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Question: What was William Gerard Hamilton's nickname?
Answer: At about this same time, Burke was introduced to William Gerard Hamilton (known as "Single-speech Hamilton").
A single-select problem: Is the question answered in a satisfactory fashion?
Choose from:
(A). yes.
(B). no. | (A). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
The Badgers are getting preparing to host Florida Atlantic for another home game in Camp Randall. It was announced on Thursday that running back Bradrick Shaw has been limited during practice this week and is questionable for Saturday's game with a right leg injury. Running back Taiwan Deal remains out as he recovers from ankle surgery. It puts even more of a load on freshman Jonathan Taylor this weekend - who was the team's leading rusher last week. "... More >>
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Bradrick Shaw is a player for The Badgers "?
[a]. Yes
[b]. It's impossible to say
[c]. No
I think the answer is | [a]. | 0 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Five minutes into this movie you realize that you have seen it all before. It is BOILER ROOM. It is THE FIRM. And it is THE DEVILS ADVOCATE. And there are NO new elements here. Except for the all-to-clear Bill Gates-allegory. Conpsiracies are always good stuff for movie-making, but why does it have to be so extreme ? Boiler room is a good movie, because it - for a while at least - seems realistic. In Antitrust everything is wrong. How realistic is it for example that your boss pay an impostor to be your girlfriend in order to make you work harder and control you ? I'd give it 1, but the soundtrack is OK, so 2/10.
Choose your answer. How would you describe the sentiment of this review?
Options:
A). negative;
B). positive; | A). | 2 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The Nutty Professor is a 1963 American science fiction-romantic comedy film produced, directed, co-written (with Bill Richmond) and starring Jerry Lewis. The score was composed by Walter Scharf. The film is a parody of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
Can we infer the following?
The film was produced over many years
Choose your answer from:
--Yes
--It's impossible to say
--No
The answer is: | It's impossible to say | 4 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Remove the spaces from the following sentence: Holiday apartments in center of Korcula, prices from 12EUR. Air-conditioned apartments in Korcula, 50 meters from the center of town. | HolidayapartmentsincenterofKorcula,pricesfrom12EUR.Air-conditionedapartmentsinKorcula,50metersfromthecenteroftown. | 9 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The most eagerly anticipated animated film this year hits big screens this weekend, as "The Simpsons Movie" opens worldwide. The Screening Room spoke to creator Matt Groening and writer Al Jean in London about everyone's favorite two-dimensional yellow family. Simpsons supremo Matt Groening with his creations at the film's premiere in Springfield, Vermont Matt Groening told the Screening Room that fans had driven the demand for the movie. "We've had fans clamoring for a movie for the past 18 years," he said. The film has taken four years to come to fruition, as writer Al Jean explained. "What really held us up for a long time was to have enough people to do the show and the movie," he said. "We talked for a while about doing the movie after the show is done, but the show is never done! So it really started in earnest in 2003, when we started working on this story that became the movie." Technology has also played its part. Jean continued, "The technology to do this film really wasn't even around five years ago. For example, there was this joke I once pitched and David Silverman, the director, started drawing and as I was pitching it, it went into the film and it was cut a day later. To go from pitch to cut in two days is pretty impressive." Its creators hope that "The Simpsons Movie" will both satisfy long-term fans and bring Homer and Marge's family to a new audience. Groening told the Screening Room, "This movie is designed to both honor the people who have loved the show all this time, so there's lots of little details for them in the movie, little characters and stuff who they know and love, but we also want people who don't know the family to not be completely confused. It is a complete movie experience, but again, we have a lot of little details that only the really, true die-hard fans are going to get." And fans can expect to be entertained by plenty of cartoon mishaps. Groening said, "When you see somebody fall off the roof in a live-action film, it's funny -- we all love it. But it's not as funny as when Homer falls off the roof.
Question: "Which resource helped play a part in Jean and David Silverman being able to go from pitch to cut in two days?"
Answer: "a day later"
Is this answer correct?
pick from the following.
(i) no.
(ii) yes....I think the answer is | (i) | 2 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
How does the sentence end?
Hunter likes tulips and Ryan does not, so
Options are: (I) Hunter went to buy some from the store.. (II) Ryan went to buy some from the store.. | (I) | 5 | Flan2021 | winogrande:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Unemployment across the state fell a half of a percentage point last month to 6.1 percent from August 's mark of 6.6 percent .
The unemployment rate in San Joaquin County dipped last month to 8.5 percent , down nearly a full percentage point from August .
OPTIONS:
A). no;
B). yes; | A). | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Would a linguist find the following sentence to be a valid English sentence grammatically?
We persuaded them to examine them.
Available choices: 1). unacceptable; 2). acceptable; | 1). | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/cola:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Text complete: coogan scooped the other blaster off his desk , backed away . `` all right . when adams lands , you get on that visor and tell him pchak wishes to see him down here . with adams a hostage , i can get the rest to lay down their arms . '' `` one false move and i turn that robot loose on you , '' said | coogan | 7 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
the international atomic energy agency has no access to people, documents, sites.
the international atomic energy agency is based in
Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".
Select from:
(a). 0.
(b). 1.
(c). 2.
(d). 3.
(e). 4.
(f). 5. | (b). | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the answer to this question? who played bert in mary poppins on broadway?
| Gavin Lee | 6 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Prince Harry was reunited with his ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy during a charity carol concert in London last night. Chelsy, who remains a close friend of Prince Harry, was pretty in a red jumper as she arrived for the service at St Luke's Church in Chelsea. There, she heard both Harry and William pay heartfelt tribute to their friend Henry van Straubenzee, who was killed in a car crash in 2002 aged just 18 years old. Scroll down for video. Sombre: Miss Davy, who was also a friend of Mr van Straubenzee, arrives for the service. Good humoured: Prince Harry chats with a friend outside St Luke's Parish Church in Chelsea. Since his death, the foundation set up in his memory has raised enough money to support the education of more than 26,000 children in 39 schools across Uganda. Harry, who attended the Ludgrove prep school in Berkshire with Mr van Straubenzee, remembered his friend in an address made to an 800-strong congregation, which also included Pippa Middleton and Ellie Goulding. After describing van Straubenzee as 'a Polzeath surfing legend and ladies' man with whom we shared so many special memories', to much laughter, Harry continued:. 'I'm sure you understand when I say most of those memories are not suitable for public consumption, let alone in the house of God.' The Duke of Cambridge struck a more sombre note, telling the congregation, who had gathered at St Luke's Parish Church in Chelsea, that 'we are here, of course, to remember Henry.' Tribute: Harry said Mr van Straubenzee was a 'Polzeath surfing legend and ladies' man' Sombre: The Duke of Cambridge struck a more sombre note during his address. Alone: The Duke of Cambridge was without his wife who chose to remain at home with Prince George. 'He was a friend to many people here and a very special friend to us, who we share so many happy childhood memories with. 'Henry would be amazed that his charity is giving so many children a chance in life. He certainly enjoyed his.' The service, which also included readings by author Santa Montefiore and historian Dan Snow, was rounded off by a performance from Goulding who sang Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, at the request of Prince Harry. The surviving van Straubenzee brothers remain close friends with the two princes, with both attending the 2013 wedding of Thomas van Straubenzee. Chelsy Davy, who met the brothers while in a relationship with Prince Harry, is also a friend, as is Prince William's sister-in-law, Pippa Middleton. Cigarette break: Miss Davy was spotted having a crafty cigarette outside the church. Toast: After the service, Miss Davy decamped to a nearby pub with a friend. Entertainment: The two were seen enjoying a drink and a lengthy gossip. Guests: The princes were joined by Ellie Goulding, who sang during the service, and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.
Summarize the highlights of this article. | The two princes made a joint address remembering their friend. 800-strong congregation included Pippa Middleton and Chelsy Davy. Henry van Straubenzee was killed in a car accident aged 18 in 2002. Foundation set up in his name supports education in Uganda. | 4 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
Please answer this question: when was the last time loyola-chicago was in the ncaa tournament? | 2018 | 4 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
My boyfriend and I have been there a few times now. We really love the atmosphere. The service has been great every time. The food is great and I especially enjoy the wine selections.
Choose the sentiment of this review?
Possible answers: (1). negative; (2). positive; | (2). | 1 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Write an article based on this "Sign up for a summer camp. Volunteer for a local charity. Go to a concert. Have a beach day."
Article: | You might have to save up a little bit of money or ask your parents for help, but summer camp is a great way to meet people from other neighborhoods! These days there are camps for just about any kind of interest you can imagine, including: Music camps Creative writing camps Zoology camps Filmmaking camps Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) camps There are endless volunteer opportunities available to teens during the summer. Whether it’s working at a summer camp or a soup kitchen, find something that fits your personality. Chances are you’ll meet some cool people in the process! Colleges love seeing volunteer work as an added bonus. Check out your community center or ask friends for some ideas on how to get involved. Get a few friends together to hit up a concert this summer. No matter what kind of music you’re into, be sure to snag some tickets to a show early in the season. If a friend asks you to go see a band you’ve never heard of, it can’t hurt to give it a try. You may end up finding a new favorite artist. It’s even better if it’s an outdoor show! You don’t need to live on the coast to have a solid beach day! Heading to a lake in your area can have the same effect. Grab some friends, a towel, a beach ball, and plenty of sunscreen and get ready to enjoy the weather. Don’t be afraid to mingle with the other teens at the beach too; you could end up making some new friends! | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write the next sentence.
The razor didn't work as well as the knife that I had, because the
Choose your answer from: a. razor was dull. b. knife was dull.
Answer: | a. | 1 | Flan2021 | winogrande:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Article: IndyMac often made loans without verification of the borrower’s income or assets, and to borrowers with poor credit histories. Appraisals obtained by IndyMac on underlying collateral were often questionable as well. As an Alt-A lender, IndyMac’s business model was to offer loan products to fit the borrower’s needs, using an extensive array of risky option-adjustable-rate-mortgages (option ARMs), subprime loans, 80/20 loans, and other nontraditional products. Ultimately, loans were made to many borrowers who simply could not afford to make their payments. The thrift remained profitable only as long as it was able to sell those loans in the secondary mortgage market. IndyMac resisted efforts to regulate its involvement in those loans or tighten their issuing criteria: see the comment by Ruthann Melbourne, Chief Risk Officer, to the regulating agencies.
Now answer this question: What was questionable on IndyMac's underlying collateral? | Appraisals | 6 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the solution?
Solve 177369 - 178755 = 63*w for w. | -22 | 2 | Flan2021 | math_dataset/algebra__linear_1d:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | Ortak girişimin sahipliği, ilk hissedarlar olarak kamu kuruluşu Bulgar Enerji Holdingi ve Gazprom aracılığıyla iki ülke arasında eşit olarak paylaşılacak. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
During the month of February 2016 CfDP is organising a digital campaign in close collaboration with The Media Council for Children and Young People which focuses on the issue of creating a safer internet for young people
Could you correct the punctuation please? | During the month of February 2016, CfDP is organising a digital campaign, in close collaboration with The Media Council for Children and Young People, which focuses on the issue of creating a safer internet for young people. | 4 | Flan2021 | fix_punct | zs_opt |
See context followed by options. Is "Charlie" the same as "He" in this sentence?
Bob paid for Charlie 's college education. *He* is very generous.
Available choices: + no; + yes; | no | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
– A celebrity once beloved among young people now finds himself on a list of books parents and other community members most wish to see removed from libraries: Bill Cosby. Cosby's "Little Bill Books" series is among those making the American Library Association's annual top 10 "challenged books," per the AP. The reason is unique for the list, which the ALA announced Monday: not the books themselves, but the multiple accusations of sexual assault against the actor-comedian. The Cosby series was launched in 1997, and the first three releases, The Meanest Thing to Say, The Treasure Hunt, and The Best Way to Play were selected by Oprah Winfrey for her book club. Here is the ALA list, with the summary of complaints by people in parenthesis: This One Summer, by Mariko Tamaki (includes LGBT characters, drug use, and profanity, and was considered sexually explicit with mature themes) Drama, by Raina Telgemeier (includes LGBT characters, was deemed sexually explicit, and was considered to have an offensive political viewpoint) George, by Alex Gino (includes a transgender child, and the "sexuality was not appropriate at elementary levels") I Am Jazz, by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings (portrays a transgender child and because of language, sex education, and offensive viewpoints) Two Boys Kissing, by David Levithan (cover has an image of two boys kissing, and it was considered to include sexually explicit LGBT content) Looking for Alaska, by John Green (challenged for a sexually explicit scene that may lead a student to "sexual experimentation") Big Hard Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction (considered sexually explicit) Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread, by Chuck Palahniuk (challenged for profanity, sexual explicitness, and being "disgusting and all around offensive") Little Bill (series), by Bill Cosby (challenged because of criminal sexual allegations against the author) Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell (challenged for offensive language)
Expand this summary. | FILE - In this April 3, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's "Little Bill Books" series is... (Associated Press)
FILE - In this April 3, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's "Little Bill Books" series is among those making the American Library Association's annual top 10 list of "challenged books." The... (Associated Press)
FILE - In this April 3, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's "Little Bill Books" series is among those making the American Library Association's annual top 10 list of "challenged books." The... (Associated Press) FILE - In this April 3, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's "Little Bill Books" series is... (Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — A celebrity once beloved among young people now finds himself on a list of books parents and other community members most wish to see removed from libraries: Bill Cosby.
Cosby's "Little Bill Books" series is among those making the American Library Association's annual top 10 "challenged books." The reason is unique for the list, which the ALA announced Monday: not the books themselves, but the multiple accusations of sexual assault against the actor-comedian.
The Cosby series was launched in 1997 in the biggest way possible for the publishing industry; the first three releases, "The Meanest Thing to Say," ''The Treasure Hunt" and "The Best Way to Play," were selected by Oprah Winfrey for her book club. "Little Bill" later became the basis for an Emmy-winning animated TV program that aired on CBS.
James LaRue, who directs the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, said he would have a two-part defense if a parent objected to a library's carrying the books.
"I would say we try to purchase books that appeal to a certain age group, that the books themselves were well reviewed and that they have positive messages," he told The Associated Press during a recent telephone interview. "I would also say that you may disagree with him as a person, but these books aren't about that."
Cosby ranked No. 9 on a list topped by Mariko Tamaki's "This One Summer," which has been restricted and even banned for LGBT characters, drug use and profanity. Several books were challenged because of sexuality and the presence of transgender characters, including the works ranked two to five: Raina Telgemeier's "Drama," Alex Gino's "George," Jazz Jenning's and Jessica Herthel's "I Am Jazz" and David Levithan's "Two Boys Kissing."
"We see a real problem with labeling, reducing the whole book because of sexual content," LaRue said.
John Green's "Looking for Alaska" was No. 6, cited for being "sexually explicit." Chuck Palahniuk of "The Fight Club" fame is No. 7 for "Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread," which inspired the distinctive complaint of being "disgusting and all-around offensive."
The others in the top 10 were Matt Fraction's "Big Hard Sex Criminals" (the title alone is trouble) and Rainbow Rowell's "Eleanor & Park," criticized for "offensive language."
The library association recorded 323 challenges last year, a 17 percent increase over 2015 but relatively low compared with the previous decade, when more than 400 were usually tallied. The ALA has long believed that for every challenge reported, four to five are not brought to its attention and that self-censorship is increasingly common.
"One of the real issues is that fewer schools have librarians so they don't know there's a thoughtful way to respond to complaints," LaRue said. "You also have school librarians saying upfront that they won't want profanity or sex in the books they acquire."
The ALA defines a challenge as "an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group." Books that have been on the list include Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series and Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." ||||| The American Library Association condemns censorship and works to ensure free access to information. Every year, the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top Ten Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The lists are based on information from media stories and voluntary challenge reports sent to OIF from communities across the United States.
Explore the annual Top Ten Most Challenged Books lists:
The Top Ten lists are only a snapshot of book challenges. Surveys indicate that 82-97% of book challenges – documented requests to remove materials from schools or libraries – remain unreported and receive no media.
Sometimes OIF receives information as the challenge is happening; other times OIF receives an online report years later. This affects the total number of challenges reported in any given year. Thus the Top Ten Most Challenged Books list should not be viewed as an exhaustive report.
Top Ten Most Challenged Books
Top Ten for 2016
Out of 323 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
This One Summer written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Reasons: challenged because it includes LGBT characters, drug use and profanity, and it was considered sexually explicit with mature themes Drama written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier
Reasons: challenged because it includes LGBT characters, was deemed sexually explicit, and was considered to have an offensive political viewpoint George written by Alex Gino
Reasons: challenged because it includes a transgender child, and the “sexuality was not appropriate at elementary levels” I Am Jazz written by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, and illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
Reasons: challenged because it portrays a transgender child and because of language, sex education, and offensive viewpoints Two Boys Kissing written by David Levithan
Reasons: challenged because its cover has an image of two boys kissing, and it was considered to include sexually explicit LGBT content Looking for Alaska written by John Green
Reasons: challenged for a sexually explicit scene that may lead a student to “sexual experimentation” Big Hard Sex Criminals written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Chip Zdarsky
Reason: challenged because it was considered sexually explicit Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread written by Chuck Palahniuk
Reasons: challenged for profanity, sexual explicitness, and being “disgusting and all around offensive” Little Bill (series) written by Bill Cosby and and illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood
Reason: challenged because of criminal sexual allegations against the author Eleanor & Park written by Rainbow Rowell
Reason: challenged for offensive language
Top Ten for 2015
Out of 275 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
View the 2015 book challenge infographic
Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and other (“poorly written,” “concerns that a group of teenagers will want to try it”) I Am Jazz, by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
Reasons: inaccurate, homosexuality, sex education, religious viewpoint, and unsuited for age group Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, by Susan Kuklin
Reasons: anti-family, offensive language, homosexuality, sex education, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, and other (“wants to remove from collection to ward off complaints”) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
Reasons: offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, and other (“profanity and atheism”) The Holy Bible
Reasons: religious viewpoint Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel
Reasons: violence and other (“graphic images”) Habibi, by Craig Thompson
Reasons: nudity, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan, by Jeanette Winter
Reasons: religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and violence Two Boys Kissing, by David Levithan
Reasons: homosexuality and other (“condones public displays of affection”)
Top Ten for 2014
Out of 311 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
View the 2014 book challenge infographic
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: anti-family, cultural insensitivity, drugs/alcohol/smoking, gambling, offensive language, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group, violence. Additional reasons: “depictions of bullying” Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Reasons: gambling, offensive language, political viewpoint. Additional reasons: “politically, racially, and socially offensive,” “graphic depictions” And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Reasons: anti-family, homosexuality, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “promotes the homosexual agenda” The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “contains controversial issues” It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
Reasons: nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group. Additional reasons: “alleges it is child pornography” Saga, by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Reasons: anti-Family, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Reasons: offensive language, unsuited to age group, violence The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “date rape and masturbation” A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group Drama, by Raina Telgemeier
Reason: sexually explicit
Top Ten for 2013
Out of 307 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
Reasons: nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
Reasons: occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit Bone (series), by Jeff Smith
Reason: political viewpoint, racism, violence
Top Ten for 2012
Out of 464 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: offensive language, unsuited for age group The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: homosexuality, unsuited for age group The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Reasons: homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: unsuited for age group, violence The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence
Top Ten for 2011
Out of 326 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
Reasons: nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, insensitivity, offensive language, occult/satanic, violence My Mom's Having A Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
Reasons: nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: offensive language, racism, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: insensitivity, nudity, racism, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Reasons: offensive language, racism
Top Ten for 2010
Out of 348 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: homosexuality, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: offensive language, racism, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: insensitivity, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence Lush, by Natasha Friend
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: sexism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Reasons: drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie
Reasons: homosexuality, sexually explicit Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: religious viewpoint, violence
Top Ten for 2009
Out of 460 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: drugs, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: homosexuality The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: anti-family, drugs, homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Reasons: offensive language, racism, unsuited to age group Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
Reasons: homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
Top Ten for 2008
Out of 513 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman
Reasons: political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, violence ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: occult/satanism, religious viewpoint, violence Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
Reasons: occult/satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, violence The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Uncle Bobby's Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen
Reasons: homosexuality, unsuited to age group The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
Top Ten for 2007
Out of 420 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, sexism, unsuited to age group The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, violence Olive's Ocean, by Kevin Henkes
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
Reason: religious viewpoint The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Reason: racism The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Reasons: homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit ttyl, by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Reason: sexually explicit It's Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
Reasons: sex education, sexually explicit The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
Top Ten for 2006
Out of 546 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Reasons: anti-family, homosexuality, unsuited to age group Gossip Girls (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuited to age group Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: offensive language and sexually explicit The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
Reasons: anti-family, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: insensitivity, occult/Satanism, unsuited to age group, violence Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
Reasons: homosexuality, offensive language The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, violence
Top Ten for 2005
Out of 405 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health, by Robie H. Harris
Reasons: abortion, homosexuality, nudity, religious viewpoint, sex education, unsuited to age group Forever, by Judy Blume
Reasons: offensive language, sexual content The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger
Reasons: sexual content, offensive language, unsuited to age group The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: sexual content, offensive language Whale Talk, by Chris Crutcher
Reasons: racism, offensive language Detour for Emmy, by Marilyn Reynolds
Reason: sexual content What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: sexual content, being unsuited to age group Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: anti-family content, unsuited to age group, violence Crazy Lady!, by Jane Leslie Conly
Reason: offensive language It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families, by Robie H. Harris
Reasons: sex education, sexual content
Top Ten for 2004
Out of 547 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
Reasons: offensive language, racism, violence Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture, by Michael A. Bellesiles
Reasons: inaccurate, political viewpoint Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: offensive language, unsuited to age group, sexually explicit In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
Reasons: nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit King & King, by Linda deHaan
Reason: homosexuality I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Reasons: homosexuality, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
Reasons: offensive language, racism, violence
Top Ten for 2003
Out of 458 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: sexual content, offensive language, unsuited to age group Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
Reasons: occult/Satanism Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
Reason: offensive language Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture, by Michael Bellesiles
Reason: inaccuracy Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
Reason: drugs, offensive language, racism, sexual content, violence Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
Reason: drugs It's Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
Reasons: homosexuality, nudity, sexual content, sex education We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: offensive language, sexual content King & King, by Linda de Haan
Reason: homosexuality Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
Reasons: occult/Satanism, offensive language
Top Ten for 2002
Out of 515 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling
Reasons: occult/Satanism, violence Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence Taming the Star Runner, by S.E. Hinton
Reason: offensive language Captain Underpants, by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: offensive language, unsuited to age group The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Reason: offensive language Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
Reasons: occult/Satanism, offensive language, violence Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
Reason: offensive language Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
Reasons: unsuited to age group, violence
Top Ten for 2001
Out of 448 challenges recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling
Reasons: anti-family, occult/Satanism, religious viewpoint, violence Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
Reasons: offensive language, racism, unsuited to age group, violence The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene
Reasons: offensive language, racism, sexually explicit The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
Reasons: offensive language, unsuited to age group Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
Reason: offensive language Blood and Chocolate, by Annette Curtis Klause
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
Background Information from 2000 to 2009
View the 2000-2009 book challenge infographic
From 2000 to 2009, 5,099* challenges were reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom.
1,577 challenges due to "sexually explicit" material
1,291 challenges due to "offensive language"
989 challenges due to materials deemed "unsuited to age group"
619 challenged due to "violence"'
361 challenges due to "homosexuality"
Further, 274 materials were challenged due to "occult" or "Satanic" themes, an additional 291 were challenged due to their "religious viewpoint," and 119 because they were "anti-family."
Please note that the number of challenges and the number of reasons for those challenges do not match because works are often challenged on more than one ground.
1,639 of these challenges were in school libraries; 1,811 were in classrooms; 1,217 took place in public libraries. There were 114 challenges to materials used in college classes, and 30 to academic libraries. There are isolated cases of challenges to library materials made available in or by prisons, special libraries, community groups, and students.
The vast majority of challenges were initiated by parents (2,535), with patrons and administrators to follow (516 and 489 respectively).
* We receive challenge reports after the Top Ten lists have been published. This number reflects all the challenges we received since July 31, 2013 for the 2000-2009 time period.
Before 1990
OIF has only been collecting data about banned banned books since 1990, so we do not have any lists of frequently challenged books or authors before that date. ||||| | 9 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The Freakin' Frog is great! It is a nice size and has great food and a great selection of drinks. My favorite is their Cider on Tap. I love being able to go into a bar and feel welcome by the staff. The first time I went here I was greeted by the bartender with a hug! Now that is something you just don't forget!
Is this review positive or negative?
Available choices: a. negative b. positive
Answer: | b. | 0 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
By Lillian Radulova For Daily Mail Australia Yasmin Rajah's story first came to the public eye when her husband, Ryan Price, wrote a heart-breaking love letter to their local radio station B105, pleading with the show's producers to help him make his wife's dream a reality. The letter explained that at 29-years-of age, Yasmin was diagnosed with 'very rare Stage three cancer (Mature Teratoma with a malignant adenocarcinoma differentiation) after a grapefruit sized tumour was removed off her right lung through open heart surgery'. Scroll down for video Yasmin Rajah, a Brisbane mother-of-two who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, has finally had her dying wish granted and married her partner Ryan Price
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| Ryan's original letter, published by radio station B105 | 1 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
(CNN) -- Barack Obama has talked of ripping out the White House bowling alley and replacing it with a basketball court. The former reserve player for Punahou High School's 1979 state championship team brings an enthusiasm for pickup basketball games to a place where golf, baseball and football have been the most-discussed sports.
Reggie Miller says he'd pick Barack Obama for his squad because he likes the president-elect's team approach.
And if he puts hoops in the White House, Reggie Miller, the retired basketball star and sports broadcaster, wants in.
"I would love to be the first to go there and play," said Miller, whose record-breaking 2,560 three-pointers with the Indiana Pacers electrified basketball fans. Today Miller, 43, is an NBA analyst for TNT, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, parent company of CNN.
Miller and others have said Obama's playing style yields clues to the type of president he will be. Miller, who said he backed Obama in the election, spoke Monday to CNN.com. iReport.com: What would you like to ask Obama?
CNN: Do you know Barack Obama?
Reggie Miller: I have never met him personally, but from afar, obviously I admire the man and the courage and the strength, the wisdom. I respect how much of a family man he is.
CNN: Where does basketball fit in your view of Barack Obama?
Miller: It seems like he has a regular pickup game, which I like because as a ballplayer, you like to do the same routine. ... He plays with the same guys, he likes to get a good sweat in. ... When you get a good workout in, you feel good for the rest of the day. It helps clear the mind.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who would like to play basketball at the White House?
2. How old is he?
3. Where is he from?
4. What's his current occupation?
5. For what network?
6. Who did he vote for?
7. Has he met him?
8. How many three point shots has he made?
9. How many awards has he won?
10. Has Obama played basketball?
11. When?
12. For whom?
13. What does he want to add to the White house?
14. Where would he put it?
Numbered answers: | 1. Reggie Miller
2. 43
3. Indiana Pacers
4. an NBA analyst
5. TNT
6. Obama
7. no
8. 2,560
9. unknown
10. yes
11. 1979
12. Punahou High School
13. a basketball court
14. in place of the bowling alley | 3 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write the next sentence.
I always went to the church near my house and not the cathedral far away, because the
Available options:
(A). church was useless.
(B). cathedral was useless.
Answer: | (B). | 1 | Flan2021 | winogrande:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
in Cleveland - there are little birdies trapped in the airport!
Describe the sentiment embodied by this tweet.
pick from the following.
1). negative.
2). positive.
I think the answer is | 1). | 2 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sorry, but I will spoil both the plot line and the ending for you in hopes of avoiding a holiday fiasco like the one that I now face. The father dies and the mother asks Santa in a letter to bring him back to the family for Christmas,...and Santa does. Dad is peachy, happy healthy and totally unaware of the fact that he had died. All ends syrupy sweet.
But as a parent who recently watched my five year-old lose his best canine friend, it was a horror flick. Now my son is convinced that all he has to do to bring his buddy back is to ask Santa! Do not underestimate the willpower of a young heart- no amount of persuasion will convince him that it was only a movie and that his dog is NOT coming back for Christmas. It has been heart breaking to watch his joy only to know that Christmas Eve he will have to face his loss afresh.
Shame on you on behalf of all the believers that have lost a loved one recently. It is hard enough to deal with the loss one time for a child, but there are some wishes that we shouldn't even portray as a possibility.
Would you say this review is positive or negative?
Choices: [i] negative. [ii] positive. | [i] | 1 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Our mistress hired a room for my crippled sister Nelly , and she gave her knitting and needlework when she was able to do it, and when she was ill *she* sent her dinners and many nice comfortable things and was like a mother to her.
Are "she" and "Nelly" the same thing in the aforementioned sentence (choose from options)?
Pick from:
* no;
* yes; | no | 4 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Southampton:
Southampton's fire cover is provided by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service. There are three fire stations within the city boundaries at St Mary's, Hightown and Redbridge.
Please answer a question about this article. If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable". Along with Hightown and Redbridge, what's the third fire station in Southampton? | St Mary's | 0 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Groupon lied about their earnings to the stakeholders since they wanted to keep the value of the company high.
Who is "they"?
Possible answers: A. Groupon B. the stakeholders | A. | 9 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
This question has options. Is the word "liking" used in the same way in the following two sentences?
I've always had a liking for reading.
She developed a liking for gin.
Options:
[a]. different meanings.
[b]. the same meaning. | [b]. | 5 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier (French: [l@ koRby'zje]; 6 October 1887 - 27 August 1965), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades and he designed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and North and South America.
An important early work of Le Corbusier was the Esprit Nouveau Pavilion, built for the 1925 Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, the event which later gave Art Deco its name. Le Corbusier built the pavilion in collaboration with Amedee Ozenfant and with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret. Le Corbusier and Ozenfant had broken with Cubism and formed the Purism movement in 1918 and in 1920 founded their journal L'Esprit Nouveau in 1920. In his new journal, Le Corbusier vividly denounced the decorative arts: "Decorative Art, as opposed to the machine phenomenon, is the final twitch of the old manual modes, a dying thing." To illustrate his ideas, he and Ozenfant decided to create small pavilion at the Exposition, representing his idea of the future urban housing unit. A house, he wrote, "is a cell within the body of a city. The cell is made up of the vital elements which are the mechanics of a house...Decorative art is antistandarizational. Our pavilion will contain only standard things created by industry in factories and mass produced, objects truly of the style of today...my pavilion will therefore be a cell extracted from a huge apartment building.". Le Corbusier and his collaborators were given a plot of land located behind the Grand Palais in the center of the Exposition. The plot was forested, and exhibitors could not cut down trees, so Le Corbusier built his pavilion with a tree in the center, emerging through a hole in the roof. The building was a stark white box with an interior terrace and square glass windows. The interior was decorated with a few cubist paintings and with a few pieces of mass-produced commercially available furniture, entirely different from the expensive, one-of-a-kind pieces in the other pavilions. The chief organizers of the Exposition were furious, and built a fence to partially hide the pavilion. Le Corbusier had to appeal to the Ministry of Fine Arts, which ordered that fence be taken down. Besides the furniture, the pavilion exhibited a model of his "Plan Voisin" his provocative plan for rebuilding a large part of the centre of Paris. He proposed to bulldoze a large area north of the Seine and replace the narrow streets, monuments and houses with giant sixty-story cruciform towers placed within an orthogonal street grid and park-like green space. His scheme was met with criticism and scorn from French politicians and industrialists, although they were favorable to the ideas of Taylorism and Fordism underlying his designs. The plan was never seriously considered, but it provoked discussion concerning how to deal with the overcrowded poor working-class neighborhoods of Paris, and it later saw partial realization in the housing developments built in the Paris suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s. The Pavilion was ridiculed by many critics, but Le Corbusier, undaunted, wrote: "Right now one thing is sure. 1925 marks the decisive turning point in the quarrel between the old and new. After 1925, the antique-lovers will have virtually ended their lives...Progress is achieved through experimentation; the decision will be awarded on the field of battle of the "new". Answer this question using a quote from the following article:
Where did he write that? | small pavilion at the Exposition, representing his idea of the future urban housing unit. | 7 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
This question has options. Does the word "air" have the same definition in the next two sentences?
He threw the ball into the air.
Her hand stopped in mid air.
Select from the following. A. different meanings; B. the same meaning; | B. | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Translate from Spanish to English:
Otro aspecto que debe revisarse en el nuevo Plan Estratégico Nacional es el ámbito de la educación.
English: | Another aspect that should be revisited in the new National Strategic Plan is the area of education. | 4 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
Is see used to mean the same thing in the next two sentences (see options)?
I can see a risk in this strategy.
We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning.
Choose from: -- different meanings -- the same meaning | different meanings | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-select question: Does the sentence "Noting its similarities to wool, people in the region could only imagine that cotton must be produced by plant-borne sheep." provide a valid answer to the question "What 1350 writer stated that cotton was produced by sheep that grew on trees?"
Possible answers: a). yes b). no | b). | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the following question. What name is given to art that depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, where sky is almost always included, and weather is usually an element of the composition? | landscape | 5 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Article:
Cano will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his courageous actions while serving with Company C, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy in Schevenhutte, Germany on Dec. 3, 1944.
Pvt. Pedro Cano Cano will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his courageous actions while serving with Company C, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy in Schevenhutte, Germany on Dec. 3, 1944. Courtesy of U.S. Army
Here is the complete list of the latest Medal of Honor recipients, including 19 Hispanic, Jewish and African American veterans who were overlooked due to their racial or ethnic backgrounds. Biographical information in this gallery provided by the White House.
Here is the complete list of the latest Medal of Honor recipients, including 19 Hispanic, Jewish and African American veterans who were overlooked due to their racial or ethnic backgrounds. Biographical information in this gallery provided by the White House.
Here is the complete list of the latest Medal of Honor recipients, including 19 Hispanic, Jewish and African American veterans who were overlooked due to their racial or ethnic backgrounds. Biographical information in this gallery provided by the White House.
President Obama will correct a historical act of discrimination next month when he awards the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest commendation for combat valor, to a group of Hispanic, Jewish and African-American veterans who were passed over because of their racial or ethnic backgrounds.
The unusual presentation will culminate a 12-year Pentagon review ordered by Congress into past discrimination in the ranks and will hold a particular poignancy when conducted by the nation’s first African-American president.
Although the review predates Obama’s tenure, he has made addressing discrimination in the military — including ending the ban on gay and lesbian service members — a priority as commander in chief.
With the ornate White House East Room as backdrop, the March 18 ceremony will mark another step to revisit a history of discrimination in the armed forces as the nation’s demographics and social values shift rapidly.
The recipients, whom the White House announced Friday afternoon, served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Collectively, their award ceremony will mark the single largest group of Medal of Honor recipients since World War II, when more than two dozen service members were honored in that conflict’s last days.
Just three of the 24 veterans who will be honored are still alive. All but five of the soldiers are Hispanic, Jewish or African American, including Melvin Morris, a former Green Beret who was wounded three times on a mid-September day in 1969 recovering the body of his fatally wounded master sergeant from a jungle ambush in the Chi Lang district of South Vietnam.
“I never thought much about it and didn’t until recently,” said Morris, 72, who was decorated three times for his service in Vietnam and retired from the Army after 22 years. “But I think that this is something the military always should address because, in almost every process we have, someone is overlooked.”
The unusual historical accounting began in 2002 when Congress, as part of the military spending bill, ordered the Pentagon to look into whether Jewish and Hispanic service members had been passed over unfairly for the nation’s highest military honor.
Defense Department officials said there was specific evidence to suggest such discrimination may have existed in the ranks, including instances in which Hispanic and Jewish soldiers apparently changed their names to hide their ethnicity. The congressional order spanned the period from December 1941 through September 2001.
The project was an enormous undertaking that sent military personnel officials searching for lost records and battlefield histories amid the complicated politics surrounding the military’s highest honor.
Officials from each service branch focused on service members who had been awarded the second-highest medal for gallantry: the Distinguished Service Cross for the Army, the Air Force Cross for that branch, and the Navy Cross for the Navy and Marine Corps.
Although that narrowed the review, the Army alone identified more than 600 records that needed reassessment. The smaller branches found 275 among them.
“It’s hard to be awarded the medal for a single person, and to go back for all those potential candidates, that is a very demanding scope and record-retrieval task,” said a defense official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to comment on the review. “It was very time-consuming. But we wanted to make sure that, as a process, we did it correctly and that the Medal of Honor process itself was honored.”
Many of the veterans under review had passed away, making interviews impossible. Much of the review relied on existing information and comparisons to Medal of Honor recipients, but even then, there were challenges unforeseen when the project began.
In 1973, a fire tore through the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, destroying as many as 18 million military personnel files. Among those were Army service records from 1912 through 1960, a period that included World War II and Korea. The Air Force lost most of its personnel files from 1947 though 1964.
The disaster forced officials to recreate the military history of scores of potential candidates for the upgraded commendation by interviewing family members, fellow battlefield soldiers, and others.
The reassessment sent a host of candidates through the various service boards that decide on Medal of Honor recipients and then to the Joint Chiefs for approval. Two dozen veterans — all from the Army — emerged as worthy of an upgrade to the Medal of Honor.
They include 17 Hispanic soldiers such as Santiago J. Erevia, a former specialist four who served in Vietnam as a radio telephone operator in Company C, 1st Battalion (Airmobile), 501st Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division. He will receive the Medal of Honor at the March 18 ceremony for “courageous actions” during a search-and-clear mission near Tam Ky, Vietnam.
“We’ve wondered why he didn’t receive it the first time and thought it may have been because of his name,” said Jesse Erevia, 41, his son, who lives in San Antonio, not far from his father.
Erevia said his father had “some issues” with the Vietnam War, mainly concerning its rationale, and has mixed feelings about military honors in general. But the family is eager to attend the White House ceremony next month to see him receive an award they have long felt he deserved.
“He’s never let me down,” Erevia, a tamale salesman, said of his father. “His are big shoes to fill.”
The third living veteran is Jose Rodela, a former sergeant first class from Corpus Christi, Tex., who will receive the medal for bravery during fighting in Phuoc Long province, Vietnam, in early September 1969.
The review identified one deceased Jewish veteran, former Pfc. Leonard M. Kravitz, to receive the Medal of Honor.
In early March 1951, Kravitz was serving as an assistant machine gunner with Company M, 5th Infantry Regiment of the 24th Infantry Division. His actions in combat over two days in Yangpyong, Korea, were deemed worthy of the highest honor.
“In this instance, justice was delayed but not denied,” Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said Friday in a statement.
Morris was the only African-American veteran identified as part of the review. The initial congressional order did not include black service members for reassessment, but it was later amended to allow others deserving an upgraded commendation — not just Hispanic or Jewish service members — to receive one.
Of the two dozen soldiers in the White House announcement, five identified themselves on military personnel forms as “Caucasian.” Military officials said their ethnicity or religious affiliation is uncertain, but their battlefield actions were found to deserve the highest honor.
Morris grew up in small-town Oklahoma, the son of a “do-it-all carpenter” and a housemaid. He joined the Army because at the time, he recalled, “it was the prestigious thing to do, and if you got in, you went.”
As part of a Special Forces A Team carrying out search-and-destroy missions with local Montagnard troops, Morris was ambushed on Sept. 17, 1969, on a jungle patrol. His company commander was shot through the mouth and throat, his operations sergeant was severely wounded by a land mine and his master sergeant, Ronald P. Hague, was killed.
“We were a tight crew and we didn’t leave anyone behind,” Morris said. He took soldiers to retrieve Hague’s body three times before succeeding. He said last rites over his friend and then was shot through the chest, the arm, and the ring finger — tearing it off along with his wedding band.
After recuperating in a stateside hospital, Morris returned to Vietnam for another tour, this time as the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross. “I never thought about the medal, whether it should have been another higher one,” he said. “I just kept doing what I was doing.”
Morris said he did not consider whether his race played a part in the commendation selection. He was not blind to race; Morris recalled being unable to use the public drinking fountain outside the Southern base where he trained for Special Forces.
“This is wonderful,” he said. “I’m overwhelmed. And there are more out there.”
Morris said he will travel from his Florida home to the White House next month with his three children and his wife of more than five decades, Mary, who gave him the ring that was shot off with his finger that day in Vietnam.
“I haven’t worn one since,” he said.
Alice R. Crites contributed to this report. ||||| The Medal of Honor will be awarded to 24 people, three of them living, who served in wars of past decades, the White House announced today.
In recognition of their valor in World War II, Vietnam and Korea, President Obama will present the awards on March 18, according to a statement from the White House.
Each of the soldiers was previously recognized by award of the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest military award. That award will be upgraded to the Medal of Honor in recognition of their gallantry, intrepidity and heroism above and beyond the call of duty.
Congress, through the Defense Authorization Act, called for a review in 2002 of Jewish American and Hispanic American veteran war records from WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, to ensure those deserving the Medal of Honor were not denied because of prejudice.
During the review, records of several soldiers of neither Jewish nor Hispanic descent were also found to have criteria worthy of the Medal of Honor. The 2002 Act was amended to allow these soldiers to be honored with the upgrade, in addition to the Jewish and Hispanic-American soldiers.
Living recipients
Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris, African American, Vietnam War
On Sept. 17, 1969, soldiers from 1st and 3rd Battalions, IV Mobile Strike Force were conducting a search and clear operation near Chi Lang, Vietnam. Morris, commander of 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, learned that sister companies from his battalion had encountered an extensive enemy mine field and were engaged with the enemy.
Morris immediately reorganized the force into an effective assault posture and moved them forward before he and two other men went to recover the body of a fallen team commander. Enemy fire wounded the two men with Morris, so he helped them back to the main force and then charged alone into the hail of fire. He threw grenades into the nearest enemy bunker. While his men provided suppressive fire, Morris destroyed four more enemy positions to get to his fallen comrade.
Morris was wounded three times but he did not stop until he brought the fallen soldier back to safety.
Master Sgt. Jose Rodela, Hispanic American, Vietnam War
On Sept. 1, 1969, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Mobile Strike Force Command in Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam, moved to support a sister battalion that had suffered heavy casualties. On their way there, the soldiers from 3rd Battalion came under heavy mortar, rocket, machine-gun and small arms fire. The attack was so intense the unit suffered 42 casualties almost immediately.
Rodela, a company commander, immediately began to move from man to man in his company, physically pushing them into defensive positions to form a half-moon perimeter. His actions allowed the unit to organize a defensive perimeter. When the firing eased, Rodela jumped up, exposing himself to enemy fire, and began checking for casualties and moving survivors into different positions to try and form a stable defensive line.
Spc. Santiago Erevia, Hispanic American, Vietnam War
On May 21, 1969, Erevia’s company was engaged in a search and clear operation near Tam Ky in Vietnam’s Quang Tin Province. After a number of light skirmishes, the soldiers, from C Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, arrived at a hillside, where they came under heavy enemy fire and suffered numerous casualties. Erevia, the radio telephone operator, was asked by his platoon leader to give aid to four wounded comrades while the others pushed forward against the enemy.
While caring for the wounded, the men came under intense automatic weapons and small arms fire from four enemy bunkers about 50 meters to their left. With bullets striking all around him, Erevia crawled from one wounded man to another, gathering up weapons and ammunition. Armed with two M-16 rifles and several hand grenades, Erevia moved in on the enemy bunkers.
Erevia pulled the pin on a hand grenade and fired his rifles until he was able to drop the grenade into a bunker, destroying the position and killing the enemy fighter. Erevia continued to move to the other three bunkers and silenced them by throwing a grenade at two positions and firing his M-16 at the last bunker. He then returned to aid in treating and evacuating the dead and wounded from his company.
Posthumous awards:
Staff Sgt. Salvador J. Lara, WWII
Then-Pfc. Salvador Lara led his rifle squad to inflict large casualties on enemy forces. And when they resumed the attack the following morning, his leg was severely injured, and he did not stop for first aid.
When his element suffered under withering machine gun fire, he crawled alone to the nearest machinegun and took out the Germans manning it. The action took place on May 27 and 28, 1944, in Aprilia, Italy.
Pvt. Pedro Cano, WWII
During the months-long battle of Hurtgen Forest, Cano killed 30 enemy troops on Dec. 2 and 3, 1944, in Schevenhütte, Germany.
While on a patrol, Cano’s unit took casualties and he played dead, then tossed a grenade at the German soldiers, killing or wounding all of them. He was badly injured shortly thereafter.
Sgt. Alfred B. Nietzel, WWII
While an enemy assault threatened to overrun Nietzel’s position, he ordered the three remaining men from his squad to retreat for reinforcements on Nov. 18, 1944, in Heistern, Germany.
He lay suppressive fire until his ammunition ran out before he was killed with a grenade. His actions delayed enemy troops until reinforcements could occupy defensive positions and halt the hostile drive.
1st Lt. Donald K. Schwab, WWII
Schwab led his company over 400 yards of bare, coverless ground against a formidable line of machine-guns and machine-pistols, made three charges with his dwinding group of men before he charged the enemy alone in Lure, France on Sept. 17, 1944.
Ultimately, he took out a German pistol nest by ripping off its shelter cover, bludgeoning the gunner with his carbine and dragging him behind friendly lines amid a hail of gunfire. The action so disorganized the enemy troops that they abandoned their defenses and withdrew.
Pfc. William F. Leonard, WWII
On Nov. 7, 1944, near St. Die, France, Pfc. William F. Leonard braved machinegun fine to assault a hill after his platoon was reduced to eight men, killing two snipers 50 and 75 yards away.
Shot in the neck and back, he destroyed a machine gun with grenades, killing its two-man crew. Stunned by an exploding bazooka shell, he advanced to knock out a second machine gun.
Staff Sgt. Mauel V. Mendoza, WWII
Staff Sgt. Manuel Mendoza single-handedly broke up a German counterattack on Oct. 4, 1944, in Mt. Battaglia, Italy. While wounded, he grabbed a submachine gun, crested a hill and fired on 200 heavily armed enemy troops who were charging the hill from the other side, killing 30 of them.
After the enemy withdrew, he retrieved many enemy weapons, captured a wounded enemy soldier and returned to a friendly position.
Pvt. Joe Gandara, WWII
Gandara’s detachment came under devastating enemy fire from a strong German force, pinning the men to the ground for about four hours on June 9, 1944, in Amfreville, France.
Gandara advanced voluntarily and alone toward the enemy position and destroyed three hostile machine-guns before he was fatally wounded.
Sgt. Jesus Duran, Hispanic American, Vietnam War
On April 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Duran, a machine gunner with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, was on a search and clear operation. As the soldiers moved into an elaborate enemy bunker complex, the lead elements began taking fire from every side. With his M-60 machine gun blazing from his hip, Duran rushed forward and assumed a defensive position near the command post.
As the hostile forces stormed the post with small arms fire and grenades, Duran thwarted their efforts with devastating streams of machine-gun fire. Learning that two seriously wounded troopers were pinned down by harassing enemy fire, Duran assaulted the enemy positions, firing deadly bursts on the run.
Duran climbed onto a log and fired directly into the enemy’s foxholes, eliminating four fighters and several others as they fled. He then continued to pour effective fire on the disorganized and fleeing enemy.
Master Sgt. Jose Rodela, Hispanic American, Vietnam War
On Sept. 1, 1969, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Mobile Strike Force Command in Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam, moved to support a sister battalion that had suffered heavy casualties. On their way there, the soldiers from 3rd Battalion came under heavy mortar, rocket, machine-gun and small arms fire. The attack was so intense the unit suffered 42 casualties almost immediately.
Rodela, a company commander, immediately began to move from man to man in his company, physically pushing them into defensive positions to form a half-moon perimeter. His actions allowed the unit to organize a defensive perimeter. When the firing eased, Rodela jumped up, exposing himself to enemy fire, and began checking for casualties and moving survivors into different positions to try and form a stable defensive line.
Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris, African American, Vietnam War
On Sept. 17, 1969, soldiers from 1st and 3rd Battalions, IV Mobile Strike Force were conducting a search and clear operation near Chi Lang, Vietnam. Morris, commander of 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, learned that sister companies from his battalion had encountered an extensive enemy mine field and were engaged with the enemy.
Morris immediately reorganized the force into an effective assault posture and moved them forward before he and two other men went to recover the body of a fallen team commander. Enemy fire wounded the two men with Morris, so he helped them back to the main force and then charged alone into the hail of fire. He threw grenades into the nearest enemy bunker. While his men provided suppressive fire, Morris destroyed four more enemy positions to get to his fallen comrade. Morris was wounded three times but he did not stop until he brought the fallen soldier back to safety.
Staff Sgt. Felix Conde-Falcon, Hispanic American, Vietnam War
Conde-Falcon was a platoon leader on April 4, 1969, when his unit conducted a sweep operation near Ap Tan Hoa, Vietnam. The soldiers came upon an extensive enemy bunker complex, which turned out to be a battalion command post. After artillery and air strikes on the position, Conde-Falcon’s platoon went in to clear the bunker.
Conde-Falcon charged the first bunker, heaving grenades as he went. He moved on to two more bunkers, destroying them as well. When he rejoined his platoon, they moved about 100 meters before they came under intense hostile fire. Conde-Falcon single-handedly assaulted the nearest enemy position, killing the fighters inside before running out of ammunition. He picked up an M-16 rifle but was shot by an unseen assailant and soon died of his wounds.
Spc. Leonard Alvarado, Hispanic American, Vietnam War
On Aug. 12, 1969, while serving as a rifleman during a mission to relieve a sister platoon in Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam, Alvarado recognized and disrupted an enemy raid. Despite his quick reaction, he and his comrades were quickly pinned down by the enemy force that blocked the path to the trapped platoon.
As Alvarado rushed forward to engage the enemy, a grenade exploded nearby, wounding and momentarily stunning him. Alvarado killed the grenadier just as another enemy barrage wounded him again. He crawled forward to pull several soldiers back within a hastily-formed perimeter.
Realizing that his element had to break away from the enemy force, Alvarado began moving forward alone. Exploding satchel charges kept throwing him to the ground, but Alvarado continued to move and fire, silencing several enemy positions. He continued to lay down suppressive fire on the hostile forces. After the enemy broke contact, his comrades discovered Alvarado had died from his wounds.
Sgt. Candelario Garcia, Hispanic American, Vietnam War
Garcia was a team leader in B Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. On Dec. 8, 1968, during a reconnaissance-in-force mission near Lai Khe, Vietnam, Garcia’s platoon discovered communication wire and other signs of an enemy base camp leading into a densely vegetated area. The soldiers came under intense fire and several were wounded and trapped in the open.
Ignoring the hail of bullets, Garcia crawled to within 10 meters of a machine-gun bunker, leaped to his feet and ran directly at it, firing his rifle as he charged. He jammed two hand grenades into the gun port and then placed the muzzle of his weapon inside, killing all four occupants. Garcia then ran 15 meters to another bunker and killed the three enemy inside with hand grenades and rifle fire. He then helped rescue two casualties and joined his company in an assault that overran the remaining enemy positions.
Spc. Ardie Copas, Caucasian American, Vietnam War
On May 12, 1970, near Ph Romeas Hek, Cambodia, Copas’ company was attacked by a large hostile force firing recoilless rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons. Copas, a machine-gunner, began returning fire but was knocked to the ground when his armored car was hit by an enemy recoilless round. Four other Americans were wounded.
Ignoring his wounds, Copas climbed back into the burning vehicle and began firing his machine-gun at the enemy. Copas laid down suppressive fire until the four wounded were safely evacuated; he continued to fight until he was mortally wounded by an enemy round.
Cpl. Victor H. Espinoza, Korea
Then-Cpl. Victor Espinoza spearheaded an attack to secure “Old Baldy” when his unit was pinned down by withering fire from fortified positions.
In daring succession, Espinoza single-handedly silenced a machine-gun and its crew, discovered and destroyed a covert enemy tunnel, and wiped out two bunkers. His actions, which took place Aug. 1, 1952 at Chorwon, Korea, inspired his unit and enabled them to secure the strong-point against great odds.
Sgt. Juan E. Negron, Korea
On April 28, 1951, near Kalmaeri, Korea, then-Sgt. Negron was told elements of the company were withdrawing from an exposed position, but Negron refused to leave and delivered withering fire at hostile troops who had broken through a road block.
As hostile troops approached his position, Negron hit them with hand grenades and stopped their attack. He held the position all night, while an allied counter attack was organized and launched. After the enemy was repulsed, 15 of them were found a few feet from Negron’s position.
Pvt. Miguel Armando “Nando” Vera, Hispanic American, Korea
Citation summary: Vera, a native of Puerto Rico native, on Sept. 21, 1952, was serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division at Chorwon, Korea. Vera’s unit was committed to assault and secure the right sector of the hill “Old Baldy” and, although wounded in an earlier engagement, Vera voluntarily rejoined elements of the platoon regrouping at the hill’s base.
Forging up the bare, rocky slope in skirmisher formation, the troops came within 20 yards of hostile positions when they were subjected to heavy artillery and mortar barrages and intense cross-fire from automatic weapons and grenades, which forced them to move back. Vera remained behind to cover the withdrawal and, poured crippling fire into enemy emplacements. During this action he lost his life.
Pfc. Demensio Rivera, Hispanic American, Korea
Citation summary: On May 22-23, 1951, Rivera, an 18-year-old native of Puerto Rico, was serving with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division at Changyongni. When his platoon’s outpost was assaulted at night, Rivera, an automatic rifleman, tenaciously held his position. When his rifle became inoperative, Rivera employed his pistol and grenades, and eventually fought the enemy hand-to-hand and forced them back. As an overwhelming number of the enemy closed in, he killed four with his only remaining grenade. When his position was retaken, he was found seriously wounded and lying with the bodies of the four enemy dead or dying.
Sgt. Jack Weinstein, Caucasian, Korea
Citation summary: Weinstein, of Lamar, Mo., was serving with Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division on Oct. 19, 1951, near Kumson. Weinstein was in the lead as the first platoon of Company G attempted to take an enemy-held position. After gaining the ground, the platoon, consisting of two five-man squads, was hit by a fierce counterattack by about 30 fanatical Chinese Communist troops. Most of the members of the platoon had been wounded in the previous action and withdrew. Weinstein continued to fight off the rushing enemy. At least six killed by Weinstein’s M-1 rifle before he ran out of ammo.
Although under extremely heavy enemy fire, he refused to withdraw and continued fighting by throwing enemy hand grenades which were lying near his position. Alone and unaided he held the ground his platoon had fought hard to take. He held out against overwhelming odds until another platoon was able relieve him and drive back the enemy. Weinstein’s leg had been broken by an enemy grenade and old wounds suffered in previous battles had reopened, but he refused to withdraw until wounded comrades could reach friendly lines. Weinstein died on April 20, 2006, at the age of 77.
Pfc. Leonard M. Kravitz, Jewish American, Korea
Citation summary: Kravitz, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native, on March 6-7, 1951, was serving with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 24th Infantry Division, in Yangpyong. Kravitz’s unit was overrun by enemy and forced to withdraw from a defensive position.
Kravitz voluntarily remained at his machine-gun to provide suppressive fire. This forced the enemy to concentrate their attack on his own position. Kravitz was killed, but his actions saved his entire platoon.
Sgt. Eduardo Corral Gomez, Hispanic American, Korea
Citation summary: Gomez, a Los Angeles native, was serving with Company I, 8th Cavalry Regiment, First Cavalry Division, on Sept. 3, 1950, at Tabu-dong. While readying defensive positions, his company was ruthlessly attacked. Gomez maneuvered across open ground to successfully assault a manned tank.
Wounded in the left side while returning to his position, he refused medical care, instead manning his post and firing upon the enemy. Although his weapon overheated and burned his hands and his painful wound still bled, he maintained his stand and, upon orders to withdraw in the face of overwhelming enemy superiority, remained to provide protective fire, exacting more enemy casualties.
Cpl Joe R. Baldonado, Hispanic American, Korea
Citation summary: Baldonado, a 20-year-old Colorado native, was serving with Company B, 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment, on Nov. 25, 1950, at Hill 171 in the vicinity of Kangdong. At approximately 4 a.m., 2nd Platoon was occupying positions on Hill 171 when the enemy tried to launch a strong attack to occupy the hill. By 6 a.m., the platoon had expended most of its ammo, and the platoon leader decided to commit his third squad.
Since there was not time to dig in, Baldonado, a machine-gunner of the third squad, placed his weapon in an exposed position and delivered a withering stream of fire on the advancing enemy, causing them to fall back. The enemy then concentrated all their fire on Baldonado’s gun, and attempted to knock it out by rushing the position in small groups and hurling grenades. Several times grenades exploded extremely close to Baldonado, but failed to interrupt him. The enemy finally withdrew at 7 a.m., after making a final assault on Baldonado’s position, during which a grenade landed near his gun, killing him instantly. Baldonado’s remains still have not been found.
Master Sgt. Michael C. Pena, Hispanic American, Korea
Citation summary: Pena a 25-year-old native of Newgulf, Texas and World War II veteran, was serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment (Infantry), 1st Cavalry Division on the evening of Sept. 4, 1950, near Waegwan. His unit was fiercely attacked and Pena led them in a counter-attack, regained the lost positions, and attempted to hold back the enemy. Despite the devastating fire laid by the friendly troops, the enemy continued to hurl themselves at the defenses in overwhelming numbers.
During the course of the counter-attack, Pena realized his soldiers’ ammo was running out and ordered his unit to retreat. Pena then manned a machine-gun to cover their withdrawal. Single-handedly, he held back the enemy until the early hours of the following morning when his position was overrun, and he was killed. |||||
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Assignment outlining guidelines for ‘$5 Date’ providing separate instructions for boys and girls is example of misogynistic lessons common in the state, critics say
A Utah high school homework assignment directing students to “go on a date” and telling girls to be “feminine and lady-like” and not to “waste” a boy’s money has caused an uproar over what some said was an example of misogynistic lessons common in the state.
The handouts from Highland high school in Salt Lake City, copies of which spread on Facebook this week, outlined guidelines for a “$5 Date” and provided separate instructions for boys and girls.
The lesson, which came from a Utah teachers’ database of assignments and has since been removed, told girls, “Don’t keep checking in the mirror combing hair,” “Don’t fish for compliments,” “Don’t criticize his driving” and “If you think you’re too fat etc, keep it to yourself.”
Jenn Oxborrow, the mother who posted the handout on Facebook, said in an interview that her 16-year-old daughter’s “financial literacy and adult roles” course has repeatedly promoted gender stereotypes and sexist material.
‘The girls’ assignment was essentially based around how to please boys.’ Photograph: courtesy of Jenn Oxborrow
“I was horrified. It wasn’t the first time that we had seen content that was gender biased in this class. But this was over the top,” she said. “As a teacher, you have a responsibility to be inclusive and to think very carefully about the message you’re sharing.”
Her daughter, Lucy Mulligan, a junior and honors student, said she was immediately surprised by the language of the assignment and the fact that it offered different directions for girls and boys.
“I just thought it was so bizarre,” she said. “The girls’ assignment was essentially based around how to please boys.”
It wasn’t the first time that we had seen content that was gender biased in this class. But this was over the top Jenn Oxborrow
The handouts said they were offering girls suggestions “from the guys” and vice versa and told boys to “make plans for the date”, pick up the girl and pay for the meal.
The boys’ worksheet further said, “At a restaurant, say what you’re going to order so she will have a guide in ordering”, “Girls like flowers and little gifts”, “chew with your mouth closed”, “no gross noises” and “Don’t comment or be concerned with how much she is or isn’t eating”.
Highland’s principal Chris Jenson did not respond to a request for comment but told the Salt Lake Tribune that the teacher did not write the lesson and that students could spend time with a friend to complete the assignment.
Jenson declined to identify the teacher but said, “She wanted it to be a light-hearted lesson in social norms.”
Mulligan said it seemed the students had no choice but to go on a date, noting that the worksheet requires a “date’s signature”.
She said she was particularly concerned that LGBT students would feel excluded or hurt by the message of the worksheets, which assume that girls only date boys.
The assignment told boys to ‘make plans for the date’, pick up the girl and pay for the meal. Photograph: courtesy of Jenn Oxborrow
“I was thinking of kids in my class who might not identify as being straight or might not identify as any particular gender,” she said. “If you’re struggling to come out or feel comfortable in your environment and then you’re given this assignment that makes it seem like it might be unacceptable, I just think it’s encouraging pretty unfair standards.”
Oxborrow, who is the executive director of the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition, said lessons that reinforce male entitlement and gender norms can have serious consequences. She noted that the highly conservative state has high rates of domestic violence and teenage suicide.
“This can contribute to really dangerous and unhealthy relationships,” she said, adding, “It’s completely non-inclusive and completely insensitive.”
Mark Peterson, spokesman for the Utah board of education, said the assignment came from an “open source” network where teachers can upload and share lessons and that the state did not vet the material. But officials have since removed the worksheets, which were reportedly part of a “Purposes of Dating” section.
“It is inappropriate and unacceptable. It is very much is reminiscent of a textbook on dating from the 1950s or earlier,” Peterson said.
It’s unclear how widely teachers have used the assignment, but Oxborrow said it appeared the lesson has circulated since 2011. She also noted that communities outside of her district have since told her that teachers assigned the same homework for the class, which is a state-mandated course.
“They are acting like this is all taken care of because one worksheet has been modified or taken down,” she said, adding, “I’m really concerned that the content and messaging is evidence-based.”
Mulligan said she felt her frustrations with her coursework made her a minority in the class, but hoped the attention would encourage school officials to more broadly reform curricula.
“I hope it just becomes more overall inclusive for people who don’t identify as being male or female or straight,” she said. “I hope people are able to feel more comfortable in the classroom.” ||||| 1 of 8 View Caption
| Courtesy Utah Education Network A dating assignment. | Courtesy Utah Education Network A dating assignment. This is from a list of dating suggestions for boys written by female classmates at Highland High School. This is from a list of dating suggestions for girls written by male classmates at Highland High School. This is from a list of dating suggestions for boys written by female classmates at Highland High School. This is from a list of dating suggestions for girls written by male classmates at Highland High School. | Courtesy Utah Education Network A dating assignment. | Courtesy Utah Education Network A dating assignment. ||||| Notice
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Salt Lake City, UT (KSL) — A Utah family raised concerns this week over a “$5.00 Date” assignment from a class at Highland High School, prompting school district and state administrators to take action.
Jenn Oxborrow and her daughter, Lucy Mulligan, said Tuesday the assignment, issued in an adult roles and financial literacy class, exhibited gender bias.
“It’s just completely unfair, I think,” said Mulligan, junior at Highland.
The assignment to “go on a date” came with two handouts that included several “suggestions” for girls from boys and for boys from girls.
Among the listed suggestions for girls from boys are “don’t waste his money”, “be feminine and ladylike”, “don’t worry about your appearance the whole date”, and “if you think you’re too fat, etc., keep it to yourself.”
“That does give girls, I think, a really negative message about how they should feel about their bodies and themselves,” Mulligan said.
The listed suggestions for boys from girls include “don’t feel entitled to a kiss (or more)”, “dress for the occasion, like you care about her”, “don’t drive recklessly” and “don’t exaggerate to your friends about what happened on the date.”
“There’s so many power and control issues within this, it’s really dangerous,” said Oxborrow, who works as a therapist.
Salt Lake City School District spokesman Jason Olsen said Tuesday afternoon that the handouts had “definite gender bias,” but that the teacher was “mortified” and did not want to “cause hurt” with students.
Olsen said the handouts were not created by the teacher, but instead were pulled from a statewide database of classroom materials that teachers can reference on a variety of topics.
Utah State Office of Education spokesman Mark Peterson said the materials on the Utah Education Network database are user-submitted, and it was unclear how long the “$5.00 Date” handouts had been there or who had placed them online.
Peterson said the materials are submitted by licensed educators.
“Larry Flynt can’t come in and upload something, but a teacher from ‘X’ high school can,” he explained.
Peterson said the handouts were “clearly inappropriate” and had been removed from the database.
Oxborrow and Mulligan questioned why the assignment was part of the adult roles and financial literacy class in the first place, and they said they were glad the district and state responded so quickly.
“It’s just not OK,” Oxborrow said. |||||
What is a one-paragraph summary of the above article? | – When the mother of a 16-year-old high school student posted material from her daughter's school assignment to Facebook this week, she had to clarify to friends that it wasn't a hoax or prank. Jenn Oxborrow tells the Salt Lake Tribune that in her daughter's adult roles and financial literacy class, which Utah requires students to take for high school graduation, the teacher handed out homework as part of the "Purposes of Dating" section. The handouts—pulled from a state database that teachers can upload material to—instructed the Highland High School students to go on $5 date, and offered a list of advice from the opposite sex that the handout noted students should "try and follow." On the girls' sheet: "If you think you're too fat, keep it to yourself," and "eat the food you order; don't waste his money." The boys, meanwhile, were told to "say what you’re going to order" at a restaurant "so she will have a guide in ordering." A rep for the Utah Board of Education says all materials in the "Purposes of Dating" section have now been removed: "They're inappropriate." Principal Chris Jenson acknowledges that there's "no doubt" there is gender bias in the materials, while Oxborrow, who the East Idaho News reports is a therapist, accused the state of "evidence-based misogyny" and says the material "puts our kids at risk" at a time when they're sorting out their identities. Oxborrow's daughter, Lucy Mulligan, tells the Guardian she found the whole thing "so bizarre. The girls' assignment was essentially based around how to please boys." (This Texas teacher's homework policy went viral in August.) | 3 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate "Baikal Airlines" to Russian? | Байкал | 7 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a title:
An Australian man whose international email scam stripped A\$5 million (\$5.48 million) from his victims has been jailed in a continuing global war against Nigerian internet frauds.
Title: | Fraudster jailed for \$5.5m net scam | 8 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Yüksek Temsilcilik (OHR), Barışı Uygulama Konseyi tarafından belirlenen hedef ve koşullar sağlanıncaya kadar AB Özel Temsilciliğine (EUSR) dönüştürülmeyecek.
Translate to English
English: | The OHR will not transition into the EU Special Representative (EUSR) office until the objectives and conditions set by the Peace Implementation Council have been met. | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Amelia:
Amelia: black friday %%%
Olivia:
Jessica: all products?
Amelia: no :(
Jessica: and serie elixir of nature?
Amelia: unfortch no :(
Olivia: but honey bronze is 50% off
What was that dialogue about, in two sentences or less? | Amelia informs there are Black Friday discounts on some products. | 3 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
It 's here ... our first ever Accelerate Conference begins today ! We have approximately 500 people pre - registered and 25 churches or ministries represented so far . ( You can see the list of churches below ) . Please join me in praying for all of the churches , Pastors , staff , church leaders , and all participants that God would move in their hearts and the result would be that the power of God would accelerate us to a new level !
Generate a question about the above context. | Do these people believe in a higher power ?
Available options:
(a). Yes , they are religious ..
(b). They are catholic ..
(c). None of the above choices ..
(d). Its possible they could be .. | 9 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is one factor that contributes to seasons occurring in New York State?
Options are: - the revolution of the Moon around Earth. - the tilt of Earth on its axis. - the rising and falling of ocean tides. - the distance of Earth from the Sun.
| the tilt of Earth on its axis | 8 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
SEC Chair White Leaving at End of Obama Administration
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White, will leave office at the end of the Obama administration, the agency said Monday.
White, a former federal prosecutor and private securities lawyer, was appointed by President Barack Obama in February 2013. Her term doesn't end until 2019.
President-elect Donald Trump is due to take office Jan. 20 and likely will name his own choice to head the market watchdog agency in the near future. His nominee could move to unwind restrictions on Wall Street banks and corporations. The Trump transition team has set as a goal to "dismantle" the Dodd-Frank reforms law enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner who is the team's point man for financial regulatory agencies, is an avowed opponent of regulating Wall Street.
White, an Independent, has had to forge consensus amid sometime robust opposition from the two Republicans on the five-member commission.
Republicans criticized her for what they saw as overreach by the agency that could stifle financial innovation and economic growth.
Some Democrats, meanwhile, accused her of not being tough enough on Wall Street and top executives who may have contributed to the crisis.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the liberal Democratic leader who is a fiery critic of Wall Street, last month called on Obama to replace White over the issue of requiring publicly traded corporations to more fully disclose their political spending.
Under questioning at a Senate hearing, White wouldn't commit to getting the commission to adopt such a rule. She cited a Republican amendment to a catch-all government spending bill that prohibits the SEC from doing so.
Warren and several other Democratic senators were angered by White's position and by waffling on the issue by two long-pending Obama nominees to fill vacancies on the SEC. They blocked the nominations of the two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican. As a result, the five-member SEC has been down two since December 2015. The positions will likely be filled by Trump nominees.
In its announcement Monday, the SEC noted a number of rules and policies that White shepherded during her tenure, including regulations under the landmark Dodd-Frank law. Also included were changes to shore up the stability of the money-market fund industry and new protections for mutual fund investors.
The SEC also required financial firms that sell securities backed by mortgages or auto loans, like the kind that fueled the crisis, to give investors details on borrowers' credit records and income.
"My duty has been to ensure that the (SEC) implemented strong investor and market protections, and to establish an enduring foundation for future progress in the most critical areas," White said in a statement. "Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the SEC's staff, we have accomplished both."
Reflecting criticism from consumer and investor groups, Lisa Gilbert of Public Citizen called White "a disappointing chair."
"For more than three years, she stymied effective regulation from the SEC, slow-walking Dodd-Frank rules," said Gilbert, who heads the group's Congress Watch unit.
And now, she added, the Trump administration "likely will nominate someone in her place who is even more skeptical of investor protections."
White, who was U.S. attorney in Manhattan from 1993 through 2002, compiled an extensive record of prosecuting white-collar crime, won convictions in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1998 terrorist attacks on two U.S. embassies in Africa, and put crime boss John Gotti away. Her 2013 nomination by Obama as the first prosecutor to lead the SEC was taken as a signal in some quarters that he wanted the government to get tougher with Wall Street.
After leaving government, White worked for a decade as a corporate attorney at a New York-based firm, her blue-chip client roster including JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, General Electric and Toyota.
That work prompted tough questioning by some senators at her confirmation hearing in March 2013. White promised that she would avoid potential conflicts of interest caused by her past legal work and that of her husband, who is a corporate attorney. She said her work for large banks and corporations didn't mean that she had embraced their policies.
What is a short summary of the above article? | The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White, will leave office at the end of the Obama administration, the agency said Monday. White, a former federal prosecutor and private securities lawyer, was appointed by President Barack Obama in February 2013. Her term doesn't... | 4 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
TEXT: i feel like running , but karen nods her head at me so i lean forward and give marissa another great big hug . i 'm careful not to lean against her belly causing everyone to laugh . `` you 'll be the best grandfather mr. winston . '' jason says smiling . i look at karen and she nods at me again . i look at jason and then back at | karen | 4 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Po dobu pěti let nesmí být plavidlo používáno pro jiné činnosti než jaké byly schváleny příslušnými orgány třetí země, ani nesmí být používáno jinými provozovateli námořních plavidel.
Translate to English
English: | For five years the vessel may not be used for fishing activities other than those authorised by the competent authorities of the third country, nor may it be used by other shipowners. | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer this question: A company is designing a new laptop computer. The computer must not exceed a certain weight. Which of the following is the most likely reason to have a weight restriction for the computer?
OPT:
1). to make it easier to test the prototype
2). to reduce the cost of making the computer
3). to make it easier to transport the computer
4). to reduce the cost of building the prototype. Answer: | 3). | 9 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
Add spaces between the words in the following text: Theenigmaticanduncannysituationsfoundinthefilmsuggestacollapsebetweenbothbiologicalandculturaldistinctions.
| The enigmatic and uncanny situations found in the film suggest a collapse between both biological and cultural distinctions. | 6 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Data: Bandeja paisa INGREDIENT Black pudding
What would a sentence about this data be like? | Black pudding is an ingredient in Bandeja paisa. | 1 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
What type of thing is the question "What 1927 silent film received an international revival in 1981 ?" asking about?
Choices:
(A). description;
(B). entity;
(C). abbreviation;
(D). human;
(E). numeric;
(F). location;
Answer: | (B). | 0 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Allium is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic, and the type species for the genus is Allium sativum which means ``cultivated garlic''.
Choose your answer: Is the following statement correct based on the text
are garlic and onion in the same family
Options are:
A). no;
B). yes; | B). | 7 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
Video Frances and Patrick Connolly say they are 'overwhelmed' with their £115 win. "This is a massive sum of money and we want it to have a huge impact on the lives of other people we know and love as well as on our future too." Frances said the most important thing they have done since their win is make a list of people they want to give the money to. "It's going to be so much fun giving it away," she said. "The pleasure for me is going to be seeing people's faces."
Sentence: The two are going to give money to a lot of people.
Choose from: (i). Yes (ii). It's impossible to say (iii). No | (ii). | 6 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Which movie is the following review about?
The best screen adaptation of Shakespeare's wonderful romance.
Movie: | 1017834-romeo and juliet | 9 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
If "Mark became absorbed in Blaze, the white horse. He was afraid the stable boys at the Burlington Stables struck at him and bullied him because he was timid, so he took upon himself the feeding and care of the animal.", is "Blaze took upon himself the feeding and care of the animal." correct?
Available options:
A). no;
B). yes;
Answer: | A). | 2 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
How does the sentence end?
London (CNN) -- The 500-year-old panel is not much bigger than an average flatscreen TV and the wood has split, but what it shows is truly extraordinary. A painting of Jesus Christ that, after centuries of neglect, has been identified as Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi." It's a discovery so rare, so unlikely, that when New York art dealer and da Vinci expert Robert Simon of Robert Simon Fine Art first saw the painting, he didn't even consider the possibility. "The whole idea that it might be by him was almost an impossibility; it's kind of a dream," said Simon.
She describes him using infrared reflectograms to see under the layers of paint, and discovering the thumb in the blessing hand and the stole
OPTIONS:
- CNN is wearing painted in different positions.
- Discovery is wearing painted in different positions.
- Jesus Christ is wearing painted in different positions.
- Leonardo da Vinci is wearing painted in different positions.
- London is wearing painted in different positions.
- National Gallery is wearing painted in different positions.
- New York is wearing painted in different positions.
- Robert Simon is wearing painted in different positions.
- Robert Simon Fine Art is wearing painted in different positions.
- Salvator Mundi is wearing painted in different positions.
- Simon is wearing painted in different positions.
- da Vinci is wearing painted in different positions.
| Jesus Christ is wearing painted in different positions. | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Fact: as dryness increases in an environment , the available water in that environment will decrease
Question: Where would one likely find the least water?
What's the answer? Options are:
1). in the elephant's habitat.
2). in the crab's habitat.
3). in the cow's habitat.
4). in the cactus' habitat. | 4). | 5 | Flan2021 | openbookqa:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Keith Martin (1969 or 1970 – December 5, 2014), one of the world heaviest lived people, was famous for being at one point the UK’s heaviest man, weighing approximately 980 lbs at his peak. Keith Martin was given a gastric bypass operation by the NHS, and had lost over 50% of his body weight.
Available options: A. Yes. B. It's impossible to say. C. No.
Hypothesis: Keith's last name is also a common first name.
| B. | 5 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
when was the secret life of bees written?? | 2001 | 1 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the effect of the following sentence?
The car stopped at the crosswalk.
Pick your answer from:
1). The pedestrian crossed the road.;
2). The pedestrian waited on the sidewalk.;
The answer is: | 1). | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/copa:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Translate "I think that for too long we have accepted the idea that economic dictates will empty the rural areas." to French? | Je pense que depuis trop longtemps nous avons accepté l’idée que les impératifs économiques videront les zones rurales. | 7 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
pick from the following. (i) negative (ii) positive
Short movie review: the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light
Did the critic thinking positively or negatively of the movie?
| (ii) | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence that about [Cocum eatType restaurant; Cocum food Indian; Cocum priceRange high; Cocum customer rating 1 out of 5; Cocum familyFriendly no]. | Cocum is an Indian restaurant that is not kid friendly. It has a customer rating of 1 out of 5 and is expensive. | 6 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
A man's life and a horse's life are worth more than some foxes' tails ; al least *they* ought to be.
Multi-choice question: Do "foxes' tails" and "they" have the same meaning?
Possible answers:
a). no.
b). yes. | a). | 1 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
You will be given options, read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
``Yes?'' ``Nathan?'' He could tell it was long-distance the line was so gravelly and hollow but he didn't recognise the voice.
Sentence: the call was long-distance
pick from the following. +Yes. +No. +It's impossible to say. | Yes | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/cb:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Question: Sonar equipment sends waves into deep water and measures the
OPT:
(1). time delay of the reflected waves..
(2). refraction of the transmitted waves..
(3). direction of the transmitted waves..
(4). interference of the transmitted and reflected waves..
Answer: | (1). | 1 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to French:
Increasing the amount of gold that can carry things.
| L'augmentation de la quantité d'or qui peut transporter des choses. | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
This is some data: Blue Spice food Fast food; Blue Spice area riverside.
Generate a detailed description of this data. | If you're looking for fast food in the riverside area, Blue Spice is fairly priced. | 4 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
full membership in the association of southeast asian nations -lrb- asean -rrb- may require cambodia to shed some links with its former colonial ruler , france , officials and analysts said thursday .
What is a very short summary of the above text? | asean membership may require shift away from france | 5 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Which of the following identifies the primary function of a radio station tower in a communication system?
OPT: (I). decoder. (II). encoder. (III). receiver. (IV). transmitter. | (IV). | 0 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
Sentence 1: "The customer walked into the bank and stabbed one of the tellers. He was immediately taken to the hospital."
Sentence 2: "The teller was immediately taken to the hospital."
Is sentence 2 true, based on sentence 1?
Options: I. no. II. yes. | II. | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
The critic consesnsus is: Staging the improbable car stunts and crashes to perfection, director George Miller succeeds completely in bringing the violent, post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max to visceral life.. What reviews supported this critic consensus? | 1. Cult low-budgeter that benefits from Miller's direction and Gibson's then lack of self-importance.
2. Encompasses the essence of the sexy revenge flick.
3. Mad Max is ugly and incoherent, and aimed, probably accurately, at the most uncritical of moviegoers.
4. Gibson's thoroughly charismatic performance, along with Miller's treatment of the film's few high-octane moments, goes a long way towards keeping things interesting for the majority of Mad Max's mercifully brief running time.
5. Mad Max is the exciting original that got the whole series (and Mel Gibson) rolling.
6. This import B-movie gem launched not only [Mel Gibson's] career, but the whole post-apocalyptic genre of the 80's and beyond.
7. Though director George Miller took the post-apocalyptic tough guy Max a lot farther in the sequel The Road Warrior, Mad Max still packs in Miller's particular brand of black-comedy thrills.
8. The tone sometimes wavers into self-parody, and there are occasional crude patches, but overall this edge-of-seat revenge movie marks the most exciting debut from an Australian director since Peter Weir.
9. The greatest example of Ozploitation movies, George Miller's 1979 "Mad Max" is a pure cinematic anomaly.
10. Like all of the best exploitation films, it transcends its limitations while simultaneously embracing them. | 8 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
I just took a test in school today. What question was I asked? | A cat jumps when startled by a loud noise. This is an example of an organism | 9 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
По вопросу оптовых закупок обращайтесь к нашим дистрибьюторам в регионах .
Translate to English
English: | For gross purchases please contact our regional distributors . | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing when it is tilted directly toward the Sun?
Pick your answer from:
(a). fall.
(b). winter.
(c). spring.
(d). summer. | (d). | 0 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Kysymyksiä on jo esitetty, mutta ne eivät vielä riitä.
Which language is this? | Finnish | 9 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
On a scale from 0-5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar", how similar is the sentence "Chinese tourist abducted from Malaysia" to the sentence "China returns 10 children abducted from Vietnam"?
Options are:
(a). 0.
(b). 1.
(c). 2.
(d). 3.
(e). 4.
(f). 5. | (b). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize this article:
The Florida State University fan who posted a racist message on Facebook after the school’s football team finished off a 5-7 season was fired from his job on Monday amid the public fallout.
The Facebook post included a meme depicting Willie Taggart, who is the first black coach in the school’s history, being lynched, along with the words: "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing your rep." The unidentified poster initially stood by the post, and told a critical commenter, "I'm dead F---ing serious. This is how far I'm willing to go to get rid of this clown."
The post has been deleted, but the damage has been done.
Lauren George, a spokeswoman from Hilton Grand Vacations, told ESPN that the person responsible "for posting this information has been terminated. His behavior is in violation of multiple company policies and the furthest example from being a reflection of our company’s values."
FSU lost to rival Florida 41-14 at home on Saturday.
John Thrasher, FSU’s president, was quick to condemn the “despicable” post.
"I speak for the entire FSU community in expressing our disgust and extreme disappointment, and I am glad the state attorney is investigating. Coach Taggart has our full support and as true Seminoles know, he is a respected member of the FSU family." ||||| FSU Head Coach Willie Taggart was the target of a racially charged social media post that shows a black man hanging from a noose and tree. (Photo: Rich Barnes, Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports)
Hilton Grand Vacations has fired an employee who posted a picture on social media that showed a lynching of Florida State head coach Willie Taggart.
The image touched off a social media firestorm and a formal investigation by Second Judicial Circuit State Attorney Jack Campbell.
The Orlando-based company initially suspended its team member while it investigated the racist post. By mid-afternoon, it went further.
"Our concern regarding this situation has been a top priority," said Lauren George, a spokeswoman for Hilton Grand Vacations. "The person responsible for posting this information has been terminated. His behavior was in violation of multiple company policies and the furthest example from being a reflection of our company’s values."
George declined to confirm the name and length of tenure of the employee, citing confidentiality. The post has been linked to a Tom Shand's social media account.
Posted in the wake of FSU's 41-14 defeat Saturday against the Florida Gators, the antebellum image shows Taggart's face atop the body of a black man hanging from a tree.
Taggart, who completed his first season with the Seminoles, is the first black head football coach in FSU's history. The team had a losing, 5-7 record and is ineligible for a bowl game for the first time in more than three decades.
Campbell said his office was made aware of the post on Saturday and launched an investigation along with the Leon County Sheriff’s Office and FSU Police Department.
More: Legendary FSU coach Bobby Bowden spent Thanksgiving in hospital, recovering form pneumonia
Campbell confirmed his office was investigating the Facebook post. However, he said he only knew Shand's name based on media accounts and a screenshot of the post.
“It’s hard for me to prosecute a Facebook post,�? Campbell said. “That’s why we’re working with our law enforcement partners to find out what the true facts are. Then I can make a determination of what charges are appropriate.�?
Part of the investigation is determining where the post originated and what venue prosecution would take place in, Campbell said.
“Any threat of violence to anybody in this community – he’s a father, a husband and a member of our community – we’re going to investigate it to the fullest extent possible.�?
Garnet and Great
Christopher Holder, a Tallahassee native and lifelong Seminoles fan who created the "Garnet and Great" Facebook group for fans and former players, said the lynching image of Taggart appeared in the comments section of a post he made to encourage fans despite the tough season.
Holder said he deleted the image and blocked Shand from further access to the group, where'd he'd been a member for three years.
"He was pretty much a jerk when I contacted him, and he pretty much started cursing me out,�? Holder said.
Within minutes, Holder said he was contacted by others who'd seen the image circulating on Facebook and Twitter. Holder made another post that included Shand's LinkedIn page, which included a photo and employer details. He encouraged people to alert Hilton Grand Vacations.
"It’s a sad sight that I hate about social media that someone can make a comment and think it doesn’t hurt anybody," Holder said. "He’s just a troll and that’s the sad part. I’m hoping to stop this kind of stuff."
'Demeaning and degrading'
FSU President John Thrasher called the social media post "ignorant and despicable" on Twitter Sunday.
"I speak for the entire FSU community in expressing our disgust and extreme disappointment, and I am glad the state attorney is investigating. Coach Taggart has our full support and as true Seminoles know, he is a respected member of the FSU family."
Back story: FSU President John Thrasher responds to racist social media posts
Community leaders, including Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr., echoed Thrasher's statements.
"In this community, we condemn those kinds of statements," he said. "And we need to call people out when they make any kind of divisive, demeaning and degrading statement that is clearly racist and racism.�?
The social media post riled many Seminoles. FSU alumnus and fan Adam Tolliver said he was glad the man was taken to task and held accountable for the offensive post.
“It’s important for FSU fans to be on the defense to make sure that people are keeping the conversation about football and not color,�? Tolliver said. “It’s a good thing that so many fans are trying to make sure that people don’t take it that route.�?
Bobby Bowden's take
Legendary retired Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden also was dismayed to hear about the post.
“It’s a cruel joke – you don’t need those,�? Bowden told the Democrat.
Bowden has felt the wrath of fans, too.
He was hung in effigy following a 4-7 season at West Virginia in 1974, his fifth season with the Mountaineers. A dummy with his name on it was placed in a tree near his office. Students also hung a sheet outside their dormitory that read “Bye-bye Bobby.�? At FSU, fans grew frustrated with Bowden near the end of his tenure with the Seminoles. He was forced into retirement following the 2009 season with 304 wins and two national titles.
“It’s the nature of the job,�? Bowden said. “You can’t let it bother you."
Bowden recalled that his son Tommy and West Virginia lineman Dave Van Halanger, who later served as FSU’s strength coach under Bowden from 1983-2000, planned to take matters into their own hands in 1974 in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Bowden said Tommy climbed the tree before being stopped by a policeman. Tommy explained he wasn’t taking down the dummy, only adding pillows to its midsection because it wasn’t “as fat�? as his dad. Tommy and Van Halanger, however, did knock on the dormitory door of the student who hung the sheet outside his window.
“The guy wore glasses, weighed about 120 pounds and probably couldn’t break a window pane – they laughed and just left,�? Bowden said and chuckled.
Bowden is pulling for Taggart.
“He’s a good guy; that has been his nature,�? Bowden said, noting that the program will make a comeback. “It has been done at Florida State before.�?
Reporter Wayne McGahee III contributed to this report.
Contact TaMaryn Waters at [email protected] or follow @TaMarynWaters on Twitter.
Read or Share this story: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/money/2018/11/26/employee-suspended-following-racially-charged-post-targeting-coach-taggart/2113094002/ ||||| The man responsible for a racist social media post showing Willie Taggart getting lynched has been fired from his job at Hilton Grand Vacations, the company said in a statement Monday.
Editor's Picks Florida St. decries racist post featuring Taggart Florida State president John Thrasher condemned a racist social media post involving head coach Willie Taggart on Sunday and said the Florida state attorney is investigating.
"Our concern regarding this situation has been a top priority," Lauren George, a spokesperson for Hilton Grand Vacations, said of the unnamed employee. "The person responsible for posting this information has been terminated. His behavior was in violation of multiple company policies and the furthest example from being a reflection of our company's values."
The racist post was made in a Florida State fan group on Facebook on Saturday, shortly after the Seminoles lost to rival Florida 41-14 to finish a 5-7 season. It showed Taggart's head edited onto an image of a man being lynched with the words "Believe in Something Even If It Means Sacrificing Your Rep," alluding to the recent Nike ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick.
The meme went viral after the man posted it in the comments section on the fan group page. Florida State president John Thrasher condemned the post Sunday, calling it "ignorant and despicable." The Florida State Attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit is investigating.
Taggart, the first black football head coach in Florida State history, was hired last December from Oregon. Florida State posted the school's first losing season since 1976 and failed to qualify for a bowl game for the first time since 1981. |||||
Summary: | – A fan of Florida State football is out of a job over a racist post he made about the team's coach. The unidentified fan superimposed the face of coach Willie Taggart onto an old photo of a black man being lynched, reports ESPN. Taggart is the school's first black coach, and the team isn't eligible for a bowl game for the first time in more than 30 years because of its 5-7 record. The racist post went up on a fan group page on Facebook and was eventually traced to the account of an employee for Hilton Grand Vacations, reports the Tallahassee Democrat. "The person responsible for posting this information has been terminated," says a Hilton spokeswoman. "His behavior was in violation of multiple company policies and the furthest example from being a reflection of our company’s values." And it could get worse for him because police are investigating. “Any threat of violence to anybody in this community—he’s a father, a husband, and a member of our community—we’re going to investigate it to the fullest extent possible," says Second Judicial Circuit State Attorney Jack Campbell. Before it was deleted, the poster defended the image, responding to one critical commenter: "I'm dead F---ing serious. This is how far I'm willing to go to get rid of this clown," per Fox News. A fellow FSU fan deleted the post and blocked the poster's access to the group, adding that the man who put it up "started cursing me out" when contacted. Despite being deleted, the image began circulating on social media. (In Oregon, racist slurs hurled at a FedEx driver led to a fatal punch.) | 0 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate from English to Spanish:
It can be considered the most complex and daring construction of its type in Cuba.
Spanish: | Puede considerarse que es la construcción de su tipo más compleja y atrevida que existe en Cuba. | 3 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
See the multi-choice question below:
Sentence 1: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Administrative Office of U.S.
Sentence 2: The U.S. has an administrative office for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
Choices: I. yes; II. it is not possible to tell; III. no; | I. | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | Herr Crowley, den Ermessensspielraum, den ich anwenden werde, werden Sie im Verlauf der Arbeiten kennenlernen. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Here is one sentence: She may not make the grade.
Here is another sentence: I make the height about 100 feet.
Q: Does the term make mean the same thing in both these sentences?
Choose from: --different meanings; --the same meaning; | different meanings | 2 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
This is a question with answer options. Goal: What do you need to make an explosive alarm clock?
Which of the following methods is more reasonable for accomplishing this goal?
pick from the following.
- You would need an electronic alarm clock, cardboard rolls, paper packaging, old wires, hot glue, electrical tape, and cutters..
- You would need an electronic alarm clock, cardboard rolls, paper packaging, old wires, hot glue, electrical tape, and a nail gun.....I think the answer is | You would need an electronic alarm clock, cardboard rolls, paper packaging, old wires, hot glue, electrical tape, and cutters. | 2 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Q: who was the governor of massachusetts in 2013? A: | Deval Laurdine Patrick | 9 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Yesterday was another great day in Bible Study for us . We also had and almost even distribution between the first and second hour of Bible study - we had 181 and 187 between the hours for a total of 368 ! Also , in the morning service we approved the nominations of 7 new deacons . At the conclusion of the first service one of our students shared publicly of his call to full time vocational ministry - believing that God is calling him to work in Student Ministry . We praise the Lord for his decision . We had another great night for DT with 128 present .
Q with options: Give answer the following question using evidence from the above passage: What may be the reason for the great day in Bible study ?
Select from: * Many people showed up to study the Bible .; * The students said that God called them .; * The students wanted to nominate new deacons .; * None of the above choices .; | Many people showed up to study the Bible . | 4 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Q: All natural resources on Earth are either renewable or nonrenewable. Whether a resource is renewable or nonrenewable depends on how fast or slow the resource is replaced. If the resource is used faster than it is replaced, then the resource will, in time, disappear. Which statement describes the use of a renewable natural resource?
What is the correct answer to this question?
Available options: (I) A home burns natural gas for heat. (II) A city burns coal to generate electricity. (III) A farmer plants different types of crops to protect the soil. (IV) A construction crew builds a road from rock, sand, and gravel....A: | (III) | 3 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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The above transaction was presented to the Board on 1-29-2001. There was considerable discussion which I have summarized below. Returns: were the returns sufficient to syndicate the risk. I answered positively, which is what the capital price addresses. The dash return is a blended debt and equity return.(?) Was the $19 million excess proceeds enough to allow the company to operate. I answered yes since 85% of reserves are producing and little capital will be needed to develop pdnp and pud reserves. Is management capable of operating or will they be in chapter 11 again soon. I answered that the bankruptcy was a result of overpaying for Wyoming deal and low commodity prices last two years which resulted in a bb decrease below outstanding. We will have to watch this issue carefully. Are banks reluctant to support KCS and could this cause a liquidity problem? Answered that all creditors were made whole and likely that someone will come into credit but it was a risk, although for the time being they had enough cash to operate. This feedback is just for fyi but it does indicate that board is active and not a rubber stamp. Rick
Subject Line: | Board Review of KCS | 1 | Flan2021 | aeslc:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
GREENE â The Trojans of Greene hosted the Oxford Blackhawks this past Wednesday evening, to which the lady Blackhawks came away with a dominating win, only to see the Trojan boys take their win in commanding fashion as well. On the boys side it was all Greene who swept Oxford for a 4-0 win during the matchup, Jan. 4. Taking the series high on the Greene side was Jakob Funnell who rolled his way to a 539 series. Taking the Greene game high was Funnell as well when he snagged a 188 in the second game, only to follow that up with a 183 in the third.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
The Trojans of Greene hosted the Oxford Blackhawks during a weekday
Choose from:
I. Yes;
II. It's impossible to say;
III. No; | I. | 2 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
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