuck Merrill discover in the wallet?
Q15:
1. How old is Glenn Goodlove?
2. What is the age of the wallet's original owner?
3. How old is the original owner of the wallet?
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3ymtujh0dsgfkjhufn5vl4x0zhf4t2 | wikipedia | The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspapers in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily "Herald" had declined to 144,157 copies on average by December 2014. Its main circulation area is the Auckland region. It is also delivered to much of the north of the North Island including Northland, Waikato and King Country.
"The New Zealand Herald" was founded by William Chisholm Wilson, and first published on 13 November 1863. Wilson had been a partner with John Williamson in the "New Zealander", but left to start a rival daily newspaper as he saw a business opportunity with Auckland’s rapidly growing population. He had also split with Williamson because Wilson supported the war against the Māori (which the "Herald" termed "the native rebellion") while Williamson opposed it. The "Herald" also promoted a more constructive relationship between the North and South Islands.
After the "New Zealander" closed in 1866 "The Daily Southern Cross" provided competition, particularly after Julius Vogel took a majority shareholding in 1868. "The Daily Southern Cross" was first published in 1843 by William Brown as "The Southern Cross" and had been a daily since 1862. Vogel sold out of the paper in 1873 and Alfred Horton bought it in 1876. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What city publishes The New Zealand Herald?
2. What is the place of publication of The New Zealand Herald?
3. Where does The New Zealand Herald come out?
Q2:
1. Who founded The New Zealand Herald?
2. Who was The New Zealand Herald founded by?
3. What was the name of the person who established The New Zealand Herald?
Q3:
1. Who was the competitor of The New Zealand Herald after the New Zealander closed in 1866?
2. Which paper provided The New Zealand Herald with competition after the New Zealander stopped publishing in 1866?
3. Once the New Zealander closed in 1866, who competed with The New Zealand Herald?
Q4:
1. In what year was The New Zealand Herald founded?
2. What was the year of The New Zealand Herald's founding?
3. What year was The New Zealand Herald created in?
Q5:
1. At its most popular, how many copies of The New Zealand Herald were sold?
2. How many copies was The New Zealand Herald selling at peak popularity?
3. What was the number of copies that The New Zealand Herald was selling at its most popular period?
Q6:
1. What was The New Zealand Herald in favor of between the North and South Islands?
2. What between the North and South Islands was promoted by The New Zealand Herald?
3. What did The New Zealand Herald attempt to foster between the North and South Islands?
Q7:
1. By December 2014, what had the circulation of The New Zealand Herald declined to?
2. How many copies of The New Zealand Herald were being sold by December 2014?
3. Production of The New Zealand Herald had decreased to what by December 2014?
Q8:
1. Where does The New Zealand Herald mainly circulate?
2. What region has the highest circulation of The New Zealand Herald?
3. Where does The New Zealand Herald mostly come out?
Q9:
1. What was the name of the person that took majority share of the Daily Southern Cross in 1868?
2. In 1868, who gained majority share of the Daily Southern Cross?
3. Who became the majority shareholder of the Daily Southern Cross in 1868?
Q10:
1. When did Julius Vogel sell the Daily Southern Cross?
2. In what year did Julius Vogel put the Daily Southern Cross up for sale?
3. What was the year when Julius Vogel opted to sell the Daily Southern Cross?
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3e47sobeyqws69eyeqc9qv7ff6sic9 | mctest | Sarah is a girl. Sarah has one brother. Sarah's brother's name is Timothy. Sarah has one sister. Sarah's sister's name is Annabelle. Their last name is MacGregor. One day Sarah went to the park with her brother Timothy. They swung on the swings for a short time. Then Annabelle came out and swung with them. They all sang some nice songs together. They all became very happy. Then Timothy's friend came. Timothy liked his friend very much. Timothy went off the swing and went away with his friend. Then Annabelle and Sarah felt very very sad. Happily then Annabelle and Sarah's friend came. Their friend's name was Kate Smith. She was the same age as Sarah. They wanted to go to the slide together. So they went to the slide and played for a long time. Then Annabelle became happy. And Sarah also became happy. Then they went home together and had some food. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the number of siblings that went to the park?
2. How many brothers and sisters travelled to the park?
3. How many siblings took a trip to the park?
Q2:
1. What piece of playground equipment did the siblings have fun on?
2. What in the playground did the siblings play on?
3. What equipment did the kids play on at the park?
Q3:
1. What did the girls do once they were done with the park?
2. After their trip to the park was over, what did the girls do?
3. What was the girls' post-park activity?
Q4:
1. Who were the two that went to the park first?
2. Which two children were the first to go to the park?
3. What two kids went to the park before all the others?
Q5:
1. Who joined Sarah and Timothy?
2. Who met up with Sarah and Timothy?
3. Which sibling were Sarah and Timothy joined by?
Q6:
1. What did the kids do while swinging?
2. As the kids swung, what were they up to?
3. What were the children doing at the same time as swinging?
Q7:
1. Which sibling was the first to leave?
2. What sibling left before all the others?
3. Who was the first to depart?
Q8:
1. Who joined the girls after Timothy left?
2. Once Timothy was gone who joined the girls?
3. Who met up with the girls once their brother had left?
Q9:
1. What did the kids play on after the swings?
2. Once they were done with the wings, what piece of equipment did the kids go to next?
3. What in the playground did the children go to after the swings?
Q10:
1. What is the number of sisters that Timothy plays with at the park?
2. How many sisters does Timothy hang out with at the park?
3. How many girl siblings does Timothy spend time with at the park?
Q11:
1. How many male siblings does Sarah hang out with at the park?
2. What's the number of brothers that Sarah plays with at the park?
3. While at the park, how many boy siblings does Sarah spend time with?
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3jzqsn0i3qaldusdf427dpf2ybigfr | cnn | (CNN) -- Nick Heidfeld has left his role as reserve driver at Mercedes to become a tester for Pirelli ahead of the Italian company's return to Formula One as the sport's sole tire supplier next year.
The 33-year-old German had driven in F1 for a decade but was left without a seat when BMW ended its association with the Sauber team at the end of last season.
He was given a lifeline when Mercedes took over the world champion Brawn GP team this year, becoming back-up to returning seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.
"I would like to thank Ross Brawn, Norbert Haug and Nick Fry for allowing me the opportunity to become Pirelli's official test driver," Heidfeld told F1's official website.
"The team has always said that they would not stand in my way if such a chance arose, and they have kindly allowed me to take up this exciting new role."
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn said: "Nick is an extremely experienced driver and we are confident that his racing knowledge and technical feedback will prove extremely useful to Pirelli and therefore of benefit to the sport as a whole."
Mercedes-Benz Motorsport vice-president Haug said the move might help Heidfeld find a drive for 2011.
"It would be great to see Nick in a competitive car in next year's world championship and I am sure his leading role in the new tire development, in addition to his skills, puts him in a good position for the remaining seats in 2011," Haug said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Nick Heidfeld's age?
2. State the age of Nick Heidfeld.
3. Tell us how old Nick Heidfeld is.
Q2:
1. What has Nick Heidfeld done for the past 10 years?
2. How has Nick Heidfeld spent the last 10 years?
3. What has been Nick Heidfeld's occupation for the last 10 years?
Q3:
1. Did Nick Heidfeld recently switch roles?
2. Did Nick Heidfeld just start doing something new?
3. Did Nick Heidfeld just change occupations?
Q4:
1. What is Nick Heidfeld doing now?
2. How is Nick Heidfeld currently employed?
3. What is Nick Heidfeld's current occupation?
Q5:
1. What is Nick Heidfeld a tester of?
2. What is Nick Heidfeld testing?
3. What has Nick Heidfeld recently switched to being a tester of?
Q6:
1. Does Nick Heidfeld indicate that he is grateful to anyone?
2. Is it implied that Nick Heidfeld feels gratitude towards someone?
3. Is Nick Heidfeld's thankfulness ot someone expressed?
Q7:
1. How many people is Nick Heidfeld thankful for?
2. How many does Nick Heidfeld express his gratitude towards?
3. What is the number of people that Nick Heidfeld is grateful for?
Q8:
1. Who does Nick Heidfeld express his gratitude towards?
2. To whom is Nick Heidfeld thankful?
3. Who does Nick Heidfeld give thanks to?
Q9:
1. Who besides Ross Brawn does Nick Heidfeld express his gratitude towards?
2. To whom is Nick Heidfeld thankful in addition to Ross Brawn?
3. Who does Nick Heidfeld give thanks to, other than Ross Brawn?
Q10:
1. Who besides Ross Brawn and Norbert Haug does Nick Heidfeld express his gratitude towards?
2. To whom is Nick Heidfeld thankful in addition to Ross Brawn and Norbert Haug?
3. Who does Nick Heidfeld give thanks to, other than Ross Brawn and Norbert Haug?
Q11:
1. Who in the article is a vice-president?
2. What vice-president does the article talk about?
3. What vice-president appears in the article?
Q12:
1. What is Norbert Haug the vice-president of?
2. What organization ahs Norbert Haug as a vice-president?
3. Where does Norbert Haug serve as a vice-president?
Q13:
1. What does Norbert Haug think might happen?
2. What may take place in the opinion of Norbert Haug?
3. What does Norbert Haug think may occur?
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3zotghdk5ibi9cex97fepx7jesoso4 | gutenberg | Chapter XXIII
Paul Cannot Find the Rock People
Life was very pleasant in Avonlea that summer, although Anne, amid all her vacation joys, was haunted by a sense of "something gone which should be there." She would not admit, even in her inmost reflections, that this was caused by Gilbert's absence. But when she had to walk home alone from prayer meetings and A.V.I.S. pow-wows, while Diana and Fred, and many other gay couples, loitered along the dusky, starlit country roads, there was a queer, lonely ache in her heart which she could not explain away. Gilbert did not even write to her, as she thought he might have done. She knew he wrote to Diana occasionally, but she would not inquire about him; and Diana, supposing that Anne heard from him, volunteered no information. Gilbert's mother, who was a gay, frank, light-hearted lady, but not overburdened with tact, had a very embarrassing habit of asking Anne, always in a painfully distinct voice and always in the presence of a crowd, if she had heard from Gilbert lately. Poor Anne could only blush horribly and murmur, "not very lately," which was taken by all, Mrs. Blythe included, to be merely a maidenly evasion.
Apart from this, Anne enjoyed her summer. Priscilla came for a merry visit in June; and, when she had gone, Mr. and Mrs. Irving, Paul and Charlotta the Fourth came "home" for July and August.
Echo Lodge was the scene of gaieties once more, and the echoes over the river were kept busy mimicking the laughter that rang in the old garden behind the spruces. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was vacationing?
2. Who was taking a break?
3. Who took a vacation?
Q2:
1. Who was on Anne's mind?
2. Who was Anne thinking about?
3. Who did Anne have on the brain?
Q3:
1. What did Diana receive from Gilbert that Anne did not?
2. What did Gilbert send to Diana but not Anne?
3. What would Gilbert ship to Diana and never to Anne?
Q4:
1. What season did vacation took place in?
2. What season was the setting for vacation?
3. Vacation was during what time of year?
Q5:
1. Who got to vacation first?
2. Who arrived at vacation before anybody else?
3. Who was the first to arrive on vacation?
Q6:
1. Who had a June arrival?
2. Who got to vacation in June?
3. Who came vacationing in the month of June?
Q7:
1. Was vacation fun?
2. Was vacation a good time?
3. Was it merry to be on vacation?
Q8:
1. Was Anne vacationing with the Irvings?
2. Were the Irvings taking their vacation alongside Anne?
3. Did Anne go on vacation in the company of the Irvings?
Q9:
1. Where did Mr. and Mr.s Irving take their vacation?
2. Where did the Irvings go on vacation?
3. Where were the Irvings vacationing?
Q10:
1. Where in Avonlea were the Irvings?
2. Where did the Irvings go in Avonlea for vacation?
3. What was the precise location within Avonlea of the Irvings?
Q11:
1. When did the Irvings go on vacation?
2. In what month did the Irvings vacation?
3. When were the Irvings vacationing in Avonlea?
Q12:
1. When did the Irvings go on vacation, besides July?
2. In what month did the Irvings vacation, in addition to July?
3. When were the Irvings vacationing in Avonlea, apart from July?
Q13:
1. Who were the Irvings joined by?
2. Who went on vacation with the Irvings?
3. Who joined the Irvings on their vacation?
Q14:
1. Who was Diana in a relationship with?
2. Who was Diana seeing?
3. What was the name of Diana's romantic partner?
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3pzdlqmm0tlovo0wpnrh3f0yrf7c2f | 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. When did William McCollom shoot his wife?
2. What holiday was the shooting on?
3. On what holiday did the shooting occur?
Q2:
1. Where did the gun turn up?
2. What was the location of the gun?
3. Where did the gun get discovered?
Q3:
1. How is William McCollom employed?
2. What is William McCollom's occupation?
3. What does William McCollom do for a living?
Q4:
1. What was done to William McCollom's wife?
2. What happened to William McCollom's wife?
3. What did William McCollom's suffer from?
Q5:
1. Did William McCollom's wife die?
2. Did the shooting lead to the death of William McCollom's wife?
3. Was William McCollom's wife killed in the shooting?
Q6:
1. Was William McCollom's wife wounded?
2. Did William McCollom's wife sustain any injuries?
3. Did William McCollom's wife get hurt in the shooting?
Q7:
1. Who shot William McCollom's wife?
2. Who was William McCollom's wife shot by?
3. What was the identity of William McCollom's wife's shooter?
Q8:
1. What could William McCollom be charged with?
2. What charges might William McCollom face?
3. What charges was William McCollom going to potentially receive?
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3c5w7ue9cfq25qfkq16ow1z6y0amxc | race | Why Are Pig Farmers Still Using Growth-Promoting Drugs?
It's one of the most controversial practices in agriculture: feeding small amounts of antibiotics to animals in order to make them grow faster. But what if the drugs don't even work very well? There's some good evidence that they don't, at least in pigs. They used to deliver a boost in growth, but that effect has disappeared in recent years or declined greatly. The reason for this is interesting and even paradoxical. Researchers think the antibiotics used to work by suppressing low-grade infections. In recent years, however, pork producers found other ways to accomplish the same thing through improved hygiene . As a result, the drugs have become largely superfluous -- yet many farmers still use them.
To understand how this happened, you have to step back in time, says Steve Dritz, a specialist in pig nutrition at Kansas State University. Sixty years ago, when antibiotics were new, "people started treating animals, and feeding [the antibiotics], and finding that they had increased growth rates and feed efficiencies," he says. Nursery-age pigs, for instance, grew 12 to 15 percent faster with antibiotics. The animals also needed less feed to reach full weight. Other studies showed similar results in chickens and cattle. In the 1980s, a new set of studies found similar effects. So the growth-promoting effects of antibiotics became standard practice among meat producers.
Fast forward to the 1990s. Dritz was starting his career as a scientist at Kansas State University, and pork production was changing dramatically.
Previously, pigs were born and raised in one barn or in several barns close together. This meant infections could easily pass from one generation to the next, the way that kids share germs between their friends on the playground and their parents at home. Under the new system, when piglets are weaned, they move to a whole different place. That new site is carefully scrubbed and free of disease.
Craig Rowles, who runs a large swine operation in Carroll, Iowa, shows me one such room. There's not a piglet in sight. "This room just got completely washed and disinfected, and now it's going to sit here and dry for a while," he says.
A whole group of pigs will come in here together, and later they will move out together to yet another site. "That group of pigs will stay together until they go to market," Rowles says.
The groups are kept strictly separated from each other. If workers move between the groups, they first have to change their boots.
When farmers adopted multisite production, it cut down on disease -- and pigs actually grew faster. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Do pig farmers continue to use drugs?
2. Are drugs still a tool used by pig farmers?
3. Do farmers that raise pigs still employ drugs?
Q2:
1. Does Steve Dritz specialize in anything?
2. Is anything Steve Dritz's speciality?
3. Does Steve Dritz have specialized knowledge in any particular subject?
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39kfrkbfinvf5yq68d737jvkv8pyoj | cnn | Chicago, Illinois (CNN) -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty Tuesday of making false statements to the FBI, but escaped convictions on 23 other counts in a trial that is seen as at least a partial victory for Blagojevich.
The jury, which deliberated for 14 days, said it was hung on 23 counts against him and on the counts against the former governor's brother, Robert Blagojevich.
The former governor faced charges including racketeering, wire fraud, attempted extortion and bribery. A two-term Democrat, he was removed from office in January 2009 amid accusations that he attempted to sell the U.S. Senate seat that had been occupied by Barack Obama before Obama was elected president.
"On every charge except for one, they could not prove that I did anything wrong," said Rod Blagojevich, shorty after the jury was dismissed. "I told the truth from the very beginning."
He added he would appeal the one conviction and thanked members of the jury for finding what they did.
The next court date in the case is set for August 26, though prosecutors said they will try the former governor again.
The maximum penalty for making false statements is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Conviction on the counts of wire fraud, racketeering and attempted extortion would have carried a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, while a conviction on the count of solicitation of bribery would have had a maximum sentence of 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did a jury convict?
2. Who received a guilty verdict?
3. Who was decided to be guilty of a crime?
Q2:
1. Who is Rod Blagojevich?
2. What does Rod Blagojevich do?
3. What is Rod Blagojevich's occupation?
Q3:
1. What was Rod Blagojevich found guilty of?
2. What was Rod Blagojevich convicted of?
3. What conviction did Rod Blagojevich receive?
Q4:
1. Who did Rod Blagojevich lie to?
2. To whom did Rod Blagojevich make false statements?
3. Who were Rod Blagojevich's false statements directed at?
Q5:
1. Were there a lot of charges against Rod Blagojevich?
2. Was Rod Blagojevich charged with a lot?
3. Were there a large number of counts that Rod Blagojevich could be convicted of?
Q6:
1. How many convictions was Rod Blagojevich facing?
2. How many counts could Rod Blagojevich have been convicted of?
3. What was the number of convictions faced by Rod Blagojevich?
Q7:
1. Was Rod Blagojevich found guilty on all 23 counts?
2. Did Rod Blagojevich receive a guilty verdict for all 23 counts?
3. Did the jury return a guilty verdict on all counts against Rod Blagojevich?
Q8:
1. Did Rod Blagojevich's jury go through deliberations?
2. Were deliberations made by the jury?
3. Did the jury spend time thinking about their verdict?
Q9:
1. How much time did the jury spend deliberating?
2. How long did the jury deliberate for?
3. What was the amount of time that the jury spent in deliberation?
Q10:
1. Is Rod Blagojevich going to appeal?
2. Will Rod Blagojevich attempt to appeal?
3. Will an appeal be filed by Rod Blagojevich?
Q11:
1. Could Rod Blagojevich be fined?
2. Was it possible for Rod Blagojevich to receive a fine?
3. Might Rod Blagojevich be forced to pay money?
Q12:
1. How much is Rod Blagojevich facing in fines?
2. What amount of money could Rod Blagojevich be fined?
3. What's the amount of Rod Blagojevich's potential fine?
Q13:
1. What are the charges against Rod Blagojevich?
2. What has Rod Blagojevich been charged with?
3. What charges was Rod Blagojevich facing?
Q14:
1. What was the nature of Rod Blagojevich's extortion and bribery charges?
2. What sort of extortion and bribery charges was Rod Blagojevich facing?
3. What type of extortion and bribery charges were set upon Rod Blagojevich
Q15:
1. Did Rod Blagojevich face charges other than extortion and bribery?
2. Were there any charges against Rod Blagojevich besides extortion and bribery?
3. Was Rod Blagojevich charged with anything other than extortion and bribery?
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320duz38g7m1iwe9yutssn7urnljgt | gutenberg | CHAPTER VII
PHIL AND BEN MAKE A MOVE So far Dave and Nat Poole had not met face to face. Our hero had seen the money-lender's son a number of times, but Nat had always been with some of his cronies and had, apparently, not taken any notice.
But on the morning following the conversation just recorded, the pair came face to face in one of the narrow hallways.
"Good-morning, Nat," said Dave, pleasantly.
"Morning," grumbled the other student. He was about to pass Dave, but suddenly changed his mind. "So you got back, eh?"
"Yes, I've been back several days."
"I heard that Link Merwell got away from you?"
"That is true."
"Humph! If I had the chance to nab him that you had, I'd not let him get away."
"We held Jasniff."
"Maybe you let Merwell go on purpose," continued the money-lender's son, shrewdly.
"Not at all, Nat. He gave us the slip, clean and clear."
"Humph!" Nat paused for a moment. "I got word from my dad that you almost smashed him up on the road with your auto."
"Hardly as bad as that."
"He is going to make your uncle pay for the damage done."
"It wasn't much."
"It was enough. You want to be more careful with your car after this. You auto fellows seem to think you own the whole road."
"What about your motor-boat, Nat?" asked Dave. He remembered how the money-lender's son had played more than one mean trick while running the craft. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Was anyone let go?
2. Did someone get permission to go?
3. Was someone permitted to leave?
Q2:
1. Who were the two that were on the move?
2. What pair was on the move?
3. Who were the two that left?
Q3:
1. Was Nat in a good mood?
2. Did Nat have a joyful demeanor?
3. Was Nat happy?
Q4:
1. Who was nearly hit en route?
2. Who narrowly avoided being struck on the road?
3. Who was nearly struck in the street?
Q5:
1. Who would compensate for the damage done?
2. Who would money to pay for the damage come from?
3. Who would fund paying for the damages?
Q6:
1. Whose last name is Merwell?
2. What is the first name of the person called Merwell?
3. Tell us Merwell's first name?
Q7:
1. What is Nat's vehicle?
2. What has Nat got for a vehicle?
3. What does Nat use to get around?
Q8:
1. Where was the pair talking?
2. Where were the two conversing?
3. What was the site of the pair's conversation?
Q9:
1. How would the younger Poole have reacted to Link?
2. What would have happened to Link on the part of the younger Poole?
3. What would Link have suffered on behalf of the younger Poole?
Q10:
1. According to Dave, who was being kept in custody?
2. Who was in custody according to Dave?
3. Who did Dave say that he was holding?
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3spj033421314nz9s0fyzneyv6ajyz | cnn | (CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo underlined just why Real Madrid agreed to pay him the big bucks on a scintillating evening of European football.
The 28-year-old, who inked a new five-year deal with the Spanish club on Sunday, completed a brilliant hat trick as Real raced to a 6-1 rout against Galatasaray.
Ronaldo had the final say in Istanbul as he danced past three defenders before blasting the ball into the net for his hat-trick.
Summer signing Isco had got Los Blancos off the mark when he picked up a long ball hit from beyond the halfway line by Angel di Maria and hit home after 33 minutes.
From then on it was one way traffic as Karim Benzema and Ronaldo added two goals apiece before Umut Bulut pulled one back for the Turkish champions.
The away victory saw the nine time European champions kick off a new era of European football under manager Carlo Ancelotti in some style.
A pulsating opening round of Champions League group matches featured a flurry of firsts.
Former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola safely negotiated his first match in charge of Bayern Munich's title defence with an emphatic 3-0 win over CSKA Moscow.
David Alaba hit home a dipping free kick to set the Germans on their way before Mario Mandzukic powered in a header in a dominant first half.
Arjen Robben volleyed in a scooped pass from Alaba to tick off a first European win for Guardiola and his defending champions.
David Moyes also came through his first game as Manchester United manager unscathed as the club made its first European outing without Sir Alex Ferguson at the helm since 1985. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Cristiano Ronaldo's age?
2. How many years old is Cristiano Ronaldo?
3. State the age of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Q2:
1. What is Cristiano Ronaldo's team?
2. What team is Cristiano Ronaldo on?
3. Which team does Cristiano Ronaldo play for?
Q3:
1. What is Cristiano Ronaldo's sport?
2. What sport does Cristiano Ronaldo play?
3. What sport is Cristiano Ronaldo's profession?
Q4:
1. Does Cristiano Ronaldo play soccer professionally?
2. Is Cristiano Ronaldo a professional football player?
3. Is playing soccer Cristiano Ronaldo's job?
Q5:
1. Is Cristiano Ronaldo paid well to play football?
2. Does Cristiano Ronaldo get paid the big bucks to play soccer?
3. Does Cristiano Ronaldo make a lot of money playing European football?
Q6:
1. How long is Cristiano Ronaldo's contract?
2. What is the length of Cristiano Ronaldo's contract?
3. How long is Cristiano Ronaldo in his contract for?
Q7:
1. When did Cristiano Ronaldo sign his contract?
2. At what point was Cristiano Ronaldo's contract signed?
3. When was a contract inked with Cristiano Ronaldo?
Q8:
1. What country is Cristiano Ronaldo's new team from?
2. What country is Real Madrid from?
3. What nation does the team that Cristiano Ronaldo is on come from?
Q9:
1. Who did Bayern Munich go against?
2. Who was Bayern Munich's opponent?
3. What team did Bayern Munich face?
Q10:
1. Who won the Munich-Moscow match?
2. Who came out on top in the game between CSKA Moscow and Bayern Munich?
3. Who was the victor when Munich faced Moscow?
Q11:
1. What was the score of the Munich-Moscow game?
2. What was the score when CSKA Moscow faced Bayern Munich?
3. In the match between Bayern Munich and CSKA Moscow, what was the number of points scored?
Q12:
1. Who runs the Bayern Munich team?
2. Who is the head of Bayern Munich?
3. Who's in charge of Bayern Munich?
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3j4q2z4uty3e158m8phjbr54z19qwm | cnn | (CNN) -- The Internet was made for moments like these.
Clint Eastwood and his empty chair didn't so much detract from Mitt Romney's big moment at the last night of the Republican National Convention, as much as they became breakout stars in their own right. Romney and Marco Rubio still had their moments. Clint retained his Hollywood icon status. And two new stars were born, Invisible Obama and Clint's Chair.
Those weren't the only OMG moment during the final night of the RNC.
1. More crying
"Is crying becoming a 'thing' for Republicans?" asked @libgrrrl Thursday night.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
One of Eastwood's most tweeted moments was his reference to crying when Obama was elected.
"I just thought this is great. Everybody's crying, Oprah was crying. I was even crying," he said.
U.S. Olympian Mike Eruzione got choked up speaking about carrying the World Trade Center flag during the 2002 Opening Ceremony, but it was Romney talking about single rose his father would leave by his mother's bedside every day that had most eyes welling up, including Romney's.
"Mitt's tearing up talking about his parents! Y'all I can't even deal with all this crying tonight," tweeted @rsethib
And then there were the weepers in the audience, some of whom managed to hold back tears long enough to tweet, like @ShoshanaWeissmann, "Loving this!!!!!! Crying a little and SO inspired!!!!!!"
2. Homocon
CNN reporter Jen Christensen spent time with members of the Log Cabin Republicans who were invited to participate in the convention platform for the first time this year. The LGBT group GOProud threw a Tuesday night party called "Homocon," that included go-go dancers and a velvet rope. However inclusion did not = acceptance. But let's focus on the lighter moments shall we? QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who had a chair with no one in it?
2. Who did the empty chair belong to?
3. Who was on stage with a lone chair?
Q2:
1. What was the number of breakout stars?
2. How many breakout stars were at the event?
3. What was the number of stars that were born?
Q3:
1. What were Republicans doing a lot of?
2. What seemed to be a trend for Republicans?
3. What caught on within the Republican camp?
Q4:
1. Which of Clint Eastwood's moments was tweeted about the most?
2. What was Clint Eastwood's most talked about moment on Twitter?
3. What did Clint Eastwood do that generated the most Twitter discussion?
Q5:
1. Did Clint Eastwood think it was okay to cry?
2. Did Clint Eastwood find crying acceptable?
3. According to Clint Eastwood, was it alright to cry?
Q6:
1. What was the subject of Mike Eruzione's speech?
2. What did Mike Eruzione talk about?
3. What was discussed by Olympic athlete Mike Eruzione?
Q7:
1. What did Mitt Romney talk about?
2. What was the subject of Mitt Romney's speech?
3. What topic did Mitt Romney bring up?
Q8:
1. Who did the CNN reporter hang out with?
2. Who did Jen Christensen spend time with?
3. Who did Jen Christensen hang with?
Q9:
1. What was GOPround's celebration called?
2. What did GOPround call their celebration?
3. What was GOPround's party referred to as?
Q10:
1. When was Homocon?
2. What night did Homocon take place?
3. When did GOPround put on Homocon?
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32q90qcq1sly92o0ak3gtzmvtr5ekv | cnn | (CNN) -- Fantasia Barrino did not deny an alleged relationship with a married man, but a statement from her manager said the singer-actress did not wreck his marriage.
A North Carolina woman, in a child custody case filing, charged that Barrino carried on a year-long affair with her husband, Antwaun Cook, who is the father of her two young children.
Paula Cook alleged her husband and the "American Idol" winner "have at times recorded their illicit sexual activity," although her lawyer stopped short of explaining whether a sex video existed.
The woman is seeking full custody of her sons, 2 and 6, along with child support, alimony, the family home and a car. The suit was filed last week in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
"Fantasia is certain that she is not responsible for the deterioration of the Cook's marriage," manager Brian Dickens said in a statement to CNN Monday.
Barrino has said in past interviews that she was friends with a married man, but she has consistently denied there was a sexual relationship.
Photos of Barrino and Cook together, including on a personal watercraft and also walking hand-in-hand, have circulated on the internet for months.
Paula Cook's petition said her husband "frequents bars, restaurants, nightclubs and the like" with Barrino.
She accused her husband of enjoying "the lavish benefits associated with the high-profile relationship."
"Ms. Barrino flew defendant/husband to places such as Atlanta, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Barbados" where he "attended celebrity parties, concerts, photo shoots and award shows with Ms. Barrino." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1.
2.
3.
Q2:
1. What was Fantasia Barrino being accused of?
2. What were the accusations against Fantasia Barrino?
3. What did someone accuse Fantasia Barrino of doing?
Q3:
1. Who was Fantasia Barrino's alleged lover?
2. Who was Fantasia Barrino accused of having an affair with?
3. What was the name of the man Fantasia Barrino was accused of having an affair with?
Q4:
1. Who did Antwaun Cook have children with?
2. What was the name of the mother of Antwaun Cook's children?
3. Who shared kids with Antwaun Cook?
Q5:
1. Where was Paula Cook from?
2. What was Paula Cook's state of residence?
3. Where did Paula Cook live?
Q6:
1. How long did Paula Cook say her husband was having an affair?
2. According to Paula Cook, how long did Fantasia Barrino's affair with her husband last?
3. For how long were Fantasia Barrino and Antwaun Cook lovers, according to his wife?
Q7:
1. How many children did Paula and Antwaun Cook share?
2. What was the number of children that Paula Cook had with her husband?
3. How many kids did Antwaun Cook have with Paula?
Q8:
1. What was Antwaun Cook's claim to fame?
2. What made Antwaun Cook well-known?
3. How did Antwaun Cook beceom famous?
Q9:
1. Was there a sex tape?
2. Did a recording of Antwaun Cook and Fantasia Barrino's sexual relations exist?
3. Had Fantasia Barrino and Antwaun Cook made a video of their sexual encounters?
Q10:
1. What is Paula Cook asking the court for?
2. What is Paula Cook seeking from the court?
3. What is Paula Cook trying to get through the justice system?
Q11:
1. What are the genders of Paula Cook's kids?
2. What gender are the children of Paula and Antwaun Cook?
3. What is the sex of Antwaun and Paula Cook's children?
Q12:
1. What is the age of Paula Cook's children?
2. How old are Paula Cook's sons?
3. How old are Paula and Antwaun Cook's boys?
Q13:
1. Where did Paula Cook file her suit?
2. What was the location in which Paula Cook filed suit?
3. Where did Paula Cook file a lawsuit against her husband?
Q14:
1. When was Paula Cook's suit filed?
2. At what point did Paula Cook file a lawsuit?
3. When did Paula Cook go to the courts with her suit?
Q15:
1. Does Fantasia Barrino admit she has had an affair?
2. Is Fantasia Barrino forthcoming about her participation in the affair?
3. Does Fantasia Barrino admit that she was having a relationship with a married man?
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3pxx5px6lxyuqm3uo2o1yddeli0abe | cnn | (CNN) -- Country singer Kevin Sharp, best known for his hit "Nobody Knows," has died from "complications due to cancer," his mother said. He was 43.
Sharp was diagnosed with cancer as a teenager. He was treated, and the disease did not reoccur, but he had problems later in life because of the radiation and chemotherapy he underwent, Elaine Sharp said.
She said her son died Saturday night at her home in Fair Oaks, California.
"He had a good, strong heart," she said. "He's not hurting anymore."
His website added that he died "due to ongoing complications from past stomach surgeries and digestive issues."
Sharp grew up wanting to be a singer. According to a 1998 story from Music City News, Sharp -- who grew up in a large family that included a number of foster children -- was a high school athlete and participated in a Sacramento, California, light-opera company.
It was during his senior year in high school that he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer that had spread to his lungs. The ailment led to Sharp meeting producer and songwriter David Foster through the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Foster, known for his work with such artists as Celine Dion and Michael Buble, helped support Sharp through years of chemotherapy and a determination to wean himself from painkillers after the cancer went into remission.
In the mid-'90s, after working at an amusement park to make ends meet, Sharp landed a record deal and went to No. 1 on the country charts with "Nobody Knows." He followed that hit with a handful of others, including "She's Sure Taking It Well" and "If You Love Somebody." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Did Kevin Sharp have a lot of people in his family?
2. Were there numerous members of Kevin Sharp's family?
3. Did Kevin Sharp grow up with a big family?
Q2:
1. When was Kevin Sharp diagnosed with cancer?
2. When did Kevin Sharp receive a cancer diagnosis?
3. When did doctors tell Kevin Sharp that he had cancer?
Q3:
1. Where did Kevin Sharp die?
2. What was the location of Kevin Sharp's death?
3. Where was Kevin Sharp when he passed?
Q4:
1. Did Kevin Sharp grow up with a passion for music?
2. Did Kevin Sharp grow up wanting to sing?
3. Did Kevin Sharp have a desire to sing as he was growing up?
Q5:
1. Who passed away?
2. Whose death occurred?
3. WHo lost their life?
Q6:
1. What kind of cancer was Kevin Sharp afflicted with?
2. What was the nature of Kevin Sharp's cancer?
3. What sort of cancer did Kevin Sharp have?
Q7:
1. Did Kevin Sharp play sports in high school?
2. Was Kevin Sharp a sports player in high school?
3. Was Kevin Sharp a high school athlete?
Q8:
1. What producer did Kevin Sharp meet?
2. Who was a producer that Kevin Sharp came into contact with?
3. Which producer did Kevin Sharp make the acquaintance of?
Q9:
1. During the mid 1990s to 2019s, where did Kevin Sharp work?
2. Where was Kevin Sharp employed from the mid 1990s to 2019?
3. What was Kevin Sharp's place of employment from the mid 90s to 2000s?
Q10:
1. How did Kevin Sharp die?
2. What was Kevin Sharp's cause of death?
3. What did Kevin Sharp die of?
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3ejplajkemgpliu743ns4qivf016zq | mctest | Millie thought she would like to stop eating meat, but she didn't know if she could do it. Once, when she was younger, she had tried to go without eating meat, but before the first day was over, her stomach had felt a little empty. "Hmm," she had thought. "Maybe it's not good for me to stop eating meat. Maybe that's why I feel so hungry."
But, now, she wondered if there was anything she could do so she wouldn't feel so hungry, even if she did stop eating meat.
She went to the library, and there, she saw a magazine. Below the title, the cover said, "Learn to live on vegetables!" She read in the magazine that it was good to change her meal plan slowly. If she really felt hungry for a little meat, the magazine said, it was okay to have some, and then go back to eating her veggies.
She also read that beans could give her body a lot of the same things meat could, but that eating things like rice and noodles would help the beans do a better job of building her body and giving it energy. That way, she would feel better, instead of feeling so hungry!
Millie wasn't sure if it would work this time, but the magazine's tips made her want to give it another try! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Millie want to stop eating?
2. What did Millie want to cut out of her diet?
3. What did Millie desire not to eat anymore?
Q2:
1. Had Millie already tried to stop eating meat in the past?
2. Had Millie made previous attempts to stop eating meat?
3. Had Millie attempted to cut meat out of her diet once before?
Q3:
1. When had Millie already tried to stop eating meat?
2. When in the past had Millie attempted to cut meat out of her diet?
3. When in her life had Millie tried to quit eating meat previously?
Q4:
1. What happened the first day Millie tried to quit eating meat?
2. What was the consequence of the first day Millie attempted to stop eating meat?
3. On the first day that Millie attempted to cut meat out of her diet, what took place?
Q5:
1. Where did Millie go to get more info about quitting meat?
2. Where did Millie go to learn more about not eating meat anymore?
3. What location did Millie visit to get more information about cutting meat out of her diet?
Q6:
1. What could be found on the magazine cover?
2. What was written on the cover of the magazine?
3. What did the front of the magazine have written on it?
Q7:
1. How did the article suggest that Millie stop eating meat?
2. What did the article suggest that Millie do in order to cut meat out of her diet?
3. What recommendation did the article give with regards to no longer eating meat?
Q8:
1. What did Millie read was a good replacement for meat?
2. What was something that was good to replace meat with, according to the article?
3. In the article, what was presented as a good substitute for meat?
Q9:
1. What was a good supplement to beans?
2. What helped beans better do their job?
3. What gave beans a boost to work the way that they should?
Q10:
1. Did Millie want to try not eating meat again?
2. Did Millie make a second attempt to stop eating meat?
3. Did Millie try to cut meat out of her diet a second time?
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