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Translate "The danger is that they might be tempted to use a nuclear weapon, act irresponsibly in the belief that such weapons shield them, or sell one to terrorists." to French? | Le danger est qu'ils soient tentés d'utiliser l'armement nucléaire, d'en vendre à des groupes terroristes ou d'agir de manière irresponsable en se croyant protégé par ce type d'armement. | 7 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose from the options at the end. Are the following two questions the same?
Can Quora pay you?
Will (and should) Quora ever pay its content creators?
Pick from: A). no B). yes
The answer is: | A). | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Ralph Ezell (bass guitar, backing vocals), Stan Thorn (keyboards, backing vocals), Jim Seales (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Mike McGuire (drums, background vocals). Thorn and Ezell left the band in the mid-1990s, with Rocky Thacker taking over on bass guitar; Keyboardist Stan Munsey joined the line up in 1995. The band split up in 1997 after Raybon left. Seales, Munsey, Thacker and McGuire reformed the band in 2000 with lead singer Brent Lamb, who was in turn replaced by Curtis Wright and then by Jimmy Yeary.
Columbia's parent company Sony Music Entertainment released ten of the band's Columbia songs in a Super Hits compilation in May 1994, which was certified gold in 2002. Shenandoah also collaborated with country and bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs on the 1994 Keith Whitley tribute Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album, recording a cover version of Whitley's "All I Ever Loved Was You". Later in 1994, the band left RCA for Liberty Records, then the name for the Nashville division of Capitol Records. RCA gave Liberty the master recordings for a nearly-completed album, to which Liberty added "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", a song featuring guest vocals from bluegrass musician Alison Krauss. Liberty released the album in November 1994 as In the Vicinity of the Heart, with the number seven-peaking title track also serving as the first single release. This song was also Krauss' first top 40 country hit, and its success helped boost sales of her album Now That I've Found You: A Collection. Vicinity became the band's fastest-selling album, and the first 175,000 copies were distributed with prepaid telephone cards which included an 800 number that could be called to receive a greeting from the band members. The album also produced the band's last Top Ten hit in "Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)." Originally the B-side to "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart," this song was co-written by Ronnie Dunn (of Brooks & Dunn) and songwriter Dean Dillon, best known for co-writing several of George Strait's singles. "Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)" (another Dennis Linde song) and "Always Have, Always Will," peaking at numbers 24 and 40, were the last two releases from the album. Jim Ridley gave the album a two-and-a-half star rating in New Country magazine, citing the vocal performances on the title track and "I Wouldn't Know" as standouts, but saying that the rest of the album did not take any risks. Raybon released a solo gospel music album for Sparrow Records in July 1995, and in October of the same year, that label released a multi-artist country-gospel album entitled Amazing Grace -- A Country Salute to Gospel, to which the band contributed a rendition of "Beulah Land." Shenandoah also covered The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" on the mid-1995 album Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles. "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" won Shenandoah and Krauss won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration and the Country Music Association award for Vocal Event, and "Darned If I Don't" was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal by a Duo or Group the same year. Answer this question using a quote from the following article:
What is the In the vicinity of the heart? | Liberty released the album in November 1994 as In the Vicinity of the Heart, | 7 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
1. Elliot Richardson defeated Edward Brooke in the Primary Republican Association .
2. Elliot Richardson defeated Edward Brooke in the Republican Primary .
Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Pick your answer from: [-] no [-] yes...I think the answer is | no | 2 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
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Putin: Fracking makes ¿black stuff come out of the tap¿ Russian agents are secretly working with environmental campaigners to halt fracking operations in the UK and the rest of Europe, the head of Nato warned yesterday. Vladimir Putin’s government has ‘engaged actively’ with green groups and protesters in a sophisticated operation aimed at maintaining Europe’s reliance on energy exports from Moscow, said Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He said the Russians had mounted a highly developed disinformation campaign to undermine attempts to exploit alternative energy sources such as shale gas. Moves to start fracking in the UK have been disrupted following a sustained campaign by environmentalists that has created fears about its impact.
There’s little chance fracking will generate more than a small fraction of
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- Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
- Europe’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
- Moscow’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
- Nato’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
- Nato Secretary-General’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
- Putin’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
- Russian’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
- Russians’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
- UK’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
- Vladimir Putin’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’
| Europe’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.’ | 5 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Translate "You can find dinner on your own at any number of clean & delicious international restaurants." to Russian? | Вы можете выбрать место, где Вы хотите поужинать из числа представленных здесь ресторанов международного уровня. | 7 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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Apparently in Hollywood, the hair's the hardest. Not styling it, but creating it, in this case on the back of an imaginary mammoth. Roland Emmerich grins and bears it as he poses for photographers with the stars of "10,000 BC." "At the beginning of every movie," Roland Emmerich explains, "I talk to my visual effects supervisor. She always reads the script, then she comes running into my office and says: 'It's impossible Roland, we can not do this.'" "She explained to me: 'Every hair is like a one of a million, it has to react to the other hair, and then there is the wind, and the movement of the animal, it's just a mathematical nightmare'. So I said: 'Great, let's do it.'" The results speak for themselves. A herd of thundering mammoths takes a starring role in one of the trailers for "10,000 BC." They look realistic enough; certainly more realistic than the one positioned on the red carpet for the film's world premiere in Berlin. see pictures of the world premiere ». It stands -- after some considerable effort -- at the entrance to CineStar theater in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, the location for the first big public screening of Roland Emmerich's new film. see the mammoth going up.. and down ». He's nervous. For a Hollywood director who's renowned for outrageous concepts and over-the-top effects, he's not very fond of fanfare. "It's good for the movie. We want to promote the movie. That's the only reason why I do it," Emmerich says. He's speaking at the Regent Hotel in Berlin on the morning of the worldwide premiere of "10,000 BC." There's a long day ahead; eight or so hours of interviews with the world's media and film critics, then the film premiere and the premiere party. The Interviews. Warner Brothers, the film's distributors, have booked every room in Berlin's Regent Hotel. Nothing is left to chance. "The coordinating central office where all of the press gathers for the press credentials and just to make sure that the timing is right because the schedule is quite intricate," says the film's producer Michael Wimer, as he leads Revealed on a tour of the hotel. Upstairs there are the interview rooms, make-up rooms "to make sure that our people look as beautiful as possible", and the all important "monitor room." Inside the monitor room is a row of television screens showing live feeds of interviews taking place down the hall. "People get to stay in here and look and see if there's a consistency of information, to see if the interviews are going well or not," Wimer explains, "and basically just to make sure that everything is going the way we want it to." Revealed: "Have you noticed any mistakes?" Wimer: "No... so far. So far we have professionals, which is pretty important because some of our actors are pretty young and for them to be doing this at such a high level, such a professional level, says a lot about how they've been prepared. I think this is going to be a good day for us." The premiere. Hundreds of people line up three-deep along the temporary barriers outside the CineStar theater in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, as photographers provide the familiar sparkle of camera flashes that greet every world premiere. Roland Emmerich arrives in suit and trainers and immediately bounds over to a group of fans who are waving books and photos. This is one premiere that's more about the film maker than the stars. "I think it's interesting because you know normally it's about the stars, about the main characters," says Steven Gaetjen, a German television presenter who'll be compering the event. "But he's the person that invented the story; he's the man who made the movie." "Anything that happens in Berlin attracts a huge crowd but tonight is very special because it's a world premiere and sort of like a lost son has returned to Germany." And that lost son has brought people with him; a group of South African extras who played the mammoth hunters. Michael Wimer: "Somewhere around the end of the shoot, Roland said to these guys: 'Well, the next part of it, after of course a year of production, is the premiere.'" "He said: 'If we have the premiere in Europe I promise I'll fly you guys up.' And Roland, true to his word, contacted them about two months ago and said: 'Hey guys, we're doing the premiere, in Berlin and I'm sending down some tickets and we'll take care of the hotel rooms.'" "They just got here day before yesterday and it's just the most fun thing to see the whole group getting back together again," Wimer says. "It's a little odd that we call them the mammoth hunters when we're walking around Berlin, but it's pretty charming and we hope they're going to have a blast tonight on the red carpet." The Film. A twittering spreads through the audience as the lights dim and the curtains open. What follows is an 109 minute love story set in prehistoric times. A young mammoth hunter, D'Leh (Steven Strait), falls in love with a beautiful village girl, Evolet (Camilla Belle). When she's abducted by a gang of mysterious horseman, D'Leh embarks on a journey across unchartered territory to rescue her. Along the way, he and his band of followers discover unknown civilizations. Gradually their small band turns into an army. After fending off saber tooth tigers and vicious terror birds, they confront their final challenge -- to overthrown a tyrannical God who has enslaved his people. Viewers' verdict. After the premiere, guests file up a smaller red carpet to the premiere party at Goya nightclub in Berlin. It is time to relax and share their thoughts on the film. Revealed went into the public area and asked the general public what they thought. Have you seen the film? What did you think? "I think the action was great but the story was a little too thin," said one woman, a view shared by a couple of film-goers. "The pictures were great, really, really great, but for me it was a bit too simple." "No, I'm sorry, it's not my type of movie, but it was fun. We had some drinks and some nachos." Other comments ranged from the mildly enthusiastic... "It took a long time, two and a half years for this, but it was quite amusing. I enjoyed it yes. I liked 'Independence Day' and I liked the Patriot. This one wouldn't be one of my favorites." To the exuberant... "It was very exciting and it was very enormous with the big mammoths and stuff. I think it's a big success for the film, hopefully for Emmerich. It's the 3rd film I've seen from him and I am of course a big fan." "I was amazing; it was a Roland Emmerich film. All the special effects he made, all the ideas he has... great, great." As for Roland himself, he's put the dilemma of creating realistic mammoth hair behind him and is focusing on his next film. "By the time the movie's out there, you have seen it probably a thousand times," he says, "and you cannot watch it anymore. Because you would, like, go crazy." "So, I don't watch anything anymore and I don't read any reviews. I just avoid that this movie exists and concentrate on the next one."
Highlights: | Woolly mammoth on red carpet for world premiere of Emmerich's "10,000 BC" Film premiered in Berlin on Feb. 26 after grueling schedule of media interviews. Mammoth hunters from South Africa joined stars at Potsdamer Platz. Viewers' opinion of film mixed: "Action was great but the story was too thin" | 0 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
What's the most logical way to complete this passage?
(CNN) -- On a winter evening in early 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar, a best supporting actress honor for her performance as Mammy, the servant in "Gone With the Wind." Will Smith has overcome racial boundaries but can do more, says an expert in race-based casting. She accepted her award at the Academy Awards ceremony at the Coconut Grove, a nightclub in Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel, where she was seated in the segregated section at the rear of the room. Though her win was played as a sign of progress for black actors in America -- "Not only was she the first of her race to receive an Award, but she was also the first Negro ever to sit at an Academy banquet," said Daily Variety, according to Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's indispensable "Inside Oscar" -- her role was poorly received by much of the black community. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People claimed that the part was stereotypical and degrading.
With Smith's 2005 film "Hitch," "the studio would not cast a black woman as
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- Academy's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Academy Award's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Academy Awards's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Ambassador Hotel's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- America's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Award's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- CNN's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Coconut Grove's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Daily Variety's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Damien Bona's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Gone With the Wind's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Hattie McDaniel's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Inside Oscar's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Los Angeles's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Mammy's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Mason Wiley's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Negro's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Oscar's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Oscars's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
- Will Smith's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said.
| Will Smith's love interest in the film because they didn't want the film to be a 'black film,' " Robinson said. | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
She flew to Los Angeles last week, after her 74-year-old mother had a stroke, but is expected to return to Texas in a few days.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "she had been to Los Angeles before. "?
Possible answers: [-] Yes. [-] It's impossible to say. [-] No.
I think the answer is | It's impossible to say | 0 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Do these mean the same?
He started his practice in Lincoln , Nebraska then moved back to Omaha in 1912 .
He started his practice in Lincoln , Nebraska , and then moved back to Omaha in 1912 .
OPT:
- no.
- yes. | yes | 8 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Tweet: @average_jane : Watcha buy? If u like cabernet, Blackstone makes a good one. And Ecco makes a good Pinot Grigio sp?
Predict the sentiment of this tweet.
Options are: a). negative b). positive | b). | 3 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Can you generate a question with a factual answer? | What is Torrence's 1989 theory about that ties into tool kit variability ? | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
During fiscal year 2007, $537.5 million was received in total research support, including $444 million in federal obligations. The University has over 150 National Institutes of Health funded inventions, with many of them licensed to private companies. Governmental agencies and non-profit foundations such as the NIH, United States Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, and NASA provide the majority of research grant funding, with Washington University being one of the top recipients in NIH grants from year-to-year. Nearly 80% of NIH grants to institutions in the state of Missouri went to Washington University alone in 2007. Washington University and its Medical School play a large part in the Human Genome Project, where it contributes approximately 25% of the finished sequence. The Genome Sequencing Center has decoded the genome of many animals, plants, and cellular organisms, including the platypus, chimpanzee, cat, and corn.
Try to answer this question if possible (otherwise reply "unanswerable"): What percentage of NH grants in Missouri went to Washington University? | 80% | 4 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Does the following review have a positive or negative opinion of the movie?
as if allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself
Select from the following.
A). negative;
B). positive; | A). | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Stocks soared Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrials rising more than 120 points, as a large buildup in the nation #39;s energy inventories and increased consumer spending sent stock buyers back to the market.
What is a good title for this? | Stocks Surge on Energy Inventory Buildup | 9 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a (a). tweet. Possible tweet types: Choices:
(a). negative;
(b). positive; | @DJIncrediboi LOL how bout I'm mad hungry too I ended up not going!! | 8 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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A trip to Tallin or Gibraltar will not alarm Brendan Rodgers.
Article: | There are challenges to overcome for the new Celtic manager, not least preparing his players for an early return to competitive action, but the second qualifying round draw for the Champions League has been relatively accommodating.
His first competitive match in charge of the Scottish champions will be against either Flora Tallin or Lincoln Red Imps, two teams that are used to only fleeting involvement in European football.
They are serial winners domestically, though. Flora have won Estonia's Meistriliga 10 times, more than any other club, while Lincoln have won a record 21 titles in Gibraltar, and are currently on a run of 14 consecutive championship wins.
That success has enabled European competition, with the semi-professional club becoming the first team from Gibraltar to feature in a Uefa competition when they played a Champions League qualifying round tie in 2014.
They lost, to Faroese side HB Torshavn 6-3 on aggregate, but beat Andorran outfit FC Santa Coloma at the same stage last season before being knocked out by Danes FC Midtjytlland.
Like all clubs in Gibraltar - as well as the national team - Lincoln play at the Victoria Stadium, which holds 5,000.
Eight members of the most recent Gibraltar squad play for Lincoln - whose name was the suggestion of former Sheffield United chairman and Lincoln resident Reg Brealey when his friend, Charles Polson, was founding the club in 1976.
Among their full-time professions are admin clerk, customs official, policeman and shipping agent.
Managed by the Uruguayan Julio Cesar Ribas, Lincoln have won 14 consecutive Gibraltar Premier Division titles, sealing last season's triumph by 11 points.
There are similarities between Lincoln Red Imps and Flora Tallin, since the latter also play at the stadium used by the national team, the 9,692-capacity Lillekula Stadium, and are established as Estonia's most successful club.
Like the Red Imps, they are a relatively young club, having been established in 1990, but they have also developed a reputation for producing a steady stream of young players through their academy set-up.
Estonia striker Henrik Ojamaa was connected to the club before joining Derby County's academy and a career that has involved two spells at Motherwell.
Another forward, Henri Anier, now at Dundee United after previous spells at Motherwell and Hibernian, came though the Flora youth set-up into the senior side in 2008. Anier's younger brother, Hannes, is still at the club.
Seven members of the most recent Estonia squad play for Flora, although the current side is struggling in its defence of the league title. They are sitting fourth in the Meistriliga after 17 games, nine points behind the leaders and local rivals FC Levadia.
For Rodgers, the challenge is to gather information about how the teams play, the strengths and weaknesses of individuals, but also to organise his own team in a short period of time and implement his style of play and values.
Flora Tallin are likely to be the stronger of the two sides - they are ranked 329 in Uefa's club rankings, with Lincoln down at 407.
They will both consider the prospect of facing Celtic in the next round as a prize, though. | 8 | Flan2021 | huggingface:xsum | zs_opt |
Manchester City have been allowed to name only one club-trained player in their squad for the opening stages of this season's Champions League - three less than Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. City, despite having failed UEFA's FFP ruling which meant their squad had to be reduced from 25 to 21 for the tournament, have been allowed to reduce their non-overseas quota to five to compensate for the reduction, according to The Independent. Clubs in the Champions League are meant to have at least four 'club-trained' and four 'association-trained' players in their 25-man squads, but UEFA have seemingly accommodated City's situation. Manuel Pellegrini has been handed a boost ahead of Manchester City's return to the Champions League next week after UEFA allowed their squad's non-overseas quota to be reduced from 25 to 21 for the tournament. Champions League football returns to the Etihad Stadium when City host Roma on September 30. They open their group stage campaign against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday. Of City's five non-overseas quota, Dedryck Boyata is the only club-trained player, with Joe Hart, James Milner, Gael Clichy and Frank Lampard making up the rest as association-trained players. Boyata, a Belgian-born midfielder signed as a teenager from Brussels, has made just 11 Premier League appearances for City since joining in 2009. He was given a new contract in May to keep him at the club until 2016. Daniel Geey, a football law specialist, told the Independent: 'UEFA have effectively rewritten their home-grown player rule. There is nothing in Uefa or FFP regulations about the home-grown rule changing.' Dedryck Boyata, who has made just 11 Premier League appearances for City since joining in 2009, qualifies as the club-trained player in the Champions League squad for this season. James Milner, seen here scoring for City in their win over Bayern last season, counts as an association-trained player under the Financial Fair Player regulations. It is thought that players union Fifpro - with full support of City - started making overtures to Uefa that they would potentially take legal action over theoretical restriction of trade. Uefa eventually relaxed the restriction and allowed City to have five non-overseas players, meaning 16 foreign players rather than the predicted 13. The likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea may argue that Uefa have let City off the hook. If Champions League squad was going to be shrunk from 25 to 21, this would assume proportionally that eight home-grown players should become seven, not five. City believe they have fully complied with Uefa's rules with regards to the composition of their Champions League squad.
What are the important parts of this article? | Manchester City have been allowed only one club-trained player in their Champions League squad for the coming season. This is three fewer than Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. A UEFA Financial Fair Play ruling meant their squad was reduced from 25 to 21 but the governing body has now compensated for this. Dedryck Boyata qualifies as City's club-trained player. City travel to Bayern Munich for their first group match on Wednesday. | 5 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
What concepts are described in the following sentence?
"In the city centre, near to Burger King, is the highly rated coffee shop called The Eagle, which serves Japanese food. It is not child friendly and is in the more than £30 range."
Return the answer as pairs of triples. | The Eagle eatType coffee shop
The Eagle food Japanese
The Eagle customer rating 5 out of 5
The Eagle area city centre
The Eagle familyFriendly no
The Eagle near Burger King | 8 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
A permanent European presence in New Netherland began in 1624 – making New York the 12th oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States – with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement on Governors Island. In 1625, construction was started on a citadel and a Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island, later called New Amsterdam (Nieuw Amsterdam). The colony of New Amsterdam was centered at the site which would eventually become Lower Manhattan. The Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Canarsie, a small band of the Lenape, in 1626 for a value of 60 guilders (about $1000 in 2006); a disproved legend says that Manhattan was purchased for $24 worth of glass beads.
Try to answer this question if possible (otherwise reply "unanswerable"): What person bought Manhattan from the Canarsie for the Dutch? | Peter Minuit | 4 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
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Seriously, run away from this place. I'm just sorry that I can't give it a negative star rating. Besides the obvious (and already stated) inconveniences that come with the fact that some think that greasy pasty dishes good italian food makes and hence frequent it, recommending it as a top notch italian food place in Madison (which is rather an oxymoron if you ask me), this place SUCKS. Their pasta is DISGUSTING (Seriously, how can you screw up pasta), their sauces are just all salt, and three times I've gone and THREE TIMES i've gotten food poisoning. And not just me, OTHERS going with me also. Then again, my husband ACTUALLY IS italian, therefore, I have different standards of real italian food that doesn't come from a box possibly originating from the same location that the Olive Garden gets it too.... And on a side note, I'm IRATE that Griglia Tuscany went under and what did they put in... YET ANOTHER Tutto Pasta... ARGH!!
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B). positive. | A). | 4 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
The food was tasty, but the service was tasteless.
Is this review positive or negative?
OPTIONS:
[1]. negative.
[2]. positive.
Answer: | [1]. | 0 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Options are: A. yes; B. no;
Does "Dialects differ in the different degrees of vowel reduction, and the incidence of the pair /ɛ e/." correctly answer the question of Where does Catalan get its vowel system?
| B. | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
How to have the courage to speak up<br>Stop feeling guilty. Speaking up for yourself may cause you to step out of your comfort zone. You may feel leery about doing so because you don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
OPTIONS: 1). Yes; 2). It's impossible to say; 3). No;
Hypothesis: Being guilt-ridden and apprehensive won't help you to speak up for yourself.
| 1). | 5 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Q: What was proclaimed the state religion under Theodosius I?
A: I, Nicene Christianity became the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
Does the answer correctly answer the question
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- yes
- no | yes | 5 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Please write a short summary for the following article:
Why Security Experts Think Russia Was Behind the D.N.C. Breach
WASHINGTON — Since Democratic National Committee officials first discovered their data networks had been compromised this spring, a growing chorus of experts and officials have seen evidence that the Russian government was responsible.
In the months since, the infiltration and its consequences have taken surprising and often bizarre turns, culminating in a political scandal this week as the Democratic National Convention opened in Philadelphia. But one constant has remained: a growing body of forensic evidence implicating the Russian government.
The first hints came in May, after committee officials noticed unusual activity in their network. They hired the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to investigate, and its experts quickly found the source of the activity: a group of hackers had, in late April, gained access to the systems of the committee’s opposition-research team, from which the group had stolen two files containing information on Donald J. Trump, who would eventually become the Republican nominee for president.
The investigators determined that the hackers were part of APT 28, a group well-known among cybersecurity experts. The name is short for advanced persistent threat, which usually refers to government hackers. Security firms and law enforcement officials have also used the name Fancy Bear, a reference to a widespread belief that the group is run by Russia’s military intelligence agency, the G.R.U.
The investigation might have ended there, but CrowdStrike discovered another, better-hidden infiltrator in the computers of the Democratic committee: A group known as APT 29, or Cozy Bear, which is considered more skillful and has been linked to the F.S.B., the main successor to the K.G.B.
Cozy Bear, it seemed, had had complete access to the committee’s systems for almost a year. (Subsequent investigations by two other cybersecurity firms confirmed CrowdStrike’s findings.)
Linking a breach to a particular hacker group, and tying a group to a state agency, is always based on circumstantial evidence. But the forensic evidence the experts were able to collect connecting these intrusions to Russian agencies was very strong compared with other cases.
For example, the first group, APT 28, often uses the same tactic: registering a domain whose name is similar to that of its target, to trick users into disclosing their passwords when logging into the wrong site. In this case, hackers set up misdepatrment.com — switching two letters — to target users of MIS Department, which manages networks for the Democratic committee.
More tellingly, the hackers linked this domain to an IP address they had used in previous breaches, giving investigators a way to look for patterns. They also used the same malware tools, which sometimes included unique security or encryption keys, a kind of digital fingerprint. Those fingerprints were found in other attacks, like a 2015 breach at Germany’s Parliament, which German intelligence officials said Russia, specifically APT 28, had probably carried out.
American officials have “high confidence” that Russia was behind the theft of emails from the Democratic National Committee.
Both APT 28 and APT 29 use methods “consistent with nation-state level capabilities,” according to a CrowdStrike report, and they target foreign militaries and military contractors in a pattern that “closely mirrors the strategic interests of the Russian government.”
Another report, issued by the security firm FireEye in July 2015, pointed out that the hackers had seemed to go offline on Russian state holidays, and had appeared to operate during hours consistent with the Russian workday.
Such intrusions, while troublesome, are within the expected bounds of international spycraft. The case took a surprising turn in June, after Democratic Party officials, perhaps seeing an opportunity to paint Mr. Trump as Moscow’s favored candidate, revealed the apparent Russian infiltration to The Washington Post.
Within 24 hours, someone using the name Guccifer 2.0 had opened a WordPress blog and made a far-fetched claim: He, not Russia, had been responsible for the Democratic committee breach, and he had done it alone.
He also said he had stolen thousands of internal emails, the first public mention of such a theft. He provided evidence, posting a series of stolen documents and leaking others to news outlets, as well as to WikiLeaks. His name, he said, was a homage to a famous Romanian hacker who went by Guccifer and who has been in prison since 2014.
But Guccifer 2.0’s documents, while authentic, contradicted his claims that he had acted alone — and provided evidence of Russian state involvement. Some files, for example, included metadata showing they had been opened by computers set to the Russian language. Another had been modified by a word processor registered to Felix Edmundovich, rendered in Cyrillic script, a clear reference to Felix E. Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Soviet secret police.
Guccifer 2.0 made himself available to journalists, which is not something criminal hackers often do. He insisted that Russia had not infiltrated the Democratic committee, an odd claim because he would have had no way of knowing. When discussing how he had committed the breach, his comments were inconsistent and, according to cybersecurity experts, showed insufficient technical knowledge to understand — much less carry out — the attacks.
He also claimed to be Romanian, but was unable to hold a conversation in that language when prompted by a reporter from the technology site Motherboard. But if Guccifer 2.0 was not whom he said he was, how had he acquired thousands of documents stolen from the committee? And why did he lie?
ThreatConnect, a security analysis group, concluded that Guccifer 2.0 “most likely is a Russian denial and deception (D&D) effort” meant to cast doubt on Russian responsibility for the hack. It later found metadata in Guccifer 2.0’s emails suggesting he had sent them from Russian networks, as well as some parallels with networks used by ATP 28, the Russian group.
The theory, widely shared by cybersecurity analysts, is that the Russian intelligence agencies, once exposed by the June report in The Washington Post, constructed Guccifer 2.0 to distract from those accusations. The thinking behind such methods is detailed in Russia’s formal military doctrine, which calls for deception and disinformation, often through so-called information operations, to sow confusion and maintain deniability.
Last week, the hackers made public about 20,000 emails through a different channel: WikiLeaks, which has long experience in scrubbing documents of incriminating information. So this release offers little new forensic information. But security experts say we may have more opportunities to hunt for clues: The hackers had access to far more than just these emails, and after last week’s ploy, might be tempted to leak more.
Follow Max Fisher on Twitter @Max_Fisher.
The Interpreter is a new column that explores the ideas and context behind major world events.
Summary: | A growing body of forensic evidence has implicated the Russian government in the breach of emails from Democratic National Committee officials. | 1 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-select question: Does the sentence "Even this modest reward was attacked by the Duke of Bedford and the Earl of Lauderdale, to whom Burke replied in his Letter to a Noble Lord (1796): "It cannot at this time be too often repeated; line upon line; precept upon precept; until it comes into the currency of a proverb, To innovate is not to reform"." provide a valid answer to the question "What did King George III want to make Burke an Earl of?"
Available options:
-yes.
-no. | no | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Premise: In Oniyama Jigoku ( Devil's Mountain Hell ), a hundred crocodiles enjoy a hot soak.
Hypothesis: Oniyama Jigoku is a dangerous place to travel due to the wild life.
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
pick from the following. --yes. --it is not possible to tell. --no. And the answer is: | it is not possible to tell | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | 12 mars 2008 103 Exportateur N.C. Version électronique de la version non-confidentielle des réponses aux demandes de renseignenments concernant le dumping et l'article 20 - Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline and Technologies Co. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Premise: The 463 steps to its top climb in comfortable stages to reveal a panorama of the surrounding city, different views of the cathedral's interior, and fascinating close-ups of the dome's structure and the 16th-century frescoes restored in 1996.
Hypothesis: It takes around 10 minutes to climb all of the steps.
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Pick your answer from: (i) yes; (ii) it is not possible to tell; (iii) no; And the answer is: | (ii) | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
ISP'ler 1999'daki çatışmalar sırasında yıkılan Intelsat uydusunun İvanitsa'daki yer bağlantı binasının yıkılması ile ilgili bir skandalı da ortaya çıkardılar.
Translate this to English? | The ISPs have uncovered a scandal involving the Intelsat earth station in Ivanjica, knocked out during the1999 conflict. | 3 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
This is some data: Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense LEAGUE Campeonato Brasileiro Série C; Campeonato Brasileiro Série C COUNTRY Brazil; Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense NUMBER_OF_MEMBERS 17000.
Generate a detailed description of this data. | Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense, who have 17000 members, play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C league based in Brazil. | 4 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Translate "At the moment OLEDB Direct ensures the complete support of the new possibilities of IBProvider 1.8, and precisely this collection will be soon used for testing of the functionality of IBProvider." to Russian? | На текущий момент полную поддержку новых возможностей IBProvider 1.8 обеспечивает OLEDB Direct . И именно этот набор в ближайшее время будет использоваться для тестирования функциональности IBProvider. | 7 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
It was described in 1895 by Herbert Druce and is well known from Mexico ( including Cuernavaca , Morelos , the type of type ) .
It was described by Herbert Druce in 1895 , and is known from Mexico ( including Cuernavaca , Morelos , the type location ) .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
pick from the following. a). no b). yes | b). | 1 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Please briefly summarize this news article:
China and Taiwan to Meet: What to Know
Correction: A previous version of this article misstated where the 1992 Consensus was negotiated.
The leaders of China and Taiwan will meet for the first time in their histories on Saturday, a significant milestone for two states existentially at odds since their split at the end of a civil war in 1949.
The meeting, announced Wednesday, will take place in Singapore and comes as Taiwan prepares for general elections in mid-January that may chill increasingly cordial bilateral ties. The Kuomintang (KMT) of current President Ma Ying-jeou is floundering at the polls, owing to a slowing economy and public aversion to its warm relations with Beijing. This, in turn, has spurred party infighting that has further alienated the electorate, with the Beijing-skeptic Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), led by U.S.-educated lawyer Tsai Ing-wen, taking a commanding lead — currently hovering at some 20 percentage points.
Saturday’s confab may therefore signify a last push by the KMT to woo voters with promises that strengthening ties to the world’s second biggest economy will boost its own. However, many experts believe that Ma — who is ineligible for reelection having already served two terms — is simply cementing his personal legacy even if it alienates his own party.
“This is a shock for Taiwan,” Professor Tang Shaocheng of Taiwan’s National Chengchi University tells TIME. “I don’t think much will come out of this in terms of foreign policy unless [Chinese President] Xi Jinping can offer Ma Ying-jeou some kind of grand gesture.”
MORE: 3 Things China Wants From Taiwan
That Saturday’s meeting will (and will not) be between two Presidents — Xi will be attending strictly as chair of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP); Ma will solely be representing the KMT; both men will simply address each other as “Mr.” — epitomizes the thorny relations between these states. (Any official dialogue between heads of state would be to acknowledge the other’s legitimacy, a profound taboo for two neighbors that still claim sovereignty over each other.)
Following the end of World War II, the tenuous alliance between the communist leader Mao Zedong and Nationalist “Generalissimo” Chiang Kai-shek while battling imperial Japan quickly evaporated. The bloody civil war that followed ended with Chiang’s routing and flight across the strait to Taiwan. Taiwan gradually democratized, especially after the strongman Chiang’s death, and became an economic powerhouse, as well as the only truly democratic place in the Chinese world. Yet it is not recognized as a nation by the U.N. and most other world governments, a testament to China’s growing geopolitical and economic clout.
Still, business ties between China, the world’s most populous nation with 1.3 billion people, and Taiwan, boasting some 23 million, have flourished over the past eight years. However, the Taiwanese have been growing increasingly suspicious of Beijing’s motives, fearing soft colonization, prompting the storming and occupying of the national parliament in March last year after President Ma signed a raft of trade agreements with the mainland. Ma has since become something of a toxic asset for the KMT; current presidential candidate, party chairman Eric Chu, is not seen on campaign posters with his predecessor.
This has bolstered the perception that Ma is now going it alone, despite protestations to the contrary. “To hold a meeting across the Taiwan Strait is the consistent goal of leaders on both sides,” Ma’s spokesman said in a statement. “President Ma recently has repeated many times that ‘at the right time and on the right occasion and in the right capacity’ he would not rule out a meeting.”
MORE: 3 Things Taiwan Wants From China
The CCP regards Taiwan as a “renegade province” but tolerates the KMT because of its belief, shared with Beijing, in “one China,” even if their views of who has legitimate sovereignty remain diametrically opposed. The worry for Beijing is that the DPP has previously denied this shared belief — known as the 1992 Consensus.
However, Tsai has recently watered down this position, cognizant that, like reunification, explicitly breaking from the mainland remains deeply unpopular for a large portion of Taiwanese. (Polls suggest that the majority of Taiwan’s citizens prefer the status quo.) “Tsai is very fuzzy on this issue of cross-strait relations,” says Tang. “Maybe, with this meeting she’ll be pressed to make some clear statement on this issue.”
Tsai’s camp greeted Wednesday’s announcement with caution. “We have serious concerns how President Ma has failed to uphold his promise of not meeting with any leaders from the Chinese side within four years,” a DPP spokesman tells TIME, adding that the sudden revelation also reneged on Ma’s later promise that any meeting would be arranged transparently and consultation with the legislature.
One possible spur for the talks could be the recent decision by the Hague arbitration court in the Netherlands to hear a case launched by the Philippines, regarding its ownership of territory in the South China Sea that is contested by China. Taiwan also stands to lose out in this case, with objections raised over its claim to Taiping, the largest island in the disputed Spratly archipelago. “No country currently supports the stance of Beijing on the South China Sea issue,” says Tang. “This meeting could be an attempt at a compromise with Taiwan.”
MORE What Taiwan’s Founder Said the Last Time Leaders of China and Taiwan Met
Chiefly, though, Xi will want to head off any possible backtracking regarding bilateral relations should the DPP take office. “Xi has likely already determined that the KMT is losing the campaign,” says Professor Shih Chih-yu of Taiwan National University. “So better to define the status quo through this meeting and reinforcing the platforms and channels that already established between the two sides.”
Whatever the outcome, “it shows that President Xi’s personal style is very proactive,” says Professor Dongsheng Di of the School of International Relations at Renmin University in Beijing. “This meeting will set an important precedent for the future meetings between the top leaders across the strait, regardless of which party is in power [in Taiwan].”
Summary: | It's the first of its kind in 70 years | 2 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
jo-jo's hurt his paw last night so someone has to stay with him all day
How would the sentiment of this tweet be described?
Options are:
(i) negative
(ii) positive | (i) | 1 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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If you notice chest pains, nausea, dizziness, irregular heartbeat, or shortness of breath while exercising, stop immediately. The exercise may be straining your heart. Call your doctor or 911 if the symptoms do not disappear quickly. If you have a prescription for nitroglycerin, then carry it with you during exercise. You should also write down the symptoms you experienced, the time of day, when you last ate, how long they lasted, and how often these symptoms appear. Speak with your doctor about any other symptoms before continuing an exercise program. The doctor may want to perform another stress test before you resume exercising. Wear the correct clothing and shoes for the type of exercise you are doing. Stay hydrated during exercise and be sure that someone knows where you are going when you leave to workout outside. Always use good judgement and stay within your limits. It is much better to continue to work out each day at an intensity you feel is lighter than you can manage, rather than to be sidelined for weeks with an injury or be re-hospitalized with another cardiac event. In very cold or hot weather your body has to work harder to provide oxygen to your cells, including your heart. Do not exercise outdoors if the weather is colder than 35°F (1.7°C) or hotter than 85°F (29.4°C) with humidity greater than 80%.
Summary: | Look for signs that your heart is working too hard. Prevent injuries and accidents. Avoid exercising outdoors when temperatures are high or low. | 1 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Please briefly summarize this news article:
25 Turkish police officers arrested amid Erdoğan wiretapping scandal
Twenty-five police officers were arrested in swoops across Turkey, including in Istanbul and Izmir. Photograph: Ayhan Altun/Getty Images/Flickr Open
Twenty-five police officers have been arrested by Turkish authorities in the latest nationwide swoop to detain suspects alleged to have illegally wiretapped key government figures, including the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reports said.
Police carried out raids in 12 cities, including Istanbul and Izmir, as part of an investigation into allegations of espionage and illegal wiretapping, the private Doğan news agency reported.
The swoop on Tuesday was the third such roundup since July in a probe that has resulted in dozens of arrests and raised tensions as Erdoğan prepares for his inauguration as president on 28 August.
The probe is linked to last year's corruption allegations against Erdoğan and his inner circle – vehemently denied by the premier – that were based on wiretapped telephone conversations.
In a statement, the Izmir governor's office said the arrests centred on wiretapping allegations involving the Izmir police department between 2010 and 2013. The suspects were facing a series of charges, from forming a crime ring to forging official documents and violation of privacy, Doğan said.
Among the detainees was the former Izmir police intelligence deputy head, Hasan Ali Okan. He was removed from his position after what appeared to be a broader government purge of Turkey's police in the aftermath of the corruption claims in December.
Erdoğan's government has embarked on a widespread inquiry targeting the police and judiciary, believed to be filled with loyalists of the US-based Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gülen, whom it blames for the allegations.
Gülen, a former ally of Erdoğan's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development party (AKP), has become his arch-foe since the scandal.
As with the two previous raids, the details of the swoop were leaked by a shadowy Twitter user named Fuat Avni before it was carried out. The government has repeatedly tried to block his account.
Summary: | Swoop in cities including Istanbul and Izmir during investigation linked to government corruption claims | 2 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Heartburn<br>Liam was at the county fair. He ate a sausage link he bought from a booth. The sausage was spicy. It gave Liam heartburn. When he left the fair, he went to the store to get medicine.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Spicy foods cause heartburn.
pick from the following.
-Yes.
-It's impossible to say.
-No. | Yes | 2 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
the palestinian authority faces a fiscal crisis that could threaten its existence , in large part because it keeps expanding the public payroll despite sharply reduced revenues , the world bank said in a report .
What is a very short summary of the above text? | world bank criticizes palestinians for increasing public payroll despite financial crisis | 5 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
What are the most important words in the following sentence:
tips to buy a new car from the dealership | buy, car, tip | 7 | Flan2021 | gem/common_gen:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | Genel seçim zamanında Türkiye, işsiz kalan 2 milyondan fazla insanıyla son 40 yılın en kötü ekonomik çöküşünü yaşıyordu. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
In the north, the Republic of Novgorod prospered because it controlled trade routes from the River Volga to the Baltic Sea. As Kievan Rus' declined, Novgorod became more independent. A local oligarchy ruled Novgorod; major government decisions were made by a town assembly, which also elected a prince as the city's military leader. In the 12th century, Novgorod acquired its own archbishop Ilya in 1169, a sign of increased importance and political independence, while about 30 years prior to that in 1136 in Novgorod was established a republican form of government - elective monarchy. Since then Novgorod enjoyed a wide degree of autonomy although being closely associated with the Kievan Rus.
In what year did Novgorod aquire its own archbishop? | 1169 | 2 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
L’EMAS permet de passer de la norme ISO 14001 à l’EMAS sans reproduire inutilement les efforts déjà réalisés.
Which language is this? | French | 9 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
This is some data: Hawkeye ISSUE 4; 4 VOLUME 29; 4 RELEASE_DATE 12 Feb 2014.
Generate a detailed description of this data. | Hawkeye Issue 4, Volume 29 was released on February 12, 2014. | 4 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Read this: Seattle's professional sports history began at the start of the 20th century with the PCHA's Seattle Metropolitans, which in 1917 became the first American hockey team to win the Stanley Cup. Seattle was also home to a previous Major League Baseball franchise in 1969: the Seattle Pilots. The Pilots relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and became the Milwaukee Brewers for the 1970 season. From 1967 to 2008 Seattle was also home to an National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise: the Seattle SuperSonics, who were the 1978–79 NBA champions. The SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and became the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2008–09 season.
In what year did the Seattle Metropolitans win the Stanley Cup?
What is the answer? (If it cannot be answered, return "unanswerable") | 1917 | 7 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence from a movie review: 's the perfect cure for insomnia .
Select your answer: was the movie seen positively or negatively based on the preceding review?
OPTIONS:
1). negative
2). positive | 1). | 2 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write highlights for this article:
A brutal, fatal case of suspected cruelty to animals is under investigation in Louisiana, the state's wildlife department said in a press release Tuesday. The animal cruelty doesn't involve the typical household pet. This time, the United States' national bird was victimized. Agents from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries found a beheaded bald eagle Sunday in a drainage ditch in Franklin Parish, in the northeastern part of the state, according to the release. "To see any protected animal decapitated in a ditch is disheartening enough, let alone the animal that represents our symbol of freedom," said Capt. Alan Bankston of the wildlife department. The agents believe the bird had been dead for a couple of days before it was found. Wildlife and Fisheries spokesman Adam Einck said the eagle was found in a very remote location, and agents are unsure if the bird was killed there, or slain somewhere else and dumped there. Agents are trying to schedule a necropsy to determine how the eagle died, Einck said. Bald eagles are protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Anyone who is convicted of violating those acts could be fined $5,000 and jailed for up to 18 months for each count, the state wildlife department said. Bankston urged the public to call the department with any information about the beheading. Anyone providing information leading to an arrest or conviction would be eligible for up to $2,000 in cash rewards. The agency's hotline number is 1-800-442-2511.
Highlights: | A bald eagle with its head cut off is found in a drainage ditch in northeastern Louisiana. Bald eagles are federally protected; killing one could bring fines and jail time. A hotline number is available for people who have information about the incident. | 0 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
What is the title of this article:
Dell had long stuck by its direct sales model. Consumers had become the main drivers of PC sales in recent years, yet there had a decline in consumers purchasing PCs through the Web or on the phone, as increasing numbers were visiting consumer electronics retail stores to try out the devices first. Dell's rivals in the PC industry, HP, Gateway and Acer, had a long retail presence and so were well poised to take advantage of the consumer shift. The lack of a retail presence stymied Dell's attempts to offer consumer electronics such as flat-panel TVs and MP3 players. Dell responded by experimenting with mall kiosks, plus quasi-retail stores in Texas and New York.
Title: | Dell | 9 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Question 1: Which animals regard humans as their prey?
Question 2: Why do we as humans find many prey animals to be cute?
pick from the following. * no. * yes.
Would the answer to these two questions be the same? | no | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Article:A titan arum is expected to bloom for the first time at any moment at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
The last time one flowered there was in 2004. The bloom lasts a few days and gives off a horrible smell.
When it flowers, the garden will be open late to enable visitors to smell it "at its night-time stinkiest".
"Amorphophallus titanum is a very unusual plant. It lives mostly in an underground tuber which every year puts out one gigantic leaf several metres tall that lasts for the growing season," Prof Beverley Glover, director of the garden, said.
Last month the same flower bloomed for the first time in Scotland.
Summarize the main points of that article. | Preparations are under way to let as many people as possible to see and smell a rare flower that emits a horrible "stench" in Cambridge. | 7 | Flan2021 | huggingface:xsum | zs_opt |
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There are a variety of unpowered, handheld engraving tools you can use. To make detailed pictures, such as you might see in a 19th-century book, select two or three tools for different effects. Here are three common types of traditional, handheld engraving tools: Spitstickers are used to carve fluid lines. Gravers produce lines that swell or shrink as you cut, depending on changes in the tool's angle. Scorpers, with round or square tips, gouge out large areas of the wood to produce white space in the printed image. This tool is probably not necessary if you are not printing. Take a bottle of black pen ink, and use a brush or a cloth to barely cover a flat, wooden block. This will make the areas you've already cut stand out, so it's important not to use so much ink that it soaks down below the surface. Let the ink dry completely. Once it has, check whether there is a rough "nap" to the wood. If there is, remove it by burnishing firmly with a paper towel. A small, leather sandbag makes an excellent support for the wood, providing a firm backing regardless of the direction you push. Clamping the wood to a table is not recommended, since you'll need to move the block around as you engrave. Hold the tool as you would a computer mouse, with your hand lightly cupped around the handle. Press against one side of the metal stem with your index finger, and press the other side with your thumb. Let the heel of the handle rest in your cupped palm; when engraving, you'll push against the heel to provide pressure. Press the tool into the wood at a shallow angle to engrave. Use your other hand to turn the wooden block slowly as you push forward with the tool. Cut no more than 1 centimeter (less than ½ inch) at a time before adjusting the position of your hand. It will likely take some practice before you can cut smoothly. If the tool quickly embeds itself and halt, the angle is probably too steep. "Graver" tools can be gradually moved to a steeper or shallower angle to widen or narrow the line drawn. This can take some practice to use correctly, but it is an excellent skill to develop for wood engraving. One way to start a woodcut is to cut the outline of the image first, making it slightly too large so you can refine the details with a smaller tool. There are many stylized forms of shading, but a series of small, mostly parallel lines in an overlapping "falling rain" pattern often creates the most natural effect. Once the wood is cut, you'll be able to transfer the image onto paper as many times as you like. Purchase a tube of oil-based black relief printing ink for this purpose. Squeeze a tiny amount onto the flat, curved portion of the wood, and use a hand roller, or "brayer," to spread a fine layer over the entire surface. Add more ink if necessary, and keep rolling with even pressure until the surface is smooth. Lay a sheet of paper over the wet block, taking care not to move it once it comes into contact with the ink. Rub over the back of the paper using a burnisher tool, or any smooth, flat object. Lift the paper once it has been rubbed, and you should have a print of your image. Repeat this as many times as necessary, rolling out additional ink whenever the block dries out. If the burnisher is not sliding easily, rubbing it against your hair may provide just enough oil to help, without staining the paper. Look for a "burnisher printing tool," since there are tools used in other professions also called burnishers. After a printing session, wipe away ink from the woodcut and tools using mineral spirits (white spirit) or vegetable oil and a clean rag. Store your woodcut for later use, if you plan to print it again.
Summary: | Select engraving tools. Apply a thin layer of ink over the wood. Check that the surface is prepared. Support the wood (optional). Hold the engraving tools. Engrave the wood. Experiment with your approach. Add ink to the woodcut. Transfer your design onto paper. Clean your tools. | 1 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Identify the most salient words in this sentence:
A living room with several pieces of furniture including a flower sofa. | piece
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sofa | 8 | Flan2021 | gem/common_gen:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
England's. Adam Peaty needed just three hours' sleep in between setting two. Commonwealth Games records as he followed up his 100metres breaststroke. gold medal with an impressive display in the 50m heats. The. 19-year-old swam 27 seconds flat to beat world-record holder Cameron. van der Burgh by 0.39secs and break his own British record for the. second time in 14 hours. Peaty. had struggled to come down following the high of his triumph on. Saturday night, but that was not evident at Tollcross as he raced home. in his favoured event. Technique: Peaty set another British record during his 50m breaststroke heat on Sunday. Disbelief: Peaty is shocked after setting another record during his powerful showing in 50m heat. 'I didn't get to sleep until 4am and I got here at 7am, so I only got about three hours' sleep,' he said. 'I woke up this morning thinking, 'did that really happen?' But I just came back here and gave it my best. 'I. haven't quite recovered from last night. I just have to put it behind. me and focus on the Games. Celebrations are reserved for after. 'I. didn't really expect to swim that fast this morning. I just went out. there and enjoyed it and tried to keep my cool, and it's paid off. 'I. just need to focus on the 50m now. It's what I've been training all. year for. There's no point squandering it now, just because I've won the. 100m.' Scotland's. 200m gold medallist Ross Murdoch won his heat ahead of Australian. Christian Sprenger, who has been struggling with a shoulder injury, in. 27.44. Jazz Carlin set a new Commonwealth Games record in qualifying for Monday night's 800m freestyle final. The. Welsh swimmer finished more than 11 seconds ahead of the nearest rival. in her heat to touch home in 8:22.69, but promised she had more to give. in the final. Strong performance: Welsh swimmer Jazz Carlin looked in imperious form during her 800m freestyle heat. Record-breaker: Carlin set a new Games record in the women's 800m at Tollcross on Sunday. Carlin,. who finished sixth in the 200m final, said: 'I wanted to come in and. have a good swim after having two days off, but also save something for. (Monday) night. 'I. felt like I was by myself, so when I've got a race I feel that's really. going to push me on. I know I can recover by (Monday) night.' Hannah Miley and fellow Scot Camilla Hattersley were the only other home nations competitors to make the final. Miley. earlier won her 200m individual medley heat as she looks to add to her. 400m gold, but it was the prolific Siobhan-Marie O'Connor who qualified. fastest for the final in 2:11.42. O'Connor, who has three silvers and a bronze so far, finished more than three seconds ahead of Emily Seebohm in her heat. England's. Aimee Willmott trailed Australian Alicia Coutts in her heat but. qualified comfortably along with team-mate Sophie Allen. English. teenager Sophie Taylor bounced back from her failure to reach the 200m. breaststroke final with the fastest time in 100m qualifying (1:07.77). Molly. Renshaw also qualified for the semi-finals, but Allen missed out while. Katie Armitage was the fastest of three Scots to make the last 16. Qualified: England's Lauren Quigley sealed her spot in the women's 200m backstroke final. Earlier, English pair Lizzie Simmonds and Lauren Quigley both qualified for the 200m backstroke final. Simmonds,. who came fifth in the 100m final, was the second fastest qualifier. behind Canada's Hilary Caldwell, who swam 2:09.47, while British. champion Quigley was four seconds slower as she grabbed the final place. in a race that will include three Australians and three Canadians. England's. Fran Halsall, who won 50m freestyle gold, finished just outside three. of the Australia team that broke the 4x100m freestyle relay world record. on Thursday during qualifying for the individual event. Her team-mates Amy Smith and Becki Turner also qualified for the semi-finals along with Hannah McCarthy of Wales. South African Chad Le Clos set the fastest time in the 100m butterfly heats in 52.68 seconds - hours after winning the 200m. England's. Adam Barrett was fourth fastest, while team-mates James Guy and Joe. Roebuck also qualified for the semi-finals along with Tom Laxton of. Wales and the Isle of Man's Grant Halsall. Scotland won their men's 4x200m freestyle heat, but Australia were more than six seconds faster in the other heat.
Summarize the highlights of this article. | Peaty won gold in the 100m breaststroke on Saturday evening, becoming the first Brit to go sub-59 seconds in the event. He then broke a second Commonwealth Games record in the 50m heats on Sunday, with a time of 27 seconds flat. South African Cameron van der Burgh finished second behind flying Peaty. | 4 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
Does the sentence "When seeking attention of a selection of service[clarification needed] providers, 89% of Liberians had to pay a bribe, the highest national percentage in the world according to the organization's 2010 Global Corruption Barometer." answer the question "What was liberia's score on the 2010 Corruption Perceptions index?"
Available choices:
1). yes
2). no | 2). | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer based on context:
Coming off their bye week, the Patriots traveled to Candlestick Park to face the 49ers in the first of two straight West Coast games for the Patriots. After a 49ers punt on their first series started the game, Cassel's second pass of the game was intercepted by linebacker Takeo Spikes to give the 49ers the ball at the Patriots' 45-yard line. On the next play, 49ers quarterback J. T. O'Sullivan threw an interception of his own, this one to Meriweather at the Patriots' 4-yard line. A three-and-out for the Patriots on their ensuing drive ended in a 35-yard Chris Hanson punt that gave the 49ers the ball at the Patriots' 30-yard line to begin their next drive. A defensive holding penalty on Patriots cornerback Deltha O'Neal on third down extended the drive, leading to a 16-yard touchdown catch by running back Frank Gore that gave the 49ers a 7-0 lead. On the Patriots' next drive, a fumbled snap by Cassel set up 3rd and 8 from the Patriots' own 34-yard line; Cassel then threw a deep pass to Moss, which was caught at the 49ers' 21-yard line and run in for a 66-yard touchdown that tied the game at 7-7. A 38-yard Isaac Bruce reception from O'Sullivan on the 49ers' ensuing possession backed the Patriots' defense up to their own 22-yard line, and two plays later, O'Sullivan and Bruce again connected on a pass, this one a touchdown from 6 yards out to give the 49ers a 14-7 lead. An exchange of punts brought the teams into the second quarter, where on the third play of a Patriots drive Cassel threw his second interception of the day, this one to Nate Clements on the 49ers' 6-yard line on a deep pass intended to Moss. The 49ers went three-and-out, leading to a 13-play, 40-yard Patriots drive where a third down sack of Cassel in the red zone set up a 35-yard Gostkowski field goal that trimmed the 49ers' lead to 14-10. The 49ers punted again on their next possession, giving the Patriots the ball on their own 20-yard line with just over three minutes remaining in the first half. 11 plays later, the Patriots faced a 2nd and goal from the 49ers' 2-yard line, where a Faulk touchdown run gave the Patriots a 17-14 lead at halftime. On the Patriots' opening possession of the second half, Cassel was sacked to begin the drive, and then again was sacked nine plays later on third down to force the Patriots to punt. Two plays later, O'Sullivan was intercepted by safety Rodney Harrison to give the Patriots the ball at the 49ers' 24-yard line. The Patriots reached the 49ers' 1-yard line, but were denied the end zone twice by the 49ers, setting up fourth down from the 2-yard line. Faulk took the direct snap on the play and ran in for his second touchdown of the game, giving the Patriots a 24-14 lead. Following a 49ers punt, an 8-play Patriots drive resulted in a 40-yard Gostkowski field goal that extended the Patriots lead to 27-14 early in the fourth quarter. Starting from their own 20-yard line, the 49ers began an 11-play drive that ended on a 5-yard touchdown catch by Bruce from O'Sullivan that cut the Patriots' lead to 27-21. The Patriots responded with a 10-play series of their own; six plays into the drive, Faulk caught a second-down pass and was originally deemed to be down short of the first down, but the Patriots challenged the play and Faulk was found to have gained the necessary first down yardage. An offensive pass interference penalty on Moss set up a 3rd and 20 that the Patriots did not convert; Gostkowski then hit a 49-yard line field goal to extend the Patriots' lead to 30-21. A third-down sack of O'Sullivan led to a fourth-down interception by O'Neal that gave the Patriots the ball with 2:45 remaining in the game. The 49ers used all of their timeouts during the Patriots' next possession, and after a Patriots punt, the 49ers failed to convert on fourth down to give the Patriots the ball to end the game.
Which team allowed the moat points? | 49ers | 0 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate "Noircourt" to Russian? | Нуаркур | 7 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to French:
• Financial Management of Collaborative Research Agreements, Audit of, 2003-2004, details, an Audit
| • Activités et améliorations de l'ACIA relatives à l'étiquetage des aliments, 2002-2003, détails, une évaluation | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sentiment possibilities Pick from:
* negative
* positive. Generate a tweet that has the following sentiment: positive | i'm doing my reports | 9 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What's the shortest, simplest comment that made you laugh hard?
How often do you comment on Quora? Why do you comment?
Choose your answer. Are these two questions paraphrases of each other?
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+no.
+yes. | no | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the following question:
who got votes for coach of the year nba? | Dwane Casey | 2 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The 51-year-old lawyer was released from prison in August 2014.
At the time, his lawyer described Mr Gao, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, as emotionless, "basically unintelligible" and missing teeth due to malnutrition.
Mr Gao was speaking to AP, in his first interview in five years.
He said he was tortured with an electric baton to his face and spent three years in solitary confinement.
Mr Gao is known for defending members of the Falun Gong movement and Chinese Christians.
"Every time we emerge from the prison alive, it is a defeat for our opponents," he told the Associated Press from his home in Shaanxi province.
Unfortunately, the Chinese government's crackdown on Chinese defence lawyers did not end with the Gao Zhisheng's release from prison. If anything, Mr Gao's persecution represents the start of a wide-ranging campaign.
According to Amnesty International, 245 Chinese lawyers have been targeted by police since early July. Thirty are still missing or remain in police custody.
That number does not include other leading lawyers, like Pu Zhiqiang, who was arrested in May 2014 and has yet to face trial.
Many of the detained lawyers endured weeks of interrogation. Their families have been harassed, their homes and offices raided. Some have experienced violent beatings.
Mr Gao, whose wife and children live in the US, also said he would never seek exile abroad.
He described staying in China as a "mission" given to him from God.
Mr Gao was convicted of subversion and placed under house arrest in 2006, during which time he claims to have been regularly detained and tortured.
He disappeared in January 2009 before reappearing in March 2010. He disappeared again soon after and was revealed to be in a Xinjiang prison in January 2012 after state media said he was being jailed for three years for probation abuse.
Mr Gao said that propaganda was broadcast via a loudspeaker in his prison cell for 68 continuous weeks.
The Chinese government is yet to respond to the interview and has not responded to other allegations of torture previously made by Mr Gao.
Mr Gao's wife, Geng He, has said that she hopes her husband's case will be raised during talks this week between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington.
2005: Authorities close down Gao Zhisheng's law practice
Dec 2006: Convicted of subversion and sentenced to house arrest
Sept 2007: Says he was tortured during a period of detention
Jan 2009: Disappears; last seen accompanied by security officials
Mar 2010: Reappears for a month before disappearing again
Dec 2011: State media says he has been jailed for three years
Jan 2012: Gao revealed to be in Xinjiang prison
Aug 2014: Gao freed from jail
What is a summary of this text? | Prominent Chinese dissident and human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has broken his silence to describe how he was allegedly tortured and kept in solitary confinement while in detention. | 3 | Flan2021 | huggingface:xsum | zs_opt |
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Saeed Mortazavi was convicted of misappropriation and wasting public goods.
The offences are said to have taken place while he was in charge of Iran's social welfare system in 2012 and 2013.
He has previously been the subject of US sanctions, accused of "sustained and severe violations of human rights".
State television quoted prosecutors as saying the sentence was too light and that they planned to lodge a complaint.
His sentence is also open to appeal.
Mortazavi, a close ally of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been fiercely criticised by reformists and human rights organisations.
He rose to prominence in the early 2000s, when he was instrumental in shutting down reformist newspapers and imprisoning journalists.
He was also linked to the case of Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist, who died in 2003 after being arrested.
However, his fortunes began to change after the authorities put down mass protests that erupted after Mr Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in 2009.
Parliament held him responsible for the deaths of three protesters who had been imprisoned.
The trio died of injuries obtained during their time in Kahrizak prison. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, responded to the public outcry by closing the prison entirely.
Mortazavi was subsequently appointed as head of Iran's State Welfare Organisation, during which time the alleged corruption took place.
He was removed from that role in January 2013 due to pressure from parliament. But Mr Ahmadinejad quickly reappointed him in a caretaker capacity.
In 2014, Mortazavi was disbarred and banned from holding public office for five years, after the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that he ordered the torture of the three dead protesters in 2009.
Iran continues to use forms of punishment widely condemned by other nations.
Human rights groups such as Amnesty International say punishments including blinding, being made deaf, or amputation are common.
Summary: | An Iranian court has sentenced Tehran's controversial former chief prosecutor to 135 lashes for corruption, local media report. | 1 | Flan2021 | huggingface:xsum | zs_opt |
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Formal discipline is administered by congregation elders. When a baptized member is accused of committing a serious sin—usually cases of sexual misconduct or charges of apostasy for disputing Jehovah's Witness doctrines—a judicial committee is formed to determine guilt, provide help and possibly administer discipline. Disfellowshipping, a form of shunning, is the strongest form of discipline, administered to an offender deemed unrepentant. Contact with disfellowshipped individuals is limited to direct family members living in the same home, and with congregation elders who may invite disfellowshipped persons to apply for reinstatement; formal business dealings may continue if contractually or financially obliged. Witnesses are taught that avoiding social and spiritual interaction with disfellowshipped individuals keeps the congregation free from immoral influence and that "losing precious fellowship with loved ones may help [the shunned individual] to come 'to his senses,' see the seriousness of his wrong, and take steps to return to Jehovah." The practice of shunning may also serve to deter other members from dissident behavior. Members who disassociate (formally resign) are described in Watch Tower Society literature as wicked and are also shunned. Expelled individuals may eventually be reinstated to the congregation if deemed repentant by elders in the congregation in which the disfellowshipping was enforced. Reproof is a lesser form of discipline given formally by a judicial committee to a baptized Witness who is considered repentant of serious sin; the reproved person temporarily loses conspicuous privileges of service, but suffers no restriction of social or spiritual fellowship. Marking, a curtailing of social but not spiritual fellowship, is practiced if a baptized member persists in a course of action regarded as a violation of Bible principles but not a serious sin.[note 4]
Who administers formal discipline? | congregation elders | 3 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Queen (band)
Brian May and Roger Taylor performed together at several award ceremonies and charity concerts, sharing vocals with various guest singers. During this time, they were billed as Queen + followed by the guest singer's name. In 1998, the duo appeared at Luciano Pavarotti's benefit concert with May performing "Too Much Love Will Kill You" with Pavarotti, later playing "Radio Ga Ga", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions" with Zucchero. They again attended and performed at Pavarotti's benefit concert in Modena, Italy in May 2003. Several of the guest singers recorded new versions of Queen's hits under the Queen + name, such as Robbie Williams providing vocals for "We Are the Champions" for the soundtrack of A Knight's Tale (2001).
Q: Who performed with Brian May in 1998 at a benefit concert? | Pavarotti | 7 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
How is "What's important, throwing a shoe, as well as comparing with a dog (which is considered to be an unclean animal among Moslems) is a great insult in Arabian East." said in Russian? | При этом существенно, что на арабском Востоке швыряние или избиение ботинком является сильнейшим оскорблением (так же, впрочем, как и сравнение с собакой, которая считается у мусульман нечистым животным). | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Race v ethnicity: the curious case of Rachel Dolezal, explained (sort of)
“Are you African American?” There should be just two possible answers: yes or no. Yet for Rachel Dolezal, the civil rights leader in Washington state whose identity politics gave birth to approximately 40,000 think pieces on Friday, life is apparently not that simple.
Related: Civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal misrepresented herself as black, claim parents
To her parents, however, it is. When asked about their daughter’s ethnicity in another local interview that went beyond-viral, her mother said: “Our daughter is primarily German and Czech and of European descent.”
“She is white. Caucasian,” added her father.
In the hours since, the internet has provided us with hot take after hot take after a hot take. And, of course, there will be many more – along with more actual answers about Dolezal’s life story, from her role as the president of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to her relationship with her parents.
For now, here is a quick guide to the complex questions on the story everyone’s talking about.
Dolezal’s motivations remain unclear, though she was expected to make an official statement to the internet cacophony soon.
Some – OK, many – have speculated that she called herself black all these years because of an ex-husband who is black. Other people – like her parents – say the elaborate persona was borne of activism.
Here’s what her mother had to say:
Rachel is a master artist and so she is able to disguise herself and make her appearance look like any ethnicity. She could accomplish the work that she set out to do in the beginning by being herself and being a white woman who is an advocate for the African American.
Steven Thrasher, Guardian US writer at large, points out that while we might not know what motivated Dolezal to say she was black, her story exposes the “shaky and ridiculous” concept of race:
Related: Rachel Dolezal exposes our delusional constructions and perceptions of race | Steven W Thrasher
Like it or not, she’s exposed how shaky and ridiculous the whole centuries-old construct of individual ‘race’ is.
Among the biggest conversations from the “outing” of Dolezal’s “passing” is that race and ethnicity are not interchangeable.
This crazy business with Rachel Dolezal would be easier to explain if the popular usage of race weren't synonymous with ethnicity.
Race and ethnicity are not the same thing. A panel of experts interviewed on this topic by PBS pointed to one main difference: race is something people associate with biology. In America, it’s a social construct based on certain physical markers over which you have no control (skin color, certain kinds of facial features and hair texture, for example). Ethnicity, on the other hand, often has to do with culture, nationality and geography.
Dolezal was born with white skin, so she’s considered white even if she more strongly associates with black culture. Her parents have said her ethnicity is mostly central and eastern European.
The same parents who insist that Dolezal is white point out that, culturally, she has assimilated in the African American community. According to their interview with the Washington Post, this began in her early years when the family adopted her siblings.
According to her father, Lawrence Dolezal, the real identity switch occurred when Howard University “took her for a black woman” and gave her a full scholarship.
You’ve got a white woman coming in that got a full-ride scholarship to the black Harvard. And ever since then she’s been involved in social justice advocacy for African Americans. She assimilated into that culture so strongly that that’s where she transferred her identity. [...]
But unfortunately, she is not ethnically by birth African American. She is our daughter by birth. And that’s the way it is.
Gary Younge, a Guardian columnist, agrees.
Related: Rachel Dolezal's deception: her 'black' identity doesn't make sense – or make her black
“All of [this] might make Rachel Dolezal a white woman who identifies closely with the black community. It does not make her black,” he wrote on Friday.
It's fine to feel an emotional and/or spiritual connection to another ethnic group but to lay claims to it is a bold lie! #RachelDolezal
Dolezal, however, claims that the question of race is “not as easy as it seems”.
“We’re all from the African continent,” she told the Spokane Spokesman-Review at Eastern Washington University.
We accept that a person can identify as transgender. Could 'trans-ethnic' be a real thing? #RachelDolezal
A number of people have been asking this question, including Mia Farrow. Gene Demby, from NPR’s Codeswitch, also invited his Twitter followers to weigh in on this – his feed is definitely worth checking out.
There are many, many people who say these two “transes” are not the same at all.
“The people using her mistakes to try to ‘understand’ or ‘explain’ the experiences of trans people have none of my empathy; they’re simply propagating the stereotype that trans people are out to fool the rest of you,” Meredith Talusan, a transgender writer and photographer, wrote for the Guardian. “I don’t need to pass as a woman the way Dolezal needs to pass as black, for the simple reason that I am a woman.”
Related: There is no comparison between transgender people and Rachel Dolezal | Meredith Talusan
Which bring us back to: why did Dolezal pretend to be black?
The irony of the #RachaelDolezal case is that the @NAACP founders included many Caucasians, including a woman named Mary White Ovington.
The NAACP was founded in February 1909 and by now has more than half a million members. Founders of the NAACP included white liberals like Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard, according to NAACP’s website.
You do not have to be black to become a member of the NAACP. The membership form for the NAACP does not even ask applicants for their race. All you have to do is “care about fighting the racial disparities” that exist in America.
Different chapters of the groups had different defenses, but the bottom line seemed to be: race does not equal qualifying criteria.
And here is the official @NAACP statement re: #RachelDolezal. pic.twitter.com/kehWPZP8Fm
“[A] white person pretending to be black and running a chapter of the NAACP is a big problem,” Jonathan Capehart wrote at the Washington Post.
Some feel that by pretending to be a woman of color, Dolezal invaded a space that many black Americans have viewed as safe and sacred.
“[A] lot of people find comfort and solace in spaces like the NAACP. The NAACP means something – not just historically, but as a sort of permanent safe space for people who need it,” Danielle Henderson wrote in a conversation with Latoya Peterson at Fusion.
You should definitely check out their conversation here.
it's weirdly lit that rachel dolezal wants to be black so bad
Just like everyone else, both Peterson and Henderson wondered what Dolezal had to gain from pretending to be black.
“I love my heritage, but I cannot understand in this cultural moment why someone would OPT IN to being black,” said Henderson.
If this entire controversy has somehow still made you wonder about your race, Gawker has this handy quiz titled Are you black? to “rid you of any and all uncertainty”.
That wasn’t so hard, now was it?
What is a short summary of the above article? | The questions at the core of the debate that has consumed the internet are complex – even though her identification as black seems self-evidently wrong | 4 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Is the sentiment of the following sentence positive or negative (see options at the end)?
a visually masterful work of quiet power
Select from the following. (A). negative (B). positive | (B). | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a text based on this summary: former italian premier hospitalised in tunisia
Text: | former italian premier bettino craxi , who has been sentenced to jail terms several times for corruption and is now living in tunisia , has been admitted to a tunisian hospital , his office said here friday . | 8 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to French:
One potential downside of targeting highly skilled immigrants is that raising the supply of skilled workers in the economy could reduce the skill premium and the return to investment in education, potentially leading to lower levels of skill investment by Canadian youth.2 These research findings raise policy issues:
| Un inconvénient possible du ciblage des immigrants hautement qualifiés est que, en haussant ainsi l'offre de travailleurs qualifiés dans l'économie, on pourrait réduire la prime à la compétence et le rendement de l'investissement en éducation et peut-être amener les jeunes du pays à moins investir dans l'enrichissement de leurs compétences.2 Les résultats de recherche soulèvent des questions de politique | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a brief sentence. | people standing on the sidewalk next to a track waiting for a train | 9 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Finnish:
In all its work to date it has not succeeded in acquiring a single item, and I stress, a single item, of previously unknown information.
Finnish: | Kaikessa toistaiseksi tekemässään työssään se ei ole onnistunut saamaan selville ainuttakaan – ja korostan sanaa ainuttakaan – sellaista seikkaa, joka ei olisi ollut ennalta tiedossa. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
If "A man in a red sleeveless shirt rides a horse.", does this mean that "The man is outside."?
Options are:
a). yes;
b). it is not possible to tell;
c). no; | b). | 0 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
What is a question about this article? If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable".
From the American Civil War until the mid-20th century, Philadelphia was a bastion of the Republican Party, which arose from the staunch pro-Northern views of Philadelphia residents during and after the war (Philadelphia was chosen as the host city for the first Republican National Convention in 1856). After the Great Depression, Democratic registrations increased, but the city was not carried by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt in his landslide victory of 1932 (in which Pennsylvania was one of the few states won by Republican Herbert Hoover). Four years later, however, voter turnout surged and the city finally flipped to the Democrats. Roosevelt carried Philadelphia with over 60% of the vote in 1936. The city has remained loyally Democratic in every presidential election since. It is now one of the most Democratic in the country; in 2008, Democrat Barack Obama drew 83% of the city's vote. Obama's win was even greater in 2012, capturing 85% of the vote.
Who won the most votes in the city in '08? | Barack Obama | 2 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
You invited him?
Translate to Czech
Czech: | Ten chlap tam fňukal jako dítě. | 0 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
two-time european champions fc barcelona and juventus relied on their first-leg victories to advance tuesday night into the champions league group stage .
Summarize the aforementioned text in a single phrase. | barcelona juventus advantage in champions league | 6 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
Smith (suspension) was released by the Raiders on Monday Per NFL.com's Ian Rapoport, Smith is a suspect in an alleged domestic violence incident that took place over the weekend. Smith hasn't played in a game since 2015 due to repeat violations of the NFL's substance-abuse policy.
Sentence: Smith was suspended because he committed domestic violence.
Options: (I) Yes (II) It's impossible to say (III) No | (II) | 6 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
The Patriots' fifteenth game was an AFC East rivalry rematch against the Bills. The Bills took the first possession of the game 62 yards to the Patriots 8, but had to settle for a 26-yard field goal. The Patriots drove to the Bills 46, but were forced to punt. After a Bills three-and-out, the Patriots raced 48 yards in 4 plays, taking just 1:47, scoring on a 29-yard touchdown run by Woodhead. The Bills drove to Patriots 17, but Fitzpatrick was strip-sacked by Guyton with Mayo recovering at th Patriots 20. The Patriots marched 78 yards on 9 plays, scoring on an 8-yard touchdown pass to Rob Gronkowski, increasing the lead to 14-3. The Bills drove all the way to the Patriots 32 on their next drive, but turned the ball over on downs. The Patriots continued to move the ball easily on their next drive, reaching the 16, and Graham kicked a 34-yard field goal, increasing the lead to 17-3. On the fourth play of the Bills next drive, Fitzpatrick was intercepted at the Bills 46 by Chung who returned it 19 yards to the Bills 27. Seven plays later, Brady hit Alge Crumpler on a 4-yard touchdown pass, widening their lead to 24-3 at halftime. After a Patriots three-and-out, Fitzpatrick was intercepted by Page at the Bills 21. A chop block penalty on Chad Reinhart moved the ball to the Bills 11. Four plays later, Brady hit Gronkowski on an 8-yard touchdown pass, making the score 31-3. The Bills drove to the Patriots 22 on their next drive, but turned the ball over on downs. Early in the fourth, Graham hit a 26-yard field goal, making the score 34-3. The Bills turned it over two more times and punted every other time as the Patriots cruised to a dominating win. With the win, New England improved to 13-2, clinched the AFC East along with the number one seed and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. Brady had his ninth consecutive game without an interception, and in the process broke Bernie Kosar's record of pass attempts without an interception (308, from 1991-1992). It was also his eighth consecutive game with at least two touchdowns and no interceptions.
Ask a question about this article. | Which team lost this game? | 9 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Select the correct answer: Which is an appropriate title for this article?
World leaders expressed horror yesterday over the bloody climax of Russia #39;s hostage crisis yesterday, saying the barbaric attack on school children showed terrorists have sunk to new lows.
Choose from:
a). World;
b). Sports;
c). Business;
d). Science/Tech; | c). | 6 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Possible review types:
pick from the following.
[i] negative
[ii] positive.
Generate a [i] review for a place | Nice staff. Lousy sandwich. My first sandwich turned out to be a bad idea. I tried the pastramy but couldnt eat it due to the horrible 1000 island sauce on it. Its just terrible with the sweetness of that sauce. They put it on both pieces of bread so I couldnt even eat half. I might try something else but one of these is enough for me. | 8 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Write the answer: Who is currently the creative director at the House of Chanel? | karl lagerfeld | 2 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Cenaze alayının geçmesini bekleyen Podujevalı Lütfi Gaşi adlı vatandaş, "Cumhurbaşkanı Rugova artık bedenen bizlerle birlikte olmasa da ilelebet zihnimizde ve anılarımızda olacak.
Translate this to English? | "President Rugova will not be with us physically, but always he will be in our mind and memory. | 3 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
a television movie about civil rights pioneer rosa parks won two awards from the national association for the advancement of colored people image awards , although parks shunned the event over its nominations for the film `` barbershop '' .
Write a brief summary in a sentence or less. | barbershop controversy resurrected at naacp image awards | 4 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Solve -9*m + 38 + 16 = 0 for m. | 6 | 0 | Flan2021 | math_dataset/algebra__linear_1d:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Where can I buy distilled water?
Where can you buy distilled water in glass bottles?
Do those questions have the same meaning?
Available options:
(i) no
(ii) yes | (i) | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Finnish:
From an energy point of view, a single European policy is still yet to be invented.
Finnish: | Yhtenäinen EU:n politiikka energia-asioissa on edelleen luomatta. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Select your answer: Which is this about?
Ziff Davis - Opinion: In last week's episode, Microsoft sent #36;546 million Novell's way; this week, Microsoft launches a campaign to win over Novell customers. Will such moves land the software giant back in court?
Possible answers:
a). World;
b). Sports;
c). Business;
d). Science/Tech; | d). | 5 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Breathe only through your mouth, which can indicate stuffy sinuses, and talk and react to things slower. You can fake a slight cough and sharp sniffs to appear more convincing. It is hard to fake your nose running, but you can make your eyes look like they are watering by consciously not blinking for longer than usual, which will naturally make your eyes water slightly. Do this just before talking to people for maximum effect. Migraines have no symptoms that can be seen, so others will have to rely on your story to understand your symptoms. Pretend that you are sensitive to light and sound and go to a dark, quiet room if possible. Common symptoms of a migraine are dizziness, harsh reactions to light and sound, loss of balance, and massive head pain, especially in the temples and back of the head. Rub your stomach a few times the night before and complain about feeling "off" before you go to bed a little early without fully finishing your food. Fake having diarrhea by spending lots of time in the bathroom and imitating cramps. You can pretend to throw up making choking and guttural sounds, then pour a glass of water into the toilet. Flush it, take a few seconds to clean up, and leave the bathroom. Then, lay on the couch and avoid eating food. Throughout the night, continue to go to the bathroom quite often, but be sure to turn a fan on so people don't get suspicious when they hear no sounds coming out of the bathroom. Use lots of air freshener to cover the "smell", and keep running to the bathroom suddenly the next day. Sick people generally understate their symptoms, only coughing when they need to and acting nauseous when waves of nausea hit. Practice your fake symptoms in the mirror and convince yourself first before you try to convince others of your illness. It is extremely easy to tell whether a sneeze is real or fake. Avoid faking a sneeze, but if you feel it would make you look more convincing, tickle the underside of your nose with a feather or something similar to trigger a sneezing reflex.
Summary: | Imitate a fever or the flu by faking a cough, congestion, and exhaustion. Fake a migraine by avoiding lights, sounds, and people. Imitate stomach issues by acting nauseous and going to the restroom frequently. Don't raise suspicion by overacting your symptoms. | 0 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Die Einrichtungen erfüllen alle Ansprüche an die Funktionalität und erlauben gleichzeitig die Herstellung von Weinen höchster Qualität.
Could you please translate this to English? | Here, we boast installations at the service of all we possibly require to produce a truly high quality range of wines. | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the sentiment of the following review?
Wow! I just read a review posted a few weeks ago re: someone getting ill after eating here. Alas, my husband had the same experience! Let me start out by saying: I love seafood. I actually tried to make reservations at Joe's Stone Crab (which I adore), but unfortunately, Joe's couldn't accommodate me for the time I requested. We ended up here instead. The appetizers: great. We had oysters, clams, and the lobster poptart. I also had the happy hour sangria, and my husband had a couple bombay sapphires. So far, so good. We then get to the actual entrees. I ordered the scallops (around $34), and my husband ordered the sea bass. The scallops were so disappointing! Four rubbery, overcooked scallops on a lonely plate. Terrible. I ate two, and thus threw $34 down the drain. My husband's sea bass was raw. He attempted to eat it, but eventually gave up. The server offered to get him something else, and he asked the kitchen to prepare whatever fish it wanted. A burned salmon came out. My husband's a chef, and he took it as a big "F. U." for sending back the raw sea bass. Nice, Seablue. Great service there. The sides we had: mac and cheese (not cheesy) and another side, which was so memorable I've now forgotten what it was. $200 later . . . . Well, actually, my husband had to work at the restaurant the next morning. He puked all night, and he puked on the way to work. Gross. Needless to say, we won't be back. Michael Mina, I'm disappointed.
Choices:
(i) negative;
(ii) positive; | (i) | 5 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Find the right ending to this passage.
Jose Mourinho has heaped praise on Cesar Azpilicueta, claiming that the full-back possesses all the attributes required in a winning team. Speaking ahead of Chelsea's Champions League tie against Galatasaray on Wednesday Mourinho said that winning the Champions League was the pinnacle for every player and manager in Europe. But the 51-year-old also added that the Blues' opponents would be tricky customers to deal with, especially in the cauldron of the Turk Telekom Arena. Scroll down for video The Happy One? Jose Mourinho's second coming at Chelsea has seen him portray a more relaxed persona Mourinho was speaking during an interview to promote Adidas Gamedayplus
second year in
OPTIONS:
- Adidas Gamedayplus, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Azpilicueta, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Blues, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Cesar Azpilicueta, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Champions League, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Chelsea, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Europe, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Galatasaray, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Jose Mourinho, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Mourinho, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Turk Telekom Arena, he plays more or less a second year also in the
- Turkish, he plays more or less a second year also in the
| Chelsea, he plays more or less a second year also in the | 2 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Choose from the options at the end. Are the following two questions the same?
How do I purchase Twitter followers?
How I can buy Twitter followers?
OPTIONS:
(i). no;
(ii). yes;
The answer is: | (ii). | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Finnish:
The problems of finance have still not really been resolved.
Finnish: | Rahoituskysymyksiä ei ole edelleenkään todella ratkaistu. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How is "For this reason, my Group has fought for some very practical ideas: against the idea of a labour market rigidity indicator and in favour of a good employment indicator, so as to emphasise that stable, secure employment is the norm; against unjustified dismissal, in that it amounts to discrimination; against a recurring accumulation of atypical contracts, or lifelong insecurity, which is a modern form of slavery; in favour of the right of those not in employment to an income, as they cannot live on air alone; in favour of bringing together different forms of welfare assistance; and against discrimination affecting women at work." said in German? | Aus diesem Grunde hat meine Fraktion sich für einige sehr praktische Ideen eingesetzt: gegen den Gedanken eines Indikators für die Inflexibilität des Arbeitsmarktes und für einen Indikator der guten Beschäftigungslage, um zu betonen, dass stabile, sichere Arbeitsplätze die Norm sein müssen; gegen ungerechtfertigte Kündigungen, da es sich dabei um Diskriminierung handelt; gegen immer wiederkehrende befristete Arbeitsverhältnisse oder ein lebenslanges Nichtabgesichertsein, das eine moderne Form der Sklaverei darstellt; für das Recht Nichtbeschäftigter auf ein Einkommen, da niemand allein von Luft leben kann; für die Koordinierung verschiedener Formen der sozialen Unterstützung und gegen die Diskriminierung von Frauen am Arbeitsplatz. | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a (2). yelp review (Pick your answer from:
(1). negative.
(2). positive.). | Cozy and welcoming. This is my impression upon entering Hartigan's. The menu features typical pub favorites, such as nachos, wraps ad burgers. I chose the veggie burger without the bun and, dare I admit this? Tater tots! Ok, Ms. Healthy likes to splurge, too! The burger arrived with tomato and lettuce, and there must have been a whole bag of tots on my plate because I couldn't finish them. Friendly and helpful servers, too. The only thing that I did not care for was the bar's playlist of current, top forty music. | 7 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Romanian:
Currently, it is estimated that only 4% of European students receive an Erasmus grant during their studies.
Romanian: | În prezent, se estimează că doar 4 % dintre studenții europeni primesc o bursă Erasmus în timpul studiilor lor. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Are these paraphrases?
Has been recorded from western Europe including Great Britain ( where it is rare ) and from Scandinavia .
Has been received from Western Europe , including Scandinavia ( where it is rare ) and from Great Britain .
Choose from:
1). no.
2). yes. | 1). | 7 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
I like to rest my head on my husbands shoulder/chest almost all the time he is at home. Am I being needy and clingy?
Why are possessive, controlling, and obsessive people clingy and needy?
Do those questions have the same meaning?
(a). no.
(b). yes. | (a). | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate "I should also like to know whether the budgetary resources are adequate." to Finnish? | Kysyn lisäksi, ovatko budjettivarat riittävät. | 7 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a A). yelp review (Pick from: A). negative B). positive). | Canyon Cafe has the potential to be an idyllic restaurant, but falls short on nearly all aspects one desires in a dining experience. I want this place to succeed, I really do, but based upon a couple of my experiences here it seems they themselves do not want to succeed. Canyon Cafe has a really nice location in downtown Phoenix at the Arizona Center. One of its main selling points is the huge shaded patio overlooking the Arizona Center courtyard with tall palm trees and soothing waterfalls. They have some of the best margaritas I've ever tasted. The food is mediocre. My first three times here last winter were great. Canyon Cafe was one of my first restaurant experiences in Phoenix, as I had just accepted my first big boy job and had relocated from Pennsylvania. I was in love with the new climate and the countless varieties of margaritas. The food was so-so, but the atmosphere and service received were wonderful. My server was the older lady with shorter gray hair--perfect! My fourth time was on a Friday night, and we arrived to a surprisingly empty restaurant around 8:30 for dinner. The chile-rubbed sirloin left a lot to be desired, but the Orange Beso margaritas were its saving grace. I really love these margaritas, and I highly recommend this place for margaritas, and margaritas only, but only if you want to stop drinking them by 10pm on a Friday night. I didn't know they closed at 10pm on a Friday night until the server presented me the check at 10pm saying that they close at 10pm on Friday nights. Seriously? I'm not one to consciously stay past closing time, but giving one of your few remaining repeat customers the proverbial 'foot in the ass' is probably a big reason as to why you have no one in your restaurant on a Friday night. That, and you don't have a HH to lure customers in earlier in the evening. Get with the program. In the spirit of redemption, I came here solo for a late lunch yesterday. The place was nearly empty, but that's to be expected at 4pm on a weekday. I picked a nice patio table overlooking the courtyard on an absolutely beautiful 80 degree day. I sipped on my Blue Moon margarita, wayfarers on, giving thanks I wasn't in the torrent of shit that was unloading on the east coast. I ordered the Salmon Caesar Salad and went back to sipping and basking. Five minutes later my waitress returns asking me what I ordered. Sip. This particular Caesar salad has apple and pear slices in it, which sounded deliciously refreshing. I was let down when the bowl arrived and the pieces were about the width of a toothpick. The salad and dressing were great, but the salmon tasted too fishy, leading me to believe it was old. I'm about halfway finished with my margarita when my server drops the check, not even asking me if i'd like another margarita. There are literally three tables in the entire restaurant and I feel like I'm being rushed out again. I don't touch the check, but proceed to sip, people watch, and check my phone to see how the market did. Ten minutes later she opens the check presenter that's on my table, "Oh, you're not finished?" No. "Just enjoying the weather?" .......... I think I'm finished now. I'm finished with this restaurant. This place is a headache. Also check out their website. It looks like something I could have created using Visual Basic in high school. This place reeks of complacency. 2 stars only because of the margaritas. | 7 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
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